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[The wary magistrate we praise]
If it were a matter of wrong or wicked, &c.
—xviii. 14, 15.
The wary magistrate we praise,
If wise and humble he decline
To take his great Creator's place,
And judgment pass on things Divine,
If to determine he forbears,
As umpire in religious jars.
If wise and humble he decline
To take his great Creator's place,
And judgment pass on things Divine,
If to determine he forbears,
As umpire in religious jars.
But did he not refuse the cause
Through humour, indolence and ease,
Alike for vice, or virtue's laws
A careless unconcern express,
As those who bore the Christian name
Heathens and Jews were all the same?
Through humour, indolence and ease,
Alike for vice, or virtue's laws
A careless unconcern express,
As those who bore the Christian name
Heathens and Jews were all the same?
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