40. Thou hast broken clown all his hedges. He was
no longer sheltered from the slanderous assaults of contemptuous tongues; the
awe which should guard the royal name had ceased to separate him from his
fellows. The royal family had been like a vine within an enclosure, but the
wall was now laid low, and the vine was unprotected. It is sorrowfully true
that in many places the enclosures of the church have been destroyed, the line
of demarcation between the church and the world has almost vanished, and
godless people fill the sacred offices. Thou hast brought his strongholds toruin. The forts of the kingdom were in the possession of the enemy and were
dismantled; the defenses of the kingdom were overthrown. Thus has it happened
that precious truths which were the bulwarks of the church have been assailed
by heresy, and the citadels of sound doctrine have been abandoned to the foe.
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