The nets of salvation. A brief essay, upon the glorious designs & methods of…

It may be, God would raise up Reformers, in the Nations of Europe; that would be the Illustrious winners of Souls; Men that would be filled with the Spirit of God, and fly like Angels of the Lord about the world, with the Everlasting Gospel in their Hands: It might be so, if the Spirit of Prayer, would make a greater Cry to Heaven for such a Revolution. The Prayers of the Saints, being offered upon the Golden Altar, they may be followed with a Revolution, that shall remove the Butchers of Souls out of their Usurped Stations, and advance the Winners of Souls unto precious Opportunities; There may follow Voices, and Thunderings, and Lightnings, and Earthquakes.

It may be, God would raise up Reformers, in the Nations of Europe; that would be the Illustrious winners of Souls; Men that would be filled with the Spirit of God, and fly like Angels of the Lord about the world, with the Everlasting Gospel in their Hands: It might be so, if the Spirit of Prayer, would make a greater Cry to Heaven for such a Revolution. The Prayers of the Saints, being offered upon the Golden Altar, they may be follow'd with a Revolution, that shall remove the Butchers of Souls out of their Usurped Stations, and advance the Winners of Souls unto precious Opportunities; There may follow Voices, and Thundrings, and Lightnings, and Earthquakes.

Even they that can do little else bu• Pray, may be great winners of Souls, if they will Pray, and Weep, and Beg before the Lord▪ That the Souls of men may not Perish, but come unto Repentance. The Famous Melancton had an Hope, That God would carry on the Reformation in Germany, because he understood, That there were certain Obscure Godly People, and even poor Women, that ⟨p. 44⟩would meet and Pray together, for the smile of Heaven upon the Reformation. Even the poor Hand-maids of the Lord, by their Praying to God for the winning of Souls, may prove Mothers in Israel. And, O you, my Fathers, That in your Old Age, retire from the Business and the Trouble of the world How, How do you spend your Time? In Prayer, I hope; In Abundance of Prayer. Now, Try whether you can't by your Prayer pull down the Grace of Heaven for the winning of Souls unto the Lord.