Excerpt from An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel: Missionary to the Indians, From the Honourable Society of Scotland, for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; Who Died at Northampton in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age Belides the imperfections already mentioned. It is readily allowed, that there were fome imperfeelions that ran through his whole life, and were mixed with all his religious affections and exercil'es, fome mixture of what was natural with that which was fpiritual; as it evermore is in the bell (aims in this world. Doubtlefs there was fome influence that natural tem per had in the religious exercifes and experiences of Mr Brai nerd, as there mofi apparently was in the exercifes of devout David, and the apoliles Pete'r, John, and Paul: there was undoubtedly very often fome influence of his natural difpofi tion to dejef'tion in his religious mourning, fome mixture of melancholy with truly godly forrow and real Chriliian humi lity, and fome mixture of the natural fire of youth with his holy zeal for God, and fome influence of natural principles mixed with grace in various other refpeets, as it ever was and ever will be with the faints while on this fide heaven. Per haps none were more fenfihle of Mr Brainerd's imperfections than he himl'elf; or coulddillinguifh more accurately, than he, between what was natural and what was fpiritual. It is ealy for the judicious reader to obferve, that his graces ripened, and the religious excrcifes of his heart became more and more pure, nd he more and more diflinguilhing in his judgment the longer he lived; he had much to teach and purify him, and he failed not to make his advantage thereby. 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.