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andTafte., Itherefore declare, upon the. Word,of 4
dying Man, and by all my Hopes of Merc5^'at'the
great Day of Judgment, that Report is falfe and
fcandalous, not only adually, but alfo intentionally ;
for I never had one tranfitory Thought tending thereto,
and had fuch a Thing been ever prGpofed to me,
I Ihp.vild .have rejefted it wrth.^corn ; and may I receive
Mercy or Condemnation, from, the tremendous
Majeftyof Heaven, according to the Truth or Falfehopd
of what 1 have wrote here to you ; fo defiring
your Prayers, I remain for the (hort Time I expeft to
live.
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Sificefi Fifie'nd,
And humble Sewant,
J. Powis.
WAS thinking this Morning after I came down
from Chapel upon my preient Condition, and I
C0mpai;'4 royfelf to Pharaoh''% Officers in the Pri-
' foij 5 one;of whom J.E. the chief Butkr was reffo-
:' ,ied to his.Lord's.Favour, and the other who' was the
,' Maker \va,s ii^ang'd ; and wifhing that I might efcape
,"> t^e JFa.te of tlie latter, without defiring any other
t.thaii the Mean betwixt both. I became fo drowfy
*..tha.t 1 was not able to keep my Eyes open, fo I lay
.' down to Sleep, and dream'd that we were led to fonie
,^, ,P,l^ce of Execution which was near the Water Side,
,*.,and ^s we, went along, we came to a Place where his
i_J; Slaj^y. \j^s;lap(Jing, ,being I thocght juft amv'd, and
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