Father, I do acknowledge and confess That I this honor, I this pomp have brought To Dagon, and advanc’d his praises highamong the Heathen round; to God have brought Dishonor, obloquy, and op’d the mouths Of Idolists, and Atheists[…]The anguish of my Soul, that suffers not Mine eye to harbor sleep, or thoughts to rest. This only hope relieves me, that the strife With mee hath end. John Milton
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King James I of England was a devout and loyal Christian believer. He believed that he should also be a good Christian and, as such, he should hear the confession of others so they could hear his confession. As King James I, he decided that he needed to get rid of the Catholic Church and its popes. He came up with an argument to get rid of it by saying that there were many people who refused to worship the king and this would leave them open for him to get rid of them. So, in this quote, his king-like tendencies are in play in which he is trying to use his power to eliminate anything that he sees as a continuing problem.

Source: The Complete Poems And Major Prose

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