1 Enslav'd by sin and bound in chains
Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doom'd to everlasting pains,
We wretched guilty captives lay.
2 Nor can our arm procure our peace
Nor all the world's collected store
Suffice to purchase our release;
A thousand worlds were all too poor.
3 A Saviour, man, the mighty God,
A glorious ransom must procure;
Justice divine demands his blood
And nothing less can life insure,
4 Jesus, the man, the mighty God,
This all-sufficient ransom paid:
The Mediator's precious blood
For wretched sinners has been shed.
5 Jesus the sacrifice became,
To rescue guilty souls from hell:
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb
Beneath avenging justice fell.
6 Amazing justice! love divine!
O may our grateful hearts adore
The matchless grace, nor yield to sin,
Nor wear its cruel fetters more!
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First Line: | Enslaved by sin and bound in chains |
Title: | A Saviour is necessary |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1789 |
Topic: | Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 5 |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |