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Down to Perdition from his Blifs above.

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From thefe deep boiling Gulphs, if yet we rife,
We yet may dare the Thunder of the Skies ;,
Too weak their firongel’c Prifon to detain
~Spirits, that burfl: below each brazen Chain 3
‘ Mine be the Danger firll ; and then the Farm:
‘ To lead you up from thefe dark Dam of Sha , e;
‘ Back to his Heaven thefe Rival Fires to throw,
‘ And wreit his Wreaths from our infillting Foe,
‘ Through various W'orlds, let his wide Pow’r external,-
‘ Half his Creation to our Shrines fliall hencl ;
‘ Incenf'e as Rich and Pure our Noll’rils feed,
‘ And Viétinis at our Altars oft-her Bleed,
‘ HisPriefls for us their Saviour {hall Defame,
‘i‘ And blaft his Godhead, while they own his Name 3
In ev’ry Age, each Clime, great Patriots rife,
4‘ Pleas’d hy our Guidance to Liefert their Skies ;
One duteous Ifle, a Realm above the relic
With all our bounteous Infpirations blefi;
There, there, your Thoughts with Joy and Tram
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a ‘vVhere Dreams {hall pleaf‘, and Revelation hum.
t Through dark Futurity I there behold
‘ Leatlers for Guilt renowu’d, in iiirrors bold ;
‘ (Tho’ deep in Night the difiant Proii‘iefl: liCS,
‘ By Fate foretold, the Era once {hall rile )
‘ Fables and Fraud {hall be their darling; Theme,
‘ Abhorting'l‘mth, their Glory to Biz-527.3;
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‘ Kind Afg-ml waft his Time, and 3:2er his Ink;

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'7 By him the Maxim plainly underlined,

‘ That Damm’ng, mufl‘ premote a Naden’s Geod;

‘ Wits {hall for us in want of Faith excel ;

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f And W'o elf—~74: turn anlbon beneath a Gown.

Spirit Divine, that doll a Heat infufe,
A heavenly Zeal into each pious Mufe;
Say in theft: fearcl‘ting, lhrew’d, deteéting Days, “
Why little Fools fllould print, what Greater praife s?»
For what Impiety, or Guilt accurft,
Sage Britain fcorns the Good, to prize the Mr]? ;
Thou, facred Guide, unfold the myftick Caufe,
That gives the Ideot Fame; the Weak, Applaufe,
Why new Philofophers, old Maxims quit,
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Simplicity tra1ifpori. an d Wirdom tire ?

Why Senf'e and Reafon are our wo1ll: Difeafe,

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Want, or the Pride of being deem'd Polite,
Tempts gay Apol’tates to deceive and write;
Each facred Truth to fcorn, or to difclaim,
Prompted by Hunger fome, and fame by Fame;
Few fiarving Doctors wou ’d renounce their Creed
Who on pure Faith mu d better c rink and feed;
Nor for a Dinner m {tale Errors deal,

If found Divinity wou’d fetch a Meal :
”707/2077 won’d own a Saviour, dread 3 Hell,
Lilac gainful Unbelief, did Scripture fell, °
The Godhe; dl 1e (1 rides, wou d learn to fear,
Like * filmy 1 emv, it Miracles fol d dean
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An d kno v what Wages Heaven and Satan pay“
The hit their kindefi: Patron! each more wife
Who Fed ’em heft, to leave, and to defpife.
Their For each ‘Morn, an Allegory fills,

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