God's terrible voice in the city

O what prayers have there formerly been in London Pulpits, especially on days of solemn humiliation! how have the spirits of Ministers been carried forth sometime in prayer for several hours together, (without tautologies and vain repetitions) in such variety of affectionate enlargements, and with such raisedness and transports of spirit; as if they had been just leaving the body, and going to live and abide with God, and would converse no more with men or worldly things!

O what prayers have there formerly been in London Pulpits, especially on dayes of solemn humiliation! how have the spirits of Ministers been carried forth sometime in prayer for several hours together, (without tautologies and vain repetitions) in such variety of affectionate enlargements, and with such raisedness and transports of spirit; as if they had been just leaving the body, and going to live and abide with God, and would converse no more with men or worldly things!

In their confessions of sin, how have they raked into the dunghill of a rotten heart, and laid abroad its inward filthiness? how have they traced the foot-steps of its deceitfulness, through the maze and wilderness of its many windings and turnings? how have they pierced into the very bowels of sin, and ripped it up as it were to the back-bone, bringing forth its very entrails to open view? how have they anatomized as it were the body of death in all the parts and members of it, discovering withal the several diseases of every part, with their cause, and manner of working? and all this in such pathetical cutting expressions, accompanied with such brokenness and bleeding of heart, as no form can imitate or effect.

In their confessions of sin, how have they rak'd into the dunghill of a rotten heart, and laid abroad its inward filthiness? how have they trac'd the foot-steps of its deceitfulness, through the maze and wilderness of its many windings and turnings? how have they peirced into the very bowels of sin, and ript it up as it were to the back-bone, bringing forth its very entrals to open view? how have they anatomiz'd as it were the body of death in all the parts and members of it, discovering withall the several diseases of every part, with their cause, and manner of working? and all this in such pathetical cutting expressions, accompanied with such brokenness and bleeding of heart, as no form can imitate or effect.