Footnotes
[1] ] I allude this passage to a Ship going straightways against the wind; for it is no more in the power of a sinner to resist the will and mercies of GOD, than it is possible for a Ship to go straightways against the wind.
[2] ] Remember, that GOD makes us sensible that we are sinners.
[3] ] Behold, He taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, what doest thou? Job. chap. 9. ver. 12.
[4] ] Being Persued by the Negroes, and as he was escaping over an hedge, his Horse alighted; where the Barbarous Negroes cut him in small pieces with their Swords.
[5] ] Alluding to the French Revolution.
[6] ] This was the first time I ever dar'd to contend with him, but the remembrance of my Father and former state rose in me such a violent spirit, that I spoke to him with such a Gloomy tone of voice, that all those that were present could not help but pity my situation.
[7] ] No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. Isaiah chap. 54. ver. 17.
[8] ] This passenger was a Captain which understood the Navigable part of the river.
[9] ] Called in Sea terms a Cabin.
[10] ] Though we did not come from that place, we applyed the untruth as you see above, only that we might deceive them and pass for an English Ship; for our Ship was a great deal less then theirs: besides that we were much damaged, both by the Sea, and by Fighting.
[11] ] They were come from Demerara themselves, and they knew that there was no Ship of war in that Harbour. We heard after that the name of the Ship was the Pelican, and carried eighteen Guns of nine Pounders, which were a great advantage over us, who carried but twelve Guns of four Pounders.
[12] ] This is a real Mariners principle.
[13] ] In famine he shall Redeem thee from Death. Job chap. 5. ver. 20.
[14] ] He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine He shall Redeem thee from Death; and in war from the power of the sword. Job chap. 5. ver. 19 & 20.
[15] ] She kept a linen drapery shop where he boarded and lodg'd.
[16] ] A Gold coin worth thirty-six shillings.
[17] ] It was a forged one as I heard after, as the Doctor did not charge any thing for his trouble.
[18] ] In England, if any profess Christianity, he is called a methodist, and in France or any other dominions appertaining to the same, a Devout.
[19] ] Oh! reader consider and meditate? see how GOD was pleased to spare such a rebellious Creature as I; and how Divine Providence distinguished itself by calling me alone, though I, with obstinacy refused to comply to its orders: but who can resist the power of the LORD when he says, I will and they shall. &c. "Oh! bless the LORD O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name: for the LORD has done wondrous things. He has lifted me up, and has not made my foes to rejoice over me."
[20] ] May it please GOD to enrol them in the Royal Regiment of Saints, commanded by his most truly and Honorable Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
[21] ] When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee. Isaiah. chap. 43, ver. 2.
[22] ] I have sinned: what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself. Job, chap. 7. ver. 20.
[23] ] I did not know for what purpose they went for him; but I supposed it was to administer unto me the Extreme-Unction; for as it is reported among the Roman Catholic that a man or woman dying without having received the Extreme-Unction, (which they call a Sacrament,) must either go to Hell, or in Purgatory.
[24] ] Though I had had a taste and a view of the love of GOD, (as you may read in the former part of my life,) and a great desire to serve and worship him; yet I did not feel the corruption of my fallen nature, neither the great weight and burden of my inveterate sins and transgressions: I was far from thinking of the inestimable worth and want of a precious SAVIOUR. I had a zeal, but not according to knowledge; I was like that sect which the Apostle Paul speaks of in the tenth chapter of Romans and the third verse: for they, being ignorant of GOD's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own Righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the Righteousness of GOD. "I thank GOD, through the LORD JESUS CHRIST, that He has subjected me unto his blessed and Everlasting Righteousness; and made me sensible of this, that without the Blood of his dear Son, my sins must for ever remain."
[25] ] the Reverend Samuel Franklin, of Ebley in Gloucestershire, Minister in Lady Huntingdon's connection, then at Ashbourn in Derbyshire.
[26] ] My friends scorn me; but mine eye poureth out tears unto GOD. Job, chap. 16, ver. 20.
[27] ] SION Chapel.
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