Art thou not brought home to sit down with them, to partake of all the sacred privileges of God's house with them, and to have a share in all their prayers! It is below the high and soverreign dignity thou art raised to. Art thou born from above, a prince, a favourite of heaven, an heir of both worlds! and yet not content? Lastly, Consider, all thy afflictions, troubles, and sorrows are nothing, in comparison of what other saints have met with; nay, to those Jesus Christ met with himself for thy sake, and art thou not content! Besides, are they not less than thy sins deserve? Nay, all those hard things thou meetest with, God intended to work for thy good. All the bitter things thou art ever like to meet with, in this world will yield nothing but sweet hereafter! All thy troubles will soon be gone, they are but for a moment. They are intermixed with many mercies and much sweet. On the whole, therefore, thou shouldst even rejoice in tribulation, and be glad of the manifold blessings it is designed to secure. No sooner had Consideration laid all these things and many other of the like nature before him, but lo! to his joy, Contentment came in, and was immediately welcomed by Godliness' heavenly retinue. It cannot be imagined what rejoicing there was now in poor Thought S ful's house; it would have diffused joy through every benevolent mind, to see how the scattered powers of the enemy were forced to fly into concealment. Apollyon himself was forced to withdraw; Despond was vanquished: Disquiet and Murmur could find no place. Oh! this was to him the joyful day of days. Now that blessed Contentment was fairly settled in the house, he, with the kind retinue which Godliness had brought in before, soon began to set the affairs of Thoughtful in order. Constant Supplication proved himself an excellent help. Careful, Hospitality, Holy Sympathy, Love-All, and others, contributed to secure the respect of all his neighbours. His residence in the town of Religion proved a public blessing; and so long as my knowledge of him continued, he remained happy and prosperously, ever blessing the day he became acquainted with TRUE GODLINESS, and employed much of his time in thanksgiving and praise to God and the Lamb. Godliness, having received a Commission to travel, CHAPTER V. Godliness, in his Travels, came to a Cottage, CHAPTER VI. Godliness applies to Youth, who pleads various CHAPTER VII. Godliness at the Door of Old-Age; the Reasons CHAPTER VIII. True Godliness, after this, travelled towards the 75 112 108 116 CHAPTER IX. Godliness encounters a Man of strange Counte- CHAPTER X. Godliness came to Mr. Formalist's door, who bid CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII.' CHAPTER XIV. 125 129 144 154 182 204 : THE CHRISTIAN LIBRARY, Now publishing by LINCOLN & EDMANDS, comprises the following works. BAXTER'S CALL. A new and beautiful stereotype edition, with Chalmer's Introductory Essay, and several Minor Works of Mr. Baxter, 18mo. BAXTER'S SAINTS' REST. From Rev. Dr. Wayland, President of Brown I am gratified to perceive that you have published a handsome edition of Baxter's Saints' Rest. Of the value of the work itself it is superfluous to speak. It has few equals in any language. The ordinary copies are most palpably beneath the value of the work. THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas à Kempis, with Dr. Chalmer's Introductory Essay. A new edition, edited by Rev. Howard Malcom, of Boston. MEMOIR OF MRS. ANN H. JUDSON, late Missionary to Burmah. Including a History of the American Baptist Mission in the Burman Empire. By James D. Knowles. Fifth edition. |