A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Wo to ye Hypocrites! ye insincere,

Who shut the gates of heaven against mankind,

And yet yourselves will never enter there—

Wo to ye Hypocrites! your hearts are blind;

The houses of the widow ye devour,

And make long prayers, devotion ill-designed.

The matters of the Law of gravest power—

Omit ye;—Judgment—Mercy—Faith! and dole

The petty tithe of your external dower:

Not those omit,—nor these; but pay the whole!