Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all!
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none:
And some condemned for a fault alone.