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of God. This caus'd me great Concern. I pray'd and Sigh Shew me
thy ways O Lord that I may <sic>walth</sic>  <corr>walkth</corr> in thy Truth! He answerd me I will
direct thee and shew the way thou shalt go, I will guide thee with my
Eyes. About this time there was a great awakning at Oderwitz which
I would fain have joind, but at first, fear of Man gave me much
trouble, yet I was convinced in my heart that I should find what
I sought. I went to Berthrelsdorff and heard Pastor Rothe preach
|:which I had done once before:| and in his Sermon he gave me
such a plain description of my State of Soul as tho I had before
told him of it. And now the <sic>perscecution</sic>  <corr>persecution</corr> began which did not
<unclear>semify</unclear> me, I felt peculiar Grace in my heart, and had I remaind
in my Simplicity, I should have avoided many a heavy hour
But instead of that I came into self Workings, I went to the Parson
and told him my whole State he often told me I was in the right
way I should only pray to God to bring me further in his Grace 
but no sonner did he see that I conversed with souls who were
convinced how wrong their former Life had been then he indea  endea
=vourd to hinder me all he could. The Meetings at Oderwitz
was forbidden, [not finished]