Moravian Lives

where he marryed  married my Mother, who by French Parents
was born in England.  She died 1725 at Pomerswiz in
Silesie by Baron de Frash.
Soon in my tender years I feeld the work of
Grace in my Heart, therefore I often wrote Letters
to our Saviour & bid my Mother to send it by the
Post. I very often prayeth to dear God with many
a Tears, to make me a Martyr, because I could
nothing greater for me imagine, as to loose my Life
for our Saviour. Anno 1730. I came to Saxonia
& here I lost all the feeling of Grace I had in my poor Heart
again; but for all that behaved like a Gentleman,
& in the Botom  Bottom of my Heart believed nothing more
at all. Anno 1734. I got a Call of Sr. de Ziegler
of Renersdorf. Here I studied with great eagerness
the Languages, Philosophie & especially Moral;
Seneka was my Idol on whom I hung my very
Heart, but this had its intercourses to, then
the Love of the World conquered me very
often. I frequently went to Strawalde to divert
myself, but once Curiosity inticed me in 
going home passing by to visit the Church in
Bertholsdorf, where Magister Rothe just
preached. The Gospel of the Cross of Christ
soon conquered my Heart again & I went
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