In "Batter my heart, three personed God" many paradoxes can be found. An example of one is in lines 12-13.
"Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free..."
It seems odd for the speaker to ask God to imprison him to make him free. Doesn't being imprisoned imply that one is trapped or confined? However, here the speaker is stating that being imprisoned or confined in God is his best possible option. It would steer him away from evil and sin. He would be completely consumed in God which therefore brings him freedom of all evil.
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