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"He, Lord of Angels and of Men,
"In Thee still crucified again[1],
"Comes, robed in clouds, to vindicate His name,
"And sink thy mouldering wrecks in everduring flame[2].
"In Thee still crucified again[1],
"Comes, robed in clouds, to vindicate His name,
"And sink thy mouldering wrecks in everduring flame[2].
VIII.
"Servants of God! far hence repair;
"Come forth, come forth, ere yet too late:
"Who join her sins, her fate must share:
"Fly, fly her sins, nor share her fate[3]!"
"Servants of God! far hence repair;
"Come forth, come forth, ere yet too late:
"Who join her sins, her fate must share:
"Fly, fly her sins, nor share her fate[3]!"
- ↑ "—The great city" (Rome) "where also our Lord was crucified," figuratively, in the perversion of his religion, and the persecution of his faithful servants. So it is said in the Epistle to the Hebrews, chap. vi. ver. 6.—concerning apostatising Christians; "They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame."
- ↑ "And her smoke rose up for ever and ever." Revelations, chap. xix. ver. 3. See also chap. xvii. ver. 16-18.; and chap. xviii. ver. 8, 9. 18.
- ↑ "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Revelations, chap. xviii. ver. 4.
