The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in…

First, The Preface of it; and that i• very awful and earnest: Hear ye me Asa, an• all Judah, and Benjamin. As he was probably none of the greatest, so tis like he wa• none of the oldest men; for it seems by th• eighth verse, that his Father was yet alive, […] present at this time. Yet being to speak […] the Name of the great and eternal God, […] expects, he demands the attention of […] ⟨p. 4⟩whole Army to him.

First, The Praeface of it; and that i• very awful and earnest: Hear ye me Asa, an• all Judah, and Benjamin. As he was proba•bly none of the greatest, so tis like he wa• none of the oldest men; for it seems by th• eighth verse, that his Father was yet alive, 〈…〉 present at this time. Yet being to speak 〈…〉 the Name of the great and eternal God, 〈…〉 expects, he demands the attention of 〈…〉 ⟨p. 4⟩whole Army to him.

Secondly, the Design of it; and that is, to declare both the Rise and Use of their late Prosperity. The Lord is with you, while you •ou are with Him; or as the Vulgar Latin has •t, Inasmuch as you have been with him. What •ollows, is but an Explication, and Amplification of this. He saw they were taken up with various Businesses and Contrivances; they had their Enemies under Hatches, and heir minds were full of Thoughts and Cares, What to do next? But he calls them off to acknowledge the Presence of God, as the cause of heir coming off so well in their late Action, and above all things to obtain & secure the presence of God, that they might come off as well, in in their future Enterprises.