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    Hymn LIV.

    1. Hear, O Freedom, the dispute of two servants:  how they are convicted by each other, that they are powerless.—2. R., To Thee be glory by Whose humiliation Adam was exalted:  and by Whose death he was raised, and regained Eden!—3. If then the Evil One overcome thee, great is the shameDeath his comrade has convicted him, as being weak.—4. And if again Death subdue thee, lo! what reproach:  for the Evil One his comrade derides him, as but a shadow.—5. Their dispute is for thee a mirror, wherein thou mayest see:  that they both are but as chaff, before thy breath.—6. Yea and Prophets and Apostles, in their promises:  assure thee that they like flowers, shall fade at the rising.—7. S., Thou, Death, art he whom they hate, the quick and dead:  for every combination thou dissolvest, and destroyest.—8. D., It is not open death that kills, O Satan:  thy death which is secret kills the sons of men.—9. S., My name is not hateful as thine, for the angel:  showed himself in Satan’s likeness to Balaam on the way.—10. D., How fit is this thy name, O Satan:  who hast erred and made unwary Adam err, from the way!—11. S., Wander not like one ignorant, and lose thy cause:  dispute, O Death, if thou are competent, for replying.—12.D., I know that thou art wily, O Satan:  so that thou out of sand canst twist a snare.—13. S., Thy disputing, Death, is ended:  for he who is worsted:  when his words fail and are ended, begins to rail.—14. D., Among all I am conqueror, and by thee am I worsted?  Let Adam persuade thee whom I have overcome, O Satan!—15. S., I am he who bound Adam, and cast him before thee:  the mighty man whom my wiles had bound, thou didst come and subdue.—16. D., I am he who have been crowned anew, with a diadem in the world:  for Adam, chief of the mighty, I hold captive in Sheol.—17. S., I killed him by secret death, even Adam when he sinned:  thou, Death, hast slain one that was dead, killed by me.—18. D., In thy desire to conquer, Evil One, thou hast made thyself hated:  for thou art Death as well as Satan, and this seems a little thing to thee.—19. S., Thou hast then been silenced, Death, as a weakling:  for neither in words nor in deeds, hast thou strength to stand.—20. D., It is for thy evil thou conquerest, O Evil One, if thou discernest:  thy crown is wholly of shame, if thou perceivest.—21. I shall be defeated and thou shalt be cursed, O Satan:  it is well for me to be ignorant, and not mischievous.—22. Blessed be the Just One who divided them, though they were quite of one mindBlessed be the Good One who made us of one mind, when we were divided.—23. I will overcome the Evil One through Thy forgiveness, O All-Merciful:  and I shall overcome death through Thy Resurrection, O All-Life-giver!

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