Excerpt from The Doctrine of the New Birth, Exemplified in the Life and Religious Experience of Onesimus From the Eleventh to the Twenty-Fifth Year of His Age, or From the Year 1779 to 1793, Inclusive No. 1. The ship Perseverance, commanded by Captain Onesimus, leaving the shores of time, with her sails loose, and anchor weighed; bound on a voyage of discovery, in search of the immortality of the human soul, and with a full determination, like Columbus, to convince himself of the existence of another and better world than this, as a counterpoise to this world of sin and death. No. 2. Captain Onesimus, viewing through the telescope of faith, the bright and morning star of immortality. No. 3. Satan, the God of this sinful world, and the Prince of darkness, standing on the lantern of the light-house of the age of reason and philosophy, taking a view of Onesimus, casting off his fealty to the Prince of darkness, and leaving the shores of time. No. 4. Christ, the bright and morning star. "Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secrets unto his servants the prophets. The Lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy." - Amos, iii chap. 6, 7, 8 verses. 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.