(67) his rapier though hee was hanged ʌ for it ye next day for it: yett this
                                          afterwards
man came to bee convinct ʌ & was loueinge to ffrends afterwards
& some people was conuinct y^t way & stoode faithfull to God
& X^t & his teachinge;

[page 37] his rapʌ iuor if hee were hanged for it
w^thin an houre, yet the mighty hand of y:^e lord god delivered mee
from them all, and the truth came over the heads of y:^m all.

And soe I returned back Into Westmoreland again & spoake
through Kendall vpon a markett day in ye dreadefull powr of
God y^t people flew like chaffe ʌ before mee into there houses & warned
ym of ye mighty day of ye Lorde & how y^t ye Ld God was come
to teach his people himselfe. & many people tooke my parte
& seuerall was convinct: & some people att last fell to fightinge
about mee & I went & spoake to y^m & they parted again; &

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And then I was moved to go againe into westmerland where I had severall larg meettings| abundance convinced,___    And I went into Kendale Markett and spoke to y:^e People| at y:^e Markett time, I had Silver in my pockett and I was Moved to throw it out| amongst y:^e People as I was going up the street before I spoke, and my life was| offerd upp amongst them, and the mighty power of y:^e lord was seen in preserving [...]| and the power of y:^e lord was so mighty and so strong, y:^t be; peʌople flew before| and runne into y:^e shopps for fear, and terror took hold upon them; I was| Moved to open my mouth and lift upp my voyce aloud in the mighty power of| the lord; and to tell y:^m the mighty day of y:^e lord was coming up on all deceit| full Merchaundize and wayes; and to call y:^m all to repentance and a turn=|ing to the light lord God and his spirit w^thin them for it to teach them and lead| them and tremple before y:^e ʌmighty lord God of heaven and earth; for his mighty day was| comeing; and so passed through the streets; and when I came to y:^e townes end I gote| upon a stumpp and spoke to y:^e people; and so y:^e People begane to fight some| for mee and some against mee, and so after a while I passed away w^thout| any harme _______

& y^e: first day after I had a mighty meetinge at Miles Batemans aforesd
where many was convinct*

And Jam: Naylor hee trauailed vppe & downe in many places amongst
people y^t was conuinct: & att last hee & ff: Howghill were cast
Into prison by ye malitious preists & magistrates Into Apleby goale

And after I had trauailed vppe and downe In those countryes &

had great meetinges I came to Swarthmoore again:

                                                              in                   & at
And after I had visited ffreindes a while those parts I passed ouer ye sands
                                                                                              att a lecture day
was at Beacliffe I hearde of a great meetinge of preists at Vlverstone ʌ &
went downe: & went Into ye steeplehouse in ye dreade & powr of ye
Lorde & when ye preist had donne I spoake amongst y^m ye worde of ye
Lorde: w^ch was as a hammer & a fire amongst y^m: & though Lampitt
                                                                      before
had beene at variance with most of ye preists ʌ yett gagst ye truth hee
& | they all Joined togeather: & ye mighty power of ye Lorde was soe
over all: y^t: preist Bennett saide ye steeplehouse shooke & hee
                  trembled & thought y^t
was afraide ʌ ye steeplehouse woulde fall on his head & went his ways out for
feare: speakinge a few confused words: & ye Lords power was ouer y^m all
though there was a many preists: & they had noe power as yett to
persecute

And after I came vppe to Swarthmoore & there came vppe 4 or 5 preists &
I asked y^m: whether any of y^m: coulde say they euer had a worde from
ye Lorde to goe & speake to such ʌor such a people; & none of ym durst
say | soe: but one of y^m: burst out Into a passion & saide hee coulde
speake his experiences as well as I: butt I tolde him experience
was one thinge but to goe with a message & a worde from ye
Ld as ye prophetts & ye Apostles had & did: & as I had

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And then I went upp to Swarthmoore ag:ⁿ over y:^e sands and went to
ulverston steeple house as I had done severall times; and so upon a
Lecture day I went into y:^e steeplehouse it being y:^e Markett day and
when the priest had done I spoke and there were many priests there

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And one was bitter and spoke to mee and asked mee If I had the spirit
of discerning, I told him I had, w^ch made him to tremble, the power of y.^e lord
God being so mighty and powerfull amongst them which made him so
to tremble, that hee confessed y:^t hee was afraid y:^t the steeple house
should have fallen upon his head, and so y:^e mighty power and dread
of y:^e lord God came over all y:^t answered the witness in many; and y:^e
graves| opened and y:^e dead heard the voyce of God ___