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“Without true Faith, the Scripture saith,   God cannot take delight In any deed that doth proceed   from any sinful wight. And without love all actions prove   but barren empty things; Dead works they be and vanity,   the which vexation brings.

CI.

“Nor from true Faitli, which quencheth wrath,   hath your obedience flown; Nor from true Love, which wont to move   Believers, hath it grown. Your argument shews your intent   in all that you have done; You thought to scale Heav’n’s lofty Wall   by Ladders of your own.