When you're shouting from the rooftops that God is on your side, it helps to back it up with some of God's word.

Henry takes biblical references and flips them around so that they'll help him make his argument.

For example, he says, "Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss" (18), a reference to Judas' betrayal of Christ. However, he's talking about how Parliament is pretending to make nice but will only turn on the colonists as soon as they get a chance. See what he did there? He neatly aligned Parliament with Judas (the villain) and the colonists with Christ (the good guy).

Let's look at another one:

Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? (11)

The idea that some people are just blind and deaf to what's going on around them comes up several times in the Bible. Henry's pretty much saying, "What's wrong with you people? Do you not understand what's happening here?"

Henry knows that some of the members of the convention are understandably concerned about the relative strength of the British military versus whatever the colonists can scrape together. He reminds them, "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone," (57), which is a good thing because if it were then they might as well hang up their tri-cornered hats and cut their losses.

(Psst: for more biblical allusions, check out the "Shout-Outs.")