Med. XI. The disappointment turned out a piece of kindness. O how blind is man! O how kind is heaven! In the Royal Navy, in time of war, he wrote several of them. A groundless slander, hurtful to him, though not of an immoral nature, was the occasion of his writing Med. XVIII. As what has happened to him may befal others, he hopes these few meditations, written for his own use, may be useful and acceptable to serious souls." The Editor, entertaining the same hopes, recommends them to the blessing of God, and to the acceptance of the saints. He hopes that the reception of the present volume will give encouragement to the speedy publication of the other series of Meditations, styled, THE TRAVELLER; to which, if God will, shall be prefixed, a Memoir of the Author's life, collected chiefly from the numerous manuscripts which he has left behind him. EDINBURGH, JAMES PEDDIE. MEDITATION CONTENTS. 8. Worldly losses and misfortunes universal, 15. Communion with God, what it is, 16. The disposal of Providence always best, 17. Love in its fourfold extension, 36. The unconcerned spectators, 37. Death a blessing to good men, 38. Mercy going before God, makes meeting him a mercy, 104 39. The necessity of afflictions, 42. Only a rumour heard of the triumphant state, 44. A wicked thing to depart from God in the least, 46. We should sleep no longer than to refresh the body, 47. Our only joy in view of the world to come, 51. From the depth of afflictions we see stupendous things, 136 pointed time, 93. The world deep rooted in the affections, 85. A pleasant consideration, 86. Crucifixion, 87. All God's ways equal, 88. Self-flatterers, 89. The heavenly vision assimilating, 90. Still descriptions fall short of glory, 91. Saints honourable, 92. Mercies, though apparently delayed, come at the ap- 128. Against murmuring at misfortunes, 129. A caveat against excess of joy in prospect of any created 138. On casting our care on God, 139. The affection of a parent, 140.. On being created a peer, 141. The singular advantages of poverty, |