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1965.
[His own great glory He intends]
This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory, &c.
—xi. 4.
His own great glory He intends,
When God the pain or trouble sends:
Out of the earth it doth not rise,
But comes in mercy from the skies;
It comes our grovelling souls to raise,
And quicken'd with the life of grace,
We seek the solid joys above,
And bless our Saviour's chastening love.
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