Divine hymns Upon the Nativity, Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, &c. Written By the late Reverend and Learned Dr. Henry More ... At the Request of a Person of Quality |
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AN HYMN Upon the Redemption of the World through CHRIST in his Reintroduction of the New Creature.
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AN HYMN Upon the Redemption of the World through CHRIST in his Reintroduction of the New Creature.
The Lord both Heav'n and Earth hath made,
His Word did all things frame,
And Laws to every Creature gave,
Who still observe the same.
The faithful Sun doth still return
The Seasons of the Year,
And at just times the various Moon
Now round, now horn'd appears.
His Word did all things frame,
And Laws to every Creature gave,
Who still observe the same.
The faithful Sun doth still return
The Seasons of the Year,
And at just times the various Moon
Now round, now horn'd appears.
The Plants retain their Virtue still,
Their Verdure and their Form:
Nor do the Birds or Beasts their guize
Once change, or shape transform.
'Tis only Man, alas! that brake
Betimes thy sacred Law,
And from that Image Heav'nly, pure,
To Beastly shape did grow.
Their Verdure and their Form:
Nor do the Birds or Beasts their guize
Once change, or shape transform.
'Tis only Man, alas! that brake
Betimes thy sacred Law,
And from that Image Heav'nly, pure,
To Beastly shape did grow.
He headstrong left thy Holy Will,
His own Lusts to pursue;
Whence the true Manly Form did fail,
And Brutishness ensue.
But thou, O God, who by thy Word
Didst frame all things of Nought,
By the same Word made Flesh, for Man
Hast rich Redemption wrought.
His own Lusts to pursue;
Whence the true Manly Form did fail,
And Brutishness ensue.
But thou, O God, who by thy Word
Didst frame all things of Nought,
By the same Word made Flesh, for Man
Hast rich Redemption wrought.
Thy choice Creation-piece thus marr'd,
Thou dost again create,
And by th'incarnate Word restor'st
Unto his pristine state.
The Glory of which Work raying forth,
Whiles Christ from Death doth rise,
These Two Creations, one Seventh Day
By right doth solemnize.
Thou dost again create,
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Unto his pristine state.
The Glory of which Work raying forth,
Whiles Christ from Death doth rise,
These Two Creations, one Seventh Day
By right doth solemnize.
God, who commanded first the Light
Out of the dark to shine,
Enliven and enlight our Hearts
By his pure Word Divine:
That when this New-Creation Work
In us is finish'd clear,
The bright and glorious Face of Christ
May in our Souls appear.
Out of the dark to shine,
Enliven and enlight our Hearts
By his pure Word Divine:
That when this New-Creation Work
In us is finish'd clear,
The bright and glorious Face of Christ
May in our Souls appear.
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