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70

Grace

a~ounding

, yet

could

perceive,this iniquityofn1ine

m'ig1

1

t

be fuch as

n1ight

never

he

J)affed

by.

_

I6o.I

was

often now

af!1a1ned

that I

fhould

be like fuch

an

!lgly

Ill

an as

}udas .:

I

thought

alfo ho\Y loathlom I fho 11 ld be unto

all the

Saints

at

the

Day

efjudgment:

Infon1uch

that

now

I could

fcarce fee a good

man

,that

t

be–

lieved had a good Con fcience,

but

I

rnould

·feel

my

heart tremble at him,

while

I

was in

:his Prefence. Oh

!

now

I

f<1w

a glory in

w~lk­

ing

with

God,

and , what a

mercy

it

was

to

l1ave a

good

Confcience

before

hitn,

16r.I

was much about this time

ten1p~ed

to ·

content

n1y

fclf,

by

receiving fotne fa lfe Opi–

Dion;

as that there fhot1ld be nofuch thing

2s

a

'Day'

of

}udgn1ent,

that

\ve

f11ou1d

not

rife

again~and

tbatSin was no fuch

grievous

thing;

the

Tempter

fuggefring

thus,

Fer

tj

theft

thing_

J

Jhould indeed

be true.,

yet

to believe

other–

wife

would

yield

you

ettfefor the prefent.

Ifyou

muft

per:ijh,

never tonner.Jt your

feiffo

-much

be,. .

forehllnd; drive the. thoughu of damnir:_g ottt

~f

)'our

mind,

by

poffijfing

yo1:r

mindwith

fgme

fuch

Conclufior;s that

Athe'i fts

arjd

R:1 nters

do

ufe

to

.

help

t hemfelvcs

withtZl.

·

/

'I

6l.

But, Oh

!

when

fi1ch thoughts have

led

thro'

n1y

Heart,

how,

as

it

were

within a

ficp, bath Death and

judgn1ent

heen in

my

view!Methought the

Jt1dge

flood at

the

door,

I

I

was as if

it

vvas c.on1e

alread

v

~

fo that

fuch

thiJ . g~

could

have no entertainrr1ent. But me·

· thii)ks I fee by

this, that

Satan will -ufe

any

·)

/ means,