Divinely Appointed Quotes



Cooke was a bitter foe of monarchy in general and not just of Charles I. His argument here is that when the people support a king, they are breaking the Biblical commandment of not worshipping idols. Thus God is against monarchy. See {634004} for another religious attack on monarchy.


In 1831 a slave preacher, Nat Turner, led a rebellion in North Carolina killing over 50 white men. Even though Turner and the rebels were captured and executed, whites throughout the South, took vengeance on any slaves they could find.