The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

But the main of all should have been for the applying of it to the present occasion. The Lord hath made good his word this day, call unto me, and I will answer thee· This day testifies it to be true that they are great things that prayer hath done. I have heard many years ago by credible testimony, that on this fifth of November, ⟨p. 283⟩when we had such a great mercy so many years ago, that very day it was known, that a great many godly people in the city kept in fasting and prayer, so as it was eminently known and delivered from hand to hand of them in the city at that time, and you know what God did.

But the main of all should have been for the applying of it to the present occasion. The Lord hath made good his word this day, call unto me, and I will answer thee· This day testifies it to be true that they are great things that prayer hath done. I have heard manie years ago by credible testimonie, that on this fifth of November, ⟨p. 283⟩when we had such a great mercie so manie years ago, that verie day it was known, that a great manie godly people in the citie kept in fasting and prayer, so as it was eminently known and delivered from hand to hand of them in the city at that time, and you know what God did.

But what hath he done of late? If our fathers should rise out of their graves, and we should tell them that now the high commission (that they were so troubled with) is down; that there shall be no more star-chamber, that cutting off of ears is gone, they would wonder how this should come to pass. And whereas Parliaments were wont to be snapped in sunder, that this Parliament is to continue by as firm an Act as any thing in the land is made by. And for oppressors, all the Courts and Bishops Chanceries, they are down, and gone, God hath extirpated them: they were first cast out of the house, and now out of the Kingdom. And though an army did rise and seek to bring us into slavery, ⟨p. 284⟩