Excerpt from The Life of Rev. George Herbert IN a late retreat from the business of this world, and those many little cares with which I have too Often cumbered myself, I fell into a contem plation of some of those historical passages that are recorded in sacred story, and more particular ly of what had passed betwixt our Blessed Saviour, and that wonder Of women, and sinners, and mourners, Saint Mary Magdalen. I call her Saint, because I did not then, nor do now consid er her, as when she was possessed with seven devils; not as when her wanton eyes and dishev elled hair were designed and managed to charm and insnare amorous beholders but, I did then, and do now consider her, as after she had express ed a visible and sacred sorrow for her sensualities; as after those eyes had wept such a flood of peni tential tears as did wash, and that hair had wiped, and she most passionately kissed the feet of hers and our blessed Jesus. And I do now consider. 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.