Distinction, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Distinction, Vol. 2 of 2: A TaleI read with much interest, the detail you so confi dentially gave in your last letter, of the state of your soul, under the many spiritual privations to which you are at present subject. I pray, that daily you may more and more feel the barrenness of the land around you. Be assured, when all surrounding in¿uences, as you re present them, are Opposed to your progress in holiness, nothing short of a constant, earnest, prayerful endeavour to keep alive in your heart spiritual affections, can secure you from falling back into your former worldliness of thought and action. No humble believer ever sought in vain if you seek, you shall find. You will soon discover that it is an infinitely harder and more humiliating task, to keep alive in your soul the ¿ame of divine life, under your present prosperous circumstances, than if you had remained at Hereford-house unknown and uncared for. You will find, that to bear prosperity in a heavenly frame of mind, is a much more severe trial, than to endure in such a spirit, neglect and unkindness. The natural ten dency of the former state, is to create a high esteem of ourselves, satisfaction in earthly things, and a looking to, and trusting in them for our happiness. In the latter state, we are offended with the world, we are cut Off from many worldly delights and therefore we have less satis faction in them, and consequently a greater desire to seek joys more enduring, more substantial.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. 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.