(64) were somethinge rude
And soe I went to looke for ye preist att his house & hee woulde not
bee seene but ye people saide hee went to hide himselfe in ye hay
mowe : & they went to looke for him there but: coulde not finde him
there: & then they saide hee was gonne to hide himselfe amongst ye
standinge corne but after they had looked for him there they coulde
not finde him there neither: soe I came to James Lancasters:
after ye | who was conuinct in y^t Ilande & from there I returned
to swarth moore again: where ye Lords powr seised vpon Margarett
& her daughter sarah & seuerall of y:^m & then I went to Baicliffe

where                                   &

wee Leo: ffell: was conuinct & hee became a good minister & seuerall
others: was convinct there: & came Into truth: & ye people coulde

                  to         as they saide                                           other

not tell howe dispute. ʌ but woulde faine haue putt on some to holde
a talk with mee: but I bid y.^m feare ye Ld: & not in a light way
to holde a talke of ye Lds wordes but practise y^m

And as I was walkeinge I hearde olde people: & workepeople ʌto say
hee is such a man as neuer was hee knowes peoples thoughts: for
I turned y^m: to ye diuine light of Xt & his spiritt y^t lett ym see
0 all there thoughts words & actions y^t was euill: y^t they had
thought or acted: with w^ch light they might see there sinns & with
ye same light they might see there saviour ʌXt Jesus to saue y^m. from
there sinns & y^t there was there first steppe to peace to stande
still in ye light y^t shewed there sin & transgressions: & shewed
ym how they were strangers to ye couenant of promise without God
in ye worlde & in ye fall of olde Adam: & in ye darknesse &
death & with ye same light they may see X^t y^t dyed for ym
whoe is there way to God & there redeemer & sauiour:
And after this I went to a Chapell beyonde Gleeston: w.^ch was
built but neuer preist had preacht in it: where all ye country
vppe & downe came: & a quiett peaceable meetinge it was: where
ye worde of life was declared amongst y:^m & many was conuinced
about Gleeston & from thence I returned to swarthmoore againe
And after I had stayde there a few days: & most of all ye family
was conuinct: I went from thence backe againe Into westmorelande

[page 33 contd] And so people being rude after a while
wee passed away, and in y:^e after noon wee went up ag:ⁿ and y:^e
Priest hid himself in a corn land hearing wee were coming, and so
wee passed away in the truth over all __
See below in Spence MS for Gleaston
And a meetting was
appoynted at a Chappell a little beyond Gleaston where there was
never priest preached in it, before where wee had a brave meetting
where there were many Convinced.




NO DIRECT EQUIVALENT TO THESE THREE EPISODES IN THE SPENCE MS

Then I was moved to go to Cartmell Steeplehouse, when the priest had done I spoke to him and the People largly of y:^e light and truth and truth in their own hearts to mind and there they might find their teacher to come out of all the teachers of y:^e world for the lord was comed to teach people him selfe __

[page 34] And then I was moved to go to Lyndell steeplehouse w^ch when the priest had done I spoke to him and the people the truth and the spirit and ye: word of God was in their hearts that they might all come to, and that they might know the lord God at hand, and so to come out of all y:^e false teachers & Hyre lings y:^t sought for their gaine _^^{& means} from their quarter.

Then I was moved to appoynt a Meetting in a steeple house yard beyond y:^t where there was a great meetting and severall convincedtenders, and one of y:^e priests Convinced, and many Contenders there were, but truth came over all and the Contenders mouths stopped