The fall and recovery of man; or, Christ and Satan at enmity. <br /> <br />Gen. 3:1,15,17; Gal. 4:4; Col. 2:15. <br /> <br />Deceived by subtle snares of hell, <br />Adam, our head, our father, fell; <br />When Satan, in the serpent hid, <br />Proposed the fruit that God forbid. <br /> <br />Death was the threat'ning: death began <br />To take possession of the man <br />His unborn race received the wound, <br />And heavy curses smote the ground. <br /> <br />But Satan found a worse reward; <br />Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord <br />"Let everlasting hatred be <br />Betwixt the woman's seed and thee. <br /> <br />"The woman's seed shall be my Son; <br />He shall destroy what thou hast done; <br />Shall break thy head, and only feel <br />Thy malice raging at his heel." <br /> <br />He spake; and bid four thousand years <br />Roll on; at length his Son appears; <br />Angels with joy descend to earth, <br />And sing the young Redeemer's birth. <br /> <br />Lo, by the sons of hell he dies; <br />But as he hung 'twixt earth and skies, <br />He gave their prince a fatal blow, <br />And triumphed o'er the powers below.]<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-107/
