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SABBATHS by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: SABBATHS ARE THREEFOLD, (AS S. AUSTINE SAYES)
Last Line: THE LAST THE SABBATH OF ETERNITIE.
Subject(s): SABBATH; SUNDAY;
Sabbaths are threefold, (as S. Austine sayes:)
The first of Time, or Sabbath here of Dayes;
The second is a Conscience trespasse-free;
The last the Sabbath of Eternitie.



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