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DOCTORS DIFFER by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: WHEN WILLIS OF EPHRAIM HEARD ROCHESTER PREACH
Last Line: WE PREACH VERY SADLY, IF HE PREACHES WELL.
Subject(s): PHYSICIANS; PRAYER; SERMONS; DOCTORS;

WHEN Willis of Ephraim heard Rochester preach,
Thus Bentley said to him, I pr'ythee, dear brother,
How lik'st thou this sermon? 'Tis out of my reach.
His is one way, said Willis, and ours is another:
I care not for carping; but this I can tell,
We preach very sadly, if he preaches well.



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