Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#18a

18a. Adam and Christ, Lords of the Old and New Creation

1 Lord, what was man, when made at first,
Adam, the offspring of the dust,
That thou should'st set him and his race,
But just below an angel's place?

2 That thou should'st raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below;
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet?

3 But O! what brighter glories wait
To crown the second Adam's state!
What honours shall thy Son adorn,
Who condescended to be born?

4 See him below his angels made!
Behold him number'd with the dead,
To save a ruin'd world from sin;
But he shall reign with power divine.

5 The world to come, redeem'd from all
The miseries that attend the fall,
New made, and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet.

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• First Line: Lord, what was man when made at first
• Title: Adam and Christ, Lords of the Old and New Creation
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8:3-9
• Topic: Children: praising God; Christ: the second Adam; Christ: his condescension and glorification; Christ: exalted to the kingdom; Christ: praised by children; God: mad Man; God: praised by children; God: his sovereignty and goodness to man; Goodness of God; Hosanna: of the children; Man: dominion over creatures; Praise: to God from children; The first and second Adam: their dominion
• Notes: Paraphrased; Second Part

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