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HYMN 84. The Children of light exhorted▪
1 Thes. 5.4.—9.
BRethren, ye are not of the dark,
but children of the light,
Children, I say, of lightsome day,
and not of darksome night.
Let us not sleep in sin therefore,
as others (ill inclin'd)
But Brethren, we must watchfull be,
and of a sober mind.
For they that sleep, do sleep by night,
and drunkards light eschew:
But Christians! they are of the day,
and fear not open view.
Be sober then, and putting on
brest-plates of faith and love:
And take with you that helmet too,
the hope of life above.
For God ordain'd not us to wrath,
which is for sinners stor'd,
But to obtain Salvation
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
To Father Son and Holy Ghost
all Glory be therefore,
As first begun and shall be done
henceforth for evermore.