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 pulpits throughout the nation, to ring with the divine abolute, indefeaible right of kings; with the praies of Charles and his reign; and with the damnable in of reiting the Lord's anointed, let him do what he would. So that not Chrit, but Charles, was commonly preached to the people.—In plain englih, there eems to have been an impious bargain truck up betwixt the cepter and the urplice, for enlaving both the bodies and ouls of men. The king appeared to be willing that the clergy hould do what they would,—et up a montrous hierarchy like that of Rome—a montrous inquiition like that of Spain or Portugal,—or any thing ele which their own pride, and the devil's malice, could prompt them to: Provided always, that the clergy would be tools to the crown; that they would make the people believe, that kings had God's authority for breaking God's law; that they had a commiion from heaven to eize the etates and lives of their ubjects at pleaure; and that it was a damnable in to reit them, even when they did uch things as deerved more than damnation.—This appears to be the true key for explaining the myterious doctrine of king Charles's ainthip and martyrdom. He was a aint, not becaue he was in his life, a good man, but a good churchman; not becaue he was a lover of holines, but the hierarchy; not becaue he was a friend to Chrit, but the Craft. And he was a martyr in his death, not becaue he bravely uffered death in the caue of truth and righteounes, but becaue he died an enemy to liberty and the rights of concience; i.e. not becaue he died an enemy to in, but dienters. For thee rea-