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HYMN 512. Priesthood and power of Christ. 3. METRE.
THE Lord unto my Lord thus said
here at my right hand sit,
Until thine Enemies be made
a foot-stool for thy feet.
[verse 2] The Lord shall out of Sion bring
the Scepter of thy power:
Rule thou amidst thy foes, O King,
in that successfull hour.
[verse 3] The people at first call shall come,
(submitting to thy Grace)
As drops of dew from mornings womb
in beauties holy place.
[verse 4] He sware that never Oath will break,
thou art ordain'd, O Christ,
By order of Melchisedeck,
an everlasting Priest.
[verse 5] In th' day of his fierce anger then
the Lord at thy right-hand,
Shall strike through Kings, and wound chief men,
in many a Heathen Land.
[verse 6] Filling the places where he struck
with bodies of the dead,
[verse 7] And in the way drink of the brook.
and so lift up the head.