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But further, that the war well considered is not 

 for the Palatinate only, but for England and Scot 

 land ; for if we stay till the Low Countrymen be 

 ruined, and the party of the papists within the 

 realm be grown too strong, England, Scotland, and 

 Ireland, are at the stake. 



Neither doth it concern the state only, but our 

 Church : other kings, papists, content themselves to 

 maintain their religion in their own dominions ; but 

 the kings of Spain run a course to make themselves 

 protectors of the popish religion, even amongst the 

 subjects of other kings : almost like the Ottomans, 

 that profess to plant the law of Mahomet by the 

 sword ; and so the Spaniards do of the Pope s law. 

 And therefore if either the king s blood, or our own 

 blood, or Christ s blood be dear unto us, the quarrel 

 is just, and to be embraced. 



For the point of sufficient forces, the balancing 

 of the forces of these kingdoms and their allies, with 

 Spain and their allies, you know to be a matter of 

 great and weighty consideration ; but yet to weigh 

 them in a common understanding, for your part, you 

 are of opinion that Spain is no such giant ; or if he 

 be a giant, it will be but like Goliah and David, for 

 God will be on our side. 



But to leave these spiritual considerations : you 

 do not see in true discourse of peace and war, that 

 we ought to doubt to be overmatched. To this 

 opinion you are led by two things which lead all men ; 

 by experience, and by reason. 



For experience ; you do not find that for this 



