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1049.

[Corrupt alas, in every part]

The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint, &c. —i. 5, 6.

Corrupt alas, in every part,
Sick the head, and faint the heart
Through sin's severe disease!

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From head to foot the fallen man
Is full of leprosy and pain,
And desperate wickedness.
Selfish, and proud, in mind and will
Nature's loathsomeness we feel
Throughout our dying soul,
Bruises, and wounds, and putrid sores,
Till Gilead's bleeding balm restores,
And Jesus speaks us whole.