The Religious Turncoat; Or, a Late
Iacobite Divine turn'd Williamite.
Licensed according to Order.
Tune of,
London is a Fine Town.
(1)
I Lov'd no King in Forty One,
When Prelacy went down;
A Cloak and Band, I then put on,
And Preach'd against the Crown.
Chorus.
A Turncoat is a Cunning Man,
That Cants to Admiration;
And Prays for any King, to gain
The Peoples Approbation.
(2)
I shew'd them Paths to Heaven untrod,
From Pop'ry to refine 'em;
And taught the People to serve God,
As if the Devil were in 'em.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(3)
When
Charles return'd into our Land,
The
English Church Supporter,
I shifted oft my Cloak and Band,
And so became a Courtier.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(4)
The King's Religion I profest,
And found there was no harm in't;
I Cog'd and Flatter'd like the rest,
Till I had got Preferment.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(5)
I taught my Conscience how to Cope
With Honesty or Evil;
And when
I railed against the Pope,
I sided with the Devil.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(6)
When Royal
James began his Reign,
And Mass was used in Common,
I shifted off my Faith again,
And then became a Roman.
Chor.
A Turncoat,&c.
(7)
I Orders took i'th' Church of
Rome,
And Read the Declarations,
And prov'd that all the World must come
To Transubstantiation.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(8)
His Holyness the Pope to please,
By the Lord's Assistance,
To bring in Pop'ry with more ease,
I preacht up
Non-Resistance.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(9)
Our Prince of
Wales was soon betray'd,
And then the Head-strong Rabble
Grew angry with the Child, and made
The Devil rock the Cradle.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(10)
When Cause grew Sick, and King grew Tame,
I fell from
Priest to
Pagan;
Just as the Belgick Lyon came,
To quell the
Romish Dragon.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(11)
When
William had possest the Throne,
And Cur'd the Nations Grievance,
New Principles I then put on,
And swore to him Allegiance.
Chor.
A Turncoat, &c.
(12)
And now Preach up King
William's Right,
Pray for his Foes Confusion;
And shall remain a
Williamite,
Till another Revolution.
Chorus.
A Turncoat is a Cunning Man,
That Cants to Admiration;
And Prays for any King, to gain
The Peoples Approbation.
London, Printed for Rich. Kell, in West-Smithfield. 1693.