Howe’er the Ni­co­la­itans claim
Our God for theirs with lips im­pure,
And boast thro’ faith in Je­su’s name
Their par­don and sal­va­tion sure,
Vain boast­ers who with sin com­ply,
Their act­ions give their lips the lie.

No lot or part with us have they
Who slight the Fa­ther and the Son,
Demonstrate, while they dis­ob­ey,
That God they ne­ver yet have known,
Or washed from their old sins in vain,
Have to their vo­mit turned again.