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Essay written over his Door upon an Institution and Induction.
I
'Tis a strange thing to think onThat old Tom of Lincoln,
Who writ for the Reformation,
Shou'd so basely submit,
Without honor, or Wit,
To the Reading the Declaration.
II
Who ever takes OrderFrom this Satan-Recorder,
And thinks to go out a Divine,
Will find it a Folly
To expect the Ghost Holy,
'Tis the Devil that enters the Swine
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