Edward Elwall

“ And I am strongly persuaded, that if thy Heart be right in the Sight of God, thou wilt certainly say, in the reading of it, Friend Elwall, God speed thy Plough.
God does not delight in Man’s Legs, nor in the Height of their Stature; but he looketh at the Obedience of their Hearts to his Mind and Will. ”

“ As thy renowned Ancestors have been Famous in many Ages for Asserting, Procuring, Defending, and Protecting the Civil and Religious Rights and Liberties of their Country; and have even lost and hazarded their Lives and Fortunes in rescuing them out of the Hands of the most powerful Pope-rid Kings, and cruel persecuting Prelates and Priests in all the Earth ”

“ Are different from those of our own Nation; besides the want of Personal Conversation, which the Voice of Reason seems to say, should be previous to a married State; much tending to future Amity, and living in Obedience to the sacred Law of God, with great Peace, Satisfaction, and Comfort to their Minds. ”