147 / 186
to
the
Chief
of
Sinne~s.
137
tfo,
yet
fo
mince
it.,
.as
t,o
make
way
_for
_}'OUr GWn
~e(cave?
left
injfcad
of
awt:}~ening
others)
you
lay
tha;
guilt
upon
your
orrm
Soul,
as
JO'tt
l'Vill
never
get from ttnder.
,
29.6.
Bur,
I
thank the
L.c;:rd,
I
have
been
kep fro1n confenting to thefe
fo
horrid fng–
grHions, and bave.
rather,as
Sarnpfon,
bowed
my
felf with
~ll
n1igbt to cor.1den1n
Sin
and
Transgrellio_n,whcrever I found
it~
yea though
therein alfiJ 1
did
bring guilt
upon
tiiy
own
Confcience;
Let nu
die,
thoughfl,
whh the
Philif!ia71s,
Juo'g.·I6 29 .3 o .
rather then deal
co.rruptly
Vtith
the
b1c.H{>d
Word of
God;
Thou th{lt
tetichrft
anotl:;er
.,
teachefl ti.Jou not
tky
filf?
It
is far better that thou
do
judg th}
ielf,
even
by
preaching
pl(ti
nl
y
r·nto
others,
than
that thou,to fave
thy
felt
imprifon the
Truth
in
Unrighteonfn~fs
·:
Blelied be
God
for
~his
he1
p
alfr~
in this.
· 297.
1have alft>,·
\\rhilc
found. in this
hie–
fed work of Cbrifr,
been often
tempted
to
pride ahd lifting up of
t-Je~rt;
and though
/ .
dare not
iay.J
have not
been affed:ed
with'
this,
yet truly
th'e Lord of his
pretious
n1ercy
hath
.- fo carried
it
toward me, that
for
the
n1oft
part
I have
had but fma11
joy
to
give
way
to
fuch a
thing:
For
it
bath been
n1y
every
days
pcrtion to let
into the evil
of
my
O\VU
Heart,
'and ftfll
n1ade
to fee ,
fuch
a
m
u1titude
of Cor–
ruptions
and
Infir1nities therein,
that
it
bath
eau
fed
hanging
do~vn
of , the head under
all
my
Gifts and
Attain1nents
;il
have
felt'
this
.
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'Ihorn
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