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Now let good Christians all

And to re- joice and

And thus within the garden he Commanded was to stay; And unto him for statute good These words the LORD did say: " The fruit that in the garden grows To thee shall be for meat, Except the tree in midst thereof, Of which thou shalt not eat." Now let good Christians,& c.

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" For in the day that thou dost touch, Or unto it come nigh ,­

Or if that thou should'st eat thereof, Then thou shalt surely die."

But Adam he did take no heed To that same only thing,

But did transgress God's holy Laws,

And sore was wrapp'd in sin. Now let good Christians,& c.

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Now mark the Goodness of the LORD.

Which He to mankind bore;

His Mercy soon He did extend,

Lost man for to restore;

And then, for to redeem our souls

From death, and hell, and thrall,

He said His Own dear SON should come, The SAVIOUR of us all.

Now let good Christians,& c.

And now the Tide is nigh at hand,

In which our SAVIOUR came;

Our LORD may bring us all.

Now let good Christians,& c.

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Let us rejoice and merry be,

In keeping of the same.

Let's feed the poor and clothe the bare, And love both great and small,

That when we die, to Heaven at last