But if the system of Presbyterianism did not flourish in London, many of the Presbyterian ministers who laboured there, distinguished themselves alike by their ability, their learning, and their virtues; and, although failing to bring their fellow-citizens generally within their own ecclesiastical penfolds, they gathered a large number of wandering souls into the flock of the Good Shepherd. Edmund Calamy continued, throughout the period of the Commonwealth, his diligent, instructive, and eloquent ministry, in the parish church of St. Mary, Aldermanbury--that beautiful edifice--then recently repaired and adorned--with its ancient and goodly monuments in memory of famous citizens and their families, and with its adjoining churchyard and cloisters--all the buildings swept away so soon afterwards by the terrible fire.[178] Thither multitudes were accustomed to flock to hear the Gospel, and the narrow streets leading to the place of worship were blocked up service after service, with "three-score coaches"--the minimum number of vehicles which, according to the preacher's grandson, conveyed the wealthy Presbyterians to the old church door.[179] The well-known portrait of the Divine--exhibiting his large eyes, aquiline nose, and well-formed mouth, surrounded by a thin moustache and beard, and with his close-cut hair peeping from beneath his black skull cap--enables us to imagine him, standing in his pulpit, proclaiming with fervour the great doctrines and duties of Christianity; whilst, at the same time, as we are told--in contrast with the earlier habits of his brethren--he cautiously avoided any references to political affairs. Yet he did not prove false to his ecclesiastical principles, for he took a large share in composing an elaborate _Vindication_ of them, published under that title,[180] and in preparing another book bearing the Latin name of "_Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici et Anglicani_." [Sidenote: _Jenkyn._]