16 Grace aboundbtg 38.Andmethonght theyfpake,a~ if Joy did make them fpeak; they fpake with fuch pleafantnefs ofScripture-language,and with fuch appearance ofGrace in all they faid,that they were to me,as if they had found a newWorld, as if they were people that dwelt alone., and were net to be reckoned among{l their 1'-leighbours, Numb. 23. 9· . . - · ' 39! At this I felt my own Hea~t began to fhake, & tniftruft flilY Condition to benaugh~ ; for I fa~v.,that in all my thought? about Reli. gion and Salvation, the new Birth did never eater into myMind,neither knew I the Com– fort of the Word and Pron1ife, nor·the D~ceitfulnefs and Treacheryofn1y own wicked Heart. As for fecret Thoughts,I took no no– tice of them ; neither did I underfta11d what Sata:ns Temptations were,nor how they were to be. withftood and refifted, &c. 4o.Thus thcr~fore when I had heard & con– fider'd what they faid, I left them, and went about n1y Employtnent again, but their Talk and Difcourfe went with me ; alfo my Hear~ would tarry with them, for I was greatly af· fetted with their words,both becaufeby them I was convinc'd that Iwanted,the trueTokens of a trulygodlyMan,and alfo becaufe by them I was convinc~d of the happy& bleffed Con· dition of him that was fuch an one. 4'1. Therefore I fuould oftel\ make it my bufinefs to be going again and again into the Com,LJa~y o~ thefe poor ,People, ~or I could
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