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[False confidence the tempter gives]

If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down. —iv. 6.

False confidence the tempter gives,
To rob us of the true,
And oft unwary souls deceives
His wiles who never knew:
He fills us with presumption vain,
Who needless dangers dare,
Exalts, to cast us down again,
And sink us in despair.