Some Clarkes doe doubt in their deuicefull art, i
Whether this heauenly thing, whereof I treat,
To weeten Mercie,[345] be of Iustice part,
Or drawne forth from her by diuine extreate.
This well I wote, that sure she is as great,
And meriteth to haue as high a place,
Sith in th’Almighties euerlasting seat
She first was bred, and borne of heauenly race;
From thence pour’d down on men, by influence of grace.
For if that Vertue be of so great might, ii