Gather yourselves together in solemn exercises of religion; especially in times of public calamity and common danger. Persons may be helpful one to another, God sometimes expects unanimous votes which make a great sound in His ears. Many combustibles make a great blaze; grapes put together ripen one another. Is communion of saints good in heaven, and is it not good here? Are not some Christians ignorant and want informing? Are not some dead and want quickening; hard and want softening; wandering and want reclaiming? Are not some staggering and want settling? Are not some weak, and should not we lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees? Get together here as you hope to come together hereafter.

Pastor Oliver Heywood 1629-1702