[C]uriosity could not be satisfied by a bride in a pew, and it must be left for the visits in form which were then to be paid, to settle whether she were very pretty indeed, or only rather pretty, or not pretty at all.

took the form of a duck

So thou at preſent alſo ſaiſt; We have found the Lord: Now we will poſſeſſe the Kingdome; for we have found the true Doctrine: Thus we will teach; and ſo be the children of God; but hearken; Thou haſt indeed found the Doctrine; but thou art Cain; thou intendeſt, and ſeekeſt onely the Kingdome, and not the power of Abels Sacrifice; thou wilt onely continue in the luſt of the fleſh, and keepeſt onely the huſke of the Word of God, which is without power; thou keepeſt the hiſtories, and for them thou ſtirreſt up ſtrife; thou deſolateſt thy Countrey, and People, and denieſt the power: thou ſayſt; wee are nigh unto the Kingdome of God; and yet wert never farther off: this thy end will teſtifie, and declare to be true.

Halfway home, and my pager's still blowin' up