Religion
Book IV, 46: On our Redemption
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
We were created at a Word, a Breath;
Redeemed with no lesse then Blood & Death:
How much greater labour is it, than,
To wash a Sinner, then to make a Man!
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 46: On our Redemption.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/348/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 46: On our Redemption.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/348/.
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