Religion
Matthew 5:34: The world against their Maker cry
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
The world against their Maker cry,
Ye must for every trifle swear,
Oaths without end they multiply,
The weak and ignorant ensnare,
Transgressions, perjuries increase,
And harden Satan's witnesses.
By oaths they learn their God to scorn,
By oaths their souls for nought they sell,
By oaths they cause the land to mourn,
By oaths rejoice and people hell,
And thus their property secure.
And make their own damnation sure.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 5:34: The world against their Maker cry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3984/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 5:34: The world against their Maker cry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3984/.
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