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made me still more earnestly intreat our
Saviour, to take me into eternal safety: as I fore=
=saw, that much hurt to my soul might ensue.
Going to rest one night with an anxious and
burthened mind, as usual, I besought the Lord
with many tears to save and deliver me from
what I so much dreaded; 'till at length weary
and oppressed I fell asleep, and had the following
remarkable dream. I thought my self possess'd
of a Beautiful ring, but how, or by what means
I received it, I could never recollect; it was placed
on my right hand, and I was commanded never to
lose it, or suffer it to be removed. This I thought
an easy injunction, which I could without difficulty
obey. In the midst of the ring was a large stone
so brilliant that it dazzled my sight. I was well
aware of its value: that with it, I should be e=
=ternally secure, and without it, I shouldbe eter=
=nally lost! [not finished]