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Obtained his father full remission.
I spared my judgments many tim
And spiritual pastors did thee send;
But thou renewd'st thy former ecrimes,
Aye more and more me to offend.
My Lord, quoth she, I do amend,
Lamenting for my former vice
The poor thief at the latter
For one word went to paradise.
The thief heard never of me teaching,
My heavenly precepts and my laws,
But thou was daily at my preachings,
Both heard and saw, and yet miskaws
Master, quoth she, the scriptures shows,
The Jewish woman which play'd the lown;
Conform unto the Hebrew laws,
Was brought to thee to be put down,
But nevertheless thou lett'st her go,
And made the Pharisees afraid.
Indeed, says Christ it was right so,
And that my bidding was obey'd,
Woman, he said, I may not cast
The childrens' bread to dogs like
Although my mercies yet do last,
There's mercy here but none for thee
But, loving Lord, may I presume
Poor worm, that I may speak again,
