Divine Communications, Or Spiritual Letters to Faithful Men (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Divine Communications, Or Spiritual Letters to Faithful Men (Classic Reprint) written by James Osbourn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Divine Communications, or Spiritual Letters to Faithful Men If it be so, that the Captain of ounsalvation Was made perfect through suffering, why may not we, who are his followers, expect, irra cer tain sense, to be perfected in the same way; or that we, at least, must suffer afflictions whilst in this life, so that we may learn to set a higher estimate on the life to come. Besides, we should do well to remember that the greatest saints have suffered and been afflicted in a most grlevous manner. Abel was suddenly slain by his cruel and unnatural brother. Moses, also, suffered afr flictions with the people of God. Joseph, like wise, had his, share of afflictions; and we ought to remember the afflictions of Joseph. J ob, .too, was afflicted out of measure, and, per haps, no case is more like your: ownsthan was his. David, also, met with trials, troubles, and affliction in. Great abundance, s Jeremiah was a man that saw. Affliction by the rod of God's wrath. Paul, likewise, suffered greatly, yea more than is usual for men to suffer. 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.