Excerpt from Letters Upon Sacred Subjects, by a Person Lately Deceased If you aflc, Why then do you print them, if they will Degrees not be generally well received? It was to oblige feveral friends of the de ceafed. When thefe letters' fell into their hands, they found great profit and delight in the petulal of them, and they believed others might find the-fame, and therefore they requefted the publication, and pre vailed. Whether it was right, or not, every reader will judge for himfelf; but that he may not judge rafh judgment, he lhould confider the motives upon which they acted. They firfi defired the publication, becaufe they thought it would be for God's glory. In the letters taken together there is a gene ral view of God's gracious promifes, and of his faithfulnefs and truth in fulfiling them, whereby it appears that Jefas Chrift is the fame yefierday, to day, and for ever. He has engaged in his word to do many things for his people in the prefent life, the carpe ricuce of which very few expeet or feek for. 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.