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Grace
Abounding
2
5
T.
I
!hould in thefe
days, often
in
rny
greateft
A
gonie·~;
even ·flounce
t~w ards~
the
Promife (as the Horfes do
to'w.a1·ds
found
Ground, that
yet
ftick in the
tr1ire) conclu–
ding (though
~s
one altnoft bereft of his wits
· ·through fear) on this I will refr and
fray,
and
leave the
fulfi1Hng
of it to the God of Hea–
. ven that made
it.
0
!
n1any
a pul1
hath
my
·- heart
ha,d with
Satan, for
that
blefled
fixth
·of
c:fohn :.
I
did
not
now~
as at other
tin1es,
look
principally
for corn fort
(
d10ugh,
0
J~ow
welcom would
it
have bee'n unto me
!)
But now a \vord, a
w~rd
to
lean
a
weary
Soul upon, that I
might
not
fink
for ever!
'twas that I
hunted for.
2
52.
Yea, often
vvhen I have
been
ma–
king to the Pr01nife, I have feen as
if
the
Lord would
refure n1y
Soul for ever; I was
often
as
if had
run upon the Pikes, ..
and
as
if
the Lord
l~ad
thrufr at me,to keep
me from
}1itn,
as with a
flan1ing
Sword. T'heG
J
lhould
think of
!le/fer,
who
went to
petition
the
King contrary to the
Law,
Ejl/J.
4· t6..
I
thought alfo of
Benhadad's
Seryants,
who
\Vent
with Ropes
about their Heads ·
to
their
Enemies .for
Mercy,
1 .
Kjng.
20.
3
I.
&c.
The Woman
of
Canaan
alfo, that would
not
be daunted, tho·ugh called -Dog,
by
Chrift,
Mat.
15.
22.
&c.
and
the man
that went to
borrO\V
bread ·at Mi4nigh-t,
Luk.
1.
s,6,7,8,
~c.
were great
e,ncouragements
unto me.