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to
the Chief
ofSi»ntr!~
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I
2.
But God did not utterly
leaven1e,b~t
·.
followed
me
ftiU,
not
now
with
Convittions,
"but
Judgm~nts;
yet
fuch
as
were
mixed with
Mercy.For on'ce I fell into a Crick of the
Sea,:
and hardly efca.ped drowning .Another
tim.e~.
I
fell
out of
a
Boat
into
Bedford'
River, but:·
Mercy
yet pre(erved
me alive:-·
Befides, ano•
ther
time,
being in the Field with
one
of
nr)'
Cotnpanic:>ns,it
chanced·that an Adder paffed
over the
High-way;
fo I,having a.Stick
in
my
Hand,
ftruck
her over the
B~ck;
and hawing
ftun'd
her, I forced
Of)en
her
Mouth with
my
Stick and plucked
her
_Sting,out with
my
Fin–
gers;
by
which
AB:
bath
not God been
nier;..
cifol
to
n1e,l
might,
by
my
defperatenefs have..
brought
my
f~lf
to
mine End.
13.
This
alfo
I have
taken notice of,
with-·
Thankfgiving; wlien I was a
Souldier,I,wit~
others,
were drawn out to go to fuch
a
place
to.befiege
itJ;
but
when
I
was juft ready
to
go,..
one of theCompany
defired
to go in
my
room;_
to which, when I had confented,
he took
my
Ptace ;
and
coming to
the
Seige,
as
he ftooct'
Sentinel,
he
wa-s
!hot
into the
Head.with
a .
· ·Musket-bullet, and
diecl.
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1
4·
Here,
as
I faid·,
were
Judgtnents
and·
M.ercy, but neither of them did awaken
my
Soul
toRighteoufnefs;wherefore
1finned
ftill., .
and grew more and more Rebellious againft
God, and
carelefs
of mine own Salvatiotl-'
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5· Prefently after this,I changed my.Con.:
~i!io~ !~. tq ~. ~~£~~~~ ~!ape, ~~~ ~y Merc·y~
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wa~
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