Instantis adventum Dei
For Advent
Words: Charles Coffin (1676-1749), Paris Breviary, 1736
Translations include:
Our God
Approaches From The Skies - Williams
The Advent Of Our God -
Chandler
The Advent of
Our God - Packer
The Coming Of Our God - Woodward
The Advent Of Our God
- Chandler
The Advent of Our God at
Hand - L C. Earle, 1883.
Words: Carolo (Charles) Coffin, 1736
Source: Carolo Coffin, Hymni Sacri (Paris: Usuum Parisiensium, 1736), pp. 32-33.
Instantis adventum Dei
Poscamus ardenti prece,
Festisque munus inclitum
Præoccupemus canticis.
Æterna proles, feminæ
Non horret includi sinu:
Fit ipse servus ut jugo
Nos servitutis eximat.
Mansuetus & clemens venít;
Occurre, festina, Sion:
Ultro tibi quam porrigit,
Ne dura pacem respuas.
Mox nube clarâ fulgurans
Mundi redibit arbiter,
Suique membra corporis
Clo triumphator vehet.
Ftus tenebrarum, die
Cedant propinquo crmina:
Adam reformetur vetus,
Imago succedat novi.
Qui liberator advenis,
Fili, tibi laus maxima
Cum Patre & almo Spiritu
In sempiterna secula.
Amen.
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