Download or read book Discourses on Various Subjects, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Jeremy Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Discourses on Various Subjects, Vol. 2 of 3 I now present to your Lordship a copy of those sermons, the publication of which was first designed by the appetites of that hunger and thirst of righteous mess which made your dear lady (that rare soul) so dear to God, and that he was pleased Speedily to satisfy her, by carrying her from our shallow and impure cisterns, to drink outof the fountains of our Saviour. My Lord, I shall but prick your tender eye, ifi shall remind your Lordship how diligent a hearer, how careful a recorder, how prudent an oh server, how sedulous a practiser of holy discourses she was; and that therefore it was, that what did slide through her ear, she was desirous to place be fore her eye, that by those windows they might enter in, and dwell in her heart but because by this truth I shall do advantage to the following discourses, give me leave, my Lord, to fancy that this book is de rived upon your Lordship almost in the nature of a legacy from her, whose every thing was dearer to your Lordship than your own eyes; and that what. 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.