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XXIV.—A LITANY.
From dethroning our prince for what ministers do;
From a church false to kings, and a meeting-house true;
And from Whigs of all sorts, both the old and the new;
May we be deliver'd!
From a church false to kings, and a meeting-house true;
And from Whigs of all sorts, both the old and the new;
May we be deliver'd!
From rebellious obedience and Whig moderation;
From our liberties saved by impris'ning the nation;
And from murdering with or without proclamation;
May we be deliver'd!
From our liberties saved by impris'ning the nation;
And from murdering with or without proclamation;
May we be deliver'd!
From a blind faith and zeal, both in church and in state;
From the meeting, at stake or on scaffold, our fate;
And from re-reformation, or Rome at the gate;
May we be deliver'd!
From the meeting, at stake or on scaffold, our fate;
And from re-reformation, or Rome at the gate;
May we be deliver'd!
From an honest man's blame, and a villain's applause;
From our using ill means to support a good cause;
From decrying the gospel, and slighting the laws;
May we be deliver'd!
From our using ill means to support a good cause;
From decrying the gospel, and slighting the laws;
May we be deliver'd!
From a Dutch commonwealth and a Frenchified regence;
From the preaching to queens, not to kings, an obedience;
And from holding resistance, and teaching allegiance;
May we be deliver'd!
From the preaching to queens, not to kings, an obedience;
And from holding resistance, and teaching allegiance;
May we be deliver'd!
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From priestcraft, and eke staff and shoes at the gate;
From repealing of Bibles and Creeds by the state;
And alike from a Quaker's and Cardinal's hat;
May we be deliver'd!
From repealing of Bibles and Creeds by the state;
And alike from a Quaker's and Cardinal's hat;
May we be deliver'd!
From laws made or annull'd for a party alone;
From riots on one side, on t'other side none;
From a duke in a mob, or a duke in a throne;
May we be deliver'd!
From riots on one side, on t'other side none;
From a duke in a mob, or a duke in a throne;
May we be deliver'd!
From making or murdering lords on occasion;
From bought senates in red, or mob-administration;
From the bishops' declaring and Mar's declaration;
May we be deliver'd!
From bought senates in red, or mob-administration;
From the bishops' declaring and Mar's declaration;
May we be deliver'd!
From revenge in an office, and Papists in power;
From justice impartial that stoops to a whore;
From impeaching an Ormond, and not ------;
May we be deliver'd!
From justice impartial that stoops to a whore;
From impeaching an Ormond, and not ------;
May we be deliver'd!
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