to t~e C.hief of Siil~ttrs. I 5 I to and for ,hisName,as they would be if theY w~re.under my own care, though ,Nith the denial of the way ofGod.This was a fmarting confideration,and was asSpurs unto n1y Flelli: That Scripture alfo greatly helped it to fallen the more upon ·me,vvhere Chrift pravs againft 11tdas, that God \Vould difappoint him in !11 his felfifh thoughts, w111ch moved him to fell bis Mafter~ Pray read it foberly, Pfol.I 09. 6, "' ' 7,8.&c. " · - · 33 2. I had alfo another Confideration,at1d tliat was, T~1e dread of the Torments of . Hell, which I was fure they n:uff: partake of thatJfor fear of theCrofs do fhrink from their Profeffionof Chrift ;his Word and Laws be.. fore thcSons of Men:lthought alfo of theGlo– ry that he had prepared for thof~ that in Faiti1,andLove,andPat!ence ftood to his ways before then1.Thefe things, 1fay, have helpejl-: 0 - me, when the thoughtsof the mifery tl:rat . both my felfand n1ine., miv.ht, for the fake of my Profeffion, heexpnfeQ to, hath lain Pinching on my l\1ind. ' , 333· When I have indeed conceited that I n1ight be banifhed for my Profeffion, then 1' have thought of that Scripture.They rvtr~; fto- . ne1, th.ey were fawn ~tfunder, were ternpted, were .flatnWtth the Sword; they wandrcdobottt t"nSheep– Skins,And Goat.. Skins,bting deflitute,lflj]liCf ed,t()r":' mented, ofwhDm theWorldwiUn6t worthy, for all they thought theywere too bad to dwell and - abide ~111ongft ~hem~ I have alfo !4ought of that
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