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716.

[Though I am condemn'd to die]

If I perish, I perish. —iv. 16.

Though I am condemn'd to die,
Shall I not for mercy try?
If the fix'd decree is pass'd,
I can only die at last:
Prostrate now before my Lord,
Let me wait the fatal word,
Let me here my sentence meet,
Perish at His bleeding feet.