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[Once embark'd in wickedness]

Because he saw it pleased the Jews, he, &c. —xii. 3.

Once embark'd in wickedness
Sinners all restraint despise,
Satan and the world to please
Still from crime to crime they rise:
When their measure is fulfill'd,
When they can no further go,
Then the wrath of God reveal'd
Sends them to their place below.