"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

So in the years just before 1637, the English court under James I and then later under Charles I -the English crown had been cracking down on the delivery of Puritan sermons in the church.

因此在1637年之前，詹姆斯一世以及,后来的查理一世，领导下的王庭,此时英国的王权已经在极力打击,清教徒训诫仪式的实行。

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