The next Day we passed on: For the Lord had said unto me; If
but one Man or Woman were Raised up by his Power, to stand and live in
the same Spirit, that the Prophets and Apostles were in, who gave forth
the Scriptures, that Man or Woman should shake all the Country in
their Profession for Ten Miles round. For People had the Scriptures,
but were not in that same Light, and Power, and Spirit, which
they were in, that gave forth the Scriptures: and so they neither
knew God, nor Christ, nor the Scriptures aright; nor had they Unity
one with another, being out of the Power and Spirit of God. There-
fore as we passed along, we Warned all People, where-ever we
met them, of the Day of the Lord, that was coming upon
them.

As we travelled on, we came near a very great and high Hill,
called Pendle-hill, and I was moved of the Lord, to go up to the Top of
it; which I did with much ado, it was so very Steep and High.
When I was come to the Top of this Hill, I saw the Sea bordering
upon Lancashire: And from the Top of this Hill the Lord let me see,
in what Places he had a Great People to be gathered. As I went
down, I found a Spring of Water in the Side of the Hill, with which
I refreshed my self; having eaten or drunk but little in several Days
before.

At Night we came to an Inn, and declared Truth to the Man of
the House, and writ a Paper to the Priests and Professors, declaring
‘the Day of the Lord, and that Christ was come to teach People himself,
‘by his Power and Spirit in their Hearts, and to bring People off
‘from all the World’s Ways and Teachers, to his own free Teaching,
‘who had bought them, and was the Saviour of all them, that be-
‘lieved in him. The Man of the House spread the Paper abroad, and
was himself mightily affected with the Truth. Here the Lord opened
unto me, and let me see a Great People in white Raiment by a River-
side, coming to the Lord: And the Place that I saw them in, was a-
bout Wentzerdale and Sedbergh.

The next Day we travelled on, and at Night got a little Fern or
Brakins to lay under us, and lay upon a Common. Next Morning we
reached to a Town, and there Richard Farnsworth parted from me;
and then I travelled alone again. So I came up Wentzerdale, and at
the Market-Town in that Dale there was a Lecture on the Market-day;
and I went into the Steeple-house. And after the Priest had done,
‘I Proclaimed the Day of the Lord to the Priest and People; Warn-
‘ing them to turn from the Darkness to the Light, and from the Power
‘of Satan unto God, that they might come to know God and Christ
‘aright, and to receive his Teaching, who teacheth freely. And
largely and freely did I declare the Word of Life unto them, and had
not much Persecution there. Afterwards I passed up the Dales, Warn-
ing People to fear God; and preaching the Everlasting Gospel to
them. And in my way I came to a Great House, where there was
a School-master ; and they got me into the House. And I asked them
Questions about their Religion and Worship: and afterward I de-
clared the Truth to them. They had me into a Parlour, and lockt
me in, pretending that I was a Young Man, that was Mad, and had
got away from my Relations; and that they would keep me, till they

could