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CANTO III.] From whom the institution came, When Church and State they set on flame, And worn by them as badges then Of spiritual warfaring-men,— Judge rightly if regeneration Be of the newest cut in fashion: Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion, That grace is founded in dominion. Great piety consists in pride; To rule is to be sanctified: To domineer, and to control, Both o'er the body and the soul, Is the most perfect discipline Of church-rule, and by right divine. Bell and the Dragon's chaplains were More moderate than those by far: For they, poor knaves, were glad to cheat, To get their wives and children meat; But these will not be fobb'd off so, They must have wealth and power too; Or else with blood and desolation' They '11 tear it out o' th' heart o' th' nation. Sure these themselves from primitive And heathen priesthood do derive,