Excerpt from The Whole Works of the Rev. W. Bates, D. D., Arranged and Revised, With a Memoir of the Author, Copious Index and Table of Texts Illustrated, Vol. 2: Containing: I. Sermons on the Forgiveness of Sins, II. The Sure Trial of Uprightness, III. The Great Duty of Resignation, IV. The Danger of Prosperity, V. Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced VIII. Love. The most eminent of the graces. Love to God arising from his love to us. Love to our neigh hour. The forgiveness of injuries results from it. 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.