Hymn: The Acclamation of Heaven, upon Michael's Overthrow of the Dragon

NOW is Salvation, now is come the Hour,
That long expected, never shall be done;
Now Reigns our God, with whom in equal Power,
And strength Enthron'd, sits his Anointed Son:
They Reign and Judg, and having Judgment past,
The Brethrens great Accuser, or'e the Bar have cast.

Both Night and Day the Brethren he accus'd,
Heav'ns common Barrettor, with Charge unjust;
(Their Patience, and the Judges Grace abus'd)
Tho from them the forg'd Calumny they thrust,
And his false Evidence or'e-rul'd, bore down,
By the Lambs Blood in Court attested, and their own.

These were the Pleas whereby they overcame,
And these the Witnesses call'd, and allow'd;
Which ev'n the Devil their slanderer heard with shame,
And self-condemn'd, to the just Sentence bow'd:
Greater their Word was than could be deni'd,
But greater yet their Testimony, that they Di'd.

For this, O Heav'ns, rejoyce, and ye who there
In Sacred Bliss uninterrupted dwell,
Rejoyce, and a part with you let them bear,
Who from below shall of your Justice tell!
With joy shall Sing, how the' Dragon overthrown,
From Heav'ns high-top to th' Earth was tumbled down.

But wo worth you, to whom in wrath he's come,
Of Earth and Sea the miserable 'out-cast,
On whom he'll seek to be aveng'd, the Doom
Was on himself, and curs'd Abettors past;
With rage he comes, and whole Hells last effort,
Fury incenst, because he knows his time's but short.