Upon the Whipping of the Top
Tis with the whip the boy sets up the top,
The whip makes it run round upon its toe;
Tis with the whip the boy sets up the top,
The whip makes it run round upon its toe;
The whip makes it hither and thither hop:
‘Tis with the whip the top is made to go.
Comparison.
Our legalist is like unto this top,
Without a whip he doth not duty do;
Let Moses whip him, he will skip and hop;
Forbear to whip, he’ll neither stand nor go.
John Bunyan
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