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A short method of prayer, and Spiritual torrents, tr. by A.W. Marston

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xii author's preface.

writer, which is only to lead others to love God, and to serve Him with greater happiness and suc-cess, by enabling them to do it in a simple and easy way, fit for the little ones who are not capable of extraordinary things, but who truly desire to give themselves to God,

I ask all who may read it, to read without pre-judice; and they will discover, under common ex-pressions, a hidden unction, which will lead them to seek for a happiness which all ought to expect to possess.

I use the word facility^ sapng that perfection is easy, because it is easy to find Gk>d, when we seek Him within ourselves. The passage may be quoted which says, "Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me" Qohn vii. 34). Yet this need not occasion any difficulty; because the same God, who cannot contradict Himself, has said, "He that seeketh findeth" (Matt. vii. 8). He who seeks God, and who yet is unwilling to forsake sin, will not find Him, because he is seeking Him where He cannot be found; therefore it is added, "Ye shall die in your sins." But he who sincerely desires to forsake