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Thus she continued all Summer & as to<br /> | Thus she continued all Summer & as to<br /> | ||
health Better & Worse<br /> | health Better & Worse<br /> | ||
| − | In th' month of Nov<sup>r</sup>: | + | In th' month of Nov<sup>r</sup>: 1732 she Obtain'd<br /> |
the grace to be a Receiv'd <sup>into the Congn</sup> to her great joy<br /> | the grace to be a Receiv'd <sup>into the Congn</sup> to her great joy<br /> | ||
& satisfaction.<br /> | & satisfaction.<br /> | ||
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also being attended with a Dropsical dis-
ease & a Complication of disorders Ren-
der'd her almost incapable of Business.
Her Reception lay very near her Heart &
she often would sigh & weep after a nearer
fellowship with our dear Saviour & his Church
Thus she continued all Summer & as to
health Better & Worse
In th' month of Novr: 1732 she Obtain'd
the grace to be a Receiv'd into the Congn to her great joy
& satisfaction.
When we Enter'd in our Choir House
she Chearfully Came with us praising & adoring
the Lamb who had granted her that, she so
long had wish'd for: But she had not Long
Enjoy'd this happiness before her Joy was
in some Respect interrupted by the re-
turn of her Disorder in a much greater
Degree than before & in the beginning
of the Present year the Dropsey siezing
her whole Tabrnacle & her Arm being.
quite useless by the Rhoumatism & c
she was not able to help herself there-
fore was Oblig'd to take her Room &
now it was she begun to think of going home
& speaking to a sister about it Said you
will See One of the Poorest & perhaps
Least though tof geting the Favour to go
out of this House First, & wish'd that the happy
hour might soon Come.
She spoke of her Departure with a great
deal of Pleasure Rejoiceing in the full
assurance she felt of the Love of our
Saviour & the Free forgiveness, of all her
sins in has Dear Blood
In May her Father & Mother Come to see
her, she beg'd them not to be troubl'd about her
telling them she was going to her much '
wish'd for Habitation & to her beloved Lamb
they asking if she had a mind to be Buried
in her own Country she answer'd No! I have
hither to Chosen to Live with the Congregation
I chuse also to Die with them & it is
my Choice to be Buried Here
After they was gone she Looking out
at her window & seeing the Burying ground
she Express'd her Hearty desire of going
home; But added that she should should
be Extreamly glad to Partake of the
Lords Supper first, for now she felt her
Heart very desirous theref, & of a nearer
fellowshipe with him whose Wound, was
very near & dear to her Heart
Sometime after hearing at a Distance
One sing that Verse I am Drunk for
love & half Departed &e she begun also
to sing & said I know who was the Author of
that Verse I wish I was with him then I
should also be with my Lamb then I would
think on many whom I Leave behind me but
I will think on my Relations First that
you may be sure
She often repeated her Desire for the
Sacrament & according to her wish & Desire
was Confirm'd on the 13th of August to
her Unspeakable Joy: She now thought
she could be Satisfied till the time she in-
deed should be Partaker thereof! but grow-
ing weaker continualy; thought the time
very Long so that she Even Number'd
the Days. Being Persuaded to have