Summary

Elegy on the much lamented death… (1787)

An exhortation to all in general, and his flock in particular, to imitate his example, and to follow his steps, from 1 Cor. xi. I. "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
Follow his steps dejected flock,
As he did follow Christ his rock;
From God, nor duty, never cease,
And always live in love and peace.
Be followers of him in faith,
Keep always in that holy path;
God is will pleas'd when you're therein,
For what is not of faith is sin.
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Elegy on the much lamented death… (1787)

Love lasts through all eternity.
Follow his steps most chearfully,
In meekness, and humility;
For humble fouls God high will raise,
But proud and lofty doth abase.
In good works follow him also,
And mercy to the needy show;
This God requires of Adam's race,
Justice to do in every place.
Him follow perseveringly,
Strive, run, and fight, wrestle, and cry:
Watch, and be strong, from evil flee,
Then at the end you sav'd shall be.
A poem on his last sermon, which was preached a few weeks before he died, from Matth. xxii. 42. “What think ye of Christ?
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Elegy on the much lamented death… (1787)

He groans, and sweets, and bleeds, and dies.
What think ye of this sacrifice?
That did ascend above the skies:
'Twas a sweet savour unto God,
When he the red-wine-press had trode.
What think ye of his intercession?
He makes to God, for our transgression!
It pow'rful is and meritorious,
When that the person is so glorious
What think ye of him as a Prophet?
There's many think but little of it:
Yet, suffer him to teach you by
His Spirit, which can never lie.
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