So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

It adds to the glory both of soule and body.

It adds to the glory both of soule and body.