2. Full thus of fecret pain of love,
Straiten'd at going to commence
The God again enthron'd above;
His Farewel he muft now difpenfe.
Well he difcern'd perdition's fon,
Already trampling on his Lord:
Yet with his Kindness he went on,
Nor to falute ev'n him abhorr'd.
new,

3. O Meeknefs and ftrange to

man!

One must in Mary be conceiv'd
By God's own Sp'rit, or it ne'er can
Come in the thoughts or be contriv'd!
For us, we can but filent ftand
With melted eyes and hearts on

flame,

Mark what is doing by Love's hand,
And then all fimply do the fame.
4. The Heart of love, what does
He then?

The Soul with myftic longings fill'd,
The Body feafon'd with death's pain,
Its blood now ready to be spill'd?
of it
pours
He fetches Water,
Into a Bason, office mean!
Bids the Disciples ftretch their feet,
That he himself may wash them
clean.

5.

One of them, with that mind

poffeft,

First to know why? and what is

meant?

Will not at once grant this request,
But foon, you'll fee, he must confent;
For what indeed were God all-wife,
If he must in his Ways lie bare
To narrow reas'ning Nature's eyes?
No, his least footsteps fearchlefs are.
6. Hapless, yet pitiable fools,
Whom God doth to his Kingdom
call,

But ye'd firft by your forms and rules,
To fellow worms account for all :
"Twere better (fince in Him we live
And move, furrounded with his
- pow'r,

Veffels of Grace, if we'll believe ;)
You'd thank him, follow, and adore.
7. "If I don't wash thee, Jefus faid,
"Peter, thou haft no Part in me
Oh not feet only, Hands and Head!
"No, the Feet only it fhall be.".
So then he goes from man to man,
Washes their Feet in careful wife,”
His Word mean while their fouls
makes clean,

And, one excepted, all are his.
8. Look here, my Brethren ev'ry one,
On knowledge elfe not much intent,
But the Lamb's Mystery alone
To know, with duteous ardor bent!
Look here, heroic Cherubims,
Majeftic Thrones who rule and ferve,
With God-devoted Seraphims!
This will your best regard deferve.
9. " Now, O my People! you who
know

"My Word (which Doomsday-rule
will be)

"This thing, this Act of love, on

and do with due

Seling do the thing, ume not vain effect, beloved King. ror, his Servants can great Release convey;

- their hand again

Thou dearest Bridegroom,
flaughter'd Lamb!
Bring thy own fire fully into flame,
Give us Abfolution,

And a gentle praifing Tone,
Deep foundation in thy Crofs's Stem.

284.

Wir halten jetzo liebes-mahl.

W

E here in love affembled are, On thy bleft Bruifes feafting, While thy Side-wound's bright Morning-ftar

Election's manifefting.

We greet thy Heart with reverence,
The Hands, Feet, ev'ry feature:
Make, lovelieft Lamb, to all intents

Set's Duft, and wash away? Thy holy Wounds ftill fweeter.

ent with us, Master dear! whate'er has not been right; | as all together here,

el the holy Angels fight:

our flame of Brother-love; make us from our inmost heart;

. Man who felt the Crofs's smart.

Sare as Thou liveft and thy
Flock,

So as our Frame's of earthly mould;
fare are we, from Adam's stock
Now by thy Pain wash'd to pure

Gold:

Sare as thy little Church remains
Here to the world a Spectacle;
So fure, within, thy Spirit reigns,
And thou in thisthy Houfe doft dwell.

285.

Seligs bolk der zeugen-wolk.

Hehofen for blett Pilgrim

ship!
Your fure Staff in all your ways,
Your ftrength, baggage, girdle,
fcrip,
Is that Covenant of Blood,
Which th' old Fathers, bold in God,
Wrote in faith, on ev'ry Door,
That the Slayer pafs'd them o'er.

2. This advice gave God's free Grace,
And he fhew'd his Finger clear:
To its praise kept God's own Hoft

Solemn Thank-feafts ev'ry year;

Where

Where they thought with heart's de- When the Lamb's beloved Wife

Seeligs Wolk der Zeugenwolk, dies Your Sabbath's feast as nothing own:

Now another Sabbath has,;
Giv'n her by her Husband's grace.
He makes her in his Side's fhrine'
A neat Sabbath Bettelein.

7. And we are for this end here,

288.

Der Gott von unserm Bunde, &c.

HE God to whom we ho

Fore him who fills the throne fo1. mage pay,

bright,
'Fore the Lamb, the fev'nfold Flame,
(Where feven ftars too give their
light)

And before thofe living-ones,"
'Fore the four and twenty thrones:
Come, Election take your feat,
And the Sabbath Love-feast eat.
8. Reft and eat at this feast fweet,
And then again to work afford;
Study all the Pilgrim's call,
Whofe ear the Cov'nant-awl hath
bor'd.

When that Shabbas is to come,
The wifh'd-for Millennium,
Where the Lamb is bodily;
This his own concernment be.

9.

Yet before much time is o'er,
Which we in Faith muft fpend below,
He'll be here; the Lamb is near;
The Shabbas is preparing now.
But when once our Bridegroom fhall
Bring us in that Shabbas-hall,
And we at his Agape fit,

Then 'twill be quite fweet, quite
fweet.

10. Amen, yea!' Hallelujah!
That we are called to that Day!
O come near your Crofs-church here,
O Father, Mother, make no ftay.
Build and beautify the Hall,
And, thou Bridegroom! glad us all;
Fain the Bride would married be;
Come, dear Lord, fhe calleth thee.

*Rev. xxii. 17. '

Tmage

Who perfecteth his praise alway
Out of the Sucklings here;
Give us to feel, to tafle and fee,
How gracious and how sweetly he
Does in this Time his love declare,
2. May he excite each Witness-
throat,

Bold to declare the wonders great,
Done by his Faithfulness!
He grant us from his Wounds to
drink,

And humbly at his Feet to fink,

And give us child-like chearfulnefs!

3. O thou our Friend, thou faithful Heart!

Thy Spirit and thy fire impart

Unto thy Priests bleft choir;
Give Incenfe to their Pray'rs always,
And to thy chosen Priestesses;
And O lift up our hands fill
higher.

* Exod. xvii. 12.
The bleffed Angels, brethren dear,
Who all and ev'ry Member here

4.

Have watch'd until this day,
Who in the light behold always
The Father's kind and loving Face;
Thofe fpirits keep, and round us
stay.

5. So we by th' Holy Ghoft's clear
light,
The Church-Wants fhall difcern
aright,

And all our own Wants too;
And we as blessed Children, nay
As Cross's Heroes, ev'ry day

Shall out of all our Meetings go.