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XVIII.
“Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi
.”
Hor.
The sins of kings their people bear,
As the primeval curse we share:
And haply God through evil kings
His judgments on a people brings.
As the primeval curse we share:
And haply God through evil kings
His judgments on a people brings.
By one another's sins around
Mysteriously we are thus bound;
And there descends throughout all time
A chain of penalty and crime.
Mysteriously we are thus bound;
And there descends throughout all time
A chain of penalty and crime.
“As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by
the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”
Rom. v. 19.
Such complication on us lies
Of endless sympathetic ties,
All are in Adam dead on earth,
All are in Christ of heavenly birth.
Of endless sympathetic ties,
All are in Adam dead on earth,
All are in Christ of heavenly birth.
Thus Adam's sin below we bear
To make us one in mutual care;
Christ's righteousness we share above
To make us one in mutual love.
To make us one in mutual care;
Christ's righteousness we share above
To make us one in mutual love.
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