20 L.M. Isaac Watts
Deity and Humanity of Christ. Col. 1. 16; 1 Tim. 3. 16
1
Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad,
 
From everlasting was the Word;
 
With God he was; the Word was God;
 
And must divinely be adored.
2
By his own power were all things made;
 
By him supported all things stand;
 
He is the whole creation’s Head,
 
And angels fly at his command.
3
[Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,
 
He led the host of morning stars;
 
(Thy generation who can tell,
 
Or count the number of thy years?)]
4
But lo! he leaves those heavenly forms;
 
The Word descends and dwells in clay,
 
That he may hold converse with worms,
 
Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.
5
Mortals with joy behold his face,
 
The eternal Father’s only Son;
 
How full of truth! how full of grace!
 
When through his eyes the Godhead shone.
6
Blest angels leave their high abode,
 
To learn new mysteries here, and tell
 
The loves of our descending God,
 
The glories of Immanuel.