(60) the next day att ye steeplehouse & acquainte ye people with
it I might meete with y^m: & a great deale of reasoninge they
had about it: & some was for it & some was agst it:
And in ye morninge I walkt out after I had tolde y^m: concerne
inge ye meetinge: & they was in much reasoninge & doubting of
it & mee & as I was walkinge upon ye toppe of ye banke there
came seuerall poore people trauailers y^t I saw was in necessity
& they gaue y^m: nothinge but saide they was cheates but when
they was gonne in to there breakefast Itt greiued mee: to see
such heardeheartednesse amongst professors: y^t I runn after ym^e: poore
people a matter of a quarter of a mile & gaue them some money
& they gaue came out againe & seeinge mee a quarter of a mile
off: they saide I coulde not haue gonne soe farr: in such an
Instant except I had winges &: then ye meetinge was stoppt they

                                                                                  ye meetings out

was s[o]e filled with strange thoughts: & yt quite putt xxt of there
mindes & they was quite agst it. ffoer they coulde not beleiue I
coulde haue gonne soe farr In such: a short space:
And then there came Miles & Steephen Hubersty moore simple
hearted men & they woulde haue ye meetinge: & I tolde y^m
&I rann after those poore people to giue y^m: money &
I was greued att there harde heartednesse y^t: gaue y^m: nothinge
soe I went to ye steeplehouse or chappell: att vnderbarrow
& ye preist came & a great meetinge there was & after a

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while ye preist fledd away: & many ʌ was convinced y^t
day: & receiued ye worde of life & stands to this day: vnder
Xts & Gods teachinge
And soe after I had declared ye truth to y^m: some houres &
ye meetinge was donne: ye cheife constable & some other professors
fell a reasoninge with mee in ye steeplehouse yarde: & I tooke a
bible & shewed & opned to yem ye: scriptures to ym: & shewed y^m: chapt
& verse: & dealt with y^m: as one woulde deale with a childe in
swadling cloaths
☞ for they y^t was in ye light of Xt & spiritt of God did know when
I spoake scripture though I did not mention chapt & verse after ye
                                                            preists forme vnto y^m

[page 31 contd] in the steeplehouse at underbarrow, and some was for it and some was ag:^t it,




















but at last I prevailed to have a meetting there and had a
larg meetting, and the priest came and all was quiet, and truth received | in love by many ____