Grace tz6ounding him,nor whether there was fuch a one, or no. Thus Man, while blind,doth wander,bttt wearieth him{elf with r anity, for he knoweth tfot the way to the Ct"ty of God, Eccl. I o. 1 5· 1 2<9. But one day (among all the Sermons our Parfon made) his SubjeCt: was,to treat of the Sabbathday, arid of the Evil of breaking that,either'with Labour~Sports,or otherwife: (now I was,notwithftanding myReligion,one that took much delight in all manner ofVice, and efpecially that- was the day that I did fo– lace my felf therewith.) Wherefore I fell iu my Confciente under his Sermon; thinking and believing that he made tha~ Sermon on purpofe to fuew tne n1y evil-doing. And at that time Ifelt w·hat guile was, though never before, that I can remember ; but then I was,.. for the prefent,greatly loaden therewith,and fo went home when the Serma\1 was end~d, with a great burthen on my Spirit. - 2 I. This, for that infrant, did b~num the Sinews ofmy )?eft Delights, and did irnbitter my former Pleafures to· n1e ': But hold, it lafted not, for before I ha~ \ve)l dined, the Trouble began to go.off my Mtn-d,--- and my Heart returned to its old Courfe : But Oh! Ho\v glad was I, that this Trouble was gone from n1e, & that the Fire was put out, that I n1ight Sin again \Vithout controuU-Wherefore, when I had fatisfied Nature witr1 my Food, I fhook the Sermon out ofmy Mind,and tomy old Cufl:om of Sports and Gaming I returned with great Delight. , --- - .,_ ---- _ 2.2._ Bu~ ~ ·- ·- ... - .... _ " ·- · .
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