John 11:48: If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe, &c

Self-righteous Pharisees
The sinner's Friend oppose.
And priests in every age increase
The number of His foes;
While yet they might receive
The' eternal Son of God,
They neither will themselves believe,
Nor suffer us that would.

Ye venerable men
Who 'gainst your Saviour fight,
Imaginary ills ye feign,
And real dangers slight:
Lest J?ome your church o'erthrow
Affectedly ye fear,
And thoughtless of your hellish foe
Ye dread his successor.

Strangers to Jesu's blood
Ye no conviction have,
Rejecting Him by God bestow'd,
Your sinful souls to save;
But tremble at the day
Which shall His wrath reveal,
When Satan takes your souls away,
And shuts them up in hell.