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

Yea, I will say unto you, The Prayers of One man, that is very Dear to Heaven may fetch down from thence, the Showers of Grace, for which the Souls of the Elect […] God may fare the better, from one End […] the Land unto the other. I don't know but whole Nations, may have mercies for Souls, hastened unto them, upon the Prayers of some […] One Man, that shall be continually therefore lying in the Dust before the Lord, With Tears, with Sighs, with Agonies. O Man of God, and mighty man of Prayer; The Lord is with thee. See, see, what the Lord will do for thee.

Yea, I will say unto you, The Prayers of One man, that is very Dear to Heaven may fetch down from thence, the Showers of Grace, for which the Souls of the Elect 〈…〉 God may fare the better, from one End 〈…〉 the Land unto the other. I don't know but whole Nations, may have mercies for Souls, hastened unto them, upon the Prayers of some 〈…〉 One Man, that shall be continually therefore lying in the Dust before the Lord, With Tears, with Sighs, with Agonies. O Man of God, and mighty man of Prayer; The Lord is with thee. See, see, what the Lord will do for thee.

But there is yet more than this to be done for the Winning of Souls. For, Fourthly; A ⟨p. 45⟩Good Conversation in Christ, may do much towards the winning of Souls for Christ. [See, Mat. 5. 16.] If we would win the Souls of others, to what we profess, we must by our Good Conversation, bring a Credit unto our Profession. By being Exemplary in our Good Conversation, we shall Adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour; if we Adorn it, we shall Win over others unto it. They that by Scandalous walking in the ways of Sin, do Scandalize others against the ways of God and His Churches. Are they the winners of Souls? No, They are the Cut-throats of Souls. Would we win Souls! Let us then Abhor that which is Evil, and even Abstain from all appearance of Evil. Be very Heavenly; Be very Humble; Be very Patient; Be very Ready to Forgive Injuries; very Ready to do all Good Offices; very Mortified unto all Things here below. And Especially, let our Carriage in our several Relations be very Exemplary. Oh! Make it Evident, That Christianity makes us carry better to one another than we could have done without it. This, This will Win others to a liking of Religion! It will Win a Prize of Souls for our Excellent Religion, when it shall be said, Those consorts do Excel others in their Kindness to one another.