Since I Believe in God the Father Almighty

Since I believe in God the Father Almighty
Man's Maker and Judge, Overruler of Fortune
Twere strange should I praise anything and refuse Him praise
Should love the creature forgetting the Creator
Nor unto Him in suff'ring and sorrow turn me
Nay how could I withdraw me from His embracing?

But since that I have seen not, and cannot know Him
Nor in my earthly temple apprehend rightly
His wisdom, and the heav'nly purpose eternal
Therefore will I be bound to no studied system
Nor argument, nor with delusion enslave me
Nor seek to please Him in any foolish invention
Which my spirit within me, that loveth beauty
And hateth evil, hath reprov'd as unworthy

But I cherish my freedom in loving service
Gratefully adoring for delight beyond asking
Or thinking, and in hours of anguish and darkness
Confiding always on His excellent greatness