In Contemplation Of Created Things, By Steps

Let None Henceforth Seek Needless Cause To Approve The Faith They Owe; When Earnestly They Seek Such Proof, Conclude, They Then Begin To Fail.

Faithful Found Among The Faithless.

For Books Are As Meats And Viands Are; Some Of Good, Some Of Evil Sub-stance.

So Scented The Grim Feature, And Upturn'd His Nostril Wide Into The Murky Air, Sagacious Of His Quarry From So Far.

And What Is Faith, Love, Virtue Unassayed Alone, Without Exterior Help Sustained?