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<HEAD>THE <HI>Modern Fanatical Reformer:</HI> OR, THE Religious State-Tinker.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Licen&s;ed according to Order, To the Tune of, <HI>Liggan Water.</HI></OPENER>
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<HEAD>I</HEAD>
<L>I'm Born of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Fle&s;h and Blood;</L>
<L>And &s;urely, for my Country's Good:</L>
<L>For the Good o'th <HI>Cau&s;e,</HI> I take great Pain,</L>
<L>And <HI>Godline&s;s</HI> is all my Gain.</L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II</HEAD>
<L>'Tis true, &s;ome Sawcy Knaves do Bawl,</L>
<L>Nick-naming me, <HI>Fanatick</HI> call:</L>
<L>But <HI>Godly Meekne&s;s</HI> I profe&s;s;</L>
<L>A Pox confound their Wickedne&s;s.!</L>
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<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III</HEAD>
<L>I hate all Noi&s;e, all Strife, and Grutch,</L>
<L>So much as th' <HI>Organs</HI> in the <HI>Church.</HI></L>
<L>I love all People, without Strife;</L>
<L>Nay, hate not even my <HI>Neighbour's Wife.</HI></L>
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<LG N="4">
<HEAD>IV</HEAD>
<L>I hate Formalities and Rules,</L>
<L>Di&s;putes and Canons of the Schools;</L>
<L>Set Times for Fea&s;ting, with Minc'd Pyes;</L>
<L>I hate Plumb-Pudding, as my Eyes.</L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>V</HEAD>
<L>When in the State there is a Rent,</L>
<L>Di&s;putes 'twixt <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Parliament,</HI></L>
<L>I then apply my Healing-Salve;</L>
<L>That is, I make it wor&s;e by Half.</L>
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<LG N="6">
<HEAD>VI</HEAD>
<L>I Preach up <HI>Godly Reformation,</HI></L>
<L>And love a <HI>Pious Declaration;</HI></L>
<L>I don't approve of <HI>Sabbath-Breaking,</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o, not a Wench in Corner &s;queaking,</L>
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<HEAD>VII</HEAD>
<L>I love Religious Conver&s;ation,</L>
<L>Where Godly Sighs are much in Fa&s;hion;</L>
<L>I love the Whites of Ladies Eyes,</L>
<L>Their Lovely, Tender, Panting Cries.</L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>VIII</HEAD>
<L>I love to pre&s;s my Doctrine home,</L>
<L>And &s;queeze it in, as 'twere, to &s;ome.</L>
<L>When Hears do &s;ail, I take their Hand,</L>
<L>Which cannot my <HI>Warm Zeal</HI> with&s;tand.</L>
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<HEAD>IX</HEAD>
<L>I love not Tho&s;e who will not Swear</L>
<L>To be true to' th <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Queen,</HI> that are;</L>
<L>And if King <HI>James</HI> &s;hould come a Main;</L>
<L>To Say and Swean as much again.</L>
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<LG N="10">
<HEAD>X</HEAD>
<L>I hate Di&s;putes of <HI>Wrong</HI> and <HI>Right,</HI></L>
<L>Unle&s;s we get our Living by't;</L>
<L>To Talk of <HI>Government's</HI> and <HI>States,</HI></L>
<L>Unle&s;s we gain by the&s;e Debates.</L>
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<LG N="11">
<HEAD>XI</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Surplice, Cope,</HI> and <HI>Mitre</HI> too,</L>
<L>Are Things to me that will not do.</L>
<L>But yet, &s;ince <HI>Si&s;ters</HI> are permitted</L>
<L>To come to us, they are all acquitted.</L>
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<LG N="12">
<HEAD>XII</HEAD>
<L>All Men in Power I do profe&s;s,</L>
<L>Are meerly Tools of Wickedne&s;s,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s from us they take Direction</L>
<L>By way of <HI>Godly Saints Perfection.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>XIII</HEAD>
<L>For Great King <HI>William</HI> I do Pray,</L>
<L>That is, if he doth get the Day;</L>
<L>The <HI>Great</HI> and <HI>Pro&s;perous</HI> I Ble&s;s,</L>
<L>And who the Divel would do le&s;s?</L>
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<HEAD>XIV</HEAD>
<L>And now, to make my Application;</L>
<L>All things are <HI>in,</HI> or <HI>Out</HI> of Fa&s;hion.</L>
<L><HI>Some,</HI> Things are <HI>Old,</HI> and <HI>&s;ome</HI> are <HI>New,</HI></L>
<L>And as <HI>Things</HI> Change, &s;o <HI>I</HI> will too.</L>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Rich Kell,</HI> in <HI>West-Smithfield,</HI> 1693.</P>
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