Religion

Book IV, 89: On Reproofe

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV

Religion

Tis not enough to strive agin the Act,
Or not to doe't; we must reprove the Fact
In others too; The Sin, being once made knowne
To us, if not reprov'd, becomes our owne:
We must disswade the Vice, we scorne to follow;
We must spit out, as well as never swallow.

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