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The Puritans looked around them,but all they could see from this king was a betrayal of the godly Reformation.
清教徒們上下打量他們 而他們從查理身上看見的 只有對宗教改革的背叛
Peace with Catholic Spain abroad,and at home, even worse,
在外與天主教的西班牙握手言和 而在國內 情況則更糟
a church ruled by bishops who were little better than Papists
大主教統治下的宗教與教皇統治半斤八兩
bishops who berated the puritans for having taken the Reformation too far.
他們呵斥清教徒們 對于宗教改革過于狂熱
In the face of this cosmic battle,to stay still, to keep silent, was a sin and a crime.
在這場浩大的戰爭中 坐以待斃 就是不可饒恕的罪惡
For the Puritans,Charles I ought to have been a custom-built king,austere, decorous and chaste.
對于清教徒們來說 查理一世本該是一個國王的典范 嚴謹 儒雅而高尚的
The fact was, his religion still seemed to need Protestant mumbo-jumbo,all those signs and mysteries.
但事實上 他的宗教信仰 似乎需要新教的種種神力 所有的符號和神話
Even this would have been palatable had he not wanted to foist it on everyone else,to force everyone to kneel at its shrine.
就算這些也能令人滿意 如果他不欺騙他人 強迫人們跪在他的圣壇前
The Puritans declared war against any creeping signs of Romanism in the Church
清教徒們發起了戰爭 反對教堂中任何聳人的天主教教義的標志
paintings and statues, crucifixes and altar rails.
畫作 雕像 十字架和圣壇的扶手
And it escaped nobody's notice that Charles was married to a Catholic.
而且眾所周知 查爾斯娶了一個天主教的妻子
These men were very much in a minority.
這些人誠然是少數派
But of course, being the elect,they expected to be in a minority,the party of redemption.
但是 作為被選中之人 他們希望他們是少數派的 救贖黨
In fact, they glorified in the slightness of their numbers,the self-purifying troop of Gideon's Army.
實際上 他們對于人數的稀少感到很自豪 他們是自凈的軍隊 基甸的勇士
