“[Edmund] Bunny wrote a little book called ‘Christian Exercises on Resolution [1584].” This volume fell into the hands of Richard Baxter. He read it, and was awakened. Baxter sends forth his ‘Call to the Unconverted’ [1658], and it touches the heart of Philip Doddridge. Doddridge writes ‘Rise and Progress’ [1745] and a [William] Wilberforce is converted. Wilberforce, disgusted with formalism, publishes his ‘Practical View’ [1797]. This volume bestirs the heart of a [Legh] Richmond and [Thomas] Chalmers. Now, again, let the reader go backward, and trace this stream to its fountainhead, and yonder, in the earnest words of a scarcely remembered Bunny, will be found the germ of awakenings, revivals, ecclesiastical disruptions, and political changes, whose influence has been felt over the civilized world.” — John S. Grasty, Faith's Battles and Victories; or, Thoughts For Troublous Times (1869), pp. 196-197