Account of His Conversion

Submitted by saltysteve on Sat, 05/30/2009 - 07:51

Theodore John's "Account of His Conversion" was published in 1699.

Extract: I was born in Prague in Bohemia, and lived thirty years in ignorance and abnegation of Christ. I studied the Talmud of the Jews, and the rest of their Fabulous Comments, and I became a Teacher among them at Treves in Germany. When the blind lead the blind, should they not both fall into the ditch? But God meant for good the evil I wrought against myself, as it is brought to pass this day, to the saving of my soul. I had strong convictions within myself from the Scriptures of the Old Testament (for those of the New Testament I had never studied then, and that is the reason why the principal Proofs in my Confession are taken thence) against those principles taught me from childhood, and maintained by me when I came to years of discretion, although some Precious Pearls discovered themselves unto me, even in the Jewish Fables; I would say, some marks of Divine Truth consonant to the Word of Everlasting Truth I met with among their Blasphemies; and although for several years I was doubtful whether to bury in oblivion, or to improve with solid management, these thoughts, yet so prevalent was the Grace of God upon me, that finding the former impossible, I attempted the latter, with fervent prayers imploring God’s assistance to guide me into the way of saving Truth.

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