Question

in "the crisis,No.1" to whom does Pain compare the English king in the third paragraph

Answer 1

ok...
here is paragraph # 3
I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils; and as I do not, I cannot see on what grounds the king of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as good a pretence as he.

I am thinking devil....but not sure. Because " common murderer, highwayman, and housebreaker...he is saying they have as much chance as the King as getting help from heaven...so I do not think that is a comparison.

Answer 2

well that sort of makes sense, thank you for your help.