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

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