I .16 Grace Abounding 2 5T. I !hould in thefe days, often in rny greateft A gonie·~; even ·flounce t~w ards~ the Promife (as the Horfes do to'w.a1·ds found Ground, that yet ftick in the tr1ire) conclu– ding (though ~s one altnoft bereft of his wits · ·through fear) on this I will refr and fray, and leave the fulfi1Hng of it to the God of Hea– . ven that made it. 0 ! n1any a pul1 hath my ·- heart ha,d with Satan, for that blefled fixth ·of c:fohn :. I did not now~ as at other tin1es, look principally for corn fort ( d10ugh, 0 J~ow welcom would it have bee'n unto me !) But now a \vord, a w~rd to lean a weary Soul upon, that I might not fink for ever! 'twas that I hunted for. 2 52. Yea, often vvhen I have been ma– king to the Pr01nife, I have feen as if the Lord would refure n1y Soul for ever; I was oftenas if had run upon the Pikes, .. and as if the Lord l~ad thrufr at me,to keep me from }1itn, as with a flan1ing Sword. T'heG J lhould think of !le/fer, who went to petition the King contrary to the Law, Ejl/J. 4· t6.. I thought alfo of Benhadad's Seryants, who \Vent with Ropes about their Heads · to their Enemies .for Mercy, 1 . Kjng. 20. 3I. &c. The Woman of Canaan alfo, that would not be daunted, tho·ugh called -Dog, by Chrift, Mat. 15. 22. &c. and the man that went to borrO\V bread ·at Mi4nigh-t, Luk. 1. s,6,7,8, ~c. were great e,ncouragements unto me.
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