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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 1n HIS RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS We must now fall back upon the thin outline of Thomas Charles's Diary, and quote the oft-quoted, from his own handwriting.1 I was born Ocf- 14, 1755.?my Parents sent me to school as soon as I was capable of attending to any thing. When I was about ten or twelve Years of age, they entertained thoughts of bringing me up for ye ministry; and with y' intent sent me to school to Llanddowror two miles off; where I continued three or four years. during y' Time I felt first any serious impressions. the first cause of any thought about my soul I do not recollect. my convictions of sin were for a Year or more but very slight and at intervals; but I had almost continually?tho' sometimes weaker, sometimes stronger?powerful impressions made on my mind inclining me to attend ye preaching of ye Gospel, to read ye Bible and also ye best books I cod get besides. I wod walk alone with great pleasure to any reasonable distance to hear gospel Sermons, and no time was tedious in reading good books. But what was most blest to me at y' Time was John Bunyan's treatise on ye two covenants.2 that part wherein he shews ye dreadful state of those who are under ye covenant of works affected me very much indeed, and made me several Times to cry bitterly. I recollect I thought every body to be religious y' went pretty constant to church, but I often wondered I never heard them talk any thing about religion, especially of a Sunday. I had not one spiritual person to speak to for some Time: at last providence brought me acquainted with an aged, holy and pious man,3 a few miles off, on whom I always called once or twice a week, and his conversation was very much blessed to me. Sometimes he was filled with great Joy and comfort in talking to me; and when y' was ye case with him, ...