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Rh ons it is that all bigoted clergymen, and friends to church-power, paint this man as a aint in his life, though he was uch a mighty, uch a royal inner; and as a martyr in his death, though he fell a acrifice only to his own ambition, avarice, and unbounded lut of power. And from protituting their praie upon king Charles, and offering him that incene which is not his due, it is natural for them to make a tranition to the dienters, (as they commonly do) and to load them with that reproach which they do not deerve; they being generally profeed enemies both to civil and eccleiatical tyranny. WE are commonly charged (upon the Thirtieth of January) with the guilt of putting the king to death, under a notion that it was our ancetors that did it; and o we are repreented in the blacket colors, not only as cimaticks, but alo as traitors and rebels and all that is bad. And thee lofty gentlemen uually rail upon this head, in uch a manner as plainly hows, that they are either groly ignorant of the hitory of thoe times which they peak of; or, which is wore, that they are guilty of the mot hameful prevarication, lander and falehood.—But every petty priet, with a roll and a gown, thinks he mut do omething in imitation of his betters, in lawn, and how himelf a true on of the church: And thus, through a foolih ambition to appear coniderable, they only render themelves contemptible.

uppoe our fore-fathers did kill their mock aint and martyr a century ago, what is that to us now? If I mitake not, thee gentlemen generally preach down the doctrine of the imputation of Adam's in to his poterity,