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Memoirs of the Life of the Very Reverend Mr. James Fraser of Brea (v. 3); Written by Himself. Dedicated by the Author, to Thomas Ross,
Memoirs of the Life of the Very Reverend Mr James Fraser of Brea Written by Himself Dedicated by the Author to Thomas Ross - v. 3 Author:James Fraser Volume: v. 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1738 Original Publisher: printed by Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson, and sold at their Printing-house Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edi... more »tion of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ( followed. qtbly, This was not enough -, Satm was let out upon me, to trouble me with athei- ftical Thoughts, which had like Serpents been hit? fing, and had appeared, but were quieted tho' not killed , a certain Token that they would, when Occafion offered, break out moft violently. Oil laid I, what a Delufion have I been in ? I was never convinced nor humbled, nay, I think never convinced that there was a God, or that his Word was true. Now, the Lord leaving me, and Satan being permitted, and being with former Exercifes naturally melancholy, atheiflical Tentations were driven moft violently upon me, upon which great and fenfible Horrour fell upon my Spirit; which did arife, not fo much from the Thoughts of this that there was no God, as from the Thoughts that myfelf was an Atheift, and that I had not a lively demonftrative Argument for proving effe6lually and powerfully that there is a God. Oh mifer- able Creature, cried I, that perifh'd not at firlfc when under Horrour, ere I had known any Thing of God, but to live till now, till I had contrafted more Guilt and Punifhment! O happy when I thought I had finned the Sin againft the Holy Ghoft ! For then there were Hopes that, while I believed the Scriptures, by them I might be per- fvvaded that I had not finned it; but now no Remedy is left: When ths Foundations are loofed, what Means can 1 ufe ? To whom fhall I go, when I doubt the Being of God ? How fhall I be convinced ? How fhall I pray ? 5 tbly, Looking to the Difpenfation I was under,...« less