Date: 1658

In "Man's head ... madam Reason is enthron'd, her grace / Reignes like an Empress in the highest place."

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)

Date: 1658

"My lady Will, resideth in the brain; / The Judgment there, there doth Minerva raigne"

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)

Date: 1667

"O please to make my heart thy lesser Throne."

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)

Date: 1667

"Conscience is Christs Vicar in mans heart, / It keeps Court there, and acts the Judges part"

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)

Date: 1667

"Christ the mind fills / With light in us, a tender heart he places; / And files off the Rebellion of our Wills"

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)

Date: 1667

" Conscience is Gods Vice-Roy in the Soul, / And all are liable to its controul."

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)