SIN.
Ay me, how many perils doe enfold
The righteous man, to make him daily fall.
Faërie Queene, Bk. I. E. SPENSER.
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
A King and no King, Act v. Sc. 4. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
Where is the man who has not tried
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
The Bridal of Triermain, Canto I. SIR W. SCOTT.
I see the right, and I approve it too,
Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.
Metamorphoses, VII. 20. OVID. Trans. of TATE AND STONESTREET.
I am a man
More sinned against than sinning.
King Lear, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or, if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between.
The Grave, Pt. II. R. BLAIR.
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.
Sin. F. VON LOGAU. Trans. of LONGFELLOW.
O, what authority and show of truth
Can cunning sin cover itself withal!
Much Ado about Nothing, Act iv. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile.
Missionary Hymn. BISHOP R. HEBER.
And he that does one fault at first,
And lies to hide it, makes it two.
Divine Songs. DR. I. WATTS.
Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.
Henry IV., Pt. II. Act iv. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
And out of good still to find means of evil.
Paradise Lost, Bk. I. MILTON.
But evil is wrought by want of thought,
As well as want of heart!
The Lady's Dream. T. HOOD.
Timely advised, the coming evil shun:
Better not do the deed, than weep it done.
Henry and Emma. M. PRIOR.