SONNET XCVIII Eternal Truth, almighty, infinite,     Only exilèd from man's fleshly heart ; Where Ignorance and Disobedience fight,     In hell and sin, which shall have greatest part : When Thy sweet mercy opens forth the light     Of grace, which giveth eyes unto the blind ; And with the Lord even plowest up our sprite,     To faith, wherein flesh may salvation find. Thou bid'st us pray, and we do pray to Thee :     But as to power and God without us plac'd : Thinking a wish may wear our vanity,     Or habits be by miracles defac'd ; One thought to God we give, the rest to sin ;     Quickly unbent is all desire of good ; True words pass out, but have no being within ;     We pray to Christ, yet help to shed His blood : For while we say 'believe,' and feel it not,     Promise amends, and yet despair in it ; Hear Sodom judged, and go not out with Lot :     Make Law and Gospel riddles of the wit : We with the Jews even Christ still crucify, As not yet come to our impiety.