"[E]rring conscience must as well controll /Our acts, as when it moves and guides the soul"
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen
Date
1722
Metaphor
"[E]rring conscience must as well controll /Our acts, as when it moves and guides the soul"
Metaphor in Context
In vain 'tis urg'd, that some of fearless mind
For false religion have their lives resign'd:
See this objection thus with ease remov'd;
For false religion none have martyrs prov'd,
Who did not think that false religion true,
And thus right reason's rules they did pursue:
For erring conscience must as well controll
Our acts, as when it moves and guides the soul
Aright inform'd; for it is equal here,
If things are good, or only good appear:
But let th' objectors one example show,
Where men did death and torments undergo
For false religion, while they thought it so.
For false religion have their lives resign'd:
See this objection thus with ease remov'd;
For false religion none have martyrs prov'd,
Who did not think that false religion true,
And thus right reason's rules they did pursue:
For erring conscience must as well controll
Our acts, as when it moves and guides the soul
Aright inform'd; for it is equal here,
If things are good, or only good appear:
But let th' objectors one example show,
Where men did death and torments undergo
For false religion, while they thought it so.
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1722).
See Richard Blackmore, Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See Richard Blackmore, Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/10/2004
