Four SPEECHES Delivered in guild-hall ON Friday the sixth of October, 1643.  
At a COMMON-HALL, upon occasion of desiring the Assistance of our Brethren of SCOTLAND in this war.  
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1. by Mr. Solicitor.  
2. by Mr. Edmund Calamy.  
3. by Mr. Jeremiah Burroughes.  
4. by Mr. Obadiah Sedgewick.    
Published according to Order.  
LONDON, Printed by R. Cotes, for Jo. Bellamy, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the three Golden Lions in Cornhill, near the royal Exchange. 1646.   
Four SPEECHES Delivered In Guild-Hall, on Friday the sixth of October, 1643. At a Common-Hall.  

Mr. Solicitor his Speech at Guild-Hall, on Friday, October 6. 1643.  
Worthy Aldermen, and Gentlemen, and Citizens of this Famous City of London,  
THe cause of the calling of this Assembly of this Common-Hall, it was the business of Scotland, I think it is not unknown to many of you, that about two months since both the Houses of Parliament did send a Committee into Scotland to desire the assistance of our brethren of Scotland in this war: the Committee hath from thence sent Propositions to both the Houses, whereby we see their willingness to come to our assistance: but one part of it is, that without some supplies of Money, they are not able at all to come into this assistance, The Houses considering the necessity of their coming in, and of speedy supplies of Money to that purpose, they did send a Committee, and did desire that a common-council might be called, which was done upon Monday last, and they did thither send a Committee, with desire that the common-council would take that into consideration, that is, the necessity of their coming, and speedy supplies to be raised. And for the effecting of this, not having any other means so near at hand as that, they did desire that the common-council would appoint a Committee out of themselves to consider of this business with the Committee of the House of Commons: These they met, and have been together these two days considering of it, that is, Wednesday and Thursday, and they did intend, and do still, to send to divers of those that are able and rich of this City, to the intent that they might see, what they would lend to this business; and to tender to them such security, as they conceive to be very convenient and fitting for those that are willing to lend Money: but when they had entered upon the business, and▪ considering the speed, and the necessity that the supply should be expedited, they thought that would be too long a way, yet resolved to prosecute it still, but withal they did desire, that my Lord Major would be pleased to call a Court of Aldermen this morning, (which he did) and likewise a Common-Hall, to the intent that the necessity of the raising of this money speedily might be declared to you, because the other would be a longer way; which though it be intended still to be prosecuted; yet when you are all here together, we may the better know your affections to this business, and that the Money may be speedily raised, though not the whole, yet it will be somewhat to the business, if some considerable sum might speedily be sent away.  
I conceive there is no need to acquaint you with the benefits that will redound to this kingdom, and the advantages we shall have by a nearer association with them, and by their coming in, to this purpose for our assistance; the benefits certainly when we consider of them, are many. As first,  
This great cause which is now in agitation, that by this means will be much secured; it will be assured to us, that the event, and the success of it (by God's blessing) will be made a great deal the certainer: If they do not come in, than we are to consider how we stand. Certainly, the Parties they are very equal in this business, and where the Parties are equal, the success must needs be dangerous, and very uncertain. Now we all of us see, that all ranks and degrees of men, even from the highest Lords, to the meanest Commoners, they are engaged on both sides; and if the advantage be of either side, it is in the other, because that the greater part of the Nobility and Gentry we know they are the other way. Likewise if we consider the Citi●● and towns of this kingdom, that there is Newcastle, that there is Yorkshire, that there is Shrewsbury, that there is Bristol, that there is Chester, and that there is Exeter, and divers others Cities and great towns in their custody.  
If we go through all the Counties of the kingdom, we see there the greatest parts of the Northern parts possessed wholly by the Earl of Newcastle, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and some other parts. So in the West, go to other Counties, there is a mixture in all of them, that we cannot say there is any part of the kingdom free; so that the mixture seems to be of the people likewise, if not the greater party the other way.  
If we consider likewise the events and successes; as we on the one side have taken Portsmouth, Chichester, and some other places, so they on the other side have taken Exeter, and Bristol, and other places. If we consider the events of the Skirmishes, Fights, and battles that have been; we cannot say, that on any side hath been any complete Victory; that at Edgehill, it pleased God to give us a deliverance, we find it was no complete Victory, by those things that followed; so this at Newbury lately no complete victory, for had it been so, the war had been at an end, so that which way soever we look, unless we call them in to our assistance, certainly the Parties on both sides, are very equally engaged; and certainly when two men of equal strength do wrestle, it is an even lay which of them will give the fall; as long as the balances stand so even, it is very uncertain which way they will weigh down.  
We are to consider, (that in respect that the danger is such, and the event of the war so uncertain, without their coming in) what the cause is that is lost, in case the day should be theirs; certainly considering that the Papists in Ireland are wholly engaged, that the Papists in England are wholly engaged, that the Prelates and their Party are wholly engaged, that there are divers that are Neuters, and ill-disposed men, that they likewise incline that way: Considering that that Party is acted by Jesuitical counsels, for certainly they are behind the curtain, though they are not so visible to us: I say, when this is considered, who are the Parties that shall get this day, it is very easy to prognosticate what the loss will be, no less than of Religion, and of our laws, and of our Liberties: In a word, if that that Party do prevail, I am afraid we have lost all; and therefore those other things, they will not be so considerable which I shall tell you of. We know the great loans and Contributions that have been made by the Worthy Citizens of this City, and by divers other well-affected persons throughout the kingdom; the Money, the Plate, the Horses, and other things for this war too, they will be lost: but not only so, but certainly, that these have been lent to the Parliament for the maintaining of the war, against that Party, this will b●e good reason why they should take all away. The public Faith likewise of both Houses of Parliament, and so the whole kingdom, certainly that must be violated, and if that should be so, if that we should be ove●born in this cause, it will easily be foreseen, whether any future Parliament will be enabled to stand up for the defence of Religion, and the Liberties of the People. We may add to this the Charters and the Franchises of this great City, it will be easily foreseen, what will be the event of that, whether they will be continued to you, yea or no, considering what affection you have born to this cause. Certainly in former time●, the Charters and the privileges of this City, they have been confirmed by Parliaments, as doth appear in King John's time, in Henry the third, Richard second, & always after the ending of those great Wars, whe●in no doubt, the City (as hath been seen in that) did engage themselves, as now, in the Parliaments cause; therefore for their security, their Charters were always confirmed; which we need not doubt will be done in this cause; but in case the event should be otherwise, what the loss will be in that way, you may easily see; so that all is at stake, and if we bring not them in to our assistance, for aught I know, we are at fairs to lose the game, as win●● it, and if any mana estate here, stood upon the like c●su●lty, I believe he would give some considerable sum to ensure it, in the office of Policies▪ Thus we stand in case they are no● called in the loss so great, that is the loss of all, the event so uncertain.  
In case they be called in, we are to consider then what alteration this is like to make▪ we are therefore to consider how it comes about that the Party comes to be so equal, that so many should engage themselves on the other Party, as we see they do; certainly a great many of them do it, being uncertain in their judgements to which side to cleave. Another Party they do it, because that they out of fear desire to keep their Estates, and stand Neuters. For the first of those, certainly both at home and abroad, those that are averse, they look upon us as a Protestant Kingdom, but divided among ourselves; they hear Protestations on both sides, that both Parties do protest to maintain the Protestant Religion, the Laws of the kingdom, and the Liberty of the Subject; and they see and read the Declarations that go out on both sides, and the matter of fact being that that makes the cause, they know not what to believe of that; for when they read the several Declarations, they see that affirmed by one party, that is denied of the other, so that indeed they know not which way to bend themselves to believe, (of the matter of fact, I mean:) But now a great many after the case hath been stated, as it hath been on both sides b● these Declarations, when they shall see that this kingdom of Scotland, to which Declarations have been sent by both Parties, (for so they have, the King hath sent on his side, and the Parliament hath sent on their side also) when they shall see the kingdom of ●cotland hath sent a Committee into this Kingdom, to inform themselves of the business how it stood, to the intent they might know how to carry themselves between both Parties; I say, when after all this, they shall see a whole Protestant Kingdom, as one Man, a Protestant kingdom that hath had differences heretofore, and those differences have been settled, when they have been in the same distractions as we have, and so settled, as that it hath been with a clear Declaration of their innocencies, that they had just cause to do, what they had dont, and went away as they did, with that full satisfaction they have given to the world: I say, when they shall see such men, as have for so long a time stood by as a third Party, and Spectators only, and lookens on; when they shall see a kingdom, that is altogether unbyass'd, that hath the same King▪ lives in the same Island, that hath the same Religion: I say, when they shall behold a whole kingdom to declare for the one Party, that is, for our Party; when they shall see them not only do so, but enter into a League and Covenant, and that by oath with us, for the maintaining of this Religion: when they shall see them engaging their whole kingdom as one man, in a War for the maintaining of this cause: I say, certainly that must be a convincing, silencing argument to all these men, that this is the Party that doth maintain really, and in truth, the true Protestant Religion, the Laws of the realm, and the Liberties of the Subject: That is for the first.  
The second is, there is another Party, that are well enough satisfied in their judgements, but out of fear of their estates, and other sinister, by and base ends, (for so they may be called, for as this Covenant calls it a detestable Neutrality▪ so may we) I say, when these Parties shall see such an addition of strength to the one side, their own principles of fear will reach them to go to that that is the stronger side. But admitting that men stood in their judgements, and in Neutrality, as they now do, and that their coming in did not alter one man; yet we are to consider what the strength is that they do bring in wi●h them, and what that is like to do, admitting the parties to be as equally engaged, as now they be; and that is by their own Propositions, that when they come in, they intend to come in with 18000 Foot, with 1000▪ Dragoneers, and 2000 Horse, with 21000 Horse and Foot, with a train of Artillery proportionable and suitable to such an Army: Certainly, by the blessing of God, such a force to be added to the one Party, that is now even, it cannot but in all likelihood carry down the scales, and alter the whole ●ame, and the state of the business. Why? certainly two against one in all ●usinesses, that makes odds. If we have the addition of that whole kingdom to this Party that is even with the other, or near so, now we may easily judge of the event. This is the first benefit I shall propound to you, we are like to reap by their coming in, that is, the assuring of this great cause, that so much conc●●nes us.  
The second is this, which I shall propound to you, that is▪ that it will be for our profit, that it will ease the war, that it will make the charge▪ and the burden of it to 〈◊〉 This doth arise partly out of what hath been said, that their coming in, it will shorten the war, for as long as the parties ar● equal, it must needs lengthen and protract the war; when two scales are almost equally balanced, we know for a great while it falls on the right hand, and on the left hand, and it is a great while before they stand still; so that if the War be protracted and lengthened, that will be spent in time, and a great deal more, than a good round sum will be in making a sudden conclusion of it; I think every Lessee, he had rather pay a good round Fine, than for many ●●ers together, to sit upon a great Rent▪ this may be our condition, if we do not bring them in, besides the loss of all at last; But the benefit will appear, by the shortening of the war, in this further:  
By those miseries, and that poverty▪ and that calamity, which a long war must of necessity bring with it; The wealth of this kingdom (I suppose▪) it arises out of the soil, and the ground of the Kingdom, and it arises out of the M●nufactures, and out of the Trade of the Kingdom; These again do consist principally in Rents and in Debts; certainly Debtors by having their estates plundered, and wholly taken away from them, and the lives from many▪ debts will cease▪ there will be no debts to be paid; the same will be likewise of Rents, when the Cattle shall be killed up, and the Tenants plundered of all they have, there will be no Rents paid: How will it be like, if the wars continue, that the Trade will be continued? for the materials of Trade by a long war, will be wholly destroyed, and taken from us; The Sheep of the Kingdom that bring our Woall, and the Horses, and the Cattle, that bring our Leather and our Tallow; these three, the wool, Leather, and Tallow, and divers other things, we know how many hundred Trades, even from the greatest Merchant, to the lowest handicraftsman, how many they employ▪ these, they will be destroyed, not only by the consumption, which the soldier makes, that is wasteful, but even the policy of war will require of the Enemy, (as we see of late about Gloucester, in the Vale of Esum, the policy of War will cause, I say, one party) ●o kill and destroy all Cattle, when the necessity of war r●qui●●●●t, to s●arve out the Enemy; Besides the daily loss of Towns and Cities, what a loss will that be to Trading, and in particular to this City? I believe it is a sensible thing to many of you▪ the ●aking o●●●●ter, the taking of Bris●o●, and the Trade of Newcastle stopped, and some other Cities, what a great loss, even in point of debt, it hath been to many worthy Citizens, of this City; Besides, a long war it will consume, the very materials of life, of food and raiment, we shall neither have meat, drink, nor clothing, if the War con●inue, considering the burnings and devastations that go along with it▪ so that for my own part, I think it is a very clear case, that we had better buy out with a round sum, a short War, then to have a long War continued, though it be without any charge at all; If all our horse and foot, and train of Artillery, and Garrisons, were all paid to our hand, we had better buy a short Peace, by bringing them in, than to have a long War without charge, because of that inevitable poverty, that a long War must needs bring to a Kingdom; this first thing that I have offered, is in point of time, the shortening of war, the Benefit and Profit that it will be to the kingdom.  
Secondly, we all know this war hath contracted a great debt upon the Kingdom, and it will contract far more; In case this shall be hereafter to be paid in sheer Money and coin, I am afraid the Kingdom is not able to pay it at once, (I believe that all men know) Suppose this than shall be appointed to be paid at certain years and times, what will be the event of that? I am afraid the destruction of the Kingdom, for then the case will be thus, the greatest part of the Lords and Gentry are engaged in the other way, and here lies a great debt annually to be paid by the Kingdom, and certainly this will disaffect people to all other Parliaments, when they shall yearly be under the payments of such mo●eys, that the Parliament hath contracted upon them; And then considering who it is will operate upon the other party▪ for there is another party that will not be easily reconciled to the party that hath been on the other side, and so this other party striking in the other way, what this is like to produce, is very dangerous to me; whereas on the other side, as long as the parties are equally engaged, as we are, without their coming, I am afraid there will not be that force on the one side, as to make the other side, (that is, the Papists, and the Prelates, and the other Malignants) out of their estates to pay these debts, which their coming in, in all likelihood will make us do▪ which if these debts be paid out of their estates and Lands▪ I know no inconvenience will come to the Kingdom by it; for here is the case, they that have it now in their hands, to employ i● for the destruction of the Kingdom, it will be only putting it in their hands, that show their good affections to the Kingdom; so that way I conceive the debt of the Kingdom, will be no loss at all to the Kingdom.  
The third benefit is, that even the present War it will be made less chargeable to us▪ and that in this▪ They not being come in, we have not Newcastle, there is Nottingh●mshire, York●●●ir●, that great Country, a great part of L●●●olnshire, the Bishopri●● of D●rham, Northumberland, Co●●m●erland, W●●●merland, the great●●● part of the West, the richest part, I know, in this Kingdom, except this City▪ I say, in case they come not in, they are all under contribution▪ to the other side; their coming in gains New●●●●le, it gains▪ as much, as the money to bring them in will cost 〈◊〉 the very gaining of that Town; and likewise when they come in, it brings all those Countries under contribution; so that the very contribution▪ that those Northern Countries will yield, it will not only pay the Scotch Army, but is likely (as it is believed) it will make an addition for our other For●●s, that we shall have to spare for other Forces, by that which their coming in will gain of the con●ributions of those 〈◊〉 so that I have now done with those 〈◊〉 that will come ●o you in point of Profit, and likewise the assuring of this great Cause.  
The third is this, that 〈◊〉 w●● do come to a peace, when God's time is come that we shall have one▪ yet their co●ming in▪ in all 〈◊〉 i● will cause●●s to have a better a surer▪ and b●tter g●dunded 〈◊〉 then if they do not ●om● in▪ And likewise, what peace 〈…〉 that it will be p●r●et and be the sco●●● for us, 〈◊〉 our posterity to reap the benefit of it: First, that their coming in will make our Peace, in all probability the better; I beseech you, without their coming in, what is it like to be? The p●●ties are equal, the party that is against us, they consist of P●pi●●s, and P●elates, &c. if we come to compound this business, what is it like to be? but that our composition will be indeed the destruction of the Protestant Religion, and of our Liberties; I am afraid it is very like to be the ending of that controversy between the two women for the child, who should be the Mother of it, that is, that the child should be divided; we know that our division must have caused death, I am afraid we shall then come to be half Protestants, and half Papists, and this neutrality of both, I am afraid it will be the destruction of the one; If it prove not destructive, yet certainly it will prove very dangerous to us; In diseases, if Nature be not able wholly to expel the malignity of the disease, it afterwards breaks out in botches, and one malady o● another: A sore not cured at bottom, it afterwards festers, and breaks out, and afterwards endangers the person, as much as before; If they come not in, considering the engagements on both sides, and considering the parties, who we must compound with, I say, the cure is like to be very imperfect, their coming in I hope will make it perfect; Besides, what ever the Peace is, if it be good without their coming in, it is likely we and our posterity shall reap the fruit of it, certainly, we have had great experiences in the times of our Ancestors, that when divisions of this nature have been, as when the Statute of Magna Cha●●a, was first obtained, which was with all the care the w●t of man could devise, there was the Oath of the King, and all the Nobility of the Kingdom, yet it was broken within twelve months after; In his son's time twelve of the Nobility were appointed to see it kept, that would not do the work, afterwards they appointed Gentlemen in every country, that they should see to it▪ this did not the work, it broke out from time to time; But what should we go further? Those laws that have been made against Papists in our memories, are not the Laws full, that no Papist is to 〈…〉 how see we that put in execution, and that two pa●t● of their ●●●ates to be seized▪ when we see nothing at all hath been done ●hat way. For the Petition of Right, in our memory, how was that kept? Again, our neighbours the Netherlanders, when they made that peace with the King of Spain, they called in this Kingdom and France, to be witnesses to it; we see how that calling us in, to be witnesses, how that hath engaged both parties to that State at this time, and how we have been assistant to them, and expresse● our desires to have them thrive; But how is it like to be, when there shall not only be our own Kingdom, but a brother Kingdom, an entire Kingdom, one of the same Religion, with us, one that loves their Liberties, as well as we, when they shall be engaged in point of interest with us, when the same Law, the same Acts of Parliament that shall compose the differences, when if it he broken on our parts, in any thing that concerns us, they cannot conceive but it may be their case the next day, because it all depends upon one Law, one and the same Title, and their interest is the same; So that it there were nothing else in it, but that we were like to have the better Peace, and on the better terms, and what ever it be; it is likely to be kept the better, to us and our posterity, if nothing else were in it, that were much to our advantage surely, if by some considerable sum of money, we might have them brought in, and have them at the end of this Peace, and interested in it as well as ourselves; So that I have now done with those Benefits, I have offered to you, that we shall have by their assistance and coming in; I make no doubt but that most of these things were known to you all before, and that this part hath been to very little purpose, that I have spoken▪ for when that both the Houses of Parliament, have seen the necessity and benefit of it, when it was propounded to the Common council, that they likewise saw the necessity of it, I know it will ●ee bootless to use any further Arguments to you, that you may see the benefits that will redound by their coming to us▪  
But it will be asked, notwithstanding we may receive benefit by it, how may we be assured that they are willing? Truly, for that, by what hath been done▪ it will be sufficiently clear; Both Houses sent a Committee to them, that in a little time did produce the Covenant there, approved of by their Assembly of Divines, and by the Convention of Estates, it is co●● hither, it hath been agreed here, it hath been taken here by the House of Commons already, and by a great many of this City; A worthy Lord, my Lord Wharton (I may name him here) at a common-council, he did declare to my Lord Major and Aldermen, that their House would in few days likewise take it; this Covenant shows their willingness (in the first place) for we by that are bound to the mutual defence of our Religion, and preservation of our civil Liberties, for by that we are bound to the preservation of the Liberties of Parliaments; and that Delinquents and Malignants may be brought to their just trial; so this is already done.  
It was likewise declared by the Commissioners of Scotland, that they did not doubt, but by this time they were taking it in that kingdom; and their Commissioners here they have taken it already; so that they have joined themselves to us by oath, for the mutual preservation of Religion and laws.  
In the second place, they have showed their consent by the Propositions they have sent to us, which are the terms upon which they are to come in; they have not stayed here but they have proceeded to action; they have named the general of their Army, which is my Lord general Lesley, which was their general when they came into this kingdom.  
And likewise they have granted Commissions into all the Shires of Scotland for the raising of Horse and Foot, and named their colonels, captains, and other Officers, and listed them. There is a further progress likewise, that is, that we have taken Berwick already, for the facilitating of their coming in, which may be a place of retreat for them, and a Magazine for their Ammunition and victuals. And since this hath been taken by the Parliament, they have sent some Troops of Horse, and certain Foot for the securing of that Town: and if they had before known the consent of the Parliament for their having the use of Berwick, they had put in their Ammunition and victual before this time into Berwick, which before this time surely they d●● know; and therefore we doubt not, but they have done the other.  
Likewise further, when they come in, they intend to go on in their march, though it be far in the year, and not to sit down in their quarters. We know my Lord of Newca●●le did it ●ast year, we know they are as far Northern borne, they are both in a colder Cly●●te▪ and therefore we doubt not of it, and so 〈◊〉 long, we hope to hear of the taking of Newcastle, which what relief it will be to this City in the point of coals, and other Trade, you may easily see: Most of this to the common-council was declared by two Worthy Commissioners that were sent out of Scotland, my Lord Mackland, and Mr. Henderson. But it may be said, if they be so willing, and so ready to come, and have all things ready, what is the reason we hear not of their coming into the kingdom? They have answered us by their Propositions, that it is impossible for them to do it, without some sum of Money: and that this is no pretence, but that it is really so, we have it from our own Committee there, we have it from all hands there: and if we consider how they have been exhausted heretofore, I think we may easily believe it ourselves: and that their Army that is in Ireland have been 14 months without any pay at all, they are sane to supply them with necessities, which hath been four score thousand pound, else that Army must have starved. We know they had two years' war, we promised them a brotherly assistance, and there is an act for it, but it is known by reason of the troubles we have here at home, we have not paid them that; so that considering the poverty of that kingdom (without offence I think we may say so) I say, considering the poverty of that kingdom, it is certain, it is not a pretence of theirs, but it is really so. Neither indeed can we presume it, when as the Covenant and Oath they take, bind them as well as us, that they should come to our assistance; it binds them as much to our assistance, as that Oath bind ourselves to our own assistance, and therefore we cannot presume, that they would (being disengaged of an Oath, afterward) be willing to take that Oath, unless they did likewise know their own necessity, that they could not come in without some sum of Money; and truly I suppose that they cannot come in without Money, (as hath been declared to you) and that we must ground upon and build upon, for we are assured it on all hands.  
It will be then said, what is that sum? Why truly the sum that they have sent in their Propositions, is 100000 l. I confess a great summ●, and that that I know not how to mention in this Assembly, considering how this City hath been exhausted formerly by those great Contribution●, and by those aids that they have given in this case. But on the other side, though I cannot indeed tell how, when I consider the sumto press it: yet when I do consider the inevitable danger that follows, and the great advantages that we lose by every day's delay in it. I say, when I consider them, I cannot on the other side but press it. Let us therefore consider, in case this be not within some convenient time raised, what an infinite disadvantage comes by it to us.  
First of all, all those preparations they will be in a manner lost, if that it be not presently raised, there will be no coming in this Winter, if there be no coming in this Winter, no gaining of Newcastle, if no gaining of Newcastle, no coals, nor materials for Fewell. Nay, that is not all, but if they do not come in now, and if we do not provide this Money, I shall despair of their coming in at all, and that upon this ground, that if we be not able now to raise the sum of Money, the continuance of this war, it will more and more every day, and that sensible▪ disenable us to do it at another time. If we cannot do it now, we shall be less able to do it, a week, a month, a quarter of a year hence; for the war you see destroys all Trade, (that hath been opened to you before) we shall grow poorer, our Enemies stronger; if we be not able to bring them in now, we shall never be able to bring them in at all.  
It will be desired, if it be possible to raise this great sum of Money, what is the security shall be given? for truly it was never desired of this city, that so much money should be given to them, but it is desired it should be only lent, for if they come not in in time, the business is as good as lost: they have therefore (considering this) already engaged the public Faith of that kingdom, with the public faith of this kingdom, for the raising of 200000 l. either by borrowing of it here, or in foreign parts. Therefore this is the first Security that is ●endered to you now, that money is a borrowing in Parts beyond the Sea; that money that is so borrowed, shall go on towards the repayment of this, what ever it is that shall be lent. But besides this public Faith, there are divers ways visible how this public Faith will be disengaged, that is, by the Sequestrations, for there is an Ordinance of both Houses for 30000 l. to be raised for them out of the Sequestrations. Now this shall not need to discourage any that so little hath been raised out of the Sequestrations hitherto, for the Houses have been preparing the businesses a great while, and now Michaelmas is come, all the Rents are ready, within few weeks to bring it in; that is for so much.  
Their coming in, it gains Newcastle, the gaining of Newcastle gains a great mass of coals that are there ready already, when they come in; and out of that there will be likewise an annual or a monthly payment of the coals, for the disengaging of those that shall lend this sum. Besides, when they come in, if they clear those countries, we know how full of Papists, & how full of Prelates, those Northern countries are, as Yorkshire, but especially the whole bishopric of Durham, a whole County, Northumberland, Cumberland, &c. full of Papists, full of those of the prelatical party, full of Malignants, when they come in, those parts are cleared, they will be free for three whole months, and ten days, for the disengaging of this, (which I forgot to tell you before what the Scots are to do for this 100000 l.) for they are to bring in their train of Artillery, their 21000 Horse and Foot, they are to continue three months and ten days in your Service, after they come into your kingdom, after the payment of this 100000 l. so that there is full three months and ten days for these Counties to lie open to the repayment of this money; for those three months they are to be without pay.  
These are the principal things, that we have yet thought upon for the disingaging of us, that we tender to you; there are divers others, which the Committee hath taken into consideration, which they see as much or more certainty in, than in any of these that hath been propounded; If it were no more than the public Faith of both Kingdoms, as long as the Kingdoms subsist, or the Cause thrives in the hands of one or other, this must be disengaged, so that at best it is but a Loan, and must be paid if the Cause survive, truly, if it do not survive, it being our Religion, I know not what reason we have 〈◊〉 desire to survive it, and if we lose it, I am sure we lose all.  
Truly Gentlemen, thus, I have but one word more to say; The Cause it is God's, if it be not so, let us repent that ever we meddled with it; It is the Cause of our country, if it be not so, let us now say, we repent, and leave it; It is the Cause of these three kingdoms, England, Ireland, and Scotland, it is the Cause of Christendom, for if this Cause be carried against us, certainly the Protestant Cause throughout all Europe, will fare the worse for it: this is the Cause, & this we all know to be the Cause. It hath pleased Almighty God out of his Providence to call even us poor creatures, to be the managers of this great cause of his, we have undertaken it, we have formerly by our Protestations engaged ourselves to the maintaining of it, we have all of us, both Parliament, City, and all well-affected Subjects, of this Kingdom, we have put our shoulders to it, we have of late manifested to God and all the world, that we do not repent of what we have done, we have entered into a Solemn League and Covenant; I think the solemnest that ever was seen in this Kingdom, Gentlemen thus, let our cheerfulness in this service show, that we have taken that Covenant, and do affect this business, with our whole hearts; I have done, Pray God give his blessing.   

Mr. Edmond Calamy his speech in Guildhall on Friday the sixt of October, 1643.  
Gentlemen,  
YOU have heard a worthy Gentleman of the House of Commons, it is desired by this grave and Reverend Assembly of Ministers, that three of the Ministers of this Assembly, should likewise speak unto you concerning this great business, and notwithstanding my indisposition of body, being required by them, though that Gentleman of the House of Commons hath spoken so abundantly to the purpose, yet notwithstanding I am here come to speak something, the rather to declare my willingness to appear in this Cause, that is every way so just, and every way so honest, and so good, that I may truly say, as the Martyr did, that if I had as many lives, as I have hairs on my head, I would be willing to sacrifice all these lives in this Cause; You know the story of Croesus, that though he never spoke in his life, yet when he saw his Father ready to be killed, it untied the strings of his tongue, and then he cried out, that they would not kill his Father; you are not ignorant that England and Ireland lie a-dying, and though I never appeared in this place, yet I bless God that hath given me that health, this day, to speak something in this Cause, for the reviving of the dying condition of England, and Ireland; It is such a Cause as is able to make a very Infant eloquent, and a dumb man to speak that never spoke in all his life; The matter I am desired to speak to, is, concerning the Contribution, to persuade you to be liberal towards the bringing in of the Scots, to help us in this our great necessity; The truth is, it is a great shame that England should stand in need of another Nation, to help it to preserve its Religion and Liberties: That England, that hath been enriched with the Gospel of Peace, and the peace of the Gospel for so many years, that England, that hath been blessed with so many rare Ministers of God, so many precious, and powerful servants, that have preached the Word of God in season and out of season; that England, that hath professed the Gospel with so much power and purity; that England should stand in need, of the help of their Brethren of Scotland, for to preserve that Gospel that they have professed so many years; I confess to me it seems a very strange prodigy, and a strange wonder; but it hath pleased Almighty God for the sins of England, for our great unthankfulness, and for our unthankfulness under these means, and for the great blood-guiltiness, and Idolatry, and Superstition of this Nation, it hath pleased God to suffer a great part of the Kingdom, to be blinded, especially those parts, where the Word of God hath not been preached in a powerful manner; and there are many in the Kingdom, that will not be persuaded, that there is an intention to bring in Popery, and to bring in Slavery; Many of them (I say) think that though the Popish Army should prevail, and the plundering Army should prevail, yet they think all would go well with Religion, and with their Liberties; I say, it hath pleased God to suffer abundance in the Kingdom, to be blinded with this opinion, out of a just judgement to punish us for our unthankfulness, and for our ingratitude; and this is the reason that so many men stand Neuters, and that so many are Malignants, and disaffected to this great Cause, in so much that I am concluded under this, that there is little probability to finish this Cause, without the coming in of the Scots (as you heard so worthily by that Member of the House of Commons;) The sons of Zerviah are grown so strong, what through our fearfulness, what through our covetousness, what through our malignity, that there is little hope (I say) to finish this great Cause, or to bring it to a desired peace, without the help of another Nation, and by the assistance of God, by the help of another Nation it may be done; These are two mighty, two omnipotent Arguments, to prevail with you to contribute your utmost aid and assistance to that Cause; since it cannot speedily be done without their help, & by God's blessing, it may speedily be done by their help.  
What would the King's party do, if they could engage another Nation to their help? 21000. if they could engage them to our ruin; what would they not do? How much more should we be willing to contribute our greatest help to engage a Nation, that indeed is part of our own Nation, within the same Island, and our Brethren, so faithful, and so well affected to this Cause, what should we not be willing to do to engage so great a party? I would entreat you to remember, that it is not many years ago, since our Brethren of Scotland came hither into England, in a warlike manner, and yet with peaceable affections, and that you would remind yourselves, what good they did to you, when they were then in England, they were the chief Causes of this Parliament, that now we do enjoy, and of all the good that hath been reaped by this Parliament; (as you may well remember) By their coming in you know this Parliament was procured, and their second coming in (through God's mercy) may be a means to confirm this Parliament, and to establish it, and to uphold it in its dignity, and in the privileges of it, and to keep it from being ruined; and if the Parliament be ruined, you all well know that our Religion, and our Liberties are ruined, for the Parliament is the great conservator of Religion and Liberties; and I may truly say, as you know Caligula did once wish, that all Rome were one neck that he might cut it off at one blow; They that intend to ruin the Parliament, they ruin your Religion and Liberties, & all England at one blow; Now (I say) as their first coming was a means to produce this Parliament, so their second coming in (through God's blessing) may be a means to establish it, and to confirm it▪ And when they were here, you know how faithfully they carried themselves, and when they had done their work, how willingly they went away without doing any hurt, and I doubt not of the same faithfulness, nay, you ought all to believe, that they will likewise, when they have done the work they are called too in England, they will likewise with the same faithfulness depart, for it is Religion that brings them here, and the same Religion will make them willingly leave us, and go home to their own country, when they have done that work for which they came. I am assured that the great hope at Oxford is, that they will never prevail for the petting of Money for to bring them in; and if they once see the matter of Money effected, and if they once hear of the Scots coming in, it will work such a terror there, as I am assured, that it will (through God's mercy) produce a notable compliance of that Party with the Parliament for an effectual peace, such as all the godly of the Land shall bless God for.  
I foresee there are many Objections that may be brought to hinder this work, many mountains of opposition that will lie in the way: And likewise that the Malignants will bu● many things in your ears, if it be possible to put some great rub in the way, to hinder the effecting of this work, but I hope, the love you have to God, and to your Religion, and to the Gospel, and to yours wives and children, will swallow down all these objections, and conquer them all; I'll name some few objections, and give you some short answer.  
Some it may be, will put you in mind, to call in question the lawfulness of contributing towards the bringing in of the Scots to this Nation; But for this, I'll give you an easy answer, Certainly Gentlemen, it is as lawful for the Parliament to call in our brethren of Scotland to their help, as it is lawful for me, when my house is on fire, and not able to quench it myself, to call in my neighbour to quench my house, that is ready to burn down; The Kingdom is all on fire, we are not able with that speed to quench it, as we wish, we call in our brethren in Scotland to help us to quench the flames that are kindled among us; It is as lawful as it is for the Master and mariners of a Ship, when it is ready to sink through a mighty Tempest, to call in other mariners to help to keep the Ship from sinking; It is the condition of our Kingdom now, it is ready to sink, and it is our desire that our brethren of Scotland would come in to our aid, to keep it from sinking.  
Others it may be will object and say to you, it is rebellion, especially to call in another Nation to your help. But I beseech you give me leave to put you in mind, that when the Scots came last into England, there was a Proclamation out against them, wherein they were called Rebels, and there were prayers to be said in our Churches (as you well remember) in which we were to pray against them as rebels, and there was Money likewise contributed then, for to hinder their coming in, and to raise an Army to drive them out of the kingdom, and I doubt not but you may remember, all the ill-affected did contribute money to keep them out of this Kingdom, and from tarrying in; but it pleased Almighty God through his great mercy, so to change and alter the state of things, that within a little while, the Nation of Scotland, even by Act of Parliament, they were proclaimed and made the true and loyal Subjects of the King, and in those Churches in which they were prayed against as rebels, even in those very Churches, they were pronounced the good Subjects of the King; this I doubt not but you remember, & I doubt not, but through the mercy of God, the Lord raising up our hearts, I doubt not but the same effect, will come of their second coming into this Kingdom; and they that now tell you they are Rebels, and you do an act of Rebellion, in the contribution to the bringing of them in. I doubt not but you shall see an Act of Parliament to call them his loyal Subjects, (wherein I hope our King will concur with his Parliament) and likewise Prayers made; nay, a day of thanksgiving, as was after their first coming, a day of Thanksgiving for the mercy of God, in stirring up their hearts to be willing to come unto our help.  
But it may be some others will object and say, why should we that are Ministers, engage ourselves so much in this business? to see a Reverend Assembly of grave Ministers to appear here in so great an Assembly. This it may be, will be a mighty objection to some, but I beseech you give me leave to give you a short answer did I not think that that that shall be said this day, would mightily conduce to peace, for my part, I would not have been the month of the Assembly; did I think any other way to produce a solid and a settled peace, a Religious peace. I that am a Minister of peace, an Ambassador of peace; I would not have been a Trumpeter to this business this day: the truth is, if you would have peace with Popery, a Peace with slavery; if you would have a Judas peace, or a Joab his peace, you know the Story, he kissed Amasa, and then killed him; if you would have a peace that may bring a massacre with it, a French peace, if you would have such a peace, it may be had easily; but if you would have a peace that may continue the Gospel among you, and may bring in a Reformation, such as all the godly in the kingdom do desire, I am concluded under this, and am confident that such a peace cannot be had without contribution towards the bringing in of the Scots, and that is the reason for the promoting of this peace, this blessed peace, that we have appeared here this day: and methinks (Gentlemen) the very sight of these worthy Divines, me thinks so many Divines, so many Orators, so many silent Orators to plead with you, to be willing to engage yourselves to the utmost to help forward the Nation of Scotland to come to our help. And likewise I would put you in mind of the 10▪ of Numbers, there you shall read that there were two silver Trumpets; and as there were Priests appointed for the convocation of their Assemblies, so there were Priests to sound the silver Trumpets to proclaim the war. And likewise in the 20. of Deuteronomy, you shall find there, that when the children of Israel would go out to war, the sons of Levi, one of the Priests, was to make a speech to encourage them. And certainly, if this were the way of God in the Old Testament, certainly much more in such a Cause as this, in which Cause Religion is so intwin'd, and indeed so interlaced, that Religion and this Cause, they are like Hippocrates his twins, they must live and die together. And (Gentlemen) if Religion were not concerned in this Cause, and mightily concerned; and if Religion did not live and die with it, we had not appeared this day; And I hope this will be a sufficient answer unto this Objection.  
But there is another Objection which I will answer, and then briefly give leave to my other Reverend Brethren, that likewise are prepared to speak here. The great Objection of all is this, that the City is already exhausted, and so much Money hath been lent already, that there is no hope of lending any more; this is the grand Objection, But truly (Gentlemen) for my part, this is one of the chief Arguments I have to persuade you to lend a little more, because you have lent so much: give me leave to put you in mind of that Story, in the 2 Kings 13. the Story of King Joash, that came to visit the Prophet Elisha, when he was ready to breathe out his last, the Prophet Elisha gives him a bow and arrows, and bids him shoot, he shoots, and bids him smite, he smites the ground thrice, and then he ceased, the Prophet was exceeding angry with him, and tells him, you should have smote the ground 5 or 6 times, and then you should have utterly consumed the Assyrians, whereas now you shall smite them but three times. Give me leave to apply this, Gentlemen, you have smote the ground thrice, you have lent once, twice, and thrice, indeed you have been the fame of England, and the Repairers of England, and the Ornaments of England, you have lent much, but let me tell you, you must smite the ground 5 or 6 times, if ever you look to consume the Assyrians, if ever you look to bring this war to a happy Peace, that your posterities may rejoice in this Peace, you must shoot one arrow more, and then through God's blessing, you may utterly consume these Enemies, that you and your posterity may rejoice in a happy peace; It is a famous story of Johannes Eleemozinarius, that when he had given even almost all he had to the poor, his friends were exceeding angry with him, and told him he had undone himself, what was his answer? O (saith he) I have not yet shed my blood for Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ he emptied himself of his Divinity, to make us rich, he became poor, and shed his blood for you; You have not yet made yourselves so poor as Jesus Christ was, that had no house to lodge in, and he did all this for your sakes; You have not yet shed your blood for the Cause of Christ; we read that Moses was willing to be blotted out of the book of life, for the Cause of God; and we read of Paul, that he was willing to be accursed, for the people of Israel's sake; And will you not be willing to venture your earthly provisions for so good a Cause as this is, which (I say) England was never engaged in the like.  
Religion hath produced all the wealth you have, all your wealth is but the child of Religion, we have a saying, Religio peperit divitias, & divitiae devoravunt matrem; Religion hath begot wealth, and the Daughter hath devoured the Mother; & ●●lia devoravit matrem; but give me leave, and I hope (through God's blessing) you will invert this saying, Religion hath got you all the wealth you have, you Gentlemen, and I hope the Daughter now will preserve the Mother; I hope Riches will preserve Religion, and not destroy Religion. A famous example of Polan●● Noli●●●, that when he had given all that he had away, and being asked, why he would give so much to the poor, he gave this answer, V● levi●● ascenderem s●alam Ja●c●i, that I might the easier get up Jacob's ladder; And let me assure you, in the word of a Minister, the contributing to this Cause for God's sake, and for the glory of God, and for the peace of the Gospel, (I say) will be a means to make you the sooner ascend up Jacob's Ladder; not for the giving of the money, but for the evidence of your Faith, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, by your giving of the money; And certainly that man will never get up Jacob's Ladder, that hath the ●ust of his money to ●●ar witness against him, at the day of Judgement, especially at such a time as this. Give me leave to put you in mind of one other story, and that is of one Bernardinu● 〈◊〉 that was so liberal to the poor, that every penny that he gave to the poor, he would call it a holy penny, and a happy penny▪ and he would bless God▪ that he had that penny to 〈◊〉 indeed he was a Papist, and his ordinary speech was, O happy penny, that hath purchased immortality to me; indeed this speech was not good, for it is not our money that doth purchase heaven, that is an evidence of the truth of our Faith, that lays hold upon Christ for salvation; But let me tell you, if ever (Gentlemen) you might use this speech, O happy penny; you may use it now, Happy money that will purchase my Gospel, happy money that will purchase Religion, and purchase a Reformation, to my posterity, O happy money, and blessed bee God that I have it to lend. And I count it the greatest opportunity that ever God did offer to the godly of this Kingdom, to give them some money to lend to this Cause; And I remember in this Ordinance of Parliament, you call it Advance money; It is called an Ordinance to advance money towards the maintaining of the Parliaments forces▪ and truly it is the highest advance of money, to make money an instrument to advance my Religion; the Lord give you hearts to believe this.  
You shall have the Faiths of both Kingdoms engaged in this Cause, the Kingdom of Scotland, and the Kingdom of England, and surely the public Faith of Scotland will secure the public Faith of England; I speak now of secondary causes▪ through God's blessing. I am informed by the Commissioners of Scotland, that the Nation of Scotland are now taking the Covenant, (that we took the last Lord● day in this City▪) And you know that a Scotch Covenanter is a terrible thing; you know what mighty things they did, by their last Covenant; you know that the name of a Covenanter, the very name of it, did do wonders; And I am assured by them, that there is not one person in the Kingdom of Scotland, that is not a Covenanter, and there shall not one abide among them, that will not take this Covenant, and there shall not one of those 21000 that are to come over in this Cause, not one of them shall come, that will not take this Covenant, but they must take this Covenant before they come; O that the consideration of these things, might work up your hearts to a high degree of Charity, to a superlative degree, and that the Lord would make you more active and more liberal in this great Cause; For my part, I speak it in the name of myself, and in the name of these 〈◊〉 Ministers, we will not only speak to persuade you to contribute, but every one of us, that God hath given any estate to, we will all to our utmost power, we will not only say it●, but v●●ite, we will not only speak to you to lend, but every one of us, as we have already lent, so we will lend to our utmost power, and bless God that we have it to lend; for indeed it is now a time of action, and not of speaking only, because it is an extraordinary business, therefore here is an extraordinary appearance of so many Ministers, to encourage you in this Cause, that you may see how real the godly ministry in England, is unto this Cause.  
The Gospel it is called a Pearl of price, by our Saviour Christ, and I hope all you Merchants, will part with your goodly pearls to buy this pearl of price; You Tradesmen, the Gospel is called a Treasure hid in the field, so our Saviour Christ calls it, I hope you will be willing to part with your earthly treasures, to preserve this blessed treasure, that is hid in the field; you have parted with some goodly pearls already, I hope you will part with your other goodly pearls: There is an excellent Story of one Nonlu● a Roman Senator, that had a pearl that he did prize above his life, and when Anthony the Triumvir, one that was then in great power, when he sent to N●nius to have the pearl, he would not send it him, and he told him, that if he would banish him, he would be willingly banished, so he might save his pearl, if he would take away his life, he would die with his pearl; he did not regard his country, so he might have his pearl▪ he regarded nothing, so he might have his pearl; but he would not part with his pearl, what ever he parted withal; This pearl it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that you have professed in this City, and I hope you have professed it with power; and certainly, you have the name of those that have professed the Gospel in the greatest purity of any under heaven; This pearl is this Gospel, I hope you will part with all willingly and cheerfully, rather than part with the Gospel, though you go to prison, carry the Gospel with you, nay, though you lose your lives, ●t shall be with the Gospel, and for the Gospel; I hope so.  
There is one Argument more, and then I have done, and that is from the inveterate hatred they have at Oxford, against the City of London, and against you for your good, because you have been so well-affected to this Cause. Gentlemen, I beseech you give me leave (that am no Statesman, not acquainted with the affairs of policy, yet give me leave) to put you in mind of this, that surely the plundering Army at Oxford conceive that they shall find a great treasure here in the City, though many pretend they have no money; Though certainly you have done well, and lent much, yet the plundering Army give out, that if they get possession of the City, they shall find a treasury to be able to pay all they have been at: And if ever you should be driven (which God forbid) to make your peace, it would cost you twenty times as much then to procure your peace, and such a peace it may be, that would be rather a war than a Peace, and a death better than that peace, which now you may have for a very little, a most happy Peace.  
There is a famous story of Zelimus Emperor of Constantinople, that after he had taken Egypt, he found a great deal of treasure there, and the soldiers came to him, and asked him, what shall we do with the Citizens of Egypt, for we have found a great treasure among them, and we have taken their Riches? O▪ (saith he) hang them all up, for they are too rich to be made slaves; and this was all the thanks they had for the riches they were spoiled of; And it may be●, though some of you that stand neute●●, or some of you that are disaffected to the Cause of the Parliament, may think that if the Lord for our sins, should give up this City unto the Army that is with the King, you may think that you shall escape, yet be assured that youngoods will be Roundheads, though you be not, your goods will be Gybalins, though you be Gwel●s, as 〈…〉 is; Certainly, there will be no distinction, in the plundering of your goods, between you and others; and therefore let me beseech you, that as the Lord hath made you instruments to do a great deal of good already, for indeed you are the preservers of our Religion, and you are the preservers of our Parliament, by your liberality, and by your former contributions, and by your assistance, and the Lord hath made you mighty instruments of our good, let me beseech you, that you would persevere, and now we are come to the sheet Anchor, we are now come to the last cast, I beseech you, you would persevere, and hold out; and O that my words might add somewhat to help forward this contribution! It hath pleased God to make me a settled ministry in this City, and I have now been here almost five years in this City, and though I had never done any good in my place, I should now think it a great fr●ite of my coming to this City, if after five years' unprofitableness, I might speak somewhat this afternoon, that might enlarge your hearts to a greater measure of liberality; All I will say is this: we Divines say, that Perseverance is the only grace that Crowns a Christian; Methushelah lived 999 years, if he had fallen away from Grace, at the 999 years' end, all the good that he had done before, had been quite forgotten; I know that God will so uphold his children, that they shall never fall away, but I bring it as a supposition, that suppose that Methushelah had forsaken his righteousness, all he had done before, had been quite forgotten; but God hath made a promise, never to forsake his Children, and that grace he hath begun in them, he will finish, and I doubt not but that God, that hath put it into your hearts to be● so liberal already, and to do so much in this Cause, and to be so cordial, and so real, and to exceed all other parts of the Kingdom, I hope that same God now will finish that good work he hath begun, and will crown all his graces in you, with the Grace of Perseverance; and that God that hath been the Author of all the good you have done, I doubt not; but that God will be the Finisher; And I beseech God to give a blessing to that hath been spoken.   

Mr. Jeremiah Burroughes his speech in Guildhall on Friday the sixt of October, 1643.  
Gentlemen,  
PRovidence hath cast this Assembly, met for such a weighty occasion (as indeed it is the weightiest, that hath concerned England in our age) to be late, and so perhaps wearisome to many of you, but you may well be content to stay a while, although you should be deprived of a great part of your sleep this night, if this Evenings business may have the hoped success of it, it may make you sleep quietly and securely many nights after. Things of present and absolute necessity, call for action, not deliberation; this work that you have been called unto, is such, as you must leave objecting against it, and rather fall a blessing God, that you may be used in it; In the 1 of Chronicles 22. 14. When David and the people had come and offered of their estates freely, and bountifully; David he humbles himself then, Who am I? and who are we? It were happy if you come all with such an humble frame of spirit, to admire that God preserves your lives, and calls you at this time to such a work, so concerning his glory, and the good of three Kingdoms, yea of the Christian world; If ever you that have estates had cause to rejoice in them, then now when God presents such a large opportunity for his service as he loathe; and wherein consills man's happiness, but in being serviceable in his generation? In these days to be acted by that poor, ●ow principle, Qui bene lotuit, bene vixit; that is, let us keep ourselves safe, and quiet, keep our estates, take heed of appearing too far, we know not which side may prevail; this is an argument of a vile and a sordid spirit; let such a man's name be written in the earth; Unworthy is such a man to live in such a Generation as this, in which God is doing such great things, as might enliven the deadest heart, quicken the dullest spirit, raise the heaviest, and enlarge the straitest spirit living upon the earth; In former times indeed there was less charge called for, there was less trouble, but there was less service too, and what do you think to be the measure of a man's happiness, either little trouble, or much service? A gracious heart thinks it as great a mercy to lay out for God, as to receive from God; God in these our days is risen on high in his administrations, and our hearts should rise together with him; Psalm 105. 4, 5. Thy mercy O Lord is above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds▪ what follows? be thou then exalted, O Lord, above the Heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth; This day God's name, God's great works they are above the heavens, they are very high, we behold them, let our hearts rise in a suitable way, as God rises in his workings, and all say, and do as we say, that God may be exalted now above the heavens indeed.  
God can do his work without you, and do it certainly he will, howsoever, but seeing he is now laying a foundation of the most glorious building, that it is like ever hath been in this world, if he shall be pleased to call you to be helpful in it, it will be God's mercy, and your glory; Were it that this one principle were raised in the hearts of people, that to do public service, it is not only a duty, but a dignity, how ready, how abundant then would men be in the Work of the Lord? There hath lately been the most blessed union of two Nations, as ever was in the world, lifting up their hands to the high God, swearing that they will amend their ways, and seek to reform themselves according unto the Word, let us now reach forth our hands and hearts, unto our brethren in Scotland, let us come up fully unto this our engagement, and rejoice in it, for certainly that Nation is a Nation that God doth love, a Nation that God doth honour, and by those many expressions of his love, showed that he doth intend to make them special instruments of the great things he hath to do in this latter age of the world; It is a Nation that is united the most firmly of any people under heaven, we may truly call it a Philadelphia, and Brightman (that famous light in former times, 30 or 40 years since) did parallel the Church of Philadelphia with the Church of Scotland; Philadelphia signifies brotherly love; When was there ever a Nation, such a Church, that joined together in such firm Covenants as they have done? had we had the like union amongst us, O what great things had we done long before this time?  
A Nation it is that hath engaged itself to God in a higher way, in a more extraordinary way, than any Nation this day upon the face of the earth hath done; in the most solemn way Covenanting with the eternal God, pouring forth their prayers, and their tears for joy, together with their Covenanting; A Nation that hath reformed their lives for so small a time more than ever any people that we know of in the world have done, and a people that have risen up against Antichrist more in another way, than ever people have done, and that is the great Work of God in these times, and therefore God certainly hath a love unto them, because they break the ice, and begin the work, and arise in such a way as they do for the pulling down of that man of sin. A Nation that God hath honoured by giving as glorious success unto, as ever he did unto any; whose low and mean beginnings he hath raised to as great a height, as ever low beginnings in any country were: How hath God dissipated and biased the counsels of their adversaries? how hath he discovered all their Treacheries? although they be in themselves (comparatively at least) a poor people, and of little strength, (as the Church of Philadelphia was) yet they have kept the word of God's patience, and God hath kept them in the hour of temptation; God therefore is with them: (How happy should we be, if we may have them in a near union with us?) And a people that have carried themselves with as great honour and faithfulness, with as great wisdom and order in the most difficult work that ever a people did undertake, in those by and intricate paths that were before uncrodden. Certainly that they undertook at the beginning of their wor●e, but a few years since, it could not but be looked upon with the eye of reason, as the most unlikely work ever to have proceeded, as any work● hath ever done, and yet how hath the Lord been with them, and with what wisdom and graciousness have they carried it? Was there ever such an example since the world began, of a people coming out of a poorer country, into a fat and richer country, and having those opportunities that they had to enrich themselves to go away so as they did? (their greatest enemies they now admire at them.) A people they are that began to rise for their Liberties, when the generality of this people here, were ready basely to bow down their backs, and put their necks under the yoke: and had it not been that they had been willing to have endured the brunt, we had all been slaves (it is like) at this day. A people that are exceeding sensible of our condition, witness that when our Letters from the Reverend Assembly came unto them, they received them with tears, and much meltings of spirit, in their general Kirke Assembly; witness their readiness and willingness to come now, though in winter season, in times that we dare not venture ourselves abroad; witness the temptations that they have had unto the contrary, and yet carried through all.  
They now desire 100000 l. what is this to 300000 l. in pay? what is this to five Counties? what is this to the plunder of a whole City? what reasonable terms do they proffer to come among you? do but give them 100000 l. advance, and they engage themselves for three months and ten days, and in the winter time to be in the kingdom, not to have a foot of Land granted unto them, or assured them, but willing to depart again without any more, when they have done their work; this certainly cannot but satisfy any spirit that is never so malignant, at least it may stop his mouth. A Nation it is that we are engaged unto likewise, that that now is desired of you, is no more indeed then is their due, it is due already to them, but they desire it not in that way. Wherefore shall such an opportunity as this is be lost for want of Money? God forbid; shall a people to whom God hath given such testimony of his acceptance, be rejected by us, when they would come in and help us? Their Liberties are settled, why they, though on the other side of Jordan, they are not therein satisfied, to sit still, but are willing to come themselves, and come into the brunt, and hazard themselves, for the settling of their brethren in the inheritance of the Lord likewise.  
And it is not only the number of those that shall come in ●1000 that is our advantage, but the great business is, the engagement of a kingdom, the encouragement of such a Kingdom, that God hath given such testimony to, that that Kingdom shall be by this everlastingly engaged in what is dear unto us, in our peace and our security, that is the advantage of all. And as the Lord hath a delight in this place, in this Nation, he hath no less surely in this renowned City; this City whom indeed our adversaries have found out nicknames for, and call it the rebellious City, (as formerly Rehum the chancellor, and Shimsbai the Scribe, Ezra 4. called the City of Jerusalem) but God hath other names for you, it is the City of the Lord of Hosts, it is the faithful City, and God hath much mercy certainly for this place. There is no City in the world, that hath such a cloud of incense of prayers go daily up to heaven (I verily believe) as doth from this City. Yea, put all the Cities of the earth together, I scarce think that God is so much honoured in family duties in them all together, as he is in this place. A City that hath had the powerful preaching of the Gospel, beyond all Cities upon the face of the earth; and the Ministers of it receiving more encouragement here, than they have done in any other parts of the world. A City that hath more of the power and life of godliness, than any place yet upon the face of the earth; surely God intendeth good to this City, and doth likewise delight in it, and he hath great things for this City to do, and great mercy to bestow upon them.  
You have been the bulwark of that honourable Assembly in both Houses of Parliament, you have been their safety, you have been their assistance, their lives have been preserved by you, and God will remember it another day, and he hath mercy in store for that labour of your love, and that hazard that you endured in that thing: You have been the refuge of the banished Ministers, and Saints of, God in most parts of this kingdom, and in Ireland, and the blessing of those that are ready to perish, it is much upon this City night & day. Never did the Lord stir up so many young ones, as he hath done in this city at this time, that promises great mercy, that speaks aloud to us, that God intendeth to do great things by them. Never was there so many godly ones, or more, (to speak with modesty) together in place of power in this City, than there is at this day. You have the blessing of all the prayers of all the servants of God throughout this kingdom, Parents shall teach their children to bless God for London, as long as they live, yea for many generations, when they have any fruit by the Gospel, they shall teach their children to acknowledge it to the glory of God; children thank God for London, thank God that ever you heard of Christ, had it not been for the forwardness, the zeal, the activeness of the Spirits of those in London, you had never come to enjoy these Liberties of the Gospel, as now you do. And now shall this City withdraw themselves from such a noble and great work of God, as they are called unto at this time, and let it fall because of them? for it is in your power, either to raise it, or to let it fall, (that is the English of it) it is in your power now, either to save us, or to undo us, and shall this be let fall now out of love of money? shall I say, Let the money of those men perish with them? No, I came not hither to threaten, but to persuade; consider that the mercies that you have from Christ, cost Christ more than money▪ they cost Christ his dear heart blood: Who is it that raised your estates more than others? have not many of you come hither low, as Jacob, with your staff to this City, and now behold these bands, this estate? who knows but that you are raised for such a time as this? Have not you engaged yourselves many times in prayer to God, when first you entered into Covenant to God, did not you give up all your estate then to God, to be employed in his Service, God calls for his due at this time from you? Oftentimes upon your sick beds, and death beds (in your apprehension of death, that they would have been death beds) you have then given up all again to God, and vowed that if God did raise you up, you would live to his service, you would employ your strength in his Service. God calls for all those vows, you have now an opportunity to fulfil all those vows: And seeing providence hath cast it so, that a Reverend Assembly of Divines, hath appointed us to speak thus unto you, give us leave to speak in the name of God unto you, and to call upon you in the name of God; for the fulfilling of all the vows that you have made upon your sick beds, to give up yourselves and your estates for the service of the Lord: And know that if you shall keep your estates otherwise then God would have you, it will be to you as the Manna was to the Israelites, they kept it longer than they should, and there was worms in it; 〈◊〉 that was preserved no longer than God's time, was sweet, but that that was kept afterwards, it had worms breeding in it; Your estates you have now, you must not think will always be so sweet as they have been unto you, if you preserve them longer than God would have you, there will worms breed in them, yea the curse of God will be in them.  
Have not you s●nt up many prayers to God, for this great Cause, that God would bless it? (I appeal to you) than you have engaged yourselves to Heaven by all your prayers; therefore I beseech and entreat you now, by all the prayers you have made, (as before by your vows, by all the prayers you have made) upon your Fasting days, that God would preserve his Cause, that you would now do as much as in you lies, to maintain his Cause, otherwise how do you trifle with the great God, and mock him in your prayers, that you seek to him to maintain it, and when there is an opportunity in your hands, you will not do wh●t lies in you. It may be you will say, w●e have done much already; we acknowledge it, and blessed bee God for it, but know the Cause is a great Cause, and it is a great God that you do for; Philo Judaeus tells us, it was enough among some heathenish people, but to say to them, Libertas agitur, the business is your Liberty, that is afoot, enough to venture their estates and lives; It is not Liberty alone, but Religion (as you have heard:) But because some may perhaps cast such a scruple into your minds, a● we have heard of it; That what warrant have we to take up arms to maintain Religion? that is not at present to be discussed, but only this, to satisfy and stop all their mouths with one word:  
Thus far none can deny it, but it is lawful to take up arms, to maintain that civil right we have to our Religion, and this we do; For we have not only a right to our Religion, by the Law of God, but we have a civil right to this our Religion, that other Christians have not had, and therefore there can be no scruple in this, to retard you in such a work as this, you have done much, but a gracious heart will ever think what he hath done for God, it is but poor and low; That example is famous of David, that had done so much for preparing the Temple of God, in the 1 of Chronicles 22. 14. It was 1000000 talents of silver, and 1000 talents of gold; which some compute a matter of 33 Cart loads of silver, allowing 20000 li. to every Cart load, and 70 millions of French Crowns of gold, this David had done preparing but for the house of the Lord, and yet he saith that out of his poverty he had done all this; all this was but a poor and low thing for him to do in comparison of the great God; why, have you done more than this? therefore seeing it is for the high God, you have done it, look upon what you have done, but as low, and still go on in the work of the Lord; You have done much, and so have the adversaries too; we would have you to weigh this, that the adversary hath been at as much charge, as you have been, as bountiful and free as you have been; in the 46 of Isaiah 6. We read that the Idolaters did lavish out their gold upon their Idols, yea, they lavished their gold out of their bags: Certainly, our adversary hath felt the burden of this, and hath been at the charge of it, as much as you; You have done much, but yet you have not gone in a good work so far as a Herod hath done; Josephus in his 15 Book of Antiquities, and about the 12 Chapter, tells us of Herod the King, that in the time of scarcity, he sold away all his moveables, all the plate that was served to his table, and fetched corn from Egypt, and bought it for the poor, and clothed them, yea, and gave seed corn to the Assyrians his neighbours; Why now, in this our Kingdom, we may see much Plate still at many Noble men's tables; yea, at many gentlemen's tables, a great deal of Plate reserved, they have not sold all their moveables, and Plate to give away; it is but a proportion of their estates, and but to lend upon so good security.  
And take this one consideration further, your having done much, is a mighty preparation, to make your doing now to be formidable to your adversaries; for what is the hope of your adversary? but that you are drawn dry; They triumph in this, and they tell the world, that there must be such petty ways, to seek to the City, to get petty sums of money, and all is even gone, and therefore we shall have them to be a prey ere long; but when they shall see, that after so much hath been expended here, that you have such free spirits, and to come out still abundantly with further treasure, this will more daunt their hearts; this 100000 li. will daunt their hearts more than 2000000 li. before hath done; If you say, why do we do all? What if God will give the City, the special honour, yet the country will be required for a great part besides; but the Lord's work now to be done, it must be done especially by his servants; and we know in Ezra, when as the adversaries of Judah would have come and helped in the work, they would not suffer them to come and help in the work; I say not, we should do so; but only to satisfy ●s in this, that we should not think it much, that God should especially honour us in such a work as this is; But yet besides know, that your interest in this business, it is more than the interest of other men; for other men care not what becomes of Religion, what care they for Reformation? they are willing to be slaves to some, that they might have others slaves under them; But you desire Reformation, you therefore shall have the greatest share in the blessing of the issue of this work; and therefore if others do not so much, yet you should be willing to be forward in the work you are now called to; and if you be willing, it is like in a little while, you may get such power, that you may bring others to do whatsoever may appear to be just; If it shall be said, I, but a great deal is done, but to little purpose all this while; O (my brethren) say not so, it is an unthankful voice, this, for much hath been done, there hath been a check given to the adversary, the stream of tyranny and slavery, it hath been stopped, your lives have all this while been preserved by what hath been done; If you think, but it is too late, and all will be lost that we do; Say not so neither, this is below a Roman spirit, the Romans when Hannibal was at their gates, yet would sell their fields at as great a rate, and as great a consideration, as at any other time▪ Even the field where the Enemy was, found buyers, when it was put to sale, there were enough to buy that field; Your spirits would scarce rise so high to give a valuable consideration, for the field of your Enemy, to be Fee simple to yourselves; he not discouraged, you have not only the Faith of both kingdoms, (that hath been offered) but we as Divines may offer you this day the Faith of Heaven, the Faith of the promises of Heaven, they are offered to you, and there is nothing will blast that work more than a discouraged heart; You know that the very thing that caused God to deprive the children of Israel of Canaan, when they were at the borders, it was, because they were discouraged, and said, There are children of Anak here, and let us not go; The Lord is bringing of us to a blessed 〈◊〉 it is true, we are in a wilderness, but we know God hath brought us into the wilderness, and he will speak comfortably to us in it; and let us not be afraid of difficulties, lest we be deprived of that good Land that God is bringing us into; and little cause have we to be discouraged, for those we have to deal with, their spirits are base and vile; why should we fear those uncircumcised Philistines?  
And we see God hath been with us, in every thing that we have undertaken; we have never shown ourselves like men, but God hath shown himself to be like a God for us. If you say, Well, but were it not better we bent all our forces to some Accommodation? To that we answer you thus: You have to deal not only with his Majesty, but with a Popish party that are about him, and what security you can ever have of your peace, (as was worthily said before) except the Scottish Nation comes in for to fasten it, it is easy for any one to judge. I will tell you but one story about that, and because it is suitable unto you, I will therefore relate it here: It is a Story that I find in the Chronicles, that in the days of King Edward the fixed, King Edward sends to this City for assistance against the Lords, and the Lords send to the City for their assistance likewise, against the protector, the Earl of Summersault; and the Common council was called, (I suppose in this place,) and there stands up, as the story saith, a wise discreet Citizen, in the Common council▪ and makes this speech unto them; First, he acknowledges that the cause was right for the Lords, for the Kingdom, though it were against the will of the King, because the King would not then put in execution those Laws that should be, but hindered them, but yet (saith he) let me remind you of that that I have read in Fabians Chronicle, (it was one George Stadley that stood up, let me remind you of that) when there was a fight between the Lords and the King, the Lords send for assistance to the City, the City granted their assistance, the Lords prevailed, the King was taken, and his Son a Prisoner; afterwards they were both released upon Composition, and amongst other things, this was one, that howsoever the City should be preserved, that the City should suffer nothing for what they had done; and this Composition was confirmed by Act of Parliament, but (saith this Citizen) what came of it? did the King forgive? No▪ nor forget, for afterwards all our Liberties were taken away, strangers were set over us, for our Heads and governors; the bodies and the estates of the Citizens were given away, and one misery followed after another; and so we were most miserably persecuted; and here was their Accommodation.  
Wherefore then (to close all) you have heard before, that we come not only to persuade you, but to engage ourselves as well as to persuade you, and to do that, that we would have you do: For our parts, as we have in some proportionable manner done it already, so we are ready to do it further, and it beseems us well to do it; we read in the 3 of Nebemiah, that the first that did help to repair the City, it was the Priests of the City, and about the middle of the City, the Priests of the Plain; I suppose it is meant, the City Ministers, and the country Ministers, and you shall find in that Chapter, several sorts of people were there, there were the Rulers these specially mentioned; I suppose their chief Rulers, as their Aldermen, &c. they were very forward in that work of the Lord; Yea, there were the Tradesmen, there you read much of the Goldsmiths, two several times in that Chapter, you read of the Goldsmiths, more than others, and you read of the Apothecaries, that they were ready in their work; yea, and you read of the Daughters of men, how they forwarded their Parents; I would I had to speak to many young ones this day, I hope I should prevail much with them, to be great forwarders of you that are more ancient, that you may do this freely, which you are here exhorted to.  
Have not many of you spent your blood in this Cause, yea, how many young ones in this City have lost their blood? Me thinks a spirit of indignation should rise in you, to vindicate the loss of the blood of your Servants and Children▪ many precious ones, that might have lived many years, to have done good service for the Lord; Even the children of the City, they rise and cry, Hosanna, Hosanna, O blessed is ●ee that cometh in the name of the Lord! O then let old Citizens be forward, methinks Elders should ●ee forward in this Cause▪ for ●●e thinks they should not think themselves men of this world, In the 17 of John, Christ speaks of himself, when he was going out of the world, I am not in the World; and so should you going out of the world, even say, you are not in the world; and therefore let your close in going out of the world, be a happy close in such a blessed work as this is. And know there shall come a day, wherein you shall be calling and crying to God for mercy; the success of this evening's work will be recorded against that day, when you shall cry for mercy. I conclude all with applying the words of Jotham to the men of Sechem, in the 9 of Judges 7. harken to me, that God may harken to you: So (I say) harken to that worthy Member of the House of Commons, unto that Reverend Divine before, and to him that shall come after: harken unto ●s this day, that God may harken unto you.   

Mr. Obadiah Sedgewick his speech in Guildhall on Friday the sixt of October, 1643.  
Gentlemen,  
I Am commanded by the Assembly of Divines, and they by a command from the House of Commons, to be present at this solemn and public meeting, and from them to move for that, which I confidently presume is granted already, a helping heart, and a helping hand, to preserve (O that we must be forced to say so, and yet blessed be God that we are alive to say so, to preserve!) our Religion, our lives, and the lives of ours. It is I confess my happiness, that I am not to speak unto such who have made our troubles, and that laugh at them, but unto them that see our distresses, & know how to compassionate them: the persuasion is the more hopeful, when the compassion is beforehand afoot: if that honourable Gentleman that spoke first, had been sent with fire to destroy your City, or others with Swords from that grave Senate, to have destroyed your lives, or with armed power to have compelled and plundered your estates; there I confess a refusal, nay a contempt had been the most proper answer. But Sirs, their address unto you is paternal, it is humble and full of efficacy, it is but to request you to preserve your own lives, it is but to request you that you would not suffer yourselves, your wives, your children, your City, your Religion to be destroyed. I confess that I had prepared divers things to have worked on you; but they that have spoken before me, have scarce left me any new matter to say, but all (which I wish with all my heart were wrought in you, as well as in myself, nothing lest but) to do.  
The Religion that we have all our lives professed, if it be not worth thy money, trample it under thy feet: Religion (brethren) is an invaluable thing, it is far above our estates, far above our lives, nay it is far above our souls. For our estates, the Heathen say so much, That our estates were not to be insisted on, when Religion was in danger, and therefore some of them have according to their imaginary Religion, (the strength of it) they have neglected their goods to preserve their Gods; nay they hare (as Alvinus did) neglect his own wife and children, to take care of that vain Deity that they sacrificed unto. It is (I confess to me) a most remarkable thing that Pliny reports, (and good Gentlemen, let not Heathens exceed Christians, in love either to their Country or Religion:) You know that Hannibal was a sore enemy to the Romans, and the Romans, when they to maintain themselves against them had exhausted all their public treasury▪ a consul in the Senate bespoke the people that they would all ●ring out their personal estates, (something like what is this day moved unto you) it was so instantly, it was so universally relished, that all ●orts of people brought in abundantly, and (might I give but a suggest unto the grave Senators, that) the Citizens, and 〈…〉 Senator in Rome, left not himself, (so prodigal was 〈◊〉 for th●●●fety of the public, he left not unto himself) for to keep himself and household, above the value of 16 Crowns. O shall heathens be so prodigal to preserve themselves against a Hannibal▪ & shall not Christians be as careful to preserve their Religion against Antichrist.  
Well Sirs, as that which you are desired to expend something of your estates for is Religion, that is far beyond all your estates, so it is that, that is far beyond all your lives: For I beseech you what are all your lives for value unto Religion, what will your lives be to you for comfort, when the sun is taken out of the Firmament, and the Gospel is removed out of this English horizon? if▪ you should outlive the Gospel, why (the Lord be merciful to you) what would your lives avail you? were it not better to make Religion and the Gospel your Executors, then to make Idolaters your Executors? were it not better to make Religion your Executors, then to make yourselves, or your posterities heirs of Idolatry? When Troy was taken, Anchises disdained to take his son's counsel, to save his life: Away! live when Troy is taken? And truly (Friends) if there be in any of you, (a● I persuade myself there is in all of you that hear me this da●) a sense of God, a sense of your souls, a sense of the Gospel of Christ, why you must acknowledge now, that all your comforts are lost, that all your hopes on earth are lost, and all your hopes in heaven are gone, if the Gospel, if that Religion be gone. Nay, (as I said at the beginning) it is that, that no not your souls can stand in competition with; I confess the soul of man is a precious thing, it is as the ring of Gold, yet if I do not mistake myself) Religion is the most precious Diamond in that ring. The business of Religion, why, it is the salvation of your souls, no less than your souls, and higher I cannot speak. And if this will not move you, at this time to lend out your strength, to preserve your lives, your estates, your Religion, that which preserves your souls to eternity, I can say nothing more. But then Sirs observe one thing, there is not only this dignity in Religion that may challenge all that you are and have; but there is likewise an efficacy in Religion: It is one of the best Masters, and one of the best Fathers, true Religion is. What you lay out to preserve it, that one day will return to preserve you. I have ever thought our Religion to be our shield; and as he said of his shield, so Religion will say to you, Defend me, and I will defend you. It is our shield, why, preserve your shield, you preserve yourself: O that this large Auditory would but remember two or three things, that I will speak unto you. It is better (Friends) to keep your Religion with the expense of all you have, then to keep all you have with the loss of one dram of Religion; and if you should quit the preservation of Religion, you shall lose in the event, both Religion and yourselves too. There will be a double loss; you may perhaps for the present be at a double cost to keep up Religion, but you shall be at a treble loss if you lose Religion; you shall lose your lives, you shall lose the estates that you keep, and you shall lose your souls too; and if any thing keeps you, it is Religion. For if any thing keeps God, that keeps all, it is the keeping of Religion. Now Sirs, a● this argument (besides all that 〈…〉 for in truth, they have left me almost naked, that I have nothing to say; as this argument)▪ may revive those affections that have been stirred up already, so methinks, if you look but upon the very condition of the Church this day, I profess unto you, it will break your hearts; and therefore may certainly open your purses this day: Why, (friends) if I am able, I may not deny, no, not one day, nor the second day, nor the third day, nor any time, I must not deny to help a poor Lazarus; I must not see Lazarus to starve and die at my doors, if that I am able to help a poor Christian: Why, if my bowels must extend themselves, i● 〈◊〉 help must extend itself to one Christian, how shall I, how can I see, the Churches of Jesus Christ, for to▪ gasp and give up the Ghost at the feet of blood? There are two sorts of blood which will lie heavy upon my soul, if that I should suffer the guilt of them to be upon my soul▪ there is the blood of Christ, and the blood of the Churches of Christ: If Abel● blood, the blood of a single person, was so heavy upon ●ain, what will the blood of 〈◊〉 Church, of all the Churches of Christ, let down upon our fonts▪ if we should now fall to help the Churches of Christ▪ But if there were no other 〈…〉 with you▪ but only something that might concerns yourselves, I profess, as I am satisfied in my owns Spirit, so I am p●rswaded it were enough to persuade you. Why, (Friends) you have done already, (I speak not to flatter you, you 〈…〉 already) more than all the land hath done, even to the preservation of all the Land, nay more than all the Christian world hath done to preserve the Cause of Christ. And let me tell you, that God hath not been behind hand with you, God hath looked upon you, as much (I mean this City▪ God hath looked upon this City, 〈…〉 if not more, then upon all the land besides. And ●ruly, if you will cast east up all accounts betwixt God and yourselves, though you have done very much, yet you are in arre●s ages still unto God; God is still beforehand with mercies▪ though in mercy he hath stirred up your hearts to do thus.  
These are three things methinks, wherein the Lord hath showed himself to you, that may for ever engage your hearts, with all alacrity to spend, and to be spent for his cause: Why, the one is, he never would to this day suffer the destroyer, notwithstanding all their intentions, (he would never suffer the destroyer) to enter into this City; he hath still diverted them, as you have observed by some admirable acts of providence, when their resolutions have been to come to this place, (the Lord knows in what condition you had been by this day, if providence had not (at one time especially) diverted them from it; but notwithstanding all this, God hath not suffered them to this day, to shoot one arrow into your City. But then there is another thing; as the Lord hath not to this day suffered them to come in a public hostile way, so he hath from time to time discovered all the Treacheries, Plots, and designs against you. When the enemy could not destroy you above board, but thought to undermine your Lives and States, and all (I need not say much to revive your memories,) of late days, did God unknown to you, deliver you from destruction, and should you now be backward to do for this God, that hath preserved all that you have, and all that you are? Nay, consider one thing more; he hath in all the public services; wherein indeed, if any people in the Land deserve our acknowledgements and honour, this City hath got it from the whole Land. But this is that I was saying, God hath in all the public Services and battles which have of late been fought in the land, God hath hanged the shield of salvation upon your shoulders, he hath been pleased to cast all the glory, not only of preservation, but of the great success, and honour, and victory, God hath cast it upon the people of London. And will you, that God hath defended all this while; will you that God hath preserved from secret treachery; will you, that God hath given hearts all this while to stand for God above all the people of the earth: will you that God hath done so much for in the times of battle, more than for all the rest, will you fail now to do for God? God forbid, I beseech you rather that your hearts may be doubled and trebled for that God that is so good to you. And not to trouble you long, because the truth is, I am confident there needs no more to be said, you long rather who should most show his affection at this time to preserve all: Why, there is one thing more that might be spoken too, that is, touching our brethren of Scotland: Why, so many things have been said already, that I can say nothing.  
Our condition (worthy Sirs, our condition) of England, methinks it is so like the condition of that poor man, that went between Jericho and Jerusalem, there the Priest he passes by on the one side, never so much as looks upon him; Our Priests and Popish party; and another sordid party that cleaves to them, they do not so much as consider the lamentable loss of this poor Kingdom of England; the Levite he came, and looked on indeed, but he passes by: I pray God it ●ee not laid to the charge of some Churches abroad, to whom we have been helpful, that they can have ears, to hear of our distresses, and wounds, but have not hands at all to help us, whether they have tongues to pity us, we know not; only there is the Samaritan (Sirs, the Samaritan) that saw this wounded man, and that had compassion, and that went to him, and that bound up his wounds, and that poured in oil and Wine; Truly (Sirs) the Samaritans that we find on earth, (for our great physician in Heaven, we bless him still for looking upon us; but the Samaritans, the only Samaritans that we have on earth) they are our brethren in Scotland; O the tears that they have shed for poor England! O the Prayers that they have in solemn manner, from time to time, sent up to Heaven for poor England! O the Petitions that they unknown for a long time to us, did direct unto his Majesty, if it had been possible to take up all differences! and now yet again, as if their inward compassions, as if their prayings to Heaven, as if their petitionings to man were nothing, so sensible, so affectionate are they, to live with us, to die with us, that they are ready to come in, to adventure their dearest lives, to save our lives; Why (Friends, why) what will move your hearts, if this doth not move your hearts? I do profess it is the greatest equity under heaven, to lend our estates, some of our moneys to them, that are not unwilling to venture their lives for us.  
I know many Objections might be made; You have done much already, and the sum is great; I say no more, There is nothing great, to a mind that is great, and the Cause is great, and though the sum of money be great, yet their love is greater, than all you can lay out to answer their love; And say not (grumbling) we have done often and often; I say to you, as Christ said to him that asked him, How often must I forgive my brother▪ Why, 70 times 7 times; So will I say for this public Cause, you must do, and you must do, and yet you must do, and yet you must do, as long as there is a penny in thy purse, as long as there is strength in thy hand, as long as there is breath in thy body, you must be all Servants to Christ, and Servants to the Churches of Jesus Christ.  
And so I beseech the God of Heaven, that what hath been delivered unto you this day, (and much hath been spoken, I think as much as possibly can unto men) that it may be effectual, to move your hearts, that what is done, may be speedily done, and fully done, lest we be for ever undone; Nay, that we may be preserved, and not only we, but all the Churches of God preserved. And the Lord of Heaven make impression upon your hearts.   
FINIS.