Shreds of no little magnitude, with which

The parson's Sunday-coat was then repairing,

That in the new-roof'd church he might appear

With fitting dignity—and gravely fill

The sacred seat of pulpit eloquence,

Cheering with doctrinal point and words of faith

The poor man's heart, and from the shallow wit

Of atheist drying up each argument,

Or sharpening his own weapons only to turn

Their point against himself, and overthrow