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[“Who sins in hope, who, sinning, says]

“Who sins in hope, who, sinning, says,
‘Sorrow for sin God's judgement stays!’
Against God's Spirit he lies; quite stops
Mercy with insult; dares, and drops,
Like a scorch'd fly, that spins in vain
Upon the axis of its pain,
Then takes its doom, to limp and crawl,
Blind and forgot, from fall to fall.”