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But then the JUDGE will say—
No: he is free, we plain do see
He never stole them here,
Because the SHEEP were led by ME
This way for to appear,
That at the last he might be cast—
We see our Bible's plain,
That like the Parable must burst,
And many will maintain
It was from Heaven the Type A "Type" is a person, event, or thing in the Old Testament or in nature that foreshadows something in the New Testament or the future. was given,
A mystery deep to Man,
That ever a thing like this should come
To make our Bibles clear;
The way the Murderer was found out
By INNOCENCE was here.
Because the SHEEP he could not keep,
That I turned every way—
It is a Mystery here lies deep:
" None but a God," they will say,
" Could order so such thing to do,
" To make the SHEEP appear;
" And now to prove HIS Bible true,
" This Parable is clear:
" The Thief is cast, we see at last
" Where he betrayed at first;
" And now the GAP is broken down,
" Then out the SHEEP may burst;
" Now every way for to betray
" We see his artful hand."—
It was thy jealousy to try
That first I placed the Man,
As thou to be the BRIDE of he;
But it thou couldst not bear.
I used this innocent disguise
To black the villain here;
And thee to try, I tell thee why—
For so the Jews will burst:
" Our HUSBAND he did sure betray,
" And murdered at the first;
" And in his arms we all do lay—
" Ah! here the truth doth burst:
" CHRIST, we see, must murdered be,
" And then to come again,
" An Israel's Shepherd to appear,
" The SHEEP, we now see plain,
" He placed at first, the Type did burst,
" We know, by God's Command:
" Or else the Rider would have missed,
" So many ways he turned,
" Himself to free from infamy,
" But ABEL'S FLOCK A reference to Abel, the first righteous man in the Bible, whose sacrifice was accepted by God. His "flock" represents the lineage of the faithful. was there;
" And now the murdering Cains References Cain, who murdered his brother Abel; used here to represent those who follow the devil's path., we see,
" In Satan do appear.