Hymns compos'd for the celebration of the holy ordinance of baptism By Joseph Stennett.
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Title
Hymns compos'd for the celebration of the holy ordinance of baptism By Joseph Stennett.
Author
Stennett, Joseph, 1663-1713.
Publication
London :: printed for John Marshall, at the Bible in Grace-church-street,
[1725?]
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Subject terms
Hymns, English -- Early works to 1800.
Baptism -- Early works to 1800.
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"Hymns compos'd for the celebration of the holy ordinance of baptism By Joseph Stennett." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61410.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
Pages
HYMN VIII. (Book 8)
THE Great Redeemer we adore,Who came the Lost to seek and save;* 1.1Went humbly down from Iordan's Shore,* 1.2To find a Tomb beneath a Wave.
" Thus it becomes us to fulfil" All Righteousness,* 1.3 he meekly said:Why shou'd we then to do his WillOr be asham'd, or be afraid?
With Thee into thy watry Tomb,LORD, 'tis our Glory to descend;'Tis wondrous Grace that gives us roomTo lie inter'd by such a Friend!* 1.4
But a much more tempestuous FloodO'erwhelm'd thy Body and thy Soul;* 1.5That's plung'd in Tears,* 1.6 and Sweat, and
Blood,* 1.7And over this black Terrors roll.* 1.8
Yet as the yielding Waves give way,To let us see the Light again:So on thy Resurrection-DayThe Bands of Death prov'd weak and vain.* 1.9
Thus when Thou shalt again appear,* 1.10The Gates of Death shall open wide;Our Dust thy powerful Voice shall hear,* 1.11Shall rise and triumph at thy side.
These now vile Bodies then shall wearA glorious Form resembling Thine;* 1.12To be dissolv'd no more shall fear,* 1.13But with immortal Beauty shine.* 1.14