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AND HYMNS.
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Immanuel, or God with us.
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Matt. i. 23.
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ERE the blue heav'ns were ftretch'd aFrom everlaſting was the Word! With God he was; the Word was God, And muft divinely be ador'd.
2 By his own pow'r were all things made; By Him fupported all things ftand, He is the whole creation's head, And Angels fly at his command.
3 Ere fin was born, or Satan fell, He led the hoft of morning ftars; ( Thy generation who can tell, Or count the number of thy years?)
4 But lo, He leaves thofe Heav'nly forms, The Word defcends and dwells in clay, That he may hold converfe with worms, Drefs'd in fuch feeble fleſh as they.
5 Mortals with joy beheld his face, Th' eternal Father's only Son; How full of truth! how full of grace! When thro' his eyes the Godhead fhone!