WILT Thou forgive that sin where I begun,   Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run,   And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done;         For I have more.

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won   Others to sin, and made my sins their door? Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun   A year or two, but wallow'd in a score? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done;         For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I've spun   My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; But swear by Thyself that at my death Thy Son   Shall shine as He shines now and heretofore: And having done that, Thou hast done;         I fear no more.