Excerpt from Discourses on the Jewish Religion, Vol. 5 Accept therefore also this day in favour the assem bling of thy children who have been brought together to call on Thee, because of the outpouring of thy wrath which has swept over the islands of the sea, and made their homes desolate, and slain their men, their women and their children. Grant that this vis itation may redound to our improvement, that we may be rendered humble and righteous through it, that we may truly View it as the evidence of thy power. And to those who sufl'er send the healing of thy holy spirit may it support them in their sorrow, and may farther evil be removed from them; for we know Thee as the Physician who woundeth and whose hands also heal, as the Father who correcteth the child He wisheth to improve. 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.