The shepherds and shepherdesses approach respectfully, and puny as the child appears, they recognise in him the height of the eternal Majesty, and worship him:
THIRD SHEPHERD.
... Thou art the promised seed
To Adam after his misdeed.
Abraham and David on this relied,
And both alike were justified.
SECOND SHEPHERD.
The eye beholds a weak and powerless child;
But faith which comes of knowledge bids us bow