145 / 186
to
thr1
Chief
of SiiJ?lers.
I.J;
becanfe l could not
end11re
the Ligh ·
((or
I
feared not to
·(hew
my
Gofpel to
any ) but
becaufe l found
my
Spirit did lean
rroft · nf–
ter awakening and converting work., and
the Word
that
I
carried did lean
it
felf
n1oft
that
way
alfo
; )'ed,
fo
have
/.
jlrtved,to rreach
the
Gofpel, not
where Chrift was named,
le~tft
I
foould
build
~tpon
anothfr
m~-1.ns
Foundation.,.
Rom.
1
5·
20.'
·
.
191.
In
my
preaching:, I have
re ~·dly
been
in pain.,
and have.,
as it
were, travelled
to
bring
forth
Children to God., neither could I
be
fati~fied.,
unle t's fou1e
f1
uits did nppc:1r
in
my
work:
If
I
were
frnitle()
it
mattered
not
who commended
n1e;
hnt
it
I were
fruhfu -1 ,
1cared not
w
bo-
did
conden1n.
I have
thought
of that
L_o,Children
are
an lier.'tage
of
the Lord
~tnd
the fruit of the tvomb is hjs
rew.ird. As Ar–
rows in the
hand
oj' a
mi.,ghty
Jdan~ fo
are CIJil–
,dren of the Youth.
Happy
is the Man th.
..tt b11th
piled his .§2!tiver
full~~
them;
they
jlM/l
not
be
A–
j1M1ned,
but
they
Jhall freak
rP~rh
the
EtltrtJies
in'
the
G
:t
t
e,
P
1
a
1.
I 2
7· 3
~-1
i
5
•
,
292.
It pleaif:d me nothing
to
fee
people
drink in . Opinions,
if
they
feetned ignorant
bf
J~fus.
Cbritr,
and he worth
of
their
o·wn
Salvation, found conviction
for
Sin,
efpecial–
for Unbelief,
~nd
an he;1rt fet
on fire to
be
ave
hy
Chri fr, wi th fh·ong
breathing
after
t t
Q.:y
C n~tified
Sou l:
l"hat
it
was
that de–
ligt-Hed me
1
thofe
were
the Souls I
countt:cl
bk.fied.
..
~'-
·
:
;~
293.But