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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T31323 K034809.000 Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788. Hymns and sacred poems: Published by John Wesley, ... and Charles Wesley, ... London printed by William Strahan; and sold by James Hutton; and at Mr. Bray's 1739 pp. 87-90. x,[6],223,[1]p.; 12⁰.

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The 53 d Chapter of ISAIAH . 1 WHO hath believ'd the Tidings ? Who ? Or felt the Joys our Words impart ? Gladly confess'd our Record true , And found the Saviour in his Heart ? Planted in Nature's barren Ground , And cherish'd by JEHOVAH's Care , There shall th' Immortal Seed be found , The Root Divine shall flourish there ! 2 See the Desire of Nations comes ; Nor outward Pomp bespeaks Him near , A Veil of Flesh the GOD assumes , A Servant's Form he stoops to wear ; He lays his every Glory by ; Ignobly low , obscurely mean , Of Beauty void , in Reason's Eye , The Source of Loveliness is seen . 3 Rejected and despis'd of Men , A Man of Griefs , inur'd to Woe ; His only Intimate is Pain , And Grief is all his Life below . We saw , and from the irksome Sight Disdainfully our Faces turn'd ; Hell follow'd Him with fierce Despight , And Earth the humble Object scorn'd . 4 Surely for Us He humbled was , And griev'd with Sorrows not his own : Of all his Woes were We the Cause , We fill'd his Soul with Pangs unknown . Yet Him th' Offender we esteem'd , Stricken by Heaven's vindictive Rod , Afflicted for Himself we deem'd , And punish'd by an Angry GOD . 5 But O ! with our Transgressions stain'd , For our Offence He wounded was ; Ours were the Sins that bruis'd and pain'd And scourg'd , and nail'd Him to the Cross . The Chastisement that bought our Peace , To Sinners due , on him was laid : Conscience be still ! thy Terrors cease ! The Debt's discharg'd , the Ransom's paid . 6 What tho' we All as wandring Sheep Have left our GOD , and lov'd to stray , Refus'd his mild Commands to keep , And madly urg'd the downward Way ; Father , on Him thy Bolt did fall , The Mortal Law thy Son fulfill'd , Thou laid'st on Him the Guilt of All , And by his Stripes we All are heal'd . 7 Accus'd his Mouth He open'd not , He answer'd not by Wrongs opprest ; Pure tho' He was from sinful Spot What Guilt He Silently confest ! Meek as a Lamb to Slaughter led , A Sheep before his Shearers dumb To suffer in the Sinner's stead Behold the Spotless Victim come ! 8 Who could his Heavenly Birth declare When bound by Man he silent stood , When Worms arraign'd Him at their Bar , And doom'd to Death th' Eternal GOD ! Patient the Sufferings to sustain The Vengeance to Transgressors due , Guiltless He groan'd and died for Man : Sinners rejoice , He died for you ! 9 For your imputed Guilt he bled , Made Sin a sinful World to save ; Meekly he sunk among the Dead : The Rich supplied an Honour'd Grave ? For O ! devoid of Sin , and free From Actual or Intail'd Offence , No Sinner in Himself was He , But pure and perfect Innocence . 10 Yet Him th' Almighty Father's Will , With bruising Chastisements pursu'd , Doom'd Him the Weight of Sin to feel , And sternly just requir'd his Blood . But lo ! the Mortal Debt is paid , The costly Sacrifice is o'er , His Soul for Sin an Offering made Revives , and He shall die no more . 11 His numerous Seed He now shall see , Scatter'd thro' all the Earth abroad , Blest with His Immortality , Begot by Him , and born of GOD . Head to his Church o'er all below Long shall He here his Sons sustain ; Their bounding Hearts his Power shall know , And bless the lov'd Messiah's Reign . 12 'Twixt GOD and Them He still shall stand The Children whom his Sire hath given , Their Cause shall prosper in his Hand While RIGHTEOUSNESS looks down from Heaven . While pleas'd He counts the Ransom'd Race . And calls and draws them from above ; The Travail of his Soul surveys , And rests in his Redeeming Love . 13 Tis done ! my Justice asks no more , The Satisfaction's fully made : Their Sins He in his Body bore ; Their Surety all the Debt has paid . My Righteous Servant and my Son Shall each Believing Sinner clear , And All , who stoop t'abjure their own , Shall in His Righteousness appear . 14 Them shall He claim His just Desert , Them His Inheritance receive , And many a contrite humble Heart Will I for his Possession give . Satan He thence shall chase away , Assert his Right , his Foes o'ercome ; Stronger than Hell , retrieve the Prey , And bear the Spoil triumphant Home . 15 For charg'd with all their Guilt he stood , Sinners from Suffering to redeem , For Them He pour'd out all his Blood , Their Substitute , He died for Them . He died ; and rose his Death to plead , To testify Their Sins forgiven — And still I hear Him interceed , And still He makes Their Claim to Heaven !