To reformation, stands herself accused.[128]
What bills for breach of laws can she prefer,
Expounding which she owns herself may err?
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And, after all her winding ways are tried, }
If doubts arise, she slips herself aside, }
And leaves the private conscience for the guide. }
If, then, that conscience set the offender free,
It bars her claim to church authority.
How can she censure, or what crime pretend,