Songs 41

John 3:14-19

1As when the Hebrew prophet rais’d

the brazen serpent high,

The wounded look’d, and straight were cur’d,

the people ceas’d to die:

2So from the Saviour on the cross

a healing virtue flows;

Who looks to him with lively faith

is sav’d from endless woes.

3For God gave up his Son to death,

so gen’rous was his love,

That all the faithful might enjoy

eternal life above.

4Not to condemn the sons of men

the Son of God appear’d;

No weapons in his hand are seen,

nor voice of terror heard:

5He came to raise our fallen state,

and our lost hopes restore:

Faith leads us to the mercy‐seat,

and bids us fear no more.

6But vengeance just for ever lies

on all the rebel race,

Who God’s eternal Son despise,

and scorn his offer’d grace.

First published by the Church of Scotland in 1781.
Published by: British & Foreign Bible Society