Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # When God At First Created Man 1. When God at first created man His image for to be, And how he fram'd him by his power In Scripture we may see; And how he made his help meet Eve, The Scripture doth us tell; Being free from sin, God plac'd them both In Paradise to dwell. [Chorus] Let men therefore then praise the Lord, Rejoice, and cease to mourn, Because our Saviour Jesus Christ On Christmas Day was born. 2. Man being entered in this place, We plainly understand The glory of it, having seen God gave them this command: Be sure thou eat not of the tree Which in the midst doth stand; In eating it thou sure shalt die And perish from the land. [Chorus] 3. Man being blest in this estate, And blessed sure was he, Having all things at his command But the forbidden Tree. But when the Serpent soon appear'd To have beguiled eve, And told her if she eat thereof That she should surely live. [Chorus] 4. The Serpent soon had Eve beguilded That she thereof did eat, And likewise gave unto the man As Scripture doth repeat. And so they both brake God's command, Committing of that thing, Likewise the heavy wrath of God Upon them both did bring. [Chorus] 5. An Angel then from God was sent For to declare his will, And to the Virgin Mary came, God's word for to fulfil. A Virgin sure of life most pure, The Lord of her made choice To bear our Saviour in her womb Men's hearts for to rejoice. [Chorus] 6. The Angel then before her stood, Declaring of those things, And told her that she should conceive And bear the King of Kings, To save men's souls from Hell beneath From which we could not fly, For breaking of the Lord's command Condemn'd he was to die. [Chorus] 7. Mary replied, 'Tis wond'rous strange To hear what thou hast said, I should conceive, being free from sin And still a spotless maid. The Angel said, 'Tis not by man That this shall come to pass, But was ordain'd by God at first Before the world e'er was. [Chorus] 8. The glorious Angel she believ'd That did those tidings bring, And then sang praises in her heart To God our Heavenly King. Then God he knew her faith was such For to believe aright; The Angel then by God's own power Departed from her sight. [Chorus] 9. Then Caesar made a firm decree That certainly should stand, That all the world should taxed be By power of his command: Mary then being great with child When Caesar made this call, For in her womb was then conceiv'd The Saviour of us all. [Chorus] 10. Thus Mary and her husband kind Together did remain, And went to Bethlehem to be tax'd, As Scripture doth make plain. And so it was, they being there, Her time being fully come, That in a stable she brought forth Her first begotten Son. [Chorus] 11. These tidings to the Shepherds came, Watching their flocks by night, For God he sent his Angel down, Which did them sore affright. The Angel said, Fear not of me, But shew these things abroad, For unto you this day is born A Saviour, Christ the Lord. [Chorus] 12. God grant us hearts for to believe, And rightly to consider, How that our Saviour suffered death Our souls for to deliver. The which if rightly we believe, We shall with him be blest, And when this mortal life is o'er In Heaven we hope to rest. [Chorus] Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #