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106
.,
(!race abotouling
nings
~f
God that at
prefent
are
upon
him,in
ord-e-r to a new -Birth,
leafr they
become as
E[au,
even be
_rejecred
a{tcnti~trdJ,
when
tqey
· w.ould inherit the
Belfling.
·
218.Forn.1anythere
are, who in the
'day
of Grace and- Mercy.,
defpife
thofe
things
which
are
ind~ed
the
Birth-right
to
Heaven,
vvho y.et when
the
deciding
day
appears,witl
cry
as lould as
E(t.zu,Lord,Lo,·d, open to us
but
then, as
l)tac
would not
Repent,
no
more.
will God the
Father.,but
will
hl~{,
I
ha·7Je
ble{–
·.
fod thefcj
yea,
and
they
jha/1 be bltjJed;
but as
· for
you,
Depart.,
)' <'~·/.
n;orkers of
iniqftity,
Gen. 27. 23.
Luke
13.2)~26,
'-:7·
22
9·
\V hen I had thus
confider.ed
thefe
Scrip:nres,and.fonnd that thus to
t1nderftan_d
theru,was
not againft,but according to,
other
Sc1,-iptnres,
this fl:ill added
further
to
my
ell·
couragen1ent
and
co!nfort, and
alfo ·
gave a
~: great
blow to that
Obje8ion,
to
wit, .
That
.
the Scriptures coJtldnot a6rct
Jp
the
StilVtttifin
of
my
StJul.
And
no\'V
retnained only the
hinder
part
of
the
~f
e1n
peft,/for
the thun1er
was
go1!e
beyond
me,
only
fome
drops did ·
ftiU
retn~in,
that riovv
and then would -fall
tlp'on
me;
bl)t
becaufe
n1y
for.mer frights and
..
_angu!fh
were
very fore
and
deep,
-therefore
it
djd oft
befall n1e
1li
U,
as
it
b~f~lleth
thofe
that have
been
feared with Fire,- I thought
every
voice
was
~re,
fire;
every
little touch
~
would
hurt
my
tender
Confcience.
· _
230.
But one
day,;
as I w,as
palling in the