A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Watts.

REDEMPTION.

With the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.—Psalm cxxx. 7.

But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who, of God, is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.—I. Corinthians, i. 30.

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.—Hebrews, ix. 12.

Redemption! ’twas creation more sublime;

Redemption! ’twas the labour of the skies;

Far more than labour, it was death in Heaven: