Excerpt from The Design of Christianity, With Other Books, Epistles, and Manuscripts of That Ancient Faithful Servant of Christ Jesus, John Crook: To Which Is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life Written by Himself About this time I was placed in a parifh in Lon don, where was a minifier, who was in thofe days called a Puritan, where I came acquainted with thofe young people that frequented fermons and leétures, fo often as we had any liberty from our occafions, being apprentices; yet trouble grew upon me more and more, as I grew in knowledge and underf'tanding of the things of God; and fiill I applied myfelf to reading the bible, and other good books, and prayed often, infomuch, as thofe in the family where I was an apprentice, took much notice of it, and would hand in fecret places to hear me, though I then knew it not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.