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And therefore I think, none can be in the Way of their Duty, in neglecting a Proposal in itself excellent, and that which they have Reason to think is made with upright Intentions, merely because the Proposers modestly conceal their Names. I don't see how any serious Person, that has an ill Opinion of late religious Stirs, can have any Colour of Reason to refuse a Compliance with this Proposal, on that Account: The more Disorders, Extravagances and Delusions of the Devil have lately prevailed, the more Need have we to pray earnestly to God, for his Holy Spirit, to promote true Religion, in Opposition to the grand Deceiver, and all his Works; and the more such Prayer as is proposed, is answered, the more effectually will all that is contrary to sober and pure Religion, be extirpated and exploded.

And therefore I think, none can be in the Way of their Duty, in neglecting a Proposal in itself excellent, and that which they have Reason to think is made with upright Intentions, meerly because the Proposers modestly conceal their Names. I don't see how any serious Person, that has an ill Opinion of late religious Stirs, can have any Colour of Reason to refuse a Compliance with this Proposal, on that Account: The more Disorders, Extravagancies and Delusions of the Devil have lately prevailed, the more Need have we to pray earnestly to God, for his Holy Spirit, to promote true Religion, in Opposition to the grand Deceiver, and all his Works; and the more such Prayer as is proposed, is answered, the more effectually will all that is contrary to sober and pure Religion, be extirpated and exploded.

One would think that every one that favours the Dust of Zion, when he hears that God is stirring up a considerable Number of his Ministers and People, to unite in extraordinary Prayer, for the Revival of Religion and Advancement of his Kingdom, should greatly rejoice on this Occasion. If we lay to Heart the present Calamities of the Church of Christ, and long for that blessed Alteration that God has promised, one would think it should be natural to rejoice at the Appearance of something in so dark a Day, that is so promising a Token. Would not our Friends that were lately in Captivity at Canada, that earnestly longed for Deliverance, have rejoiced to have heard of any Thing that seemed to forebode the Approach of their Redemption?