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[The Gospel and Law allow Monarchs their due]
The Gospel and Law allow Monarchs their due,
If rightfully crown'd and anointed;
The Lawyers are Rebels, and Clergymen too,
On the Bench to defy,
And in Pulpit deny,
Whom the Lord and the Laws have appointed.
If rightfully crown'd and anointed;
The Lawyers are Rebels, and Clergymen too,
On the Bench to defy,
And in Pulpit deny,
Whom the Lord and the Laws have appointed.
The Courts are corrupted, and so are the Schools,
And Truth lies condemn'd as a Culprit;
The Bench is invested by Traytors and Fools,
And the Devil's crept into the Pulpit.
And Truth lies condemn'd as a Culprit;
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And the Devil's crept into the Pulpit.
Then who'd in this Age go to Law or to Church,
Since Justice in both is so common an Evil?
Truth is made Treason,
By Law without Reason;
And the Clergy that left their poor Prince in the lurch,
Will send their poor Souls to the Devil.
Since Justice in both is so common an Evil?
Truth is made Treason,
By Law without Reason;
And the Clergy that left their poor Prince in the lurch,
Will send their poor Souls to the Devil.
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