1706 Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony n.p.: So have I heard a Pulpit Hector rant / At Drunkenness, as zealous as a Saint, / Curse it to Hell, with trembling and with fear.at pulpit-banger (n.) under pulpit, n.
1706 Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony 4: She now withdraws her Love and Care [...] and twits him of his Slights to her.at twit, v.