"To him, and such as he, the first workings of the renewed energy of the church in Virginia are to be traced."[173:2] An even more important result of the Awakening was the swift and wide extension of Baptist principles and churches.

This was altogether logical.

The revival had come, not so much in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning to each other the hearts of fathers and of children, as in the spirit of Ezekiel, the preacher of individual responsibility and duty.

The temper of the revival was wholly congenial with the strong individualism of the Baptist churches.

The Separatist churches formed in New England by the withdrawal of revival enthusiasts from the parish churches in many instances became Baptist.