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to the Chief.of Sinners.
..
161
on ..
w
hoJ;U a
Bletling
is prom
ifed
in Holy
Writ,
and
indeeq in
do\ing
this
good Office,
he
n1ay
be faid to
fu111 tlp
his
days;
it
being
the
laft
'unde~taking
of
his
Life,
a·~
will .ap–
pear in the c!o(e of this .Paper. .
. When in
t.h.e
late Reign,
Liberty
'Of
Gon–
fde~ce
was
unexpeB:edly
given and indulged·
to DHienters of all
Perfwafi.ons;
his·piercing.
it
penetqued the Veil,
and fopnd that
,it
was not
for
the Dilfenters
fake, they. were
fo ,
fuddain1y
freed
frGm
the hard
Profecuti~ns .
ha·t had
long
lain.
heavy
upon them, and
fet
in a
manner
on an
t:qual
foot with .. the
Church
ofEnrrland,.w
hich thePa
pifts
were un–
derrn~ning,a~d
about
to.fubvert: he forefaw·.
aH
the
Advantages
tha t could have
redoun-
.,
, '-.,;
"
ded
to the Diffenters, weuld
have_
been
no:,
m9re
than what
Poliphemus
the
M9nftrous
Gif!nt of
Sicily
YiOu
Id have
allow'd ·
Vlyffis.
viz..
That
he would 'Eat
his
I\1en firfr,
and
do
h~·m
the
favour of being
Eaten
laft;
for
although !\1r.
Bunyan
following
tr~e
Exao1ples ·
ofothers., did lay hold
of
this
Lib~rty,
as an
acceptable thing in
it
felf, kno\ving ,God ·is
the
only
Lord of Confcience, and that
it
is
,good
at all times to do a.ccording to the di–
ttates of a
goodConfcience,&th~t
thePreaca-
ing the glad Tidings of the Gofp cl is beau- -
tiful in
the
Preacher ;
yet
in
all this he mo–
ved
with caution and a
Holy
fear,
earneftJy
praying for:
the
averting
impendent
Judg–
ments,
which .he
faw like a · bla'k
Tempeft
.hanging