John 18:40: Then cried they all again, saying, Not this, &c

By wild impetuous passion led
We still repeat the direful deed,
With one consent we cry
(While to the world our hearts we give)
In us let the first Adam live,
And let the Second die.

But let the season past suffice;
Jesus, we now unite our cries
And ask the death of sin;
Nail this Barabbas to the tree,
These lusts which steal our hearts from Thee;
And spread Thy life within.

The cruel murderers of our God,
Which shed so oft Thy precious blood
No longer Lord reprieve,
But slay them by the Spirit of grace,
And with Thy vital holiness
In all Thy members live.