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[Concern'd for justice, not for him]

Then the chief captain came near, and, &c. —xxi. 33.

Concern'd for justice, not for him,
Heathens may oft a saint redeem,
Restrain the cruel foes of peace,
And save him in his last distress:
The earth doth then the woman aid,
The' Almighty's mandate is obey'd,
And all the subject creatures join
To' accomplish His unknown design.