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where he <sic>marryed</sic>  <corr>married</corr> my Mother, who by French Parents
was born in <placename>England</placename>.  She died <add>1725</add> at <placename>Pomerswiz</placename> in
<placename>Silesie</placename> by Baron de Frash.
Soon in my tender years I feeld the work of
Grace in my Heart, therefore I often wrote Letters
to our Saviour & bid my Mother to send it by the
Past. I very often prayeth to dear God with many
a Tears, to make me a Martyr, because I could
nothing greater for me imagine, as to loose my Life
for our Saviour. Anno 1730. I came to <placename>Saxonia</placename>
& here I lost all the feeling of Grace <add>I had</add> in my poor Heart
again; but for all that behaved like a Gentleman,
& in the <sic>Botom</sic>  <corr>Bottom</corr> of my Heart believed nothing more
at all. Anno 1734. I got a Call of Sr. de Ziegler
of <placename>Renersdorf</placename>. Here I studied with great eagerness
the Languages, Philosophic & especially Moral;
<persname>Seneka</persname> was my Idol on whom I hung my very
Heart, but this had its intercourses to, then
the Love of the World conquered me very
often. I frequently went to <placename>Strawalde</placename> to divert
myself, but once Curiosity inticed me in 
going home passing by to visit the Church in
<placename>Bertholsdorf</placename>, where <persname>Magister Rothe</persname> just
preached. The Gospel of the Cross of Christ
soon conquered my Heart again & I went
                                                          to see