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Epistle To The Rev. John Mmath (第2/2页)
an atheist , than under gospel colours hid be just for a s. an ho man may like a glass, an ho man may like a lass, but mean revenge, an' malice fause he'll still disdain, an' then cry zeal fospel laws, like some we ken. they take religion in their mouth; they talk o' mercy, grace, an' truth, for what?—to gie their malice skouth on some puir wight, an' hunt him down, owre right and ruth, to ruin straight. all hail, religion! maid divine! pardon a muse sae mean as mine, who in her rough imperfect line thus daurs to hee; to stigmatise false friends of thine e'er defame thee. tho' blotch't and foul wi' mony a stain, an' far unworthy of thy train, with trembling voice i tune my strain, to join with those who boldly dare thy cause maintain in spite of foes: in spite o' crowds, in spite o' mobs, in spite o' undermining jobs, in spite o' dark banditti stabs at worth a, by sdrels, even wi' holy robes, but hellish spirit. o ayr! my dear, my native ground, within thy presbyterial bound a did liberal band is found of public teachers, as men, as christians too, renown'd, an' manly preachers. sir, in that circle you are nam'd; sir, in that circle you are fam'd; an' some, by whom your doe's blam'd (which gies you honour) even, sir, by them your heart's esteem'd, an' winning manner. pardon this freedom i have ta'en, an' if imperti i've been, impute it not, good sir, in ane whase heart ne'er wrang'd ye, but to his utmost would befriend ought that belang'd ye.
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