A grateful mind/ By owing owes not, but still pays, at once/ Indebted and discharg'd.
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.
Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.
Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
Freely we serve, because freely we love.