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Mainly a bare-bones exposition of salvation through faith (Protestant doctrine) vs. through works (Catholic): with the role that (double) pre-destination and the bondage of the will plays in the distinction, and the spirals of inwardness that arise for the Protestant poets, in particular Donne and Herbert. \xa0Excursus on Luther's reading of the Lord's hardening Pharaoh's heart in Exodus. Herbert'sREDEMPTIONHAVING been tenant long to a rich Lord,\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 And make a suit unto him, to afford\xa0A new small-rented lease, and cancell th\u2019 old.\xa0In heaven at his manour I him sought :\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 They told me there, that he was lately gone\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 About some land, which he had dearly bought\xa0Long since on earth, to take possession.\xa0I straight return\u2019d, and knowing his great birth,\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Sought him accordingly in great resorts ;\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 In cities, theatres, gardens, parks, and courts :\xa0At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Of theeves and murderers : \xa0there I him espied,\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died.Excursus on the plurality of the heavenly powers, and the E and J writers of the first four books of Moses.