(83) came to see there folly & condemned it:

And after I went att to a meetinge att arnesyde where there
was a many people: & I was moued of ye Lorde to say
103 to Rich: Myer amongst all ye people: prophett mÿer stande
vpp vpon thy leggs for hee was sittinge doene: & hee stoode
vppe & stretcht out his arme w^ch: had beene lame alonge
time: & said: bee it knowe vnto you all people & to
all nations y^t this day I am healed:

And after ye meetinge was donne his ffather & mother coulde
hardely beleiue Itt was made whole: & had him Into an
house & took off his doublett: & then they saw Itt was
true: & hee came to swarthmoore meetinge & there
declared how ye Ld had healed him:

And after ye Ld commanded him to goe to York with a message
from him: butt hee disobeyed ye Lorde: & ye Lorde strucke
him againe soe as hee dÿed about 3 quarters of a yeere
after:

see their Folly, and Condemned it; and came into the Way of Truth again.
After some Time I went to a Meeting at Arn-side, where Richard Myer was. Now he had been long Lame of one of his Arms: And
I was moved of the Lord to say unto him amongst all the People,
‘Prophet Myer, stand up upon thy Legs (for he was sitting down:)
And he stood up, and stretched out his Arm, that had been Lame
a long time, and said; ‘Be it known unto you, all People, that this
‘Day I am healed. But his Parents could hardly believe it; but after
the Meeting was done, had him aside, and took off his Doublet: and
then they saw, it was true. He came soon after to Swarthmore-Meet-
ing, and there declared, how that the Lord had healed him. Yet
after this the Lord commanded him to go to York with a Message

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from him; and he disobeyed the Lord: and the Lord struck him
again, so that he died about three quarters of a Year after.

And great threatninges there was in Cumberland y^t If euer I came
there they woulde take away my life butt when I hearde of

                                    to one Miles Willingtons

it I went Into Cumberlande ʌ Into ye same parish but they
had not powr to touch mee:

And alsoe about this time Anth: Pearson: y^t great persecutor
of ffreindes: att Apelby hee was convinct (ouer whose heade
they carryed a sworde when he went to the bench) hee was
convinct: & comeinge ouer to swarthmoore I beinge att Coll

& I came & Coll West saide goe George for it may bee of great seruice to y^e: man

Wests they sent for mee: ʌ & ye Lords powr reacht him; & about

                                                                             y^e: truth

this time ye Lorde opned seuerall mouths to declare ʌ to preists &
people soe y^t seuerall was cast Into prison:

And after this I went againe Into cumberlande: & Anthony
Pearson & his wiffe & seuerall freindes went alongst with mee
to bootle

And vpon ye first day I went Into: ye steeplehouse & Anthony
Pearson went on to carlisle sessions for hee was a Justice
of peace in three countyes: & soe when ye preist had

Now were great Threatnings given forth in Cumberland, That if
ever I came there again, they would take away my Life. When I heard
it, I was drawn to go into Cumberland again; and went to one Miles
Wennington’s, in the same Parish, from which those Threatnings
came: but they had not Power to touch me then.

Much about this Time too it was, that Anthony Pearson was Con-
vinced, who had been an Opposer of Friends. He came over to
Swarthmore; and I being then at Colonel West’s, they sent for me:
and Colonel West said; Go, George, for it may be of great Service to
the Man. So I went, and the Lord’s Power reached him.

About this Time also the Lord opened several Mouths to declare the
Truth to Priests and People; so that divers were cast into Prison. And
I went again into Cumberland, and Anthony Pearson and his Wife, and
several Friends went along with me to Bootle, where Anthony Pearson
left me; and went on himself to Carlisle-Sessions: for he was a Ju-
stice of the Peace in Three Counties. Upon the First Day of the week
I went into the Steeple-house at Bootle; and when the Priest had