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near Hallifax I went to hear them, liked them well, eksired? also to
be in their Society, which was granted the 31 Jan.
amongst the Brethren and in their freaching I found that ?
I wanted I loved them exceedingly, because I was convinced
that ye Lord was with them. I spared no time nor pain to
go to hear them and to accompany them from place to
place & discoursed with them. being mostly concerned for abt points
of doctrine. My wife would not go with me at first , because
she had not much hopes, that I would continue, being so
cross & perish with her, for I was of a proud nature and wan-
ted to be Something.
From that the time that he was joined to ye Brn our Savrs Word con-
cerning His Death & Passion often reached his heart, but his
pride & seeking to fill his head with Knowledge long stifled ?? our
dr Savrs Work long; he was also of a very talkative nature disposition
and preached to every one in his family & to others, so that
he became burden some to his wife and Child & to every body
Ye beside, whereby he did ?? and to others ??
they saw that his Spirit & conversation was not agreeing.
His Labourers told him often of it and he was glad and thank-
full for their reprroofs, but he could not help himself & He
was often mleted into Tears and confessed his follieu? to the Brn
His heart grew more and more attached to the Wounded Savr & He
felt himself overcome by his Dying Love, wished & earnestly.
entreated to be under the special Case of the Brn & to be in a
member of the Congrn which also was granted on the 13 aug
1749 at Gracehill Lamb's Hill he was exceeding glad of it, delighted to
come in coming to Meetings, and in Conversation with to converse with will the Brn
and went on chearfully & happy, was beloved much by the Brn
and ^he loved them as our Savrs peculiar chosen Inheritance
He was made a Partakes of the holy COmunion June 17th 1750
He has been These many Years he was troubled these many yrs with an Arkmatic? Disorder
which increased more & more, so that it became very troublesome to
him to walk & attend the Meetings. However as long as he would
creep he would not miss Ending? shy away for said he, nothing is such a
comfort for my heart Soul and Body thus as to hear of my dr cruci
fied Lamb and to be in fellowship with my dr Brn The holy
Sacrament was to him the highest Festival, which if he could help he
would never miss. He borrowd Calf Mack was twelve month? a Galloway to
come to Wike, but so was a good while after so sore in his limits, that
he could come no more. aug the 4 he was the last time at the
Stanazy? in Hallifax at the quarterly? Meeting & received ^at night his Share
with some others in the holy Sacramt (he tried Sept 2d to come
once more, but was obliged on acct of Illness to go home again
and from that time his Disorder found into a Propey?, his Legs be-
gan to swell & at last to break &/ run w? continued ever since.) He could not
lie in Bed, but sat in a Choir by ye fire side. Our dr & gracious
Savr took him now into a ^peculiar School, which was beneficial to his heart, but
Dec 16 last Yr when I was with him and the newly published christian Magazin
of ?????? I look upon Mount Olived & Calazy? where
my Lord did pemnnance for me and all Mankind the rest of Man & hung as a Lamb
on the Cross wounded all over to be the best Magazin and Storehouse
for? of a Christian, I want to know nothing but Him in his dying form.
He was very glad whenever Brn come to see him, & this was done as
often as if could be. Febr Last Fevr. he complained much of his Pain
& Distress, in Body, but above all a Dryness in his heart & that he had
not a feeling Sense of the dr Saviours precious nearness, and wept fore
on account of his Impatiance and Peerishness, March 10 he kept an
open hearted Band with me and told me, that our Savr was so gra
cious as to help him in his quat? outward ?? Poverty, he was ashamed
of himself that he was did not more relying more upon him & was not thankfull
to him enough for all the manifest Preoss? of his loving heart. He
fall sometimes info reasoning thoughts that he was a Burden to every
one & wished that our Savr might grant him to be disabled his dismission
I told him, that all these thi8ngs to be complaind of, arose from one Cause,
He should speak thoroughly with our dr Savr as Mistake of his heart ?? and beg a drop
of his all healing Blood for his Soul, & ^that the Spirit of Jesus ^and take full Possesion