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Nay such th' Effects of Moderation are,
The Guilty to Reward, as well as Spare.
Hence Foes to Prelacy are Clad in Lawn,
Hence Rebels are the Fav'rites of the Throne.
What could they more desire, than thus to pass$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
The blest Remainder of their happy Days,
Fatted with Plunder, and dissolv'd in ease?
Nor Belial, th' Atheist's Patron, could Complain,$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
For Moderation would enlarge his Reign,
Where all unpunish'd Talk and Live Profane.
Where Irreligion Providence denies,
Nor dreads the Laws of Earth, nor Thunder of the Skies.
Mammon, the Trader, and the Courtier's God,
No sooner heard the Project but allow'd;

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