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.

to

the

Chief

of

Sinners:

.

i

were therein

contained ;

and

efpecial1y,

the

Prieft andClerk

m

oft

happy,&

without doubt,

greatly blefs'd,becaJ.lfe

~hey

were

theServants,

as I then

thought

ot

God;

and

were Principal

in

the holy Ten1ple,

to do

his

Work

therein.

17.This

Concei(grewro

ftrong,

in a little

time,upon

mySpirit,thathad

I

but feen

aPrieft

(though never fo fordid11nd debauched in

his~

Life)

Llhould find mySpirit fall u1ader him,re–

verence him, ·&

kneel unto him;yea,i

thougl1t '

for the Love I did

bear

unto them (fuppofing

they were

the Minifters of

God) I

could have ·

lain down at

their

feet, &

hav.e been

trampled

upon by

them ; their Name;

their

Garb

and -

Work

did fo intoxicate and hewitch me.

1

8. After I had qeen thus

for

feme

confide.;

rable

time,anotherThought

came in

my

Mind;

·

. and

that

was,whethe,r we were of

thelf~Zelites.;

\ or no?For finding in

the

Scripture~,

that they

were

once

the

peculiar People

of

God.,thought

I,ifl were

once of

thisRace,mySoultnufl: needs

be

happy.No'Wagain, I

found within

me

agreat ··

longing to

be

refolved about

this

Queftio~,but

could

not tell

how

I

1hould :

At laft, I

asked

, n1y

Father

of

it;

who

told

me,

No, we were not.

: Wherefore then 1 fell

in

rriy

Spirit,

as

to

the

.hopes

of

that,

and ~ fo

remained.

1

But all this while, I was not fenfible of

1

the

danger

and evil

of

fin ; I

was':Kept

from

confidering

that fin would damn me, what -

Religion

foever

I

followed, unlefs I was

.

found

i~

Chrift

~ ~ay,

I

~~!e~ ~h~u~hh~

of

(,

1m

7

}

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