A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord

44. The happy Example of that happy Prince, and Country, that shall begin and first accomplish this Work, will be Famous through all the Protestant-Churches; and will inflame such Desires of Imitation in them all, and be such a ready Direction in the way, that it will greatly expedite their answerable Reformation. And the Famous Felicity of that Prince, in the Reformation and Concord of his Subjects, will kindle in the Hearts of other Protestant-Princes and States, an Earnest Desire of the same Felicity. And so, as upon the Invention of Printing, and of Guns, the World was presently possessed of Guns, and of Printed-Books, that never before attained any such thing: So here; they that see the Happiness of one Kingdom brought about, and see how it was done, will have Matter enough before their Eyes, both to excite their Desires, and guide their Endeavours, in the Means to bring all this to pass.

44. The happy Example of that happy Prince, and Country, that shall begin and first accomplish this Work, will be Famous through all the Protestant-Churches; and will enflame such Desires of Imitation in them all, and be such a ready Direction in the way, that it will greatly expedite their answerable Reformation. And the Famous Felicity of that Prince, in the Reformation and Concord of his Subjects, will kindle in the Hearts of other Protestant-Princes and States, an Earnest Desire of the same Felicity. And so, as upon the Invention of Printing, and of Guns, the World was presently possessed of Guns, and of Printed-Books, that never before attained any such thing: So here; they that see the Happyness of one Kingdom brought about, and see how it was done, will have Matter enough before their Eyes, both to excite their Desires, and guide their Endeavours, in the Means to bring all this to pass.

45. The Protestant Kingdoms and States, being thus Reformed, and United in themselves, will be inflamed with an earnest desire of the good of all other Churches, and of all the World: And therefore, as Divines have held something called General Councils for the Union of all those Churches; so these Princes will by their Agents hold Assemblies for maintaining Correspondency, to the carrying on of the common good of the World, by the Advantage of their United Counsels, and Strength: And then no Enemy can stand long before them. For,