Religion
Book III, 47: On Mans co-operation
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
We are not Blocks: We must expect the Call;
And, being cal'd, must move, and rise withall:
The Voyce were needlesse, and as good be dumb,
As, with the Call, not give the pow'r to come:
Deserves hee food, that thinkes it vaine to gape?
Christ takes his Spouse by Contract, not by Rape.
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