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532.

[How doth a single word of Thine]

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the, &c. —xxi. 26.

How doth a single word of Thine,
Saviour, the surest scheme o'erthrow,
Defeat the' insidious world's design,
Confound their wisdom from below,
And force their silence to confess
The truth their malice would suppress!