tne grofeft self-murder. ' 4~ . thou canO: give it tr; God ; nothing elfe to d~ with thy thonghts,.then thou fanfi think...ofGoiJ; when thou haft no ufe of a lie, then thou canfi tell truth, &c. Afign it is in thee; itis pot-the telling of the truth ; it is not the fpeaking very gently and modeftly that isno~ in thee to 4o~ · bat thouwilt not put it forth; nay thou canfi be foundly provoked while fome are inCompany, and yet fiill as quiet as may be, afign it is in thee. fourthly, :itsafignit uin thee,' biit thouart4.. A:rgu.: fo jlHggifo thou wilt not put it forth, ·be(au[e tht · Rod if able to whip itout ofthee, Like aBoy that is idleandcan fay nothing , yet his Mafier is able to whip it out of him , then he can fay it very roundly~ So .thou canO: not think of thefe things, yet let God lath thee, and whip ·thee with Jick...ne./[e, or with the Pangs of Dettth. Then 0 I have been a·Drunkark, and I have been naught, I have. been wicked, and Oh · if God would recover me , I would not for . a World fin fo as I have done : Then thou canfi weep, and then thou canfl: crie , and then 0 for ~he Minifter ! Afign it is in. thee, for a Rod puts in no new , but onely lafues up that ~ which lay there; as the Twigs of the Rod have no 'Zlertue in them to put LeArning into the Boy, but its a fign it was in him. · Ah thou Wretch thou , 'thy Blood li'es on thine own Head ; why then dofi thou not now put thy felf forth ? Thou canft, but Oh it kills thee to think now of · taking pains after fuch things. It kills thee now to go to thy Beads and· lie at weeping Croffe' , and be fo holy • d E 4 for f .. . ... . " i
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