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Ill and Conscience–Stricken

           EvenwhenIwasafterwards,ondueconsideration,madesensibleofmycondition,howIwascastonthisdreadfulplace,outofthereachofhumankind,outofallhopeofrelief,orprospectofredemption,assoonasIsawbutaprospectofliving,andthatIshouldnotstarveandperishforhunger,allthesenseofmyafflictionworeoff, andIbegantobeveryeasy,appliedmyselftotheworksproperformypreservationandsupply,andwasfarenoughfrombeingafflictedatmycondition,asajudgmentfromheaven,orasthehandofGodagainstme; thesewerethoughtswhichveryseldomenteredmyhead. 

           Thegrowingupofthecorn,asishintedinmyjournal,hadatfirstsomelittleinfluenceuponme,andbegantoaffectmewithseriousness,aslongasIthoughtithadsomethingmiraculousinit; butassoonaseverthatpartofthethoughtwasremoved,alltheimpressionwhichwasraisedfromitworeoffalso,asIhavenotedalready. 

           Eventheearthquake,thoughnothingcouldbemoreterribleinitsnature,ormoreimmediatelydirectingtotheinvisiblePower,whichalonedirectssuchthings,yetnosoonerwasthefirstfrightover,buttheimpressionithadmadewentoffalso. IhadnomoresenseofGodorHisjudgments,muchlessofthepresentafflictionofmycircumstancesbeingfromHisHand,thanifhadbeeninthemostprosperousconditionoflife. 

           Butnow,whenIbegantobesick,andaleisurelyviewofthemiseriesofdeathcametoplaceitselfbeforeme; whenmyspiritsbegantosinkundertheburdenofastrongdistemper,andNaturewasexhaustedwiththeviolenceofthefever; conscience,thathadsleptsolong,begantoawake,andIbegantoreproachmyselfwithmypastlife,inwhichIhadsoevidently,byuncommonwickedness,provokedthejusticeofGodtolaymeunderuncommonstrokes,andtodealwithmeinsovindictiveamanner. 

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