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NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 26TH PRECEPT by THOMAS RANDOLPH

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First Line: SO LIVE WITH MAN AS IF GOD'S CURIOUS EYE
Last Line: THAT MUST ALONE BOTH JUDGE AND JURY BE?
Subject(s): SIN;
So live with man as if God's curious eye
Did everywhere into thine actions pry;
For never yet was sin so void of sense,
So fully fac'd with brazen impudence,
As that it durst before men's eyes commit
Their beastly lusts, lest men should witness it.
How dare they then offend, when God shall see,
That must alone both judge and jury be?



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