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For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant; Such as do build their 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.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto I. L. 189.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear?- About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was prov'd true before Prove false again? Two hundred more.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. III. Canto I. L. 1,277.

Sapping a solemn creed with a solemn sneer.— BYRON — Childe Harold. Canto III. St. 107.

Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight) the owlet Atheism, Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, Drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, And hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, Cries out, "Where is it?"— COLERIDGE — Fears in Solitude. L. 81.

O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all our good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.— DANTE — Vision of Paradise. Canto XX. L. 122.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.— BENJ. DISRAELI — Endymion. Ch. LIV.

You can and you can't, You will and you won't; You'll be damn'd if you do, You'll be damn'd if you don't. LORENZO DOw-Chain (Definition of Calvinism). And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb; For points obscure are of small use to learn, But common quiet is mankind's concern.— DRYDEN — Religio Laici. L. 445.

Go put your creed into your deed Nor speak with double tongue.— EMERSON — Ode. Concord. July 4, 1857.

Shall I ask the brave soldier, who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree? Shall I give up the friend I have valued and tried, If he kneel not before the same altar with me? From the heretic girl of my soul should I fly, To seek somewhere else a more.orthodox kiss? No! perish the hearts, and the laws that try Truth, valour, or love, by a standard like this!— MOORE — Irish Melodies. Come Send

Round the Wine. "Get Money, money still! And then let virtue follow, if she will." This, this the saving doctrine preach'd to all, From low St. James' up to high St. Paul.— POPE — First Book of Horace. Ep. I. L. 79.

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. IV. L. 330.

"Orthodoxy, my Lord," said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, -" orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man's doxy."— JOSEPH PRIESTLY — Memoirs. Vol. I.