Section 3

III.

What shall we render to you for all these favors, or what can we render to you for all these mercies? O our souls praise the Lord, and all that is within us praise his holy name. O our souls praise the Lord; and let us never forget his benefits. We Lord had been blown up by the powder of rebellion, had not the power of your providence watched over us. We therefore, our princes, nobles, clergy, commons, our wives, children, servants and all, are here before your Majesty this day, and now render to you, the sacrifice of praise, the calves of our lips, for this wonderful deliverance shewed to our most gracious King and country; Lord teach us thereby to be thankful to you, obedient to our governors, frequent in prayer, fervent in the Spirit, and zealous in good works, lest a worse thing hereafter happen to us.