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3320.

[Who never hast affliction known]

If ye be without chastisement,...are ye...not sons. —xii. 8.

Who never hast affliction known,
Or smarted by a Father's rod,
Sinner, thou art not yet a son,
Thou art not truly born of God,
Howe'er thou may'st thy soul deceive,
Thou never didst in Christ believe.
The steadfast word of God and sure
This mark of our adoption gives:
And he who doth not pain endure
The sinful life of nature lives;
And if he still at ease remain,
Shall soon inherit endless pain.