Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.

Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.

The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.

The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

Teach me to live that I may dread
The grace as little as my bed.

Teach me to live that I may dread
The grace as little as my bed.

Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.

Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be read more

Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.

Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard, and many a time
Th' harmony of read more

Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard, and many a time
Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues
Have I liked several women; never any
With so full soul but some defect in her
Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed,
And put it to the foil.