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

3. We may observe Who they are, that shall be united in thus seeking the Lord of Hosts: The Inhabitants of many Cities, and of many Countries, yea, many People, and strong Nations; great Multitudes in different Parts of the World shall conspire in this Business. From the Representation made in the Prophecy, it appears rational to suppose, that it will be fulfilled something after this Manner; First, that there shall be given much of a Spirit of Prayer to God's People, in many Places, disposing them to come into an express Agreement, unitedly to pray to God in an extraordinary Manner, that he would appear for the Help of his Church, and in Mercy to Mankind, and pour out his Spirit, revive his Work, and advance his spiritual Kingdom in the World, as he has promised; And that this Disposition to such Prayer, and Union in it, will gradually spread more and m•re, and increase to greater Degrees; with ⟨p. 10⟩which at length will gradually be introduced a Revival of Religion, and a Disposition to greater Engagedness in the Worship and Service of God, amongst his professing People; That this being observed, will be the Means of awakening others, making them sensible of the Wants of their Souls, and exciting in them a great Concern for their spiritual and everlasting Good, and putting them upon earnestly crying to God for spiritual Mercies, and disposing them to join with God's People in that extraordinary seeking and serving of God, which they shall see them engaged in; And that in this Manner Religion shall be propagated, 'till the Awakening reaches those that are in the highest Stations, and 'till whole Nations be awakened, and there be at length an Accession of many of the chief Nations of the World to the Church of God. Thus after the Inhabitants of many Cities of Israel, or of God's professing People, have taken up, and pursued a joint Resolution, to go and pray before the Lord, and seek the Lord of Hosts, Others shall be drawn to worship and serve Him with them; 'till at length many People and strong Nations shall join themselves to them; and there shall, in Process of Time, be a vast Accession to the Church, so that it shall be ten Times as large as it was before; yea, at length, all Nations shall be converted unto God. Thus ten Men shall take h•ld, out of all Languages of the Nations, of the Skirt of him that is a Jew (in the Sense of the Apostle,