To the READER.

To the READER.

IT is not for me to say much of the Person who is the Subject of the ensuing History, for that I am his younger Brother. I have read a Letter (dated October 25. 1688.) written to his and my ever honoured Father, wherein are these Expressions.

Never could Parent have cause of more comfort in a Child, than you have in that Son of yours. I have seen his private Papers, and in them such an Instance of a Walk with God, as few ancient Ministers perhaps have Experience of, especially for the three last years of his Life, I find that he maintained a course of wonderful Devotion, Supplication and Meditation every day; that solemn Humiliations and Thanksgivings in secret, were no strangers to ⟨image 5⟩his Practice, that he would be often thinking with himself, What shal• I do for God? And in a word, that Dr. Owen's Book about Spiritual-Mindedness, has been in a very rare manner transcribed into his Conversation. He has bin for his years a great Scholar, but a better Christian. The Life of the famous young Janeway, I think, has not more of Holiness illustrious in it, than that of your dear Nathanael's.

I write these things, because I judge you have no greater Joy. Some Eminent Ministers here, have maintained a pleasant, intimate, familiar Conversation with him, and the Character which they gave of him, is very Extraordinary. Thus that Letter.