569    8s     W. Gadsby
Christ and his Church. Eph. 5. 25-27; Jer. 31. 3

1 The Father, in eternal love,
  His heart upon Zion did set;
  Her name he enrollèd above;
  Nor will he fair Zion forget,
  He chose her in Jesus his Son,
  And gave her to him for a wife;
  Who freely accepted the same,
  Though knowing she’d cost him his life.

2 He saw her polluted with sin,
  Enveloped in debt and distress;
  Determined her heart he would win,
  Engagèd to save her by grace,
  He took all her debts and her woes,
  And for her was surely made sin;
  He fought and he conquered her foes,
  And with him she shall live and reign.