A verse may finde him,who a sermon flies
And turns delight into a sacrifice.
Quotes from The Temple — George Herbert
1593–1633 England
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The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence.
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Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.
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Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame,
When once it is within thee.
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Religion stands on tip-toe in our land,
Ready to pass to the American strand.
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Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.
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Man is one world, and hath
Another to attend him.
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Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?
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Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.
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Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.
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Who goes to bed and does not pray,
Maketh two nights to every day.
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Chase brave employment with a naked sword
Throughout the world.
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My soul's a shepherd too; a flock it feeds
Of thoughts, and words, and deeds.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime,
'Tis angels' music.
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Who goes to bed, and doth not pray,
Maketh two nights to every day!
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For all may have,
If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Herbert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.