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Maker and sovreign Lord
Of Heavn, and earth, and seas,
Thy providence confirms Thy Word,
And answers Thy decrees.
The things so long foretold
By David are fulfilled,
When Jews and Gentiles joind to slay
Jesus, Thine holy Child.
Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews, with one accord,
Bend all their counsels to destroy
ThAnointed of the Lord?
Rulers and kings agree
To form a vain design;
Against the Lord their powers unite
Against His Christ they join.
The Lord derides their rage,
And will support His throne;
He that hath raisd Him from the dead
Hath ownd Him for His Son.
Now Hes ascended high,
And asks to rule the earth;
The merit of His blood He pleads,
And pleads His heavnly birth.
He asks, and God bestows
A large inheritance;
Far as the worlds remotest ends
His kingdom shall advance.
The nations that rebel
Must feel His iron rod;
Hell vindicate those honors well
Which He receivd from God.
Be wise, ye rulers, now,
And worship at His throne;
With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To Gods exalted Son.
If once His wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place;
Then blessèd is the soul that flies
For refuge to His grace.
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