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18 other for me. This may eem a wide word: but it is no fancy nor deluion: it is true.———Let my Lord's name be exalted, and, if he will, let my name be grinded to pieces, that he may be all in all. If he hould lay me ten thouand times, I will truft.'———He often repeated Jer. xv. 16. The words were found of me, and I did eat them.

When exhorting one to diligence, he aid, 'I is no eay thing to be a Chritian. For me, I have got the victory, and Chrit is holding out both him arms to embrace me.' At another time, to ome friends preent, he aid, 'At the beginning of my ufferings, I had mine own fears, like other sinse men, let I hould faint, and not be carried creditably through, and I laid this before the Lord, and as ure as ever he poke to me in his word, as ure as his Spirit witneeth to my heart, he hath accepted my ufferings. He aid to me, Fear not the outgate hall not be imply matter of prayer but matter of praie. I aid to the Lord, If he hould lay me five thouand times five thouand, would trut in him: and I peak with much trembling, fearing I hould not make my part good but as really as ever he pake to me by his Spirit he witneed to my heart, that his grace hould be ufficient.' The Thurday night before his death being much grieved with the tate of the public he had this expreion, 'Horror hath taken hold on me.' And afterwards, falling on his own condition, he aid, 'I renounce all that ever he made me will and do, as defiled and imperfect, as coming from me; I betake myelf to Chrit for fanctification as well as jutification:-Repeating thoe words, He is made of God to me widom, righteounes, &c.———adding, I cloe with it, let him be o, he is my all in all.

March 17th, three gentlewomen came to see him, and, after exhorting them to read the word.