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 upon his ubjects.—He not only by a long eries of actions, but alo in plain terms, aerted an abolute uncontrollable power; aying even in one of his peeches to parliament, that as it was blaphemy to dipute what God might do; o it was edition in ubjects to dipute what the king might do.—Towards the end of his tyranny, he came to the houe of commons with an armed force, and demanded five of its principal members to be delivered up to him—And this was a prelude to that unnatural war which he oon after levied againt his own dutiful ubjects; whom he was bound by all the laws of honor, humanity, piety, and I might add, of interet alo, to defend and cherih with a paternal affection—I have only time to hint at thee facts in a general way, all which, and many more of the ame tenor, may be proved by good authorities: So that the figurative language which St. John ues concerning the jut and beneficent deeds of our bleed Saviour, may be applied to the unrighteous and execrable deeds of this prince, viz. And there are alo many other things which king Charles did, the which, if they hould be written every one, I uppoe that even the world itelf, could not contain the books that hould be written. Now it was on account of king Charles's thus auming a power above the laws, in direct contradiction to his coronation oath, and governing the greatet part of his time, in the mot arbitrary oppreive manner; it was upon this account, that that reitance was made