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 The blind beheld him, and the ear, Which had been deaf, his voice could hear; Sickneſs obey'd his healing hand, And devils fled at his command! The lame, for joy around him leap; The dead he wakens from their ſleep!

Through all his life his doctrine ſhines, Drawn in the plaineſt, faireſt lines; And death at length he did ſuſtain, Our pardon, and our peace to gain; That ſinners, who condemned ſtood, Might gain ſalvation by his blood. All honour then aſcribed be To him who liv'd and dy'd for me!

ESUS the Righteous, lo, he dies, For ſin a ſpotleſs ſacrifice! Justice has on his ſacred head The weight of our tranſgreſſions laid? If God's own Son would ſinners ſave, He muſt be humbled to the grave, That ſo a pard'ning God might ſhew What vengeance to our crimes was due.

Nail'd to the croſs with torturing ſmart, What anguiſh rack'd his tender heart! Alas! how bitterly he cried, Taſted the vinegar, and died! Cold in the tomb that mournful day My Saviour's mangled body lay.