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PERSECUTIONS PURIFIE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: GOD STRIKES HIS CHURCH, BUT 'TIS TO THIS INTENT
Last Line: TIS NOT TO POYSON, BUT TO MAKE THEE PURE.
Subject(s): PUNISHMENT;
God strikes His Church, but 'tis to this intent,
To make, not marre her, by this punishment:
So where He gives the bitter Pills, be sure,
'Tis not to poyson, but to make thee pure.



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