Excerpt from Water Baptism, Circumcision, and the Lord's Supper, Dissected and Analized: Shewing the Danger of Resting in Those Signs to Which Is Added, a Concise History of the Anabaptists, or Baptists He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing pre cions come again with r joicing, bringing his sheaves with him Being enabled to mix faith with the word, I found my bow renewed in my hand; all my fears gave way in a moment; and the devil, with his darts, vanished like lightning. God sent his word, and healed me, so that my youth was renewed likethe eagles. I was ashamed, 'yea, confounded, because 'of the iniquity of my doubts, mistrusts, and unbelieving suspicions of God's faithfulness. Lbowed before him, and worshipped him, in spirit and in truth, repenting in dust and'ashes, saying: beholdri am vile, and am not worthy of the least -of all thy mercies'and truth, which thou hast hitherto shewn towards thy servant. O Lord strengthen thou me, and make my fore head like adamant, that I may endure all long suflfering' with joyfulness. I was made to see the blessed face of him, in whom alone the Father 'is well pleased with us as it is written (here) I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. Instead of rebukes, he commanded the best robe to be brought, the ring also, and the shoes; I was made again to feed upon the fatted calf, while God extended peace to me like a river. My cup ran over, and with-flowing tears of con trition, I blessed him with joyful lips. I found him indeed; glorious in holiness, and fearful in praises, doing wonders. 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.