THus long ( GREAT SIR ) our unparallel'd late Deliverance wrought by the Hand of God , the First Mover , the Principal Author of all our Good , hath hitherto most justly employed all the Faculties of our Souls in the profound contemplation of his mysterious and unbounded Providence , receiving from us the slender Reward , but necessary Sacrifice of our hearty Praise and Thanks ; But now to You ( GREAT SIR ) the next recollected Thought with equal Justice does belong : To You therefore ( DREAD SIR ) the Second Cause , our Faith's Defender , the wonderful Restorer of our captiv'd Liberties ; in greatest Humility , but with unlimited Zeal , and joyful Hearts full of sincere Affection , we yield our utmost and unfeigned Thanks , being the only thing valuable which our Enemies left us wherewithal to sacrifice , and of which their Malice could not rob us . We cannot but with Horror stand amazed , when we recount our never to be forgotten Sufferings , our frequent causeless Imprisonments , the plundering our Goods ; the confiscation of our Estates ; the innumerable Oppressions , the illegal Exactions , the tyrannous hatred of our Persons ; and , in a word , the unchristian behaviour in all the actions of our Enemies infinitely surpassing an Egyptian servitude , when Baal's Priests contented not themselves with their Idolatry alone to pollute our Altars , but in prosecution of their profane and ungodly Malice , contriv'd the leading us captive to our Churches ; and each Ancestor's Tomb became our respective Couches ; then it proved litterally true , that our Liberties were offered a Romish Sacrifice on our own Altars . Thus far Almighty God permitted them : Then it was that our Enemies grew ripe for Divine vengeance : Then it was that You ; ( MIGHTY SIR ) stept in , and by Your own Victorious Arm ; to the hazard of Your Royal Person , rescued us from the hands of our Enemies : Then , and not till then , did Arbitrary Power , Popery and Slavery ( terms almost convertible ) receive their period . Wherefore to You ( DREAD SIR ) our only King , our Lives ; our Liberties ; our Goods and Estates we humbly offer , and at Your Royal Feet ( GREAT SIR ) we come prepared ready to lay them down for the Defence of Your Majesties Royal Person , for the suppression of Popery , for the maintenance of the Protestant Religion , and for the support of Your Majesties undoubted Right to these Your Kingdoms and Dominions . In testimony whereof , we have caused the common Seal of the said City to be hereunto affixed this Ninth day of July , in the Second Year of Your Majesties Reign .