Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Law can discover sin, but not remove,
Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.

Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.

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.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has read more

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
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I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling!

If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., read more

If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he
would soon be out of thunderbolts.
[Lat., Si quoties homines peccant sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit.]

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.