HYMN 19.
[But thou wast able to sustain]
The Second Part, set after the Sacrament.
But thou wast able to sustain
That heavy weight of sin;
And for our Souls didst life obtain,
And righteousness bring in.
'Twas from the worth and dignity
Which in thy Person lay,
Thou didst God's justice satisfie,
And all our debts defray.
Thou being God as well as Man,
Thy Merits have such worth,
As a compensation full to make,
And liberty bring forth,
For us who did in Prison lye,
Being bound with cruel bonds,
Which none could loose assuredly,
But thy own blessed hands.
By that one single payment, Lord,
Laid down when thou didst die,
Relief to us thou dost afford,
Who dead in sin did lye.
For as poor Debtors we were all,
So Criminals were too;
And death deserved great and small,
Condemn'd in law also.
And thou as Surety for us,
Gav'st up thy self to die;
And in our stead, Lord, thou didst thus
God's justice satisfie.
The Third Part.
And now the Covenant stands sure
In Christ's most blessed hands;
All good for us he did procure,
Which in him firmly stands.
And thus he did engage for those
That given to him are;
And therefore all that God hath chose
Shall Crowns of Glory wear.
What grace and favour now is this,
That Christ the Just should die,
That we unjust and guilty ones
Might live eternally.
Let Men take heed how they despise
Such soveraign grace and love,
'Cause 'tis mysterious in their eyes,
And also far above
Depraved Reason to conceive,
That such who guilty be,
Should by another's righteousness
From sin and guilt be free.
All praise and glory unto God,
And to the Son therefore;
And to the Holy Ghost let us
Sing praise for evermore.
