170 / 186
I
6
0
.
.
Grace
Abounding
.·
. up in G_r,ace.
there~y.
To
ftich
·2,
were
any
whe·r-e taken
and
tmprlfon'd
upon thefe
Ac–
counts,
he fl1ade
it
another·part of his hufi–
nefs.,
to
extend· his Charity,and gather
Relief
.for ft1ch of them as wanted-.., ..
'
'
'
He took
gi·eat·
care -to
vifit the ·Sick, and
ftrengthen
the
in
againft the fugg.eftions of
the
·
Ternpt~~'
\\
hi~h
at
fuch
times
~re
very pre.
valent ; fo that
they .
had
Caufe
for
.ever·
~o
.blefs_G~d; ·
who . had put
i~to
his heart,
~t
fuch
a·tune,to
refcue them
trom
the
po~er
of
the ·
~oarin&
·Lyon;· who .fou_ght
to
devo~~
th·em; nor dtd-'he fpare any patnsor labour
111
Travel though to Retn'ote Counties, where
he knew:,or -imagined
ariy
people
might ftand
in need of his Affiftance, infomucb,
that
fome
of thefe
Vifitations.that
he made, which was
two
or
three
every
year:(
f<?rne,
though
in
a
j eering manner
no
doubt,
gave
hin1 the
Ep~-
thite
of-Bijhop
Bttnyan)
whilft others -envied
him
for
his fo earneftly
labouring
in Chrift's
V
inyard, yet
the
Seed
of
-the_
Word (he
all
this while) fowed in the hearts
of his
Con·
gregat ion;
Watered with the
Grace
·of
God;
brought
forth
.in abundance, in bringing in
.Pifciples·to
the
Church
ofC~rift
.
. · .
.
Another part
of
his
time
he fpent
tn
re...
conciling differences,)
by
w
hieh he
hin~r.ed
many m·ifchiefs; and
fav.ed
fome
·famthes
from
Ruine, and in
fuch faU!ngs
out,
he
was
uneafie till
he found a
means
to
labour
a
Reconcili~tion
and
become~
a
_perce:inaker,
on