son Joseph was come in to Major Waldron's, and another with him,
which was my sister's son. I asked him how he knew it? He said
the major himself told him so. So along we went till we came to
Newbury; and their minister being absent, they desired my
husband to preach the thanksgiving for them; but he was not
willing to stay there that night, but would go over to
Salisbury, to hear further, and come again in the morning, which
he did, and preached there that day. At night, when he had
done, one came and told him that his daughter was come in at
Providence. Here was mercy on both hands. Now hath God
fulfilled that precious Scripture which was such a comfort to me
in my distressed condition. When my heart was ready to sink
into the earth (my children being gone, I could not tell
whither) and my knees trembling under me, and I was walking
through the valley of the shadow of death; then the Lord
brought, and now has fulfilled that reviving word unto me:
"Thus saith the Lord, Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine
eyes from tears, for thy Work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord,
and they shall come again from the Land of the Enemy." Now we
were between them, the one on the east, and the other on the
west. Our son being nearest, we went to him first, to
Portsmouth, where we met with him, and with the Major also, who
told us he had done what he could, but could not redeem him
under seven pounds, which the good people thereabouts were
pleased to pay. The Lord reward the major, and all the rest,
though unknown to me, for their labor of Love. My sister's son
was redeemed for four pounds, which the council gave order for
the payment of. Having now received one of our children, we
hastened toward the other. Going back through Newbury my
husband preached there on the Sabbath day; for which they