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Grace
Abounding
TO TH· E
Chief
of.
SI N.N E.R S :·
.OR,
A
brlef
Relation
of
the exceed ing 1\fercy
of - ·
G.od
in
Chr
ift,
to
his
poor Servant,·
John
lrrmjan.
·
I
~
this
my
Rel:ation of the
me~"cift:I
Work..;.
·
tng of God upon m-y Sonl,
It
w1H
not
be~·
amifs,.
if,
in the firft
place,
I do, in a
fe\V
Words, give
you
an Hint of
my
·Pedegree,.
and
In'anner
of. bdnglng
up; and thereby
the
Goodnlers
and
Bounty
of
GoC.
towards–
me
n1ay oe-,,.t'he
rnore
advan~ed
and magnifi -
ed before
the
Sons
of Men.
·
·
2 ·.
·For
my
Defcent-
then,
it
was, as is
well
known
by
many,
of a low and inconfiderableh
Generation;
my
Father's
Houfe
b~ing
of that·
Rank that is
tneaneft,-and
n1qfr
defpifed ofall.
the
Families in
the
Land. \\
7
herefore I
have
n'ot here, as others to boaft of noble Blood,or
of an
high
born
State,
according
to the
Flefu,; ..
tho, all
things
dlnfider'd, I
nragnify
the
H-e"'!'*·
'Vtnly ·Majdfy,for
that
by
this
Door
he brought
me
into this
W
ot~ ld,
to
partake
o {
the
Grace,
;and Life
that
is in
C~rift
by
.the
Gofpel.
·
. 3·
But
yet,
notwttbfl:~ndln~
the meanne)s .
and. inconfider~bl.enefs
of_my
Parents,it pleaf""..
ed
~
od
to put
lt Into.
thetr
Hearts,
to
pt1t
me
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