Religion
Book III, 97: On Faith
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
He that wants Faith, and apprehends a Griefe
Because he wants it, hath a true Beliefe.
And he that grieves, because his griefe's so small,
H'as a true Griefe, and the best Faith of all.
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