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Show [52] E 63 3 obtain offices and polls, which they are on new lified to fultain -, and honors, of which they a1 (2 nnwn‘thy, and oftentimes have a greater nun;- (concomitant t- arbitrary power. and tyrannim crl government : For even chrilliau princes, it berof places aliigncd them, than any one perlon they have not been adored under the charaflzel‘ of the greatett abilities can ever properly fill ; of gods, yet the title:. given themfironglyfavor by means of which, the community becomes ‘of blafphemy, and the reverence paid them is greatly injured, for this realon, that many an really idolatrous. What right has a poor linful important Unit re: iains undileharg'd, and ma- worm of the dultto claim the title of hismofl ill." Cred Majelly ; molt {ac ed certainly belongs only 'to GOD alone, for thercis none holy as theLord; ny an honeft ant. worthy member of lociety is deprived ofthofe honors and privileges to which he has a‘juli right ; whillt the :roit dtlpieable worthlelh courtie‘ is loaded Vx uh honourable and profitable C(‘miiniflions. l1! 1.:th r t': ax oid this evil,' l hope, our legiliatorr. 9. ill alwzns oe{Vite flattery as fomethiug below the dignily of Li rational mind, and that they will LA'CI‘ lemn the man that will be corrupted, or take :1 bribe) yet how common is it to fee this; title given to kings P And how often have WC been told, that the king can do no wrong, even though he fliould be {0 fooliz'h and wicked as hardly to be capable of ever being in the right P yet {till it molt be allerted and maintained, that it i3 iinpoffi‘ole for him to do wrong 3 And let us all relolve with our lie-Ives that no motives of inter "it, nor hopes of gii‘eiisrmcnt, fliall ever induce us to act the part of {naming courtiers towards men in power. Let the how nor and relpee't, which we lhew our litferior‘s, b true and genuii e, lie-wing from a iineere ‘ d uprigh t lie;}.:‘t. I." .7» J _. _ ‘ ,1, , 1- . l RTV I "T TH: cruel favage (lifpofition of tyrants, and the idolatrous reverence that is paid them, are both molt beautifully exhibited to View by the apoltle John in the revelation, 13th chap. from the firlt to the tenth ver. where the apofile gives a LinCI‘lPtiOfl of an horrible wild beait 4" I which a W Id heath-By the beat} with feven hrad= andten horns, I uwlerfland the tyranny of arbitrary wine a, v»: inhneeie : ' X mierl, and l. _ .' v.1: e," 'rxz‘nec [Mid them. liatttree‘ in their ‘ 1m idolatrous reve~ 'l'lic: mural ‘- limits have laid * ‘ . 7. r Mutiny," .,~ 111‘." moh a ,lmclele. and minut e. v JX..'J,l iii/fly 113:1 \h'iif'lil minim" ‘2 a. ti hid vii», .iiz on» i ii. is i:...:-‘ ..~ 7" . I < p" » ‘ r 1‘ i I "VI Lax and hinge of the eafiem and wclicm roman the ampere" «mid r, and not the tyranny of the pope and clergy, for the definptr m ofevery part « f thi» beafl will anfww better tn he unde: ll )0d of politi-cal, than of ecrlefiiflical twanu. Thus 1h: {even heads arr! genzrally interpreted, to (knot: the l‘rve-al loims of r mm gnvernme'r; Ihe ten harm are Lindbllstd cf :he (an kmp~ dnms rhll (acre rd! up in Ihe well.» n emgne; and by the body 0! uh:- hr-a‘ it fern» moll ni'u m t- undo l-lmd vh~ eaiiern of grcek rm ire; fr it is :1 No he l k? a lvv'pavd, rh;s Image 53 flake!" fnu. Dzanl 7. v. 6 w‘ue 3hr third heall i» (AM 10 WT like a leanazd. N w by‘ he ilzi ll be ll m Din :l is umlcrliookl by hi}: hm: inmgneim rm guanomonarchy:12iawcllkm‘MH uni A i ' vtx.'4AdlA.C-W~D»A‘\Wi a-‘uV‘Uv'i , . . |