III. Christ Incarnate. "And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made, being of one Substance with the Father, by Whom all things were made: "Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from Heaven, and was Incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man." Dorchester. 27. JOHN WAINWRIGHT, Mus. Doc. 4 To Bethlehem straight th' enlighten'd shepherds ran, 5 Let us, like these good shepherds, then employ 6 Then may we hope, th' angelic thrones among, John Byrom, 1773. 1010 28. Herr Jesu Christ war Mensch und Gott. Ulenberg Psalter, 1582. 1 'TIST time eternal love forecast: come, the time so oft foretold, Four thousand years of hope have rolled, And God hath sent His Son at last; Let heaven, let earth, adore the plan; Glory to God, and grace to man! 2 To swains that watch'd their nightly fold, Of lowly lot, of lowly mind, To these the tidings first were told, That told of hope for lost mankind; God gives His Son; no more He can, Glory to God, and grace to man! 8 And well to shepherds first 'tis known, The Lord of angels comes from high, In humblest aspect like their own, Good Shepherd, for His sheep to die: O height and depth, which who shall span? Glory to God, and grace to man! 4 Fain with those meek, those happy swains, Lord, I would hear that angel quire: Till, ravished by celestial strains, My heart responds with holy fire; (That holy fire Thy breath must fan;) Glory to God, and grace to man! Thomas Grinfield, 1836. |