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myself anew to Him, who knew I had no other
wish, but to be devoted to Him, with Soul
and Body; I earnestly prayed to the Lord,
that as he had given me leave to attain to
this favor He would also Keep and preserve
me, amidst the many spares, I was then
surrounded with, and which to young minds
without grace, was very pleasant and agree-
able to be caught with, being in some mea-
sure conscious of my natural lively disposi-
tion. I often felt afraid, lest I should
please the world, and the world should
please me, as I felt at times, that things
that were diametrically opposite to our
Savior, had a very near access to my heart,
this caused me to take shelter under the
shadow of his wings, finding that in my-
self I had no power to resist tempta-
tions of any kind; such was my unseen
friends faithfulness toward me, that
whenever I entered into any thing that
was contrary to His mind, and inconsistent
with my profession, as a child of God,
it was as if I heard Him say, by the
voice of his holy Spirit in my
not the path I've appointed for you to
walk in, you have once devoted yourself
up to me with Soul and Body, and will