A treatise on comforting afflicted consciences - The Digital Puritan

REV. ROBERT BOLTON.xxxiiithe perusal of it by the eloquence of its style, wereled again to peruse itout of admiration of the instructionwhich it contained.About the fortieth year of his age he married a ladyof the name of Royse, and-thenceforward devoted himselfto the duties of his office with unremitting attention.He preached twice every Sunday during upwardsof twenty years, and catechized the children of theparish every Sunday afternoon. Upon every holyday,and on every Friday before the sacrament, he expoundedsome chapter to his assembled parishioners ; and thusin the course of his ministry he went over nearly everychapter of the Old and New Testament. In theseexercises, as well as in his sermons, it was remarkedby the clergyman who preached his funeral sermon,that he uttered nothing which might not have beendelivered before a learned auditory ; for though plainenough to be understood by a husbandman, all he saidwas so truly accurate and scriptural, as that the mostenlightened hearer might have listened with satisfaction.His entire aim in his preaching seemed to be toconvert the souls of his auditors. This simplicity ofintention was peculiarly approved and honoured of God,who by his ministry convinced many hundreds of theirspiritual need, and of the ability and willingness of theSaviour to sanctify and to redeem.He was especially eminent in his addresses to theconsciences of his hearers, whether his object was toawaken or to console. He was consequently applied tofor his advice by great numbers.Continent proposed cases for his solution.Many persons on theAfter havingbeen rendered eminently useful in this mode, he publishedthe following invaluable <strong>treatise</strong>, which may bed