OH Most Glorious , most Mighty , most Mercifull and Gracious Lord God , who art wonderfull in Councel , and Excellent in working : We thy poore unworthy Creatures , desire in all humility of Soule to fall down before thee , in the Acknowledgement and Admiration of thy Greatness and thy Goodness , which thou hast so gloriously manifested unto thy People in the great and marvellous things thou hast done for these poore Distressed , and Oppressed Nations . Oh what great trouble and adversity hast thou shewed us ; and yet didst thou turn and refresh us , and hast brought us up from the deep of the Earth again . Oh Lord God , we have been , and are still a wicked and Rebellious People against thee ; and by the greatness of our sins we provoked thee to give us up to the greatness of our miseries : And yet now O God , to our shame be it spoken , and to the honour of thy Mercy , before we have returned from our sins unto thee , thou hast returned unto pitty and compassion toward us . And the swelling bowels of thy heavenly Goodness which travailed with Mercy toward thy wretched people , have broken forth in a floud and deluge of thy divine Blessing upon us , and hath overwhelmed both our sins and miseries , with thy loving kindnesses ; not only to the redresse of our Calamities , but to the amazing of our souls .

Oh Lord ! Thy great tenderness towards us , hath contended with our great stubbornness against thee ; as if thou hadst said unto us , yee are a people that have no mercy on your selves ; but I will be mercifull unto you : you are bent desperately upon the procurement of your own ruine and destruction ; but you shall not prevaile . I will make you happy whether you will or no : you have stood out against my Judgments ; but yet I will overcome you with the power of my Goodness , and loving kindnesses toward you . We have done miracles of monstrous wickednesses against thee ; and thou madest those very monsters of our sins , to bring forth the wonders of thy judgements upon us : And although we have not relented toward thee , but have been as monstrous in our lewdnes , as we were in our wickednes ; yet thou hast now changed the tenour of thy providence , and hast made us a workhouse of the wonders of thy mercies . So that thou mayst send us to ask of the days that are past which were before us , since the day that God created man upon the earth ; and to ask from the one side of the heaven to the other , whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is , or hath been heard Deut . 4. 30. like it . Did ever people see the Arm of God stretched out from heaven , as we have seen , in those things that thou hast done , and art still doing for us . Or hath God assayed to go and take an afflicted Prince and his Family out of the depth of affliction and misery , and out of the midst of a strange Nation , and to advance him unto the height of Excellency and Glory ? Did ever God make such a sudden turn in the tyde and current of hearts ? Did ever God make the enemies of the peace and happinesse of a distressed Prince and Nation , that were in possession of the Throne and Government , and that had the Sword in their hands , and rage in their hearts , so strongly engaged in Interest , and so disciplined and accustomed to activity and industry , so to destroy and pull down themselves , so to vanish away like smoak before the wind , so to melt away like wax before the fire , with the price of so little blood ? Did ever God so wonderfully shake in pieces an oppressing Power ? Did ever God carry a work of so great and publick a mercy , under such a cloud of Secrecy and safety , to bring it unto such an issue of Mercy and Deliverance , in so mercifull away ? Did ever the Lord lead a man whom he had fetcht back from other enterprizes , through such a maze of difficulties , through such a multitude of rocks and shelves , in such a stormy season , and in such a broken Vessel , in such a direct and even course , without any faltering or aberration , or set such an exact frame of providence in the carrying on of awork so great and hazardous in his hands , so as to make every operation , and every motion to fall out in its proper place , and its right season ? Did ever God make men work so above their own thoughts or imaginations , or so scrue and contrive a people into their own felicity , ere they were a ware ? Or did the Lord ever do such a work of mercy so speedily , so secretly , so graciously , for a people so drowned in misery and sin , and yet much more in sin than misery ? Oh our God! what answer can be given unto these things , other than of a silent astonishment of spirit ? whilest we cannot yet tell at which we should most wonder , that thou shouldest be so strangely mercifull unto so sinfull and so miserable a people ; or that we should yet be so sinfull towards so good , and so glorious , towards so powerfull and so gracious a God .

Oh Blessed God , when we Consider what we have done , and what we have lately been , what we have done against thee , and what thou hast done for us , and how thou hast pursued us with thy mercies , when we have run away from thee by Our sins .

When we Consider what we lately were , and how it was both with Prince and people , both with Church and State , and what we now are already , and what thou art now about to make Us to be . What can we say or do unto the Lord our God! Must we not needs be like them that dream ! or as if we saw a Vision ! for is it possible it should be so with such a people ? and that so soon , and that such a malady should be so suddenly healed by such Gentle means ?

That the Sea should fly , and Jordan be driven back ? that mountains should skip like Rams , and little hills like young sheep ? That so many and so great difficulties that stood like seas and rivers , and invincible mountains that stood between us and this blessed change , should all vanish and fade away in a moment ? But now in Egypt , and presently in Canaan ! But now an Exile , and presently upon a Throne ! But now a Contemned Cast-away trampled upon at home , and miserable abroad , and presently the most admired and Glorious Prince in the world ; raigning in the hearts of his people , before they see him with their eyes ; and a King of love as well as of honour ! But now dry bones lying scattered in the valley ; And presently shaken together and joyned together by the ligaments of Unity , and overlaid with sinews of strength , and covered with skin and flesh of beauty Ezek . 37. 1 , &c. and security : and now upon the sudden , the breath also breathed into them , and by the Embracing , and so joyful acknowledgement of him who is the breath of our nostrils , the means under God to give life unto this Nation ! O Lord our God , other Lords besides thee have had dominion over us : In trouble have we visited thee , we poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon us ; like as a woman with child that draweth neer the time Is● ▪ 26. 13 , &c. 16 , &c. of her delivery is in pain and crieth out in her pangs : So have we been in thy sight O Lord we have been with childe , we have been in pain , we have as it were brought forth winde : The Case was with Us , as once with thy people of Israel : The children were Come to the birth , and there was not strength to bring forth : A people ready to dy and give up the Ghost in the throws and plunges of our Sorrows and distresses , and of our vain attempts for obtaining 2 ●in . 19. 3. of deliverance , Discouraged and lost by the several disappointments of our hopes and Expectations : Our eyes as yet failed for our vain help , in our watching we watched , for a people that could not save us . We looked for peace , and no good came ; for a time of health , and behold trouble ; L●m . 4. 17. we waited for light , but behold obscurity ; for brightness , but we walk in darkness ; we looked for judgement , but there was none ; for salvation Jer . 8. 15. Isa . 59. 9 , 11. Ezek . 37. 11. Deu . 32. 36 but is was far off from Us. We were O Lord , as a people dead , and in the grave , whose hope was lost and cut off . But Thou art the Lord that judgest thy people , and repentest thy self concerning thy Servants , when thou seest that their power is gone , and that there is none shut up or left . Thou hast O Lord of thy great mercy given a Comfortable issue unto the sore and hard labour and travail of thy people . Thou hast wrought a wonderfull deliverance for us . Thine own arm hath brought Salvation unto us . O Lord , thou art become exceeding glorious : Thou hast magnified thy power , and glorified thy mercy : Thou hast scattered the cloud of thy wrath and indignation , by the Victorious beams of thy Mercy and Compassion : Thou hast raised up instruments of Blessing , and hast by them brought to pass the wonders of thy goodnesse for us : Thou hast out-done hopes and our expectations , O Lord : Strong is thy hand , and high is thy right hand : Thou hast scattered thine Enemies with a mighty arm . Thou hast provided a deliverer for us , and hast guided him by thine own wisdom , and hast Carried him on by thine own power , and hast kept him safe under the shadow of thy wings . Thou hast restored our Judges as at the first , and our Counsellors as at the beginning , that Sion may Isa 1. 26. be redeemed with judgement , and her Converts with righteousness . Thou hast made mercy and truth to meet together , and righteousnesse and peace to kisse each other : Thou hast caused truth to spring out of the earth , and righteousness hath looked down from heaven . Thou hast maintained the Cause of thine Anoynted : Thou hast given great deliverance unto our King , and to his afflicted Family , and to his distressed people : and in the thing wherein thine Enemies dealt proudly , thou wert above them . Thou hast said unto the fools , deal not so madly , and to the ungodly , Isa . 1● . 50. Exod . 18. 11. Psalm 75. 4 , &c. 1 Sam . 2. 1 , &c. lift not up your horn . Lift not up your horn on high , and speak not with a stiff neck , for promotion cometh neither from the East , nor from the West , nor from the South : But God is the Judge , he setteth up one , and pulleth down another . Our heart rejoyceth in the Lord : our horn is exalted in the Lord : our mouths are enlarged over our enemies , because we rejoyce in thy Salvation .

There is none holy as the Lord ; for there is none beside thee , neither is there any rock like our God .

Talk no more so exceeding proudly , let not arrogancy come out of your mouth , for the Lord is a God of knowledge , and by him actions are weighed . The bows of the mighty men are broken , and they that stumbled , are girt with strength . For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity , and bring down the high looks of the proud . Thou hast also lighted our Candle : The Lord our God hath made our darknesse to be light . When the enemy Psam 18. 27 , 28. came in like a flood , the spirit of the Lord hath lifted up a standard against him . Thy right hand , O Lord , is become glorious in power ; thy righthand , O Lord , hath dashed in pieces the Enemy . And in the greatnesse of thine excellency , thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee . The Isa . 59. 19. Exod . 15. 6 , &c. Enemy said , I will pursue , I will over take , I will divide the spoile : My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword , my hand shall destroy them . Thou didst blow with thy wind , and they are scattered and gone : And thou blastedst them with the breath of thy displeasure . Who is like unto thee , O Lord , amongst the Gods ? who is like thee , glorious in holinesse , fearful in praises , doing wonders . The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands . So let all thine enemies perish O Lord , But let them that love thee , Psal . 9. 16. be as the Sun when he goeth forth in his might , and let them flourish as the Cedar in Lebanon . Oh Lord we praise thee ; O Lord we bless thee ; O Lord we adore thee and admire thee in the wonders of thy mercy . Oh Lord , we confess we are lesse then the least of all the loving ▪ kindnesses , thou hast shewed unto us . Oh Lord sanctifie them unto us , that they may be humbling mercies , and convincing mercies , and heart-engaging mercies : help us to walk worthy of thy great goodnesse : let us never forget the loving kindness of the Lord . Help us to entertain thy great love that thou hast shewed unto us , with great love unto thee in our souls : with sobriety of mind and all thankfulnes of heart . And Blesse all those that have been instruments of thy mercy : The two Houses of Parliament , The General and his Armies : Glorifie thy self in all thy goodnesse upon them , and upon thy people by them : help them to perfect that Glorious work that thou hast put into their hands : That they may be yet more and more the repairers of our breaches , and the restorers of the ruines of many generations .

Bring home our Gracious Soveraign Speedily and Comfortably , and establish his Throne in peace and righteousness . Let his enemies be cloathed with shame , but upon himself let his Crown flourish : Shine forth more and more in truth and mercy upon these Nations : forgive and reform our sins ; make up our breaches , heal our miseries ; make us a holy people unto thee , that we may be happy in thee , through Jesus Christ , our Lord , Amen .