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Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, / Which was my sin, though it were done before? / Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, / And do run still, though still I do deplore? / When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, / For I have more.
Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won / Others to sin, and made my sin their door? / Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun / A year or two, but wallowed in a score? / When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, / For I have more.
I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun / My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; / But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son / Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore; / And, having done that, Thou hast done; / I fear no more.