Clothing

All these changes did the Merciful One make,
stripping off glory and putting on a body;
for He had devised a way to reclothe Adam
in that glory which he had stripped off.
He was wrapped in swaddling clothes,
corresponding to Adam's leaves,
he put on clothes
in place of Adam's skins;
He was baptised for Adams sin,
He was embalmed for Adam's death,
He rose and raised Adam up in His glory.
Blessed is He who descended
put Adam on and ascended.

St Ephrem the Syrian
Hymns on the Nativity XXIII.13
Translated by Sebastian Brock