Religion
Jeremiah 2:19: By my own backslidings
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Religion
By my own backslidings I
Terribly reproved have been,
Long, as at the point to die,
Groan'd — and added sin to sin:
Sin's reward in sin I gain.
Left its evil fruits, to feel,
Fear, astonishment, and pain.
Late remorse, and present hell.
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