Whips.

God has His whips here to a twofold end:
The bad to punish, and the good t' amend.

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

Things Mortal Still Mutable

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Of Horne, A Combmaker.

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To Anthea.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

To His Faithful Friend, M. John Crofts, Cup-Bearer To The King.

Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry

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God Sparing In Scourging.

God still rewards us more than our desert;
But when He strikes, He quarter-acts His part.

Robert Herrick

God Has A Twofold Part.

God, when for sin He makes His children smart,
His own He acts not, but another's part;
But when by stripes He saves them, then 'tis known
He comes to play the part that is His own.

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

Pity And Punishment.

God doth embrace the good with love; and gains
The good by mercy, as the bad by pains.

Robert Herrick

Persecutions Purify.

God strikes His Church, but 'tis to this intent,
To make, not mar her, by this punishment;
So where He gives the bitter pills, be sure
'Tis not to poison, but to make thee pure.

Robert Herrick

Hell.

Hell is the place where whipping-cheer abounds,
But no one jailer there to wash the wounds.

Robert Herrick