139 / 186
,. fo
t/Je Cbief
of
Si~~~ers~
I
19:
}e'Clge,
that
tbe curfe
of God
by
the
Luvv
cloth ,..
belong to,
and
lay
hold on, all f\1er,Js
th~y
co~me
into the vVorld, hecaufe of Sh1. No\V
this part of
n1r
Wor]'- I fulfilled
with
great ..
fenfe, for the
terrors
of
the
La\y
and
guilt
for
tny
Tranfgreffions,
lay
heavy on
rny
Confcience, l preached what I felt? what.
I
fmartingly did feel, even that und·er
wtlich·
my
IJoor Soul.did groan
and·
tremble
to
afto... ,
nifhment.
,
·
·278.
!ndeed Ihavebeenas ·o!1e
fent
to ·–
then1 fron1 the dead ;. I went
rrty
(elf in ..
,Chains to
preach
to
then1
in C!1ains, and ·<
carried that
Ere
in
n1y
own Cjafcience,that.
I
perfwaded then1
to -- beware
of.
l'
can truly .
fay,
and that without diifembling, that when: ;
J.
have been to preach ,
T
have . gone i'ull of ·
gn~lt
and
terrour
even
to the Pulpit-door,
and ·~
there it
hath
been taken off,· and I have
oeen
at liberty in
my
lnind,
until I have done
my
work; and
then
imtnediatel
y,
even
before
I
could get
down
the Pulpit -ftairs, I have
been
as had
as
l
was
before. . Yet God
carried
me
on, but furely
with
a ftrong
band;
for
nei–
ther Guilt nor -Hell
could
take m-e off
my
Work.
·
279
Thus /went for the fpace of two
years,
crying
out
againft
Mens fins,
and
their
fearful
ftate becaure of them. After which,
the Lord
came in
upo.n
n1y
own.
Soul
with
fome
ftaid peace and
con1fo~t
through Chrift;
!~r.
he did
~i~e !11~ lll~n.y .
f!~~~ ~ifc~yeries,
.
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