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EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONS UNDER SPIRITUAL CONCERN II
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be well wt my soul and if I lived it would be well also and My faith in y’
Lord Jesus was made so strong that nothing could trouble me & My heart and
my mouth were filled with his praises so that I could not intertain any other
Subject in my mind & I was made to believe His eye was upon me And He
was altogether precious to my Soul, this good frame continued with me all
that day and night thereafter and next day also I returned home with a heart
full of love to God and was inabled to say My Beloved is mine & I am his15
this frame continued with some abatement for a considerable time after this
And after this pleasant time I found my heart hard and that I had no liberty
to pour out my soul to God for about a fourthnight But that word in Mai:
was of great use to soften my heart [604/-] and to make Christ precious to
my Soul But unto you that fear My Name will the Sun of Righteousness arise
with healing under his name16 After this I continued in a heavenly frame
still meditating upon and praiseing God till the first Communion in Camb.
I heard on Saturdays Night before that Communion that Stranger Minr
formerly mentioned speaking of the Blessed Redeemers Sufferings and that
he bare all the sins of ane Elect World till he fell to the Ground and perhaps
his blessed lips licked the dust I thought this my wounds sins had made the
wounds in his Side and put the Crown of thorns upon his head the Very
thought of this deeply pierced My heart. In my way home I then began to
Reflect upon the many wants I had and my great necessitys I had net no
doubt of Gods willingness to relieve them but I doubted of my willingness
to receive from him then that word came into my mind with great power I
will supply all thy need I was then oblidged to tell my Neighbours on the
Way what God had said to my Soul
I heard a Minr [ ]17 Preach on Song before the Action Yea he is altogether
Lovely this is my beloved & this is my friend O Ye dauters of Jerusalem18 in
time of that Sermon I found my heart greatly and sweetly drawn out after
Christ and He rang King in my heart He was above all things to me and above
all my troubles At the Communion table he was altogether lovely & precious
to me and it was then said to my Soul He was become My salvation I heard
a Minr in the evening preach on Isa: Thy Maker is thy Husband19 who said
Come and marry be married to Christ and you’ll have a dear Husband. I was
so filled wt love to Christ and Esteem of him that I wondered if there were
any amongst that great multitude that were unwilling to Close with him. but
still I wanted more & more of Christ for my self and I had great hope that
I would get more of Christ before that occasion was over Next day I heart
15 SS 2:16.
16 Mai 4:2.
17 Insertion [‘Mr Me Culloch’]: McCulloch.
18 SS j:i6.
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