1 By what amazing ways
The Lord vouchsafes to explain
The wonders of his sovereign grace
Towards the sons of men!

2 He shows us first how foul
Our nature’s made by sin;
Then teaches the believing soul
The way to make it clean.

3 Our baptism first declares
What need we’ve all to cleanse;
Then shows that Christ to all God’s heirs
Can purity dispense.

4 Water the body laves;
And, if ’tis done by faith,
The blood of Jesus surely saves
The sinful soul from death.

5 Water no man denies;
But, brethren, rest not there;
’Tis faith in Christ that justifies,
And makes the conscience clear.

6 Baptized into his death,
We rise to life divine;
The Holy Spirit works the faith,
And water is the sign.