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to

the

Chief

of

Sinners:

31

Houfeof

Glory,

which is in Heaven'above.

72.

Here

again

Iwas at a very great ftand ;

not

knowing

what

to

do,

fearing

I

was

not

called; for

thought

1,

if

I be not called,

what

then

can do me good? None but thofe ·q.·}lo·

~

a·re

etfeB:ual1y

called,

inherit

the

Kingdom

ofHeaven.

But oh

!

how I now

loved

thofe

words

that

fpe~k

<;>f

a

Chriftian's Ca!(ing!

as

when

the.

J.~ord

fa1d to

one,

Follow rne,

~nd

· to

another:

Come

after

me!

And,

oh,

thou_ght

J,

that

he

,v ould

fay

fo to me too

!

How.

gladly

would

I

run

after

hiln

!_ .

.

,

73-

I

cannot

no \v

ex:

refs

\Vlt~ , wha~

long–

ings

and

breatkiags

in

my

Soul,

I

er

ied to

Chrift to call

me.

Thus I

continued

for

a time,

. all

on

a flame to be converted to Jefus Chrift ;

and did alfo

fe~'

at

that

day j

fuch

glory

in

a

Converted

ftate,

that 1 could

not

be con–

tented

without

a

fi1are

therein. Gold

!

Could

it

have

been

gotten . for Gold, what·

could

.f

have givenfor

it

!Had lhad

a whole

World,

it

had all gone ten

thoufand

times over

for

this,

that

my

Soul

might

have been in a

con–

verted

ft1te.

-

74·

How

lo"~ei

y

now was every one in

·my

Eyes,

that 1

thoGght

to

be converted

l\1en and Women

!

They.

fhone, ·they

~alk­

ed tike a peopl:e:

that

carr1ed

the

Broad Seal

ofHeav:e_n

about the1n. Oh ·!

lfaw

the

Lot

·was

fallen to

them

in pleafant places, and

and

they

ha~

a goodly Heritage,

Pfal.

u5.

~~.! ~!~~.~ ~~!~~ ~.~d~ ~~ [!~k,

was

that of · ·

---- Chrift

~----

--·

'