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who made me believe it would deceive me. I have tried and reached much after property, and several times obtained it, but by misfortunes, time after time I lost it- I at length got wholly discouraged of trying to lay up on earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal, which put me to thinking something of death and eternity till I thought myself almost a Christian, and was so religious that I once went to talk with a sick man on his death bed. But it the Lord had taken me away with such false hopes, I should have been miserable to all eternity (this is Universalists that I am speaking of) this will I not answer; deceived man and woman. Last fall was again almost a christian, but I found it would not answer to depend on such foundation. Those verses still run in my mind, Mathew, the 11th Chapter and 28th, 29th verses, come unto me all ye that labour and are hevy laden and I will give you rest; take my yoke upon you, and learn or me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your fouls, for my yoke is easy and my burthen is light.
I was so stupid that I did not know whether these words were in the Bible or not; I asked my wife and she told me they were, and where they were, I then discovered how ignorant and stupid I had been even to a great age and I saw what offers mercy I had; but I slighted
