<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421516" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Adam</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On man, in his own image made,<br>How much did GOD bestow?<br>The whole creation homage paid,<br>And owned him LORD, below! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He dwelt in Eden's garden, stored<br>With sweets for every sense;<br>And there with his descending LORD<br>He walked in confidence. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But O! by sin how quickly changed!<br>His honour forfeited,<br>His heart, from God and truth, estranged,<br>His conscience filled with dread! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now from his Maker's voice he flees,<br>Which was before his joy:<br>And thinks to hide, amidst the trees,<br>From an All-seeing eye. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Compelled to answer to his name,<br>With stubbornness and pride<br>He cast, on God himself, the blame,<br>Nor once for mercy cried. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But grace, unasked, his heart subdued<br>And all his guilt forgave;<br>By faith, the promised seed he viewed,<br>And felt his pow'r to save. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus we ourselves would justify,<br>Though we the Law transgress;<br>Like him, unable to deny,<br>Unwilling to confess. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when by faith the sinner sees<br>A pardon bought with blood;<br>Then he forsakes his foolish pleas,<br>And gladly turns to God.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Newton">John Newton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421516" data-title="Adam de John Newton" data-description="On man, in his own image made, How much did GOD bestow? The whole creation homage paid, And owned him LORD, below! He dwelt in Eden's garden, stored With sweets for every sense; And there with his descending LORD He walked in confidence. But O..."></div> </div> </div>

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