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194 them ſhould be imputed, if I believed on him.

Chr. And what did you do then?

Hope. I made my objections aga nſt my believing, for that I thought he was not willing to |ave me.

Chr. And what ſaid Faithful to you then?

Hopef. He bid me go to him and ſee: Then I ſaid, It was preſumption: but he ſaid, No: for I was invited to come. Then he gave me a book of Jeſus his inditing, to incourage me the more freely to come: And he ſaid concerning that Book, That every jot and tittle there of ſtood firmer then Heaven and earth. Then I asked him, What I muſt do when I came? and he told me, I muſt intreat upon my knees with all my heart and ſoul, the Father to reveal him to me. Then I asked him further, How I muſt make my ſupplication to him? And he ſaid, Go, and thou ſhalt find him upon a mercy-ſeat, where he ſits all the year long, to give pardon and forgiveneſs to them that come. I told him that I knew not what to ſay when I came: and he bid me ſay to this effect, God be merciful to me a ſinner