Excerpt from The Sacred Classics: Or Cabinet Library of Divinity Not from mercenary expectations or servile terrors, but from the generous principle of love, is the ele ment of his best pleasure, identical with his con formity to the likeness of his Redeemer, and indeed an essential part of that redemption which brings the Christian to serve God without fear, in holi ness and righteousness before him, all the days of his life' on earth, and to the never-dying period of his life in heaven. 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.