⟨t⟩ains, and ſkipping over the hills of my ſins; he is breaking down the partition walls, I have raiſed.
Mr John Law, another of the miniſters of the city came to her on Tueſday the third of the ſaid month and aſked her, how ſhe was! She anſwered, I hope ⟨I⟩ am going to Chriſt, he will not leave me, I truſt in him, he is on his coming now! Being enquired if ſhe was willing to die? Yes ſaid ſhe I am willing that in ⟨li⟩fe or death the Lord do with me what he pleaſes: it he makes me his, which I hope he will do, for he is ⟨a⟩ good God, he will bear me up, I hope Chriſt is ⟨p⟩leading for me with his father; he will be with me when I go through the dark valley and ſhadow of death, and his rod and ſtaff will comfort me, and ⟨I⟩ will get a glorious crown, a crown of many par⟨d⟩ons; You muſt have ſins, ſaid the miniſter, ſeeing you have ſo many pardons. Yes, ſaid ſhe again, I have had many ſins, many black ſcores, but there's a pardon at every ſcore, and I will hope in him, he will not leave me. When ſhe was aſked if ſhe was uſed to ⟨p⟩ray? She replied, yes, I have had many ſweet re⟨t⟩urns of prayer. That is ſtrange laid Mr Law, to ⟨he⟩ar thee ſpeak of returns of prayer, what call you re⟨t⟩urns of prayer? She anſwedred, That which I prayed ⟨u⟩nto God for to me, is now returned all unto me. Be⟨in⟩g aſked afterwards by one with whom ſhe had often ⟨uſ⟩ed much freedom, if ſhe would tell particularly, ⟨w⟩hat ſome of theſe returns of prayer were that ſhe ⟨ha⟩d got? She ſaid, I know that I ſought of God, that ⟨he⟩ would give me the ſaving knowledge of him and ⟨I h⟩ope that he hath done it, I know alſo it was ſought ⟨of⟩ God for me, that whatever he did with me, he ⟨w⟩ould work a ſaving change upon me, and that it is ⟨wa⟩s his will, he would grant I might be made to de⟨cla⟩re that he had done great things for my ſoul, and ⟨ha⟩th he not done it? Hath he not done it?
In the afternoon of the same day, Mr James Web⟨ſt⟩er miniſter of the city coming to viſit her