CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION 331 Yea, as I Live, Jehovah Saith Ezek. 33: 11 L. M. So wahr ich leb’, spricht Gott der Herr Nikolaus Herman, 1560, cento Tr., Matthias Loy, 1880, alt. St. Luke Jeremiah Clarke, †1707 ye tru forth would shall ly and not be: mit mand: saith, I What “Go I the in loose, par preach have that don ye those us as shall whose there I 1 Yea, To 4 “What 3 “All 2 bound thus gave ho com shall re vah bind, sins fore live, that ye Christ Je are re d’ning ror’s ways, er ye My from keys do par the giv’n tain sin ev and shall grace free; quit, land; death, Un And Be But ’ry be ac ner’s My whose on he Church sins all turn that those stow to live pent guilt close and and re and end mend shall gates the through and y Re Who ope demned Con To pent, will men. of less their re main. heav’n.” A ways. days. 5 The words which absolution give Are His who died that we might live; The minister whom Christ has sent Is but His humble instrument. 6 When ministers lay on their hands, Absolved by Christ the sinner stands; He who by grace the Word believes The purchase of His blood receives. 7 All praise, eternal Son, to Thee For absolution full and free, In which Thou showest forth Thy grace; From false indulgence guard our race. 8 Praise God the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, Three in One, As ’twas, is now, and so shall be World without end, eternally!