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ON PREACHING by JOHN BYROM

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First Line: THE SPECIOUS SERMONS OF A LEARNED MAN
Last Line: FIRES AT OUR VICES, AND THE SHOT TAKES PLACE.
Subject(s): SERMONS;
THE specious sermons of a learned man
Are little else but @3flashes in the pan@1;
The mere haranguing upon what they call
Morality, is @3powder@1 without @3ball@1;
But he who preaches with a christian grace,
@3Fires@1 at our vices, and the @3shot@1 takes place.


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