Captives bound in chains made free

First, Be thankful unto God and Christ, that of bond-men you are made free. If a Captive were delivered out of Turkish slavery by the means of another; or a man exposed to a perpetual Imprisonment for his debt, another should free him from the prison, and the danger thereof; What expressions of thankfulness would he abundantly utter, saying, O Sir, I owe my present ease, and freedom from my future danger, unto you. I shall never forget your kindness while I live. I do acknowledge I have not such another friend that hath done the like for me, in all the world. Forasmuch then as the difference of being a debtor to God, and a debtor to man; of being exposed to a prison upon earth, and to the prison of Hell, is unspeakably great, methinks you should break forth into holy admirations of the grace and love of God, and say, O Lord, I was indebted unto thee in the debt of sin, and of that I am discharged and freed: and now I am indebted in the debt of thankfulness unto thee: O the riches of this grace! O the greatness of this love and favour! Was ever love like this? Was any kindness ever comparable to the kindness and the bounty which thou hast showed to my soul? O ⟨p. 187⟩Lord, I am forced to cry out, I never had, and never can have in heaven or in earth, such another friend as thou hast been and art unto my soul!

First, Be thankful unto God and Christ, that of bond-men you are made free. If a Captive were delivered out of Turkish slavery by the means of another; or a man exposed to a perpetual Imprisonment for his debt, another should free him from the prison, and the danger thereof; What expressions of thankfulness would he abundantly utter, saying, O Sir, I ow my present ease, and freedom from my future danger, unto you. I shall never forget your kindness while I live. I do acknowledg I have not such another friend that hath done the like for me, in all the world. Forasmuch then as the difference of being a debtor to God, and a debtor to man; of being exposed to a prison upon earth, and to the prison of Hell, is unspeakably great, methinks you should break forth into holy admirations of the grace and love of God, and say, O Lord, I was indebted unto thee in the debt of sin, and of that I am discharged and freed: and now I am indebted in the debt of thankfulness unto thee: O the riches of this grace! O the greatness of this love and favour! Was ever love like this? Was any kindness ever comparable to the kindness and the bounty which thou hast shewed to my soul? O ⟨p. 187⟩