(98) where wee had a generall meetinge of many thousands of people
a toppe of a hill heauenly & glorious itt was: & ye glory of ye Ld did
shine ouer all: & there was as many: as one coulde well
speake ouer there was such a multitude & there eyes were
kept to Xt there teacher & they came to sitt vnder there
vine y^t a freind afterwards ff: Howghill in ye ministry went
⚹amongst y^m:X & when they hee was moued to stande vppe amongst
y^m: thhee saw they had noe need of words: for they was

                        Xt Jesus       was moued to sett

all sittinge downe vnder there teacher : soe hee ʌsett downe
againe amongst y^m. without speakeinge any thinge

And soe great a convincement there was in Cumberland Bisho
pricke northumberland & yorkshere & westmorland & lanca
sheere & ye plants of God grew & flourished ʌsoe by ye heauen
ly raine & Gods glory shined vpon y^m: y^t many mouths
ye Ld opned to his praise yea to babes & suckelinges
hee ordained strength:

There is nothing in the Short Journal precisely equivalent to this.

And after I was putt out of Carlile prison I was moued
to goe to preist wilkisons steeplehouse againe: & was
in ye steeplehouse before him: & when hee came in I
was declareinge ye truth to ye people: & wee hade a

                                where

meetinge harde by: ʌone Tho: Stubbs was declareinge ye
worde of life to ym y^t there was not many people in
ye steeplehouse: for ye best & most of his hearers were
turned to Xts free teachinge: & ye preist came in
& opposed mee: and there did wee stay all ye day: for
when I began hee opposed mee: & soe if any law: was
broaken: hee broake it: & hee thought to haue wearyed mee
out: & hee shamed when his people was halinge mee out
y^t soewee might see yehis fruites: w^ch: Xt spoake of they shall
hale you out of ye synagoges: & then they woulde leaue me
alone & there did hee stand till It was most night

                        of me & woulde not goe to his dinner

Jangelinge & opposeinge ʌ but att last ye Lds power & truth
came soe ouer him y^t hee packt away with his people: but

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And I was moved to go to a steeplehouse where I had had the great meetting
near Cumberland Cockermouth where I beganne before y:^e priest w^ch
was y.^e same priest aforementioned, y:^t said hee would not oppose mee

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in word nor thought, but hee did then and so wee continued reasoning and dispute=|ing all day long from morning untill night, and so hee passed his way and the | truth of God came over all, and a good day it was; __