An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in…

2. For God's People in distant Places to agree on certain Times for extraordinary Prayer, wherein they will unitedly put up their Requests to God, is a Means fit and proper to be used, in order to the Visibility of their Union in such Prayer. Union among God's People in Prayer is truly beautiful, as has been before observed and shown; 'tis beautiful in the Eyes of Christ, and 'tis justly beautiful and amiable in the Eyes of Christians. And if so, then it must needs be desirable to Christians that such Union should be visible. If it would be a lovely Sight in the Eyes of the Church of Christ, and much to their Comfort, to behold various and different Parts of the Church united in extraordinary Prayer for the general Outpouring of the Spirit, then it must be desirable to them that such an Union should be visible, that they may behold it; for if it be not visible, it can't be beheld. But Agreement and Union in a Multitude in their Worship becomes visible, by an Agreement in some external visible Circumstances. Worship it self becomes visible Worship, by something external and visible belonging to the Worship, and no other Way: Therefore Union and Agreement of many in Worship becomes visible no other Way, but by Union and Agreement in the external and visible Acts and Circumstances of the Worship. Such Union and Agreement becomes visible, particularly by an Agreement in those two visible Circumstances, Time, and Place. When a Number of Christians live near together, and their Number and Situation is convenient, and they have a Desire visibly to unite in any Acts of Worship, they are wont to make their Union and Agreement visible by an Union in both these Circumstances. But when a much greater Number of Christians, ⟨p. 93⟩dwelling in distant Places, so that they can't unite by worshipping in the same Place, and yet desire a visible Union in some extraordinary Worship; they are wont to make their Union and Agreement visible, by agreeing only in the former of those Circumstances, viz. that of Time: As is common in the Appointment of public Fasts and Thanksgivings; the same Day is appointed, for the Performance of that extraordinary Worship, by all those Christians, in different Places, that it is intended should be united therein, as a visible Note of their Union. This the common Light and Sense of God's People leads Christians to, in all Countries.

2. For God's People in distant Places to agree on certain Times for extraordinary Prayer, wherein they will unitedly put up their Requests to God, is a Means fit and proper to be used, in order to the Visibility of their Union in such Prayer. Union among God's People in Prayer is truly beautiful, as has been before observed and shewn; 'tis beautiful in the Eyes of Christ, and 'tis justly beautiful and amiable in the Eyes of Christians. And if so, then it must needs be desirable to Christians that such Union should be visible. If it would be a lovely Sight in the Eyes of the Church of Christ, and much to their Comfort, to behold various and different Parts of the Church united in extraordinary Prayer for the general Outpouring of the Spirit, then it must be desireable to them that such an Union should be visible, that they may behold it; for if it ben't visible, it can't be beheld. But Agreement and Union in a Multitude in their Worship becomes visible, by an Agreement in some external visible Circumstances. Worship it self becomes visible Worship, by something external and visible belonging to the Worship, and no other Way: Therefore Union and Agreement of many in Worship becomes visible no other Way, but by Union and Agreement in the external and visible Acts and Circumstances of the Worship. Such Union and Agreement becomes visible, particularly by an Agreement in those two visible Circumstances, Time, and Place. When a Number of Christians live near together, and their Number and Situation is convenient, and they have a Desire visibly to unite in any Acts of Worship, they are wont to make their Union and Agreement visible by an Union in both these Circumstances. But when a much greater Number of Christians,