I.V. Greatly belov'd

1 Greatly belov'd,
Of God approv'd;
Ere Time began,
Jehovah's darling Man
Possess'd his Naruer, Love,
Above;
There Man is known,
Whilst Angels own,
Above them far,
This bright and Morning-Star.

2 When all beheld,
With Wonder fill'd,
The glorious Grace
Sparkle in Jesu's Face;
We, Worms, as wholly blind
In Mind,
Could not discern
What did concern
Our Hearts alone,
That Orb in which we shone.

3 But God would show,
To us below,
His Grace and choice,
Whilst we in Heart rejoice;
And this reveal'd by Blood,
When God
Became a Man;
And then began
In Love to cure
Our Nature, blind, impure.

4 The work was great,
In made him sweat,
Blood-Rivers flow'd,
He groan'd and cry'd aloud;
Whilst Sorrows rent his Heart
With Smart
Unspeakable:
The Pains of Hell,
Infernal Wrath,
Incompaas'd him in Death.

5 With many Tears,
And unknown Fears,
Heart-breaking Sighs,
Infininte Agonies,
Wounds, Blood, and Bruises fresh,
His Flesh
All over fill;
In Anguish, still,
He yields his Breath
To the accursed Death.

6 Fail Nature's Laws;
The Sun withdraws;
With dreadful Crack,
The Rocks asunder break;
Confuls'd Creation shakes,
Earth quakes;
All old Things die,
Non-entity,
Pass'd over all
That liv'd by Adam's Fall.

7 Hence came the Hour
when God, with Pow'r,
Rais'd from the Dead
The Members, and the Head:
In that one perfect Man,
The Plan
Of Grace we see,
Where Christ and we
Were nam'd in one,
The Father's only Son.

8 His JOy fulfill'd
In ev'ry Child:
We, in that Grace,
Behold the Father's Face:
In that exalted Man,
We can
For-ever view,
That love, so true,
Which did us raise
To never-ceasing Praise.

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First Line: Greatly belov'd
Language: English
Publication Date: 1776
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