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Falſe Witneſſes ſpeaking the greateſt Lies,
Did then againſt the God of Truth ariſe:
Then the juſt Judge of all the World, he was
Judg'd and condemn'd by Mens unrighteous Laws.
The Son of God when Jesus he was nam'd;
This Title, tho' that he moſt juſtly claim'd,
The Jews did ſay, that he in this blaſphem'd,
And that to Death for it muſt be condemn'd.
But Pilate, who impreſs'd was with the Senſe
Of Jeſus' pure unſpotted Innocence,
Often declares unto the Jews, that he
Was willing to releaſe and ſet him free:
But there was nothing could appeaſe their Wrath,
Unleſs that Jeſus ſhould be put to Death;
Nor with their Tongues did ever ceaſe, until
Pilate deliver'd Jeſus to their Will.
He ſo was ſcourg'd, that all his Body round,
The laſhing Whip left nothing whole or found.
Then from his furrow'd Shoulders, wounded Sides,
The ſtreaming Crimſon down unpitied glides;
That Head, that Crowns of Glory now adorns,
Then in Contempt was crown'd with piercing Thorns.
They treat him alſo with Scorn and Diſgrace,
They mock and buffet, ſpit into his Face;
Their Knee, in Mock to him, did bow before,
Whom glorious Angels worſhip and adore;
The wicked Rulers with a high Diſdain,
Inſult and glory at his Grief and Pain.
Upon the Croſs he is ſuſpended high,
Between two Thieves he is condemn'd to dy,
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