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[To' escape Thy persecuting foes]
Jesus . . . would not walk in Jewry, because the, &c.
—vii. 1.
To' escape Thy persecuting foes
Thy power Thou dost not interpose,
Or call for heaven's vindictive fire,
But yield, and quietly retire:
The death Thou dost at present shun,
Not fearfully from danger run,
But seek Thy Father's will to do,
And in His time to suffer too.
Thy power Thou dost not interpose,
Or call for heaven's vindictive fire,
But yield, and quietly retire:
The death Thou dost at present shun,
Not fearfully from danger run,
But seek Thy Father's will to do,
And in His time to suffer too.
By Thee instructed we suppress
Our rash impatient eagerness,
Nor court the persecutor's sword,
But wait the season of our Lord,
Wisely from our destroyers flee,
Till stopp'd by the Divine decree
We suffer in the will of God,
And write our victory in our blood.
Our rash impatient eagerness,
Nor court the persecutor's sword,
But wait the season of our Lord,
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Till stopp'd by the Divine decree
We suffer in the will of God,
And write our victory in our blood.
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