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1653 And about this time
xxʌ The preists & ye professors they prophesyed mightily agst vs ʌ for
before they prophesyed wee should bee all knockt doune within
as aforesd prophesyed within
a month: ʌ & then after they sett? halfe a yeere: & then there
prophesyes not comeinge to passe: they prophesyed yt wee
woulde eate out one another out: for many times after
ye meetinges many tender people yt had a great way
to goe: & ye houses not haueinge beds they stayde att
⚹ye houses & lay in ye hay mowes⚹ & Cains feare poss
est ym: yt when wee had eaten one another out: yt
all come to bee maintained of ere longe
wee shoulde fall onne ʌ ye parishes
ʌ & yt they woulde be
troubled with vs:
But after this when they saw yt ye Ld blest & Increased
ffreinds: as hee did Abraham both in ye feilde & in
ye baskett: & att there goeinges foorth & comeinges
in riseinges vppe & lyeinges doune: & yt all thinges
begann to be blest vnto ym: then they saw ye
faileinges of all these there prhophesyes: & yt it was in
vaine to curse where Gd had blest
Butt att ye first convincement when freinds coulde not put
off there hatts to people nor say you to ym. a particular
but thee & thou: & coulde not bowe nor vse ye worldes
salutations nor fashions nor customes: & many freindes
beinge tradesmen of seuerall sortes: they peo lost there
custome at ye first: for ye people woulde not trade
with ym: nor trust ym: & for a time people yt were trades
men coulde hardely gett money enough to by breade
butt afterwards when people came to see freinds honesty
& truthfulness & yea & nea att a worde in there
dealinge
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