Is tried, and, after, for itself believed.
The partial Papists would infer from hence,
Their church, in last resort, should judge the sense.
But first they would assume, with wonderous art,
Themselves to be the whole, who are but part
Of that vast frame, the Church; yet grant they were
The handers down, can they from thence infer
A right to interpret? or, would they alone,
Who brought the present, claim it for their own?
The book's a common largess to mankind,