OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. 403

 

_all wicked thing, he seakes all thing, he give all thing; he hear me
when I say O to him, as you go to do just now; he makee me good if
I wish be good; he spare me, no makee kill me when I no be good; all
this you say he do: yes, he be great God; me take, think, believe him
be great God; me say O to him too with you, my dear.

Here the poor man said he could forbear no longer; but raising her
up, made her kneel by him; and he prayed to God aloud to instruct
her in the knowledge of himself by his Spirit; and that, by some good
providence, if possible, she might some time or other come to have a
Bible, that she might read the word of God, and be taught by him to
know him.

[This was the time that we saw him lift her up by the hand, and saw him kneel
down by her, as above. ]

They had several other discourses, it seems, after this, too long to
set down here; and particularly she made him promise, that, since he
confessed his own life had been a wicked, abominable course of provo-
cation against God, he would reform it, and not make God angry any
more, lest he should make him dead, as she called it, and then she
should be left alone, and never be taught to know this God better; and
lest he should be miserable, as he had told her wicked men should be
after death.

This was a strange account, and very affecting to us both, but par-
ticularly the young clergyman; he was indeed wondertuily surprised
with it; but under the greatest aflliction imaginable that he could not
talk to her; that he could not speak English to make her understand
him; and as she spoke but very broken English, he could not un--
derstand her. However, he turned himself to me, and told me, that
he believed there must be more to do with this woman than to marry
her. I did not understand himi at first, but at length he explained him-
self, namely, that she ought to be baptized.

I agreed with him in that part readily, and was for going about it
presently: ‘No, no; hold, sir!” said he; ‘though I would have her
baptized by all means, yet I must observe that Will Atkins, her hus-_
band, has indeed brought her, in a wonderful manner, to be willing to
embrace a religious life; and has given her just ideas of the being of
a God, of his power, justice, and mercy; yet I desire to know of him,
if he has said any thing to her of Jesus Christ, and of the salvation
of sinners; of the nature of faith in him, and the redemption by him ;
of the Holy Spirit, the resurrection, the last judgment, and a future
state.”

I called Will Atkins again, and asked him; but the poor fellow ’ fel a
immediately into tears, and told us he had said something to her of: