2 o Grace a!Joundi11g into the Bible with new Eyes, & read as I ne– ver did be~ore ; and efpecially the Epiftlcs of the Apo.ftle s~. p (1-Ul \~ere f weet·a~d pleafapt to n1e ; and tndeed I was then never out of the Bible,eitherby reading or n1edi tation;frill crying out to God, that I n1ight know the truth, and way to Heaven and Glory. 47. And as 1 went on and read,I·lighted on that Pafiige, To (}ne is given by the Spirit, the ~ word ofwifdom; ttJ another thewordofknowledge by· the fame Spirit; and to another, faith, &F. , I Cor. t 2. And though,as I have fince feen,that by this Scripture the Holy Ghoft .intends, in fpecial,things extraordinary,yet onme it then .did faften with ConviCtion, that I did want things ord-inary,even that uuderftanding and wifdo1n that other Chrifiians ·had. On this \VOrd I mufed, and {Ould nottell what to do, efpecially,this word (Faith) put me to it, for I could ..pot help it, but fometitnes muft que– ftion, ~hether 1had any Faith,or no ; but I was loath to conclude, I had no Faith; for if 1dofo; thought I, then I ihall count my felf a veryCaft-away indeed. 48. No, faid I, with my felf, though I atn convinc'd that I am an ignorant Sot,and that I want thofe bleffedGifts ofKnowledg andVn– Jerftandi'l1g that other.good People have; yet at a venture I will conclude, I an1 not altoge– ~he~ fai~hlefs~though I know not what F~1ith 1s: For It ~as lhewedme, and that too (as I - l1ave feen fince) by Sat~11,that thofe wl1o con-
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