Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Lxxi.[61]

English poem

Lxxi.[61]

by (1631–1705)

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“You that could preach, and others teach   what way to life doth lead, Why were you slack to find that track   and in that way to tread? How could you bear to see or hear   of others freed at last From Satan’s paws, whilst in his jaws   yourselves were held more fast?