A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship ‎#88

88. Freedom in the Death of Jesus

1 And shall we still be slaves,
And in our fetters lie,
When summon'd by a voice divine
T'assert our liberty?

2 Did Christ the Savior bleed,
Our freedom to obtain?
And shall we trample on his blood,
And glory in our chain?

3 Shall we go on to sin,
Because thy grace abounds;
Or crucify the Lord again,
And open all his wounds?

4 Forbid it, mighty God!
Nor let it e'er be said,
That those, for whom thy Son has died,
In vice are lost and dead.

5 The man that durst despise
The law that Moses brought,
Behold! how terriby he dies
For his presumptuous fault.

6 But sorer vengeance falls
On that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace.

Text Information

• First Line: And shall we still be slaves
• Title: Freedom in the Death of Jesus
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1845
• Topic: Christ: His Mission and Works; Christ: His Sufferings and Death

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