Index — Chapter PREACHER <i>to</i> PRIDE (Part 1 of 2)

PREACHER.—Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
If thou mislike him, thou conceivest him not.
God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
The worst speak something good.

Herbert.—The Temple, Church Porch, Verse 72.

Jest not at preacher’s language or expression:
How know’st thou but thy sins made him miscarry?

Herbert.—Ibid. Verse 74.

PRECIPITATE.—1. Let us instantly endeavour to prevent
mischief. 2. O fye! it would be very inelegant in us:—we should only participate things.

Sheridan.—The Rivals, Act V. Scene 1.

PREDESTINATION.—Predestination! oh how distant lies
Thy root from those who do not wholly view
The Primal Cause unfolded to their eyes!
And you, ye mortals, be your judgments slow;
For we, by whom the Godhead is descried,
Not yet the number of the elect do know:
And sweet it is in ignorance to be,
Because our bliss is doubly sanctified,
In that the will of God, and our’s, agree.

Dante.—Paradise, Canto XX. Line 130. (Wright.)

We grant, ’tis true, that Heaven from human sense
Has hid the secret paths of Providence:
But boundless wisdom, boundless mercy may
Find even for those bewilder’d souls a way.

Dryden.—Religio Laici, Line 186.

PRELUDE.—A lively prelude, fashioning the way
In which her voice should wander.

Keats.—Endymion, Book I. Line 492.

PRESS.—How shall I speak thee, or thy power address,
Thou god of our idolatry, the Press?
By thee, religion, liberty, and laws,
Exert their influence, and advance their cause;
By thee, worse plagues than Pharaoh’s land befell,
Diffused, make earth the vestibule of hell;
Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise;
Thou ever bubbling spring of endless lies:
Like Eden’s dread probationary tree,
Knowledge of good and evil is from thee!

Cowper.—Progress of Error, Line 460.

PRESS.—Lies have possess’d the press so, as their due,
’Twill scarce, I fear, henceforth print Bibles true.

Cowley.—The Puritan and Papist.

All, all but truth, drops dead-born from the press.

Pope.—Epilogue to Sat. Dialogue II. Line 226.

Did charity prevail, the press would prove
A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.

Cowper.—Charity, Line 624.

PRESUMPTION.—It is presumption in us, when
The help of heaven we count the act of men.

Shakespeare.—All’s Well that Ends Well, Act II. Scene 1.

PREVENTION.—Who would not give a trifle to prevent
What he would give a thousand worlds to cure?