Luke 21:34: O May we to ourselves take heed

O May we to ourselves take heed,
A life of soft indulgence dread
Disguised by nature's art,
That regular, allow'd exce.ss.
Which lulls the soul in sensual ease.
And stupifies the heart.

O may we shun that subtler snare,
The' entanglement of lawful care
Which busy worldlings feel,
Which banishes the thought of death,
And chokes their miserable breath,
And sinks them into hell.

Regardless of the things unseen.
They live to the desires of men,
Till the great day surprise.
And charged with all their sins they go
To taste the bitterer death below.
The death that never dies.