OF HIS CHILDHOOD, (194) LITE, AND LAT ILLNE

̓Απὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα ε. 111 15

Thur sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, '—Psalm ex11v. 12,

FROM THE

DIARY AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS

OF THE LATE

FREDERIC JAMES POST,

OF ISLINGTON.

WITH

A Memoir

OF HIS CHILDHOOD, SHORT LIFE, AND LAST ILLNESS.

̓Απὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας. -2 Tim. iii. 15.

"That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth."-Psalm cxliv. 12.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION.

M.DCCC.XXXVIII.

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PREFACE.

Where thou hast been-What thou hast heard

What thou hast seen- -What thou hast read

What thou hast done- What thou hast thought—

If there be aught of good herein, make a record thereof for a future occasion.-Hints inscribed in his Note-book.

To F. J. POST.

Ir would, doubtless, be a blessing to mankind, if all which has hitherto been written, but not worthy of remembrance, could, by any possibility, be entirely blotted out and forgotten. On the other hand, it is not unreasonable to imagine, that the world might have been profited, if every thing, thought or uttered in past generations, and deserving of being known, had been left upon record. There is something in the life of every person, however obscure, from

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