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Thou sayst, Her Papers, like to Briefs did cry
For Money, Money for the Ministry:
But thou sayst falsly; I thy words deny:
Prove them, or Falshood at thy door shall ly.
Thy naming Briefs, on this occasion, shows
Thy Cavil from a Scoffing Spirit flows.
Paul to the Church did his Epistles send,
In which he to their care did recommend
Collections for the Saints. Why dost not flout
At those Epistles too? Why cry'st not out
Against the Papers of th'Apostle Paul,
That They, like Briefs, for Money, Money, call?
Thy Cavil doth as much against him ly,
As against us: and 'twas thy subtilty,
Not openly of Paul to shew dislike,
But rather through our sides at him to strike.
Thy Work is seen; thy Undertaking's vile;
Thy Spirit scornful; frothy is thy Stile.
But, William, art thou sure, thou never yet
To what thou termest Briefs, thy Name hast set?
Take heed, lest while thou Stones dost upward throw,
They fall not back, and give thy self a blow.
For Money, Money for the Ministry:
But thou sayst falsly; I thy words deny:
Prove them, or Falshood at thy door shall ly.
Thy naming Briefs, on this occasion, shows
Thy Cavil from a Scoffing Spirit flows.
Paul to the Church did his Epistles send,
In which he to their care did recommend
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At those Epistles too? Why cry'st not out
Against the Papers of th'Apostle Paul,
That They, like Briefs, for Money, Money, call?
Thy Cavil doth as much against him ly,
As against us: and 'twas thy subtilty,
Not openly of Paul to shew dislike,
But rather through our sides at him to strike.
Thy Work is seen; thy Undertaking's vile;
Thy Spirit scornful; frothy is thy Stile.
But, William, art thou sure, thou never yet
To what thou termest Briefs, thy Name hast set?
Take heed, lest while thou Stones dost upward throw,
They fall not back, and give thy self a blow.
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