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Let the reader imitate the conduct of this holy man in seeking God, and serving him with his whole heart, and we doubt not that he too will largely share in that delight in God, that love to the saints, that joy and peace in believing, which his artless narrative describes.

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Faithful" we say to every earnest enquirer is he that calleth you, who also will do it." The Lord will deliver you from every evil work, and will preserve you unto his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Now may the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

PART I.

THE TESTIMONY.

THE Lord of heaven and earth having been pleased to give me a being in his church, and enduing me with senses and reason; and also, that I should be in the office of the Holy Ministry, now thirty-six years past in January last; and not knowing how soon I may be removed by death; and considering the great and manifold mercyes I have met with in my day, notwithstanding my innumerable sins: I do most humbly and thankfully think it my duty to leave behind a few hints of the Lord's goodness to me, to his glory, and to the

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edification of my children, and of any to whom these presents shall come.

I must still own myself to have been, and yet am, most unworthy to be in the least noticed by so great and holy a Majesty as Jehovah, or to have been favoured with the least of his mercyes; but I own the Lord's goodness in giving me early in my youth, convictions of the evil of sin, original and actual, of heart and life, from his word read and heard, and to continue convictions on my soul in my life; making me always low in my own eyes and noticing the workings of sin in my soul, it being chief trouble to know so great want of conformity to the holy law of God, and such a proneness to evil and aversion to good. When sin prevailed I was restless until I had confessed, mourned over, and condemned myself for my own wickedness; and had poured out my heart in prayer to God for mercy through Jesus Christ; and resolved a

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gainst the same in time to come: confessing sin, and condemning myself for it, the habit, motion, and actings thereof; and fleeing to Jesus Christ, and the mercy of God, through him, was my way in prayer, in order to my attaining peace to my soul. The following passages of scripture "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin,” i. John, i. 7; My little children, these things write 1 unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." i. John, ii. 1. " Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons." Acts, x. 34, were of special use to me against the pollutions of sin in order to my having peace. Since I came to be concerned for sin, the motions of sin wounded my soul and were matter of

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much downcasting in secret; sin was so strong, close, deceitful, enticing, and (thus) often prevailing over resolutions, prayers, and hiding proper scriptures in my heart against it, as Psalms, cxix, 11,

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Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee."I found nothing less than divine power could quench the heat and break the power of sin in me, and when the Lord pleased to let it forth it was effectual. I found locking to Jesus Christ on the first motions of sin in the heart to be the only best way to oppose it; and if this was neglected, its power grew exceedingly, and the affections presently kindled, and were inflamed wonderfully to the great loss of the soul. I found that Satan knows not only every one's predominant (sin); but also uses a great cunning and force to excite it, contrair to the souls' deliberate thoughts: to the contrary, I found it exceeding nccessary to commit the keeping of my soul to the