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say a little, but I often feel a Restraint,
lest if any should read my
Observations they might let it take
a wrong Turn in their Minds, and
so say "He boasteth great Things"
Whereas the general Language is
"Who hath believed our Report, &
to whom is the Arm of the Lord
revealed".

This was a TIme, (though
I was often pretty much favoured in
Meetings) wherein I was much cast
down in my Mind, often ready to
think I might as well go home, for
I was so poor and indeed Distressed
that I would conclude I should be
no more favoured in Meetings; but