(72) powr of God & stretched out my armes amongst y^m all & saide
againe with a loude voice strike againe heere is my armes
my heade & my cheekes; & there was a mason a rude fellow
X a professor: ʌcaled hee gaue mee a blowe with all his might Just
a toppe of my hande as it was stretched out with his ʌwalkinge rule
staffe: & my hande & arme was soe nummed & abruised
y^t I coulde not draw itt in vnto mee ʌagaine: soe as ye people
cryed out hee hath spoiled his hande for euer ohaueinge any vse
of it more: & I looket att it in ye loue of God & ye I was in ye loue of God

                            to y^m all y^t had persecuted mee

Adnd after a while ye Lds powr sprange through mee againe & through
my hande & arme y^t in a minute I recouered my hande & arme
& strength in ye face & sight of ym all

And then they begann to fall out amongst y^mselues: & some
of y.^m came to mee & saide if I woulde giue y:^m money they
woulde secure mee from ye rest but I was moued of ye
Ld to declare vnto y.^m ye worde of life: & shewed y.^m there
false Xtianity & ye fruites of there preists & howe they were
more like heathens & ye Jewes: & not like Xtians:

And soe I was moued of ye Lord to come onvppe againe through
y^m: & vppe into Vlverston markett; & there meetes mee
a man with a sworde a sould˙er: s.^r saide hee I am ashamed

                        for you are a man saide hee     soe

y^t you shoulde bee thus abused: & ʌhee was greiued & saide
hee woulde assist mee in what hee coulde: & I tolde him
y^t it was noe matter ye Lords powr was ouer all:

And soe as I walkt through ye people in ye markett there was
none of y^m had power to touch mee

And this man with his sworde walkeinge after mee & some
of ye markett people abuseinge some freindes in ye markett
& I turned mee about: & saw ye souldyer amongst y:^m with
his naked rapier: & I runn amongst y:^m & catcht holde of
his hande y^t his rapier was in & bid him putt vppe his
sworde againe if hee woulde come alonge with mee: &
soe hee came to ye toundesend with mee & I came vppe
to swarthmoore againe:

Power of the Eternal God. And stretching out my Arms amongst them,
I said with a loud Voice, “Strike again; here are my Arms, my Head
“and my Cheeks. There was in the Company a Mason, a Professor,
but a rude Fellow; He with his walking Rule-Staff gave me a Blow
with all his might, just over the back of my Hand, as it was stretched
out; with which blow my Hand was so bruised, and my Arm so be-
nummed, that I could not draw it unto me again: so that some of
the People cried out, He hath spoil'd his Hand for ever having any
use of it more. But I looked at it in the Love of God (for I was in the
Love of God to them all, that had persecuted me) and after a while
the Lord's Power sprang through me again, and through my Hand
and Arm, so that in a Moment I recovered Strength in my Hand
and Arm in the sight of them all. Then they began to fall out a
mong themselves; and some of them came to me, and said; If I
would give them Money, they would secure me from the rest. But I
was| moved of the Lord to declare to them all the Word of Life, and
shewed them their false Christianity, and the Fruits of their Priest's
Ministry; telling them: they were more like Heathens and Jews,
than true Christians. Then was I moved of the Lord to come up
again through the midst of the People, and go up into Ulverstone-
Market. And as I went, there met me a Man, a Souldier, with his
Sword by his Side; Sir, said he to me, I see, you are a Man, and I
am ashamed and grieved, that you should be thus abused: and he
offered| to Assist me, in what he could. But I told him, The Lord's Power
was over all: So I walked through the People in the Market, and
none of them had power to touch me then. But some of the Mar-
ket-People abusing some Friends in the Market, I turned me about,
and saw this Souldier among them with his naked Rapier; whereupon
I ran in amongst them, and catching hold of his Hand, that his
Rapier was in, I bid him, Put his Sword again, if he would go along
with me: for I was willing to draw him out from the Company, lest
some Mischief should be done.