Acts 17:15: Zeno and his followers still

Zeno and his followers still
With Epicurus join,
Men that their own lusts fulfil,
And live the life of swine;
God they think resembles them,
His providential care deny,
Pleasure count their good supreme,
And wish like beasts to die.

Stoics with the sons of ease
Can against Christ agree,
The Actsxvii. ly — 19.
Christen'd sages, who confess
A blind fatality j
Swollen with pride and self-regard
On vice they scornfully look down;
"Virtue is its own reward,
And wants no other crown."

Both the clashing sects unite:
Yet still the gospel spread
Brings immortal life to light
With our reviving Head;
Vice, and virtuous pride confounds,
Rejects our filthy righteousness,
Sends us lost to Jesus' wounds,
And saves the world by grace.