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<emotion>heart burning with love to him</emotion> and gave myself <add>soul and body</add> up to 
him, to be his own for ever. This <emotion>overpowering sensa
-tion of his love and grace,</emotion> lasted in the same manner
for several weeks, and many a time did I walk the
streets <emotion>with tears running down my face at the thought
of his love and bitter sufferings for me</emotion>. and the Texts
of scripture treating of this great matter, which I had
learnt before as a part of divinity, came now into my mind
with such a <sic>powerfull</sic>  <corr>powerful</corr> and new impression as tho' I had
never heard them before; But now I wanted fellow-
ship, and knew of nobody to associate with but the
Pietists of whom there were several in the College,
I visited some of them, and told them the state of my
heart, but I perceived they did not understand it, but
they spoke much to me about doctrinal points, seeking
after holiness, striving against sin, praying much and
the like, and as I looked upon them as much more
experienced Christians than myself, I thought a great
deal about what they had told me, and came gradually
off from my happy and childlike course and into a legal
selfworking which lasted about a 12 month. In this time
I went on a visit to my parents, and on my return I 
had to pass over the <placename>Baltic Sea</placename> again, being in the
very severe winter <date>between 1739 and 1740</date>, the Sea which
is there 24 miles over, was covered with large pieces of