A

PLEASING MEDITATION

AND

Devout Contemplation,

TOGETHER WITH

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES FOR A TROUBLED AND ANXIOUS CONSCIENCE,

WHICH IS OPPOSED BY THE WORLD, FLESH, HELL,

DEATH AND THE DEVIL.

ON THE TWENTY‑FIFTH PSALM,

CALLED IN LATIN

Ad te levavi annimam meam

EXPLAINED BY WAY OF SUPPLICATION.

BY

MENNO SIMON.

"Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you," Matt. 5:11, 12.

"In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue," Psalm 120:1, 2.

"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ," 1 Cor. 8:11.

ELKHART, INDIANA:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN F. FUNK AND BOTHER.

1871. 213