Religion

Matthew 1:1: The book (let all bow down and read)

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

The book (let all bow down and read),
The book of God to sinners given,
The birth of Abraham'' s blessed Seed,
Of David's Son, sent down from heaven!
Stupendous mystery Divine,
Gospel to ages past unknown!
Heathens dcsxAJetus through Jesus join.
And God and man in Christ are one.

Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord,
Our Father through His birth Thou art;
Thy Spirit testifies the Word
Made flesh, to every faithful heart;
In us Thy new-born Son reveal,
Thy Son from all eternity,
And give Him still on earth to dwell.
By faith conceived and form'd in me.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 1:1: The book (let all bow down and read).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3909/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 1:1: The book (let all bow down and read).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3909/.

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