Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Xcix. [84]

English poem

Xcix. [84]

by (1631–1705)

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“God looks upon th’ affecti-on   and temper of the heart; Not only on the acti-on,   and the external part. Whatever end vain men pretend,   God knows the verity, And by the end which they intend   their words and deeds doth try.