[dp]_Dauid_, _O Lord which art my rocke and my fortresse, thou hast giuen me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me, that I might breake them as small as the dust of the earth, and tread them flat as the clay of the streete_. [dq]_O giue thankes vnto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer. Let Israel now confesse that he is gracious, and that his mercy endureth for euer. Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer. Yea let all such as feare the Lord now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer._ All the Congregations of the Saints in the whole world, haue good cause to thanke God our strength and deliuerer. _Scotland_ hath good cause, for if _England_ had been but a _Tuesday breakefast_, assuredly _Scotland_ should haue been but a _Fridaies drinking_, one morsell as it were for the greedy deuourer. The Churches in _France_ relieued often by vs, haue good cause to reioyce with vs. Our neighbours of _Holland_ haue good cause to triumphe as they doe, for if our house had been set on fire, their house being the next would haue been quickly pulled downe. The Churches in _Germanie_, _Denmarke_, _Hungarie_, _Geneua_ likewise haue good cause to _praise God in this noble act according to his excellent greatnesse_. [Sidenote do: _See M. Foxe Martyr. in fine._] [Sidenote dp: _2. Sam. 22. 41._] [Sidenote dq: _Psalm. 118._] More principally the Common-weale of England, and in it all men of all factions, and all fashions whatsoeuer. _Atheists_ (if they think there be a God) haue good cause to thanke God, acknowledging his mercie toward them in sparing vs, and so sauing the bad for the [dr]righteous sake. _Carnall Gospellers_ haue good cause to thanke God, confessing that so long as [ds]_Lot_ is in _Sodome_, it can not be destroyed; and so long as _Moses_ standeth in the [dt]gap, and [du]prayeth for his people, Gods wrathfull indignation can not deuoure vs. Yea, let the _Gunpowder men_ themselues (if they haue any sparke of grace) confesse that God is to be praised in this _noble act_; for suppose (God be thanked, we may suppose and dispose thus of these matters vnto our comfort) I say suppose, their diuelish plot had been acted, I assure my selfe our cause had been farre better, and our number farre greater than theirs; and as for our sinnes (which are indeede our greatest enemies) they would haue brought into the field so many as we: so that hauing so much armour of light, and more armour of proofe then they, [dx]_Causa iubet melior superos sperare secundos_. [Sidenote dr: _Gen. 18. 26._] [Sidenote ds: _Gen. 19. 22._] [Sidenote dt: _Psalm. 106. 23._] [Sidenote du: _Exod. 32. 11._] [Sidenote dx: _Lucan._]