(The Common Wealths dayes) (467)

Which generally they received this doctrine, and most was there convinced that day, y:^e meetting very peaceable, and so I spoke about three hours and broke up the meetting in peace; and there followed mee an Old professor praysing mee and the doctrine; though his spirit was like a steeple ___    And so I turned to him and bid him fear the lord; and there was a priest said I should not Judg; and there were 4 priests came when the meetting was done; and one of them fell into dispute, and one of their mouthes was quickly stopped, after > hee was proved by Scripture y:^t hee was found in y:^e stepps of y:^e false Prophetts and shutt out from the true, hee was quickly gone ___    And then there was another who had three steeplehouses, who was of y:^t parish hee fell to disputeing & wrangling and contrary to y:^e witnesse of God in his own conscience; in somuch as his own people rose ag:^t him his own hearers; but at last they fled and people passed away greatly satisfied and rejoyced in it; and the

And the first day after I passed to Cockermouth steeple house in y:^e fore=
noone; and when y:^e priest had done being a great parish I spoke to him &
the people and proved him in y:^e stepps of all y:^e false Prophetts and hyre-
lings; and so hee said, y:^t I said hee was an Hyreling, and so fled his
way and left his flock; and severall soldio:^rs were w^th mee; w^ch were
convinced at y:^e meetting before; and the people was rude and they
cryed they had y.^e law on their side, w^ch silenced y.^e people, & so truth was

(The Commonwealth’s dayes) (47)

Which generally they received this doctrine, and most was there convinced that day, the meeting very peaceable, and so I spoke about three hours and broke up the[n] in peace; and there followed me an old professor praising me and the doctrine; though his spirit was like a steeple ___    And so I turned to him and bid him fear the Lord; and there was a priest said ‘I should not Judge’; and there were 4 priests came when the meeting was done; and one of them fell into dispute, and one of their mouths was quickly stopped, after he was proved by Scripture that he was found in the steps of the false Prophets and out from the true, he was quickly gone ___    And then there was another who had three steeplehouses, who was of that parish, he fell to disputing and wrangling and contrary to the of God in his own conscience; insomuch as his own people rose against him, his own hearers; but at last they fled and people passed away greatly satisfied and rejoiced in it;

And the First Day after, I passed to Cockermouth steeplehouse in the forenoon; and when the priest had done being a great parish, I spoke to him and the people and proved him in the steps of all the false Prophets and hirelings; and so he said, that I said he was an hireling, and so fled his way and left his flock; and several soldiers were with me; which were convinced at the meetting before; and the people was rude and they cried they had the law on their side, which silenced the people, and so Truth was