Songs 52

¹Ye who the name of Jesus bear,

his sacred steps pursue;

And let that mind which was in him

be also found in you.

²Though in the form of God he was,

his only Son declar’d,

Nor to be equally ador’d

as robb’ry did regard;

³His greatness he for us abas’d,

for us his glory vail’d;

In human likeness dwelt on earth,

his majesty conceal’d:

⁴Nor only as a man appears,

but stoops a servant low;

Submits to death, nay, bears the cross,

in all its shame and woe.

⁵Hence God this gen’rous love to men

with honours just hath crown’d,

And rais’d the name of Jesus far

above all names renown’d:

⁶That at this name, with sacred awe,

each humble knee should bow,

Of hosts immortal in the skies,

and nations spread below:

⁷That all the prostrate pow’rs of hell

might tremble at his word,

And ev’ry tribe, and ev’ry tongue,

confess that he is Lord.