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ZEAL
No seard Conscience is so fel
As that which has been burnt with zeal;
For Christian Charity's as well
A great Impediment to Zeal
As Zeal a Pestilent Disease
To Christian Charity and Peace.
As that which has been burnt with zeal;
For Christian Charity's as well
A great Impediment to Zeal
As Zeal a Pestilent Disease
To Christian Charity and Peace.
Who did ever know a Saint
That Acted th' Horridst Crime Recant?
Their Priviledg is too sublime
To condescend to own a Crime,
Who Count it a Disparagment
To be but thought to need Repent.
That Acted th' Horridst Crime Recant?
Their Priviledg is too sublime
To condescend to own a Crime,
Who Count it a Disparagment
To be but thought to need Repent.
Hypocrisy will serve as well
To Propagate a Church, as Zeal;
As Persecution and Promotion
Do Equally Advance Devotion:
So Round white Stones wil serve, they say,
As wel as Egs to make hens lay.
To Propagate a Church, as Zeal;
As Persecution and Promotion
Do Equally Advance Devotion:
So Round white Stones wil serve, they say,
As wel as Egs to make hens lay.
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