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The Lord comes upon many, and cuts them off in the middle of their years. This Consideration no question it was in part that caused Saint Paul when the Lord Christ was Revealed to him, that he dared not put off a day, no saith the Text, Gal. 1. 15, 16. When it pleased God who separated me from my Mothers Womb, and called me by his Grace to reveal his Son in me, that I might Preach him among the Heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood; immediately, as soon as ever God was pleased to reveal Christ to me, or in me, I did not confer with flesh and blood, that is, I dared not so much as Reason about the difficulty of the way, or what I should suffer if I took this course; I dared not go to my Company and take their Advice and Counsel, No, saith he, but as soon as ever the Lord was pleased to reveal Christ in me, I presently went about the Work; and so in the 26th. of the Acts, where he tells the story of his Conversion, speaking of Gods revealing himself to him in that glorious way of a Vision, Whereupon O King Agrippa I was not disobedient to the Heavenly Vision; the very first Vision I presently submitted to: Paul he fell down and said, Lord what wilt thou have me to do? upon the first manifestation of Christ unto him: O do you take heed that you be not disobedient to the Heavenly Vision; perhaps together with the Ministry of the Word the Lord may grant to ⟨p. 275⟩some of your Souls a Vision, that is, he may come with his Spirit and show some of the Glory of his Son to you; O be not disobedient to the Heavenly Vision, but immediately yield to it, and confer not with flesh and blood.

The Lord comes upon many, and cuts them off in the middle of their years. This Consideration no question it was in part that caused Saint Paul when the Lord Christ was Revealed to him, that he dared not put off a day, no saith the Text, Gal. 1. 15, 16. When it pleased God who seperated me from my Mothers Womb, and called me by his Grace to reveal his Son in me, that I might Preach him among the Heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood; immediately, as soon as ever God was pleased to reveal Christ to me, or in me, I did not confer with flesh and blood, that is, I dar'd not so much as Reason about the difficulty of the way, or what I should suffer if I took this course; I dar'd not go to my Company and take their Advice and Counsel, No, saith he, but as soon as ever the Lord was pleased to reveal Christ in me, I presently went about the Work; and so in the 26th. of the Acts, where he tells the story of his Conversion, speaking of Gods revealing himself to him in that glorious way of a Vision, Whereupon O King Agrippa I was not disobedient to the Heavenly Vision; the very first Vision I presently submitted to: Paul he fell down and said, Lord what wilt thou have me to do? upon the first manifestation of Christ unto him: O do you take heed that you be not disobedient to the Heavenly Vision; perhaps together with the Ministry of the Word the Lord may grant to