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CCCLIII. God's Love to Mankind

1 O GOD of Good th' unfathom'd Sea,
Who would not give his Heart to thee?
Who would not love thee with his Might?
O JESU, Lover of mankind,
Who would not his whole Soul and Mind,
With all his Strength to thee unite?

2 Thou shin'st with everlasting Rays;
Before th' insufferable Blaze
Angels with both Wings veil their Eyes;
Yet free as Air thy Bounty streams
On all thy Works, thy Mercy's beams,
Diffusive as thy Sun's arise.

3 Astonish'd at thy frowning Brow,
Earth, Hell, and Heav'n's strong Pillars bow,
Terrible majesty is thine!
Who then can that vast Love express,
Which bows thee down to me, who less
Than nothing am, 'till thou art mine?

4 High-thron'd on Heav'n's eternal Hill,
In Number, Weight, and Measure still
Thou sweetly order'st all that is,
And yet thou deign'st to come to me,
And guide my Steps, that I with thee
Inthron'd, may reign in endless Bliss.

5 Fountain of Good all Blessing flows
From thee; no Want thy Fulness knows,
What but thyself canst thou desire?
Yes; self-sufficient as thou art,
Thou dost desire my worthless Heart;
This, only this thou dost require.

6 Primeval Beauty! in thy Sight,
The first-born fairest Sons of Light,
See all their brightest Glories fade;
What then to me thine Eyes could turn,
In Sin conceiv'd, of Woman born,
A Worm, a Leaf, a Blast, a Shade!

7 Hell's Armies tremble at thy Nod,
And trembling own th' almighty GOD,
Sov'reign of Earth, Hell, Air, and Sky,
But who is this that comes from far,
Whose Garments roll'd in Blood appear?
'Tis GOD made Man, for Man to die.

8 O GOD of Good th' unfathom'd Sea,
Who would not give his Heart to thee?
Who would not love thee with his Might?
O JESU, Lover of mankind,
Who would not his whole Soul and Mind,
With all his Strength to thee unite?

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• First Line: O God of Good th' unfathomed Sea
• Title: God's Love to Mankind
• Publication Date: 1801
• Topic: The Wonders of Redeeming Love

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