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to
the
Cbief
of·Siii»ets~--
7·)-1~
· Ril1
my
heart,My
fin
was point-blank. -againfo.'
mJI Savio1tr;
an~
that. too,.
a~
that
hei.ght,
~hat ·
r
had in
my
·heart
fatd
of
h1m,
Let
h!m
g{)
if
he
1
vi/l.
Oh,
n1ethougl1t,this
Sin was bigger
than .
the Sins of a
Country,
of a
Kingdon1,
or
of;.
tb'e
whole
World; no
one
pardonable,
nor
all
of then1
togethcr;was able
to
equal
rnine,
mine
ODt-went
them
every
one. .
·
1
7
3·
Now I fhould feel
n1y
n1ind to flee ·. _
from _God, as
frozn ·
the Face of a dre3dful ' .
Jbdge;
yet '
this
was rny
torn1ent, ,J
cuuld
not·
efcape his Hand:·(
It
,.·sa
fea;fifl thing
to
faN
in•
·
to the IJtinds
- ~f
the living.
God,
Heb.
_I
o.)
- But~
.
bldfed
be
his
Grace,
that Scripture,
in thefe .
Hying·
fins:; would ca11, as
running
after
me,
I J
ha-ue ·blottcd
out, as a
thick cloud, thy '
trtt~tfgrej':..
·
ft;n.; and as
~t
t:f.?ftd
thy
fin : :return
thou
ttlJto
me,
.
for
.J
have
redeemed thee,
Ifa.44~22.
This» I
fay') ,
would
con1e
in upon
my·.
111ind,
w·hen
I ~
vvas ··;
fleeing
froni
the Face of God ; .Jor l did
flee
~
.
fretn his
:J'j ce, that
is,
my
mind
andjpirit
fl~d
·
before.him ;
ny
reafon of his highne!S I conf<i .
not
endure: ·Then
¥v·ould
theText
cry,Rhurtt ?
unto
me:
it \\
7
ould
cry
aloud,with
a
very
great ~ ·
vuice,
Ret11rn
unto me;fvr
I have redeemed-thee,
.
Indeed
1
this would make
n1e
ffi]ke a .littleftop,-·.
and.,as itwere, look
O\"er
my
.fhonld.er behind '
111e,to fee
if
1 could difcern that
the
God
of .
Grace
did follo\v
n1e
w·irh
a
Pardon
in his
hand;
,
but I
could
no fooner
do·that,but
altwould be
clouded
and
dar.kned vagain
by
that
Sentence,
~
~or
you
kn~rP ~~w.that
afterwards, when he
would
:
D
I
hau