The power of sin is destroyed as a result of attending the last supper as "Thy wormwood returns to health" which exemplifies the power of repentance (21). The last line of stanza four repeats the notion of limited life, also implying the struggle against sin as all will “rise and die together” (24). The next stanza takes us back to the wicked ways of man and the tone returns to solemnity. Man's sin makes Christians “woeful and pale” and “bitterness fills our bowels” (26-27). The contemplation of sin makes man unhappy, but “bitterness” has a double meaning for Herbert can let his heart become bitter or let the blood of Christ come in and heal spiritually and