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me upon this Occasion into a particular School , and tirred
[?] in my a Confidence to God, so that I could converse
with him quite familiarly, and preserved me in many Dan
gers from [?], giving me an Admonition when
I was not on the right Track. He at the same time wrought
in me a Fear of falling into Sin, and granted me the
Grace to speak uprightly with my Parents about every
Thing. By which means I escaped many Temptations
of the Enemy of my Soul.
In the Year 1724 there was a great Awakening among
the Children in Moravia. I heard that we must get a
new Heart if we will be saved, and that God alone was able
to give it. This occasioned new [?] in me, seeing
that I was [?] herein and I was much troubled. I at the
same Time looked out for some Companions, to whom I would
discover this my Concern, and our Saviour gave me eight who
had the same Mind; we often went into hollow Roads and
Bushes, where we were alone, and went and prayed for the new Heart.
A Hope was also kindled within me, that I should become
a Partaker of it, tho I felt myself very unworthy.