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-to
tbe
Chief
of
Sinners.
I I
3
24·4·
Arid with this, that of the
paffages.
that
w
c
re
betwixt the Lord ,an
d
1-,
is
Servant
Gideon
fG11
upon
my
Spirit ; 'how
hecaufe,that
Gideon
ten1pted God with
his Fleeces both
wet
and
dry,wh'en
he
f.lould
have
believed
and ventured
upon
his
Word,therefore,the
Lord
did afterwards
fa
try
hjn1, as to
fen.d
him
againft
an . innumet
able company of E-.
nemies.And-
that
too
as
to outward
appea–
rance, without
any
ft.rength
or help;
Jrt~g.
6.7.Tbus
l1e
ferved
n1e,and· that
jufrly,
for
I · Ihould have believed his Word,and not
havepnt
an ifupon
the
A11fe~ingnefs
of God ..
245·
And no"v to fhew
you
fon1ething
of
~he
advantages-
tl1at
I
alfo
have
gained
by
this temptation;
and
firfr,
by
this I was
n1
ade
con~inuaily
to
poffefs in/ tny Soul a
very .
wonderful fenfe both of the Being
~nd
Glo-.
ry
of God, and of his beloved Son, in the ·
temptation that went before,
n1y
Soul
\V~1s
perple~ed
with unbelief, l?lafphen1y, hard–
nefs
of heart, queftions about
the
being of
God,Cinift,
the
tt:nth
of the Word, and cer–
tainty
of the World to come;I fay,then I was
.gr~atly ,
aHaulted, and
tormented
with A- - ;
the1fm,
but
no\v
~ the
Cafe was otherwife, .
ow was God and Chr·ift
continually
before
my Face,
though not in a
w~y
of cqmfort, ·
but in a
·way
of
~xceeding
dread
and terror ..
The Glory of the
Holinefs
of God did
at
this
time
break
n1e
to
pie~es,
and the
Bowels
d
compaffion of ,Chri1t did break n1.e as
,.
on.