Excerpt from A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts After religion has revived in the church of God, and ene mies appear, people that are engaged to defend its caufe, are commonly molt expofed, where they are lead fenfrble of danger. Vvhile they are wholly intent upon the oppolition that appears Openly before them, to make head againfl that, and do neglee't carefully'to look all round them, the devil comes behind them, and gives a fatal flab unfeen; and has opportunity to give a more home firoke, and wound the deeper, becaufe he firikes at his leifure, and according to his pleafure, being obfiruaed by no guard or refrftance. 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.