Religion
Hebrews 5:4: Lo man taketh this honour unto himself, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)
Empower'p through JZoses' hallowing hands,
Aaron before the altar stands,
The consecrated priest of God!
Jesus His officers ordains:
And thus the Christian priest obtains
The gift by elders' hands bestow'd.
Ye that uncall'd the power assume,
Expect the rebels' fearful doom;
The pit its mouth hath open'd wide
For Jesu's sacrilegious foes!
Repent before its mouth it close
On all the harden'd sons of pride.
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Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 5:4: Lo man taketh this honour unto himself, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6997/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 5:4: Lo man taketh this honour unto himself, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6997/.
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