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C. Coffin, 1676–1749. Tr. J. Chandler.

N Jordan's bank the Baptist’s cry Announces that the Lord is nigh; Come then and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings from the King of kings.

2 Then cleansed be every Christian breast, And furnished for so great a guest!

Yea, let us each our hearts prepare For Christ to come and enter there.

Unison 3 For thou art our salvation, Lord, Our refuge and our great reward; Without thy grace our souls must fade, And wither like a flower decayed.