Divine efficacy without humane power. Opened in a sermon preached at St. Margarets Church…

1. To fill our hearts and mouths with the praises of God for these so divinely contrived mercies, without the effusion of one drop of blood, beyond the view of humane counsel to have effected; to ascribe all to the Spirit and Grace of God, Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name give the glory? To bless him for this first fundamental step to settlement, without which we should ever have been in danger of flames and blood. To bless the Lord for inclining the heart of his Majesty to dedicate his Government with so Religious a public Testimony against profaneness, ⟨p. 41⟩then which there is nothing which doth more loudly call upon you to second the zeal of his Majesty in. To bless the Lord for that Christian meekness of his Majesty, in anticipating and preventing the very Petitions of his people for pardon, and hastening the means of their security therein. To bless the Lord for his Majesties firmness in, and zealous care of the Protestant Religion, and withstanding all temptations which would have drawn him from it. To bless the Lord for his tender indulgence towards men of sober, peaceable, and pious affections, who cannot in every thing come up to the judgement or practice of other of their brethren. To bless the Lord for his Christian prudence, and healing moderation, in endeavouring such a fraternal condescension amongst brethren, as may bury all past animosities, prevent all further distempers, and reduce things unto an equal and amicable temperament.

1. To fill our hearts and mouths with the praises of God for these so divinely contrived mercies, without the effusion of one drop of blood, beyond the view of humane counsel to have effected; to ascribe all to the Spirit and Grace of God, Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name give the glory? To blesse him for this first fundamental step to settlement, without which we should ever have beene in danger of flames and blood. To blesse the Lord for inclining the heart of his Majesty to dedicate his Government with so Religious a publick Testimony against profaneness, ⟨p. 41⟩then which there is nothing which doth more loudly call upon you to second the zeale of his Majesty in. To blesse the Lord for that Christian meeknesse of his Majesty, in anticipating and preventing the very Petitions of his people for pardon, and hastning the means of their security therein. To blesse the Lord for his Majesties firmness in, and zealous care of the Protestant Religion, and withstanding all temptations which would have drawn him from it. To blesse the Lord for his tender indulgence towards men of sober, peaceable, and pious affections, who cannot in every thing come up to the judgement or practice of other of their brethren. To blesse the Lord for his Christian prudence, and healing moderation, in endeavouring such a fraternal condescension amongst brethen, as may bury all past animosities, prevent all further distempers, and reduce things unto an equal and amicable temperament.