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Grace

abounding

l?e found no place of Repentance,though

hc.~ught

tt

c:arefit!~y

with Tears.

.

164.

'"fben fho uld I be ftruck

in

to a

very

great tre:nbli11g, -infon1uch tl1at at

fometimes

I could, for

whole .dtt)'J together,

feel

n1y

very

Body,

as

\V

ell as

nJy

!Hind,

to !hake and totter

under the fenfe of the dread fu l judgn1ent of

Gt>d,that Ihould fafl on thofe that have

finned

that moft fearful and unpardonable Sin. I

felt

alfo

fuch ·a clogging

atld

heat at

rny

Storpach,

QY

reafon

of

this

my

~ferror,

that

1was,cfpe–

ciatl

y

at fo1neti 111 es, as

if

n1

y

breaft .. bone

\Vould have

fplit

afunder: then I thought of

that

concerning

Jud~1s,

who

by

his f?dlint

head·

Jonc:.e;

burjl

a[under, ~1!i

his

b '~ wels

gufhed

out,Acr

.l.

16) ..

I feared alfo that this was the mark

that the .

L0rd

did fet

.,-tJ

Cain,

even

continual

Fear

and

Trembling

unci

er the

hea·~y

lead of

Guilt

that

he hac! charged on

hinl

for

the

Elood of his

Brothe r

Abel.

This did

I

wind

and

twine, and

finink under the Burthen that

· was upon

m~:

vVhich Burthea, alfo did fo

· opprefs

me, that I could

neither

ftand,

11or

go, nor

lie~

either at reft or quiet,

1

66.Y-et that

faying

would fon1etimes come

to n1ind,E-Je

hath received

gifts

.for

the

rehellioUJ,

Pfal68.

18.

The rebellious,

thought

I ;

Why,

, furely

they are fuch as once were nnder fub-

jeB:ion to their

Prir~ce

:

~ven ~hofe·

wh?.,after

they have fworn

fubJecho~

to

h~sGoYernme~t,

have taken up Arms

aga1nft him ; .and

this,

thought I, is

my

very

Condition ·: once

11oyed