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 And now when, he who all Things knew,

His Suffering near unto an End then drew.

Aloud, I thirſt! now he did call,

The which to quench, they brought the bitter Gall;

Which having taſted, then he bowed the Head,

Cry'd out aloud, It now is finiſhed!

The Captain of Salvation then did yield

A Prey to Death, and yet he gain'd the Field.

The Prince of Life into the Grave was laid,

As what before he propheſied and ſaid.

This Step doth end our Saviour's Humiliation,

And now begins his glorious Exaltation;

For the firſt Step he made upon this Head,

Conſiſteth in his riſing from the Dead;

And from the ſame he roſe on the third Day,

And with him brought its very Sting away.

Death had no Captive like to him before,

Nor never Man made it a Captive more;

For, by dying, did devour

The Strength of Death, and him that had its Pow'r:

And now his riſing from the Dead again,

Makes it abundant evident and plain,

And by this Fact it is now ratified,

That he hath Law and Juſtice ſatiſfied.

Tranſgreſſion he has finiſhed and Sin,

And everlaſting Righteouſneſs brought in:

And by the Suff'rings that he hath endur'd,

Eternal Life is to his Seed procur'd.

And our myſterious Redemption he

Has finiſhed, ev'n unto ſuch Degree,