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fGrace
A!Joun.Jiitg
art
th~u
like
t>o have for thy
P~rtion
in this
World? Tho'J mull: be beaten,muft beg,ftdfer
hunger, cold,nakednefs,and a thoufand
Cala–
mities,thoug!l
I
c;mnot now endUre the Wind
1hould blow
upon
tllee; Bnt yet recalling
my
felf,thought
I,I
mill!:
Yenture you all withGod,
though
it
goetb to the quick to hmve you ;
0,
I
fa
w
in
this
condition I
was
as
aMan
who
was
pulling dt>wn liis:Honfe
upon
the
Head
of his
~ife
a}ld
Ch!ldr~o
; ,yet thought
I, I
~uft
do
lt,
I
muft
do
It~:
An<[no.w 1thought-
of
thofe
' .
t'W•
Milcb,
l(int
that ·Dttre
to
tllrt
y
the
Ark of
·
God.intq
an1ther
Country.and
tfl
leave their
Calves
iehindth1m,
l.: ..
SaQl.
6.
1
o,t
J,
12.
.
3J,o.
But
th~.~~hich
helped me
in
this
1ernptatioD,was
"divers
cgnfiderations,of
which
three
in
fpecial here.
I:
will
name;.
the
firfr. was
the confideration ..
nf
thofe
two
Scrip ~ ures,
LeAVe
thy
F.ukerlefs
Children I
willprefor7JC·l·h~m.
sdive,4ndlet thy
Wid~s
trr1]f
in
me.
And.
again,
7
he Lord f.tid,
Verily
it
}hall
go
well
nnth
thy
Remnant, verily I will caufe
the Enemy to
en~reat
thee
~veil
in
t·he
timt of evil,
&c. Jer.
4·9·
I I.
Chap
I
5·
n.
.
.
3
31.
I
had alfo this confideration, that
1f
I'
1
£'10L11d
now
vent~
re a!l _ for God, 1
en.gag~d
.
God to take-care of
my
concernments; but
it~
·
j
forfook hirn and his way.s,, for fear of any
trouble
that fhould come to tne or mine;
then
1
lliou!d
no~
only falilfie
my
prqfeffion
but
~
.ihould
cotint~lfo
t-hatnJyConcernments were
not
f\tf~1rt)
if
left at
God~
feet)wbilfi
~
fi._ood
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