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(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
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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 wch: had beene lame alonge
time: & said: bee it knowe vnto you all people & to
all nations yt 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:
And great threatninges there was in Cumberland yt 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: yt 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 ye: man
Wests they sent for mee: ʌ & ye Lords powr reacht him; & about
ye: truth
this time ye Lorde opned seuerall mouths to declare ʌ to preists &
people soe yt 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
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