Soul. Truly, says the Soul, methinks, ••at by what you have said, I may have this •lessed Jesus to be mine Advocate; for, I ••ink verily, I have entertained him to be •ine Advocate; I have also revealed my Cause •nto him; yea committed both it and my self •nto him. And, as you say, I wait: O I •ait! And my Eyes fail with looking upward. Fain would I hear, how my Soul ••andeth in the Sight of God, and whether ••y Sins, which I have committed (Since •ight and Grace was given unto me) be, by •ine Advocate, taken out of the Hand of the ⟨p. 92⟩Devil, and by mine Advocate, removed […] far from me as the Ends of the Earth are asunder: Whether the Verdict has gone o• my side. And what a Shout there was among the Angels when they saw it went we•• with me. But alas! I have waited, and tha• a long time; and have, as you advise, ra• from Ordinance to minister, and from Minister to Ordinance, or, as you phrase it from the Post to the Carrier, and from th• Carrier to the Post-house, to see if I coul• hear ought from Heaven, how Matters wen• about my Soul there. I have also asked tho•• that pass by the way, if they saw him whom […] Soul loveth, and if they had any thing to co• municate to me, but nothing can I get […] find but Generals; as, that I have an Advoca•• there, and that he pleadeth the Cause of […] People, and that he will throughly ple•• their Cause, but what he has done for […] of that, as yet, I am ignorant. I doubt, my Soul shall, by him, effectually be secure that yet, a conditional Verdict will be awar• dead concerning me, and that much Bitter […] be mixed with my Sweet, and that I […] drink Gall and Wormwood for my Foll• For, if David and Asa, and Hezekiah, […] such good Men, were so served, for their […] 2 Chron. 16.7, 12. why should I look for there Dealing at the Hand of God? But as ⟨p. 93⟩•his, I will endeavour to bear the Indignation of •he Lord because I have sinned against him, Isa. 39.3, 8. and shall count it an infinite Mercy, if this Judgment comes to me from him, that I may not be condemned with the World, 1 Cor. 11.32. I know, it is dreadful walking in Darkness, but if that also shall be the Lord's Lot upon me, I pray God I may have Faith enough to stay upon him till Death, and then will the Clouds blow over, and I shall see him, in the Light of the Living.
Soul. Truly, says the Soul, methinks, ••at by what you have said, I may have this •lessed Jesus to be mine Advocate; for, I ••ink verily, I have entertained him to be •ine Advocate; I have also revealed my Cause •nto him; yea committed both it and my self •nto him. And, as you say, I wait: O I •ait! And my Eyes fail with looking up•ard. Fain would I hear, how my Soul ••andeth in the Sight of God, and whether ••y Sins, which I have committed (Since •ight and Grace was given unto me) be, by •ine Advocate, taken out of the Hand of the ⟨p. 92⟩Devil, and by mine Advocate, removed 〈…〉 far from me as the Ends of the Earth are asunder: Whether the Verdict has gone o• my side. And what a Shout there was among the Angels when they saw it went we•• with me. But alas! I have waited, and tha• a long time; and have, as you advise, ra• from Ordinance to minister, and from Minister to Ordinance, or, as you phrase it from the Post to the Carrier, and from th• Carrier to the Post-house, to see if I coul• hear ought from Heaven, how Matters wen• about my Soul there. I have also asked tho•• that pass by the way, if they saw him whom 〈…〉 Soul loveth, and if they had any thing to co• municate to me, but nothing can I get 〈…〉 find but Generals; as, that I have an Advoca•• there, and that he pleadeth the Cause of 〈…〉 People, and that he will throughly ple their Cause, but what he has done for of that, as yet, I am ignorant. I doubt, my Soul shall, by him, effectually be secure that yet, a conditional Verdict will be awar ded concerning me, and that much Bitter be mixed with my Sweet, and that I drink Gall and Wormwood for my Foll For, if David and Asa, and Hezekiah, such good Men, were so served, for their
