Sinners.

Sinners confounded are a twofold way,
Either as when, the learned schoolmen say,
Men's sins destroyed are when they repent,
Or when, for sins, men suffer punishment.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

Robert Herrick

To His Book (5)

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To Anthea.

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To Electra.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

Upon Flood Or A Thankful Man.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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Another. (Sin.)

Sin is the cause of death; and sin's alone
The cause of God's predestination:
And from God's prescience of man's sin doth flow
Our destination to eternal woe.

Robert Herrick

Sin.

Sin once reached up to God's eternal sphere,
And was committed, not remitted there.

Robert Herrick

Sin.

Sin never slew a soul unless there went
Along with it some tempting blandishment.

Robert Herrick

Sin Severely Punished.

God in His own day will be then severe
To punish great sins, who small faults whipt here.

Robert Herrick

Sin Seen.

When once the sin has fully acted been,
Then is the horror of the trespass seen.

Robert Herrick

Penitency.

A man's transgressions God does then remit,
When man He makes a penitent for it.

Robert Herrick