Poem by John Bunyan

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;
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. 

1. The Operation of Faith
2. To the Reader
3. Love Inducin Christian Conduct
4. Upon the Thief
5. How Graces Are to Be Obtained

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