He saw and rejoiced in the fruits of his ministry.

Profane and drunken cavaliers, intolerant Presbyters, and blind Papists, owned the truths which he uttered, and counted themselves his disciples.

Women, too, in their deep trustfulness and admiring reverence, sat at the feet of the eloquent stranger.

Devout believers in the doctrine of the inward light and manifestation of God in the heart of man, these latter, at length, thought they saw such unmistakable evidences of the true life in James Nayler, that they felt constrained to declare that Christ was, in an especial manner, within him, and to call upon all to recognize in reverent adoration this new incarnation of the divine and heavenly.

The wild enthusiasm of his disciples had its effect on the teacher.