3 Whom Earth could not contain, nor Skies, He on a Woman's Lap now lies,
He who the World's Foundation laid Is now a little Infant made.
4 The Son, th' Almighty God confefs'd, In his own World becomes a Gueft; And therefore poor on Earth he came, That we might all his Riches claim.
5 The everlasting Light we view Giving the World a Luftre new, His Beams difpel the dusky Night, And make us Children of the Light.
Hallelujah. 6 For us thefe Wonders hath he wrought, To fhew his Love furpaffing Thought, For this we all will joyful be
And thank him thro' Eternity,
ESU, knit all our Hearts to Thee,
And join us all in one;
And in our Meetings ev'ry where Be Thou our. Aim alone.
Be Thou fole Monarch of our Hearts; May we, as Sinners, lie
Low at the Feet of Thee, my Lamb, To all Eternity!
From the German. NG 97. .
ESU, my Light and fure Defence, My Life, my Joy, my Confidence, Thy bloody Sweat my Cordial. be, Thy Bonds procure my Liberty. 2 The Strokes upon Thy Back and Face My Scars and Marks of Sin erafe, Thy Shame, Reproach and thorny Crown, These be my Glory and Renown.
3 Thy parching Thirft and Cup of Gall Refresh me when I faint or fall; Thy loud and agonizing Cry My Paff-port be whene'er I die.
4 Thy five dear Wounds torn wide for me * My Rock-Holes and my Refuge.be, Where like a Dove I may withdraw Safe from the hellish Vulture's Claw.
ESU, our glorious Head and Chief, Sweet Object of our Hearts Belief, let us in Thy Nail-holes fee
Our Pardon and Election free;
And in the Op'ning of Thy pierced Side, Freely go in, and out, and feed, and hide.
2 This Thing a Wonder may be ftil'd: First it feems easy for a Child, Which yet a Hero can't atchieve, And dies before he can believe: 'Tis the Top-art of thofe around the Throne, 'Tis that whereby the little Flock is known. 3 While human Nature fhall remain, While Jefus Lord and Chrift fhall reign; So long will this unvaried go
For the whole Gofpel's A and O*: The Wisdom this which only doth excel; Children of Wisdom all! you know it well.
A and O ftands for Alpha and Omega, the first and laft Letter in the Greek Alphabet, and fignifies here the Sum and Subftance of the Gospel,
And dear Lord, I Thee intreat, now, (Thy Child that twines around Thy Feet, That can't without Thee live an Hour,
Thee, my Soul's Husband,Rock and Tow'r; Whom above all Things, ev'n myfelf, I love) O let me in this Language ftill improve!
What tho' my Lips were ftiff and dry; The Spirit but his Breath fupply,
(Who fpeaks before the glorious Throne In Thunder's and in Trumpet's Tone, And from the Altar gives the living Coal) Words will flow eafy, fuch as fire the Soul. 6 Ifpeak then, who will lend an Ear; Who is o'erwhelm'd with Guilt and Fear; And fee's how deep Sin's Ruft eats in, And that he's nothing elfe but Sin;
Which Way to turn or move, can no ways tell?
Let fuch but hear, the Thing will turn out well.
7 But he who from his Infant-state With Check perhaps has never met; What Flesh and Blood is can't decide, Scarce knows what Av'rice means or Pride, Can from himself in all Things find Relief: He's an unhappy Man, both blind and deaf. 8 Praife to the Book of Life we yield; At first by Mofes' Veil conceal'd,
Made faft and fure with seven Seals, Till first one to the Lamb appeals;
The Lamb, whom all the Sinner's Friend confefs,
But the fworn Foe of Self-wrought Righ- teoufnefs.
The Word portray'd upon the Wood Beams furth Love's fiery Rays in Blood; That is Here hangs Immanuel,
The Oppofite of Hazazel.*
Nature itarts back, condemns the Fancy odd;
Confirms it with an Oath th'Immortal God: 10 Sure as I live! proclaims the Lord; (A fix'd Amen, whofe ev'ry Word, Whofe Word and Work together stand, By fpeaking, working his Command, Who ne'er repents him of his firm Decree) Thou shalt, my Son, a Prieft for ever be.
11 He comes, the only Son of God, And tells wherein His Priesthood stood Saith he, The Father loves the Son, Becaufe bis Life he layeth down,
To fave, as was decreed, the human Race, And bring in everlasting Righteousness.
12 The Words rife glaring to our View, And each Believer feels them true;
* Hebrew for the Scape-Goat
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