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 Is now in plainer words made known, As to th' Apoſtles clearly ſhown; By this bleſt meſſage brought from heav'n, Pardon, and peace, and grace is giv'n.

Oh! may I know that Saviour dear, Whom God has repreſented there! And that eternal life receive, Which he was ſent by God to give!

ESUS! how bright his glories ſhine! The great Emmanuel is divine; One with the Father he appears, And all his father's honours ſhares; Yet he, to bring ſalvation down, Has put our mortal nature on.

He in an humble Virgin's womb A feeble infant did become; A ſtable was his lodging made, And the rude manger was his bed.

Growing in life he ſtill was ſeen Humble, laborious, poor, and mean; The Son of from year to year, Did as a carpenter appear.

At length, when he to preach was ſent Through towns and villages he went, And trave l'd with unwearied zeal, God's will and nature to reveal.

To prove the heav'nly truths he taught, Unnumber'd miracles were wrought: