So do these converts here in the place, they come here of their own accord, they do not stay till they be arrested and summoned to the court; but they readily arrest, indict, arraign and accuse themselves before Peter and the rest of the Apostles. Men and brethren you have discovered many sins and the dreadful condition of the sinners who […] guilty thereof, lo we are the men, thus and thus we have done. By us the Lord Jesus was opposed and pursued, by us he was […], railed upon and blasphemed, by us it was that he was […], and we are they that have imbrued our hands in his most precious blood: we are they that […] it and […] […], […] him, […] with him, not him, […] […]. Nay they roundly, readily, told all, this in secret we plotted against […] life and liberty, thus we consented unto those that should attempt the treason and […] […] […] […] them in their […] and […] […] proceeding, we […] they that gloried and rejoiced ⟨p. 620⟩in the unrighteous […] of the innocent son of God, we applauded […] selves in that we so prospered in our unjust practises, Oh so would we have it. Men […] […] […] plainly here […] it, we openly and nakedly acknowledge it, they are our […] which you have discovered, and we are the sinners against whom you have truly proclaimed the judgments of God our sins intolerable, and our condition miserable, […] are the men, we are those accursed, cruel […] whereof you speak and what shall […] do? Observe the like expression in the like estate and condition, when all sorts of people came to the Baptists ministry, and the Lord was pleased to direct him to pierce their hearts by the preaching of the truth; they lay open their sins and sores before him and crave succour and relief, as it appears by […] he gives, he applies several directions according to the several diseases Luk. 3. 12. 13. Then came the Publicans, anon the Soldiers saying […] shall W E do? and he answers suitably: they made known their maladies and he applies the […]. As it is in an inward cankered sore, if it be lanced throughly and to the quick, it then bleeds kindly and freely: so with the soul, If the heart feel the sin really, the tongue will freely express it, when the season shall require the point is clear, we will see […] we can make it plain.
So do these converts here in the place, they come here of their own accord, they do not stay til they be arrested and summoned to the court; but they readily arrest, indite, arraign and accuse themselves before Peter and the rest of the Apostles. Men and bretheren you have discovered many sins and the dreadful condition of the sinners who 〈…〉 guilty thereof, loe we are the men, thus and thus we have done. By us the Lord Jesus was opposed and pursued, by us he was 〈…〉, rayled upon and blaspherned, by us it was that he was 〈…〉, and we are they that have embrewed our hands in his most precious blood: we are they that 〈…〉 it and 〈…〉 〈…〉, 〈…〉 him, 〈…〉 with him, not him, 〈…〉 〈…〉. Nay they roundly, readily, told al, this in secret we plotted against 〈…〉 life and liberty, thus we consented unto those that should attempt the treason and 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 them in their 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 〈…〉 proceeding, we 〈…〉 they that gloryed and rejoyced ⟨p. 620⟩in the unrighteous 〈…〉 of the innocent son of God, we applauded 〈…〉 selves in that we so prospered in our unjust practises, Oh so would we have it. Men 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 plainly here 〈…〉 it, we openly and nakedly acknowledge it, they are our 〈…〉 which you have discovered, and we are the sinners against whom you have truly proclaimed the judgments of God our sins intollerable, and our condition miserable, 〈…〉 are the men, we are those accursed, cruel 〈…〉 whereof you speak and what shal 〈…〉 do? Observe the like expression in the like estate and condition, when al sorts of people came to the Baptists ministery, and the Lord was pleased to direct him to pierce their hearts by the preaching of the truth; they lay open their sins and sores before him and crave fuccor and relief, as it appears by 〈…〉 he gives, he applies several directions according to the several diseases Luk. 3. 12. 13. Then came the Publicans, anon the Souldiers saying 〈…〉 shal W E do? and he answers suitably: they made known their maladies and he applyes the 〈…〉. As it is in an inward cankerd sore, if it be lanced throughly and to the quick, it then bleeds kindly and freely: so with the soul, If the heart feel the sin really, the tongue wil freely express it, when the season shal require the point is clear, we wil see 〈…〉 we can make it plain.
