Acts 17:6: These that have turned the world upside, &c

Christ's little Hock who vex and tear
The tremblers of our Israel are,
The restless foes to peace;
They set the city in a blaze,
And then a furious outcry raise
Gainst us incendiaries!

The sons of violence misuse.
And then as rioters accuse
The quiet in the land:
The difference plain 'twixt wrong and right,
Falsehood and truth, and day and night,
They will not understand.

The Lamb, they say, disturbs the stream,
The world confounded is by them
Who its confusions end:
Yet still " Away with them," they cry,
"The Christians burn, or crucify,
Or to the lions send.

"Discord they bring, and civil strife,
Poison the sweets of private life:
Our ways as folly shun,
Against our rules and customs go,
And all our maxims wise o'erthrow,
And turn us upside down.

"The rich they set below the poor-
Pleasure renounce, and mirth abjure,
Obstruct and ruin trade;
Order and government invert,
Their baleful influence exert,
And make the world run mad."

The world which lies in wickedness,
To interrupt their hellish peace
With loving zeal we try:
Sinners alarm'd, where'er we come
We warn of their impending doom,
Ye must repent or die.

Soon as in you the word takes place,
Renew'd, transform'd by saving grace,
Ye former things forget;
The change throughout your lives is shown,
The world out of your hearts is thrown,
And cast beneath your feet.

Preferr'd to those that seem'd the best,
The worst of men with pardon bless'd
Superior honours gain;
Poor beggars into princes rise,
Look down on kings, this earth despise,
And one with Jesus reign.