ON THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT; SHEWING THAT EVERY THING IS FROM GOD, AND FOR GOOD, TO ALL. AND GOD SAW EVERY THING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND BEHOLD, IT WAS VERY GOOD. GENESIS i. 31. BY THEOPHILUS LINDSEY, M. A. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, ΤΟ MRS. SOPHIA AND MRS. FRANCES CHAMBERS, IN GRATITUDE FOR UNWEARIED OFFICES OF THE MOST DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP, FOR NEAR THIRTY YEARS, TO HIMSELF AND MRS. LINDSEY, FROM THEM AND THEIR WORTHY BROTHER, NOW ALAS! INSENSIBLE OF ANY TRIBUTE, THOUGH EQUALLY DUE; AND IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR ENLIGHTENED ZEAL FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE ONE TRUE GOD, AND A CONSTANT UNOSTENTATIOUS READINESS TO DO GOOD; THIS VOLUME OF CONVERSATIONS, THE RECOLLECTION AND THE FRUITS OF THE HAPPY REPOSE AND LEISURE, ENJOYED IN THEIR DELIGHTFUL SUMMER RECESS AT MORDON IN SURRY, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR VERY AFFECTIONATE FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. |