p1111111111)111111611 comfortable rvalkingwith God. 3®9 retnorfelcfly wallowed inever fince 1 was borne, I fay,I loo- w"tri e tbr ked upon all there engraven by Gods angry hand upon the Law. faceofmy confeience,inbloodyand burning lines. 2. Where- upon in a fecond place, it opened upon me the Armory of Gods flaming wrath, and fiery indignations ; nay, and the ve- ry mouth ofhell , ready to empty themfelves , and execute their utmoil upon mine amazed, and guilty Ionic. In thefereftlefle, and raging perplexities, wherewith my poore Cottle was extremely fcorched, and parched with pe- nitent palm ; His wrath, who is a covfisming fire, wringing wkinx, c E my very heart-firings with unfpeakeable anguifh ; Ieftys Gofteli. Chrift bleffed for ever, was lifted up unto me in the Gofpell, as an Antitype to the ereaingof the brazen Serpent in the Wilderneffe. In whom dyingand bleeding upon theCrofl'e, Ibeheld an infinite treafuric ofMercy and love ; a boundleffe and bottomleffe fea of tender-heartedneffe, and pittie ; a whole heaven offweetneffe , peace and fpirituall pleafures. Whereupon there fprung up and was inkindled in mine heart, an extreme thirfl, ardent defires , vehement longings after that foveraigne laving blood,. which alone could cafe my grieved foule, and turne my fowleft furies into the whitePt frow. So that in the cafe I then was, had I had in full tele, and foie command, thepleafures , profits, joyes and glory ofmany worlds, willingly would I have parted with them all : and had I had a thoufand lives, freely would I have laid them all dovvne ; nay, with all mine heart would I have beene content to have lyen for a fcafon in the very flames of Hell , to have had the prefent horrour of my confounded fpirit comforted from Heaven ; and my fpirituall thirfi al- layed and a little cooled, but with one droppe of Chrifis precious blood; the darkencffeiand defolations of my wofull heartrefrefht,and revived,but with the leaft glimpfeofGods favourable countenance. The edge and eagerneffe of which inflamed affedions , mademee caft about with infinitecare how to compaffe fo deare a comfort. Then came into my mind, ( the holy Spirit being my mercifullRemembran- cer,) thpfemany=lungcompafrionattt invitations, more X 3 War-
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