Isaiah 54:17

""No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper."" 
              — Isaiah 54:17

This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances
wrought by God for us. On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy
our Houses of Parliament was discovered, 1605.

""While for our princes they prepare
In caverns deep a burning snare,
He shot from heaven a piercing ray,
And the dark treachery brought to day.""

And secondly-to-day is the anniversary of the landing of King William
III, at Torbay, by which the hope of Popish ascendancy was quashed, and
religious liberty was secured, 1688.

This day ought to be celebrated, not by the saturnalia of striplings,
but by the songs of saints. Our Puritan forefathers most devoutly made
it a special time of thanksgiving. There is extant a record of the
annual sermons preached by Matthew Henry on this day. Our Protestant
feeling, and our love of liberty, should make us regard its anniversary
with holy gratitude. Let our hearts and lips exclaim, ""We have heard
with our ears, and our fathers have told us the wondrous things which
thou didst in their day, and in the old time before them."" Thou hast
made this nation the home of the gospel; and when the foe has risen
against her, thou hast shielded her. Help us to offer repeated songs
for repeated deliverances. Grant us more and more a hatred of
Antichrist, and hasten on the day of her entire extinction. Till then
and ever, we believe the promise, ""No weapon that is formed against
thee shall prosper."" Should it not be laid upon the heart of every
lover of the gospel of Jesus on this day to plead for the overturning
of false doctrines and the extension of divine truth? Would it not be
well to search our own hearts, and turn out any of the Popish lumber of
self-righteousness which may lie concealed therein?

On this day…

• Philippians 1 – 2025
• Galatians 6 – 2025
• Numbers 3 – 2024
• Numbers 2 – 2024
• Areas of Greatest Spiritual Challenge! – 2012
• Accountability – Ministering And Being Ministered To – 2012
• If we will not carry the cross, we shall never wear the crown – 2012
• The Holy Trinity – 2012
• He has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead – 2011
• THE MANILA MANIFESTO – 2011