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ATHEISM; THE ONLY GROUND OF DISCONTENT by JOHN BYROM

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First Line: IF REASON DOES EACH PRIVATE PERSON BIND
Last Line: THAT NONE BUT ATHEISTS CAN BE DISCONTENT.
Subject(s): ATHEISM;
IF reason does each private person bind,
To seek the public welfare of mankind;
If this be justice, and the sacred law
That guards the good, and keeps the bad in awe;
If this great law but op'rates to fulfill
One vast Almighty Being's righteous will;
And if he only, as we all maintain,
Does all things rule, and all events ordain;
Then reason binds each private man t' assent,
That none but atheists can be discontent.



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