I saw the Lord in light array'd

Verse 1
I saw the Lord in light array’d,
And seated on a lofty throne, (Isa. 6:1, Ps. 104:2)
Th’ invisible on earth display’d, (Col. 1:15)
The Father’s coeternal Son. (John 1:1-2, John 1:18, John 17:5, Heb. 1:3)

Verse 2
The seraphim, a glittering train,
Around his bright pavilion stood, (Isa. 6:1-2, Rev. 5:11, Rev. 7:11)
Nor could the glorious light sustain, (Isa. 6:2)
While all the temple flam’d with God. (Isa. 6:1)

Verse 3
Six wings each heavenly herald wore, (Isa. 6:2, Rev. 4:8)
With twain he veil’d his dazzled sight,
With twain his feet he shadow’d o’er,
With twain he steer’d his even flight. (Isa. 6:2)

Verse 4
One angel to another cried,
“Thrice holy is the Lord we own, (Isa. 6:3, Rev. 4:8)
“His name on earth is glorified, (Ps. 72:19, Ps. 86:9, Rev. 15:4)
“And all things speak the great Three One. (I John 5:7)

Verse 5
“The earth is of his glory full; (Isa. 6:3, Num. 14:21, Ps. 72:19, Hab. 2:14)
“Man in himself his God may see, (Gen. 1:26-27, Col. 3:10)
“In his own body, spirit, soul, (I Thess. 5:23)
“May trace the triune deity.[”] (I John 5:7)

Verse 6
He spake; and all the temple shook,
Its doors return’d the jarring sign, (Isa. 6:4)
The trembling house was fill’d with smoak, (Rev. 15:8)
And groan’d beneath the guest divine. (Isa. 6:4)

Verse 7
Ah woe is me! aghast I said, (Isa. 6:5)
What shall I do, or whither run? (Ps. 139:7, Acts 2:37, Acts 16:30)
Burthen’d with guilt, of God afraid, (Gen. 3:10, Ps. 38:4)
By sin eternally undone! (Isa. 6:5)

Verse 8
A man I am of lips unclean,
With men of lips unclean I dwell, (Isa. 6:5)
And I the Lord of hosts have seen, (Isa. 6:5, Ps. 24:10, Jer. 46:18)
The King of heaven, and earth, and hell. (Dan. 4:37)

Verse 9
I cannot see his face, and live; (Ex. 33:20, Judges 6:22-23, Judges 13:22)
The vision must my death foreshew—
A seraph turn’d, and heard me grieve,
And swift to my relief he flew. (Isa. 6:6)

Verse 10
Angel of gospel-peace he came, (Isa. 52:7, Luke 2:10-14, Rom. 10:15, Eph. 6:15, Rev. 14:6)
And signified his Lord’s design,
He bore the mighty Jesu’s name,
Type of the messenger divine.

Verse 11
Upon my mouth he gently laid
A coal that from the altar glow’d,
Lo! this hath touch’d thy lips, he said, (Isa. 6:6-7, Jer. 1:9)
And thou art reconcil’d to God. (Isa. 6:7, Rom. 5:10, II Cor. 5:18)

Verse 12
His offering did thy guilt remove,
The Lamb who on that altar lay; (Isa. 53:7, John 1:29)
A spark of Jesu’s flaming love
Hath purg’d thy world of sin away. (Isa. 6:7, John 1:29, Heb. 1:3, I John 2:2)

Verse 13
Soon as I found my heart set free,
I heard that all might be forgiven; (Acts 10:43, I Tim. 2:3-4)
The council of the Trinity,
The sovereign Lord of earth and heaven. (Isa. 6:8, Matt. 11:25, Acts 17:24)

Verse 14
I heard him ask whom shall I send (Isa. 6:8)
Our royal message to proclaim,
Our grace and truth, which never end— (Ps. 100:5, Ps. 117:2, John 1:14, John 1:17)
Lo! here, thy messenger I am. (Isa. 6:8)

Verse 15
Send me, my answering spirit cried, (Isa. 6:8)
Thy herald to the ransom’d race:
Go then, the voice divine replied,
And preach my free, unbounded grace. (Isa. 6:9, Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Acts 20:24, Rom. 3:24, Tit. 2:11)

Verse 16
Go forth, and speak my word to all, (Isa. 6:9, Jer. 1:7)
To every creature under heaven; (Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Col. 1:23)
They may obey the gospel-call, (Rom. 10:16, II Thess. 1:8)
And freely be by grace forgiven.

Verse 17
They may, but will not all believe: (Acts 28:24, Rom. 3:3-4, Rom. 10:16, II Thess. 3:2)
Yet go my truth and love to clear;
I know, they will not all receive (John 1:11-12)
The grace that brings salvation near. (Tit. 2:11)

Verse 18
They me, I did not them pass by:
My grace for every soul is free,
I would not have one sinner die: (Ezek. 18:23, Ezek. 18:32, Ezek. 33:11, I Tim. 2:4, II Pet. 3:9)
How dare they charge their death on me!

Verse 19
Go tell the reprobates their doom, (Isa. 6:9, Ezek. 3:18-19)
Because they will not me receive. (John 1:11)
Ye will not to your Saviour come, (John 5:40)
And therefore ye shall never live. (John 3:36)

Verse 20
His grace, doth once to all appear (Tit. 2:11)
Thro’ which, ye all may pardon’d be,
But having ears ye will not hear,
But having eyes ye will not see. (Isa. 6:9-10, Deut. 29:4, Jer. 5:21, Ezek. 12:2, Matt. 13:13-15, Mark 8:18, Rom. 11:8)

Verse 21
Ye hear, and will not understand, (Isa. 6:9-10, Matt. 13:14-15, Mark 4:12, Acts 28:26-27)
And capable of God in vain,
Rebel against his mild command, (I John 5:3)
And will not let your Saviour reign. (Luke 19:14, Luke 19:27)

Verse 22
Ye will not, what ye see, perceive, (Isa. 6:9, Matt. 13:14, Mark 4:12)
Ye will not with your idols part, (Ezek. 14:3, Ezek. 14:6, Col. 3:5, I John 5:21)
Your bosom-sins ye will not leave, (Ps. 66:18)
Or tear them from your harden’d heart. (Ps. 95:7-8, Prov. 28:14, John 12:40, Rom. 2:5, Heb. 3:7-8)

Verse 23
Ye fear to use the grace ye have,
Ye dare not with your God comply,
Ye will not suffer him to save, (Isa. 30:15, John 5:40)
But salvable resolve to die. (Ezek. 18:31-32, Ezek. 33:11)

Verse 24
Against the truth ye stop your ears, (Zech. 7:11-12, Acts 7:57, II Tim. 4:3-4)
Ye shut your eyes against the light, (Isa. 6:10, Job 24:13, Matt. 13:15, John 3:19-20)
And mock your Saviour’s cries and tears; (Heb. 5:7)
And perish in his love’s despight. (II Thess. 2:10)

Verse 25
Yet O! my God (I said) how long, (Isa. 6:11)
How long shall the self-harden’d race
Thy justice dare, thy mercy wrong,
And trample on thy patient grace? (Heb. 10:29)

Verse 26
Until their cities are destroy’d,
Until their palaces lie waste, (Isa. 6:11-12)
Formless the earth, and dark, and void— (Gen. 1:2, Jer. 4:23-26)
The penal power of sin shall last.

Verse 27
Yet all the faithful shall not fail
Diminish’d from the sons of men, (Ps. 12:1)
The gates of hell cannot prevail, (Matt. 16:18)
Or make the word of promise vain. (Rom. 3:3-4, Rom. 9:6)

Verse 28
A remnant shall be left behind, (I Kings 19:18, Isa. 1:9, Isa. 10:21-22, Rom. 9:27-29, Rom. 11:4-5)
A tenth to hallow all the race, (Isa. 6:13)
Faith upon earth I still shall find, (Luke 18:8)
Th’ election of peculiar grace. (Deut. 14:2, Rom. 11:5)

Verse 29
As trees that cast their leaves retain
Their substance in themselves entire, (Isa. 6:13)
So shall the holy seed remain,
And flourish, and to heaven aspire. (Isa. 6:13, Isa. 37:31)

Verse 30
A tenth shall still return, and grow, (Isa. 6:13)
And furnish heaven and earth with food, (Isa. 27:6)
Till all mankind to Jesus flow, (Isa. 2:2, Mic. 4:1)
And every soul is fill’d with God. (Eph. 3:19)