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LXXVIII.

[Israel's Lord and God supreme]

The Lord God of Israel—spake by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began. Luke i. 68–70.

Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet, &c. Acts xxviii. 25.

Israel's Lord and God supreme
Spake by His messengers,
Moved to testify of Him
The old enraptured seers:
Prophets, since the world began,
The Holy Ghost inspired to tell
His Divinity to man,
And all His mind reveal.

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Well the Holy Ghost, the Lord,
Did by Esaias say,
Israel would reject His word,
His counsel disobey:
All alike reject Him now,
Who Israel's God the Spirit deny,
Will not to Jehovah bow,
Or own Him the Most High.