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.
.
to the Chief of Sinnerr.
t
41 ·
307.
But
,'w~en S~tan
pcrceiv.ed that his
thus
temptin~
and .
affau~ti~g
of me would
not anfwer hts defign ; to
w1t,
toov.erthrow
my
Miniftry, and
make.
it. ineffcetual
as
to
the ends thereof: Then he
tryed
another
way
which was to ftir up.
the
minds of the igno–
rant, and
malicious,
to load me with fianders
.~nd
reproaches;now therefore I
ma-y fay,
That
wha·t the Devil
could
devife, .and hb
i
Iflru–
·:ments ;in-vent., was .whirled up and
d~wn
the
·GauntrY.
aga·inft'
me,
th~nking, ·~s
1
fai~,
.that
·by
that means
they
fhou.ld 'make
my
Mtndl;ry
to be abandoned.
·
.
3o·8. It
began therefore to"be rumoured up
.and
down an1ong
the
People,
tha~
I.
was
a
Witch,
a . jefuit, a
High-w~y-n1an,
f!nd the
·like.
.
.
·
309.
To all which, I
fhall
only fay, God
~nows
that I atn
innocent. But
as
for mine
accufers, let
them
provide
themfelves
to
meet
n1e
before the
Tribunal
of
tbe
Son of God,
there
to
anfwer
fo-r
all
th~f.e
things
(with
all
t~e
reft of their
lniquities ).
unlefs
God
fha11
gtve
t·h~m
Repentance
for
then1;
for
the
which
lpray with all
rpy
heart. ·
·
'
·
31
o. But
that
which was
reported with the
bolde~
confidence,was,
that
I had
my
Mjfos,
my
Wnores,
m_Y
Baftards,
yea,
two
Wives
At
:once,
and the hke. Now thefe
flanders (witlt
the
other) I
Glory
in b.ecaufe but ilanders
foolHh, or knavifu lies and falfuoods
cafl:
up·a~
me
by
tQ~
Devil and his
Seed,
_and
iholild I
·
,
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