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death. And that for theſe things ſake, the wrath of God cometh upon the children of diſobedience.
Chr. And did you preſently fall under the power of this conviction?
Hopef. No, I was not willing preſently to know the evil of ſin, nor the damnation that follows upon the commiſſion of it, but endeavoured, when my mind at firſt began to be ſhaken with the word, to ſhut mine eyes againſt the light thereof.
Chr. But what was the cauſe of your carrying of it thus to the firſt workings of Gods bleſſed Sprit upon you?
Hopef. The cauſes were, 1. I was ignorant that this was the work of God upon me. I never thought that by awaknings for ſin, God at firſt begins the converſion of a ſinner. 2. Sin was yet very ſweet to my fleſh, and I was loth to leave it. 3. I could not tell how to part with mine old Companions, their preſence and actions were ſo deſirable unto me. 4. The hours in which convictions were upon me, were ſuch troubleſome and ſuch heart-affrighting hours, that I could not bear, no not ſo much as the remembrance of them upon my heart.
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