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2866.

[The Spirit had to them foreshown]

The disciples...said to Paul through the, &c. —xxi. 4.

The Spirit had to them foreshown
The' afflictions waiting for their friend,
They counsell'd him the cross to shun,
Nor to the bloody city ascend;
But partly miss'd the Spirit's mind,
Nor saw the whole by heaven design'd.
Jesus the previous knowledge gives,
And thus His confessor prepares;
His confessor the cross receives,
By faith's anticipating prayers
His one oblation multiplies,
And daily for his Saviour dies.