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[Whatsoe'er I be or do]
“Beware ye of the leaven of the
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”—Luke xii. 1.
Whatsoe'er I be or do,
Let me honest be and true;
Never wear a false pretence,
Never speak with double sense,
Claim a grace I have not got,
Or look the thing that I am not.
Let me honest be and true;
Never wear a false pretence,
Never speak with double sense,
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Or look the thing that I am not.
Am I common clay at best?
Be the common clay confessed;
If for something better fit,
Let me roundly stand to it;
Saint or sinner, why should I
Ever be a paltry lie?
Be the common clay confessed;
If for something better fit,
Let me roundly stand to it;
Saint or sinner, why should I
Ever be a paltry lie?
Copper cheaply bought and sold,
Pass it not for burnished gold;
Nor let him that doeth well,
Call himself a child of Hell,
As if falsehoods should be given
In tribute to the God of Heaven.
Pass it not for burnished gold;
Nor let him that doeth well,
Call himself a child of Hell,
As if falsehoods should be given
In tribute to the God of Heaven.
Hence with oily phrase and smooth!
True men know the ring of truth;
Think not god can be deceived,
He is only wroth and grieved;
Play not Publican to be
So much more a Pharisee.
True men know the ring of truth;
Think not god can be deceived,
He is only wroth and grieved;
Play not Publican to be
So much more a Pharisee.
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