The Stennetts of England - Joseph Stennett - Hymn Poems

See in what grave our Saviour lay

See in what grave our Saviour lay,
Before he shed his precious blood;
How he mark'd out the humble way
To sinners thro the mystick flood.

The sun of righteousness his beams,
Tho so divinely fair and bright,
Immers'd in Jordan's swelling streams,
Submitting to this holy rite.

O Jordan! honour'd oft before!
What greater glory wouldst thou have,
Than Christ descending from thy shore,
To find in thee a liquid grave?

Thy streams retir'd on either side;
To th' holy ark once formed a way ;
A prophet's mantle could divide
Thy willing streams, taught to obey.

Plung'd by the holy baptists hand,
Buried in thee our Saviour lies
Did not thy waters wondring stand,
To see him die, and see him rise?

Blest sepulchre! where Jesus lay,
Which Jesus for us sanctifies!
Blest flood! to wash our sins away,
And link 'em so as ne'er to rise

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