Mourn for the pride of the nation; our condition is low, but our hearts are high. Mourn for the profaneness of the land; [our country] is like that man in the gospel who had “a spirit of an unclean devil” (Luke 4:33). Mourn for the removing of landmarks. Mourn for the contempt offered to magistracy, the spitting in the face of authority. Mourn that there are so few mourners; surely if we mourn not for the sin of others, it is to be feared we are not sensible of our own sins. God looks upon us as guilty of those sins in others which we do not lament; our tears may help to quench God’s wrath.
— Thomas Watson (1620-1686)