By A Collection of Hymns

      10s & 11s.
      1 MY brethren beloved, Your calling ye see;
      In Jesus approved, No goodness have we,
      No riches or merit, No wisdom or might,
      But all things inherit Through Jesus's right.

      2 Yet not many wise His summons obey,
      And great ones despise So vulgar a way,
      And strong ones will never Their helplessness own,
      Or stoop to find favour Through mercy alone.

      3 And therefore our God The outcasts hath chose,
      His righteousness showed To heathens like us;
      When wise ones rejected His offers of grace,
      His goodness elected The foolish and base.

      4 To baffle the wise, And noble, and strong,
      He bade us arise, An impotent throng;
      Poor ignorant wretches, We gladly embrace
      A Prophet who teaches Salvation by grace.

      5 The things that were not, His mercy bids live;
      His mercy unbought We freely receive;
      His gracious compassion We thankfully prove,
      And all our salvation Ascribe to his love.