Hebrews 4:2: The word preached did not profit them, &c

We preach a rest from sin and fear,
(A rest to careless minds unknown,)
Experience of salvation here,
By Christ bestow'd through faith alone:
Peace, which the world can never give,
And life, the same that angels live.
But the blind world their pardoning Lord
Refuse by simple faith to gain;
Hardening their hearts against the word,
They hear the saving truth in vain;
They perish, with redemption nigh,
And ransom'd, in their sins they die.
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