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page 17-Would often go to these godly women in Bedford; His heart contained 2 things: great tenderness, and a great meditating of his mind on godly things; -Mind fixed on eternity; -Shook of his young friend-- an ungodly man, but met him again in a lane; -Ranter's books--was not able to judge them, so he prayed for wisdom from God
page 18-In company with people who were influenced by Ranters--pretended that they only held to the true religion; God kept him in the fear of His Name
Page 19-Began to read the epistles of Paul--crying out to God that he might know the truth -Read 1 Corinthians 10:8-9 -Questioned whether or not he had true faith -Concluded that he was completely ignorant, yet not altogether faithless -Was afraid to see his want of faith; was always asking himself how he knew if he had faith; he saw that if he did not, he was sure to perish forever;
Page 20-Temptation to work some miracle in order to prove that he had faith; did not do so, lest he should be unable to perform the miracle, thus proving that he did not have faith -Concluded that he neither had faith, nor was ever likely to have faith; could not tell what to do -Vision of the poor people in Bedford on the sunny mountain, and of the wall with a small hole
Page 21-Tried again and again to get through the small hole in the wall, but only did so after great struggling -Mountain = the Church, the sun = God’s face, the wall = the Word, the gap in the wall = Jesus Christ -Had a great hunger to be among those who were on the sunny mountain; would pray as David in Ps.51