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'
li.7!f:.
holyAngels,7
hi.r
poor fl'fnple
lVretch doth
hanker
after n:e,
as
if
1
had
noth£ng
to
do with
my
mer·
cy
b11t
to be{low
Z:t
OJt
foch
{;She.
.Al~s,
poor Soul!
How .art
thott deceived !
It is nfJt for
foch
as thee
to
h~Zve
Favour with the H£ghes1.
-
11
o. Then hath the Ternpter come
upon
me alfo
with
fuch difcouragements as
thefe:
You
Are
very
hot for mercy ,
but I will
cool
you;
this frame ]hall not
~aft
always:
Many
have
been
~s
hot as
yoft
for
a fpurt,
but
I have
quenched
their
Zeal.
(And with this, fuch and fuch,who
were
fallen
oft ...
would be
fet
before
mine
Eyes.)
Then I fhould
be
afraid
that
I fhould
do
fo
too. But,thought I, I am
glad this
comes
into
my
Mind: Well, I will watch, and take what
l1eed
I
can.
Tho11[h
you
do,
faid Satan,
I ]hall
be too hardfor
you;
I
will
cool
you
infonfibly
b~y
&legrees,
by
little
and little.
Wh~rt
care
J,
faith
]le,tho'
1
be
Seven Telflrs
in
chi/Nng
)'OUr
Hear(if
I
ca,"1 do
it
llt
!aft?
Continual
rocking
rri/llu/l a
cry ing Cbild
ajle~p
:
I
will
ply
it
clofo but
I
will
have
my
en~
accomp!tjhed. Though
you. -be
burn•
;;1g*hot
ar
prc.(ent?
yet,
I can
pull
yoN
from
thh·
Fire , I
fl;a/l
have
) 'OU
cold
before
it
be
long.
1
r
1.
Thefe th1ngs brought me
into
great
ftraits;
for
as I at
prefent could
not
find
my
felf
fit
for
prefent
death,
fo
I
thought,
to
live
long,would make
n1e
yet
ffiQre unfit; for time
~ould
make me
forget
all,and wear even the
remen1brance of the evil of Sin, the'W
orth of
Heaven, and the
need
I f1ad 'of the Bl<;>od of
C'hrift
to
W;:ilh
me, both
out
of M.ind
and,
rhoughts
: