Then spare him, ye Preachers, without whose assistance
Your dull Congregations as well were at Distance;
Retract your Abuse, wheresoever you’ve spread it,
And lament your Attack on a Gentleman’s Credit.
“Would you know the vile Sources of Sorrow and Grief, 240
We’re fully persuaded We’ll tell you the Chief.
But, first, ’tis but right we our Talents should use
To take from the Guiltless a Load of abuse.
“Our Moralists tell us, indulg’d Inclinations
Breed all our Disasters, and nurse our Vexations;