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WHEN the due time had taken place,

God look'd upon the sons of men, Saw them a fallen, sinful race,

Perverse, polluted, and unclean: Then Jesus came to set us free,

And for our guilt to shed his blood: His death procur'd our liberty,

And reconcil'd us unto God.

2 Our Lord now calls continually: "Come, sinners, come to me and Surrender ye yourselves to me, [live; Repenting sinners I receive: My life I freely gave for you:

Now all your wants I will supply, Yea, pardon, rest, and life bestow;

O turn to me, why will ye die ?" 3 Sinners, attend to Jesus' voice;

He is the Lord our righteousness: Mourn not, but in his name rejoice, Accept of his redeeming grace: He fills the hungry soul with good, The thirsty heart may take its fill; He guides us in the narrow road

That leads to Salem's holy hill.

4 Ah, come, Lord Jesus, hear our prayer, [high, Thou worthy Son of God most We humbly ask: our souls prepare, That we may to thy mercy fly; That we may all believe on thee, And on thy flesh & blood may feed, True members of thy body be, For ever join'd to thee our Head.

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3 Love, who hast for me endured Keenest pains of death and hell; Love, whose sufferings have procured

More for me than tongue can tell :
Sacred Love, &c.

4 Love, my life, and my salvation,
Light and truth, eternal Word,
Thou alone dost consolation
To my sinking soul afford:
Love almighty, &c.

5 Love, thy yoke I gladly carry,
It is easy, gentle, light;
Grant that I may ne'er be weary
Thee to serve with all my might:

Sacred Love, &c.

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CHRIST, the good Shepherd, God's
From all eternity,
[own Son
Urg'd by his love, exchang'd his
For human misery;
His wandering sheep gone far astray
[throne
He sought with pungent pain,
And did for all a ransom pay

To bring them home again.

2 One of those sheep, in deserts Art thou, my sinful soul; [lost, His life it hath the Shepherd cost

To save and make thee whole; Now hear his voice with gratitude,

Call on his saving name; For thee he shed his precious blood, And now his own doth claim.

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THOU holy, spotless Lamb of God,
Didst leave thy glorious, blest abode,
In love to sinners vile;
Earth's face the curse had overrun,
Man was corrupt, condemn'd, un-
done,
Entangled fast by Satan's guile.

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25.

T. 14. HOW sad our state by nature is, Our sin how deep it stains, How Satan binds our captive souls Fast in his slavish chains.

2 But there's a voice of sovereign grace,

Sounds from the sacred word: "Ho, ye despairing sinners, come, Believe in Christ the Lord."

3 My soul, obey the gracious call,
And haste to gain relief;
I would believe thy promise, Lord;
O help mine unbelief.

4 To the dear fountain of thy blood, Incarnate God, I fly:

Here let me wash my spotted soul From crimes of deepest dye.

5 A guilty, weak, & helpless worm, Into thy arms I fall:

Be thou my strength and righteousMy Jesus and my All. [ness,

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NOT one of Adam's race,
If in the balance tried,

Can by his works of righteousness 'Fore God be justified;

The works which we have done Are all, alas, unclean; But we are sav'd by faith alone,

And cleans'd thereby from sin.
2 Ye sinners, who with grief
Your condemnation feel,
Look up to Jesus for relief,

And to his blood appeal;
God gave his only Son

That sinners who believe
Might not be lost, but be his own,
And in his kingdom live.

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T. 14.

27. I, WITH the fallen human race, Lay weltering in my blood; O'erwhelm'd with shame and deep disgrace,

And banish'd far from God.

2 The loving Jesus passing by,
His bowels yearn'd to see
Me, wretched sinner, helpless lie
In deepest misery.

3 He turn'd to me in tenderness,
His instant aid to give,
And, pitying my sore distress,
He said, "Arise and live."

4 He wash'd away my every stain, And cleans'd me in his blood; Deck'd me with righteousness divine,

And brought me nigh to God.

5 My heart no condemnation fears,
Nor hell, nor Satan dreads,
Christ as the mercy-seat appears,
His blood my pardon pleads.

6 Against the fiercest powers of hell
He is my strength and shield;
Beneath his cross I safely dwell;
He fights, I win the field.

7 Since he became my sacrifice,
My bonds and chains he broke;
Now to my willing neck he ties
His soft and easy yoke.

8 A pardon'd sinner I remain,
But sin its power hath lost;
Sin still I have, but grace doth reign;
Mercy is all my boast.

9 Arise, my happy soul, arise,
Redeem'd by sovereign grace,
Open to thee is paradise,
Go in and take thy place.

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4 The Holy One, made sin for us, Was nail'd to the accursed cross, And shed his precious blood; Thus he obtain'd a righteousness For all who mourn for pardoning grace; [God.

Thro' Jesus we have peace with

With praise, ye sinners, fill the sky, 5 Rejoice, O heavens, & earth reply,

All grace his death procures; Your woes to blessings he will change,

You in his children's order range, Thro' him eternal life is yours.

III. THE INCARNATION AND BIRTH OF JESUS

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CHRIST.

JESUS, the almighty Son of God, Takes up with mortals his abode; He who was sworn to Abraham, Who ever was and is the same, Came in due time and mysteries reveal'd, [were conceal'd. Which from the world's foundation 2 We, dead in sins and trespasses, The narrow way to life and peace Had neither will nor power to find; Nor were our stubborn hearts inclin'd [know, To wish, or seek that happiness to

Which love alone on sinners could

bestow.

[me still 3 Then Love brake forth," Behold Prepar'd, O God, to do thy will; I freely come, I freely die, For guilty man to satisfy; I in his stead will suffer on the tree, From sin, and death, and hell to set him free."

4 And thus, to save our souls from guilt, [spilt; Our Surety's precious blood was The sins of all on him were laid, And he for all hath fully paid: Now God, as children, freely will [believe. Repenting sinners who in Christ

receive

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3 The Word eternal did assume
Our flesh and blood, & man become;
The First and Last with wonder see
Partake of human misery.

4 He came to seek and save the lost;
We sinn'd, & he would bear the cost,
That we might share eternal bliss;
O what unbounded love was this.
5 For what is all the human race,
That God should show such match-
less grace,

To give his Son, that we might claim Life everlasting in his name. 6 How wretched they who still de

spise

Jesus, the pearl of greatest price:
Those who neglect to hear his voice,
Must perish by their own free choice.
7 Unhappy those who turn away,
Or such as carelessly delay
Their souls from misery to reclaim.
To meet their Saviour, tho' he came

8 Come, sinners, Jesus will receive The chief of sinners; come and live: "I'll dwell with you," our Saviour Receive him in your hearts by faith. saith;

9 Your crimes & self-made holiness, Your carnal reason and distress Give up, and trust to Christ alone, Who did for all your sins atone. 10 Thus say'd by God's unbounded You'll humbly render thanks and grace, [praise, With all the numerous ransom'd

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. host,

32.

T. 590.

BEHOLD, to us a Child is born,
To us a Son is given;
Unto the wretched and forlorn
Descends the Lord from heaven:
The promis'd seed, Immanuel,

The everlasting God, Comes down to save from death and [hell Poor sinners by his blood. 2 Great is the hidden mystery

That God became a man:
He had from all eternity
In mercy form'd a plan,

To save from misery and distress
The fallen human race;
And now the Sun of Righteousness
His healing beams displays.

3 The Father lov'd us as his own, Tho' we from him had stray'd, And freely gave his only Son,

To suffer in our stead:
The Son, in love to us, declar'd:

"Father, to do thy will
Is my delight; I come prepar'd
Thy counsel to fulfil."

4 The Holy Ghost had long foretold
That Jesus should appear;
And thus the patriarchs of old
Did his salvation share:
Of him blest Mary did conceive
The holy child she bore:
And he instructs us to believe
In Christ, and him adore.

[Ghost,

5 Thus Father, Son, and Holy
In this decree are one,
To save us sinners, vile and lost,
By Jesus Christ the Son:
The Father's love we plainly trace
In Christ the incarnate God;
What we possess of life and grace
The Spirit hath bestow'd.

[Word, 6 Come, sinners, view the incarnate Who us and all things made; This helpless babe is Christ the Lord, Tho' in a manger laid: For us to die is Jesus born,

Adore his saving name; Rejoice, rejoice, for all that mourn May his salvation claim.

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3 What hast thou not performed, Lord, to retrieve my loss, Whilst I was so deformed

By sin and nature's dross; Fair gifts of my creation Quite spoil'd, made me despair, But thy blest incarnation

Brought my redemption near. 4 I lay in fetters groaning, Thou cam'st to set me free; My shame I was bemoaning, With grace thou clothedst me; Thou raisedst me to glory, Endowedst me with bliss, Which is not transitory,

As worldly grandeur is.

5 Love caus'd thy incarnation, Love brought thee down to me; Thy thirst for my salvation Procur'd my liberty;

O love beyond all measure,

Wherewith thou dost embrace Mankind, 'midst all that pressure Which since the fall takes place. 6 No sinful man's endeavour, Nor any mortal's care, Could draw his sovereign favour To sinners in despair: Uncall'd he comes with gladness, Us from the fall to raise,

And change our grief and sadness

To songs of joy and praise.

7 Ye who with deep contrition

Bemoan your sinful state,
Fear not, Christ gives remission
Of sins, however great:
He comes, repenting sinners

With life and love to crown,
And make them happy winners
Of glory like his own.

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