Or, as the Gunpowder Plot was recalled in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer:
Almighty God, who hast in all ages shewed thy Power and Mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of the Church, and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States professing thy holy and eternal truth, from the wicked conspiracies and malicious practices of all enemies thereof: We yield thee our unfeigned thanks and praise, for the wonderful and mighty Deliverance of our gracious Sovereign King James the First, the Queen, The Prince, and all the Royal Branches, with the Nobility, Clergy, and Commons of England, then assembled in Parliament, by Popish treachery appointed as sheep to the slaughter, in a most barbarous and savage manner, beyond the examples of former ages. From this unnatural Conspiracy, not our merit, but thy mercy; not our foresight, but thy providence delivered us: And therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be ascribed all honour and glory, in all Churches of the saints, from generation to generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Man, they don't write 'em like that any more.
