Religion
Book I, 81: On Pharos bicke
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I
Religion
Ovr God's not like to Phao; to require
His for Fie:
His workemen wanted Straw, and yet were lasht,
For not performance: We have Straw unthrasht,
Yet we are idl, and we wch, and kicke
Against our Burthens, and returne no Bricke:
We spend our the Sabl,
And then we cry Alas! W are not able;
Thinke not on Israls sufferings, in that day,
When thy offended Justice shall repay
Our labo; Lord when
Thinke, was a Tyrant; Thou a od.
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