Dear Christian friends, as it hath pleased our heavenly Father to call both you and us in these latter days to wait upon him in his great and terrible works, so the glory of his appearances hath been exceeding great in those services. And we trust the record of his love is kept with delight in your hearts, as we desire it may be upon our own for ever. And surely, the true use of those precious experiments wherewith he hath enriched us in this work, is to strengthen our faith, and quicken our hearts to a more chearfull attendance on Christ in what further service he shall appoint us. To what end tends that wonderfull return of [th]e prayers of his people in those continued and swift successes God hath afforded our brethren in Ireland, ....