384 MEMOIR R$ OP PERIOD XI. t a letter was' exke&ed b o of his great mercy brought it to Gordon at A6erdee iron gates in the way thereof to fly op e- tryii o me orth, to his own glory, and the benefit of the c , even, d,ugh I fhould never fee it, but be laid in en the duft-erë it come 7,,o pals. This day, O&. 22. 1730, having laid the matter of the two MSS. above mentioned before the Lord, and conf dered the fame, I was, upon the one hand, made to adore that gracious and kind divine condu&, whereby I,was kept from deftroying them Dec. 2. 1729, as narrated, p. 359. ; of the which I now fee the then fecret caufe : and, on the other hand, I was cleared to deftroy them, now that the preceeeling account of my life is written ; and accordingly I havecommitted them to the flames. At the end of the firft of the two, I found force fcriptures com- fortably fuperfcribed ; the tenor whereof follows. Mine. Blef- fed are they that hunger, and thirft after righteoufnefs; for they {hall be filled," Matth. v. 5. " Ble(led are the poor in fpirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," Matth v. 3. " I dwell in the highand holy place, with him alfo that is of a contrite and humble fpirit to revive the fpirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones," If. -lvii. 15. " Let your foul delight itfelf in fatnefs hear, and your foul {hall live," Ifa. Iv. 2. 3. Whofo confe(feth and forfaketh, (hall find mercy," Prov. xxviii. 13. See i John. i. 9. " And we know that all things -work together for good to them that love God," Rom. viii. 28. " De- light thyfelf alfo in the Lord, and he (hall give thee the delires of thine heart," Plál. xxxvii. 4. " When I fent you forth, lack- ed ye any thing ?" " Thou haft ravifhed my heart with. one of thine eyes," Cant. iv. 9. Who is this that cometh up from the wildernefs, leaning ore her beloved ?" Cant. viii. 5. Call thy burden on the Lord ; he will fuftain thee," Pfal. lv. 22. " Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," Zech. iv. 6. " Yea I have loved thee with an everlaftiug love : therefore with loving kindnefs. have I drawn thee," Jer. xxxi. 3. " Seek ye frft the kingdom of God, and his righteoùf- nefs, and there things (hall be added to you," Matth. vi. 33. " Go thy way ; thy faith hath made thee whole," Mark x. 52. " Though I walk in the midit of troubles, thou wilt, re> vive me ; thou (halt stretch forth thy hand againft the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand (hall fave me.. The Lord will perfe& that which concerneth me," Pfal. cxxxviii. 7. 8. I will inftru& thee, and teach thee in the way that thou (halt go," Hit xxxii. 8. " -He hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation," A&s xvii. 26. .That MS. ended Feb. 16. 1699. [Thusfar theauthor hadproceeded both in the general account of his li f , and in thepailages thereof,. on the 22dof Oetober i7 SO ; and on the 25th of that month, he flint up the account withfeven
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