Scripto
Transcribe page 29
in George Francke
discuss page | view history | view document
Current Transcription
29
me
Synod, so many dear and respectable Servants and
Landmaids of the Lord and his Brethren's Unity,
many of whom were my old friends and acquaint-
ances, but some till then unknown to me.
great joy and favor to me,
whose only object was to love, and to be devoted with
all their hearts, to that dear Lord and friend of sinners
who did not think it too much to become a man
and lay down his life for such vile and worthless
feel my heart herein, in an entire union with them.
When I found myself in their midst
-sible for me to express my gratitude, as also the
feeling sense I had of my great unworthiness,
of my being the poorest, and most faulty among
them, and likewise of the many oddities belonging to
me in particular, which
of shame and abasement before our Saviour,
me also frequently repeat to myself, "Thou tak'st thy de-
light
happy, and felt the near presence of the Head and Elder of
his Congn in the midst of this dear Company of his servants
and at the concluding meeting of the Synod,
heart-melting and overpowering grace and nearness
of our Saviour blessed Lord and Saviour, as will remain