Religion

Book III, 79: On the receiving of the Lords Supper

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III

Religion

Men take the Sacred Seales of their Salvation,
As some doe Physick, not for health, but fashion:
The Day preceding, and the following Day,
There's none so strict; none so reform'd as they:
They curb the fury of their wanton Ryot,
And call their Surfets to a stricter Dyet:
The Time expir'd, the first Assault that haps,
Prevailes, and strikes them to a worse Relaps;
Like Doggs to vomits they returne agin,
As though they'ad past a Patent now to sin:
Let such Day-Christians, on the very toppe
Of all their mirth, remember Judas Sopp

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 79: On the receiving of the Lords Supper.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/281/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 79: On the receiving of the Lords Supper.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/281/.

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