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Moderation
He finds how soon by Toleration's Aid
Her Pow'r is weaken'd, and her Rights betray'd.
Nor doubts Occasional Conformity
Will by degrees her Essence quite destroy.
Then Satan, Prince of the Fanatick Train,
Who form'd the Conduct of their Glorious Reign,
Approv'd the Scheme, not hoping to Restore
His Subjects to their late unbounded Pow'r.
For well he knew, their Avarice and Pride
Had wean'd the Bankrupt Nation from their side.
But these Auspicious Moderation Times,
By not Detecting, Sanctify their Crimes,
By Baffling Justice, and eluding Law,
Make Vice insult, and Sin Triumphant grow.
Nay
