Let me prevail on you to consider devoutly, for I am fully convinced you cannot help continually thinking on the great, and signal mercies, so recently poured down upon us, in such a miraculous manner, for let us be ever so powerful, ever so skilful in any art or science, vain is the help of man, if the Lord will not fight for us, and with us; and as it hath pleased the Almighty to give us victory in the day of battle, shall we be silent, or wanting as a nation, in every church, or house of prayer, where public praise and thanksgiving are to be paid, not to express our gratitude, and shew forth our praises not only with our lips but in our hearts; shall we not say, Lord thou hast spared us from ruin and destruction, thou hast given victory to our fleet, and saved us from falling a captive prey: prepare our hearts and minds with a due sense of thy power, and inspire us with such a great degree of humility, not to presume we have gained the most compleat and naval victory ever obtained by any nation? but on the contrary, that it was thy will, that we should by thy aid and assistance, conquer an insulting and wicked enemy, and make him fearful of continuing in the practice of what is hateful to thee, and destructive to mankind. Out of the deep, O Lord, have we cried unto thee, and thou hast heard us, many hast thou spared, and many hast thou taken unto thee; yet scripture comforts every christian in the greatest sorrow and affliction; blessed are they that die in the Lord, they shall be eased from their labour, therefore we may conclude, those glorious and courageous heroes who have fallen into the deep in so memorable and virtuous a cause, they will receive a crown of glory, and their former sins thou wilt forgive, and receive them unto thee, for thou hast succoured us.