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And on ye first day I went to Lancaster & had a great meetinge
in ye street of sould˙ers & people & declared ye worde of life &
ye euerlastinge truth to ym & shewed ym: there teacher Xt Jesus
& all ye traditions yt they had liued in: & all there worshipps
& religions & yt there profession was good for nothinge yt
liued out of ye life & powr of y:m yt gaue forth ye Scriptures
& soe turned ym: to ye light of Xt ye heauenly man & to
ye spiritt of Gd in there owne heartes & where they might
finde Gd & Xt & his kingdome & knowe him there teacher:
And soe in ye afternoone I went vppe to ye steeplehouse att Lan
=caster: & when I had declared ye truth to both preist & people
& shewed ym ye deceiptes they lived in & ye powr & spiritt of God
yt they wanted: they haled mee out & stoned mee alonge ye
streets till I came to Jo: Lawsons house
[A] And one ye markett day before, I spoake through ye markett
in ye dreadefull powr of God & declared ye day of ye Ld to ym
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& agst all there deceitfull merchandise & preacht righteousness
& truth wch they shoulde all walk & liue in & follow:
after &
*
where they might finde ye spiritt of God to guide y:m to it; &
seuerall people came to my lodgeinge & many was conuinct
there & standes to this day: & a meetinge there was setled
in y:e powr
of God wch|
stands to this day:
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[A] Then on the
Market-day I went to Lancaster, and spake through the Market in the
dreadful Power of God; declaring the Day of the Lord to the Peo-
ple, and crying out against all their deceitful Merchandize: And I
preached Righteousness and Truth unto them, which they should all
follow after, and walk and live in; directing them, how and where
they might find and receive the Spirit of God, to guide them
there-into. After I had cleared my self in the Market, I went
to my Lodging, whither several People came to me; and ma-
ny were Convinced there, who have stood faithful to the
Truth.
[B]
On the First-Day following, in the Forenoon, I had a great Meet-
ing in the Street at Lancaster, amongst the Souldiers and People, unto
whom I declared the Word of Life, and the Everlasting Truth: And
I opened unto them, That all the Traditions they had lived in, and
all their Worships and Religions, and the Profession they made of the
Scriptures, was good for nothing, while they lived out of the Life
and Power, which they were in, who gave forth the Scriptures. And
I directed them to the Light of Christ, the heavenly Man, and to the
Spirit of God in their own Hearts, that they might come to be ac-
quainted with God and with Christ, and receive him for their Teacher,
and know his Kingdom set up in them.
In the Afternoon I went up to the Steeple-house at Lancaster,
and de-
clared the Truth both to the Priest and People; laying open before
them the Deceits they lived in; and directing them to the Power and
Spirit of God, which they wanted. But they haled me out, and sto-
ned me along the Street, till I came to John Lawson's House.
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| And another first day I went to another steeplehouse by ye
waters sÿde to one preist Whiteheade & declared ye truth
to ye preist & people in ye dreadefull power of God: & there
was a doctor came to mee whoe was soe full of envy
& saide I hee coulde finde in
my his hearte to runn mee through with
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On another First-Day I went to another Steeple-house by the Water-
side, where one Whitehead was Priest; to whom, and to the People
I declared the Truth in the dreadful Power of God. And there came
to me a Doctor, who was so full of Envy, that he said, He could find
in his Heart, to run me through with
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