Coal Quote by William Langland

“But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.” quote by William Langland — Download Open image

“But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.”

William Langland

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Manye chapeleyns arn chaste, ac charite is aweye; Are none hardere than hii whan hii ben avaunced: Unkynde to hire kyn and to alle Cristene, Chewen hire charite and chiden after moore - Swich chastite withouten charite worth cheyned in helle.

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For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,It is in cloistre or in scole.

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A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene -Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,Werchynge and wandrynge as the…

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In a somer seson, whan softe was the sonne, I shoop me into shroudes as I a sheep were, In habite an heremite unholy…

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I kan noght parfitly my Paternoster as the preest it syngeth,But I kan rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre.

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