God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances

1. The greatness of our deliverance is manifest and apparent from the consideration of the Enemies from whose hands an Almighty power hath rescued us. The managers of the designs for our ruins, are the Race of murdering Cain, the bloody Off-spring of devouring Cannibals; whose monstrous cruelties are divulged in every corner of the world, recorded in innumerable Histories; experienced in many Nations, known in Germany, felt in Paris, found in Ireland; and we are woefully acquainted with them in England.

1. The greatness of our deliverance is manifest and apparent from the consideration of the Enemies from whose hands an Almighty power hath rescued us. The managers of the designs for our ruines, are the Race of murdering Cain, the bloudy Off-spring of devouring Cannibals; whose monstrous cruelties are divulg'd in every corner of the world, recorded in innumerable Histories; experienc'd in many Nations, known in Germany, felt in Paris, found in Ireland; and we are wofully acquainted with them in England.

The most barbarous Inhabitants of the world can't parallel their inhumane Massacres: the most desperate wretches in Hell can't exceed their practised Cruelties. These Hell-bred Salamanders delight only in ruining fires; these patrisating Children of the grand Murderer, love no drink like the fulsome liquor of Innocents blood; these Apostates from humane nature, can solace themselves with no pleasures like the tormenting butcherings of harmless Saints. How ⟨p. 99⟩cruel are their tender mercies! how savage is their sweetest carriage to those that submit not to that burdensome yoke that neither we nor our Fathers could bear! What love can answer the kindness of our God in giving escapes from these merciless Lions, from these pictures of malicious Satan, and fire-breathing Dragons of the infernal Pit? Can we do less than make our selves complete Holocausts by the flames of ascending affections, to our gracious God, who hath delivered us from being Sacrifices to these most cruel beasts of prey? Had not these men been thus degenerated from merciful Humanity into belluine Ferocity, they could never have attempted the confusion and ruin of such innocent unmeriting a People as we.