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1101.

[The saint who of his grace presumes]

Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. —xiv. 67.

The saint who of his grace presumes,
Nor yet his own great weakness knows,
A woman's word or look o'ercomes,
A pillar of the church o'erthrows.
And Peter's sin proclaims to all
That pride precedes a certain fall.