Fourthly, who did look upon London as the Bulwark, a §4the Strong-hold of the Nation, that can't mourn to se• their bulwark, their Strong hold turned into a ruinous heap Psal. 48. 12, 13. Walk about Zion, and tell the Towers thereof, mark ye well her Bulwarks, consider her Palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation following. Zion had her Bulwarks, her Towers, her Palaces; but at last the Chaldeans at one 1time, and the Romans at another, laid them all waste. So London had her Bulwarks, her Towers, her Palaces, but they are now laid desolate, and many fear, and others say by male-content Villains, and mischievous Foreigners of a Romish faith. London was once terrible, as an Army with 2Banners. How terrible were the Israelites, encamped and bannered in the Wilderness unto the Moabites, Canaanites, &c. 3So was London more than once terrible to all those Moabites, Canaanites, that have had thoughts to swallow her up, and to divide the prey among themselves. How terrible were the Hussites in Bohemia, to the Germans, when all Germany were up in arms against them, and worsted by them. London hath been as terrible to those that have been cozen-Germans to the Germans. London was once a Battle-axe, and Battle-bow in the hand of the Almighty, which he has wielded 4against her proudest, strongest and subtlest enemies. Was not London the Head City, the Royal Chamber, the glory of England, the Magazine of Trade and Wealth, the City that had the Strength and Treasure of the Nation in it. Were there not many thousands in London, that were men of fair estates, of exemplary piety, of tried valour, of great prudence, and of unspotted Reputation? and therefore why ⟨p. 46⟩should it seem impossible, that the fire in London, should be 5the effect of desperate designs and complotments from abroad, seconded and encouraged by male-contents at home. London was the great Bulwark of the Reformed Religion, against all the Batteries of Popery, Atheism and Profaneness; and therefore why should any English man wonder, if these uncircumcised ones, should have their heads and their hands, and their hearts engaged in the burning of London. Such whose very Principles, leads them by the hand, to blow up Kings, Princes, Parliaments, and Reformed Religion, to make way for their own Religion, or for the good old Religion, as some are pleased to call it:
Fourthly, who did look upon London as the Bullwark, a §4the Strong-hold of the Nation, that can't mourn to se• their •ullwark, their Strong hold turned into a ruinous heap Psal. 48. 12, 13. Walk about Sion, and tell the Towers thereof, mark ye well her Bullwarks, confider her Palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation following. Sion had her Bullwarks, her Towers, her Palaces; but at last the Chaldeans at one 1time, and the Romans at another, laid them all waste. So London had her Bullwarks, her Towers, her Palaces, but they are now laid desolate, and many fear, and others say by male-content Villains, and mischievous Forreigners of a Romish faith. London was once terrible, as an Army with 2Banners. How terrible were the Israelites, enc•mped and bannered in the Wilderness unto the Moabites, Canaanites, &c. 3So was London more than once terrible to all those Moabites, Canaanites, that have had thoughts to swallow her up, and to divide the prey among themselves. How terrible were the Hussites in Bohemia, to the Germans, when all Germa•y were up in arms against them, and worsted by them. London hath been as terrible to those that have been cozen-Germans to the Germans. London was once a Battel-ax, and Battel-bow in the hand of the Almighty, which he has wielded 4against her proudest, strongest and subtillest enemies. Was not London the Head City, the Royal Chamber, the glory of England, the Magazine of Trade and Wealth, the City that had the Strength and Treasure of the Nation in it. Were there not many thousands in London, that were men of fair estates, of exemplary piety, of tried valour, of great prudence, and of unspotted Reputation? and therefore why ⟨p. 46⟩should it seem impossible, that the fire in London, should be 5the effect of desperate designs and complotments from abroad, seconded and incouraged by male-contents at home. London was the great Bullwark of the Reformed Religion, against all the Batteries of Popery, Atheism and Prophaneness; and therefore why should any English man wonder, if these uncircumcised ones, should have their heads and their hands, and their hearts engaged in the burning of London. Such whose very Principles, leads them by the hand, to blow up Kings, Princes, Parliaments, and Reformed Religion, to make way for their own Religion, or for the good old Religion, as some are pleased to call it:
- 1•er. 52. 12, 13. Luke 19. 41, 45.
- 2Cant. 6. 10.
- 3Exod. 15, 14, 15, 16.
- 4Jer. 51. 20, Zech. 9. 10. & Chap. 10. 4. Ezek. 21. 31.
- 5The French were then drawn down to the Sea side, and great were the fears of many upon that account. Remember the Gun-Powder Plot.
