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98 .
Grace
abountlin'-~
qt1eftion,Whether
the
Scriptures
could agre( in
the falvatu;n of
my
Soul
?
I quaked at the A–
po11les! I knew their
words
were true, and
that they mnff: frand for ever. ·
213.
And I remcmber,one "ay')as I
was
in
divers
frames
of
Spirit..
~nd
contidering that
.thefe frames were frill according to
the nature
ofthe
feveral
Scriptures, that
cdme
in
upon
hl.
.Y
n1ind,if
this of Grace, then ' I was quiet ;
bl1t
if
that of
Efati,
then torn;ented.
Lord,
thought I,
if
both thefe ScriptureJ
rpouhl
mat in
7nJ heart
tzt
rnce, Iwonder
1
rrhi'"h
ofthem
n'ould
·
/:it
r!Je
better
of
nzi.So
me-. thought Ihad
a long·•
ing
n1ind
thar
they
n1ight'~on-1 .e
both together ·
upon n1e, yea,
I defircd oiGod
they n1ight.
.2
r
4· _vVeB.,
,about
two
or
three
days after, ·
fo
they did
indeed,they bolted
both upon
rne
at
a
t.itnc,and
did
work and Rruggle frrange- ·
lyin
rne
for
a while, · at laft, that about
E[ats'
s
Birtb-right
began
to ·wax
weak,
and
\Vithdra\>V
and
vanifh;
ao{l this
about
the
ftffici~ncy
of
G,race
prevailed, with
peac_e
' , and
joy~
And
a. ~
I was
in
;1
f\·1ufe
about
tl11s
thing, that
Scripture
c~n1e
home upon
me, ·
lt-fer~y
rejoyceth
a.._'l;ainft
J;u/gment,
Jam~
2. I
3·
2 I
5·
·This
was
;a
\V
onderrnen
t
to
tne,yer,
tr·uly, I am
apt
to
think
it
was
of God,
for
the
ttrord of the Lavv 3nd vVrath tnnft.give
pla(e
to
the
.\ Vord of Life and
Grace;
'bec~n1fe,
I
,
though
the
\Vord
of
Condemnation
be
glori~
·
ons, yet the
\Vord
of
Life
and Sal,vatio.p
do.th
far exceed in
glory,
2
Cor .3.8')9;ro,
I
r.
Mar.
9-'