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"Ah, what a heavy weight was my sin to cause such a bloody sweat in
a frosty night! My dissimulation was the traitorous kiss; my ambition the
thorny crown; my drinking iniquities like water made [Christ] drink gall
and vinegar; my want of tears caused Him to bleed; my forsaking my Maker
made Him to be forsaken of His Father. Because the members of my body were
instruments of iniquity, therefore the members of His body were objects
of such cruelty; because my soul was so unholy, therefore His soul was so
exceeding heavy."
-- George Swinnock (1627-1673)
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