I could not help
perceiving that I was now on a path which was likely to lead me
into a species of distress hitherto unknown, and hardly dreamed
of by me, and that was total destitution. For all the riches I had
been possessed of a few hours previous to this, I found that here I
was turned out of my lordly possessions without a single merk, or
the power of lifting and commanding the smallest sum, without
being thereby discovered and seized. Had it been possible for me
to have escaped in my own clothes, I had a considerable sum
secreted in these, but, by the sudden change, I was left without a
coin for present necessity. But I had hope in Heaven, knowing
that the just man would not be left destitute and that, though
many troubles surrounded him, he would at last be set free from
them all. I was possessed of strong and brilliant parts, and a
liberal education; and, though I had somehow unaccountably
suffered my theological qualifications to fall into desuetude, since
my acquaintance with the ablest and most rigid of all theologians,
I had nevertheless hopes that, by preaching up redemption by
grace, preordination, and eternal purpose, I should yet be enabled
to benefit mankind in some country, and rise to high distinction.
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