<lrdce L4boundin~ ; 6 Mind a fe(:ret pricking forwa rd thereto-; though, 1 blefs God,, not for defire of vain · Glory, for at that time, I was mofr forely af... flitted with the fiery darts of the Devil, concerning my Eternal State. · · 270. But yet could not be c~ntent, unlefs I was found in the Exercife ofmy gift, unto ·which alfo I was greatly anim'ated, not only ·by the continual defires of the Godly, but · alfo by that faying of Paul to the CorinthianJ, I befeech y(ut, Brethren, (ye know the houjhold of · Stephanus, that it z's the firft fruits 9f Achaia, .ttnd that they have addilled .themfelves to the Miniftry of the Saints ) t.hat you (ubmit )'Our {elves unto {t1ch, and to even; one · that helpeth 'IVith us, t~n.d laboureth; 1 Cor. 16. I 5, I 6. 27 I. By this Text I 'was made lO fee that the Holy Ghoft never intended that Men ~ho have Gifts and Abilities, lhould bury - thelJ1 in the earth, but rather did command and fti r up fuch to the exercife of their gift, :and alfo did commend thofe that were apt, and ready fo to do, They have addiEfed them'- . fclves .to the Miniftry o.fthe S4ints: This S ripture in thefe days did continually run in my mind to iRcourage me and ftrengthen me - in -this n1y ·work for God; l have bc.rri alfo incouraged from fevera1other fcri ptures and ExJmples of thf.' god~y, both fp_ec}fied in the \Vord nnd other ancient Hiftories; Ails 8. 4· and 1 ~· 24, 2-5. &c. 1_ Pet. 4· 1 o. Rorn. I l. ~! F~A· ~~!~ ~ll~ ./1!~11!_ Wh . . ~7~~ - - ~~e:
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