Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . re be late,Whateer in life may be our state,^is better \o be late than sense it cannot bear; if were not there before Confession,As hath, of late, been much the fashion,We still continue as we were,Most sinful creatures as we are ;Abandoning in strange delusion,The benefit of can be then, the Prints intent?Never too late, tis to repent; Known by the gibbet at a distance,Firm, standing proof against resistance ;Th youth with the Devil fast behin
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . re be late,Whateer in life may be our state,^is better \o be late than sense it cannot bear; if were not there before Confession,As hath, of late, been much the fashion,We still continue as we were,Most sinful creatures as we are ;Abandoning in strange delusion,The benefit of can be then, the Prints intent?Never too late, tis to repent; Known by the gibbet at a distance,Firm, standing proof against resistance ;Th youth with the Devil fast behind him,Spurrd to his fate, as here we find him,Crowds of old sinners seen at Church,Left by the Tempter in the so in every life— useful lesson we may learn:Whatever thing we it quick, and try to takeThe surest manner to pursueThe object which we have in view;Mor till to-morrow that can as well be done to-day ;—But if you should by chance neglect it een late, than not effect it;For though delay be dangerous ever>Still it is better late, than 72 Set a bc^Tiiar on horse-haclc, and hell ride to the Devil,
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