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Who died and is risen
His pity afford.

2 The death that he died,
The blood that he spilt,
To sinners applied,
Discharge from all guilt :
This great Intercessor
Can give, if he please,
The vilest transgressor
Immediate release.

3 When nail d to the tree,
He answer d the pray r
Of one who, like me,
Was nigh to despair ;
He did not upbraid him
With all he had done,
But instantly made him
A saint and a son.

4 The jailor, I read,
A pardon received :
And how was he freed?
He only believed :
His case mine resembled,
Like me he was foul,
Like me too he trembled,
But faith made him whole.

5 Though Saul in his youth,
To madness enraged,
Against the Lord s truth
And people engaged ;
Yet Jesus, the Saviour,
Whom long he reviled,
Received him to favour,
And made him a child.

6 A foe to all good,
In wickedness skill'd,
Manasseh with blood
Jerusalem fill'd;