Acts 13:45: Ordain'd, prepared, disposed

Ordain'd, prepared, disposed
By His preventing grace,
With Christ they gladly closed,
The Friend of human race;
Their proffer' d Saviour they received,
And every open'd heart believed.

Saviour and Friend of men
Be still benignly near,
And us to life ordain
Who now Thy gospel hear,
Incline us to depart from sin,
And thus Thy grace and glory win.
1 3 Our broken hearts prepare
By deepest poverty,
And then by entering there
Fulfil Thine own decree
That every penitent may find
The' eternal Life of all mankind.