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At School I was attacked by a violent fit of sickness,
being an
far, that
his great loving kindness & mercy had compassion
on me & healed me. However from that time
I obtained a weakness in my tongue & a pressure
upon my breast, which to this hour renders speak-
-ing at times rather difficult to me: This was
also
had destined me for a preacher of the Gospel,
and I myself thought, it would hinder me from
[?] such a holy & pious life, as was be=
-coming a Servant of God, rendering me also
incapable of doing the duty of this important
office, aright.
arose, which threatened destruction to our whole
neighbourhood. It is known to have laid waste
almost the whole south part of
great damage at Sea, & also to the houses &
barns carrying many of them away, Trees
were blown down, & plucked up by the roots; Yea
it swept, as it were every thing before it.
I slept that night in a lofty garnet, heard the
rolling of the thunder, the violent rustling of the
rain, saw the dreadful flashes of lightning,
yea even felt the house tremble in which I
was, but God in mercy preserved is from all
danger, & his hand covered us.