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" For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox... "
Hudibras: In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars - Page 26
by Samuel Butler - 1744
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The bride of Lammermoor

Sir Walter Scott - Covenanters - 1819 - 350 pages
...honour to put under his notice, actually rest upon a basis of truth. LEGEND OF MONTKOSE. CHAPTER I. Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 9

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant ;t Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun;§ Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery; » Several of die ancients have supposed that Adam and Eve had...
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The bride of Lammermoor

Sir Walter Scott - Covenanters - 1819 - 348 pages
...honour to put under his notice, actually rest upon a basis of truth. LEGEND OF MONTKOSE. CHAPTER I. Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun» u Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic...
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Novels and tales of the author of Waverley, Volume 12

sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 546 pages
...honour to put under his notice, actually rest upon a basis of truth; LEGEND OF MONTROSE. CHAPTER I. Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks....
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Hudibras: A Poem, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - Great Britain - 1822 - 542 pages
...for the devil to fly to, a toleration of soul-murder, the greatest murder of all others." V. 195-6. Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun.] Upon these Cornet Joyce built his faith, when he carried away the king by force from Holmby ; for when...
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Sketches of the Philosophy of Morals

Sir Thomas Charles Morgan - Ethics - 1822 - 412 pages
...high wills and pleasures of despots is to opinion and to the sword. They indeed openly and avowedly Build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks....
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant'9; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun:o ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; 17 Several of tbe ancients have supposed...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...For he was ofthat stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; ine, the loveliest train, Do thy fair tribes participate her pain? Even now, controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...was of that stubborn erew Of errant saints, whom all men grani To be the true ehureh militant ; Sueh And ; Deeide all eontroversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doetrine orthodox By apostolie...
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