An Essay Towards a New History of the Gunpowder Treason (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Essay Towards a New History of the Gunpowder Treason When the Road is żraigbt, and the Light żrong, it is not hard to account for the Condué't of Men who quit botb Such Men are wilful/y blind. But when, with Eye: open, they turn into Paths dark and crooked, their Motives are no longer a Myftery. Then will civil and teligi ous Calumny be fummoned up to pollute the fa cred Fountains of Truth The Heart of Man will be preached into Bitternefs againż Man, Perfons inhabiting the fame City will be taught either to avoid one another; or, if Nature be too I'trong for our little Partialities, and that Men of different Perfuafions, mufl: neceż'arily meet; they will be taught to meet as Enemies, and never part a: Friends. Thus will an excellent In ititutton be perverted to the worft of Purpofes, to the fpreading of Heats, and circulating of Ani molities, thro' the Land - The Pulpit will be come the Trumpet, and the Preacher the Trunn peter, of Malevolence. The Guilt of a few Mil'creants will be faftencd on the whole Party. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.