1092    C.M.     J. Kent
“Loose him, and let him go.” John 11. 44; Isa. 45. 13

1 Till God the sinner’s mind illume,
  ’Tis dark as night within;
  Like Lazarus in the dreary tomb,
  Bound hand and foot by sin.

2 Yet though in massy fetters bound,
  To God’s free grace a foe,
  The gospel has a joyful sound:
  “Loose him, and let him go.”

3 Sinners shall hear this joyful sound,
  When God designs it so;
  Grace shall beyond their sins abound;
  “Loose him, and let him go.”

4 Justice, beholding his attire,
  No more appears his foe;
  He says, “I’ve all that I require;
  Loose him, and let him go.”

5 He stands accepted in his name
  Whose blood for him did flow;
  The holy law proclaims the same:
  “Loose him, and let him go.”