Hymn 107

The fall and recovery of man; or,

Christ and Satan at enmity.

Gen. 3:1,15,17;

Gal. 4:4;

Col. 2:15.

Deceived by subtle snares of hell,

Adam, our head, our father, fell;

When Satan, in the serpent hid,

Proposed the fruit that God forbid.

Death was the threat'ning: death

To take possession of the

His unborn race received the wound,

And heavy curses smote the ground.

But Satan found a worse reward;

Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord"Let everlasting hatred

Betwixt the woman's seed and thee."The woman's seed shall be my Son;

He shall destroy what thou hast done;

Shall break thy head, and only

Thy malice raging at his heel."He spake; and bid four thousand

Roll on; at length his Son appears;

Angels with joy descend to earth,

And sing the young Redeemer's birth.

Lo, by the sons of hell he dies;

But as he hung 'twixt earth and skies,

He gave their prince a fatal blow,

And triumphed o'er the powers below.]