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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 gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 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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Hortensius: Or, The Advocate: An Historical Essay

William Forsyth - Law - 1849 - 528 pages
...to challenge his adversary, was to apply to the 1 King Alphonso seems to have been one of those — 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 Worthies of Westmorland: Or, Notable Persons Born in that ..., Volume 1

George Atkinson - Cumbria (England) - 1849 - 330 pages
...also 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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Hortensius: Or, The Advocate: An Historical Essay

William Forsyth - Law - 1849 - 538 pages
...to challenge his adversary, was to apply to the 1 King Alphonso seems to have been one of those— 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, court for what may be called...
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The Lancashire beacon. Ed., C. Southwell

124 pages
...they were 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's orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks:...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; as like to ride the mare, if I have any vantage of ground to g j Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic...
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The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1849 - 732 pages
...alary, vítucYv, U^A BÄVttio» víYvxtVv \lvft\e Uad Üi put uuütr tal uoXi CHAPTER I. Such ав do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, !)ii !•!•• all rontrovereica by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, / By...
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Sketches from Clerical Life

Sketches - 1850 - 96 pages
...eyes, he never hits his adversary. He belongs, indeed, in some sort, to the true Church militant. " Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun." But the artillery by which he decides his controversies is not infallible. Though belonging to a very...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 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 Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 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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