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  sideanisedanarandpreparedforopenween</p>

  theabsolutepohecroheabsolutepower</p>

  ofparliant.duringthisstruggle,thestpowerfulreligious</p>

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  therefueandanuprising</p>

  ofthestchpresbyteriansagainsttheenglishpuritan.</p>

  inaugustoftheyear1648afterthethreedaysbattleof</p>

  prestonpans,crodeaothissendcivilwar,</p>

  andtookedinburgh.aniredoffurther</p>

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  thestrictestnatureaintained.inintaining</p>

  englandspositionabroad,croessful.asa</p>

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  1664hetriedtopreventthedissentersfrottendingreligious</p>

  etingsbyathreatofdeportationtotheihis</p>

  lookedtoochlikethegoodolddaysofdivineright.people</p>

  begantoshopatience,</p>

  andparliantsuddenlyexperienultyinproviding</p>

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  retufor200,000poundsperyear,andlaughedatthepoor</p>

  siletonsofparliant.</p>

  enodependencesuddenlygavethekifaith</p>

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  hisrelationsandhehadasecretlikingfortheir</p>

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  passedadeclarationofindulgenceheold</p>

  lathecatholiddissehishappenedjust</p>

  ese</p>

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  ofueheland.stofthepeopleedtoprevent</p>

  abreakofcivilroyaloppression</p>

  anda</p>

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