Excerpt from Hymns, &C., Composed on Various Subjects About the twenty firft year of my age, Ibegan. To be under great anxiety concerning my foul. The fpirit of bondage difireffed me fore; though I endea voured (as I believe molt under legal coax ifticns do )1 to commend myfelf to, God's favor, by amendmert of life, virtuous refolutior. Moral ref'titude, and a firif'r attendance on religious ordinances. I {trove to fubdue my t'iefh by rafting. And Other rigorous acts of penance and mortification; and whe never I was captivated by its lufls (which indeed was often the cafe) I endeavoured to reconcile myfelf again to God by forrow for my faults; which, if attended with tears, I hoped would pafs as current coin with' heaven; and then I judgedrnyfelfwhole again, and to (land 01+ equal terms with my foes, till tl next fall; which generally 'fucceeded in a fhort 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.