z; [~ ,. Grace ·a!/o1indi11g of tli~_s·, . Eftt, how·ifthe day of Grace 'be pafi! And· toaggravate my trouble, the Tempter prefented to my mind;thofe good:people of Bedford, and fuggefted.thus untome; That· thefe:.being converted already, they were all that God would fave in thofe parts ; .and t hat I ca1ne too late, for thefe bad got the· Blefl1ng before I came. 67~ . Now was I in great diftrefs, thinking in very, deed , that this might well be fo ;:· wherefore 1went up and down be1noaning my fad condition ;. counting my felf far wor.fe then a thoufand fools for ftanding off' ,.-thus long, and f1Jei1ding fo many years in fi n as I have .done :, frill crying out, Oh,_, tha t I had turned foo ner ! Oh that l had t urned. feven years ago ! It n1ade me alfo an gry~ with n1y fe lf, to thi nk that I lho~Id· have no rnore \\li t, hut to trifle away .mY ti1ne, tillJJiY Soul ana Heavenwere·loft. 68. Bu t when r had been. long vexed wit h this fear , and :was fcarce able to,take one ·fl:ep 1nore, juft about the fame place v' qere I r.eceive.d my .other encouragetnent,. thefe words broke in upon my rn ind, Com· pel t hern to Cu1?Je · in, that my, Houfe, may be fi t7ed : aiJcl yet there-is room, Luke the . 4 221 23 . 1~heie \vords,. butefp t~ cLdl y them. A,.,d yet ther-eis roo.m, we re rweet wora s to nle: fo r truly., . 1 thcught · that by. them, I £1W· that t h~r e. . \vasplac~ enot1 gh in ·Heaven .for tne _~~ And ~ moreoYcr 3 .. that w·hen the 'Lord · ~ · ~ · - · efus
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