Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse VI · §65

The Lamb slain

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Eternal, spotless Lamb of God, before the world's foundation slain (1 Peter 1:20), sprinkle us ever with your blood. O cleanse and keep us ever clean. To every soul, all praise to you, let our bowels of compassion move. And all mankind by this may see God is in us, for God is love (1 John 4:8).

1771 text

Eternal, spotless Lamb of God, Before the world’s foundation slain, Sprinkle us ever with thy blood, O cleanse and keep us ever clean. To every soul (all praise to thee) Our bowels of compassion move: And all mankind by this may see God is in us; for God is love.

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Sermon 26 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:1-15.

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