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[The image of a sinner see]

A woman of Canaan came out of the same, &c. —xv. 22.

The image of a sinner see,
Who pierced with his own misery
Doth from his home depart,
The' occasions of his sin forsakes,
Jesus his only refuge makes,
And prays with all his heart.
A sinner's penitential prayer
Doth humbly short his wants declare,
With faith in David's Son:
Nothing prescribes to God most high,
But mercy still persists to cry,
And trusts in that alone.