Secondly, we are to acknowledge whose help it is. "This is the voice of God from Heaven to Boston this day; Thy God hath helped thee!" "Old Boston, by name, was but Saint _Botolphs Town_. Whereas Thou, O Boston, shall have but one Protector in Heaven, and that is Our Lord Jesus Christ." The preacher's third division is that the help Boston has already had should lead her people to Hope. "Hope in him for more help hereafter." "The motto upon all our Ebenezer's is Hope in God! Hope in God!" In the course of this part of his lecture, the preacher says,-- "The Town is at this day full of Widows and Orphans, and a multitude of them are very helpless creatures. I am astonished how they live! In that church, whereof I am the servant, I have counted. The Widows make about a sixth part of our communicants, and no doubt in the whole town, the proportion differs not very much. Now, stand still my Friends, and behold the will of God! _Were_ any of these ever starved yet? No, these widows are every one in some sort provided for." Fourthly, "Let all that bear public office in the town contribute all the help they can that may continue the help of God in us!" First the ministers will help, and then he calls upon the Justices of the Courts, the constables, the school-masters and the townsmen to help: "Each of the sorts by themselves, may they come together to consider, What shall we do to save the town?" Fifthly, "God help the town to manifest all that piety which a town so helped of Him, is obliged unto!" And then the town is warned against all sorts of iniquities: against fortune-tellers, bad houses, drinking houses, &c. "Ah! Boston, Beware, Beware, lest the Sin of Sodom get Footing in thee!"