Dishearten enemies, encourage friends,
And woo enlistment to your ranks, more sure
Than the best weapon of the readiest wit,
Whose point is venomed with the gall of scorn.
How wiser then, forbearing bitterness
At points of polity, or shades of faith
That different show to different-seeing eyes,
To shun perplexing doctrines which th’ Allwise
Has willed obscure, and imitate His life;
His, the meek Founder of our faith, who sowed