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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">O: H: G: Lefnads=lopp.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Jag &auml;r f&ouml;dd d. 19 October 1726. Uti S&ouml;dermanland, Trosa Sockn, &amp; Hagberg, 8 mil ifr&aring;n Stockholm, hwarest min salige Fader war en ganska fattig Torpare, som ifr&aring;n barndomen &auml;lskat Fr&auml;lsaren. Men oacktadt hans fattigdom, h&ouml;lt ham mig dock i skolan; efter han m&auml;rkte det jag hade stor b&ouml;jelse f&ouml;r r&auml;kna och skrifwa. Men i skolan ins&ouml;p jag af Informator och skol=kammerader, samt hemma af min &auml;lste broder, hwarjehand skadeliga och orena Ideer. Hwilka </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">S&aring;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> fastnade i mitt af naturen f&ouml;rderfwade hj&auml;rta, som eldgnistor i ett lutradt fn&ouml;ske. Min salige Fader, som ofta blef begabbadt af widriga</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">meniskjor, som och, af min &auml;ldre broder, f&ouml;r sin gudacktighets skull: &auml;lskade </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Jag</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> mycket, och </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Han</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> &auml;fwen </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">mig</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">. Hans f&ouml;rmaningar, b&ouml;ner &amp; t&aring;rar, samt skj&ouml;na Psalmers sjungande, har sedan wid m&aring;nga tillf&auml;llen, warit mig till w&auml;lsignelse. Men den tiden kj&auml;nde jag icke mitt onda hj&auml;rta; utan smickrade mig med den tanken: att jag war det lydigaste och b&auml;sta barnet. N&auml;r nu ock annan af grannarna, eij hade f&ouml;rsymat i min n&auml;rvaro ber&ouml;mma mig, och sp&aring;dde mig blifwa en stor man i werlden; s&aring; war det som olja p&aring; min h&ouml;gmodighets eld. Omsider blef mina f&ouml;r&auml;ldrar f&ouml;rl&auml;gna med mig, hwartil de mig emplojera skulle; emedan de af alla omst&auml;ndigheter f&ouml;rm&auml;rkte, det jag eij war fallen f&ouml;r Jordbruket. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Just i det samma fick min Fader bref ifr&aring;n Spannm&aring;ls=Handlaren &Ouml;hman, i Stockholm, hwilken &aring;stundade mig till Bod=Betj&auml;nt, som och straxt gick i fullbordan om h&ouml;sten 1740. D&aring; jag &auml;nnu icke fyldt 14 &aring;r.Men mitt bansliga of&ouml;rst&aring;nd, till&auml;t mig dock eij blifwa l&auml;ngre &auml;n 2 &aring;r hos denne mannen. Under dessa 2ne &aring;ren, h&ouml;rde jag m&aring;nga olika ryckten om </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Pietister</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> och </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">sammankomster</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">, som skulle finnas, dels i Stockholm, dels &aring; andra orter. De fl&auml;ste talade ganska illa om dem; men n&aring;gre sade: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">S&aring;dant folk, &auml;ro Guds barn</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">. De sednares wittnes byrd fick dock alltid &ouml;fwerwigten hos mig: i synnerhet som Jag erhindrade mig, de f&ouml;rsm&auml;delser som min Fader m&aring;ste uppb&auml;rda af folk dem han dock &auml;lskade.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Ja, det war redan </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">d&aring; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">hos mig en afgjord sak, at jag skulle w&auml;nda mig ifr&aring;n den stora f&aring;f&auml;ngliga Menskjo=Hopen, till Gud, och blifwa </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">ett</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> med de </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">f&aring;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> som blifwa f&ouml;rsm&auml;dade, s&aring; kj&auml;rt det mig wore, at blifwa ewigt salig. Nb: Men &auml;n</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">d&aring;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> wore det icke tillf&auml;lle dertill, utan d&aring;, n&auml;r jag f&ouml;rst kunde komma i godt tillst&aring;nd i utw&auml;retes m&aring;tto, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">d&aring;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> skulle jag omw&auml;nda mig och blifwa r&auml;tt gudfrucktig. &Aring;. 1742. kom jag ifr&aring;n f&ouml;ren&auml;mnde husbonde, och sw&auml;fwade af och an med Sj&auml;l och Kropp i 5 &aring;r, under hwilken tid jag hade 3 tj&auml;nster, men alla 3 mina Husb&ouml;nder voro af ett sinne; ty de bekymrade sig icke om </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">sina</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> Sj&auml;lar, mycket mindre om </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">min</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> sj&auml;l: hwarf&ouml;re jag under de 5 &aring;ren r&aring;kade hel</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">och h&aring;llen in i welden, som en grym h&auml;st i striden; och hade s&auml;llan n&aring;gon samwets=Oro, utan lefde r&auml;tt n&ouml;gd under Syndens djefwulska slafweri. Ja, jag blef s&aring; in&ouml;fwad i Synder, at jag stundom undrade mig &ouml;fwer mig sj&auml;lf; hwad slut det omsider med mig taga skulle. &Auml;nteligen fogade den l&aring;ngmodige och barmhertige Fra&auml;lsaren s&aring;; at Jag kom ifr&aring;n mina f&ouml;rf&ouml;riska S&auml;llskaps=Br&ouml;der i Stockholm till en Kj&ouml;pman i Wollgast 1747. Hos hwiken Jag war i 1 &aring;r; och wid Sj&ouml;tuls=Contoiret derst&auml;des i 2 &aring;r. Under dessa 3 &aring;ren fick jag l&auml;ra tyska Spr&aring;ket, samt tillf&auml;lle at l&auml;sa &aring;tskilliga tyska b&ouml;cker, som satte mig i bekymmer om min Ewiga Sj&auml;la=W&auml;lf&auml;rd, utom dess h&ouml;rde Jag talas om folk; </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">som kommo tillsammans och l&auml;sa och sjunga. Men de som s&aring;dant ber&auml;ttade, tillade det folket allehanda l&ouml;gner och f&ouml;rsm&auml;delser, hwilka andra ryckten, tillika med min egen onda wanart, f&ouml;rhindrade mig at efterforska saken. Ja, jag hade &auml;nd&aring; mer lust at wandra d&ouml;dsens m&ouml;rcka stigar; lyda andra lustar och begj&auml;relser, voro under all min Sj&auml;la=oro, alltid min &ouml;fwerm&auml;n, m&aring;ngen g&aring;ng tw&auml;rt emot min egen wilja. Det b&ouml;rjade och nu blifwa en best&auml;ndig strid hos mig; Jag wille w&auml;l blifwa Salig, men mitt Samwete sade mig alltid at det wore om&ouml;yeliget med ett s&aring;dant Hj&auml;rta och Sinne, komma i Himmelen. &Auml;ndteligen Resolverade jag, at </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">p&aring; egen hand, resa tillbaka &aring;t Stockholm 1750, ifr&aring;n all f&ouml;rf&ouml;relse. Men den w&auml;rsta f&ouml;rf&ouml;raren som Jag har hos mig, den f&ouml;lgde /: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">fast okj&auml;nd</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> :/ med mig tillbaka igen. Under resan p&aring; Hafwet, f&ouml;ll mig ofta dessa, och dylika tankar in: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">&Auml;n om du nu tillika med fartyget skulle fara till sj&ouml;bottnen? s&aring; fore och wisst din Sj&auml;l till den ewiga Afgrunden. Du m&aring;ste Ju wisst h&auml;danefter &ouml;fwerl&auml;mna dig Gudi med Sj&auml;l och Kropp eljest blifwer du wisst f&ouml;rd&ouml;md.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> Knapt war Jag kommen i land, f&ouml;rr&auml;n Jag war qwitt min f&ouml;rra oro, utan &ouml;fwerlade allenast huru Jag skulle f&aring; en god Condition, p&aring; n&aring;got Kj&ouml;pmans=Contoir, och komma fort i werlden. Men just wid samma tid passade det sig s&aring;, at min f&ouml;rsta Hus=Bonde beh&ouml;fde</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">en Bod=Betj&auml;nt; och antog mig dertill. Nu b&ouml;rjade Jag &auml;fwen blifwa /: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Som werlden s&auml;ger</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> :/ beskjedelig, eller gudfrucktig; hwarf&ouml;re Jag af &auml;rbara menioskjor blef ber&ouml;md, hwilket mig w&auml;l behagade; men mitt Hj&auml;rta och Samwete sade mig dock altid mitt osaliga tillst&aring;nd. P&aring; s&aring;dant s&auml;tt tillbringade jag tiden i 4 &aring;r. 1754 d. 5 Maij kom Jag s&aring; besynnerlig at h&ouml;ra en Pr&auml;st, wid namn Petter Murbeck, predika, &ouml;fwer de orden : </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I F&auml;der reter icke eder barn till wrede; utan uppf&ouml;der dem i tuckt, och Herrans f&ouml;rmaning Eph: 6:4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">. Han predikade mycket ifrigt, men lagiskt, samt afm&aring;lade F&ouml;rd&ouml;mmelsen i dess faseliga gestalt, l&auml;mpade predikan p&aring; den d&aring;warande sl&auml;tta Barna=Uppfostran, och f&ouml;rest&auml;ldte, huru ogudaktiga f&ouml;r&auml;ldrar och Barn, i den osaliga</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Ewigheten l&auml;ra bem&ouml;ta hwarannan. etc = D&aring; fick Jag f&ouml;rsta g&aring;ngen kj&auml;nna i mitt osaliga Hj&auml;rta, hwad uppw&auml;ckelse war. Ja, jag s&aring;g och kj&auml;nde likasom Helwtet f&ouml;r mig &ouml;ppet, at emottaga min osaliga Sj&auml;l. Jag gjorde f&ouml;rdenskull, Gud det l&ouml;ftet, och fattade den fulla Resolution; at ifr&aring;n den stunden, uppofra mig till Guds tj&auml;nst, b&aring;de med Sj&auml;l och Kropp; om ock hela Helfwetes och werldsens mackt skulle s&auml;tta sig deremot. Ja, om Jag &auml;fwen som Apostlarna, hade skolat underg&aring; den pl&aring;gdsammaste d&ouml;d; tyckte Jag mig d&aring;, skoladt skatta det f&ouml;r en stor N&aring;de. Jag fattade ock nu s&aring; stor leda till allt syndigt w&auml;sende, at om Jag eij blifwit afr&aring;dd, af bem&auml;lte Pr&auml;st, hade Jag, /: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">efter mitt tycke</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> :/ bort blifwa en boot=Predikant i</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Stockholm; som Jonas i </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Nineve</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> , &auml;nskj&ouml;nt Jag &auml;nd&aring; eij kj&auml;nde mig sjelf, mycket mindre den kj&auml;ra Fr&auml;lsaren. &Aring;tminstone b&ouml;d Jag till at omw&auml;nda alla som handlade med mig, fast Jag sj&auml;lf icke war r&auml;tt omw&auml;nd. Men likw&auml;l war Jag i w&auml;lmening mycket w&auml;rksam, Jag anw&auml;nde alla lediga stunder, Ja ofrta halfwa n&auml;tter med Bibelens &amp; andra b&ouml;ckers l&auml;sande, hwaraf Hufwudet w&auml;l blef fult af kundskap; men Hj&auml;rtat &auml;nd&aring; tomt af lif och saft: Ty Jag blef warnad af f&ouml;rber&ouml;rde Pr&auml;st, at icke l&auml;sa wissa b&ouml;cker, under f&ouml;reb&auml;rande at eij blifwa f&ouml;rd i s&auml;kerhet. Hwarf&ouml;re Jag mer och mer blef Fiendtelig emot den lifgifwande Evangelij l&auml;ra, som ock emo dess rena bekj&auml;nnare. Ja det gick omsider s&aring; l&aring;ngt, at Jag blef inbillad at de Ewangeliska br&ouml;derna </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">woro Nuoaliternas efterf&ouml;ljare, som i h&ouml;gsta grad voro ogudaktige, hwartill den bekante Ruthstr&ouml;m gaf mycken anledning med sitt uppf&ouml;rande. Men det l&aring;t mig mycket om Hj&auml;rtat, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">at blifwa bekant med Guds barn;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> hwilket ingen kunde betaga mig, at det Ju &auml;nnu m&aring;ste finnas p&aring; Jorden; ty Jag wille absolut hafwat s&aring;, som ibland den f&ouml;rsta f&ouml;rsamlingen; at, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">uti hela Hopen som trodde, war et Hj&auml;rat och en Sj&auml;l.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> Jag blef w&auml;l bekant med &aring;tskilliga ynglingar som tycktes hafwa bekymmer om deras ewiga w&auml;lf&auml;rd; men </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">de</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> som gjorde fullt alfware deraf, dem tog Fr&auml;lsaren h&auml;rifr&aring;n, och de andra b&ouml;rjade blifwa mer och mer w&auml;rdsl&ouml;sa och lika n&ouml;gda. Omsider b&ouml;rjade &auml;fwen Jag blifwa mdera tr&ouml;g, kall, </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">och k&auml;nslol&ouml;s, men kj&auml;nde n&auml;stan best&auml;ndigt, oro, dom, och frucktan f&ouml;r d&ouml;den, uti mitt samwete. Under den tiden, l&auml;rde Jag kj&auml;nna n&aring;gra Separatister som bodde tillsammans, ett stycke fr&aring;n Stockholm, dem Jag, i f&ouml;rsta p&aring;seende, h&ouml;lt f&ouml;r de </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">R&auml;tta Guds Barn</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> och Apostlarnas r&auml;tta afkomlingar: men wid nogare unders&ouml;kande, tycktes mig, at mycket sj&auml;lfgjort insmygt sig hos dem, oacktadt deras utw&auml;rtes wackra anseende. De weko ock i m&aring;nga ting ifr&aring;n Guds andes f&ouml;reskrift i Bibelen, afs&ouml;ndrade sig ifr&aring;n den utw&auml;rtes Guds=dyrkan; s&aring;som Sacramenterna etc: som likw&auml;l Fr&auml;lsaren sj&auml;lf inr&auml;ttadt. De anns&aring;g sig sj&auml;lfwa f&ouml;r b&auml;ttre &auml;n andra meniskjor, som dock &auml;fwen woro &aring;terl&ouml;sta</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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