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they turned away: butt many people was glad at y[e]
hearinge of ye truth declared vnto ym: yt: day: w:ch they
receiued gladly: & soe I passt away:
And I came Into a house: & there came in on Capt
Warde
: & hee saide my very eyes went ^peirced through him
& hee was conuinced of Gods euerlastinge truth: & ^liued dyed
in it & many ^more was conuinced there: att y:t time
And ye next first day I came to ffirbancke Chappel
& where ff: Howghill & Jo: Audland had beene preachinge
in ye morninge: &
Jo: Blayklinge & others: came to
mee & & Desired mee not to speake reproue ym: publickely to ym
for they was not parish teachers but pretty sober men
butt I woulde not tell y:m whether I woulde or noe
though I had litle in mee to declare publickely agst
y:m but tolde ym they must leaue mee to ye Lords
moueinges: & ye Chapphell was full of people
& many coulde not gett in : & ff: H: saide hee
thought I lookt Into ye Chappell but I did not
& yt I might haue killed him with a crabbe aple
ye Lords powr had soe surprised him:

                they                       with there preachinge to ye: people att yt: time

X Soe people ^ had quickely donne ^ & they ^& ye: people went to there
dinners & aboundans stayde not till they came againe
& I went to a brooke & gott mee a litle water

for it^ ye worde of ye Ld came to mee I must goe & sett doune
vpon ye: rocke in ye mountaine euen as Xt had donne before

& soe I came & sate mee downe on toppe of a rocke ^
X & in ye afternoone ye people gathered about mee
with seuerall seperate teachers: where It was
Judged there was aboue a thousand people & all these
seuerall ^ separate teachers were convinct of Gods euerlastinge
truth yt day: amongst whome I declared freely
& largely Gods euerlastinge truth ^& worde of life: about 3 houres
& after I had donne I went to Jo: Audlands yt. night



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