Excerpt from On Affliction and Desertion, by Way of Consolation and Instruction: From Sibbs, Manton, Bishop Reynolds, Flavel, Bates, Collings, Charnock, Dorney, Bishop Hopkins, Goodwin, Toplady, Hill, Jay, Etc IT may be asked, - what need was there for another book on the subject Of affliction P Have we not already those that are excellent P - Hill's It is Well. - Cecil's Visit to the House Of Mourning. Griffith and Thelwall on Atflic tion. To this I would answer, in the language Of St. Paul, or rather Of him, by whom St. Paul was inspired, Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father Of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that WE may be able to comfort them Which are in any trouble by the comfort, wherewith we ourselves are comforted Of God, 2 Cor. I. 3, 4. 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.

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