Moravian Lives

Brightness, and another Sun shone out of the First,
and returnd again into the first Sun. And so there went
out 11 or 12 Suns, and appeard in the Heavens in a most
glorious Circle; and the Lustre of the glorious Sun did
not dazzle my Eyes, but I could look on it, as if it had
been the Moon; I was greatly rejoiced in my Heart, and
felt such a sweet Consolation, Bowedness and Love to
the Sun of Righteousness, that I said to One who was
with Me, See what a glorious Sight there is in the East.
upon which He answerd Me, Look toward the West. And I
turnd about and lookd toward the West toward Heaven,
and saw two Pictures of the same Bigness, the One was
a Pourtrait  Portrait of the Father, and the Other of the Son. This
Sight filld Me with Fear and Trembling for the infinite
Majesty of God, and I prayd for Grace of the Father, who
lookd upon Me with Anger, and bowd my Heart unto the
Son who was on his Right Hand, before whom I kneeld with
Trembling, and implored Grace for the Sake of Jesus his be-
-loved Son, who let his friendly and merciful Countenance
shine upon Me, and my Fear was taken away from Me.
Here I awaked  awoke from my Dream and the Sleep of Sin,
and I saw and believed, that the Father had manifested

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his Son unto Me, as the Mediator between God and Me,
and that I could obtain no Grace of God, but only through
Jesus, who is the Mediator, and Advocate with the Father.
I saw that all my Reformation can not help Me, and
that I must go unto the Lord Jesus, who only can help 
Me in his good Time. O how dark was my Heart [illegible]
[illegible] yet after This, I saw the Darkness Blindness of my Heart, and
that I had as yet only the Beginnings of Grace, and that
I did not possess saving Grace.
If any One should ask: What Advantage had I from
this divine Manifestation? It was unto Me a Power
of God unto a living Hope of my Redemption, thro' Jesus
Christ, it strengthend my Faith and Confidence to the Lord
Jesus; I felt in my Heart that I was under the Power of
Sin and Death, and that the Law of the Spirit of Life in
Christ Jesus, had not yet made me free from the Law of
Sin and Death. Rom.6.2. many Times in this misera-
-ble Situation of Heart, I cried, O wretched Creature, that
I am, who shall deliver Me from the Body of this Death?
At such Times I have believed, and thankd God thro' Jesus
Christ, who causeth me to hope thro' the Grace which he
has already given Me, that he will help Me further, and