Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
Ver. 52. Then inquired he, &c.] By a sweet providence, that God might be the more glorified and the man's faith confirmed. "All things cooperate," &c.,Romans 8:28. So at the same time wherein the states of Germany (after long debate) concluded for the truth of the gospel, Luther came leaping out of his closet where he had been praying (though many miles distant) with vicimus, vicimus we conquer, we conquer, in his mouth. So Musselborough field was won by the English the selfsame day and hour wherein those Balaam's blocks (idolatrous images) were burnt at London by order of Parliament.