Reflection

"Would to GOD that Christmas, if it must be observed, were kept something after this Manner through all Christendom! And that Sabbaths were thus sanctified in the Church of England, or among Dissenters! Not that I think ordinary ministers or Christians called of God or able, to go these Lengths. "But he that can receive it, let him: That is to say, Let us all learn of, and labor in our places to imitate the high devotion and zeal of this admired man, esteeming him highly in love for his work's sake: Let us give to free grace the whole glory, & thank God for that extraordinary assistance & success, which he has given his servant hitherto, in his ministry to his name, truth, and the souls of men. Let us also earnestly pray for him, that he may be kept humble, without the need of a thorn in the flesh for that end.