Religion
Book II, 22: On Sinne
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II
Vnhappy man! Whose every breath
Is Sin: Whose every Sin is death:
SIN, first Originall; Then our actuall Sin:
Our Sins that sally forth: Our Sins that lurk within,
Our wilfull Sins; and worlds of Sins, by chance,
Our conscious Sins; our Sins of darker Ignorance,
Our ot-repeated Sins: Sins never reckon'd:
Gainst the first Table Sins: Sins done against the second,
Our pleading Sins; our Sins without a cause:
Our gospel-Sins; rebllious Sins against thy laws:
Our Sins against our vowes; fresh Sins agin:
Sin of infirmity; and high presumptious Sin:
Thus like our Lines, our Lives begin,
Continue, and conclude in Sin:
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