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259.
[Did God reject the pious prayer]
Let me die the death of the righteous!
—xxiii. 10.
Did God reject the pious prayer,
To' avenge his former wickedness?
His body might the judgment bear,
His soul depart in perfect peace,
A sinner slain, yet justified;
For thus the good Josiah died!
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