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Science in God is known to beA substance, not a quality.
Robert Herrick
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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.
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The Mean.
Robert Herrick, Simple Poetry
Upon Bridget. Epig.
To Christ.
Precepts.
God.
God, as the learned Damascene doth write,A sea of substance is, indefinite.
In God there's nothing, but 'tis known to beEven God Himself, in perfect entity.
What God Is.
God is above the sphere of our esteem,And is the best known, not defining Him.
God is more here than in another place,Not by His essence, but commerce of grace.
Another. (God's Presence.)
That there's a God we all do know,But what God is we cannot show.
Knowledge.
Knowledge to one is a goddess both heavenly and high, to anotherOnly an excellent cow, yielding the butter he wants.
Friedrich Schiller