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Before I knew what affliction meant, I was ready sometimes to wish for it

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The portion of some is to have their Affliction by drops, now one drop and then another; but the dregs of the Cup, the wine of astonishment, like a sweeping rain that leaveth no food, did the Lord prepare to be my portion.

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It is a solemn sight to see so many Christians lying in their blood, some here, and some there, like a company of sheep torn by wolves, all of them stripped naked by a company of hell-hounds, roaring, singing, ranting, and insulting, as if they would have torn our very hearts out; yet the Lord by His almighty power preserved a number of us from death, for there were twenty-four of us taken alive and carried captive

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The Lord hereby would make us the more acknowledge His hand, and to see that our help is always in Him

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Mary Rowlandson

Mary Rowlandson

Born: 1635
Died: January 5, 1711 (aged 76)
Bio: Mary Rowlandson, née White, later Mary Talcott was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed.
Known for:
  1. Captivity and Restoration

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