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t~·i
ounc!ing
wre_~ch
that 1am! )
and·
c?unc me God's
in–
ftrtun~nt
that
fhewed .
to
then1 the
way.
of.
Salvauon.
.
·
~2
7 5.
\Vher-efO're ~ feehi~
then1 in
both
their
.wo_rds and
deeds
to be fo
cqnfrant,
and
alfo
it1
their
H ~--.;
··ts
Co_
e1
rnefi:ly
preffing
after
the
kno·wledge
.ofJefns:
Chrift
~
_rejoycing
th~.t
..
ever God
drd fend
me
where
they
were .
then I began to conclude it
n1ig~t
be
fo.,
t.ba~
.
God
had owned in his ·Work
.fbch
a
fooiifh
one,. asl;audthencam~
that ·Word of God :
t0
my
heart
with·
n1uch
fweet
refrefhment, .
That
hleffirg of
them
that
were
re;tdy
tb
perifh
is
come upon me·;
_yea[
cvutfe.d .
the .,
lVi:idow.r
..·
heart to Jing for
joy
,
Job. .
29 . .
I
3.•:
2.76..
At
this
the.refore I rejoyce_d,
y~3,
the
teal~S
of
thofe
w.hom God
did
awa~en
by
my
'Preflching, would be.both folace and ,
encou-..
ragetnent to me; for
I thought
on
thofe fay–
ings., ,
Who
is
he
tr~at
-ma_keth rne glad, but the
f~me
that is made
,forry
by
me?
2
Cor6
1.
2•
..l\nd again,
Though
I
be
not an. Ap()ffle
to others
j'Ct .doubtlefl ·l am unto
JOlt
for the
Seal of
my, A-
pojllejht'p are
ye
in tf;e
Lord,,
1
Cor.
6.
2.:·
There ·
things
therefore
were as another
Argument.
unto n1e
that God
had
calle.d
me
t~, ~~q
ftood ,
by
me in,this v\l ork.
277. In
,my
Preaching of. the
W·ord,
1
~
. took
fpe~ial
notice of this
one
thing, name..
ly,
That the Lord did
lead
n1e
to begin .
where his vvord begins with Sinners,
that
is,
to
con~em~ ~ll ~~LP
1
a~~ f~
open
a 1
nddal-
_e.
g~,
.