Religion
Book I, 45: On Mans Plea
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I
Religion
Mans Plea to Man, is, That he never more
Will begge, and that he never begg'd before:
Mans Plea to God, is, That he did obtaine
A former Suit, and therefore sues againe.
How good a God we serve; that when we sue,
Makes his old gifts th'examples of his new!
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