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CXL. The Captain of Salvation made Perfect in Sufferings

1 Hail, Jesus, perfect God and Man
Sole author of Salvation's plan;
Thou felt'st our misery:
Perfect, thro' suff'rings thou wast made,
The members, perfect as their head,
With joy salvation cry.

2 Obedient to thy blood and death,
Obedient to th' inspiring breath,
Are all our inward pow'rs:
Thy body we, in thee belov'd,
Thy sorrows hath our joy improv'd,
Eternal life is ours.

3 Barr'd is the way to happiness;
The mind kept back from perfect peace,
Until the Saviour's known:
Known as a man, yet God with us,
Who bare our mis'ries on the cross,
And made them all his own.

4 Hence on the pinions of thy love;
I soar from earth to dwell above,
Where thou hast led the way;
Whilst heights of bliss my soul surprize,
Thy wounded form still bids me rise
To brighter, brighter day.

5 I welcome ev'ry state with thee,
Since thou wilt my companion be,
Thro' all this field of blood:
Thy life preserves my heaven sure,
Thou shalt be now and evermore,
My Jesus and my God.

Text Information

• First Line: Hail, Jesus, perfect God and Man
• Title: The Captain of Salvation made Perfect in Sufferings
• Author: James Relly
• Meter: P. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 2:10
  ;
  Job 16:9-10
  ;
  Job 16:15-17
• Topic: The Sufferings, Agony, and Bloody Sweat, of the Man of Grief: The Word Made Flesh
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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