Parentator. Memoirs of remarkables in the life and the death of the ever-memorable Dr.…

Nor could it enter into Their Mind, that a King, whose Sword was Steel, his GOD was but a Wafer, and who could not keep in any Terms with the Church whereof he was but a Vassal, if he did not as soon as he could, Order all that would not Worship his Idol to be thrown into the Fiery Furnace, could be their Hearty Friend, or could long forbear to Harass them with Perfidious, and Barbarous, and Inhumane Cruelties. Indeed, I know to whom it was, that King James in a Private Conference, Expressed an Horror of the French Kings Horrid Cruelties, and said, I Wonder what Almighty GOD ⟨p. 105⟩will do to him! Nevertheless, was not King James too a Roman Catholic? He was a Son of the Church, and he must Obey! Or, What better was the State of the Protestants in Ireland, under Him than that of the Huguenots in France, under his Brother?

Nor could it enter into Their Mind, that a King, whose Sword was Steel, his GOD was but a Wafer, and who could not keep in any Terms with the Church whereof he was but a Vassal, if he did not assoon as he could, Order all that would not Worship his Idol to be thrown into the Fiery Furnace, could be their Hearty Friend, or could long forbear to Harass them with Perfidious, and Barbarous, and Inhumane Cruelties. Indeed, I know to whom it was, that King James in a Private Conference, Expressed an Horror of the French Kings Horrid Cruelties, and said, I Wonder what Almighty GOD ⟨p. 105⟩will do to him! Nevertheless, was not King James too a Roman Catholic? He was a Son of the Church, and he must Obey! Or, What better was the State of the Protestants in Ireland, under Him than that of the Hugonots in France, under his Brother?

But yet, Mr. Mather might hope at least for some Temporary Advantages for his Country, and such as might be worth seeking for, from the Present Posture of Affairs.