The poor doubting Christian drawn to Christ. Wherein the main hindrances, which keep men…

He was a Man of Prayer, and would say, That PRAYER was a principal Part of a Minister's Work; 'twas by this that he was to carry on the rest. Accordingly he devoted one Day in a Month to private Prayer with Fasting before the LORD, beside the public Fasts, which often occurred. He would say, That such extraordinary Favours as the Life of Religion, and the Power of Godliness, must be preserved by the frequent use of such extraordinary Means as Prayer with Fasting: And if Professors grow negligent of those Means, Iniquity will abound, and the Love of many wax cold. He did much abound in Acts of CHARITY. He had a singular Ability at giving Answers to Cases of Conscience; whereof happy was the Experience of some Thousands: And for this Work he usually ⟨p. 11⟩set apart the second Day of the Week; wherein he admitted all sorts of Persons in their Discourses with him to reap the Benefit of the extraordinary Experience which himself had found of Satan's Devices. Tho' he had a notable Hand in discussing and adjusting controversial Points, yet he would hardly ever handle polemical Divinity in the Pulpit; but the Spirit of his Ministry lay in Points of the most practical Religion, and the grand Concerns of a Sinner's Preparation for, Implantation in, and Salvation by CHRIST. That reverend and excellent Man Mr. [Henry] Whitfield, having spent many Years in studying Books, did at length take two or three Years in studying Men: And in Pursuance of this Design, having acquainted himself with the most considerable Divines in England, at last fell into the Acquaintance of Mr. Hooker: Concerning whom he gave this Testimony, That he had not thought there had been such a Man on Earth; a Man in whom there shone so many Excellencies, as were in this incomparable Hooker; a Man in whom Learning and Wisdom were so tempered with Zeal, Holiness, and Watchfulness. When one that stood weeping by the Bed-side, in the Time of his [last] Sickness, said to him, Sir, You are going to receive the Reward of all your Labours: He [raised up himself ^†and] replied, ⟨p. 12⟩Brother, I am going to receive MERCY. At last he closed his Eyes with his own Hands, and gently stroking his Forehead, with a Smile in his Countenance gave a little Groan, and expired, on July 7. 1647.

He was a Man of Prayer, and wou'd say, That PRAYER was a principal Part of a Minister's Work; 'twas by this that he was to carry on the rest. Accordingly he devoted one Day in a Month to private Prayer with Fasting before the LORD, beside the publick Fasts, which often occurred. He wou'd say, That such extraordinary Favours as the Life of Religion, and the Power of Godliness, must be preserved by the frequent use of such extraordinary Means as Prayer with Fasting: And if Professors grow negligent of those Means, Iniquity will abound, and the Love of many wax cold. He did much abound in Acts of CHARITY. He had a singular Ability at giving Answers to Cases of Conscience; whereof happy was the Experience of some Thousands: And for this Work he usually