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1~-s
Grace
abounding
off, and
forfook his Company;
but about a
quarter
of a
Year after
I had
left
him, I
n1et
him
in
a
certain Lane,and
asked him how he
did; he, after his old
fwearing
and n1ad
way,
anfwer'd,
He
was
well.
But,Harry,faid
I,Why
do
Jo~tt
[wear and curfe
thus?What
will become
of
you.,
if
you die
in
this condition?
He anfwered
me
in
a
great chafe,
What
would the Devil
do
for Company,
if
it were not for fuch as
1
am
?
· 44·· A
bou~
this
time
I
n1et
with fom
~
Ran•
tcrs
Books
that were put forth
by
fome
of our
Countrey-men;
which
Bookswereal[o
highly in
efteem
by
feveral o_ld
Proft!Jur-s~
fome of thefe
I
read,
but
was
not
able
to
make
a Judgment
about them;
wherefore,as
I read
in
them, and
thought upon
thern (feeling
my
felf unable to
judge)
I fuould
betake
my
felf to hearty
Prayer,
in
this manner;
0
Lord,
I
am a
fool,and not
a-
ble to know the Truth from Error
;
Lord, leave
me not to
my
own Blindnefs, either
to.
apprtive of,
or condemn t,his DoCfrill :
If
it
be
of God, let me
not de
{pife
it
;
if
it be ofthe Devil,let me not
em–
brace it. Lord, flay
rny
Soul, in this
matter,
only
at thy foot, let me not be deceived, I
humbly
be~
1
feech
thee.I
had
one religious·intimateCompa–
nion
all this while,and
that
was
the
poorMan
that I fpoke of befGre; but about
this time,
he
. alfo
turned
a· moft devilifh
Ranter,
and
gave
himfelf
up.
to all
manner
of filthinefs, efpeci·
ally_
Uncleannefs: He
would alfo
deny
that
there was a God, Angel, or Spirit;and would ·
laug,h at
a11
exhorta!ion~
to,
fobr~ety ~
When
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