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414 Proclaiming life to all who shall believe In his redemption, and that his obedience Imputed becomes theirs by faith, his merits To save them, not their own, though legal, works. For this he shall live hated, be blasphemed, Seized on by force, judged, and to death condemned, A shameful and accursed, nailed to the cross, By his own nation, slain for bringing life; But to the cross he nails thy enemies, The law that is against thee, and the sins Of all mankind, with him there crucified, Never to hurt them more who rightly trust In this his satisfaction: so he dies, But soon revives; Death over him no power Shall long usurp. Ere the third dawning light Return, the stars of morn shall see him rise Out of his grave, fresh as the dawning light, Thy ransom paid, which Man from death redeems; His death for Man, as many as offered life Neglect not, and the benefit embrace, By faith not void of works. This godlike act Annuls thy doom, the death thou shouldest have died, In sin forever lost from life; this act Shall bruise the head of Satan, crush his strength,