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2
o
Grace
a!Joundi11g
into the
Bible
with new Eyes,
&
read as I ne–
ver
did
be~ore
;
and
efpecially the
Epiftlcs of
the Apo.ftle
s~.
p
(1-Ul
\~ere
f
weet·a~d
pleafapt
to n1e ; and tndeed I was then never out
of
the
Bible,either
by
reading or
n1edi
tation;frill
crying out to God, that I n1ight know the
truth,
and
way
to Heaven and Glory.
47.
And as 1 went on and read,
I·lighted
on
that Pafiige,
To (}ne is given
by
the
Spirit,
the
~
word ofwifdom; ttJ another the
wordof
knowledge
by·
the fame Spirit;
and
to
another, faith,
&F.
,
I
Cor.
t
2.
And
though,as
I have
fince
feen,that
by
this Scripture the Holy Ghoft .intends, in
fpecial,things extraordinary
,yet
on
me
it then
.did faften with ConviCtion, that I did want
things ord-inary,even
that uuderftanding and
wifdo1n that
other
Chrifiians ·had. On this
\VOrd
I
mu
fed,
and {Ould
not
tell what to do,
efpecially,this word
(Faith)
put
me
to
it,
for
I could ..pot
help
it,
but fometitnes
muft que–
ftion,
~hether
1had
any Faith,or
no ;
but I
was
loath
to conclude, I had no Faith; for
if
1
do
fo;
thought I, then I ihall count
my
felf
a
very
Caft-away
indeed.
48.
No, faid
I, with
my
felf,
though I
atn
convinc'd that I am an ignorant
Sot,and
that
I
want
thofe bleffedGifts of
Knowledg
and
Vn–
Jerftandi'l1g
that other.good People have; yet
at a venture I will conclude, I
an1
not altoge–
~he~ fai~hlefs~though
I know
not what
F~1ith
1s:
For
It
~as
lhewed
me,
and that too
(as
I
- l1ave feen fince)
by
Sat~11,that
thofe
w
l1o
con-