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of ye Ld Gd to singe: & my voice drowned ym: & strucke
ym: & confounded ym: yt made ym: giue ouer ʌfidlinge & goe there ways
And ye gouernor & ʌJustice Anth: pearson came downe; & Itt was an
was such an Ill savor & a shame to ye magistrates yt ye goaler
shoulde doe such thinges: yt they caled for ye goalers Into
ye dungeon: & they came downe Into ye dungeon to mee
& they bid ye goalers finde suretyes for ye good behauiour
& soe they putt ye vndergoaler Into ye Dungeon with
mee amongst ye mosse troopers who had been such
a cruell fellowe
And many preists yt: came to mee woulde bee askinge questions &
sayinge ye scriptures was ye worde: & I askt ym: howe many
Gods there was: ʌ& they saide one & I askt ym whether yt one God was
not ye worde & they woulde say yes: & soe I lett
ym see howe they did confounde ym:selues: for there
was not a prisoner but was able to confute ym:
Soe after a while I was sett att liberty: by ye Justices
& ye Lds powr came ouer ym: all: ʌ X
Vertically in LH margin.
X And then after a time I went to Tho: Bewleys & there came a baptist teacher to ʌoppose mee: who & hee was convinced & Rob: Withers beinge with mee was
moued to goe to Colbecke steeplehouse: & ye baptist teacher went alongst with him ye same day hee & they almost killed Rob: Withers & tooke ye
baptist sworde from him & beate him sorely: & they sent Rob: Withers to Carlile goale: & ye baptist aforesd:⚹had ye inheritans of an Impro=
⚹=priation but⚹hee went home & gaue ymit vppe: & Will: Dewsbury went to another steeplehouse harde by: & they almost killed him they
beate him soe: butt y:e Lords power was ouer all & heiled ym: againe & Rob withers after a while was sett at liberty: alsoe End of marginal interpolation
And soe I went Into ye country: & had mighty meetinges
& ye euerlasting Gospell & ye worde of ye Ld flourisht
& thousands was turned to ye Ld Jesus Xt: & to his teaching
& seuerall yt tooke tyths as Impropriators denyed ye recei
uinge of ym: & deliuered ym: vppe to ye parishioners: X..?e & soe
I came vppe Into westmoreland & at strickland heade
I had a large meetinge & att other places: where a Justice
of peace out of Bishopricke one H:enery draper came vppe & a many
contenders: & yt day many freinds went to ye steeplehouses
to declare ye truth to ye preists & people & ye Lords powr
was ouer all:
And soe I came through freindes visitinge ye meetinges till
I came to swarthmoore againe & then I hearde yt ye
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