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

Then labour to love prayer as long as you live, as David saith, I will call upon God as long as ever live. Prayer casts the scales, and hath the advantage.

Then labour to love prayer as long as you live, as David saith, I will call upon God as long as ever live. Prayer casts the scals, and hath the advantage.

First, the other side they feared not to suffer much if they were overcome; they think they have a head and they would be where he was, and he would countenance them, & make good their condition for them, but this side if they had been overcome, they had been men utterly undone: what a mighty advantage was there one way more then another?

Then the Kings side if he had prevailed he had places of dignity to bestow; if the Parliaments side prevail, we are but where we were, we do but maintain our own, we cannot expect to raise our condition. But how many ⟨p. 288⟩broken Gentry expected to raise their condition on the other side? As it is said concerning the Pope, and the general Council; the Pope prevailed, notwithstanding the general Council, though that were above him, why? the Pope had Cardinal ships, and Deaneries to bestow but the Council had none; they had the advantage that way.

Then the Kings side if he had prevailed he had places of dignitie to bestow; if the Parliaments side prevail, we are but where we were, we do but maintain our own, we cannot expect to raise our condition. But how many ⟨p. 288⟩broken Gentry expected to raise their condition on the other side? As it is said concerning the Pope, and the generall Counsell; the Pope prevailed, notwithstanding the generall Councell, though that were above him, why? the Pope had Cardinall ships, and Deaneries to bestow but the Councell had none; they had the advantage that way.