Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age read more

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.

Blind zeal can only do harm.

Blind zeal can only do harm.

It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood,
And customs, when their reasons are unknown,
Have stirred up many read more

Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood,
And customs, when their reasons are unknown,
Have stirred up many zealous souls
To fight against imaginary giants.

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am read more

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing,
and not only when I am present with you.

For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.

For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others

We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to
answer.

We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to
answer.