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2072.

[Jesus must first for Peter die]

Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down, &c. —xiii. 38.

Jesus must first for Peter die,
And purchase the courageous grace,
Must His own Godhead testify
That Peter may his Lord confess:
The Son of God, the martyrs' Head
Doth power for His disciples claim,
And gives us, dying in our stead,
The strength to suffer for His name.