Needs must when the DEVIL drives:
or,
AN EMBLEM
Of what we must expect if High-Church gets uppermost.
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When first Mankind were sway'd by Passive Ruls,
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Princes turn'd Tyrants and their subjects Fools:
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These laid aside their Sense those took the Sword;
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And,I Will be Obey'd, was then the Word.
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To which the silly senseless Slaves reply'd
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We're all your Asses pray get up and Ride
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If e'er their Sovereign bid them cut their Throat,
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The Wretch made no demur, but cry'd he'd do't
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If Heads were sent for, unjust Sentence given,
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He that withstood his Prince, resisted Heaven:
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So rather than they wou'd their King controul,
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The People damn'd themselves to save their Souls.
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Passive Obedience, thus at first began,
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And Non Resistance, by the side on't ran,
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Till after many Years and Ages past,
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The World grew old, and Men grew wise at last.
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Nations that long, in vain for help had pray'd,
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At length call'd in their Reason to their aid:
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Wisely considering that our God above,
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Whose most Essential Attribute is Love,
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Who sent his only Son to save Mankind,
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Such Cruelty cou'd never have design'd,
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Whole Kingdoms, to create to be undone
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By the ambitious Tyranny of one,
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Who cou'd, by Nature, no Distinction boast,
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But, by the Instigation of his Lust,
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Seem'd rather from the lower Regions hurl'd
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First to debauch, and then to damn the World.
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Thus by degrees, in Arms whole Nations rose,
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Their Rights assert, and Tyranny oppose:
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And so of late Brittania's Offspring fir'd
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By Natures Laws and solid Sense inspir'd,
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One Tyrant Prince by force of Arms withstood,
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And Crown'd a Man more Righteous in his stead,
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But some there are that neer will be Content
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With any sort or kind of Government.
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These Curse the Means that did our safety bring,
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And wish they'd still retain'd their Tyrant King.
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To AEgypt back again they long to fly,
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And hope they may be Slaves before they Die.
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Let such (unprejudic'd) but view this Print,
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They'll find there's something that's uncommon in't.
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The Devil drives the Coach in it's a Vi---------
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The Steeds are fierce; the Doctor he's Postillion:
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Gallows, and Wooden Shooes are plac'd behind;
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(At least our Author he hath so design'd)
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To show the Nation what must be their Doom.
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When the Pretender to the Throne shall come:
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When Moderation like a Victim lies,
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And Arbitrary Power in its place shall rise;
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The Nation (but in vain) shall then implore
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That Toleration which they damn'd before:
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Our Laws, our Liberties, shall be a Prey
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To Gallick Fury, and Tyrrannick Sway:
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Our Wives, our Children, all that now we boast
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To call our own, will be forever lost:
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Your Lands will be to Monks and Fryers given,
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And you must part with Gold to purchase Heaven.
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Let who will say ther's nothing in this print,
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I'll swear the DOCTOR and the devil's in't.
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