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EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONS UNDER SPIRITUAL CONCERN II
ordinary measures of the power of God coming along with what was said.
One Sabbath in that Spring, hearing a Minister (26)5 preach on that text
Joh. 3 ult—He that believeth not on the Son shall not see life but the
wrath of God abideth on him.61 fell under a sense of the wrath of God in
some measure: but neither cryd nor fainted nor trembled then or at any
other time. Afterward hearing that Minister (26) on that text. Thou hast a
name to live & art dead; I felt what was said, make some impression on me,
& was made to fear I was one of these that had a name to live & was dead;7
tho I could not change my self with seeking after a name to live. That
Evening hearing a Preacher, give out these words in Ps. 149 to be sung by
the people,
[552/-] Let Israel in his maker joy
Unto him praises sing
Let all that Zions children are
Be joyful in their king.8
At hearing of which read, I got more tenderness & more love & comfort than
I usd to have: but it did not last.
Hearing a Minister discourse at Camb. without a Text, he said, Methinks
I hear some of you complain of a hard heart, & longing to have it softned:
and ye propose to get it done this way and that way; but it is nothing to thee
what way deliverance comes, but to want on the Lord to bring it about any
way he pleases; adding, Wait I say, upon the Lord. These words came home
to me, as if they had been directed to me in particular, and I was then made
to wait on God to send me deliverance in what manner he pleasd.
At the first Sacrament at Camb. in 1742, I was full of doubts as to my
Interest in Christ, & so did not come forward to that Ordinance at that time;
on Sabbath morning that word came into my mind, Why dost thou doubt,
which composd me a little. A Minister (12)9 seing some confusion in the
passes, in time of serving [553/—] Tables, said, If ye will not enter into the
kingdom of heaven your selves, why would ye hinder others, your brethren
& sisters that are entring in: at hearing of which I would gladly have come
to the Table, but could not for want of a Token. In hearing the Evening
sermon (12) that day, on that text, Thy maker is thy husband,10 my doubts
were removed, and I found much love comfort and composure in my heart:
but still I found my heart hard as rock.
William McCulloch (1691-1771) - minister, Cambuslang.
Jn 3:36.
Rev 3:1.
Ps 149:2, Scottish Psalter (metrical).
George Whitefield (1714-70) — evangelist.
1 Isa 54:5.