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42,
Grace
abounding
96.
For about the fpace of a Month after,
a
very great
ftorm came down
upon
me,
which handled
rne
twenty tin1es worfe than
all I had
n1et
with before;
it
came ftealing
11
pon n1e,
now by one piece, then
by
anothe~:
Firfi,all
my
comfort was taken
from
me,then
darkriefs
fcized
upon me; after
which
whole floods of blafphemies,both againft
God,
.
Chri{l.,and
the
ScriptJt!res,was
poured upon
my
Spirit, to
tny
great confufion and afionifh.
rnent.
T hefe blafphemous thoughts were
fuch
as
fUr red
t1p queftions
in
11,1e
againft
the
Ye_ry
IJeing
of
God,
and of his
only
beloved Son:
As,
whether
there were
in
truth
a God, or
Chrift? And whether the holy Scriptures
\vere·
not rather a Fable, and
cunning
Story,
than
the holy and pure Word of God? ·
97.
The Tumpter alfo would
n1uch
affault ·
n1e
with this ;
flow
can you tell. but that the
· Turks
had
tU
good Scriptures
to
prove'their
Ma·
homet
the
Saviour,
M
we
have
to
prove
our
Je·
fus
u
?
And
could 1 think that
fo
many .
thou•
fands,in
fo
many
Countries
and
.Kingdoms,
jh
1
oJtld
be wi thout the knowledge of the right
IVAJ ,
to
Heaven
( if
there were zttdeed
an
Heavt'n)
and
t hat
we
only,
who
live
in
a
Corner
of
the
Earth,
fhould
;alone
be ·
bltffid
therewith?
.
Ever1 (one
,.
doth think
his
own Religion righteft, both
Jews,
~tnd
Moors,
an4
Pagans;
and
how
if
all our
Faith,
And
Chriff;
11nd
Scripture!, fhould be
bHt
a Think
fo
teo?
I
.
.