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748.

[Himself He will not save, that we]

Himself He cannot save. —xxvii. 42.

Himself He will not save, that we
His saving grace may taste and see:
He dies, that His worst foes may find
His death the life of all mankind.
Himself, and us, He cannot save,
And therefore sinks into our grave,
A voluntary Victim dies,
That we may to His glory rise.