Spite of these numerous, awful, witnesses,

And doubt the deposition of the skies? 1412

O how laborious is thy way to ruin!

Laborious! ’tis impracticable quite;

To sink beyond a doubt, in this debate,

With all his weight of wisdom and of will,

And crime flagitious, I defy a fool.

Some wish they did; but no man disbelieves.

God is a spirit; spirit cannot strike

These gross, material organs; God by man 1420