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[The faith opposed by all mankind]
As the lightning cometh out of the east, &c.
—xxiv. 27.
The faith opposed by all mankind,
By all the powers of hell,
Did soon a ready passage find
And o'er the earth prevail:
Resistless, swift from east to west
The gospel-lightning flew,
The proselyted world confess'd
The joyful tidings true.
By all the powers of hell,
Did soon a ready passage find
And o'er the earth prevail:
Resistless, swift from east to west
The gospel-lightning flew,
The proselyted world confess'd
The joyful tidings true.
But Christ shall work at His return
A speedier work of grace,
While nations by His Spirit born
Their Lord at once embrace:
Heathens and Turks shall both receive
Whom God to both hath given,
And Jews themselves shall then believe
The glorious sign from heaven.
A speedier work of grace,
While nations by His Spirit born
Their Lord at once embrace:
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Whom God to both hath given,
And Jews themselves shall then believe
The glorious sign from heaven.
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