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perhaps woud return to me, as he had done at various
other times, but he found best to hide his face from
me for near a year, thus I spent that time in heaviness
often praying in the distress of my Soul for another
look of his grace, thinking at every meeting I went
to, perhaps this wou'd be the favor'd time, but he de-
-lay'd it till by means of the last Synodal letter to
the Cong.<hi rend="superscript">ns</hi> he granted me to see myself in the right
light, worse indeed than any <add>of those</add> over whom I had reason'd
He also gave me grace to be <sic>truely</sic>  <corr>truly</corr> a sinner before him
and he in mercy forgave me anew, but I cannot
express in words how asham'd I was, and <sic>truely</sic>  <corr>truly</corr>
abas'd before him on account of my unfaithfulness
in that respect, but it had that blessed effect, that I
<add>and since the end of <date>1759</date> I lived in a very happy communion with him</add> Kept more sinnerlikely to him afterwards, <date>Sep.</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>r</date></hi><date> 29
1790</date> I rec'd a call to enter into the mar.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> State with
my late dear Husband B.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <persname>Thomas Verney</persname>, He being
call'd to be Labourer of the Cong.<hi rend="superscript">n</hi> at <placename>Wyke</placename>, unfit as
I felt myself for this office, yet I felt a dearness to
accept of it, we were accordingly mar.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> <date>Oct.</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>r</date></hi><date> 27<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1790</date>
and introduc'd to the Cong.<hi rend="superscript">n</hi> at <placename>Wyke</placename> on the <date>31</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>st</date></hi> the
same day my dear Husband was ordain'd a Deacon
of the B.<hi rend="superscript">rns</hi> Church by B.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <persname>Traneker</persname>, my dear
Husband being of a sickly habit made it somewhat
trying, but our Sav.<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> nearness supported us in a
very gracious manner, and made the short time of
our marriage a time of blessing. <date>Dec.</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>r</date></hi><date> 4</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi><date> 1791</date>
I was safely deliver'd of a Daughter, whom my dear
Husband baptiz'd on the <date>11</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi> by the name <persname>Sarah</persname>
which was his last public transaction, for by this
time his disorder had terminated in a Consumption