And in this way do not think much – Modernized Edition

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And in this way do not think much,
          That thou must much endure;
No, though it be from holy men,
          For God doth this procure:
 
That thou may’st seek himself alone
          And put thy trust in him,
And not in any creatures living
          How good so’ere they seem.
 
For suffering by the means of th’ill
          Will little thee advance;
But to be censured by the good
          Goes near to thee perchance.





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Source: Baker, p. 136; see Bodleian, p. 12 and 1658, p. 6