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And should Gods eare
To such indifferents chained be,
Who do not their own motions heare?
Is God lesse free?
To such indifferents chained be,
Who do not their own motions heare?
Is God lesse free?
But stay! what's there?
Late when I would have something done,
I had a motion to forbear,
Yet I went on.
Late when I would have something done,
I had a motion to forbear,
Yet I went on.
And should Gods eare,
Which needs not man, be ty'd to those
Who heare not him, but quickly heare
His utter foes?
Which needs not man, be ty'd to those
Who heare not him, but quickly heare
His utter foes?
Then once more pray:
Down with thy knees, up with thy voice.
Seek pardon first, and God will say,
Glad heart rejoyce.
Down with thy knees, up with thy voice.
Seek pardon first, and God will say,
Glad heart rejoyce.
¶ Divinitie.
AS men, for fear the starres should sleep and nod,
And trip at night, have spheres suppli'd;
As if a starre were duller then a clod,
Which knows his way without a guide:
And trip at night, have spheres suppli'd;
As if a starre were duller then a clod,
Which knows his way without a guide:
Just so the other heav'n they also serve,
Divinities transcendent skie:
Which with the edge of wit they cut and carve.
Reason triumphs, and Faith lies by.
Divinities transcendent skie:
Which with the edge of wit they cut and carve.
Reason triumphs, and Faith lies by.
Could not that wisdome which first broacht the wine,
Have thicken'd it with definitions?
And jagg'd his seamlesse coat, had that been fine,
With curious questions and divisions?
Have thicken'd it with definitions?
And jagg'd his seamlesse coat, had that been fine,
With curious questions and divisions?
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