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267. The which, though at the
.firft
it
did
much .
dafh
and
abafh my
Spirit, yet being
ftill by
thetn defired
and intreated,
I
con–
f~nted
to their requeft,.and
did
twice at
t~vo
f~\reral
Affen1blies ( but' ia private)
though
with milch weaknefs
and
infirrnjty
1
difcover
m,y.
Gift
among
thetn; at
vJ1ich
they ·
ot .
only
feemed to
be,
but
did foletnnly prot.eft,
as
i~
the fight of the
great
God,
they vvere .:
both affefred
and.
comforted ·.,
and gave .·
thanks to·
the
Fathe.r.of
Mercie~
for .
the
grace .·
be.frowed -on me-. ,
268.
After~
this,-
·rometimes
when fome.
of .-
.. them did go
into
the Country
to
teach,
they ... ,
would
alfo
that I
fhonld
go
with them;
where
_though
a~
yet
I did
not,
nor
du,rft
not,
make .,
ufe- of
my
Gift
in an. open. way., yet .n1ore ,_.
privately frill,
as
I
came
1n1ongfi:
~-th~
good ·
People in thofe places, I did fo1netimes fpeak
··~
a word of
Aqtnonition
unto the)ll
alfo ; tbe :
which
~hey
as
th~
other, received
with
re- ·_
joycing at
the
Mercy
of God to me
w·Jtd, .
profeffing thei.r
·: Souls were
edified
thereby. : ·
· 269.Wherefore,.
to be
brief,
at lafr.,
being :
ftitl de fired
hy
th.~Church,
after
fame
folenlrl ·
· 'Prayer.
to the
Lord'jwith
fa
fling,
I
~V.!5
more .
.
parti~tllarly
calJed
fortb,anc
appointed to
a.,
,
lbore
ordinary
and .
publi.d~ Preachir~g
the ,..
Word,
not
only · to, and amongfl:-,
the1n,
that~believed,
but
alfo to offer the Gofpel
to
thofe ,'.
that had not
yet
received the: Faith
thereof;
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in
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