Luke 20:20: They...sent forth spies, which should feign, &c

Beneath a mask of piety
Their worst designs the wicked hide:
Yet (for their hearts we cannot see.
Till actions cast the veil aside)
Love all things hopes, and all believes,
Rejecting and suspecting none:
And thus the hypocrite deceives,
And makes us trust in (iod alone.

The wisdom from above restrains,
And governs our credulity,
It guards the simple, and explains
How caution may with love agree.
With candour then we all receive.
Yet safe beyond the' impostor's power
We none implicitly believe.
We trust appearances no more.