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Return'd, in human flesh enshrined, sure pledge To man, and argument to heaven, that he True Advocate hath found, and sympathy Sincere, with word confirm'd, which saving grace Vouchsafed, that forfeit seats should be refill' d ; More than refill'd, with other race replete, And man, so purged from sin, to righteousness Restored, thus in the flesh see God. Henceforth The triple crown, love, mercy, justice, wear; Thy throne resume ; as ever, sit and reign At my right hand ; thence wait the end, until All enemies be put beneath thy feet, All principality, and virtue, power, Be brought to naught, till all things be subdued, All things be subject, God be all in all."

Benignly thus, inclining tow'rds his Son, The Father speaks, his sacrifice accepts, And new affirms, that man his grace should find. To whom, with look ineffable of joy, Whilst roseate hues suffused his face divine, Our Advocate thus, precative, return'd :

"Glad am I, Father, these thy words to hear; Glad that thou deem'st my long predestined task Well done. This from thy goodness moves, thy love, Which, as all other good, thine attributes, Eternal as thyself, transcendent shine; On me reflective shine, shine on thy works, And chief thy works of grace, supernal gifts, Whereby essential life dispensed, thy creatures share, Live, move, and each his sev'ral being has ; Each perfect in itself, though naught compared With thee ; with thee compared, angels not pure,

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