Sapphics, upon the Passion of Christ

Hatred eternal, furious revenging;
Merciless raging, bloody persecuting;
Slanderous speeches, odious revilings;
Causeless abhorring:

Impious scoffings by the very abjects;
Dangerous threat'ning by the Priests anointed;
Death full of torment in a shameful order;
Christ did abide here.

He that in glory was above the angels,
Changed his glory for an earthly carcase;
Yielded his glory to a sinful outcast,
Glory refusing,

Me that in bondage many sins retained,
He for his goodness, for his only goodness,
Brought from hell- torments to the joys of heaven,
Not to be numbered:

Dead in offences, by his aid revived,
Quickened in spirit, by the grace he yieldeth:
Sound then his praises, to the world's amazement,
Thankfully singing.