Chap. VIII. The HIST 0 RY of the PuRITANS. " of worldly glory, to be difcountenanced by the il:ate, to be declared K. Charles I. " uncapable of thofe favours and privileg~s ':"hi~!~ other minifl:ers in the ~ " land enjoy ; to be fequell:ered from tne1r hvmgs, and to be thrull: '' into holes and corners; to be reprefented both to the magill:rate and " people, as fectaries, fchifmatics , erroneous, heretical, factious, trouble- " fome, dangerous to the il:ate, and what not? If this be worldly glory, '' then may the preachers, againil: whom Mr. Jenkins writes, be truly '' f.1id to be under worldly glory," Old Mr. Vicars and fome others, carried on the controverfy, but their writings are not worth remembring; ef[;ecially fince the englifh preibyterians of the prefent age have openly renounced and difavowed their principles. To return to more public affairs; hitherto the ar~y had acted in f/i~;us of the pe rfect fubordination to the narliament ; but the war being over, an-d the dtij!erentpardr . us coneerne king a prifoner, the great difficulty was to fettle the nation upon fuch a'" the war. foot as might · content the feveral parties, or bring them at lea£1: to acquicfce; this was the rock upon which they Jplit, and which in the end, proved the ruin of their caufe. To give light to this affair it will be proper to confider the feparate views of the king, the parliament, and the army. The royal party being broken, and the king a prifoner, his majefl:y Of the ling. had no profpect of recovering his throne but by dividing his enemies, in order to the making the be£1: terms with them he could; the prejbyterians being in league with the ftots nation were mo£1: numerous and powerful; but that which rendered their agreement with the king impracticable, was his majeO:y's zealous attachment to this point, that epifcopal government was ejfential to chrijlianity, and that he was bound by his coronation oatb to maintain it; whereas the others held themfelves equally bound by their Jolemn league and covenant to abolifh epifcopacy, and ell:abli£h prei~ bytery in its room. Both parties were immovable, and therefore irre– concileable. His majefty's agreemen t with the army was more open and practicable, becaufe they would have fet alide the covenant, and ob· liged the parliame11t to tolerate epifcopal government as well as the fectaries; but the king could never forgive thofe officers, who had de11:royed his armies, and driven him out of the field : Though he dreaded their mili tary valour, he had a very mean opinion of their politics, and therefore affected to play them againfl: the parlinment, hoping to take ~clvantage of their divifions, and efl:ablifh himfelf upon the ruins of both; fo: it was his majeily's ma;xim, w.hich he did not fcruple to avow, that nezther party could julf!ft •wzthout hzm, and t.bat thr:fe mujl be ruined whom he abandoned. By which unhappy principle he loft his intere£1:, both M m 2 iu
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