Excerpt from The Works of Thomas Shepard, First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge, Mass, Vol. 2: With a Memoir of His Life and Character

If thou art one who knowest what it is to be serious in the great business of providing for eternity, it is very probable thou mayst be no stranger to the name of this reverend author, now with God, whose name in both the Englands is as an ointment poured forth, and then thou wilt be eagerly desirous to peruse these following Sermons, in tendency to the further increasing thy stock of spiritual oil, and when thou hast read them, and sucked forth the sweetness and nourishment contained in them, and, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, turned them into good and healthful nutriment to thy soul, we question not but it will enhance the authors worth in thy thoughts and estimation. But perhaps thou hast never lighted on any of those flowers which this holy man has planted in God's garden, and then we are confident thou wilt meet with such savory sweetness in this Discourse as will make thee wish Christ's church had longer enjoyed so choice and skillful a workman.

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