William Cowper is pretty much the man

Hear the just law, the judgement of the skies!He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies.And he that will be cheated to the last,Delusions, strong as hell, shall bind him fast.But if the wanderer his mistake discern,Judge his own ways, and sigh for a return,Bewildered once, must he bewail his lossFor ever and for ever? No - the Cross!There and there only, (though the deist rave,And atheist, if earth bear so base a slave)There and there only, is the power to save.There no delusive hope invites despair,No mockery meets you, no deception there,The spells and charms that blinded you before,All vanish there, and fascinate no more.I am no preacher, let this hint suffice,The Cross once seen is death to every vice:Else He that hung there suffered all his pain,Bled, groaned, and agonized, and died in vain.From William Cowper, The Progress of Error.This is kind of what I tried to say with The Shape of Reality, but put far more eloquently