( 17'4) _J\fter all my moft impartial En;q 1 uiri€3; after all. n1y feeking counfel fron1 the Lord,afte;r all n1y~on· fidering, and confulting with men of alrperfwafi-. ont;, about thefe ¥at ters, I find n1y fetf fo far fhort·o~ fari:.f.attion, that I an1 plainly put to .this cho ice>~o · part wich my Mimfiry or my Confcience. I da.renot lie before God and .t k5:~ \V·odd' ; hor.t oz1ear1J .t-el l you I approve, I allow,I hea rt ilyconfenr/towhat -!: neither. do,nor can ;but muH chdofe rather,that tny Minifiry be feal' d up by n1y Suffering·s,tb an lengt h– ned ou_t by a Lie:Through the GraceofGod,thougb n1en do.,yet myhea'rt lhall ·not repro~ach me while f. live; If our, hettrts co1!demnrM, God if .grfa~ter than our hettrts,Jtnd ft~t919tth aU things~ But however, t hough I ntuit now no longer a& as a Minjfter,l fiall,througn t he Grac(oJ God,endeavou r psaceably, and p~ t .i ·· cntly,tofuffer as a Chrj.,fi ian. . ~ . . , ' : I fuould, ..to teftifie · n1y Obrtlit.Jt.Ce t o Authority, have becon1e all Thingsteall Men,to~ tl1e utterQtofi · that I C0uld,with any clearnefs of heart : But f:ince Matters fiand fo,. t~at 1mufl: lofe.n1y place, or myI pe~ce, .I chearfully fuffer myfclf tP be thruft off·the St "'ge . . ,. . - , . • • ,. ' • <0. M , ..1 And nowwelcome the .- Crofs .of Chrift, w·elcome R.ep.roach,wel co~me.Pov: er ty, .Scorn,.a't.:rd·Con t e.tnp~j or whatever elfe may befall me on dus account . Tlu.~ I Morning I haJ a F l-ock; .-and you had a Pa(lor ; but now behc;J d ·et. .Pafior without a f~lock, a Flock with.-, out a S·hepheai·d:·· This Morning I had a.nHoufe,but now) have noue; · T1Jis Morning I had a living)b.u.t now I have none :··The Lord hathgiv-en>an~ t.hc Lord lutth ta/ttn away; Blrffc4be tht Name Q[the Lord. ~ BelGved, f·am fenfible of many Weakneffes-and Difadvantages I am under,which may rend~r a ~uf. fcnni} / I
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