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privately, the which I now diſapproved of with great indignation However ny father was unwilling to give the matter over ſo, without another trial to reclaim me from my hereſy, as he named it he therefore employed a Romiſh prieſt and a certain Mr Smith, who lived near me at that time; crafty men indeed, I had already lived there until my money was about gone, and my clothes were then ſelling at a low rate, almoſt nothing and in this melancholy ſituation, not a friend to tell my troubles to, I had none but God to appeal to for reddreſs of grievances. The woman of the houſe where I lived ſeldom ſpoke to me on any ſubject whatever; in this forlorn ſituation, where to go or what to do I could not tell: one conſideration ſtill cofmorted me; I viewed God to be my friend and that He would deliver me out of all trouble in his own way; and I felt willing to place my dependence on him One day, to my great aſtoniſhment, my landlady invited me to go with her on a viſit: Come, ſaid the Mrs Hamilton, go with me to viſit Mrs. Smith to day. perhaps it may have a tendency to ſhake of this ſober melancholy, that ſeems thus to hang about you. I accepted the invitation, not thinking of any plot againſt me. Mr Smith began ſoon after I went in to talk with me concerning my faith and diſſenting from the Romiſh church. I aſked him, if he believed the Bible; I hope ſo, ſaid he; Well you reccollect Sir, in Revelation
