(88) ye way of saluation & ye way of euerlastinge life: &
soe I declared largely ye way of life & truth ʌto y^m & directed
ym to there teacher: y^t had dyed for ym & had bought
y^m with his bloude: & when I had donne I passed
away: about 2 miles to a nother great steeplehouse
of Wilkisons y^t stoode in a feilde: & ye people was mightlly
* affectedx: & woulde haue putt my horse in ye steeplehouse yarde
& I saide noe y^t is ye preists: ʌclaims y^t carry him to an Inn:

And when I came Into ye steeplehouse yarde I saw
people comeinge as to a fayre: & aboundans was already
gathered in ye lanes & about ye steeplehouse: & beinge
very thirsty I walkt about a quarter of a mile to a brooke
& got a litle water & refresht my selfe

And as I came vppe againe I mett ye preist wilkison &
as I was goeinge by him S^r saide hee will you preach
to day: if you will says hee I will not oppose you not
in worde or thought: but I saide oppose if thou wilt
I haue somethinge to speak to ye people: & thou carryed
thy selfe foolishly ye other day & spoakest agst thy conscience
& reason: soe as thy hearers cryed out agst thee: soe I
went away & left him: for hee saw It was in vaine
to oppose ye people was soe affected with ye Lords truth

Soe I came Into ye steeplehouse yarde: & not seeinge any
convenient place to speake ouer to ye people: & a professor
came againe & askt if I woulde not goe Into ye church: ʌas he caled it &
I saw y^t woulde bee ye bestʌconvenienst place to speake vnto ye people
from inʌnbsp;her soe I went in; & ystoode vppe in a pe seate after ye people
X was setled:X & ye preist came In but did not goe vppe Into his
pulpitt: & soe I declared Gods euerlastinge truth & worde
of life for about 3 houres to ye people & all was quiett
& brought y^m all to ye spiritt of God in y^mselues by w^ch:

(88) the way of salvation & the way of everlasting life: &
so I declared largely the way of life & truth to them & directed
them to their teacher: that had dyed for them & had bought
them with his blood: & when I had done I passed
away about 2 miles to another great steeplehouse
of Wilki[n]son’s that stood in a field: & the people was mightily
affected: & would have putt my horse in the steeplehouse yard
& I said, ‘No, the priest claims that; carry him to an inn’.

And when I came into the steeplehouse yard I saw
people coming as to a fair: & abundance was already
gathered in the lanes & about the steeplehouse: & being
very thirsty I walked about a quarter of a mile to a brook
& got a little water & refreshed myself.

And as I came up again I met the priest Wilki[n]son &
as I was going by him, ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘will you preach
to day? If you will,’ says he, ‘I will not oppose you,not
in word or thought’: but I said, ‘Oppose if thou wilt,
I have something to speak to the people: & thou carried
thyself foolishly the other day & spokest against thy conscience
& reason, so as thy hearers cried out against thee’: so I
went away & left him: for he saw it was in vain
to oppose, the people was so affected with the Lord’s truth .

So I came into the steeplehouse yard: & not seeing any
convenient place to speak over to the people: & a professor
came again & asked if I would not go into the church: (as he called it) &
I saw that would be the convenientest place to speak unto the people
from; so I went in; & stood up in a seat after the people
was settled: & the priest came in but did not go up into his
pulpit: & so I declared God’s everlasting truth & Word
of Life for about 3 hours to the people & all was quiet
& brought them all to the spirit of God in themselves by which