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to
t~e
C.hief of
Siil~ttr
s.
I
5
I
to and
for ,his
Name,as they would be
if
theY
w~re.under
my
own care, though
,Nith
the
denial of
the way
of
God.This was a fmarting
confideration,and was asSpurs unto
n1y
Flelli:
That Scripture alfo greatly helped it to fallen
the more upon ·me,vvhere Chrift
pravs
againft
11tdas,
that God
\Vould
difappoint
him in
!11
his felfifh
thoughts,
w111ch
moved
him to
fell
bis M
after~
Pray
read
it
foberly,
Pfol.I
09. 6,
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'
7,8.&c.
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33
2.
I had alfo another Confideration,at1d
tliat
was,
T~1e
dread
of the
Torments
of .
Hell,
which
I
was
fure they
n:uff: partake of
thatJfor fear of the
Crofs
do fhrink
from
their
Profeffion
of
Chrift
;his Word and
Laws be..
fore
thcSons
of
Men:lthought
alfo of theGlo–
ry
that
he
had prepared for
thof~
that
in
Faiti1,andLove,andPat!ence ftood to his
ways
before
then1.Thefe
things,
1
fay,
have
helpejl-:
0
-
me, when the thoughtsof the
mifery
tl:rat
.
both
my
felfand
n1ine.,
miv.ht,
for
the
fake of
my
Profeffion,
he
expnfeQ
to,
hath
lain
Pinch-
ing on
my
l\1ind. '
,
333·
When I have indeed conceited that I
n1ight be banifhed for
my
Profeffion, then
1'
have thought of
that
Scripture.
They
rvtr~;
fto-
.
ne1,
th.ey
were
fawn
~tfunder,
were
ternpted,
were
.flatn
Wtth
the Sword;
they
wandrcd
obottt
t"nSheep–
Skins,And G
oat..
Skins,bting
deflitute,lflj]liCf ed,t()r":'
mented, of
whDm
theWorldwiU
n6t
worthy,
for all
they
thought
they
were too bad to
dwell
and
-
abide
~111ongft ~hem~
I
have alfo
!4ought
of
that