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MESSIAH.
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of the Earth riſe up, and the Rulers take counſel together, againſt the Lord and againſt his Anointed.

Chorus.

Let us break their Bonds aſunder, and caſt away their Yokes from us.

Recitative.

He that dwelleth in Heaven ſhall laugh them to ſcorn: The Lord ſhall have them in Deriſion.

SONG.

Thou ſhalt break them with a Rod of Iron, thou ſhalt daſh them in pieces like a Potter's Veſſel.

Chorus.

Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The Kingdom of this World is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Chriſt; and he ſhall reign for ever and ever,
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah.
PART.