Excerpt from Brief Memorials Four Children But the sovereignty of God is neither arbitrary nor capricious. He has reasons worthy of him self for all his procedure. He inflicts no chas tisement, without having a valuable end to nu swer; and he permits the enjoyment of no mer cy without an important object in view. And, perhaps, the difference 1n point of real happiness between the bereaved parent, and h1m who has all his children about him, is not so great as we are apt to imagine. He whose offspring are re moved in early life, is relieved of the anxiety and 'solicitude that never fail to haunt the bosom of the man whose children are exposed, on the ocean of life to the loss of the soul, as well as to the numerous evils of time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.