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BOOK III. Who died and is risen His pity afford.

2 The death that he died, The blood that he spilt, To sinners applied, Discharge from all guilt : This great Intercessor Can give, if he please, The vilest transgressor Immediate release.

3 When nail d to the tree, He answer d the pray r Of one who, like me, Was nigh to despair ; He did not upbraid him With all he had done, But instantly made him A saint and a son.

4 The jailor, I read, A pardon received : And how was he freed? He only believed : His case mine resembled, Like me he was foul, Like me too he trembled, But faith made him whole.

5 Though Saul in his youth, To madness enraged, Against the Lord s truth And people engaged ; Yet Jesus, the Saviour, Whom long he reviled, Received him to favour, And made him a child.

6 A foe to all good, In wickedness skill'd, Manasseh with blood Jerusalem fill'd; Rh