Verse 1
“But now (the warm enthusiast cries)
The office to my self I take,
Offering the Christian sacrifice,
Myself a lawful priest I make,
To me the honour appertains;
No need of man, when God ordains.
Verse 2
“Tho’ kings may not so far presume,
Tis no presumption in a clown:
And lo, without a call from Rome,
My flail, or hammer I lay down!
And if my order’s name ye seek,
Come see a new Melchizedeck!”