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The Sonne of God and such as satt in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus; and such as had been in it dead, and were made alive in Christ
Jesus, and were perfect in Christ Jesus; and so wee gote y:^e Petition
and answerd it,* and sent it to y:^e Parliament, before theirs was sent
up; and the Priests when they should have sent it upp, it would cost y:^m
so much money when the time came of sending it upp, that they
did not send it upp, because it would cost so much money. ______

Then I was moved of y:^e lord to go into Cumberland where I saw the sparks of life
rose before I came into it, and a Multitude of people the lord had there; so I went to
Boutle steeplehouse upon a first day; the priest of y:^e parish hearing of myee
Coming, hee had gott another to help him, and so I was moved to speak in his
time; hee utterred such wicked thinges; and therefore for y:^e truths sake I was
Moved to speak to him If I had been Imprison’d for it;

                                                                      and so they halled mee
out and People was mighty rude; and one gave mee a blow upon the wrist
w^th a great Hedg stake, yet I felt no Harme hee might have broken my wrist
to peeces; but y:^e power of y:^e lord bare all off, and so the Constable being a
sober man, he rescued mee out of their hands, and would have sett a fellow y.^t
struck into their stocks, but y:^e rude people rescued him out of theirhis hands, and
so hee went a litle way w^th us and so I told him hee might go a litle way on w^th
us to y^e house where wee lodged; and there lay a Company of rude people in