Religion

Epigram 8: Conferring with a Romish Pharisie

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Sculler (1612)

Religion

Conferring with a Romish Pharisie,
Who voyd of grace this heresy,
That he the law of God had neuer broken,
Nor neuer ill had done, nor ill had spoken.
I gaue his Antichristian faith the lye,
And told him that for him Christ did not dye.
For he did suffer onely for their sinne,
Who were insnared in the deuills Iynne.
And as for him that neuer had transgrest,
Twere good to hang him now hee's at the best.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 8: Conferring with a Romish Pharisie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/13/.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 8: Conferring with a Romish Pharisie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/13/.

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