Religion
Book I, 70: On Mans goodnesse
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I
Religion
Thy hand, great God, created all things good;
But Man rebell'd, and in defiance stood
Against his owne Creation, and did staine,
Nay lost that goodnesse which the Beasts retaine
What ap ha's Man, poore Man, above the rest,
That hath lesse goodnesse left him, then a Beast!
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