A Review of Ecclesiastical History, Book I, ch. 4, in The Works of the Rev. John Newton, vol. 3 (New York: Williams and Whiting, 1810), p. 59

Others are first prompted to hear the Gospel from no higher motive than curiosity; but going as mere spectators, they find themselves retained as parties unawares. The word of God, powerful and penetrating as a two-edged…