The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ An Heroic Poem: Dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty. In Ten Books. Attempted by Samuel Wesley ... Each Book illustrated by necessary Notes, explaining all the more difficult Matters in the whole History: Also a Prefatory Discourse concerning Heroic Poetry. With Sixty Copper-Plates |
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Exod. XX. The Ten Commandments.
Jehova
speaks, attend with awful Love and Fear!
From Egypts Bondage sav'd, O rescu'd Israel, hear!
From Egypts Bondage sav'd, O rescu'd Israel, hear!
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With me let no false Gods thy Love and Praise divide,Nor from Heav'ns piercing Eye such Treason hope to hide!
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By no Resemblance vain the Godhead dare t'express,Who'll down to Grandchild Ages plague such Wickedness.
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No hallow'd thing let thy bold Sacrilege profane!Nor take thy mighty Makers Sacred Name in vain.
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Six parts of Time when freely I indulge to thee,Neither forget nor grudg to pay a seventh to me.
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If thou long Life dost hope, and many a happy day,Thy Parent and thy Prince in all that's just obey.
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Dy not thy furious Hand in Murders guilty Red:For he that sheds Mans blood, by Man his blood be shed!
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Against thy Neighbour's Honour harbor no design,As thou his heavy Vengeance wou'dst avoid and mine!
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Shun Thefts base sordid Sin, and mean unlawful gain,And for thy own provide with honest sweat and pain.
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What's false ne'er speak, much less in Courts thy self forswear,But know a greater Judg looks down and Ey's thee there!
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Each Sin in Thought abhor, and not in Act aloneNor seek thy Neighbour's Goods, contented with thy own!
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