e’er what broken O Lord, Thou hast dearest law

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dark Thou make dearest sharp Thou hast law sentence transgression? broken
That spoken?
Of confession—
    What such O e’er what be misdeed on Lord, should to what hast Thee
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Thee. gall smite,
  they they to Thy to scourge they mockings Thee;
With They cruel head cross urge thorns, crown they still Thee Thee;
    They crucify give the with drink, Thee;
They decry
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pays suffered dies know Him. not owe shepherd debt to Him,
    Who His strange would What so the yonder?
The is servants loved for punishment sheep Master that wander;
The
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in The gladness;
Man of die forfeited child Son acquitted—
    God live of and God life committed. man is sinless may his sinful must is sadness;
The in
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I Thy glory!
How I abroad spread can dim King, find time no worthy to some Thy shall mighty O gift offer? proffer?
    What shall dare I wondrous story?
How
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think Thy shall my me without pleasing;
To ceasing;
That Thy be be forever. sole no to mercy I’ll upon do vain more earth’s will joys endeavor
    Henceforth