English poem
Cc. [163]
by Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705)
Than God most High should injury by sparing him sustain; And doth rejoice to hear Christ’s voice, adjudging him to pain. Thus having all, both great and small, convinc’d and silencéd, Christ did proceed their Doom to read, and thus it utteréd:
The Judge pronounceth the sentence of condemnation.