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r"rce
abcU;tding
Bnt
ye.t,
by
confidering,
I
perceived that
his
~rran
fgreffions
were
o~1ly
fuch
as
were againft
the Law of
l'viofcs;
frotn
\Vhich the
Lord
, Chrift could, with
the confent
of
hh
\1\l~d
del~ver
hitn: But
n~ in~
was
againfi:
Gofpcl
~
_ _yea, -?ga.infr .the l\1ediator
thereof;
I had
fold
my
Savtour.
-
I)
2..
Now
again fl1ould I
be as
if
racked'
upon the \Vheel,when I.
confidered,
that be–
fides
the
gnilt that poffeffed me, I
fhould
be
fo
void of
Grace,fo
b~witch'd.
What,thought I,
n1u.ft
it be
no
Sin
but this?
Muft
it
needs
be
the.g
r.eru
tral;fgrcJJon?
Pfa].
t
9·
I
~.
Muf1
that
~Vicked
one touch
my
Soul?
1
J'ohns:t
8. Oh,
vVhat
ftings
did I
find
in
all
tllefe
Sententes!
' I~
3 .
\'V
hat, thought I, is there
ln1t
one
Sin
·that.J!S
unpardonable?
Bnt
one
Sin
that
layeth .
the
SJul without
the
reach
bf
God?s I\1ercy;
And
n1uft
I
be
guil_ty
of
that?
l\1uft
it
need-s•
be
that?
Is there but
on·e
fin among
fr!
many
Millions of
Sins,for
which
there
is no
forgiv–
Defs ;
and
n1uft
I
co1nm
it
thi.s?
Ob,
~m
happy
Sin!
Oh,
ltnhappyMan!
Thefe
things
~ould
fo break
and confound
mySJ>irit
7
that I could
not
tell
what
to do; I
though t ,
"~t
times, they
would
have
broke
n1yWits;
and
frill to ag·
grav~·He
my
tniftry, ' that would
run
~n
my
mind.
'J'ou kn()W
how
that afttrrrards, when he
would have inherited the bleffing,h.e was rejeCled–
Oh, none
knows
the
1~errors
of thefe
Days
but
my
felf.
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