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[Sons of the church, yourselves who deem]

Think not to say within yourselves, We have, &c. —iii. 9.

Sons of the church, yourselves who deem
The temple of the Lord,
Awake out of your fatal dream,
And tremble at the word;
Howe'er your privileges ye boast,
On outward helps rely,
Ye all must finally be lost,
Who unconverted die.

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Long as the things of earth ye love,
Nor will from sin depart,
Your own pretensions ye disprove,
Poor heathens still in heart;
Members of the true church in vain,
Unchanged and unforgiven,
Unless ye all are born again,
Ye cannot enter heaven.