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The Puritans looked around them,but all they could see from this king was a betrayal of the godly Reformation.
清教徒们上下打量他们 而他们从查理身上看见的 只有对宗教改革的背叛
Peace with Catholic Spain abroad,and at home, even worse,
在外与天主教的西班牙握手言和 而在国内 情况则更糟
a church ruled by bishops who were little better than Papists
大主教统治下的宗教与教皇统治半斤八两
bishops who berated the puritans for having taken the Reformation too far.
他们呵斥清教徒们 对于宗教改革过于狂热
In the face of this cosmic battle,to stay still, to keep silent, was a sin and a crime.
在这场浩大的战争中 坐以待毙 就是不可饶恕的罪恶
For the Puritans,Charles I ought to have been a custom-built king,austere, decorous and chaste.
对于清教徒们来说 查理一世本该是一个国王的典范 严谨 儒雅而高尚的
The fact was, his religion still seemed to need Protestant mumbo-jumbo,all those signs and mysteries.
但事实上 他的宗教信仰 似乎需要新教的种种神力 所有的符号和神话
Even this would have been palatable had he not wanted to foist it on everyone else,to force everyone to kneel at its shrine.
就算这些也能令人满意 如果他不欺骗他人 强迫人们跪在他的圣坛前
The Puritans declared war against any creeping signs of Romanism in the Church
清教徒们发起了战争 反对教堂中任何耸人的天主教教义的标志
paintings and statues, crucifixes and altar rails.
画作 雕像 十字架和圣坛的扶手
And it escaped nobody's notice that Charles was married to a Catholic.
而且众所周知 查尔斯娶了一个天主教的妻子
These men were very much in a minority.
这些人诚然是少数派
But of course, being the elect,they expected to be in a minority,the party of redemption.
但是 作为被选中之人 他们希望他们是少数派的 救赎党
In fact, they glorified in the slightness of their numbers,the self-purifying troop of Gideon's Army.
实际上 他们对于人数的稀少感到很自豪 他们是自净的军队 基甸的勇士
