165 / 186
.
to
the
Chief
of Sinners.
.
I
r
J ,
deny my
Profeffion,
though
I have nothing at
all for
my
Pains ; and as 1 was thus confide–
ring that Scripture was
fet
before
me,
Pfol.
44·
J
2.
&c.
.
~40.
Now was
my
Heart full of
ct>rnfort
for
I
hoped
it
was fincere ; l would
not ha-ve
been withoJt this
Tryal,
for
much ;
I
am
comforted
every
time
l think of
it, .
and
I
hope I ihall blefs God
for
ever for the
teach·
ing
I
have had
by
it.
Many
more ofthe
deal·'"''"
}ngs of
God
towards me,
l
might
relate~
But theft out of t he fpoi/s won
in
battel hav'
DedicAted to maintAin
th.,
Houfo of
Gtde
1.
Chron.
26. 27. _
·
·
THE CONCL _U SI:ON .. ·
1.
Fall the Temptations tbat ever
1
' met
with
in
my
Life to
queftron
the
Being of
God and
Truth
of his
Gojptl,
is
the
worft, and worft to be
born ; when
this
Temptation
comes,
it
takes
away
my
girdl~
from
me,
and-
removeth
the
fou ndation
frotn
under
me:
0,
I
have
often
t hought
of
that
word,
hAve
you~ lt~yns
g irt
about
with
TrHth;
l!rrd of
that, When the Foundations
11rc
dtftroyed ·,
what can the Righteous do?
_ ·
2.
Sonietin1es., when after fin
comnl itted,
1
..
have
· look~(\
for
f0r-~
Chaftifen1ent frqin
the H:1nd of
God, the
very
next that
I
hav'e ...
•
had front
hiln hath
,been the
diicovery .
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