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Abounding
L~rJ
1efit r
C~r~(t
·.-u /;is
coming? for,·
ft
4
re
tJur :;lory
{lN e-1
;oy,
i
l
h~f.
2. 19,
2Q.
Thefe
I
fay, with
rha ~y
others of
alike
nature
1
ha~e
beeu
grea t
refrefbn1ent~
to me.
228.1 ha vc ob!erved, That
wh~re
I
h:tve
had a W'ork
~o
do for God, I have had firfi:
as
it
were the going
qf
G<?d upon
my
Spirit
to de fire
I might
prcl~ch-
·there :I have
alfo
obferved, that fuch and
fuch
Souls in par-
ticular have been frrongly fet upon
my
heart,
and
I
frirred up to
wifh
for
their
Salvation;
and
that
thefe very Souls
ha,ve, after
this,
been
given
in as the
ftlllts
of
my Miniftry.
I
have
obferved,
th~
t
a
word ea
it
in
by
the
by
hath done more e_Jecuq?n in
a Sermon
the11 all was fpoken
be.fides : ·Sornetimes alfo
when I have thought I did no g9od, then
I did
moft of aiJ ;
and
at
.other times
when
' l thought I Ihould
catch.
then1,) ·have
fifhed
for nothing,
. ·
289
I have alfo
obferved,
that w-here
there hath been
a
"'rork
to do
uro1
Sinnrrs,
·
then~
the
Devil hath begnn
to
roar
in the
he~rts,
and
hy
the
months
ofhis
Servants.
Yea
cfter~~ in1es-
vrhen
ttre
\J\1
icked \VorlJ
h~th
raged
rnoft,
there
hath
been Souls aw
1kened
by""'
the word
= ~
1 c.ould inftance
parti-culars,_
bat I forbear. ·
.2r;:o.
_l\1y
~reat
deur:e
.in.t~Y -
fulfilling
my
M1niilry,
wa~,
to get tnto tne darkeft
places,
of the · Conntry,
even amongft
thofe
people
~h~1
t
vv
ere
fLtrthcf~-
off
of
profeiiion ;
yet
not
· b