This put the heathen priesthood in a flame,
For priests of all religions are the same.
Absalom and Achitophel, Part I.
[267] A Vindication of the Answer to some late Papers.
[268] A Vindication of the Answer to some late Papers, p. 116.
[269] Ibidem, p. 117.—Stillingfleet plays on this expression of the grim logician, in allusion to a passage of our author's "Defence of the Duchess of York's Paper;" where he says, "That the kingdom of heaven is not only for the wise and learned," and that "our Saviour's disciples were but poor fishermen; and we read but of one of his apostles who was bred up at the feet of Gamaliel, and that poor people have souls to save, as precious in the sight of God as the grim logician's." Dryden retorts it upon him in the text.
[270] A Vindication, &c. p. 1.
[271] Ergoteering was a phrase used by Dryden in his "Defence of the Duchess's Paper," and which Stillingfleet harps upon throughout his "Vindication."
[272] Ralph's History, Vol. I. p. 933.—Secret Consults, &c. of the Roman Party, p. 59.