The Temple by George Herbert is a drastic turning away from the earlier love poetry. Herbert was anti-petrarchan in that he opposed on principle the vapid subjects and sought to replace them with subjects of religious faith lit up by his personal vision and experience. He distanced himself from the secular poetry of his times and totally dedicated himself to writing spiritual, meditative poetry. His poems disclose a private relationship of his individual soul to God and a testimony of the many spiritual conflicts that he experienced in his life with God. The complex and subtle processes, changes of attitudes, inner struggles and sometimes even the surrenders of the spiritual life are minutely detailed in his poems. However, he was successful in working out his conflicts and came out with resolution and integration, thereby resetting order over chaos. In his moments of epiphany and illumination, he came to realize the full meanings of sacrifice on the cross and immediately his heavy burdens were uplifted from his mind and shoulders. Even sufferings had a special meaning for him in that they led him to insight and prevenient grace along with a peace of spirit. He firmly believed in the passage that comes from the scripture of Romans 5:20, ``where sin increased, grace increased all the more``. Therefore he could relish the happy burgeoning of new hopes of salvation. In this new consciousness, the fluctuations of emotion subside and inner peace wells out of his heart. The sincerity and dignified humility with personal consecration are the very results of this new attitude toward God the creator.