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3073.

[The foolishness of preaching hear]

It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching, &c. —i. 21.

The foolishness of preaching hear,
Sinners the strange report believe,
Your God did once on earth appear,
And died that all mankind might live,
Redeem'd, and reconciled to God,
Through simple faith in Jesu's blood.
Believe, and saved this moment be
From sin, the guilt, the power, the pain;

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Believe, and full salvation see,
Who still your precious faith retain;
Be faithful unto death, and rise
To claim your thrones above the skies.