Poems on several occasions

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)

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VI.—ANOTHER.

[Once forms of conjuring were penal all]

Once forms of conjuring were penal all,
And prayers to Beelzebub were capital;
And once, when priests the nation over-awed,
Gifts to the poor were reckon'd gifts to God.
Now to give lands to God is counted evil;
But all have freedom to adore the devil.

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VI.—ANOTHER.

[Once forms of conjuring were penal all]