A30143:208
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners, or, A brief and faithful relation of the exceeding mercy of God in Christ, to his poor servant John Bunyan wherein is particularly showed, the manner of his conversion, his fight and trouble for sin, his dreadful temptations, also how he despaired of Gods mercy, and how the Lord at length through [sic] Christ did deliver him from all the guilt and terror that lay upon him : whereunto is added, a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with in prison : all which was written by his own hand there, and now published for the support of the the weak and tempted people of God.Grace abounding to the chief of sinners, or, A brief and faithful relation of the exceeding mercy of God in Christ, to his poor servant John Bvnyan wherein is particularly shewed, the manner of his conversion, his fight and trouble for sin, his dreadful temptations, also how he despaired of Gods mercy, and how the Lord at length thorow [sic] Christ did deliver him from all the guilt and terrour that lay upon him : whereunto is added, a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with in prison : all which was written by his own hand there, and now published for the support of the the weak and tempted people of God.
London: printed by George Larkin, 1666
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
191. For the causes, I conceived they were principally two, of which two also I was deeply convinced all the time this trouble lay upon me. The first was, Fo• that I did not, when I was delivered from the Temptation that went before, still pray to God to keep me from Temptations that were to come: for though, as I can say in truth, my Soul was much in prayer before this trial seized me, yet then I prayed only, or at the most principally, for the removal of present troubles, and for f•esh discoveries of love in Christ: which I saw afterwards was not enough to do; I also should have prayed that the great God would keep me from the evil that was to come.
191. For the causes, I conceived they were principally two, of which two also I was deeply convinced all the time this trouble lay upon me. The first was, Fo• that I did not, when I was delive•ed from the Temptation that went before, still pray to God to keep me from Temptations that were to come: for though, as I can say in truth, my Soul was much in prayer before this tryal seized me, yet then I prayed onely, or at the most principally, for the re•oval of present troubles, and for f•esh discoveries of love in Christ: which I saw afte•wards was not enough to do; I also should have prayed that the great God would keep me from the evil that was to come.