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HYMN 210. A Vine-yard of Red Wine.
Isa. 27.2.
A Vineyard of red sparkling wine
Sing to her in that day,
I, saith the Lord, do keep that Vine,
I water it alway.
Lest any hurt it I stand by
to keep it day and night:
And there is in me, verily,
no fury to affright.
But who would set the thorns and briers
against Me in aray?
I would go through with flames and fires,
and burn them up streightway.
Or let him on my strength take hold
and make his peace with Me,
And if he seek it, as he should,
we surely shall agree.
And God shall cause all Jacob's Race
to take effectual root,
Blossome and bud, and fill the face
of all the world with fruit.
Let Israel's God the Lord most high
be ever blest therefore
From first to last perpetually,
Amen, for evermore.