Excerpt from Contemplations on the God of Israel, in a Series of Letters to a Friend I any: for fame time had it upon my mind to fend thee fome account of my late goings on, having for fame few weeks back been much ih dulged and helped by the Holy Spirit of promife, of whore influence, help, and energetic interceflion at the throne of grace, I have been very watchful and obfervant s and, on the other hand, could not but wonder at the backwardncls, deadnefs, dryncfe, and barrennefs, both in power and in expreflion, when his fenfible influence was withheld from me. His divine perfon, and his mail: benign influences and Operations, were for many days my meditation, b0th by night and by day; and, during this time, -thd'e things were the principal fubjeehs of my mi nifiry; and, had I met: them then, I have no doubt. 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.