(I13)· me in t~is thi,ng, I fr~e~y put i.t ,int-~thy 'hand, to take thule one way, ana ufe thJne own meaas. Ufe the Word, or the Rod. Cofumaitd nfe, or chafiife me, fpare not this flelh for all _its crying, ftrip me of .wh~t thou wilt, ~nf11tt on-m·e what thou wilt,throw -lne whither thou pleafeft,Iet me not want the moft bitte-r Pill that's needful,any thing,any thing Lord; I hope I c;1n- be po~r, if thou wilt hav~ me fo; I can be in pain, in difgrace, ifthou \vilt have me: But l cannot beunholy, I cannot bear it to be fnch a fl:arveling in the Hate of my SouL Lord, · for more holinef.~, Lord for n1ore,life,anci care, andzeal,and fruit,let n1e have ·it,upon what terms thou plcafeft; only let me have it. Can you fay thus to the Lord? I hope yoo can; what, andyet be difpleafed, if he takejou a~your word ?-cat?- jou p'ray thus~ and, yet , repine~ nnirmur that the Lord hear~ y~urpraye,rsl Chrifi:ian, when the Lord con1es to deal roughly ·with thee, etJ,tertain his chafiifement.s, wltatever they be, w'ith 'this thoughc. Now the Lo-rd is about to give n1e my hearcs ddire; now·is my dayofhope. This diftrefs, this furrow and anguifh, the Lo~d bath brought upon Ole, 111ay be come tO perforqt that work ~hich I have long'd to fee: _What the Word bath been fo long a doing, an~:l yec is not , done. What Sacraments, Prayers, Mercie~, have been fo long .a doing);and yet is·not done. Now is\ the t~n1e, this n1ay_J;1e the means to bri~1g it abol;lt.. · This bitter{;,-u-p----tiath health in the bottom ; this Ploug.h, and thefe deep furrows it makes, look co– wards an Harveft. The work is doing that I ~ve _ 'been fo longa begging~ This froward,this fenfele~, this fioathful)this earthly,barren heart .,which I feel today,l hope ·now,in~ a little ti~e~ - 1 !hall be rid o~ I · fo.r, I • /
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