We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.
The spirits perverse with easy intercourse pass to and fro, to tempt or punish mortals.
Freely we serve, because freely we love.
This manner of writing wherein knowing myself inferior to myself? I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand.
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.
The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.