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Mind a fe(:ret
pricking
forwa rd
thereto-;
though, 1 blefs
God,, not for
defire
of
vain
· Glory,
for at
that
time,
I
was
mofr forely
af...
flitted with
the
fiery
darts
of
the
Devil, con-
cerning
my
Eternal State.
·
· 270.
But
yet
could
not
be
c~ntent,
unlefs
I was found in the Exercife of
my
gift,
unto
·which alfo I was
greatly
anim'ated,
not
only
·by
the continual defires of the
Godly,
but ·
alfo
by
that
faying
of
Paul
to
the
CorinthianJ,
I
befeech
y(ut,
Brethren,
(ye
know
the
houjhold of
· Stephanus,
that it z's the firft fruits
9f
Achaia,
.ttnd
that
they
have
addilled
.
themfelves
to
the
Miniftry
of the
Saints
)
t.hat
you
(ubmit
)'Our
{elves unto
{t1ch,
and to
even; one · that helpeth
'IVith
us,
t~n.d
laboureth;
1
Cor.
16.
I
5,
I
6.
27
I.
By
this
Text
I
'was
made
lO
fee that
the
Holy
Ghoft
never
intended
that
Men
~
ho have Gifts and Abilities, lhould
bury -
thelJ1 in
the earth,
but
rather
did
command
and
fti
r up fuch to the exercife of their gift,
:and
alfo
did
commend
thofe
that
were
apt,
and
ready
fo to do,
They have addiEfed them'- .
fclves .to the
Miniftry
o.f
the S4ints:
This S
rip-
ture in thefe
days
did
continually
run in
my
mind to
iRcourage me
and
ftrengthen
me -
in -this
n1y
·work
for God; l
have bc.rri
alfo
incouraged
from
fevera1other
fcri
ptures
and
ExJmples of thf.'
god~y,
both
fp_ec}fied
in
the
\V
ord
nnd
other
ancient
Hiftories;
Ails
8.
4·
and
1
~·
24,
2-5.
&c.
1_
Pet.
4·
1
o.
Rorn.
I l.
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