Excerpt from Theological Works, Vol. 1: Published at Different Times, and Now Collected Into Volumes; The Force of Truth, an Authentic Narrative; And Fifteen Sermons on Select Subjects Being, however, an utter stranger to the depravity and helplessness of fallen nature, I had no doubt that I could amend my life whenever I pleased. Pre viously therefore to communicating, I set about an unwilling reformation; and, procuring. A form of prayer, I attempted to pay my secret addresses to the Majesty of heaven. /having in this manner silenced my conscience, I partook of the ordinance: I held my resolutions also, and continued my devotions, such as they were, for a short time; but they were a weariness and a task to me, and, temptations soon returning, I relasped; so that my prayer-book was thrown aside, and no more thought of till my conscience was again alarmed by the next warning given for the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Then the same ground was gone over again, and with the same issue. My 'f goodness was like the morning dew that passeth away and, loving sin and disrelishing religious du ties as much as ever, I returned, as the sow that is washed to her wallowing in the mire. 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.