But how easily might those Greivances have been set right in Time, had not the rough and undutiful Manner in which the Redress of 'em was sought, made him believe for a time there were none that needed it. But when once he was convinc'd of their Reality, how willingly did he redress 'em all, and more than all, that cou'd with any show of Justice be complain'd of, or be thought to deserve the Name of Hardships! How often might Things have been brought to a better Temper, and the unhappy Breach accommodated, had not their own Obstinacy prevented it, whom no Degree of Royal Condescension would satisfie or appease; but his Blood they _would have_, and his Blood they _had_: The Guilt whereof has ever since lay heavy on this sinful Nation, and even now calls for our deepest Humiliation, to deprecate that Vengeance of Almighty God, which might justly be inflicted on the _remote Posterity_ of the Actors in that _unnatural Parricide_. He has abundantly testified his Displeasure at it, by many bad and mischeivous _Consequences_ it has produc'd, some of which we still smart under, tho' not the first I am going to mention, which is The Confusion of those Times that immediately ensu'd. The miserable State of _Anarchy_ to which this unhappy Country was reduc'd, after the Extirpation of the _Royal Family_, may be a Warning to all querulous Innovators, who are never contented with the present State of Things. They compass'd their Wish at last, and had the Satisfaction of seeing both _Kingly and Episcopal Government_ at once abolish'd, and themselves, (as they suppos'd) in a State of _religious and civil Liberty_. But did they enjoy that _Liberty_ any otherwise than in Name? Did it not cost 'em much dearer to maintain their _new Lords_ in their ill-gotten _Tyranny_, than ever it had done to supply the Exigencies of their _lawful Prince_? Was the Freedom of _Parliament_, and Right of _Elections_ more inviolably kept? Were they less under the Terror of an _armed Force_? Were there fewer _Executions_, _Fines_ and _Imprisonments_? Was the Course of the _Law_ more free and undisturb'd, or _Justice_ more equitably and impartially Administer'd? Were the _Taxes_ more moderate, the _Loans_ of Money less constrain'd, or the _Public Faith_ (when no Body knew what or where the _Public_ was) a better Security for what was lent, than before this violent Convulsion of the State.