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214 Go then, thou Mightiest, in thy Father's might, Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the upper Deep: There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God and Messiah his anointed King.'
 * "He said, and on his Son with rays direct

Shone full; he all his Father full expressed Ineffably into his face received; And thus the filial Godhead answering spake;
 * O Father, O Supreme of heavenly Thrones,

First, Highest, Holiest, Best, thou always seekest To glorify thy Son, I always thee, As is most just. This I my glory account, My exaltation, and my whole delight, That thou in me well pleased declarest thy will Fulfilled, which to fulfil is all my bliss. Sceptre and power, thy giving, I assume, And gladlier shall resign when in the end Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee For ever, and in me all whom thou lovest: But whom thou hatest I hate, and can put on Thy terrors, as I put thy mildness on, Image of thee in all things; and shall soon,