Baptist preacher Joseph Stennett Sr. wrote “Who Laughs at Sin.” In the 4th volume of his Works, it is titled “On Proverbs xiv. 9. Fools make a mock of sin,” and contains 4 stanzas in 10s meter.
1. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his maker’s frowns;
Laughs at the sword of vengeance o’er his head;
Laughs at the great redeemer’s tears and wounds,
Who but for sin had never wept or bled.
2. Who laughs at sin, laughs at the numerous woes,
That have the guilty world so oft befell;
Laughs at the whole creation’s groans and throws,
At all the spoils of death, and pains of hell.
3. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his own disease,
Welcomes approaching torments with his smiles,
Dares at his soul’s expence his fancy please,
Affronts his God, himself of bliss beguiles.
4. Who laughs at sin, sports with his guilt and shame,
Laughs at the errors of his senseless mind:
For so absurd a fool there wants a name
Expressive of a folly so refin’d.
The Works of the late Reverend and Learned Mr. Joseph Stennett: Volume 4; Containing his Poems and Letters on Various Subjects, London: 1732, pp. 251-252.
1. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his maker’s frowns;
Laughs at the sword of vengeance o’er his head;
Laughs at the great redeemer’s tears and wounds,
Who but for sin had never wept or bled.
2. Who laughs at sin, laughs at the numerous woes,
That have the guilty world so oft befell;
Laughs at the whole creation’s groans and throws,
At all the spoils of death, and pains of hell.
3. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his own disease,
Welcomes approaching torments with his smiles,
Dares at his soul’s expence his fancy please,
Affronts his God, himself of bliss beguiles.
4. Who laughs at sin, sports with his guilt and shame,
Laughs at the errors of his senseless mind:
For so absurd a fool there wants a name
Expressive of a folly so refin’d.
The Works of the late Reverend and Learned Mr. Joseph Stennett: Volume 4; Containing his Poems and Letters on Various Subjects, London: 1732, pp. 251-252.
Baptist preacher Joseph Stennett Sr. wrote “Who Laughs at Sin.” In the 4th volume of his Works, it is titled “On Proverbs xiv. 9. Fools make a mock of sin,” and contains 4 stanzas in 10s meter.
1. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his maker’s frowns;
Laughs at the sword of vengeance o’er his head;
Laughs at the great redeemer’s tears and wounds,
Who but for sin had never wept or bled.
2. Who laughs at sin, laughs at the numerous woes,
That have the guilty world so oft befell;
Laughs at the whole creation’s groans and throws,
At all the spoils of death, and pains of hell.
3. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his own disease,
Welcomes approaching torments with his smiles,
Dares at his soul’s expence his fancy please,
Affronts his God, himself of bliss beguiles.
4. Who laughs at sin, sports with his guilt and shame,
Laughs at the errors of his senseless mind:
For so absurd a fool there wants a name
Expressive of a folly so refin’d.
The Works of the late Reverend and Learned Mr. Joseph Stennett: Volume 4; Containing his Poems and Letters on Various Subjects, London: 1732, pp. 251-252.
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