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...the Speaker. LONDON PUNCH. PURITANS. OUR brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, And hang the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the churches have less need; As late it happened in a town Where lived a cobbler, and but one, That out of doctrine could cut use,...

...our Puritan politics in Hudibras: — " Our brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, And hang the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the churches have less need ; As lately happened, in a town Where lived a cobbler, and but one, That out of doctrine could cut use, And mum!...

...politics in Hudibras: — " Our brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, And hanj! the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the churches have less need; As lately happened, in a town Where lived a cobbler, and but one, That out of doctrine could cut use, And mend...

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...hold up and clear. That sinners may supply the place Of suffering saints, is a plain case. Justice gives sentence many times On one man for another's crimes. Our brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, 410 And hang the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the...

...Speaker. LONDON PUNCH. PURITANS. OUR brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, And bang the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the churches have less need ; As late it happened in a town Where lived a cobbler, and but one, That out of doctrine could cut use,...

...hold up and clear. 405 That sinners may supply the place Of suffering saints, is a plain case. Justice gives sentence, many times, On one man for another's crimes. Our brethren of New-England use 410 Choice malefactors to excuse, And hang the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the churches have...

...nothing but a goose would ask What nothing but a goose could know ! CCXXXIX. VICARIOUS JUSTICE. JUSTICE gives sentence many times On one man for another's crimes ; Our brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, And hang the guiltless in their stead, Of whom the churches...

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