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If she by this Division, break your power
She thinks that she shall easily devour
The scatter'd Churches, which in hazard lie
Within the limits of her Sov'raignty;
Then, those that stronger are (though more remote)
Assoon as opportunities are got
To practice on them, by the force of Arms
Or, by the power of her besotting Charms:
And if they take effects, her work is done,
Untill GODS Counter-work shall be begun,
Who, though mans working with him he expects,
Shall no advantage lose by their defects
VVho give Advantages unto his Foes
By trifling that away which he bestows,
To do him service. But, they shall become
Partakers with Apostates in their doom.
She thinks that she shall easily devour
The scatter'd Churches, which in hazard lie
Within the limits of her Sov'raignty;
Then, those that stronger are (though more remote)
Assoon as opportunities are got
To practice on them, by the force of Arms
Or, by the power of her besotting Charms:
And if they take effects, her work is done,
Untill GODS Counter-work shall be begun,
Who, though mans working with him he expects,
Shall no advantage lose by their defects
VVho give Advantages unto his Foes
By trifling that away which he bestows,
To do him service. But, they shall become
Partakers with Apostates in their doom.
| Miscellaneous works of George Wither | |