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1247.
[O what a change shall then ensue!]
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron, &c.
—lx. 17, 18.
O what a change shall then ensue!
The former things are far removed,
Nature is grace, and old is new,
And all is heighten'd and improved:
Your wood I will convert to brass;
Your souls shall take a finer mould,
The Jewish into Christian pass,
The iron age be turn'd to gold.
The former things are far removed,
Nature is grace, and old is new,
And all is heighten'd and improved:
Your wood I will convert to brass;
Your souls shall take a finer mould,
The Jewish into Christian pass,
The iron age be turn'd to gold.
I will thine officers create,
And fill their hearts with perfect peace,
Thy publicans shall avarice hate,
Renew'd in love and righteousness;
No violence shall in thee be heard,
Or sad complaint of lawless power,
While Satan is no longer fear'd,
And sin destroys thy land no more.
And fill their hearts with perfect peace,
Thy publicans shall avarice hate,
Renew'd in love and righteousness;
No violence shall in thee be heard,
Or sad complaint of lawless power,
While Satan is no longer fear'd,
And sin destroys thy land no more.
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Enclosed with walls of living fire
Thou shalt thy Saviour's name declare,
Thy battlements to heaven aspire;
And saved, thou art already there:
Thy gates shall be entitled Praise,
And those who humbly enter in
Proclaim the glory of My grace,
For ever emptied of all sin!
Thou shalt thy Saviour's name declare,
Thy battlements to heaven aspire;
And saved, thou art already there:
Thy gates shall be entitled Praise,
And those who humbly enter in
Proclaim the glory of My grace,
For ever emptied of all sin!
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