Religion
Book III, 20: On Mans heart
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
Nature presents my heart in Ore;
Faire civill cariage gilds it o're;
Which, when th'Almighty shall behold
With a pleas'd eye, he brings to gold:
Thus chang'd, the Temple Ballance weighs it;
If drosse remaine, the Touch bewrayes it;
Afflictions Furnace, then refines it:
Gods holy Spirit stamps and coynes it:
No Coyne so currant; it will goe
For the best Wares, that Heav'n can show,
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