Acts 28:25: Well spake the Holy Ghost.. unto our fathers

The Holy Ghost, the' eternal Lord,
Jehovah spake the awful word,
Divinely just and true;
Denounced against your fathers first
The threat, ye reprobates accursed,
Shall be fulfill'd on you.

The cause is in yourselves unknown,
Their damning sin ye make your own,
Their incredulity j
The light of truth ye cannot find,
Dead in your sins, and doubly blind,
Because ye will not see.

Your eyes through obstinate despite,
Ye close against the irksome light,
Afraid in this your day
To see what would secure your peace,
The Lamb, whose blood and righteousness
Bore all your sins away.

Your ears ye stop, afraid to hear
Of fiery indignation near,
Of wrath reveal'd from heaven,
Of means the Judge's wrath to shun.
And all His will to man made known.
With news of sin forgiven.

Ye dare not turn to God and live,
Lest when He doth the sin forgive
From which ye would not part.
His Spirit of purity and love
Should all its dire remains remove.
And dwell within your heart.

But you who thus refuse to see,
Shut up in unbelief shall be,
And hard be harder still;
Your names erased out of His book,
Your stubborn souls of God forsook,
And left to your own will.

The gospel then ye hear in vain,
The heavenly way direct and plain
Ye see, but not perceive;
And if the Spirit is quench'd at last,
And if your gracious day is past,
Ye never can believe.

In- sad judicial blindness left,
Of Jesus totally bereft,
Your hearts insensible,
Your conscience sear'd no longer cries,
And self-destroy'd ye close your eyes

lift them up in hell.