(57) they turned away: butt many people was glad at y[e]
hearinge of ye truth declared vnto y^m: y^t: day: w:^ch they
receiued gladly: & soe I passt away:

[page 74] and so they turned away. But many People were
Convinced there that day, and were glad at the hearing of the Truth
declared, and received it with Joy.

And I came Into a house: & there came in on Capt
Warde: & hee saide my very eyes went ʌpeirced through him
& hee was conuinced of Gods euerlastinge truth: & ʌliued dyed
in it & many ʌmore was conuinced there: att y:^t time

                                                  Amongst these was one cal-
led Captain Ward, who received the Truth in the love of it, and lived
and dyed in it.

And ye next first day I came to ffirbancke Chappel
& where ff: Howghill & Jo: Audland had beene preachinge
in ye morninge: & Jo: Blayklinge & others: came to
mee & & Desired mee not to speake reproue ym: publickely to ym
for they was not parish teachers but pretty sober men
butt I woulde not tell y:^m whether I woulde or noe
though I had litle in mee to declare publickely agst
y:^m but tolde ym they must leaue mee to ye Lords
moueinges: & ye Chapphell was full of people
& many coulde not gett in : & ff: H: saide hee
thought I lookt Into ye Chappell but I did not
& y^t I might haue killed him with a crabbe aple
ye Lords powr had soe surprised him:

    The next First-day I came to Firbank-Chappel in Westmorland,
where Francis Howgill before named, and one John Audland had
been preaching in the Morning: The Chappel was full of People, so
that many could not get in. And Francis Howgill said, He thought,
I lookt into the Chappel, and his Spirit was ready to fail; the Lord’s
Power did so surprize him: But I did not look in. They made
haste, and had quickly done at that time: and they and some of the
People went to their Dinners; but abundance stay’d, till they came
again. Now John Blakelin, and others came to me, and desired
me not to Reprove them publickly; for they were not Parish-Teach-
ers, but pretty Tender Men. I could not tell them, whether I
should or no (though I had not at that time any Drawings to de-
clare publickly against them;) but I said, They must leave me to
the Lord’s Movings.

                they           with there preachinge to y^e: people att y^t: time
X Soe people ʌ had quickely donne ʌ & they ʌ& ye: people went to
there|dinners & aboundans stayde ^not till they came againe
& I went to a brooke & gott mee a litle water
for it ʌ ^{ye worde of ye Ld} came to mee I must goe ^& sett doune
vpon y^e: rocke in ye mountaine euen as Xt had donne before
& soe I came & sate mee downe on toppe of a rocke ʌ

                       So while the others were gone to Dinner, I
went to a Brook, and got me a little Water; and then came, and
sate down on the Top of a Rock hard by the Chappel.

X & in ye afternoone ye people gathered about mee
with seuerall seperate teachers: where It was
Judged there was aboue ^a thousand people & all these
seuerall ʌseparate teachers were convinct of Gods euerlastinge
truth y^t day: amongst whome I declared freely
& largely Gods euerlastinge truth ʌ& worde of life: about 3 houres
& after I had donne I went to Jo: Audlands y^t. night

                                                                  In the After-
noon the People gathered about me, with several of their Preachers;
it was judged, there were above a Thousand People: amongst whom
I declared God’s everlasting Truth and Word of Life freely and
largely, for about the space of three Hours,