Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE WAGES OF SIN.
What good can Sin expect to see,Or I, if I a sinner be?
Unless some difference come between
The sinner, and his ruin, Sin.
Sin in itself is not an act,
It is the sinner makes it fact.
When this is finish'd, both are one;
The first is made, the last undone.
'Tis then in this the mischief lies,
And then of course the sinner dies;
Unless some mightier ward the blow;
But who that is, I wait to know.
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