§. 3. He had hitherto been, according to his Good Education, very Civilly and Soberly Disposed: but being by the Good Hand of God, Led unto the Ministry of such Holy men as Mr. Rains, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Chadenton, he was by their Sermons Enlightened and A wakened, unto more Solicitous Enquiries after, The One Thing yet Lacking in him. The Serious Dispositions of his Mind, were now such, that besides his pursuance after the Works of Repentance in himself, he took no little pains to pursue it in others; especially the Malefactors in the Prisons, which he Visited with a Devout, Sedulous, and Successful Industry. Nevertheless, being forestalled with Prejudices against the Puritans of those Times, as if they had held, he knew not well what Odd Things, he ⟨p. 5⟩Declined Their Acquaintance; although his Good Conversation had made him to be accounted One of them, Himself. Until going unto a Booksellers Shop to Augment his Well-furnished Library, he Lit upon that Famous Book of Mr. Richard Rogers, called, The Seven Treatises; which, when he had Read, he so Affected, not only the Matter, but also the Author of the Book, that he took a Journey unto Wethersfield, on purpose to hear a Sermon, from that Boanerges. When, he had heard the Heavenly Passages that fell from the Lips of that Worthy Man, Privately, as well as Publicly, and compared therewithal the Writings of Greenham, of Dod, and of Dont, especially The Path way to Heaven, Written by the Author last mentioned, he saw that They who were Nicknamed, Puritans, were like to be the Desirablest Companions, for One that intended his own Everlasting Happiness; and pursuant unto the Advice, which he had from Dr. Ames, he associated himself with a Pious Company in the University, who kept their Meetings in Mr. Wilsons Chamber, for Prayer, Fasting, Holy Conference, and the Exercises of true Devotion.
§. 3. He had hitherto been, according to his Good Education, very Civilly and Soberly Disposed: but being by the Good Hand of God, Led unto the Ministry of such Holy men as Mr. Rains, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Chadenton, he was by their Sermons Enlightned and A wakened, unto more Sollicitous Enquiries after, The One Thing yet Lacking in him. The Serious Dispositions of his Mind, were now such, that besides his pursuance after the Works of Repentance in himself, he took no little pains to pursue it in others; especially the Malefactors in the Prisons, which he Visited with a Devout, Sedulous, and Successful Industry. Nevertheless, being forestalled with Prejudices against the Puritans of those Times, as if they had held, he knew not well what Odd Things, he ⟨p. 5⟩Declined Their Acquaintance; although his Good Conversation had made him to be accounted One of them, Himself. Until going unto a Booksellers Shop to Augment his Well-furnisht Library, he Lit upon that Famous Book of Mr. Richard Rogers, called, The Seven Treatises; which, when he had Read, he so Affected, not only the Matter, but also the Author of the Book, that he took a Journey unto Wethersfield, on purpose to hear a Sermon, from that Boanerges. When, he had heard the Heavenly Passages that fell from the Lips of that Worthy Man, Privately, as well as Publickly, and compared therewithal the Writings of Greenham, of Dod, and of Dont, especially The Path way to Heaven, Written by the Author last mentioned, he saw that They who were Nicknamed, Puritans, were like to be the Desirablest Companions, for One that intended his own Everlasting Happiness; and pursuant unto the Advice, which he had from Dr. Ames, he associated himself with a Pious Company in the University, who kept their Meetings in Mr. Wilsons Chamber, for Prayer, Fasting, Holy Conference, and the Exercises of true Devotion.
