Sinners Redemption:
Wherein is discovered the Nativity of our blessed
Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; together with his Life on
Earth, and Death upon the Cross for lost Mankind.
To the Tune of, My bleeding Heart.
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ALL you that are to Mirth inclind
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Consider well and bear in Mind,
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What our great God for us hath done,
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In sending his beloved Son.
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Let all our Songs and Praises be,
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Unto his heavenly Majesty;
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And evermore amongst our Mirth,
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Remember Christ and his blessd Birth.
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The Five and Twentieth of December,
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Good Cause have we for to remember,
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In Bethlehem, upon that Morn,
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There was our blessd Messias born.
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The Night before that hapy Tide,
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The spotless Virgin and her Guide,
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Were long Time seeking up and down,
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To find them Lodging in the Town.
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And mark how all Things came to pass,
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The Inn and Lodging so filld was,
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That they could have no Room at all,
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But a poor hungry Oxs Stall.
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This Night the Virgin Mary mild,
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Was safe delivered of a Child,
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According high Heavens Decree,
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Mans sweet Salvation for to be.
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Near Bethlehem did Shepherds keep
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Their Herds and Flocks of feeding Sheep;
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To whom Gods Angels did appear,
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Which put the Shepherds in great Fear.
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Prepare and go, the Angel said,
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To Bethlehem, be not afraid;
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There shall you see this blessed Morn,
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The Princely Babe, JESUS born.
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With thankful Hearts and joyful Minds,
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The Shepherds went this babe to find:
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And as the heavenly Angel told,
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They did our Saviour Christ behold.
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Within a Manger he was laid,
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The Virgin Mary by him stayd,
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Attending on the Lord of Life,
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Being both Mother, Maid and Wife.
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Three Eastern Wisemen from afar,
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Directed by a glorious Star,
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Came boldly on, and made no Stay,
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Until they came where JESUS lay.
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And being come into the Place,
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Where the blessed Messias was
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They humbly laid before his Feet,
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Their Gifts of Gold and Odours sweet.
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See how the Lord of Heaven and Earth
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Shewd himself lowly in his Birth,
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A sweet Example for Mankind,
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To learn to bear in humble Mind.
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No costly Robes nor rich Attire,
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Did JESUS CHRIST our Lord desire;
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No Musick, nor sweet Harmony;
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Till glorious Angels from on High,
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Did in melodious Manner sing,
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Praises unto our heavenly King,
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All Honour, Glory, Might and Power,
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And unto CHRIST, our Saviour.
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If Choirs of Angels did rejoice,
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Well may Mankind with heart and voice,
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Sing Praises to the God of Heaven,
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He unto us a Son hath given.
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Moreover, let every one,
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Call unto Mind, and think upon,
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His righteous Life, and how he dyd,
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To have poor Sinners justifyd.
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Suppose, O Man! that thou shouldst lie
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In prison strong, condemnd to die,
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And had no friend upon the Earth,
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Could ransom thee from cruel Death.
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Except you could some Person find
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That for your Sake should be so kind
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His own Hearts Blood for to dispence,
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And loose his Life in your Defence.
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Such was the Love of Christ, when we
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Were lost to Hell perpetually;
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To save us from the Gulph of Wo,
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Himself much Pain did undergo.
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Whilst in this World he did remain,
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He neer did spend one Hour in vain:
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In Fasting, and in Prayer Divine,
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He daily spent away the Time.
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He in the Temple daily taught,
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And many Wonders strange he wrought
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He gave the Blind their perfect Sight,
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And made the Lame to walk upright.
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He curd the Lepers of their Evils,
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And by his Power he cast out Devils:
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He raised Lazarus from the Grave,
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And to Sick their Health he gave.
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But yet for all these Wonders wrought,
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The Jews his dire Distruction sought;
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The Traytor Judas was the Man,
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That with a kiss betrayd him then.
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Then he was led to Justice Hall,
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Like one despised among them all,
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And had the Sentence given that he
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Should suffer death upon a Tree.
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Unto the Execution-place,
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They brought him on with much Disgrace
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With vile reproachful taunts and Scorns,
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They crownd him with a wreath of thorns.
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Then to the Cross through Hand and Feet
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They nailed our blessd Redeemer sweet;
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And further to augment his Smart,
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With bloody Spear they piercd his Heart.
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Thus have you seen and heard aright,
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The Love of Christ the Lord of might,
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And how he shed his precious Blood,
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Only to do us Sinners good.
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