How Graces Are To Be Obtained Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC DD EE FF GH II JK LL MM BC NO| The next word that I would unto thee say | A |
| Is how thou mayst attain without delay | A |
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| Those blessed graces and that holiness | B |
| Thou dost with so much godly zeal express | C |
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| Thy love to and thy longing to enjoy | D |
| That sins and weakness might thee less annoy | D |
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| Know then as I have hinted heretofore | E |
| And shall now speak unto a little more | E |
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| All graces in the person of the Son | F |
| Are by the Father hid and therefore none | F |
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| Can them obtain but they who with him close | G |
| All others graceless are but only those | H |
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| For of his fullness 'tis that we receive | I |
| And grace for grace let no man then deceive | I |
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| Himself or others with a feigned show | J |
| Of holiness if Jesus they eschew | K |
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| When he ascended to his Father then | L |
| It was that he received gifts for men | L |
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| Faith hope and love true zeal an upright heart | M |
| Right humbleness of mind and every part | M |
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| Of what the word of life counts holiness | B |
| God then laid up in him that we redress | C |
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| And help might have who do unto him fly | N |
| For righteousness and gospel sanctity | O |
John Bunyan
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How Graces Are To Be Obtained is a poem by John Bunyan. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.