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So Man, as is most just, Shall satisfy for man, be judged and die, And dying, rise, and rising, with Him raise His brethren, ransomed with His own dear life. ***** Nor can this be, But by fulfilling that which Thou didst want, Obedience to the law of God, imposed On penalty of death, and suffering death, The penalty to Thy transgression due: So only can high justice rest appaid.
So Man, as is most just, Shall satisfy for man, be judged and die, And dying, rise, and rising, with Him raise His brethren, ransomed with His own dear life. ***** Nor can this be, But by fulfilling that which Thou didst want, Obedience to the law of God, imposed On penalty of death, and suffering death, The penalty to Thy transgression due: So only can high justice rest appaid.
Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- John Milton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 41 · printed citation: Milton · subject: ATONEMENT
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