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The course of Life of Abigal Bently
I was born at Wike in the Parish of Barstel April ye 23d 1722
my Parrents was of the Church of England and brought me up in the
same, as far as I can remember my first thought of being fared was thro'
hereing my Mother speak with another what time Children begun to be anou?
-able for Sin and they thought at Seven-years, this had such an impression
on my mind that I often went alone and wish'd God wou'd let me die before that
time for then I took it for granted I should be saved, when I was about Seven
years I began to be afraid of dying, my Parrentsstrove to preserve me as far
as there circumstances permitted them, in my Eleventh year I was sent to live
with a Neighbour where I heard and saw all sorts of bad things had not our
dear Saviour had a perticular Hand over me I Should have been ruined in Love
and Body, when I was there they sent me into a Fold to work where I was
so cold that I had no feeling of Hands nor Fat nor could I come to any
House, all on a sudden it came in my mind that God could warm me and I grow
directly warm this was the first time I know about God could here us or know
or know any thing of us after some time I left this place and removed into a
nother there that was more agreable, here I took much to reading and intended
to be very good, but amidst it all I ataind to no satisfaction but a constant
condemnation follow'd me with ever thing I did, so far her own words writing
about this time she began to hear Mr Igham and when the societys of
the Brn was sitted ? was me of the first of that number when the
S Srs Oconomy was retold at Oxhaire? she after some time had
leave to be one of them where she continued for some time a while but her being
of a very League turn made it very heavy for her amidst of the Sisters