comfortable walking with God. 309 remorfeleflywallowed inever finceI was borne, Ifay, I loo- Lav ^s'? of the keduponall there engraven by Gods angry hand upon the face ofmyconfcience,in bloody andburning lines. 2.Where- upon Ina fecond place, it openedupon mee the Armory of Gods flaming wrath, and fiery indignations; nay, and the very mouth of hell, ready to empty themfelves, and execute their utmoft uponmineamazed, andguilty foule. In thef refcleffe, and raging perplexities, whrewith my poore foule was extreamely fcorched, and parchedwithpe- nitent paine ; Hiswrath, who is a confirming fire, wringing my v.ery heart-firings with unfpeakeable anguifh ; Iefus GO.m. Cbriff bleffed for ever, was lifted upunto me in the Gofpell, as an Antitype to the ereaing of the brazen Serpent in the Wilderleffe. In whom dying and bleeding upon the Croffe, Ibeheldan infinite treafurie ofinercy and love; a boundleffe and bottomleffe lea of tender-heartedneffe, and pittie; a whole heaven of fweetneffe, peace and fpirituall pleafures. Whereupon there fprung'up andwas inkindled in myheart, an extreame thirfi, ardent defires, vehement longings after that foveraigne faving blood, which alone could cafe my grieved foule, and turne my fouled fames into the white& {now. So that in thecafe I then was, had I had in full tafte, and foie command, the pleafures, profits, 5oyes and glory of many worlds, willingly would I have parted with them all : and had I had a thoufand lives, freely would I have laid them all downe ; nay, with all my heart would I have Beene content to have lyen fora feafon in thevery 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 ofChrifis precious blood ; the darkeneffe, defolations of my wofull heart refrefht,and revived,but with the leali glimpfe of Gods favourable contenance. Theedge, and eagerneffe of which inflamed affe&ions, made me cal} about with infinite care how to compaffe fo deare a comfort. Then came into my minde (the holy Spirit being my merciful! Remembran- cer) thofe many melting compafinnate invitations, more X 2 war
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