Presume to prophesy!
How often have I blindly done
What zealous Joshua did,
Impatient to the rulers run
And cried, ‘My lords, forbid!’
Silence the schismatics; constrain
Their thoughts with ours to agree;
And sacrifice the souls of men
To idol unity!
John Wesley lets this pass without note or comment, but when, on Num. xvi. 10, Charles wrote