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UPON AN HYPOCRITICAL
And he, that dares presume to do't,
Is sentenc'd and deliver'd up
To Satan, that engag'd him to't,
For vent'ring wickedly to put a Stop
To his Immunities and free Affairs,
Or meddle saucily with theirs,
That are employ'd by him; while he and they
Proceed in a religious and a holy Way.
Is sentenc'd and deliver'd up
To Satan, that engag'd him to't,
For vent'ring wickedly to put a Stop
To his Immunities and free Affairs,
Or meddle saucily with theirs,
That are employ'd by him; while he and they
Proceed in a religious and a holy Way.
II.
And as the Pagans heretofore
Did their own Handyworks adore.
And made their Stone and Timber Deities,
Their Temples, and their Altars of one Piece,
The same Outgoings seem t'inspire
Our modern self-will'd Edifier,
That out of Things as far from Sense, and more,
Contrives new Light and Revelation,
The Creatures of th' Imagination,
To worship and fall down before;
Of which his crack'd Delusions draw
As monstrous Images and rude,
As ever Pagan, to believe in, hew'd;
Or Madman in a Vision saw;
Mistakes the feeble Impotence,
And vain Delusions of his Mind,
And as the Pagans heretofore
Did their own Handyworks adore.
And made their Stone and Timber Deities,
Their Temples, and their Altars of one Piece,
The same Outgoings seem t'inspire
Our modern self-will'd Edifier,
That out of Things as far from Sense, and more,
Contrives new Light and Revelation,
The Creatures of th' Imagination,
To worship and fall down before;
Of which his crack'd Delusions draw
As monstrous Images and rude,
As ever Pagan, to believe in, hew'd;
Or Madman in a Vision saw;
Mistakes the feeble Impotence,
And vain Delusions of his Mind,
- ↑ Disposes of his Gifts and Dispensation—Like spiritual Foundations, &c.] The Poet's Wit, though just, is in these Lines a little involved and obscure, as it sometimes is. His Meaning is, that the Non-
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