Tune: Anima Christi
(\'Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast\')
Colossians 2 v.20-23
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Man\'s rules and rituals, they cannot bring
Us salvation, ineffective each thing
That they try, maintain, profess so to do
Salvation is found in Christ, His life new
Though human laws for safety and good be
Such as, Touch not, Taste not, handle not, see
Yet laws are broken, the commands of men
And the doctrines, teachings, which they appoint then
These things indeed have a show, appearance
Of wisdom in will worship, seen from thence
It self-imposed religion, and seeming
Humility trying its best to wing
And too neglecting of the body, see
Asceticism, severe treatment be
Inflicted on us by ourselves to try
To win some salvation here by and by
It not giving our bodies some easing
Nor honouring them, suppressing each thing
Of desire, delight of our human frame
Though no value, humans still indulge same
In Christ we be free from doctrines of men
Their plans cannot assist us at times when
We tempted our salvation to earn, win
It only in Christ, He forgives our sin