Will it not grieve thee to see thy whole
parish come bellowing after thee to hell, crying out, This we may
thank thee for; thou didst not teach us the truth; thou didst lead
us away with fables; thou wast afraid to tell us of our sins, lest
we should not put meat fast enough into thy mouth. O cursed wretch,
that ever thou shouldst beguile us thus, deceive us thus, flatter us
thus. We would have gone out to hear the word abroad, but that thou
didst reprove us, and also tell us that that which we see now is the
way of God was heresy and a deceivable doctrine, and wast not
contented, blind guide as thou wert, to fall into the ditch thyself,
but hast also led us thither with thee.
I say, look to thyself, lest thou cry out when it is too late, Send
Lazarus to my people, my friends, my children, my congregation to
whom I preached, and whom I beguiled through my folly. Send him to
the town in which I did preach last, lest I be the cause of their
damnation.
BUNYAN'S MINISTRY.
In my preaching of the word, I took special notice of this one
thing, namely, that the Lord did lead me to begin where his word
begins with sinners; that is, to condemn all flesh, and to open and
allege that the curse of God by the law doth belong to, and lay hold
on all men as they come into the world, because of sin.
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