God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their seasons. But God hath made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of His mercies. In Paradise the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in heaven it is always autumn. His mercies are ever in their maturity.

Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness.

God affords no man the comfort, the false comfort of Atheism: He will not allow a pretending Atheist the power to flatter himself, so far, as to seriously think there is no God.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

Man hath weaved out a net, and this net throwne upon the Heavens, and now they are his own.

Nature's lay idiot, I taught thee to love.

As soon as there was two there was pride.