 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...  Hudibras - Page 8by Robert Deverell - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...villain. s whom all men grant To be the true church militant .-] The church on earth is called , A Such as do build their faith upon 195 The holy text of pike and gun ;6 Decide all controversy by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...all men grant To be the true church militant :] The church on earth is called CANTO i.] HUDIBRAS. 21 Such as do build their faith upon 195 The holy text of pike and gun ;6 Decide all controversy by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 360 pages
...before the breath of morn." MASTER HOLDENOUGH INTERRUPTED IN HIS VOCATION. " For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian...whom all men grant To be the true church Militant." . BUTLER. [ Woodstock, Vol. I. pi " When Holdenough arrived at the steps of the pulpit, he paused to... | |
 | John Duthy - Hampshire (England) - 1839 - 540 pages
...royalist and churchman, he was plundered and driven from his rectory by the parliamentarian army, " Those errant saints whom all men grant " To be the true church militant; " Who proved their doctrine orthodox " By apostolic blows und knocks;" « Proceed, in Chanc. Temp.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...terms, such as men smaller, When they throw out, and miss the matter. For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; Twas Presbyterian...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... | |
 | 1841 - 686 pages
...his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue i For lie was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the tme church militant; Such as do build their failh upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies... | |
 | 1856 - 1430 pages
...passage would, of course, be that describing the knight's religion : " For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twas Presbyterian,...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... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...passage would, of course, be that describing the knight's religion : " For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit ; 'Twas Presbyterian,...Church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun j Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...us'd no other ways. [Bdigion of Hudibrat.] For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and hu> is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root. Líbela. The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 478 pages
...all uncommon at the date of our tale. These events, however, demand another chapter. CHAPTER XXVI. For he was of that stubborn crew, Of errant saints,...church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pipe and gun I Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their... | |
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