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PART III.

SONG.

Know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he ſhall ſtand at the latter Day upon the Earth: and though Worms deſtroy this Body, yet in my Fleſh ſhall I ſee God. For now is Chriſt riſen from the Dead, the firſt Fruits of them that ſleep.

Chorus.

Since by Man came Death,
By Man came alſo the Reſurrection of the Dead;
For as in Adam all die,
Even ſo in Chriſt ſhall all be made alive.

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