Tune: Winchester New
(\'On Jordan\'s bank the Baptist\'s cry\')
Matthew 8 v.14-17
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Then when Jesus was come into
Peter\'s house, then came into view
His wife\'s mother, sick with fever
Jesus, His compassion did stir
And He touched her hand, and fever
It departed, it did leave her
And she arose and served them there
Rejoiced, her healing she did share
When the evening was come they brought
Many to Jesus, Him they sought
Those infirm, demon-afflicted {1}
Cast out by the word He there said
And healed all that were sick, that it
Might be fulfilled in every whit
What was by Isaiah spoken
The people they witnessed it them
For Isaiah said, Christ Himself {2}
Took our infirmities, and health
Restored to us, for He so bore
Our sicknesses, here mercy sure
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{1} I\'ve toned down the words a bit - actual words in some versions say \'possessed with devils\'.
{2} Isaiah 53 v.4