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This day eternal Love, for me
Fast nail’d unto a cursed tree,
Rending his fleshly veil, did through
His side
A way to paradise provide.
This day Life dy’d; and dying, over-
Threw
Death, sin, and Satan too.
O happy day!
Many sinners say;
But can it be said to be,
Wherein we see
The bright Sun of celestial light
O’ershadowed with so black a night?
Sir Edward Sherburne, Good Friday (17th century)
Fast nail’d unto a cursed tree,
Rending his fleshly veil, did through
His side
A way to paradise provide.
This day Life dy’d; and dying, over-
Threw
Death, sin, and Satan too.
O happy day!
Many sinners say;
But can it be said to be,
Wherein we see
The bright Sun of celestial light
O’ershadowed with so black a night?
Sir Edward Sherburne, Good Friday (17th century)
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