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BOOK I. There dwell the saints, once foes to God The sinners whom he calls his own.

4 There, though besieged on every side, Yet much beloved and guarded well, From age to age they have defied The utmost force of earth and hell.

5 Let earth repent and hell despair, This city has a sure defence ; Her name is call d &quot; The Lord is there,&quot; And who has poVer to drive him thence ?

1 SUPPORTED by the word, Though in himself a worm, The servant of the Lord Can wondrous acts perform : Without dismay he boldly treads Where er the path of duty leads.

2 The haughty king in vain, With fury on his brow, Believers would constrain To golden gods to bow : The furnace could not make them fear, Because they knew the Lord was near.

3 As vain was the decree Which charged them not to pray: Daniel still bow d his knee, And worshipp d thrice a day. Trusting in God, he fear d not men, Though threaten d with the lions den.

4 Secure they might refuse Compliance with such laws ; For what had they to lose When God espoused their cause ? He madethe hungry lions crouch ; Nor durst the fire his children touch.