230 Mr. N E A L'S lid Vol. ¿f the Vi6tory this long while, for all our frequent Far- ting : What doff thou mean, O Lord, to fling us in a Ditch, and there leave us ?' Mr. Cradock, Vicar of Nun Eaton, in Warwick- Aire, ufed this Expreffion in his Prayer before ser- mon, Sunday 1 Mugu. t, 1647. 0Lord, do not thou Rand a Neuter ; but take one fide, that we ` may fee which it is that is thy Caufe.' [Id. ib.] And Mr. Chefhire,a much admired Presbyterian Preacher,had this Rhetorick in his Pulpit-Prayer, [Chefhire's Sermon at St. Paul's, 1642. p. 16.] Lord, thou haft been good one Year ; yea, Lord, thou haft beengood to us twoYears ; Lord- thou haft been good to us fourfcore Years ; but Lord, thou art wanting in one thing.' Mr. Strickland, on their Faft-Day, 9th of Tune, "1643 at Southampton, ufed thefe Words in his Prayer : ' O Lord, thine Honour is now at (take ; for now, O Lord, Antichrift bath drawn his ' Sword againft thy Chrift, and if our Enemies prevail, thou wilt lofe thine Honour.' [Dugdale, 567.] And one of their Leaurers in Southampton pray- ed thus : ' Blefs the King, O Lord, mollify his Heart, thatdelighteth in Blood ; open his Eyes, that he may fee that the Blood of Saints is dear in thy fight. He is fallen from Faith in thee, and become an Enemy to the Church ; Is it not he that hash finned, and done Evil indeed? but as for thefe Sheep, what have they done ? Let thine hand, we pray thee, O Lord our God, be ' upon him, and on his Father's Houfe ; but not on thy People, that they fhould be plagued.' Id. ib. More Inftances of this Fervency and Devotion in Prayer, are to be met with in the Books referred to in the Margin *, Neal, * Seppent'sPreacher's Guard and Guide. Sir WilliamDug- 4le'.s Short View of the Troubles, epc. Sir Philip Warwick's Memoirs,
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