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<HEAD>A CAUTION TO STIR UP To watch again&s;t SIN.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>By <HI>J. Bunyan,</HI></BYLINE>
<ARGUMENT>
<L><HI>The fir&s;t Eight Lines one did commend to me,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The re&s;t I thought good to commend to thee:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Reader, in reading be thou rul'd by me,</HI></L>
<L><HI>With</HI> Rhimes <HI>nor Lines, but Truths, affected be.</HI></L>
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<LG N="1">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L><HI>_SIN</HI> will at fir&s;t, ju&s;t like a Beggar, crave</L>
<L>One Penny or one Half-peny to have;</L>
<L>And if you grant its fir&s;t &s;uit, 'twill a&s;pire,</L>
<L>From Pence to Pounds, and &s;o will &s;till mount higher,</L>
<L>To the whole Soul: but if it makes its m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>Then &s;ay, here is not for you, get you gone.</L>
<L><HI>For if you give it entrance at the Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>It will come in, and may go out no more.</HI></L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN,</HI> rather than 'twill out of action be,</L>
<L>Will pray to &s;tay, though but a while with thee;</L>
<L>One Night, one Hour, one Moment, will it cry,</L>
<L>Imbrace me in thy Bo&s;ome el&s;e I dy:</L>
<L>Time to Repent (&s;aith it) I will allow,</L>
<L>And help, if to Repent thou know'&s;t not how.</L>
<L><HI>But if you give it entrance at the Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>It will come in, and may go out no more.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>If Begging doth not do, <HI>SIN</HI> promi&s;e will</L>
<L>Rewards to tho&s;e that &s;hall its Lu&s;ts fulfill:</L>
<L>Penny in hand, ye Pounds 'twill offer thee,</L>
<L>If at its <HI>beck</HI> and <HI>motion</HI> thou wilt be.</L>
<L>'Twill &s;eem Heav'n to out-bid, and all to gain</L>
<L>Thy Love, and win thee it to entertain.</L>
<L><HI>But give it not admittance at thy Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t it comes in, and &s;o goes out no more.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<L>If Begging and promi&s;ing will not do,</L>
<L>'Twill by its wiles attempt to flatter you.</L>
<L>I'm harmle&s;s, mean no ill, be not &s;o &s;hy,</L>
<L>Will ev'ry Soul-de&s;troying motion cry.</L>
<L>'Twill hide its &s;ting, 'twill change its Native hue,</L>
<L>Vile 'twill not, but a Beauty &s;eem to you.</L>
<L><HI>But if you give it entrance at the Door,</HI></L>
<L>Its &s;ting will in, and may come out no more.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<L>Rather than fail, <HI>SIN</HI> will it &s;elf divide,</L>
<L>Bid thee do this, and lay the re&s;t a&s;ide.</L>
<L>Take <HI>little</HI> ones ('twill &s;ay) throw <HI>great</HI> ones by,</L>
<L>(As if for little Sins Men &s;hould not dy.)</L>
<L>Yea <HI>SIN</HI> with <HI>SIN</HI> a quarrel will maintain,</L>
<L>On purpo&s;e that <HI>THOU</HI> by it might'&s;t be &s;lain.</L>
<L><HI>Beware the cheat then, keep it out of Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>It</HI> would <HI>come in, and would go out no more.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN,</HI> if you will believe it, will accu&s;e,</L>
<L>What is not hurtful and it&s;elf excu&s;e:</L>
<L>'Twill make a Vice of Vertue, and 'twill &s;ay</L>
<L>Good is de&s;tructive, doth Men's Souls betray.</L>
<L>'Twill make a Law, where God has made man free,</L>
<L>And break tho&s;e Laws by which Men bounded be.</L>
<L><HI>Look to thy &s;elf then, keep it out of Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thee 'twould intangle, and inlarge thy &s;core.</HI></L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN</HI> is that bea&s;tly thing that will defile</L>
<L>Soul, Body, Name, and Fame in little while;</L>
<L>'Twill make him, who &s;ome time Gods Image was,</L>
<L>Look like the Devil, love, and plead his Cau&s;e;</L>
<L>Like to the Plague, Poy&s;on, or Lepro&s;ie</L>
<L>Defile 'twill, and infect contagiou&s;ly.</L>
<L><HI>Wherefore beware, again&s;t it &s;hut the Door;</HI></L>
<L><HI>If not, it will defile thee more and more.</HI></L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN</HI> once po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of the heart, will play</L>
<L>The Tyrant, force its Va&s;&s;al to obey:</L>
<L>'Twill make thee thine own happine&s;s oppo&s;e,</L>
<L>And offer open Violence to tho&s;e</L>
<L>That love thee be&s;t; yea make thee to defy</L>
<L>The Law and Coun&s;el of the Deity.</L>
<L><HI>Beware then, keep this Tyrant out of Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t thou be his, and &s;o thy own no more.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN,</HI> harden can the heart again&s;t its God,</L>
<L>Make it abu&s;e his Grace, de&s;pi&s;e his Rod,</L>
<L>'Twill make one run upon the very pikes,</L>
<L>Iudgments fore&s;een bring &s;uch to no di&s;likes</L>
<L>Of &s;inful hazards; no, they venture &s;hall</L>
<L>For one ba&s;e Lu&s;t, their Soul, and Heav'n and all.</L>
<L><HI>Take heed then, hold it, cru&s;h it at the Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>It comes to rob thee and to make thee Poor.</HI></L>
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<LG N="10">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN</HI> is a Pri&s;on, hath its bolts and chains,</L>
<L>Brings into Bondage who it entertains;</L>
<L>Hangs &s;hackles on them, bends them to its will,</L>
<L>Holds them, as <HI>Sam&s;on</HI> grinded at the Mill.</L>
<L>'Twill blind them, make them deaf; yea, 'twill them Gagg,</L>
<L>And ride them as the Devil rides his Hagg.</L>
<L><HI>Wherefore look to it, keep it out of Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>If once its &s;lave, thou may'&s;t be free no more.</HI></L>
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<LG N="11">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<L>Though <HI>SIN</HI> at fir&s;t its rage di&s;&s;emble may,</L>
<L>'Twill &s;oon upon thee as a <HI>Lyon</HI> Prey;</L>
<L>'Twill roar, 'twill rend, 'twill tear, 'twill kill out-right,</L>
<L>Its living Death will gnaw thee day and night:</L>
<L>Thy plea&s;ures now to <HI>paws</HI> and <HI>teeth</HI> it turns,</L>
<L>In thee its tickling Lu&s;ts, like Brim&s;tone, burns.</L>
<L><HI>Wherefore beware, and keep it out of Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t it &s;hould on thee as a Lyon Roar.</HI></L>
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<LG N="12">
<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN</HI> will accu&s;e, will &s;tare thee in the face,</L>
<L>Will for its Witne&s;&s;es quote time and place</L>
<L>Where thou committed&s;t it; and &s;o appeal</L>
<L>To con&s;cience, who thy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s will not conceal;</L>
<L>But on thee as a Judge &s;uch &s;entence pa&s;&s;,</L>
<L>As will to thy Sweet bits, prove bitter Sauce.</L>
<L><HI>Wherefore beware, again&s;t it &s;hut thy Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Repent what's pa&s;t, believe and Sin no more.</HI></L>
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<LG N="13">
<HEAD>XIII.</HEAD>
<L><HI>SIN</HI> is the worm of Hell, the la&s;ting Fire,</L>
<L>Hell would &s;oon lo&s;e its heat, could <HI>SIN</HI> expire;</L>
<L>Better &s;inle&s;s, in Hell, than to be where</L>
<L>Heav'n is, and to be found a Sinner there.</L>
<L>One Sinle&s;s, with infernals might do well,</L>
<L>But <HI>SIN</HI> would make a very Heav'n a Hell.</L>
<L><HI>Look to thy &s;elf then, to keep it out of Door,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t it gets in, and never leaves thee more.</HI></L>
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<LG N="14">
<HEAD>XIV.</HEAD>
<L>No Match has <HI>SIN</HI> &s;ave God in all the World,</L>
<L>Men, Angels it has from their &s;tations hurl'd:</L>
<L>Holds them in Chains, as Captives, in de&s;pite</L>
<L>Of all that here below is called Might.</L>
<L>Relea&s;e, help, freedom from it none can give,</L>
<L>But he by whom we al&s;o breath and live.</L>
<L><HI>Watch therefore, keep this Gyant out of Door</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t if once in, thou get him out no more.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>XV.</HEAD>
<L>Fools make a mock at <HI>SIN,</HI> will not believe,</L>
<L>It carries &s;uch a Dagger in its &s;leeve;</L>
<L>How can it be (&s;ay they) that &s;uch a thing,</L>
<L>So full of &s;weet, &s;hould ever wear a &s;ting:</L>
<L>They know not that it is the very <HI>SPELL</HI></L>
<L>Of <HI>SIN,</HI> to make Men laugh them&s;elves to Hell.</L>
<L><HI>Look to thy &s;elf then, deal with <HI>SIN</HI> no more,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t he that &s;aves, again&s;t thee &s;huts the Door.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>XVI.</HEAD>
<L>Now let the God that is above,</L>
<L>That hath for Sinners &s;o much love;</L>
<L>The&s;e Lines &s;o help thee to improve,</L>
<L>That towards him thy heart may move.</L>
<L>Keep thee from Enemies external,</L>
<L>Help thee to fight with tho&s;e internal:</L>
<L>Deliver thee from them infernal,</L>
<L>And bring thee &s;afe to life eternal.</L>
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<CLOSER>AMEN.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>N. Ponder at the Peacock</HI> in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
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