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[By His nakedness He owns]

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified, &c. —xix. 23.

By His nakedness He owns
Man's original offence,
For our sinful shame atones,
For our loss of innocence;
Soon as we our sins confess
Hides them from His Father's eyes,

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Clothes us with His righteousness,
Gives us back our paradise.