Religion
Proverbs 28: By young corrupters lured
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
By young corrupters lured
To bolder lengths in vice,
I shrunk protected, and secured
Through sacred cowardice.
By Moses doom'd to die
O how was I distress'd.
My fears of death, and judgment nigh,
A thousand-fold increased!
My inbred hell was stirr'd
And horribly afraid,
I saw the just, avenging sword
Hang o'er my guilty head.
Of sad tormenting fear
The spirit I received,
And many a miserable year
In cruel bondage lived.
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