[29] This vaunted concern for the glory of the church, we would charitably hope, is real, and not like that of Rebel, in the Comedy of the Committee-man curried by Sam. Sheppard. I laugh (says Rebel) to think when I counterfeit a whining passion, and talk of God and goodness, walk with a sad and mortified countenance, how I’m admired among the brethren, and styled a man of God.
And thus I cloke my naked villany
With old odd ends stolen forth of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the Devil.
Shakspeare.
Like will to like,—says the Proverb.
A lizard’s body lean and long,
A fish’s head a serpent’s tongue.
Cameleon.