See, Lord, The purchase of Thy death

Verse 1
See, Lord, the purchase of thy death, (Acts 20:28)
Thy little feeble flock, (Luke 12:32)
Gather, and keep our souls beneath (Jer. 31:10)
The shadow of their rock. (Isa. 32:2)

Verse 2
Thy few returning sheep behold, (I Pet. 2:25)
By wolves encompast round, (Matt. 10:16, Luke 10:3)
And let us never leave the fold,
But still in thee be found. (Phil. 3:9)

Verse 3
Regard the number of our foes, (Ps. 25:19)
Their subtlety and might
Arise, and stop the way of those
Who ’gainst thy people fight. (Ps. 35:1-3)

Verse 4
Helper of every helpless soul,
Shew forth thy saving grace, (Eph. 2:5, Eph. 2:8, Tit. 2:11)
The fierceness of vain man controul,
Or turn it to thy praise. (Ps. 76:10)

Verse 5
Thou know’st for thy dear sake alone
We daily suffer shame, (Ps. 69:7, Matt. 5:11, Acts 5:41, I Pet. 4:14)
Because we dare our Master own,
And triumph in thy name.

Verse 6
Thee, Lord, before thy foes we dare
In word and deed confess, (Matt. 10:32-33, Luke 12:8-9, Rom. 10:9-10)
Rejoice thy hallow’d cross to bear, (Matt. 10:38, Matt. 16:24, Mark 8:34, Mark 10:21, Luke 9:23, Luke 14:27)
And live thy witnesses. (Isa. 43:10, Luke 24:48, Acts 1:8, Acts 5:32)

Verse 7
Witnesses of th’ atoning blood (Rev. 12:11)
Which did for sinners flow,
And brought a guilty world to God, (Rom. 3:19, I Pet. 3:18)
And sprinkled all below. (Ex. 24:8, Isa. 52:15, Heb. 10:22, Heb. 12:24, I Pet. 1:2)

Verse 8
That blood we felt thro’ faith applied,
And know our sins forgiven, (Rom. 3:25, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14)
And tell mankind the purple tide
Would waft them all to heaven.

Verse 9
For this we reckon all things loss, (Phil. 3:7-8)
Till Christ the judge comes down, (Acts 10:42, Acts 17:31, II Tim. 4:1, James 5:9)
Honours the followers of his cross,
And bids them wear his crown. (II Tim. 4:8, James 1:12, I Pet. 5:4, Rev. 2:10)

Verse 10
He tells us he will quickly come, (Rev. 3:11, Rev. 22:7, Rev. 22:12, Rev. 22:20)
His saying we receive,
And we shall all be taken home, (John 14:2-3, I Thess. 4:17)
And in his kingdom live. (Matt. 25:34, Luke 12:32, II Tim. 4:18, II Pet. 1:11)

Verse 11
Us, who before the sons of men
Were bold our Lord to own,
He will, he will acknowledge then
Before his Father’s throne. (Matt. 10:32-33, Luke 12:8-9, Rev. 3:5)

Verse 12
He (while the glorious angels stand
Astonish’d at the grace) (I Pet. 1:12)
Shall place us all at his right-hand, (Matt. 25:31-33)
And speak his servants’ praise. (I Cor. 4:5)

Verse 13
These (if our hearts may now conceive
What God in heaven shall say)
These were the souls who dar’d believe, (II Thess. 1:10)
Who dar’d my word obey.

Verse 14
Me for their dear redeeming Lord
They never blush’d to own, (Mark 8:38, Luke 9:26, Rom. 1:16, II Tim. 1:12)
But held my name, and kept my word, (Rev. 2:13, Rev. 3:8)
And liv’d to me alone. (Rom. 14:7-8, II Cor. 5:15)

Verse 15
A proverb of reproach below
They suffer’d for my sake, (Deut. 28:37, Ps. 69:7-11, Matt. 5:11-12, Luke 6:22-23)
Rejoic’d my daily cross to know, (Matt. 10:38, Matt. 16:24, Mark 8:34, Mark 10:21, Luke 9:23, Luke 14:27, Acts 5:41)
My portion to partake. (II Tim. 1:8, I Pet. 4:13-14)

Verse 16
On earth they liv’d my witnesses, (Isa. 43:10, Isa. 43:12, Isa. 44:8, Acts 1:8)
My witnesses they died, (Acts 22:20, Rev. 2:13, Rev. 12:11, Rev. 20:4)
And now I for my own confess (Matt. 10:32)
And speak them glorified. (Rom. 8:16-17, Rom. 8:30)

Verse 17
Come then to heaven your native home, (John 14:2-3, Heb. 11:14-16)
Be numbred with the blest, (Matt. 25:34)
My Father’s happy children come, (Rom. 8:16-17)
And on my bosom rest. (Isa. 40:11, John 13:23, John 21:20)

Verse 18
The kingdom take for all prepar’d (Dan. 7:18, Matt. 25:34, Luke 12:32)
That should in me abide; (John 15:4, I John 2:28)
Now, I am now thy great reward (Gen. 15:1)
Who in my faith hast died. (Heb. 11:13)

Verse 19
My good and faithful servant thee (Matt. 25:21, Matt. 25:23, Luke 19:17)
I openly approve, (II Cor. 10:18)
Possess thy lot, enthron’d with me (Ps. 16:5, Dan. 12:13)
In all the pomp of love. (Eph. 2:6, Rev. 3:21, Rev. 20:4)

Verse 20
The mead [meed] of all thy labours this,
This starry diadem wear, (II Tim. 4:8, James 1:12, I Pet. 5:4, Rev. 2:10)
Enter into thy Master’s bliss, (Matt. 25:21, Matt. 25:23)
And reign for ever there. (II Tim. 2:12, Rev. 20:4, Rev. 22:5)