IS4 Grace :_,.4/!ouHding fJJhtr~(ore I was engaged not to J?inch an h~#rs · ~readrhfrom it. . · .,. . · 338. I thought alfo,that God n1ight choofe w-hether he would give me con1fort now or · at the hour of Death ; but , I n1ight not therrefo~e ~ t. .toc.fe, whether .I \VQuld hold rpy Proreffi oL· or no. I \V c. s hound but he was free yea , 't\\·-J·; my duty to ftand to his Worrl: w~ether he would ev( t l )ok upon me or fave me at lafi: :. Wherefo1 ~ though·c I, fave the point being thus. I an1 for going on and ven· turirig n1y Etern.Jl State with Ctrrifi,wbether 1 have Comfort here or no? if God doth not corne io, thought I, I will Leap offthe Ladder tven ·blindfaldintl1 Eternity, fink or frrim, come Heaven., c:ome hell, Lord 1efos~ if tbqu wilt catch me, do ; 'if net I well venture, for thy Name. · 339· ,J w3s nofooner fixed upon this Re· folution but that word dropt upon me, Doth Job forve God for nutt!ht! As if the Accufer had faidLo~d,7ob is no upright M.an he ferves . thee for By R.efpecl:s ; Ha{l thou not made a Hedg abo11t him>&c. but put forth now thine· Hand and tottch all that he bath, and he r~;/l curfo thee to thy Face. How now, thought I, is this the fign ·of an upright Soul to defire .to fer've God when all is taken fromhim ? Is-he · . ·agodly l\1~n that vvill ferve God ,for nothihg rather than give out? Bl.e[ ed be God; The.n I hope I have an upright heart, for I am ·re– folved (God gi~ing ~~ ~~ength) ~e,ver to
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