And light for dark; that call an evil good,

And would by vice have virtue understood:

That with their frown can sour an honest cause,

Or sweeten any bad by their applause.

That justify the wicked for reward;

And, void of moral goodness or regard,

Plot with detraction to traduce the fame

50Of him whose merit hath enroll'd his name

Among the just. Therefore God's vengeful ire

Glows on his people, and becomes a fire,