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he askd me Several <sic>qeustions</sic>  <corr>questions</corr>: he ask me also
Why i was not Baptisd on <placename>Staten </placename><sic><placename>YLand</placename></sic><placename>  </placename><corr><placename>Island</placename></corr>? i
answered, i was <sic>afeard</sic>  <corr>afraid</corr> to Let my father know
of it, beCause he was he was <hi rend="underline">a Baptist</hi>
and <sic>whe</sic>  <corr>we</corr> had no English minister there as
a Churchman, and i told him i would not be 
Baptised by him; he ask'd me Why? and i <sic>Sayd</sic>  <corr>Said</corr>
beCause he Sign'd with the Sign of the
Cross; he <sic>S</sic><sic>ayd</sic>  <corr>Said</corr> nothing to me but about
that, but he askd me Several other
questions about my faith: but i answered but
<sic>Litle</sic>  <corr>Little</corr> and then my husband and <sic>Cussin</sic>  <corr>Cousin</corr> was
Calld in the room, and we all Stood and he
askd <add>me</add> Some Church questions to <sic>wich</sic>  <corr>which</corr> i ans
wered: he told us to kneel down, and then he
Baptised me and Signd me with with the <unclear>Singr</unclear>
of the Cross but it Seemd to <sic>mee</sic>  <corr>me</corr> as tho' he
Struck his fingers upon my heart in Stead
of being <sic>Rejoyst</sic>  <corr>Rejoiced</corr> my <add>heart</add> Sunk in my body, o
the pain of my heart i cannot Express
i Slept but <sic>Litle</sic>  <corr>Little</corr> that night i thought
what Shall i Shall i do now i have made
So many promises how Shall i perform them

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and thought if i Could Keep them i would
feel Ease in my heart, but i soon found
i was not able to perform them, as i thought
i Should do: i was much troubled but kept
it for my Self, but i had <sic>Litle</sic>  <corr>Little</corr> Comfort
from within or without: i then thought
to Seek it in good <sic>Boocks</sic>  <corr>Books</corr> to read them
<sic>dilegently</sic>  <corr>diligently</corr> but found no true peace i poor
<sic>misarabel</sic>  <corr>miserable</corr> Creature <unclear>Live</unclear> Without Com
fort; many ways i <sic>triyd</sic>  <corr>tried</corr> at reading and fas
ting, but i remaind the Same for about <sic>Seve</sic>  <corr>Seven</corr>
teen year and then i hear <persname>m</persname><hi rend="superscript"><persname>r</persname></hi><persname> </persname><unclear><persname>Trahinghuyden</persname></unclear>
a Dutch minister Came from the <placename>Jersey</placename>
who Went onCe to <placename>Long </placename><sic><placename>YLand</placename></sic><placename>  </placename><corr><placename>Island</placename></corr> to preach,
i understood Very <sic>Litle</sic>  <corr>Little</corr> Dutch that time, i
went to hear him his <unclear>teach</unclear> was in the 16
Chapter of St John: When the Comforter
Shall Come he Shall Convince the
World of Sin of <sic>rightousness</sic>  <corr>righteousness</corr> and of
<sic>Jugdment </sic> <corr>Judgment</corr> i thought by my Self, what he
would make of Sin and <sic>Jugdment</sic>  <corr>Judgment</corr> i could
<sic>aprehend</sic>  <corr>apprehend</corr> but of <sic>rightoughness</sic>  <corr>righteousness</corr> i <sic>knewd</sic>  <corr>knew</corr> not
he preached Very <sic>powerfull</sic>  <corr>powerful</corr> i thought i