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NONCONFORMIST.
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And both unanimously damn,
And hate (like two that Play one Game)
Each other for it, while they strive to do the same.
And hate (like two that Play one Game)
Each other for it, while they strive to do the same.
XII.
Both equally design to raise
Their Churches by the self-same Ways;
With War and Ruin to assert
Their Doctrine, and with Sword and Fire convert;[1]
To preach the Gospel with a Drum,
And for convincing overcome;
And, though in worshipping of God all Blood
Was by his own Laws disallow'd,
Both hold no holy Rites to be so good:
And both to propagate the Breed
Of their own Saints one way proceed;
For Lust and Rapes in War repair as fast,
As Fury and Destruction waste;
Both equally allow all Crimes
Both equally design to raise
Their Churches by the self-same Ways;
With War and Ruin to assert
Their Doctrine, and with Sword and Fire convert;[1]
To preach the Gospel with a Drum,
And for convincing overcome;
And, though in worshipping of God all Blood
Was by his own Laws disallow'd,
Both hold no holy Rites to be so good:
And both to propagate the Breed
Of their own Saints one way proceed;
For Lust and Rapes in War repair as fast,
As Fury and Destruction waste;
Both equally allow all Crimes
- ↑ With War and Ruin to assert—Their Doctrine, and with Sword and Fire convert.] This exactly coincides with what is said of the same set of People in Hudibras.Such as do build the'r Faith upon
The holy Text of Pike and Gun;
Decide all controversies by
Infallible Artillery;
And prove their Doctrine orthodox
By apostolic Blows and Knocks;
Call Fire, and Sword, and Desolation.
A godly, thorough Reformation.
Hud. P. 1. C. 1. V. 195.
