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56 Still let's watch, and cry, and pray,

And with hast prepare us;

Else the Evil Time and Day

Quickly will ensnare us.

God's Just Doom

Is e'en come

To try ev'ry Creature;

And Dissolve all Nature

Emptations Lord beset me round;

No Place of Safety can be found:

I shall a wretched Prey be made

To ev'ry Lust without thy Aid.

Tempted to Vanity by Dress;

By Meat and Drink unto Excess.

Want Anxious makes; Highminded Wealth;

Disease Impatient, Wanton Health.

My faithful Friends, whom most I Love,

The worst of Thieves too often prove;

Whilst I'm by them of Time depriv'd;

Of Time, which ne'er can be retriev'd.

And O yet worse, I'm rare at Rest

From Wars and Conflicts in my Breast.

Passion my Reason doth Invade;

Reason my Faith doth Captive lead.