That passion now might be itself the guide.
Law, conscience, honour, all obey’d; all give
Th’ approving voice, and make it bliss to live;
While faith, when life can nothing more supply,
Shall strengthen hope, and make it bliss to die.
He preaches, speaks, and writes with manly sense,
No weak neglect, no labour’d eloquence;
Goodness and wisdom are in all his ways,
The rude revere him and the wicked praise.
Upon humility his virtues grow,