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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]
Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

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INFINITE POWER NOT INDEFINITE

Or Omnipotence subservient to its Wisdom.

AN EPIGRAM

Amazing thought! Omnipotence confin'd
That all can do, that wills the eternal mind.
Perfection pure! whose potence cannot do,
Save what is wise, or holy, just, or true.
All then is right, whate'er thy will enacts,
How weak the means, or woful the effects.
Thy paths are deep, thy depths no lines explore;
Let Pride confess it, and complain no more!
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