Gods free mercy to England presented as a precious and powerful motive to humiliationGods free mercy to England presented as a pretious and powerfull motive to humiliation

God hath made all ¹our Destructives to be our Preservatives; and by those ways by which they thought to destroy us, they have preferred us; and all this hath been done not so much by the wisdom of the Parliament, nor by the graces of his Children, as by the very lusts and pride of the Adversaries: This is the Lords doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes: and we may safely say with David, Surely the ²wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Give me now leave (right Honourable) to make two uses of these two Doctrines: If these mercies come from God,

God hath made all ¹our Destructives to be our Preservatives; and by those wayes by which they thought to destroy us, they have preferred us; and all this hath beene done not so much by the wisdome of the Parliment, nor by the graces of his Children, as by the very lusts and pride of the Adversaries: This is the Lords doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes: and we may safely say with David, Surely the ²wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restraine. Give mee now leave (right Honourable) to make two uses of these two Doctrines: If these mercies come from God,

1. 1Exod. 1•. 11.
2. 2Ps. 67. 10.

Let God have the glory of all his mercies.¹