Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Xxiii. [19]

English poem

Xxiii. [19]

by (1631–1705)

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Next unto whom there find a room   all Christ’s afflicted ones, Who being chastis’d, neither despis’d   nor sank amidst their groans; Who by the Rod were turn’d to God,   and lovéd him the more, Not murmuring nor quarrelling   when they were chast’ned sore.