. I 'I 96. , WiljuflimpenitiiiCJ an~ t~uth: , I ca~not fee ~tis a finn not to pray _dally tnmy Famtly , not to repeat the Sermon every Sabbath : ifI ·could fee it were a fin> I ' ·would mehd it;. no, no, thou li~fl: uhto God, thou a.rt. 9bfi:ipa~~, and thou -wQuldft not have it a fin, .·and thou wilt n9t·believe it, and ifthou didftknow .i~~o be Qfl~,~hou wouldft not ·re~orm · it. ·, Secondly , Bereby thou dodgefr with Gqd, and tl-!ou tetnptefl: the Lord, If Qod .would give me grace , J would .do it ; this is nothing but 1 dallying ~and: trifling .'with:_the Lord; for why dofi: tho".·not{et about'~ it, .arid try every Day what thou canfi: do ? if God would bur quicken ~e, anq·pet:fwade me~· ar;td compeLme, and en- .·. . able me,,I-woulddo it~.< Alas.. thoudbdgefl: with • ~ ... , • 1 God,as·thepeople in ~heGofpel, ifhe· wiM come .·r~:-~1 ." :do-wn from the Croj[e, w~ will beli~v~ 'ir:- hif!, Ma~.· , .. . 2 7~42. .TP~Y hadnQwtll _to. beheve)nhtm, thts \vas nothing hut dodging : Chtift haddonee– nough;:fo,r them to make _tpem beUeye , ~fthey ~a;d .~ny ~f~ch ~ill; a~d thi~ - was nothing but a pret~l).c.,e~ <?f~~etr d~<;ertt~l hear.t. .~ . · - . ~f..~i_r41y, Hereby thouthuffieft off the Word., . . . _ . whent~Qu: ~a£1: peard it, GoC:i giv.e·me .grace to · · ~ofo a~p,e: ~~~~taugJ,lt me thisday, alas I can· ' · not ~yJe.Jf, .Godgive .megrace , ··and fo fuuf-. fle£1: it .o.ff,; and thinkell: no ._more of i~: like ( th.<?[e.y~~~arll). ,God-fathers in fome \places, .as fopn as. ~yer ...they aJ;e charged ~t . the.· Font to loo~ t.oth~ :(:hild , a!ld f~e Qirn .brought up in Rehgton , . t~ey prefent~y gq .and pu~ ·_~if the charge on ~~er Father,I pray you take the ~barge. ~?~11 -you ~ F<? thou l~yeit th<? ch~rge a~ Gdod~ . oor, ,I
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