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I: Lord, what is man? extremes how wide / In this mysterious nature join!
The flesh to worms and dust allied, / The soul immortal and divine!
II: Divine at first, a holy flame / Kindled by the Almighty's breath; / Till, stain'd by sin, it soon became / The seat of darkness, strife, and death.
III: But Jesus, O amazing grace!
Assumed our nature as his own, / Obey'd and suffer'd in our place, / Then took it with him to his throne.
IV: Now what is man, when grace reveals / The virtue of a Saviour's blood?
Again a life divine he feels, / Despises earth and walks with God.
V: And what, in yonder realms above, / Is ransom'd man ordain'd to be?
With honour, holiness, and love, / No seraph more adorn'd than he.
VI: Nearest the throne, and first in song, / Man shall his hallelujahs raise; / While wond'ring angels round him throng, / And swell the chorus of his praise.33