I do not remember to have met with a more complete Drole in the Church of _England_, or in any other of the _laughing_ or _ridiculing_ Sects, than _Andrew Marvel_ of the grave _Puritan_ Sect, in many Works of his both in Prose and Verse, but especially in his _Rehearsal Transprosed_; which tho writ against _Parker_, who with great Eloquence, Learning, and a Torrent of Drollery and Satire, had defended the Court and Church's Cause, in asserting the Necessity of Penal Laws against the Nonconformists, "was read from the _King_ down to the Tradesman with great pleasure, on account of that Burlesque Strain and lively Drollery that ran thro' it," as Bishop _Burnet_ tells us[109]. Nor were the gravest _Puritans_ and Dissenters among us less taken and pleas'd with his Writings for their _Drollery_, than our _drole King_; tho there are some Passages in them, which should give just Offence to chaste Ears. I find also, that the _Puritans_ and _Dissenters_ have always born with, and allow'd of, a great Mixture of _Drollery_ in their Sermons, that one would think should offend their Gravity, and pious Ears; and that they applaud their Ministers for such their Discourses, as much as the Church does Dr. _South_ for the Ribaldry sprinkled thro'out his Sermons about the most high Points in Divinity. They have always had some eminent Divines among them who have been remarkable for such Passages and Reflections: And these have never lessen'd their number of Auditors, nor drawn upon themselves the Character of _Irreligious_; but have had the largest Auditories of contributing Hearers, as well as of Churchmen, who came to smile, and have been esteem'd very _pious_ Men. In fine, the _Puritans_ and _Dissenters_ have, like the Church, their Taste of Humour, Irony, and Ridicule, which they promote with great Zeal, as a Means to serve Religion: And I remember, that, among other things said in behalf of _Bunyan_'s _Pilgrim's Progress_, upon the reprinting it lately by Subscription, it was affirm'd, and that, in my Opinion, truly, "that it had infinitely out-done _The Tale of a Tub_; which perhaps had not made one Convert to Infidelity, whereas the _Pilgrim's Progress_ had converted many Sinners to _Christ_."