Religion

The Foole hath said in his heart, there is no God. Psal. 14.1

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Essaies (1612)

Religion

THat GOD IS, no Man euer made a doubt;
if doubt some did, they did it not as Men:
For, faithlesse men, by meere sense, GOD finde out:
what are these senselesse God-deniers then?

They are not Fiends; for, they haue humane Soules;
and Fiends confesse, with feare, there is a GOD:
Much lesse, not Angels, Beasts, nor Fish, nor Fowles,
for, these praise God! What then? Eu'n their owne Rod.
Who doe themselves, tormentingly, confound;
hardning their Hearts; and, so, plague Sinne by Sinne:
Yet ioy in that which doth their Conscience wound:
is't possible such Creatures ere haue bin?
It's possible, for, such there be, God wot,
That know not God, because God knowes them not.

MLA

Hereford, John Davies of. “The Foole hath said in his heart, there is no God. Psal. 14.1.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/68/.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “The Foole hath said in his heart, there is no God. Psal. 14.1.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/68/.

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