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Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.
Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for read more
Man-like is it to fall into sin,
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt read more
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, read more
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, is a devil.
Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.