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Gr.1ce atount!ing
man bereft of
li fe.,and
as now pafi: all recove..
ry,.1nd
bound over to eternal
Pun~ibment.
I
4
r. And withal, that
Scripture
did feize
.upon
my
Soul,
Or .prophane
Perfon, a.r
EfJu,
,
who,n,for qne morfel ofMePlt,fold his Birthright:
.
Ffir.ye.
k11owj
how
thv1t
a_(terwards,
w_hen he
would
h4"f;te inherited
the .blef{ing,
he
was rrjeiled
;
fer
he found no
plttce
of
Repentance,
t!:bugh
he
fought
it
carefully,
with
tears,
f-leb~
I 2.
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I
7·
142.
Now was I as one bound, 1
felt
my
felf fhut up
unto
the
Judgtnent
to come;
no–
thing
now
for twoYears
together
would
abide
\vith
n1e,
but damnation, and
an
expectation
of damnation: · I
fay,
nothing now would·a–
bide with
me
but this, fave fome
feV\YMoments
for relief,
as in the,
f~quel
you
will
fee. .
143. Thefe
\VorCts
were
to
n1y
Soul~ li~e
Fetters
of
btafs to
my
Legs; in the
'continual
found of which,.I 'vent for feveral months to·
gether.But about
t~n
or eleven a clock on that
Day,as
I
\\'as
v1alking
under
an I-1edge .(fu11
of
forrow and guilt, God knows) and
bemoan–
ing
my
felf for
this hard
hap', t.hat
fuch
a
thought
f11oul.d a
rife within ·
n1e, fi1ddcnly
thjs fentence
bolted
irr
on me,_.'
The Blood
of Chrift remits
all
guilt.
At
this .
I made a
i1and in
my
Spirit: With that,
this
Word
took hold upon
n)e, ,
The Blq_Pd
~f1efiu Chn
his
Son (; letJ.nfet .!J
tU froln
all'
s;n,.
I
John
J
=
7. ' \
I
44·
Now
I began to
conceive
Peace
111
my
Soul, and methought I faw as
if
the
Tempter
did leer and
fieal
away
fi~otn
n1e,as
being a-
.
fha1ned