799    8.3.     J. Hart
Man’s Righteousness. Isa. 57. 12; Zech. 3. 3

1 Man, bewail thy situation;
  Hell-born sin, once crept in,
  Mars God’s fair creation.

2 Vaunt thy native strength no longer;
  Vain’s the boast; all is lost;
  Sin and death are stronger.

3 Enemies to God and goodness,
  Great and small, since the fall,
  Sink in lust and lewdness.

4 If to this thou art a stranger,
  While thou liest out of Christ,
  Greater is thy danger.

5 [Trust not to thy smooth behaviour;
  All’s deceit; and the cheat
  Keeps thee from the Saviour.]

6 Oft we’re best when dangers fright us,
  Jesus came to reclaim
  Sinners, not the righteous.

7 Sick men feel their bad condition;
  But the soul that is whole
  Slights the good Physician.