Excerpt from The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, Vol. 1: Whom the Lord, in His Tender Mercy, at Length Visited and Relieved by the Ministry of That Despised People Called Quakers; And in the Springings of That Light, Life, and Holy Power in Him, Which They Had Truly and Faithfully Testifies of and Directed His Precious in the fight of the Lord is the death of his faints.' Pfa'l. Cxvi. 15. Therefore live the holy and righteous life, that ye may die the death of the righteous. 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.