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[Men should patiently endure]

But the angel of the Lord...opened the prison, &c. —v. 19.

Men should patiently endure,
Leave their God to act for them:
Bars and chains cannot secure
Whom He willeth to redeem:

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Christ, whose might invincible
Burst the prison of the grave,
Christ who shuts and opens hell
Can He not from dungeons save?