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& soe but ye Lds power & truth came over ym all & soeafter
I went to freindes yt was turned to ye Ld Into there meetinge
& about this time many of ye steeplehouses was empty
for such multitudes of people came to Xts free teachinge
& knew there bodyes ye temples of God:
And soe after ye great meetinge in cumberland as aforesd
I passt out of Cumberland: through ye countryes where I had great
meetinges with ffreindes & of ye worldes people & I establisht
ym vpon Xt ye rocke & foundation of ye true prophetts & Apostles
butt not of ye false:
And after I came out of carlile prison aforesd: I went Into ye
Abby chamber: & there came in a madd woman yt sometimes
was very desperate: & shee fell downe of her knees: & cryed
putt of yr hatts: for grace grace hangs about thy necke:
& soe ye Lds power runn through her yt shee was sensible
of her condition & after came & confesst Itt to freindes
And I came to another place In cumberland: where a mans
wiffe was distracted: & very desperate: attempting att times
⚹to kill her children & her husbande⚹ but I was moued of
ye Ld Gd: to speake to her: & shee kneeled doune of her
bare knees & cryed: & sayde shee woulde worke of her bare
knees if shee might goe with mee: & ye Lords power wrought
through her: & shee went home well:
And in Bishopricke whilst I was there they brought a wo=
man tyed behinde a man yt coulde neither eate nor speake
& had beene soe a great while: & they brought her Into
ye house to mee to Anthony pearsons: & I was moued
of ye Ld Gd: to speake to her: yt shee eate & spake &
was well: & gott vppe behinde her husbande without any
helpe: & went away: well:
And as I came out of cumberland one time I came to hawkes
heade: :& lighted att a freindes house: & there was younge
Margarett fell with mee & will: caton: & itt beinge a very cold
season:
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Ellwood does not print these accounts of Fox's miraculous cures. Instead, he gives the text of the Epistle To you all, Friends every where, scattered abroad, which is not contiguous to this narrative in the Long Journal, with the following preamble:
Now Friends being grown very Numerous in the Northern parts of
this Nation, and divers Young-Convinced ones coming daily in among
us ; I was moved of the Lord to write the following Epistle, and send
it forth amongst them, for the stirring up the pure Mind, and raising
an Holy Care and Watchfulness in them over themselves, and one ano-
ther, for the honour of Truth.
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