When the whole Heart is to him giv'n,
One lives as if one was in Heav'n,
Enamour'd with his Mercy.

3. When ought is wrong, or when
one fears

One has the Spirit grieved,

The childlike heart with Cares and
Tears

Repents, and is relieved;

It views him with a Face afham'd, And owns, "Dear Lamb! I'm to be "blam'd:"

399.

So lang das kind im mutterleib.

7HILST yet the Babe is in the Womb,

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No Damps it feels or bears,
Which fo impregnate all the Room,
Where nurfe its Veftments airs:
Conftrictions fore, which do compel
The babe to leave its Mother's cell,
Do cause it foon howe'er to breath

The Steams that round it wreath.

2. As yet 'tis not the Air: but when foThe Babe is wash'd and dress'd,

"Be
He answers," Be forgiven !"
4. Iffparks of Nature yet would glow,
Or fomething not fubdued,
One fhews it to the Lamb, and
With Blood 'tis over-flowed.
The cold Death-fweat of Jefus Chrift,
Which can the fames of Hell refift,
Damps all, and keeps us holy.
5. A right poor Sinner one remains
Amidft the Congregation,
Whose life and eafe is Jefu's Pains,
And Blood and Wounds and paffion;
His Cross and fweat and tears, and
Smart,

Can never, by a tender heart,
One moment be forgotten.
6. The Flesh with cruel fcourge torn

off
From Jefus, him refreshes ;
And in the Side's wound, pure and foft,
He daily drinks and washes.
This Rock whence he was hewn, this
Pit
Whence he was dug, for him's fo fit,
He never will forfake it.

7. In by this narrow Way and ftrait,
He Life eternal enters,
And, fafe within this happy Gate,
Behind the Vail he ventures.

How deep was pierc'd the Heart of

God,

He fees, and how 'twas drain'd of
Blood,

And there refolves to tarry.

Suckled, (as well you know) and then
For fome months is carefs'd
In mother's Arms; comes a fine day
In Spring when wholfome breezes
play;
Then goes

the Child from Chamberfteams,

In th' Air and funny Beams.
3. The Church's Family has got]
This Likeness o'er and o'er.
The Child, that Abba has begot,
And th' Holy Spirit bore,
No fooner's kifs'd by Jefu's Bride,
With Mouth warm from the bleeding
Side;

But it begins to feel the Steams
With which the Side's Cave teems.
4. Long is perceiv'd this tender Kifs,
The Congregation gave;
The Infant feels, where e'er it is,
The Fumes of Jesu's Grave;
These make it then so inly weep,
So glad within the Side to creep;
The Side hole warms thofe Breezes
mild,

Which blow about the child.

5. Soon as the bird has got its Wings, It will no longer reft;

To view Chrift's Corpfe, the Mother brings

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It:

E Babes of Grace! but lately They fhall be fo bleft together,

2. And all thy Request was heard :
For thou bar'it that Penance bloody
On thy Body,
To blot out all Curfe and pain
of
Of thy Train;
Thy Souls, and we're hourly proving
Now thou bear'it on thy Heart loving
Thy election much more clear.

To be nail'd in greatest Shame,
As a Lamb,
To the Cross, (fo thy heart glowed)
Debts to pay, which Sinners owed;
Thon becam'ft the bride's Bride-

groom.

4. Now it is as fun-fhine clear,
That thou to the Wife thou loveft
Faithful proveft;
In thy Church tak'st Care of all,
Great and fmall;
Shar'ft in all her Joy and her Smart,
'Cause she is a Piece of thy Heart,
And thou art our Flesh and bone.

5.
Hence the Guardian Holy Ghoft
To thy Sifters and thy Brothers
Gives kind Mothers,
Who, while here we don't see Thee
Bodily,

Vifibly with that fame Spirit,
Whom thou'st purchas'd by thy
Merit,

Do all, which is in thy Heart.
6. They stand all in thy Place here,
Are thy hands and feet, however

Poor all over, By whom, ('till thou com'ft again, Lamb once flain,) Thou each Hour act'ft with thy People:

Thou art walking in their middle,

Anfwer'ft for all Things thyself. 7. Therefore, Prieft! didst thou anoint

Many a Servant, many a Handmaid
On their Forehead,
'Cause with them thou pleased wert
In thy Heart,
And thy Blood thro' them has
ftreamed;

Thou haft worthy them esteemed :
Thanks be for it to thee, Lamb!
8. Be thyself then near to them,
Lamb, with Bleffing, grace, and
Unction

In their Function;

When to finners ought they fay,
Blefs 't, we pray!

Join with them in each Petition,
Which they pray on each Occafion,"
And thy Hearing chear their heart.
9. In all Labour give them Joy,
Since that, which thy Love has
willed,
Is fulfilled;
Yet more joy cause them thy wide
Open'd Side;
And that Refuge in all forrows,
Thy Wound holes, thy ftripes and
furrows,

Be their Life in ev'ry hour.
10. Father, thy Heart's Tenderness
Inwardly them always nourish,

Their Heart cherish : Bridegroom, in thy loving Arm,

Keep them warm: Mother, of his Church the Leader, Who doft alfo drefs and feed her,

Comfort them in grief for Souls. 11. Amen, Godhead! this be true, That to them thou Blifs art giving, While they're living; That thou, all thy Love decreed, Wilt indeed Bring to pafs on them, and by them, And with all they want fupply them; Thy 'Tis finish'd, this requires.

1.MY Lamb, thy gracious Pre-Give us to feel thy presence, deareft

2. Without thee, all our Meetings To blefs each fingle Soul in ev'ry

Let all to thee fo bow their
Hearts as Knees,

And feed upon thy Wounds like
hungry bees.

17. Thy Blood our moisture be, thy Death our life,

Our joy thy Church, the Lamb's beloved Wife.

18. And teach us more of thy Blood's mystery,

Amen! this our Request shall granted

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be.

405.

Mit einem zapten lehnen.

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Ith a most tender Longing, And hundred Heart tears thronging,

Now the redeemed Race
From Death and the Panurgift
Doth thank the Church Liturgift,
Who Surety, Debt and Offering was.
* That artful deceiving fpirit under a

thousand guises.

2. We hold with equal clearness
His Prefence true as Nearnefs:

Our Choirs by turns appear;
For his immediate Dealing,
With Awe and tender Feeling,
Each to the Lamb itself draws near.

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406.

D Schoepfer meiner feel, Et.

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Maker of my Soul,
of my
My ev'ry hair's Creator!
O Thou, who mak'ft my Tears
Of fweet and joyful nature!
My Manhood's only Spouse,
Prince of my Ministry,
Who haft in all thy House

The fole Supremacy!