A choice Bed of Spices. 243 Seventhly, IV,r- or Princes , nor all the people of the Land. 'niece feven aggravations which Daniel reckons up in his con- feaion, are worthy of our moil ferious.. confideration. The fame fpirit you may find working in Peter, Mark 14. 72. when. he thogght thereo-n he wept ; or neerer the Original ; when be calt all thefe things one opokanother, he 'wept. Al wretch ! that l ever I was born, that ever,' I fhould deny the-Lord that -bought me ; that ever I fhould deny him who bath not only externally, but alfo internally called me ' that ever I fhould deny him that made me an .Apottle, that fed me at his table, that beautified me with his grace, and that in the Mount fhevy'd me come glimpfes of his glory ; that ever I fhould deny him who has brought me out of a (late of death and wrath, into a date of life and love ; that ever I fhould deny him that has been the belt, the wifeft, the holieft, the tender- eft, the faithfulleft, and the noblett Matter that ever man ferved. Ah, wretch that I am ! he forewarned me of this fin before-hand, that I might be not only cautioned but armed againft it, and yet I denied him ; I promifed him before- hand, that I would never deny him, that I would never for- 4ake him, that I would never turn my back upon him, and li, yet like a bafe coward, I have denied the captain of my fal- va-tion ; yea, this very night, and no longer ago, did I fay a- .gain and again, that I would not deny him, and yet now, even now, I have molt Ihamefully denied him ; yea, I told .him 5 that though all others thould deny him, yet would not 1 I deny him, and yet in all the world there is not fuch ano- j ther to be found, that has fo *idly, fo defperately denied 1 him, as I have denied him, and that before a filly Maid ; nay, )more beat that I am to my denying of him. I have added a molt incredible lye, faying, I know not the man, when there was hot a man in all world that I was fo well acquainted with as I was with Chrift , feeding conftantly at his table, and drinking conftantly of his cup, andliving conftantly up- on his purfe, and waiting conflantly upon his perfon, and being a,conftant eye-witnefs of all the famous miracles that ;were wrought by-him;nay, yet more monfter that I am, I did not only lye, but I alfo bound that lye with an hideous Oath,I I i z . did ^..- --- There was fcarce any Jew, which knew not Chrift by fight, he being very famous for the many mira- cles that were wrote by him.
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