ttJ the C.hief ofSin1:ers. I; 36.But,poor Wretch as I was,I was a1l this whil~ ignorant of Jefus Chrifr,& going 2! bout · to eftabliih my own Rtghteoufnefs; and had perilhed therein,badnot God in mercy fhew– ed me more ofmy Stateby Nature. 37· But upon aday,thegood Providence of God did caft me· to Bedford, to \York on my ·Calling ; and- in one of the Streets of that Turvn, I came where there were three or four poor Women fitting·at aDoor,in the Snn>talk.. , · ing about the things of God; and being now Vyil]ing to hear them difcourfe, f drew near to hear what they faid,for I was ,now a brisk Talker alfo my felf, in the n1atters ofReligi .. ·on. But I may fay,J heard,but I Jtnderjlood not; for they were far above, out of my reaeh ; Their Talk was about a new Birth, the work of God on their hearts, alfo how t'hey were convinced of their miferable ftate by nature; they talked how ·God had vifited their Souls with his love in t~e Lord1efus,and withwhat '.'Vqrds and promifes they had been 'refrelhed, comforted and fupported a~ainft the tempta- . tions of the Devil :_Moreover,they reafoned of the Suggefiions and .Temptationsof Satan. .in particular;and told to each other, by whieh , th~y had been afflicted, an~ how they were born up under hi~ affaults.Theyalfodifct>urf– ed oftheir ownwretchednefs ofheart,oftheir . Unbelief; and did contemn,fli ght andabhor their own Righteoufnefs, as filthy and inibf.. / ficient to_ qo th~m anygood! ·
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