therein by his own Spirit in the holy word; "for," said he, "if you
do otherwise, when temptation comes strongly upon you, you not
having received them with evidence from heaven, will find you want
that help and strength now to resist, that once you thought you
had."

This was as seasonable to my soul as the former and latter rain in
their season, for I had found, and that by sad experience, the truth
of these his words; for I had felt that no man, especially when
tempted by the devil, "can say that Jesus Christ is Lord, but by the
Holy Ghost."

But O now, how was my soul led from truth to truth by God; even from
the birth and cradle of the Son of God, to his ascension and second
coming from heaven to judge the world.

Once I was troubled to know whether the Lord Jesus was a man as well
as God, and God as well as man; and truly, in those days, let men
say what they would, unless I had it with evidence from heaven, all
was nothing to me. Well, I was much troubled about this point, and
could not tell how to be resolved; at last, that in Rev. 5:6 came
into my mind: "And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and
of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb."
"In the midst of the throne"--thought I, there is the godhead; "in
the midst of the elders"--there is his manhood: but Oh, methought
this did glister; it was a goodly touch, and gave me sweet
satisfaction. That other scripture also did help me much in this:
"Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government
shall be upon his shoulders; and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, the mighty God, the ever lasting Father, the Prince of