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myself anew to Him, who knew I had no other
wish, but to be devoted to Him, with Soul
and Body; I earnestly prayed to the Lord,
that as he had given me leave to attain to
this favor He would also Keep and preserve
me, amidst the many spares, I was then
surrounded with, and which to young minds
without grace, was very pleasant and agree-
able to be caught with, being in some mea-
sure conscious of my natural lively disposi-
tion. I often felt afraid, lest I should
please the world, and the world should
please me, as I felt at times, that things
that were diametrically opposite to our
Savior, had a very near access to my heart,
this caused me to take shelter under the
shadow of his wings, finding that in my-
self I had no power to resist tempta-
tions of any kind; such was my unseen
friends faithfulness toward me, that
whenever I entered into any thing that
was contrary to His mind, and inconsistent
with my profession, as a child of God,
it was as if I heard Him say, by the
voice of his holy Spirit in my <add>heart</add>; That is
not the path I've appointed for you to
walk in, you have once devoted yourself
up to me with Soul and Body, and will