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Poesis Rediviva

or, Poesie Reviv'd. By John Collop
 
 

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The Church.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Church.

Th' Kings Daughters garment may discolour'd be,
Yet Schism's not made by th' variety.
Embroidred with good works Christs Spouse must go,
Wrinkle nor spot in Conversation show.
Where shadows do increase, the Sun declines;

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Yet there will shadows be where the Sun shines.
Forms of Religion, where there is a light,
Where all is shadow, and no shadows night.
But oh while most 'bout Forms poor shadows fight,
They Charity lose, which is Religions light.
Who by disputes are drunk, and passions vext,
Cast at Antagonists heads what they meet next.
The wildefire of Contention they increase,
And not by th' Milk of th' Word it cause to cease.
Who's Pious, he is Orthodox; who loves sin,
He Heretick is: God nor his Church shares in.
Happy whose lives 'gainst errours do dispute;
Good lives convert, bad tongues can never do't.
Ith' Catholick house Churches like Sisters dwell:
Can Sisters Sisters for each brawl expell?
Men in each Church have Truth enough to save,
And to damn Angels enough Malice have.