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( 8 ) in the room, Oh ſuch a child and comerade ſhe hath been! ſhe reply'd, Oh mother, God will make up the want of me to you, take him for your comerade. Oftentimes I bare ſpoken of worldly things to divert you, but God will come verſe with you, of things concerning your ſoul; I hope to meet with you in heaven; for I hope he is your God and my father's God, and I hope he will be my brethren and ſiſters their God; be not concer'd for parting a little now, for I hope we ſhall all meet again. Oh! what a glorious meeting will it be, when we ſhall all meet in heaven. When ſhe had ſpoken theſe words, her mother ſaid to her. My dear child you have ſpoken much, and have exhauſted much of your ſpirits by ſpeaking, remember your body is very weak, ly ſtill a while and reſt. To which the anſwered, It does me no hurt, it is not my weak body that is ſpeaking, it is the ſpirit of God that ſupports my weak ſpirit to ſpeak. She cried out often-times under raviſhment of joy and love I ſee him coming leaping over the mountains, 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 Tuefday the third of the ſaid month, and asking her how ſhe was? he 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 at, if ſhe was willing to die? Yes ſaid ſhe I am willing, that in life or death, the Lord do with me what he pleaſes, if 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 pleading 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 pardons. You muſt have many ſins, ſaid the miniſter ſeeing you have ſo many pardons. Yes ſaid ſhe again, I have had many ſins, many black ſcores of them, 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 uſed to pray? the reply'd, Yes I uſed to pray