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with God: I can say that the Lord did so unto Me, and He<br />
by his Grace let me see the universal Corruption of Youth,<br />
and how much I stood in Need of his Grace and of his<br />
fatherly Protection; and the Lord also <abbr>shewd</abbr> Me, that He<br />
as my God did watch over me with paternal Care.<br />
<gap></gap>In the Year <date>1723.</date> after I had lived in <placename>New York</placename><br />
6 Years, the Lord led me to the married State with my<br />
Husband <persname>Luke Brasher</persname>; I believed it to be the Lord&#39;s<br />
Will, <del>an</del> fully; and his Grace inclined me to be obedient,<br />
and <abbr>thro&#39;</abbr> his Guidance We Two became One. My Husband<br />
brought me into his Mother&#39;s House, who received Me<br />
as her Child, and She was also the Cause of my Husband<br />
first taking a Liking unto Me. <gap></gap>I had more Inclination<br />
to continue in a single State, than to enter into the Mar-<br />
-ried I <abbr>prayd</abbr> unto the Father of all Grace, that He would<br />
guide, lead and counsel Me, how to behave my Self in<br />
this very weighty <del>Affair</del> <add>Action</add>; and the Lord heard Me in this,<br />
and <abbr>thro&#39;</abbr> his Grace <abbr>drawd</abbr> My Heart unto Himself, so<br />
that I many Times said, What shall I repay the Lord<br />
for all his Mercies and fatherly Kindness to Me poor<br />
Sinner? Then I heard as if spoken unto my Heart<br />
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Give Me your Heart. And&nbsp;