Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Collection of Letters, and State Papers From the Original Manuscripts of Several Princes and Great Personages in the Two Last Centuries, Vol. 2 of 2: With Some Curious and Scarce Tracts, and Pieces of Antiquity, Modern Letters, &C. On Several Important Subjects I will now conclude thefe m Letters of Advice with that which muit be the Beginnin your Elections, eveh Heart lifted up in Pra er to god the Father, for a Blefiing on your Endeavou1s, an with an earneft Defire, that you may make choice of fuch Men as may be fitly qualified with natural Abilities for the well difcharginfg of that Trufl which you repofe in them; and, by the Grace 0 our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the Sanctification of. His Holy Spirit be fo furnifhed and fo feparated for the Work which they {hall be called unto, that they may be a Means of bringin Peace again into our Borders, even that paifeth ail Underftanding, and which {hall prevail to the eftabliihing of Truth, and to the Introduction of that Kingdom for which we patiently attend. Amen. 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.