The Advocate

A prudent Man foreseeth the Evil, and hideth himself: But the Simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs xxii. 3.

The crafty Man the Crime perceives,
The Guilty does protect;
The Cause of just but needy Men,
He ever does reject.

The Poor and Guiltless are oppress’d
By Justice’ vain Pretence,
And Gold, than Laws, is found to have
A greater Influence.