Note 55 — CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS: (continued 2)
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Dr. Cobden, one of George the Second’s chaplains, having, in 1748, preached a sermon at St. James’s from these words, “Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness,” it gave so much displeasure, that the doctor was struck out of the list of chaplains; and the next Saturday the following parody of his text appeared as a motto to Henley’s advertisement:
“Away with the wicked before the king, And away with the wicked behind him; His throne it will bless With righteousness, And we shall know where to find him.” Chalmer’s “Biographical Dictionary.”