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1054.
[The men of an unstable mind]
Take heed lest any man deceive you, &c.
—xiii. 5.
The men of an unstable mind,
Themselves who never throughly knew,
Their eager hope and passion blind
For things extraordinary and new
Exposes them to Satan's wiles,
Who makes their souls his easy spoils.
Themselves who never throughly knew,
Their eager hope and passion blind
For things extraordinary and new
Exposes them to Satan's wiles,
Who makes their souls his easy spoils.
To each seducer they give ear,
In every lying prophet trust,
Who claims the sinless character,
Who dares his own perfection boast,
“Of glory in an instant sure,
And pure, at once, as God is pure!”
In every lying prophet trust,
Who claims the sinless character,
Who dares his own perfection boast,
“Of glory in an instant sure,
And pure, at once, as God is pure!”
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