Verse 1
Tis slaughter in the outward sign;
In the reality
An holy sacrifice Divine
Of sinful souls we see,
When by the Spirit’s two-edg’d sword
The beast in man is slain,
That sinners thro’ the gospel-word
May reason’s life regain.
Verse 2
Sinners by the commandment kill’d,
And sav’d by Jesus grace,
Experience in themselves reveal’d
The vital holiness:
With Peter thus we kill and eat,
The heavenly charge fulfil,
Our soul’s repast, our pleasant meat
To do our Father’s will.