The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living Religlon pretends to {tranger actions upon new prin ciples, and men are apt to prefer an p_rgfper9u 139; before an af icted truth, and fome will think they are religious enough if their worfhippings have in them the prevailing ingredient, and the Minif'ters of Religion are fo fcattered that they cannot unite to op the inundation, and from Chairs or Pulpits, from their Synods or Tribunals, chafiife the iniquity of the error and the ambition of evil Guides, and the infidelity of the willingly-feduced multitude, and that thofe few good people who have no other plot in their Religion but to ferve God and fave their Souls, do want fuch a ifiances of ghof'tly counfel as may ferve their emergent needs, and a i: their en deavours in the acquifi of virtues, and relieve their dangers when they are tempted to fin and death; I thought I had reafons enough inviting me to draw into one body thofe advices which the feveral necef fities of many men mufi ufe at fome time or other, and many of them daily that by a collection of holy precepts they might lefs feel the want of perfonal and attending Guides, and that the Rules for con duct of Souls might be committed to a Book which they might always have; fince they could not always have a Prophet at their needs, nor be fuffered to go up to the Houfe of the Lord to inquire of the ap pointed Oracles. 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."