The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace;
And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.


The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose (ed. 1768)


The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.

The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.

The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.

The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.