Acts 13:50: See the last brutish refuge, see

See the last brutish refuge, see
Of baffled infidelity!
Enraged at our success,
Our words unable to gainsay.
The world their impotence betray,
And seek by force to' oppress.

Shall women too the fight maintain,
Their sex forget, their honour stain,
By furious passions stirr'd,
Devoutly show their blindfold zeal,
Or think whoe'er the servants kill
Must greatly please the Lord?

Shall men of name and dignity
With basest rioters agree,
And head the multitude?
Or magistrates their power abuse,
As fools employ'd by wicked Jews
To persecute the good?

In Satan's cause they all combine;
And then we fly by God's design
To other sinners driven,
Who gladly our report believe,
And listening crowds the truth receive,
And know their sins forgiven.