Reading George Fox’s Journal (founder of the Quakers) and particularly after his opening despair/spiritual awakening, there’s very little of the actual ministry he gives, but then in the period between Cromwell and Charles he actually relates a message he gave at a Meeting: an old couple, their house destroyed by war, has a series of people come and offer to rebuild it, but each in turn takes the money and then says “this house cannot be rebuilt” and leaves. He likens this to different religious leaders telling people that the perfection of Adam and Eve cannot be restored, but the people must tithe anyway, and concludes with the message that Christ comes to do the work freely, and that the house (and divine state of perfection) can in fact be restored. I don’t entirely agree with the theology, but I find the message surprisingly affecting, particularly in the context of Fox’s moment. I wish I knew more of what was being said then.