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[Partially by nature taught]

They said...No doubt this man is a, &c. —xxviii. 4.

Partially by nature taught,
Though barbarous and rude,
Murder's crying crime they thought
By wrath Divine pursued:
“God His own decree fulfils,
And always acts as Judge below,
Blessings to the righteous deals,
And to the wicked woe.”
God (as yet they did not see)
Who doth His children grieve,
Spares the sons of cruelty,
And lets a murderer live:
Oft on earth His blood is shed;
But vengeance, if it here delay,
Falls the heavier on his head
In that tremendous day.