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Rh He will instruct us praying, and of grace Beseeching him; so as we need not fear To pass commodiously this life, sustained By him with many comforts, till we end In dust, our final rest and native home. What better can we do, than to the place Repairing where he judged us, prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg, with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeigned, and humiliation meek? Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure, in whose look, serene, When angry most he seemed and most severe, What else but favor, grace, and mercy shone?"
 * So spake our father penitent, nor Eve

Felt less remorse. They forthwith, to the place Repairing where he judged them, prostrate fell Before him, reverent, and both confessed Humbly, their faults and pardon begged, with tears Watering the ground, and with their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeigned, and humiliation meek.