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 
Cœlo triumphator vehet.

    Fœtus 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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