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| − | heart burning with love to him and gave myself <add>soul and body</add> up to <br /> | + | <emotion>heart burning with love to him</emotion> and gave myself <add>soul and body</add> up to <br /> |
| − | him, to be his own for ever. This overpowering sensa<br /> | + | him, to be his own for ever. This <emotion>overpowering sensa<br /> |
| − | -tion of his love and grace, lasted in the same manner<br /> | + | -tion of his love and grace,</emotion> lasted in the same manner<br /> |
| + | for several weeks, and many a time did I walk the<br /> | ||
| + | streets <emotion>with tears running down my face at the thought<br /> | ||
| + | of his love and bitter sufferings for me</emotion>. and the Texts<br /> | ||
| + | of scripture treating of this great matter, which I had<br /> | ||
| + | learnt before as a part of divinity, came now into my mind<br /> | ||
| + | with such a <sic>powerfull</sic> <corr>powerful</corr> and new impression as <abbr>tho'</abbr> I had<br /> | ||
| + | never heard them before; But now I wanted fellow-<br /> | ||
| + | ship, and knew of nobody to associate with but the<br /> | ||
| + | Pietists of whom there were several in the College,<br /> | ||
| + | I visited some of them, and told them the state of my<br /> | ||
| + | heart, but I perceived they did not understand it, but<br /> | ||
| + | they spoke much to me about doctrinal points, seeking<br /> | ||
| + | after holiness, striving against sin, praying much and<br /> | ||
| + | the like, and as I looked upon them as much more<br /> | ||
| + | experienced Christians than myself, I thought a great<br /> | ||
| + | deal about what they had told me, and came gradually<br /> | ||
| + | off from my happy and childlike course and into a legal<br /> | ||
| + | selfworking which lasted about a 12 month. In this time<br /> | ||
| + | I went on a visit to my parents, and on my return I <br /> | ||
| + | had to pass over the <placename>Baltic Sea</placename> again, being in the<br /> | ||
| + | very severe winter <date>between 1739 and 1740</date>, the Sea which<br /> | ||
| + | is there 24 miles over, was covered with large pieces of<br /> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:22, 11 March 2018
<emotion>heart burning with love to him</emotion> and gave myself <add>soul and body</add> up to
him, to be his own for ever. This <emotion>overpowering sensa
-tion of his love and grace,</emotion> lasted in the same manner
for several weeks, and many a time did I walk the
streets <emotion>with tears running down my face at the thought
of his love and bitter sufferings for me</emotion>. and the Texts
of scripture treating of this great matter, which I had
learnt before as a part of divinity, came now into my mind
with such a <sic>powerfull</sic> <corr>powerful</corr> and new impression as tho' I had
never heard them before; But now I wanted fellow-
ship, and knew of nobody to associate with but the
Pietists of whom there were several in the College,
I visited some of them, and told them the state of my
heart, but I perceived they did not understand it, but
they spoke much to me about doctrinal points, seeking
after holiness, striving against sin, praying much and
the like, and as I looked upon them as much more
experienced Christians than myself, I thought a great
deal about what they had told me, and came gradually
off from my happy and childlike course and into a legal
selfworking which lasted about a 12 month. In this time
I went on a visit to my parents, and on my return I
had to pass over the <placename>Baltic Sea</placename> again, being in the
very severe winter <date>between 1739 and 1740</date>, the Sea which
is there 24 miles over, was covered with large pieces of
