A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Obedience to the law of God, imposed

On penalty of death.

Milton.

Flatter not folly with an idle faith,

Nor let earth stand upon her own desert;

But show what wisdom in the Scripture saith

The fruitful hand doth shew the fruitful heart;

Believe the word, and thereto bend thy will,

And teach obedience for a blessed skill.

Nicholas Breton.