The self-commending, all-confiding mind;
And sighs to hear, what we may justly call
Death's common-place, the train of thought in all.
"True, I'm a sinner," feebly he begins,
"But trust in Mercy to forgive my sins";
(Such cool confession no past crimes excite;
Such claim on Mercy seems the sinner's right!)
"I know, mankind are frail, that God is just,
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And pardons those who in his mercy trust;