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IV. The Single Sistr.
The following are her own Words:
I am born the
but to
[?] to
along to
I heard & saw there many Things good for nothing for me
& had had not our Savr. preserved me, I had natural Instincts
& Occasion o
I moved wth my Parents from thence to
because the gat yet no Leave to come to
we removed to
Here I came soon to my great Joy in the Anstalt of
the Children. In the Begin I was very happy, but my
lightminded Temper made the feeling of our Saviour
soon vanishing. Anno 49. the
received into the Girls Choir but soon observed in the
first Conversation that this meant some Thing more
then they
In this year I came with my Parents to
served the, but resided very often in my Choir-House.
I was here not long I begun to grow indifferent & came
by means of a wicked Compagnie in poor Circumstances
& became excomunicated for a time from by the Congregation
till our Saviour bestowed Mercy on me that I could
disclose all my hidden Tricks.
Anno 53 in
I was
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I was ashamed about this Grace, but by all that I came not
farther then my Heart was not open & secure before God &
Man. I soon came in my former Snares again & begun
to doubt if it would come with me to any Thing at all.
However Anno 54 the
the Field I th our Savr.
& could discover my whole Heart towards him & so
begged Mercy under many Tears & that he would let
me from This Day experience how good it is wth a
happy Heart
cource he was as near to me the as if he was visible.
Anno 1755 the Month of
as wherefore I loockd out a good while. The first time
I was happy again, but as I disliked to appear
as such a wicked & naughty Siner, then it didn't went
as well as it could; but the Truest Friend of my
Soul whose Patiens persecuted me from my youth, did not
draw back his Hand, wicked as I was. They holy Ghost
licke a true Mother begun his Work anew & showed
to me de deplorable Condition of my wicked Heart
& brought
I conversed with my Laboures & revealed my whole
Heart towards her & our Savr. as the great Friend of
Sinners appeared to me again at in his unspeacable Nearness.
Anno 57. st of March
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