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bring in Priefts of the Church, and let them pray, over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith fhall fave the fick man and the Lord fhall raife him up: and if he be in fins, they fhall be forgiven

him.

Mof. An outward and vifible fign,

An inward and spiritual grace,

The two requifites marked out in your Common-Prayer-Book for making a Sacrament, are fo fully complied with by the Apostle, that nothing can be added, nor loop hole for cavil.

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Luth. I have gone beyond paft bearing, and can hold forth not the twinkling of an eye longer; you are accuftonied to ftarving, which difeafe I abhor; your looks betray your deplorable ftate. I feel convulfed; the violence of a craving ftomach might be compared to a man beset by wild beafts; on the reverfe, a full belly is a heaven upon earth; a bleffing of bleffings," and a great bleffing. With heart felt joy we have finished the facraments, and the Conference is over. Leave me; I befeech you, have

mercy on me,

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Mof. Reverend Sir, why fo complying to a monster that devours you? An avaritious appen tite fhould be moderated and kept in fubje&tion or you level yourself with the beafts that have no understanding.

Your goggle eyes ftare, your face ghastly,
Your greafy corpfe appears quite nalty.

Adieu.

Luth.

vorLuth. Happy riddance; I fhalknow Ireviva; What have you here? dofeel all alives, llimony tog Weefel-face, vain, meagre screw, Adwoka bogbol Who wither without merit, encinismos But me, feated at my fewn ym ned' dow Preach out Old Luther's fpirit. I

Hoft. I acknowledge it an extraordinarys difh! dothe middle you see the old domestick..

Luth. My darling.meat, the old ravenon bror HotRound-ball that flanks the crow, is the head of another domeftick, then old ram cat. "Luth. Both out of the common, happynman !7 HoftusThe environs you will note, is interlaced, or enchained;bysfix: old he fratsın pol

quouth, Allporastittle, in obedience to my orders. Haft: The different entrails of thelen feverat creatores, with herbs, fpices and a cabbage, compose the pap, dripafte, that fills the veffet. Hoft. Who raps at the door pray come

in as

Waiter. An English Gentleman, just arrived from Liege in his journey to London, defires to know what English families are in town!

Lath. What is his figure, Ninnyshammer? Waiter. The Gentleman is plain, stall, and meagre a longoflender node, lank hairy and takes much fuff. de bud bloodshot vise 104 24 Haft. I will hep and make enquiry

Luth. A full hofpitable purfedand jovial.companion, you may lawfully admit; burmiselty niggards, exclude my prefence. Do,-yoù mùngea, or the like of that, as the faying is.

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Hoft.

Luth. Hab hah! ba! Ha! You are a nincom-poop! fi del-de.dea a downright ninnyk hammer, mungril, poor piny pup. Where, in the name of Jeffrey, "Have you imbibed and fucked infipidity, and loft in the horrors of pu fillanimity. I could venture three skips of a loufe's liver, you are no Oxonian; neither have you breathed the air of Cambridge. How did you divert your time in the circles of London, or the like of that? Not to fummons of tattoo,' when the whiftle is founded for rendezvous, do you, mungea; driving the rounds of the divine Garden, which gallants you into the arms of the Goddels, and fometimes finishes in a conflict, und der the banner of the God Mars, either by a fettoo of cudgelling or fifticuffs, that for many years was my lot, being a ffercules, and well trained at Father Broughton's theatre, or the like of that," so that I may avow, I long fubfifted by the ftrength and dexterity of my fift; as I food foremost iú all quarrels that required the like of that; and, for my wages, my money-concerns were discharged by out fpiritual fraternity.

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Priest. You have been a general warrior, and often, no doubt, been obliged to mount the pulpit, with fwelled eyes and Bruited face, a pretty fpectacle, to preact the meekness of the gospel.

Luth. Who'raps, or the like of that? Buzzard, come in ; de, you ungea.

Hoft. All things are ready, Sif, an and upon the

table acism: full viv dh'1' 1.

Prieft, I pray your Reverence's excuse.

Luth.

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Luth. Your Reverence's moft devoted. beg to-morrow, at 10, to be honoured.

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Hoft. I hope your Reverence have met the companion you wifhed for, who will reftore the good fellowship, in lieu of Calvin, your late colleague.

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Luth. Idiot, blind buzzard, how could you have it in idea, or the like of that, that a long, tall, meagre, flim, thin, lank, fqueezed, lean, pale, and aukward figure, that gives general difguft, wherever he pops his deathly long wizard's face: how could you, buffoon, think, a coincidence could poffibly cement and fubfift betwixt two two oppofites or extremes, or the like of that; a fkeleton and a Hercules; a fearful, timorous, cowardly and fcrupulous nin com poop, and a great, large, ftrong, bold, daring, big, fat, and moft fubftantial ftout man, or the like of that ? Who would dare wrestle with an elephant, as David with Goliah. A niggard, that is frightened, and fhrinks from a tuftle with the Goddefs, and one that braves death, hell, and every horror, to be folded in locks of the beauteous and enchanting Queen. Be gone, or the like of that; do, ye mungea. To-morrow, at ten, I will know who this rogue is.

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Hoft. I told your Reverence, he was from Liege, that is, the College of the English Jefuits.

Luth. I apprehended he was a Church-man, one of his Majefty's liege-fubjects; but I am gone too far to go back. I must receive him. to-morrow, according to appointment. Bring

me a mug of brown nappy.

END OF THE SIXTH CONFERENCE.

Luth. Hab hab! ha ha! You are a nincom-poop! fi del-de dea a downright ninny hammer, mungril, poor piny pup. Where, in the name of Jeffrey, "Have you imbibed and fucked infipidity, and loft in the horrors of pu fillanimity. I could venture three skips of a loufe's liver, you are no Oxonian; neither have you breathed the air of Cambridge. How did you divert your time in the circles of London, or the like of that? Not to fummons of tattoo,' when the whittle is founded for rendezvous; do you, mungea; driving the rounds of the divine Garden, which gallants you into the arms of the Goddels, and fometimes finishes in a conflict, und ! der the banner of the God Mars, either by a fettoo of cudgelling or fifticuffs, that for many years was my lot, being a Hercules, and well trained at Father Broughton's theatre or the like of that fo that I may avow, I long fubfifted by the ftrength and dexterity of of my fift; as food 1 foremalt iú all quarrels that required the like of that; and, for my wages, my money concerns were discharged by out fpiritual fraternity.

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Prieft. You have been a general warrior, and often, no doubt, been obliged to mount the pulpit, with fwelled eyes and Bruiled face, a pretty fpectacle, to preach the meeknels of the gospel. Luth. Who'raps, or the like of that?Buzzard, come in; do you mungea.

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