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with great eagerness I tought now I will have some pleasure
of my life living a Religious Life & takeing care as much as
possible to avoid every thing that was bad thinking I might
by that means injoy some pleasure of my Life and go to heaven
as others did before I was sixteen years of age I met with a young
man who told me, he had pitch'd on me for his wife, I told him
I was too young, he told me he would wait till I was older I
found my self thereby drawn in to something, which when my
dear & tender parrents as well as my Sister heaped of they did all in their
power to brake it off out of tender love to me this greiv'd & troubld
me very much for some years I could not got it out of my mind, nor
could I take any pleasure in any thing as before I had many good
offers but being disapointed once it set me quite against it when
I had gone now some years in this disatisfied condition I heard
that Mr Ingham was going about to preach the gospel, I went
to hear him, and he preach'd concerning the forgiveness of sins
which was so much to me that it directly eas'd me of all my
former trouble & uneasiness I came home weeping all the way
for 3 mile which I had never gone before nor did I know the way
till then my Dear parrents were much affected seeing me in such
a weeping condidition I pray'd our Saviour to give me my parrents
and the whole family, which he did directly, I went to the meetings
and often wept after the forgiveness of my sins & the full assurance
of it in my heart it was often to me in the midst of my prayers
as if the Person above mention'd stood before me & I was praying
to him this troubl'd me very much I strove & pray'd with weeping
to get him out of my mind at last I turn'd to our Saviour &
with great Egarness & said to him Lord Jesus thou canst help me
take this away from me which hinders me from seeking thy rich
forgiveness for the sake of which I wou'd part with every thing
else I found he did help me and took it quite away where upon
I thought he can do all things for me being sure I could no