Excerpt from Devotional Guides, Vol. 2 of 2I both dislike and dread, as much as you can, all attempts to sooth my fears by softening my guilt. We have, alas, almost trodden under foot some of the laws of the Son of God: but, not in order to hold up to public contempt, his cross or character. We have, alas, done despite to the Spirit of grace: but not from sheer malignity, nor by de liberate or spiteful blasphemy. Ivs have, alas, counted the blood of the covenant almost an unnecessary thing: but never an unholy thing. Oh, no, no! Far as we have fallen, and deeply as we have sunk, in sin and insensibility, we never, wilfully, cursed the persons or the character of the Godhead. Nothing pains us more than the presence of a thought, which even borders on blasphemy. It is never welcomed nor invited.

Indeed, Noah was not more glad when the dark and stormy waters of the deluge left his ark at rest, than we are when dark and daring thoughts cease to haunt our minds. \vhen they depart, we could almost apply to ourselves, the language of the Evangelist, concerning the Saviour's temptation in the wilderness, then the devil leaveth him; and behold angels came and ministered unto him we are so thankful when our tempt ation subsides. And even when it is at its height, there is always one thing which Satan cannot do, either by his strength or stratagem - he is never able to attach or recon cile us to blasphemous and unholy thoughts; but the more they haunt us, the more we hate them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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