to the Chief of Sin~ers. 11 · elude themfelves in a faithlefs State, have nei– ther refr nor quiet in their Soul~ ; and· I was loth to fall quite into defpair. · _ 49·Wherefore by this fuggeftion,I was for a while,made afraicd to fee my w.ant ofFaith; but God would not fuffer me thus toundo& deftroy my Soul,but did continually, ag~infl:' .this my fad and blind Conclufion, create ftill– within mefuch fu ppofitions,infomuch that I could not ·reft content, until I did nowcome ~ to fome certain Knowledge, whether I had Faith or no;this always running in my m.ind,. BHt howifyou want Faith indeed.?But how canJ'U tellyou ha1JeFaith? And befides, Ifaw for (:er- . tain,ifi had it not,I was fure toperi1h for ever. 5o.So that though I endeavo.ur'd at the firft to look over the bufinefs ofFaith, yet in a little time,I bctt,~r confidering the matter, was wil– ling to put my felf upon the trya!, whether I had Faith, or no.But alas,poor wretch !So ig– norant and bruitilh was I,that I knew,to this · .day, no more how to do it,than I know how to begin and ~ccomplifh that rare and cu.ri- · ouspiece ofArt,which I neveryet faw or con-:· .fidered. . - 51. \Vherefore \V hile I was thus confider– ing ~and being put to myplunge about it (for youmuft know)that as yet,I had,in this mat– ter,broken my-Mind to no Man,only did hear and confider the Teq1pter came in_with .. his delufioa, ·rhat there was 110 way for me to know I had Faith, b11t by tryin to work[otmMirac_lc ; ur 1n
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