Excerpt from Pious Meditations, and Devout Breathings I have lived many years longer than holy David did; yet I can truly say with him, 'we have brought our years to an end as it were a tale that is told.' Oh my soul, it is but yesterday since we met; and now we are going to part. I hope we shall not be unwilling to take leave; for what advantage can it be to hold out longer together? One half of me cannot but grow more infirm with use and time, and thereupon must follow a decay of all faculties and operations: for where the tools are grown bad and dull, what work can be exquisite P Thou seest it then necessary and inevitable that we must yield to age, and grow worse with con tinuance. 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.