Thoughts Upon The Four Last Things Death; Judgment; Heaven; and Hell. A Poem In Four Parts. The Second Edition. To which are added, The I, CIV, and CXXXVII Psalms Paraphras'd [by Joseph Trapp] |
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With These, the most abhor'd of human Race
Shall wicked Priests, and Prelates find their Place.
Prelates, and Priests, who partial preach'd God's Laws;
Flatter'd his Enemys, betray'd his Cause;
Or by their Lives and Actions disavow'd
Those Truths they zealous taught the list'ning Croud.
Prelates, who study'd for This World alone;
And Learning scorn'd, because Themselves had None.
Or Learning if they had; their Guilt was still
The greater, if 'twas us'd in doing Ill:
If, the Divine postpon'd, with more Regard
They Statesman, Lord, and Politician heard;
If, at a worthless, vicious Courtier's Nod,
They sacrific'd their Country, Church, and God.
For These the Curs'd, by Their Example damn'd,
With fierce Resentment, and Revenge inflam'd,
To sev'n-fold Rage th'infernal Fires shall blow,
And hoot th'Apostates thro' the Shades below.
Shall wicked Priests, and Prelates find their Place.
Prelates, and Priests, who partial preach'd God's Laws;
Flatter'd his Enemys, betray'd his Cause;
Or by their Lives and Actions disavow'd
Those Truths they zealous taught the list'ning Croud.
Prelates, who study'd for This World alone;
And Learning scorn'd, because Themselves had None.
Or Learning if they had; their Guilt was still
The greater, if 'twas us'd in doing Ill:
If, the Divine postpon'd, with more Regard
They Statesman, Lord, and Politician heard;
If, at a worthless, vicious Courtier's Nod,
They sacrific'd their Country, Church, and God.
For These the Curs'd, by Their Example damn'd,
With fierce Resentment, and Revenge inflam'd,
To sev'n-fold Rage th'infernal Fires shall blow,
And hoot th'Apostates thro' the Shades below.
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