5. Thou shalt thy Parents honour pay, Father and Mother both, I fay. 6. No other man's Wife ever mind, .Tell never Lies, which may or can adore! Behold the Reasons too, wherefore Our Mediator and Saviour, 1. 434. Wie foll ich dich empfangen. 2. Whilft with her fweetest flowers By Sin and hellish drofs? Quite fpill'd, made me despair; Brought my Redemption near. 4. I lay in Fetters groaning, Thou cam'ft to fet me free. My fhame I was bemoaning: With Grace thou cloathedit me. As worldly treasure is. Contriv'd my Liberty! O Love beyond all measure, Wherewith thou doft embrace Mankind, 'midft all that preffure Which, fince the Fall, takes place. 6. Let this confideration Heal up your wounds within, That feel the fmarts of Sin! OW fhall I meet my Sa- You have before the gate: HOW viour? 1 How fhall I welcome thee? Guide heart and hand aright, He, who your heart's Diftemper 7. 'Tis none of your endeavour Nor any mortal care And And cure all Griefs and fadness He knows ye're clogg'd withal. 9. Then fear not ye the clamour And baffles all their boast. Shall meet with love and peace. Thy longing Spouse fays, Come! 435. Now bly lies, 5.Thou in a manger ly'ft with beafts, There thou a little Infant reft'st ; Tho' thou'rt theHeathen's Light and friend, No fervant's found on thee t'attend. 6. I thank thee, loving Lamb! that thou Mün ́er liegt in leiner krippe. And both to me and thee thus fweet- "Forget, my brethren, all "Grief and Pain! your "For what you have not, that I I'll fing an endless Age of praife. "bring again. Ermuntre dich,mein Schwacher geilt. "A' Rife my fpirit, leap with joy, The Father, who's a new-born Boy, This is the night in which he came, [439.] Das neugebohrne Kindelein. 2. Welcome, thou sweetest Bride-T groom, good! O Jefu King of glory! HE new-born Babe, whom Jefus, God blefs'd for evermore! Welcome, thrice welcome, Lamb of For his beloved chofen Race. God! To this World tranfitory! I will repeat thy laud and praise, 3. Ah Jefu thy unworthy Bride Above all this world's treasure: Come, deareft! come, and lodge with 2. Therefore the Angels do rejoice, We neither hell nor devil fear, here. 4. He brings along a Year of praife, (These two, as well as N° 433. are from the 16th Century.) 440. Jefu meine freude. 1. TESUS, Source of Gladness, 1.J Comfort in all fadnefs, Thou canft end my grief: Lord, thy fight I'm wanting, While my heart is panting After thy Relief. Saviour Chrift, my Lamb and Priest! Heaven and earth without thy treafure Can afford no pleasure. 2. Under thy Protection Hell and Sin's injection Cannot hurt my heart; 441. Lightning's Glare, which elfe would fcare, Cannot now shake my Foundation, With their flavish fear: For my God is near." Far from me remove: Honour and Ambition, Cease your oppofition To my facred Love. Schatz uber alle fchazre. "T Reafure above all treasure, O Jefu fairest One! Thou'rt dear beyond all measure : In my poor Heart a throne (It now with Zeal doth languish) I have to Thee affign'd; 'Cause thou with thine own Anguish Haft heal'd my Pain of mind. 2. Joy, of my joy the Fountain, Thou Bread most heavenly! I'll pafture on thy mountain, My Soul's need fatisfy: With marrow and with fatness, With joy exceeding great, With Comfort and with sweetness, Ev'n in a fuff'ring State. Come death, pain, with all your 3. Let me now be perceiving train ; Your affaults fhall but difcover How I love my Lover. 5. I would leave for Jefus Lift thy head no more. Is my guard and Prop; Those that love th’Anointed, Shan't be disappointed Of their living Hope. Somewhat here I patient bear, But Chrift turneth ev'n my Sadnefs Into Joy and gladness. Thy friendly Countenance ! My heart for to enliven With that moft powerful glance : Without thee to be living, Were to my heart great pain; Pant for thee, sweetest Rest! Thou faithful Church's Servant, Think'st thou fome Trouble beft For me? I'll gladly fuffer, And no pain fhall me move (Tho' frightful it fhould offer) From thy most tender love. 5 My Heart remains giv'n over To thee perpetually, To die, to live; and rather, O Fair one! I'd with thee Than want thy Company, For For heavenly is my Spirit, And my whole heart and mind: Where Chrift himself discloses, There I do long to be; Come fetch me to thee home: My foul's Adornment! come. Rich I fhall be, and chearful, When once thro' thy free grace, I, fnatch'd from all that's hurtful, Have gain'd my heav'nly Place. 2. Draw near! thou wilt discover, Late bloody Sweat all over His Body ftains and dyes; Sighs are fucceffive following 3. Who hath thee thus abused, Thy tend'reft, lovelieft Face? Why! thou'rt no fin's tranfactor, Thou art no malefactor, Like others of the human Race. 4. I, I and my tranfgreflions, Which by my own confeffions, Exceed the fea-fhore Sands; Thefe, thefe have been the reafon Of thy whole bitter Season, Of all thy bruises, ftripes and bands. 5. 'Twas I ought to've been pained And faft for ever chained Both hand and foot in Hell; The Bands and Scourge's tearing, Which, thou, myGod! wert bearing, My foul, my foul deferv'd to feel. 6. I'll be 'mongst the beholders, How thou on thy own Shoulders Bear'ft my prodigious load : Thou tak'ft the Curfe-infliction, Giv'ft for it Benediction; My Cordial is thy Pains and rod. 7. As Surety thou prefenteft Thyfelf, to fmart confenteft For me in Debt all o'er ; A crown of Thorns thou wearest, The scorn and pain thou beareft With Patience never known before. 8. Into Death's jaws thou leaping, Provid't for my efcaping, That I this Hurt mayn't prove; My Death thou for me carry'ft, And then with thyself bury' ft, O most unheard-of fire of Love! 9. Thro' all life's hours and stations, I'm under Obligations, The highest, to thee, Lamb! Devote their service to thy Name. Shall in my Heart's recefs prevail. 11. Its fresh Representation Shall ftir my admiration, Where'er I turn or move; To guile, but Seal of Truth and 12. How greatly man incenfes God's Holiness how ftern, How |