Lancashires valley of Achor, is Englands doore of hope: set wide open, in a brief history, of the wise, good, and powerfull hand of divine providence, ordering and managing the militia of Lancashire; not onely to the preservation, but exaltation of a poor, and praying people, in two hundreds; against, and above a considerable armie, of popish, and ill-affected persons in foure hundreds: Wherein the strift [sic] of piety and providence, with impiety and humane strength, in the weaknesse of means, unto graduall, and compleate victory, is laid out; to advance gods praise, and advantage Englands faith. By a well-wisher to the peace of the land, and piety of the church.

Warrington Siege.

ALl this while the cry of oppressed Warrington importu∣ned heaven, and compassion wrought in us; and ha∣ving this far-fetched terrifying assistance, we entred upon a new and prosperous Voyage the twentieth day of May: The three and twentieth of May was designed for Fasting and Prayer in Manchester, to meet with the beginning of the en∣terprise against Warrington.

Whilst the duty was in performing, tidings came of the ta∣king of Winwick Church and Steeple, they on the Steeple standing on terms, till God sent a deadly messenger out of a Fowling-Piece to one of them; also a strong Hall possessed by professed Romane Catholikes, and stored with Provision, as if it had been purposely laid in, both for our supply and ease.

In this Warrington Siege, so good a friend was God to our faith, that the greatest Peece was made unusefull, the second time it was in use; and without the terrour of those Idols, the living God gave us the Church and Steeple the 26 of May, with the losse of one man; and that strong Hold upon terru••••, M••y 28.

A Providence much to be observed in this Siege, was this: One night our men were to work within half Musket shot of the Town; It was a great calme, that they could not worke,

but the enemy would hear: When some went to worke, others went to prayers; and God raised a great winde, that took away the noise: a Providence not altogether unlike what I have heard in Boston: The Chancellor gave Organs to Boston; before they breath in that new world, the well-aff••cted pray▪ after their prayers, a mighty winde forceth its passage into the Church, blows down the Organs, brake them, and stopt their brea••h.

That which ripened the enemies ruine, was their hard usage of prisoners, and well-affected in the Town, their ex∣treme cruelty in the Countrey, killing a godly man and his wife in their owne house; and their professed confidence and pride in their strong Hold, appearing by their hanging out a Flag of Defiance upon the highest Chimney.

At this time waited a Ship at Liverpoole, watching this friend∣ly opportunity to unburden it self for Cheshire, and to supply us with Powder, Liverpool readily giving entertainment and as∣sistance to it and us. Some recompence God made to tyred Warrington, in the shortnesse of the Siege, and security from spoyle, which we charitably made an Article of our Peace: This Return of Prayers, called in our Vows in Manchester, June 1.