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 jflfSfr^g Hursday, y*^ 20,1749, About Ten at Night 
 
 >-p y we embarked for Brijlol, in a final! Sloop. I 
 
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 foon fell aileep. When I awaked in the Morn- 
 
 ing we were many Leagues from Land, in a 
 rough, pitching Sea. Toward Evening the Wind turned 
 more againll us, fo that we made but little Way. About Ten 
 we were got between the Bijhop and his Clerks (the Rocks 
 i'o called) and the Welch Shore, the Wind blew frefh 
 from the South; fo that the Captain fearing we fliould 
 be driven on the rocky Coaft, {leered back again to Sea. 
 On SaturdapMormng we made the Bijhop and his Clerks 
 again, and beat to and fro all the Day. About Eight in 
 the Evening it blew hard, and we had a rolling Sea : 
 Notwithilanding which, at Four on Sunday Aborning, we 
 were within Sight of ' Mlnehead. The greateft Part of the 
 Day v. e had a dead Calm ; but in the Evening the Wind 
 fprung up, and carried us into Kingrcad. * On Monday 
 Morning we landed at the Key in BrifioL 
 
 Tuefday, 25. I rode over to Kingfwood, and enquired 
 particularly into the State of our School there. I was 
 concerned to find that fevcral of the Rules had been ha- 
 bitually negleftedj I judged it neceflary therefore to leffen 
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 the Family; differing none to remain therein, who were 
 not clearly fatisned with them, and determined to obferve 
 them all. 
 
 Tburfday, 27. I read Mr. Law on the Spirit of Prayer. 
 There are many mafterly Strokes therein, and the whole 
 is lively and entertaining, but it is another Gofpel. For if 
 God was never angry (as this Tract afierts) he could 
 never I d. And confequently the whole Christian 
 
 Doctrine of Rec ndl 'Lion hy Christ falls to the Ground 
 at once. An e: cell :nt Method of converting Deijls! By 
 giving up the • cry .f.' : nce of ' Cbrififanity. 
 
 Sunday 0,0. Mr. Qrimjha™ and Mr."j? affifted 
 
 my Brother ar.d me at Kingfiwood. How many there are 
 that run well for a Seafon? Bat be that enduretb to the 
 Endyjhall befanjed. 
 
 I received a Letter about this Time from Ireland, 3 
 Part of which follows. 
 
 Dear SIR, TyrrePs-Pafs, July 24, 1 749. 
 
 " T% yTANY have found a Senfe of the pardoning 
 J^VX Love of God at Atbkne fmce you left it; and 
 the Society in general are on the Stretch for the Kingdom 
 of God. The Lord has kindled a Fire in Agbrim like- 
 wife. The lail Time but one that I was there feveral 
 were flruck with deep Convictions, which continued 'till 
 J came again. While I was meeting the Society there, 
 
 the Governefs of Mr. S 's Children was flruck to 
 
 the Ground, and in a fhort Time filled with Peace 
 and Joy in the Holy G.bo/I. The next Morning, his 
 Steward was cut to the Heart, and fell upon his Knees in 
 
 the Midit of the Sermon, as did Mr. S himfelf, 
 
 too-ether with his Wife, and great Part of the Congrega- 
 tion. The Steward went home full of Peace and Love. 
 This has fet the whole Society on Fire : So that now every 
 one is crying out, what mull / do to be faved ? 
 
 " The fame Fire is kindled at Portarhngton. I went 
 there the next Sunday after you. One then found a Senfe 
 of God's pardoning Love: And lafl Saturday in the So- 
 ciety fome cried out, and fome fell to the Ground, three 
 pi whom found Peace to their Souls. 
 
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 <; I wa$ #t Mount-mellick likevvife the nextc. 
 you, and the Power of God was prefent to heal. Two 
 
 that were heavy laden, found Reft that Night. The next 
 Time we met, we fcarce knew how to part. W< 
 
 tinued tinging and praying till five Perfons received a 
 clear jflanifeftation of the Love of God. Another found 
 the lame Bleffing while I was preaching this Morning. 
 We (pent fome Time afterwards at Jama Mofis I 
 in praying wjth fome that were under deep Comic 
 and two of them went Home rejoicing in God :\ 
 viour, 1 was now informed of two more that were rejoicing 
 in God. So that in Mount-m \ e Perfons, in all, ha \ e 
 
 found the Peace that paifeth ail Understanding, fince you 
 left that Place. 
 
 " I preached at Rabezv likewife, the Week after you 
 was there. The Man of the Houfe had fetched his Mo- 
 ther from a confiderable Diftance. She had never heard 
 a Methodiit-Preacher before. She was foon cut to the 
 Heart, and cried out aloud. One behind her bid Lcr fall 
 upon her Knees, which fhe prefently did, and the whole 
 Houfe was as in one Cry. I broke off my Difcourfe, and 
 began to pray, which I continued 'till I was fo (pent, I 
 could hardly (peak. I went out to take a little Breath, 
 and came in again. She was crying out, " I am dropping, 
 dropping into Hell; it's Mouth is open, ready to (wallow 
 me up." I went to Prayers again, and before we had 
 done, God fpoke Peace to her Soul. She was filPd with 
 Joy unfpeakable, and could but juft fay, " I am in a new 
 World, I am in a new World. 
 
 " From the whole, I cannot but obferve two Things, 
 I. What a Bleffing it is, when any who finds that Peace, 
 declares it openly fccfore all the People, that we may 
 break off and praife God. If this was always done, it 
 would be good for many Souls. The flrfl that found it 
 on Sunday Evening, fpoke before all, and we praifedGoD. 
 The Moment fhe fpoke, another, and then another found 
 Peace, and each of them fpoke aloud; and made the 
 Fire run through the whole Congregation. I would obferve, 
 z. The Woman at Rahew had never before feen any one 
 in the like Trouble. Therefore fhe could not cry out, 
 becaufe fne had heard others do it, but becaufe fhe could 
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 not help it ; becaufe me felt the WordofGovJharper than 
 wo-edgeJ S<werd. And generally the fharper the Con- 
 ors are, the fooner they are over," 
 
 " This is from your Son in the Go/pel \ 
 
 I. R.* 
 
 ■ Jay, Augup i. I fpent a folemn Hour with our 
 [reti at Kingfweod, After having fettled all Things 
 , and at Briflot, I returned to London, where I re- 
 el a remarkable Account from Cor he. On Juguji 19, 
 Twenty-eight Depofitions were laid before the Grand Jury 
 there, but they threw thern all out, and at the fame Time 
 matfe that memorable Prefentment, which is worthy to be 
 preferred in the Annals of Ireland, to all fucceeding Ge- 
 aerations. 
 
 " We find and prefent Charles TVeJIey to be a Perfbn of 
 111 Fame, a Vagabond, and a common Difturber of his 
 M&jefty's Peace, and we pray he may be transported." 
 
 " We firjd and prefent James Williams, &c. 
 
 " We find and prefent Robert Swindle, &c. 
 
 <l We find and prefent Jonathan Reeves, &c» 
 
 " We find and prefent John Lar-jjood, Sec. 
 
 " We find and prefent Jcfph M'Auliff, &c. 
 
 " We find and prefent Charles Sharon, Sec. 
 
 * c We find and prefent William Tcoher, Sec. 
 
 " We find and prefent Daniel Sullivan to be a Perfbn. 
 of ill Fame, a Vagabond, and a common Difturber of his 
 Majefly's Peace, and we pray he may be tranfported." 
 
 Daniel Sullivan was an honeit Baker, who had lived in 
 Corke many Years, I fuppoft in as good Fame as any of 
 his Trade in the City. But he had entertained my Brother,, 
 and fevera! other Meihcdrfls ; nay, and fufFered them to 
 preach in his Horfe. 1 he other Names (only moil of 
 them miferably mangled and murdered) were defigned for 
 the Names of eight Preachers who had been there. 
 
 Monday, -Auguf 28. I left London, and in the Evening 
 came to Great Pottcn* About Six I went out into the 
 Market-Place, and called to a confufed Multitude, Seek 
 ye the Lord, while he may be found ; call ye upon him 
 while he is near. Great Things were threaten^, but No- 
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 tiling done. We had a quiet and comfortable Meeting, 
 and there was Reafon to hope that the Word of God funk 
 into the Hearts of many. 
 
 Tut/day, 29. Having appointed fome from Grimfy to 
 meet us this Evening at Lincoln (which we fuppofed to be 
 within a Dav's Ride) we fet out an Hour before Day ; 
 and rode, with only an Hour or two's Intermiiilon, 'till 
 above an Hour after Sunjet: But we could reach no farther 
 than Cold-harbour, fix Miles ihort of Anc after. The next 
 Morning we rode on to Limcln, but could hear nothing 
 of our Guides. So we determined, after waiting fcveral 
 Hours, to make the bell of our Way to Ep-jjorfh; where 
 the next Evening I enforced thofe awful Words, What is 
 a Man profited^ :f he jbail gain the vvb$k World > and Uje 
 his czen Soul? 
 
 I had the Satiffacuon about this Time of an agreeable 
 Letter from a Gentleman in Ireland: Fart of vvluch is 
 fubjoined. 
 
 Rtiertvd SIR, 
 
 " \7 OUR Favour of the 15th Intent, I received the 
 X 22d. I am more fatished than ever, that you 
 aim at Nothing but what has an immediate Tendency to 
 the Glory of Gon, and the Salvation of Mankind. 
 
 u I cannot help thinking that your Defign confider'd 
 in- this Light (allowing even of fome Miftakes) mull be 
 deemed very Praife-worthy : As to mvielf, in particular, 
 I mult, own it gives me infinite Satisfaction, to and that 
 you have fpoken to Co good an Effect in cur Town cad 
 Neighbourhood My Church is more frequented than 
 ever it was; and I have the rleafiire of feeing a greater 
 Decency, and more of Zeal and Attention than I could have 
 dared" to prom ife myfelf: Which has alio thi:- Effect upon 
 me, that I find myfelf better, difpofed than ever, to di- 
 lbibute to thofe who attend, my Miniitry, fiich Food, as 
 may yield them Comfort here, and Happinefs hereafter. 
 I heartily wiih this may continue, and that the People 
 may not cool. If ib, we may hope to fee Wickednefs 
 generally decline, and Virtue and Godlinefs take Place. 
 I kQ this W r ork of youiV, thro' God's Blefling, thus fuc- 
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 cefsfully carried on, without any Ill-will or Jealoufy, and 
 could wifh that all the Clergy were, in that refpeft, of the 
 fame Mind with me. 
 
 " Your Society here keeps up well ; and is, I believe, 
 confiderably increafed fine* you left it. I frequently at- 
 tend the Preaching ; and tho' I am much reflected on for 
 it, this does not in any-wife difcourage me. While I am 
 confcious to myfelf that I do no Harm, I am carelefs of 
 what Men can fay of me. 
 
 " Michael Peer, lately a Roman, who is now of your 
 Society, read his Recantation on Sunday laft. — Pray let 
 us know, when you or your Brother intend for this King- 
 dom and Town : For be fure, none wifh more fincerely tQ 
 fee and converfe with you than I, who am fincerely, 
 
 Reverend and Dear Sir, . 
 
 Aiiguji l z<), 1749. Your very ajfeclio?iaie 
 
 Brother and Servant* 
 
 Friday, Sept. I. I fpoke feverally with the Members of 
 the Society. Saturday, 2. I gathered up a few at Bdton % 
 who did once run well, and feemed now refolved, no more 
 \o for fake the affembling of themf elves together* 
 
 Sunday 9 3. At Nine I preached at Miferton to a very- 
 large and attentive Congregation : Between One and 
 Two at Overthorp, near Haxey ; and at Epworth about 
 Five. In the Intervals of Preaching, I fpoke with the 
 Members of the Society in each Place: Mod of whom 
 I found either already alive to God, or earneftly panting 
 after Him. 
 
 Monday, 4. We rode to Syke-Houfe; and on Tuefday in> 
 the Afternoon reached Qfmother/ey. 
 
 Wednefday, 6. I reached Nevjcaflle ; and after refting 
 a Day, and preaching two Evenings and two Mornings,, 
 with fuch a Bleillng as we have not often found, on 
 Friday fet out to vifit the Northern Societies. I began 
 with that at Morpeth, where I preached at Twelve on one 
 Side of the Market-Place. It was fear'd the Market 
 would draw the People from the Sermon, but it was jurl 
 
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 the contrary : They quitted their Stall?, and there was no 
 buying or felling 'till the Sermon was concluded. 
 
 At Jlmnmc A iikewife, 1 itood in the Market-Place in 
 the Evening, and exhorted a numerous Congregation, To 
 he always remip tor Death, for -, for Heaven* 
 
 * hat I fpoke, as I believe did molt that were prcfent, 
 both then and in the Morning; while I beiought them to 
 
 • themfelves, a living, holy Sacrifice^ acceptable to 
 God. 
 
 Saturday, 9. I rode (lowly forward to Berwick. I wa$ 
 myfelf much out of Order. But I would not lofe the 
 Opportunity, of calling in the Evening atithsX were *weary\ 
 and heavy laden to Him who hath laid, / will give you. 
 Refl. 
 
 Sunday , io. I preached at Eight, and at Four in the 
 Afternoon; and in the Hours between, fpoke with the 
 Members of the Society. I met them all at Seven, and a 
 glorious Meeting it was. I forgot all my Pain,, while we 
 were praiiing God together; but after they were gone* 
 I yielded to my Friends, and determined to give myfelf a 
 Day's Reft. So I fpent Monday the 1 1 th in writing ; only 
 I could not refrain from meeting the Society in the Even- 
 ing. The next Evening God enabled me to fpeak 
 fearching Words to an earneicly attentive Congregation. 
 
 v, 1 3. After preaching at Five, I vifited many, 
 both of the fick and well : particularly, Robert Safty, the 
 firll: Inftrument, in God's Hand, of awakening many in 
 this Place, who 'till then ilept in Sin. But, O ! how 
 changed ! He jjecmed ftript both of his Gifts and Graces, 
 and forfaken both of God and Man. 
 
 I had a delightful Opportunity in the Evening, of 
 delcribing and comforting the broken in ILart. 
 
 Thur/day, 1 4. Immediately after Preaching, I took 
 Horfe, and rode in a rough, ftormy Day to Alnwick. But 
 before Noon, it cleared up ; fo that I flood once more in 
 the Market-Place, and calPd all to come boldly to the Throne 
 of Grace, 
 
 Hence I rode to Jlemouth, and laboured to awaken a 
 ftupid, drowfy People, by preaching both in the Evening 
 and th* next Morning, in the molt convincing Manner I 
 
 could. 
 
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 could. For the prefent, they feem'd to be deeply affected ; 
 God grant it may continue! 
 
 Friday, 15. I offerM the Redemption, which is in Jesus, 
 t o a more lively Congregation at Widdrington. 
 
 Saturday, 16. I preached in Morpeth at Noon ; in Plejey 
 about Five ; and then rode on to A'ezvcafile. 
 
 Sunday, 17. I preached Morning and Evening in the 
 CaPk-Garth ; and on Wednejday the 20th fet out for the 
 Weftern Societies. In the Evening at Hineley-Hill, our 
 Hearts were all melted down, in coniidering our great 
 Hiph-Priefl ; who, tho' He is gone into the Heavens, is ilill 
 fenfibly touched with the Feeling of our Infirmities. A deep 
 Senfe of his Love con (trained many to call upon Him with 
 Jlrong Cries and Tears ; and many others, tho* not in 
 Words, yet -with Groaning s that could not be uttered. 
 
 Thur/day, 21. Moved by the preffing Inftances of 
 Mr. Cownley, and convinced the Providence of God called 
 me thither, I left all my Company, but Mr. Perronet, at 
 Hineley-Hill, and fet cut for Whitehaven. The next Day 
 I preached there in the Market-Place to a Multitude of 
 People,on, Ye knovj the Grace of cur Lord Jesus Christ. 
 I faw they were moved, and refolved to improve the Op- 
 portunity. So after preaching, I defired thofe who de- 
 termined to ferve God, to meet me apart from the great 
 Congregation. To thefe I explained the Defign, Nature 
 and Ufe of Chriitian Societies. Abundance were prefent 
 again at Five in the Morning, tho'we had no Room but 
 the Market-Place^ At Three in the Afternoon I preached 
 at Henfingham, a large Colliery, about a Mile from the 
 Town. The Eagernefs of the People put me in Mind of 
 the early Days at King/wood. O why mould we not be al- 
 ways what we were once ? Why mould any leave their nrft 
 Love? At Six I preached again in Whitehaven, on Come 
 unto Me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden : And at 
 Eight endeavoured to mould as many as defired it, into a 
 regular Society. 
 
 Sunday, 24. I began examining them one by one. At; 
 Eight I preached at the Gins, another Village, full of 
 Colliers, about half a Mile from the Town. The Con- 
 gregation was very large, and deeply attentive. Between* 
 One zzA Two I preached again sxHenfingham^ to as many 
 
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 a< my Voice could command, on Repent ye andkL 
 Ccffel Thence I haftened to Church; and in the [ 
 of the Service 1 felt a fudden Stroke. Immediately a 
 Shivering run thro' me, and in a few Minutes I was in a 
 Fever. I thought of taking a Vomit immediately, and 
 going to Bed. But when I came from Church, hearing 
 there was a vaft Congregation in the Market- Place; I 
 could not fend them empty away. And while I was 
 {peaking to them, God remembered me, and ftrengthened 
 jne, both in Soul and Body. 
 
 Reflecting on the Manner of God's working here, I 
 could not but make the following Remark. The Work 
 in Whitehaven refembles that at Athlone, more than does 
 any other which I have feen in England. It runs with a 
 fwift and a wide Stream ; but it does not go deep. A 
 confiderable Part of the Townfeems moved, but extremely 
 few are awake : And fcarce three have found a Senfe of 
 the pardoning Love of God, from the Time of the hrft 
 Freaching to this Day. 
 
 Monday, 25. Mr. Covunly returned to Nenjocafile. Both 
 at the Morning and Evening Preaching many feemed 
 gready afre&ed ; as alfo on Tue/day Morning : But it loon 
 died away, and they did not feel the Power of God, unto 
 Salvation. 
 
 Tuefday, 26. Having appointed, before I left Hinely- 
 Hi/I, to preach there again on Wedncfday Evening ; \ fet 
 out about Two in the Afternoon, tho' extremely weak, 
 having had a Flux for fome Days. But God renew'd 
 my Strength, fo that I felt lefs Pain and Wearinefs every 
 Hour. I had a folemn and delightful Ride to Ke/vjick, 
 having my Mind ftay'd on God. 
 
 IVednefday,!-} . I took Horfe at half an Hour pall Three. 
 There was no Moon, or Stars, but a thick Mill, fo that I 
 could fee neither Road, nor any Thing elfe ; but I went 
 as right as if it had been Noon-day. When I drew nigh 
 Penruddock-Mocr, the Milt vanifhed ; the Stars appeared, 
 and the Morning dawn'd ; fo I imagined all the Danger 
 was palt. But when I was on the "Middle of the Moor, 
 the Milt fell again on every Side, and I quickly loft my 
 Way. I lifted up my Heart. Immediately it cleared up, 
 and I foon recover'd the High-Road. On Aljhn-Mbor I 
 
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 mift my Way again, and what I believe no Stranger has 
 clone lately, rode through all the Bogs without any Stop, 
 'till I came to the Vale, and thence to Hineky-Hill. 
 
 A large Congregation met in the Evening. I expounded 
 Part of the 20th Chapter of the Revelation. But O ! 
 what a Time was this : It was as tho' we were already 
 ftanding before the great, white Throne. God was no lefs 
 pre fent with us in Prayer : When onejuft by me cried 
 with a loud and bitter Cry. I befought God to give us a 
 Token, that all Things mould work together for Good. 
 He did fo ; He wrote Pardon upon her Heart : And we 
 all rejoiced unto Him with Reverence. 
 
 T bur/day, 28. We fet apart for Failing and Prayer; 
 John Brown and Mr. Hopper were with me. It was a Day 
 that ought not to be forgotten. We had all free Accefs 
 to the Throne of Grace; and a firm, undoubting Con- 
 fidence, That He in whom we believed, would do all 
 Things well. 
 
 Friday, 29. I fet out again for Whitehaven. The Storm 
 was exceeding high, and drove full in my Face, fo that it 
 was not without Difficulty I could fit my Horfe ; parti- 
 cularly as I rode over the broad, bare Backs of thofe 
 enormous Mountains which lay in my Way. However, 
 I kept on as I could, 'till I came to the Brow of Hatftde : 
 So thick a Fog then fell, that I was quickly out of all 
 Road, and knew not which. Way to turn. But I knew 
 where Help was to be found, in either great Difficulties, 
 or fraall. The Fog vanifhed in a Moment, and I favv 
 Gamblejly at a Diilance (the Town to which I was going.) 
 I fet out early on Saturday the 30th, and in the Afternoon 
 reached Whitehaven. 
 
 About this Time I was refreshed with a friendly Letter 
 from an excellent Man, whom I had not heard from for 
 feverai Years : Part of it was as follows. 
 
 Ebenezer in Georgia , July 25, 1749* 
 
 Reverend and Dear SIR, 
 
 <4 -^p'HE fincere Love to your worthy Perfon, and 
 JL faithful Performance of your holy Office, which 
 
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 the Lord ' my Heart, du:. rdencc at 
 
 . hath not been abated, but rather increafed, 
 
 flncc tl -nee of God called you from us, and 
 
 .: you another Field for the Labour of your Mi- 
 
 " You are pleafed in your lafl Letter to Mr. Brows, 
 of SV Ebenezer kindly, and dcfired to 
 
 ate of our Settlement. Tho* 
 we ha\ .e Inconveniencies of the long War, 
 
 yet there arr great Alterations for the better in our Town 
 and Plantations, fince the Time you was pleafed to vifit 
 us. We have two large Houfes for public Worfhip; 
 one in Town, the other in die Middle of our Plantations ; 
 two School- in the fame Places ; two Con-Mills; one 
 Pounding-Mill for Rice, and one Saw-Mill. In the firfi: 
 Quantity of Boards we (awed, we were cheated by an Im- 
 poilor, who undertook to (hip them off to the W?jl- Indies. 
 But we did not lofe our Courage, tho' we met with almofl 
 infuperable Difficulties, 'till our Circumftances were mended 
 by the Hand of the Ah nighty. We are Mill in the Favour 
 of the Honourable Society for promoting Chriftian Know- 
 ledge ; as alfo of many good Chriflians in Germany, who 
 love us, pray fervently for us, and contribute all in then- 
 Power to promote our fpiritual and temporal Profperity. 
 
 " Thro' very hard Labour, feveral of our People have 
 left us, and are departed to a better Country, in Heaven. 
 And the Reft are weak and feeble in Body, and not able 
 to hold out long, unlefs Relief is fent them by an Em- 
 barkation of faithful Servants from Germany. Befides 
 Widows and Orphans, we have feveral that want Affiitance 
 toward their Maintenance : And this our good God hath 
 fent us heretofore from Europe. 
 
 " After my dear Fellow-Labourer, Mr. Gronazv died 
 in Peace, above three Years ago, the Lord was pleafed 
 to fend me another; who likewise, exactly follows the 
 Footileps of his Saviour, to my great Comfort, and the 
 great Benefit of our Congregation. The Lord hath 
 gracioufly joined us in mutual Love, and Harmony in 
 our Congregations ; and hath not permitted the Hernhu- 
 ters (falfely called Mt>r avians) nor other falfe Teachers to 
 reep in among us. We are hated by wicked People, 
 
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 prevents their fettling among us; tho' we love them fin- 
 cerely ; and would have as many fettle among us, as 
 would keep fuch Orders as Chriilianity and the Laws of 
 England require them to do. This is all I thought it ne- 
 cenary to acquaint you with for the prefent; being with 
 due Regard, and cordial Wifhes for your Profperity in Soul 
 and Bod)-, 
 
 Reverend and Deai' Sir, 
 
 Your*s, mojl affectionately, 
 
 John Martin Bolzius." 
 
 What a truly Chriftian Piety and Simplicity breathe in 
 thefe Lines ! And yet this very Man, when I was at &?- 
 <vannah, did I refufe to admit to the Lord's Table. 
 €€ Becaufe he was not baptized: " That is, not baptized 
 by a Minifler, who had been epif cop ally ordahied 7 
 
 Can any one carry High-Church Zea\ higher than this? 
 And how well have I been fince beaten with mine own 
 Staff? 
 
 The Hem haters, as he terms them, now published the 
 following in the Daily-PcJI. 
 
 To the Author of the Daily-Post, 
 
 SIR, 
 
 f* TT 7Hosoever reckons that thofe Perfons in Eng- 
 YV land, who are ufually called Moravians, and 
 thofe who are called Methodijls, are the fame, he is mil- 
 taken. That they are not the fame People, is manifeil 
 enough, out of the Declaration of Louis, late Biihop and 
 Truitee of the Brethren's Church, dated at London,. 
 March, 1743." Which I here fend you, as I find it primed 
 in a Collection of original Papers of the Brethren, printed 
 at Budingui, called the Eudingen Samlung. Vol. Ill, 
 Page 852. 
 
 The Methcdijisy fo called, heartily thank Brothtr Louis 
 for his Declaration : As they count it no Honour to be 
 in any Connection, either with him, or his Brethren, 
 
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 But why is he aihamed of his Name? The Count's 
 Name is Ltuhuig, not Louis; no more than mine is 
 or Giovanni. 
 
 Sunday, Odder i . I preached at the Gius about Eight, 
 to the uilial Congregation. And iurely God was in the 
 Midft of them, breaking the Hearts of Stone. I was 
 greatly comforted at Church, not only from the Leffona 
 both Morning and Afternoon, and in the Lord's Supper, 
 but even in the Pfalms which were lung both at Morning 
 and Evening Service. At Two I explained to an earned 
 Congregation at Henfingham, the Redemption that is in 
 Jesus Christ : And at Five exhorted a large Multitude 
 at Whitehaven, with flrong and prefling Words, to exa- 
 mine, whether they had fufficient Grounds for calling ei- 
 ther themfelves or their Neighbours Ghriftians. 
 
 Monday, 2. The Darkneis and Rain were little Hin- 
 drance either to me or the Congregation, at Five in the 
 Morning, (tho' we were all, as ufual, in the open Air N , 
 while I was explaining and applying thofe Words, God 
 *wds in Christ, reconciling the World to Him/elf. I 
 preached in the Evening on Let us come boldly to the Tbrint 
 cf Grace ; and then gave my parting Exhortation to the 
 Society, now confuting of more than two hundred Mem- 
 bers. Juft before I began Preaching I received a Letter 
 from Mr. Whi: (field, defiring me to meet him at Lcgds on 
 IVednefday Evening, the very Time at which I before pur- 
 pofed to be there. So we fet out early on Tuefday 3. One 
 of our Brethren, who was zYorkJhirelsfavi, undertaking to 
 put us into the Way. He rode a little and a little far- 
 ther, 'till we came to Old-hut ton, above fifty Miles from 
 Whitehaven* We were dropping wet, having had heavy 
 Rain for feveral Hours. But we loon got into warm Beds, 
 and all was well. 
 
 dnefday, 4. Our Guide was refolved to go a little 
 farther ftill ; fo we fet out together, and rode on together 
 to Leeds-, tho' it was a long Day's journey, finding us 
 full Employ from Five in the Morning, 'till Nine at 
 Night. 
 
 Thar/day, 5. Mr. White field preached at Five in the 
 Morning : About Five in the Evening he preached at 
 
 B Birfild 
 
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 Birftal, and God gave him both #rong and periuaiive 
 Words ; fuch as, I trait, funk deep into many Hearts. 
 
 Friday, 6. I preached at Five, and then returned to 
 my Brother, whom I had left at Leeds. At Noon we 
 fpent an Hour with feveral of our Preachers, in Exhorta- 
 tion and Prayer. About One I preached to a crowded 
 Audience of High and Low, Rich and Poor. But their 
 Number was abundantly enlarged at Five, as was my 
 Strength both of Soul and Body. I cried aloud to them 
 all, to look untojEsvs, and fcarce knew when to leave 
 -off. 
 
 I then waited upon Mr. M. for an Hour. O how 
 .could I delight in fuch an Acquaintance ! But the Will 
 of God be done ! Let me acquaint myfelf with Him, and 
 it is enough. 
 
 Saturday, 7. I rode in the Afternoon to Bromley, and 
 preached to a large and quiet Congregation. Great At- 
 tention appeared in every Face ; but no making among 
 the dry Bones yet. 
 
 Sunday, 8. I preached in Leeds at Seven ; and between 
 One and Two began preaching at Birftal: But my Voice 
 (though I think it had not been flronger for fome Years) 
 would not reach two Thirds of the Congregation. I am 
 afraid it was the fame Cafe at Leeds, when I preached at 
 Four, though I fpoke with all the Strengh I had. Who 
 would have expecled fuch an Inconveniency as this, after 
 we had been twelve Years employed in the Work ? Surely 
 None will now afcribe the Number of the Hearers to the 
 Novelty of Field-preaching ! 
 
 Monday, 9. Having promifed to vifit Neivcaftle again, 
 I fet out early, and came thither the next Day. I was 
 now fatisfied that God had fent Mr. Whitefteld thither in 
 an acceptable Time : Many of thofe, who had little 
 thought of God before, ftill retaining the JmprefTions 
 they received from him. 
 
 Wednefday, u. I rejoiced to find that Go d was dill 
 carrying on his Work. Both in the Morning and Even- 
 ing the Hearts of many burnt within them, while they 
 were ailembled in his Name. And they felt his Word 
 to be the Power of God unto Salvation to every on: that 
 bdieyetb* 
 
 Friday* 
 
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 Friday, 13. At the meeting of the S. Society, 
 a Flame broke out as was never there before. We felt 
 inch a Love to each other, as we could not exprefa ; fuch 
 a Spirit of Supplication, and fuch a glad Acquiefcencc in 
 all the Providences of God, and Confidence that He 
 would with-hold from ins no good Thing. 
 
 Sunday, j 5. The Rain constrained me to preach in 
 the Houfe both Morning and Afternoon. But I could 
 not repine ; for God was there, and (poke Peace to ma- 
 ny Hearts. 
 
 Monday, 16. I preached at Four to a large Congrega- 
 tion, and rode to Sandbutton that Night. Two or three 
 Miles fhort of it we overtook a Man, whom a Woman 
 riding behind him flayed upon his Horfe. On my fay- 
 ing, " We ought to thank God it is a fair Night, " " Q 
 " Sir, (faid the Man) fo we ought : And I thank Him 
 4i for every Thing : I thank Him that I am alive ; and 
 " that the Bull which tofTed me To-day only broke two 
 44 or three of my Ribs; for he might have broke my 
 " Neck." 
 
 Tue/day, 17. In the Afternoon we came to Leeds. I 
 preached on, / am the Refurrtftim and the Life : After- 
 wards fpent a folemn Hour with the Society, and com- 
 mended them to the Grace of God. 
 
 Wednefday, i3. I rode, at the Defire of John Bennet, 
 to Rochdale in Lancajhire. As foon as ever we entered the 
 Town, we found the Streets lined on both Sides with 
 Multitudes of People, fhouting, curling, blafpheming, 
 and gnalhing upon us with their Teeth. Perceiving it 
 would not be practicable to preach abroad, I went into a 
 large Room, open to the Street, and called aloud, Let the 
 Wicked forfake his Way, and the unrighteous Man his 
 Thoughts. The Word of God prevailed over the Fierce- 
 nefs of Man. None oppofed or interrupted : And there 
 was a very remarkable Change in the Behaviour of the 
 People, as we afterwards went thro' the Town. 
 
 We came to Bolton about Five in the Evening. We 
 had no fooner entered the main Street, than we perceiv'd 
 the Lions at Rochdale were Lambs in comparifon of thofe 
 at Bolton. Such Rage and Bittemefs I fcarce ever faw be- 
 fore, in any Creatures that bore the Form of Men.. They 
 B 2 follow'd 
 
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 folfow'd us in full Cry to the Houfe where we went; and 
 as foon as we were gGne in, took PofTeiiion of all the Ave- 
 nues to it, and filled the Street from one End to the other 
 feme Time the Waves did not roar quite fo loud. 
 
 Mr. P thought he might then venture out. They 
 
 'diately clofed in, threw him down, and rolled hirnv 
 
 .Mire ; fo that when he fcrambled from them, and 
 
 .to the Houfe again, one could fcarce tell what or 
 
 who he was. When the firft Stone came among us thro* 
 
 the Window, I expected a Shower to follow ; and the^ 
 
 r, becaufe they had now procured a Bell to call their 
 
 Forces together. But they did not defign to carry 
 
 ack at a Diitance : Prefently one ran up and 
 
 tokl us, the Mob had burft into the Houfe : He added, 
 
 they had got J B in the Midi! of them. 
 
 : had ; and he laid hold on the Opportunity to tell 
 
 . of the Terrors of the Lord. Meantime D 
 
 r engaged another Part of them with fmoother and 
 
 (ofter Words, Believing the Time was now come, I 
 ted down into the thkkeit of them. They had now. 
 filed all the Rooms below. I called for a Chair. The 
 Winds were huih'd, and ail was calm and ftill. My 
 Heart was filed with Love, my Eyes with Tears, and 
 'my Mouth with Arguments. They were amazed, they 
 were amamed, they were melted down, they devoured v 
 every Word. What a Turn was this ? O how did God 
 change the Ccunfel of the old Ahithophel into Foolijhnefs! 
 and bring all the Drunkards, Swearers, Sabbath-breakers, 
 and mere Sinners in the Place, to hear of his plenteous 
 Redemption ! 
 
 Thurjiday y 19. Abundantly more than the Houfe could 
 contain were prefent at Five in the Morning, to whom I 
 was conftrained to fpeak a good deal longer than I am. 
 rccuftcmed to do. Ferceiving they frill wanted to hear, 
 1 promifed to preach again at Nine, in a Meadow near 
 the Town. Thither they flocked from every Side ; and 
 I called aloud, All Things are ready ; come u?ito the Mar- 
 riage. O how have a few Hours changed the Scene! 
 We could now walk thro' every Street of the Town, and 
 none molefted, or opened his Mouth, unlefs to thank or 
 bieis us. 
 
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 At One I preached at S 'hacker ley, four Miles from 
 ton, and thence rode on to Davy-holme. Here I received 
 a Letter from Richard Cowley of Alp) aham, with an In- 
 vitation from the Miniilcr of Aclon. After preaching in 
 the Morning at Davy- holme, and about Ten at Sa hpa*k % 
 in the Afternoon, Friday 20. I rode on, and I 
 Four and Five came to Abraham. A large Congrcgatic a 
 was waiting for me, whom I immediately called to feck 
 God while He may be found. Many came again at Five 
 in the Morning, and feemed juil ready not only to repent, 
 but alfo believe the Go/pel, 
 
 Saturday, 21. By convcrfing with fcveral here, I 
 found we were not now among Publicans and Sinners, 
 but among thofe who a while ago fuppofed they needed 
 no Repentance. Many of them had been long txercifing 
 them/elves unto Godlinfs, in much the fame Manner as we 
 did at Oxford : But they were now thoroughly willing 
 to renounce their own, and accept tbeRighicoujncf which 
 is of God by Faith. 
 
 A Gentleman, who had feveral Years before heard mc 
 preach at Bath, fending to invite me to Dinner, I had 
 three or four Hours ferious Conversation with him. O 
 who maketh me to differ ? Every Objection he made to 
 the Chriftian Syftem has pafled through my Mind alfo :. 
 But God did not fuflcr them to reft there, or to remove 
 me from the Hope of the Gofpel. 
 
 I was not furprized when Word was brought that the 
 Vicar of Ailon had not the Courage to Hand tohlsWortf: 
 Neither was I troubled, i love indeed to preach jn a 
 Church : But God can work wherever it pleaftth Him. 
 
 Sunday, 22. I preached at Seven in Richard Cavil _>'s 
 Houfe; and about One at Little ASion. We then rode on 
 to Woor -, and the next Afternoon came, wet and weary 
 enough, to Wednejbury. I hoped for a few Hours Reft 
 here; but it was a vain Hope: For Notice had been 
 given that I would preach at Bilbrock in the Evening; fo 
 1 had feven or eight Miles to ride back. I preached 
 about Six, and again in the Morning. 
 
 On Tucfday, 24. About Noon we came to Dud 1 y. 
 
 At One 1 went to the Market-place, and proclaimed 
 
 |he Name of the Lord to an huge, unwieldy, ncify 
 
 B 3 Multitude- 
 
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 Multitude, the greater Part of whom feemed in no wife 
 to know wherefore they were come together. I conti- 
 nued (peaking about half an Hour, and many grew feri- 
 ous and attentive, 'till fome of Satan's Servants prefled in, 
 raging and blafpheming, and throwing whatever came to 
 Hand. J then retired to the Houfe from which I came. 
 The Multitude poured after, and covered over with Dirt 
 many that were near me ; but I had only a few Specks. I 
 preached in Wednejhury- at Four to a nobler People, and 
 was greatly comforted among them : So I was likewife in 
 the Morning, Wednifdaj 25. How does a praying Con- 
 gregation ltrengthen the Preacher ? 
 
 After preaching again at One, I rode to Birmingham. 
 This had been long a dry uncomfortable Place ; fo I ex- 
 peeled little Good here : But I was happily difappointed. 
 Such a Congregation I never faw there before; not a 
 Scoffer, not a Trifler, not an inattentive Perfon, (fo far 
 as I could difcern) among them. And feldom have I 
 known fo deep, folemn a Senfe of the Power, and Pre^ 
 fence, and Love of God. The fame Blefling we had at 
 the Meeting of the Society ; and again at the Morning 
 Preaching. Will then God at length caufe even this 
 barren Wildernefs to bloflbm and bud as the Rofe ? 
 
 Thurfdajy 26. We came to Knowk between Nine and 
 Ten, a furious, turbulent Place from the Beginning. I 
 began preaching directly in the Yard of the Inn to a few 
 gaping, flaring People, before the Mob could afiemble. 
 They increafed apace, and were tolerably attentive. In the 
 Afternoon we rode to Evejbam, where I preached in the 
 Kvening and Morning, and then went forward to Stanley. 
 The Congregation was larger than could have been ex- 
 peeled, upon a few Hour's Warning ; and they all ap- 
 (vared both glad to hear, and willing to embrace, the 
 Word of Reconciliation. In the Evening I preached at 
 Abridge, near Stroud ; and the next Day, Saturday, 
 reached BrijfoL 
 
 Sunday, 29. I preached both at Kifigsnvood and Brijlol 
 on Ti have Need of Patience, It was more particularly 
 *t Brljhl that God refrefhed my Soul, and applied what 
 I fpoke to my own Heart. 
 
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 Monday, 30. I retired to Kingswood, to write Part 
 of the Volume of Sermons which I had promifed to pub- 
 lift this Winter. Wednefday, November 8. I preached in 
 Bath at Noon, and at Seend in the Evening : On Thurs- 
 day Evening, the Ninth, at Reading ; and on Friday in 
 London. 
 
 Here I found an excellent Letter from a Friend abroad, 
 Part of which 1 add in his own Words ; being unable h 
 to tranflate them, as not to lofe great Part of the Spirit 
 of the Original. 
 
 Chariffime Frater, 
 
 Gratia, pax, 8c multifariae Spiritus San&i confolationes 
 tibi ttueque focietati fint, 8c multiplicentur a Deo noflro 
 per Scrvatorcm noftrum. Amen. 
 
 " Tuas gratiftimas Ratcormucki datas accepi, & ex illis 
 fummo cum gaudio grandem in variis Anglic 8c Hib'ernite 
 partibus januam, vobis apertam efle intellexi, dum multi 
 adverfarii evangel icx doclrinzc (c(c opponerent. 
 
 " Literas tuas ad D. Perronet datas ( A -plain Account, 
 &c.) non quidem legi, fed devoravi. Omniaque adco 
 mihi arrifcrunt, ut vix me cohibere poflim, quin Londinwn 
 devolem, veniam cif i>idea?n focietatis tine ordinationes. 
 fed catenio variis quafi vinftus, nolens volens hie adifric- 
 tus fum. Quamprimum tamen literas illas vertam & typis 
 mandabo, una cum tra&atulo illo, The Character of a 
 Methodift. — Forte, fi non multos, aliquos excitabit cali- 
 cos aut laicos, ad veftigia evangelica inte^rias premenda. 
 — Admodum mihi placet, te nee fe6tx v alicui, nee dog- 
 matibus fpecificis fectarum adhserere, nee patronum eorum 
 agere, fed cuique libertatem relinquere de iis credendi 
 quid velit, modo vere in Deum Filiumque ejus dileclum 
 credat, Deum ex toto corde amet, a peccatis abftineat, 
 & vitam vocatione evangelica dignam ducat. Mi Jane, 
 diledliffime, frater, rogo, precor 5c obteitor per vifcera 
 mifericordiarum Dei 8c Fihi fui, u< ipfifilmam banc vitam 
 infiftas, ac premere pergas, nee polemicis te immifceas. 
 Certa folummodo bonum iliud ridei purae integral, evan- 
 gelical certamen, nee ullos holies praeter carnem corrup- 
 Urn, ejufque defideria mundana aeoelles. Cane pejus 8c 
 
 angu A 
 
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 augui fugias dogmata multiplicare, & de non necefTariis 
 difputare, quae bina Satanae ftratagemata fuere quibus 
 ecclefiam ab integritate & fimplicitate evangelica. fenfim 
 aberrare fecit. 
 
 " Doleo vehementer, te tot tamque gravibus & mul- 
 tifariis negotiis cfle obrutum. Quam libenter pro tenui- 
 tate mea te, tuofque levare, gravifiimaque ilia onera ferre 
 vellem, novit Omnifcius. Is, precor ardenter, fulciat, 
 fuftentet, & animum vobis addat, ut Satanae ejufque aff<N 
 clarum regnum magis magifque indies deftruatur, & Dei 
 ejufque Filii regnum erigatur, dimanet & penetret omnes 
 animos, illorum inprimis quorum men tern mundi domi- 
 nus occaecavit. 
 
 " Hifce votis te demando Deo, verboque ejus gratia?, 
 qui te fociofque tuos aediiicent& hacreditatem poflidendam 
 dent in omnibus fanctis. Vale, mi Jane, frater amicifli- 
 me, & me amaie perge. 
 
 Tui ex animo amantiflimus ■ 
 
 Johannes de Koker, " 
 
 DabzmRoticrodami, io0<5. 1 749. 
 
 I was fully determined to take another Journey to RoU 
 terdam, on purpofe to fee this worthy Man. 
 
 " But Death had fwifter Wings than Love." 
 
 Before I could get thither he was gathered to his Fa«> 
 thers. 
 
 Sunday, November 12. Many Complaints were made 
 to me of a general Deadnefs among the People of London, 
 at the very Time that thofe in moil other Parts of England' 
 were fo remarkably alive to God. It was chiefly owing 
 to a fewPerfons, who were continually labouring to fpread 
 Offences among them. But it was not long before the 
 Plague was frayed : Some of thefe Incendiaries fepai ating 
 from us ; others being convinced, that they had been 
 doing the Work of the Devil, in the Name of the Lord v 
 
 Thitrfday, 16. I buried the Remains of Martha Somer- 
 fety late a Mother in Ifrael: One who never left her rirfl 
 Love, never abated in Zeal, never was weary of well- 
 
 doing, 
 
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 doing, from the Hour fhe firll found Redempuc 
 Christ, 'till her Spirit returned to God. 
 
 Monday, 20. I rode to Mr. Perronett's at Shorehatn, that 
 I might be at Leifure to write. Saturday, Dec. 2. After 
 preaching in the Morning I rode to Bexley, and preached 
 about Eleven. At Three in the Afternoon I began at 
 Dcptfcrd, and found a more than ordinary BlefTmg : But 
 a ftill greater at Snowsfidds, where it feem'd as if all 
 would jufl then know the Lord, from the leaji wen to the 
 greateft. 
 
 Sunday, 3. I preached, as ufual, at Five, at Ten, and 
 at Five in the Evening; betides meeting the Leaden;, the 
 Bands, the Preachers, and our own Family. But I felt 
 no Faintnefs or Wearinefs either of Body or Mind. Bieiled 
 be my ftrong Helper ! 
 
 Monday, 4. I retired to Lewi/ham. On Saturday, 9. 
 I read the furprizing Extract of Mr. Brainert's Journal, 
 Surely then God hath once more given to the Gentiles 
 Repentance unto Life ! Yet amidit fo great Matter of Joy l 
 could not but grieve at this, That even fo good a Man as 
 Mr. Brainert ihould be wife above that is written ; in con- 
 demning what the Scripture no- where condemns ; in pre- 
 ferring to God the Way wherein He mould work ; and 
 (in Effect) applauding himfelf, and magnifying his own 
 Work, above that which God wrought in Scotland, or 
 among the Englijh in New-England : Whereas in Truth 
 the Work among the Indians, great as it was, was not to 
 be compared to that at Cambufang, Kilfith,, or North- 
 ampton, 
 
 Monday, 11. I retired to Newington once more, and 
 on Saturday, 16. fmifhed my Sermons. Monday, 18. I 
 rode to Leigh in Efjex, and fpoke in as awakening a Man- 
 ner as I could. Wednefduy, 2c. I left the little Flock in 
 Peace anil Love, and chearfully returned to Lu:don. 
 
 Sunday, 24. I law an uncommon Inftance both of the 
 Jufrice and Mercy of God. Abraham Jones, a ferious, 
 thinking Man, about fifty Years of Age, was one of the 
 fill Members of the Society in London, and an early Wit- 
 nefs of the Power of God to forgive Sins. He then 
 as a Pillar for feveral Years, and was a Blefling to all 
 yiat were round about him ; 'Till growing wife in his own 
 
 Eyes, 
 
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 Eyes, he faw thib and the other Perfon wrong, and was 
 almoit continually offended. He then grew colder and 
 colder ; 'till at length, in order to renew his Friendfhip 
 with the World, he went (which he had refufed to do 
 for many Years) to a Parifh-feafl:, and flayed there 'till 
 Midnight. Returning home perfectly fober, juft by his 
 own Door, he fell down and broke his Leg. When the 
 Surgeon came, he found the Bone fo mattered in Pieces, 
 that it could not be fet. Then it was, when he perceived 
 he could not live, that the Terrors of the Lord again 
 came about him. I found him in great Darknefs of Soul, 
 owning the juft Hand of God. We prayed for him, in 
 full Confidence that God would return. And He did in 
 Part reveal Himfelf again : He had many Gleams of 
 Hope and Love -, 'till in two or three Days his Soul was 
 required of him. 
 
 So awful a Providence was immediately known to all 
 the Society, and contributed not a little to the awakening 
 them that fiept, and ftirring up thoie that were faint in 
 their Mind. " 
 
 Monday , 25. We had a folemn Meeting at Four. Indeed 
 God was greatly with us during this whole Seafon, in all. 
 cur Affemblies, to lift up them that had fallen, and to 
 comfort the weak-hearted. 
 
 Wedncfday, 27. I faw the two Germans, whom God 
 has fo eminently blefFed, in their Labour of Love to his 
 antient People. Great Numbers of Jeuus in Poland, 
 Mufcovy, PruJJla, and various Parts of Germany, have 
 been brought, by their unwearied Endeavours, to fearch 
 the Scriptures, Whether thefe Things were fo ? And 
 above fix hundred of them have given Proof, that they 
 have a faving Knowledge of God, and of Jesus Christ 
 whom He hath fent. 
 
 Sunday, 31. I buried the Remains of Abraham Jones, 
 which gave me an Opportunity of ftrongly exhorting ail 
 who had fet their Hands to the Plough, never to look back. 
 
 Monday, January 1, 1 7 50. A large Congregation met 
 at Four o'clock, and began the Year of Ju' ilee in a 
 better Manner than they at Rom; are accuftomed to do. 
 On feveral Days this Week I called upon many, who had- 
 
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 kft tfair firji Love ; but they none of tiem juftitied thcm- 
 felves : One and all pleaded guilty bef re Gov. Therefore 
 there is Reafon to hope, that He will return, and will 
 abundantly pardon. 
 
 Thin/Jay, ii. I read, to my no fmall Amazement, 
 the Account given by Monfieur Montgeron, both of his 
 own Converfion, and of the other Miracles wrought at 
 the Tomb of Abbe Paris. I had always looked upon 
 the whole Affair as a mere Legend, as I fuppofe moil 
 Proteftants do : But I fee no poflible Way to deny thefc 
 Facts, without invalidating all human Teflimony. I may 
 full as reafonably deny there is fuch a Perfon as Mr. 
 Montgercn, or fuch a City as Paris in the World. Indeed 
 in many of thefe Inftances I fee great Superftition, as well 
 as ilrong Faith. But the Timis cflgnorace God does wink at 
 ftill ; and blefs theF^ith, notwithstanding the Superftition. 
 
 If it be faid, " But will not the admitting thefe Mira- 
 M cles eftabliili Popjry ? " Jul! the Reverfe. Abbe Paris 
 lived and died in open Oppofition to the grofTeiT: Errors 
 of Popery ; and in particular to that diabolical Bull Uni- 
 gcrdtus, which deilroys the very Foundations of Chriili- 
 anity. 
 
 Sunday, 14. I read Prayers and preached at Snows- 
 felds to a crowded Congregation, at Seven in the Morn- 
 ing. I then hailened to the Chapel in PFefi-Jlreet ; and, 
 after the Service there, to Knightjbridge, where I had pro- 
 mifed to preach in the Afternoon, for the Benefit of the 
 poor Children. The little Church was quite full before 
 I came. Knowing it to be the greater! Charity to awaken 
 thofe that fieep in Sin, I preached on What is a Man pro- 
 fited, if be Jball gain the whole World, and loje his own 
 Soul? 
 
 Friday, 19. In the Evening I read Prayers at the Cha- 
 pel in H r ejl-Jircet, and Mr. U'hitejield preached a plain, 
 affectionate Difcourfe. Sunday, 2 1 . He read Prayers, and 
 I preached. So, by the Blelling of God, one more 
 Stumbling-block is removed. 
 
 Monday, 22. I prayed in the Morning at the Fotmdery, 
 and Howell Harris preached : A powerful Crator, both 
 by Nature and Grace ; but he owes nothing to Art or 
 Education. 
 
 JFednefday, 
 
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 r Wedvefday, 24. I was defired to call on one that was 
 8ck, tho' I had fmall Hopes of doing him any good ; he 
 had been fo harmlefs a Man for ninety Years : Yet he was 
 •not out of God's Reach. He was quickly convinced, 
 that his own Righteoufnefs could not recommend him to 
 God. I could then pray for him in- Confidence of being 
 heard. A few Days after he died in Peace. 
 
 Sunday 1 28. I read Prayers, and Mr. Whitefield preach- 
 ed. How wife is God, in giving different Talents to 
 different Preachers? Even the little Improprieties both 
 of his Language and Manner were a Means of profiting 
 many, who would not have been touch'd by a more cor- 
 reel: Difcourfe, or a more calm and regular Manner of 
 fpeaking. 
 
 Monday, 29. I rode to Canterbury. The Congrega- 
 tion in the Evening was deeply ferious, and moil of them 
 prefent again at Five in the Morning. I hope God will 
 a^ain have much People in this Place, who will worfhip 
 Him with more Knowledge, and as much Earneftnefs, as 
 their Forefathers did the Virgin Mary, or even St. Thomas 
 a Becket. 
 
 Tue/day, 30. I defigned to preach abroad in the Even- 
 ing, the Houfe being far too fmall for the Congregation. 
 But the Rain and Wind would not fuffer it. Wednesday, 
 3 1 . I examined the Society, one by one : Some, I found, 
 could already rejoice in God, and all feemed to be 
 hungring after it. 
 
 Friday -, February 2. I preached in the Evening at 
 Sborebam; and Saturday, 3. returned to London. 
 
 Sunday, 4. I preached at Hayes. What a Change is 
 here within a Year or two ? Inilead of the Parifhioners 
 going out of Church, the People come now from many 
 Miles round. The Church was filled in the Afternoon 
 like wife, and all behaved well but the Singers ; whom I 
 therefore reproved before the Congregation ; and fome 
 of them were afhamed. 
 
 Monday, 5. I rode to Mrs. C at St. Ann's, near 
 
 Chertfea. It was her Defign that I mould preach in the 
 Evening in h'T jummer-houfe, a large, eight-fquare 
 Room, which was fupported by a Frame of W T ood„ 
 This was quickly filled : But as it was not intended to 
 
 bear 
 
 
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 K* ar fuch a Weight, the main Beam beneath fplit an 
 dcr. This I did not then know ; but finding the Room 
 too fmall, I went out, and Hood m the Gallery before it 
 The People then came out too, went down, and itood 
 below, without any Hurry or Confufion. 
 
 T bur f Jay, S. It was about a Quarter after Twelve, 
 that the Earthquake began at the Skirts of the Town. 
 It began in the South-eait, went through Southwark % un- 
 der the River, and then from one End of London to the 
 other. It was obferved at Wcftnunftcr and Grofuenor-fquart 
 a Quarter before One : (Perhaps, if we allow for the Dif- 
 ference of the Clocks, about a Quarter of an Hour after 
 it began in Scutbn.vo.rk.) There were three diilincl Shakes, 
 or Wavings to and fro, attended with an hoarfe, rum- 
 bling Noife, like Thunder. How gently does God deal 
 with this Nation? O that our Repentance may prevent 
 heavier Marks of his Difpleafure ! 
 
 Friday , 9. We had a comfortable Watch-night at the 
 Chapel. About Eleven o'Clock k came into my Mind, 
 that this was the very Day and Hour in which, forty 
 Years ago, I was taken out of the Flames. I flopped, 
 I and gave a fhort Account of that wonderful Pnn id 
 The Voice of Praife and Thankfgiving went up on high, 
 and great was our Rejoicing before the Lord. 
 
 On . [2. I had dcfigned to fet out for Briftcli 
 
 But I could not go yet, there was fuch a flame kindled 
 in London. However, I rode to Bren \ hed 
 
 as Iliad appointed, and then went on to Cherffea. Word 
 had been induflrioufly fpread about the Town, that I 
 would not come that Night. However, many came to 
 fee whether I would or no ; to whom I offered the Grace 
 of cur Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Wedntfday* 14. The Watch-night at the TcunJery Teem- 
 ed the morteft I had ever known : Indeed we knew not 
 how the Hours flole away, while Prayer was lofl in Praife 
 and Thankfgiving. 
 
 Friday, 1 6. We had a folemn Fail-day, meeting, as 
 before, at Five, Seven, Ten, and One. Many of the 
 Rich were at the Chapel in the Evening. Wbo batb 
 1 you to flee from the Wrath tc come r 
 
 C Saturday, 
 
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 Saturday, 17. After preaching at Snou::fields, I went 
 into a Friend's Houfe. A poor Sinner indeed followed me, 
 one who was broken in Pieces by the convincing Spirit, 
 and uttered fuch Cries as pierced the Hearts of all that 
 heard. We poured out our Souls before God in Prayer, 
 and Light fprung up in her Heart. 
 
 Sunday, 1 8. To-day likewife, wherever we aflembled to- 
 gether, God caufed his Power to be known : But particu- 
 larly at the Love-feafl. The honed: Simplicity with which 
 feveral fpoke, in declaring the Manner of God's Deal- 
 ings with them, fet the Hearts of others on Fire : And 
 the Flame fpread more and more; 'till having flayed 
 near an Hour longer than ufual, we were conflrained to 
 part. 
 
 Monday, 19. I preached at Wind/or about One, and at 
 St. Antfs in the Evening. The Congregation was large, 
 and extremely full and attentive, a very few Perfons ex- 
 cepted. 
 
 Tuefday, 20. Mr. M had given Notice, without 
 
 my Knowledge, that I would preach at Hayes on Tuefday. 
 I was afraid few would trouble themfelves to hear : But I 
 deceived ; for there was a large Congregation. Sure- 
 ly fome of thefe will at length underftand the Things which 
 belong unto their Peace. 
 
 Wednefday, 21. I preached in the old French Church 
 in Grey-eagle-ftreet, Spittlefelds. It was extremely full, 
 and many of the Hearers were greatly moved. But who 
 will endure to the End? 
 
 Thurfday, 22. Having been fent for feveral Times, I 
 went to fee a young Woman in Bedhnn. But I had not 
 talked with her long, before one gave me to know, that 
 " None of thefe Preachers were to come there. " So we 
 are forbid to go to N&wgate a for Fear of making them 
 wicked ; and to Bedlam, for Fear of driving them mad. 
 
 Tuefday, 27. I at length forced my f elf from London. 
 We dined a little beyond Colnbrook, fpoke plain to all in 
 the Houfe, and left them full of Thankfulnefs, and of 
 good Reflations. 
 
 I preached at Reading in the Evening; and in the 
 Morning, Wedmfday, 28. took Horfe, with tke North 
 Wind full in our Face. It was piercingly cold, fo that 
 
 
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 I could fcarcc feel whether I had any Hand - 
 when I came to fi\ ing feveraU 
 
 the Members of the Society, I preached to a large Con 
 
 •;ion. In the Evening I met my Brother atQx 
 and preached to a (mall, ferious Company. 
 
 Tburfday, March i. In riding to C F read Dr. 
 
 Batei 
 
 is not much inferior to Carfar'S) whom he feems ftudi- 
 oufly to imitate ; and his Thoughts are generally juft ; 
 only that he has no more Mercy on the Puritans, than 
 upon Cromwell. 
 
 I dined at an IToufe beyond Far inn don, where both 
 the Man and his Wife appeared thankful for Inflruclion. 
 I preached at Cirenctfier in the Evening, to a large, but 
 not ferious Congregation. Friday, 2. I left this uncom- 
 fortable Place, and in the Afternoon came to BriftoL 
 
 Many miferable Comforters were with me foon, com- 
 plaining, one after another, of the Want of lively Preach- 
 ers, the Hurt the Germans had done to fome, and R 
 
 ir to others, and the almoft univerfal Coldncfs, 
 
 Heavinefs, and Deadnefs, among the People. 
 
 I knew but One that could help. So we called upon 
 God, to arife and maintain his own Caufe. And this 
 Evening we had a Token for Good, for his Word was as 
 a two-edged Sword. 
 
 Sunday, 4. I defired John W — — to preach at Vive. 
 And I no longer wondered at the Deadnefs of his Hear- 
 ers. I preached at Kingswood at Eight, and God fpoke 
 to many Hearts : Yea, and to a few even at Co 
 But the greateit BlefTing was in the Evening at BriftoU 
 when we were ail convinced, God had not forgotten to Le 
 gracious, 
 
 7 iiefday, 6. I began writing a. fart French Grammar. 
 We obferved Wedncfday, 7. as a Day of Fading and 
 Prayer. I preached at Five on Repent and do the firft 
 Works. The Time from Seven to Nine, from Ten to 
 Twelve, and from One to Three, we fpent in Prayer, and 
 at our laft Meeting cfpecially found that God was in the 
 Midft of us. 
 
 T bur/day, 8. I defired all the Preachers that were in 
 
 Brijtol, to meet me at Four in the Afternoon ; and fo 
 
 C 2 every 
 
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 every Day white I was in Town. In the Evening Goi> 
 rent the Rocks again. I wondered at the Words He gave 
 me to fpeak. But He doth whatfoever pleafeth Him. 
 
 To-day God gave the People of London a fecond 
 Wattling; of which my Brother wrote as follows: 
 
 " This Morning, a Quarter after Five, we had another 
 Shock of an Earthquake, far more violent than that of 
 February 8. I was jufl repeating my Text, when it fhook 
 ;he Foundery fo violently, that we all expected it to fall 
 ' upon our Heads. A great Cry followed from the Women 
 and the Children. I immediately cried out, Therefore 
 will we riot fear % iho* the Earth be moved, and the Hills be 
 .1 into the Mid ft of the Sea; For the Lord of Hofls is 
 with us; the God (/'Jacob is our Refuge. He filled my 
 Heart with Faith, and my Mouth with Words, making 
 their Souls as well as their Bodies." 
 
 The Earth moved Westward, then Eafl, then Weftward 
 again, through all London and Wejiminjhr, It was a flrong 
 and jarring Motion, attended with a rumbling Noife, 
 like that of diftant Thunder. Many Houfes were much 
 fhaken, and fome Chimneys thrown down, but without 
 any farther Hurt. 
 
 Saturday, 10. I talked at large with the Mailers of 
 Kingfwood School, concerning the Children and the Ma- 
 nagement. They all agreed, that one of the Boys fludi- 
 ouily laboured to corrupt the red. I" would 'not fuffer him 
 to flay any longer under the Roof, but fent him home that 
 very Hour. 
 
 Sunday, 1 1 . I began vifiting the Society at Kingfwood y 
 flrangeiy continuing without either Increafe or Decreafe. 
 On the following Days I vifited that at Brijiol What 
 Caufe have we to be humbled over this People ? Lafl Year 
 more than an hundred Members were added: This Year 
 near an hundred are loll. Such a Decay has not been in 
 this Society before, ever fmce it began to meet together. 
 
 I mould willingly have fpent more Time at Brijlol, 
 finding more and more Proofs that God was reviving his 
 Work ; but that the Accounts I received from Ireland made 
 me think it my Duty to be there as foon as pofhble: So on 
 Monday, 20. I fet out v/kh Chrifopher Hopper for the New 
 Pafags. When we came there, the Wind was high, and 
 
 almoft, 
 
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 almofl: full agajnft us : Ncverthelefs we crofled in lefs than 
 two Hours "and rea ^ before Night, where I 
 
 preached at Seven, and found much 
 
 Tuefiiaj, 21. Expecling to preach at Abera r. 
 Wel/bl/tHLts from Cardiff, I rode thither over the Moun- 
 tains. But we found no Notice had I 
 refting an Hour, we fet out for S The Rain 
 
 not intermit at all, 'till we came within Sight of it. Twice 
 my Horfe fell down, and threw me over his Plead ; but 
 without any Hurt, either to Man or Bead. 
 
 We d>iefday, 22. We rode to Builih, where we found 
 Notice had been given, that Hoivell Harris would preach 
 at Noon. By this Means a large Congregation was aflem- 
 blcd; but Hci<j ell did not come: So at their Requell I 
 preached. Between- Four and Five Mi*. Philips let out 
 with us for Rcyxdcr. I was much out of Order in the. 
 Morning : However, I held out to Lanldhs, and then 
 lay down. After an Hour's Sleep I was much better* 
 and rode on to t$. 
 
 About an Hour ar.d half before we came to D:Jl-y- 
 the heavy Rain began. We were on the Brow of the 
 Hill, fo wc that came, our liorfes being able to 
 
 go but half a Foot-pace. But we had Amends made us 
 at our Inn. JobnLewis^ and all his Hoofe, ;inecL 
 
 with us in Prayer : And all we fpoke to, appeared willing 
 to hear and to receive the Truth in Love. 
 
 Friday, 24. Before we Ihoked[ out, we heard the roar- 
 ing of the Wind, and the beating of the Rain. We 
 Horfe at Five. It rained mceflkntly all the Way we rode. 
 And when we came on the great Mountain* four Miles 
 from the Town, {by which Time I was wet from my 
 ,Neck to my Waiilj it was with great Difficulty I could 
 avoid being borne over my Mare's Head, the Wind being 
 ready to carry us all away: Neverthelefs about Ten we 
 came fafe to Dannabul!, praifmg Flim who faves boil . 
 and Beaft. 
 
 Our Horfcs being well tired, and ourfelves thorou 
 
 wet, we reited the Remainder of the Day; the rather, 
 
 becaufe feveral of the Family underftood Engkjh, an un- 
 
 commonThing in theie Parts. We fpoke clofeiy to thcfe r 
 
 C 3 ami 
 
 
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 and they appeared much affected, particularly when we 
 all joined in Prayer. 
 
 Saturday, 2 5 . We fet out at Five, and at Six came to 
 the Sands. But the Tide was in, lb that we could not 
 pafs: So I fat down in a little Cottage for three or four 
 Hours, and tranflated Aldridfs Logic. About Ten we 
 pafied, and before Five came to Baldon Ferry, and found 
 the Boat ready for us : But the Boatmen defired us to flay 
 a while, faying, " The Wind was too high, and the Tide 
 too ilrong." The Secret was, they fiayM for more Pat 
 fengers; aud it was well they did : For while we were 
 ing to and fro, Mr. Jenkin Morgan came; at whofe 
 Hoiife., near half Way between the Ferry and Holyhead, I 
 had lodged three Years before. The Night foon came 
 on ; but our Guide, knowing all the Country, brought us 
 fafe to his own Door. 
 
 Sunday, 26. I preached at Howell Thomas's, in Tre- 
 folhvin Parifh, to a fmall, earneft, Congregation. As 
 many did not underfland, one of the Brethren repeated 
 the Subftance of the Sermon in Weljb. In the Afternoon 
 I went to William Pr it chard's, tho' much again/! my Will, 
 as there was none there to interpret, and I was afraid very 
 few of my Hearers could underftarid Englijh, But I was 
 miftaken: The Congregation was larger than I had ever 
 feen in Angtefey* A considerable Ni mbei of them under- 
 stood Englijh tolerably well ; and the i ooks, Sighs and 
 Geftures of thofe that did not, fhewed that God was 
 fpeakmg to their Hearts. It was a glorious Opportunity, 
 The whole Congregation feemed to be melted down. So 
 little do we know the Extent of God's Power. If He 
 will work, what fhall hinder Him ? 
 
 The Wind being contrary, I accepted of the Invitation 
 of an honeft Exciieman, (Mr. Holiday,) to itay at his 
 Houfe 'till it mould change. Here I was in a little, quiet, 
 folitary Spot, (max/ me ammo exoptatum meo! ) where no 
 human Voice was heard, but thofe of the Family. On 
 Tuesday I defired Mr. Hopper to rid over to Holyhead, and 
 enquire concerning our Paiiage. He brought Word, that 
 we might probably pafs in a Day or two : So on Wedncfday 
 we both went thither. Hen. we overtook John Jane, 
 who had fet out on Foot from Brijhl } with three Shillings 
 
 in 
 
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 in his Pocket. Six Nights out of the feven fince lie fet 
 out, he had been entertained by uttor Strangers. 
 went by us we c I II how, and reached Holyhead 
 
 left. 
 By him ^ i Horfes to Mr. Morgan's. I 
 
 radon in the I 
 : | tie, I could give them but or* 
 
 at length willing to hear. About Eleven 
 called to go on board, the Wind bring; qu'te fair: 
 And fo it continued 'till we wen of the Harb 
 
 It then turned Weft, and b rm. There was nei- 
 
 ther Moon nor Stars, but. Rain 1 enough; fo 
 
 that [ was Toon tired of flaying on Deck. But we met 
 another Storm below : e there, but the 
 
 famous Mr Gr of Carnarvon/kire ! A cl unify, over- 
 
 . hard-faced Man ; whofe Countenance ] i 
 
 compare to that (whfch I few in L . ' thirty Years 
 
 of one of the Ruffians in ; nhg to 
 
 : ,.'/n, when he tumbled in, arid poured out fuch a 
 
 v of Ribaldry, Obfcenity ny, every 
 
 I or third Word being an Oath, as was fcarce ever 
 
 heard at Billing/gate. Finding there was no room for me 
 
 to fpeak, I retired into m eft him to Mr. 
 
 r. Soon after, one or two of his own Company in- 
 
 terpofed, and carried him back bin', 
 
 Tburjclay, 29. We wrought if four or five 
 
 Leagues toward Inland; but were dri en back in the Af- 
 ternoon fo the very Mocth of the Harbour: Neverthelefi 
 the Wind ihifting one or two we ventured out 
 
 again; and by Midnight we v about hair 
 
 over; but the Wind then tu» againft us> and 
 
 blowing hard, we were driven ; , and were glad 
 
 about Nine to get into the Bay once more. 
 
 In the Evening I was furprized to fee, inftead of fome 
 poor, plain People, a Room full of Men, daubed 
 Gold and Silver. That I might uo^go out of their Depth 
 1 began expounding the Story of Dives aid Lazarus. It 
 was more applicable than I v\as aware; icvtral of them, 
 (as I afterwards learned) being eminently wicked Men. 
 I delivered my own Soul ; but they could in no wife bear 
 it; One and another walked away, murmuring ibrely. 
 
 Foui 
 
four flayed 'till I drew to a Clofe : They then put on* 
 their Hats, and began talking to one another. I mildly 
 reproved them ; on which they rofe up and went away, 
 railing and blalpheming. I had then a comfortable Hour- 
 with a Company of plain, honeit. Wcljbincn. 
 
 In the Night there was a vehement Storm. BlefTed be 
 God th:t wc were fafe on Shore, Saturday, 31. i de- 
 termined to wait one Week longer, ; and, if we could 
 not (ail then, to go and wait for a Ship at BriJIoL At. 
 Seven in the Evening, juil as I was going down to 
 preach, I heard a huge Noife, and took Knowledge of 
 the Rabble of Gentlemen. They had now ftrengthened 
 themfelves with Drink and Numbers, and placed Capt*. 
 
 G (as they called him) at their Head. He fooa 
 
 burit, open both the outward and inner Door, ftruck old. 
 Robert Griffiths, our Landlord, feveral Times, kicked his 
 Wife, and, with twenty full-mo uth'd Oaths and Curfes 
 demanded, Where is the Parfon ? Robert Griffith came 
 up, and dejired me to go into another Room, where he 
 locked me in. The Captain followed him quickly, broke 
 open one or two Doors, and got en a Chair, to look 
 on the Top of a Bed : But his Foot flipping, (as he was 
 not a Man made for climbing) he fell down backward all 
 his Length. He rofe leifurely, turn'd about, and with 
 his Troop walked away. 
 
 I then went down to a fmall Company of the poor 
 People, and fpent half an Hour with them in Prayer, 
 About Nine, as we were preparing to go to Bed, the 
 Houfe was befet again. The Captain burit in firft. Ro- 
 bert Griffith's Daughter was Handing in the PafTage, with 
 a Pail of Water, with which (whether with Defign, or 
 in her Fright, I know not) fhe covered him from Head 
 to Foot. He cried, as well as he could, " M — urder ! 
 Murder ! " and flood very frill for fome Moments. In 
 the mean time Robert Griffith rlept by him, and locked 
 the Door. Finding ^umielf alone, he began to change 
 his Voice, and cry, ™ Let me out, let me out." Upon 
 his giving his Word and Honour, that none of the reft 
 fhould come in, they opened the Door, and all went 
 . together* 
 
 Sunday^ 
 
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 Sunday, April i. We defigned to fet out early for Mr, 
 }IcIlc-Lfiys ; but the Rain kept us 'till Eight o'CIoc!;. We 
 then fct out, having one of Holyhead for our Guide, 
 reach'd a Church, fix or feven Miles off, about Eleven, 
 (where we flopped 'till the Service was ended) and went 
 on to William Pritchard y s, near Llanerell-ymadd. I had 
 appointed to preach there at Four. I found the fame 
 Spirit as before among this loving, fimple People. Many 
 of our Hearts burned within us : And I felt what I fpokc, 
 The Kingdom of God is at Hand. 
 
 Many who were come from the Town earnc-illy prefl 
 me to go and preach there, afiiiring me it was the ge- 
 neral Defire of the Inhabitants. I felt a flrong Averfion 
 to it, but would not refufe, not knowing what God 
 might have to do. So I went : But we were fcarce fct 
 down, when the Sons of Belial from all Parts gathered 
 together, and compafTed the Houfe. I could juit under- 
 Hand their Oaths and Curfes, which were broad Englifo, 
 and founded on every Side. The reft of their Language 
 was loft upon me, as mine was upon them. Our Friends 
 would have had me flayed within : But I judged it belt to 
 look them in the Face, while it was open Day. So I bad 
 them open the Door, and Mr. Hopper and I walked itrait 
 thro* the midft of them. Having procured a Guide, we 
 then went on without Hindrance, to our Retreat at Mr. 
 HolloTvay's. Surely this Journey will be for Good ; for 
 hitherto we have had continual Storms, both by Sea and 
 Land. 
 
 Tie/day, 3. Mr. William Jones of Trefoil-win cali'd 
 and told us, an Exhorter was preaching a little Way off. 
 We went and found him on the Common, ftanding on a 
 a little Rock, in the midft of an attentive Congregation. 
 After lie had done I preached,, and then returned, to my 
 Study at Lange>v?iye. 
 
 Thurjday, 5. I read over great Part of Gerard's Medi- 
 tationes facr<e, a Book recommended to me in the ilrong- 
 eit Terms. But alas ! How was I diinppointed ? They 
 have fome maflerly Strokes, but are in general trite and 
 flat, the Thoughts being as poor as the Latin. 'Tis well 
 every Clafs of Writers has a Clafs of Readers, or they 
 would never have come to a fecond Impreffion. 
 
 About 
 
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 About Noon I preached two Miles Well of Llancrell- 
 ymadd, and in the Evening, about a Quarter of a Mile 
 further. Not one Scoffer is found in thefe Congregations, 
 but whoever hears, hears for his Life. 
 
 Friday, 6. I preached near Llanerell-ymad at Noon, 
 and at Trcfollnjuin in the Evening. Obferving at Night, 
 the Wind was changed, I rode to Holyhead early in the 
 Morning. A Ship was juft ready to fail; fo we went on 
 board, and in the Evening landed at Dublin, 
 
 Sunday, 8. I preached Morning, Afternoon, and E- 
 vening, and then exhorted the Society to Hand fall in the 
 good, old Bible- W T ay, and not move from it, to the 
 Right-Hand or to the Left. 
 
 I found Mr. Lunellm fo violent a Fever, that there was 
 little Hope of his Life. But he revived the Moment he 
 faw me, and fell into a breathing Sweat. He began to 
 recover from that Time. Perhaps for this alfb was I fent. 
 
 Monday, g. I found, upon Enquiry, many Things 
 had been reprefented to me worfe than they really were. 
 But it is well : If they had not been fo reprefented, I mould 
 fcarce have come over this Year. 
 
 Tuefday, io. I learned the real Cafe of Roger Bal. 
 
 He hrft deceived Mr. L and W T ; 
 
 who quickly agreed, that fo valuable a Man mufc be em- 
 ployed immediately. So he was invited to preach to our 
 Congregation, and received as one of our Family. But it 
 foon appeared what manner of Man he was, full of Guile, 
 and of the moll abominable Errors ; one of which was, 
 " That a Believer had a Right to all Women." I marvel 
 he has turned only three Perfons out of the Way. 
 
 Wednefday, 1 1 . I found fome of the Fruits of his La- 
 bours. One of the Leaders told me frankly, " He had 
 left off communicating for fome Time ; for St. Paul faid, 
 'Touch not, tajle not, handle net" And all feemed to ap- 
 prove of dropping the Preaching on Tuefday and Thurfd:y, 
 *' feeing the dear Lamb is the only Teacher." 
 
 Thurfday, 12. I breakfafted with one of the Society, 
 and found me had a Lodger I little thought of. It was 
 the famous Mrs. P'dkington, who foon made an Excufe for 
 following mc up Stairs. I talked with her ferioufly about 
 an Hour. We then fung "Happy Magdalene" She ap- 
 
 appeared 
 
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 pearcd to be exceedingly ilruck. How long the Imprcf- 
 fion may laft, God kno . 
 
 We timed at Mr. P 's. A young married Woman 
 
 was there, who was lately a zealous Papifl, and had con- 
 I feveral Proteilant Hereticks to the Rtmijb Faith : 
 But letting on feme or" the r, they converted her; 
 
 at lead, convinced her of the great Truths of the Gofpel. 
 I .'iately her Relations, her ITufband in particular, 
 renounced her: But fhe was moved by none of thefe 
 Things, defiring nothing on Earth but to experience the 
 Faith which once fhe persecuted. 
 
 In the Evening I was fent for by one, who had reafomd 
 himfelf out of all his Chriftianity, and was now in doubt, 
 whether the Soul would Survive the Body. Surely even 
 Speculative Faith is the Gift of God : Nor without Him, 
 can we hold even this faft. 
 
 Saturday, 14. J R came from Corke, and 
 
 brought us a farther Account of what had been tranfatted 
 there. From {he Beginnin to the End of it, 
 
 King Nicholas had reigned. How he ftill ufed his Power, 
 may aopear from two or three Inihinces. 
 
 liam Jcivill, Clothier, of Abandon Church-Lane, 
 depofes, 
 
 That Nicholas Butler, with a riotous Mob, feveral Times 
 afTaulted this Deponent's Floufe : That particularly on 
 February 23, he came thither with a large Mob: That 
 feveral of the Rioters entered the Houfe, and (wore, The 
 firft who refilled, they would blow his Brains out : That 
 the Deponent's Wife, endeavouring to ilop them, was 
 ailaulted and beaten by the laid Butler; who then ordered 
 his Men to break the Windows, which they did, with 
 Stones of a considerable Weight. 
 
 Mary Philips, of St. Beta's Gburch-Latie, depofes, 
 
 That on February 16, about Seven in the Evening, 
 A'. B. carae to her Houfe with a large Mob, and aiked 
 where her Hufband was : That as foon as {he appeared, 
 he firfl abufed her in the groflefl Terms, and then iiruck 
 heron the Head, fo that it ilunnedher; and ihe verily 
 believes, had not fome within thrall to, and fattened the 
 Door, fhe ihould have been murdered on the Spot. 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
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 EUxdbetb Gardelet, Wife of Jo/epb Gardelet, Corporal 
 in Col. P<tFwhth Regiment, Capt. Cbarltojis Company, 
 depoles, 
 
 That on February 28, as me was going out of her Lodg- 
 ings, being big with Child, me was met by Butler and his 
 Mob : That Butler, without any Manner of Provocation, 
 immediately fell upon her, finking her with both his Fifts 
 on the Side of her Head, which beat her Head againfl the 
 Wall : That fhe endeavoured to efcape from him, but he 
 purfued her, and flruck her feveral Times in the Face : 
 That fhe ran into the School-yard for Shelter; but he fol- 
 lowed, caught hold of her, faying, " You Whore, you 
 Hand on confecrated Ground/' and threw her with fuch 
 Force acrofs the Lane, that fhe was driven againfl the op- 
 pofite Wall : That when fhe had recovered herfelf a little, 
 fhe made the beft of the Way to her Lodging ; but he flill 
 purfued her, and overtook her, as fhe was going up the 
 Stairs: That he fruck her with his Fift on the Stomach, 
 which Stroke knocked her down backward : That, falling 
 with the Small of her Back on the Edge of one of the 
 Stairs, fhe was not able to rife again : That her Pains im- 
 mediately came upon her, and about Two in the Morning 
 me mifcarried. 
 
 Thefe, with feveral more Depofitions to the fame Ef- 
 fect, were at the Lent Afiizes laid before the Grand Jury : 
 Yet they did not find any of thefe Bills ! But they found 
 one againfl Daniel Sullivan, (no Preacher, but an Hearer 
 of Mr. Wejley) who, when Butler and his Mob were dif- 
 charging a Shower of Stones upon him, put them all in 
 bodily Fear, by difcharging a Piflol, without any Ball, 
 over their Heads. If any Man wrote this Story to England 
 in a quite different Manner, and fixt it on zyoung Meibodift 
 Preacher^ let him be afhamed. 
 
 Several of the Perfons prefented as Vagabonds in Au- 
 tumn, appeared at thefe Afiizes. But none appearing 
 againil them, they were acquitted, with Honour to them- 
 felves, and Shame to their Perfecutors ; who, by bringing 
 the Matter to a judicial Determination, plainly fhewed, 
 " There is La<=w even for Methodiftsf* and gave his Ma- 
 ' judge a fair Occafion to declare the utter Illegality 
 
 o£ 
 
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 era!! i : the Inexcufabk g (much 
 
 more earning) them on any Pretence whutfoevcr. 
 
 i :. 'l preached Morning 
 ing ; but my \ oice was fo weak, it could fcarce be beards 
 
 Wednefday, 18. One, who upon her turning to G on, 
 had been tinned out of Doors, and difowned by all hei 
 Relations, (very good PrOteftants!) was received into the 
 Hcaie of God, not made with Hands. We rejoiced 
 ever her in the Evening with exceeding Joy. Happy 
 they, wholofeAU, and gain Christ. 
 
 Thurfday, 19. I rode with J R through a 
 
 heavy Rain to Ed'nderry. The Congregation was much 
 larger than I expeclcd; and both in the Evening and :hc 
 Morning we p railed God with joyful Lips. 
 
 Friday t 20. I rode to FurtarUngton^ on a \cry bad 
 Ilorfe, and was glad of a little Reir. Sunday t 22. 1 
 preached at Eight : At CIofeIa?id about Two ; and between 
 Five and Six at Portarhngton 9 to almoil all the Gene. 
 the Town, on, Thcu art not far from the Kingdom c/God. 
 Monday ^ 23. I preached at Clcjcland again, and the next 
 Morning fooke feverally with the Members of the Society, 
 incrrafed both in Number and in the Grace of God. 
 
 U'ednefday, 25. I dined at Mr. K 's, who had 
 
 lived utterly without God, for about feventy Years: But 
 God had now made both him, and moll: of hisHouiliold, 
 Partakers of like precious Faith. When I firft came into 
 the Houfe, he was in an Agony of Pain, from an t art 
 of about forty five Years Handing. I advifed to 1 
 hot Nettles : The Pain preiently ceafed, and he aroi 
 praifed God. 
 
 Thurfday^ 26. I examined the Clafs of Children, many 
 of whom are rejoicing in God. I then fought after fome 
 of the Sheep that were loll, and left all I fpoke with, de- 
 ined to return. About Noon I read the Letters, and 
 in the Afternoon rode chearfully to Mcunt^mtBitk, I 
 found the Society here much increafed in Grace, and vet 
 feflened in Number : A Cafe which I fcarce remember to 
 met with before, in all England and Ireland. 
 
 Sunday, 29. I preached at Eight, at Two, and at 
 
 n -Some of our moll vehement Oppofers were 
 
 D prefent, 
 
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 prelent, and by their Serioufnefs and Attention gave us 
 reafcn to hope, they will oppoie no more. 
 
 Monday^ 30. f baptized a Man and Woman, (late 
 Quakers) as I had dciie another the Night before. Af- 
 terwards I viiited the Sick. The firft we went to, had 
 been a Papiit, but was call out for hearing us. While 
 we were at Prayer, (he cried bitterly after God, refuting 
 to be comforted : Nor did fhe ceafe, 'till He revealed his 
 Son in her Heart, which die could not but declare to all 
 that were in the Houfe. 
 
 About One I adminiitercd the Lord's Supper to a fiok 
 Perfon, with a few of our Brethren and Sifters. Being 
 ftraitened for Time, I ufed no extemporary Prayer at all: 
 Yet the Power of God was fo unufually present, during 
 the whole Time, that fever al knew not how to contain 
 themfelves, being quite overwhelmed with Joy and Love. 
 
 Thence we rode to Tuluvnore. It being the Fair-day,, 
 many were tolerably drunk. When I began to preach, 
 they made a little Difturbance for a while; but the Bulk 
 of the Audience were deeply attentive. 
 
 Tuefday, May 1. I found many of the fir it were be- 
 <ome Jaft, being returned as a Dog to the Vomit. In 
 the Evening my Hoarfenefs (contracted in Dublin) was 
 jfo increafed, that I doubt few of the Congregation could 
 hear. In meeting the Society, I reproved them iharply 
 for their Lukewarmnefs and Covetoufnefs. In that Hour 
 the Spirit of Contrition came down, and all of them 
 feemed broken in Pieces. At the fame Time my Voice 
 was reilored in a Moment, fo that I could once moxtjing 
 frai/e to God. 
 
 Wednefday, 2. I rode to TyrrePsPafs, and found more 
 than double die Congregation which I had there lafl Year. 
 The next Day, when I (poke to thofe of the Society feve- 
 tally, I had itill greater Caufe to rejoice; rinding a great 
 Part of them walking in the Light, and praijing God all 
 .the Day long. 
 
 Friday, 4. I preached about Noon at Cooly-hugh, and 
 about Six in the Market-houfe at Athlone. 
 
 Sunday, 6. I addrefled myfelf in the Morning to the 
 Backfliders, from, H(nv Jhall 1 give thee up, Ephraim ? 
 /.: Onej to the Unawakencd, from, What is a Man pro- 
 
 Jtted, 
 
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 I Vi'i.rld, and lofc ft) own foul? 
 In the Evening I preached to a far larger Congregation, 
 on the Coiwattght Side of tin Rivt r. In the midit of the 
 Sermon, a Man with a fine cir vetting Hoife drew off a" 
 Part of the Audience. T paufea a little, and du o 
 7 my Voice, faid, 4t If there an: any more of you, 
 who think it is of more Concern to fee a dancing Horfe, 
 than to hear the Gc^pcl of Christ, pray go after tHem." 
 They took the Reproof, The greater Part came hack 
 directly, and gave double Attention. 
 
 Me/day, j. When I met the Society in the Evening,. 
 one who had been always afraid of expofing- herfelf, was 
 fnuck fo that file could not help crying out aloud, being 
 in ftrong Agonies both of Soul and Body. Indeed her 
 Cafe was quite peculiar. She felt no Fear of Hell, but 
 an inexprefTible Senfe of the Sufferings of Christ, ac- 
 companied with fharp bodily Pain, as if fhe had literally 
 futfered with Him. We continued in Prayer 'till Twelve 
 ©'Clock, and left her patiently waiting for Salvation. 
 
 TueJ'day, 8. I dined at Mr. T 's. Two other 
 
 Clergymen wereprclent, and Mr. H , Member of 
 
 Parliament for the County. We foon fell upon Juftifi- 
 c at ion and Inspiration, and after a free Converfation feem- 
 cd nearly of one Mind. 
 
 Thar/day, io. I read the Letters. A famous Drunkard 
 and Swearer, flood as long as he could, and then fell 
 down upon his Knees before the whole Congregation. 
 All appeared to be much moved. It was with Difficulty 
 I broke from them about Noon, and rode to Ahojkra : 
 Where I preached in the Evening to an exceeding ferious 
 Congregation, on, Seek ye the Lord, nubile He may be 
 fbmuf* 
 Friday, u. I talked largely with the two Mifs 
 
 JV 's. The Elder, I found, had once known the 
 
 -.oveofGoD, but not kept it long, and feemed to be 
 ^ow earneflly mourning after it. The Younger had never 
 eft her firil Love ; and in the midft of great bodily Weak- 
 iefs, had no Fear of Death, but a Defire to depart, and 
 , o be with Christ. 
 : Saturday, 12. I rode to Mr. 5/^/^'s, near Oatfeld; 
 
 I ad in the Evening preached at Aghrim?XQ a well-meaning 
 
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 I v People. Sunday, 13. I ftrove to make fome of 
 out of Sleep, by preaching as fharply as I could. 
 We had-fuch a Congregation at Chnrch, as (it was faid) 
 had nc: been fecn there for twenty Years before. After 
 Church, I preached to Abundance of Papifls as well as 
 Proteftanti ; And now they ieemed to be a little more 
 awake. 
 
 About Five in the Afternoon I preached at Ahafira, to 
 a Congregation gathered from all Parts. O what a Har- 
 veft might be in Ireland, did not the poor Proteftants hate 
 Chnitianity, worfe than either Popery or Heathen ifm ? 
 
 A fonday, 1 4. I rode to Birr. The Number of People 
 thhx afiembled here in the Evening, and at Five in the 
 Morning, and their ferious Attention, gave me fome 
 Hope, that there will more Good be done even in this 
 Place. 
 
 Wednefday, 16. At Eleven I preached in the AfTembly- 
 room at Kenagb, and in the Evening at Limerick. 
 
 Thar/day, jr. The Church was full at Five : And one 
 may truly fay, it was full of the Prefence of God. The 
 Evening was cold and bluftering, fo that I was obliged to 
 preach, tho' there was by no means Room for the Con - 
 gregaticn. I afterward told the Society freely and plainly 
 of their Faults. They received it as became Men fearing' 
 God. 
 
 Friday, 18. I dined at Killmallcck, once a flourifhing 
 City, now a vafc Heap of Ruins. In the Afternoon we 
 called at Killdorrcry. A Clergyman was there a little 
 before 11s, who would talk with me whether I would or 
 no. After an Hour's Couverfation, we parted in Love. 
 But our Stay here made it fo late before we reached Rati?' 
 cormuck, that I could not well preach that Evening. 
 Saturday, 19. I preached about Eleven, and in the After- 
 noon rode on to Corke. 
 
 About Nine in the Evening I came to Alderman Fc?n- 
 irock's. Sunday, 20. Underitanding the ufual Place of 
 Preaching would by no means contain thofe who defired 
 to hear, about Eight I went to Hammond's Maiih. The 
 Congi as large, and deeply attentive. A few 
 
 o\ the Rabble gathered at a Diilance ; but by little and 
 little t near, and naixt with the Congregation : 
 
 So 
 
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 £o that I have feldom fccn a more quiet and Oraerly At 
 fembly at any Church in England Or Ireland, 
 
 Tn the Afternoon, a Report being 4pr£ad abroad, tfiat 
 
 tli-.* Mayor defigned to hinder my preaching on the Ma'rfh 
 in the Evening, I de fired Mr. Skit on and Mr. JWj to 
 wait upon him, and enquire concerning- it. Air. SkeltoH 
 
 I, " If my preaching there, would be difagreeable to 
 himr" Adding, " Sir, if it would, Mr. Wefley will not 
 do it." He replied warmly, " Sir, I'll have no Mobbing." 
 Mr. Skdtcn laid, M Sir, there was none this Morning."* 
 He nnfwcred, " There was. Are there not Churches 
 
 ! leeting-houfcs enough ? I wili'have no more Mobcr 
 and Riots." Mr. Skettcn replied, " Sir, neither Mr-. 
 y that heard him, made either Mobs or 
 Riots." He aniwered plain, ** / witt have m more 
 Preaching: And if Mr. Wefley attempts to preach, I am 
 prepared for him." 
 
 I began preaching in our own Hoafe foon after Five, 
 Mr. Mayor meantime was walking in the 'Change, and 
 giving Orders to the Town-Drummers and to his Ser- 
 jeants — doubtlefs to go down and keep the Peace t They 
 accordingly came down to the Houfe, with an innume- 
 rable Mob attending them. They continued drumming, 
 and I continued preaching, 'till I ha:! rimmed my Dif- 
 oourfe V. }.( n 1 came out, the Mob immediately clofed 
 me in. Obferving one of the Serjeants (landing by, I 
 defiied him to keep the King's Peace: But he replied, 
 " Sir, I have no Orders to do that:" As foon as I canu 
 into theStreer, the Rabble threw whatever came to hand. 
 But all went by me, or Hew over my Head; nor do A 
 remember that one Thing touched me. I walked on 
 ftrait through the midft of th 
 
 Man before me in the Face; and ed on the 
 
 Right and Left, 'till I cam 
 
 Party had taken Pofieffion of this, one c; whom was 
 Bawling our, iC Now, hey for the ' When I 
 
 came up, they likewife (hrunk back, and I walked thro' 
 
 I 10 Mr. Jenkins's Home. Bat a Papal ftood jufl 
 
 within the Deo:, and endeavoured to hinder my going 
 
 in; 'till one of the Mob (1 fuppofe aiming ai ma, 
 
 miffing) knock'd her down && 1 flbe&weni in. arid 
 
 D 3 Gof 
 
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 G6d regained the wild Beaih% fo that not one attempted 
 to follow me. 
 
 But many of the Congregation were more roughly 
 [led : particularly Mr. Jones, who was covered witlr 
 Dirt, and efcaped with his Life almoft by Miracle. The 
 n ain T ^ody of the Mob then went to the Houfe, brought 
 out all the Seats and Benches, tore up the FfooF, the- 
 Door, the Frames of the Windows, and whatever of 
 Wood-work remained ; Part of which they carried off 
 for their own Ufe, and the reft they burnt in the open. 
 Street, 
 
 Finding tjierewas no Probability of their difperfing, I 
 fcnt to Alderman Ptmirfct, who immediately defired Mr. 
 .man Winibrop\ his Nephew, to go down to Mr. 
 m: With whom I walked up the Street, none giv- 
 ing me an unkind or difrefpcclful Word. 
 
 Monday, 21. I rode on to B anion. From Three in 
 the Afternoon 'till paft Seven, the Mob of Gorke marched 
 in grand ProcefTion, and then burnt me in Effigy neap 
 Dantjbridge. 
 
 While they were fo bufily employed, Mr. Haughton 
 *oofc the Opportunity of going down to HammoncTs- 
 Marjh. He called at a Friend's Houfe there ; where the 
 good Woman in great Care locked him. in. But obferv- 
 ing many People were met, he threw up the Safh, and 
 preached to them out of the Window. Many feemed 
 deeply afFefled, even of thofe who had been Perfecutors 
 before. And they all quietly retired to their feveral 
 Homes, before the Mob was at Leifure to attend them. 
 
 Tuefday, 22. The Mob and Drummers were moving 
 again, between Three and Four in the Morning. The 
 fame Evening they came down to the Marfh, but Hood 
 at a Diilance from Mr. Stockdaie r s YL^.-k, "till the Drums 
 beat, and the Mayor's Serjeant beckoned to them, on 
 which they drew up, and began the Attack.. The Mayor 
 being fent for, came with a P:.: y of Soldiers, and laid 
 to the Mob, " Lads, once, twice, thrice, I bid you go 
 Home. Now I have done." He then went back, tak- 
 ing the Sold, rs with him On which the Mob, pursu- 
 ant to their Inltruftions, went on ke all the 
 tilais, and moA of ihe Wiadovy^framea in Pice 5. 
 
 Wtdnefdaj) 
 
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 to mu and pull d y did 
 
 . . 
 
 he had r 
 tycd what little remained oi 
 \\ low-frames and Shutters, and damaged a confi 
 
 ids Goods. 
 Friday^ 25. One Roger O Ft nail fixed up an Ai 
 fttiement at the public Exchange, That he was 
 
 head any Mob, in order to pull down any Houfe that 
 mould dare to harbour a Sfwadfer : (A Name given to 
 Mr. Cennick firft, by a Popiih Prieft, who heard him 
 : of a Child *wrapt in fwadling Clothes ; and probably 
 he Expreffion was in the Bib/., a Book he 
 war not much acquainted with.) 
 
 Time Gon gave us great Peace at Ba 
 notwithstanding the unwea >urs, both public and 
 
 private, of good Dr. B , to (llr up the People, But 
 
 Saturday, 26. Many were under great Apprehca . 
 of what was to be done in the Evening:. I Begat] 
 ing lb die main Street at the ufual Hour, but 
 than twice the ufual Congregation. After I had ." 
 about a Quarter of an Hour, a Clergyman, who had 
 planted himfelf near me, with a very large Stick in his 
 Hand, according to Agreement, opened the Scene, fin- 
 deed his Friends allured me, " he was in Dri:ik, or he 
 would not have done it. w ) But before he had uttered 
 many Words, two or three refolute Women, by main 
 Strength, pulled him into a Houfe, and, after 
 lating a little, feat him awry thro' the Garden. But 
 here he fell violently on her that conducted him, not in 
 Anger, but L01 e, (fuch as it was) fo that fhe was con- 
 ftrained to repe Force by Force, -ad cuff him foundly, 
 before he would let her go. 
 
 The rext Champion that appeared was one Mr. 
 M , a young Gentleman of the Town; He was at- 
 tended by two others, with Piilols In their Hands. But 
 his Triumph too was but ihort : For fome of the People 
 
 quickly 
 
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 quickly bore him away, tho' with much Gentlenefs and 
 Civility. 
 
 The third came on with far greater Fury : But he was 
 encountered by a Butcher of the Town, (not one of the 
 Methcdijls) who ufed him as he would an Ox, bellowing 
 one or two hearty Blows upon his Head. This cooled 
 his Courage, efpecially as None took his Part. So I 
 quietly hnifhed my Difcourfe. 
 
 Sunday y zj, I wrote tc the Mayor of Cork, as follows : 
 
 Mr. Mayor. 
 
 An Hour ago I received " A Letter to Mr. Butler,"' 
 fuft reprinted at Corke. The Publishers afiert, w It* was 
 brought down from Dublin, to be diftributed among the 
 Society: But Mr. Weffey. called in as many as he could," 
 Both thefe Aifertions are abfolutely falfe. I read fome 
 Lines of that Letter when I was in Dublin y but never 
 read it over before this Morning. Who the Author of it- 
 is I know not : But this I know, I never called in one, 
 neither concerned myfeff about if; much lefs brought 
 any down to diftribute among the Society. 
 
 Yet I cannot but return my hearty Thanks to the' 
 Gentlemen who have diilributed them thro' the Town.- 
 I believe it will do moie Good than they are fenfible of.- 
 For tho' Idiflike its condemning the Magistrates and: 
 Clergy in general, (feveral of whom were not concerned 
 in the late Proceedings) yet' I think the Reafoning is 
 ftrong and clear: And that the Fafts referred to therein 
 are not at all mifreprefented, wilifufficiently appear in 
 due Time. 
 
 I fear God, and honour the King. I earneftly defirc 
 to be at Peace with all Men. I have not willingly given 
 any Offence, either to the magistrates, the Clergy, or 
 any of the Inhabitants of the City of Ccrke: Neither do I" 
 defire any-thing of them, but to be treated (1 will not 
 fay as a Clergyman, a Gentleman, or a Chriitian, but) 
 with fuch juibce and Humanity as are due to a Jciv, a 
 Turky or a Pagan. 
 
 I am } S IR r 
 
 Tour obedient Servant j 
 JOHN WESLEY. ' 
 
 M 
 
i: 4.,- 3 
 
 At Eight we had fuch a j 
 a Calm. After Chui 
 
 : . | LI 
 
 a large Multitude flocked together; I believe fuch a( 
 
 ition was never before ieen 
 of God was in the midft. A (oh I to run 
 
 thro* the whole Multitude, while [ I on, God 
 
 forbid that I Jhould glory, five in the Crofs of our LORD 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 Monday, 28. I rode to Kin/ale, one of the pjeafanteft 
 Towns which I have feen in Ireland. At Seven I preached 
 at the Exchange, to a few Gentry, many poor People, 
 and Abundance of Soldiers. All behaved like Men that 
 feared God. After Sermon came one from Corkc, and 
 
 informed us, " Mr. W had preached both Morning 
 
 and Afternoon under the Wall of the Barracks : That the- 
 Town-Drummers came ; but the Soldiers afTured them, 
 if they went to beat there, they would be all cut in 
 Pieces : That then the Mayor came himfelf, at the Head 
 of his Mob ; but could make no confiderable Difcurbance: 
 That he went and talked to the commanding Officer; 
 but with fo little Sticcefs, that the Colonel came out, and 
 declared to the Mob, they mud make no Riot there." 
 Here is a Turn of Affairs worthy of God ! Doth He not 
 rule in Heaven and Earth ? i 
 
 Tuefduy, 29. I enquired concerning Richard Hutchinfov^ 
 of whom I had heard many fpeak. His Mother inform- 
 ed me, " It was about Jugujl laft, being then above four 
 Years old, that he began to talk much of God, and to 
 afk Abundance ef Queflions concerning Him. From that 
 Time he never played nor laughed, but was as ferious 
 as one of Threescore. Pic conftantly reproved any that 
 curled or {wore, or (poke indecently in his Hearing ; and 
 frequently mourned over his Brother, who- was two or 
 three Years older, faying, " I fear my Brother will go to 
 Hell; for he does not love God." About Chrtftmas I 
 cut oil* his Hair ; on which he faid, " You cut off my 
 i T air, becaufe you are afraid I fhall have the Small-pox : 
 But 1 am not afraid ; I am not afraid to die ; for I love 
 God." About three Weeks ago he fent for all of the 
 Society whom he knew, laying, he mui! take his Leave 
 
 of 
 
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 f>f them, which he did, fpeaking to them one by one r 
 in the mod tender and afFe&ionate Manner. Four Days 
 after he fell ill of the Small-pox, and was light-headed 
 almod as foon as he was taken : But all his incoherent 
 Sentences were either Exhortation, or Pieces of Hymns, 
 or Prayer. The worfe he was, the more earned he was- 
 to die, faying, " I mud go Home, I will go Home."' 
 One faid, You are at Home : He earned! y replied, " No, 
 this is not my Home; I will go to Heaven. " On the 
 tenth Day of his Lmefs he raifed himfelf up, and faid, 
 u Let me go ; let me go to my Father. I will go Home. 
 Now, now I will go to my Father." After which he lay 
 down and died. 
 
 Wednefday, 30. I rode to Corke. By talking with 
 
 Capt. , I found there was no depending on the- 
 
 good Offices of the Colonel. He had told the Captain- 
 with great Opennek, " If Mr. Wefley preached in the 
 Barracks, and the Mob were to come and break the 
 Windows, I might have a Ion* Bill from the Barrack- 
 mader. " Break the Windows ? Nay, 'tis well if they 
 had not broken the Bones of ail the Soldiers ! 
 
 A little before Five I walked towards the Barracks. 
 The Boys quickly gathered, and were more and more 
 turbulent. But in a Moment all was quiet. This, I af- 
 terwards found,, was owing to Mr.. W , who match- 
 ed a Stick out of a Man's Hand,, and brandifhed it over 
 his Head, on which the whole Troop valiantly ran away. 
 
 When we came over the South Bridge, a large Mob 
 gathered; but before they were well formed we reached 
 the Barrack-Gate ; at a fmall Difrance from which I 
 flood and cried, Let the Wicked forfake his Way. The 
 Congregation of ferious People was large ; the Mob- 
 ftcod about a hundred Yards off. I was a little furprized 
 to obferve, that almod all the Soldiers kept together in 
 a Body near the Gate, and knew not but the Report 
 might be true, that on a Signal given they were all to 
 retire into the Barracks. But they never furred 'till 1 had. 
 done. As we walked away, one or two of them follow- 
 ed us. Their Numbers incrcafed, 'till we had (even or 
 eight before, and a whole Troop of them behind : Be- 
 tween* 
 
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 twccn \vhom I walked, thro' an immenfe Mob, to Alder- 
 man PemtrocPs Door. 
 
 T bur/day i 31. I rode to Ratbcormuck. There being a 
 great Burying in the Afternoon, to which People came 
 from all Parts, Mr. Lcyd read Part of the Burial-fervice in 
 the Church ; after which I preached en, The End cf all 
 Things is at Hand. I was exceedingly ihocked at (what 
 I had only heard of before) the Irijh HoiajI which fol- 
 lowed. It was not a Song, as I fuppofed, but a difmal 
 inarticulate Yell, fet up at the Grave by four fh rill-voiced 
 Women; who (we understood) were hired for that Pur- 
 pofe. But I few not one that fhed a Tear ; for that, it 
 feems was not in their Bargain. 
 
 Friday, June 1. 1 rode over the Mountains to Sbro- 
 nill, and found an Handful of ferious, loving People. I 
 preached in the Evening and Morning, Saturday 2. and 
 then went on to Limerick. 
 
 Sunday, 3. Being Wbitjunday y our Morning Service 
 began, as uiual, at Pour o'CIcck. In the Evening I 
 preached at Mar dyke, to foar or five Times as many as 
 -our Church would have contained. And my Voice 
 would now command them all : It was weak 'till I went 
 to Corke : But in the midfl of the Drumming it was reftorcd, 
 and has never failed me fincc. 
 
 Monday, 4. I rode to Newmarket, a Village near the 
 Shannon, eight Miles, as they call it, from Limerick. I 
 tfbjirid the Spirit of the People while I was preaching, but 
 much more in examining the Society. Four or five 
 Times I was Hopped fhort, and could not go on, being 
 not able to fpeak : Particularly when I was talking with 
 a Child, about nine Years oid, whofe Words aftonifhed 
 all that heard. The fame Spirit we found in Prayer ; fb 
 •that my Voice was well nigh loft among the various Cries 
 of the People. 
 
 Tuc/day, 5. I returned to Limerick. In examining the 
 Society here, I could not but take particular Notice of 
 about ftxty of the Highland Regiment of Soldiers, Men 
 fit to appear before Princes. Their Zeal according to 
 Knowledge has ftirred up many : And they Hill fpeak 
 for God, and are not afhamed, ' 
 
 Wcdnefdayy 
 
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 WtJnrfday, 13. I rode to Sbronill again ; and in ths 
 Morning, 14, to ClenmelL After an Hour's 
 
 Reft w «nd, but were obliged to flop in the Af- 
 
 ternoon, fooner than we defigned, by my Horfe's having 
 a Shoe loofe. The poor Man, at whofe Houfe we called, 
 was not only patient of Exhortation, but exceeding 
 thankful for it. We afterwards miffed our Way ; fo that 
 it was near Eight o'Clock before we got over the Ferry, 
 a Mile fhort of Waterford. 
 
 At the Ferry was a Lad who afked my Name r Whep. 
 he heard it, he cried out, " O Sir, you have no Bufinefs 
 here ; you have nothing to do at Waterford, Butler 
 has been gathering Mobs there all this Week : And they 
 fet upon us io f that we cannot walk the Streets. But 
 if vcu vviil flay at that little Houfe, I will go and bring 
 KM'Cullocb to you." 
 
 We flayed fome Time, and then thought it bed to go 
 a little on our Way toward Pertarlington, But the Ferry- 
 man would not come over : So that, after waiting 'till we 
 were weary, we made our Way thro' fome Grounds, and 
 over the Mountain, into the Cm-rick Road, and went on, 
 about five Miles, to a Village where we found a quiet 
 Houfe. Sufficient for this Day was the Labour thereof: 
 We were on Horfeback, with but an Hour or two's In- 
 termiiTion, from Five in the Morning, 'till within a Quar- 
 ter of Eleven at Night. 
 
 Friday f 15. About Two in the Morning I heard Peo- 
 ple making a great Noiie, and calling me by my Name. 
 They were fome of our Friends from Waterford, who in- 
 formed us, that, upon the Lad's coming in, fixteen or 
 eighteen of them came out, to conducl mc into the 
 Town. Not finding me, they returned; but the Mob 
 met them by the Way, and pelted them with Dirt and 
 Stones to their own Doors. 
 
 We {ct out at Four, and reached Kilkenny, about 
 twenty-five old Trtjh Miles, about Noon, This is by far 
 the molt pleafant, as well as meft fruitful Country, which 
 1 have feen in all Ireland. Our Way after Dinner lay by 
 Dunmort, the Seat of die late Duke of Ormov.d. We 
 rode thro' the Park for about two Miles, by the Side of 
 which the River runs. I never faw either in En± 
 
 Ik. . 
 
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 ni, or Germany, fo delightful a Place. The Walks, 
 
 each confirming of four Rows of Aihc.% the Tufts of Trees 
 fprinklcd up and down, interfperfed with the fmootheit 
 and greeneir. Lawns, are beautiful beyond Defcription. 
 And iv bat hath the (: toft the Earl of Arrant 
 
 Not cv\ 
 
 My Horfe tired in the Afternoon; fo I left him be- 
 hind, and borrowed that of my Companion. I came to 
 Ayno about Eleven, and would very willingly have pafF 
 the rert of the Night there : But the good Woman of the 
 Inn was not minded that I (hould. For (brae Time me 
 would not aniwer : At laft (he opened the Door jufl * 
 enough to let out four Dogs upon me. So I rode on to 
 Ballibritts, expecting a rough Salute here too, from a 
 large Dog which ufed to be in the Yard. But he never 
 birred, 'till the Hoiller waked and came out. About, 
 Twelve I laid me down. I think this was the longed 
 Day's Journey I ever rode ; being fifty old lrijb % that is, 
 about ninety Englijh Miles. 
 
 Saturday, 1 6. I refted, and transcribed the Le::t 
 Mr, Baily. 
 
 Sunday, 17. I preached about Nine, in the Market- 
 place at PortarlingUm ; again at One ; and immediately 
 
 after the Evening Service. The Earl of D — , and 
 
 feveral other Penbns cf Diilinction, liitened a while; but 
 it was not to their Taile. 
 
 7 bur/day , 19. I rode over to Dublin, and found all 
 Things there in a more profperous State than ever before. 
 
 Tkurfday, 2j. I returned to C> 7 c/Ja?:d, and preached 
 in the Evening to a little earned Company. O who ihould 
 crag me into a great Chy, if I did not know there is an- , 
 other World ? How gladly could I fpend the Remainder 
 of a hufy Life in Solitude and Retirement ? 
 
 Friday, 22. We had a Watch-night at Fortarlhtgtcn. 
 I began before the ufoal Time : But it was not eafy to 
 leave off; fo great was our Rejoicing in the Lord. 
 
 Saturday, 23- I heard, Face to Face, two that were 
 
 deeply prejudiced againft each other, Mrs. E and 
 
 Mrs. M . But the longer they talked, the warmer 
 
 they grew ; 'till, in about three Hours, they were almorl 
 
 diilracted. One who came in as a Witnefe, was as hot 
 
 E as 
 
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 as either. I perceived there was no Remedy but Prayer- 
 So a few of us wreftled with God for above two Hours. 
 
 When we rofe, Mrs. M ran and fell on the other's 
 
 Neck. Anger and Revenge were vanifhed away, and 
 
 melted down into Love. One only, M 1 B 
 
 ^continued Hill in bitter Agony cf Soul. We befought 
 43 od in her Behalf; and did not let Him go, 'till fhe alfo 
 was fet at Liberty. 
 
 Sunday, 24. There being no Englifh Service, I went 
 to the French Church. I have fometimes thought, Mr. 
 Wbitefeld's Aclion was violent ; But he is a mere Poll to 
 Mr. Calliard. 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Mountmcllkk, where were 
 two from Rofcrea, to mew me the Way thither. One of 
 them gave us fo flrange a Relation, that I thought it 
 •worth while to fet it down, as nearly as might be, in his 
 •own Words. The flrangefi Part of it reffo not on his 
 Teftimony alone, but on that of many of his Neighbours, 
 none of whom could have any manner of Temptation to 
 affirm either .more or lefs than they faw with their Eyes. 
 
 " My Son John Dudley was born at Rojcrea, in the 
 Year 1726. He was ferious from a Child, tender of 
 Conference, and greatly fearing God. When he was at 
 School, he did not play, like other Children ; but fpent 
 his whole Time in Learning. About Eighteen I took him 
 Home, and employed him in Hufbandry ; and he grew 
 more and more ferious. On February 4, 1747, jult as I 
 was laid down in Bed, he cried out, " My dear Father, I 
 am ready to be choaked." I ran, and took him in my 
 Arms : And in about a Minute he recovered. 
 
 " The next Morning he cried out juil as before; and 
 continued ill about two Minutes. From this Time he 
 gave himfelf wholly to Prayer ; laying afide all worldly 
 Bufmefs. 
 
 m Saturday, February 7. He did not appear to have 
 any bodily Ditfemper, but defired to make his Will. I 
 faid, " My dear Child, I do not fee any Signs of Death 
 .upon you. " He feemed concerned, and faid, " You 
 don't believe me ; but you will foon fee what I fay is 
 tfrue, 1 * 
 
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 u About Noon fome Neighbours condoling with me, 
 on the Lofs of my Wife, who died a few Days before ; 
 when- he faw me weep, he laid his Hand upon my Knee, 
 and faid, a My dear Father, do not offend God. Your 
 fate Wife is a bright Saint in Heaven." 
 
 " Before Ten we went to Bed. About Twelve he 
 came to my Chamber-Door, and faid, <k My dear ho- 
 noured Father, I hope you are not difpleafed with me for 
 difrurbing you at this Time of Night. But I could not 
 go into my Bed 'till I brought you thefe glad Tidings. I 
 was this Morning before the Throne of Grace j and I 
 pleaded Innocence : But my Heavenly Father anfwered, 
 that would not do : On which 1 applied to our blefled 
 Redeemer ; and now He hath, by his precious Blood and 
 his IntercefTion, procured my Pardon : And my Heavenly 
 Father hath fealed it. Everlafling Praife is to his holy 
 Name. 
 
 " I prefumed to afk, " How it was with my deceafed 
 Mothers and Sifters ? Gn which they all fix appeared, ex- 
 ceedingly glorious : But my laft deceafed Mother was 
 brighteft of them all ; fifty Times brighter than the Sun. 
 I intreat I may be buried by her. 
 
 " Sunday, 8. I went early in the Morning to his 
 Chamber, and found him at Prayer, which was his con- 
 ftant Employment. He afked, If he mould go with me 
 to Church ? I faid, I thought he had better read and 
 meditate at Home. As foon as I was gone, he began 
 exhorting the Servants, and his younger Brother. He 
 then went into his Chamber, where he continued upon 
 his Knees 'till I came Home, crying to God with many 
 Tears, and fweating much, through the Agony of his 
 Spirit. 
 
 " When we were fet down to Dinner, I defired him to* 
 eat. He faid, I have no Appetite ; but to pleafe you I 
 will. He then eat two little Bits : And, as foon as 
 Thanks were given, went to his Chamber. He continued 
 there in Prayer about an Hour, and then came out, and 
 faid with a chearful Voice and Countenance, Ll I never 
 knew the Holy Ghoft until now. Now 1 am illuminated 
 with Him. Blefled be my great Creator." He returned 
 to Prayer, and continued therein 'till he came to Family 
 E 2 Duty. 
 
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 Duty. In this he joined with an audible Voice; and, 
 commending us to God, retired to his Room. Yet he 
 did not ileep, but continued in Prayer all Night, and 
 all the next Day. 
 
 " Tuefday y February 10. About Three in the Morn- 
 ing he put oft rJl his Cloaths, even his Shirt, and laid 
 them in order on the Bed, and his Prayer-book in the 
 Window. Then having opened two Doors, he came to 
 the outward Door. I called, " Where are you going ?" 
 He faid, "I am going out of Doors. " I faid, " You 
 need not go at this Time of Night." He replied, " I 
 mult go." I faid, " Then make Hade in again." To 
 which he gave no Anfwer : But unlocking the Door, and 
 pulling it leifurely after him, faid, " My dear Father, 
 farewel for ever. " 
 
 " As foon as the Day dawned, finding he was not re- 
 turned, I went with feveral of my Neighbours to feek 
 him. We found his Track at a Stile near the Houfe, 
 and followed it as clofe as we could : But it was not pof- 
 fible to follow him Step by Step ; for he had gone to and 
 fro above three Miles, thro' Shrubs, and thick, quickfet 
 Hedges, and over deep Ditches full of Water. One 
 Mile of the three was all a Bog, full of Sloughs, and 
 Drains, and Trenches, and deep Holes, with hardly one 
 Foot of firm Ground between them. Eighteen or twen- 
 ty of us bein£ together, about Nine o'Clock found him 
 by the Side of a Lake. He was lying on the Grafs,. 
 flretched cut at length, with his Face upward* His Right 
 Hand was lifted up toward Heaven : His Left fcretched 
 upon his Body. His Eyes werg clofed, and he had a 
 fweet, plea- ant, fmiiing Countenance. What furprized 
 us moil was, That he had no Hurt or Scratch, from the 
 Crown of his Head, to the Sole of his Foot; nor one 
 Speck of Dirt on any Part of his Boly ; no more than if 
 i^had teen jull wafned. On Thurfday he was buried, as 
 I e de fired, jull: bv my Wife, whom he furvived fourteen 
 Days." 
 
 Tuefday, 26. I had gone thro' Mom rath (in the Way 
 to Rnjcrea) when fome met me on the Bridge, and ear- 
 neflly prefl me to preach. So I went into an empty 
 f-Ioufe, (the Rain and the Wind preventing my going 
 
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 to the Market-place) and immediately began to declari 
 The Grace of our Lord Je i US C HRIST. The I \ OU (I 
 prefently filled : The reft of the Audience Hood at 
 Doors and Window?. I few not one Perfbn, Man, 
 Woman, or Child, who behaved either rudely or 
 
 I preached in the Market-place at Rcfcrca, between 
 Six and Seven in the Evening. Several Gentlemen and 
 fcveral Clergymen were prefent; and all behaved well. 
 
 Tburfday, 28. I preached in the Street at Bttr, a lit- 
 tle beyond the Bridge : By this means the Congreg: 
 was four Times larger than ufual; in which were Abun- 
 dance of Romans, 
 
 Friday* 29. As I went thro 5 Frankfort^ many Peo- 
 ple gathered together, chi wans, and 4 
 to preach. I did fo, in the -Town. 1 
 gave a calm, ftupid Attention : But I did not pe re 
 that any of them were affected, otherwife than 
 Amazement; 
 
 1 came to Tidlavicre, as it fell' cut, on a fecond Fair- 
 day; and had, of courfe Abundance oi new Hearer?. I 
 found far more Farneftnef- in the People now, than when 
 I was here before. Why mould we ever be difcouraged 
 by the Want of prefent Succefe? Who knows what a 
 Day may bring forth? 
 
 In l!ie Evening I preached ?xAiblcne^ to many 
 and an uncommon Number of Soldiers, who 
 thered together from every Part, waiting for a Re 
 
 Mrs. T defired me to \o3gQ at her Hcufe. 
 
 Twelve I heard a huge Nolle. Prefently the St 
 
 door was broke open ; next the Door i 9 s 
 
 Chamber; then that of (he Room in which 1 lay. I 
 
 went to the Door ; on which Mr. T fhrui 
 
 walk'd down Stairs, and wreak d his A v enj on 
 Mother's Windows. Some 1 
 Town had fet him on, and 611*3 hi] 
 Purpofe. 
 
 Monday, Jyly 2. Ipreacl 
 I had none to aflift, me, nor ai 
 none. Jt was fuch a Night as I hav< 
 Stouthearted trembled en evei x . 
 
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 Troopers, late at Pbilip/la-ivn, who did once run well. One 
 of them funk down to the Ground as a Stone; others could 
 hardly {land: And the fame Spirit of foiemn, deep Humi- 
 liation feemed to run through the whole AfTembly. 
 
 Tut/day, 3. In fpite of the Indolence of fome, and the 
 Cowardice of others, I preached in the Evening on the 
 Ccnnaugbt Side of the River. I then met the Society : 
 Eut when I would have difmhTed them, none feemed 
 willing to go. We were ftanding and looking at each 
 oiher, when a Trooper ftcpt out into the Middle of the 
 Room, and feid, " I mnfl fpeak. I was Saul: I perfe- 
 cted the Children of God. I joined with you mPbihpJ- 
 tontin ; but I fell back, and hated Goo and all his Ways: 
 I hztcd you m particular, and a Day or two ago faid all 
 manner of Evil of you. I was going to a Woman lafr. 
 Night, when one of my Comrades met and afked me, if 
 I would go to the Watch-night? Out of Curiofity I 
 came; bu: for half the Sermon, I minded Nothing that 
 was faid. Then God ftruck me to the Heart, fb that 
 I could not (land, but dropt down to the Ground. I 
 flept none lad Night, and came to you in the Morning j 
 but I could not fpeak. I went from you to a few of our 
 Brethren, and they prayed with me 'till my Burden dropt 
 off. And now, by the Grace of God, we will part no 
 more. I am ready to go with you all over the World." 
 
 The Words were as Fire: They kindled a FIame > 
 which fpiead through the Congregation. We praifed 
 God with one Heart and one Voice. I then a fecond 
 Time pronounced the BlefFmg : But the People flood 
 without Motion as before, 'till a Dragoon flept from his 
 Fellows, and faid, " I was a Pharifee from my YoutrT, 
 having a Ariel Form of Godlinefs, and yet I always wanted 
 fomething: But I knew not what, 'till fomething within 
 me pulhed me on, I could not tell why, to hear you. I 
 have done fo, fince you came hither. I immediately faw 
 what I wanted, was Faith, and the Love of God. And 
 He fupplied my Wants here lad Night : Now I can re- 
 joice in God my Saviour." 
 
 Wedncfday, 4. I preached at Agbrim. Tbwfday, 5. I 
 rode to Caftlegar, and found Mils B unwillingly re- 
 covering from her Fever ; having a Defire rather to quit 
 
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 the Houfe of Earth, and go to Him whom her Soul *oved, 
 I [er Sifter now breathed the lame Spirit, Doubr and Fear 
 being (led away. 
 
 v. I preached at Ahafhra in the Evening. Great Part of 
 the Congregation were Papilla : Some of whom in the 
 Morning, Friday, 6. were under Jtrong Convictions. I 
 returned X&Atbkm in the Afternoon, m& Saturday, 7. fet 
 out for Longford. • 
 
 Calling at Kenqgb in the Way, I unexpectedly found x 
 large Congregation waiting for me; to whom I declared 
 Jesus Christ, our Ulfdom, Right coufnejs, Sar.clif cation, 
 and Rtdempfion. 
 
 About Seven, I preached at Longford, in the Middle 
 of the Town. It rained all the Time ; but none regarded 
 it. I was a little interrupted by a poor, drunken Papiit, 
 who fpoke a few drolling Words. I intreated the People 
 to let him alone; but I could not prevail : One pulled 
 him by the Ears, another by the Hair, 'till he was draggM 
 away, and all was quiet. 
 
 A large Congregation came at Five, Sunday, 8 ; nor 
 did the Rain drive any of them away. The Word now 
 funk deep. Some dropt down, and one or two were car- 
 ried away. 
 
 At Nine, I preached to a much larger Congregation, 
 and the Word was (harper than ever. Four or five co.ild 
 not bear it, but went away : Some would have gone 
 away, but could not; for the Hand (f the Lord prtft them 
 to the Earth. O fair Beginning! But what will the End 
 be? 
 
 I preached again at Kenagh in my Return, to a fimple, 
 
 loving People. Mr. M , a Gentleman late of Moat, 
 
 bore me Company to and from Lcngfe-.d. Two Year? 
 
 ago he was itrongly prejudiced; and when Mr. IV -*• 
 
 preached at Moat, his Son was in the Mob which drumm'd 
 him out of the Town. Yet he could not but enquire of 
 one and another, 'till one defired him to read The almoft 
 Chriftian. In die midft of it, he cried out, " I am the 
 Man;" and from that Time was convinced more and 
 more. He had met me at Birr, and again at Ah. 
 whence he rode with me to Athlone and to Longford. 
 Paring the fecond Sermon at Kenagh, he felt a great 
 
 Change; 
 
Change; yet durft not fay, his Sins were forgiven. But 
 in riding thence to Athlcnt, the Cloud vanifhed away,. 
 and he could boldly fay, My Lord and my God. 
 
 Monday, 9. I preached in the Evening at Tyrrel's Pafs, 
 and at Five in the Morning, Tuefday, 10. Thence we- 
 rode to Drumcrec, fixteen Irijb Miles to the North of 
 TyrreVs Pafs. In our Way, we ft opt an Hour at Molingar* 
 The Sovereign of the TownPcame to the Inn, and ex- 
 p relied much Defire that I mould preach. But I had little 
 Hopes of doing Good by preaching in a Place where I 
 could preach but once, and where none but me could be 
 
 fullered to preach at all. We came to Mr. N '» 
 
 about Two. Many fine People came from various Parts 
 in the Evening, and were perfectly civil and unconcerned ? 
 So what was (aid to them was written on the Sand. 
 
 Wcdnefday, 1 1. It was not fo with the Morning Con- 
 gregation. There were few dry Eyes among- them. 
 Some would have funk to the Ground, had not others 
 fuppcrted them. And none feemed more afiecled than- 
 
 Mrs. TV herfelf. There was the fame Spirit in the 
 
 livening: Many cried out aloud; and all received the 
 Word with the deepeiT Attention. 
 
 ¥ bur [day, 12. The Congregation at Five was larger 
 than that on Tuefday Evening: And furely God gave to 
 many both the hearing Ear, and the undemanding Heart. 
 
 Friday, 1 3. I preached once more at PdrtarlktgitBn % and 
 afterwards reproved this Society likewife, for the refe- 
 rable Covetoumefs of feme, and Eukcwar-mnefs of others. 
 It may be, they nxill be zealous, and repent ', a?id do thefirjfr '' 
 Works. 
 
 Saturday, 14. I returned to Dublin; and on Sundays 
 15. preached on Oxmantonvn-Gretn, to fuch a Congrega- 
 tion as I never faw in Dublin, nor often in Ireland 'before; 
 Abundance of Soldiers were of the Number. Such ano- 
 ther Congregation I had there between Two and Three 
 in the Afternoon, nctwithftanding the violent Heat of the 
 .Sun: And all were attentive. In the Evening I preached 
 in the Garden at Dolpbi??s Bam: And neither here did I 
 obferye, in the numerous Congregation, any that appeared 
 carelefs or inattentive. | 
 
 Tjtefdayx 
 
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 Tufdy, 17. I read the Letters in our Garden, to near 
 twice as many People as were there on Sunday Evenirig. 
 
 Tburfiday, 19. I met the Oafs of Soldiers : Nineteen 
 are iciolved to fight the good Fight tf Faith \ eleven or 
 
 twelve of whom already rejoice in God through Christ, 
 by whom they have received the Atonement. 
 
 When the Society met, fame Sinners, whom I knew 
 not, were convicted in their own Confciences, fo that 
 they could not retrain from confefTing their Faults in the 
 Face of all their Brethren. One of thefe I had but juft re- 
 ceived in : Another I had declared to be excluded : But he 
 pleaded fo earneftly to be tried a little longer, that there 
 was no refufing : And we wreftled with Go d on his Behalf, 
 that Sin might no more have Dominion over him. 
 
 Friday, 20. The Delay of the Captain with whom I 
 was to fail, gave us an Opportunity of fpending a joyful 
 Night together ; and likewife of preaching once more, 
 on Sunday, 22. upon Qxmantoixm-Grcen. We went on 
 board immediately after, and fct Sail about Ten, with £ 
 fmall, fair Wind. In the Afternoon it failed, and the 
 Tide being againft us, we were obliged to come to an 
 Anchor. 
 
 Monday, 23. The Wind fhifting to the South, and 
 blowing hard, in the Afternoon the Captain feemed under 
 fome Concern. There was all reafon to expect a ftormy* 
 Night; and he defpaired of getting into the BrifiolCh&n- 
 nel, and knew the Danger of beating about, when it was 
 pitch-dark, among thefe Rocks and Sands. It was 
 much on my Mind, They cried unto the Lord in their 
 Trouble, and He delivered them out of their Diflrefis, I 
 knew not why we mould not cry to Him as well as they. 
 Immediately the Wind came fair, and blew fo freftf, that 
 in lefs than two Hours we came into the B) ifiol Channel. 
 
 But the Danger was not over. About Eleven I was 
 waked by a huge, confufed Noife, and found we were in 
 a vehement Squall of Wind, Thunder, and Rain, which 
 brought the Sailors to their Wit's End: They could not 
 fee acrofs the Ship, only juft while the Lightning was 
 glaring in their Eyes. This made them fear running 
 foul, either of the Weljh Sands on the one Hand, or the 
 rocky Shore of Lundy on the other. So they look in the 
 
 Sails, 
 
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 Sails, and let us drive. The Motion then was wonderful. 
 It blew a Storm, and the Wind being contrary to the 
 Tide, the Sea ran Mountain- high. The Ship had no 
 Goods, and little Ballaft on board ; fo that it roli'd as if it 
 would overfet every Moment. It was intenfely dark, and 
 neither the Captain nor any Man elfe knew where we 
 were; only that we were tolling in a bad, narrow Channel, 
 full, of Shoals, and Rocks, and Sands. But does not 
 God hear the Prayer? Mr. Hopper and I believed it our 
 Duty to make the Trial again; and in a very few Mo- 
 ments the Wind was fmall, the Sea fell, and the Cloud* 
 difperfed : So we put up a little Sail, and went on quietly 
 and flowly 'till the Morning dawn'd. About Nine in the 
 Evening we reached the Pill, where. I took Horfe, and 
 rode on to BrifioL 
 
 Wednefday y 25. I found the Comfort of being among 
 thofe whofe Hearts are ftablifhed in Grace. 
 
 Thwjday, 26. I walked over to Kingswood, and founcr 
 our Family there leflened confiderably. I wonder how I 
 am with-held from dropping the whole Defign ; fo many 
 Difficulties have continually attended it : Yet if this 
 Counfel is of God, it mail fland; and all Hindrances 
 fhall turn into Bleffings. 
 
 Sunday , 29. At Seven I preached at Points-Pool, an 
 open Place, a little without Laixford's Gate, juft in the 
 midfl of the Butchers, and all the Rebel-rout, that neither 
 fear God, nor reverence Man. But I believe fome of 
 them found it good to be there. How does God furround 
 this City on all Sides ? Yet ftill not many wife, not many 
 rich, not many noble are called. 
 
 Monday, 30. I fet out for Sbaftjbury* The Rain be- 
 gan when we fet out, which a flrong Wind drove full in 
 our Faces. It did not flop for five Hours, fo that I was- 
 well drenched to the very Soles of my Feet: So I was 
 very willing to Hop atSbepton-mal/et. The next Morning' 
 we came to Shaftjlnwy. 
 
 The Rain made it impracticable to preach abroad irr 
 the Evening; otherwife the Threatnings of Great and 
 Small would not have hindered. I fuppofe the Houfe 
 contained four or five Hundred People; it was foon filled 
 from End to End : . The chief Oppoiers of John Haime were* 
 
 thefei 
 
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 ibefe; but none flirrcd, none fpoke, none fmi!cd: Many 
 were in Tears; and many cthe s were filled with Joy 
 *un freak able. 
 
 JT Jicfday, Aaguft i. At Five in the Morning the 
 Room was nearly full. I was conflrained to continue my 
 Difcourfe considerably longer than ufual. Several of thole 
 who had been the bittcreil Perfecutors were there. Per- 
 haps they will be Doers as well as Hearers cf (be Word. 
 
 Hence we rode to Beer-crocombe, and the next Day, 
 Thurfiay, z. to Collu ipton. I preached in a little Meadow 
 near the Town, fo v alter Six in the Evening : About the 
 Middle o^" my Difcourfe, hard Rain began ; but few 
 of the Congregation ftirred. I then fpent an Hour with 
 the Society; and no; without a Blefllng. 
 
 Friday, 3. Being informed, many at Tiverton de/ired 
 to hear me, I rode over about Noon. But I could find 
 none there who had any Concern about the Matter, ex- 
 cept one poor Man, who received me gladly. I went 
 ftrait to the Market-place, where Abundance of People 
 quickly gathered together ; and not one interrupted, or 
 fpoke, or fmiled. Surely Good will be done in this 
 Place. 
 
 The Congregation at Collumpton in the Evening was far 
 larger than before. At Four in the Morning we took 
 Horfe ; at Ten the Rain began, and ceafed no more 'till 
 we came to Plymouth-deck at Seven in the Evening. 
 
 Sunday, 5. I preached at Eight; but tho' the Warning 
 was fo fhort, the Room could not contain the Congrega- 
 tion. At Five in the Evening I preached in a much 
 larger Room, the Tabernacle in Plymouth; but neither 
 could this contain the Numbers whoilock'd from all Parts. 
 And I was furprized at the Decency of their Behaviour. 
 They were as Hill as one of our London Congregations. 
 
 Monday, 6. I rode to St. Megan's, and found a large 
 Congregation (notwithstanding the Rain) waiting for me. 
 As I came out, a huge Man ran full againft me: I thought 
 it was by Accident, "'till he did it a fecond Time, and be- 
 gan to curfe and fwear ; on which I turned a little out of 
 the Path. He preft vehemently after me thro* the Croud, 
 and planted himfelf clofe by my Side. Toward the Clofe 
 ■of the Sermon, his Countenance changed, and in a while 
 
 he 
 
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 he flipped off his, Hat. When I had concluded, he fqueezej 
 me earneftly by the Hand, and went away as quiet as a 
 Lamb. 
 
 Tuij'day, 7. I went to St. Ezve. There was much 
 Struggling here at hrrt : But the two Gentlemen who oc- 
 casioned it are now removed, one to London, the other 
 into Eternity. 
 
 Wediicfday, 8. We rode to Penryn. Many of the 
 Gentry were prefent in the Evening : And fome of them 
 I permitted to ftay when I met the Society. They feemed 
 much moved. It may Jail more than a Night; for with 
 God all Things are pcjjVok. 
 
 Tburjday, 9. I preached at Givenap, and on Friday. 
 On Saturday Noon at Bezore, near Truro: In the Evening, 
 and on Sunday Morning, in Redruth. Mr. Colins preached 
 an exceeding ufeful Sermon at Church, upon the General 
 Judgment. At One I preached in the Street, to thrice as 
 many as the Room would have contained. I afterwards 
 vifited a poor, old Woman, a Mile or two from the Town : 
 Her Trials had been uncommon ; inexpreflible Agonies of 
 Mind, joined with all Sorts of bodily Fain, not (itfeem'd) 
 from any natural Caufe, but the direct Operation of Satan: 
 Her Joys were now as uncommon ; fhe had little Time to 
 fieep, having for feveral Months laft pail feen as it were 
 the unclouded Face of God, and praifed Him Day and 
 Night. 
 
 Monday, 13. At Noon I preached at Stitbiam, and in 
 the Evening at Sithncy. Tuefday, 14. about Noon in 
 Wendrcn ; at Bray about Six in the Evening. 
 
 Wednejday, 15. By reiie&ing on an odd Book which I 
 had read in this Journey, u The General Delufion of 
 Chriitians with regard to Prophecy, " I was fully con- 
 vinced of what I had long fuipecled, 1 . That the Mon- 
 tanifts in the fecond and third Centuries, were real, fcrip- 
 tural Chrillians; and, 2. That the grand Reafbn why the 
 miraculous Gifts were fo foon withdrawn, was not only that 
 Faith and Holincfs were well-nigh loll, but that dry, for- 
 mal, orthodox Men began even then to ridicule whatever 
 Gifts they had not themfelves, and to decry them all, as 
 either Madaefs or Lnpoilurc. 
 
 Abdfct 
 
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 About Noon I preached at Brcag\ in the Evening in 
 in Crozva?:. On this and the following Days I read over 
 with all the Impartiality I could, the u Free and Candid 
 l)ifquiiitions." It is doubtlefs an exceedingly well-wrote 
 Book ; yet fomething in it I cannot commend. The Au- 
 thor (for trie reprefenting himfelf as many, and fo (peak- 
 ing all along in the plural Number, I take to be only a 
 pious Fraud, ufed to make himfelf appear more consider- 
 able) is far too great a Flatterer for me, dealing in Pane- 
 gyric beyond all Meafure. But, in Truth, he is not much 
 guilty of this, with regard to the Common Prayer. About 
 one Objeftion in ten appears to have Weight, and one iii 
 five has Plaufibility. But furely the Bulk of his Satire, 
 tho' keen, is by no means juft : And even allowing all the 
 B'emifhes to be real, which he has fo carefully and flril- 
 fully collected and recited, what Ground have we to hope 
 that if we gave up this, we mould profit by the Exchange ? 
 Who would fupply us with a Liturgy lefs exceptionable 
 than that which we had before. 
 
 Friday, 17. I preached at Ligeon at Noon, and at 
 Kewlin in the Evening. Through all Cornwall I rind the 
 Societies have fuffered great Lofs trom Want of Difcipline. 
 Wifely faid the Antien'ts, " The Soul and Body make a 
 Man; the Spirit and Difcipline make .1 Chriitian." 
 
 Saturday ', 1 3. I rode to Sf. Juft-, where there is (till 
 the largeil Society in Cornwall; And fo great a Proportion 
 of Believers I have not found in all the Nation befide. 
 Five and forty Perfons I have obferved, as they came in 
 Turn, and every one walking in the Light of God's 
 Countenance. 
 
 Sunday, 19. I preached at Eight to a great Multitude: 
 Such another we had in Morva at One; and again at 
 Zuwior after the Evening Service; whence we rode to 
 $/« hjes % and concluded the Day with Thanklgiving. 
 
 Wednefdaji 22. We had a Quarterly Meeting) at 
 which were prefent the Stewards of all the Cornijh Societies. 
 We had now the firlt Watch-night which had been in 
 Cornwall; And great ivas the Holy One of Ifrael in the 
 rtidj? (f us. 
 
 Tour/day, 23. Having firft fent to the Mayor, to en- 
 quire, if It would be offenfive to him, I preached in the 
 F Evening, 
 
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 Evening, not far from the Market-place. There was a vaft 
 Concourfe of People, very few of the adult Inhabitants of 
 the Town being wanting. I had gone thro' two Thirds 
 of my Difcourfe, to which the whole Audience was deeply 
 
 .attentive, when Mr. S fent his Man to ride his 
 
 Horfe to and fro thro' the midft of the Congregation. 
 Some of the chief Men in the Town bad me go on, and 
 faid, no Man fhould hinder me: But I judged it better to 
 retire to the Room ; High and Low, Rich and Poor fol- 
 lowed me, and foon filled not only the Room itfelf, but 
 all the Space near the Doors and Windows. Gon gave 
 me as it were a Jharp threjhing Inftrumeni^ having Teeth ; 
 fb that the Stout-hearted trembled before Him. O the 
 V/ifdcm of God, in permitting Satan to drive all thefe 
 People together, into a Place where nothing diverted their 
 Attention, but his Word had its full Force upon their 
 Hearts ! 
 
 Friday, 24. T preached in Cambourn at Noon, to the 
 largeil Congregation I had ever feen there; and at St. 
 Agnes in the Evening, to a Multitude not of curious 
 Hearers, but of Men that had tajhd of the good Word, 
 
 Saturday, 2 (J. John Haime, John Tre/nbath and I 
 called at Mrs. Morgan's at Mitchell, who readily told me, 
 and that over and over again, That me " never faw or 
 knew any Harm by me." Yet I am not fure, that me' 
 has not laid jail the contrary to others. If fo, fhe, not I, 
 mull: give account for it to God. 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Port-lfaac in the Street, 
 the Houfe not being able to contain the People. 
 
 Sunday, 26. I preached at 67. Ginnis Morning and 
 Afternoon, but I fear with little Effect. Thence we 
 haflened to Camelford, where I preached in the main 
 Street, the Rain pouring down all the Time : But that 
 neither drove the Congregation away, nor hindered the 
 BlelTino; of God. Many were in Tears, and fome could 
 not help crying aloud, both during the Preaching and the 
 jneeting of the Society. 
 
 Monday, 27. I preached at Trenualder about Noon, on, 
 1 am the Rejurreftion and the Life. Many were diflblved 
 into gracious Tears, and many filled with flrong Confo- 
 /,ation B 
 
 Jo 
 
[ to 'J 
 
 In th,: Evening Mr. w fall of Days, and by 
 
 ch, and I j I ob our Gnat High-r 
 
 Jesus, the Son of G 
 
 i me to preach in his CI: 
 . : But when we came, we found no Notice 
 had been given ; and the KLey of the Church was a Mile 
 
 voom adjoining to it. In 
 the Evening 1 preached in I liurch, to a large and 
 
 attentive Congregation. What can deuroy the Work of 
 God in thefe Parts, but Zeal for, and contending about 
 Opinions ? 
 
 About Eight I preached at St. Stepken r s> near Launceftoi:, 
 and then rode to the Deck ; where I preached to fuch a 
 Congregation as I had not fcen there for fevcral Years, 
 The Night overtook us loon after we had begun ; but 
 die Moon gave us all the Light we wanted. One poor 
 Man at firfl hauled out for the Church-, but he foon went 
 away afhamed. All the reft feemed to be fuch as really 
 deiired to tvorjbip God in Spirit and in Truth. 
 
 Thurfd>y, 30. The Houfe would not contain them at 
 Five ; much Ids at Noon, when the Number was more than 
 doubled. I preached in the Evening at Plymouth. Mul- 
 titudes were prefent ; but no Scoffer, no inattentive Per- 
 Ion. The Time for this is pail, 'till God mall fee good 
 to let Satan lcofe again. 
 
 Friday, 31. Setting out early, we reached Collumpten 
 in the Evening : But as I was not expected, the Congre- 
 gation was fmall. 
 
 Sunday, September 2. I rode to Tiverton. At Eight I 
 preached to twice as many People as were prefent when 
 I was here before. But even this Congregation was 
 doubled at One and at Five. The Meadow was then 
 full from Side to Side, and many flood in the Gardens 
 and Orchards round. It rained in the Day fever al 
 Times ; but not a Drop fell while I was preaching. 
 Here is an open Door indeed 1 May no Man be able to 
 fhut itl 
 
 Monday, 3. About Noon I preached at Hillfarrance, 
 three Miles from Taunton. Three or four Boors would 
 have been rude if they durit ; but the Odds againit them 
 F 2 wa» 
 
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 was too great. At Five I preaehed in Bridgwater to 3 
 well-behaved Company, and then rode on to Middlejey. 
 
 We rode from hence to Shaftjhury, where I preached 
 between Six and Seven to a ferious and quiet Congrega- 
 tion. We had another happy Opportunity at Five in 
 the Pvlorning, when Abundance of People were prefenc 
 I preached at Noon in the moil: riotous Part of the Town, 
 jurr. where four Ways met : But none made any Noife, or 
 fpoke one Word, while I called the Wicked to forfake his 
 Way. As we walked back, one or two foul-mouthed 
 Women fpoke unfeemly : But none regarded, or anfwered: 
 them a Word. 
 
 Soon after I was fat down, a Conftable came, and faid, 
 " Sir, the Mayor difcharges you from preaching in this 
 Borough any more." I replied, " While King GEORGE 
 gives me Leave to preach, I fhall not afk Leave of the 
 Mayor of Shaftjhury." 
 
 Thurfday, 6. I rode to Salijbury, and preached about 
 Noon, (a ftrange Turn of Providence!) in the Chapel 
 which formerly was Mr. Hall's. One poor Woman la- 
 boured much to interrupt-; but (how it was I know not) 
 with all her Endeavours flie could not get out one Word; 
 At length fhe fet a difinal, inarticulate Yell, and went 
 away in all Hafte. . 
 
 I preached at Winter burn in the Evening ; the next at 
 Reading, and, on Saturday %, came to London. 
 
 Here I had the following Account from one of our 
 Preachers : 
 
 " John Jane was never well, after walking from Ep- 
 nocrth to Hainton, on an exceeding hot Day, which threw 
 him into a Fever. But he was in great Peace and Love> 
 even to thofe who greatly wanted Love to him. He was 
 fome Time at Alice Shad/brtPs Houfe, with whom he 
 daily talked of the Things of God. He was never with- 
 out the Love of God; fpent much Time in private 
 Praver ; and joined like wife with her in Prayer feveral 
 Times in a Day. On Friday, Auguji 24, growing as 
 ihe thought Wronger in Body, he fat in the Evening by 
 the Fiie- fide : About Six he fetched a deep Sigh, and ne- 
 ver fpoke more. He was alive 'till the fame Hour on Sar 
 twday, at which, without any Struggle, or any Sign of 
 
 rain, 
 
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 Fain, with a Smile on his Rice, he paflcd 
 Words were, 4i 1 find the Love of God in Chris i 
 ." 
 "All his Cloaths, Linnen, and Woollen, Stocki 
 Hat, and Wig, are not thought fufficientrtb anfwer his 
 
 ant to i /. 17 j. 3 d. All 
 he had was 1 .•-. 4^.? Enouj h 6 
 ofpel to leave to his i 
 
 d on poor Mw. // , whole 1 luf- 
 
 band had juil c. a new Branch of ihaiincfs, when 
 
 God took him away from the#Evil to come. I am per- 
 
 .1, had he continued in his Simplicity he would have 
 
 been alive to this Day. How different frojn tin's was the 
 
 of John Hague? One ret left his firft Love y 
 
 never was weary or faint, prcw in Grace, and 
 
 was ilill on the full Stretch for God. When fuch an \r.~ 
 
 ftrunjent is ihatchod aw ay in the Strength of his Years, 
 
 what can all the Wiidom of Man fay, but, Hotv vn- 
 
 'its, and his ways paft finding 
 
 \ 15. I read over a fhort Narrative of Count- 
 
 , „.*! Life, written by himfelf. Was there ever fi 
 
 fcr the Sun, as this Lord I 
 
 For he has almoil a> many Names 
 
 a* he has Faces or Shapes. O when will he learn (with 
 
 all his Learning) $injriia/y and got When 
 
 will he ue an upright Follower of the Lamb, (o that 
 
 .y be fvar.: ■ ■■}; ? 
 
 .er let out for the North, but 
 returned the next 1> • put of Order, How ' 
 
 do we know the C of God! But we know they 
 
 i-wile and grn 
 
 . c Home in the Evening, 
 
 I found my Brother abundantly wOrfei He had had no 
 
 for feycral Nights, and expected none unlefs from-' 
 
 Opiates. I went down to oar Brethren below, and we 
 
 [ueft known to God. When I went up 
 
 . he was in a found Sleep, which continued 'till the 
 
 21. We had a Watch-night at Spittleficlds. I 
 often wonder at the peculiar Providence of God on theie 
 F 3 fions. . 
 
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 OccaMons. I do not know that in fb many Years one- 
 Perfon has ever been hurt, either in London, Eriftol, or 
 Dublin, in going Co late in the Night to and from all- 
 Parts of the Town. 
 
 Sun day , 23. My Brother being not yet able to aiTifl, 
 I had more Employment To-day than I expected. Li- 
 the Morning I read Prayers, preached, and adminiftered 
 the Sacrament to a large Congregation in Spktlejields. 
 The Service at Wefl-Jlrect continued from Nine till One. 
 At Five I called the Sinners in Moorfu'lds to Repentance; 
 And, when I had" n*nimed my Work, found more Liveli- 
 nefs and Strength than I did at Six in the Morning. 
 
 Monday, 24. I left London ; and the next Morning 
 called at what is filled the Half^-way Houfe. Quickly af- 
 ter, as a young Man was riding by the Door, both Horfe 
 and Man tumbled over each other. As foon as he got 
 up, he began curfirrg his Horfe. I fpoke a few Words, 
 and he was calm. He told me, " He did fear God- 
 once y but for fome Time pail he had cared for nothing." 
 He went away, full of good Refolutions. God bring- 
 them to o-ood Effect ! 
 
 I reached Kings^wicd in the Evening; and the next 
 Day felected Paflages of Milton for the elderV Children to 
 tranferibe and repeat weekly. Thurfday, 27. I went in- 
 to the School, and heard half the Children their LefTons, 
 and then feie&ed Paflages of the moral and facred Poems. 
 Friday, 2B I heard the other Half of the Children. 6V?- 
 turday, 29. I was with them from Four to Five in the 
 Morning. I fpent moll of the Day in revifing Rennet's 
 Antiquities, and marking what was worth reading in the 
 School. 
 
 Wednefday, 0^.3. Irevifed,for theUfe of the Children, 
 
 Archbiihop P 's Grecian Antiquities, a dry, dull, heavy 
 
 Book, yburjday, 4. I revifed Mr. Lewis's Hebrew An- 
 uquiiies ; fomething more entertaining than the other, 
 and abundantly more inftru&ive. 
 
 Saturday, 6. I nearly fnifhed the Abridgment of Dr. 
 Cave's Primitive ChnjLiamty, a Look wrote with as much 
 Learning, and as little Judgment, as any I remember to 
 Juve read in my whole Life 3 ferving the antient Chrifti- 
 
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 nns juft as Xenofh™ did 6 ihg every weak 
 
 Thing they ever faid or did. 
 
 ]t\dn?jday, io. I dined at /> S 's, who, with 
 
 hi- Wife and Daughter, are wonderful Monuments of 
 God's Mercy. They were convinced of the Truth when 
 I firit. preached at Briftcl, and Mrs. Sk — was a living 
 Witnefs of it. Yet Satan was afterwards fufferod r 
 her as Wheat;- it feems, to take Pofleflion of her Body. 
 He tormented her many Years in an unheaid of Manner. 
 But God has now fet her at full Liberty. 
 
 T bur/Jay, ii. I prepared a fhort Hiftory of England 
 for the Uie of the Children : And on Friday and Saturday 
 a fhort Rotnan Hiftory, as an Introduction to the Latin 
 Hiflorians. Monday, 15, I read over Mr. Hdtmefz Latin 
 Grammar, and extracted from it' what was needful to 
 perfect our own. 
 
 ■da;, 20. I found it absolutely necefllrry, openly 
 and explicitly to warn all that feared Goo to beware of 
 the German Wolves, (falfely called Moravians) and keep 
 cloie to the great Shepherd of their Souls. 
 
 Turfdr.y, 23. Riding thro' Hok, I called on the Mini- 
 
 fter, Mr. L , one of the moff zealous Ad verfaries 
 
 we have in England. 1 found a calm, fenfible, venerable, 
 ©Id Man, and fpent above an Hour in friendly Alterca- 
 tion. Thence 1 rode to Milkj}ram> where the Number 
 cf People obliged me to preach abroad, notwithstanding 
 the keen North Wind. And the fteady Attention of the 
 Hearers made Amende for the Rigour of the Seafon. 
 
 Wedmfd y, 24. I fet out for London. In the Morning, 
 
 Friday 26, Mrs. C called upon me, I think it my 
 
 bounden Duty to declare the Heads or" our Conversion. 
 
 u My Son ((he laid) declared in my Hearing, and 
 before the- whole Congregation at Tetberton^ that when 
 he went to Germany he itill judged it would be beft for 
 him, to live a fmgle Life : That the Brethren there faid 
 
 to him one Day, " Broihcr C , it is the Will of the 
 
 Lamb you mould marry." He replied, " I don't believe 
 k is." They faid, " Yes it is ; and that yow fhould mar- 
 ry fuch a Perfon, " (naming the Sifter of j H 's 
 
 'Wife.) He then faid, " I like her very well." On which 
 they faid, u No, it knothis Will you mould marry her; 
 
 but 
 
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 but yam Briant" He anfwered, " I can't believe it is." 
 So he left them, and walked out into the Fields. There 
 he thought, " I muft be fimple. It may be the Will of 
 the Lamb." So the next Day he married her. 
 
 She added, " I had four Chicken; but three of them 
 are left. They take no more Notice of me than if I was 
 dead. John never came to fee ?ne, all the Time I was in. 
 London: And- when I went to him, two Men came, 
 and Hood by us all the Time, to hear every Word we 
 fkid. 
 
 " I thought to have fpent all my Life in his Houie at. 
 7 ether ton. And fo I fent all my Goods thither to furniuY 
 the Houie, to the Value- of thirty or forty Pounds. But 
 
 as foon as John was gone to Germany* Mr. H , one 
 
 of their Preachers, came and told me, " He had taken 
 the Houfe, (which was a Lie) and I muft go out of that 
 Room." It was the laft Weefc. in January* 1 afked,. 
 " Where I mull go r " He faid, " I might go where I 
 would; but I mould not ftay there." So I went out; 
 and, between Crying and the Cold, (for there was no 
 Fire-place where I now was) in three Days I was ilone— 
 blind. 
 
 " Some Time after I told P S I wanted my 
 
 Goods. He faid, I mould not have them. I faid, Then 
 I would fetch a Warrant. But at Lift John gave me Tea 
 Pounds : And that, I find, is all I am to have. " 
 
 Friday, November 2. I began taking an Account of all 
 in the Society that were in Want: But I was foon dif- 
 ccuraged ; their Number fo increasing upon me, parti- 
 cularly about MoorfieUs, that I faw no Poiiibility of re- 
 lieving them all, unlefs the Lord mould, as it were, 
 make Windows in Heaven. 
 
 Saturday, 17. I made an End of that very odd Tract, 
 " A Creed founded on common Senfe." The main of it 
 I admire as very ingenious : But ftill I cannot believe, 
 either, 1. " That the ten Commandments were not de- 
 igned for a complete Rule of Life and Manners;" or, 2. 
 " That the old Teftamcnt was never underftood 'till 1700 
 Years after Christ." 
 
 Munday, 19. I met with an uncommon Inflance of 
 Dijlrefs. A poor Woman, whofe Huiband was at Sea, . 
 
 as 
 
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 a^ me was Pepping out o( her own Door, faw a 
 whipt along the Street. Being feven Months gone with 
 Child, ihe went up Stairs, and fell in Labour immedi- 
 ately. Having none to help her, there Ihe remained, 'till 
 Jhe was conitrained to rile, and go down for ibme Food. 
 This immediately threw her into an high Fever. A young 
 Woman calling there, by mere Accident, as it is termed, 
 found her and the Child juft alive, gave her all the Mo- 
 ney Ihe had, (which was between eight and nine Shillings) 
 and from that Time duly attended her every Day. 
 
 Thurfday y 22. I read the curious Journal of Mr. £— 
 Prefident of the Council in Georgia : Full as trifling and 
 dull, and about as Que, as that of Mr. jtdtmu, Prefident 
 of the Prophets. 
 
 WcJmjkaj) 27. I fmiftied the following Letter to an 
 eld Friend, whole Spirit and Life once adorned the Go* 
 (pel: 
 
 Cookham y Nov. tj 9 175c. 
 Dear SIR, 
 Several Times I have defigned to fpeak to you at larger 
 concerning fome Things which have given me Uneaiineil. 
 And more than once I have begun to fpeak, but your 
 Good-humour quite diiarmed me : So that I could not 
 pievail upon myfelf to give you Pain, even to remove a 
 greater Evil. But I can't delay any longer: And there* 
 fore take this Way, (as lefs liable to Disappointment) of 
 laying before you, with all Freedom and Unreferve, the 
 naked Sentiments of my Heart. 
 
 You feem to admire the Moravians much : I love them, 
 but cannot admire them ; (altho' I did once, perhaps more 
 than yc-u do now) and that for the following Reafons. 
 
 Firfc, I do not admire the Names they a&u&e to them- 
 felves. They commonly ilile themfelves The Brethren, 
 or The Moravian Cbu cb* Now the former of thefe, Tb$ 
 Brethren, either implies, that they are the only Christians 
 in the World, (as they were who were lb (Tiled in the 
 Days of the Apofttes) or a. leaft, that t hey are the befc 
 Chriitians in the World, and therefore defcr\ce to be em- 
 phatically fo call ± But is not even this a very high En- 
 comium upon themfelves ? I mould therefore more ad- 
 mire a more modeil Appellation. 
 
 "Bui 
 
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 " But why fhould they not call themfelves The Mora- 
 vian Church ?" Becaufe they are not The Moravian 
 Church ; no more (at the utmoft) than a Part is the 
 Whole ; than the Romifo Church is the Church ^Christ. 
 A Congregation affembled in St. Paul's might, with greater 
 Propriety, rlile themfelves The Church of England, Yea, 
 with far greater ; i . Becaufe thefe are all Englijbmen born ; 
 2. Becaufe they have been baptized as Members of the 
 Church of 'England '; and 3. Becaufe, as far as they know, 
 they adhere both to her Doctrine and Discipline. Whereas, 
 
 1, Not a tenth Part of Count Zinzendorf's Brethren are fo 
 much as Moravian born ; not two thoufand out of twenty 
 thouiaixh Quaere, If two hundred Adults ? If iifty Men ? 
 
 2. Not one tenth of them were baptized as Members of 
 the Moravian Church, (perhaps not One, 'till they left 
 Moravia) but as Members of the Romijh Church : 3. 
 They do not adhere either to the Doctrines or Difcipline 
 of the Moravian Church. They have many Do&rines 
 which that Church never held, and an entirely new Scheme 
 of Difcipline. 4. The true Moravian Church, of which 
 this is a very fmall Part, if it be any Part at all, is (till 
 fubiifling ; not in England or Germany •, but in Polijh Pruf- 
 
 Jia. Therefore I cannot admire their afluming this Name 
 to themfelves : I cannot reconcile it, either with Modefty 
 or Sincerity. 
 
 If you fay, " But the Parliament has allowed it :" I 
 anfwer, I am forry for it. The putting fo palpable a 
 Cheat upon fo auguft an Aflembly, with regard to a no- 
 torious Matter of Fact, I conceive does not. redound to- 
 their own, any more than to the Honour of our Nation. 
 
 If you add, " But you yourfelf once fliled them thus:" 
 I grant I did ; but I did it in Ignorance. I took it on 
 their Word ; and I now freely and openly teftify my Mis- 
 take. 
 
 Secondly, I do not admire their DoMrine in the Parti- 
 culars that follow : 
 
 1 . That we are to do nothing, in order to Salvation,- 
 but barely to believe. 
 
 2 . That there is but oxe Duty now, but one Command, To 
 believe in Christ. 
 
 3. That 
 
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 V That Christ has taken away all other Com- . 
 and Duties, having wholly abohjbed ' the Lau.\ 
 
 (The Sermon Count Zinzendof preached at Fetterlane, 
 on John viii. 11. places this in a ftrong Light. He 
 roundly began, " Christ fays, J came not to deftroy 
 the Law: But He did deitroy the Law. The Law con- 
 demned tliis V/oma to Diath : But He did not condemn 
 her. And Gon Himfelf does not keep the Law. The 
 Law forbids Lying: But boo faid, Forty Days and 
 Nineveh (hall be destroyed. Yet Nineveh was not de- 
 ftroyed.") 
 
 4. That there is no fuch Thing as Degrees in Faith, or 
 nvedk Faith ; fmce he has no Faith, who has any Doubt or 
 Fear. 
 
 (How to reconcile this, with what I heard the Count 
 ailert at large, " That a Man may have justifying Faith, 
 and not know it," I cannot tell.) 
 
 5 . That we are fanfiified wholly, the Moment we are 
 juftified, and are neither more nor lefs holy, to the Day 
 of our Death. 
 
 6. That a Believer has no Holinefs in himfelf 'at all; 
 .all his Holinefs being imputed, not inherent, 
 
 7. That a Man mav feel a Peace that paiTeth all Un- 
 derstanding, may rejoice with Joy full of Giory, and 
 have the Love of God, and of all Mankind, with Do- 
 minion over all Sin ; and yet all this may be only Na- 
 ture, animal Spirits, or the Force of Imagination. 
 
 8. That if a Man regards Prayer, or fearching the 
 Scriptures, or Communicating, as Matter of Duty ; if he 
 judges himfelf obliged to do thefe Things, or is troubled 
 when he neglecls them ; he is in Bondage, he is under 
 the Law, he has no Faith ; but is dill feeking Salvation 
 by Works. 
 
 9. That therefore, 'till we believe, we ought to be ft ill \ 
 that is, not to pray, fearch the Scriptures, or commu- 
 nicate. 
 
 10. That their Church cannot err, and of confequence 
 Ought to be implicitly believed and obeyed. 
 
 Thirdly. I approve many Things in their Practice ; 
 ye: even this I cannot admire in the following Inilances : 
 
 1. I 
 
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 i . I do not admire their conforming to the World, by 
 ufelefs, trifling Converfation : By fufFering Sin upon their 
 Brother, without reproving even that which is grofs and 
 open ; By Levity in the general Tenor of their Behaviour; 
 not walking as under the Eye of the great God : And 
 laltly, By joining in the molt trifling Diverfions, in order 
 t: do Go:d. 
 
 2. I do not admire their clcfe, dark, referved Beha- 
 viour, particularly toward Strangers. The Spirit of Se- 
 crecy is the Spirit of their Community, often leading even 
 into Guile and Dfliimulation. One may obferve in them 
 much Cunning, much Art, much Evafion, andDrfguife. 
 They often appear to be what they are not ; and not to 
 be what they are. They fo ftudy to become all Things 
 to all Men, as to take the Colour and Shape of any that 
 are near them : Direclly contrary to thatOpennefi, Frank* 
 nefs, and Plainnefs of Speech, fo manifeft in the Apoftles, 
 and primitive Chriftians. 
 
 3. I do not admire their confining their Beneficence to 
 the narrow Bounds of their own Society. This feems the 
 more liable to Exception, as they boaft of poiiefllng fo 
 immenfe Riches. In his late Book the Count particularly 
 mentions, how many hundred thoufand Florins a fingle 
 Member of their Church has lately expended ; and how 
 many hundred thoufand Crowns of yearly Rent, the No- 
 bility and Gentiy only of his Society, enjoy in one fingle 
 Country. Mean time do they all put together expend 
 one hundred thoufand, yea one thdufand, or one hundred, 
 in feeding the Hungry, or cioathing the Naked, of any 
 Society but their own ? 
 
 4. 1 do not admire the Manner wherein they treat their 
 Opponents. I cannot reconcile it either to Love, Humi- 
 lity, or Sincerity. Is utter Contempt, or fettled Dildain, 
 confident with Love or Humility ? And can it confiit with 
 Sincerity, to deny ary Charge which they know in their 
 Confcience is true ? To fay, Thofe Quotations are unjuft, 
 which are literally copied from their own Books ? To 
 affirm, Their Joctrines are miireprefented, when their 
 own Senf? is given in their own Words ? To cry, u Poor 
 Man ! He is quite dark! He is utterly blind ! He knows 
 nothing of our Doftrinesi* Tho' they cannot point out 
 
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 one Millake this blind Man has made, or confute one 
 Ahertion he has advanced. i 
 
 Fourthly. I lea/t of all admire the Effefts their Doc- 
 ti me has had on ibme who have lately be<run to hear 
 them. 
 
 For i. It has utterly deftroyed their Faith, their in- 
 ward Evidence of Things not fecn ; the deep Conviction 
 they once had, That the Lamb of God had taken away 
 their Sins. Thofe who before had the Witncfs in them- 
 felves of Redemption in^he Blood of Christ, who had 
 the Spirit of God clearly witnelTmg with their Spirit, that 
 they were the Children of God : After hearing thefe but 
 a few Times, began to doubt ; then reafoned themfelvcs 
 into utter Darkncfs ; and in a while aihrmed, ftrlt., That 
 they had no Faith now, (which was truej and foon after, 
 That they never had any. And this was not the acci- 
 dental, but natural Effect of that Doclrine, That there 
 are no Degrees in Faith ; and that none has any Faith, 
 who is liable at any Time to any Degree of Doubt or 
 Tear : As well as of that dark, unintelligible, unicriptU- 
 r-al Manner, wherein they affect to (peak of it. 
 
 I expert you will aniwer, " Nay, they arc the mofl 
 plain, iimple Preachers of any in the whole World. Sim- 
 ■ / is their peculiar Excellence. " 1 grant, one 
 f Simplicity is : A fmgle Specimen whereof may fufhee. 
 One of their eminent Preachers, defcribi 
 
 the Childhood of the Lamb," obierved, That " his 
 fclother might fend Him out one Morning, for an Half- 
 penny-worth of Milk ; that making Halle back, He 
 might fall and break the Porringer ; and that He might 
 work a Miracle to make it whole again, and gather up 
 Milk into it." Nov/, can you really admire this 
 Kind of Simplicity ? Or think it does Honour to God 
 . the Fieih ? 
 z. This Preaching has deflroyed the Love of God in 
 ■ Souls, which was the natural Effect of defiroying 
 Faith : As well as of teaching them to grieve the 
 :it of God, by afcribing his Gift to Imagine 
 spirits : And of perplexing them, with 
 iptural Cautions, a^amihihe telf.fc L^ 
 
C7+] 
 
 Con : In which it is not eafy to fay, whether Nonfenfe 
 or Blafphemy be the chief Ingredient. 
 
 3. This Preaching has greatly impaired, if not de- 
 ftroved, the Love of their Neighbour in many Souls. 
 They no longer burn with Love to all Mankind, with De- 
 fire to do Good to all. They are ft rait cried in their tmm 
 Bowels ; their Love is confined to narrower and narrower 
 Bounds; ?till at length they have no Defire or Thought 
 of doing good to any but thofe of their own Community. 
 If a Man was before a zealous Member of our Church., 
 groaning for the Profperity of our Zion* it is pall ; all that 
 Zeal is at an End ; he regards the Church of England no 
 more than the Church of Rome; His Tears no longer fall, 
 his Prayers no longer afcend, that God may mine upon 
 her Deflations. The Friends that were once as his own 
 Soul, are now no more to him than other Men. All the 
 Bands of that formerly endeared Aflecuon are ao Threads 
 of Tow that have touched the Fire. Even the Ties of 
 filial Tendernefs are diiTolved. The Child regards not 
 Lis own Parent : He no longer regards the Womb that 
 bare, or the Paps that gave him Suck. Recent Inflances 
 of this alfo are not wanting. I will particularize, if re- 
 quired. Yea, the Son leaves his aged Father, the Daugh- 
 ter her Mother, in Want of the Necenaries of Life. I 
 know the Perfons. I have myfelf relieved them more 
 than once. For that was Cor ban whereby they Jhould have 
 leen profited. 
 
 4. Thefe humble Preachers utterly deftroy the Humi* 
 Ihy of their Hearers ; who are quickly wifer than all their 
 former Teachers : Not becaufe they keep thy Commandments, 
 (as the poor Man under the Law (aid) but becaufe they 
 allow no Commandments at all. In a few Days they are 
 nvifer in their own Eyes, than /even Men that can render a 
 'Reafon. " Render a Reafon ! Ay, there it is. Your car- 
 nal Reafon deflroys you- You are for Reafon : I am for 
 Faith." I am for both : For Faith to perfect my Rea- 
 fon : That by the Spirit of God not putting out the Eyes 
 of my Underfianding, butenlighteng them more and more, 
 I may be ready to give a clear, fcriptural Anfwer to eve?y 
 Jvfa/; that ajketh we a Reafon of the Hope that is in me. . 
 
 5. This 
 
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 c . This Preaching deilroys true, genuine Simplicity. Let 
 a plain, open-hearted Man, who hates Controversy, and 
 loves the Religion of the Heart, go but a few Times to 
 f am 9 and he begins to difpute with every Man he 
 meets; he draws the Sword, and throws away the Scab- 
 bard. And if he happens to be hard preft by Scripture 
 or Reafon, he has as many Turns and Fetches as a Jefuit : 
 So that it is out of the Power of a common Man even to 
 underftand, much more to confute him. 
 
 6. Laftly, I have known a fhort Attendance on this 
 Preaching deflroy both Gratitude, ' Juftice, Mercy, and 
 Truth. Take one only, but a terrible Proof of this. 
 One, whom you know, was remarkably exacl; in keeping 
 his Word* He is now (after hearing them but a few 
 Months) as remarkable for breaking it : Being infinitely 
 more afraid of a legal, than of a lying Spirit ! More jea- 
 lous of the Works of the Laiv, than of the Works of the 
 Devil. He was cutting off every poflible Expence, in or- 
 der to do Juftice to all Men. He is now expending large 
 Sums in mere Superfluities. He was merciful after his 
 Power if not beyond his Power: 
 
 V Lifl'ning attentive to the Wretches Cry, 
 
 The Groan low-murmur'd, and the whifper'd Sigh." 
 
 But the Bowels of his Companion are now fhut up. Ke 
 has been in Works too long already. So now, to prove 
 his Faith, he lets the poor Brother flarve, for whom 
 Christ died ! If he loved any one under the Sun more 
 than his own Soul, it was the Jnilrument by whom God 
 had raifed him from the Dead. He afTiftea him to the 
 utmoit of his Power : He would defend him even before 
 Princes. But he is now unconcerned whether he finks 
 or fwims : He troubles not himfeif about it. Indeed he 
 
 gives him Good Words ; that is, before his Face: 
 
 But behind his Back he can himfeif rail at him by the 
 
 Hour ; and vehemently maintain, Not that he is miftaken 
 
 in a few imaller Points, but that he " preaches another 
 
 God, not Jesus Christ." 
 
 A^rt Thou the Man ? If you are not, go and hear the 
 
 Gtrma?:s again next Sunday, 
 
 G 2 Friday, 
 
I 7* "J 
 
 Friday, 30. I rode thro' a violent Storm to Wind/or, 
 and preached to a little ferious Congregation. About 
 One I preached at Brentford, and gathered up the poor 
 Remains of the Shattered Society. How firm did thefe 
 £and in the rasdft of Storms ? But the Sun fhone, and 
 they melted away. 
 
 Monday, December 3. I rode to Canterbury, and preach- 
 ed en Re<v< xx. A few turbulent People made a little 
 Noife, as I found it was their Cuiiom to do. Perceiving 
 more of them were gathered the next Night, I turned 
 and fpoke to them at large. They appeared to be not 
 a little confounded, and went away as quiet as Lambs. 
 
 Wednefday, 5 . I walked over the Cathedral, and fur- 
 veyed the Monuments of the antient Men of Renown. 
 One would think fuch a Sight ihould flrike an utter 
 Damp upon human Vanity. What are the Great, the 
 Fair, the Valiant, now ? The matchlefs Warrior r The 
 puiffant PVIonarch ? 
 
 11 An Heap of Dull is all remains of thee! 
 >Tis all thou ai t, and all the Proud fhall be 1 " 
 
 Monday, 10. I rode to Leigh in EJfex, where I found 
 a little Company feeking God, and endeavoured to en- 
 courage them in provoking one another to Love and good 
 Works. 
 
 Monday, 17. I fet upon cleanfing Augeash Stable ; 
 upon purging that huge Work, Mr. Fox's Afis and 
 Monuments, from all the Train which that honed, inju- 
 dicious Writer has heaped together, and, mingled with 
 thofe venerable Records, which are worthy to be had 
 in ever! ailing Remembrance. 
 
 Sunday, 23. I buried the Body of Elizabeth Bam- 
 field, a young Woman of two and twenty, who, the 
 Tuefdcy before, rofe up from Breakfail, dropt down, 
 and fpoke no more. But fhe was ready for the Bride- 
 groom. Blefled are they whom, when He cometh, He 
 fhal! find watching ! 
 
 Tufdqy, January i, 1 75 1. About this Time I re- 
 ceived a remarkable Letter ; Part of which ran as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 " When 
 
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 cc When George Whitcjield firir. preached on Kennington 
 Common, Curiofity drew me to hear him frequently. I 
 admired his Zeal in calling Sinners to Repentance ; but 
 did not fee myfelf to be one of that Number, having had 
 a religious Education, even in fpiritual Religion, fuch as 
 was not to be found in other Societies. 
 
 " As ibon as the Foundery was taken, I went thither 
 conflandy, Morning as well as Evening. But I had no 
 Defire of bemg acquainted with any of the Society, much 
 lefs of joining therein, being flrongly refolved, never to 
 turn my Back on the Profeflion I was educated in. 
 
 " The next Year I furnifhed myfelf with the Books 
 which John and Charles Wef.ey had printed. I compared 
 them with Robert Barclay's Apology, and with the Bible; 
 and of many Things I was convince'! : But what they faid 
 of Justification I could not comprehend; and I did not 
 much concern myfelf about it, being but (lightly con- 
 vinced of Sin. 
 
 " It was my Cuitom to rife fome Hours before the Fa- 
 mily, and fpend that Time in Reading. Qm Sunday 
 Morning I was juil going to open mv Bible, when a 
 Voice (whether inward or outward I cannot 1 11) feemed 
 to fay very loud, " Gon, for Christ's Sake, hath for- 
 given thee." I ftarted up, took the Candle, and fearched 
 all about, to fee if any one was near; but there was none. 
 I then fat down, with fuch Peace and Joy in my Soul as 
 cannot be defcribed. While I was mufing, what it could 
 mean; I heard it again, faying, " Go in Peace, thy Sins 
 are forgiven thee." I trembled exceedingly, not with 
 Fear, but fuch an Emotion as I can't exprefc. Yet I gat 
 up the fecond Time, and opened the Door, to fee if it 
 was any human Voice. Soon after it was repeated the 
 third Time, 11:11 louder, which drove me on my Km 
 Prayer, being overwhelmed with the Love of God, 
 for the Time utterly incapable of Doubt or Fear, 
 
 " I now faw the New Teitament in a different Lfght 
 than I had ever done before. All ,the Day I was 
 forted with Promifes from it, either read or brou 
 my Mind: Yet the Thought, " May not all this" be a 
 Delator;:" frequently darted into me. But it as 
 G 3 
 
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 drove me to Prayer : Upon which all Doubt prefentl-/ 
 vanifhed away. 
 
 " I was immediately changed in my Drefs, Conven- 
 tion, and whole Deportment, which brought on me the 
 Ridicule of all my Acquaintance : But nothing moved me. 
 I wondered what the Crofs meant; for whatever appeared 
 to be the Will of God, I ran chearfuHy to do, without a 
 Moment's Hefitation. I felt no Temptation to Anger, 
 Pride, or any other Evil : Tho' often provoked, I was 
 not rufHed in the leaft. God feemed to reign in my 
 Heart alone; He was all my Defire, all my Hope : And 
 this Light lafted about three Months, without any Cloud 
 at all. 
 
 " But after this, it pleafed God to remove all at once 
 the- Veil which 'till then covered my Heart; tho' I do not 
 remember, that any Difobedience preceded : For I feared 
 Sin more than Death or Hell. Yet in a Moment fuch a 
 Scene was opened ro me, that if I had not felt the Hand of 
 God underneath me, I mould certainly have gone di r 
 ftracled.- The infernal Regions were reprefented to my 
 View Day and Night : At the fame Time I faw whai: I 
 was by Nature, and what I had defer ved from God for 
 &U my Sins. O how did Satan then ftrive to tear away 
 my Shield ? And what a Burden of Sin did I feel ? 'Tis 
 impoflible to defcribe it. If I looked from God a Mo- 
 ment, I was full of Horror. I often feared I mould lofc 
 my Senfes ; but had no Thought of Death, nor Fear con- 
 cerning it : Yet Hell appeared to me without a Covering, 
 and I feemed iurrounded with Devils fleeping and waking. 
 But I ftill held this faft, " Thou haft forgiven me, O my 
 God, and I will not let Thee go." 
 
 " All this Time I conftantly attended the Preaching; 
 and having a ftrong Defire to know whether Friend Wejleys 
 lived the Gofpel as well as preached it, I got acquainted 
 with one who lived at the Foundery. I frequently fat and 
 worked with her, and made all poflible Enquiries into the 
 moft minute Circumftances of their Behaviour. This af- 
 terwards proved a great Blefling to me : For when I heard 
 any idle Report, (and I heard not a few) I could anfvv.er 
 peremptorily, " I know the contrary. " 
 
 « The* 
 
Erf] 
 
 " Their Preaching now took deeper Hold of me than 
 ever, and fe arched every Corner of my Heart. I faw, I 
 had nothing to bring to God, and was indeed vile in my 
 own Eyes. When my Friends fbmetimes told me, how 
 good I had been, their Words were as (harp Swords. I 
 found I had nothing to trull in, but the atoning Elood. 
 But this Trufc. kept my Soul in conitant Peace. 
 
 " Thus I went on a confiderable Time, before I ad- 
 mitted any ferious Reflections concerning the Ordinances; 
 which. indeed I did not care to think of at all, 'till one 
 Day reading in the third Chapter of St. John's GofpeJ, 
 Except a Man be bom cf Water and the Spirit, he cannot 
 this Kingdom cf God : The Words (Truck me to the 
 Heart : I began to read over again, with all Attention, 
 what was written on both Sides of the Queilibn. But 
 this gave me no Satisfaction ; lb I tried another Way, 
 giving myfetf up to earned Prayer, " That God would 
 guide me by his Word and Spirit, into all that He re- 
 quired of me." 
 
 " However thefe Thoughts died away, and I was 
 quite eafy about it, 'till one Sunday, at Deuonjhire-J'quare 
 Meeting, it was brought to my Mind in fuch a Manner, 
 that I believe the Scat fhook under me. I then plainly 
 faw it was my Duty, and determined to delay no longer : 
 For that Purpofe, I went to Cowley, two or three Days 
 after. But all the Night before it was to be done, I was 
 in deep Dirtrefs. I fpent all the Hours in Weeping and 
 Prayer, and yet as the Morning drew on, my Trouble 
 increafed, with flrong Terror, as if T was juii going to 
 Execution. But I remained fixt in my Purpofe: And as 
 foon as I was baptized, all the Clouds difperfed, and I 
 rejoiced more than ever in God my Saviour." 
 
 Wednefday, 16. I received another Letter from a Friend^ 
 ©n a Subjecl of general Concern: 
 
 " Very Dear SIR, 
 
 " When I have deeply mufed on Ages paft, and en 
 the Revival of primitive Christianity in the p relent Ag^:, 
 1 have often queried, whether ever before oui Time I 
 
 ajrofe 
 
[ So} 
 
 arofe in any one Place, and in the fame Inftant, a viftbli 
 Chriftian Society, and a 'vifible Antichrijlian One. No- 
 doubt God had wife Ends in permitting the Unit as Fra- 
 trum to appear, jure, as the People of God began to unite 
 together. But we cannot fathom his Defigns. Yet we 
 know all (hall work together for his People's Good. 
 
 u Perhaps it required more Grace to withffand this 
 Contagion, than would have enabled us to die for Ch r ist ; 
 and very probably we mould have been now a very diiTe- 
 rent People from what we are, had we only had our own 
 Countrymen to cope with: We mould then have Only let 
 the plain Go/pel of Christ againft, what was palpably 
 another Gofpel y and the Mind and' Life of Christ in Op- 
 pofltion to that of thofe who are vulgarly term'd Christians, 
 And I verily believe, we mould have been fir higher in 
 Chriftianity than molt of us are at this Day. 
 
 "• But this fubtlePoiibn has more orlefs infected almofr. 
 all, from the Higher!: to the Lowell:, among us. We would 
 put Gofpel Heads on Bodies ready to indulge every unholy 
 Temper. Altho' (Glory be to God) as a Society , we 
 Hand at leaft as clear of joining with the Beaft as any 
 other; yet we have not purged out all his Leaven; the 
 Antinomical Spirit is not yet cait' out. 
 
 " All our Preaching at firft was pointed at the Heart, 
 and a!moft all our private Converfation. Do you feel the 
 Love of God in your Heart? Does his Spirit reign there? 
 Do you walk in the Spirit ? Is that Mind in you which 
 was in Christ ? were frequent QuelHons among us. 
 But while thefe Preachers to the Heart were going on glo- 
 rioufly in the Work of Christ, the fulfe Apoftlcs Itept in, 
 laughed at all Heart-work, and laughed many of us out 
 of our fpiritual Senfes : For, according to them, we were 
 neither to fee, hear, feel, nor taite the Powers of the 
 W T orld to come ; but to reft contented with what was done 
 for us feventeen hundred Years ago. " The dear Lamb, 
 faid they, has done all for us : We have nothing to do, 
 but to believe" Here was a Stroke at the whole Work 
 of God in the Heart! And ever fince this German Spirit 
 hath wrought among us, and caufed many to reft in a 
 barren, notional Faith, vcid of that inward Forcer of 
 God unto Salvation."' 
 
 Sunday* 
 
[ 3' 1 
 
 Sunday, 27. I preached a Charity Sermon at Spilth 
 fields ; for the Ufe of our poor Children. The Church 
 was extremely crouded ; but not many rich, not many 
 IvytHn, well-born, were there. It was enough that there 
 were many of the People of God, and their Lord in the 
 mid ft of them. 
 
 Wcdnejday, 30. Having received a prefiing Letter from 
 Dr. Ijbam, then the Re&or of our College, to give my 
 Vote at the Election for Member of Parliament, which 
 was to be the next Day, I fet out early, in a fevere Frofr, 
 with the North-Weft Wind full in my Face. The Roads 
 were fo ilippery, that it was fcarce poftible for our Horfes 
 to keep their Feet. Indeed one of them could not, but 
 fell upon his Head, and cut it terribly. Neverthelefs 
 about Seven in the Evening, God brought us fafe te 
 Oxford. A Congregation was waiting for me at Mr. 
 Evans's, whom I immediately addreft in thofe awful 
 Words, What is a Man profited, if he Jh all gain the whole 
 World, and lefe his own Soul? 
 
 Thurfday, 31. I went to the Schools, where the Con- 
 vocation was met: But I did not find the Decency and 
 Order which I expected. The Gentleman for whom I 
 came to vote, was not elected : Yet I did not repent of 
 my Coming; I owe much more than this to that gene- 
 rous, friendly Man, who now refts from his Labours. 
 
 I was much furprized wherever I went, at the Civility 
 of the People, Gentlemen as well as others.. There was 
 no pointing, no calling of Names, as once; no, nor even 
 Laughter. What can this mean? Am I become a Servant 
 of Men? Or is the Scandal of the Crofs ceafed? 
 
 Friday, February 1. We fet out for Lrido-i in another 
 bitter Morning, having fuch a Wind (now got to the Eaft, 
 and fo in our Face again) as I hardly ever remember. 
 But by Five in the Evening we were under S elter at the 
 Fo:a:d?ry. It being the Night before appointed for 3 
 Watch-night, we continued praying and prai.ing God 
 as ufual, 'till about Twelve o'clock; and I found no In- 
 convenience, but a little Faintncfs, which a few Iiom-'s 
 Sleep removed. 
 
 Saturday, 2. Having received a full Anfwer from Mc> 
 f • ■ ■ , I was clearly convinced that I ought to marry. 
 
 foi 
 
[ «»] 
 
 For many Years I regained fingle, becaufe I believed' 
 I could be more ufeful in a fingle, than in a married State. 
 And I prafle God, who enabled me fo to do. I now as 
 fully believed, that in my prefent Circumftances, I might 
 be more ufeful in a married State ; into which, upon this 
 clear ■ Conviction, and by the Advice of my Friends I en- 
 tered a few Days after. 
 
 Wednejday, 6. I met the fingle Men, and mewed thenv 
 on how many Accounts it was good for thofe who had 
 received that Gift from God, to remain Jingle for the 
 Kingdom cf Heaven's Sake; unlefs where a particular Cafe 
 might be an Exception to the general Rule. 
 
 Sunday, 10. After preaching at Five, I was haftening 
 to take my Leave of the Congregation at Snonvsfields, pur- 
 pofing to fet out in the Morning for the North; when on 
 the middle of London-bridge \ both my Feet flipt on the 
 Ice, and I fell with great Force, the Bone of my Ankle 
 lighting on the Top of a Stone. However I got on, 
 with fome Help, to the Chapel, being refolved not to 
 difappoint the People. After preaching, I had my Leg 
 bound up by a Surgeon, and made a Shift to walk to the 
 Seven-Dials. It was with much Difficulty that I got up 
 into the Pulpit; but God then comforted many of our 
 Hearts. 
 
 I went back in a Coach to Mr. B 's, and from 
 
 thence in a Chair to the Foundcry: But I was not able to 
 preach, my Sprain growing worfe. I removed to Thread- 
 needis-fireet ; where I fpent the Remainder of the Week, 
 partly in Prayer, Reading and Convcrfation, partly in, 
 writing an Hebrew Grammar, and Lejfcns for Children. 
 
 Sunday, 17. I was carried to the Fotondery, and preached 
 kneeling (as I could net Hand) on Part of the twenty- 
 third Pfalm ; my Heart being enlarged, and my Mouth 
 opened to declare the Wonders of God's Love, 
 
 Monday, 18. was the fecond Day I had appointed for 
 my Journey. But I was difappointed again, not being- 
 yet able to fet my Foot to the Ground. However I 
 preached (kneeling) on Tuejday Evening and JVe'dn 
 Morning. 
 
 Sunday, 24. I preached Morning and Evening at Spit- 
 tkfieldu where many who had been wandering from God 
 
 for 
 
[*J ] 
 
 for feveral Yearsj feemed at length to have freih Dc 
 
 of returning to Him. How is it, that we arc ib ready 
 ;Wr of one another? For Want of the Love that 
 
 Mc. ch 4. Being tolerably able to ride, tho* 
 
 not to walk, I fet out for BnJJcl. I came thither on Wed- 
 •, thoroughly tired, tlio' in other Refpe&s better 
 than when I fet out. 
 
 77\v / ' \ 7. 1 learned, that poor Mr. ifaff is now a 
 fettled Z)f7/?. Now let trrfe triumph who feparated chief 
 Fw lids- Surely his Blood is on their Head. 
 
 Saturday, 9. Many of our Preachers came from various 
 Pats. My Spirit was m :ch bowed down among them, 
 Kaiing fome of them were perverted from the Simplicity 
 of the Gofpel. But I was revived at the Sight of Job?t 
 
 H , John N , and thole who came with 'hem in 
 
 the Evening; knowing they held the Truth as it is in 
 Jesus, and did not hold it in Unrightcoui.ef-. 
 
 Monday, 11. Our Conference began; and the more 
 we converfed, the more Brotherly-love increafed. The 
 fame Spirit we found on Tusfday and Wean jdny. I ex- 
 pected to have heard many Objections to our mil Doclrines. 
 But none appeared to have any : We feemed to be all of 
 one Mind, as well as one Heart. 
 
 Friday, 15, I mentioned whatever I thought was 
 .amifs or wanting in any of our Brethren. It was received 
 in a right Spirit, with much Love, and ferious, earneft 
 Attention. And I truft not one went from the Confe- 
 rence difcontented, but rather bleiTmg God for the Con- 
 folation. 
 
 Tuejday, 19. Having rimmed the Bufmefs for which I 
 .came to Bnftol, I fet out again for London, being de- 
 iired by many, to if end a few Days there, before I 
 -entered upon my Northern Journey. I came to London 
 •on Thur/dqy, and having fettled all Affairs, left it again 
 -on Wtdntfday, 27. I cannot underlland, how a Methcdiji 
 Preacher can anlwcr it to God, to preach one Sermon, 
 or travel one Day lefs, in a married, than in a fmgle State. 
 In this Refpecl furcly it remat 'net b 7 that they nxbo have 
 Jf'il'esp be as ^u tbey had i::>* x 
 
 On 
 
r 
 
 C 84] 
 
 Wed mf day I rode with John Haime to Tetfiyortjf* 
 
 On Thurfday went on to Eitejham. One from thence me: 
 US on Broad-jjcy-hilL 
 
 I was foon informed that Mr. Kcech was buried the 
 Night before. His Widow and Daughter were forrow- 
 ing ; but not as without Hope. Neither did they refrain 
 from the Preaching one Day. Sc let my furviving Friend* 
 forrow for me ! 
 
 I was to have preached in the Town-hall : But a Com- 
 pany of Players had taken PofcfTion of it firir. Our own 
 Room could not contain the Congregation : But to as 
 many as could crowd into it, I applied, What is a Man 
 profited, f he gain the whole World, and lofe his own 
 Soul? 
 
 Friday , 29. I refted at En&Jb&m. Saturday, 30. I 
 rode to Birmingham, and found God in the midft of the 
 Congregation. Sunday, 31. I earneftly warned the So- 
 ciety againfl idle Difputes and vain Janglings ; and after- 
 wards preached on, If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not 
 under the La<w. The Hearts of many were melted with- 
 in them ; fo that neither they nor I could refrain from 
 Tears. But they were chiefly Tears of Joy, from a 
 lively Senfe of the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made 
 us free. 
 
 At One I was obliged to preach abroad, the Room 
 not being able to contain half the Congregation. O how 
 is the Scene changed here ! The Jail Time I preached 
 at Birmingham, the Stones flew on every Side. If any 
 Difturbance were made now, the Difturber would be in 
 more Danger than the Preacher. 
 
 At Five in the Evening I preached at Wednefury, to a 
 ftill larger Congregation. But no Mocker or Trifler 
 appeared among them. How many of the lafc mall be 
 fifft ? 
 
 Monday, April I. I rode to 'Dudley, The difmal 
 Screaming wherewith we were welcomed into the Town, 
 gave us Reafon to expert the fame kind of Reception as 
 I had when I was there before. I began preaching im- 
 mediately in a Yard not far from the main Street. Some 
 at £rft feemed inclined to interrupt, but when they had 
 
 heard 
 
[85 ] 
 
 heard a little, they grew more attentive, and flayed vtrj 
 quietly to the End, tho' it rained great Part of the Time. 
 
 I had defiltd Jcbn Haimt to preach at U But 
 
 when I came, he had but juft begun the Hymn. So I 
 had an Opportunity which I did not expect, of (peaking 
 again to that willing People. What a Work would have 
 been in all thefe Parts, if it had not been for doubtful 
 Difputations! If the Predeftinqriam had not thrown bad: 
 thoie who began to run well, partly into the World, 
 partly to the Br.ptijh, and partly into endlefs Difputes 
 concerning the fecret Counfels of God ! While we car- 
 ried our Lives in our Hands, none of thefe came near; 
 the Waves ran too high for tbtm. But when all was 
 calm, they poured in on every Side, and bereaved us of 
 our Children. Out of thefe, they formed one Society 
 here, one at Dudley, and another at B>nnir.gba>n. Many 
 indeed, tho' torn from us, would not itay with/Zw;/; but 
 broke out into the wilder! Enthiiiiafm. Bat fliil , 
 were all called Methodtfts\ and ib all their Drunkennci> 
 and ^Blafphemies (not imputed to a Believer ! ) were im- 
 puted to us ! 
 
 Turfaay, 2. I preached at Darlafan, late a Den of 
 Lions: But moil of the fierce il of them, God has called 
 by a Train of amazing Strokes; and thole that re- 
 main are now as Lambs. I preached in the Evening at 
 'jbury, where, notwithstanding the Rain, every Man, 
 Woman and Child ftayM to the End. I gave them ail an 
 earned Caution, not to lean on broken Reeds, on Opi- 
 nions of any kind: And even the P • :eiyed 
 it in Love, and told me, it was highly (eaibnable. 
 
 Wednefday, 3. I made an End of vifiting the Claries, 
 miferably (nattered by the Sowers of ftrange Dodrine.s. 
 At One I preached at Tipton-Green, where the Baptijts 
 alfo have been making Havock of the Flock; which 
 conilrained me, in fpeaking on thofe Words, Arife and 
 fti-zed, and -ivajh away thy Sins, to fpend near ten 
 Minutes in Controverfy, which is more than I had done 
 in public for many Months (perhaps Yea ~s) be 
 
 Tkurfday % 4. We took Horfc about Four. The Snow 
 fell without Intermhfion, which the North Wind drove 
 full in our Faces. After reding a while a: . 
 
 II fort 7 
 
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 fort , and Whitchurch, and riding fome Miles out of our 
 Way, we overtook fome People going to the Preaching 
 at Alpraham, who guided us ftrait to the Houfe. William 
 Hitchens had not begun: So I took his Place, and felt no 
 Weaknefs or Wearinefs, while I declared, Jesus Christ, 
 the fame Tefterday, and To-day, and for e<vct\ 
 
 April 5. being Good-Friday, I preached at Eight, and 
 then walked to Bunhury Church. I preached again at 
 One, and in the Evening at Poole, near Naniivich, to 
 another deeply ferious Congregation. The next Evening 
 we reached Manchefter. 
 
 E after -day, April']. After preaching, I went to the New 
 'Church, and found an uncommon Sterling, at a Time 
 when I leaft of all expected it, namely, while the Or- 
 ganift was playing a Voluntary 1 We had a happy Hour 
 in the Evening, many Hearts being melted down in one 
 Flame of holy Love. 
 
 Wednefday, 10. I rode to Shackerley. Being now in 
 the very midfl of Mr. Taylor's Difciples, I enlarged much 
 more than I am accuftomed to do, on the Doctrine of 
 •Original Sin ; and determined, if God mould give me a 
 few Years Life, publickly to anfvver his New GqJpeL 
 
 By the huge Noife which was in the Street, as we en- 
 tered Bolton, I conjectured Satan would try his Strength 
 once more. But God fuffered him not. The Mob foon 
 was vanifhed away, and I had both a numerous and a 
 quiet Congregation. 
 
 Thwjday, II. The Barber who fhaved me faid, " Sir, 
 I praife God on your Behalf When you was at Bolton 
 Jail, I was one of the moll eminent Drunkards in all the 
 Town: But I came to liften at the Window, and God 
 ilruck me to the Heart. I then earneftly prayed for Power 
 #gamfl: Drinking, and God gave me more than I afked; 
 He took away the very Defire of it : Yet I felt myfelf 
 worfe and worfe, 'till on the fifth of ^r/71aft I could hold 
 out no longer. I knew I muft drop into Hell that Mo- 
 ment, unlefs God appeared to faveme; And He did ap- 
 pear: 1 knew He loved me, and felt fweet Peace: Yet I 
 did not dare to fay I had Faith, 'till Yefterday was Twelve- 
 month Go d gave me Faith, and his Love has ever fince 
 hixd my Heart." 
 
 Hence 
 
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 Hence I rode with Mr. Mnjnir to Ktbcbtfer, where 
 Tome Clergymen had appointed to meet him, with v. 
 we fpent one or two Hours in fcrious and ufeful Conver- 
 fation. 
 
 Between Five nnd Six we reached the Vicaridge at 
 Chipping> where a few ferious People fcon affembled. 
 The next Day we rode toAmikj i Saturday, 13. 
 
 over more than Weljh Mountains, to Whitehaven, 
 
 Sunday, 1 4. I heard two ufeful Sermons at Church, 
 on, Fear not them that can kill the Body. I preached at 
 Eight, on, Is there no Balm /VzGilead? And between One 
 and Two at the Market-place, on, Thou art not far from 
 the Kingdom of God. A few Stones were thrown at hrft; 
 but the Bulk of the Congregation was deeply ferious ; 
 as well as in the Evening, when I preached on, Whojhail 
 lay any- thing to the Charge of God's Eled ? 
 
 In meeting the Claries the two next Days, I obferved 
 one remarkable Circumftance : Without an abfolute Ne- 
 ceffity, none of this Society ever mifs their Clafs. Among 
 near two hundred and forty Perfons, I met one fingle Ex- 
 ception, and no more. 
 
 Wednefday, 17. I rode to Clifton, fix Miles from 
 Whitehaven. It was fuppofed few would come in the 
 midsle of the Afternoon : But on the contrary, there were 
 abundantly more than any Houfe could contain; fo that 
 notwithftanding the keen North-Eafl Wind, I was obliged 
 to preach in the Street. Several of the poo People came 
 after me to Cockermouth, where I flood at the End of the 
 Market- houfe, ten or twelve Steps above the Bulk cf the 
 Congregation, and proclaimed the Grace cf our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. A large and ferious Congregation at- 
 tended again at Five on Thurfday Morning. We then 
 rode to Gamblefby, where I preached in the bchool-houfe 
 to as many ferious People as it could contain ; and on 
 Friday, 19. crept on through miferable Roads, 'till we 
 came to Hinely-HiU. 
 
 Early in the Morning we fcaled the fnowy Mountains, 
 and rode by the once-delightful Seat of the late Lord 
 Der-went water, now neglected, defolate and fwiftly run- 
 ning to Ruin. In the Afternoon we brought Mr. Milfur 
 fafc to the Orphan-houfe at Nenucaglu 
 
 H 2 Sunday > 
 
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 Sunday y 2 1 . *The Rain obliged me to preach in the 
 Houfe, both Morning and Afternoon. The Spirit of the 
 People refreshed me much, as it almofl always does. I 
 wifh all our Societies were like-minded; as loving, fimple 
 and zealous of Good Works. 
 
 • Monday, 22. The Rain flopt, while I was preaching 
 at the Market-place in Morpeth. We rode from thence 
 to Alnwick, where (it being too wet to preach at the 
 Crofs) fome of our Friends procured the Town-hall. 
 This being very large, contained the People well; only 
 the Number of them made it extremely hot. 
 
 Tuejday, 23. We rode on to Berwick upon Tweed. At 
 Six in the Evening a young Man was buried, cut off in the 
 Strength of his Years, who was to have inherited a con- 
 siderable Fortune. Almofl the whole Town attended the 
 Funeral. I went directly from the Church-yard to the 
 Grave, and had full as many Attendants as the Corpfe, 
 among whom were Abundance of fine, gay Things, and 
 many Soldiers, 
 
 Wednefday, 24. Mr. Hopper and I took Horfe between 
 Three and Four, and about Seven came to Old Camus. 
 Whether the Country was good or bad we could not fee, 
 having a thick Mift all the Way. The Scotch Towns are 
 like none which I ever favv, either in England, Wales or 
 Ireland: There is fuch an Air of Antiquity in them all, 
 and fuch a peculiar Oddnefs in their manner of building. 
 But we were molt furprized at the Entertainment we met 
 with in every Place, to far different from common Report. 
 We had all Thiags good, cheap, in great Abundance, 
 and remarkably well-dreft. In the Afternoon we rode by 
 Prefton-field, and faw the Flace of Battle, and Colonel 
 Gardiner's Houfe. The Scotch here affirm, that he fought 
 on Foot after he was dismounted, and refufed to take 
 Quarter. Be it as it may, he is now where the Wicked ceafe 
 from troubling*, and where the Weary are at Reft* 
 
 We reached MujQclborough between Four and Five. I 
 had no Intention to preach in Scotland % nor did I imagine 
 there were any that defired I fhould. But I was miitaken. 
 Curiofity (if nothing elfe) brought Abundance of People 
 together in tl e Evening And whereas in the Kirk 
 
 'Vin. C informed me) there ufed to be laughing and 
 
 talking, 
 
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 talking, and all the Marks of the grofTefl Inattention : But 
 it was far other wife here : They remained as Statues from 
 the Beginning of the Sermon to the End. 
 
 Thw-fday, 2 5 . We rode to Edinburgh, one of the dirticfl 
 Cities I had ever feen, not excepting Colon in Germany. 
 
 We returned to Mujfelboreugk to Dinner, whither we 
 were followed in the Afternoon by a little Party of Gen- 
 tlemen from Edinburgh. I know not why any mould 
 complain of the Shynefs of the Scots toward Stranger?. 
 All I fpoke with were as free and open with me, as the 
 People of Nenvcaftle or Brijlol; nor did any Perfon move 
 any Difpute of any kind, or srfk me any Queftion con- 
 cerning my Opinion. 
 
 I preached again at Six, on, Seek ye ibehonv, while He 
 may be found. I ufed great Plainnefs of Speech toward 
 them; and they all received it in Love: So that the Pre- 
 judice which the Devil had been feveral Years planting, 
 was torn up by the Roots in one Hour* After preaching, 
 one of the Bailies of the Town, with one of the Elders of 
 the Kirk, came to me, and begged, " I would (lay with 
 them a while, if it were but two or three Days, and they 
 would fit up a far larger Place than the School, and pre- 
 pare Seats for the Congregation/' Had not my Time 
 been fixt, I mould gladly have complied. All I could 
 now do was to give them aPrcmife that Mr. Hopper would 
 come back the next Week, and fpend a few Days with 
 them. 
 
 Friday, 26. I rode back to Berwick. The Congrega- 
 tion was large, tho' the Air was piercingly cold: As it 
 was the next Evening, while I preached at Alnwick Croft ; 
 whereon Sunday, 28. I preached at Eight and at One. 
 Afterwards I rode to Akmoutb, where I found the larger! 
 Congregation I had feen in all Ndi thumb*) land. I preached 
 at IViddrmgtcn in the Evening; at Ple/fy, Monday, 29.. 
 about Noon, and at 2 in the Evening. 
 
 Saturday, May 4. I rode to Sheep- hill, in a rough, 
 tempeituous Day, and after preaching and fettlin ; 
 Society, to Sunderland. I found many here much alive 
 to God, and was greatly comforted among them. 
 
 Sunday, 5. ] Society at Five, preached at 
 
 Eight- asnjher. pit. a- the Congrega r 
 
 H 3 tion 
 
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 tion came out of the Church I began. We had fome heavy 
 Showers : But none went away. I reached Newcaftk be- 
 fore Five ; but the Storm would not fuffer me to preach 
 abroad : As many as pofTibly could, crouded in; but many 
 were obliged to ftand without, white I enforced, God 
 forbid that I jhould ghry, Jaw it; the Crc/s cf our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 Monday, 6. I met a few People at Durham, in my 
 Way, and then rode on to Stockton. Some angry People 
 fct up a difmal Scream, as we entered the Town : But 
 they could go no farther. By means of a plain, rough 
 Exhorter, who lived in the Town, the Society was more 
 than doubled, fmce I was here before; and molt, of them 
 
 were rejoicing greatly: Only poor R M flill 
 
 went on heavily, being unequally yoked with one who 
 was a bitter Enemy to all fpiritual Religion. I preached 
 in the main Street, near the Market-place. When I had 
 
 done, R M 's Wife followed me into the 
 
 Houfe. I defired we might go to Prayer. God broke 
 her Heart in Pieces, and me determined to go on Hand 
 in Hand with her Hufband. 
 
 Tur/day, 7. 1 preached at Acomb, near York. The next 
 Day I rode on to Efwortb ; and on Thur/day preached at 
 Hainten about Noon, and at ConingsSy in the Evening. 
 The Wind was as the piercing of a Sword : But the Con- 
 gregation regarded it not. 
 
 Friday^ 10. We rode to Lorhcrough. The Mini iter's 
 Son, and two more, made a little Difturbance for a 
 while : However I permitted them to be prefent when I 
 met the Sccictv: They feemed utterly aftonifhed, and I 
 believe will not lightly (peak Evil of us again. 
 
 It rained inceifantly as we rode to Gr'unjby, where I 
 preached to a mixt Congregation, fome of whom (the 
 greater Part) were exceeding ferious, and fome exceeding 
 drank. The Society I found was much alive to God. 
 
 f, n. We returned to Ep^orth, to a poor, 
 dead, fenfelcfs People : At which I did not wonder, when 
 I was informed, 1. That fome of our Preachers there had 
 diligently gleaned up and letailed all the Evil they could 
 hear of me: 2. That fome of them had quite laid aiide 
 o«r Hymns, as well as the Doclrine they formerly 
 
 preached ; 
 
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 preached: 3. That one of them had frequently fpokc 
 againft our Rules, and the other? quite neglected them." 
 Nothing therefore, but the mighty Power of God, could 
 hav^ kept the People fo well as they weie. 
 
 Sunday 1 2. After preaching at Five,. I rode to Mifter- 
 ton. The Congregation was the largeft I have feen in 
 thefe Parts. Thence I returned to Overtborp, where I did 
 not obferve one trifling or carelefs Hearer. I came to 
 Epworth, juit in Time for the Afternoon Service ; and 
 after Church walked down itrait to the Crofs. The 
 Nortli-eaft Wind was ftrong and keen : Yet the Bulk of 
 the Congregation did not regard it. 
 
 Monday, 13. I learned the Particulars of Mr. R *s 
 
 Cafe, of which I had heard but a confufed Account be- 
 fore. " In November la It he was defired to baptize a 
 Child of John Farley's. It was obferved, his Voice which 
 had been loft feveral Years, was intirely reftoreck He 
 read the Office with great Emotion, and many Tears, fo 
 as to altorifh the whole Congregation. But going Home 
 from Church, he behaved in fo ftrange a Manner, tha- it 
 was thought neceflary to confine him. During the firlt 
 Week of his Confinement, he was for conitraining every 
 one that came near him to kneel down and pray; and 
 frequently cried out, " You will be loft, you wjll be 
 damned, unkfs you know your Sins are forgiven." Up- 
 on this Mr. roundly averr'd, That the Afetb&dj/is 
 
 had turned his Head. After {even or eight Days he grew 
 much worfe, though ftill with Intervals of Reafon. And 
 in about a Fortnight, by a Judgment mix'd with Mercy, 
 God took him to Himfelf." 
 
 Tuefday, 14. The Waters were greatly out in the Road, 
 fo that the York Coach was o» erturned jult before us : The 
 Bridge it fhould have gone over being under Water : Yet 
 no Paffenger was hurt, only dropping wet, being all thrown 
 into the River. We were to pais the fame River a few Miles 
 orr, and which Way to do it we knew not. But juft as we 
 came to the Place, we overtook two Gentlemen, who had 
 hired a Guide. So we followed them as clofe as we could, 
 and eroded it without Difficulty* 
 
 I preached about Five at Leeds > in the Walls of the new 
 Houfe. Wednejclay, 15. We had a little Conference with 
 
 about 
 
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 about thirty Preachers. I particularly enquired concern- 
 ing their Grace, and Gifts, and Fruit; and found Rea- 
 fon to doubt of one only. 
 
 Tkurfday, 1 6. I rode to Wakefield, But we had no Place 
 except the Street which could contain the Congregation : 
 And the Noife and Tumult there were fo great, that I 
 knew not whether I could preach at all. But I fpake a 
 few Words, and the Waves were Hill. Many appeared 
 deeply attentive. I believe God has taken hold of fome of 
 their Hearts, and that they will not cafily break loofe from 
 Him. 
 
 Friday, 17. I preached in the new Houfe at Birfial, al- 
 ready too fmall for even a Week-day's Congregation. Af- 
 ter a few Days more fpent among the neighbouring Socie- 
 ties, I returned by eafy Journies to London. 
 
 Friday, June i . I wrote as follows to the Rector and 
 Fellows of our College. 
 
 Ego Johannes Weficy, Collegii Lincchiienfis in Academia 
 Oxonienfi Socius, quicquid mihi juris eft in prsedidta Soci- 
 etate, ejufdem Reclori & Sociis fponte ac libere refigno : 
 Illis univerfis & fmgulis perpetuam pacem ac omnimodam. 
 in Christo felicitatem exoptans. 
 
 A few Days after, I went down to Briftol, where I pro- 
 cured a particular Account of one that went to Reft fome 
 Months before. Part of it was as follows : 
 
 " Elizabeth Walcam was born in March 1733. From 
 her Infancy me was mild and affable. When fhe was about 
 fix Years old, the was much in private Prayer, and often 
 called her Brother and Sifter to join with her. If fhe was 
 in any trilling and laughing Company, fhe feldom went 
 farther than a little Smile. In the whole Courfe of her 
 Life fhe was remarkably dutiful to her Parents, and lov- 
 ing to all ; moftly in an even Frame of Spirit ; flow to 
 Anger, and foon pacified ; tender-hearted to all that 
 were diftreft, and a Lover of all that was good. 
 
 " From the Time fhe joined the Society, fhe was a true 
 Lover of her Minifters and her Brethren; not fufFering any 
 to fpeak evil of them, particularly of her Minifters : And 
 if her innocent Anfwers did not ftop them, fhe left their 
 Company. 
 
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 " In the Beginning of December lalt me was indifpr.'- 
 and on Saturday, 8. took her Room. In the Afternoon fhe 
 broke out, " When fhall I fee my Jesus ? 1 want to know 
 that He has taken away my Sins." After a while flic 
 cried, c< He does love me. I know Jesus loves me. My 
 Father! He is ny Father, and my God!" 
 
 " Yet on the Weduejday following me was in deep Diflrefs. 
 u I found her, (fays one who then vifited her) crying 
 out, O that I was warned in the Blood of the Lamb ! 
 Pray for me, that I may know my Sins are forgiven." 
 I prayed with her feveral Times, and flayed all Night. 
 She did not fleep at all ; her Pain of Body, as well as 
 Mind, being exceeding great* She was almofl continu- 
 ally in Prayer, crying for Mercy, 'till I went away, about 
 Eight in the Morning. 
 
 " About Nine in the Evening I came again. She was 
 dill in violent Pain; but did not feem to regard this, in 
 comparifbn of her Soul. Her continual Cry was, " I do 
 not know Christ: I want an Intereit in Christ. O 
 that I might know Him ! O that He would forgive my 
 Sins ! that He would wafh me whiter than Snow. She 
 had never any Eafe but while we were at Prayer, with 
 which fhe was never fatisfied ; but held me, and would 
 not let me rife from my Knees, fometimes for an Hour 
 together. I was praying with her about Twelve o'Clock, 
 when fhe calPd out " Help me to praife the Lord. I 
 feel my Sins are forgiven. I am warned, and made 
 whiter than Snow. " She (pent the Remainder of the 
 Night in Praife and Prayer. About Eight in the Morn- 
 ing I went Home. 
 
 " On Sunday Evening I found her much weaker in 
 Body ; but her Soul was full of Life and Vigour. When 
 I came in, fhe faid, " I am exceeding glad you are come. 
 Now let us rejoice together. We fhall meet together in 
 Heaven : I am warned in the Blood of the Lamb : I 
 know God is my Father: I know my Name is written 
 in Heaven : There we fhall all rejoice together.." She 
 was never fatisfied with giving Thanks ; not fuftering me 
 to rife from my Knees, but holding me by my Hands 
 when I went to rife. 
 
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 " About Eight Mrs. TV came in, and told U9 
 
 Mr. C TV was come to Town. She then broke 
 
 out into Prayer for him, for Mr. J TV , and 
 
 for the Society. Afterward fhe prayed for the Q- rs, 
 
 that God would deliver them from all Darknefs of 
 Mind, Covetoufnefs, Pride, and the Love of the World. 
 She continued praying 'till near Twelve o'clock, fpeak- 
 ing with a clear, ftrong Voice ; although, whenever fhe 
 ceafed fpeaking, fhe feemed jufr, dying away. About 
 Twelve fhe cried out " Lord, forgive me. What fhall 
 I do to be faved ? " I was aftonifhed to hear her Voice 
 fo changed ; and afked, " My Dear, what is it diftrefTes 
 you ?" She anfwered, " I feel Anger toward Peggy." 
 (That was the Maid's Name.) "Lord, forgive me! 
 Lord, lay not this Sin to my Charge!" We went to 
 Prayer together ; and, after a Time, fhe faid, " Help 
 me to blefs and thank the Lord. I find fweet Rcfrefh- 
 ments from Him. He is reconciled again." And from 
 that Hour fhe found no more Darknefs. 
 
 " She then began praying for her Parents, her Sifters* 
 and Brother; adding, "Do pray, that God would re- 
 train him from the Evils of this World. I have beer* 
 reftrained from a Child. I never could play, as other 
 Children did." Towards Morning fhe dofed & little;; 
 but all the Intervals fhe fpent in Praife and Thankfgiv- 
 ing, frill fpeaking with as clear and ftrong a Voice, as if 
 fhe had been in Health. 
 
 " One Day, as fhe was praifmg God, one defired her 
 Brodier to take Pattern by her. She immediately an- 
 fwered, " Not by me ; take Pattern by Jesus, take Pat- 
 tern by Jesus." 
 
 f* About Twelve at Night, as I came into the Room 
 fhe faid, " My Heart is bleffed of the Lord, and the 
 Strength of the Living God I fpeak: Come, let us go to 
 Prayer; let us praife the Living God once more in this 
 
 World ; the Lord ever " Here her Breath failed. 
 
 But foon after, fhe fung with us, " Come, let us join 
 our chearful Songs;" adding, " I am more afraid to live 
 than to die; but Whether I live or die, I will praife the 
 Lord." 
 
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 " On Sunday Morning (he faid, M Jesus loves mc ; He 
 has been always with me; He is a merciful God; He is 
 indeed. I (hall go to Glory, to Glory. Come, O Lord 
 Jesus, and make my Paffage eafy to eternal Glory. I long 
 to be with Jesus. I could grafp Him! (flretching out 
 
 her Arms) O give me an eafy Parage We (hall foon 
 
 meet again, to ling Praifes unto the Lord fir ever." 
 
 " At another Time (he (aid, " Let others do what 
 they will, we will praife the Lord. I am happy, I am 
 eafy; if he raiies me or not, I mall praife the Lord." 
 
 " She faid to her Father, " I aiked to drink of the 
 bitter Cup; but I knew not what I afked. But yet, if it 
 is an hundred Limes more, I defire to drink it all." 
 
 " As (he grew weaker, (he was feized with ftrong 
 Convulfions, which followed clofe one upon another. But 
 the Moment the Fit ceafed, (he always began to fpeak, 
 praying and praiung God ; nor was her Undemanding 
 or even her Memory, either difordered or weakened 
 thereby : Nay, her Underilanding remained even during 
 the Fit, fo that (he heard and knew all that was fpoken 
 near her, and when (he recovered her Speech, repeated 
 as there was Occafion, and remarked upon it. 
 
 " When Mr. C W and two others came to 
 
 pray with her, fhe was exceeding low. After they were 
 gone, fhe faid, " My Spirit joins with them : They- are 
 the People of God; I know they are: How fweet they 
 look ? Don't they look different from other People ? 
 Come, Mother, let us praife God; I am always better 
 after Prayer. O for a thoufand Tongues to fing my dear 
 Redeemer's Praife! O how great is my Rejoicing? I 
 ihall be whiter than the driven Snow." 
 
 " Soon after ihe faid, " I am refrefhed; indeed I am. 
 W r e lhall fee Him on his great, white Throne. There we 
 ihall fee Him Face to Face. My dear Jesus ! Praife Je- 
 sus : Why don't you praife Jesus? Praife my God : He 
 is making Intercerlion for me ; He/j; The Lord loves 
 me; I know He does." 
 
 " To her Mother (he faid, " What ableffedThing is 
 it. that you have brought up a Child for the Lord ?" 
 
 " She continued praying and praifing God 'till the 
 7jth 3 when her Breath was fo (hort, that (he could fay 
 
 nothing 
 
nothing but Jesus. This fhe uttered continually as ihe 
 could, 'till about Six in the Evening fhe refigned her 
 Spirit, without any Sigh or Groan, or Alteration in her 
 Countenance, which had the fame Sweetnefs as when ihe 
 was living. She lived on Earth fixteen Years, nine 
 Months, and eighteen Days." 
 
 Friday, 22. I drew up a ihort Account of the Cafe of 
 Ki?igs~L mod S chool . 
 
 1. The School began on Midfummer-day, 1748. The 
 
 firft School mailers were J J , '7— — R , 
 
 W S , R M , W S ; and 
 
 A G . The Rules were pi in ted, and notwith- 
 
 ftanding the Strictnefs of them, in two or three Months 
 we had twenty-eight Scholars: So that the Family, in- 
 cluding M— D , the Houfe-keener, R T , 
 
 our Man, and four Maid-fervants, confifced of forty 
 Perfons, 
 
 2. From the very Beginning I met with all Sorts of 
 Difcouragements. Cavillers and Prophets of Evil were 
 on every Side. An hundred Objections were made both 
 to the whole Defip;n, and every particular Branch of it: 
 Efpecially by thole from whom I had Reafon to expect 
 better Things: Notwithstanding which, thro' God's Help, 
 I went on; wrote an Englijb^ a Latin, a Greek,. 2. He- 
 brew and a French Grammar, and printed Pr&lecliaies 
 Puerile s, with many other Books for the Uie of the School ; 
 and God gave a manifeft Blcffing. Some of the wildeft 
 Children were flruck with deep Conviction: All appeared 
 to have good Defu cs ; and two or three began to tafte 
 the love of God. 
 
 3. Yet I foon obferved fevera! Things which I did not 
 
 like. The Maids divided into two Parties. R T 
 
 Ihidioufly blew up the Coals, by confhnt Whifpering and 
 
 Talc-bearing. M D did not fupply the Defects 
 
 of other Servants, being chiefly taken up with Thoughts 
 of another Kind. And hence, the Children were not pro- 
 perly attended, nor were Things done with due Care and 
 Exact nefs. 4 
 
 4. The Mailers fhould have corrected thefe Irregulari- 
 ties : But they added to them. 7 R — =— was fo 
 
 rough and difobliging, that the Children were little 
 
 profited 
 
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 Eroflted by him. A G* — — was honcft and diligent* 
 ut his Perfon and Manner made him contemptible to the 
 
 Children. R M was grave and weighty in his 
 
 Behaviour, and did much Good, 'till W 5 fei 
 
 the Children againft him, and inilead of retraining them 
 
 from Play, play'd with them himfelf. J J 
 
 and W S were weighed dcwn by the reft, who 
 
 neither obierved the Rules in the School, nor out of it. 
 
 c. The continual Breach of that Rule, " Never to let 
 the Children work, but in the Prefence of a Mailer," occa- 
 fioned their growing wilder and wilder, 'till all their re- 
 ligious Impreiftons were worn off. And the fooner, as 
 four or five of the larger Boys, were very uncommonly 
 wicked. 
 
 6. When I came down in September, 1750, and found 
 the Scholars reduced to eighteen, I determined to purge 
 the Houfe thoroughly. Two more of the Children (one 
 of them exquifitely wicked) I fent Home without Delav. 
 
 M- D , T R , R M , and 
 
 three of the Maids were gone away already : R — T , 
 
 W S -, and^ G , went after: So that 
 
 only two Mailers, Mr. J and S remained, with 
 
 Mis. IIard~j:ick, one Maid, and fixteen Scholars. 
 
 7. I now hoped the Time was come for God to revive 
 his Work: But we were not low enough yet. So firil 
 
 J J , and then W S— — grew weary : 
 
 The Rules were neglected again ; and in the following 
 Winter Mr. Page died, and five more Scholars went away. 
 What weakened the Hands of the Mailers ilill more, was 
 the bitter Evil-fpeaking of fome, who continually endea- 
 voured, either to drive away the Children that remained, 
 or to prevent others from coming. 
 
 8. There are now two Mailers, the Houfe-kceper, a 
 Maid, and eleven Children. I believe all in the Houfe are 
 at length of one Mind, and truil God will blefs us in the 
 latter End, mere than in the Beginning. 
 
 Monday , July 8. I wrote an Account of that wonderful 
 
 Self-deceiver and Hypocrite, James Wb . O what 
 
 a Scandal has his obilinate Wickednefs brought en the 
 Gofpel ! And what a Curfe on his own Head ! 
 
 I I. In 
 
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 i. In the Beginning of June, Richard Pearce of Brad 
 ford, wrote to my Brother at Briftol, defiring, " That 'he 
 would narrowly enquire into the Behaviour of Mr. Jama 
 
 If I .» And not long after, Mrs. Si/by of Bradford 
 
 related fome ilrange Particulars : In order to be thoroughly 
 informed of which, my Brother rode over to Bradford; 
 and on Wednefday, June 12. talked himfelf with Mary 
 
 B , Jane W , Elizabeth L , Mary S * 
 
 Mary F , Ann If , and Mary D . The 
 
 fame Accounts which they hadbefore given to Mrs. Silby, 
 they now gave to my Brother and her together ; and af- 
 terwards to Sarah Per in .and Alary Naylor, without varying 
 in any one Circum fiance. 
 
 2. My Brother wrote down what they faid, and at his 
 
 JReturn to Briftol 'read it to James IFh , who confented 
 
 *o come Face to Face with them; and on Tuefday, 25, 
 my Brother and I rode with him to Bearfield. Mary 
 
 B and Mary D weie there, and lepeated before 
 
 him, what they had (aid to my Brother. He cavilled at 
 *ne or two trifling Circ ; ilances, but allowed the Sub- 
 fiance of what they fai I to be true. 
 
 3. After deeplv weighing the Matter, I read the fol- 
 lowing Paper, btiore I gave it into his Hands; 
 
 Junez^y 175=1. 
 
 +' Becaufe you have wrought Folly in Ifrael, grieved 
 ihe Holy Spirit of God, betrayed your own Soul into 
 'Temptation and Sin, and the Souls of many others, whom 
 you ought, even at the Peril of your own Life, to have 
 guarded againfl all Sin ; becaufe you have given Occafion 
 to the Enemies of God, whenever they fhall know thefc 
 ^Things, to blafpheme the Ways and Truth of God: 
 
 " We can in no wife receive you as a Fellow-labourer, 
 *£ill we fee clear Proofs of your real and deep Repentance. 
 Of this you have given us no Proof yet. You have not fo 
 much as named one fmgle Perfon, in all England or Ireland f , 
 with whom you have behaved ill, except thofe we knew 
 before. 
 
 " The leafl and loweft Proof of fuch Repentance which 
 live .can receive, is this, That 'till our next Conference, 
 
 (which 
 
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 (which we hope will be in Ottober) you abftain both 
 from Preaching, and from pradiiing Phvfic. If you do 
 nor, we are clear ; we cannot anfwer for the Confequenccs, 
 
 JOHN WESLEY", 
 CHARLES WES LEV. 
 
 4. JFednefday, 26. I defired him to meet me at Farley-* 
 ivklk, with the other Women at Eight in the Morning. 
 All the five Women came, and gave my Wife the fame 
 Account which they had before given to my Brother: 
 But Mr. Wb did nor come, 'till after they were all- 
 gone. 
 
 5 . On Thurfday and Friday my Brother and I fpared 
 no Pains to perfuade him to retire for a Seafon : But it 
 was Labour loft. He profe/Ted himfelf indeed, and we 
 would fain have thought him penitent. But I could not 
 find any good Proof that he was fo : Nay, I faw flrong 
 Proof that he was not: 1. Becaufe he never owned one 
 Tittle, but what he knew we could prove : 2. Becaufe 
 he always extenuated what he could not deny: 3. Becaufe 
 he as constantly accufed others as excufed himfelf, faying, 
 44 Many had been guilty of little In:prude?ices as well as he :" 
 4. Becaufe in doing this, he told feveral palpable Untruths f 
 which he well knew fo to be. 
 
 6. Yet Hill we fpared him, hoping God would give 
 him Repentance. But finding after fome Weeks, that he 
 continued going from Houfe to Houfe, juflifying himfelf,- 
 "and condemning my Brother and me for mifreprefenting 
 him; on Monday , July 22. I rode to Bear field again, 
 and put myfelf to the Pain of writing down from the 
 Mouths of thefe (even Women, as near as I could, in their 
 own Words, the Accounts which I judged to be moil ma- 
 terial. I read over to each what I had written, and afked, 
 " If I had miitaken any-thing?" Every one anfwered, 
 " No ; it was the very Truth, as fhe was to anfwer it 
 before God." 
 
 I would now refer it to any impartial Judge, whether 
 we have fhewn too much Severity? Whether we have not 
 rather leaned to the other Extreme, aad lhewn too much 
 Lenity to fo ftubborn an Offender? 
 
 I 2 Even 
 
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 Even when I returned to London foon after, I declined 
 as much as poflible, mentioning any of thefe Things : 
 Having ftill a difxant Hope, that Almighty Love might 
 at length bring him to true Repentance. 
 
 Some who came up from Lincoln/hire in the Beginning 
 of Augufiy cccaiioned my writing the following Letter: 
 
 Rev. SIR 9 Lo?idcn> Auguft 15, 1 75 1. 
 
 1. I take the Liberty to inform you, that a poor 
 iVJan, late of your Parilh, was with me fome Time fince, 
 as were two others a few Days ago, who live in or near 
 Wrangle. If what they affirmed was true, you was very 
 nearly concerned in fome late Tranfa&ions there. The 
 fhort was this : That a riotous Mob, at feveral Times, 
 particularly on the 7 th of July, and the 4th of this Month, 
 violently affaulted a Company of quiet People, ftruck 
 many of them, beat down others, and dragged fome 
 away, whom, after abufmo; them in various Ways, they 
 threw into Drains, or other deep Waters, to die endan- 
 gering of their Lives : That not content with this, they 
 broke open a Houfe, dragged a poor Man out of Bed, 
 and drove him out of the Houfe naked ; and alfo greatly 
 damaged the Goods ; at the fame Time threatning to 
 give them all the fame or worfe Ufage, if they did not 
 aeiift from that Worlhip of Goo which they believed to 
 be right and good. 
 
 2. The poor Suiferers I am informed, applied for Re- 
 drcfi, to a neigh bouring Jultice of the Peace. But they 
 could have none. So far from it, that the Juffice himfelf 
 told them, " The Treatment was good enough for them; 
 and that if they went on (in worshipping G-d according 
 to their own Conscience) the Mob ihould uie them fo 
 again. " 
 
 3. I allow, fome of thofe People might behave with 
 Paffion or Ill-manners. But if they did, was there any 
 Pre portion at all between the Fault and the Punifnment? 
 
 .. " atever Tuniihment was due, does the Law direct, 
 that a riotous Mob ihould be the Infliclers of it? 
 
 4: I 
 
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 ^ I allow nlfo, that this Gentleman fuppofed the Doc- 
 trines of the Mtthcdifis (fo called) to be extremely bad. 
 But is he afliired of this ? Has he read their Writings ? 
 If not, why does he pafs Sentence before he hears the 
 Evidence? If he has, and thinks them wrong-, yet is this 
 a Method of Confuting to be ufed in a Christian, a Pro- 
 teitant Country? Particularly in England, where cveiy 
 Man may think for himlelf, as he mujl give an Account 
 for him (elf to Go d $ 
 
 5. The Sum of our Doclrine, with regard to inward 
 Religion (fo far as I underitand it) is comprized in two 
 Points, The loving God with all our Hearts, and tho 
 loving our Neighbour as ourfelves: And with regard to 
 outward Religion, in two more, The doing all to the 
 Glory of God, and the doing to all what we would de- 
 ilre in like Circumftances mould be done to us. I believe 
 no one will eafily confute this, by Scripture and found 
 Reaibn ; or prove that we preach or hold any otheu 
 Doctrine, as neceflary to Salvation. 
 
 6. I thought it my Duty, Sir, tho' a Stranger to you>- 
 to fay thus much, and to requeft two Things of you: 
 1. That the Damage thefe poor People have fuftained 
 may be repaired ; and next, That they may, for the 
 Time to come, be allowed to enjoy the Privilege of En- 
 glijhmen, to ferve God according to the Dictates of their 
 own Confcience. On thefe Conditions they are heartily 
 willing to forget all that is pafh 
 
 Wifhing you, all. Happinefs, fpiritual and temporal, 
 I remain, 
 
 Reverend SIR] 
 
 Tour ajfeSHonat* Brother and Servant, 
 
 Mr. B was not fo wife as to rake my Advice. 
 
 So the Sufferers applied to the Coiirtof Kings-bench: And 
 after it had coil him a large Sum, he was glad to let them 
 worfhip God in their own Way. 
 
 Saturday, 17. Calling on a Gentleman in the Citv, 
 
 whom I had .not feen for fome Time, I was furprized to 
 
 I 3 find 
 
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 find him thin and pale, and with all the Marks of an ap- 
 proaching Consumption. I afked, Whether he did not 
 think a Journey would do him more Good than a Heap 
 of Medicines ? And whether he would fet out with my 
 Wife and me for Cornwall on Monday ? To which he 
 willingly afTented. 
 
 On Monday Evening I preached at Reading. Mr. B 
 overtook us on Tuejday Morning, with whom we had an 
 agreeable Ride to Newbury, and thence to -Andover. 
 Leaving him there, I rode on, through heavy Rain, to 
 Salifiury, and preached in the Evening to an attentive 
 Congregation. 
 
 Wednefday. 2 1 . We joined Companies again, 'till Mr. 
 
 B went to Shaftjfmry. I overtook him there the next 
 
 Morning, and we rode on together to Yeovil Here I 
 ftruck off, to vint the Societies in Devonjbire, and Mr, 
 
 B went ftrait forward to the Land's End> whence he 
 
 returned in perfect Health. 
 
 I now found more and more Proofs, that the poor 
 Wretch whom we had lately difowned, was continually 
 labouring to poifon our other Preachers. And with fom# 
 of them he did not lofe his Labour; the deep Prejudices 
 they then received, having utterly drank up their Blood 
 and Spirits, fo that we were obliged, fooner or later, to 
 part with them alfo. 
 
 We reached Beercrocombe in the Evening, and Collump- 
 ton the next Day* Friday, 23. I preached in the little 
 Meadow at the End of Nenjo-ftreet, and obferved oneCir- 
 cumflance which I had not feen elfe where. The People 
 did not come clofe to me, but flood in an Half moc^n, 
 fome Yards off, leaving a confiderable Space in the Mid ft. 
 The very Children behaved with remarkable Serioufnefs. 
 I faw but one, a Girl of three or four Years old, who ran 
 about as in Play, 'till another, not much bigger, reproved 
 fcer, and constrained her to Hand ftill. 
 
 Here I relied the next Day. On Sunday, 25. I heard 
 at Church, by Way of Sermon, Part of Papijls and Me- 
 thodifts compared. But it did not leffen the Congregation 
 at One : On whom I inforced (what they were ibmewhat 
 more concerned in) What Jhall it profit a Mail to gain the 
 <u)hok World) and lofe his cnvn Soul ? 
 
 Ithek 
 
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 I then rode over to ". and preached in the n I 
 
 ket-houfe, rilled with attentive Hearers. So it was on 
 likewife. 
 Tucjday, 27. We rode t , ftbout tight Mi 
 
 from Tiverton, and preached in the Market-place to a 
 larger Congregation than one would think the Town 
 could have afforded. Wednt day, 28. It being the Time 
 of their yearly Meeting at the School, Abundance of Gen- 
 tlemen came to Town. Yet I preached in the Market- 
 houle undiilurbed ; and afterwards met the Society in 
 Peace. 
 
 Tbmrfday, 29. There was a Sermon preached at the 
 Old Church before the Truftees of the School. At Half 
 an Hour paft Twelve the Morning Service began : But 
 iuch infuffcrable Noife and Confuiion I never law before 
 in a Place of Worfhip : No, not even in a JewiJB Syna- 
 gogue. The Clergy fet the Example; laughing and talk- 
 ing during great Part both of the Prayers and Sermon. 
 
 A young Gentlewoman, who was with us where we 
 dined, haftened away to prepare for the Ball. But before 
 fhe was half dreit, ine was itruck, and came down in a 
 Flood of Tears. Neverthelefs fhe broke through, and 
 in a few Hours danced a-ivay all her Convictions. 
 
 Toward the Clcie of the Sermon in the Evening, a 
 Rabble of Gentlemen's Servants gathered together, a id 
 endeavoured to make a Disturbance : But it was mere loft 
 Labour. 
 
 Friday, 30. I enquired into the Particulars of the lait 
 Fire here. It began on June 4. about Six in the Evening. 
 Four Engines were brought immediately, and Water in 
 Abundance ran thro' the Middle of the Street : Notwith- 
 standing it feized four Houfes inikntly, fpread acrofs the 
 Street, and ran on both Sides, right againft the Wind, 
 J tili it had burnt all the Engines, and made all Help im- 
 portable. When moil of the People had given up all 
 Hopes, it Hopped all on a fudden : On one Side of the 
 Street, by blowing up the Market-houfe ; on the other, 
 none could tell how. Having firil left about &^q hun- 
 dred Families, without a Place where to lay their Heads. 
 
 I preached at Six, on thofe Words in the Morning Lef- 
 fcn, Wt defirt to hear of thee what \tft : For ms 
 
 con. - 
 
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 concerning this Sc£I, we know it is every -where fpbken 
 again/?. A drunken Man made a little Noife ; but U 
 Clergyman prefent defired the Town-clerk to flop him, 
 which he did immediately. Then the Mob of Footmen 
 began ; having procured an Horn, andgreatly increafed 
 their Numbers. But a Party of the Townfmen undertook 
 them, and fcoured the Streets of them in a few. Minutes. 
 To revenge themfelves they laid hold on a poor Chimney- 
 sweeper they met, tho' no Maccabee, (as the common Peo- 
 ple call us here) carried him away in Triumph, and (we 
 heard) half murdered him, before he got out of their 
 Hands. 
 
 Saturday, 3 1 . We rode to Launceflcn. The Mob gr> 
 thered immediately, and attended us to the Room. They 
 made much Noife while I was preaching, and threw all 
 Kind of Things at the People as they came out; but no 
 one was hurt. 
 
 Sunday, September 1. At the Defire of many I went at 
 Eight into the main Street. A large Congregation of fe- 
 rious People quickly gathered together. Soon after a> 
 Mob of Boys and Gentlemen gathered on the other Side 
 of the Street : They grew more and more noify ; 'till 
 finding I could not be heard there, . I went to the Room 
 and quietly finifhed my Difcourfe. 
 
 I preached again as foon as we came out of Church. 
 
 and then hailed to Trejmcre. Mr. T not being come, 
 
 I read Prayers myfelf, and found an uncommon Blefling 
 therein : I preached on Luke x. 23, 24. Eleffed are the 
 Eyes which fee the Things that ye fee, 13 V. And great was 
 our Rejoicing in the Lord. We were filled with Confo- 
 lation : We fang Praijes luflily, and with a good Courage $ 
 9 till (in a Manner I never remember before) 
 
 " A folemn Reverence check'd our Songs, 
 And Praife fat filent on our Tongues. " 
 
 We were well buffetted both with Wind and Rain, in 
 riding from thence to J T 's, where the Con- 
 gregation was waiting for me. And we had another Sea- 
 ibn of folemn Joy in the Lord. 
 
 Monday, 2. We rode to CameJford. In the Way I 
 rtad'Mr. GlanviW.% Relations of Witchcraft. I wifh the 
 
 Fafts, 
 
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 T*£ts had had a more judicious Relater : One who would 
 not have given a fair Pretence for denying the w/.ole, by 
 his aukward Manner of accounting for fomc of the Cir- 
 cumftances. 
 
 II , . . We called in the Afternoon on Mr. // — > 
 
 211 Cambcurn Parifh. 
 
 urday, 7. I rode in a ftormy Afternoon to St. Jujl. 
 But the Rain would not let me preach abroad, either that 
 Evening, or on Sunday Morning. About Noon I made 
 Shift to fland on the Lee-Side of an Houfe in Mcr-va, and 
 preach Christ to a liilening Multitude. I began at . 
 I'm about Five. About the Middle of the Sermon there 
 was a vehement Shower of Rain and Hail : But the Bulk 
 of the Congregation fiood quite ftill, every Man in his 
 Place. 
 
 On Monday and Tuefday I preached in V.geon, Siting, 
 Crouan and Illuggan. Wednefday, 1 1. At Noon I preached 
 in Redruth, and in the Evening in Gwenap. It blew hard 
 and rained almoit without ceahng : But the Congregation 
 flood as if it had been a fair Summer's Evening. 
 
 T bur/day, 12. We rode to Penryn. Here I light upon 
 the Works of that odd Writer William Dell. From his 
 whole Manner one may learn, that he was not very pa- 
 tient of Reproof or Contradiction : So that it is no Won- 
 der t .ere is generally fo much Error mixed with the great 
 Truths which he delivers. 
 
 Friday, 13. I preached at St. Mwan's: Saturday, 14. 
 at St. Lawrence, near Bodmin, a little, ugly, dirty Vil- 
 lage, eminent for nothing but an Hoipitai for Eepers, 
 founded and endowed by Queen An?ie. But I found God 
 was there, even before I opened my Mouth, to a fmall, 
 loving Congregation ; one of whom had been fenfible of 
 his Acceptance with God for above fix and fifty Years. 
 
 I preached at St. Clew*s in the Afternoon, about two 
 Miles from Lijkard ; and the next Morning a Mile nearer 
 the Town. .Lence 1 went on to Plymouth- Dock, where I 
 preached in the Evening, to a large Congregation. And 
 on Monday Evening to a muc.i larger, with great Plai:>. 
 nefs of Speech. 
 
 Tuefday, 17. Being greatly importuned to fpend a 
 few more Days in Cornwall, I rode ba,ck to Vaunceftoh* 
 
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 After preaching there about Noon, in the Evening at" 
 St. Ginnis, and the next Morning at St. Gilbert, we vvenc 
 on, and reached St. Ives in the Afternoon on Tburfday 
 
 Friday, 20. I read, with great Prejudice in their Fa- 
 vour, fome of Mr. Erjkwe's Sermons ; particularly thefe 
 which I h;id heard much commended, ifttitled, " Law- 
 Death, Gofpel-Life." But how was I difappointed ? I 
 not only found many Things odd and unfcriptural, but 
 fome that were dangeroufly falfe ; and the Leaven of An- 
 tinomianifm fpread from End to End. 
 
 Gn Saturday and Sunday I preached at St. Jufi, Mor<va, 
 and Zunnor. Monday, 23. We had a general- Meeting of 
 the Stewards, and a folemn Watch-night. After the Ser- 
 vice was over I rode to Gambourn ; and in the Evening, 
 luefday, 24. reached St. Clear. The Houfe would not 
 contain one Half of the People; fo-I flood in the Porch, 
 that all, both within and without, might hear. Many 
 from Lijkard were prefent ; and a folemn Awe was upon 
 the whole AfTembly. 
 
 Wednejday> 25. After preaching about Noon at Ply- 
 mouth-Dock, we went on to Mr. V *s at C . The 
 
 next Evening we reached Tiverton, where - a large Num- 
 ber of ferious People were waiting for me. The Sons of 
 Belial were likewife gathered in great Numbers, with a 
 Drummer at their Head. When I began fpeaking, thsy 
 began drumming and fhouting : Notwithstanding which 
 I went thro' my Sermon, to the no fmall Mortification 
 of Satan's Servants, and the Joy of the Servants of God. 
 
 I would have walked Home without Delay ; but our 
 Brethren conltraincd me to Itep into an Houfe. One of 
 the Merchants of the Town quickly followed me, with a 
 Conftabie, and one or two Servants, who took me be- 
 tween them, carried me thro' all the Mob, and brought 
 me fafe to my own Lodgings. 
 
 Friday, 27. In the Evening I preached at Becrcre- 
 combc\ and Saturday 28. came to Briftol. 
 
 Sunday, 29. I had much Comfort among the Chil- 
 dren in Kihgswood, rinding feveral of them that .ealiy 
 feared G.oi>.. 
 
 Tuefdajfr 
 
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 Txeftfay, O&oUr i. ThisWeekl had an Opportunity 
 
 of fpeaking to moil of the Members of the Society in 
 BrijicU who are now as calm and well-united together, 
 es if James Wb had never been. 
 
 Wed*efdc$i r6. Wc had a folemn Watch-night at 
 Kingsnmoi* 7 one of our nearefi Neighbours, 
 
 a iuong, healthy Man, went Home ibon after Twelve, 
 faid, w My Feet are cold," and ipoke no more. He 
 Jay quietly down, and, without any Struggle, was dead 
 before One. 
 
 'Thin-Liny, 17. I preached at Bath, and the next Day 
 at Salijhury. 
 
 Saturday, 19. We rede leifurely on to Bafingftoke ; 
 and came, about two Hours after Sun-fet, to Bramfrf. 
 
 Sunday, 20. Farmer N , who had begged me to 
 
 come that Way, upon the Miniiter's offering me the ]L T fe 
 of his Church, informing me, that his Mind was char. ;d, 
 1 rode over to Reading , preached at One and a. Five ; 
 and on Monday 2 1 . rode forward to Londoi. 
 
 Wednefday, 30. After preaching at tf'eft-ftrect Chapel 
 in the Evening, I w alked to Lambeth, to fe Mils Sm — , 
 who had for feveral Days exprelt an earner! Defire to fee 
 either my Brother or me. When { came, her Sifter told 
 -me, Her Senfes were gone, and that the had not fpoke 
 for feveral Hours. But (he fpoke as loon as I took her 
 by the Hand, and dec'ared an Hope full of Immortality. 
 I prayed with her, ana praiied God on her Behalf. An 
 Hour or two alter, hei Spirit returned to God* 
 
 F I N I 5. 
 
 
A N 
 
 EXTRACT 
 
 Of the Reverend 
 
 Mr. JOHN IVESLETs 
 
 JOURNAL, 
 
 FROM 
 
 J U L Y XX, I75C, 
 
 'X' o 
 
 October xxviii, 1754. 
 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed and Sold attheFoundery, Upper-Moorfleld$, 
 by J. Robinson, Ludgate -Street, and by T. James 
 under the Royal-Exchange. Mdcclix. 
 

 A N 
 
 E X T R A C T 
 
 of the Reverend 
 
 Mr. JOHN IV E S L E Ts 
 
 JOURNAL. 
 
 Saturday, November 2 , 1 7 5 1 . 
 
 ^(^^.)S( /jf/ ' c; ' ;; > according to my Defire informed 
 
 W' ^ h^ ^ r * ^ That I was willing to give 
 
 *H Sy3 ^im Twenty Pounds a Year, for afliiling 
 
 vl^^TW lrie once a ^ cc ^' tie refilled it with 
 
 ****&. jftTK tlie utmoil Indignation, and from that 
 
 c fpoke all manner of Evil. 
 
 Mend, 11. I rode to Rocbejter, and the next: Day 
 
 to Canterbury, where I preached Morning and Even- 
 
 . in what was lately the French Church. We 
 
 had not any Difturbance from firft to laft : The 
 
 Court of King's -bench having broke the Spirits of the 
 
 Rioters. 
 
 16. I fet ont early in a clear calm Morning, 
 
 m the Afternoon came to Louden. 
 
 Tuej\ 19. I began writing a Letter to the Com- 
 
 . of the Papifis and Metbodifis. Heavy Work ; 
 
 fuch as 1 ihould never chufe : but fomet-imes it 
 
 : be done. Well might the Anticnt fay, " God 
 
 A " made 
 
( 4) 
 
 u made Practical Divinity neceflary ; the Devil, 
 " Controverfial." But it is neceflary. We muft re- 
 Jijl the Devil, or he will not flee from us. 
 
 Sat. Dec. 22. Being informed that Mr. K for 
 
 fome Years zealoufly attached to the Brethren, had 
 now burfl his Chain, I had a Defire to hear from 
 his own Mouth, how he was delivered. So a Day or 
 two after, I talked with him at large, and wrote 
 down the Subflance of his Account, that I might 
 make no miftake, after a few Days I called upon 
 him, I read over to him what I had written, and 
 defired him to tell me, if I had mifunderflood him 
 in any Thing. And this Account alone may be 
 abundantly fufficient to pull off the Mafk from thofe 
 cruel and deceitful Men. 
 
 " 1. I was, faid he, one of the firfl Members of 
 the Society at the Foundery, and continued there 
 till William Oxlee, about the latter End of the Year 
 174.0, perfuaded me to join the Brethren. It was 
 not long before I was admitted to moft of their 
 Conferences : And my Love for them increafed 
 more and more, till in the Year 1741, I went over 
 to Eer/idyke. 
 
 2. Here I faw feveral Things I did not approve; 
 particularly the arbitrary Power with which the 
 Heads of the Church governed ; and the vail 
 Refpect they fhewed to the Rich, while the Poor 
 were little regarded. But I forgot all this, when 
 I returned to England^ and gave myfelf up to their 
 Difpofal. 
 
 3. I was foon after employed to collecl Money 
 for repairing the Chappel in Fetter-hvie. The Man- 
 ner of the Brethren was, to write to each of thofe 
 who were accuilomed to hear the Preaching, and 
 delire them, u if they found their Hearts free, to 
 «« fend five or ten Guineas." As many of thefe 
 were not at all awakened, I thought this was quite 
 
 wrong. So I told Mr. M ; but he anfwered 
 
 me fhort, that does not concern you. 
 
 4. I faw feveral other Things which I could not 
 approve, and 1 fpoke of them ; but without Effecl:. 
 
 Some 
 
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 Some Months after, Mr. Sf told me, « My 
 
 " Brother, we are going to fettle an Oeconomy of 
 u Children at Lambs- Inn. And it is the Saviour's Will, 
 fl that you mould go there, and be the Phyfician of 
 u the Houfe." I thought it ltrange ; for 1 did not 
 undcrftand Phyfick. However, I did not dare to 
 reafon. So I went. 
 
 9. The Management here gave me a great Shock. 
 Without any Regard to the Rules laid down, 
 
 R U and his Wife, the Directors of the 
 
 Oeconomy, behaved in the mod haughty and tyran- 
 nical Manner. Thofe who were fet over the Child- 
 ren had no Gifts for the Work, and fome of them 
 little Care for their own Souls. Several of the 
 Children were whipt, without Caufe, and fometimes 
 out of Meafure ; by which ill Management, one of 
 mine was utterly ruined, and has had no Fear of 
 God ever fince. As for me, I might give xAdvice 
 if I would, but none regarded it. And when I rofe 
 one Night and covered the Children, who had 
 
 thrown the Cloaths off in their Sleep, Mr. U 
 
 fharply reproved me before the whole Family, telling 
 me, I had done what I had no Bufinefs to do : Ad- 
 ding, that I was the moil ufelefs Perfon in the 
 whole Houfe. I defired, that if fo, I might return 
 to London. With much Difficulty they confented ; 
 and I made all hade back to my own Houfe. 
 
 6. But I grew more and more uneafy at their 
 Management, which the Brethren perceiving, fent 
 me to Yorkfhire. When I had been there a few 
 Days, one of them told me, I was to go to Great 
 Ho r ton in the Morning : It being made out to the 
 Brethren, that I was to preach there. I was amazed, 
 having never had one Thought of preaching. Yet 
 I did not dare to refufe : And from that Time they 
 employed me to* preach, and to vifit all the Souls 
 through that Circuit. 
 
 7. At Ho'beck we had an Oeconomy of young 
 Men. When I vifited them, and examined them 
 itridly, they declared to me fo much of their O- 
 nanifm, Wh ms, and other Abominations, that 
 
 A 2 I 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 I was utterly aftonifhed. I was conftrained to re- 
 buke them fharply ; for which in a few Days I 
 received a fevere Letter from Mr. Sp t telling 
 me, I was deftroying God's dear Children, inltead 
 of building them up; and that therefore I was 
 neither to preach, nor labour any more in firk- 
 fiire. 
 
 8. In a little while, I was fent for to Lcndon y 
 to accompany Mrs. St. into Germany. But the 
 Letter being delayed, although I ro'de Poft, me 
 was gone before I came. Some Time after I was 
 appointed a Member of the Committee of Six, to 
 whom an Account was to be tranfmitted by all the 
 labourers, of all the Steps which they took, either 
 at Home or Abroad. 
 
 One of our Fundamental Rules was, not to run 
 in Debt above Thirty Pounds. Therefore, when 
 Mr. Sp. brought in a Bill of more than Three 
 Hundred, I was exceedingly ftartled, and moved, 
 that the Particulars of it might be given in, and 
 that all our Accounts might be clearly and fairly 
 ftated, Wtnctl Wenfer being prefent, (though not one 
 of our Members) took me up for this very ie- 
 verely ; telling me, " They were Servants of the 
 *' Saviour, and would give no Account to Men." 
 
 q. 1 was more and more uneafy at their Way 
 of proceeding, ti;l one Day Mr. SL came to 
 me, »ad afked me, if 1 was willing to go to B$d- 
 forj, for fijj or eight Days ? I told him I was, and 
 in a Day or two fet oat. But Mr. Br* told me, 
 
 Brother K you mull not expect to do much 
 
 good here ; for there is the hi among 
 
 the Souls, which I believe arife chiefly from the 
 Practice of procuring Ab , which is fo com- 
 mon among the Women, Nevertheless I did find 
 a great Bleifing, during the two or three Months 
 that I laboured there. But I could not Ray, having 
 a flrong Impreilion on my Mind, that I was to la- 
 bour in y ' amaica. 
 
 io. Upon my mentioning this to the Brethren, 
 they faid, I Ihould go thither as foon as poifible : 
 
 But 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 But it would be proper for me to go to Penfyhamabrb, 
 and fpend a little Time at Betb/ebem. I believed r xy 
 knew belt. So in the Year i 744, I quitted my onop, 
 left all my Affairs unfettled, and failed to Penfyhania. 
 
 11. I had full employ at Be*biebem t being ap- 
 pointed General Preacher, and expected to bear a 
 Part in all the Conferences. But it was not long 
 before I was troubled more than ever, feeing fo 
 much Craft and Subtlety, and withall fo much 
 Pride, Statelinefr, and Tyranny, in thofe that go- 
 verned the Church. One Inftance out of very ma- 
 ny, was this. IV. Harding, who came over fome 
 Time before me, and was a ftated Preacher, had 
 fpoken to them freely and warmly, of feveral Things 
 which he thought reprovable. Upon this, he was 
 put out of all his Offices, and ail the Brethen were 
 forbid to fpeak to him. Being forfaken of all, he 
 was more uneafy Hill ; on which the Brethren faid, 
 He was mad. As fuch he was confined, and Food 
 was brought to him once or twice a Day, by two 
 or three young Men, who likewife many Times 
 beat him very feverely. At length he watched his 
 Opportunity, and made his Efcape ; but they fol- 
 lowed after, and took him, and a wooden lioufe 
 wai built for him, not a quarter of a Mile 
 from the Town, about ten Foot fquare, and very 
 
 :. I was walking alone, near the Place when 
 they were bringing him thither. His Cries and Jn- 
 treaties might have pierced an Heart of Stone. He 
 begged that he might clean Shoes, fetch them 
 Water, cleave Wuod, or whatever they pleafed in 
 the open Air. But it availed not : He was ihut up. 
 About fix Weeks after, as they opened the Door 
 one Day, in order to give him fome Meat, he rufhed 
 out, got by them, and made toward Philadelphia, 
 with all the Speed he could. Being clofe purfued 
 he ran to the River, (being an excellent Swimmer) 
 leaped in, funk, and role no more, 
 
 12. I was then at New York, whence I returned 
 to Bethlehem in January 1 j±6. But 1 had no reil in 
 my Spirit, till after "three Weeks, I removed to 
 Philadelphia. Here two at the Brethren and a Widow- 
 
( 8 ) 
 
 W oman lived in the Brethren's Hoafe. I hired a Roam 
 in it, and defircd the Widow, as I had not Con- 
 veniences myfelf, to boil me a little Water in a 
 Morning for my Tea. Mean time all the Brethren 
 in Philadelphia ware charged, not to converfe 
 with me. And not long after, the two Brethren 
 wrote Mr. Sp. Word, that I lived in Adultery with 
 the Widow. When I was informed of this, I went 
 ilrait to Bethlehem, and told Mr. Sp. the whole 
 Affair : Who immediately wrote back to them in 
 Philadelphia, that I had confeft the Charge. 
 
 14. Being now thoroughly weary of Mankind, I 
 procured a little Houfe in a Wood, at fome Miles 
 Diftance from any Town, and refolved to fpend the 
 Remainder of my Days by myfelf. Here I flayed 
 about four Years; till one Afternoon, Mr. Sp*. and 
 the Count's Son-in law called u^>on me, We talked 
 together till two in the Morning. They acknow- 
 ledged many Things that had been wrong, promi- 
 fed they mould be amended without Delay, and 
 perfuaded me to join with them once more. Hut 
 nothing was amended, fo that after a few Month*, 
 I was conftrained to leave them again. I followed 
 my Bufinefs in Philadelphia, till I had earned Money 
 for my PafTage, and a Year ago returned to London."'' 
 
 Was there ever fo melancholy an Account, O 
 what is Human Nature ? How low are they fallen, 
 who were once burning and ihining Lights, fpread- 
 ing BlefTings wherever they came ! But what Infa- 
 tuation is it, which makes this very Man attend 
 their Preaching flill, and his Wife (though fhe can- 
 not believe all her Huflband fays) to remain in clofe 
 Connexion with them ? 
 
 Sund. March ,5. 1752 While I was preaching at 
 Well-Street in the Afternoon, there was one of the 
 moil violent Storms I remember. In the midft of 
 the Sermon great Part of an Houfe oppofite to the 
 Chappel was blown down. We heard an huge 
 Noife, but knew not the Caufe : fo much the more 
 did God fpeak to our Hearts. And great was 
 the rejoicing of many, in confidence of his Pro- 
 tection. Between four and five I took horfe, with 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 my Wife and Daughter. The Tiles were rattling 
 from the Houfes on both fides. But they hurt not 
 us. We reached Hayes about Seven in the Even- 
 ing, and Oxf$rd the next Day. 
 
 Tuef. 17, The Rain continued without Inter- 
 million, till we came to Ertjlone. Soon after we 
 fet out from thence, it was fucceeded by fo vehe- 
 ment a Wind, as on Breadawy bill often drove us 
 clear out of the Path, and was ready to carry away 
 both Horfe and Rider. But our ilrcngth was as our 
 Day ; and before fix in the Evening, we came 
 unhurt to Evcjbam. 
 
 I preached in the Evening at the Town -hall, where 
 feveral of the Clergy and Gentry were prefent. Wed. 
 
 18. I rode over with Mr. to his Houfe, which I 
 
 had not feen for upwards of Twenty Years. The 
 Place I found ; but not the Inhabitants moil: of them 
 were gone to their long Home. I faw not one 
 
 whom I knew but Mr. 's Aunt ; who could 
 
 not long forbear telling me, Ci How forry ihe was, 
 that I fhould leave ail my Friends, to lead this 
 vagabond Life." Why indeed it is not plealing 
 to Fern and Blood : And I would not do it, if 1 
 did not believe there was another World. Our 
 Difpute did not continue long, and ended in much 
 
 Love, Mr. rode back with me to %v*Jham\ 
 
 attended the Preaching both at Seven and at Five in 
 the Morning, and walked with me from the Room 
 after Sermon ; but it was fome time before he 
 could fpeak. He then broke out, " J am to take 
 care of two thoufand Souls. And I never yet 
 knew how to take care of my own. 1 ' I left him 
 full of Conviclion and good Resolutions. How many 
 Days will they continue ? 
 
 Thurj. 19. I rode to Birmingham s and from the 
 Behaviour of the People, both this and the following 
 Evening, found Reafon to hope ; that fome of the 
 Seed which has been (own here, will bear lafting 
 
 Fruit. S:h'. 21. I rode to lVenJbury y where Mr. - 
 
 Vicat of had appointed to meet me. I re- 
 joiced to find fo great a Change. Since he has 
 known the pardoning Love of God, he has beeM 
 fwiftly going on from Faith to Faith, and grow- 
 ing not in Knowledge only but in Love. 
 
( io ) 
 
 Sund. 22. After preaching at five, I returned 
 to Birmingham. Many were much afraid of my 
 preaching in the Street, expecting I know not 
 what Milchief to be done. Vain fear ! I law not 
 one Perfon behave amifs, while I declared, There 
 is Joy in Heaven over one Sinner thai refenleib. 
 
 At One I preached at Tipton Green to a large Con- 
 gregation, though the Wind was ready to cut us 
 in two : And about five to a much larger at // 
 
 v : Where in fpite of all the Wiles of Satan, 
 and the cunning Craftinefs of Men, the plain ge- 
 nuine Gofpel runs and is giorifi 
 
 'Wed. 23. I fpent an agreeable Hour with 
 Mr. Curate of IV. an honed, up- 
 right Man, I verily believe, and willing to know 
 the whole Counfel of God. In the Evening I 
 preached to a fraall, ferious Congregation at &*//- 
 V. The Storm of Wind, Snow and Hail, was 
 ready for us in the Morning almof! as foon as we 
 jfet out, and continued moll Part of the Day. When we 
 had Heaths or Commons to crofs,itwas not eafy tp fie 
 aa Horfe,efpeciallyas the Wind was full in our Teeth. 
 However we reached Fcole (two Miles from Ntintzvicb) 
 in the Evening, and found a Congregation gathered 
 from many Miles round : Several of whom fat'up all 
 Night, for fear of lofing the Morning Sermon. 
 
 Wed. 25. After preaching at five and at nine, 
 I rode on to 4lftabam % where a large Congrega- 
 tion of ferious, fenfible People attended, both at 
 One, and at Seven in the Evening. Thurf. 26. We 
 rode on, through Wind and Snow, and reached 
 iMavcbcjier. At Night I was grieved to hear in all 
 Places, from my Coming into Cbefhire till now, 
 That LB. was Hill fpeaking all Manner of Evil : 
 Averring wherever he came, " That Mr. IV. 
 preached nothing but Popery, denying J uflirl cation 
 by Faith, and making nothing of ChriiL" Lord, 
 lay not this Sin to his Charge ! 
 
 cb 27, Being Good-Friday, I went to the old 
 Church, where Mr. Clayton read Prayers, I think 
 the moil diitin&ly, folemnly and gracefully of any 
 Man [ have ever heard. And the Bevaviour 1 
 whole Congregation was ferious and folemn 
 Part of the Service. But I was furprized 
 a Change in the ^rea:er Pan of them. 
 
 CI*, X DUlfffi. 
 
 efully of any 
 /aviour of the 
 lemn in every 
 ed to fee fuch 
 i, as icon as 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 ever the Sacrament was over. They were the* 
 bowing, curtly ing and talking to each other, juil as 
 if they were going from a Play. 
 
 On Sunday t M n lay and Ttufday, I fpoke feverally 
 to each Member of the Society, and found Reafon, 
 after the ftriclcft Search, to believe, that there was 
 not one diforderly Walker therein. 
 
 Tuef. March 31. T. M -, gave me a full Ac- 
 count of J. B \r renouncing all Connexion with 
 
 me : Adding, " On the 30th of Dec. lait, after he had 
 faid many bitter Things of you, to the Congregation 
 ztBo'tcn, he fpreadout his Arms three Times and cried, 
 Popery, Popery, Popery ! I have not been in Connex- 
 ion with him thefe three Years, neither will I be any 
 more. And the fame Thing he faid to all the Stewards* 
 at the Quarterly Meeting on Nt?vA~eafs-D>:y. 
 
 Frid. April 3. I rode to Bank -hewe, near Rochdale , 
 where T. M gave me the following Account, 
 
 " On Saxday, 4ug, 7. Jail, I preached a: Rangdale 9 
 at Five in the Morning, as ufual. About Six, two 
 Conilables came, and carried me to a Puhlick Houfe, 
 where I was kept till near Four in the Afternoon. 
 Then one of them faid, Pie would go and afk the Mi- 
 niller, whether they might not let me go ? Upon his 
 Return they brought me out to a large Mob, which 
 carried me, and threw me into a ftanding Water, and 
 as often as [ tried to come out, they pitched me in 
 again. At laft fome of them faid I mould come our, 
 and kept the others off, tili I got up the Bank. I found 
 myfelf very happy all the Time , for 1 knew I was 
 
 in the Lord's Hand. . I got back to the Houfe 
 
 where I lodged, and went io bed. But in lefs than an 
 Hour the Mob came again, broke open the Doors of 
 the Ploufe and the Chamber, and dragged me away 
 wicii them. They caried me to a great Pond, which 
 was railed round, being ten or- twelve Foot deep. 
 Then four Men took me up by my Legs and Arms. 
 J felt the Flefh lhrink a little at hrit. But it was foon 
 over, and I did not care, whether I lived or died 1 juft 
 as pleated the Lord. They iwung me backward and 
 forward two or three Times and then threw me as far 
 as they could into the Water. The Fall took away my 
 Senfes, {o that I felt nothing more. But fome that aid 
 not care to have me drowned, when I came above Wa- 
 ter 
 
( io ) 
 ter, catching hold of my Cloaths with a long Pole, 
 pulled me out. — I lay fenfelefs for fomeTime. When 
 I came to myfelf, I faw many People about me ; one 
 cf them helped me up, and bad me go with him. He 
 brought me to a little Houfe, and put me to Bed, but 
 I had not laid long, before the Mob came again, 
 pulied me out of Bed, and drove me before them, 
 almoft naked, to the End of the Parifii, where they 
 left me. I made fhift to get on to a Place three 
 Miles off, where I got to bed again and flept in Peace."" 
 
 Sand. 5. About one I preached at Z?/A/SW;obferving 
 that feveral fat on the Side of the oppofite Hill, I 
 afterward defired one to meafure the Ground ; and 
 we found it was fevenfeore Yards from the Place 
 where I had flood, Yet the People there heard per- 
 fectly well, 1 did not think any human Voice could 
 have reached fo far. 
 
 Between four and five T preached -in our new Houfe 
 at Leeds. But it was (o full, and confequently fo 
 hot, befide which my Voice was fo damped by the Breath 
 of the People, that I fuppofe many could not hear. 
 
 Wed. 8. We rode to Heptonfial^ a little Town on 
 the round Top of a very high Mountain, W4th a 
 fteep Defcent on every Side. I preached in a va- 
 cant Place, on the Brow of the Hill. A Captain 
 who came from the Minifter's Houfe, laboured 
 much to divert the Attention of the People. But 
 none regarded him at all. When we went away, 
 he followed us down the Hilh One took him by 
 the Hand and fpoke a few Words ; on which he 
 fiiook iike a Leaf, and faid, " He hoped this would 
 be an happy Day for him,, and- that he mould think 
 more than he had done in Time pall.'" 
 
 Frid, 10. I preached, at D— , where the Cafe 
 of the Vicar and his Curate will not foon be for- 
 gotten. After a Converfation 1 had with the Vicar, 
 above three Years ago, he was deeply ferious, till 
 he converfed again with rich, and honourable Men, 
 who. foon cured him of that Diftraclion. Yet in a 
 while he relnpfed, and was more ferious than ever, 
 till he was taken ill. The Phyfician made light of 
 his Illnefs, and faid, " He would do well enough, 
 " if they did but keep thofe Metbodifts from him. ,> 
 
 They 
 
( II ) 
 
 They did fo : However, in a few Days he died, 
 and according to his own exprefs Order, was car- 
 ried to the Grave at feven in the Morning by 
 eight poor Men, (whom he had named) and bu- 
 ried on the North Side of the Church. The Cu- 
 jute, who buried him, fickning the fame Week, in- 
 fixed that the Methcdifts fhouid not be kept from 
 him. About ten Days after he died, and according 
 to his Defire, was about the fame Hour carried alfo 
 by eight poor Men, and laid in a Grave clofe to 
 that of Mr. R 
 
 Sat. ii. I preached at R » once a Place of 
 
 furious Riot and Perfecution, but quiet and calm, 
 fince the bitter Reclor is gone, to give an Account of 
 himfelf to God. 
 
 S%nd. 12. I came to Wakefield \ as the Bells were 
 
 ringing in, and went directly to Mr. W in the 
 
 Vellry ; the Behaviour of the Congregation furprized 
 me. I faw none light, none carelefs or unaffected,, 
 while I inforced, What is a Man profited, if he Jhall 
 gain the whole World, and lofe his own Sou I? Hath not 
 God the Hearts of all Men in his Hand? Who. 
 would have expected to fee me preaching in Wake* 
 field Church, to fo attentive a Congregation, a few 
 Years ago, when all the People were as roaring 
 Lions, and the honed Man did not dare to let me 
 preach in his Yard, left the Mob fhouid pull down 
 his Houfes ? 
 
 Mend. 13. In the Evening I preached at Shef- 
 field, in the Shell of the new Houfe. All is Peace 
 here now, fince the Trial at York. Surely the Ma- 
 giftrate has been the Minifter of God to us for 
 good ! 
 
 Turf. 14. I went to B , whence the Vicar, 
 
 Mr. D- , had fent a Meffenger on purpofe, to 
 
 defire he might fee me. I found him in deep Dif- 
 trefs for the Lofs of his Wife, mixt with ftrong 
 Defires after God. Hearing I was going to preach 
 at Rotb:rbam, he offered to go with me. He feemed 
 to fiagger at nothing ; though as yet his Under- 
 
 Handing 
 
( 12 ) 
 
 landing is not opened. O that he may not reft 
 till it is ? 
 
 Wed. 15. I rode on toward Epzoortb. But I was 
 nigh fhipwrecked in Sight of the Port. Attempting 
 to ride ever the Common the neareit Way, my Mare 
 was quickly imbogged. But being lively and ftrong 
 me made a Ihift to get out, and I was glad to go round 
 by Tome Bank. 
 
 Tburf. 16. I walked over to Burnbim. I had no 
 Thought of preaching there, doubting if my Strength 
 would allow of preaching always thrice a Day, as I 
 had done moft Days fince I came from Eveft;am. But 
 rinding an Houfe full of People, I could not refrain. 
 Still the more I ufe my Strength, the more 1 have. 
 I am often much tired, the rlrit Time I preach in a 
 Day ; a little the fecond Time : But after the Third 
 or Fourth, 1 rarely feel either Weaknefs or Weari- 
 nefs. 
 
 Frid. 17. I called on the Gentleman, who told 
 me he was " Sinner enough, 1 ' when I preached 
 £rft at Epzvorth on my Father's Tomb ; and was 
 agreeably furprizedj to find him ftrong in Faith, 
 though exceeding weak in Body. For fome Years, 
 he told me, he had been rejoicing in God, with- 
 out either Doubt or Fear, and was now waiting 
 for the welcome Hour, when he mould depart and 
 be with Cbr/Ji. 
 
 Sat. 18. I preached at Belion, felt an uncom- 
 mon Degree of the Prefence of God, among an 
 Handful of poor defpifed People. O how precious 
 is the leait. of tbefe in hi: Sight, who bought them 
 with his own Blood ! 
 
 Stiftd. 19. At Eight, I preached at Claytvortb 3 
 where a Year ago, the Mob carried all before 
 them. Bui an honeil Juitice quelled them at once, 
 fo that they are now glad to be quiet, and mind their 
 own Bufinefs. 
 
 At One, I preached at Mi/lerton, to a deeply at- 
 tentive Congregation, alTembled from all Parts : 
 And between Four and Five at Epuortb - Crofs. 
 The Congregation here was fomewhat lelTened, 
 
 by 
 
( 13 ) 
 
 by a Burial at Mtitorr, that of poor Mr. R 
 
 P , emphatically poor, though while he lived, 
 
 he pcjftft (not enjoyed ) at lealt a Thoufand Pound a 
 Year. 
 
 Mond. 20. I rode by Haintcr., to Cmingfiy. The 
 next Day, I preached at Rangdal. , where we ex- 
 pected fome Diiturbance, but found none. The light 
 Puniihment inflicted on the late Rioters, (though their 
 Expence was not great, as they fubmitted before 
 the Trial) has fecured Peace ever fince. Such a 
 Mercy it is, to execute the Penalty of the Law, on 
 thofe who will not regard its Precepts ! So many In- 
 conveniencies to the Innocent does it prevent, and fo 
 much Sin in the Guilty. 
 
 Wed. 22. J rode to Grim/by. The Croud was fo 
 great in the Evening, that the Room was like an 
 Oven. The next Night I preached at the End of the 
 Town, whether almoft all the People, Rich and 
 Poor, followed me : And I had a fair Opportunity 
 of clofely applying that weighty Queflion, Lord, arc 
 there feto that Jball be faved. 
 
 Fr;d. 24. We rode by a fine Seat : the Owner of 
 which (not much above fourfcore Years old, fays, 
 " He defires only to live thirty Years longer ; ten 
 " to hunt, ten to get Money, having at prelent but 
 " twenty thoufand Pound* a Year) and ten Years 
 " to repent." O that God may not fay unto him, 
 Tbeu Fo,l ! This Night (ball thy Soul be required of 
 thee f 
 
 When I landed at the Key in Hull, it was cover'd 
 with People, inquiring, which is he ? which is he ? 
 Eut they only ilared and laughed ; and we walked un- 
 moleited to Mr. A *s Houfe. 
 
 I was quite fur prized at the miferable Condition 
 of the Fortifications, far more ruinous and decayed, 
 than thofe at Netvtfji/e, even before the Rebellion. 
 'Tis well there is no Enemy near. 
 
 I went to Prayers at Three in the old Church, a 
 grand and venerable Structure. Between Five and 
 Six, the Coach called, and took me to Might on -Car 
 about half a Mile from the Town. An huge Mul- 
 titude 
 
( 14 ) 
 
 titude, Rich and Poor, Horfe and Foot, with fe- 
 veral Coaches, were fbon gathered together ; To 
 whom I cried with a loud Voice and a compofed 
 Spirit, What /hall it profit a Man, ifbejkall gain the 
 zubole Wcrld i and lofe bis own Soul '? Some thoufands 
 of the People ferioufly attended : But many behaved 
 as if poflelt by Moloch. Clods and Stones flew a- 
 bout on every Side : But they neither touched 
 nor difturbed me. When 1 had finifhed my Dif- 
 courfe, I went to take Coach. But the Coachman 
 had driven clear away. We were at a Lofs, till 
 a Gentlewoman invited my Wife and me, to come 
 into her Coach. She brought fome Inconveniences 
 on herfelf thereby : Not only as there were nine of 
 us in the Coach, three on each Side, and three in 
 the Middle ; but alfo as the Mob clofely attended 
 us, throwing in at the Windows (which we did 
 not think it prudent to fhut) whatever came next 
 to Hand. But a large Gentlewoman who fat in 
 my lap, fcreened me, fo that nothing came 
 near me. 
 
 The Mob, who were increafed to feveral thou- 
 fands, when Iftept out of the Coach into Mr. A 's 
 
 Houfe, perceiving I was efcaped out of their Hand?, 
 revenged themselves on the Windows, with many 
 Showers of Stones, which they poured in, even into 
 
 the Rooms four Stories high. Mr. A walk d 
 
 through them to the Mayor's Houfe, who gave him 
 fai?* Words, but no AfTiltance ; probably not know- 
 ing, that himfelf (the Mayor) might be compelled 
 to make good all the Damage which mould be done. 
 He then went in quell of Conitables, and brought 
 two with him about nine o'Clock. With their Help 
 he fo thoroughly difperfed the Mob, that no two of 
 them were left together. But they rallied about 
 Twelve, and gave one Charge more, with Oaths 
 and Curfes, and Bricks and Stones. After this, all 
 was calm, and I flept found till near four in the 
 Morning. 
 
 About Five, Sat. 25. We took Horfe, and made 
 to Pocklington. I was lorry, when I found it was the 
 
 Fair 
 
( '5 ) 
 
 Fair Day, that Notice had been given of iny preach- 
 ing ; especially when I heard, there was no So- 
 ciety, and fcarce any one awakened in the Town. 
 The unufual Bitternefs of fevcral who met us in the 
 Street, made the Profpeft ftill more Lnpromifmg. 
 However I went to fee the Room provided for 
 Preaching, but found it was not above live Yards 
 fquare. I then looked at a Yard which was pro- 
 pofed ; but one Circumftance of this I did not like. 
 It was plentifully furnilhcd with Stones ; Artillery 
 ready at Hand, for the Devil's drunken Champions. 
 Juit then it began to rain, upon which a Gentlen an 
 offered a large commodious Barn. Thither I went 
 without Delay, and began preaching to a few, who 
 increafed continually. I have known no fuch Time 
 fince we left London, Their Tears fell as the Rain. 
 None oppofed or mocked : So that thefe mace full 
 amends for the Behaviour of thofe at h 
 
 The Man and fefis Wife at whofe Houfe we dined, 
 had been bitterly perfecuted both by his and her Mo- 
 ther. Thefe were fome of the fir ft whofe Hearts were 
 touched. Immediately after preaching they came up 
 into the Room where we were, and confeft with many 
 Tear?, how eagerly they had oppofed the Truth of 
 God, and troubled their Children for adhering to it. 
 How wile are all the Ways of God ? Had it not been 
 Fair Day, thefe had not been here. 
 
 Yet fome of our Company had dreadful Fore- 
 bodings of what was to be at Tort* A worthy 
 J oft ice of the Peace (doubclefs to quiet the Mob there) 
 had juft caufed to be cried about the Streets, ftuck 
 tip in publick Places, and even thrown into many 
 Houfes, Part of the " Comparifon between the 
 «■ Papifts and Mitbodifts." Perhaps this might be 
 the Occafion of fome bitter Curies which were given 
 us, almoft as foon as we entered the Gates. But the 
 vainWords of thofe Rabj ' -ik- bf, returned into their own 
 Eofoms. I began preaching at Six. The Chappel was 
 filled with Hearers, and with the Prefence of God. 
 The Oppofcrs opened not their Mouths. The Mourn- 
 ers bicfl God for the Confolation. 
 
 B Sund. 
 
( 16 ) 
 
 Sun J. 26. At Seven, God was with us as before, 
 and his Word brake the Rocks in Pieces. We left 
 Vork 9 about Nine, as quietly as we came, and rode 
 to Acorn b, 
 
 Mond.i-]. We reached O/motbcrly. After preach- 
 ing in the Evening, I was defired to vifit a Perfon, 
 who had been an eminent Scoffer at all Religion, 
 but was now, they faid, " in a flrange Way." I 
 found her in a jlrange Way indeed : cither raving 
 mad, or porTeft by the Devil. The Woman herfelf 
 affirmed, " That the Devil had appeared to her the 
 Day before, and after talking fome Time, leaped 
 upon, and grievoufly tormented her ever fine*." 
 We prayed with her. Her Agonies ceafed. She 
 fell afleep, and awaked in the Morning calm and 
 eafy. 
 
 'luej. 28. About Noon we reached StokrJIeft where 
 I found, none had ever yet preached Abroad. Sa~ 
 nuel L rwood had attempted it ; but in vain : And 
 fo had Mr. Roberts fome Time after. But a Clergy- 
 man came at the Head of a large Mob, and obliged 
 him to defiit. About One, the Perfon in whole Houfe 
 we were, came in trembling, and told us, what 
 Thieatnings were breathed out. I anfwered, " Then 
 there was no Time to lofe," and went out imme- 
 diately. I fuppofe the Mob expected to hear us 
 ling. But they were difappointed : For I began 
 preaching without Delay. By this Means, miffing 
 their Signal, they came, not in a Body, but two 
 or three at a Time. And as fait as they came, their 
 Minds were changed ; fo that all were quiet, from 
 the Beginning to the End. 
 
 It rained all the Way we rode to Stockton ; but 
 was fair all the Time I flood in the main Street, 
 and explained to a iiilening Multitude, the Joy 
 that is in Hcc'Vcn o-cr one Sinner that refenictb. 
 
 Wed, 29. 1 preached at Durham to a quiet, ftupid 
 Congregation, and the next Day went on to New- 
 enfde. 
 
 On Friday and Saff/r.'.n we 'Kjvfed a little Res- 
 pite from Labour, refrefiicd both in Soul 
 and Body. Sund. 
 
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 Sunt. May 3. We had the left drift Congregation, 
 that ever I law in this Place. I fpoke very plain- 
 Yet all were patient, and looked as if they underllood 
 what was laid. 
 
 Sat. q. I rode to ; , where I found one 
 
 of the i:\elicrt Societies in the North of England. 
 This is the Etfcdl of their being fo much Under the 
 , as to fcruple, One and All, the buying even 
 Milk on a un v. The Houfe hardly contained 
 the People at Five the next Morning. At Eight, 
 and at Twelve I preached in the Street ; none op- 
 posing or interrupting. About Four, I began at 
 aft/e 9 near the Keelmen's Hofpital. It was 
 jull: as 1 expected. Many who had turned back ft 
 
 ed to tbem t flocked 
 together, and feemed convinced, That God was 
 ftill ready to return, and leave a Blefhng behind 
 him. 
 
 Mono 9 . 1 1. After preaching at Morpeth in my Way, 
 though with little prefent Effect, I rode on to din- 
 wick, and preached at the Crifj to a far more nume- 
 rous and more ferious Congregation. 
 
 Wed. 13. I roile to Berwick % and after preach- 
 ing, defired all who bad been of the Society to meet 
 me. I fpoke to Seventeen, who were thoroughly- 
 willing to unite again. And (what was remarkable) 
 all of them ftill retained a Senfe of the pardon- 
 ing Love of God : Although they were convin- 
 ced, they had fufiered great Lofs, by a Famine of 
 the Word. 
 
 Tbirrf. 11. At Five, the Soldiers made a con- 
 fiderable Part of the Congregation. At Noon, 
 they came again in Troops. One of them, T 
 
 W* , came lail Year from the Highlands, and 
 
 went through Wcftm , to beat up for Recruits. 
 
 He had been earnetlly warned before he left Scot- 
 land, on no Account to go near the Metbodifls. But 
 in Kendal, he lighted on two or three, from which 
 Time they were not one Day afunder. It was 
 not long, before God clearly aflured him of his 
 pardoning Love. A Fortnight after, he was or- 
 B 2 dcred 
 
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 dered to follow the Regiment to Berwick, where he 
 is continually exhorting his Comrades, to be good Sol* 
 iV.ers of J ejus Cbriji. And many already have lilled 
 under his Banner. 
 
 Frid. 15. In the Afternoon I preached at Ale* 
 mouth. How plain an Evidence have we here, 
 That even our Outward Work, even the Societies, 
 are not of Man's Building; With all our Labour 
 and Skill, we cannot in Nine Year's Time, form 
 a Society in this Place ; even though there is 
 .none that oppofes, Poor or Rich : Nay, though 
 the two richeit Men in the Town, and the only 
 Gentlemen there, have done all which was in their 
 Power to further it. 
 
 Sat. 16. I rode on to the poor Colliers at Placey. 
 y^\\zxi we came hither hrit, John Lane* then nine 
 or ten Years old, was one of the firft who found 
 Peace with Goo. From that Hour he continued to 
 walk Day and Night in the Light of his Counte- 
 nance. I faw him laft Year, longing to be with 
 Chrift. But he was detained here a little longer, 
 that he might witnefs a good Confeflion in Death 
 as well as in Life. He praifed God as long as he 
 had Breath, and was buried a Day or two before I 
 came. 
 
 May 17. Being IVhitfuntide, I preached in the 
 Morning at Gate ike ad to an huge Congregation, on 
 our Lord's Words, If any MfiU tbtrft, let bim come 
 unto me and drink. About Five, I began near the 
 Keefmens tLl)ita/ 9 many Thoufands {landing round, 
 or fitting on the Grafs. The Wind was high juft 
 before ; but fcarce a Breath was felt, all the Time 
 we were affembled before God. I praife God for 
 this alfo. Is it Entbufiafm % to fee God in every Be- 
 nefit which we receive ? 
 
 Mond t 18. I preached at Nezvlar/ds, and endea- 
 voured to remove the Offences, which had crept in 
 among the fimple People. In the Evening I preached 
 lit S beep -hi I L It rained all the Time; but that little 
 diiturbed either the Congregation or me. 
 
 Tuef. 
 
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 Tuef. 19. I preached at Wiekbam* before Mrs. Arm- 
 Jlrovg's Door. I was a little furpriz'ed at the Ac- 
 count flie gave, of God's late Dealings with her. 
 When her ancient Hufband, with whom (he had 
 lived from her Youth, was on Account of a Debt 
 contracted by his Son, hurried away and thrown 
 into Durham Gffa/, which foon put an End to his 
 Life: When (he was likely to lofe all fhe had, and 
 to be turned out of Doors at Fourfcore Years of 
 Age, Hill the Oracles of God, which fhe had loved 
 from a Child, were her Delight and her Counfel- 
 lors. But one Day when (he put on her Spectacles 
 to read, fhe could not iee a Word. She wai 
 ilartled at firft; but foon faid, It is the Lord: let 
 him do tobat fcemetb bim Good. She laid her Spec- 
 tacles down, calling her Eye on the Corner of the 
 Bible, thought fhe could difcern fome Letters. 
 Taking up the Book, fhe read as well as her 
 Daughter could. And frcm that Hour flie could not 
 only read without Spectacles, but fow or thread the 
 finefl Needle, with the fame Eafe, as when fhe was 
 Thirty Years of Age. 
 
 Wed* 20. I preached at Biddick to a Multitude of 
 Colliers, though it rained hard all the Time. They 
 feemed all, even fome who had long drawn back, 
 to be melted down as Wax before the Fire, So 
 flrong and general an Influence on a Congrega- 
 tion, I do not remember to have feen for fome 
 Years. 
 
 Sund. 25. The Congregation at the Keelmen's 
 Hofpital, was far too large for my Voice to com- 
 mand. I doubt not more than two Thirds could 
 hear : But all were ftill, till I commended them to 
 the Grace of God. 
 
 Mend. 25. We rode to Durham* and thence through 
 very rough Roads, and as rcugh Weather, to Baf- 
 nard caille. I was exceeding faint when we came 
 in ; however, the Time being come, I went into 
 the Street, and would have preached. But the Mob 
 was fo numerous and fo loud, that it was not pof- 
 fible for many to hear. Neverthekfs I fpoke on,. 
 B 3 *nl 
 
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 and thofe who were near, liilened with huge At- 
 tention. To prevent this fome of the Rabble fetched 
 the Engine, and threw a good deal of Water on 
 the Congregation. But not a Drop fell on me. 
 After about Three Quarters of an Hour, I returned 
 into the Houfe. 
 
 Tuf: . 26. At Five, the Preaching-houfe would not 
 contain one Half of the Congiegation. Manv flood 
 at th- Door and Windows, far more than could hear. 
 When I come again, perhaps they will hear while 
 they may. 
 
 We rode hence to Weredale. I had been out of 
 Order all Night, and found my felf now much weaker. 
 However I trufted in the Strong for Strength, and 
 began preaching to a numerous Congregation. And 
 I did not want Strength, till I had finilhed my 
 Difcourfe : Nor did the People want a Blef- 
 fing. 
 
 In the Evening we came to Allnndale, and found 
 the poor Society well nigh mattered in Pieces. Slack- 
 nefs and Oitence had eaten them up. When T came 
 in:o the P.oom, I was juft like one of them, hav- 
 ing neither Life nor Strength^ and bein^ fcarce able 
 either to fpeak or to (land. But immediately we 
 had a Token for Good. In a Moment I was well. 
 My Voice and Strength were entirely reflored, and 
 I cried aloud, Hozv fall 1 give thee up, Ephraim ? 
 The Mountains again flowed down at his Pre- 
 sence, and the Rocks were once more broken in 
 Pieces, 
 
 Wed. 27. I preached at Clifton, near Penrith, to a 
 civil People, who looked juft as if I had been talking 
 Greek. The next Day we went on to Larton, a. little 
 Village, ^ying in a green fruitful Valley, furrounded 
 by . . :tains, the Sidts of which are covered 
 
 with Grafs and Woods, and the Bottom watered by 
 two fm 11 Rivers. Here i found myfelf much out of 
 Order again. However, at Six, I preached to a very 
 large ana ferioa.s Congregation. The Mkiifters of 
 hartor, and of the next Parifh, were among them, 
 that they might hear and judge for themfelves. 
 
 Frid. 
 
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 TrUL 29. I preached at Noon to a very different 
 Congregation, in the C aft le -yard at Coder-mouth. 
 However, they behaved with Decency; none inter- 
 rupting, or making any Noife. 
 
 About Five we reached k bitel . After a little 
 Rcit, I went to the Room ; but it was rather to be 
 Jccn than btaid* However I fpoke as I could for 
 about half an Hour, and then immediately went to 
 bed. But I could not fleep, having a violent i lux 
 with a Fever, and continual Pain m my Stomach. 
 But at Twelve, I fell into a Lcze, and from that 
 Time, began to recover. 
 
 On Sunday in the Afternoon I ventured to Church, 
 and in the Evening, preached as I was able. 
 
 Mohd. June 1 . 1 examined the Society, and praifed 
 God on their Behalf. 
 
 Tuef. 2. I rode to Seaton, a Town of Colliers, Ten 
 meafured Miles from Whitehaven, r l he poor People 
 had prepared a Kind of Pulpit for me, covered at the 
 Top and on both Sides, and had placed a Cufhion 
 to kneel upon, of the greenefi Turf in the Country. 
 But my Voice was Mill to low, that I fear not half of 
 thofe who were prefent could hear. 
 
 Wed. 3. I was able to preach again in the Morning. 
 One of our Friends, who was Mailer of a Ship, pur- 
 pofing to fet fail on Tturfday 4, for Dublin, I knew 
 not but it would be well to go over with him, fup- 
 pofing the Wind mould turn fair. It did turn fair 
 that very Morning ; but being fuddenly called on 
 board, he failed without us. hi about fix Hours the 
 Wind turned foul. So I fuppofe he came back the 
 next Morning. 
 
 In the Afternoon we rede to Mr. Blencowe s about 
 fifteen Miles from Wbitebrven. We took a Walk in 
 the Evening to a little Town, called Drig, about a 
 Mile from his Houfe, where [ preached to a final] 
 Company of plain ferious People. iJut I fear they 
 underilood very little of what they heard, 
 
 Friday 5. I went on with Mr. Mitner % to U/zrr- 
 jhne* Here a very convenient Place for Preaching 
 
 was 
 
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 was offered. But few People had any Defire to hear. 
 So I went quietlv back to m^ Inn. 
 
 S :t. 6. \\ e reached Chipping, and were immediate- 
 ly informed, that feveral there were confulcing toge- 
 ther, how to hinder me from preaching. Mr. Mtfner % 
 hearing they were met at the next houfe, went thi- 
 ther, and brought them all with him, who were 
 the Churchwardens, and three or four Perlbns more. 
 I fpent about a quarter of an Hour with them, in 
 calm and friendly Debate, and they went away much 
 cooler than they came. 
 
 . 7. Underftanding fome defigned to go out 
 of Church, when I wenc into the Pulpit. I thought 
 it would be better for them to go out fooner, and to 
 read Prayers as well as preach Such a Congre- 
 gation was prefent, as I believe was never leeri 
 there before. And a lblemn Awe Teemed to retl on 
 the whole Congregation, from the Beginning of the 
 Service to the End. 
 
 I preached in the Afternoon on the Concluilon of 
 the Second Leilon, God was in Cbriji, t 
 the World r . The People were all Atten- 
 
 tion. Surely there is no Couniel or Strength againil 
 the Lord. 
 
 .. £. We rode to Rough- Lee t and found a 
 large, ferioas, and quiet Congregation. There have 
 
 been no Tumults, fince I\ir. //' was removed. 
 
 He was for fome Years a Popifh Prieft. Then he 
 called hhnfelf a Proteilant, had the Living of CgI*. 
 It was his Manner firft to hire, and then head the 
 Mob, when they and he were tolerably drunk. But 
 lie drank himfelf, finl into a Goal, and then into his 
 Grave. 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Htftoy.fi. ill. An At- 
 torney, who happened to be in the Town, endea- 
 voured to interrupt, retailing fome low, threadbare 
 Stories, with a very audible Voice. But fome of 
 the People cut him ihort in the Midfl, by carrying 
 him quietly away. 
 
 . 0. I preached at Six to abundance of Peo- 
 ple near Ewood t and with an uncommon Bieihng. 
 
 Hence 
 
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 Hence we rode to 7 , where the Minifter was 
 
 ilowly recovering from a violent Fit of a Pally, 
 with which he v\ as ft ruck immediately after he had 
 been preaching a virulent Sermon againil the Me- 
 lts. 
 
 J preached on the Side of a Mountain to a large 
 and earneil Congregation, and then went on to Me/L 
 Ur-barn: I preached at Six in the Town, and I fup- 
 pofe all the Inhabitants, Young and Old, were pre- 
 ient. Nor have I often feen fo large a Congregation, 
 io univerfally and deeply affecled. 
 
 My Lodging was not fuch as I fhould have chofen<: 
 Bat what Providence chufes, is always Good. My 
 Bed was confiderably under Ground, the Room ferv- 
 ing both for a Bedchamber and a Cellar. The Clofe- 
 nefa was more troublefome at firft than the Coolnefs. 
 But I let in a little frefh Air, by breaking a Pane of 
 Paper (fuch was by Way of Glafs) in the Window, 
 and then flept found till the Morning. 
 
 Frid. 12. 1 rode to Bolton. So hot a Day a* 
 this, I do not remember to have felt in England. 
 The Congregation feemed to forget the Heat, tho* 
 the Room was like an Oven. For it was a comfort- 
 able Hour : God refreshing many Souls with the 
 Multitude of Peace. 
 
 Sat. 13. The Houfe was fuller this Evening, than 
 the laft, while I inforced that gracious Invitation, 
 Come unto me all ye that are weary y and heavy lade .. 
 
 Sund. 14. After preaching in the Evening, I tool: 
 occafion to tell the whole Congregation, r I hat there 
 had been a Miftake, concerning the Houfe, which 
 y. B. imagined, I had contrived to make my own 
 Property: But Mr. Grimjbaw had new cleared it up ; 
 having allured Mr. B. 1 . That I knew nothing 
 of the Deed relating to the Houfe, till after it wa> 
 made. 2. That I had no Property in it ftill ; only 
 a Claufe was infer ted, whereby Mr. G. my Brother, 
 and I, were Empowered, "To appoint the Preachers 
 therein. 
 
 Aloud. 1 57 . I had many little Trials in this Jour- 
 Re) , of a Kind I had not known before. I had 
 
 bor- 
 
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 borrowed a young, ftrong Mare, when I let out 
 from Mancbefter. But fhe fell lame before- 1 got to 
 Qrim/iy. I procured another, but was difmounted 
 again, between Newcaftle and Berwick. At my Re- 
 turn to Mancheffer* i took my own. But ihe had 
 lamed herfelf in the Paiture. 1 thought neverthelefs 
 to ride her four or five Miles to Day. But fhe was 
 gone out of the Ground, and we could hear nothing 
 of her. However I comforted inyfelf, that I had 
 another at Mancbefter, which I had lately bought. 
 But when I came thither I found, One had borrowed 
 her too, and rode her away to C: 
 
 About Noon, I preached near Sba<kexley> at an 
 old Mans Houfe, who was groaning for Redemp- 
 tion. We walked together a little Way, after preach- 
 ing : And almofl as foon as we parted, the Power 
 of God fell upon him, fo that he hardly knew, 
 whether he was on Earth or in Heaven. From that 
 Hour he has been continually filled with Peace and 
 Joy in believing. 
 
 At my Return to Bolton, 1 wrote down a parti- 
 cular Account of one, that lately adorned the Gof- 
 pel. It was as follows, *' In April 1746, Katbe- 
 " tberine Wbitakcr went to Halifax , to hear John 
 Nelfon. She was before convinced of the Truth 
 by Reading, and from that Time grew more and 
 
 more ferious. The next Year 'jobn H called at 
 
 cur Houfe. As he was going, he turned back, took 
 her by the Hand, and laid, " You mujfi bciieve, 
 whether you can, or no." As foon as he was gone, 
 me began crying to God, and ceafed not, till fhe 
 knew ihe did believe in Chrift. She never after- 
 ward loft the Senfe of his Love: Nor could ihe 
 iscft, if (he foirfid the leail Cloud, till it was wholly 
 removed, and the clear Light (hone again upon her 
 Soul. 
 
 " In May 1750. She removed to Bolton, and foon 
 after appeared to be confumptive. But fhe did not 
 fpare herfelf on that Account, iiill riling at Five, 
 Four, or Three in the Morning, and continuing 
 to teach her Scholars, as ufual, till about CbriJU 
 
 mas 
 
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 i7W« From that Time her Bodily Strength 
 faded, though (he di r Room till March. 
 
 Sne I fhc Diould live to be a bur- 
 
 den unto her I -.- I ear U:on v.nifhcd 
 
 away, and (he faid, " Now 1 can leave it ail to 
 u Go;-. Let me die fooner or later, it is .ill one/* 
 But (he had Hill fome nceming her 
 
 and, before lhe was thoroughly willing to give 
 him up. 
 
 " The next Friday but one before 11. e died, one 
 of her Sifters fitting by her began fi&ging, 
 
 happy, happy Day, 
 
 That cails the Exiles Home.'* 
 
 She immediately joined with lier, and fung on, to 
 the End of the Hymn. The .he 
 
 looked round upon us, and laid, " O how 1 love 
 you all. I am all Love. I love every Soul God 
 has made." Her Hufband afked, " Are you ha j 
 She laid, O yes. 
 
 1 cannot fear, I cannot doubt, 
 I feel the fprinkled Blood : 
 
 w Sing on, fing on, 
 
 " Let every Soi 1 with me cry out, 
 
 " Thou art my Lord, my God." 
 
 At Breakfaft fhc defired a little cold Wafer's on 
 
 receiving which lhe looked up and faid, " In a little 
 ile, I mail drink new in the Kingdom of 
 
 my Lather. 1 ' About Teno'Clock me broke out, 
 
 My God is reconciled, 
 
 His pard'ning Voice I hear, 
 
 He own's me for his Child, 
 I can no longer fear" 
 
 One afking her, " How (he did?" She faid, « I 
 long to be with him, whom my Soul love: 
 On Friday and Saturday^ being extreme! 
 fpake very little. On Sunday Morning, [he (aid, " 
 the Lord hath brought us to another Sabl 
 
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 Vouchfafe, O Lord, to keep us this Day without Sim" 
 She then partly fung, and partly repeated tiiat 
 Hymn, 
 
 <4 O when mall I fweetly remove, 
 O when (hall I enter my Reft ! 
 Return to the Sion above, 
 
 The Mother of Spirits diftreft." 
 
 She then faid, " Who is in the Houfe ? O, I do 
 not love the flaying at Home on a Sunday. Defire 
 them all to go to Church When I was mofl dili- 
 gent in going to Church, I always found the greateft 
 Bleflings." At Night (he faid, " Swelled Legs ! 
 For a little Time : There will be no fwelled Legs 
 in Heaven. 1 ' About Five on Monday Morning, March 
 23, her Hufband afked, " Do you know me" ? She 
 faid, " Yes, I do" ; and putting her Arm round his 
 Neck, quickly began to flumber. Waking foon af- 
 ter, me faid, " I mud make hafle, and drefs mvfelf 
 for the Bridegroom." She then dozed afrefh ; but 
 waking in a few Minutes, faid, " I am going to 
 Chrift," and fell afleep. 
 
 Sat. 20. I rode to Cbefier, and preached at Six 
 in the accuftomed Place, a little without the Gates, 
 near St. Johns Church. One fingle Man, a poor 
 A lehoufe- keeper, fecmed difgufled, fpoke a harmlefs 
 Word, and ran away with all Speed. Ail the reft 
 behaved with the utmoil Serioufnefs, while I de- 
 clared, The Grace of our Lord J ejus Cbrift. 
 
 Sund. 2 i . I preached at Seven in a much larger 
 Houfe, which was juft taken, near St. Martin's 
 Church : As eminent a Part of the Town, as Drury- 
 lane, is in London, or as the Horfefair was in Brijiot. 
 
 At Church Mr. L , preached a ftrong, plain, 
 
 ufeful Sermon, upon the Faith of Abraham. At One, 
 I began preaching again, on We preach not Ourfelves % 
 but Qbrtft 7 ejus the Lord. But the Houfe not con- 
 taining half the Congregation, I was obliged to 
 ftand at the Door, on one Side of a Kind of 
 Square, large enough to contain Ten or twelve thou- 
 i'and People. J had a few Hours before fpoken to 
 
 the 
 
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 he Captain of a VefTcl, with whom I propofed t<* 
 fail for Dublin. And the Wind being fair, I knew 
 lot whether I mould itay to preach another Ser- 
 non in Cbejlcr. I find it ufeful to be in fuch a 
 itate of Sufpenfe : Wherein I know not, what will 
 e the next Hour, but lean absolutely on his Di.pofal, 
 Jioknoweth and rulcth all Things well. 
 
 At Four, I preached in the Square, to a much 
 arger Congregation, among whom were abundance 
 f Gentry. One Man Jcreamed and hollowed as 
 oud as he could ; but none feconded or regarded 
 dm. The reft of the Congregation were ileddily fe- 
 jious, from the Beginning to the End. 
 { Mvd. 22. We walked round the Walls of the City, 
 i/nich are fomething more than a Mile and three 
 Quarters in Circumference. But there are many va- 
 jant Spaces within the Walb, many Gardens, and 
 ! good deal of Failure Ground. So that I belie-.? 
 ft ewe aftle upon Tyne, within the Walls, contains at 
 eaft a Third more Houfes than Cbefter. 
 
 The greatcft Convenience here is what they call 
 we Rotas, that is, covered Galleries, which run 
 hrough the main Streets on each Side, from Eaft to 
 Veil, and from North to North : By which Means 
 ne may walk both clean and dry in ahy Weather, 
 rom one End of the City to the other. 
 
 I preached at Six in the Evening in the Square, 
 o a vail Multitude, Rich and Poor. The far greater 
 'art, the Gentry in particular, were feriouify and 
 ceply attentive : Though a few of the Rab'.:;<\ 
 loll of them drunk, laboured much to make . 
 )illurbance. One might already perceive a 
 ncreafe of Earneflncfs in the Generality of t!;c 
 iearers. So is God able to cut fhort hi? Work, 
 d wound or heal, in whatever Time it pleafeth 
 im. 
 
 Tuijn. 2^ . Having received Lettets which made 
 ie judge it neceflary, to be at Btiftol as icon as 
 offible ; about Ten I fet out, dined at BitmmgSam 
 ie next Day, and thence rode to Red-Dit<fr. 
 
 c m 
 
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 7hun. 25. Finding the Congregation waiting, 
 began preaching between Three nnd Four, 
 preached at H r a//bridge, near Stroua, in the Ever 
 ing, and the next Day, before Noon, reached Ki*Q 
 w od. 
 
 Wed, July i. Having finished my Bufinefs < 
 Briftol, I took Horfe again, and preached that Even 
 ing at Evefiam. 
 
 TSurfi 2. I reached Bi /brook and Chejler. 
 
 Frid. 3. I was faying in the Morning to Mr. Par 
 
 her, " Confidering the Good which has been don 
 
 there already, I wonder the People of Chefter ar 
 
 fo quiet." He anfwered, " You muft not exped 
 
 they will be fo always." Accordingly one of th 
 
 firit Things I heard after I came into the Tow 
 
 was, That for two Nights before, the Mob had beei 
 
 employed, in pulling down the Houie where I ha< 
 
 preached. " J afked, were there no Magistrates ii 
 
 the City r " Several anfwered me, " We went to th 
 
 Mayor, after the firit Riot, and defired a Warrant t< 
 
 bring the Rioters before him. But he pofitivejy re 
 
 fufed to grant any, or to take any information: 
 
 -about it." So being undifturbed, they aiTemble* 
 
 again the next Night, and finiihed their Work. 
 
 Sat. 4. I preached in our old Room. 
 
 Su.vd. c. I flood at Seven in the Morning near th( 
 
 .Ruins of die Koufe, and explained the Principle 
 
 and Practice of that &?J57 which is every where jjokei 
 
 tigainfi* I ivesrrt afterwards to St. Martin's Church, 
 
 \Chich Hands clofe to the Place. The Gentlemar 
 
 which officiated, itemed to be extremely moved 'a 
 
 ieveral Paflag.es of the Second LelTon, Luke 17 
 
 particularly. // is impffible but that offences wil 
 
 co vie ; but wo unto him through whom they come. 1 
 
 were better for him that a Mjljioue Wrre hanged about hi 
 
 Neck, and he cafi into the Sea,, than that he Jbould off em ^ 
 
 c?ie of theje little ones. 
 
 *He began his Sermon nearly in thefe Words 
 il The lait Lord's Day I preached on doing as yot 
 would be done to, in hopes of preventing fuch Pro 
 ceedings as are contrary to alljuitice, Mercy, anc 
 
 Huma 
 
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 Iumanity. As I could not do that, I have chofen 
 iefe Word .'j for your prefcnt Confideration, Ye 
 now not what Manner of Spirit ye a^e of For the 
 on of 71/.-/; is not tomt to dejlroy Mens lives, but to 
 '<tve them. 
 
 He concluded nearly thus : " I am forry any fuch 
 )utrage fhould be committed, particularly in this 
 arifh ; where I have been teaching fo many Years, 
 uid to how little Purpofe ? I will remove as foon 
 s pofiibly I can from a Place, where I can do fa 
 •ttle Good. O what an Account have they to 
 lake, who have either occaiioned or incouraged thefe 
 proceedings r May Goo grant, that they may repent 
 1 Time ! That they may know what Spirit they are 
 f ! That they may, before it is too late, acknowledge 
 Mid love the Truth as it is in Jefu?. 11 
 
 I preached again in the fame Place at One and at 
 our, and the whole Congregation were quiet and 
 erious. 
 
 Monday 6. Finding no Ship ready to fail, I de- 
 srmined to return to Whitehaven, So I took Horfe 
 •ith my Wife between Nine and Ten, and in the 
 ivening preached at Manchejler. 
 
 Tuefd. 7. We rode to Bolton : On Wednefday to Chip- 
 \ing ; and on Friday 10, reached Whitehaven. 
 
 Sund. 12. I took my old Stand in the Market- 
 lace, about Seven in the Morning, and proclaimed 
 '?e Lord GOD, gracious and merciful t forgiving Ini- 
 v///v, TranfereJJi'ji, and Sin. In the Afcernoon we 
 ad an awakening Sermon at the New Church, on 
 lie Thing is needful. Ac Five I preached in the 
 loom on, To fear the Lord, that is Wifdtm % and to de- 
 art from Evil, is Under Handing. 
 
 Mond. 13. I befpoke the Cabin in a Ship bound 
 Or Dublin, which only waited iox a Wind About 
 Pen at Night, Word was brought, that the was rea- 
 y to fail. We went down to the Key immediately, 
 ,nd found (lie had failed out a quarter of an Hour 
 >efore, and was then off at Sea. But another Ship 
 lad juil weighed Anchor, fo we went on Board, 
 .nd failed without Delay. But having contrary 
 C 2 Winds, 
 
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 Winds, it was Friday 17, in the Evening before we 
 reached Dublin. 
 
 The Houfe here is nearly of the fame Size, and of 
 the fame Form with that at Newccjile. But having 
 deep Galleries on three Sides, it will contain a larger 
 Number of People. 
 
 Sund. 19. I preached at Five and Eight, but not 
 to fo large a Congregation as I expeSed. I was 
 greatly mocked at the Behaviour of the Congrega- 
 tion in St. Patrick's Church. But all their Care- 
 lefnefs and Indecency did not prevent my rinding an 
 uncommon Bleffing. Between Five and Si;*, our 
 Houfe was nearly filled : But great Part of the 
 Hearers feemed utterly unawakened. I marvel how 
 it is, that after all our Labour here, there fhould flill 
 be fo little Fruit. 
 
 Mond. 20. I learned the Particulars of the late 
 Riot. Some Weeks ago, a large Mob affembled 
 one Evening, broke many of the Windows, and 
 had juft broke into the Houfe, when a Guard of 
 Soldiers came. The chief Rioters were appre- 
 hended and tried. But Ten or Eleven of the Jury- 
 men being Papifts, frighten'd.the Twelfth, fo that he 
 did not contradict, when they brought in the Fellows, 
 Not Guilty. 
 
 Tuef. 21. I inquired into the State of the Society, 
 ilill confiding of about Four hundred and twenty 
 Members ; though many had been much fhaken, 
 chiefly by various Opinions, which fume even of our 
 own Preachers had propagated. 
 
 fhutj. 23. We went to fee a Friend a few Miles 
 from Dublin. Before Dinner, Mr. iownly and I took 
 a Walk on the Sea-fnore. Being fo me what tired 
 we thought to return a ihorter Way, by climbing 
 over the Rocks. We found little Difficulty at firli 
 the Afcent not being fleep toward the Bottom. Bu 
 as we went higher, it grew fteeper and fteepcr, til 
 we would gladly have gone back, if we could. But 1 
 could neither go, nor look back ; fo that we had only 
 this choice, To get quite to the Top, or to make 
 one Step to the Bottom. The Stones likewife on 
 
 which 
 
( ?1 ) 
 
 which we flood, or which we took hold of, fre- 
 quently gave Way, and tumbled : So that I know 
 not whether we were ever in To much Danger on 
 the Sea, as we were now on the Shore. But in 
 half an Hour, I know not how, we got upon firm 
 even Ground. 
 
 Sund. 26. I met one, whom I had formerly (c^n 
 at Brijlo/, heaping up Money with both Hands. 
 And he has now all that the World can give. 
 But he enjj\s nothing : Having fuch a continual 
 l.ozuncfs of Spirits, as they call it, that his very 
 Life is a Burden. He feems partly to underftand. 
 his own Cafe. May the great Phyfician heal his 
 Sicknefs ! 
 
 MhhJ. 27. I preached in Eiinderry at One, and 
 at Chftiand in the Evening. Tuej. 28. I preached 
 at Port Arlington, though I was extremely 111, and 
 it was a Pain to me to fpeak ; But it was a com- 
 fortable Pain. I could from my Heart praife Geo 
 for his Fatherly Vifitauon. 
 
 Wed. 29. I rode to Mount ;nelick y but was fo hoarfe 
 and weak, that I could only preach in the Houfe. 
 Frid. 3 \ . Being not well able to ride, I borrowed 
 
 Mr. P *a Chair to Tutlamore ; and on Saturday 
 
 reach'd Confy*/<wgb, and met many of my Friends 
 from all Parts. I now found my Strength increaiing 
 daily : It muff be, as my Day is. 
 
 Sund. Aug, 2. I baptized Jofcpb Er.glijb, (late a 
 Quaker) and two of his Children. Abundance of 
 People were at Tyrrtft Pafs in the Evening, many 
 more than the Houfe could contain. At Five in 
 the Morning, one who had tailed of the Love 
 of God, but had afterwards relapfed into his 
 former Sins, nay, and funk into Deifm, if not 
 Atheifm, was once more cut to the Heart. At Six in 
 the Evening, 1 preached at Drumtin& y . where many 
 
 now know in whom they have believed. Mr, B 
 
 the Minifter of D ■ ■■met me here, the t Man 
 I fhould have expected ! But it cannot laft. The lame 
 Perfon cannot long admire both Job,: '/'"/' v and John 
 
 C 3 tmfi 
 
( 32 ) 
 
 ifuej\ 4. I preached about Noon at Street ; , to a 
 civil, unconcerned Congregation ; and about Six in 
 the Evening at Abidirring, a Mile fhort of Kenngb, 
 Many Romanics being prefent, I found much Con- 
 cern for them, and could not but addrefs myfelfto 
 rhcm in particular, and exhort them wholly to rely on 
 the one Mediator between God and Man. 
 
 Wed. 5. We rode to Atblone. Thurf. 6. I preached 
 in a large open Place, near the Houfe, to many of 
 the Rich, as well as Poor. Sjt. 8. I called on a 
 lively Man, who is juft married, in the Ninety -fecond 
 Year of his Age, He ferved as an Officer both in 
 King WHlinnCz and Queen Anne's Wars, and a Year 
 or two ago began to ferve the Prince of Peace. 
 He has all his Faculties of Body and Mind intire, 
 works in his Garden, fome Hours every Day, and 
 praifes God, who has prolonged his Life to fo good 
 a purpofe. 
 
 Sutid. 9. At Eight we had the ufual Congrega- 
 tion in the Market -houfe, and the ufual Bleiiing. 
 
 Mr. G preached an excellent Sermon at Church, 
 
 on the Necemty of the Religion of the Heart. At 
 Five, I preached on the Connaught Side of the River, 
 to abundance of Romaniits as well as Protectants : All 
 of whomfeemed convinced, That they ought not any 
 longer, to halt between two Opinions. 
 
 Here I learned from her Hufband, that Rtfe 
 Loffgaucrtb, found Peace with God in June, 1749. 
 This flie never loft, and often rejoiced with Joy 
 unfpeakable. From that Time, ihe was always 
 remarkably ferious, and walked clofely with 
 God. 
 
 About Eafltr, 1751. She found a great Decay of 
 her bodily Strength. But of this, lhe never com- 
 plained, being only concerned, left her Soul fhould 
 fuller Lofs. In July following, ihe was removed 
 into the Country, bat Hill continued walking in the 
 Li<*ht. Toward the latter End of the Month, ap- 
 pren ending her Time was fhort, fhe den red to re- 
 turn to Atbhne. On Sat. the 21ft. She returned, ex- 
 tremely weak, but continually praifing God : And 
 
 all 
 
 
( n ) 
 
 all the following Week exprefling a ftrong Deffe to 
 depart, and be with Chriit. 
 
 Mr. adminiltered the Sacrament to her en 
 
 Sunday. She could fpeak little, but laid, file had 
 no doubt of her Salvation. He was deeply af- 
 fec*ted, and faid, he believed her ; but could learce 
 fpeak for Tears. When ihe could not be heard, 
 flie had her Eyes conitautly fixt upward, and her 
 Lips moving. In the Afternoon flic fainted away. 
 Coming to herfelf (lie faid, H Ah ! I was difap- 
 pointed : I thought J had efcapedv" She then prayed 
 for her Hufband, for her Parents, for the Society, the. 
 Church, and the whole World. Fainting again, and 
 coming to herfelf, flie cried out, u See, my P.-e- 
 detmer ! See, my Redeemer ! See, how his Blood 
 flreams ! 1 fee the Lamb in Glory ! I fee the Lamb 
 in Glory. Fare ye well. 'God be with you. Fare 
 ye well." She then ceafed to fpeak, and went 
 to God. 
 
 Mond. 10. I preached at dgbrim, and found the 
 People much alive to God. Tuef. 11. I rode over 
 
 to Mr. M 's. How gracious has God been 
 
 to this Family r Some Years ago, his youngeft Daugh- 
 ter, after llie had received a clear Senfe of the Love 
 of God, was brought to the Gates of Death, and 
 continues (till juft on the Wing for Eternity. His 
 other Daughter was fuddenly Itruck laii Year, and 
 after having witneft a good ConfefTion, to all that 
 were round about her, went to Gcd in the full 
 
 Triumph of Faith. Some Months fince Mr. M 's 
 
 Brother began to decline : And two or three Weeks 
 ago, full of unutterable Peace and Joy, went to him, 
 whom his Soul loved. 
 
 // r (d. 12. In the Evening I preached at Birr. I 
 fcarce ever faw fo large, fo genteel, and fo ferious a 
 Congregation there before. The next Evening, I 
 reached Limerick. 
 
 J fptn: Friday and Saturday in Conference with 
 our Preachers, and the next Week fpake with each 
 of the Members of the Society : Many of whom, I 
 
 now 
 
( 34 ) 
 
 now found, were rooted and grounded in Love, and 
 zealous of good Works. 
 
 Frid 21. I rode through heavy Rain to SbroniH, 
 and to Corke the next Day. Sund. 23. At Eight, 
 would not near contain the Congregation. Yet I 
 judged a fmall Congregation with Peace, preferable 
 to a large one with Noife and Tumult. 
 
 On Monday and Tucjday, I carefully examined the 
 Society : Put away thofe wh® did not walk according 
 to the Gofpel, and found about Three hundred who 
 ftill lrrive to have a Confcience void of Offence to- 
 ward God, and toward Man. 
 
 Tuef. 25. I preached in the Market- place, at Kin- 
 fa/e. The next Morning at Eight I walked to the 
 Fort. On the Hill above it we found a large, 
 deep hollow, capable of containing two or three 
 thoufand People. On one Side of this, the Soldiers 
 foon cut a Place with their Swords for me to Hand, 
 where I was fcreen'd both from the Wind and Sun, 
 while the Congregation fat on the Grafs before me. 
 Many eminent Sinners were prefent, particularly of 
 the Army. And I believe God gave them a loud 
 Call to Repentance. 
 
 In, the Evening I called Sinners to Repentance in 
 the Main Street, at Bandon. On TJmrJday and Friday, 
 the Rain drove us into the Market-houfe. Indeed 
 I hardly remember two dry Days together, fince 
 I landed in^Ireland. Saturday 29, I returned to Corke, 
 and fpent a comfortable Day, having a itrong Hope, 
 that God will lift up the Hands that hang down. 
 Monday 31. I rode to C'cnmell. A wide Door was 
 opened here a Year ago. But one Evening, jure, 
 after Sermon was ended, the Room in which the 
 Preaching had been, fell. Two or three Perfons were 
 hurt thereby : For which Reafon, (could one defire a 
 better ? ) the People of the Town vowed, That no 
 Method ill mould ever more preach in Cienmell 
 
 Tuefd. Sept. 1. I preached at Water fir d. Only 
 one poor Man behaved amifs. His Cafe is really 
 to be pitied. Some Time fmce he had flrong 
 
 Defirej 
 
 
t 35 ) 
 
 Defires to ferve God, and had broke off his out- 
 ward Sins, when Mr. , one of the Preben- 
 daries, told him, " He did very wrong to go 
 after thofe Fellows," and made him promife to 
 hear them no more. He kept his Word, and turn- 
 ed back, as a Dog to his Vomit, wallowing in 
 Sin, as he did before. But he does not go to the 
 Metbodifri ; fo all is well. He may go to the De- 
 vil and welcome. 
 
 IVed. 2. At Eleven Mr. WelJJ: began preaching 
 in Irifh in the Market-houfe. It being Market- 
 day, the People flocked from all Sides, many of 
 them ferioufly attended. A few of the Rabble 
 curfed and fwore ; but did not make any confider- 
 able Interruption. 
 
 At five I went to the Court-houfe, and began 
 preaching. But the Mob was fo numerous and 
 noify that few could hear. Perceiving the Noife in- 
 crease more and more, I walked through the 
 midft of the Mob to my Lodgings. They hol- 
 low'd and Ihouted and curfed amain. Hitherto 
 could they come, but no further. 
 
 Tburf. Sept. 14. (fo we mull call it now, feeing 
 the New Style now takes place) I rode to the Bog 
 of Boirce, where a great and effectual Door is open'd. 
 On Friday Evening we rode on to Goree, and the 
 next day to Dublin. 
 
 Sund. 17, I made an end of Mr. V * Effay on 
 
 the Hippinels of the Life to come. I am glad it is 
 wrote in French. Probably not many in Ireland 
 will be at the pains of reading it. He is a lively, 
 fenfible Writer. But I cannot believe his Hypo- 
 thecs, while I believe the Bible. 
 
 Mend, 18. We had our firll Watchnight in the 
 New Houfe ; and it was a Night that will not 
 foon be forgotten. On Tuefday I rode to /V- 
 tarlingto>: y and the next Day to Bitr, through fo 
 violent a Storm, that my Stength was utterly ex- 
 haufted, and how I ihould preach, 1 knew not. 
 But God foon renewed my Strength ; and on TburJ \ 
 21. I arofe lively and well 3 and in the Afternoon, 
 
 through 
 
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 through continued Rain, came very wet, but not 
 tired to Limerick. 
 
 Sat. 23. We reach'd Cork/?. Si/ho*. 24. In the 
 Evening I propofed to the Society, the buildh, a 
 Preaching-houfe. The next Day ten Pcrfons fub- 
 fcribM an hundred Pounds ; another hundred was 
 fubferibed in three or four E ys, ind a Piece of 
 Ground taken. I faw a double Piovidence now in 
 our not failing lail Week. If we had, probably 
 this Houfe had never been bailt : And it is molt 
 likely, we (hould have been call away: Above 
 Thirty Ships, we were inform'd, have been lofc 
 on thefe Coafts in the late Storm. 
 
 Sund. Oft. 1. We had in the Morning at St. 
 Pau/'s, a fhong, clofe, practical Sermon ; and 
 another, at our own Church in the Afternoon, de- 
 livered in an earned, affectionate manner. We 
 had a folemn Seafon likewife at the Room : So 
 that this Day was a Day of Joy and Thankfgiv- 
 ing. 
 
 The Wind being contrary ftill, on Mend. 2. I 
 rode once more to Bandon. But though I came un- 
 expected, the Houfe was too fmall to contain one 
 half of the Congregation. So I preached in the 
 Street both this Evening, and at Five on Tuefday 
 Morning : The Moon giving U9 as much Light 
 as we wanted till the Sun fupplied her place. I 
 then returned to Corke : On Frid. 6. the Ship being 
 under fail, we took Boat, and came to Cove in the 
 Evening. All the Inns being full, we lodged at 
 a private Houfe. But we found one Inconvenience 
 herein. We had nothing to eat : For our Provir 
 fions were on bo.ird, and there was nothing to be 
 bought in the Town : Neither Flefti, nor Fiih, nor 
 Butter, nor Cheefe. At length we procured fome 
 Eggs, and Bread, and were well contented. 
 
 Sund. 8. We were called early by the Pilot, and 
 told we moil rife and go on board. We did fo, and 
 found a large number of Paffengers : But the Wind 
 turning, moil of them went on more. At Eleven 
 I preached to thofe that were left. About fix it 
 
 blew 
 
 
( 37 ) 
 
 blew a Storm. But \vc were anchord in a fafe Har- 
 bour, fo it neither hurt noi lifturbed u?. 
 
 ?,/;/. */. 9. i inding there was no Probability of 
 
 fail ng foon, we went up to Mr. P> \s, near 
 
 fajjege, I preached there in the Street about Four, 
 to moll of the Inhabitants of the Town. They be- 
 haved very quietly ; but very few feemed either 
 convinced or affected. 
 
 Tut/. 10. We had another violent Storm. It 
 
 made Mr. P r s Houfe rock to and fro, tho' 
 
 it was a new, ftrong Houfe, and covered on all 
 fides with Hills as well as with Trees. We after- 
 wards heard, that feveral Ships were lofl on the 
 Coaft. Only one got into the Harbour, but griev- 
 oufly mattered, her ' igging torn in Pieces, and her 
 Main -Mali gone by the Board. 
 
 W$i. 1 1 . I rode to Corke once more, and was 
 very fully employed all the day. The next Morn- 
 ing we returned to Cove, and about Noon got out 
 of the Harbour We immediately found the Effects 
 of the late Storm, the Sea flill boiling like a pot. 
 The Moon fat about Eight, but the Northern 
 Lights abundantly fupplied her Place. Soon after 
 God fmoothed the Face of the Deep, and gave 
 us a fmall, fair Wind. 
 
 Frid. 13. I read over PafcaPs Thoughts. What 
 could poffibly induce fuch a Creature as Voltaire \ 
 to give fuch an Author as this a good Word ? Un- 
 lefs it was, that he once wrote a Satire ? And fo 
 his being a Satirijl might atone, even for his being a 
 Cbrlfiian, 
 
 Sat, 14. About Seven, we failed into Kingrond, 
 and happily concluded our little Voyage. I now 
 refted a Week at Brifiol and Kingfwood^ preaching on- 
 ly Morning and Evening. 
 
 Sund. 22. Having heard grievous Complaints of 
 the Society in Kinjwood, as if there were M many 
 " diforderly Walkers therein, ' I made a particular 
 Enquiry. And I found there was one Member who 
 drank too much in January or February laft. But I 
 
 could 
 
( as ) 
 
 could not find one, who at this Time lived in any 
 outward Sin whatever. When (hall we be aware of 
 the Accufer of the Brethren ? How long fhall we be 
 ignorant of his Devices? Hnd fulFer him by thcie 
 loofe, indeterminate Accufations, to make our Minds 
 evil-affetted toward each other ? 
 
 Wed 29. I rode to Wjc*-, and rejoiced over a Peo- 
 ple who have run well fom the Beginning. The 
 Perfon at whofe Houfe I preached, was fuppofed 
 to be at the Point of Death. But Eafe or Pain, 
 Life or Death, was welcome to her. She defired 
 indeed to depart, and to be with Chrifh But it 
 was with perfect Refignation ; her Will being 
 fwallowcd up in the Will of Him, whom her Soul 
 loved. 
 
 Tburf. 26. The Remains of Elizabeth Bfa/r 9 be- 
 ing brought to the Room, I preached on, BkJJed ar$ 
 the dead which die in the Lord. How plain an In- 
 flance is here of Grace fo changing the Heart, as to 
 have no trace of the natural Temper ? I remember 
 her fretful, peevifh, murmuring, discontented with 
 every Thing. But for more than a Year before Ihe 
 died, God laid the Axe to the Root of the Tree. 
 All her Peevifhnefs and Fretfulnefs were gone. She 
 was always content, always thankful. She was not 
 only conftant in Prayer, and in all the Ordinances 
 of God, but abundant in Praife and Thankfgiving. 
 Often her Soul was fo filled with Love and Praife, 
 that her Body was quite overpowered. On Sun- 
 day Morning, fhe faid, " I am it-ruck with Death : 
 Her Pains were violent all the Day. But they 
 interrupted not her Prayer and Praife, and Exhor- 
 tation to thole about her, till about Three in the 
 Morning, having flnifhed her Work, fhe was fet at 
 Liberty. 
 
 Surd. 29. Was an ufeful Day to my Soul. I 
 found more than once Trouble and Heavinefs; but I 
 called upon the Name of the Lord : And he gave 
 me a clear, full Approbation of his Way, and a calm, 
 thunkful Acquiefcence in his Will. 
 
 I can- 
 
( 59 ) 
 
 I cannot but ftanJ amazed at the Gcodnefs of 
 God. Others are moil aiiaulted on the weak Side 
 of their Soul. But with me it is quite otherwife. 
 If I have any Strength at all, (and I have none but 
 what I received) it is in forgiving Injuries. And on 
 this very Side am I aiiaulted, more frequently than 
 on any other. Yet leave me not here one Hour to 
 myfelf : or I mail betray pvyfelf and Thee ! 
 
 Mm - 30. I rode to SaJiJbury, and in the two fol- 
 lowing Days, examined feverally the Members of the 
 Society, and on i 'bur/day left them determined to fland 
 in the good old Way, in all the Ordinances and Com- 
 mandments of God. 
 
 In the Evening I endeavoured to re- unite the little 
 Scattered Flock at Wintfrburn. 
 
 Fnd. Nov. 3. I rode to Reading, and on Saturday 
 to London. 
 
 Mond. 6. A remarkable Note was given me in 
 the Evening : It ran in theie Words ; " James 
 Tbompf<m % Sailor, on board the George and Mary, a 
 Sunderland Collier, bound for Middleborcugh in Sep- 
 tember lad, met with a Gale of Wind, which 
 wrecked her on the Baynard Sands, off the Coait 
 I of Zealand. Here every Soul periiheJ, fave him- 
 fclf, who was for three Days and three Nights^ 
 floating on a Piece of the Wreck, with another 
 Man dead by his Side, in which Time the poor 
 Sufferer had loll his Senfes. At length he was 
 taken up by the Dolphin -Facie t % and efcaped fafe 
 to Land. He is now willing to return hearty Thanks 
 to God, and to proclaim his Deliverance to the 
 World, that all who hear it may praife the Lord for 
 his Goodnefs, and declare the Wonders that be doth j or the 
 ' Children of Men r 
 
 In the remaining Part of this, and in the following 
 Month, I prepared the reft of the Books for the ChriJ- 
 tian Library : A Work by which I have loit above 
 Two hundred Pounds. Perhaps the next Generation 
 may know the Value of it. 
 
 Mond. Jan. 1. 1753. A large Congregation met 
 
 at Four, and praifed him with joyful Hearts and 
 
 D Lips, 
 
( 40 ) 
 
 Lips, who had given us to fee another Year. 
 
 Tutf 2. I breakfafted at Epbraim Bedder's. How 
 ftrangely divetfified is the Scene of his Life ? How 
 often had he been, both outwardly and inwardly 
 in the deep ! But at length God has lifted up 
 his Head. 
 
 Tbarf. 4. I vifited one, on the Borders of Eter- 
 nity, who did not know his Jntereft in Chrift. O 
 how melancholy is it, to leave all below, unlefs 
 we have an Earneit of a better Inheritance ! How 
 can any reasonable Man bear the Thoughts of Death, 
 till he has a Profpec~t beyond the Grave ? 
 
 Sund. 7. I breakfafted with M Y , 
 
 an uncommon Monument of Mercy. For a long 
 Time he was turned bach as a Dog to bis Vomit ^ 
 and wallowed in all Manner of Wickednefs. Yet 
 his Wife could never give him up, nor could he 
 ever efcape from the Hell itfelf, till (lie laid to him 
 one Day, " Go up Stairs, and afk of God, and 
 you know not but he may yet blefs you. 1 ' He 
 went, but with a dull, heavy Heart, and flayed 
 about two Hours. When he came down, fhe ltared 
 upon him, and faid, " What is the Matter now ? 
 What is come to you ? You do not look as you 
 did.'" He anfwered. " No, for I have found the 
 Lord. 1 ' And from that Hour he has endeavoured to 
 walk worthy of God, who has again called Yi\m to kis 
 Kingdom and G'cry. 
 
 Tuef. q. I talked largely with Mr. ., and 
 
 preft him much to come and fee me. He fpoke as if 
 he would. But Mrs. - : '' . , -• told me frankly, " He 
 never defigned it." This Separation likewife of chief 
 Friends, I aicribe entirely to the Good Offices of 
 Mr. M n. 
 
 Mou. 1 5. We had our firfl Watch-night at Snozvf- 
 f.elds. Scarce any went away till between Twelve 
 and One. How is it, that never any one in Eng'and 
 or Ireland, has been hurt for all thefe Years, in going 
 to all Parts at the Dead of Night ? Are not the Hairs 
 of our Head all numbered? 
 
 Sat, 
 
c 4i ; 
 
 Sat. 20. I advifed one who had been troubled 
 many Years with a ftubborn Paralytic Diforder to try 
 a new Remedy. Accordingly flic was ekelrified, and 
 found immediate Help. By the fame Means I have 
 known t.vo Perions cured of an inveterate Pain in 
 the Stomach: And another of a Pain in his Side, 
 which he had had ever fince he was a Child.— —Ne- 
 Verthelefs, who can wonder, that many Gentlemen of 
 the Faculty, as well as their good Friends, the Apo- 
 thecaries, decry a Medicine fo /hoc kingly cheap and ea- 
 fy, as much as they do Quickfilver and Tar- Water. 
 
 Sund. 28. A folemn Awe fpread over the whole 
 Congregation, while 1 was explaining at Weft-Jlreet % 
 the Parable of the Ten Virgins : More efpecially thofe 
 who knew they had not Oil in their Lamps. 
 
 Sat. Feb. 3. I vifited One in the Marjhalfea Pri- 
 fon, a Nurfery of all Manner of Wickednefs. O 
 Shame to Man, that there mould be fuch a Place, fuck 
 a Picture of Hell, upon Earth ! And fhame to thofe 
 who bear the Name of Chrid, That there mould need 
 any Prifon at all in Cbrijlendom ! 
 
 fburf. 8. A Propofal was made for devolving all 
 Temporal Bufinefs, Books and all, intirely on the 
 Stewards : So that I might have no Care upon me 
 (in London, at lead) but that of the Souls committed 
 to my Charge. O when fhall it once be ! From 
 this Day ? /// me Mora non erit nil a. 
 
 In the Afternoon, I vifited many of the Sick: But 
 fuch Scenes, who could fee unmoved ? There are 
 none fuch to be found in a Pagan Country. If any of 
 the Indians in Georgia were Sick, (which indeed ex- 
 ceeding rarely happened, till they learned Gluttony 
 and Drunkennefs from the Chriflians) thofe that were 
 near him, gave him whatever he wanted. Oh, who 
 will convert the Englijb into honed Heathens ? 
 
 On Friday and Saturday, I vihted as many more 
 as I could. I found fome in their Cells, under 
 Ground ; others in their Garrets, half itarved, both 
 with Cold and Hunger, added to Weaknefs and Pain. 
 But I found not one of them unemployed, who was 
 able to crawl about the Room. So wickedly, de- 
 D 3 viiifhly 
 
( 42 ) 
 
 vilifhly falfe is that common Objection, " They are 
 poor, only becaufe they are idle." Jf you faw theft: 
 Things with your own Eyfes, could you lay out Money 
 in Ornaments or Superfluities ? 
 
 Sund. ii. I preached at Hayes. Here we have a 
 fair Inftance, of overcoming Evil with Good. All 
 but the Gentry of the Parifh patiently hear the Truth. 
 Many approve of, and fome experience it. 
 
 Th/rj. ij. I vifited Mr. S , flowly recover- 
 
 ing from a fevere Illnefs. He expreft much Love, 
 and " did not doubt, he faid, in as much, as I meant 
 well, but that God would convince me of my great 
 Sin, in writing Books ; feeing Men ought to read no 
 Book but the BiUt? I judged it quite needlefs to en- 
 ter into a Difpute, with a Sea-captain, Twenty-five 
 Years old. 
 
 This Day Mr. Stuart, was releafed. For two or 
 three Years he had been inftant in Sea/on, out of Sea- 
 fon, doing the Work of an Evangelijl, and making full 
 Proof of bis Mimfry. Three or four Weeks he' fell 
 ill of a Fever, and was for a while in Heavinefs of 
 Soul. Laft Week all his Doubts and Fears vanifhed, 
 and as he grew weaker in Body, he grew itronger in 
 Faith. This Morning he expreft. an Hope full of hn- 
 Mortality, and in the Afternoon, went to God. 
 
 Sat. ij. From Mr. Franklins Letters I learned ; 
 i . That Electrical Fire, (or Ether) is a Species of 
 Fire, infinitely finer than any other yet known. 
 2. That it is diftufed, and in nearly equal Propor- 
 tions, through aim oft all Subftances. 3. That as 
 long as it is thus diffufed, it has no difcernible Ef- 
 fect. 4. That if any Quantity of it be collected to- 
 gether, whether by Art or Nature, it then becomes 
 vifible, in the Form of Fire, and inexprefiibly pow- 
 erful. <;. That it is effentially different from the 
 Light of the Sun ; for it pervades a Thoufand Bo- 
 dies, which f -ight cannot penetrate, and yet cannot 
 penetrate Glafs, which Light pervades fo freely, 
 o. That Lightning is no other than Electrical Fire 
 . collected by one or more Clouds. 7. That all the Ef- 
 fects of Lightning may be performed, by the arti- 
 ficial 
 
( Al ) 
 
 ficial Eleclric Fire. 8. That any thing pointed, as 
 a Spire or Tree, attracts the Lightning, jaft as a 
 Needle does the Eleftrkal Fire. 9. That the Elec- 
 trical Fire, difcharged on a Rat or a Fowl, will kill 
 it inilantly : But difcharged on one dipt in Water, 
 will Aide off, and do it no hurt at all. In like Ma 
 ner, the Lightning which will kill a Man in a Mo- 
 ment, will not hurt him, if he be throughly v 
 What an amazing Scene is here opened, for After -J ' 
 Ages to improve upon. 
 
 Ifed. 21. I vifited more of the poor Sick. The 
 Induitry of many of them fupprized me. Several 
 who were ill able to walk, were neverthelefs at 
 Work : Some without any Fire (bitterly Cold as it 
 was) and fome, I doubt, without any Food: Yet not 
 without that Meat which endureth to everlajling Life. 
 
 Mond. 26. I fct out in the Machine for Brijlol ; 
 and on 'fuc/day Evening preached at Bath. 
 
 Wed. 28. We rode to Brijlol. I now look'd over 
 Mr. Prince's Chrifiian Hi/lory. W r hat an amazing 
 Difference is there, in the Manner wherein God 
 has carried on his Work in England and in Jlmc- 
 ri a ! There, above an Hundred of the eilablifhed 
 Clergy, Men of Age and Experience, and of the 
 greatell Note for Senfe and Learning in thofe Parts, 
 are zealoufly engaged in the Work. Here, almoil 
 the whole Body of the aged, experienced, learned 
 Clergy, are zealoufly engaged againit it : And few 
 but a Handful of raw, young Men engaged in it, 
 without Name, Learning, or eminent Senfe ! And 
 yet by that large Number of honourable Men, 
 the Work feldom fiourifhed above fix Months at a 
 Time, and then followed a lamentable and general 
 Decay, before the next Revival of it : Whereas 
 that which Cod hath wrought by thefe defpifed 
 Iftftruments, has continual iy increafed for Fifteen 
 Years together : And at whatever Time it has de- 
 clined in any one Place, has more eminently fiourifhed 
 in otl 
 
 Mend. March 5. I called on Mr. Farley, and faw 
 a plain Confutation of that Vulgar Error/ that Con- 
 
 r>3 
 
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 fumptions are not catching. He caught the Con 
 fumption from his Son, whereby he foon followed 
 him to the Grave. 
 
 Wed. 14. I preached at Tronic., a dry, barren, un- 
 comfortable Place. The Congregation at Skaftfbury 
 in the Evening were of a more excellent Spirit. 
 
 Tburf. 1 j. I met the Stewards of the Neighbour- 
 ing Societies at Bern field, and was much refrefhed 
 among them. 
 
 FriJ. 16. I returned to Briftoh And, on 
 71/;;;./. 19. Set out with my Wife for the No*tb. 
 I preached in the Evening at Wdllbridgt 'near Stroud ; 
 The Houfe being too fmall, many Hood without : 
 But neither before nor after preaching, (much lefs 
 while I was fpeaking) did I hear the Sound of any 
 Voice : No, nor of any Foot ; in fo deep a Silence 
 did they both come, hear, and go away. 
 
 Tuep. 20. I preached in the Town-hall at Eve- 
 Jbam. At the Uppei\End of the Room, a large 
 Body of People were ilill and attentive. Mean Time 
 at the lower End, many were walking to and fro, 
 laughing and talking, as if they had been in Wefi- 
 viivjler- Abbey. 
 
 Wed. 21. After Dinner, abundance of Rabble ga- 
 thered near the Town-hall, having procured an En- 
 gine, which they exerciied on all that came in their 
 Way. So I gave them the Ground, and preached at 
 our own Room, in great Quietnefs. 
 
 Thar/, zz. I rode to Birmingham. A few poor 
 "Wretches, I found, had occafioned frefli Difturbance 
 
 here. The chief was Sarah B , with which I 
 
 talked at large. 
 
 Sat. 24. She faid, " I am in Heaven, in the 
 Spirit. But I can fpeak in the Flefh. I am not that 
 which appears, bui. that which disappears. I always 
 pray, and yet I never pray. For what can I pray 
 for ? I have all." 1 afked, " Do not you pray for Sin- 
 ners ?" She faid, No, " I know no Sinners, but One; 
 I know but Two in the World. God is one, and 
 the Devil is the other." I afked, " Did not Ad*m 
 fin of old r And do not Adulterers and Murderers 
 
 fiu 
 
( 45 ) 
 
 fin now." She replied, " No, Adam never finned. 
 And no Man fins now. It is only the Devil.'" 
 " And will no Man ever be damned ? " " No Man 
 ever will." " Nor the Devil ?" " I am not furc, but 
 I bdicve not." " Do you receive the Sacrament?" 
 " No ; I do not want it." Js the Word of God 
 your Rule ? " Yes; the Word made Eleih : bat not 
 the Letter. I am in the Spirit." 
 
 Sand, 25. Upon Enquiry, I found thefe wild En- 
 thdfiafts were Six in all, four Men and two Women. 
 They had firft run into the Height of Antinomianifm, 
 and then were given up to the Spirit of Pride and 
 Blafphexny. 
 
 We reached BUbrook in the Evening, and a little 
 before Six, on Monday 26, Poo/e, near Nantzoicb. 
 J was pretty much tired, but foon recovered my 
 Strength, and explained to a ferious People, / de- 
 \ned not to knoiv any Tbipg out J ejus Cbrij: y and b'wi 
 crucified. 
 
 Tttef. 27. We rode to C'rejler, where we found the 
 Scene quite changed, fince I was here before. There 
 is now no Talk of pulling down Houfes. The pre- 
 fect Mayor, being a Man of Courage as well as Ho- 
 neity, will fuffer no Riot o^ any Kind, fo that there 
 if Peace through all the City. 
 
 Wed. 28. 'I he Houfe was full of ferious Hearers 
 at Five. In the Evening fome gay young Men made 
 a little Difturbance ; and a large Mob was gathered 
 aluut the Door. But in a fhort Time, they di(- 
 perfed of themfelves. However we thought it bed 
 to acquaint the Mayor with what had pail : On which 
 he ordered the City Crier, to go down the next 
 Evening and proclaim, that all Riots mould be fe- 
 verely punifned. And promifed, if need were, to 
 come down himfelf, and reau the Ad of Par- 
 liament. But it needed not. After his Mind was 
 known, none was fo hardy as to make a Dif- 
 turbance. 
 
 I did not expeel: the Mob at Nantzoicb s (whither 
 I was now much preu to go) would be fo quiet as 
 that zxCbficr. We were faluted with Curies and 
 
 hard 
 
( 4^ ) 
 
 hard Names, as fooa as we entered the Town. But 
 from the Time I alighted from my PI or; d no 
 
 one give us an ill Word. And I had as quiet and at- 
 tentive an Audience, as we uie to have at Br 
 while I exhorted the wicked to firfake bis Wlay^ an 
 ■HnrightiQtis Man bis Unughti, 
 
 Sat. 31. I preached at Bo:ihhmh^ where I met 
 
 Mr. C , (late) Gardiner to the Earl of IV . 
 
 Surely it cannot be ! Is it poiftble, the Earl mould turn 
 off, an honeil, diligent, well-tried Servant, who had 
 been in the Family above Fifty Years, for no other 
 Fault than " hearing the Mctbodijis /" 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Mancbefier, and on 
 Monday, April 2, at Davy -holme. fiere I found (what 
 I had never heard of in England) a whole Clan of 
 Infidel Peafants. A Neighbouring Ale-houfekeeper 
 <lrinks, and laughs, and argues into Deifm, all the 
 Ploughmen and Dairy-men he can light on. But no 
 Mob rifes againft him. And Reafon good. Satan is 
 not divided againii himfelf. 
 
 IVed. 4. I made an End of examining the So- 
 ciety at Mancbejier, among whom were feventeen of 
 the Dragoons. It is remarkable, that thefe were in 
 the fame Regiment with John Haime in Flanders. But 
 they utterly defpifed both him and his Mailer, till 
 they removed to Miancbefier. Here it was, that one 
 and another, dropt in, he fcarce knew why, to hear 
 the Preaching. And they now are a Pattern of all 
 Serioufnefs, Zeal, and all holy Converfacion. 
 
 Tburf. 5. I rode to Bfitttn, and found the Society 
 juft double to what it was, when I was here laft. 
 And they are increased in Grace, no lefs than in 
 Number, walking clofely with God, lovingly and 
 circumfpeftly with one another, and wifely toward 
 thofe that are without. 
 
 Sat. 7. I rode to Chipping. Sand. 8. As foon a* 
 we came into the Me of the Church from the Veiiry, 
 a Man (fince dead) thruit himfelf between Mr. Mil* 
 Wit and me, and laid, « You ihall not go into the 
 Pulpit." m I t0 ld him, « I am ooly going into the 
 
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( 47 ) 
 
 Defk." He faid, M Put you ilin.ll not go there nei- 
 ther," and pufhed me back by main Strength. E 
 or ten noify Mell joined with him quickly, and fet 
 themfelves in Battle array. Fearing ionic might 
 take Fire on the other Side, 1 defired Mr. Milnet , 
 to begin the Service. After Prayers (for he had no 
 Sermon with him) great Part of the Congregation 
 followed us to the Vicarldge, They came thither 
 again after the Evening Service. And God made 
 them large amends for their little Difappointment in 
 the Morning. 
 
 Mond* 9. Mr. Milner rode with us to Kendal. I 
 preached there in a large convenient Room ; (th6 
 Weather not allowing me to preach Abroad) where 
 Mr. fogbam'% Society ufed to meet. I was a little 
 difgufted at their Manner of coming in and fitting 
 down, without any Pretence to any previous Prayer 
 or Ejaculation ; as well as at their fitting during 
 the Hymn, which indeed not one (though they 
 knew the Tune) fung with me. But it was far other- 
 wife after Sermon : for God fpake in his Word. 
 At the fecond Hymn every Perfon fiood up, and 
 moil of them fang very audibly. And the greatefr. 
 Part of the Society followed us to our Inn. Nor did 
 they leave us, till we went to reft. 
 
 Tuef. 10. We breakfafted at Jlmblefidc, where our 
 Landlord appeared quite open to Conviction. We 
 fpoke plainly to him, prayed with, and left him 
 full of Defire and Thankfulnefs. Soon after we loll 
 our Way, in a vehement Shower of Snow, but re- 
 covered it in about an Hour, and got over the Moun- 
 tains fafe. The Woman of the Houie where we 
 dined, feemed to be one that feared God greatly. 
 Yet when I fpake of being laved by Faith, ihe ap- 
 peared to be utterly aftonifhed. About Six, after fe- 
 veral heavy Showers, we came, moderately weary, 
 to Whitehaven* 
 
 Wed. 1 1 . Upon examining the Society I found 
 that the Love of many was waxed cold. Never* 
 thelefs I found a considerable Number, who ap- 
 peared to be growing in Grace. But furely here, 
 
 above 
 
( 48 ) 
 
 above any other Place in England, GOD bath choftn 
 the Poor of this World. In Companion of thefe, the 
 Society at Newcajlle are a rich and elegant People. It 
 is enough, that they are rich in Faith, and in the La- 
 tour of Love. 
 
 Sat. 14. As we rode to Clifton, John Hampfon and 
 I could not but obferve a little Circumftance. A 
 black hail-cloud was driven full upon us, by a ftrong 
 North-eaft Wind ; till being juft over us, it parted 
 afunder, and fell on the Right and Left, leaving 
 us untouched. We obferved it the more, becaufe 
 three feveral Storms, one after another, went by in 
 the fame Manner. 
 
 Sund. 15. I preached in the Afternoon at Cocker- 
 mouth, to well nigh all the Inhabitants of the Town. 
 Intending to go from thence into Scotland, I inquired 
 concerning the Road, and was informed, I could not 
 pafs the Arm of the Sea,which parts the two Kingdoms, 
 unlefs I was at Bonas, about thirty Miles from Cocker- 
 mouth, foon after Five in the Morning. At flrft I 
 thought of taking an Hour or two's Sleep, and fet- 
 ting out at Eleven or Twelve. But upon farther Con- 
 fideration, we chofe to take our Journey firft, and 
 reft afterward. So we took Horfe about Seven, and 
 having a calm Moonftiiny Night, reached Bonas be- 
 fore One. After two or three Hours deep, we 
 fet out again, without any Faintnefs or Drow- 
 finefs. 
 
 Our Landlord, as he was guiding us over the 
 Sands, very innocently afked, " How much a Year 
 we got by preaching thus ?" This gave me an Opper- 
 tunity of explaining to him that Kind of Gain, which 
 he feemcd utterly a Stranger to. He appeared to be 
 quite amazed, and fpake not one Word, good or bad, 
 till he took his Leave. 
 
 Prefently after he went, my Mare fluck faft in a 
 Quagmire, which was in the midit of the high Road. 
 But we could well excufe this. For the Road all 
 along, for near fifty Miles after, was fuch as I never 
 faw any natural Pvoad, either in England or Ireland ; 
 Nay, far better, notwithstanding the continued 
 
 Rain, 
 
 
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 Rain, than the Turnpike-Road between London and 
 Bair. 
 
 We dined at Dtinfrers, a clean well built Town, 
 havin < two of the molt elegant Churches (one at 
 each End of the Town that I have fcen. We 
 reached/ ning. What miferable 
 
 Accounts pafs current in Englnnd, of the Jims in 
 Yet here, as well as wherever we called in 
 our whole Journey, we had not only every Thing 
 we wanted, but every Thing readily and in good 
 Order, and as clean as I ever defire. 
 
 TufnL i 7 We fet out about Four, and rode over 
 feveral high, but extremely plcafant Mountains, to 
 Lead-bill, a Village of Miners, refembling P/acey, 
 near Newcnjile. We dined at a Village called Lef- 
 toabaggy, and about Eight in the Evening reached 
 Glafgow, A Gentleman who had overtaken us on 
 the Road, fent one with us to Mr. Gilln's Houfe. 
 
 Wed, 1 8. I walked over the City, which 1 take 
 to be as large as C r /rke, or VexocMe ttpeh Tyne. The 
 Univerfity (like that of Dublin) is only one College, 
 toniiiting of two fmall Squares : I think not larger, 
 nor at all handfomcr, than thofe of Lincoln College 
 in Oxford. The Habit of the Students gave me Sur- 
 prize. They wear fcarlet Gowns, reaching only to 
 their Knees Mofr. 1 faw were very dirty ; iome very 
 ragged, and all of very coarfe Cloth. The high 
 Church is a fine Building. The Cuthde is equal to 
 that of molt Cathedrals in England. But it is mifera- 
 bly defaced within, having no Form, Beauty, or 
 Symmetry left. 
 
 -At Seven in the Evening, Mr. G. began the Ser- 
 vice at his own (the College) Church. It was fo 
 full before I came, that I could not get in, without 
 a good deal of Difficulty. After finging and Prayer, 
 he explained a Part of the Catechifm, which he 
 ftrongly and affectionately applied. After Sermon 
 he prayed and fung again, and concluded with the 
 Blefling. 
 
 He then gave out, one after another, four Hymns, 
 Which about a dozen young Men fung. He had 
 
 before 
 
( 5© ) 
 
 before defired thofe who were fo minded, to go 
 away : but fcarce any ftirred till all was ended. 
 
 Thnrjn 19. At Seven 1 preached about a Quarter 
 of a Mile from the Town. But it was an extreme- 
 ly rough and bluftring Morning. And few People 
 came either at the Time or Place of my preaching : 
 The natural Confequence of which was, that I had 
 but a fmall Congregation. About Four in the After- 
 noon, a Tent, as they term it, was prepared, a kind 
 of moving Pulpit, covered with Canvas at the Top, 
 behind, and on the Sides. In this I preached near 
 the Place where I was in the Morning, to near fix 
 Times as many People as before. And I am per- 
 fuaded what was fpoken came to fome of their 
 Hearts, not in Word only, but in Power. 
 
 Friday 20. I had defigned to preach at the fame 
 Place. But the Rain made it impracticable. So 
 Mr. G. deiired me to preach in his Church, where 
 I began between Seven and Eight. Surely with 
 God nothing is impofiible ! Who would have be- 
 lieved five and twenty Years ago, either that the Mi- 
 niiier would have defired it, or that I ihould have con- 
 fented, to preach in aSectcb Kirk, 
 
 We had a far larger Congregation at Four in the 
 Afternoon, than the Church could have contained. 
 At Seven Mr. G. preached another plain, home, 
 affectionate Sermon. Has not God Hill a Favour 
 for this City ? It was long eminent for ktious Reli- 
 gion. And He is able to repair what is now decayed, 
 and to build up the walte Places. 
 
 Sit. 2 1. I had defigned to ride to Edinburgh, but 
 at the Defire of many, I deferred my Journey till 
 Mtnday. Here was now an open and effectual Door. 
 And not many Adversaries : I could hear of none 
 but a poor Seceder, who went up and down, and 
 took much Pains. But he did not fee much Fruit 
 of his Labour : The People would come and hear 
 for themfelves ; both in the Morning, when I ex- 
 plained, (without touching the Controverfy) Who 
 j/;a!I lay any Thing to the Charge of GOD's Eleel ? 
 
 and 
 
( 5' ) 
 
 and in the Afternoon when I inforced, Seek jt the 
 Lord while be may be found. 
 
 Sund. 22. It rained much. Neverthelefs, upwards 
 (I fuppofe) of a thoufand People ilayed with all 
 Willingncfs, while I explained and applied, ttis if 
 Life eternal, to knozo Ttree, the only true GOD and 
 J ejus Chrift -whom be b.ith fent. I was delired to preach 
 afterwards at the Prifon, which I did about Nine 
 o'Clock. All the Felons as well as Debtors behaved 
 with fuch Reverence as I never faw at any Prifon in 
 England. It may be fome, even of thefe Sinners will 
 occafion Joy in Heaven. 
 
 The Behaviour of the People at Church both 
 Morning and Afternoon, wa> beyond any Thing 
 I ever faw, but in our Congregations. None bowed 
 or curtiied to each other, either before or after the 
 Service : From the Beginning to the End cf which, 
 none talked, or look'd at any but the Miniiler. Sure- 
 ly much of the Power of Godlinefs toas here, when 
 there is (o much of the Form ftill 
 
 The Meadow where I Hood in the Afternoon, was 
 filled from Side to Side. I fpoke as clofely as ever 
 in my Life. Many of the Students, and many of 
 the Soldiers were there. And I bear them Witnefs, 
 they could bear found Doelrine. 
 
 Mend. 22. I had a great Defire to go vound by 
 Ki/Jytbe, in order to fee that venerable Man, Mr. 
 . who was every Day expecting (what his Soui 
 longed for) to depart ar.d to be with Cbrtff. But the 
 continual Rains had made it impracticable for us, to 
 add fo many Miles to our Day's Journey. So we 
 rode on itrait, by the Kirk of Sleets ; reached Ed://- 
 burgh by Five in the Afternoon ; lodged at Tra?unt 9 
 and on Tuejday 24, came to Behoiik in good Time, I 
 preached on the Bowling-Green at Six. The Wind 
 was extremely fharp, and we had feveral Showers, 
 while i was fpeaking. But I believe fcarce five 
 Perfons wen; away. 
 
 Wed. 25; We came to Alnzvieh, on the Day 
 
 whereon thofe who have gone through their Ap- 
 
 prenticefhip are made Free of the Corporation. Six- 
 
 E teen 
 
( 52 ) 
 
 teen or Seventeen we were informed, were to re- 
 ceive their Freedom this Day : And in order thereto 
 (fuch is the unparalled Wifdom of the prefent 
 Corporation's well as of their Forefathers !) to walk 
 through a great Bog, (purpofely preferved for the 
 Occafion ; otherwife it might have been drained long 
 ago) which takes up fome of them to the Neck, 
 and many of .them to the Breail. 
 
 Tburf. 26. I fpoke federally to thofe of the Society, 
 and found they had been harraft above meafure, by 
 a few violent Predeftinarians, who had at length 
 feparated themfelves from us. It was well they 
 faved me the Trouble ; for I can have no Con- 
 nexion with thofe who will be contentious. Thefe 
 I reject, not for their Opinion, but for their Sin ; 
 for their unchriftian Temper and unchriftian Prac- 
 tice ; for being haters of Reproof, haters of 
 Peace, haters of their Brethren, and confequently, 
 of God. 
 
 Sat. 28. I returned to It ewe aft le. Sunday 29. I 
 preached in Sunderland, at Eight and at Twelve. 
 As we were riding back, the Wind was exceed- 
 ing high. But as we enter'd Nezccaftle, a Shower 
 began, which laid the Wind, and then gave place 
 to clear Sunfhine. J was extremely weary when 
 we came in, having preached four Times on Sa- 
 tfirday, But my Strength foon returned, fo that the 
 whole Congregation near the Xeelmen's Hofpital, 
 could diltinclly hear the entire Sermon. And great 
 was the Lord in the Midft of us. 
 
 T&Jtrf. May 3. I preached at Gatejbcad, Fell to 
 many more than the Houfe would contain. The 
 Society here was encreafed when 1 met them Jail, 
 from Nine or Ten to Sixty Members. They are 
 now double the Number, and I truft will e'er 
 long overtake their Brethren in Kinjwood. 
 
 Frid. 4. We had the Firit General Quarterly 
 Meeting of all the Stewards round Newcaftle^ in or- 
 der throughly to underiiand both the fpiritual and 
 temporal State of every Society. 
 
 Mond. 7. 
 
( S3 ) 
 
 Mwd. 7. After preaching in Durham at Noon, I 
 rode on to Suckt9tt i and took my ufnal Stand in the 
 
 High Street, about Six in the Evening. 
 
 fttif. 8. 1 rode to Rebin-boo<T$ tiny, near Whitby. 
 The Town is very remarkably fituated : It (lands 
 clofe to the Sea, and is in great Part built on craggy 
 and ileep Rocks, fome of which rife perpendicular 
 from the Water. And yet the Land both on the 
 North, South, and Weil, is fruitful, and well cul- 
 tivated. I flood on a little Riling near the Key, in a 
 warm, rt ill Evening, and exhorted a Multitude of 
 People from all Parts, To feek the Lord f while be may 
 be found. They were all Attention, and mod of 
 them met me again at half an Hour after Four in 
 the Morning. I could gladly have fpent fome Days 
 here. But my Stages were fix'd. So on Wed. 9. I 
 rode on to York. 
 
 We had a rough Salute, as I went to preach, from 
 a Company of poor Creatures in the Way. But they 
 were tolerably quiet during the Preaching. The 
 greateft Inconvenience arofe from the Number of 
 Tcoplc*. by re«fori of which the Room (tho* un- 
 ufually high) felt as hot as an Oven. 
 
 Frid. 1 1 . I rode over to Rujfortb, and preached at 
 one to an earneft Congregation. A young Man, re- 
 markably ferious and well behaved, and rejoycing in 
 his firil Love, who fct out but a few Minutes before 
 me, was thrown by his Horfe, and (as it is termed) 
 broke his Neck. Juft at the Inftant, a Per fon going 
 by, who underflood the Cafe, took hold of him, and 
 pulPd it into its Place. O Myftery of Providence ! 
 Why did not this Man die, when he was full of hum- 
 ble, holy Love ? Why did he live, to turn from the 
 holy Commandment which was then written in his 
 Heart ? 
 
 Sat. 12. I obferved a remarkable Change in the 
 Behaviour of almoft all I met. The very Rabble 
 were grown civil, fcarce any one now fpeaking a 
 rude or an angry Word. 
 
 Sund. 13.I began preaching at feven, and God 
 
 applied it to the Hearts of the Hearers. Tears and 
 
 E 2 Groanr, 
 
(54 ) 
 
 Groans were on every Side among high and low. 
 God as it were, bowed the Heavens and came down. 
 The Flame of Love went before him, the Rocks were 
 broken in Pieces, and the Mountains flowed down at 
 his Prefer. ce. 
 
 I had defigncd to fet out for Lircolnfbire this Morn- 
 ing. But finding that a Day of God's Power was 
 come, I fent one thither in my Place, and after 
 preaching (as I had appointed)' at $ ten/or £fcfjgf 9 
 and at Pcchhngtov, returned to York in the Evening. 
 Let us work together with Him, when and where, 
 •and an he pleafes ! 
 
 t Every Night while I flaid, many of the Rich and 
 Honourable crowded in among us. And is not 
 GOD able, even of theft Stones to rnife up Children to 
 Abraham ? 
 
 c iburf. in. I preached 2X P ocldlngtcn again, and 
 rode on to Wbitgijt Ferry. It rained a great Part of 
 the Way, and juit as we got upon the Water, a fu- 
 rious Shower began, which continued above half an 
 Hour, while we were llriving to get John Hai'me's 
 Horfe into trie Eoat. 2::tv/c ;vcro fcrjtd ztZZT n'l tc 
 leave him behind. We fet out from Wbltgft foon 
 after Four. But the violent Rain which attended us 
 till after Seven, made the Road fo dirty and flippery, 
 that our rlorfes could very harrdly keep their Feet : 
 So that it was Nine before we reached Epwonb. 
 
 Sund. 20. We had, as ufual, moll of the Inhabi- 
 tants of the Town at the Crofs in the Afternoon. I 
 called afterwards on Mr. and his Wife, a ve- 
 nerable Pair, calmly haitening into Eternity. If 
 thofe in Paradice know what partes on Earth, I doubt 
 not but my Father is rejoicing and praifing God, 
 who has in his own Manner and Time accompiimed, 
 what be had fo often attempted in vain. 
 
 Mond. 21.I rode to Sykrbcufe, and preached about 
 Noon, and then went on for Lredr. In the After- 
 noon we called at an Houfe where a Company of 
 rough, butcherly Men, exceeding drunk, were curf- 
 ing and fvvearing at an unufual rate. I fpoke to 
 
 them 
 
( 55 ) 
 
 hem, in fpite of German Prudence, and they were 
 not only patient, but exceeding thankful. 
 
 TueJ. 22. rVIoft of our Preachers met, and converfed 
 freely together: As we did, Morning and After- 
 noon, to the End of the Week ; when our Cohe- 
 rence ended with the fame Bleiling as it began. God 
 giving us all to be not only of one Heart, but of one 
 judgment. 
 
 This Week I read over Mr. Rirnius 's Candid 'Narra- 
 tive. It informed me of nothing new. J ilill think 
 feveral of the inconfidcrable Members of that Com- 
 munity are upright. But I fear their Governors vjax 
 toorfe andwarje t having their Con/cienee feared as with an 
 b^t Iron. 
 
 Suva. 27. I was afraid many of the Congregation 
 at Bi fa/ would not be able to hear. Eut my I ear 
 was needlefs. For my Voice was fo ftrengthened, 
 that even thofc who fat in Job,. Ncljon's Windows, an 
 hundred Yards off, could (as they afterwards told 
 diitinccly hear every Word. 
 
 y. 29. I p eached at Kigb/ej, where the loving 
 Spirit, and exemplary Behaviour of one young Man, 
 has been a Means of convincing rJmoft all the Town — 
 Except thole of his own Houihold. 
 
 IVcd. 50. I rode to Haworth, where Mr. Griwfiazo 
 read Prayers, and I preached to a crowded Congre- 
 gation. Bat having preached Ten or Eleven Times 
 in three Days, betides meeting the Societies, my 
 Voice began to fail. Not that t was hoarfe at all : 
 but I hzA not Strength to fpeak. However, it \ as 
 refrored at Heptonftali in the Afternoon, fo that the 
 whole Congregation could hear. When (hall we 
 learn^ to take thought cn;y for the prefent Hour ? 
 Is it not enough, that God gives Help when vvc 
 
 Tbu . 31. I rode thro* a delightful Vale to Gene- 
 ood 9 near iodmorde^. . The Sun was burning 
 hot ; but they fet up a little Tent for me, refembling 
 that I had at G i'he i^ople flood or fat on 
 
 theGrafi round aoout. The Afternoon was the hot:- 
 teil leverremeubvi iii England: So that by the-Time 
 li 3 we 
 
( 5* ) 
 
 we came to Bolton, I was fit for nothing but to lie 
 down. However in th^Evening my Strength was 
 renewed, and we rejoiced together in God our baviour. 
 
 Sat. Jure 2. Hardly knowing how to give Credit, 
 to an odd Story which I had heard, That one of our 
 Preachers was accuitomed to preach in his Sleep, I 
 enquired more particularly concerning it, and received 
 the following Account. " On Frid. May 25. about 
 One in the Morning, being then fall afleep, he be- 
 gan to fpeak, There were prefent in two or three 
 Minutes tniliam, Mary, Amelia Sbent, John Haime, 
 John Hamgfon, J of. Jones, Ihomas Mite hill, and Ann 
 Foghill. 
 
 He firit exhorted the Congregation, To /trig zvith the 
 Spirit and the Underfianding alfo, and gave them Di- 
 rections how to do it. He then gave out that Hymn, 
 Line by Line, 
 
 " Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 With all thy quickning Powers," 
 
 pitching the Tune, and finging it to the End. He 
 added an Exhortation, To take heed bow they heard, 
 <4 Then he named his Text, 1 John v. 19. We know 
 that we are of GOD, and the whole World hetb in Wie- 
 kednefs. He divided his Difcourfe into fix Parts, un- 
 dertaking to (hew, 1 . That all true Believers are of 
 GOD: 2. That they know they are of GOD : 3. That 
 the World Hetb in Wickednefs. 4. That every Indivi- 
 dual who is of the World, is in this Condition. 5. 
 The dreadful End of fuch. He, 6. clofed with an 
 Exhortation to thofe who were of GOD, and thofe 
 who were of the World. 
 
 " After he had gone thro' two or three Heads, he 
 broke off, and began to fpeak to a Clergyman, who 
 came in and interrupted him. He difputed with him 
 for fome Time, leaving him Space to propofe his 
 Objections, and then anfwering them one by one. 
 Afterwards he defircd the Congregation, now the 
 Diiturber was gone, to return Thanks to God, and 
 io gave out and fung 
 
 " Praife God from whom pure Bleffings flow". 
 
 " When 
 
( 57 ) 
 
 " When he had done preaching he defiredthe So- 
 cicty to meet : To whom he firit gave out an Hymn, 
 as before, and then exhorted them to love one an- 
 other, i. Becaufe they had one Creator, Preferver 
 and Father, z. Becaufe they had all one Redeemer, 
 3. Becaufe they had all one Sanclifier. 4. Becaufe 
 they were walking in one Way of Flolinefs, and 
 5. Bccaufj they were all going to one Heaven. 
 
 " Having iung a parting Verfe, he faid, (as mak- 
 ing each by the hand, u Goodnight, Brother ; Good- 
 night, Sifter. This lafled till about a Quarter after 
 Two, he being fall afleep all the Time. In the 
 Morning he knew nothing of all this, having, as he 
 apprehended, flept from Night to Morning, without 
 dreaming at all.' 1 By what Principles of Philofo- 
 phy can we account for this ? 
 
 Mond. 4. T rode from 'Mancbefier to CbeJmcrt^n in 
 tie Pciik, where I preached in a little Meadow, and 
 reached Sheffield in the Evening. 
 
 Tuef. 5. I rode over to Jonathan Booth's at Wood- 
 fets, whofe Daughter had been ill in a very uncom- 
 mon Manner. The Account her Parents gave of it 
 was as follows. 
 
 " About the Middle of December, 1752, Ehxabdh 
 J5i>^/^ junior, near ten Years old, began to complain 
 of a Pain in her Bread, which continued three Days : 
 On the fourth Day, in a Moment, without any Pro- 
 vocation, to be in a vehement Rage, reviling her 
 Mother, and throwing at the Maid what came next to 
 Hand. Tnis Fit continued near an Hour. Then ia 
 an Inftant (he was quite calm. The next Morning 
 fhe fell into a Fit of another Kind, being ftretched 
 out, and ftifFas a dead Carcafe. Thus fhe lay about 
 an Hour. In the Afternoon fhe was fuddenly feized 
 with violent involuntary Laughter : And me had 
 fome or other of thefe Fits feveral Times a-day, for 
 about a Month. In the Intervals of them (lie v. as in 
 great Heavinefs of Soul, and continually crying fur 
 Mercy: "J ill one Saturday, as Hie lay liretched out 
 on the Bed, flic broke out, " I know that my Re- 
 deemer liveth." Her Faith and Love increafed from 
 
 that 
 
( 58 ) 
 
 that Time : Bat fo did the Violence of her Fits alfo. 
 And often while (he was rejoicing and praifmg Gop, 
 Hie would cry out, O Lord ! and lofing her Senfes at 
 once, lie as dead, or laugh violently, or rave and 
 UafphetneA 1 
 
 " In the Middle of February fhe grew more out- 
 rageous than ever. She frequently Jtrove to throw 
 herielf into the Fire, or out of the Window. Often 
 fhe attempted to tear the Bible, curling it in the bit- 
 tereit Manner. And many Times fhe uttered Oaths 
 and Blafphemies, too horrid to be repeated. Next to 
 the Bible, her greateit Rage was againft the Metbo- 
 difts, Mr. W, in particular. She frequently told us 
 where he was, and what he was then doing: adding, 
 " He will be here foon : And at another Time, 
 u Now he is galloping down the Lane, and two Men 
 With him." In the Intervals of her Fits me was un- 
 ufua'ly itupid and moped, as if void of common Un- 
 derstanding : And yet fometimes broke out into ve- 
 hement Prayer, to the Amazement of all that heard. 
 
 " Sometimes fhe would it rip herielf itark naked, 
 and run up and down the Houie, (creaming and cry- 
 ing, " Save me, fave me. He will tear me in 
 Pieces.*' At other Times fhe cried out, f< He is 
 tearing off my Breads; he is pouring melted Lead 
 down my Throat. Now I fuffer what the Martyrs 
 f uttered. But I have not the Martyrs Faith." 
 
 ** She frequently fpoke as if fhe was another Per- 
 fon, faying to her Father, " This Girl is not thine, 
 but mine. I have got PoiTeiTion of her, and 1 will 
 keep her : with many ExpreiTions of the fame kind. 1 ' 
 
 " She often feemed to be in a Trance, and faid 
 (lie lav many Vifions: Sometimes of Heaven or Hell, 
 or Judgment; fometimes of Things which {he faid 
 would ihortly come to pafs " 
 
 " In the Beginning of March y Mrs. G. came over 
 from Rotberbam,' who herfelf gave me the following 
 Account. " Soon after I came in, fhe fell into a 
 ra ging Fit, blafpheming and curfmg her Father and 
 me. -he added, " It Was I that made Green's Horfe 
 fo bad the other Day ;" (which had been taken ill in 
 
 a moil 
 
( 59 ) 
 
 a moft unaccountable Manner, aflbon i put 
 
 into the Stable) 1 did it that thou j mrghteft have the 
 Preaching iv> more, and 1 had almoft perfuaded tb.ee 
 to it 1 that made thee 1 I 
 
 wastheta teken in aniuitffual Way. All the Time Hie 
 fpoke (he waj violently convulfed. :d to 
 
 be in flrong Agony. After about a QuaYter of an 
 Hour, me brake out into Prayer, and then came to 
 herfelf, onlyAill dull and heavy." 
 
 J^bn T ! :orp? of Rotberbam, had often a Defire to 
 pray for her in the Congregation. Put he was as 
 often hindered, by a ilrong and fudden Imprefiion on 
 his Mind, that fhe was dead. When he came to 
 and began to mention what a Defire he had 
 had, the Girl being then in a i aging Fit, cried out, 
 * I have made a Fool of Tb$rfe y and burft out into 
 aloud Laughter," 
 
 n In the Beginning of May all thefe 8j mptoms 
 ceafed. Aud fhe continues in Health both of Soul 
 and Body." 
 
 Wed. 6. It being ftill fultry hot, I preached under 
 a fhadyTree at B<ni.*?bai! 7 and in an open Place at 
 Rotberbam in the Evening : On Frit!, 8. we reached 
 Nottingham. Mr. S. met us here, and gave us a plea- 
 fing Account of his Congregation at S , conti- 
 nually increafing, and growing more earned and 
 more fcandalous every Day. At Nottingbam alfo 
 God is greatly reviving his Work, and pouring 
 Water upon the dry Ground. 
 
 In the Afternoon 1 rode to Markfield, where I care- 
 fully read over Mr. Sriirflra's Tract upon Ycviathifm. 
 He is doubtlefs a well-meaning Man, but deeply ig- 
 corant of the Subject he treats of. And his Arguments 
 are of no Force at all ; for they prove abundantly 
 too much. They utterly 'overthrow many of the 
 grand Arguments for Chriflianity : And evert Man 
 may on thofe Principles prove the Apoftles to have 
 been Fanaticks to a Man. 
 
 June io. being IVbufundw, the Church contained 
 the Congregation tolerably well. After Dinner, a 
 Gentleman who came from Le'uijlcr, eight Miles otT, 
 
 invited 
 
( 6o ) 
 
 invited me thither. About Eight I preached there, 
 in a Place near the Walls, called the Butt-CIofe. 
 The People came running together from all Parts, 
 high and low, rich and poor. And their Behaviour 
 furprifed me : They werefo ferious and attentive, not 
 one offering any Interruption . 
 
 Mond. ii. We rode to W^burn. Tuef. 12. promifed 
 to be an exceeding hot Day. But the Clouds rofe af. 
 foon as we fet out, and continued till we were near 
 Market-Street. The Sun was then burning hot, fo that 
 how my Fellow-travellers would get forward, I knew 
 not. But God knew. As ibon as we fet out, a 
 Cloud arofe, and covered us again, The Wind then 
 came about, and blew in our Faces : So that we had 
 a tolerable cool Ride to London. 
 
 I found the Town much alarmed with Mr. Rimius^s 
 Narrative, and Mr. WbitefielcTs Letter to Count Z. 
 It feems indeed that God is haftning to bring to 
 Light thofe hidden Works of Darknefs. And un- 
 doubtedly none who reads thofe Tra&s, with any 
 Degree of Impartiality, will ever more (unlefs he 
 be himfelf under a ftrong Delufion) go near the Tents 
 af thofe wicked Men. 
 
 Tucf. 19. Mr. Wb — fhewed me the Letters he had 
 lately received from the Count, Cojfart, P.Bcbler, and 
 James Hutton. I was amazed. Either furious An^ 
 or fettled Contempt breathed in every one of them. 
 Were they afhamed after all the Abominations they 
 had committed ? No ; they were not afhamed. 
 They turned the Tables upon Mr. Wb. C — — »pro- 
 teiied before God, He had never made Lynde any 
 
 Offer at all. The C bluftered, like himfelf, 
 
 and roundly aver'd, " He auld fay fomething^— if he 
 would." J — H. faid flat, You have " more than 
 diabolical Impudence j I believe the Devil himfelf 
 has notfo much." 
 
 Sund. 24. Mr. Waljh preached at Short s -gar den* s in 
 Jrijb. Abundance of his Country-men flocked to 
 hear ; and fome were cut to the Heart. How many 
 means does God ufe, to bring poor Wanderers 
 back to himfelf? 
 
 Sund*. 
 
( 6i ) 
 
 Sund. July i. He preached in Jr'ifJ: in Moor- 
 fields. The Congregation was exceeding large, and 
 behaved ferioufly ; though probably many of them 
 came, purely to hear, What Manner of Lan- 
 guage it was. For the Sake of theie, he preached 
 afterwards in Eng/ijh, if by any Means he might 
 gain fome. 
 
 Tuefd. 3. I rode over to Mr. K *s at Ted- 
 
 dingtcn, an I'raeine indeed. Dr. H fent after 
 
 Dinner to defire our Company, and fhewed us fe- 
 veral Experiments. How well do Philofophy and 
 Religion agree, in a Man of found Underitand- 
 ing ? 
 
 Sund. S. After preaching at the Chappel Morn- 
 ing and Afternoon, I took Horfe with Mr. P . 
 
 We had defigned to ride only two or three Hours, 
 in order to fhorten the next Day's Journey. But 
 a young Man who overtook us near Kiagftf*) in- 
 duced us to change our Purpofe. So we only refted 
 about half an Hour at Cobbarn ; and leaving it be- 
 tween Nine and Ten, rode on foftly in a calm, 
 moon-fhiny Night, and about Twelve came to 
 G fa/miff. W T e took Horfe again, at half an Hour 
 pari Four, and reached Port/ mouth about One. 
 
 I was furprized to find fo little Fruit here, after 
 fo much Freaching. That accurfed Itch of dif- 
 puting had well-nigh deilroyed all the Seed which 
 had .been fown. A nd this vain jangling* they called 
 contending fir the Faith! I doubt the whole Faith of 
 thefe poor Wretches is but an Opinion, 
 
 After a little Reil, we took a Walk round the 
 Town, which is regularly fortified ; and is, I fup- 
 pofe, the only regular Fortification, in Great-Britain, 
 or Ireland. Go/port^ Portfmouth t and the C$l men which 
 is now all turned into Streets) may probably contain 
 naif as many People as BriftoL And fo civil a Peo- 
 ple I never faw before, in any Sea-port Town in 
 nd. 
 
 T preached at half an Hour after fix, in an open 
 Part of the Common, adjoining to the Ke:v Church. 
 The Congregation was large and well behaved. 
 
 Not 
 
( *2 ) 
 
 Not one Scoffer did I fee, nor one Trifler. In the 
 Morning, Tuef. 10. I went on board an Hoy, and 
 in three Hours landed at Cowes in the IJle of Wight : 
 As far exceeding the IJle of Anglefey, both in Plea- 
 fantnefs and Fruitfulnefs, as that exceeds the Rocka 
 of Stilly. 
 
 We rode ftrait to Newport, the chief Town in. 
 the Hie, and found a little Society, in tolerable 
 Order. Several of them had found Peace with 
 God. One informed me, it was about Eight Years 
 ago, fmce ihe firit. knew her Intereft in Chrift, by 
 Means of one who called there, in his Way to 
 Fen/ilvania. But having none to fpeak to, or ad- 
 vife with, me was long tormented with Doubts and 
 Fears. After fome Years, ihe received a frefh Ma- 
 nifestation of his Love, and could not doubt or 
 fear any more. She is now (and has been long) 
 confined to her Bed, and confuming away with 
 pining Sicknefs. But all is Good to her, for me 
 has learnt, in every Thing to give Thanks. 
 
 At half an Hour after fix, I preached in the 
 Market-place, to a numerous Congregation. But 
 they were not fo ferious as thote at Port/mouth. Many 
 Children made much Noife ; and many grown Per- 
 fons were talking aloud, almoft all the Time I was 
 preaching. It was quite otherwife at Five in the 
 Morning. There was a large Congregation again ; 
 and every Perfon therein feemed to know, this 
 was the Word whereby God would judge in the 
 laft Day. 
 
 In the Afternoon, I walked to Carlfhbrook-Caftk^ox^ 
 rather the poor Remains of it. It Hands upon a 
 folid Rock on the Top of an Hill, and commands 
 a beautiful Profpecl. There is a Weil in it, cut 
 quite through the Rock, faid to' be feventy-two 
 Yards deep, and another in the Citadel, near an 
 Hundred They drew up the Water by an Afs, 
 which they afTured us was fixty Years old. But all 
 the ftately Apartments lie in Ruins. Only juft enough 
 of them is left, to fhew the Chamber where poor 
 
 King | 
 
( 6j ) 
 
 King Charles was confined, and the Window through 
 which he attempted to efcape. 
 
 In the Evening the Congregation at Newport, 
 was more numerous and more ferious than the 
 Nighc before. Only one drunken Man made a lit- 
 tle Diilurbance. But the Mayor ordered him to be 
 taken away. 
 
 Tburf. 12. We fet out early from Newport, andcrofs*d 
 over from Cowes to Southampton. In the Afternoon 
 we came to Salijlury, and on Saturday rode on to 
 Sbaftfbury. 
 
 I preached in the New Houfe in the Evening: 
 On Sunday Afternoon, at Devcrel Long-bridge, and on 
 Monday the 1 6th before Noon, praifed God, with 
 our Brethren at Briftol. 
 
 Tuef. ? 7. At their earneft Defire, I preached to the 
 poor Colliers confined in Newgate, on account of the 
 late Riot. They would not hear the Gofpel, while 
 they were at Liberty. God grant they may profit 
 by it now. 
 
 Wed. 1 8. We fet out for the We/}, and on Friday 20 . 
 came to Plymouth Dock. I found much Hurt had been 
 done here by the bitter Zeal of two or three Bigots 
 for their Opinion. Two Years ago they promifed in. 
 the moil folemn Manner, to let all Controverfy alone. 
 But quickly after the Fire broke out anew, and has 
 been devouring ever fince. 
 
 Sat. 21. I endeavoured to convince them, that 
 they were deftroying, not promoting, the Work of 
 God. And on Sunday, when I fpake to the Society 
 one by one, they feemed once more aware of Satan's 
 Devices. 
 
 Moud. 23. I rode to Launccjlov, and had the Firfr. 
 General Meeting of the Stewards, for the Eaftern 
 Part of Cornwall. In the Evening I preached in 
 perfect Peace; a great Blefiing, if ie be not bought 
 too dear : If the World does not begin to love us, 
 becaufe we love the World. 
 
 Tuef. 24. In the Road to Camelford ; I was taken 
 
 with fuch a Bleeding at the Nofe, as I have not had 
 
 fmce my Return from Georgia. For a Mile or two 
 
 * it 
 
( H ) 
 
 it increafed more and more, and then at once flop- 
 ped of itfelf. So I rode on comfortably (though the 
 Day was extremely hot) and reached St. Agnes in the 
 Evening. 
 
 On Wed. 25. The Stewards met at St. foes, from 
 the Weftern Part of Cornwall. The next Day I be- 
 gan examining the Society. But I was foon obliged 
 to Hop fhort. I found an accurfed Thing among 
 them : Well-nigh one and all, bought or fold un- 
 cuftomed Goods. I therefore delayed fpeaking to any 
 more, till 1 had met them altogether. This 1 did in 
 the Evening, and told them plain, either they mull 
 put this Abomination away, or they would fee my 
 Face no more. Friday 27. They feverally promifed 
 fo to do. So I truft this Plague is iiay'd. 
 
 Sat. 28. After preaching to the little Flock at 
 Zunner, we rode on to St. Jufl, and found fuch a 
 Congregation at fix in the Evening, as we ufed to 
 nave ten Years fince. I did not find any Society 
 in the County, fo much alive to God as this. 
 Fifty or threefcore have been added to it lately ; and 
 many Chi dren filled with Peace and Joy in be- 
 lieving. 
 
 Sand. 29. I preached at Eight to a flill larger Con- 
 gregation, and in Morva at One, to near the fame 
 Number. Many Backfliders were among them 4 
 To whom I cried, Hozv Jball 1 give tbee up, Epbraim? 
 Few of the Congregation were unmoved. And 
 when we w re ft: led with God in Prayer, we had a 
 ilrong Hope, He would not caft them off for ever. 
 
 About Five I began preachiag at Newlin, on Part 
 of the Gofpel for the Day, Except yur Rigbteoujnefs 
 jball exceed the Rigbtcoufmfs of tbe Scribes and Pbari- 
 jees, ye Jball in no wife enter into tbe Kingdom of 
 Heaven. In the Morning I waked between Two 
 and Three. I had had a Loofenefs for feveral Days. 
 On Sunday it increafed every Hour ; but I was re- 
 folved, with God's Help, to preach where I had 
 appointed. I had now, with the Flux, a continual 
 Head ach, violent' Vomitings, and feveral Times 
 in an Hour, the Cramp in my Feet or Legs ; fome- 
 
 times 
 
 
( 6 S ) 
 
 in both Legs and both Thighs together. 
 Put God enabled nic to be throughly content, and 
 thankfully refigned to Him. I delired one to preach 
 in my Place in Ligetm at Noon, and at lie If on 
 in the Evening ; and another, on Tuefday Noon, at 
 ; promiiing, if 1 was able, to meet them 
 in the Evening. 
 
 rf, 31. After living a Day and an Half on 
 Claret and Water, I found my i elf fo eafy, that 1 
 thought I could ride to Crozcan. I found no In- 
 convenience the firit Hour. But in the fecond, my 
 Diforder returned. However, I rode on, being un- 
 willing to difappoint the Congregation, and preach- 
 ed on, Be careful for nothing. 1 then rode itrait, as 
 fait as I conveniently could, to Mr. Harris's in Ca m+ 
 bourn. 
 
 Wed. Aug. 1. At half an Hour after Two in the 
 Morning, my Diforder came with more Violence 
 than ever. The Cramp likewife returned ; fome- 
 times in my Feet or Hand ; fometimes in my Thighs, 
 my Side, or my Throat. I had alfo a continual 
 Sicknefs, and a Senfation of Fulnefs at my Stomach, 
 as if it were ready to burft. I took a Vomit;, but 
 it hardly wrought at all : Nor did any thing I took, 
 make any Alteration. Thus I continued all Day, 
 and all the following Night : Yet this I could not 
 but particularly obferve, I had no Head- ache, no 
 Cholick, nor any Pain, (only the Cramp) from 
 firil to laft. 
 
 Tburf 2. Perceiving I gained no Ground, but rather 
 grew Weaker and Weaker, my Stomach being drawn 
 downward, fo that I could not Hand, nor lie, bun 
 on my Right Side ; I fent to Redruth for Mr. Carter, 
 who came without Delay. Here again I faw the 
 gracious Providence of God, in cafting me on fo 
 lenfible and (kilful a Man. He advifed me to per- 
 fift in the fame Regimen I was in, and prefcribed 
 no Phyfic, except a fmall Dole of Rhubarb. But 
 even this (as I expected it would) was thrown up 
 again immediately. 
 
 F 2 I 
 
( 66 ) 
 
 I was now well Satisfied, having had the befr 
 Advice which could be procured ; though my Dis- 
 order continued much as before. But about Five 
 in the Afternoon, it ceafed at once, without any 
 vifible Caufe. The Cramp alfo was gone, my Sto- 
 mach was eafy, and I laid down and flept till Six in 
 the Morning. 
 
 fc. Frid. J, I began to recover my Strength, fo that 
 I could fit up near two Flours together. And from 
 this Time, I felt no Inconvenience; only that I could 
 not talk, nor ftand long without refiing. 
 
 Bund. j. In the Afternoon I rode to Rcdruib, and 
 preached to a large Congregation, in an open Part of 
 the Street. My Voicbwas low; but the Day being calm, 
 1 believe all could hear: And after I had done, 1 felt my - 
 felf confiderably ibonger than I was When I begun. 
 
 Mond. 6. I preached in Gwenap, at Five ; and 
 afterwards faw a ftrange Sight ; a Man that is old 
 and rkh y and yet not covetous. In the Evening 
 J preached at P'fiiryn', and found my Strength fa 
 reftored, that I could fpeak loud enough to be 
 heard by a numerous Congregation ; and thrice the 
 next Day, at Penryn, Bezort, (near Truro) and 67. Ezvg. 
 IVed. 8. We were invited to Mevagizzt, a fmall 
 Town, on the South Sea. As foon as we entered 
 the Town, many ran together, crying, " See the 
 Me'bjdces are come. 1 ' But they only gaped and 
 iiared ; fo that we returned unmoleiled to the Houfe 
 I was to preach at, a Mile from the Town. Many 
 ferious People were waiting for us, but moil of 
 them deeply ignorant. While I was mewing them 
 the firft Principles of Chriilianity, many of the 
 Rabble from the Town came up. They looked 
 as fierce as Lions ; but in a few Minutes changed 
 their Countenance and flood (till. Toward the 
 Clofe, fome began to laugh and talk, who grew 
 more boifterous after I had concluded. But I walked 
 ftrait through the Midil of them, and took Horfe 
 without any Interruption. 
 
 On Tburj. 9. I rode to Port-lfaac, and the next 
 Day to Trewalatr, The little Society here, meet 
 
 every 
 
( e 7 ) 
 
 every Night and Morning, with a Preacher or with- 
 out. And whoever comes among them, quickly 
 feels what Spirit they are of. 
 
 Sat. ii. The Rain ftopt at Twelve, and gave 
 me an Opportunity of preaching in the Market- 
 place at Came (ford. I faw only one Perfon in the 
 Congregation, who was not deeply ferious. That 
 One, (which 1 was forry to hear) was the Curate of 
 the Parifh. 
 
 Almofr. as foon as we fet out, we were met by fuch 
 a Shower of Rain, as I never faw before in Europe. 
 But it did us no Hurt : We came very well, though 
 very wet, to St. Gin His. 
 
 SurJ. 12. I never faw fo many People in this 
 Church, nor did I ever before fpeak fo plainly to 
 them They bear\ but when will the) r feefj O what 
 can Man do, toward raifing either dead Bodies, or 
 dead Souls ? 
 
 Mond. 13. The Rain attended us all the Way 
 to l.auncc-ion. I preached at Noon,, but was not 
 dry till the Evening. Yet I did not catch any 
 Cold at all. What can hurt, without leave from 
 God ? 
 
 Tuef. 14. I willingly accepted the Offer of 
 preaching in the Houfe, lately built for Mr. Wbit- 
 feldy at plymcutb-Dcck. Thus it behoveth us to 
 trample on Bigotry and Party Zeal. Ought not all 
 who love God, to love one another ? 
 
 Tburf. 16. I rode to Collumpto?:, but could not 
 reach it, till it was too late to preach. 
 
 Sur:d. 19. I preached thrice at Tiverton ; rode to 
 . , the next Day ; and en Tttifdag to Briflol. 
 
 trid. 24. I endeavoured once more to bring 
 K'mojwood-jchool into Order. Surely the Importance 
 of this Defign is apparent, even from the Diffi- 
 culties that attend it. I fpent more Money, and 
 Time, and Care on this, than almoft any Defign I 
 ever had. And {till it exercifes all the Patience I 
 have. But it is worth all the Labour. 
 
 Mond. 27. I came early to the New Paffkge : But the 
 
 Wind mifting, obliged me to wait near fix. Hours. 
 
 F 3 Wiiea 
 
( 68 ) 
 
 When we were almoft over, it fhifted again, fo that 
 we could not land till between fix and feven. 
 
 Tuefd. 28. I reached Cardiff. Finding I had all 
 here to begin anew, I fet out, as at firft, by preach- 
 ing in the Cattle -yard, on, Lord, are there fezv that 
 be faved? I afterwards met what zvas once a Society : 
 -And in the Morning fpoke feverally to a few, who 
 were flill defirous to join together, and build up, not 
 devour, one another. 
 
 I preached in the Evening at Fonmon ; and on 
 TburJ'. 30. Spake to many, who were refolved to fet 
 out once more in the Bible-way, and llrengthen each 
 other's Hands in God. 
 
 Frid. 31. We had a pleafant Ride, and a ready 
 PafTage, fo that we reached Brijiol in the After- 
 noon. I preached in the Evening over the Remains 
 of Mary Hen/ey, a good Soldier of Jrfus Cbrifi, who 
 died, rejoicing in his Love, the fame Day I fet out 
 for Cardiff. 
 
 Mond. Sept. 3. I began vifiting the little So- 
 cieties in Somerjetjbire and Wdtjbire. This Evening 
 I preached at Sbepton-mallet, and found much Life 
 among the poor, plain People. It was not fo at 
 Oakbill the next Day, where many once alive have 
 drawn back to Perdition. But at Coleford in the Even- 
 ing I found many living Souls, though joined with 
 fome who did not adorn theGofpel. 
 
 Wed. 5. I rode over to King/wood, a little Town 
 
 near Wott on -under -edge. Some Weeks fince W- . 
 
 $~ was invited to preach at Wot ton, which 
 
 he did once in great Peace. But the next Time 
 he went, the Mob was fo turbulent, that he could 
 not finifh his Sermon. Upon which one defired 
 him to come to King fated ; which he did, and many 
 People heard him gladly. Soon after I came in, a 
 Multitude of People was gathered from all Parts. 
 A large Congregation was there at Five in the Morn- 
 ing, and a larger than ever in the Evening. The 
 
 next Morning I accepted of Mr. B \s Offer, 
 
 and after reading Prayers preached in the Church. 
 
 All 
 
( 6p ) 
 
 All the People expreit huge Good-Will; but none 
 appeared to be deeply artecled. 
 
 At half an Hour after Twelve I preached Jn the 
 Street at Wtikwsr t about four Miles from h 
 where there has been a fmall Society for fome 
 Years, many of whom can rejoice in God. The rcil 
 of the Audience gave a civil Attention, and feemed 
 little pleafed and difpleafed at the Matter. 
 
 Mori J. 10. I preached to the condemned Malefac- 
 tors in Newgate. But I could make little Impreflion 
 upon them. I then took Korfe for Pnulton, where I 
 called on Stephen Plumper, once of our Society, but 
 now a zealous Quaker. He was much pleafed with 
 my calling, and came to hear me preach. Being 
 flraitned for Time, I concluded fooner than ufual : 
 But affoon as I had done, Stephen began. After I 
 had Hftened half an Hour, finding he was no nearer 
 the End, I rofe up to go away. His Sifter then beg- 
 ged him to leave off: On which he flew into a vio- 
 lent Rage, and roar'd loud.r and louder, till an ho- 
 neft Man took him in his Arms, and gently carried 
 him away. 
 
 What a wife Providence was it, that this poor 
 young Man turned Quaker fome Years before he ran 
 mad? So the Honour of turning his Brain now reits 
 upon them, which otherwife muit have fallen upon 
 the Metbodijh. 
 
 At Six in the Evening at Buckfaad, about two Miles 
 from Frovie, in a Meadow of Mr. Emblens, a won- 
 derful Monument of the Grace of God, who from 
 the Day he received Peace (being then acquainted 
 with no Methodift) has continually walked in the 
 Light of God's Countenance. The Curate had pro- 
 vided a Mob, with Horns, and other Things con- 
 venient, to prevent the Congregation's hearing me. 
 But the better Half of the Mob foon left their 
 Fellows, and liftened with great Attention. The reft 
 did no Harm ; fo that we had a comfortable Oppor- 
 tunity ; and another at Five in the Morning. 
 
 Turf, i i. I rode once more to New-KingJ&ood. The 
 Hearers were more numerous than ever. As I did 
 
 not 
 
( 7° ) 
 
 not expeft to fee them foon again, I ufed once more 
 all poffible Plainnefs of Speech. And their Beha- 
 viour feemed to fhew, That the Word of God found 
 its Way into their Hearts. 
 
 Frid. 14. I read with great Attention the Cheva- 
 lier Rawf?y's i( Philofophical Principles of Religion. " 
 He undertakes to folve all the Difficulties in the 
 Chriftian Revelation, allowing him only a few Pof- 
 tulata's. 1. That human Souls all exifted, and per- 
 sonally finned in Paradife. 2. That the Souls of 
 Brutes are fallen Angels, 3. That Pain is the only 
 poffible Means whereby God himfelf can cure Sin, 
 and 4. That he will in the End, by the Pains of 
 Purgatory, purify and reflore all Men and all Devils. 
 Amazing Work this ! 
 
 Monet. 17. I began vifiting the Societies mWilt- 
 Jbire, and found much Caufe to praife God on their 
 Behalf. Tburf. 27. I was defired by Lady F. to vifit 
 her Daughter ill of a Confumption. I found much 
 Pity, both for the Parent and the Child, pining away 
 in the Bloom of Youth : And yet not without Joy ; 
 as me was already much convinced of Sin, and feem- 
 ed to be on the very Brink of Deliverance. I faw 
 her once more on Sat, 29. and left her patiently wan- 
 ing for God. Not long after my Brother fpent 
 fome Time with her in Prayer, and was conitrained, 
 to the Surprife of all that were prefent, To ^fk of 
 God again and again, that he would perfedl his 
 Work in her Soul, and take her to himfelf. Almofl 
 afToon as he had done, fhe ilretched out her Hand.?, 
 fa-id, u Come, Lord Jefus," and died. 
 
 Mond. O.-Y. 1. I rode to Sa//Jl/<ry, and the next Day 
 to a Village in the New Forejt, eight Miles wide of 
 Southampton, where 1 preached in the Evening to a 
 well-meaning, ferious Congregation, Wed. 3. We 
 rode to Southampton ; thence crolVd over to Cczves, 
 and reached Newport before Eleven. 
 
 At Five in the Afternoon I went to the Market- 
 place. The Congregation was large, and deeply at- 
 tentive. It was near the fame at Six in the Evening. 
 And all feemed to drink in the Exhortation, To pre- 
 
 jtnt 
 
( 7* ) 
 
 I Sdtrifiti. boh\ acceptable to 
 GOD. 
 
 A little before Noon we fet out for SbcrliU, a 
 V ill age fix Miles South from Newport. I never faw 
 a more fruitful, or a more pleafant Country, than 
 the inland Partrf this iiland. About Om I preached 
 at Shorbi// y to (I fuppofe) all the poor and middling 
 People of the Town. I believe fome of the Rich al- 
 io designed to come. JLJut fomething of more Im- 
 portance, a Dinner, came between. 
 
 At Five I preached again at Newport to moil of 
 the Town, and many who came from the neighbour- 
 ing Villages. Surely, if there was any nere to 
 preach the Word of God with Power, a Multitude 
 would foon be obedient to the Faith. 
 
 Frid, $. After preaching at Six, I left this humane, 
 loving People, rode to Cozvcs, and croit over to 
 Portsmouth. Here I found another Kind of People, 
 who had difputed themfelves out of the Power, 
 and well-nigh the Form of P>.eligion. However, I 
 laboured (and not altogether in vain) to foften and 
 compofe their jarring Spirits, both this Evening and 
 the next Day. On Smoky Noon I preached in the 
 Streets at l\;rebnm. Many gave great Attention, 
 butfeemed neither to feel nor underhand any Thing. 
 At Five I began on Portimoutb Co»:?>ion. I admired 
 not fomuch the immenfe Number of People, as the 
 uncommon Decency of Behaviour, which run thro' 
 the whole Congregation. After Sermon I explained 
 to them at large, the Nature and Defign of our So- 
 cieties And defired that if any of them were wil- 
 ling to join therein, they would call on me, either 
 that F.vening, or in the Morning. I made no Account 
 of that Shadow of a Society which was before, 
 without ClafTes, without Order, or Rules: Having 
 never feen, read, or heard the printed Rules, whicn 
 ought to have been given them at their very firfl 
 Meeting. 
 
 • Monet. S. I rode to Gidahvirr, and the next Day to 
 LoadQfi. After refting there five Days, on Men J. 1 J. I 
 
 rode 
 
( 7* ) 
 
 rode to Bedford. The melancholy Account which I" 
 receved here was as follows. 
 
 i. In the Year 1739. Mr. J. and IV. D. came to 
 Bedford. By them I was convinced that I was in a 
 State of Damnation, tho' I was outwardly unblame- 
 able. Some of the Germans came down in 1 741, and 
 engaged, 1. To draw no one from the Church. 2. 
 To hold a Meeting on Sunday Nights for us that were 
 of the Church. On thefe Conditions I joined with 
 them. But in the Beginning of 1742 they drop'd 
 the Sunday Night-Preaching, and required us to at- 
 tend their Meeting at the fame Hour that we ufed to 
 go to Church. I was much troubled at this, and 
 wrote to Mr. John IVeJley, inireating him to " come 
 down and help us." 
 
 2. When the Brethren learned this, they gave me 
 abundance of fair Words, and perfuaded me to write 
 again, and defire Mr. W. " not to come.'* I was then 
 made Servant at the Love-feaft. I.itill received 'the 
 Sacrament at Church once a Year ; but I regarded 
 the Church lefs and lefs. And being continually 
 taught, That Works fignified nothing, and that we 
 could not do them without trufting in them,. I in a 
 while left off all Works of Charity, as well as read* 
 ingthe Bible, and private Prayer. 
 
 3. Their firll Church was fettled here in the Be? 
 ginning of the Year 1744.. On the 1 8th of February 
 1 was received into the Congregation at London, and 
 likevvife into the Helper's Conference. In 1746* 
 Aebemcelder, the chief Labourer, infilled on my put- 
 ting myfelf oat of the Corporation. I was in much 
 Doubt, whether it was- right fo to do. But he com- 
 manded, and I obeyed. The next Year he went to 
 Lo'.'do/:, and at his Return to Bedford fpoke to this 
 Effect. ,J My Brethren, we have received new Or- 
 ders. In London, Yorkjhire, and all other Places, no 
 Perfon is to go out of the Town, without the Leave 
 of the chief Labourer. So it mull be here : Ob- 
 ferve, no one mull go out of the Town, no not a 
 Mile, without Leave from me/' 
 
 4. la. 
 
( 73 ) 
 
 4. In Spring 1750 they began building the Chi]*- 
 pcl, for which they collected near two hundred 
 Pounds, and borrowed eight hundred more, for 
 which eight of the Englijb Brethren were engaged. 
 Two of the Englifo were bound for an hundred more. 
 But none of the Ten have any Security at all. They 
 promifed indeed to lodge the Writings of the Houfc 
 in their Hands. But it was never done. 
 
 9. About this Time a Relation left me two Houfes, 
 near that wherein the fingle Men lived. The Bre- 
 thren advifed me to rebuild them, and add another, 
 for a Marriage-Plan, prom'fing to let me have what- 
 ever Ground 1 wanted behind the Houfes. This Pro- 
 mife they renewed over and over. About Michael- 
 m*fi I began, and followed their Direction in the 
 whole Building. But the Night before I began, I 
 went to Ant one, the chief Labourer, and told him, 
 u TheWorkmen were ready. If Jam to have Ground, 
 I will go on, but not elfe/' He faid, " Go on, 
 you fhall have Ground." Soon after he fet out the 
 Ground, for which 1 was to give eight Pounds. But 
 juft as the Houfes were finithed, Antone and Sllcbt 
 lent for me, and told me, u they had received a 
 Letter from London, and I mult have no Ground, 
 neither would they ufe the Houfes for a Marriage- 
 Plan. They were too near the .fingle Men ; fome 
 of whom might perhaps fee a Woman femetimes in 
 the Yard." At the fame Time they defired, I would 
 Hop up my Doors and Windows on that Side. If 
 I would, they would either buy the Houfes, ox 
 take a Leafeof them. 
 
 I did as they defired. We then made feveral 
 Agreements, one after another. But they would 
 ftand to none of them. I offered them to lofe thirty 
 Pounds ; nay at lalt, fifty, out of my Pocket. But in 
 vain : So at this Day I have but three Pounds a 
 Year Rent in all, out of which the Land-Tax is to 
 be paid. 
 
 6. It is a general Obfervation in Bedford, that the 
 Brethren are the worit Paymafters in the Town. 
 They contract Debts, and take no Care or Thought 
 
 about 
 
( 74 ) 
 
 about difcharging them. I have too much Proof" 
 of this in my own Cafe : for many of them are in 
 my Debt, and never come near me. 
 
 7. Moft of the EngUJb who are with them, that 
 are of any Trade, now trade fir the Saviour; that 
 is, they work for the Germans, who take all the 
 Profits, and ufe them as their Journey -men. A» 
 fuch they punctually give in their Accounts and Cafh ; 
 and if they want a Coat, or any Thing, afk it of 
 the Brethren. 
 
 Mr. \ , traded for, and ISnt Money to the 
 
 Saviour, till he was abfolutely ruined. After he had 
 funk above Seven hundred Pounds, he begged to 
 have Forty or Fifty re-paid, but in vain. But at 
 length, by vehement Importunity, he procured 
 Eighteen Pounds. 
 
 8. " Mr. Rimii/s, has faid nothing to what might 
 have been faid, concerning their Marriage Occo- 
 nomy. 1 know an hundred Times more than he 
 has written. But the Particulars are too mocking 
 to relate. I believe no fuch Things were evqj 
 pra&ifed before, no, not among the moft barbarous 
 Heathens." 
 
 n A Fortnight before Chriftmas laft, (a young 
 Man of their Congregation, having my Daughter, 
 without having firft obtained the Leave of their 
 Head -Labourer. One of the Labourers came to my 
 Houfe, and read to me nearly thefe Words. 
 
 << We the Elders of the Congregation of the 
 
 Brethren, declare to you, W—+— P> ~, M 
 
 P , your Wife ; E jO- -, and E — », 
 
 your Daughter, are utterly cut off from all Church- 
 Communion, from ail Fellowship and Connexion 
 whatfjever with the Brethren, and that for ever 
 and ever. 
 
 In the Evening I met the little Society, juft 
 efcaped with the Skin of their Teeth. From the 
 Account which each of thefe likewife gave, it ap- 
 peared clear to a Demonftration. 1. That their 
 Elders ufurped a more abiblute Authority over the 
 Conscience, than the Bimop of Rme himfelf does. 
 
 7. That 
 
A N 
 
 EXTRACT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Rev. Mr. John Wesley's 
 
 JOURNAL, 
 
 FROM 
 
 February 16, iys5i to June 16, 1758, 
 
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 Printed by WILLIAM PINE, in mnc-Slrett, 
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 EXTRACT 
 
 OF THE 
 Rev. Mr, John Wesley's 
 
 JOURNAL. 
 
 Februc.ry 1 6, 1 75 5. 
 
 ];x;' V'V' V*AV T I N G heard a confufed Account from a 
 VA *' # x : Place near Came/ford, in Cornwall, I wrote 
 
 X 
 
 ** : y* to a Friend near it, and received the follow- 
 \s\s ing Anfwer. 
 
 .-'v- •.,••../••. "According to your Deflre, I have in- 
 quired into the Particular? of the late Affair at D. 
 Quarry. The Rock is about thirty Yards thick; but the 
 mod valuable Part of the Stone lies undermoft. 
 
 There were nine Partners who fhared the Advantage 
 of this Part of the Quarry. Being greedy of Gain, they 
 brought out as much of the under Part as poffible; and 
 the rather, becaafe the Time for which they had hired it 
 was within a Month of expiring. 
 
 A 2 On 
 
( 4 ) 
 
 On Monday Dec. 2. William Lane, John Lane, William 
 Kelloiv, and five more of the Partners, met in the Morn- 
 ing, and fent one of their Number, for Tbeopbths Kello<w, 
 to come to work. He came, but was fo uneafy, he could 
 not flay, but quickly returned home. William Kellouo 
 was fent for in hafte, and went to look after his Mare, 
 which had caft her Fole. The other feven continued la- 
 bouring 'till Twelve. All the Workmen ufually dine to- 
 gether. But thefe wrought on, when the reft withdrew, 
 'till in a Moment, they were covered with Rocks of all 
 Sizes, falling about tenYards, fome of which were thought 
 to be three Ton Weight. William Lane had fome Yeara 
 fince known the Love of God. He was fitting, cleaving 
 Stones, when the Rock calved in upon him, with aeon- 
 cave Surface, which juft made Room for his Body. Only 
 one Edge of it light upon him, and broke one of his 
 Thigh Bones. When they dug away the Stones, he wa» 
 earneftly praying to God, and confeifing his Unfaithful- 
 nefs. As loon as he looked up, he began exhorting all- 
 around, inftantly to make their Peace with God*. His 
 Bone being (ct, he foon recovered both his Bodily 
 Strength, and the Peace and Love which he had loft. 
 Another who fat clofe by his Side, was covered over and 
 killed at once. Clofe to him John Lane (Son of William) 
 was (landing : He was thrown upon his Face, he knew 
 not how, and a {harp-edged Stone pitched between his 
 Thighs, on which a huge Rock fell, and was fufpended 
 by it, fo as to fhadow him all over. The other five were 
 entirely darned in Pieces." Doth not God fave thofe that 
 truit in Him ? 
 
 Tuefday April I . I rode from Brijiol to 3 Village na- 
 med King/wood, near Wot ton-nnder- edge. The Church 
 was exceeding full, and the Congregation was ferious and 
 well-behaved. And I had fince the Satisfaction of being in- 
 formed, That many of them are much changed, at leail r 
 in their outward Behaviour. 
 
 Wednefday 2, With fome Difficulty we reached Stanley: 
 There has been lately a great Awakening in this Country. 
 I never law fuch a Congregation here before, notwithstand- 
 ing the Wind and Rain. And all prefent fecmed to re- 
 ceive the Word with Gladnefs and Readinefs of Mind. 
 There is a folic!, ferious People in thefe Parts, who (land 
 
 their 
 
( 5 ) 
 
 their Ground again ft all Oppofition. The warmeft Op- 
 pofers arc the Jpcobitcs, who do not love Us, becanfe we 
 love King George. But they profit nothing ; for more 
 and more People fear God and honour the King. 
 
 We rode on Tburjday in the Afternoon thro' heavy 
 Rain, and almoft impaflable Roads to Ewejham: And on 
 Friday 4. to Birmingham, a barren, dry, uncomfortable 
 
 ' 1 Lice. . Moft of the Seed which has been fown for fo 
 many Years, the Wild Boars have rooted up: The fierce, 
 unclean, brutifh, blafphemou-. Aniinomians have utterly 
 deftroyed it. And the Myftie Foxes have taken true Pains 
 to /foil what remained, with their New Gofpel. Yet it 
 fcems God has a Bleffing for this Place (till: So many 
 fliil attend the Preaching : And He is eminently prefent 
 with the fmall Number that is left in the Society. 
 
 Saturday 5. I preached at Wednejbury, and at eight on 
 Sunday Morning. But the great Congregation ailem- 
 b!ed in the Afternoon, as foon as the Service of the Church 
 was over, with which we take Care never to interfere. 
 A folemn Awe feemed to run all thro' the Company in the 
 Evening, when I met the Society. We have indeed 
 preached the Gofpel here with much Contention. But the 
 Succefs overpays the Labour. 
 
 Monday 7. I was advifed to take the Derby/hire Road 
 to Manchefier. We baited at an Houfe fix Miles beyond 
 Litchfield. Obferving a W r oman fitting in the Kitchen, I 
 aiked, u Are you not well r" And found me had juft been 
 taken ill (being on her Journey) with all the Symptoms 
 of an approaching Pieurify. She was glad to hear of an 
 eafv, cheap, and (aim ofr) infallible Remedy, an Handful 
 of Nettles, briled a few Minutes, and applied warm to- 
 the Side. While I was fpeaking to her, an elderly Man, 
 pretty well dreft, came in. Upon Enquiry, he told us, 
 te was travelling, as he could, towards his Home, near 
 Hounjlo-jj) in hopes of agreeing with his Creditors, to 
 whom he had furrendered his All. But how :i gfet on 
 he knew not, as he had no Money, and had caught a 
 Tertian Ague. I hope a wife Providence directed tin's. 
 Wanderer alio, that he might have a Remedy for beta 
 
 I his Maladies. 
 
 Soon after we took Horfe we overtook a poor A 
 ing forw ard en two Crutches. I afoed wh . 
 goipgr He faid toward Nottingham, where his ""•' 
 A 3 
 
( c ) 
 
 But both Ms Legs had been broke while he was on Ship- 
 tie had now fpent all his Money. This 
 Man Likewife appeared exceeding thankful, and ready 
 to acknowledge the Hand of God. 
 
 In the Ari.rnoon we came to Barton-forge, where a 
 Gentleman of Bi, ^inohamhas fet up a large Iron-work, 
 and fixt five or -fix Families, with a fenous Man over 
 them, who loft .ear all he had in the great Riot at 
 Wednejlury, Moil of them are feeking to fave their 
 Soids* I preached in tne Evening, not to them only, 
 but to many gathered from all Parts, and exhorted 
 them to love and help one another 
 
 Tucfday 8. I had defigned to go ftrait on to Bayfield. 
 But one from AJhbourn prefl me much to call there; 
 Which accordingly I did at Seven in the Fv'orning, 
 and preached to a deeply ferious Congregation. Se- 
 venteen or Eighteen then defired to join in a Society, 
 to whom I fp< ke feverally, and was well pleafed to- 
 find, that near half of them knew the pardoning- Love- 
 of God. One of the firft 1 fpoke to was Mifs Berisfordz 
 A fweet, but inert-lived Mower ! 
 
 Thro' much Hail, Rain and Wind, we got to Mr. 
 
 B 's at Hay field y about Five in the A^ernoon. His 
 
 favouriteDaughterdiedfomeHours before we came; fuch 
 a Child as is fcarce heard of in a Century. All the Family 
 informed me of many remarkable Cm.umftances, which 
 elfe wouid ha\e eemed incredible. She fpake exceed- 
 in plain, yet very feldom ; ana then only a few 
 Words. She was fcarce eve. feen to laugh, or heard 
 to utter a light or trifling Word. She could not bear 
 any that did, nor any r.ne who behaved in a light or 
 unferious Mannner. If any fuch offered to kifs or 
 touch her, fhe would turn away, and fay, " I don'tlike 
 you." Jf her Brother or Sifrers fpoke angrily to eack 
 other, ^behaved triflingly, fhe either fharply reproved 
 (when that feem'd needful) or tenderly inereated them 
 to give over. If ilie had fpoke too fharply to any, (he 
 wouM humble herfelf to them, and not left 'till they 
 had forgiven her. After her Health declined, fhe was 
 particularly pleafed with hearing that Hymn fung, 
 " Abba, Father :" And would be frequently finging 
 that Line herfelf, " Abba Father, Hear my Cry." 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 On Mo>.\ . -. without any Struggle, (he 
 
 afleep, having lived two I ths« 
 
 9. In the Evening i pr< 
 The Mob was tolerably quiet, as long as I < 
 ing, out irnu:: This J. 
 
 find, has been t h t • r for fonK No 
 
 Wonder : Sincte tl 1 mi 
 
 : 10. i k again, td ry Mr. 
 
 ^ ^ Child, Abun 'imv oi I\ . .1 hered 
 
 together, ar.d I found 1111:0111:1:0:1 Liberty i^ preaching, 
 Who would have looked for inch a Congregation as 
 this, in the Peak of Derbyshire ? 
 
 I returned to Mantbefter, the nexir Day, and had a 
 quiet gation both that Evening and the fol- 
 
 lowing. 
 
 I 3. I met the Society atF-'ve, and ihew'd them 
 v/he.ei'j I feared they had grieved the Spirit < f God, 
 and provoked him ta deliver tfo m t<> be tbui 
 by ihe Be^Jh of r/.v P r/v . 1 tl fen ode to Hayfii ./once 
 
 more, where Mr. B . -.-, arid 
 
 a folemn and affe&i vet tar the late 
 
 Pr. vidence. In the Ar id found great 
 
 Liberty of Spirit, in ap • hofe iwfti 
 
 trba is a Man J wld 9 
 
 . 
 
 Mmday 1 4 I rode by M , ( /hefce I pr< ached 
 
 about Twe ire) to // . At Six ir M ' n gr 
 
 • 1;. 1 preached, to a'-lafge and (erio us Congre- 
 gation ; and then went on to L/\ :. , one of the 
 neatelt, beft-buiit Towns I have feen in E gland I 
 think i' is full twice as large as Ch*(ier, Meit of the 
 Streets are quite ftrait. Two Thirds of the Town we 
 were informed, have been added, within thefe forty 
 Yegrs. If it continues to i^creafe in the fame Propor- 
 tion, in fort v Years more it will nearly eoini Briftef. 
 The People in general are the moftrmld and courteous,. 
 I ever faw in a Sea port Town : As indeed appears by 
 their friendly Behaviour rot only to the Jews and Pa- 
 piils a ho live among them, but even to the Mtthodijh, 
 (fo called). The Preaching-Houfe is a litr 7 e larger 
 than that al . It was thoroughly filled at Seven 
 
 in the Evening. And the Hearts of the whole Con- 
 gregation 
 
( 8 ) 
 
 gregation Teemed to be moved before the Lord and be- 
 fore the Prefence cf his Power. 
 
 Every Morning, as well as Evening, Abundance of 
 People gladly attended the Preaching. Many of them, 
 I learned, were dear Lovers of Controveriy. But I 
 had better Work. I preiTed upon them all, Repentance 
 toward God, and Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Sunday 20. I explained, after the Evening Preaching; 
 the Rules of the Society, and ftrongiy exhorted the 
 Members to adorn their ProfelTon, by all Holinefs of 
 Converfation. 
 
 Monday 2 1 I rode to Bolton. Being now among 
 thofe who were no Strangers to the Covenant cf Promije, I 
 had no Need to lay the Foundation again, but exhorted 
 them to rejoice evermore. Their Number is a little re- 
 duced, iince I was here before. And no Wonder; 
 while the Sons of Strife are on every Side, feme for 
 
 Mr. Bemet> fome for Mr. Wb . The little Flock 
 
 notwithstanding hold on their Way, looking ftrait to 
 the Prize of their high Calling. 
 
 Thurjday 24. We rode in lefs than four Hours the 
 Eight Miles ^fo called) to Newell- hay. Jufl as I began 
 to preach, the Sun broke out, and fhone exceeding hot 
 on the Side of my Head. I found if it continued, I 
 mould not be able to fpeak long, and lifted up my 
 Heart to God. In a Minute or two it was covered 
 with Clouds, which continued 'till the Service was 
 over. Let any who pleafe, call this Chance: I call it, 
 an Anfwer to Prayer. 
 
 Fridav 25. About Ten, I preached near Todmrdeu. 
 The People flood, Row above Row, on the Side of the 
 Mountain. They were rough enough in outward Ap- 
 pearance. But their Hearts were as melting Wax. 
 
 One can hardly conceive any Thing more delightful, 
 
 than the Vale thro* which we rode from hence. The 
 
 River ran thro* the green Meadows on the Right. The 
 
 fruitful Hills and Woods rcfe on either Hand. Yet 
 
 here and there a Rock hung over : The little Holes in 
 
 which, put me in mir.d of thofe beautiful Lines. 
 
 Te % Dominc, tntonjt montes^ te faxa loqueniur 
 
 Sununa Deum, dum montis a?nat juga pendulus hircus* 
 
 Saxorumaue colli latchrofa cum cuius antra I 
 
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 At Three in the Afternoon I preach 'd at HeptonjlaU, 
 )n the Brow of the Mountain. The Rain began almoft 
 is ibon as I began to fpeak. 1 pray'd, that if God faw 
 bell, it might be ftay'd, 'till I had delivered his Word. 
 ft was fo, and then began again. But we had only a 
 hoit Stage to En-ad. 
 
 Sauoday 26. I preached at Seven to a large and feri- 
 )P$*Congregatton, and again at Four in the Afternoon. 
 When I began, in a Meadow near the Houfe, the 
 Wind was fo high, 1 could hardly fpeak. But the 
 Winds too are in God's Hand. In a few Minutes that 
 Inconvenience ceafed. And we found the Spirit of 
 God breathing in the Midfl of us, fo that great was 
 :mr rejoicing in the Lord. 
 
 Sunday 27. A little before I took Horfe, I looked 
 nto a Room a3 I walked by, and faw a good, old 
 Man, bleeding almoil to Death. I defued him irn- 
 -neJiately to fnufF Vinegar up his Noie, and apply it 
 fohis Neck, Face and Temples. It was done : And 
 he Biood entirely flopped in lefs than two Minutes. 
 
 The Rain began about Five, and did not intermit, 
 till we came to Haivortb : Notwithstanding which a 
 vlulntude of People were gathered together at Ten. 
 n the Afternoon I was obliged to go out of the 
 church, Abundance of People not being able to get in. 
 The Rain ceafed, from the Moment I came out, 'till 
 had rlniihed my Difcourfe. How many Proofs mufb 
 ve have, that there is no Petition too little, any more 
 han too great for God to grant ? 
 
 Monday 28. I preached at Kighley : On Tucfday at 
 Itadford, which is now as quiet as EirjlaL Such ci 
 hange has God wrought in the Hearts of the People, 
 nee John Nelfon was in the Dungeon here. My Bro- 
 ler met me at Rirftcd in the Afternoon. 
 
 ay 30. We began reading together, " A 
 "5 Reafons for his Diilent from the Church 
 t Evglazd." It is an elaborate and lively Traft, ar.d 
 ontains the Strength of the Cav.fe. Btrt it did no€ 
 ieid us one "roof, Thai it is lawful for us, (much lefs 
 ur Duty) to fepatate from it. 
 Thv I ted the " Gentlema- .Rea- 
 
 ms," (who is a DifTenting Minifter at E,\cter.) In 
 
 how 
 
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 flow different a Spirit does this Man write, from honefl 
 Richard Baxter / The One dipping, .as it were, his Pei 
 in Tears, the Other in Vinegar and Gall. Surely on< 
 Page of that loving, feriousChriftian weighsmore, thai 
 Volumes of this bitter, farcaftic Jefter. 
 
 Sunday 4. I preached at One, and again at Five, t( 
 fome Thoufands at the Foot of the Hill. I believi 
 this Hollow would contain fixty Thoufand People 
 Handing one above another. And a clear, flrong 
 Voice might command them all : Altho' if the) 
 flood upon a Plain, I doubt whether any Human Voic< 
 could be diftinclly heard by half the Number. 
 
 Tuefday 6. Our Conference began at Leeds, Th< 
 Point on which we defired all the Preachers to fpeak 
 their Minds at large, was, " Whether we ought tc 
 feparate from the Church?" Whatever was advanced 
 on one Side or the Other, was ferroufly and c?.lml) 
 confidered. And on the third Day we were all full) 
 agreed, in that General Conclufion, That (whether il 
 was Laixful ox not) it was no Ways 'Expedient. 
 
 Monday 12. We drove (my Wife and I) to Nortbal 
 lerion. 
 
 Tuefday 13. I rode on to NevocaJIIe. I did not find 
 Things here in the Order I expected. Many were on 
 the Point of leaving the Church, which fome had done 
 already: And, as they fuppofed on my Authority ! 
 how much Difcord Is caufed by one jarring String! 
 How much trouble by one Man, who does not walk 
 by the fame Rule, and agree in the fame Judgment 
 with his Brethren ! 
 
 May 18. being Whitfunday, I preached about 
 Eight at Gate/bead Fell, and returned before the Service 
 at St. dndrevSs began. At the Sacrament many found 
 an uncommon JEleffing, and felt God has not yet left 
 the Church. 
 
 In the following Week I fpake to the Members 
 the Society feverally, and found far fewer than I 
 pe&ed prejudiced againft the Church : I think, no 
 above Forty in all. And I truft the Piague is nov 
 flayed. 
 
 IVednefday 21. I preached at Naffer ton, near Ho>JM 
 about thirteen Miles from Ncwcajlle. We rode chief!) 
 
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 on the New Weftern Road, which lies on the Old 
 Roman Wall. Some Part of this is itill to be feen, as 
 are the Remains of moil of the Towers, which were 
 built a Mi; from each other, quite from Sea to 
 
 Sea. But where are the Men of Renown who built 
 them, and who o ,ce made all the Land tremble? 
 Crumbled into Dull ! Gone hence, to be no more. feen, 
 'till^the Earth (hall give up her Dead! 
 
 Tburfday zz. Mr. IVarclrubc, Minifter of Bathgate in 
 Scotland, pi cached at the Orphan- houfe in the livening, 
 to the no fmall Amazement and Difpleafure of fome 
 of his zealous Countrymen. 
 
 Saturday 24. I preached at SheephilL The Cold 
 drove us into the Houfe, which being much crowded, 
 was as hot as an Oven. Riding afterwards in the 
 keen North Wind, it feized upon my Breaft immedi- 
 ately. However I made a fhift to preach at Cbefter, 
 and then went on to Sunderland. 
 
 Sunday 25. I preached at Eight, tho' not without 
 Pain, not having recovered my Voice. We had an 
 ufeful Sermon at Church. As foon as the Sacrament 
 was over, I preached in the High-ilreet (it being 
 Trinity Sunday) upon There are three that bear Record in 
 Heaven. And my Voice was fo reilored that I could 
 command the whole Congregation, tho' it was exceed- 
 ing large. 
 
 Monday 26. I rode to Morpeth and preached in the 
 Market-Place, to a fmall, but quiet Congregation. In 
 the Evening I preached in the New Room at Alnixick. 
 But I could fcarce be heard, my Voice being very 
 weak. In the Morning it was flronger. So I preached 
 with more Eafe at Five. And then returned to New* 
 :ajlle. 
 
 Thurfday 29. I had the Pleafure of feeing Mr. Gillies 
 fxom^GlaJgoTA). He preached for me in the Evening, 
 m the ftill greater Artonifhment of the warm Men, who 
 F could never have thought it of him" ! Shall we not 
 pave more and more Caufe to fay, 
 
 " Names and Seels and Parties fall ; 
 " Thou, O Christ, art All in All." 
 
 Friday 30. I walked to the Infirmary. It is finely 
 (ituated on the Top of the Hill ; And is the beft or- 
 dered 
 
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 «lered of any Place of the Kind I have feen in England. 
 Nor did I ever lee fo much Serioufnefs in an Hofpital 
 before: None were laughing or talking lightly : Many 
 were reading the Bible. And when I talked to and 
 prayed with One, the whole Ward liilened with deen 
 Attention. 
 
 Monday June I. 1 left Neuocajlle, and came to Durham^ I 
 juft as Jacob Rowell had done preaching, or raC-her, | 
 attempting to preach, for the Mob was fo noify, that 
 he was conitrained to break off. I reached OJmctherly 
 in the Evening, and found a large Congregation wait- 
 ing. I preached immediately, God renewing my 
 Strength, and comforting my Heart. 
 
 Here I enquired of Eye and Ear-witnefTes, concern- 
 ing what lately occurred in the Neighbourhood. On 
 T bur/day, March 25 laft, being the Week before E after, 
 many Perfons obferved a great Noife, near a Ridge of 
 Mountains in York/hire, called Black-Hamilton. It was 
 obferved chiefly in the South-Weft Side of the Moun- 
 tain, about a Mile from theCourfe where the Hamilton 
 Races are run ; near a Ridge of Rocks, commonly calp 
 led Wbitjon-Cliffs orWbitfon-White-Mare, two Miles from' 
 Sutton, about Five from Tbirjk* 
 
 The fame Noife was heard on Wcdnefday by all who 
 went that Way. On Thur/day, about Seven in the 
 Morning, Edward Abbot, Weaver, and Adam I 
 ivortb, Bleacher, both of Sutton, riding under // 
 Cliffs, heard a roaring (fo they term'd it) like many Can- 
 nons, or loud and rolling Thunder. It feemed to come 
 from the Cliffs, looking up to which, they faw a large 
 13ody of Stone, four or five Yards broad, fplit and fly off 
 from the very Top of the Rocks . They thought it 
 flrange, but rode on. Between Ten and Eleven, a larger 
 Piece of the Rock, about fifteen Yards thick, thirtv high, 
 and between fixty and feventy broad, was torn orr and 
 thrown into the Valley. 
 
 About Seven in the Evening, one who was riding bj« 
 obferved the Ground to fhake exceedingly, and foon after 
 feveral large Stones or Rocks of fome Ton Weight each, 
 rofe out of the Ground. Others were thrown on one 
 Side, others turned upfide-down, and many rolled ovef 
 and over. Being a little furprized, and not very curious, 
 he halted on his Way. On 
 
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 On Friday and Saturday the Ground continued to^ 
 
 fliake, and the Rocks to roll over one another. The 
 Earth alio clave afunder in very many Places, and conti- 
 nued fo to do till Sioiday Morning. 
 
 Being at Oj motherly* feven Miles from the Cliffs, on 
 Monday Juti£ I and finding Edward Abbot there, I de- 
 fired him the next Morning to (hew me the Way thither. 
 I walked, crept and climbed round and over great Part 
 of the Ruins. I could not perceive by any Sign, that 
 there was ever any Cavity in the Rock at all ; but one 
 Part of the folid Stone is cleft from the reft, in a perpen- 
 dicular Line, and fmooth as if cut with Inltruments. 
 Nor is it barely thrown down, but fplit into many hun- 
 dred Pieces, fome of which lie four or five hundred Yards 
 from the main Rock. 
 
 The Ground neareft the Cliff, is not raifed, but funk 
 confiderably beneath the Level. But at fome Dillancc it 
 is raifed in a Ridge of eight or ten Yards high, twelve or 
 fifteen broad, and near an hundred long. Adjoining to 
 this lies an oval Piece of Ground thirty or forty Yards in 
 diameter, which has been removed whole as it is, from 
 beneath the Cliff, without the lead Fiffure, with all its 
 Load of Rocks, fome of which were as large as the Hull 
 of a fmall Ship. At a little Diftance is a fecond Piece of 
 Ground, forty or fifty Yards acrofs, which has been alfo 
 transplanted intire, with Rocks of various Sizes upon it, 
 and a Tree growing out of one of them. By the Remo- 
 val of one or both of thefe, I fuppofe the HgIIoiv near the 
 Cliff was made. 
 
 All round them lay Stones and Rocks, great and 
 fmall, fome on the Surface of the Earth, fome half funk 
 into it, fome almofl covered, in variety ofPofitions. Be- 
 tween taefe the Ground was cleft afunder, in a thoufand 
 Places, Some of the Apertures were nearly clofed again, 
 fome gaping as at firft. Between thirty and forty Acres 
 of Land, as is commonly fuppofed, (though fome reckon 
 above Sixty) are in this Condition. 
 
 On the Skirts of thefe, I obferved in abundance of 
 Places, the green Turf (for it was Pafture Land) as it 
 were pared off, two or three Inches thick, and wrapt 
 round, like Sheets of Lead. A little farther it was 
 not deft or broken at all, but raifed in Ridges, five or 
 £ fix 
 
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 fix Foot long, exactly refembling the Graves in a Chucrh- 
 yard. Of thefe there is avail Number. 
 
 That Part of the Cliff from which the reft is torn, 
 lies fo high and is now of fo bright a Colour, that it is 
 plainly vihble to all the Country round, even at the Dif- 
 tance of feveral Miles. We faw it diftinctly not only from 
 the Street in Thirfi, but for five or fix Miles, as we rode 
 towards York. So we did likewife, in the great North- 
 Road, between Sandhutton and North- Allerton. 
 
 But how may we account for this Phenomenon? Was 
 it effected by a merely natural Caufe ? ]ffo, that Caufe 
 muft either have been Fire, Water or Air. It could not be 
 Fire; for than fome Mark of it mull have appeared, either 
 at the Time, or after it. But no fuch Mark does ap- 
 pear, nor ever did : not fo much as the lead Smoke, 
 cither when the firft or fecond Rock was removed, or in 
 the whole Space between Tut/day and Sunday. 
 
 It could not be Water ; for no Water iflued out, when 
 the one or the other Rock was torn off. Nor had there 
 been any Rains fome Time before. It was in that Part of 
 the Country a remarkable dry Seafon. Neither was thete 
 any Cavity in that Part of the Rock, wherein a fufRcicnt 
 Quantity of Water might have lodged. On the contrary, 
 it was one, fmgle, folid Mafs, which was evenly and 
 fmoothy cleft in funder. 
 
 There remains no other natural Caufe arguable, but 
 imprifoned Air. I fay, imprifoned: for as to the famiona- 
 ble Opinion, that the exterior Air is the grand Agent in 
 Earthquakes, it is fo fenfelefs, unmechanical, unphilofo- 
 phical a Dream, as deferves not to be named, but to be 
 exploded. But it is hard to conceive, how even imprifo- 
 ned Air could produce fuch an Effect. It might indeed 
 Jhake, tear, raife or fink the Earth: But how could it 
 cleave a folid Rock ? Here was not room for aQuantity of 
 it, fufficient to do any thing of this Nature ; at lead un- 
 lefs it had been fuddenly and violently expanded by Fire, 
 which was not the Cafe. Could a fmall Quantity of Air, 
 without that violent Expanfion, have torn fo large a Body 
 of Rock from the reft, to which it adhered in one folid 
 Mafs ? Could it have fhivered this into Pieces, and feat- 
 ured feveral of thofc Pieces, fome hundred Yards round ? 
 Could it have tranfported thofe Promontories of Earth, 
 
 with 
 
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 with their Incumbent Load, and fet them down, ui 
 ken, unchanged at a Diilancc : Truly I am not fo gre*t a 
 Volunteer in Faith, as to be able to believe this : be th it 
 fuppofes tliis, mud fuppofe Air to bj not only a 
 flrong, (which we allow) but a very wife Agent : while 
 it bore its Charge with fo great Caution, as not to hurt or 
 diflocate any Part of it. 
 
 What then could be the Caufe ? What indeed, but 
 God, who arofe to (hake terribly the Earth: v. ho pur - 
 pofely chofc njch a Place, where there is fo great a Con- 
 courfe of Nobility and Gentry every Year; and wrought 
 in fuch a Manner, that many might fee it and fear, that 
 all who travel one oft he moll frequented Roads in England, 
 might fee it, alinoft whether they would or no, for many 
 Miles together. It mu t likewifefor many Years, xnaugre 
 all the Art of Man, be a viiible Ivionumenr of his Power. 
 All that Ground being now fo incumbered ivith P^ocks, 
 and Stones, that it cannot be cither ploughed or grazed. 
 Korean it well krvQ any Uie, but to tell all that fee it, 
 who can ftand before this great God ? 
 
 Hence we rode to Tbirjk, where I met the little So- 
 ciety, and then went on to York. The People had been 
 wajting for Tome Time. So I began preaching with- 
 out Delay, and felt no Want of Strength, tho' the 
 Room was like an Oven thro' the Multitude of People. 
 
 Friday 6. I read Dr. Sharp's elaborate Tracts on the 
 Rubricks and Canons. He juitly obierves, with re- 
 gird to all thefe, i. That our Governors have Power 
 to difpenfe with our Obfervance of them ; 2. That a 
 tacit Difpenfation is of the fame force with an explicit 
 Difpenfation : 3. That their continued Connivance at 
 what they cannot but know, is a tacit Difpenfation. 
 I think, this is true. But if it be, he has himfelf 
 anfwered his own Charge againfr. the Methodifts (fo cal- 
 led), For fuppofe the Cannons did forbid Field-preach- 
 ing, as exprefly as playing at Cards and frequenting 
 Taverns, yet we have the very fame Plea for the For- 
 mer, ,as any Clergyman has for the latter. All our 
 Governors, the King, the Archbifhop and Bifhops, 
 connive at the one, as well as the other. 
 
 Saturday j. One of the Refidentiaries fent for Mr. 
 
 William/cn, who had invited me to preach io his 
 
 B 2 Church, 
 
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 Church, and told him, " Sir, I abhor Perfection : 
 But if you let Mr. Wtfley preach, it will be the worfe 
 for you". He defired it neverthelefs : But I declined. 
 Perhaps there is a Providence in this alfo. God will 
 nor fufFer my little remaining Strength to be fpent 
 on thoie who will not hear me, but in an honourable 
 Way. 
 
 Sunday 8. We were at the Minder in the Morning, 
 and at our Parifh Church in the Afternoon. The fame 
 Gentleman preached at both : But tho' I faw him at the 
 Church, I did not know 1 had ever feen him before. 
 In the Morning he was all Life and Motion: In the 
 Afternoon he was as quiet as a Poft. At Five in the 
 Evening the Rain conftrained me to preach in the 
 Oven again. The Patience of the Congregation fir- 
 prized me. They feemed not to feel the extreme 
 Heat : Nor to be offended at the clofe Application of 
 thofe Words, Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God. 
 
 Monday 9. I took my Leave of the richer! Society, 
 Number for Number, which we have in England. I 
 hope this Place will not prove (as Cork has fome Time 
 done) the Capua of our Preachers. When lcame to 
 Epiuorth, the Congregation was waiting. So I tf/cnt 
 immediately to the Crofs : And great was our glory- ng 
 in the Lord. 
 
 Tuejday 10. I met the Stewards of the LincohflAre 
 Societies, who gave us an agreeable Account of the 
 Work of God in every Place. 
 
 IVedtiefday 1 1 . I preached in a Meadow at Miflerton, 
 to a larger Congregation than ever met there before. 
 
 Thmrjday 12. At Eight I preached at Clayiiorth, and 
 at Rot her ham in the Evening. Here like wife was fuch 
 a Number of People affembled, as was never before 
 feen in that Town. Is not this one clear Proof of the 
 Hand of God, That altho' the Novelty of this Pleach- 
 ing is over, yet the People flock to hear it in every 
 Place far more than when it was a new Thing? 
 
 Friday 13. In the Evening I preached at Sheffield. In 
 the Morning I examined the Members of the Society, 
 and was agreeably furprized to find, that tho* ncne 
 had vifited them, fince I did it myfelf, two years ago, 
 
 yet 
 
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 yet they were rather increafed than diminifhed in Num- 
 ber, and many of them growing in Grace. 
 
 Monday \6. 1 preached in the Evening at Nottingham, 
 and on [hay/day Afternoon reached London. From a 
 deep Senfe of the amazing Work which God has of late 
 Years wrought in England, I preached in the Evening 
 •on thofe Words (PfalmcxWu. 20.) He bath not dealt Jo with 
 any flatten: No, not even with Scotland or New-Eng- 
 land. In both thefe God has indeed made bare his Arm ; 
 yet not in fo aitonifhing a Manner as among us. This 
 muft appear to all who impartially confider, 1. The 
 Numbers of Perfons on whom God has wrought: 2. 
 The Swiftnejs of his Work in many, both convinced 
 find truly converted in a few Days : 3. The Depth of 
 it in molt of thefe, changing the Heart, as well as the 
 whole Converfation : 4. The Clearne/s of it, enabling 
 them boldly to fay, " Thou haft loved me, thou hall 
 given thyfelf for me" 5. The Continuance of it. God 
 has wrought in Scotland and Ne^v-England, ' at feveral 
 Times, for fome Weeks or Months together. But 
 among us, he has wrought for near Eighteen Years 
 togeiher, without any obfervable Intermiffion. Above 
 all let it be remarked, That a considerable Number of 
 the regular Clergy were engaged in that great Work 
 in Scotland ; and in New-England, above an Hundred, 
 perhaps as eminent as any in the whole Province, not 
 only for Piety, but alfo for Abilities both natural and 
 acquired : Whereas in England there were only Two or 
 Three inconfiderable Clergymen, with a few, young, 
 raw, unlettered Men ; and thefe oppofed by well 
 nigh all the Clergy, as well as Laity in the Nation. 
 He that remarks this mufi needs own, both that (his 
 is a Work of God : And that be hath net wrought fo 
 vi any other Nation. 
 
 Monday 23. I was considering, What could be the 
 Reafons why the Hand of the Lord (who does no- 
 thing without a Caufe) is almoft entirely flu ) 
 Scotland, and in great Meafure in New-En*. 
 does not become us to judge peremptorily : but 
 haps fome of them may be thefe. 1. Many of Them 
 
 : They feemed to think, 
 ■ n. and there w them. 
 
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 And hence they refufed God the Liberty of fending by 
 whom He would fend, and required him to work by 
 Men of Learning, or not at all. 2. Many of them 
 were Bigots, immoderately attached either to their own 
 Opinions or- Mode of Worfhip. Mr. Ed-ivatds him- 
 it\i was not clear of this. But the Scotch Bigots were 
 beyond all others; placing Armnianifm (fo called) on a- 
 Level with Deifm, and the Church of England with that 
 of Rome. Hence they not only fufFered in themfelves 
 and their Brethren a bitter Zeal, but applauded them- 
 felves therein : In mewing the fame Spirit againft all 
 who differed from them, as the Papilts did againft our 
 Forefathers. 3. With Pride, Bitternefs and Bigotry, 
 Self- Indulgence was join'd : Self-Denial was little taught 
 and praclifed. 'Tis well if fome of them did not de- 
 fpife, or even condemn all Self-Denial in Things in- 
 different, as in Apparel or Food, as nearly allied, to 
 Popery. No marvel then that the Spirit of God was 
 grieved. Let us profit by their Example. 
 
 Tusfday 24. Obferving in that valuable Book, Mr. 
 Gillies'* Hiftorical Collections, the Cuflomof Chriftian 
 Congregations in all Ages, to fet apart Seafons of fa- 
 lemn Thankfgivings ; I was amazed andafhamed that 
 we had never done this, after all the Bleffings we had 
 received. And many to whom I mentioned it gladly 
 agreed, to fet apart a Day for that Purpofe. 
 
 Monday 30. I fet out for Norwich and came thither 
 the next Evening. As a large Congregation was 
 waiting. I could not but preach, tho* weary enough. 
 The two following Days, I fpoke to each Member of 
 the Society : And on Friday July 4. took Horfe again, 
 though how I mould ride five Miles, I knew not. But 
 God fo ftrengthened both Man and Beaft, that I reached 
 Bmy tht fame Night, and London the next, far feis 
 tired, than when I fet out from Norwich. 
 
 Monday 7. Was our Firft Day of fulemn Thankfgiv- 
 ing, for the numberlefs spiritual Bleffings we have re- 
 ceived. And I be ieve it was a Day which will not 
 foon be forgotten. 
 
 Thur/day 17. One fpent the Evening with, us, who 
 is accounted both a fenfible and a religious Man. What a 
 Proof of the fall ! Even with all the Advantages of a 
 
 liberal 
 
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 liberal Education, this Perfon, I will be bold to fay, 
 knows juit as much of Heart-Religion, of fcriptural 
 Chriflianity, the Religion of Love, as a Child three 
 Years old of Algebra. How much then may we fup- 
 pofe a Turk or Heathen to know ? Hardly more : 
 Perhaps juft as much. 
 
 Tuefday 22. To oblige a friendly Gentlewoman I 
 was a Witnefs to her Will, wherein fhe bequeathed 
 Part of her Eflate to charitable Ufes ; and Fart, during 
 his natural Life, to her Dog Toby. I fuppofe, though 
 fhe mould die within the Year, her Legacy to Toby 
 may (land good. But that to the Poor is null and void, 
 by the Statute of Mortmain ! 
 
 Sunday 27. I buried the Body of ' Ephraim B— , 
 
 once a Pattern to all that believed. But from the 
 Time he left off Fading and univerfal Self- Denial, in 
 which none was more exemplary for fome Years, he 
 lunk lower and lower, 'till he had neither the Power, 
 nor the Form of Religion left. In the beginning of 
 hi inefs he was in black Defpair. But much Prayer 
 was made for him. Toward the Clofe of it, it pleafed 
 'God to reftore to him the Light of his Countenance. 
 So, I trull, his Backfliding only coil him his Life: And 
 he may yet live with God for ever. 
 
 I was much afTecled about this Time by a Letter 
 fent from a Gentleman in Virginia. Part of it rims 
 thus. " The poor Negro ^lave^ here, never heard of 
 Jejus or his Religion, 'till they arrived at the Land of 
 their Slavery in America, whom their Mailers generally 
 neglec~l, as though Immortality was not the Privilege 
 of their Is in common with their own. Thefepoor 
 Jf cans are the principal Objecls of my Companion, 
 and I think the moft proper Subject of your Charity. 
 * U The Inhabitants of Virginia are computed to be 
 about 300,000 ; and the one Half of them are fuppofed 
 to be Negroes. The Number of thefe who attend on 
 my Minillry at particular Times, is uncertain. But I 
 thirl: there are about Three hundred, who give a flated 
 Attendance. And never have I been fo much firuck, 
 with the Appearance of an AfTembly, as when I have 
 ghnced my Eye on one Part of the Houfe, adorned 
 
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 (to it has appeared to me) with fo many black Coun- 
 tenances, eagerly attentive to every Word they heard, 
 and iome of them cover'd with Tears. A considerable 
 Number of them, about an Hundred, have been bap- 
 tized, after they had been fully inflrucled in the great 
 Truths of Religion, and had evidenced their Senfe of 
 them by a Life of the flriclert Virtue. As they are not > 
 fufficiently polifhed, to diiTemble with a good Grace, 
 they exprefs the Senfations of their Hearts, fo much in 
 the Language of fimple Nature, and with fuch genuine 
 Indications of earthleO Sincerity, that it is impoilible 
 to fufpeel their ProfeiTions, especially when attended 
 with a fuitable Behaviour. 
 
 " Mr. Todd, Minifler of the next Congregation, 
 has near the fame Number under his Care. And feve- 
 ral of them alfo, he informs me, difcover the fame 
 Serioufnefs. Indeed there are Multitudes of them in 
 various Parts, who are eagerly defirous of inflruclion. 
 They have generally very little Help to read : And yet 
 to my agreeable Surprize, fundry of them, by dint of 
 Application, in their very few leifure Hours, have 
 made fuch a Progrefs, that they are able to read their'' 
 Bible, or a plain Author, very intelligibly. But few 
 of their Mailers will be at the Expence of furnifhing 
 them with Books. I have fupplied them to the utmoft 
 of my Ability. They are exceedingly delighted with 
 Watts' & Songs. And \ cannot but obferve that the Ne- 
 groes, above all of the Human Species I ever knew, have 
 the nicelt Ear for Mufic. I hey have a kind of Exta- 
 tic Delight in Pfalmody: Nor are there any Books 
 they fo foon learn, or take fo much i leafure in, as 
 thofe ufed in that heavenly Part of Divine Worfhip." 
 
 Sunday Auguft 3. I dined with One who lived for 
 many Years with one of the moJc celebrated Beauties' 
 in Europe. She was alfo proud, vain and nice to a 
 very uncommon Degree. But fee the End ! After 
 a painful a;;d naufeous Diieafe, (he rotted away 
 above Ground : And was fo ofienfive for many Days 
 before me died, that fcarce any could bear to flay in 
 the Pvoom. 
 
 Monday 4. Hearing my old Friend, Mr. H f 9 
 
 was now a Beggar and forfaken of all, I called (after a 
 
 Separation 
 
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 Separation of fixtccn Years) at his Lodgings, to offer 
 him any Service in my Power. I was pleating] y fur- 
 prized, to find him reading the Bible ! But Hill I am 
 afraid, All is not right. For the Hand of God fcems 
 to be upon him Hill : And his Mind is fo hurried, he 
 can fettle to nothing. O what a pattern of Holinefs 
 and Stability of Mind, was this very Man, 'till he was 
 ilolen away by the Men wbofi Words arc j?n other than 
 Oil. But were they not to him very SivordsP 
 
 Wedmfday 6. 1 mentioned to the Congregation ano- 
 ther Means of increafing ferious Religion, which had 
 been frequently praclifed by our Forefathers, and at- 
 tended with eminent Blefling: Namely, the joining in 
 a Covenant to ferve Goo, with all our Heart and with 
 all our Soul. I explained this for feveral Mornings 
 following: And on Friday, many of us kept a Fail 
 unto the Lord, befeeching him to give us Wifdom 
 and Strength, to prowije unto the Lord our God and keep 
 it. 
 
 Monday 1 1, I explained once more the Nature of 
 fuch an Engagement, and the Manner of doing it ac- 
 ceptable to God. At Six in the Evening we met for 
 thatPurpofe, at the French Church in Spit tief elds. After 
 I had recited the Tenor of the Covenant propofed, in 
 the Words of that bleiTed Man, Richard Allen, all the 
 People flood up, in Teflimony of Aflent, to the Num- 
 ber of about i8oo Perfons. Such a Night I fcarce 
 ever faw before. Surely the Fruit of it mall remain 
 for ever. 
 
 Saturday \6. I buried the Remains of a rough, ho- 
 neft, friendly Man, Capt. Ed-vard Stotefury. But the 
 Lion was become a Lamb, before God took him to 
 himfelf. 
 
 Sunday 17. I took my leave of the Congregation in 
 Moor fields, by applying thofe awful Words, // is ap- 
 pointed fcr Men erne ic die : and early in the Morning fet 
 out for Cornwall. In the Evening I preached to a 
 ileepv Congregation at Reading, on // is a fai Jul Thing, 
 to fall into the Hands of the living God: And to much 
 fuch another en Tufday Evening at Salijlmy, on, Harden 
 not your Hearts. 
 
 On 
 
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 On Wednefday 20, at Noon I preached at Shaftfiwy, 
 to a muQ. more lively People. In the Afternoon both 
 my Fellow- traveller and I were fairly worn out. We 
 betook ourfelves to Prayer, and received Strength. 
 Nor did we faint any more, 'till on Friday 22. we 
 reached Plymouth Dock. And I found myieif far lefs 
 weary then, than on Monday when I came to Colebrook. 
 
 Having (pent two Days comfortably, and 1 hope, 
 ufefully, on Monday 25. I rode over the Mountains, 
 dole b the Sea to Loo, a Town near half as large as 
 IJlirgicn, which fend Four Members to the Parliament ! 
 And each County in North-Wales fends One ! At Foixcy 
 a little Company met us, and conducled us to Luxillian. 
 Between Six and Seven I preached in what was once 
 the Court- Yard cf a rich and honourable Man. But he 
 and all his Family are in the Duft, and his very Me- 
 mory is almoft perilhed. The Congregation was large 
 and deeply ferious. But it was Hill larger on Tue/day 
 Evening, and feveral feemed to be cut to the Heart. 
 On Wednesday they flocked from ail Parts. And with 
 what Eagemefs did they receive the Word ? Surely 
 many of thefe laft will be rlril I 
 
 Tbivjday 28. 1 preached at St. Median's. I do not 
 remember ever to have feen the Yard in which I flood 
 quite full before. But it would not now contain the 
 Congregation. Many were obliged to Hand without the 
 Gate. At Five in the Morning 1 preached at St. dwf- 
 tles 9 to more than our Room could contain. In the 
 Evening I was at St. Ewe. * One or two felt the Edge 
 of God's Sword, and funk to the Ground. And in- 
 deed it feemed as if God would fufTer none to efcape 
 him ; as if he both heard and anfwered our Prayer, 
 " Dart into all the melting Flame 
 Of Love, and make the Mountains flow." 
 
 Saturday 30. As I was riding thro' Tru*o } one Hoped 
 my Horfe, and infifted on my alighting. Prefently 
 two or three more of Mr. Walker's Society came in : 
 And we feemed to have been acquainted with each 
 other many Years. But I was conllrained to break 
 from them. About Five, I found the Congregation 
 waiting, in a broad, convenient Part of the Street in 
 Rcdiuth : I was extremely weary. And our Friends 
 
 were 
 
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 were fog-lad to fee me, that none once thought of afking 
 me to eat or drink. Bat my Wearinefs vanifhed when 
 I began to fpcak. Surely Gon is in this Place. 
 
 Sunday 31. Underftanding there were many prefent, 
 who did once run well, I preached at Eight, (the Rain 
 ceafing jult in Time) on, Htrw Jball I give thee up, 
 Epbraim? Many endeavoured, but in vain, to hide 
 their Tears. I was agreeably furprifed at Church, 
 to hear the Prayers read, not only with Deliberation, 
 but with uncommon Propriety. At One, the Con- 
 gregation was nearly double to what it was in the 
 Morning. And all were itill as Night. Surely thefe 
 are patient Hearers : God grant they may be fruitful 
 ones! 
 
 At five I preached in Gwetwp, to feveral Thoufands : 
 .But not one of them light or inattentive. After I had 
 done, the Storm arofe, and the Rain poured down, 
 'till about Four in the Morning. Then the Sky cleared, 
 and many of them that feared God, gladly alTembled 
 before him. 
 
 Monday Sept. I. I preached at Pentyn, to abundantly 
 ,mcre than the Houfe could contain. 
 
 Tuejday 2. We went to Falmouth. The Town is not 
 now what it was Ten Years fince. All is quiet from 
 one End to the other. I had Thoughts of Preaching 
 on the Hill near the Church. But the violent Wind 
 made it impracticable : So I was obliged to Hay in our 
 own Room. The People could hear in the Yard like- 
 wife, and the adjoining Houfes : And all were deeply 
 attentive. 
 
 Wednefday 3. At four, Mrs. M. came into my Room, 
 all in Tears, and told me, " She had feen, as it were, 
 our Lord Handing by her, calling her by her Name; 
 and had ever fince been filled with Joy unfpeakable." 
 Soon after came her Sifter, in almoll the fame Condi- 
 tion, andafterwards herNeice: Who likewife quickly 
 melted intoTears, and refufed to be comforted. Which 
 of thefe will endure to the End? Now at leaft God is, 
 among them. 
 
 After Preaching again to a Congregation who now 
 appeared ready to devour every Word, I walked up 
 to Pe>:den?iis Caftlc, finely fituated on the high Point 
 
 of 
 
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 of Land which runs out between the Bay and the Har- 
 bour, and commanding both. But might eafily be 
 made exceeding ilrong. But our Wooden Caftles are 
 fufficient. 
 
 In the Afternoon we rode to Heljlon, once turbulent 
 enough, now quiet as Penryn. I preached at Six, on 
 a rifing Ground, about a Mufket Shot from the Town. 
 Two drunken Men flrove to interrupt : But one foon 
 walked away. The other leaned on his Horfes Neck 
 and fell fall afleep. 
 
 What has done much Good here, is the Example 
 oiJV — T — . He was utterly without God in the 
 World when his Father died, and left him a little Ef- 
 tate, encumbered with huge Debt. Seven or eight 
 Years ago he found Peace with God. He afterwards 
 fold his Eftate, paid all his Debts, and with what he 
 had left, furnifhed a little Shop. Herein God has 
 blerr. him in an uncommon Manner. Meantime all 
 his Behoviour is of a-piece : So that more and more 
 of his Neighbours fav, " Well, this is a Work of 
 God !" 
 
 Thurfday 4. In the Evening, heavy Rain began, 
 juft as I began to give out the Hymn. But it ceafed 
 before I named my Text. I fpoke very plain, and it 
 feemed to fink into many Hearts : As they fhewed by 
 attending at Five in the Morning ; when we had an- 
 other happy and folemn Hour. 
 
 About Noon, Friday 5, I called on W. Row, in 
 Breag, in my Way to Newlin, " Twelve Years ago, he 
 faid, I was going over Guhal Downs, and I faw many 
 People together. And I afked, What was the Matter ? 
 And they told me, " A Man going to preach." And 
 I faid, To be fure it is fome mazed Man. But when 
 I faw you, I faid, " Nay, this is no mazed Man." 
 And you preached on God's raifing the dry Bones. 
 And from that Time 1 could never reft, 'till God was 
 pleafed to breathe on me, and raife my dead Soul !" 
 
 I had given no Notice of preaching here. But fee- 
 ing the poor People flock from every Side, I could not 
 fend them empty away. So I preached at a fin all Dif- 
 tance from the Houfe, and befought them to confider 
 our great Higb-prieft 9 who is pajjtd thro* into the Heavens. 
 
 And 
 
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 And none opened his Mouth : For the Lions of Brttg 
 too, are now changed into Lambs. That they were 
 fo fierce ten Years ago is no Wonder. Since their 
 wretched Minilter told them from the Pulpit ((tvea 
 Years before I refigned my Fellowfhip) " That John 
 ; was expelled the College for a bafe Child, and 
 had been quite mazed ever fince : That all the Met ho- 
 dijls at their private Societies, put out the Lights, Sec." 
 with abundance more of the fame Kind. But a Year 
 or two fince, it was obferved, he grew thoughtful and 
 melancholy. And about nine Months ago, he went 
 into his own necellary Houfe, and hanged himfelf ! 
 
 When we came to Ntavtm we were informed, that a 
 itrong, healthy Man, was the Morning before found 
 dead in his Bed. Many were ilartled : So I endeavoured 
 to deepen the Imprcflion, by preaching on thofe Words, 
 7 'hire is no Work, ncr Device, nor Knowledge y nor Wifdom, 
 in the Grave whither thou goeft. 
 
 Saturday 6. In the Evening I preached at St. JuJI. 
 Except ztG-ivenap, I have feen no fuch Congregation in 
 Cornwall. The Sun (nor could we contrive it otherwife) 
 Jhone full in my Face, when I began the Hymn. But 
 jufl as I ended it, a Cloud arofe, which covered it 'till 
 I had done preaching. Is any Thing too fmall for the 
 Providence of Him, by whom our very Hairs are num- 
 bered P 
 
 Sunday 7. Laft Year, a flrange Letter, written at 
 Penzance, was inferted in the Public Papers. To Day 
 I fpoke to the two Perfons, who occasioned that 
 Letter. They are of St. Juft's Parilh, fenfible Men, 
 and no Methodifts. The Name of one is James Tr\ 
 of the other Thomas Sackerly. I received the Account 
 from James two or three Hours before Thomas came. 
 But there was no material Difference. " In July was 
 twelve .Month, they both faid, as they were walking 
 from St. J ztjl Church Town toward Sanchrift, Thomas 
 happening to look up, cried out, "James, look, look ! 
 What is that irt the Sky?" The £rft Appearance, as 
 James exprelled it was, Three large Columns of 
 Horfemen fwiftly preffing on, as in a Fight, from 
 South-well to North-eail, abroad Streak of Sky being 
 between each Column. Some Times they feemed to 
 C run 
 
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 run thick together; then to thin their Ranks. .After- 
 ward they faw a large Fleet of three Mail Ship in 
 full Sail toward the Lizard Point. This continued 
 above a Quarter of an Hour. Then all cilappearing, 
 they went on their Way." The Meaning of this, if 
 it was real, (which I do not affirm) Time only can 
 fnew. 
 
 I preached at Eight in the Morning and Five in the 
 Afternoon and then haftened to St. Ives. But we did 
 not reach it, till between Nine and Ten. So 1 delayed 
 vifiting Mr. K. till the Morning. He is a young 
 Attorney, who for fome Time paft, has frequently at- 
 tended the Preaching. On Saturday Morning he fell 
 raving mad. I never faw him till this Morning. He 
 fung, and fwore, andfcreamed, and curfed, and blaf- 
 phemed, as if porTefTed by Legion. But as focn as I 
 came in, he called me by my Name, and began to 
 fpeak. I fat down on the Bed, and he was ftiii. -soon 
 after he fell into Tears and Prayer. We prayed with 
 him, and left him calm for the prefent. 
 
 Tue/day 9. I defired as many of our Brethren as 
 could, to obferve Wednefday the Tenth as a Day of 
 Failing and Prayer. Jufi as we were praying for him, 
 (we were afterwards informed) he left off raving, and 
 broke out, "Lord! How long ? Wilt thou hide 
 thy face for ever? All my Bones are broken. Thy 
 Wrath lieth heavy upon me : lam in the loweft Dark- 
 nefs and in the Deep. But the Lord kviB hear : He 
 njcill rebuke thee, thou unclean Spirit. He ivill deli- 
 ver me out of thy Hands," Many fuch Expreffions he 
 uttered for about half an Hour, and then raved again. 
 
 Tburfday i.i. He was more outrageous than ever. 
 But while we were praying for him in the Evening, 
 he funk down into a found Sleep, which continued for 
 Ten Hours. Nor was he furious any more : Altho' 
 the Time of Deliverance was not come. 
 
 Saturday 1 5. I preached once more at St. Juft, on the 
 fir ft Stone of their new Society Houfe. In the Evening, 
 as we rode to Cam hour?:, John Pcarfc of Redruth, was 
 mentioning a remarkable Incident. While he lived 
 at Htljlon, as their Clafs was meeting one Evening, one 
 of them cried, with an uncommon Tone, u We will 
 
 not 
 
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 net flay here : V/c will go to fuch an Houfc," which 
 was in a quite different Part of the Town. They all 
 rofe immediately, and went; tho' neither they, nor 
 ihe, knew why. Prefently after they were gone, a 
 Spark fell into a Barrel of Gunpowder, which was in 
 the next Room, and blew up the Houfe. So did 
 
 God preferve thofe who trufted in Him, and prevent 
 ( the Blafphemy of the Multitude. 
 
 Sum/ay 14. I preached about Eight at "Bray % to a very 
 numerous Congregation. And I believe God fpoke 
 to the Hearts of many : Of Backfliders in particular. 
 Soon after Ten we went to Redruth Church. A young 
 Gentlewoman in the next Pew, who had been laughing- 
 and talking juft before, while theConfeflion was reading 
 feemed very uneafy ; then fcreamed out feveral Times, 
 dropt down, and was carried cut of Church. Mr. Colitis 
 read Prayers admirably well, and preached an excellent 
 Sermon, on Christ alfc fuffered y leaving us, an Example, 
 that we fhcidd tread in his Steps. 
 
 At One I preached on Faith, Hope and Love. I 
 was furprizedat the Behaviour of the whole Multitude. 
 At length God feems to be moving on ail theirHearts. 
 £bout five I preached at St. Agnes, where all received 
 the Truth in Love, except two or three, who foon 
 walked away. Thence I rode on to St. Cubert. At 
 Noon I was much tired. But I was now as freih as in^, 
 the Morning. 
 
 Monday 1 -. We walked an Hour near the Sea Shore, 
 among thofe amazing Caverns, which are full as fur- 
 prizing 2isP(.oJes-Hole, or ony other in the Peak oi Derby- 
 jhire. Some Part oi the Rock in thefe natural Vaults, / 
 glitters as bright and ruddy as Gold. Part is a fine 
 Sky-blue: Part Green, Pan enamel'd, exactly like 
 Mother of Pearl : And a great Part, efpecially 
 near the Holy Weil, (which bubbles up on the Top of a 
 Rock, and is famous for curing either Scorbutic or 
 Scrophulous Diforders) is crafted over, wherever 
 the Water runs, with an hard white Coat, like Ala- 
 baiter. 
 
 At Six in the Evening I preached at Port Ifaac. The 
 
 next Day I rode to Camelford y and preached in the 
 
 Market-place about Six, on Ye mufi be born again, Some 
 
 C 2 were 
 
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 were much afraid there would be Difcurbance. But 
 the whole Congregation was quiet and attentive. 
 
 Thurfday 1 8. J aft as we came in at Ltmcefton, the 
 heavy Rain began. Between Five and Six 1 preached 
 in a Gentleman's dining Room, capable of containing 
 fome Hundreds of People. At Five in the Morning I 
 preached in the Town-hall, and foon after took my 
 Leave of Cornwall. 
 
 Friday jp. In the Evening I reached North Monlion, 
 But being wet and tired, and the People not having 
 Notice, I did not preach "till the Morning. A 
 I found, Hand itedfaft here alfo, tho' a neighbouring 
 Gentleman, has threatned them much, unlefs they 
 will leave this Way, has turned many out of their 
 Work or Farms, and headed the Mob in Perfon. 
 
 On Saturday Evening I preached at Tiverton, to a 
 well eftablifhed People. 
 
 Sunday 21. I rode to Ccllumpton, wh&re the Minifler 
 preached an excellent, practical Sermon. At One I 
 preached on the Parable of the Sower ; and about Five 
 in the Market -houfe at liver ton. The Congregation 
 was larger than for fome Years. Yet all behaved as 
 tho' they really deiired to fave their Souls. 
 
 Monday 22. It rained the greater Part of the Day, 
 which leffened the Congregation at Charlton. 
 
 Tuefday 23. We walked up to GlaJlonbury-To-wer $ 
 which a Gentleman is now repairing. It is the Stee- 
 ple of a Church, the Foundation of which is Hill dif- 
 cernible. On the Weft Side of the Tower there are 
 Niches for Images, one of which, as big as the Life, 
 is ftill entire. The Hill on which it itands is ex- 
 tremely ileep, and of an uncommon Height, fo that 
 it commands the Country on all Sides, as well as the 
 Brijiol Channel, I was weary enough when, we came 
 to BrijloL But I preached 'till all my Complaints 
 were gone. And I had now a little Leifure to fit ftill, 
 ar.d finifh the Notes on the Tejiament. 
 
 Friday October 3 . "1 rode over to Pill, a Place famous 
 from Generation to Generation, even as Ktngfwiod it* 
 fclf, for ftupid, brutal, abandoned Wickednefs. But 
 what is all the Power of the World and the Devil, 
 when the Day of God's Power is come ? Many of the 
 
 Inhabitants 
 
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 Inhabitants now fecm defirous of turning from the 
 Power of Satan to God. 
 
 Sunday 5. I preached on the South-weft Side of Brif-- 
 toL I fuppofe a confiderable Part of the Congregation, 
 had hardly ever heard a Sermon in the open Air be- 
 fore. But they were all, rich and poor, ferious and atten- 
 tive No Rudenefs is now at BnjlcL 
 
 Thurjday 9. I preached on the Green, near Pill, to 
 a large and ferious Congregation. It rained moft of 
 the Time ; but none went away, altho' there were 
 many genteel Hearers. 
 
 Monday 13. I preached about Noon at Sheptcn- 
 Mallet, and in the Evening at Col ford : Where the 
 Congregation is fo increafed, that they muft inlarge 
 the Houfe. 
 
 Tuejday 14-. about One I preached near Bradford \ 
 and again in the Evening. 
 
 lP\dnejday 15. I preached at Bath. Even here a 
 few are joined together, and hope they mall be (cat- 
 tared no more. 
 
 1 dined with fome ferious Perfons, in a large, ftate- 
 ly Houfe, ftanding on the Brow of a delightful Hill, 
 la this Paradife they live, in Eafe, in Honour, 
 and in elegant Abundance. And this they call retiring 
 from the World! What would Gregory Lopez, have called 
 it ? 
 
 In the Evening the Society met at Brftcl. I had 
 defired again and again, that no Perfon would come, 
 who had not calmly and deliberately refolved, to give 
 hknfelf up to God. But I believe not Ten of them 
 were wanting. And we now folemnly and of fet Pur- 
 pose, by our own free Act and Deed, jointly agreed, 
 to take the Lord for our God. I think, it will not 
 foon be forgotten : I hope, not to all Eternity. 
 
 Sunday 19. I preached once more in Slokes-croft, to 
 a deeply ferious Congregation. 
 
 Monday 20. 1 lefcBriJhl: And taking feveralSocietie s 
 in the Way, on Thurfday 23. preached at Reading. 
 Several Soldiers were there, and many more the next 
 Night, when I fet before them the Tenors cf the Lord, 
 And I fcarce ever faw fo much ImprerTion made, 011 
 this dull, fenfeiefs People. 
 
 C x Saturday 
 
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 Saturday 25. I reached London, notwithstanding all 
 the Forebodings of my Friends, in at lead as good 
 Health as I left it. 
 
 Sunday 26. I entered upon my London-Duty, 
 reading Prayers, preaching, and giving the Sacrament, 
 at Snow-fields in the Morning : Preaching and giving 
 the Sacrament at Noon, in Weft-Street Chappel : Meet- 
 ing the Leaders at Three, burying a Corpfe at Four, ^ 
 and preaching at Five in the Afternoon. Afterwards 
 I met the Society, and concluded the Day with a 
 General Love-feaft. 
 
 Monday 27. We fet out for Leigh in EJfex. But be- 
 ing hindered a little in the Morning, the Night came 
 on without either Moon or Stars, when we were about 
 two Miles fhort of Raleigh. The Ruts were fo Deep 
 and uneven, that the Horfes could fcaice fland, and 
 theChaife was continually in Danger of overturning : 
 So that my Companions thought it bert, to walk to 
 the Town, tho' the Road was both wet and dirty. 
 Leaving them at Raleigh, 1 took Horfe again. It was fo 
 throughly dark, that we could not fee our HorfesHeads. 
 However by the Help of Him to whom the Night 
 ihineth as the Day, we hit every Turning, and without 
 going a Quarter of a Mile out of our Way, before Nine 
 came to Leigh. 
 
 Wednefday 29. I returned to London. In my Scraps of 
 Time on this and two or three other Days, I read over 
 (what I had often heard much commended) Lord 
 Anjcn\ Voyage. What Pity he had not a better Hif- 
 torian ? One who had Eyes to fee, and Courage to 
 own, the Hand of God. 
 
 Tburjday November 5. Mr. Whitefeld called upon 
 me. Difcutings are now no mere. - We love one ano- 
 ther and join Hand in Hand, to promote the Caufe of 
 our Common Mailer. 
 
 In the Afternoon I buried the Remains of Samuel 
 Lar<uood, who died of a Fever on Sunday Morning : 
 Deeply convinced of his Unfaithfulnefs, and yet hop- 
 ing to find Mercy. He had lately taken and repaired 
 a building in Southwark, called by the venerable Men 
 who. built it, Zoar. His Executor offering it to me, 
 on the Evening of Friday 6^ that foierrm Day, which 
 
 we 
 
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 obfervcd with Fading and Prayer for our King 
 and Country, I preached there to a large and quiec 
 Congregation. But moil of them a ppeared wild enough. 
 And fuch were we, till Grace made the Difference. 
 
 Monday 10. 1 preached at the Willi* And i did 
 not wonder, that Go d gave an uncommon Bk-fing, to 
 thofe who then aflembled in hib Name, confideiing the 
 Difficulties they had broke through. The Froft was very 
 Vevere, accompanied with fuch a Fog, as perhaps the 
 oldeft Man there never faw before. The Lamps could 
 not be feen acrois the Street, and hardly the Ground 
 by thofe who had Lights in their Hands. Many 
 loll their Way, when they were juil at their own 
 Doors. And it was almoft as hard to breathe as to 
 fee. How eafy it is for God to punilh a finful 
 Nation, even without employing an Arm of Fleih ? 
 
 Monday 17. As we were walking towards Wapping, 
 the Rain poured down with fuch Violence, that we 
 were obliged to take Shelter till it abated. We then 
 held on to Gravel-lam : In many Parts of which the 
 Waters were like a River. However we got on pretty 
 well, till the Rain put out the Candle in our Lantern, 
 JWe then were obliged to wade thro* all, till we came 
 to the Chappel-Yard. Juft as we entered it, a little 
 Streak of Lightning appeared in the South-Weft. 
 There was likewife a fmall Clap of Thunder, and a 
 vehement Burft of Rain, which rufhed fo plentifully 
 thro' our mattered Tiles, that the Veftry was all in a 
 float. Soon after I began reading Prayers, the Light- 
 ning flamed all round it, and the Thunder rolled juft 
 over our Heads. When it grew louder and louder, 
 perceiving many of the Strangers to be much affright- 
 ed, I broke off the Prayers, after the Collect, " Ligh- 
 ten our Darknefs we befeech thee, O Lord, " and 
 began applying, T^Lord fittetb above the Water* 
 flood: the Lord remainttb a King for ever. Prefently 
 the Lightning, Thunder and Rain ceafed, and we had 
 a remarkably calm Evening. 
 
 It was obferved, That exactly at this Hour, they 
 were acting Macbeth , in Drury-Lam : And juft as the 
 Mock-Thunder began, the Lord began to thunder 
 out of Heaven, For a while it put them to a ftand. 
 
 But 
 
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 But they foon took Courage and went on. Otherwife 
 it might have been fufpedted, that the Fear of God 
 had crept into the very Theatre ! 
 
 Tue/day 18. We had a folemn Watch-Night at Zoar. 
 
 Wednejday 26. Being much importuned thereto, I 
 wrote " Serious Thoughts on the Earthquake at Lif- 
 hon ;" Dire&ed, not as I deiigned at nrft, to the fmall 
 Vulgar, but the Great : To the Learned, Rich and 
 Honourable Heathens, commonly called Cbriftians. 
 
 Tue/day Dec. 2. I received a remarkable Letter, Part 
 of which I have here fubjoined. 
 
 " It may feem ftrange, Sir, that I whom you have 
 no perfonal Knowledge of, mould write with the 
 Freedom I am now going to take. But I truft, you 
 defire as much to initrudl, as I to be intruded. I 
 have long laboured under a Difeafe, which comes the 
 neareft to that which is named Scepticifm. I rejoice at 
 one Time, in the Belief, That the Religion of my 
 Country is true. But how tranfient my Joy ! While 
 my bufy Imagination ranges thro' Nature, Books and. 
 Men, I often drop into that horrible Pit of Deifm, and 
 in vain bemoan my Fall. The two main Springs 
 which alternately move my Soul to thefe oppofite Opi- 
 nions are, Firft, Can it be, that the great God of the 
 boundlefs Univerfe, containing many Thoufand better 
 Worlds than This, mould become incarnate here, and 
 die on a Piece of Wood f" There I lofe my Belief of 
 Chriitianity. 
 
 But on the other Hand I think, Well, let me exa- 
 mine the Fitnefs of Things which Deifm boafts of. 
 And certain it is, I difcern nothing but Beauty and 
 Wifdomin the inanimateParts oftheCreation. But how is . 
 the animate Side of Nature ! It fhocks me with powerful 
 Cruelty, and bleeding Innocence. I cannot call the 
 Earth (as Fontenelle does) " A great rolling Globe % 
 covered over with Fools :" But rather, a great rolling 
 Globe, covered over with Slaughter-houfes : Where 
 few Beings can efcape but thofe of the Butcher-kind,- 
 the Lion, Wolf or Tyger. And as to Man himfelf, 
 He is undoubtedly the Supreme Lord, nay, the uncon- 
 trollable Tyrant of this Globe. Yet furvey him in a 
 State of Deifm, and I muit pronounce him a very poor. 
 
 Creature, 
 
C 53 ) 
 
 Creature. He is then a Kind of Jack-catch, an Exe- 
 cutioner-general. He may, nay he mull deftroy, for 
 wnSubfiftencc, Multitudes ofBeingfl that have done 
 him no wrong. He has none of that heavenly Power 
 to reftore Liie. And can he be fond of the PermiiTion 
 to take it away : One who like me, is fubjed to the 
 tender Paflions, will never be proud of this. 
 'No 'utc I view in Anguifh here, 
 
 But from my melting Lye defcends a T 
 The very Beaib are enkled to ray Companion: P>ut 
 is the Anxieties I feel, for the 
 • ufiained by virtuous Men* and my Abhorienc 
 the Cruel? Yet in Deiim I can difcern noRewa: 
 the one, or Punifhment for the other. On this View 
 of Things, the r King might well fay, " He 
 
 could have directed God to amend his Creation." 
 
 J think upon the whole, the God of V/ifdom would 
 not have made a World, ib much in want of a 
 deemer as this, and not give it one : Therefore at pre- 
 fent, I am again a Chriftian. O that the Son of God 
 would confirm me His ! As yet my Soul is like a Wea- 
 ther-beaten Bird, that hovers over the great Ocean, 
 tired and afraid of dropping : Death rnd Eternity are 
 read) to receive it, the pleafant Land is out of Si 
 hid by Fogs and Mills, and theWay unknown, to gain 
 the happy Groves. 
 
 I was formerly apt to mention my Scepticifm, 
 to Clergymen and Laymen, with a View of leflfei 
 the Evil. But they rather i a crea fed it. Few 
 men cared to difcourfe on the Subject: And if 
 did, they generally expected, that a re 
 Tons mould eradicate at once ftrong and deep-rooted 
 Prejudices. And mo ft Laymen cifcovered an ulter. Ig- 
 norance of the Religion they pretended to believe ; 
 and looked upon me as if I had the Plague, for own- 
 ing I did not believe it. What Method could J take ? 
 I long avoided freaking of Pvdigion to any but its 
 great Author : Who I hope, has at laft led me to one 
 is capable of removing my Spiritual Darknefs. 
 May the Giver of all Goodnefs reward you in that 
 Day, when (according to the Prophet Daniel) The vvifi 
 
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 Jhall Jhine as the Brightnefs cf the Firmament, and they thai 
 turn many to Right coufnejs, as the Stars for euer /" 
 
 Friday i2. As I was returning from Zoar, I came, 
 as well as ufual to Moorjields, but there my Strength 
 entirely failed, and fuch a Faintnefs and Wearinefs 
 feized me, that it was with Difficulty I got home. I 
 could not but think, how happy it would be (fuppofe W3 
 were ready for the Bridegroom) to fink down and (leal 
 away at once, without any of the Hurry and Pomp of 
 Dying ! Yet it is happier ftill, to glorify God, in our 
 Death, as well as our Life. 
 
 About this Time I received a ferious, fenfible Let- 
 ter, the Subftance of which was as follows. 
 
 " Scarce any Nation pafTes a Century, without fome > 
 remarkable Fluctuation. How mould it be otherwife? 
 For how can that be perpetually liable, wherein Man^ 
 full of Inftability, is principally concerned ? It is cer- 
 tain therefore, that all the Quiet in a Nation is order- 
 ed by Divine Wifdom : As all the Confufions and Con- 
 vulfions are permitted by Divine Juftice. Let us view 
 the prefent State of Great-Britain in this Light : Reding- 
 aMured, that all which befalls us, is intended to pro- 
 mote our Good,. in this World,, and that which is to 
 come. 
 
 " This Land is ripe for Judgments. How few are 
 there Jierein, who even intend to pleafe God in all they 
 do ? And all befides are Subjects of Divine Wrath. 
 For all who live without cny Regard to God, are 
 wilful Sinners againft God, and every Hour liable to 
 the Stroke of his offended Juflice. 
 
 ** And what mall thefe do, when vifited by the 
 Sword, the Plague, the Famine, or the furious Ele- 
 ments ? O that they would turn to God, thro' the Sa- 
 viour of Sinners! Surely then they would find Mercy! 
 Yea, and probably fee the Salvation of God, even in 
 the Land of the Living. 
 
 " But what fhall the Chriftians do in the Time of 
 public Calamities ? Be ftill, look up, and follow Pro- 
 vidence. Beflill, O my Soul, in the Midft of Tumults 
 and the Diftrefs of Nations. Take no Comfort in 
 any Thing but in the Confcioufnefs of Divine Love. 
 Liften to his Voice, and quietly wait to fee the Hand 
 
 of 
 
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 of God over all. If you are uncertain what to 
 
 do, lookup, and expert Wifdom from above, if you 
 fear, look up for Courage and Faith, to act well on 
 all Occafions. Jf the Sword is at your Throat, look 
 up for bubmiflion to the wife and gracious Will of 
 God. Look up for Power to pray without ceafing, 
 and in every Thing to give Thanks. Follow 
 
 y/ence. Do not run before, but after the Hand that 
 leads the fimple-hearud, with a fteddy \ttention, and a 
 determinate Purpofe to do what is pleafing to Him. 
 
 u But what (hall the Chriftians do, if the Storm 
 come, if our Country be actually invaded? The gene- 
 ral Anfwer mud be the fame, Be flill ; Look up ; Fol- 
 low Providence. A particular Anfwer is hard to give 
 yet. Only fo far one may fay, I . We mull take great 
 Care of our Spirits. If we fink into the World's Fears 
 or Joys, we mall lofe our hold on God. The Spirit 
 of the Chriftians and the Spirit of the World are en- 
 tirely different. They can never agree in what apper- 
 tains to the Work of God, either in his Difpenfations 
 of Grace or Juftice. 2. Every one mould deeply con- 
 fer, what he is called to. Some may think it would 
 be a Sin to defend themfelvcs. Happy are they, if 
 they can refrain from judging or condemning thofe 
 that are of a different Perfuafion. Certain it is, fome 
 have fought and died in a juft Caufe, with a Confci- 
 ence void of Offence. To fome therefore it r.ay be 
 Matter of Duty, to repel the Common Enemy. 3. 
 They who believe they are called to this, mould pro- 
 ceed in all Things in a Chriftian Spirit. They mould 
 if pofiible join in one Body. They mould endeavour 
 to avoid trifriing Company and Converfation. They 
 mould learn the Exercife with Prayers and Hymns. 
 But who of us is fufficient for thefe Things V* 
 
 Sunday 1 4. The Minds of many People being deeply 
 affected with a Profpedt of public Calamities, lex- 
 plained thofe comfortable Words in the firft Lefibn, 
 Ifa. xxvi. 20. Come, my People, enter thou into thy Cham- 
 bers, and Jhutthy Doors about thee: Hide thyfelf as it were 
 for a little Moment, until the Indignation be overpaf. 
 
 Tuefday 16. I fet out for Leuoifham, apointing one to 
 meet me with my Horfe at the Sumss End. Bin he 
 
 mi ftook 
 
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 rniftook his Way, and fo left me to walk on, in my 
 Boots and great Coat. When I came within a Quarter 
 of a Mile of Levoifoam Bridge, a Coach drove fwiftly by 
 me. I wondered why the Coachman Hopped, 'till he 
 called, and delired me to come up to him. The Rea- 
 fon then appeared : The Low Grounds were quite 
 covered with Water, fo that i could not have attempted 
 to reach the Bridge, without hazarding my Life. 
 
 Tuefday 23. I was in the Robe-Chamber, adjoining 
 to the Houfe of Lords, when the King put on his 
 Robes, ins Brow was much furrowed with Age, and 
 quite clouded with Care. And is this all the 
 
 World can give even to a King ? All the Grandeur it 
 can afford ? A Blanket of Ermin round his Shoulders, 
 fo heavy and cumberfome he can fcarce move under it! 
 An huge Heap of borrowed Hair, with a few Plates of 
 Gold and glittering Stones upon his Head ! Alas, what 
 Bauble is Human Greatnefs ? And even this will not 
 endure ! Cover the Head with ever fo much Hair and 
 Gold: Yet 
 
 Scit te Proferpina canum ; 
 Pt : rfcna?Ji cafhi deirabct ilia tuo, 
 'January 1, 1 756. We had a large Congregation at 
 Four in the Morning. How much are Men divided in 
 their Expectations, concerning theenfuing Year ? Will 
 it bring a large Harveft of temporal Calamities ? or of 
 fpiritual Bleflings ? Perhaps of Both : Of Temporal Af- 
 flictions preparatory to fpiritual Bleifings. 
 
 Monday 5. This Week I wrote " An Addrefs to the 
 Clergy;" Which, confidering the Situation of Public 
 Affairs, I judged would be more feafonable and more 
 eafily borne, at this Time than at any other. 
 
 IVednejaay 1 4. Mr. Walfp wrote tome as Follows : 
 Rev. and very Dear Sir, 
 
 " In Mr. B 's Letter are many palpable Faii- 
 
 hoods. But what exafperated him fo, he does not tell. 
 It was my oppofmg his Arian Principles : My telling 
 him, I had the fame Arguments to prove the Divinity 
 of Christ, as to prove the Godhead of the Father. 
 1. The Father is called God b$ : So is the Son, If. 
 ix. 6. 2. The Father is called DTJ/N. So is the 
 Son, Hcj. i. 7. The Father is called ntn-: So is the 
 
 Son 
 
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 Gon, Jer. xxlii. 6. The Father is faid to b tfrem 
 
 mg. So the Son is called -]y» 3K, # ix. 6. Not, 
 t\it e<vtr lofting Father ; but the Father or Anther of Eternity. 
 4. The Father is faid to create all Things. So is the 
 Gon, y*?. i. and Cc/. i. 5. The Father is faid to be 
 -Almighty : So is the Son. 6. The Father is Omnipre- 
 > fent : So is the Son, Mat. xx. iS. 7. The Father is 
 Omnifcient : So is the Son. Rev. ii. 7. The Father 
 forgives Sins : So does the Son, Mark ii. 8. The 
 i.er is Judge of all : So is the Son. 
 11 But itill he difputed, Whether any Man mould 
 pray to Christ ? I gave thefe Reafons for it. 1. All 
 Men are bound to honour the Son, as they honour the Fa- 
 ther. But we are to honour the Father, by praying to 
 him. Therefore we mould fo honour the Son. 2. God 
 commands, Let all the 4 n gels cf God ivorjhip him. This 
 is done Rev. v. And it is certain Praift and Thankl- 
 giving, are fuperior rather than inferior to Prayer. 3. 
 it. Paul prayed to him, 2 Ccr. xii. 8, 9. 4. St. 5*/ 
 -prayed to him, A&s \ ii. 59. (TheWord, God, is not in 
 the Original.) 5. All Believers in the Apoflolic Age 
 -prayed to him, 1 Cor. i. 2. For what is, to cMvfon 
 his Name, but to pray to him ? 
 
 " When he could not anfwer thefe Reafons, he cal- 
 led them Cant, and faid M Much Learning has made 
 thee mad." What he calls " Contempt," was con- 
 fronting him with Scripture and Reafon, in Defence of 
 the Godhead of Christ. I acknowledge, I have 
 
 been an oppofer of Arianifm, ever fince I knew what 
 it was : But efpecially fince my late Illnefs, during 
 which I had fuch glorious Evidence of the eternal 
 Power and Godhead of my great Redeemer. I blefs 
 
 God, I love Mr. B as well as all Mankind. But 
 
 i^grieves me to fee the People led in the High Road to 
 Hell, inltead of Heaven : Efpecially at a Time which 
 calls upon all, to awake and prepare to meet their God." 
 Saturday 17. And in the fpareHours of the following 
 Days I read over Mr. PMs Phclojhphia Sacra, a Trea- 
 tifc admirably well wrote, by an ingenious Man, who 
 fays all that can be faid, for Mr. Hutchinfon's Hypothe- 
 cs. But it is only an Hypothecs ftill : Much Suppc/ition, 
 and little Proof. 
 
 D Monday 
 
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 Monday 26. I rode to Canterbury and preached in th« 
 Evening to fuch a Congregation as I never faw there 
 before. In which were Abundance of the Soldiers, and 
 rot a few of their Officers. 
 
 Wednefday 2S. I preached about Noon at Dover, to 
 a very ferious, but fmall Congregation. We afterwards 
 walked up to the Cattle, on the Top of a Mountain. 
 It is an amazingly fine Situation. And from hence we 
 had a clear view of that vaft Piece m( the Cliff, which a 
 few Days ago divided from the reft, and fell down upon 
 the Beach. 
 
 Friday 30. In returning to London I read the Life of 
 the late Czar, Peter the Great. Undoubtedly he was 
 a Soldier, a General and a Statefman, fcarce inferior 
 to any. But why was he called a Chrijlian? What 
 has Chriflianity to do jeither with deep Diffimulation 
 or Savage Cruelty ? 
 
 Friday February 6. TheFaft-Day was a gloriousDay : 
 Such as London has fcarce feen fince the Redo ration. 
 Every Church in th<? City was more than fulj : And a 
 folemn Serioufnefs fat on every Faqe. Surely God 
 heareth the Prayer : And there will yet be a lengthening 
 of our Tranquility, 
 
 Even the Jews obferved this Day with a peculiar 
 Solemnity. The Form of Prayer which was ufed in 
 their Synagogue, began, " Come, and let us return 
 unto the Lord ; for he hath torn and he will heal us :" 
 And concluded with thofe remarkable Words : " In- 
 cline the Heart of our Sovereign Lord King George, as 
 well as the Hearts of his Lords and Councilors, to 
 ufe us kindly, and all our Brethren, the Children of 
 Jfrael: That in his Days and in our Days we may fee 
 the Reftoration ofjudah, and that Ifraelmay dwell in 
 Safety, and theRedeemer may come to Zion. May it bf* 
 thy Will ! And we all fay, Amen." 
 
 Monday 23. I paid another Vifit to Canterbury, but 
 came in too late to preach. 
 
 Tue/day 24. Abundance of Soldiers and many Offi- 
 cers came to the preaching. And furely the Fear and 
 the Love of God will prepare them either for Death 
 or Victory. 
 
 Wednefday 25. I dined with Col. who faid, 
 
 «No Men Fight like thofe who fear God ; I had ra- 
 ther 
 
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 ther command five Hundred fuch, than any Regimen! 
 in his Majetfy's Army." 
 
 Thwfd.iy 22. I had fo fevere a Cold, that I could 
 hardly (peak to be heard. However 1 preached Morn- 
 ing and Evening as I could, and the next Day returned 
 to London. 
 
 Monday March !. I fet out for Brijldl. Some Time 
 after, I received the Copy of another Letter, dated 
 \ 2. from the Rev. Mr. Da-vies in Virginia, Part 
 of which 1 have fubjoined. 
 
 " When the Books arrived, I gave public Notice 
 after Sermon, and defired fuch Negroes as cou!d read, 
 and fuch white People as would make good Ufe ot* 
 them, and were not able to buy, to come to my 
 Houfe. For fome Time after, the poor Slaves, when- 
 ever they they could get an Hour's Leifure, hurried 
 away to me, and received them with all the genuine 
 Indications of paftionate Gratitude. All the Book* 
 were very acceptable, but none more fo than thePfalms 
 and Hymns, which enabled them to gratify their pc 
 Collar Tafte for Pfalmody. Sundry of them lodged ai! 
 Night in my Kitchen. And fometimes when I have 
 awaked, at Two or Three in the Morning, a Torren: 
 of facred Pfalmody has poured into my Chamber. la 
 this Exercife fome of them fpend the whole Night. 
 
 " The Good Effecls of this Charity are already ap- 
 parent. It convinces the Heathen, that however care- 
 lefs about Religion, the Generality of the white Peo- 
 ple are, yet there are fome, who think it a Matter of 
 Importance. It has excited fome of their Mailers to 
 Emulation, and they are afhamed, that Strangers on 
 the other Side the Atlantic Ocean, fhould be at fuch 
 Pains to teach their Domeftics, while themfelvcs are 
 negligent about it. Such of the Negroes as can read 
 already, are evidently improving in Knowledge. It 
 has excited others to learn to read : For as I give Books 
 to none but fuch as can read, they confider them as a 
 Reward for their Induftry. And I am told, that in 
 almoft every Houfe in my Congregation, and in many 
 other Places they fpend every leifure Hour, in endea- 
 vouring to learn. Many do this, from a fincere Defire 
 to know the Will of God. And if fome mould do it 
 D 2 from 
 
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 from the meaner Principle of Vanity or Curiofrty, yeC 
 I cannot but rejoice, that it renders them the more 
 capable of receiving Inflruction. To all this I may add, 
 that the very diitributing thefe Books, gives me an Op- 
 portunity offpeaking ferioufly, and with particular Ap- 
 plication to many who would not otherwife come in 
 my Way. 
 
 " There are Thoufands of Negroes in this Colony, 
 who Hill continue in the groffeft. Ignorance, and are as 
 ran-k Pagans now, as they were in the Wilds of 'Africa. 
 Not a few of thefe are within the Bounds of my Con- 
 gregation. But all are not of this Character. Upon 
 fome my Miniftry of late has been fuccefsful. Two 
 Sunday's ago I had thePleafure of feeing forty of their 
 Black Faces at the LoRD'sTable, feveral of whom give 
 unuiual Evidence of tneir Sincerity in Religion. Laft 
 Sunday, I baptized Seven or Eight, who had been ca- 
 techized for fome Time. Indeed many of them appear 
 determined to prefs into the Kingdom, and I am per- 
 fwaded will find an abundant Entrance, when many 
 of the Children of the Kingdom are fhut out. 
 
 " I have dirtributed fome of the Books among the 
 poor white People, with a Charge to circulate them 
 among fuch of their Neighbours, as would ieriouily 
 read them, that they might be as exteniively fervicea- 
 ble as poflible. And fome of them have fince difco- 
 vered to me, what folemn ImpreiSons they received in 
 reading them. 
 
 <c Ifent a few of each Sort to my Friend Mr. Wright, 
 MiniRer of Cumberland, about Ninety Miles hence, 
 where there are not a few Negroes thoughtful about 
 Chridianity, and fundry real Converts. And he in- 
 forms me they have met with a very agreeable and pro- 
 mifing Reception. He takes much Pains in instructing 
 them, and has fet up two or three Schools among them: 
 Where they attend on Sundays, before and after Ser- 
 mon ; for they have no other leifure Time." 
 
 Wednefday 3. I found Briflol all in a Flame, Voters 
 and Non-Voters being ready to tear each other in Pie- 
 ces. I had not recovered my Voice, fo as either to 
 preach, or fpeak to the whole Society : But I defired 
 thofe Members who were Freemen, to meet me by 
 
 themfelves 
 
( 4« ) 
 
 thcmfelves: Whom Imildly and lovingly informed how 
 they ought to aft, in this Hour of Temptation. And 
 I believe the far greater Part of them received, and 
 profited by the Advice. 
 
 Tbur/day 1 1 . I rode to Pill, and preached to a large 
 and attentive Congregation. A great Part of them 
 were feafaring Men. In the Middle of my Difcourfe, 
 a Prefs-Gang landed from a Man of War, and came 
 up to the Place. But after they had liftened a while, 
 they went quietly by, and molefted no body. 
 
 Monday 15. I rode to the Old-Paffage. But finding 
 we could not pafs, we went to Purton, which we 
 reached about Four in the Afternoon. But we were no 
 nearer ftill : For the Boat-Men lived the other Side, 
 and the Wind was fo high, we could not poflibly make 
 them hear. However we determined to wait a while ; 
 and in a Quarter of an Hour, they came of their own 
 accord. We reached Coleford before Seven, and found 
 a plain, loving People, who received theWord of God 
 with all Gladnefs. 
 
 Tuefday 16. Examining the little Society, I found 
 "them grievoufly harraft by difputatious Baptifts on 
 one Side and Quakers on the other. And hereby five 
 or fix Perfons have been confufed. But the reft cleave 
 fo much the clofer together. Nor does it appear, 
 that there is now one Trifler, much lefs a diforderly 
 Walker among them. 
 
 Widncfday 17. I learned the Particulars of that fur- 
 prizing Storm, which was here the Year before lair, 
 It began near Cheltenham, on June 14, 1754, and paf- 
 fed on over Ccleford 9 in a Line aboutTnree Miles broad* 
 It was Rain mixt with Hail. The Hail broke all the 
 Windows it had accefs to 9 ftript all the Trees both of 
 Ruit and Leaves, and deftroyed every green Thing. 
 Many of the Stones were as large as Hen-Eggs ; fome 
 were fourteen or fifteen Inches round. The Rain oc 
 cafioned fuch a Torrent of Water in the Street, as bore 
 away Man and Beaft A Mile or two farther it joined 
 with the Waters of a Mill-dam, which it broke down, 
 and carried away feveral Houfes. How frequent would 
 Accidents of this Kiud be, if Chance, not God, go- 
 verned the World ? 
 
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 Thurfday 1 8. We rode thro' hard Rain to Brecknock, 
 and came jufl at the Hour appointed for Preaching. 
 The Town-hall, in which I was defired to preach, is 
 a large and commodious Place : And the whole Con- 
 gregation (one poor Gentleman excepted) behaved 
 with Serioufnefs and Decency. 
 
 Friday 19. I rode over to Howell Harris at Tre-vecka^. 
 tho' not knowing how to get any further. But he 
 helped us out of our Difficulties, offering to fend one 
 with us, who would fhew us the Way, and bring our 
 Horfes back. So I then determined to go on to Holy- 
 bead, after fpending a Day or two at Brecknock, 
 
 Saturday 20. It being the Day appointed for the 
 Juflices and Commiffioners to meet, the Town was 
 extremely full. And Curiofity (if no better Motive) 
 brought moil of the Gentlemen to the Preaching. 
 Such another Opportunity could not have been, of 
 fpeaking to all the Rich and Great of the County. 
 And they all appeared to be ferious and attentive. 
 Perhaps one or two may lay it to Heart. 
 
 Sunday 2 1. I delayed Preaching 'till Nine, for the 
 Sake of the tender and delicate Ones, At Two we 
 had near the whole Town, and God referved the great 
 Blefling for the laft. Afterward we rode to Trevecka.. 
 But our Guide was ill. So in the Morning we fet out 
 without him . 
 
 Before I talked with him myfelf, I wondered H. 
 Harris did not go out and preach as ufual. But he 
 now informed me, He preached 'till he could preach 
 no longer, his Conftitution being entirely broken. 
 Wliile he was thus confined, he was preil in Spirit, to 
 build a large Houfe, tho' he knew not why or for 
 whom. But as foon as it was built, Men, Women 
 and Children, without his feeking, came to it from at! 
 Parts of Wales, And except in the Cafe of the Orphaa- 
 houfe at Hall, I never heard of fo many fignal Inter- 
 pofitions of Divine Providence. 
 
 Monday 22. It continued fair, till we came to Builth y 
 where I preached to the ufual Congregation. Mr. 
 Pbillifis then guided us to Rcyader, about fourteen Eng- 
 UJb Miles. It fnowed hard behind us and on. both 
 Sides, but not at all where we were. 
 
 Tuefday 23. When we took Horfe, there was no- 
 thing 
 
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 thing to be (ten but a Wade of White, the Snow co* 
 vering both X I i lis and Vales. As we could fee no 
 Path, it was not without much Difficulty, as well as 
 Danger, that we went on. But between Seven and 
 Kight the Sun broke out, and the Snow began to melt. 
 So we thought all our Difficulty was over, 'till about 
 .Nine the Snow fell fader than ever. In an Hour, it 
 changed into Hail, which as we rode over the Moun- 
 tains drove violently in our Face. About Twelve 
 this turned into hard Rain, followed by an impetuous 
 Wind. However we pufhed on thro' all;, and before 
 Sunfet came to DcllygcUe. 
 
 Here we found everyThing we wanted except Sleep, 
 of which we were deprived by a Company of drunken, 
 roaring Sea-Captains, who kept PofTeffion of the Room 
 beneath us, 'till between Two and Three in the Morn- 
 ing. So that we did not take Horfe 'till after Six : 
 And then we could make no great Speed, the Frod 
 being exceeding diarp, and much Ice in the Road. 
 ^Hence we were not able to reach Tannabull, 'till be- 
 * veen Eleven and Twelve. An honed Welchtnan here 
 ^ave us to know (tho' he fpoke no Engl if b) that he was 
 jud going over the Sands. So wehadened on with him, 
 and by that Means came in good Time to CariwvQH. 
 Here we pad a quiet and comfortable Night, and 
 took Horfe about Six in the. Morning. Suppofing af- 
 ter we had rode near an Hour, that a little Houfe on 
 the other Side wai the Ferry-houfe, we went down to 
 the Water, and called amain : But we could not pro- 
 cure any Anfvver. In the mean Time it began to rain 
 hard, tho' the Wind was extremely high*, Finding 
 none would come over, we went to a little Church 
 which dood near for Shelter. V/e had waited about 
 an Hour, when a Woman and Girl came into the 
 Church-Yard, whom I did not mind, fuppofing they 
 could fpeak no Enghfh. They were following a Sheep, 
 which ran clofe to us.. I then afked, " Is not this 
 Baldon Ferry?" The Girl ar.fwered, " Baldon Ferry ! 
 No. The Ferry is two Miles further." So we might 
 have called long enough. When we came to Baldon, 
 the Wind fe 11, the Sky cleared up, the Boat came 
 over without Delay, and foon landed us in Anglefeyi 
 On our Way to Hchbead, one met and informed us* 
 
 The 
 
r 4+ 
 
 The Pacquet failed the Night before. I faid, " Per- 
 haps it may carry me, for all that." So wepulhed on 
 and came thither in the Afternoon. The Pacquet did 
 fail the Night before, and got more than half Seas 
 over. But the Wind turning againft them and blow- 
 ing hard, they were glad to get back this Afternoon. 
 I fcarce ever remember fo violent a Storm as blew 
 all the Night long. The Wind continued contrary 
 the next Day. 
 
 Sunday 27. About Nine in the Morning, I fpent 
 fome Time with a few ferious People, and gave No- 
 tice of Preaching at Four in the Afternoon, as foon as 
 the Evening Service was ended. It began foon after 
 Three: Ten Minutes before Four, Mr. E. began ca- 
 techizing the Children in Welch. I flayed 'till after 
 Five. As there was no Sign of his concluding, I then 
 went home, and found the People waiting : To whom 
 I expounded thofe folemn Words, Watch and pray al- 
 ways > that ye may be counted worthy to efcape all thefe Things 
 nuhich are coming upon the Earth, 
 
 Monday 29 We left the Harbour about Twelve, 
 having Six or Seven Officers, and Abundance of Paf- 
 fengers on board. The Wind was full Weft, and there 
 was great Probability of a itormy Night. So it was 
 judged beft, to put back: But one Gentleman making 
 a Motion, To try a little longer, in a fhort Time 
 brought all over to his Opinion. So they agreed, to 
 go out, and " look for a Wind." 
 
 The Wind continued Weflcrly all the Night. Ne- 
 verthelefs in the Morning we were within two Leagues 
 of Ireland! Between Nine and Ten I landed at Heath, 
 and walked on for Dublin. The Congregation in the 
 Evening was fuch as I never faw here before. I hope 
 this alio is a Token for good. 
 
 Wednejday 31. In com erfing with many, I was 
 furprifed to find, That all Ireland is in perfect Safety ! 
 None here ha? anv more Apprehenfion of an Irwafion, 
 than of being fvvallow'd up in the Sea : Every one being 
 abfolutely sflbred, That the French dare not attempt 
 any fuch thing ! 
 
 Iburfday April I. I bought one or two Books at 
 Mr. Smiths , on the Blind Quay. I wanted Change for 
 a Guinea, but he could not give it 3 So I borrowed 
 
 fome 
 
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 fame Silver of my Companion. The next Evening a 
 young Gentleman came from Mr. Smith's, to tell me, 
 i bad left a Guinea on his Counter. Such an Inilance 
 of Honeity I have rarely in I with, cither in Briftolot 
 
 London, 
 
 Saturday 4. I went r thd College Chappel, at 
 which about forty Pel refent Dr. K. pr, 
 
 ed a plain, practical ^c r which the Sacra- 
 
 toient was ad mini lie; t . \ er faw fo much Dec 
 
 at any Chappel in .ford, no, not even at Lincoln 
 :. Scarce any Perfon flirred, or coughed, or 
 fpit, from the Beginning to the End of the Service. 
 
 In the Evening our Houfe was crowded above and 
 below : Yet many were obliged to ftand without. 
 The whole Congregation appeared Hayed and folid. 
 Do even the People of Dublin know the Day of their 
 Vifitation ? 
 
 Mcnday 5. Enquiiing for one whom I faw three or 
 four Days ago in the height of a violent Hcurify, I 
 found he was pcrfcclly recovered, and returned into 
 the Country. "* A Brimflone-Plaiiter in a few Minutes 
 took away both the Pain and the Fever. O why will 
 Phyficians play with the Lives of their Patients ! Do 
 'not others (as well as old Dr. Cockiwrn) know, That 
 M no End is anfwered by Bleeding in a Pleuri fy, which 
 may not be much better anfwered without it :" 
 
 To Night the Sleepers here began to open their 
 Eyes, it being rumoured, That an Exprefs was come 
 to the Lord Lieutenant, to inform him, " The French 
 were haflening their Preparation, being determined to 
 land in Ireland" And fo they will— if God gives them 
 leave. But he has the Reins in his own Hand. 
 
 Titejday 6. One was informing mc of an eminent 
 Inilance of the Power of Faith. " Many Years ago, 
 faid fhe, I fell and fprained my Ankle, fo that I never 
 expected it would be quite well. Seven Years fince 
 lait September, I was coming home from the Preaching 
 in a very dark Night, and {tumbling over a Piece of 
 Wood, fell with the whole Weight of my Body upon 
 my lame Foot. I thought, O Lord, I mall not be 
 able to hear thy Word again for many Weeks. Im- 
 mediately a Voice went thro'myHeart, Name the Name 
 
 of 
 
 
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 of Christ, and thou (halt Hand u I leaped up, and! 
 itretched cut my Foot and (aid, "Lord, Jesus! 
 Christ, I name thy Name, Let me ftand." And j 
 my Patn ceafed. Andlitocd up. And my Foot was I 
 as ftrong as ever." 
 
 Friday 9. Ifpent on Hour with Dr. , a fenfible, 
 agreeable Mam He faid, " Six Weeks ago, the — 
 informed the—*—, That he had exprefs Orders from 
 his Majefty , to put this Kingdom into a Pofture of 
 Defence, againil the intended invafion. And he was 
 empowered to raife what Men he pleafed. And no- 
 thing has ever been doncfince. So that we conclude 
 the whole to be a Grimace, a mere Trick of State." 
 
 Sunday 11. I met about an Hundred Children, 
 who are catechized pubiickly twice a Week. Tbo* 
 Waljb began this fome Months ago ; and the Fruit of 
 it appears already. What a pity, that all our Preachers 
 in every Place, have not the Zeal and Wifdom to fol- 
 low his Example ? 
 
 Tuejday 13. I breakfafted with one of the mod 
 lovely old Men I everfavv, John Garret^ a Dutchman, 
 by Birth, and a Speaker among the Quakers. 
 
 Thence we went to a poor, dying Backflider. When 
 we came in, he was crying to God out of the Deep. 
 But before we left him, his Heavinefs was gone, and 
 he deiired nothing but to be with Christ. 
 
 Wednefday 14. I looked over a celebrated Book, 
 The Fable of the Bees. Till now I imagined, there had 
 never appeared in the World fuch a Book as the 
 Works of Machiauel. But Dr. Mande<vik goes far 
 beyond it. The Italian only recommends a few Vices, 
 as ufeful to fome particular Men, and on fome 
 particular Occafons. But the Englifhman loves and 
 cordially recommends Vice of every kind *. Not only 
 as ufeful now and then, but as abfolutely necefary, at 
 all times for all Communities ! Surely Voltaire would 
 hardly have faid fo much ! And even Mr. Sandiman 
 could not have faid more ? 
 
 April ?6 being Good friday, near Four Hundred of 
 the Society met, to follow the Example of their Bre- 
 thren in England, and renew their Covenant with 
 
 God 
 
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 God. It was a folcmn Hour. Many mourned before 
 God, and many were comforted. 
 
 In the following Week all our Preachers met. I 
 never before found fuch Unanimity among them. 
 They appeared now to be not only of One Heart, but 
 likewife of One Mind and Judgment. 
 
 Sunday 25. One of the Germans fiumbled in, while I 
 was expounding, Is Cbriji the Minifier of Jin ? for a time 
 fhe feerjned greatly diverted. But the Application fpoiled 
 her Mirth. She foon hung down her Head, 2Si&felt the 
 Difference between the Chaff and the Wheat. 
 
 Monday 26. I fet out for Corke> purpofmg to fee as ma- 
 ny Societies as I could in my way. ,1a the Afternoon I 
 came toEJinderry, where the littleSocjety have built a com- 
 modiousPreaching-houfe. I had defigned to preach abroad ; 
 but the keen North Wind drove us into the Houfe. The 
 Congregation (tho* they had no previous Notice) filled it 
 from End to End. But forne of them found it too hot, 
 and hurried out, while I applied, Ye muft be born again* 
 
 About this time I received the following Letter: 
 Reverend Sir, 
 - I once through the Influence of thofe about me was 
 ready to join the common Cry againft you, not knowing 
 what I did. But fince, by hearing your Difcourfes with 
 ibme of Mr. Waljb's ; and by reading your Sermons and 
 JppeaLs, I have learned a better Leffon. I have learned, 
 that true Chriitianity confifts, not in a fet of Opinions, or 
 of Forms and Ceremonies, but in Holinefs of Heart and 
 Life, in a thorough Imitation of our Divine Mailer. And 
 this I take to be the Doctrine of the Church of England, 
 nor do I apprehend you differ from her at all in Doclrinc. 
 And I am grieved to know, you have too much Caufe to 
 differ from many of her prefent Clergy. Why then inould 
 1 cavil at you, for feeding thofe Sheep, that are ftarved 
 their own Shepherds ? Far endeavouring to recover them 
 from that flupid Lethargy and open Wickednefs, which 
 involve the Generality of Mankind ?This is your Hap- 
 pinefe : would to God it could be mine ! I have often had 
 a fhpng Defire for it ; And would now gladly dedicate my 
 Life to it, if my poor Abilities and mean Education, to- 
 gether with the twenty-third Article of our Church, did 
 not cruih the Thought. However, as I do not fee, you 
 
 vary 
 
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 •wary from the Doctrine of the Church, I mould not fcru 
 pie to join with you. My chief Motives (befide tha 
 flrong Defire) are, Firil, I reflect, there is fcarce a Sta 
 tion in Lite, at leailin the trading World, without its at 
 tendant Frauds or Vices, which are now fcarce feparabk 
 from it. Secondly, I am at prefent of no Ufe in Society : 
 So that on account of any Advantage which now accrue! 
 from me to the Public, I need not fcru pie giving myfelf to 
 my daTling Employment. Thirdly, I am convinced, 
 A Man may in 'ruct and reform himfelf, by inflruct- 
 ing and reforming others. But may I attempt this, other- 
 wife than by the ordinary Method of admitting Labourers 
 into the Lord's Vineyard ? Your Thoughts on this Sub- 
 ject would be received as a lingular Favour : For which I 
 ihall impatiently wait, who am, Reverend Sir, 
 
 Your Affection ate and ready Servant 
 Wednefday 28. I rode to Tullafnore : where One of the 
 Society, Edward JFallis, gave me a very furprizing Ac- 
 count of himfelf. He faid, " When I was about twenty 
 Years old, I went to Wat erf or d fox Bufinefs. After a few 
 Weeks I refolved to leave it, and packed up my things, 
 in order to fet out the next Morning. This was Sunday g 
 but my Landlord preil me much not to go till the next 
 Day. In the Afternoon we walked out together, and 
 went into the River. After a while, Jeavinghim near the 
 Shore, I (track out into the Deep. I foon heard a Cry, 
 and turning faw him rifing and finking in the Channel 
 of the River. I fwam back w;th all Speed, and feeing 
 him fink again, dived down after him. When I -was 
 near the Bottom, he clafped his Arm round my Neck, 
 and held me fo fall that I could not rife. Seeing Death 
 before me, all my Sins came into my Mind, and { faint- 
 ly called for Mercy. In a while my Senfes went away, 
 and I thought I was in a Place full of Light and Glorv, 
 with Abundance of People. While I was thus, he who 
 held me died, and I floated up to the Top of the Water. 
 I then immediately came to myfelf, and fwam to the 
 Shore, where feverai Hood who had feen us fink, and faid, 
 u They never knew fuch a Deliverance before : For I had 
 been under the Water full Twenty Minutes. It made 
 me more ferious for two or three Months. Then I re- 
 turned to all my Sins," 
 
 Eut 
 
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 11 But in the Mid ft of all, I had a Voice following me 
 every where, " When an able Minifler of the Gof^cl 
 come , it will be well with thee ?" Some Years after I 
 entered into the Army : Our Troop lay at Philips-Town, 
 when Mr. W. came. I was much afFedled by his Preach- 
 ing, but not fo as to leave my Sins. The Voice followed 
 raenill: And when Mr. J. W. came, before I faw him 
 I had an unfpeakable Conviclion, that he was the Man I 
 looked for. And foon after I found Peace with God, 
 and it was well with me indeed." 
 
 Thurfday 29. I preached on one Side the Market-place, 
 to a numerous Congregation. I was afterwards invited 
 by fome of the Officers, to fpend an Hour with them at 
 the Barracks. It at leaft freed them from Prejudice againft 
 the prefent Work of Gon, if it anfwered no farther End. 
 Friday 30. I was preft to turn afide to Athlone> a 
 Gentlewoman of Barladoes, who was obliged to return 
 thither fhortly, having a great Defire to fee me. So 1 
 went to Athlone, and fpent one or two Hours in clofe 
 Converfation with her and her Hufband. We had a com- 
 fortable Meeting in the Evening; and moft of the Gentry 
 in the Town were prefent : But who can warn them to 
 flee from the W T rath to come? They are increased i?i Goods, 
 and need nothing I 
 
 Saturday May 1. I rode to Birr thro' Rain, Hail and 
 Snow, fuch as is ufual on the Firft of January, I had 
 dcfigned to preach abroad ; but the Wind was two 
 fharp to be borne either by me or the People. 
 
 Sunday 2. We rode to Mountmeiick. About Five I 
 preached in the Market-place. I was on the Point of 
 concluding when a violent Storm came. 'Till then the 
 Bottles of Heaven werejlayed. 
 
 Tut/day 4. We rode to Portarlington : where On Wed- 
 nesday 5. at the Defire of feveral which could not attend 
 the early Preaching, I preached in the AfTembly Room 
 at Ten, on ye mujl he born again. Many of the befl in 
 the Town (fo called) were prefent, and feemed not a little 
 amazed. Many more came in the Evening, among whom 
 I found an unufual Liberty of Spirit. For the prefent moft 
 cf them feemed much affected. But how foon will the 
 Thorns grow up r 
 
 Thurfday 6. 1 rode to Kilkenny. One of the Dragoons 
 
 who were quartered here, foon found us out. A few both of 
 
 K the 
 
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 the Army and of theTown, arc joined and conftantly meet 
 together. I preached in the Barracks, in One of the Of- 
 fker'sRooms. Still, inlreland, theFirftCallistotheSoldiery. 
 Friday,*]. We rode to Waterford, where after preaching 
 I earneltly exhorted the Society, To love as Brethren. On 
 the fame Subject I preached in the Morning, and fpent 
 great Part of the Day, in Striving to remove Mifunder- 
 itandings and Offences. It was not loft Labour. Six and 
 twenty were left in the Morning : Before Night Seven 
 and iirty were joined together. 
 
 T. Waljh preached at 5 : but the Room being too 
 fmall they were obliged to go into the Yard. In the E- 
 vening we had high and low, rich and poor, both in the 
 Yard and adjoining Gardens. There feemed now to be 
 a General Call to this City. So I thought it beft the next 
 Morning, Monday 10. to leave Mr Walfl) there, while 
 I went forward to Clonmell> the pleafanteft Town beyond 
 all comparifon which I nave yet feen in Ireland. It has 
 four broad, ftrait Streets of well-built Houfes, which 
 crofs each other in the Center of the Town. Clofe to the 
 Walls, on the South Side, runs a broad, clear River. 
 Beyond this riies a green and fruitful Mountain, and hangs 
 over the Town. The Vale runs many Miles both Eafl 
 and Weft, and is well cultivated throughout. 
 
 I preached at Five in a large Loft, capable of contain- 
 ing 5 or 600 People. But it was not full : Many being 
 afraid of its falling, as another did fomc Years before ; 
 By which feveral of the Hearers were much hurt, and one 
 {0 bruifed, that me died in a few Days. 
 
 Tuejday II. I was at a Lofs, where to preach, the 
 Perfon who owned the Loft, refufing to let me preach 
 there, or even in the Yard below. And the Command- 
 ing Officer being afked for the Ufe of the Barrack Yard, 
 snfwered, "It was not a proper Place. Not, faid he, 
 that I have any Objection to Mr. Wejley. I will hear him 
 if he preaches under the Gallows." Jt remained, to preach 
 in the Street: And by this Means the Congregation was 
 more than doubled. Both the Officers and Soldiers gave 
 great Attention, till a poor Man, fpecial drunk, came 
 marching down the Street, attended by a Popifh Mob, 
 with a Club in one Hand, and a large Cleaver in the 
 other, grievoufiyCurfing and Blafpheming, and Swearing 
 •* He would cur off the Preacher's Head." It was with 
 
 Difficulty 
 
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 Ciihculty that I retrained the Troopers, efpccially thait 
 that were not of the Society. When he came nearer, the 
 Mayor ilept out of the Congregation, and ilrovc by good 
 Words to make him quiet. But lie could not prevail ; 
 on which he went into his Houfe, and returned with hi* 
 white Wand. At the fame Time he feot for two Con- 
 irables, who prefently came with their Staves. !!■ 
 charged them, not to (Irike the Man, unlets he ft ruck 
 firft: But this he did immediately, as focn as they came 
 within his Reach, and wounded one of them in the Wrift. 
 On this the other knocked him down, which he did three 
 Times, before he would fubmit. The Mayor then 
 walked before, the Conitables on either Hand, and con- 
 dueled him to the Goal. 
 
 Wedmfddy 12. In the Evening I preached in the new 
 Houfe at Corke> very near as large as that in Dublin ; a n d 
 betfer £nifhed in every Refpect, tho' at four Hundred 
 Founds lefs Expence. 
 
 Monday 17. Waging up the Red-bcufv Walk (whitjh 
 runs between two Rows of Meadows, with the River 
 winding thro' them, and a Chain of fruitful Hills on the 
 Right Hand and on the Left) I ftw the plain Reafon, 
 -why Strangers ufually complain, cf the unwholefomnefs 
 of the Water in Ccr.kt. Many Women weie fitting Ye(- 
 fels with River Water, (which is That commonly ufed In 
 the Civ/, for Tea and moil other Purpofes) when the 
 Tide was at the Height. Now akho' this is not Salt, yet 
 it cannot but affeel both the Stomach and Boweh of ten- 
 der Perfons. 
 
 Wedncjdczy 1 9. I preached in the Evening on C 
 trucified, to the Jeivs a Stumbling-block card totbeQretks 
 Foolijbnefs : While I was fpeaking, a Gentleman in the 
 Gallery, cried cut with a loud Voice, and fvvore to it, 
 44 I am of the Church : I Hand up for the Church : 1 will 
 tysd my Blood for the Church." But rinding none to 
 contradict him, he fat down, and I finiflied my Difcourfe. 
 
 Thurfday 20. One came in a great Conilernation, to 
 inform us, Capt. F. (the Gentleman who fpoke) was raif- 
 ing a Mob againft the Evening. This Report fpread up 
 and down, and greatly increased the Evening Congrega- 
 tion. But no Mob appeared, nor was there any Distur- 
 bance, but fuch a Bldling as we have feldom found : I 
 E 2 fuppoie, 
 
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 fuppofe, in anfwer to the Prayers of many, who had been 
 earneilly crying unto God. 
 
 On Sunday laft I was defired by one to call on her dy- 
 ing Father, tho' fhe faid he was fpeechlefs and fenfelefs. 
 But ab foon as I fpoke, he appeared fenfible : While we 
 prayed, he recovered his Speech. The next Day he was 
 able to walk abroad, but continued deeply ferious. On 
 Friday 21. his lllnefs returned, and he lay down and died 
 in Peace. 
 
 Monday 24 I preached in the Market-place at Kin/ale. 
 
 lucjday 25. I walked to the Fort. It commands the 
 
 Entrance of the Harbour, and has thre^ Tier of Guns, 
 
 one over the other. It is built upon the Firm Rock, is 
 
 *^-pe Extent, and the uoper Part of a great Height 
 
 . the Water. But all is out of Repair : Many of whe 
 
 Cannon are Amounted ; mod of them unfit for Service ; 
 
 So that many fhink a Second Rate Man of War, might 
 
 take it in a few Hours Time. 
 
 •» At One I preached in the Exchange. Abundance of 
 Soldiers, and the Colonel with feveral OfHcers were pre- 
 fent. So that I conceived fome hopes that the Seed fown 
 even at Kin/ale, will not all be loll. 
 
 At five 1 preached in the Market-houfe at Jnnijhannon, to 
 a very large and well-behaved Congregation, and then 
 went on to Bandon. 
 
 Friday 28. I rode out with Mrs. Jones, as I did every 
 Day, to fave her Life, if potiible. From the Hill we had 
 a fair View of Cajtk Barnard, with the Park adjoining : 
 In which, a few Years ago, Judge Barnard ufed to take 
 fuch Delight. Indeed it is a beautiful Place in every re- 
 fpefr. The Houfe is one of the mod elegant I have ken 
 in the Kingdom, both as to the Structure and the Situa- 
 tion, Handing on the fide of a fruitful Hill, and having 
 a full Command of the Vale, the River and the oppofite 
 Mountain. The Ground near the Houfe is laid out \\;\h 
 the rlneil Tafle, in Gardens of every kind, with a Wil- 
 demefs, Canals, Fiih-pond. c , Water-works, and Rows 
 of Trees in various Forms. The Park includes Part of 
 each Hill, with the River between, running thro* the 
 Meadow and Lawns, which are tufted over with 'Frees of 
 every kind, and every now and then a Thicket or Grove. 
 The Judge finifhed his Plan, called the Land after hisName, 
 and dropt into the Dull. Sunday 
 
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 Mchap- 
 
 Suvciay 30. I returned to Cfirfo. About that tiwion 
 received a Letter from Mr. Git/let, Part of which follows. 
 
 11 The Lord hath been pica fed to inflict a heavy Stroke 
 upon us, by calling home hi? faithful Servant Mr. Ward- 
 robe, Concerning his Death, a Chrillian Friend writes 
 thus, " May 7, Four in the Morning. 
 
 " I am juft come from vvitneffinc: the lalt Sighs of One 
 dear to you, to me and to all that knew him. Mr. Ward- 
 robe died laft night. He was feized on Sabbath lafr, juft 
 as he was going to the Kirk, with a moil violent Cholic, 
 which terminated in a Mortification of his Bowels. The 
 Circumilances of his Death are worthy to be recorded. 
 With what Pleafure he received the Mefiage, and went 
 ofTin all theTriumph of a Conqueror ! Crying out, " My 
 Warfare is acccm/ lifted : I have fought the good Fight : My 
 Victory is compleated. Crowns of Grace ihall adorn 
 this Head (taking off his Cap) and Palms be put into 
 thefe Hands. Yet a little while and I (hall fing for ever. 
 / bioi.0 that my Redeemer li<Otth. u When he was within a 
 few Moments of his laft, he gave me his Hand, and a 
 Kttle after laid, " N&kti letteji thou thy Servant dtpart in 
 Peace ; for mine Exes have jeen thy S::}vatio?:." WereT 
 60 repeat half what he fpoke I mould write you three 
 Hours. It mall fufrice at this Time to fay, that as he 
 lived the Life, fo he died the Death of a Chrillian. We 
 weep not for him: We weep for ouifelves. I vviiti we 
 may know how to improve this awful Judgment, fo as 
 to be alio ready, not knowing when our Lord COrnetbr." 
 
 Mr. Adams, MiniMer of Falkirk wfhes thus: " On 
 Friday Night, about Ten, I witneifed Mr. IVadrobe or 
 Bathgaieh Entrance into the Joy of his Lord. But ah ! 
 Who can help mourning the Lois to the Church of 
 Qhtfi} His amiable Charafter gave him a difti 
 Weight and Influence; which his Lord had given him 
 to-\a!ue, only for its Subfeivency to hi*.. Honour and 
 Glory. Fie was fuddenly taken ill on the iait 
 
 LoRD's-Day, and from his firft Moment believed il 
 for Death. I went to fee him on Fhurjdw Bvferrirt^, and 
 heard ibme of the livelieit Expreilions of triumphant faith, 
 Zeal for the Glory of Chrij? and the Salvation of Souls, 
 nix! with the moil amiable Humility and Mo.:- 
 a little while, laid he, and this Mortal fisaH fut 
 Xality. Mortality fall be J\val:cz.r J uf if 
 
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 Body fiftioned like to his glorious Body ! for the ViSlory / 
 1 Jhall get the Viftory. I know in whom I have believed. 
 Then with a remarkable audible Voice, lifting up his 
 Hands he cried out, Ojcr a Draught of the Well of the 
 Water cf Life, that I may begin the Song before I go off to 
 the Church triumphant ! 1 go forth in thy Name, making 
 mention of thy Righteoufnefs, e<vcn thine only. I die at the 
 Feet of Mercy" Then flretching out his Arms, he put 
 his Hand upon his Head, and with the moil ferene and 
 ileddy, majefiic Eye I ever faw, looking upward, he 
 faid, Crowns of Grace, Crowns of Grace, and Palms in 
 their Hands ! O Lord God o/ Truth, into thy Hands I 
 commend my Spirit ! After an unexpected Revival, he faid, 
 O, I fear his tarrying, left the Profpecl become more dark. 
 I fcmetimes fear He may f pare me to live, and he lefs faith- 
 ful than He has helped me to be hitherto. He fays to me, 
 You that are Minifters, bear a proper Teftimcny, againfl the 
 ProfeJJbrs of this Age* who have a Form cf Godlinefs with- 
 out the Power. Obferving fome of his People about his 
 Bed, he faid, May I have fome Seals among you ! O where 
 will, the Ungodly and Sinners cf Bathgate appear ? Labour 
 all to be in Chrift. Then he ftretched out his Hand to 
 feveral and faid, Farewell t farevjJl, farewell ! And now,. 
 O Lord, what wait I for P My Hope is in Thee! Once 
 or twice he faid, Let 7?ie be laid acrofs the Bed to expire y 
 where L have fometimes prayed and fome times meditated with- 
 Plcafure" He expreft his grateful Senfe of the afTiduous 
 Care which Mr. Wardrcbe of Cult had taken of him : And 
 on his replying, " Too much could not be done for fo 
 valuable a Life," faid, O /peak not fc y crycu willprovoke 
 God. Glory be to God, that I have ever had any Regard, 
 paid me, for Chrift'j- Sake" I am greatly funk un- 
 
 der the Event. O help by your Prayers, to get the" pro- 
 per Submillion and Improvement." 
 
 Thurfday June 3. I received a remarkable Letter ff 
 a Clergyman, with whom I had been a Day or two be- 
 fore. Part of it ran thus. 
 
 " I. had the following Account from the Gentlewoman 
 herfelf, a Perfon of Piety and Veracity. She is now the 
 Wife of Mr. J— B-, 'Silverfmith in Cork a. 
 
 " About thirty Years 1 was addrefled by Way of Mar- 
 riage, by Mr. Richard Mercier, then a Volunteer in the 
 Army. The young Gentleman was quartered at that. 
 
 Tims 
 
( ss ) 
 
 Time in Giar but He, where my Father lived, which ap- 
 proved of his Addreflcs, and diierted me to look upon 
 him as m\ future Hulhand. When the Regiment lefr 
 the Town, he prom i fed to return in two Month?, and 
 marry me. From Cbarfouilk he went to Dublin, thence 
 to his Father's, and from thence to England-. Where his 
 Father having bought him a Cornetry of Horfe, he pur- 
 chafed many Ornaments for the Wedding; and returning 
 to Ireland let us know, that he would be at our Iloufe in 
 Chark-Sdlc, in a few Days : On this the Family was bu- 
 fied to prepare for his Reception, and the enfuing Mar- 
 riage: When one Night, my Sifter Molly and 1 being 
 afleep in our Bed, I was awakened by the fudden Open- 
 ing of the Side-Curtain, and llarting up faw Mr. Mwcier, 
 Handing by the Bedfide. He was wrapt up in a loofe 
 Sheet, and had a Napkin folded like a Night-Cap on his 
 Head. He looked at me very earneily, and lifting up 
 the Napkin which much (haded his Face, fhewed me the 
 left Side of his Head, all bloody and covered with his 
 Brains. The Room mean Time was quite light. My 
 Terror was excefiive, which was fHll increafed by his 
 Hooping over the Bed, and embracing me in his Arms. 
 My Cries alarmed the whole Family, who came crowdinp- 
 into the Room. Upon their Entrance, he gently withdrew 
 his Arms, and afcended as it were thro' the Ceiling. I 
 continued for fome Time in llrong Fits. When ] could 
 fpeak, I told them what I had feen. One of them a Day 
 or two after, going to the Foit-mafter for Letters, found 
 him reading the New's-Papers, in which was an Account, 
 That Cornet Mercier^ going into Chriit-Church Belfry, 
 in Dublin, jull after the Bells had been ringing, and Hand- 
 ing under the Bells, one of them which was turned Bot- 
 tom upwards, fuddenly turning again, (back one Side of 
 his Head, and killed him on the Spot. On further En- 
 quiry, we found he was (truck, on the Left Side of his 
 Mead." 
 
 .lay 6. I gave my laft Exhortation to the Society 
 in Corkc, and fetting out early on Monday 7, in the Even- 
 ing came to Limerick. 
 
 Saturday 13. The Account which one of our Sillers 
 gave of Aim Bcaucbamp was as follows : 
 
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 Augujl 1 8, 1755. I went to fee S. Beauchamp, who 
 had been ill for about a Week. I afked her, In what 
 State (he found her Soul? She anfwered, I am quite 
 happy. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and has taken 
 away all my Sins. And my Heart is comforted with the 
 Prefence of God : I long to die, that I may be with Him. 
 I afked, But are you refigned, either to live or die, as 
 He mail fee fit? She anfwered, I cannot fay, I am will- 
 ing to live : It would go hard with me to live now. Pray 
 that the Lord may perfect his Work of Sanclification in 
 my Soul. 
 
 Being afked, if fhe could freely part with all her 
 Friends ? She laid, Yes: And as to iiiy Children, I have 
 call them upon the Lord. I know he will take Care of 
 them, and I give them freely up to Him, without one 
 anxious Thoug u t. She then prayed for her Friends and 
 Acquaintance, one by one, and afterward fervently and 
 with Tears, for each Perfon in her Band : Then for Mr. 
 John WcJIey, defiring fhe might be found at his feet in 
 the Day of the Lord. 
 
 " Soon after fhe called her Mother, defired Forgivenefs 
 for any thing wherein fhe had ignorantly offended her, 
 and exhorted her, Not to grieve ; adding God will com- 
 fort you, and give you Strength to bear your Trial. It 
 is your Lofs : But it is my everlafting Gain; and I am 
 going but a little before you. She then prayed over her, 
 and killing her, took her Leave. In the lame manner 
 fhe took Leave of all about her, exhorting, praying for, 
 and kiffing them, one by one. Afterward fhe called for, 
 and took her Leave of her Servants. 
 
 Seeing one of her Neighbours in the Room, fhe called 
 her and faid, O Mary, you are old in Years, and old in 
 Sin. The Lord has borne long with you, and you know 
 not the Day or the Hour when he will call you. I am 
 young, and he is calling me away : And what mould I 
 do without an Intereft in Chrift ? Was my Work now to 
 do, it would never be done : but blefl'ed be God, it is no'. 
 I know the Lord hath warned me from my Sins in his own 
 Blood, and is preparing me for Himfelf. O fly from the 
 Wrath to come, and never reft, till you reft in the Wounds 
 of Jefus ! I am almoft fpent : but had I Strength, 
 
 I could exhort you all 'till Mcrning. 
 
 To 
 
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 To another fhe faid, Ma-tha, Martha ! Thou art 
 careful and troubled about many Things. But One 
 Thing is needful. And this One Thing you have neglect- 
 ed: O feek God, and he will lupply all your Wants. It 
 is time for you to begin: Your Calais is almoft run, and 
 what will all your Toil profit, when you come to be as I 
 am now ? Find Time for this, whatever ;*oes undone. 
 My Neighbours ufed to wonder, how I could rind Time, 
 and think mefoolifh for fpending it fo. Bui now I 1. 
 it was not Foolifhnefs. Soon 1 fhall receive an excec 
 g-cat Reward. 
 
 Perhaps fome of you will fay, you was never ca 
 Then remember, I call you now. I exhort every one of 
 you, to feek the Lord, while he may be found. Think 
 rot to make Excufes in that Day : God will have his 
 WitnefTes. And 1 fhall appear as a Witnefs again il you. 
 If you repent nor, thefe my dying Words wiii rife up in 
 Judgment againft you. 
 
 To her fhe faid, I forgive you all that you have 
 
 done againft me. And I have prayed the Lord to for- 
 give you. Return to him now, and He will receive you : 
 For He defires not the Death of a Sinner. I am a vVit- 
 ' nefs of this: For He has forgiven all my Sins. O! I 
 want Strength to fmg his Praife ! But I am going where 
 I fhall iing his Praife for ever. 
 
 Then calling for her Hufband (he faid, My Dear, God 
 has gu-en you many 'Jails even in Dreams. And when 
 we will not hear his Call, it is often his Way to make us 
 feel his Rod by removing our Darling from us. I was 
 Jour Darling. And feeing you refufed the many Calls of 
 God, He is now taking me awav from you, if by any 
 Means he may bring you to Himielf. She then prayed 
 for, and took her Leave of him. 
 
 The next Day when I came in, and afked, How do 
 _you rind yourfelf now : She anfwercd, BlefTed be God, 
 very well. I know that my Redeemer lives. He is 
 dear to me, and I am dear to Him. I know he is pre- 
 paring me for Himfelf, and I fhall foon be with Him. 
 
 She then prayed earncflly for entire Sanctifkation; 
 'till a Friend coming in, fhe faid, The Lord has 
 brought You and all my dear Friends to my Remem- 
 brance : I have not forgotten you in my Prayers. You 
 
 mud 
 
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 muft come and pray my laft Prayer. When you fee 
 me near my Deliverance, go all to Prayer, and conti- 
 nue tiierein, 'till my Spirit is gone. Let there be no 
 Crying over me, but all of you fmg Praifes and rejoice 
 over me, 
 
 she never once complained of her Pain; but be- 
 haved from the Beginning with that Patience, Sweet- 
 r.efs and Love to all, that befpoke a Soul which knew 
 herfelfjufl entering into the Joy of her Lord. This 
 fhe did-the next Morning, Auguft the 20th, after cry- 
 ing out as in an Extacy. 
 
 " Bold I approach the eternal Throne, 
 
 And claim the Crown thro' Christ my own." 
 
 Wednefday 1 6. I rode over to New-Market and preach- 
 ed to an earner!: Congregation of poor People. In the 
 Morning, at the Requefl of fome of the neighbouring 
 Gentry, I deferred Preaching 'till Ten o'Clock. 
 Many of them were then prefent and feemed not a lit- 
 tle aftoniihed: Perhaps they may remember it a 
 
 Week. 
 
 In the Afternoon I rode to Ballygarraire, a Town of 
 Palatines, which came over in Queen Anns Time. 
 They retain much of the Temper and Manner of their 
 own Country, having no Refemblance of thofe among 
 whom they live. I found much Life among this plain, 
 artlefs, ietious People- The whole Town came toge- 
 ther in the Evening, and praifed God for the Ccnfb- 
 lation. Many of thofe who are not outwardly joined 
 with us,, walk in the Light of God's Countenance : 
 Yea, and have divided themfelves into Claries, in im- 
 mitation of our Brethren, wich whom they live in 
 perfecl Harmony. 
 
 Friday 18. In examining the Society, I was obliged 
 •to paufe feveral Times. The Words of the plain, 
 honeft People, came with fo much Weight, as fre- 
 quently to Hop me for a while, and raife a general 
 Cry among the Hearers. I rode back thro' Adare, once 
 a lirong and ftourifhtng Town, well-walled and full of 
 People : Now without Walls and almoft without In- 
 habitants : Only a few poor Huts remain. At a fmall 
 Diitance from thefe are the ample Ruins of three or 
 
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 : Convents, delightfully fituated by the River, whka 
 xurs thro' a moll fruitful Vale. 
 
 Monday 21. I talked with one who was in deep Dif- 
 flrefs. She had been reprefented to me, as inDefpair. 
 But I foon found her Difordcr (natural or preternatu- 
 ral) had nothing to do with Religion. She was greatly 
 troubled, but knew not why : Not for her Sins, they 
 fcarce came into her Mind. I know not that Prayer 
 will avail for Her, 'till fhe is troubled in quite ano- 
 ther Manner : 'Till Hie cries out from her inmolt. Soul, 
 " God be merciful to me a Sinner!" 
 
 Tuefday 22. I called on Mrs. F. whom I faw fome 
 Years fmce in Defpair of quite another Kind. Between 
 nine and ten Years ago, her Daughter married with- 
 out her Confent. This was followed by other diftrerT- 
 ing Circumftances, in themidft of which ihe cried out, 
 " God has forfaken me." She was immediately fcized 
 with violent Pain. She could not fee the Sun, or the 
 Light, only a dim Twilight. She could not tafte her 
 Meat or Drink, any more than the White of an Egg. 
 She had a conftant Impulfe to kill herfelf, which (he 
 believed me muft do, and attempted feveral Times. 
 After having continued thus three Years and an half, 
 She refolved to endure it no longer. Accordingly (he 
 procured a Knife to cut her Throat, and did cut thro* 
 the Skin, but could get no further. It feemed to her as if 
 the Flefh were Iron. She threw down the Knife, burft 
 into Tears, fell upon her Knees, and began (what fhe 
 had not done all the Time) to pour out her Soul 
 before God. Fear and Sorrow fled away. She 
 rejoiced in God. She faw the Light of the Sun. Her 
 natural Tafte returned. And (he has been ever fince 
 in Health of Body and Peace of Mind. 
 
 ^Wednefday 23. I took my Leave of Limerick, and 
 rode to Six Mile Bridge. There I left T. JJ'alJh to preach 
 in Irijk, and wenf on to Rathlahine. 
 
 Thur/day 24. I went on to E?mis> a Town confifting 
 almofl wholly of Pr.pifts, except a few Proteftant 
 Gentlemen. One of thefe, (the chief Perfon in the 
 Town) had invited me to his Houfe, and walked with 
 me to to the Court-Houfe, where I preached to an 
 huge, wild, unawakened Multitude, Proteftants and 
 
 Papifts, 
 
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 Tapifts, many of whom would have been rude enough, 
 if they durft. 
 
 Friday 25. Mr. Waljb preached at Six, firft in Irijh . 
 and then in Englijb. The Papifh Prieft had contrived 
 to have his Service jufl at the fame Hour. And his 
 Man came again and again with his Bell ; but not one 
 in ten of his People would flir. At Eight I preached 
 to a far more ferious Congregation. And the Word 
 feemed to fink into their Hearts. 
 
 We took Horfe about Ten, and rode thro' the fruit- 
 ful and pleafant Country of Galway. After having 
 heard fo much of the Barrennefs of this County, I was 
 furprized to obferve, in riding almoft the whole Length 
 of it, from South Eaft, to North Weft, to find only 
 four or five Miles of rocky Ground, like the Weft of 
 Cornwall : All the reft exceeded moft that I have feen 
 in Ireland. We came to Gahvay pretty well tired, and 
 would willingly have refted at the Inn where we 
 alighted from our Horfes : But the Landlord informed 
 us, He haft no Room ; both his Houfe and Stables 
 were full. Two Regiments of Soldiers pafling thro' 
 the Town had taken up all the Inns. However we 
 procured a private Lodging which was full as agreea- 
 ble. 
 
 The Town is not ill built, moft of the Houfes being 
 of Stone, and feveral Stories high. It is inccmpaft 
 with an old, bad Wall, and is in no Pofture of Defence, 
 either toward the Land, or toward the Sea. Such is 
 the fupine Negligence of both Englijb and Irijh ! 
 
 Five or fix Perfons, who feemed to fear God, 
 came to us at our Lodgings. We fpent a little 
 Time with them in Prayer, and early in the Morning 
 fet out for Caftlebarr. 
 
 This Day likewife I was agreeably furprifed at the 
 Pleafantnefs and Fruitfulnefs of the Country. About 
 Noon two or three Friends met us, and begged us to 
 turn afide to Hollymount, a Town twelve Miles from 
 Caflkbarry where the Minifter readily confented to my 
 preaching in the Church. Many Papifts as well as 
 Proteftants were there, and my Heart was much in- 
 larged toward them. Through a delightful Mixture 
 
 of 
 
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 of Vales and gentle-rifing Hills, we then rode on to 
 Cajllebarr. 
 
 Sunday 27. The Re£lor having left Word, thatl 
 ihould have the Ufe of the Church, I preached there 
 Morning and Afternoon, to fuch a Congregation as 
 (they laid) was never there before. And furely the 
 Word of God had free Courfe: I faw not one light or 
 inattentive Hearer. Mr. Woljh afterward preached in 
 the SerTion's Houfe, to another large and ferious Con- 
 gregation. And Tucfday 29. being St. Peter's Day, J 
 read Prayers and preached to as large a Congregation 
 as on Sunday. In the Afternoon I rode over to New- 
 forty eleven Miles from Cajllebarr. About thirty Years 
 ago, a little Company of Protectants fettled here, by a 
 River-fide, on the very extremity of the Land, and 
 built a fmall Town. It has a fruitful Hill on each 
 Side, and a large Bay to the Weft, full of fmall fer- 
 tile Iilands, containing from One to feveralThqufand 
 Acres. Of thefe they compute above three Hundred ; 
 and near an Hundred are inhabited : But by Papifts 
 alone, there not being fo much as a fingle Proteftant 
 ; among them ! I went direftly to the Re&or's, who had 
 before given me an Invitation. Between Seven and 
 Eight I preached to (I fuppofe) more than all the 
 Proteflants in the Town. Deep Attention fat on every 
 Face. Perhaps God touched fome Hearts. 
 
 Wtdnefday 50. At Eleven Mr. H. read Prayers, and 
 I preached on Gal. vi. 14. The Church Hands at a 
 Diiiance from the Town, and it rained hard ; but that 
 could not Hop the Congregation. In the Afternoon. 
 I returned to Cajllebarr. 
 
 Tburfday July 1. There is juft fuch a Work here as 
 was fome Years fince at Atblone. The whole Town i: 
 pleafed, but few are convinced* The Stream runs very- 
 wide, but very mallow. 
 
 Sunday 4. I read Prayers and preached at BaUyhean, 
 Mr. E — 's other Church. The Congregation at Caf- 
 tlebarr in the Afternoon, was larger than ever before. 
 In the Morning, Monday 5. The greater Half of them 
 were prefent, and we had a folemn Parting. In the 
 Afternoon we came to Hcllymcunt, fome Years fmceone 
 of the pleafanteft Places in Ireland* Dr. Vefey> then 
 P Archbiihop 
 
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 Ardibiihop of TcMrtt, fixt on this Spot, nine Miles from 
 his See, built a neat commodiousHoufeon alittleEmi- 
 nence, laid out Fruit and Flower-Gardens round it, 
 brought a River to run thro' them, and incomparTedthe 
 whole with Walks and Groves of flately Trees. When 
 he had "finifhed his Plan, round a Stone-Pillar which 
 Hands in a Bafon furrounded by a fmall green Plat of 
 Ground, he placed the following Infcription : 
 Lhiquenda tellus, at:d domus, and placens 
 Uxor, cum numeroja et Sped of a prole, 
 Chard char* Matris Jobole : 
 Neque harum quas colis arborum 
 Te prater iti-vi/am cuprejfum 
 Vila br+Vtm dominumfequetur f 
 I was juft going to preach in the Church Yard: 
 when Mr. C. lent his Son with the Key of the Church. 
 Almofi: half the Congregation were Papiits, whom all 
 the Threats of their Prieft could not keep away. Not 
 expecting to fee any of them again, I fpake very plain 
 once for all. 
 
 In the Morning we rode thro' Tuam, a neat little 
 Town, fcarce half fo large as IJlwgton : Nor is th? 
 Cathedral half fo large as IJlington Church. The Old 
 Church at Killconnel, two Miles from Agbrim, is abund- 
 antly larger. If one may judge by the vaft Ruins that 
 remain (over all which we walked in the Afternoon) 
 it was a far more flately Pile of Building, than any that 
 is now Handing in Ireland. Adjoining to it are the 
 Ruins of a large Monaftery ; many of the Cells and 
 Apartments are pretty entire. At the W r eil End of the 
 Church lie abundance of Sculls, piled one upon an 
 other ; with innumerable Bones round about, fcattered 
 as Dung upon the Earth. O Sin, what hall thou 
 done ? 
 
 Wednefdayj. I preached at Agbrim, Morning and 
 Evening, and then rode on to Cafilegarr. Mr. M. 
 has now loft both his Brother and his two Daughters, 
 two of the mod agreeable Women in the Kingdom, 
 caught away in the full Bloom of Youth and Beauty : 
 If they can be termed loft, who all committed their 
 Souls unto him they loved, in the full Triumph of 
 Faith. 
 
 Turfdaj 
 
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 Thurfday 8. A Coach-full of us, with feveral Hcrfe- 
 men, and others on foot, went to Abajkra in the Morn- 
 ing. The reft of the Congregation were moftly 
 Papifts. But all heard with earneft Attention, i 
 preached in the Evening at Athlone, where on Friday 
 9. We had a folemn Watch-night. 
 
 Sunday ii. We had a blefled Opportunity in the 
 Evening on the Connaugbt Side of the River. Almofr. 
 all the Proteftants in the Town were prefent, with a- 
 b.undance of Papifts. And many of them acknow- 
 ledged theDoclrine of Christ crucified to be the Power 
 of God and the Wifdom of God. 
 
 Monday 12. After preaching at Abidarrig about 
 Noon 1 went on to Lonrford. Many fuppofed the Mob 
 would be too violent there, to allow me a peaceable 
 Hearing. I began at' five in the Yard of the OU Barrack* 
 An huge Croud foon flocked in: But mod of the Papifts 
 flood at the Gate, or juft without the Wall. They were 
 all ftill as Night : Nor did I hear an uncivil Word while 
 we afterwards walked from one End of the Town to the 
 ether. 
 
 ■ Tuefday 13. A large Congregation was prefent at Five, 
 and ltood unmoved, notwithstanding fomc heavy Show- 
 ers. At Noon I preached at Cleg-hill: At 5 in the Barrack- 
 Yard again, where the Concourfe of People was greater 
 , than before. Mr. P. the Minifter of a neighbouring Pa- 
 rifti, and another Clergyman who came with him, re- 
 ceived the Truth in Love : Mrs. P. (his Wife) found 
 Reft to her Soul. . 
 
 But how is it, that almoft in every Place, even where 
 there is no lading Fruit, there is fo great an Imprefiion 
 made at fir ft, upon a confiderable Number of People? 
 The Fact is this. Every where the Work of God rifes 
 higher and higher, till it comes to a Point. Here it feema 
 for'a fhorc Time to be at a Stay. And then it gradually 
 finks again. 
 
 All this may eafily be accounted for. At firft Curiofity 
 brings many Hearers : At the fame Time God draws 
 many by his preventing Grace to hear his Word, and com- 
 forts tnem in hearing. One then tellsanot her. By thisMeans 
 on the one Hand Curiofity fpreads and increases : And en 
 the other Drawings of God's Spirit touch more Hearts ; 
 F 2 and 
 
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 and many of them more powerfully than before. He now 
 offers Grace to ail that hear ; moil of whom are in fome 
 meafure affected, and more or lefs moved with Approba- 
 tion of what they hear. Deiire to pleafe God, and Good- 
 will to his MefTenger, Thefe Principles varioufly com- 
 bined and increafing, raife the General Work to its high- 
 eft Point. But ir cannot fland here For in the nature of 
 ;s Curiofity moM: foon decline. Again, the Draw- 
 ofGoD are act followed, and thereby the Spirit of 
 God is grieved. The Confluence is, He ftrives with 
 sod this Man, no more, and fo hi i Drawings end. 
 Thus both the Natural and Supernatural Po,ver declining, 
 mod of the Hearers will be lefs ar.d lefs arTecled. Add to 
 this, that in the Procefs of the Work, it tmft be, that 
 Offences will come. Some of the Hearers, if not Preachers 
 alio, wiii ad contrary to their Profeilion. Either their 
 Follies or Faults will be told from one to another, and 
 lofe nothing in the telling. Men once curious to hear,, 
 will now draw back : Men once drawn, having flirted 
 their good Defires, will dikpprcve what they approved 
 before, and feel Dlilike inftead of Good-will, to the 
 Preacher. Others who were more or lefs convinced, wiU 
 be afraid or afhamed to acknowledge that Conviction. 
 And all thefe will catch at ill Stories (true or falfe) in or- 
 der to jufciry their Change. When by thi« means, all 
 who do not favingly believe, have quenched the Spirit of 
 God, the little Flock goes on from Faith to Faith ; the 
 reft fleep on and take their reft. Ani thus the Number 
 of Hearers in every Place, may be expe&ed, fir ft to in- 
 cic-'fe, and then dec: cafe. 
 
 Wednefday 14. At Noon I preached at Coofylvugb, where 
 the Preachers and Stewards met. 
 
 Tburjday 15. In the Evening I preached at Tullamore'm 
 Barrack Street. And many who never had fo much Cu- 
 riofity, as to walk an hundred Yards to hear the Preach- 
 ing, vouchfafed to bear it at their own Doors. In the 
 middle of the Sermon came a Quarter mafter very diunk, 
 and rumed in among the Peopie. In a fhort time, he 
 flipped off his Hat, and gave ail the Attention of which 
 he was capable. So did many of the Soldiers and many 
 Officers. • O let fome lay it to Heart ! 
 
 Friday 
 
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 Friday 16. We walked down to Lord Tullamore 9 s 9 
 (That was his title then) an old Mile from the Town. 
 His Gardens are extremely pleafant. They contain 
 Groves, little Meadows, Kitchen Gardens, Plats of Flow- 
 ers, and little Orchards intermixt with fine Canals and 
 Pieces of Water. And will not all thefe make their 
 Owner happy ! Not if he has One unholy Temper! Not 
 unlefs he has in himfelf a Fountain of Water, fpringing 
 up into cverlafling Life. 
 
 About this time I received a Letter without a Name, 
 Part of which I have fubjoined. 
 Sir 
 ° Having obferved your Chriftian Condefcenfion in thofe 
 Labours of Love, fo truly calculated for the Ufe of Com- 
 mon People, I prefume to beg your Pen in behalf of the 
 next Clafs of God's Creatures. And I would afk, If Na- 
 ture, Reafon and Revelation do not all plead in favour 
 even of the Brute Creation P Is it not unnatural and inhu- 
 man, to put them to more Pain than is nccefiary for the, 
 Service of Man ? Can Reafon content to the making fport- 
 with the Life or Mifery of any Creature ? May not the. 
 great Law of Equity, Doing as we would be done to, ba 
 extended even to Them ? May we not fuppofe ourfelves 
 in their Place, and thence determine, what they may fairly 
 expect from Us? Hath not the Supreme Being given In- 
 junctions againft Cruelty toward them, and commanded, 
 that they fhould enjoy the Reft of his Day ? Did he net 
 rebuke the Prophet, for fmiting his Bead without cauie f 
 And mention the much Cattle, a3 one Motive to the divine 
 Companion, in fparing the great City? The Scripture 
 faith, a good Man is mercifullto his Beafe. And can he be 
 a good Man that is not fo, if Goodnefs confifts in imitat- 
 ing Him, whofe Mercy is over all his Works? For bt opcr.- 
 eth his Hand, and fatisfieth the Defer e of every living thing* 
 
 If Tendernefs, Mercy and Companion to the brute 
 Creatures were imprefTed on the Infant Breaft, and con- 
 ducted into Action according to its little Power, would 
 it not be confirmed in the Human Heart ? And might no: 
 this early PrepolTeffion be for ever eftablifhed there, and 
 thro' an happy Bias extend its Benevolence to the whole 
 Creation ? 
 
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 Does not Experience fhew the fad Etftcls of a contrary 
 Education? While Children inilead of being taught Be- 
 nevolence to Irrationals, are fuftered to torment firft poor, 
 Jittte Infects, and then every helplefs Creature that comes 
 in their way : Can it be expected, that being thus inured 
 to Cruelty and Opprefiion even in their tender Years, they 
 fliould relent when they come to Age, and be fufceptible 
 of Compafiion, even to Rationals r It cannot. For is 
 Pity (hewn to Man, only becaufe he has Reafon ? If fo, 
 thofe would lufe their claim to our Companion who ftand 
 in the greateft need of it, namely, Children, Ideots and 
 Lunatics. But if Pity is fhewn to all that are capable of 
 Pain, then may it juilly be expected that we fhould fym- 
 pathize with every thing that has Life. 
 
 I am perfuaded you are not infenfible of the Pain 
 given to every Chriftian, every humane Heart, by 
 thofe favage Diverfions, Bull-baiting, Cock fighting, 
 Horfe-racing and Hunting. Can any of thefe irra- 
 tional and unnatural Sports appear otherwife than, 
 cruel, unlefs through early Prejudice, cr entire want 
 ot Confideration and Pxefleclion ? And if Man is void 
 of thefe, does he deferve the Name of Man ? Or is 
 he fit for Society ? And befides ; how dreadful are 
 the concomitant and the ccnfequent Vices of thefe 
 favage Routs ? Yet fuch Cowards are we grown, that 
 fcarce any Man has Courage to draw his Pen againfl: 
 them I" 
 
 Saturday 17. I preached in Tyrreh-pafs at Five, ar:d 
 T. Waljh at Eight. Hence we rode to Bal\y-beg, nea'r 
 Drumcree, where we found a little Company of earner!: 
 People, moft of them rejoicing in the Love of God. 
 To thefe were added a few from the County of Cavan. 
 Jofepb Charles going thither, fome Time fince, on tem- 
 poral Bufinefs, occafionally fpoke of the things of 
 God. Many believed his Report: And fome found 
 his Words the Power of God unto Salvation. 
 
 Sunday 1 8. A little before Twelve (the ufual Hour 
 in Ireland) the Morning Service began at Rofmead 
 Church, where Mr. Booker preached an ufeful Ser- 
 mon. I preached at Five to abundance of plain 
 Country People, and two Coach-fulPs of Gentry. O 
 
 how 
 
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 how hard is it for thefe to enter into the Kingdom of 
 Heavt 
 
 Monday 19. No fooner did we enter Uljler, than 
 we obferved the Difference. The Ground was culti- 
 vated jttft . and the Cottages run only ■ 
 neat, but with Doors, Chimneys and Windows. 
 , t lie firlt Town we came to (allowing for the* 
 'Size) is built much after the Manner of .1 
 preached foon after Sewn to a large Congregation, 
 and to great Part of them at Five in the Morning. 
 Afterwards I fpoke to the Members of the Society, 
 con filling of Churchmen, Di (Tenters, and Papifls (that 
 were). £But there is no driving among them, unlefs to 
 enter in at the jirait C 
 
 Wednefday 21. In the Morning there was fuch vio- 
 lent Lightning, Thunder and Rain, that the very 
 Beails ran-out of the Fields, and the Birds flew from 
 their ufual Coverts, to take Shelter in the Houfes. 
 But before we took Horfe, the Sky cleared up, and 
 we had a pleafant Ride to Terrjbugdh, near Scarpa. 
 The Road lay on the Edge of a fmooth Canal, with 
 ^ fruitful, gently-riling Hills on either Side. We were 
 at a lone Houfe : But the People found their Way 
 thither in the Evening from all Quarters. I preached 
 in a Meadow near the Houfe, the Congregation fit- 
 ting on the Grafs. And furely they had Ears to hear. 
 God give them Hearts to underfland ! 
 
 T bwfday 22. We rode through heavy Rain to 
 Lifourn, 1 preached in the Market- houfe at Seven. 
 One Man only gainfaid : But the By-itanders ufed 
 him fo roughly, that he was foon glad to hold his 
 Peace. 
 
 Fridiy 23. The Rector with his Curate called upon 
 me, candidly propofed their Objections, and fpent 
 'about two Hours, in free, ferious, friendly Conver- 
 fation. How much Evil might be prevented or 
 removed, would other Clergymen follow their Ex- 
 ample : 
 
 1 rode in the Afternoon to Belfajl, the larger! Town 
 in UljJcr. Some think, it contains near as manv People 
 as Limerick : It is far cleaner and pleafanter. At Seven 
 I preached in the Market-houfe to as large a Congre- 
 gation 
 
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 gation as at Lijbum : And to near the fame Number 
 in the Morning. But fome of them did not flay 'till 
 I concluded. They went away in Hafte when I 
 fhewed, how Chrifi crucified is to the Greeks Foolijbnefs. 
 
 Hence we rode along the Shore to Carrickfergus, 
 faid to be the moil antient Town in Ulfier. The 
 Walls are flil 1, as it were, {landing; and the Caflle,. 
 built upon a Rock. But it is little more than a heap * 
 of Ruins, with eight or nine old, difmounted, rufly 
 Cannon. What it was, in the Reign of its Foun- 
 der, King Fergus, does not much concern us to know. 
 
 I preached in the Seffion-houfe at Seven, to moil of 
 the Inhabitants of the Town. But Satan had prepar- 
 ed one of his Inftruments when I had done, to catch 
 the Seed out of their Hearts* A poor Enthufiafl be- 
 gan a dull, pointlefs Harangue, about Hirelings and 
 falfe Prophets. But the Door-keeper crying out, u I 
 am going to lock the Doors," cut his Difcourfe fhort. 
 
 Sunday 25. I preached at Nine in the upper Court- 
 houfe, which was confiderably larger than the other. 
 James Rely began his bad Work again, as foon as I 
 had done fpeaking. But I walked quietly away 5 as 
 did alfo the Congregation. 
 
 At Eleven I went to Church, to the Surprize of 
 many, and heard a lively, ufeful Sermon. After Din- 
 ner one of our Brethren afked, " If I was ready to go- 
 to the Meeting" ? I told him, " I never go to a 
 Meeting." He feemed as much aftonifhed as the old 
 Scot at Newcaftle, who left us, M Becaufe we were 
 mere Church of England Men." We are fo : Altho ? 
 we condemn none, who have been brought up in another 
 Way. 
 
 About Five, even the larger Court-houfe being too 
 imall to contain the Congregation, I the more readily 
 complied with the Defire of the Prifoners, to preach 
 in the Street, near the Piifon Door. I fpoke as plain 
 and home as ever in my Life, cm Te muft be born again* 
 Poor James was now refolvcd to fpeak, and got on a 
 little Eminence on purpofe. And what could hinder 
 him ? Why 
 
 Vox faucibus h&Jit ! 
 He cawed and cawed, but* could utter nothing, 
 
 hardly 
 
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 hardly three Wordi together. This alfo hath Coo 
 wrought. He hath Mopped the Mouth of the Gain* 
 faycr, and p refer ved the weak from being offende 
 
 Monday 26. Mr. Waljh met mc at Belfajt, and in- 
 formed me, That the Day before he wax at Nteutevun, 
 intending to preach. But while he was at Grayer, 
 
 Mr. M r came with a drunken Mob, feized him 
 
 by the Throat and dragged him along, till a flout 
 Man feized him, and conltrained him to quit his 
 Hold. Mr. IV. having refrefhed himfelf at a Friend'* 
 Houfc, began a fecond 'lime. But in a quarter of an 
 Hour, Mr. M, havi his Moh, came again : 
 
 On which Mr. ■■ i/mi die Ground, and walked 
 
 away over the Fields. 
 
 In the Evening 1 fpoke very plair- at Lijbum, both 
 to the great, vulgar and the fmail. But between 
 Seceders, old (elf-conceited Prefuyterians, New-Jigh: 
 Men, Mora-views, Cameronians* and formal Church- 
 Men, it is a Miracle of Miracles if any here bling 
 forth Fruit to Perfection. 
 
 The County between Lljburn and Moyra, is much 
 like Bcrkjbin>, having fruitful Vales on each Side the 
 Road, and well -wooded Hills running even with 
 them, at a fmall Diilance. At Seven 1 preached in 
 the Market-houfe at Lurgan. Many of the Gentry 
 were met in the Room over it, it I e of 
 
 the AfTembly. The Violins were juft fcifcifij . But 
 they ceafed till I had done : And the Novelty (at 
 leail) drew and fixt theAttention of the wboleCompany. 
 
 Wcdnefdaj 28. I read Mr. Barton s ingenious Lec- 
 tures on Lough Ncagb, near Lurgan* which turns Wood 
 into Stone, and cures the King's Evil, ai.d moll cu- 
 taneous Diitempers. Under Part of this Lake, there 
 is fir ft a Stratum of firm Clay, and under that a Stratum 
 "of Trees four foot thick all compacted into one Mafs, 
 doubtlefs by the PrefTure of the incumbent Earth (per- 
 haps Water too) which it has probably fuftaincd ever 
 fince the General Dluge. 
 
 In the Evening we had the largeft Congregation 
 which I have feen fince we left Corke. It was almo/l 
 as large at Five in the Morning. Why fhould we 
 defpair of doing Good at Lurgan alfo r 
 
 Thurfiiay 
 
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 Thurfday 29. I preached at Newry, and the three 
 following Days; On Monday Augujl I. I returned 
 to Rojmide. 
 
 Tuefday 3. We rode to Tullamore thro' heavy Rain, 
 which a ftrong Wind drove full in our Face. The 
 only wild Injh whom I have feen yet, a Knot of Offi- 
 cers, weie prefent at Preaching in the Evening, and 
 behaved tolerably well. 
 
 Wednefd 4. I preached at Portarlington in the Evening, 
 and was going to take Horfe in the Morning, when 
 a Gentleman came and faid, he uasjuft fetting out for 
 Dublin, and would be glad of my Company in his 
 Chariot. I accompanied him to John/town where we 
 dined ; and then took Horfe and rode on to Dublin. 
 
 Friday 6. On this and the next Day I finifhed my 
 Bufinefs in Ireland, fo as to be ready to fail at an 
 Hours Warning. 
 
 Sunday 8. We were to fail, the Wind being fair ; 
 but as we were going aboard, it turned full Eaft. I 
 find it of great ufe, to be in Sufpenfe. It is an excel- 
 lent Means of breaking our Will. May we be ready, 
 either to ft a/ longer on this Shore, as to lanch inter 
 Eternity. 
 
 On Tuefday Evening I preached my Farewell-Ser- 
 mon. M. Waljb did the fame in the Morning. We 
 then walked to the Key. But it was ftill a Doubt, 
 Whether we were to fail or no : Sir T. P. having fent 
 word to the Captain of the Pacquet, that if the Wind 
 was fair, he would go over ; and it being his Cuftonv 
 (Hominis Magnificent iam ! ) to keep the whole Ship to 
 himfelf. But the Wind coming to the Eaft, he would 
 not go : So about Noon we went on board. In two or 
 three Hours we reached the Mouth of the Harbour, It 
 then fell calm. We had Five Cabbin Pailengers, 
 befide Mr. Walfh, Haugbton, Morgan and me. They 
 were all civil, and tolerably ferious ; the Sailors 
 likewife behaved uncommonly well. 
 
 Thurfday 1 2. About Eight we begun nnging on the 
 Quarter-deck, which foon drew all our Fellow-Paf- 
 fengers, as well as the Captain, with the greateft Part 
 of his Men. I afterwards gave an Exhortation. We 
 
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 then fpentfomeTime inPrayer. They all kneeled down 
 with us. Nor did their Serioufnefs wear off all the 
 Day About Nine we landed at Ho!y-Head 7 after a 
 pleafant Paflage of twenty three Hours. 
 
 Friday 13. Having hired Horfes for Cbefler, we 
 fet out about Seven. Before One we reached Bangor f 
 the Situation of which is delightful beyondExpreflion. 
 Here we faw a large and handfome Cathedral, but no 
 Trace of the Good, old Monks of Bangor, fo many- 
 hundreds of whom fell a Sacrifice at once to Cruelty 
 and Revenge. The Country from hence to Penmen- 
 ntaur is far pleafanter than any Garden. Mountains 
 of every Shape and Size, Vales clothed with Grafs or 
 Corn, Woods and fmaller Tufts of Trees, were con- 
 tinually varying on the one Hand, as was the Sea 
 Profpett on the other. Penmenmaur itfelf rifes almoft 
 perpendicular to an enormous Height from the Sea. 
 The Road runs along the Side of it, fo far above the 
 Beach, that one could not venture to look down, but 
 that there is a Wall built all along, about four Foot 
 high. Mean Time the ragged Cliff hangs over ones 
 Head, as if it would fall every Moment. An Hour 
 after we had left this awfull Place, we came to the 
 antient Town of Conway. It is walled round. And 
 the Walls are in tolerably good repair. The Cattle is 
 the noblett Ruin I ever faw. It is four Square, and 
 has four large round Towers, on each Side, the in- 
 fide of which have been ftately Apartments. One Side 
 of the Cattle is a large Church, the Windows and 
 Arches of which have been curioufly wrought. An 
 Arm of the Sea runs round two Sides of the Hill on 
 which the Cattle ftands : Once the Delight of Kings, 
 now overgrown with Thorns, and inhabited by 
 doleful Birds only. 
 
 About Eight we reached Place-bagb, where as foon 
 as I named my Name, Willia?n Roberts received us 
 with all Gladnefs. But neither he nor any of his Fa- 
 mily could fpeak one Sentence of Enghjh. Yet our 
 Guide helped us out pretty well : After Supper we 
 fung and went to Pra>ers. Tho' they could not fpeak 
 it, moft of them underftood Englijh* And God, fpoke 
 to their Hearts. 
 
 Saturday 
 
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 Saturday 14. Several of the Neighbours came 
 early in the Morning, and gladly received a few 
 Words of Exhortation. We then rode on, thro' one of 
 the pleafanteft Countries in the World, by Holywell, 
 to Che/ier. Here we had a comfortable Meeting in the 
 Evening; as well as the next Day, both in the Room, 
 and in the Square. 
 
 Monday 16. The Rain was fufpended, v/hile I" 
 preached to a large and quiet Congregaation. 
 
 Tuejday 17. I rode to Bolton. Tho' I came unex- 
 pected, the Houfe was well filled. After retting a 
 Day, On Thurfday 19. I went on to Mancbefler, and 
 preached in the Evening to a large Congregation, 
 without the leaft Diflurbance. The Tumults here are 
 now at an end; chiefly thro' the Courage and Activity 
 of a fingle Conftable. 
 
 Friday 20. I rode to Chelmorion in the Peak. Altho' 
 the poor People had no previous Notice, they fupplied 
 the want of it, by fending quickly to the neighbour- 
 ing Villages. Between Seven and Eight the Houfe 
 was pretty well iilled. And many of them were ex- 
 tremely thankful. 
 
 Saturday 21. We fet out early and after fpending 
 an Hour at 4Jhbourn, haftened on to Litchfield. But it 
 was not without Difficulty, the Waters being out, to 
 a very uncommon Degree in many Places. About 
 Eight we reached fVedrnftury, tired enough. There 
 we flayed the next Day. 
 
 Monday 23. We rode forward to Rcdditch. It had 
 rained all the Way, fo that Mr. Waljh was obliged to 
 go to Bed, as foon as we came in. Having dried 
 ibme of our Cloaths, Mr. Bruce and I took Horfe 
 again about Two ; Having One with us who knew 
 the By-roads, the Common Road being unpaffable 
 thro' the Floods. About Five we came to a broad 
 Water, which our Guide did not care to pafs. Mr. 
 Bruce feeing a Foot Bridge, walked over it, leading 
 his Horfe by a long Rein thro' the Water. But in an 
 inflant the Horfe difappeared. However he foon 
 emerged and gained the Bank. I rode thro' at a fmall 
 
 Diftance 
 
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 diilance very lately, and in the Evening preached at 
 ham, 
 
 Tuefilay 24. Finding we could not ride the ufual Way, 
 we procured another Guide and rode by Andoucr Ford 
 to S'.rcud. Mr. Jones and my Brother met us here. 
 
 U'tdnejday 25. wc rode on to BriJloL 
 
 Thurfday 26. About Fifty of us being met, the 
 Rules of the Society were read over, and carefully consi- 
 dered One by One. But we did not find any that 
 could be fpared. So we all agreed, to abide by them 
 all, and to recommend them with our might. 
 
 We then largely confidered, the Neceflity of 
 keeping in the Church, and ufing the Clergy with 
 Tendernefs. And there wa6 no diflenting Voice. 
 God gave -us all to be of one Mind and of one Judg- 
 ment. 
 
 Friday 27. The Rules of the Bands were read over 
 and confidered, One by One : Which after fome 
 Verbal Alterations, we all agreed to obferve and in- 
 force. 
 
 Saturday 28. The Rules of Kingfwood School were 
 read and confidered, One by One. And we were 
 all convinced, they were agreeable to Scripture and 
 Reafon. In confequence of which it was agreed ; 
 
 1. That a fhort Account of the Defign and prefent 
 State of the School, be read by every Affiftant in every 
 Society : And 
 
 2. That a Subfcription for it be begun in every 
 Place, and (if Need be) a Collection made every 
 Year. 
 
 My Brother and I clofed the Conference by afolemn 
 Declaration ; of our Purpofe, never to feparate from 
 the Church. And all our Brethren concurred therein. 
 
 For a few Days 1 was laid up with a Flux, But on 
 Sunday September 5. I crept out again and preached at 
 Kingjwood 'in the Morning, and Stoke/croft in the After- 
 noon. 
 
 Monday 6. I fet out in the Machine, and on Tnefday 
 Evening came to London. 
 
 IVednefday and Tburfday I fettled my Temporal Bufi- 
 
 nels. It is now about Eighteen Years, fince I began 
 
 writing and printing Books. And how much in that 
 
 G Time 
 
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 Time have I gained by Printing ? Why, on fumming 
 up my Accounts, I found that on March i, 1756, (the 
 Day I left London laft) 1 had gained by Printing and 
 Preaching together, a Debt of Twelve Hundred and 
 Thirty Six Pounds. 
 
 Friday 10. I preached at a famous Place, commonly 
 called the Bull' and Mouth Meeting, which had belonged, 
 I fuppofe, near an hundred Years, to the People called 
 Quakers. As much of real Religion as was ever 
 preached there, I truft, will be preached there Hill : 
 And perhaps in a more Rational, Scriptural and intel- 
 ligible Manner. 
 
 Saturday ii. I read over Mr. Frys " Cafe of Marri- 
 age between near Relations, confidered " And two 
 Points, I think, he has fully proved, 1. That many 
 Marriages commonly fuppofed to be unlawful, arc 
 neither contrary to the Law of Nature, nor the revealed 
 Law of God, nor the Law of the Land: 2 That 
 Ecclefiaftical Courts have no Right to meddle with 
 any Cafe of this Kind. 
 
 Thurfday 16. I walked over to Bijhop Bonner's, and 
 preached to a large and ferious Congregation. I found 
 fome Faintnefs, the Sun being extreamly hot ; but 
 more in walking from thence to Weftminfer, where I 
 preached at Seven. In the Night my old Diforder re- 
 turned, and gradually increafed, in fpite of all Medi- 
 cines. However on Sunday and Monday it was fo far 
 fufpended, that I abated nothing of my ufual Employr 
 ment. 
 
 Wednefday 22. I was confidering I had not yet afked 
 Help of the Great Phyfician, and I refolved to delay no 
 longer. In that Hour I felt a Change. I ilept found 
 that Night, and was well the next Day. 
 
 Sunday October 3. My Diforder returned as violent 
 as ever. But I regarded it not, while I was perform- 
 ing the Service at Snonu-ficldsva the Morning, or after- 
 ward at Spittle-fields, 'tijl I went to the Lord's Table 
 in order to adminifter. A Thought then came into 
 my Mind. " Why do I not apply to God, in the 
 Beginning rather than the End of an Illnefs"? I did 
 fo, and found immediate Relief, fo that I needed no 
 farther Medicines. 
 
 Tuefday 
 
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 TuefiLy j, I wrote a fecond Letter to the Aul 
 • : Ingenious Men, bu 
 Friends to the Godhead of Christ. Yet upon 
 ther Con fide ration, J judged it heft', to drop the 
 Controverfy, It is enough that [have delivered m) 
 own Soul : If they Jcor*, they alot • //. 
 
 Sunday \o. I preached to an huge Multitude 
 MwrfitUhy on Wbywillye die y Oh It ij 
 
 Field-preaching which does the Execution Mill. For 
 LYefulncfs there is none comparable to it. 
 
 Monday ii. I went to Ldgb. Where wc dined, a 
 poor Woman came to the Door, with two little Chil- 
 dren* They Teemed to be half ftarved, as well as their 
 Mother, who was alio (liivering with an Ague. She 
 was extremely thankful for a little Food, and ft ill 
 more fo for a few Fills, which feldom fail to cure that 
 Diforder. 
 
 In this little Journey I read over a Curio fity indeed, 
 a French Heroic Poem : He is a 
 
 very lively Writer, of a fine Imagination; and allowed, 
 I fuppofe, by all competent Judges, to be a perfect 
 Mailer of the French Language. And by Him [ was 
 more than ever convinced, That the French is the 
 poorclt, mcancfl Language in Europe ; That it is no 
 more comparable to the German or Spanijk, than a 
 Bag-pipe is to an Organ : And that with regard to 
 Poetry in particular, coniidering the incorrigible Un- 
 couthnefs of their Meafure, and their aLvays writing 
 in Rhyme, (to fay nothing of their vile double 
 Rhymes, nay and frequent falfe Rhymes) it is as impof- 
 fible to write a fine Poem in French, as to make riae 
 Mufic upon a Jews- harp. 
 
 Saturday 1 6. I baptized Hannah C , late a Qua- 
 ker. God, as ufual, bore Witnefs to his Ordinance. 
 A folemn Awe fpread over the whole Congregation, 
 and many could not refrain from Tears. 
 
 Wednefday >o. I received the following Letter. 
 Rev Sir, 
 
 " The Glory of Con nnd the Good of Mankind are 
 the Motives that induce me to witethe following 
 
 As it is our Duty to do all we can to make all 
 
 around us happy, I think there is one Thing which 
 
 G z may 
 
( 76 ) 
 
 may be done to promote fo blefTed an End, which will 
 at the fame Time be very advantageous to them that 
 pra<ftife it, namely, To efface all the cbfcene Words 
 which are written on Houfes, Doors or Walls, by 
 evil minded Men. This which I recommend to others 
 I conftantly pra&ife myfelf: And if ever I omit doing 
 it, I am feverely checked, unlefs I can produce fome 
 good Reafon for that Omiffion. I do it with a Spunge 
 which for that Purpofe I carry in my Pocket. The 
 Advantages I reap from hence are, i . Peace of Con- 
 fcience in doing my Duty, 2. It helps me to conquer 
 the Fear of Man, which is one of my greateft Trials, 
 3. It is Matter of Joy, that I can do any, the leafc 
 Service to any one. And as allPerfons, efpecially the 
 Young, are liable to Temptations to Impurity, I can't 
 do too much to remove fuch Temptations, either from 
 mvfelf or others. Perhaps too, when the unhappy 
 Writers pafs by, and fee their bad Labours foon effaced, 
 they may be difcouraged from purfuing fo fhameful a 
 Work, yea, and brought to a better Mind. 
 
 " Perhaps in fome Places it might not be amifs in 
 the Room of what is effaced, to write fome ferious 
 Sentence, or fhort Text of Scripture. And wherever 
 we do this, would it not be well to lift up our Heart 
 to God, in behalf of thofe Sinners, in this or the 
 like Manner, " Lord, lay not this Sin to their 
 Charge : Father, forgive them : For they know not 
 what they do." 
 
 Monday 25. I began reading that excellent Book, The 
 Gofpel-Glafs, to the Morning Congregation : A Me- 
 thod which I find more profitable for Inftru&ion in 
 Right eouffiefs, than any other Manner of Preaching. 
 
 Tuejday zG. I began reading over with the Preachers 
 that were in Town, Mr. Pikfs Philofophia Sacra. It 
 contains the Marrow of Mr. Hutcbinjbnh Philofophy 
 clearly and modefily propofed. But upon a clofe Ex- 
 amination, . I found the Proofs were grievoufly defec- 
 tive. I fhall never receive Air. Hu — 's Creed, unlefs 
 7pfe. dixit pafs for Evidence. 
 
 Saturday 30. I yielded to Importunity, and fpent an 
 
 Hour with poor Mr. V , who was awakened and 
 
 found Peace in attending our Preaching, and foon 
 
 after 
 
( 7? * 
 
 •.urned Quaker. I did wonder at it once, bat I 
 do not taefofull If might turn Papift 
 
 or Mahomc I 
 
 i. Wat a Day of triumphant ]o\ , 
 v is. How fuperititious are 
 they who fcruple giving God foiemn Thanks for the 
 Lh i aths of his Saints ! 
 
 Hay o, H cured an Apparatus on pur- 
 
 pole, ral Perfons to be electrified^ who 
 
 were ill of various Diforders : Some of whom found an 
 immediate, Come a gradual Cure. From this Time 
 I appointed, firft fome Hours in every Week, and after- 
 ward fomeHours in every Day, wherein any thatdefired 
 it, might try the Virtue of this furprifing Medicine. 
 Two or three Years after our Patients were i'o nume- 
 rous, that we were obliged to divide them: So Part 
 were electrified in S , Part at the I 
 
 Others, near St. Pauls ; and tile reft, near th 
 
 The fame Method we have taken ever fi nee. 
 And to this Day, while Hundreds, perhaps Thoufands, 
 have received unfpeakable Good, I have not known 
 Gne Man, Woman or Child, who has received 
 Hurt thereby. So that when I hear any ralk of the 
 Danger ot being electrified, (efpeciaily if they are 
 cal Men who talk fo) I cannot but impute it 
 to great Want, either of Senfe or Honefty, 
 
 Friday 12, I read over Leu/Zen's Di Tier ration, 11 
 Defence of thcHe&rrw Points and was fully convinced, 
 
 is at leafr. as much to be laid, on this as on 
 other Side of the Quertion. But how is it, tha: 
 are fo on hoth Sides, while Demonftration is 
 
 to be had on neither? Certainly to be . and 
 
 atical can never be fo inexcufable, as in a Point 10 
 doubtful as this ! 
 
 Monday zz. I read with the Preachers this W 
 the Glajgvw A of Mr. H erks : 
 
 Wherein the Abridgers have exprefled with furpriz- 
 ihg Exa&nefs, not only his Senfe, but his very Spirit. 
 But in Truth I cannot admire either : N.ty, I admire 
 his Hypothecs lefs and lefs : As I fee the whole is un- 
 supported by Scripture; very ingenious, but quite' 
 precarious. 
 
 G 3 
 
( 7§ ) 
 
 Wednefday December i. One or two remarkable Letters 
 were put into my Hands. Part of the Firil ran thu^. 
 
 " BlefTed be God, who defireth not the Death of a 
 Sinner ! It pleafed him, not to cut off my Son in his 
 Sins. He gave him Time to repent, and not only fo, 
 but a Heart to repent. He mewed him his loft Eftate 
 by Nature, and that unlefs he was reconciled toGoD by 
 his Son, and warned in his Blood from all his Sins, he 
 could never be faved. After he was condemned at 
 
 York for a Robbery on the Highway, I attended him 
 in the condemned Room. And bleffed be God, he en- 
 abled me to preach the everlafting Gofpel to him. It 
 was on Saturday he was condemned. It was on the 
 Saturday following the Lord touched his Heart. He 
 then began to wreftle with God in Prayer, and left 
 not off 'till Suuday in the Afternoon, when God who 
 is rich in Mercy, applied the Elood of his Son, and 
 convinced him, He had forgiven him all his Sins* 
 He felt his Soul at Peace with God, and longed to 
 depart and tOjbeVithCHRisT. The followingWeek his 
 Peace increafed daily, 'till on Saturdays the Day he 
 was to die, he came out of the condemn'd Room, 
 cloathed in his Shroud, and went into the Cart. As 
 he went on, the Chearfulnefs and Compofure of his 
 Countenance were amazing to all the Spectators. At 
 the Place of Execution, after he had fpent fome Time 
 in Prayer, he rofe up, took a chearful Leave of his 
 Friends, and faid, " Glory be to God for free Grace." 
 His laft Words were, "Lord Jesus receive my 
 Soul." 
 
 Part of the other Letter wrote by himfelf to his 
 Wife, was as follows. 
 
 " My Dear, 
 
 Righteous is the Lord-, and juft are his Judg- 
 ments ! His Hand of Juftice cuts my Life fhort, but 
 his Hand of Mercy faves my Soul. You for One 
 are a Witnefs of the Courfe of Life I led. Were it in 
 my Power I would gladly make Amends, to you and 
 every one elfe that I have wronged. But feeing it is 
 not, I hope that God and and you and every one elfe, 
 will accept of my willing Mind. In a few Hours 
 
 now I mall be delivered out of this miferable World. 
 
 But 
 
( 79 ) 
 
 lit Glory be to God, he has given Repentance and 
 
 emiffion of Sins to me, the worfl of Sinners. He 
 
 is taken away the Sting of Death, and I am pre- 
 
 ired to meet my God. Let my Example encourage 
 
 ery Sinner, to forfake Sin and come unto God thro* 
 
 ejus Cbrijl. As a dying Man I give you this Advice, 
 
 jfive yourfelf wholly up to God. Pray to him and 
 
 ;ver reft, 'till you have fecured an Jntereir, in the 
 
 ood of Cbrijl. Live in his Fear, and you (as well 
 
 I) fhall die in his Favour. So no more from, 
 
 York Caftle, Your dying Hufband, 
 
 iugujl z o . Richard Varies . ' * 
 
 Monday 6. I began reading to our Preachers the 
 
 te Bifhop of Cor he's excellent Treatife on Human 
 
 'nderjlanding : In mod Points far clearer and more 
 
 idicious than Mr. Locke's, as well as defigned to ad- 
 
 mce a better Caufe. 
 
 Friday io. A Perfon who was dying of a Cancer in 
 ?r Breafl, and deeply convinced of Sin, fent a Poft- 
 ihaife in which I went tc her at Epfom. I left her 
 | Saturday Morning, in ftrong Hope, me mould not 
 jo hence, 'till her Eyes had &en his Salvation. 
 In my Fragments of Time in the following Week 
 read Mr. Hannvafs accurate Hiftory of Shah Nadir ; 
 Dmmonly called Kouli Khan : A Scourge of God in- 
 eed ! A Prodigy of Valour and Con duel,, but an 
 nparallelled Monfter of Rapine and Cruelty. Alex* 
 ider the Great, yea Nero or Domitian, was an Inno- 
 ;nt in Comparifon of him. 
 
 Sunday 26. 1 buried the Remains of Jofepb Yamcr, 
 1 Ifraelite indeed. The Peace which filled his Heart 
 uring his laft Hours, gave fuch a Bloom to his very 
 ountenance, as remained after Death, to the Sur- 
 rfee of all, who remembered the Cloud that ufed to 
 tng upon it. 
 
 Monday, January 3, 1 7 57. I viiited a poor dying 
 ickflider, full of good Refolutions. But who' can 
 11, when thefe imply a real Change of Heart ? And 
 hen they do not, when they fpring from Fear only,, 
 hat will they avail before God ? 
 Monday 10. I walked to Biihop Bonner's, with Mr. 
 — , lately entered at Cambridge, full of good Re- 
 folutions 
 
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 fulutions. May God continue him humble and fimple 
 of Heart ! Then his Senfe and Learning will do him 
 good. But how great are the O ; ds again ft him ? 
 
 Saturday 22. I called upon one, who did run well 
 for ieveral Years. But for a confiderable Time hd 
 had cafl off the very Form of Religion. Yet his 
 Heart was not utterly hardened. He determined to fet 
 out once more. And fince that Time, he has been 
 more confirmed in walking fuitably to the Gofpel. 
 
 Friday 28. 1 . r. Meier, Chaplain to one of the Ha- 
 noverian Regiments, called and foent an Hour with 
 me. I am furprized at the Serioufnefs of all the Ger-\ 
 man Miniiiers, with whom I have had Occasion to 
 Converfe : Entirely different from that Pertnels and 
 Affectation of Wit, which is too common in our own 
 Country. 
 
 I he following Letter (which I received two or three 
 Months after) was dated on this Day. 
 
 " Tho' you and I may differ in fome little Things 
 I have long loved \ou and your Brother, and wiihed 
 and prayed for your Succefs, as zealotu. Revivers of 
 experimental Chriftianity. If I differ from you in 
 Temper and Defign, or in the Effentials of Religion 
 I am fure the Error muff lie on my Side. BieiTed be 
 God for Hearts to love one another ! 
 
 As I knew your Correfponderce muft be very ex- 
 tenfive, and your Labours various and inceffant, I in- 
 tended to- have kept my peculiar Love ffr y>u a Se 
 cret, 'till'we arrived where Seasfhall no more roll be- 
 tween us. But your late pious Charity conftrains me 
 to give you the Trouble of a Letter. 1 am confident 
 Gon will attend it with his Bleffing, ana render yoi 
 ufeful at the Dillance of near 4000 Miles. 
 
 How great is the Honour God has conferred upoi 
 you, in malting you a Reftorer of declining Religion 
 And after ftruggling thro' fo much Oppofnion, am 
 ffanding almolt fingle, with what Pleafure muft yo 
 behold fo many railed up, zealous in the fame Caufe 
 tho' perhaps not ranked under the fame Name, noj 
 openly connected with you ! 
 
 I am endeavouring in my poor manner to promoti 
 the fame Caufe in this Part of our guilty Globe. M 
 
 Succei 
 
( 3' ) 
 
 ccfi» is not equal to my Wifhcs ; but it vaftly" iui 
 
 fes both my Deferts and my Expectation. I have 
 
 >tized near an hundred and fifty adult Negroes, of 
 
 iom about Sixty are Communicants. Unpoliflied 
 
 y they are, I find fome of them have the Art to dif- 
 
 1 nble. But, blefled be Gon, the Generality of 
 
 • :m, as far as I can learn, are real ChiiiHans. And 
 
 : J have no Doubt, but fundry of them arc genuine 
 
 I lildren of Abraham. Among them, in the firft Place, 
 
 d then among the Poor white People, I have dif- 
 
 buted the Books you fent me. 
 
 1 defire you to communicate this to your Brother, 
 
 equally intended for him. And let me and my 
 
 mgregation, particularly my poor Negro-Converts, 
 
 favoured with your Prayers. In return for which, 
 
 lope neither you nor your Cauie will be forgotten, 
 
 Reverend Sir, 
 
 Your affectionate Fellow-labourer, 
 vto^ver (in Virginia) and obliged Servant, 
 
 Jan .28, 1757. Sa?naud Davis. 
 
 Sunday 30. Knowing Gon was able to ftrengthen 
 z for his own Work, I officiated at S?:czu -fields as 
 Ear, before 1 went to IVeft-ftrcet. where the Service 
 ok me up between four and five Hours. I preached 
 I the Evening and met the Society : And my Strength 
 las as my Day. I felt no more Wearinefs at Night, 
 »an at Eight in the Morning. 
 
 Sunday, February 6. The Number of Communicant? 
 
 SpittlefitlXsi made this LordVDay a little more la- 
 
 trious than the former. But God added proportio- 
 
 |Lbly to my Strength. So I felt no Difference. 
 
 Tbur/day 10. At the Reqtieft of the Author, I took 
 
 me Pains, in correcting an ingenious Book, lhortly 
 
 be published. But the more I confider them, the 
 
 04^ I doubt, of all Sy Items of Afhonomy. I doubt 
 
 nether we can certainly know, either the Diilance 
 
 ■ Magnitude of any Star in the Firmament. Elfe 
 
 by do A .-ronomers fo immenfely differ, even with 
 
 gard to the Diftance of the Sun from the Earth I 
 
 >me affirming it to be only twelve, ether ninety 
 
 [Ulions of Miles ! 
 
 About 
 
( S2 } 
 
 About this Time the following Note was given in 
 my Hand at IVapping. 
 
 " John White, Maftcr at Arms, aboard his Ml 
 j efty's Ship Tartar, now at Plymouth, defires to retu| 
 Almighty God Thanks, for himfelf and all the Shin 
 Company, for their Prefervation in four different El 
 gagements they have had with four Piivateers whi<{ 
 they have taken : Particularly the laft, wherein til 
 Enemy flrfl boarded them. They cleared the Dee. 
 boarded in their Turn, and took the Ship, thirty 
 the Enemy being killed, and fifty more wounde 
 Only two of our Crew were wounded, who, it 
 hoped, will recover." 
 
 Wedmfday 1 6. Calling on a Friend, I found hij 
 juft feized with all the Symptoms of a Pleurify. I al 
 vifed him to apply a Brimftone-Plaifter, and in a fe ' 
 Hours he was perfectly well. Now, to what En 
 iliouid this Patient have taken a heap of Drugs, an 
 loft twenty Ounces of Blood ? " To what End ? Wh] 
 to oblige the Doctor and Apothecary." Enough 
 Reafon good ! 
 
 Txefday 22. I preached at Depfford. Even this Wii 
 demcfs does at length bloffom and bud as the Rcfe. Nev< 
 was there fuch Life in this little Flock before, nc 
 fuch an Increafe in the number of Hearers. 
 
 The following Letter was wrote on Saturday 28. 
 " Reverend and dear Sir, 
 
 " When I was ztFrefiford, on January 30, in tS 
 Morning, I fcrupled finging thofe Words, 
 Ye now afflicted are, 
 
 And hated for his Name, 
 And in your Bodies bear 
 The Tokens of the Lamb. 
 I thought I was not afflifted or hated for the Name 
 Ch rift. But this Scruple was foon removed. Fnr 2 
 Bradford, in the Evening, I was preft for a SoWiel 
 and carried to an Inn, where the Gentlemen were 
 Mr. Pearfe hearing of it, came, and offered Bail fo 
 my Appearance the next Da.. They faiu, " The 
 would take his Word for ten thoufand Pound : Ru 
 not for me : I muft ro to the Rcund-houfe : " Tt 
 
 litt 
 
 arc 
 
 y 
 
 
( s 3 ) 
 
 e Stone-Room on the Side of the Bridge. So 
 ther I was conveyed by five Soldiers. There I 
 nd nothing to fit on but a Stone, and nothing to 
 on but a little Straw. But toon after a Friend fent 
 a Chair, on which 1 fat all Night. I had a double 
 lard, twelve Soldiers in all : Two without, one in 
 Door, and the reft within. I patted the Night 
 thout Sleep, but not without Reft ; for, blefied be 
 }d, my Peace was not broken a Moment. My Body 
 s in Prifon ; but I was CbriJPs Free-man : My Soul 
 s at Liberty. And even there I found fome Work 
 do for God : I had fair Opportunity, of fpeaking 
 them who durft not leave me. And I hope it was 
 >t in vain. 
 
 In the Morning I had Leave to go to a private Houfe, 
 th only one Soldier to guard me. About three in the 
 Fternoon I was carried before the Commiftioners, and 
 irt of the Aft read, which impowered them to take 
 Such able-bodied Men, as followed no Bufinefs, 
 jd had no lawful or fufricient Maintenance. " Then 
 faid, " If thefe are the Men you are to take, I am 
 pt a proper Perfon. For I do follow a lawful Call- 
 ig in Partnerfhip with my Brother, and have alfo an 
 ftate." Thejuftice faid, " If you will make Oath of 
 lat, I think, we muft let you go." But the Commif- 
 oners faid/ 4 no Man could fwear for himfelf." I faid, 
 Gentlemen, give me Time and you iiiall have full 
 roof " After a long Debate they took a ilfty Pound 
 ond, for my Appearance on that Day three Weeks. 
 ill the Time I could blefs God that he counted me 
 'orthy to fufFer for his Name's Sake. 
 
 " The next Day I fet out for Cornwall. I tarried 
 t home four Days, and then fetting out with my 
 : r/nher Jaws, came to Bradford laft Saturday. On 
 londay in the Afternoon I appeared before the Com- 
 iiffioners, with the Writings of my Eftate. When 
 le Juftice had perufed them, and my Brother had 
 aken his Oath, I was fet at Liberty. So the Fierce- 
 efs of Man turns to God's Praife, and Ml this is for 
 fie Furtherance of the Gcfpel. I hope you will re- 
 urn God Thanks for my Deliverance out of the 
 lands of unreafonable and wicked Men. 
 
 William Hitcbtnt." 
 
( §4 ) 
 
 Sunday I'j, After the Service at Snow -fields > I fc 
 myfelf much weaker than ufual, and feared I fhouf 
 not be able to go thro' the Work of the Day, whic! 
 is equal to preaching eight Times. I therefore pray 
 ed, that God would fend me Help : And as foon a 
 I had done preaching at Weft-fireet, a Clergyman win 
 was come to Town for a few Days, came and offeree j 
 me his Service. So when I afked for Strength, Goi 
 gave me Strength : When for Help, he gave this alfo | 
 
 I had been long defired to fee the little Flock a? | 
 Norwich. But this I could not decently do, 'till I wai 
 able to re-build Part of theFoundery there* to which ]| 
 was engaged by my Leafe. A Sum fufficient for that End 
 was now unexpectedly given me, by one of whom J 
 had no perfcnal Knowledge. So I fet out on Monday 
 28, and preached in Norwich on Tuefday Evening, 
 Mr. Walfb had been there twelve or fourteen Days; 
 and not without a Blefling. After preaching I entered 
 into Contract with a Builder, and gave him part ci 
 fhe Money in Hand. On Wednefday and Thurfday I 
 fettied all our fpiiitual and temporal Bufinefs, and 
 on Friday and Saturday returHed with Mr. Walfh to 
 London. 
 
 Sunday 6. I had no Help, and I wanted none ; for 
 God renewed my Strength. But on Sunday 13, find*- 
 ing myfelf weak at Snow-fields, I prayed (if he fawi 
 good) that God would fend me Help at the Chappel.i 
 And I had it. A Clergyman whom I never faw be- 
 fore, came and offered me his Afliftance. And as foon. 
 as I had done preaching, Mr. Fletcher came, who had 
 juft then been ordained Prieft, and hailened to the 
 Chappel, on purpofe to aflift, as he fuppofed me to 
 t>e alone. 
 
 Mo7iday 14. I went with T. Waljh to Canterbury », 
 where I preached in the Evening with great Enlarge- 
 ment of Spirit : But with greater in the Morning, 
 being much refreshed at the Sight of fo large a Num- 
 ber of Soldiers. And is not God able to kindle the 
 fame Fire in the Fleet, which he has already begun 
 to kindle in the Army ? 
 
 Wednefday 16. I had the Satisfaction to find an old 
 ftout-hearted Sinner, who had been defying God for 
 
 near 
 
( 8j ) 
 
 near four fcore Ytw^ now become a* a little Child, 
 and complaining of his Own Ignorance and Ingratitude 
 to God. 
 
 Friday 18. I returned to London. 
 
 Sunday 20. Mr. Fletcher helped me again. How- 
 wonderful 1 are the Ways of God ! When my Bodily 
 Strength failed, and none in England were able and 
 willing to alhlt me. He Tent me Help from the Moun- 
 tains of Sivijerland 7 And an Help meet for me in every 
 reipeft : Where could I have found fuch another ? 
 
 Friday 2$. After I had read to a ferious Clergyman 
 the Conclufion of" The Doclrine of Original Sin, 
 he moved, that we might fpend fome Time in Pray- 
 er. " And I found great Liberty of Spirit, in preying 
 for Dr. Taylor, and a ftrong Hope, that God would 
 fhew him the truth as it is in JESUS. 
 
 About this Time, many of the Children ofGor* 
 reded from their Labours. 
 
 On Sunday 13. I buried Elizabeth Langdcn, who 
 after fevere Inward Trials, was for feveral Days in 
 great Pain, but in great Peace. 
 
 On Sunday 25. I buried Hannah Lee, a Pattern of 
 Induftry, Meeknefs and Patiervce. 
 
 And on Sunday 27. I buried Mary Naylcr, who for 
 feveral Years was a moll eminent Pattern, of truly 
 Chriflian Courage, PJainnefs of Speech, and Plainnefs 
 of Apparel. A Week before, 1 had an Opportunity 
 of telling her all that was in my Heart, concerning 
 her Change, (not for the better) in all thefe Particu- 
 lars. In the beginning of her Illnefs, fhe was in great 
 Darknefs and Diilrefs of Soul. But while Prayer was 
 made for her, her Bodily Pain ceafed, and her Soul 
 received Comfort. 
 
 And on Monday, 21. juft at Midnight, flie quietly 
 fell afleep. 
 
 - Wtdmtfday 30. I rode to a Gentleman's near Beecnf- 
 ffeldsLnd preached at Six in the Evening, in a large, 
 convenient Place, filled with ferious Hearers, feveral 
 of whom had come live or fix Miles. 
 
 Saturday 31. I was earneiily importuned, to go over 
 to Htgh Wycombe. I went and preached there at Noon, 
 on ibi Parable of the Sniff* Perhaps forne of the S^ed 
 
 which 
 It 
 
( 86) 
 
 which has been Town here for many Years, will at 
 length bring forth fruit. 
 
 At Six it feemed as if the whole Town of Be con -field 
 was aflembled together. And I bear them witnefs, 
 they gave earnefl heed, high and iow, t6 the things 
 which were fpoken. A large number of them were 
 prefent in the Morning. 
 
 On Friday April I. Fair Beginnings thefe ! But he 
 that endureth to the e?id> the fame Jhall be jaucd. 
 
 In returning to London, 1 read a Trac~l on " the 
 Law of Nature, 5> wrote by a Counfellor of Geneva. 
 I am forry to find Dr. Taylors Poifon, fpread to the 
 Alps alfo ! And even printed and publifhed at Genoa> 
 without any Hindrance or Animadverfion ! 
 
 Suhday 3. I paid one more vifit to Thomas Singleton 
 an amiable young Man, called away at five and twenty, 
 in the Dawn of a flourishing Bufinefs. The next Day 
 his Spirit returned to God. 
 
 On Good-friday in the Evening at the Meeting of the 
 Society, God was eminently prefent with us. I read 
 over and enlarged upon Jofeph Alleyne's Directions for a 
 thorough Converfion to God ; and defired, all who 
 were able would meet me on Monday that we might 
 perform our Vowus unto the Lord. 
 
 Monday 11. at five in the Evening about Twelve 
 Hundred of the Society met me, at Spittlenelds. I 
 expected Two to help me, but none came. I held out 
 till between Seven' and Eight. I was then fcarce able 
 ro walk or fpeak : But 1 looked up and received 
 Strength. At half Hour after Nine, God broke in 
 mightily upon the Congregation. Great indeed was 
 our glorying in Him : We were filled with Conflation. 
 . when I returned home between Ten and Eleven, 
 I was no more tired than at Ten in the Morning. 
 
 Monday 12. I fet out at Five for Bedford. About 
 
 Seven the Rain began. It did not intermit till Noon, 
 
 and was driven upon us by a mod furious Wind. In the 
 
 Afternoon we bad feme Intervals of fair Weather, 
 
 b :c- Fine we reached Bedford. 
 
 IvJ - . Parfor 9 now Mayor, received us gladly. He 
 
 nor be me the Sword in vain. There is no 
 
 Cwfiog or Shearing heard in thefe Streets: No Work 
 
 done 
 
( 8 7 ) 
 
 done on the Lord's Day. Indeed there is no open Wick- 
 ednefs of any kind now to be feen in Bedford. O what 
 may not one Magi Urate do, who has a Tingle Eye and 
 a Confidence in God ? 
 
 Both in the Evening and the following Morning, T 
 
 preached the Law, as well as the Gofpel. The next 
 
 Evening I preached on, Jill Things are read} : C neyt to 
 
 And God eminently confirmed his 
 
 Wed. It kerned as if not One would be left behind. 
 
 Wednefday u. We rode to Leicefter, where John 
 Brandon has gathered a fmall Society. I preached at 
 Seven. The Houfe (luppofed to contain a thoufand 
 People) was throughly filled. 1 believe there were 
 forty or fifty Solidiers : And all heard, as for Life. 
 
 T bur/day 15. Being informed the itiT.it Road to 
 Birmingham was fcarce pafTable, we went round h 
 Before fix we reached Bitmingk 
 
 Saturday 16. I fpoke to each Member of the Socie- 
 ty. What havock have the two oppofite Ext reams, 
 Myfticifm and Antinomianifm made, among thh 
 once-earneft and fimple People ! Had it not been good 
 for thofe Men, not to have been born, by whom 
 thefe little ones have been or] ended ? 
 
 In the Afternoon I rode to Dudley, where the Work 
 of God increafes greatly, not with {landing the im~ 
 menfe Scandal which has been given, by thofe who 
 once rejoiced in the Love of God. One of thefe has 
 lately killed his own Child, by a Blow upon the 
 Head. After preaching I talked with M, B. whql has been 
 long a Mother in If rati, "I was under ftrong Cor/ 
 ons, faid Hie, when twelve or thirteen Years old, and 
 foon after found Peace with Cod. But I loft it by 
 degrees, and then contented my (elf with living a 
 quiet, harmlefs Life, till Mr. C". y came to 
 
 in tne Year 1742. Soon after this my 
 Convictions returned tho' not with Terror, as before, 
 but with ilrong Hope, and in a little Time, I recovered 
 Peace and Joy in believing. This I never loll fince, 
 but for 48 Hours (by fpeaking angrily to my Child). 
 Not long after, Mr. Jones talked particularly with me, 
 about the Wickednefs of my Heart. I went home in 
 great Trouble, which did not ceafe, 'till one Day, 
 H 2 fitting 
 
( 88 ) 
 
 fitting in my Houfe, I heard a Voice fay, in my in* 
 moil Soul, " Be ye holy ; for I am holy." From that 
 Hour for a Year and a Quarter, (tho' I never loil my 
 Peace) I did nothing but long, and weep, and pray, 
 for Inward Holinefs. I was then fitting one Day, 
 Aug. 23, 1744., a °out Eight in the Morning, mufing 
 and praying as ufual, when I feemed to hear a loud 
 Voice, faying at once to my Heart and to my out- 
 ward Ears, " This Day mall Salvation come to this 
 Houfe." I ran up Stair?, and prefently the Power of 
 God, came upon me, fo that I fhook all over like a 
 Leaf. Then a Voice laid, " This Day is Salvation 
 come to this Houfe." At the Inftant I felt an entire 
 Change. I was full of Love, and full of God. 1 
 had the Witnefs in myfelf, That he had made an End 
 of Sin, and taken my whole Heart forever. And 
 from that Moment, I have never loll the Witnefs, nor 
 , felt any Thing in my Heart but pure Love." 
 
 Sunday 17. The Rain conftrained me to preach 
 within at Eight, though the Houfe would ill contain 
 the Congregation : But we prayed, that God, if he 
 few good, would ft ay the Bctdes cf Heaven, for the Sake 
 cf that at Widncjhury. And before we came thither, 
 t\\t Rain ilay'd, fo that I proclaimed Christ crucified, 
 in the open Air, to fuch a Congregation as no Houfe 
 could have contained. At Five I preached to a flill 
 larger Congregation, on He that bclie-veth Jhallbe Ja--jcd. 
 As icon as I had done, the Rain returned, and con- 
 tinued great Part of the Night. 
 
 Monday 18. In the Evening I preached at Bilbrook to 
 an earned Congregation, and joined Twenty of them 
 in aSociety : One of whom hadCHRisT clearly revealed 
 in him, thirty Years ago. But he could find none who 
 underilood what he faid, till the Methodijh (fo called) 
 came. He clave to them immediately, rejoicing with 
 them and over them, who were Partakers of like pre-* 
 cious Faith. 
 
 Tuefday 19. Between Nanfivicbe and Poole, a thick, 
 black Cloud came acrofs us, out of which ifTued fuch 
 a violent Wind, as was ready to bear us off our 
 Horfes. But in five Minutes Time, the Wind fell, 
 and the Cloud bore clear away. 
 
 We I 
 
( 8 9 ) 
 
 We due [day 20. The Congregation at Cbejler in the 
 Evening was as quiet and feriOUS as that at the Foun- 
 dery : And the Society was near a third Part larger, 
 than when I was here in Autumn. 
 
 Thursday 2 i . 1 rode to Liverpool, where I found a- 
 
 bout Half of thofe 1 left in the Society. James S , 
 
 had fwffpt away the feft, inorder to which he had told 
 Lies innumerable. But none who make Lies their 
 Refuge will profper. A little while and his Building 
 will moulder away. 
 
 Sunday z\. We had two very ufeful Sermons at 
 St. Thomas Church : The One, on counting the Coft, 
 before we begin to build ; the other on, Be ye angry, and 
 Jin not. And both of them were exactly fuitable to the 
 prefent Cafe of many in the Congregation. 
 
 The upper Part of the high Spire of the Church, was 
 blown down in the late Storm. The Stones being bound 
 together by itrong iron-Cramps, hung waving in the Air 
 for fome time. Then they broke thro' Roof, Gallery, 
 Pews and Pavement, and made a deep Dint in the Ground. 
 
 Monday 25. I walked to the Infirmary, (landing on an 
 Hill, at the North -End of the Town. The Seamens 
 Hofpital is joined to it, on each fide, by femicircular Piaz- 
 zas. All is extremely clean and neat, at leait equal to 
 any thing in London. The old Seamen have fmaller or 
 larger Allowance, according to their Families. So that 
 nothing is wanting to make theirLivcs eafy and comforta- 
 ble — but the Love of God. 
 
 I afterward fpent an hour with Mr. Peter Whitfield, a 
 man of ftrong Underitanding and various Learning. His 
 Diilertation id Defence of the Hebrew Points (which he 
 fent me the next Morning) is far more fatisfactory than 
 any thing, which I ever heard or read upon the Subject; 
 
 Thurjday 28. 1 talked with one, who by the Advice of 
 his Paftor, had very calmly and deliberately, beat his 
 Wife with a large Stick, till (he was black and blue, al 
 molt from Head to Foot. And he infilled, " It was his 
 Duty fo to do, becaufe the was furly and ill natured. And 
 that he was full of Faith ali the time he was doing it, and 
 had been fo ever fmce P? 
 
 Saturday 30. I took a view of the Free-fchcol, a truly 
 noble. Benefaction. Here Seventy Boys and jc G*rh are 
 II 3 inti 
 
( 90 ) 
 
 Entirely provided for. The Building forms 3 Sides of a 
 Square, and is rather elegant than magnificent. The 
 Children are taught to work, in their feveral ways, as 
 well as to read and write. The School, the Dining-Rooms 
 and the Lodgings are all plain and clean. The whole 
 was the Gift of one Man, Mr. Blundell, a Merchant of 
 Liverpool. 
 
 Monday May 2. I preached at Warringten about Noon, 
 to a wild, daring People (very few excepted) who feemed 
 juft ripe for Mifchief. But the Bridle was in their Jaws* 
 In the Evening I preached at Mancbefter. 
 
 Wednefday 4. I rode over to Hayfield, and preached at 
 One in the Church, to a Congregation, gathered from 
 all Parts. 
 
 Tburfday 5. I enquired of John John/on, concerning 
 Mifs Berresford. The Sum of his Account was this. 
 She was always an innocent, fober young Woman, hav- 
 ing the Form of Godlinefs, till fhe was convinced of Sin, 
 and foon after juftifled. She was a Pattern both of Piety 
 and Induflry. Notwithstanding her Fortune and her 
 Sicklinefs, fhe was never unemployed ; when fhe had no 
 other Work, working for the poor. And the whole tenor 
 of her Converfation was fuch, that it is (till a common 
 Saying, " If Mifs Berresfcrd is not gone to Heaven, no 
 body ever will." 
 
 She had a vehement Love to the Word of God, and 
 fpared no Pains in order to hear it. Frequently fhe 
 would not go to bed all night, left fhe fhould mifs the 
 Morning Preaching. She loft no Opportunity of meeting 
 with her Brethren, to whom her Heart was clofely united ; 
 Nor was fhe afraid or afhamed to own the pooreft of them, 
 wherever fhe met them, and whatever Company fhe was 
 in. The very Sight of them occafioned a Joy in her Soul, 
 which fhe neither could, nor defired to hide. 
 
 When her Weakncfs confined her to her Room, fhe 
 rejoiced with Joy unfpeakable : More efpecially when 
 fhe was delivered from all her Doubts, concerning Chrif- 
 tian Perfection. Never was any one more athirft for this, 
 for the whole Mind that was in Chriji. And fhe earneftly 
 exhorted all her Brethren, vehemently to prefs after it. 
 
 The more her bodily Strength decayed, the more fhe 
 was flrengthened in Spirit. She called upon all that were 
 
 with 
 
(9i ) 
 
 /ith her, " Help me to rejoice /Help me to praife God." 
 i.iaving no Fear, but a Jealoufy over herfelf, left flic 
 ihoald exceed in her Detire to Le with Christ. 
 
 As foon as I came to Afobourni flie fent for mc and 
 >roke out, " I amjuft at my Journeys End. What a 
 nercy, that I who have done To little for God, fhould 
 3e fo foon taken up to him ! O, I am full of the Love of 
 od. I dare not exercife my Faith fully upon God: 
 the Glory of the Lord is fo great, that I canrot bear it, 
 £ am overwhelmed. My Natural Life is almoft gone, 
 ivith the brightnefs of his Prefence. Sometimes I am 
 even forced to cry out, " Lord, flay thy hand, till I 
 come intb Glory." I afked, " Have you lately felt any 
 
 (Remains of Sin in you ?" She faid, I felt Pride fome 
 Weeks ago." And it feems, This was the laft time. 
 She added, I have now no Will: The will of God is 
 mine. I can bring my dearefl Friends before the Lord. 
 And while I am praying for them, the Glory of the Lor d 
 fo overpowers me, that I am loft, and adore in filence the 
 God of Heaven." She cried out, " Tell all from me, 
 That Perfection is attainable, and exhort all to prefs after 
 it. What a Bleffing is it, that I have no weary Hours ? 
 Tho' I am confined to my Bed, night and day, and can 
 take fcarce any thing but Water to refrefh me, yet I am 
 like a Giant refrefhed with Wine." 
 
 Afterward fhe broke out, If I had lived in what the 
 world calls Pleafure, what a miferable Creature fhould I 
 have been now ? What fhould I be, if I had no God on 
 my fide ? When the Fire has made me bright, then I 
 ihall goto my God." 
 
 She prayed largely for all States of Mankind; but 
 particularly, for the Profperity of the Church ; and for 
 
 -The Society at AJh bourn , that God would continue and 
 increafe his Work among them. 
 
 When fhe altered for Death, fhe called for her Mother 
 and Brothers, to each of whom fhe gave an earned Ex- 
 hortation. Then fhe faid, " Now 1 have no more to do 
 here. I am ready to die. Send to Mr. IV, and tell 
 him, I am forry, I did not fooner believe the Doctrine of 
 perfect Holinefs. Ble/Ted be God, I now knonjo it to be 
 the Truth 1" After greatly rejoicing in God for two days 
 more, She faid one Morning, " 1 dreamed laft night, I 
 
 heard 
 
( 9* ) 
 
 heard a Voice, " Christ will come to day for his Brie 
 It is for me. He will come for me to day." And a f e 
 Hours after, without one Struggle, or Sigh, or Groal 
 (he fweetly fell alleep. 
 
 One who was intimately acquainted with her writ< 
 thus : " Glory be to God for the blefled Privilege I ei 
 joyed, of being with her, night and day, for a mon' 
 before (he died. When I went to her firft, fhe had ker 
 her bed fome days, and was extremely weak. And jtl 
 fhe fpoke confiderably plainner, than ever I heard her i 
 my Life. She called as foon as I entered the Room 
 " MyDear Friend, give me your Hand. Let us rejoiofe, 
 that my time is fo near approaching. Do not mourn 
 You know it is what we expecled." I was fbon brough 
 to wilh her fafe on the happy Shore. She faid, " Thi 
 is true Friendfhip. But how is it that I do not fee! greatei 
 Tranfports of Love, now I am fo near the time of feeing 
 my I,o rd face to face ? Indeed I am aihamed to approach 
 Him, before whom the Angels veil their Faces I" She 
 often faid, " I take it as a frefh Token of his Love, that 
 he fent You to me at this time." Her Pains were great 
 But fhe bore all with invincible Patience and Refignation, 
 and often faid, " I find it good for me to be airlifted 
 In his time I (hall come out throughly purified." Af- 
 terward (he faid, " I experience more upon this Bed, of 
 my own Nothingnefs, and the fee Grace of God in 
 Christ than ever I did in all my life." The bed of rny 
 Perrbrmarces would be damnable without Chk ist. 
 
 Several Cays before her Death, htr Love was fo great 
 that fhe cried, il I am overcome, I am overcome, I am 
 overcome." And when ihe had fcarce Strength to /peak, 
 fhe praiieu God in a wonderful manner. Even when 
 fhe wab light-headed, her Talk was wholly concerning 
 the things of God. She called to Mr,. Wcjley^ as if he 
 had been by her, and faid, " O Sir, how hard it is for 
 the rich to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven ? I am 
 faved. But I am but juft faved." When her Fever abat- 
 ed, fhe told me, " She had dreamed that (he was with 
 him." And lometimes I could fcarce perfuade her but he 
 had been there. 
 
 She after afked, " If I faw no more Appearance of 
 Death in her face yet . ? " When I told her. There was 
 
( 95 ) 
 
 ic begged I would indulge her with a Looking-glafs. 
 [id looking carneftly into it, flic faid with Tranfport, 
 
 I never faw myfelf with fo much Pleafure in my Life." 
 On Saturday Morning at Six fhe (aid, " My Saviour 
 
 II come to day, and fetch his Bride." Yet about Eight 
 e faid, * 4 If you had felt what I have done this Morning, 
 would have killed you. J had loft Sight of God." 
 'erhaps in the laft Conflict: with Principalities and Poiv- 
 From this time fhe was filled with Joy, but fpoke 
 tie. Her Eyes were flill lifted up to Heaven, till her 
 >ul was releafed, with fo much Eafe, that I did not 
 low when fhe drew her laft Breath. 
 
 So died Judith Berresford^ as it were an hundred Years 
 d, at the Age of four and twenty. A little more of 
 r Life and of her Spine, may be learned from one or 
 : /o of her Letters. 
 
 How can you love me, fince there is flill fuch a 
 Iixture of Evil in all I fay and do ? Bat why fhould I afk 
 is Queflion ? The Loud him ft If loves me : And in the 
 te Difpenfation of his Providence, he has mercifully dif- 
 fered to ine fome Sins of a refined Nature, which be- 
 *re I was a! molt ignorant of, and now wait and pray to 
 
 delivered from. And I can joyfully add, the Lord is 
 igh to all that call upon him. He will fulfil my Defue, 
 jo' not as I defired — His Way and his Will are bed. 
 ut how long (hall I acknowledge this, without implicitly 
 ibmitring to it ? My own Will I am apt to think good 
 i fuch Cafes, and to grieve when it is croft. So that I 
 afily difcern, how needful it is for me to be tried, and 
 lade to facrifice to the Lord of that which colls me fome- 
 ling. I need not fay, for the above, alas ! will 
 
 &\ you, that I cannot anlwer all your Queftions in the 
 Lirirmative. For did I continually find God prefent 
 'ith me, and always walk in the Light of his Countenance, 
 foil furcly there could be no Part dark in me. Yet 
 bis I can fay, that I fee his Hand icretched out to favc 
 nd to deliver. And my Truft is, that before I go hence, 
 fhall behold all his Salvation. And if it can ferve any 
 ood purpofe, he will open my lips to declare his Praife, 
 nd let a poor Creature glorify him in her Death. For 
 lis I pray, and rejoice in hope, knowing the God whom 
 
 I ferve 
 
( 94 ) 
 
 ;.. 
 
 
 I ferve is able to fulfil In me all the good pleafure of 
 Will, and the work of iaith with Power. 
 
 As to the Shadows of this World, I think I n 
 truly fay, they are as nothing to me. The Evil ( 
 certainly it mull be feme) that at times interpe 
 between God and my Soul, is i believe of a m« 
 Spiritual Nature. The Stirrings of Pride I fometin 
 feei, and I truft, ill all bewail as long as- one Spr 
 remains. 
 
 My dear Frend, adieu! I trull we mail have ;P 
 happy meeting at lail. In the mean Time I am p« , 
 fuaded, a few Lines from you would add greatly to i [ 
 Peace and Comfort. 1 ana 
 
 Your very Loving, and (I hope) 
 Sift. 7, 1756. Obedient Child /. B.® 
 
 In anfwer to a Letter wherein I defired fome accou ft 
 of her Experience, me wrote as follows. 
 
 " How does it add to the Glory of the Almigh 
 Saviour, that from my very Infancy, this rebel Hea 
 has felt the Drawings of his Love? Therefore fin« 
 you defire to know, how I was full convinced, that 
 was a poor, guilty Sinner, I mull begin with fayin ' 
 that Goodnels and Mercy have followd me all n 
 Days. But 1 know not how to proceed, the Worl 
 ings of Sin and Grace that I have felt are beyoc 
 Defcription. Yet out of the Mouth of Babes an 
 Sucklings the Lord can perfect Praife. 
 
 My Childhood was fpent in much Simplicity an 
 Peace. The Lord drew me to him felf with th 
 Cords of love and I found great Joy, in pouring ol j 
 my Soul before him. Original Sin I was quit 
 ignorant of ; but Attual Sins 1 felt and bewailed, am 
 after fome Time fpent in weeping for them I fel 
 Peace, and renewed my Refolutions. But they c 
 not lail long : Eor Pride, Envy, and all manr 
 Evil, now fprung up in my Heart. Yet at times 
 had ilrong Conviclons, and often refolved, to bi 
 very ferious when I was older. 
 
 So I went on from Eight or Ten Years old til, 
 Seventeen. Then I was indeed as bad as bad could 
 be ; defired nothing but to be admired, and was fille| 
 with all that fcolim Vanity, which poor young W<* 
 
 men 
 
n are moil prone to. Chriltmas 1750, I was ad- 
 
 rd, to partake of the Lord's Supper. I knew it 
 
 3 f s right but was confcious of my ignorance and Un- 
 
 : it. However I endeavoured to prepare my- 
 
 , and was pretty well fatisfied, after I had made a 
 
 mal Confeflion of my Sins, and flied fome Tears 
 
 them. 
 
 JAbout this Time there was a great Talk of Metbo- 
 
 •>?, and a Coufin of mine was brought to feek the 
 
 rd, I went to vifit her in January 175 1. and told 
 
 t before I came away, " I knew I was not what I 
 
 ght to be, and fhould be glad to be initruded. 5> 
 
 om this Time we carried on a Correfpodence, 
 
 Id by degrees Light broke in upon my Heart. But 
 is ! tho' I well knew, that in me was no good thing, 
 d feemed to difclaim my own Righteoufnefs, yet the 
 ol lumed within, and I really truiled in my own 
 ayers and other Duties. In this manner I went on 
 at whole Year, toward the end of which my Ccrrupti- 
 is were more violent. Sin took occafion by the Com- 
 andment, and I was often ready to be carried away 
 f the Torrent. 
 
 f Fcbrury 1 75 2, itpleafedGoD to take my dear Friend. 
 iiis appeared to me a heavy Judgment. Yet 1 after- 
 wards faw how it was tempered with Mercy, as it 
 night me, to trufl in none but the everliting Arm. 
 ler Death happily proved the Occafion of her Elder 
 ifter's Converfion. The BlelTing of a Chriftian Friend 
 'as reilored to me, and we received each other as 
 *om the Lord. 
 
 In 53 and 54 I had great Outward Afflictions, and 
 t Times itrong Inward Conflicts, tho' bleifed be 
 jOd, I generally found Comfort in pouring out my 
 Complaints before him. But towards the end of 1754 
 began to feel my Hope decline : And for feveral 
 Ijghts in fecret Prayer I was in ftrong Agony of Spirit, 
 ''he Lord then, while I was upon my Knees ilriped 
 fFall my Fig-leaves. At the fame Time He fhewed me 
 le All fufficiency of Jesus Christ to fave Sinners, 
 ) fave vie, the Chief, and I was enabled to cry out, 
 My Lord, and my God ! I have redemption in thy 
 lood." From this happy Time I went on my way 
 
 rejoicing, 
 
( 9° ) 
 
 &™™£ e i" nm "' ■■ b « "» l »» ■»* .y 
 
 ? w' X. j T . h ! s i had wifl " d '«• >°°S- And no J 
 of C„' , rr" re<1W A t hr fr , > a K " le fo ' ,he N ™« 
 
 For often ht, F TJu *P ro v«iM unfpeakable Bleffing : 
 * % ohe \ ha i* caufe to fear the Love of Men 
 From the Time of my becoming ferious or rather 
 
 cried out «< It ± n K d - me f ° m D e Troub,e > becau <" c all 
 j r ; lt was heil) S too Re ieious " Kut if.er 
 
 "So nnaffearf fo eompos'd a MM, 
 Son™, yciolt, fo.lron;, vc.,b«„„'d, 
 
 Heaven 
 
( 97 ) 
 
 Heaven as it's pureit Gold with Torture trj 
 The Saint fuftain'd it; but the Woman iy*i 
 An Account of a widely different Naturt I received 
 
 about this Time from Inland, ik B. about 
 
 three Miles from Tj , was at the Point of 
 
 Death, by a violent Rupture. While they weu pi 
 ing for him in the Society, he w.:o at once reilored to 
 S Health. He continued in Health for feveral 
 Years, and in the Knowledge and love of God. But; 
 no fooner did he return to Folly, than his Difordec 
 returned. And in fome Months it put an End to his 
 Life. He died as ilupid as an Ox." 
 
 Monday g, I rode over the Mountains to H 
 field. A wilder People I never faw in 
 The Men, Women and Children, filled the Street 
 as we rode along, and appeared jitfl ready to 
 devour us. They were however tolerably quiet while 
 I preached : Only, a few Pieces of Dirt were thrown : 
 And the B#llman came in the Middle of the Sermon ; 
 but was (topped by a Gentleman of the Town. I had 
 almofl done, when they began to ring the Bells ; fo 
 that it did us fmall Diilervice, How intolerable a 
 -Thing is the Gcfpel of Christ, to them who are re- 
 folved to ferve the Devil ! 
 
 Wednefday n. I preached about One a: \ in 
 
 a fmall Meadow near the Town. When I began, the 
 Sun ihone exceeding hot : But in a few Minutes it was 
 covered with Clouds. The Congregation was more 
 quiet and ferious than ever I faw there before. Almofl 
 as foon as I had done fpeaking, the Sun broke out 
 again. 
 
 12. I finiihed Dr. Roger's " EfTay en the 
 Learning of the Ancients." I think he has clearly 
 proved, that they had Microfcopes and Telefcopes, 
 and knew all that is valuable in the Modern Aitronomy. 
 But indeed he has fully (hewn the whole Frame of 
 this, to be quite uncertain, if not felf contradictory. 
 The latter End of the Week 1 fpent at Bradford. 
 Sunday i-. At Five the Houfe contained the Congre- 
 gation : But at Right they covered the Plain 
 - to it. The Sun was hot, 'till the Clouds interpoied : 
 It was a folemn and comfortable Seafon. 
 I 
 
( 98 ) 
 
 the Service of the Church was ended, I began at the 
 End of the Houfe again and exhorted a willing Multi- 
 tude, to follow after Charity, A Shower of Rain and 
 Hail fell as I drew to a Conclufion ; but it did not 
 diiturb the Congregation/ 
 
 Soon after I took Horfe for BirflaL The Congre- 
 gation here was treble to that at Bradford. But as 
 they ilood one above another, on the circular Slope of 
 the Hill, my Voice commanded them all. Tho' I 
 ipoke longer than I ufually do, I found no Wearinefs 
 or Weaknefs. Shall not they that trnft in the Lord re- 
 their Strength P Yea, as long as the Sun and Moon 
 endureth. 
 
 On Monday and Tuefday I preached in the Neigh- 
 bouring Towns. 
 
 Wcdnefday 18. I rode in the Afternoon from Halifax ; 
 over the huge, but extremley pleafant and fruitful 
 Mountains to HeptonJlalL A large Congregation was 
 waiting for us, not only on the Ground, but on the 
 Side and tops of the neighbouring Houfes. But no 
 Scoffer or Trifler was feen among them. It rained in . 
 the adjoining Valley, all or molt o\ the Time that I 
 was preaching. But it was fair with us, on the Top 
 of the Mountain. What an Emblem of God's taking 
 up his People into a Place of Safety, while the Storm 
 falls on all below ? 
 
 Here I was informed of the Earthquake* the Day be- 
 fore. On Tuejday, May 17. many i'erfens in feveral 
 Parts within five or iix Miles, heard a ftrange Noife 
 under the Ground, which fome compared to Thunder, 
 otners to the rumbling of Carts : Quickly after they felt 
 the Earth rock under them, and wave to and fro. 
 Many which were within Doors heard their Pewter 
 and Glafs clatter, many in the Fields felt the Ground 
 fhake under their Feet: And all agreed as to theTime,- 
 tho' they knew nothing of each others Account. 
 
 Tkur/day 19. I preached at E-uucod about Seven, 
 not intending to preach again 'till the Evening. 
 But Mr. Grimjhanv begged I would give them one 
 Sermon at Gawk/bam, after which we climbed 
 up the enormous Mountain, I think equal to any I 
 hw in Germany^ on the Brow of which we were faluted, 
 
 by 
 
( 99 ) 
 
 by a fevere Shower, which an high Wind drove full 
 in our Faces, almoft 'till we came to //. Here 
 
 J learned, that the , 
 
 fenfibly felt by \ 
 
 from three Mih 
 
 Neighbourhood of Pr hi. It v. pre- 
 
 ceded by an hoarfe, rumbling, about tl 
 So that in a few Minutes it had run t"io> 
 between fifty and fixty Mi 
 
 Friday 20. I preached near Pa J J. to a 
 
 large, wild Congregation : About Noon at R 
 where thofe who ilood firm in the Storm, 1 
 away in the Calm. At Ktghlty I had neither \'oice nor 
 Strength left. But while 1 was preaching my Strength 
 returned. 
 
 SattaJay 21. I had n little Conference with our 
 Preachers, In the Afternoon I preached at Bingkj. I 
 have not lately (e< 11 1 a Congregation : Yet 
 
 the Word of God fell heavy upon them. 
 
 Sunday 22. After preaching at Five, I took Horfe 
 for Hdmuprtb. A December Storm met us upon 
 Mountain. But this did not hinder fuofe a 
 Congregation, as the Church could not contain, 1 fup- 
 pofc we had i.esr aThaufand Communicants, and fcarce 
 a Trifiex among them. In the Afternoon, the Church 
 not containing more than a Thir 1 of the People, I 
 was conilrained to be in the Church Yard. The Rain 
 began as feon as I began to fpeak. But they regarded 
 it not. For God fent into their Hearts 
 The farmer and the latter Rain: 
 The Lwc of God, and Love of Man. 
 
 Monday 23. 1 took Horfe at Four. It rained 'till 
 Noon without any Intermiilion. An-d we had heavy 
 Showers in the Afternoon. However we reached Am- 
 bhfidt in ;he Evening* 
 
 Ttieji ay 24. We rode by Kejkukk to Whiubavetu 
 
 Witl : n a 4 ew Miles of the Town, J was fo tired that 
 
 I could k n.e either ride or walk. But all Wearineis 
 
 b fore I had preached a Quarter of an Hour. 
 
 If Inefday 2^. I was furpiifed to r n tonlyHed 
 an/! 51 ithout x j reen Leal em, but 
 
 abundance of Trees likevyife naked do in the Depth of 
 I z Winter 
 
( ioo ) 
 
 Winter. Upon enquiring I found That on the 23d of 
 her a violent Wind had gone thro' all thefe Parts, 
 which not only threw down Chimneys, Walls and 
 Barns, and tore up Trees by the Roots, but fcorched 
 every green Thing that it touched, as with Fire, fo 
 that all the Leaves immediately fell oft'', and not only 
 Bufhes and Fruit-trees, ' but Elms, Oaks and Firs, 
 withered away to the \cry Roots. 
 
 //% 2". I preached 2\Branth*wc&t about Noon. 
 Many of the Congregation* came from far. The Rain 
 was fufper.ded from Ten 'rill Evening, fo that they had 
 Opportunity both cf coming and returning. This alfo 
 was an A. iwer to Prayer. And is any fuch too little 
 to he rcir.cn bred ? 
 
 9. After preaching at Eight and at 
 Two I haftened to uth* I began without 
 
 Delay, and cried to a likening Multitude, If 'an; Man 
 r . . manf drink* The Word had 
 
 free ( Sven the Gentry defired to drink of the 
 
 30. J rode to Wigtcn^ a neat, well built 
 • of Cumberland* I preached in the 
 Mark' t-place at Twelve. The Congregation was 
 large and heavily attentive. Between Four and Five 
 we crofled Sol-way Fritfc, and before Seven reached an 
 ill-looking Houfe, called The Brow t which we came to 
 by Miftake, having paifed theHoufe we were directed 
 to. 1 believe God directed us better than Man. Two 
 Young Women, we found, kept the Houfe, who had 
 loft both their Patents ; their Mother very lately. I 
 had great Li be ty in praying with them and for them. 
 Who knows but God will fatten fomething upon them, 
 which they will not eafily make off? 
 
 Tuefday 31. 1 breakfafted at Dumfries, and fpent an 
 H< in with a poor Backilider of London^ who had been 
 for forne Years fettled there. We then rode thro' an 
 uncommonly-pleafant Country, (fo widely diftant is 
 Common Report from Truth) to Thorny-hill, two or 
 three Miles from the Duke of Queenjborougb's Seat, an 
 antient and noble Pile of Building, delightfully fituated, 
 on the Sideof a pleafant and fruitful PI ill. Eut it 
 gives no Pleafure to it's Owner : For he docs not even 
 
 behold 
 
 1 
 
( ici ) 
 
 behold it with his Eves. Surely this is a fore I 
 under the Sun : A Man has all Things, and enjoys 
 Nothing. 
 
 We rode afterward partly over, and partly between 
 fome of the nnelfc Mountains, I believe, in Europe , 
 higher than molt, if not, than zsxfiuEngland t andcloath- 
 ed with Graft to the very Fop. Soon after Fouv we 
 came to Lead-hill, a little Town at the Foot of the 
 Mountains, wholly inhabited by Miners. 
 
 We dm yday June I. We rode on to G la/go zv : A Mile 
 fhort of which, we met Mr. Gillies, riding out to meet 
 us 
 
 In the Evening the Tent (fo they call a covered 
 Pulpit) was placed in the yard of the Poor-houfe, a 
 'very large and commodious Place. Fronting the Pul- 
 pit was the Infirmary, with moil of the Patients at or 
 near the Windows. Adjoining to this was the Hofpi- 
 tal for Lunatics : Several of them gave deep Attention. 
 And cannot God give them alio the Spirit of a Sound 
 Mind ? After Sermon, they brought four Children to 
 baptize. I was at the Kirk in the Morning, while 
 the Miniilcr baptized feveral, immediately after Ser- 
 mon. So I was not at a Lofs, as to their Manner of 
 Baptizing. I believe this removed much Prejudice. 
 
 Friday 3, At Seven the Congregation was incre: 
 and ea. neit Attention fat on every Face. In the After- 
 noon we walked to the College and faw the I 
 Library, with the Collection of Pictures. Many of 
 them are by Raphael, Rubens, Vandyke, end other 
 eminent Hands. But they have not room to place 
 them to advantage, their whole Building frei 
 fmall. 
 
 Saturday 4. I walked through all Parts of the old 
 Cathedral, a very large and once beautiful Structure ; 
 I think, more lofty than that at Canfer&ury, and of 
 nearly the fame Length and Breadth. We :. 
 up the Main Steeple, which gave us a frne Prof] 
 both of the City and the adjacent Country. A * 
 fruitful and better cultivated Plain, is fcarce to fck 
 feen in England. Indeed nothing is wanting but 1 
 Trade ( which, would naturally bring more i 1 . 
 L r' 
 
( 102 ) 
 
 make a great part of Scotland no way inferior to the 
 belt Counties in England. 
 
 I was much pleafed with the ferioufnefs of the Peo- 
 ple in the Evening. But flill I prefer the Englijh 
 Congregation. I cannot be reconciled to Men fitting at 
 Prayer, or covering their Heads while they are finging 
 Praile to God. 
 
 Sunday 5. At Seven the Congregation was juft as 
 Jarge as my Voice could reach. And I did not fpare 
 them at all. So if any <will deceive himfelf I am 
 clear of his Blood. In the Afternoon, it was judged 
 Two Thoufand, at lealt, went away, not being able 
 to hear. But feveral Thoufands heard very dif- 
 ti nelly, the Evening being calm and Hill. After 
 preaching I met as many as defired it, of the Mem- 
 bers of the praying Societies. 1 earneftly, advifed 
 them, to meet Mr. Gillies every Week : And at their 
 other Meetings, not to talk loofely and in general 
 (as their manner had been) on fome Head of Re- 
 ligion, but to examine each others Hearts and 
 Lives. 
 
 Monday 6. We took Horfe early, and in three Hours 
 reached the Kirk of Shots : Where the Landlord feem'd 
 to be unufually affected, by a few Minutes Con- 
 verfation . As did alfo the Wcman of the Houfe 
 where we dined. We came to Mujfelborough at Five. 
 I went to an Inn, and fent for Mr. Bailiff Lindfey 9 
 whom I had {een feveral Years ago. He came imme- 
 diately, and defired me, to make his Houfe my home. 
 At Seven I preached in the Poor-houfe to a large and 
 deeply attentive Congregation. But the number of 
 People making the Room extremely hot I preached in 
 the Morning before the Door. Speaking afterwards to 
 the Members of the Society, I was agreeably furpri^- 
 ed, to rind more than two Thirds knew in whom 
 they had believed, And the Tree was known by its 
 Fruits. The National Shynefs and Stubbornuefs were 
 gone, and they were as open and teach able as little 
 Children. At Seven five or fix and Forty of the Fifty 
 Dragoons, ?nd Multitudes of the Towns-people at- 
 tended. Is the Tiu^c come, that even thefe wife Scots 
 fhouid become Fools for Christ's Sake ? 
 
 Wednefday 
 
( 103 ) 
 
 Wuha/day 8. I rode to Dunbar. Here alfo I found 
 a little Society, moil of them rejoicing in Goi> their 
 Saviour. At Eleven I went out into the main Street, 
 and began fpeaking to a Congregation of Two Men 
 and Two Women. Thefe were foon joined by above 
 Twenty little Children, and not long after by a large 
 Number of Young and Old. On a fudden the Sun 
 broke out and (hone full in my Face : But in a few 
 Moments I felt it not. In the Afternoon I rode to 
 Berwick upon Tweed. They did not expect me till the 
 next Day : However a Congregation quickly aiTem- 
 bled : And one as large, if not larger, at Five in the 
 Morning. 
 
 Tburjday 9. To Day, Douglas, the Play which has 
 made fo much Noife, was put into my Hands. I 
 was aftoniiried to find, it is one of the fineft Trage- 
 dies I ever read. What pify, that a few Lines were 
 not left out ! And that it was ever acled at Edinburgh ! 
 
 Friday 10. I found my felf much out of order, till 
 the Flux ftopt at once, without any Medicine. But 
 being Hill weak, and the Sun mining extremely hot, 
 I was afraid, I mould not be able to go round by 
 Kelfo. Vain Fear ! God took care for this alfo. The 
 Wind which had been full Fait for feveral Days, 
 turned this Morning full Weft ; and blew juil in our 
 Face. And about Ten the Clouds roie, and kept us 
 cool till we came to Kelfo. 
 
 At Six William Coward and I went to the Market- 
 houie. We itayed fome Time, and neither Man, 
 Woman nor Child came near us. At length I began 
 finging a Scotch Pfalm, and fifteen or twenty People 
 came within Hearing, but with great Circumfpeclion, 
 keeping their Diltance, as tho' they knew not what 
 might follow. But while I prayed, their Number 
 increafed, fo that in a few Minutes there was a pretty 
 large Congregation. I fuppofe the Chief Men of the 
 Town were there : And I fpared neither rich nor 
 poor. I almoft wondered at myfelf, it not being ufual 
 with me to ufe fo keen and cutting r xpreiiions. And 
 I believe, many felt, that for all their Form, they 
 were but Heathens ftill. 
 
 Saturday \i. Near as many were prefent at Five, 
 
 to 
 
C 104 ) 
 
 to whom I {poke full as plain as before. Many looked, 
 as if they would look us A 10 . But the Shynefs 
 peculiar to this Nation, prevented their faying any 
 thing to me, good or bad, while I walked thro' them 
 to our Inn. 
 
 About Noon I preached at Woller, a pretty large 
 Town, Eighteen Miles from Kelfo. I itocd on One 
 Side of the main Street, near the middle of the Town. 
 And I might Hand. For no Creature came near me, 
 till I had fung Part of a Pftlm. Then a Row of Chil- 
 dren Hood before me, and in fome Time, about an 
 Hundred Men and Women. I fpoke full as plain as I 
 did at Kelfo. And Pharifees themfelves are not out of 
 God's reach. 
 
 Jn the Afternoon we came to Alnwick, and at Six I 
 preached in the Court-houfe to a Congregation of 
 another Spirit. 
 
 Sunday 12. At Seven they were gathered from all 
 Parts, and I was greatly refrefned among them. At 
 Five the Court-houfe being too foal], I was obliged to 
 go out into the Market-place. O what a Difference is 
 there between thefe living Stones, and the dead, 
 unfeeling Multitudes in Scotland ? 
 
 Monday 13. I proclaimed the Love of Christ to 
 Sinners, in the Market-place at Morpeth, Thence we 
 lode to Placey. The Society of Colliers here Hiav be 
 a Pattern to ail the Societies in England. No Pe ion 
 ever miffes his Band or Ckis : They have no Jar of 
 any kind among them, but with one Heart and one 
 Mmd provoke one another to Love and to good 
 Works. After Preaching I me: the Society in a 
 Room as warm as any in Georgia : This, with the 
 fcorching Heat of the Sun, when we rode on, quite 
 exhaufled my Strength. But after we came to New~ 
 cajlle I foon recovered,, and preached with as mucn 
 Eafe as in the Morning. 
 
 Tkmrjday 16. In the Evening I preached at Sunderland. 
 I then met the Society, and told them plain, None 
 could flay with us, unlefs he would part with all Sin : 
 Particularly robbing the King, iL-iiio- or buying Run 
 Goods, which I could no more iuffeAhan robbing on 
 the Highway. This I informed on every Member 
 
 fne 
 
( 1*5 ) 
 
 the next Day. A few would not promife to refrain. 
 So thefe I was forced to cut off. About Two Hun- 
 dred and Fifty were of a better Mind. 
 
 Saturday 18. The Defk was placed in the Evening 
 juft oppofite to the Sun, which when I begun was 
 covered with a Cloud. But it broke out in a few 
 Minutes, ai d fhone full in my face, for three Quar- 
 ters of an Hour. But it was no Inconvenience at all : 
 Nor were my Eyes any more dazlcd, than if it had 
 been under the Earth. 
 
 Sunday 19. I preached at Eight to the ufual Congre- 
 gation, and battened to Shields t left I mould be too 
 late for the Church. Between Twelve and One J 
 preached in a kind of Square. But here we had a new 
 Kind of lncon\enic* . Every four or rl\e Minutes, a 
 flrong Wind covered us over with a Shower of Duft: 
 So that it was not eafy to look up, or to k^ep ones 
 Eyes open. The Rain conftrained me to preach within, 
 at Netucajfk, I took the Opportunity of making a 
 Collection for the Poor: Many of whom can xjvy 
 hardly fupport Life ; in the prefent Scarcity. 
 
 Wtdnefday 22. In the Evening and the following 
 Morning I preached at Cbefter on the S rate* Qbferving 
 fomc very fine but not very modelt Pictures in the 
 Parlour where we fupped, I defired my Companion 
 when the Company was gone, to put them where 
 they could do no hurt. He piled them on an neap 
 in a Corner of the Room, and they have not appeared 
 fince. 
 
 Tburfdaj 2 J. I preached at Southiiddkk about 
 Noon, on / will heal thy backjliding: God was 
 with us at Sunderland in the Evening, in an uncom- 
 mon manner. And the next Day I left the People 
 there more in earneft than they .nave been for fome 
 Years. 
 
 Saturday 2$. We walked to Swalzve/l about Noon. 
 The Sun was fcorching hot, and there was no Wind or 
 Cloud. But it did us no hurt, the Congregation was 
 fuch as I never faw there before. And I believe God 
 bleffed his Word to them that were nigh, and them 
 that had been far from Him. 
 
 Sunday 
 
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 Sunday 26. I preached at Gate/bead at Eight, at Sheep" 
 hill about Noon, and at Five in the Evening at New- 
 er/He, near Pandon Gate. The Rain orriy threatened 
 till I had done, but Toon after, poured down. How 
 well does God Time great and fmall Events, for the 
 Furtherance of his Kingdom ! 
 
 Monday zy. I preached at Hoy/thy, and found fome 
 Life even there. Thence we rode acrofs the Tyne to 
 Prudhce, a little Town on the Top of an high Hill. I 
 preached at the Side of Mr. H's Houfe, and I fup- 
 pofe, all the Town who could get out were prefent, 
 and moft of them at Five in the Morning. At both 
 Times it pieafed God to make bare his Arm not 
 only to wound but to heal. 
 
 Tucjday 28. i returned to Nszucajlle, hoarfe and 
 weak. But who can be fpent in a better caufe ? 
 
 Tburfday 30. I read Mr. Baxters Account of his 
 own Lire and Times. It feems to be the moil: im- 
 partial Account of thofe Times which has yet ever ap- 
 peared Ana none that I have feen, fa accurately 
 Points out the leal Springs of thofe Public Cala- 
 mities. 
 
 Sunday Jul} 3. The high Wind obliged me to ftand 
 on the Weitern Side of Gatejkead. By this Means the 
 Sun was juii in my Face. But it was not long before 
 the Clouds covered it. As I be^an fpeaking in the 
 Afternoon near Pandon Gate, the Rain began, fcattered 
 the carelefs Hearers, and ceafed. An ea.neii:, atten- 
 tive Multitude remained, to whom I explained rart of 
 the Second LelTon for the Day, concerning the Joy 
 which is in Heaven^ c-ver on* Smnet tbttfrepanteth, 
 
 Monday 4. I tool? my Leave ol NeuocajHe^ and about 
 Noon preached at Durham, in a pleafant Meadow, t eir 
 the River's Side. The Jongregation was large and 
 wild enough. Yet in a ihort Time they were deeply 
 attentive. Only three or four Gentlemen put me in" 
 Mind, of the honefr, Man at London, who was fo gay 
 ana unconcerned, while Dr. Sherlock was preaching 
 concerning the Day of Judgment. One a iked, " Do 
 you not hear what the Doctor fays ?" He anfwered, 
 " Yes: But I am not of this Parifh !" Toward the Cloie 
 I was conflrained to mention the grofs Ignorance I 
 
 had 
 
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 Lad obferved, in the Rich and Genteel People through- 
 out the Nation. On thi w near, and ihevved 
 ions an At tendon j as if they had been poor Col- 
 
 We took Horfe at Two. The Clouds and Wind in our 
 Face kept us cool, 'till we came to Hartlepod. Mr. Romainc 
 has been an lnitrument of awakening feveral here : But 
 For want of Help, they loon ilept again. I preached 
 in the Main Street ro near all the Town. And they 
 behaved v.nn Serioirfnefs. 
 
 ;, At Seven in the Evening I preached in 
 the Main Street at Stockton. None but two or three 
 Gentlemen Teemed unconcerned. I went thence to 
 meet the Society But man) others begged to flay 
 with them ; and (o earncltly that I could not refufe. 
 And indeed it was a Day of God's Power. I fcarcc 
 know when we have found the like. 
 
 Wtdntfday 6. At Eleven I preached near the Market- 
 place inform. ManyGentry were there, and all ierious. 
 I find in all thefe Parts, a folid ierious People, quite 
 fimple of Heart, Strangers to various Opinions, and 
 feeking only the Faith that worketh by Love. And 
 moft of the Believer? are waiting and longing for the 
 Fulnefs of the Promifes. 
 
 One young Woman, late a Papift, I talked with at 
 large, who laft Night took Leave of her Prieft In- 
 (lead of Maying to be fent (or, me fent for Kim, and 
 after afking him feveral Queftions, frankly told him, 
 " She had now found the true Religion, and by the 
 Grace of God would continue therein. iy She has 
 been concerned for her Soul from thirteen Years of 
 Age. About two Years ago fhe began to hear our 
 Preachers. Soon after Hie found the Peace of God, 
 and has never loft it fince. 
 * About Seven I preached at Qfmothcrly. 
 
 Thwfdayj. I rode through one of the pleafanteft 
 Parts of England to Hbrtiby* Here the zealous land- 
 lord turned all the Methodifts out of their Houfes. 
 This proved a Angular Kindnefs : For they built fome 
 little Houfes at the End of the Town, in which Forty 
 or Fifty of them live together. Hence with much ado 
 I found my Way to Rcbinbwd x s Bay, and preached on 
 
 the 
 
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 the Kay to the greateft Part of the Town. All (except 
 one or two, which were very Wife in their own Eyes) 
 feemed to receive the Truth in Love. 
 
 This Day, between HemJIey and Kirkhy Moorjide, we 
 rode over a little River, which fuddenly difappears, 
 and after running a Mile under Ground, rifes again 
 and purfues it Courfe. 
 
 Sunday 10. I preached at Seven, on Repent and believe \ 
 the Go/pel At the Church, which Hands on the Hill, 
 a Mile from the Town, we had a found, ufeful Ser- 
 mon. Afterward I preached at a little Village called 
 Normanby ; and about Five on the Kay. In the Even- 
 ing, talking with the Society, I faw more than ever 
 the Care of God over them that fear him. What was 
 it which (lopped their growing inGrace? Why they had 
 a well-meaning Preacher among them, who was in- 
 flaming them more and more againfl the Clergy. Nor 
 could he advife them to attend the Public Ordinances. 
 For he never went either to Church or Sacrament 
 himfelf. This I knew not; but God did : And by 
 his wife Providence prevented the Confequences which 
 would naturally have enfued. William Manuel was 
 prefl for a Soldier : So the People go to Church and 
 Sacrament as before. 
 
 Monday 1 1. We fet out early. This and the three 
 next Days were the hotteft I ever knew in England. A 
 Gentleman who formerly traded to Guinea, aflured me, 
 That the Spirits in his Thermometer (the fame he had 
 when abroad) rofe as high as they did within a few 
 Degrees of the Line. About Nine we fhould have 
 been glad to bait: But there being no Inn to be found, 
 we lay down for a Quarter of an Hour under fome 
 Trees, and then rode on to Slingshy. The Minifler, 
 an old Acquaintance of my Fathers, having defired 
 to fee me, I called at his Houfe before I preached. 
 And I could gladly have flayed longer with him, but 
 I knew the Congregation waited. One poor Drunk- 
 ard made a litleDiflurbance: But after he wasfilenced, 
 all were Hill, and ileadily attentive. 
 
 It continued intenfely hot. But having the Wind 
 in our Faces, (as we generally had, all along from 
 Ne<wca/lki and that, which way fo ever we rode) we 
 
 received 
 
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 received no Hurt, 'till we came to tiri. But the 
 Difficulty was, How to preach there, in a Room which 
 
 in Winter ufed to be as no: as an Own? 1 cut 
 Knot, by preaching in Bla ere (the Mob 
 
 not being aware of us,) I began and ended my 
 Difcourfe to a numerous Congregation, without the 
 lead Didurbance. 
 
 Hay 12. 1 fet a Subfcription on Foot for building 
 ft more commodious Room. In the Evening 1 preached 
 at Aco?nbc, to a calm, folid Congregation. The next 
 |$vening I preached at . where the Foor gladly 
 
 received t'ne Gofpel. The Rich beard it, and even 
 Ifeemed to approve. God give them to undtrftand and 
 pra&iji It. 
 
 Tburfday i + . I refolved to preach in the Square once 
 more, knowing God has the Hearts of all Men in his 
 Hands. One Egg was thrown and fome Bits of Dirt. 
 'But this did not hinder a large Congregation, from 
 taking earned Heed to what was fpoken, of Christ 
 the Wijdom r/GoD and the Power of God. 
 
 Friday i£. At Three there were all the probable 
 Signs of a violently hot Day. But about Four God 
 fent a cooling Rain. It ceafed about Seven. But the 
 Clouds continued and fhaded us to Pockhngton. Yet it 
 was too hot to bear the Houfe. So I dood in the Main 
 Street and cried, Ij tbtrft^ let him come unto me 
 
 and drink. A large Mob foon gathered on the other 
 Side, And for fear they fliould not make Noife enough, 
 the good Church- warden hired Men to ring the Bells. 
 But it was lod Labour. For dill the Bulk of the 
 Congregation heard, 'till I quietly finiflied my Dif- 
 courfe. 
 
 Before Seven I reached Epziorth, and preached in 
 the Market-place to a liftcning Multitude. 
 
 Saturday \6. 1 rode on to L aft by, about Thirty mea- 
 iifrcd Miles. After fo many long Journies which I 
 hardly felt, this fhort one quite cxhauded my Strength. 
 However I quickly recovered, fo as to preach at 1 
 in a Meadow, to a large Congregation. They all 
 ed when I prayed, and fhewed fuch a genuineSim- 
 plicityas greatly revived ray Spirit. Atfcven I preached 
 in theXewRoom, which they have jufl finiflied atG/v 
 K 
 
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 Sunday 17. At feven in the Morning, the Houfe juft 
 contained the People. I defigned to preacn abroad in 
 the Afternoon : But the Rain drove ut jirto the Houfe 
 again; as many as could croud in. The reit flood 
 without, tho' many, I fear, were wet to the ..-km. 
 
 Tuefday 19 Before I \ch AewcrtjHe, 1 heard a iliange 
 Relation, which I knew not what to think of. I 
 then defired f. Lee, who was going to the Place, to- 
 enquire particularly concerning it. He did fo, and 
 in Confequence of that Enquiry, wrote me the follow- 
 ing Account. 
 
 "£ J lived about Twelve Miles from 
 
 Ke-vcaflk. 
 
 His Son fome Time fince married without his 
 Confent. At this he was fo enraged, that he wiihed 
 his " Right Arm might burn off, if ever he gave or 
 left him Sixpence. 5 ' 
 
 However in March laft, being taken ill, he made 
 his WiP, and left him all his Eftate. The fame Even- 
 ing he died. QnThurjday 10. his Widow laying her 
 Hand on his Back, found it warm. Jn the Evening, 
 thofe who were with him, went into the next Room, 
 to take a littie Refreihment. As they were eating, 
 they obferved a difagreeable Smell, but could find 1 
 nothing in the Room to caufe it. Returning into the \ 
 Room where the Corps lay, they found it full of] 
 Smoke. Removing the Sheet which covered the 
 Corpfe, they faw ^to their no fmall Amazement) the 
 Body fo burnt, that the Entrails were bare, and might 
 be feen thro' the Ribs. His Right Arm was nearly 
 burnt off, his Head fo burnt, that the Brains appeared. 
 And a Smoke came out of the Crown of his Head, 
 like the Steam of boiling Water. When they caft 
 Water upon his Body, it hifTed, jure as if carl on red- 
 hot Iron. Yet the Sheets which was upon him was 
 not finged; But that under him, with the Pillow-beers j 
 and Pillow, and the Flank on which he lay, were alij 
 burned, and looked as black as Charcoal. 
 
 They halted to put what was left of him into the! 
 Coffin, leaving feme to watch by it. But after it was! 
 nailed up, a Noife of burning and crackling was heard! 
 therein. None was permitted to look into it, 'till itf 
 
 was I 
 
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 was carried to Ahahefttr Church- Yard. It was buried 
 near the Steeple. As foon as it was brought to the 
 Grave, the Steeple was obferveu to lhake. The Peo- 
 ple haftened away; and it was well they did : For 
 prcfently Part or the Steeple fell. So that had they 
 flayed two Minutes longer, they mWt have been 
 cruihcd in Pieces. All thefe Circumilances were 
 related to me and my Wife, by thole who were Eye 
 and Ear Witneftes." 
 
 I preached in a Ground adjoining to the Houfe. 
 Toward the Conclufion of my Sermon, the Pcrfon 
 with whom I lodged was much offended at One, 
 who funk down and cried aloud for Mercy. Ileiieif 
 dropt down next and cried as loud as Her: So did 
 feveral others quickly after. When Prayer was made 
 for them, one was prefrntly niled with Peace and Joy 
 in believing. In the Morning I left the reit refuftng 
 to be comforted, 'till Christ fhould be revealed in 
 their Hearts. 
 
 Wednejday 20. I preached at Ferry in my way, and 
 in Epworib Market-piace about Seven. The P.ain 
 began j nil as I began fpeaking. But God heard the 
 Prayer and it was flayed. 
 
 Saturday 23. I preached at Wtftnuood Side\\\\QXt the 
 Breach of fifteen Years is now healed : AU the Wan- 
 derers being returned to the Fold, with liim who led 
 them aftray. 
 
 Sunday 24. As we rode over IJaxeyCar towards 
 Mifierioiy one was relating a furprizh.g thing that 
 happened lately. A W'oman of Stockwith told her Sifter 
 who lived with her, " I do not think to go to Market 
 to Da)', for I dreamed, that 1 was drowned in riding 
 acrofs one of the Drains on Hexey»Cqr." But fhe was 
 foon laughed out of it., and wear. She rode over the 
 Car with many ether Market-folks, and in crofting one 
 of the Drains, where the Water was fcarce a Yard 
 deep, flipt off of her Horfe. Several looked on, bu; 
 none once thought of pulling her out, till lire was 
 paft Recovery. 
 
 At One I preached to the largest Congregation I 
 
 have feen fince I left Newcafile. All behaved with. 
 
 deep Serioufnefs but One Man, whom I afterwards 
 
 K 2 learnt 
 
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 learnt to be a Baptift-Preacher. Jufl as I was taking 
 Hcrfe he came again, and Iabouied hard to begin a 
 Difpute. But having neither Time nor Strength to 
 fpare, I gave him the Ground and rode away. 
 
 The Congregation at Efiwortb was full as large, if 
 net larger ths'n that at Mifterton. Among them was a 
 poor gray-headed Sinner, a Meeker at all Religion., 
 But his Flocking is part. He was was in Tears moil 
 of the Time, and is now filing after God. 
 
 Holiday 25. 1 left "Epiuottb with great Satisfaction* 
 and aboutOne preached at Claywortb, I think none was 
 unmoved, but Michael Fenmck, who fell fail afleep 
 tinder an adjoining Hay-flack. Frcm thence we rode 
 to Rot her bam. When I came in, I had no Strength 
 and no Voice !cft. However in an Hour I was able 
 to preach to the Jargeft Congregation that I fuppofe, 
 was ever fcen there. 
 
 Tuejdaj 26. 1 was not able to fit up above two or 
 three Hours together. However I pi cached in the 
 Morning andEvening, and fpokefeverally to the Mem- 
 bers of the Society. 
 
 IVedncfday 27. I preached about Noon at Barhy- 1 aJ 1 , 
 and in the Evening at Sheffield. After fpending a fhort 
 Time with the Society, I lay down as foon as pofTible. 
 But I could not fleep before twelve o'Clcck ; and not 
 long together after. Yet I felt no Faintnefs in the 
 Morning, but rofe lively and well, and had my Voice 
 more clear and ftrong in Preaching, than it had been f^r 
 feverai Days. 
 
 Thwfday 28. I received a ftrange Account from Ed- 
 ward Bennefe Eldeft Daughter. " On Tuefday, the 
 1 2th of this Month, I told my Hufband in the Morn- 
 ing, I defire you will not go into the Water to Day ; 
 at ieaft, not into the deep Water, on the far Side 
 cf the Town. For I dreamed I faw you there out of 
 your Depth, and only your Head came up jufl above 
 the Water. He promifed me, '* he would not, and 
 went to work. 5 ' Soon after four in the Afternoon, 
 being at John Ffan/bn's, his Partner's Houfe, fhe 
 on a fudden extremely fick, fo that Tor fome Minures 
 fhe feemed julr, ready to expire. Then fhe was well in 
 a Moment. Jufl at that Time, John Havfoii\ who was 
 
 an 
 
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 an excellent Swimmer, perfuaded her Ilufband to go 
 into the Water on tne fer Side of the Tjwn. He ob- 
 jected, The Water v and he could not fwinv; 
 and being much importuned to go in, Hood iomcMimfe 
 after he was undrefl, and then kneeling down, prayed 
 with an earneft and ioud Voice. When he rofe fr n 
 his Knees, John who waa fwimming, called him ajain, 
 and treading the Water, (aid, u See, it is only Bread 
 high." He llepped in, and funk. A Man who was near, 
 cutting Fern, and had obferved him for fome Time, 
 ran to the Bank, an' Paw his Head come up jufl above 
 the Water. The fecond or third Time he rofe, he 
 claf^ed his Hands, and cried aloud, " Lord Jesus, 
 receive my .spirit." Immediately he funk and rcfe no 
 more. 
 
 M One might naturally inquire, What became of 
 John Hanjon f As foon as he- faw his Partner fink, he 
 iwum from him to the other Side, put on his Cloaths, 
 and went flrait home." 
 
 About Noon] preached at Woodjeats \ in the Even- 
 ing at Sbffi.eid. I do indeed live by preaching ! 
 _, How quiet is this Country now ? Since the chief Per- 
 fecutors are no more feen. How many of them have 
 been fnatched away, in an Hour when they looked not 
 for it? Some Time iince, a Woman of Thorpe often 
 fvvore flie would warn her Hands in the Heart's Blood 
 of the next Preacher that came. But before the next 
 Preacher came, She was carried to her long Home. 
 .A little before John John/on fettled at JVent^scrth, a 
 flout healthy Man who lived there, told his Neigh- 
 bours, " After Ma -day, we fhall have nothing but 
 Praying and Preaching. But I will make Noife enough 
 to flop it." But before May-day he was filcnt in his 
 
 Grave. A Servant of Lord R was as Litter as 
 
 him, and told many Lies, purpofely to make Mif- 
 chief. But before this was done, his Mouth was 
 flopped. He was drowned in one of theFiihponds. 
 
 Friday 29. I preached at Nottingham* We want 
 nothing here but a larger Houfe. 
 
 Saturday 30. I preached in the Evening at faiceftitp 
 to a large Congregation. 
 
 K J Sunday 
 
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 Sunday 31. I rode over :o Markfield. The Church 
 contained us tolerably well in the Morning : But in the 
 Afternoon, tho' many flayed without, it was much 
 crouded and fultry hot. 1 was quite faint and weary 
 while I read Prayers ; but in Preaching my Strength 
 was reftored. At fix J preached once more at Leicejier, 
 and delivered my own Soul. 
 
 Monday Auguft I. I had much Converfation, with 
 
 Mr. (whom againft a Thoufand appearances, I 
 
 nvill believe to be an honeft, tho' irrefolute, Man) 
 " while 1 was very uneafy (faid he) in the Year 1741, 
 My Brother brought me to Mr. Spangenlerg, and then 
 to others of the German Brethren, to whom I was 
 more and more attached 'till in the Year 1743, I went 
 over to Marienborn. There I faw many things which 
 I could not approve; and was more and more uneafy 
 ^tiil I returned to England. I was afterward much 
 employed by the Brethren. I was ordained Deacon. 
 Eut flill i had, a fore and burdened Confcience, and 
 gained no ground in my Spiritual Warfare: Rather, 
 having laid afide Prayer, and fearching the Srcipture, 
 I was more and more dead to God. Eut in 1750, 1 
 awoke again, and was under great Agonies of Mind. 
 And from this Time I wrote to the Count again and 
 again, and to molt of the Labourers ; but to no Pur- 
 pcfe. Andrew Prey's Account is true. The Spirit of 
 Levity and Frolickfomenefs, which he jultly difcribes 
 broke in about 1746, and is not purged out yet. In, 
 May laft I wrote and delivered a Declaration to the! 
 Brethren met in Conference, at Lindfey Houfe. That! 
 I did not dare to remain in their Connexion any! 
 longer. The fame Declaration I made to them J 
 here, a few Days ago. What farther I am to do, I 
 I know not. But I truft, God will direel me." 
 
 Taefday 2 On his exprefhng a defire to be prefent 
 at our Conference, I invited him to it : And on/ 
 Wednefday 3. In the Evening, he came to the Foun- 
 6cry. Our Conference began the next Morning, andj 
 continued 'till the Thurj day following. From theFirfl 
 Hour to the Lait, there was no jarring String, but all 
 was Harmony and Love. 
 
 Monday 8. I took a walk in the Charterhoufe I 
 
 wondered* 
 
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 wondered, that all the Squares and Buildings, and 
 efpecially the School-boys, looked fo little. Bat this 
 is eaiily accounted for. I was little myfelf when I 
 was at School, and meafured all about me by n 
 Accordingly the Upper Doys, being then bi 
 than myfelf, feeintd to me very big and tail : ( 
 contrary to what they appear now, when I am taller 
 and bigger than them. I queilion, if this is not the 
 real Ground, of the common Imagination, that our 
 Forefathers, and in general Men in pail Ages, were 
 much larger than now: An Imagination current in 
 the World, Eighteen hundred Years ago. So Virgil 
 fuppofes his Warrior to throw a Stone, that could 
 fcarce be wielded by Twelve Men. 
 
 Qualia nunc bominum prcducit corpora tellus. 
 So Homer long before. *0»oi rt/i (Spotoi Uci. 
 Whereas in Reaiit Men have been, at leanV, ever ilnce 
 the Deluge, very nearly the fame as we find them now, 
 both for Stature and Underftanding. 
 
 Monday 22. I fet out in the Machine, and the next 
 Evening reached En (Id. 
 
 Friday 26. i preached at Nine to a fmall Congrega- 
 tion of earned People at Clutton ■: And in the Even- 
 ing at Middlefey. On Saturday 27, we rode on to 
 Tiverton. 
 
 Sunday 28. I preached in the Market-houfe, to as 
 large a Congregation as ever I faw here. And all 
 were quiet. So can God make, when it is bell, all 
 our Enemies to be at Peace with us. 
 
 Monday 29. We rode through veherrent Wind, and 
 many hard showers to Launceflbn. This gave me a 
 violent Fit of the Tooth -ach, which nc never did 
 not hinder my Preaching. Such a Night I never re- 
 member to have paiTed before : But all is good, which 
 lies in the Way to Glory. 
 
 Tuejday 30. We rocie to Cam ford, where my Tooth- 
 ach was cured, by rubbing Treacle upon my Cheek. 
 At Six I preached in the Market-place. How are the 
 Lions in this Town alfo become Lambs! 
 
 Wednesday 31. I prcacned about Noon at Treuja/der, 
 and in the Evening &\ Port-I/vac. This was long a barren 
 
 Soil : 
 
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 Soil : But is at length likely to bring forth much 
 Fruit. 
 
 Friday Slumber 2. I rode to St. Agnes. We found 
 the great Man, Mr. Donythome was dead. His Mo- 
 ther and Siller fent, to invite me to their Houfe. 
 After Preac iijg I went thither, and was received 
 into a comfortable Lodging, with the mod free 
 and cordia! Ai.jclion. bo in this place the Know- 
 ledge of God has already travelled, from the Leajl unto 
 the Create/}. 
 
 Saturday 3. Some who live here, gave me an 
 Account n the L ■ taquake on July 15. There was 
 firit a rumbling Noiie under the Ground, hoarferand 
 deeper than common P-h under. Then followed a 
 Tiembiing of the Earth wiach afttruard waved once 
 or twice to and fro: 10 violently, that one faid, He 
 was obliged to take a back Step, or he fhculd have 
 fallen down : And another, that the Wall ag. inft 
 which he was leaning, feemed to be Ihrinking from 
 him. 
 
 This Morning I talked at large with old Mrs. 
 Donyihovne who has hex Undrrllanding entire, reads 
 without Spectacles, walks without a Scuff", and has 
 fcarce a Wrinkle, at Ninety Years of Age. But what 
 is more than all this, ihe is teachable as a Child, and 
 groaning for Saivation. In the Afternoon I fpent an 
 Hour with Mr. Fowler, Curate of the Paiifn, who 
 rejoices in the Love of God, and both preaches and 
 lives the Gcfpel. 
 
 Sunday 4. I. T. preached at Five. I could fcarce 
 have believed if I had not heard it, That few Men of 
 Learning ivute fo corre&Iy, as an unlearned Tinner 
 fpeaks extempore. Mr. F. preached two fuch thunder- 
 ing Sermons at Church, as I have L^iCQ heard rhefe 
 twenty Years. O how gracious is God to the poor 
 Sinners of St. Agnes ! In the Church and out of the 
 Church, they hear the fame gi c . .-' the 
 
 Wrath of God againfl Sin, and his Love to thofe that 
 are in Christ Jesus ! 
 
 Monday 5. I rode on to llluggan : But not to rhe 
 Houfe where I uied to preui.h. Indeed his Wife 
 promifed Mr. P t before he died, That me would al- 
 ways 
 
( "7 ) 
 
 ways receive the Preachers. Bat me foon changed 
 her J\ ind. God had jufl taken her only Son, fud- 
 denly killed by a Pit falling upon hioi. And on 
 Tucjday lair, a young, ftrong Man, riding (q 
 Burial, dropped off his Horfe, fame dead. The 
 Concurrence of thefe awful Providences, added con- 
 fiderably to our Congregation. 
 
 I on to Qambourrt) and rejoice 
 hear, that the Gentleman who preflM Mr. Ma* 
 no longer perfecutes the Mtthodijls, nor will fufFer any 
 one e]fe to do it. And in the late Dearth he relieved 
 
 t Numbers of the Poor, and fi 
 from periihing. I preached at Six, on 1 will heed 
 backjliding\ ar.d God applied his Word. Scleral 
 had left the Society for feme YcaiT, came 
 mon, and defired to be re-admitted. O hew mould 
 our Bowels yearn over all, who did once run Well ? 
 This is the vejy thing we wan: : Or how many Souls 
 might we yet pluck out of the Jaws of the Lion ! 
 
 Wednijday]. I obferved mo:c and more the Effects 
 of that burning Wind which was in thefe Parts en 
 Sunday the 28th of laft Month. It net only fcorched 
 all the Leaves of the Trees, fo as to Bring Mid- Winter 
 upon them in two Hours, but burnt up all the Leaves 
 of Potatoes and Cabbage, and every green Thing which 
 it touched. What a Mercy that it did rot cc; 
 Month fooner? Then it would have left little Work 
 for the Rcapcjs. 
 
 Thurjday 8. As we rode through Gnjcitblan Pari Hi, 
 Mr. Harris pointed out the Place, where his Father 
 and many of his Ana ftors lived. It is now only a 
 Mountain of Sard. Within a few Years this fo 
 increafed, as to bury both the Church and the whole 
 Town. 
 
 I preached at Six to a numerous Congregation in 
 Ligeon. Some Years fmce when there was a flourishing 
 .Society in Gulval, (the Parifh adjoining) there was 
 none at all here. But how is the Scene changed ? In 
 /not one Oafs, not one Member remains : In 
 Ligeon there is a lively Society ! 
 
 Friday 9. I preached in the New Houfe at St Juft* 
 the large:!: and melt commodious in the County. 
 
 Saturday 
 
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 Saturday 10. We rode to the Land's-End. I know 
 no natural Curiofity like this. The vail, ragged 
 Stones rife on every Side, when you are near the Point 
 of Land, with green Turf between, as level and fmooth 
 as if it were the Effect of Art. And the Rocks which 
 terminate the Land, are fotorn by the Sea, that they 
 appear like great Heaps of Ruins. 
 
 Sunday 1 1. I preached at St. Juft at Nine. At one 
 the Congregation in Mor<va 9 Hood en a doping 
 Ground, Rank above Rank, as in a Theatre. Many 
 of them bewailed their Want of God. And many 
 tailed how gracious He is. 
 
 At Five ] preached in Newlin to an huge Multitude. 
 And one only kerned to be offended: A very good jort 
 of Woman, who took great Pains to get away, crying 
 aloud, u Nay, if going to Church and Sacrament will 
 not put us to Heaven, I know not what will." 
 
 Monday i 2. I preached in Lelant at One. Many 
 from St. Ives were prrfent, from whom I learned, that 
 Mr. Swindells would have preached abroad the Day 
 before, but was hindered. 'lis well he was : For this 
 occasioned the Offer of a Meadow near the Town, 
 far more convenient than the Street. At Six I flood at 
 the Bottom cf it, the People rifing higher and higher 
 before me. I beiieve, not many were left in the Town : 
 And all behaved as in the Prefence ofGoD. The next 
 Evening the Congregation was inlarged, by the Ad- 
 dition of many from the Country. And Wedne/day 14. 
 Their Number was larger Mill. We did net open the 
 Door of the Room, 'till jut half Hour pait Eight: By 
 which Means the Heat was not intolerable 'till 1 had 
 done Preaching. I then retired, and left the ether 
 Preachers, to perform the reil of the Seivice. 
 
 Thurfday i£. As we rode toward Helfton, I think the 
 Sun was near as hot, as it was at Midfummer. Yet all 
 along the Trees looked a; in the Depth of Winter, that 
 fcorching Wind having deftrcyed ail i f . touched. 
 
 Friaay 1 6. I lookeo over Mr. Borhj-s Antiquities cf 
 Cornwall. He is a fine Writer, and quite Mailer of 
 his Subject, wbc has diftinguifhed with am?zug Ac- 
 cuiacy, the antient Saxon Monuments from the more 
 
 antient 
 
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 antient Romany and from tbofe of the Druids, the moft 
 antient of all. 
 
 Saturday 17. I preached at Porthltis at One, and at 
 Red* ah in the Even;: 
 
 Sur df 18. AtEignt, Many of the French Prifoners 
 were mixt with the uiual Congregation. Thia was 
 doubled at one ; but ltili came nothing near to that 
 which aiiembled at G*wenap in the E\ cuing. It rained 
 all the Time I preached : But none went avwu . A 
 Shower of Rain will not fright experienced Soldiers. 
 
 Hear I learnt a remarkable Occurrence. A few 
 Days ago, feme hundred EagHjb, who had been Prifon- 
 ers in France y were landed at Pemtdnce, by a Cartel 
 Ship. Many of ihele paiTed thro Ridrutb, going 
 home ; bw in a Itfoft forlorn Condition. Noue 
 flicwci more Companion to them ti.an the French. 
 They gave them Food, Cloaths, or Money, and told 
 them, 4k We wifh we could do more. But we 
 litre for otrrfelves here. ,; Several whj had only Two 
 Shirts, gave a naked Enghjbmttn one. A French Bey, 
 meeting a 1 Englifh Bov who was half naked, took 
 hold of hin?, and ftopt him ; criecLdver him a while, 
 and then palled off his own Coat, and put it upon 
 him ! 
 
 Monday 1 9. In the Evening both the Houfe and 
 Court at Pehryn were more than filled. So that I will- 
 ingly embraced the Offer of Mr. H. and preached 
 before his Door at Twelve on Tnefday. It\.. an 
 extremely pleafant Place, on the Side of an H* I, 
 commanding a fruitful Vale, the oppofite Hills and 
 Falmouth Harbour. Tali Trees hung over me, and 
 furrounded a Bowling Green which was behind me. 
 A wide Door is now open at Pcnryn alfo. O that none 
 may fhut it ! 
 
 At Six in the Evening I reached Before, and began 
 preaching immediately. It was a Seafon of uncom- 
 mon, Refrefhment ; particularly to fome of Truro. 
 Afterwards I met the Society in the Houfe. A young 
 Man was cut to the Heart, and cried aloud : Then 
 another and another, till my Voice was quite loft. 
 But I continued crying to God, and he heard, and 
 gave an Anfwer of Peace. Many were hTed with 
 
 Confolation ; 
 
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 Confolation ; and Fonr, who had wandered for fome 
 Years, refolved to let out anew. 
 
 Yet I was not quite reconciled to my Lodging. 
 Not but the Grotto itfelf was very venerable ; but I 
 did not like the Circumftance of having a Man and 
 his Wife in the fame Room. I therefore willingly 
 accepted an Invitation from Mr. Painter, and walked 
 over with him to Truro. 
 
 J J r erf,ieJ day 21. I walked to. Before and preached at 
 Five. Afterwards I fpoke to each Member of the 
 Society. They furprized me much. So lively and 
 tender-hearted a People I have not lately feen ! After 
 fpending an Hour with a few Friends in Truro, I rode 
 forward to Grampcnd, a mean, inconfiderable, dirty 
 Village. However it is a Borough Town ! Between 
 Twelve and One 1 began preaching in a Meadow, to 
 a numerous Congregation. While we were finging, 
 I obferved a Perfon in black on the far Side of the 
 Meadow, who faid, " Come down : You have no 
 Bufinefs there." Some Boys who were on a Wall, 
 taking it for granted, that he fpoke to Them, got 
 down in all ha fie. I went on, and he walked away. 
 I afterwards undcrflood, that he was the Miniiter 
 and the Mayor of Grampond. Soon after two Confta- 
 bles came and faid, " Sir, the Mayor fays, You 
 fhall not preach within his Borough." I anfwered, 
 " The Mayor has no Authority to hinder me. But it 
 is a Point not worth contesting." So I went about a 
 Mufkec-fhot farther, and left the Burough to Mr. 
 Mayor's Difpcfal. 
 
 A large Congregation was at St. £Ws in the Even- 
 ing, many of whom wereinMr.//W&r's Societies. Some, 
 of them came from St. Columns, twelve Miles off. 
 And they did not come in wain. The Flame of Love 
 ran from Heart to Heart : And fcarce any remained 
 unmoved. 
 
 Thurfitay 22. I rode to Mevagizxy, which lies on the 
 South Sea, juft oppofite to Port-Ifaac on the North., 
 When I was here laft, we had no Place in the Town : 
 I could only preach about half a Mile from it. But 
 things are altered now. L preached uift over the 
 Town, to almoft all the Inhabitants. And all were 
 
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 flill as Night. The next Evening a Drunken 
 made (bate Noife behind me. But after a lew \ 
 were fpoken to him, he quietly liitened to the reffl o: 
 the Difcourfe. 
 
 On the South Side of theTown, there is an extremely 
 fine Walk, broad and imooth, ever the Top of 
 high Rocks, from whence is a VlCW of the Main Sea 
 at a vail Diitance below, and all the Coaft, Eaft and 
 Weft. 
 
 Saturday 24. At half Hour after Twelve, I preached 
 once more, and took my leave of them. All the 
 Time I ftayed, theWind blew from the Sea, fo that no 
 Boat could ftir out. By this means all the Fifhermcn 
 (who are the chief Part of the Town) had Oppor- 
 tunity of hearing. 
 
 At Six I preached at St. Awfiki a neat little Town, 
 On the fide of a fruitful Hill. 
 
 Sunday 25. The whole Church Service was per- 
 formed, by a Clergyman, above Ninety Years of 
 Age. His Name is StepJ:en Hugo. He has been Vicar 
 of St. Affile between Sixty and Seventy Years. O 
 what might a Man full of Faith and Zeal have done 
 for God in fuch a Courfe of Time ! 
 
 At Two I preached in St. Stephen?* near a lone Houfe, 
 on the iide of a barren Mountain. But neither the 
 Houfe, nor the Court could contain the People. So 
 we went into a Meadow, where all might knee!, 
 (which they generally do in Cornwall) as well as ftand 
 and hear. And they did hear, and fing, and pray as 
 for Life. I faw none carelefs or inattentive among 
 them. 
 
 About ^. I preached at St. Azv/rle to an exceeding 
 civil People. But when will they be wounded, that 
 they may be healed ? 
 
 Monday 26. I rode to Lux Hi an. 
 
 1 have not feen fo ltately a Room in Cornwall, as 
 either this Hall, or the Chamber over it. The Place 
 likewife where the Gardens were, the Remains of the 
 Terrace Walk, the itately Trees ftill left, with many 
 other Tokens, ihew that grand Men lived here once, 
 But they are vantfhed like Smoke, their Eftates torn 
 In pieces a&4 wrfl nigh their Memory perifhed. 
 
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 Tuefday 27. We rode to Lefcard, I think one of the 
 larger! and pleafanteil Towns in Cornwall. I preached 
 about the middle of the Town, in a broad, convenient 
 Place. No Perfon made any Noife at all. At Six in 
 the Morning I had nearly the fame Congregation. 
 Afterwards I examined the Society, and was agreeably 
 furprized to hear, that every one of them had found 
 Peace with God : And (what was Hill more remarka- 
 ble) that none of ?hem has left their full Love : That 
 at this Day, not one is in Darknefs ! 
 
 Wcdnefday 28. We rode on to the Dock, which gave 
 us a very different Profpeft. Of thofe whom I joined 
 feveral Years ago, hardly one half remained. Such is 
 the Fruit of difputing ! And yet the Congregations 
 are more numerous than ever. And as deeply at- 
 tentive as any in the Kingdom. So there is hope God 
 will yet revive his Work. 
 
 Saturday October 1 . J preached at Launcefton. 
 Sunday 2. I rode to Mary-Week. A large Con- 
 gregation was gathered there, many of whom came 
 Seven or Eight Miles. The Houfe ftands in the 
 midit, of Orchardsand Meadows, furrounded by gently- 
 rifing Hills. I preached on the fide of a Meadow 
 newly-mown, to a deeply attentive People. 
 
 Monday 3. I rode to Bideford; but did not reach it 
 till after Five, the Hour appointed for my Preach- 
 ing. So 1 began without delay, in an open part of 
 the Street where we alighted. One Man made a little 
 Noife at firft : But he was eafily filenced. All the 
 reft (a large Number) quietly attended, tho' the Wind 
 was piercing Cold, while 1 opened and applied, God 
 forbid that I Jhould Glory fa<ve in the Crofs of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 Tue/day 4. Between Twelve and One I reached North 
 Mouhon> and finding the Congregation ready, began 
 immediately. There have been great Tumults here 
 fince I faw them before : But God has now rebuked 
 the Storm. When the Gentry would neither head nor 
 pay the Mob any more, the poor Rabble were quiet 
 as Lambs. 
 
 We rode on to Tiverton in the Afternoon. On the 
 
 three 
 
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 tliree following Days I faw as many of the Societies as 
 J could. 
 
 SaturJ iy 8. We had heavy Rnin for foinc Miles. 
 Then it cleared up, and we had a plealant ride to 
 Bn. 
 
 Mondry 10. I rofc at my ufual Hour. Rut the 
 SoreneiV and Swelling of mv Face, occafioned by my 
 taking Cold on Saturday, made it impracticable for me 
 to preach. In the Evening 1 applied boiled Kettles. 
 They took away the Pain in a Moment, and the swell- 
 ing in a few Hours. 
 
 Sunday 1 6 I began vifiting the Claries at Kings- 
 ., fteddy, but not zealous It is impoifible they 
 iliould Hand here long : They mud go on, or go 
 back. 
 
 Monday 17. About Two I preached at Pauhon; B'Jt 
 no Houfe could contain us. So that I was forced to 
 fland in the open Air, tho* the Wind was very bigfa and 
 very cold. Thence we rode to the honefl Cottiers at 
 Colrford. Theie have the Zeal which their Brethien a: 
 Kingjwocd W2cc\\\ In confequence of which, they are the 
 moil numerous, as well as the moil lively Society in 
 Somerjeijkire, 
 
 Tuejday 1 8. I preached to a very different Congrega- 
 tion at Bradford, well-dreft and well-bred : And yet of 
 the very fame Spirit, hungering and thiriling after Poglne- 
 oufnefs. 
 
 Wednefday 19. After preaching at Frefofora, I rode on 
 to Khigjivood. 
 
 Friday 2 1 . Being at Dinner, in a Moment I felt as if 
 a fmall Bone had (luck in the Palate of my Mouth. No- 
 thing was to be feen, but the Swelling and Inflammation 
 increafed 'till toward Evening (notwithstanding all Means 
 that could be ufed) and then fpread to both the Tonfils. 
 In the Morning 1 was rather worfethan better, 'till about 
 Half an Hour after Eight. Then as the Diforder came 
 in a Moment, it went in a Moment, and I was as well as 
 ever. 
 
 Monday 24. I preached about Noon at Bath, and in 
 the Evening at Eject, near Lwvingten. 
 
 Tue/day 25. In my Return, a Man met me near Hmn- 
 
 mam, and told me the School-houfe in Kingfumd was 
 
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 burnt down. I felt not one Moment's Pain, knowing 
 that God does all Things well. When I came thither, 
 1 received a fuller Account. «£ bout Eight on Monday 
 Evening, two or three Boys went into the Gallery, up 
 two Pair of Stairs. One of them heard a flrange Crack- 
 ling in the Room above. Opening the Stair-cafe Door, 
 he was beat back by Smoke, on which he cried out, 
 "Fire, Murder, Fire." Mr. Baynes hearing this, ran 
 immediately down, and brought up a Pail of Water. But 
 when he went into the Room and faw the Blaze, he had 
 not Prcfeace of Mind to go up to it, but threw the Wa- 
 ter upon tne Floor. Meantime one of the Boys rung the 
 Belli another called John Maddem from the next Houfe, 
 who ran up, as did James Burges quickly after, and 
 found the Room all in a Flame. The Deal-Partitions 
 took Fire immediately, which fpread to the Roof of the 
 Houfe. Plenty of Water was now brought; but they 
 rould not come nigh the Place where it was wanted, 
 the Room being fo filled with' Flame and Smoke, 
 that none could go into it. At laft a long LaddeY. 
 which lay in the Garden was reared up againfl the 
 Wall of the Houfe. But it was then obferved, that 
 one of the Sides of it was broke in two, and the 
 other quite rotten. However John Hovu (a young 
 Man who lived next Door) ran up it, with an Axe in 
 his Fland. But he then found, the Ladder was fo 
 fhort, that as he flood on the Top of it, he could but 
 juft lay one Hand over the Battlements. How he got 
 over to the Leads none can tell : But he did fo, and 
 quickly broke thro' the Roof, on which a Vent being 
 made, the Smoke and Flame ifTued out as from a 
 Furnace : Thofe who were at the Foot of the Stairs 
 with Water, being able to go no further, then went 
 thro' the Smoke to the Door of the Leads, and 
 poured down thro' the Tiling. By this means 
 the Fire was quickly quenched, having only con- 
 fumed a Part of the Partition, with a Box of Cloaths, 
 aud a little damaged the Roof and the Floor be- 
 neath. 
 
 It is amazing that fo little Hurt was done. For 
 the Fire, which began in the middle of the Long 
 Room (none can imagine how ; for no Perfen had 
 
 been 
 
 
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 been there tor leveral Hours before) was fo violent, 
 that it broke every Pane of Glafs but two, in the 
 Window both at the Lait and Weil End. What was 
 more amazing Hill, was, that it did not Hurt either 
 the Beds, (which when James Burgcs came in, feemed 
 all covered with Flame) nor the Deal Partitions on the 
 other Side of the Room, tlio' it be.it againft them for 
 a confiderable Time. What can we fay to theie 
 things, but that God had fixt the Bounds, which it 
 coulu not pafs ? 
 
 Wc observed Friday the 28th as a folemn Fall:. And 
 from this Time the Work of God revived in BnfloL 
 We were indeed brought very low. A Society of nine 
 Hundred Members was mrunk to little more then 
 half the Number. But God now began to turn our 
 Captivity, and put a new Song in our Mouth, 
 
 Tburjday November 3. 1 preached in the New Preacrt- 
 ing-Houfe at Pill How is the Face of things 
 changed here ! Such a Sink of Sin was fcarce to be 
 found! Aod now how many are Rejoicing in Gor> 
 their Saviour ? 
 
 Monday 7. Leaving the Flame ju ft kindling in Brijlol, 
 I rode to Newbury, and on T bur/day to Lo>:don. I 
 found the fame Fire kindled here alio, and increafing 
 more and more. 
 
 Monday 14. I ro&e to Bedford , and talked largely 
 
 with Mr. whomGoD had well nigh fet at Liberty. 
 
 But his Feet are again in the Net. He did not indeed 
 deny, r.or much extenuate any of the things he had 
 often related. But at length he told me in terms, 
 " There are fuch things among tbt Brethren, that I 
 can never join them more. Yet 1 dare not fpeak 
 againft them, and join any other People, for fear of 
 grieving the Saviour !" O Lord, when fhall this 
 Witchcraft come to an End? When wilt thou maintain, 
 thine own Caufe ? 
 
 tdnefday 16. We rode to Newmarket, and the next 
 
 D<iV to Norwich) where I now found a Profpecl of 
 
 doing Good. The Congregation daily increafed and 
 
 more and more ferious. I (poke to many wlio 
 
 were deeply con\inccd of Sin, and fome who were; 
 
 L 3 rejoicing: 
 
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 rejoicing in God, and walking in the Light of his 
 Countenance. 
 
 Wednejday 23. I was fhewn Dr. Taylor's new Meet- 
 ing-houfe, perhaps the moll elegant one in Europe. It 
 is Eight fquare, built of the fineft Brick, with Sixteen 
 Saih-windows below/ as many above, and Eight Sky- 
 lights in the Dome, which indeed are purely orna- 
 mental. The Infide is finilhed in the highelr. Tafte, 
 and is as clean as any Nobleman's Saloon. The Com- 
 munion Table is fine Mahogany ; the very Latches 
 of the Pew-doors are polifhed Brafs. How can it be 
 thought, that the old, coarfe Gofpel fhould find Ad- 
 miiiion here ? 
 
 Tburjday 24. A Man had fpoken to me the lad 
 Week, as I was going thro' Tbetford, and defired me 
 to preach at Lakenheath near Mildmhall in Suffolk : I 
 now purpofed fo to do, and rode thither from Thet- 
 ford. One Mr. E. had lately built a large and con- 
 venient Preaching-houfe there at his own Expence. It 
 was more then filled at Six a Clock, many Handing at 
 the Door. At Five in the Morning (as uncommon a 
 thing as this was in thofe Part?) the Houfe was nearly 
 filled again, with earneft, loving, fimple People. 
 Several of them came in to Mr. E\ Houfe after- 
 ward, flood a while and then burft into Tears. I 
 promifed to call upon them again, and left them much 
 comforted. 
 
 Saturday 26. I returned to London. Much Con- 
 fufion had been in my Abfence, ocean* oned by fomo 
 5mprudent Words, fpoken by one who feemed to be 
 flrong in the Faith. 
 
 Monday 28. I heard all who were concerned Face to 
 Face, but was utterly unable to Judge, whether there 
 was wilful Sin, Lying, on either fide, or only, 
 Human Infirmity. For the prefent I leave it to the 
 Searcher of Hearts, who will bring all things to light 
 in due Seafon. 
 
 Wednefday 30. I had another long Hearing of the 
 fame intricate Caufe. But with no more Succefs : 
 One fide flatly affrmed, the other flatly denied. 
 This is ftrange ! But it is more flrange, that thofe 
 
 wh# 
 
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 who jam fo ftrong in Faith, ihoulJ have no Union of 
 Spirit with each other. 
 
 Friday Da. 5. 1 baptized Hhiriqtiiz Judab Saiicre, a 
 Portugutz: Jew, more than Sixty Years of Age : He 
 feemed to have no Confidence in himfelf, but to be 
 waiting for the Conjolaticn cf Jfrael. 
 
 Sunday 11. In the Evening I retired to Lewi/bam* 
 and fpent the following Days, in finifhing, M A Pre- 
 fervative againft unfettled Notions in Religion :" de- 
 figned for theUfe of all thofe who are under my Care, 
 but chiefly of the young Preachers. 
 
 Sunday 1 7. I had an Opportunity (which I had long 
 defired) of fpending an Hour or two, with the Rev. 
 
 Mr. . I would have appointed a Time for oar 
 
 Meeting Weekly. But he declined it. Why ? I can- 
 not tell. 
 
 Friday 23. Jobn Kelfon wrote me a. Letter, Part of 
 which I have Subjoined. 
 
 u We have had four triumphant Deaths lately, of 
 three Men and one Woman. The Woman was Han- 
 nab Ricbardfon of Bnfi field. When Enocb WiUiami 
 preached there, fhe was the bittereft Perfecutor in the 
 Town, and vowed if ever he preached there again, 
 fhe would help to (lone him to Death. But he never 
 went to try. The only one of /bis Way in the Town 
 was Rutb Blacker. Again (t her fhe was violently in- 
 xaged, 'till Rutb went to her Houfe, reafoned the Cafe, 
 and at length perfuaded her to go to Dtivfeury, to hear 
 Mr. Charles Wefiey. That Day God begot her by his 
 Word, fo that ihe could never reft 'till fhe found 
 Cbtift in her own Heart. And for two Years ihe has 
 been a fteddy Follower of Him. By her Zeal and cir- 
 cumfpeel Walking, many have been fince flirred up 
 to feek the Lord. As foon as flie was taken ill, fhe 
 began to praife God more than ever, for the Work He 
 had wrought in her Soul. She faid, u At fir ft 1 
 thought, 1 had no Will, and that God's Love was all 
 that was in my Heart. But when my little Child gave 
 a fudden Shriek, I found my Heart was not free. And 
 it damped the Love of God in my Soul for two Hours- ,. 
 But the Lord is come again, and now I am. fully al- 
 lured, He does take up all the Room in my Heart. 
 
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 He has fan&ined me throughout, Body, Soul, and 
 Spirit. I am a Witnefs for Jesus Christ, that He 
 is a greater Saviour, than Adam was a Sinner. O watch 
 and pray, and ye fhall not be overcome in the Hour 
 of Temptation. Keep ;clofe to your Meetings, and 
 the Lord will meet you. If you neglect thefe or pri- 
 vate Prayer, you will become barren in your own 
 Souls, and the God of this World will get an Advan- 
 tage over you. But if you keep ciofe to God and one 
 another, ycu wui find Jesus a Saviour to the utter- 
 moft, as I, the moft unworthy of Mankind, do." For 
 fome 1 ime before fhe died, her Prayer was turned 
 into Praife. All her Prayer then was, " Thy Will 
 be dene. 5 ' We have one by us, that we think will 
 hardly live 'till fo-rrorrov\, who is above Seventy, 
 and is as a Shock of Co. n full ripe, crying out, " Come 
 Lord Jesus !" 
 
 In the Chnjlmas Week I rode down to Briftol : 
 Where, Sunday, janua.y i, 175S, we began die Year 
 with the great Congregation at Four, rejoicing and 
 p railing God. 
 
 Tuejday 3. At the Requeft of feveral of my Friends, 
 I wrote " A Letter to a Gentleman of Brtjlclj* in or- 
 der to guard them from feeking Salvation by Works 
 on one Hand, andAntinomianiiin on the other. From 
 thofe who lean to either Extreme I fhall have no 
 Thanks. But Wijdoni isjaj,;fedcfher Children. 
 
 Wednejday 4. I rode to Kingjvo;od, and rejoiced over 
 the School, which is at Length what I have fo long 
 wifhed it to be, a Blefling to ail that are therein, and 
 an Honour to the whole Body of Metkodijls. 
 
 Monday 9. I becran a Letter to Mr. Toogood, Author 
 of " the DifTenting Gentleman's Reafons." I tliink, 
 the moft faucy and virulent Satire on the Church of 
 England, that ever my Eves beheld. How much ra- 
 ther would I write practically than contioverfially. 
 But even this Talent I dare not bury in the Earth. 
 
 Friday 13. Having ended my Bufmefs at Briftol, I 
 rede to Newbury, and the next Day to London. Now 
 if it be the Will of God, I mould be glad of a little 
 Reft. If not, let me rejoice to be without it. 
 
 Tue/day 
 
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 7uefday 17. I preached at Wandf worth. A Gentle- 
 man come from America, has again opened a Door in 
 this Defolate Place. In the Morning I preached in Mr. 
 GiliertU Houfe. Two Negro Servants of his, and a 
 Malauo appear to be much awakened. J: hall not Lib fa- 
 ving Health be made known to all Nations ? 
 
 Saturday 28. I was enquiring of William Hurd, Who 
 difcharged him from the Army? And he might fairly 
 fay, God difcharged him: His Officers being deter- 
 mined not to do it. Nevcrthelefs he flood among the 
 Men, whom they had picked out for trntPurpofe. And 
 when he came in his Turn, his Difcharge was written, 
 and no Man gainfayed. 
 
 Sunday 29. We had an uncommon Blefling at Weft- 
 Street, and a ftiM greater at Spittlejields. Some could not 
 refrain from crying aloud to God. And he did not cafl 
 out their Prayers. Many Thankfgivings have fmce been 
 offered to God, for the BlelTings of that Hour. 
 
 We dnefday February 1. I talked with a Gentlewoman 
 who had been a mighty good Chriffen for near feventy 
 Years, But fhe now found herfelf out, and began to 
 cry with many Tears to the Friend of Sinners for pardon- 
 ing Mercy. 
 
 Friday '3. Mr. Parker (laft Year Mayor of Bedford) 
 preached at the Foundery. A more artlefs Preacher I 
 never heard ; but not deflitute of Pathos. I doubt not, 
 he may be of much Ufe, among honefr, fimple-hearted 
 People. 
 
 Sunday 12. At the Requefr, of the Vicar, Mr. J. I 
 rode over to Uxbridge. 1 preached for him both Morn- 
 ing and Afternoon, to a large and ferious Congregation. 
 How uncommon k Providence is this? The Gofpel was 
 preached in the Church at Hayes. Several of the Parifh- 
 ioners ran from it, and took Pews at Hillingdon. It fol- 
 lowed them into Hillingdon Church, where I preached 
 twice in one Day. Some of thern went to Uxbridge. 
 And now it is come, to torment them at Uxbridge alfo ! 
 
 Wednefday 15. I read over the " Memoirs of the Hou/e 
 of Brandenburgb" Quanta de fpe decidi! 'Tis hard to de- 
 termine from his Writing, whether the Author be a Ma- 
 homet cm or a Chrijlicn. 
 
 On 
 
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 On Friday ly. the Public Faft, I preached at Weff* 
 Jireet in the Morning, at SpittkMdi ih the Afternoon, 
 and Bull and Mouth in the Evening, every where to a 
 crouded Audience. Indeed every Place of Worfhip 
 throughout the City was extremely crouded all the 
 Day long. Surely all the Prayers which have been of- 
 fered up this Day., will not fall to the Ground 1 
 
 Monday 20. I rode, thro* much Rain, to Maldon in 
 F,£ex. Their new Preaching Houie is large ; but it 
 would in no wife contain the Congregation, which 
 flocked together in the Evening For a Time there 
 was much Perlecution here? ; but all is now calm and 
 quiet. And probably good will be done, if thole 
 who now run well, do not draw back to perditicn. 
 We had a large Congregation at Five in the Morning, 
 and more than we had room for in the Evening. Fair 
 BlofToms ! But which of thefe will bring forth Fruit ? 
 O Lord, thou knoweft ! 
 
 Wednefday 22. It rained without ceafn:g, till we 
 came to a fmall Inn, nineteen Miles from Maldon. 
 Here we dried our Cloaths. Soon after, the Rain 
 ceafed, and we had apleafant Ride to London. 
 
 Monday 27. Having a Sermon to write again!} the 
 Aflizes at Bedford, I retired for a few Days to Lew- 
 ijbam. 
 
 Friday March 3. I returned to London. 
 
 Monday 6. I took Horfe about Seven o'Clock. The 
 Wind being Eaft, I was pleafing myfelf, that we 
 mould have it on our back. But in a quarter of an 
 Hour, it fhifted to the North Weft, and blew the 
 Rain full in our face. And both increased, fo that when 
 we came to Finchky Common, it was hard Work to, 
 fit our Horfes. The Rain continued all the way to 
 Dunjlable, where we exchanged the Main Road for the 
 Fields, which having been juft ploughed were deep 
 enough. However before Three we came to Sundon. 
 
 Hence on Fburfday 9. 1 rode to Bedfvtd, and found the 
 Sermon was not to be preached 'till Friday. Had I* 
 known this in time, I ihould never have thought of 
 preaching it, having engaged to be at Epvjortb on 
 Saturday % 
 
 Mr. 
 
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 Mr. ■■.■■■■■ came to me in the Evening, and faJJ. 
 " He could not remain as he was any longer; That 
 Ik had no v -it in his Spirit while he was thus halting 
 two, and therefore defired to go with me 
 without delay.*' i anfwered, " If he was fo refolved, 
 ht was welcome to fet out with me for Epiwtb the 
 next Day." He faid, He would. We fpent fome 
 Time in Prayer, and parted for the prefent. 
 
 lo. The Congregation at St. Paul's was very 
 large and very atend'-'e. The Judge, immediately after 
 Sermon lent me an Invitation to dine with him But 
 having no Tim.-, I was obliged to fend my Excufe and 
 fei out between One and 1 wo, The Nortn-Eait Wind 
 was pieron^ cold, and Mowing exactly in our Face, foon 
 brought an heavy Shower ofSno;. , then of Sleet, and 
 afterward* of Hail. However we reached Stilton at Se- 
 ven, about thirty Miles from B afurd. 
 
 Re'l was now the more fweet, becaufe both our Horfes 
 were lame. Hov< ever refolving to reach Ip-wortb at the 
 Time appointed, 1 fet out in a Poll-Chaife between Four 
 and Five in the Morning: But the Froir. made it {o bad 
 driving, that my Companion came with the lame Horfes 
 into Stamford as foon as me. The next Stage I went on 
 Horfe back : But \ was then ob!ig°d to leave my Mare, 
 and take another Poft-Chaife. I came to Bazu?>y about 
 Six. Some from Ef worth had come to meer mc ; but 
 were gone half an Hear before I enme. I knew no 
 Chaifc could go the reft of the Road. So it remained 
 only to hire Horfes and a Guide. We fet out aboul 
 Seven, but I foon found my Guide knew no more of the 
 Way than myfelf. However we get petty well to Idle- 
 Step, about four Miler from Sasuftry^ where we had juft 
 Light to difcern the River at our Side, and the Coun- 
 try covered with Water. I had heard, that one Richard 
 Wright lived thereabouts, who knew the Road over the 
 Moor perfectly well. Hearing one fpeak (for we could 
 not fee him) I called, " Who is there :" He anfwered, 
 14 Richard JJ'ngbt." I foon agreed with him, and he 
 quickly mounted his Horfe and rode boldly forward. 
 The North-Eait Wind blew full in our Face : And I heard 
 them fay, " It was very cold!" But neither my Face, 
 nor Hands, nor Feet were cold, 'till between Nine and 
 
 Ten 
 
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 Ten we came to Epworth : After travelling more than 
 ninety Miles, I was little more tired than when I rofc 
 ia the Morning. 
 
 Sunday 12. I was much comforted at Church, both 
 Morning and Afternoon, by the ferious Behaviour of 
 the whole Congregation, fo diiferent from what it 
 was formerly. After Evening Service I took my Stand 
 in the Market-place, with a Multitude of People from 
 all Parts. Toward the End of the Sermon the Rain 
 was heavy : But it neither leflened nor difturbed the 
 Congregation. 
 
 Monday 13. I preached in the Shell of the New 
 Houfe, and then fet out for York, The Banks over 
 which we crept along, were ready to fwallow up Man 
 and Beaft. However we came fafe to York in the Af- 
 ternoon. After fettling the little Affairs, on Wed- 
 nefday 15. I rode to Leeds, where in the Evening a 
 Multitude of People were prefent, I never before faw 
 things in fo good Order here, and took knowledge, 
 the Affiflant had not been idle. 
 
 I was apprehenfive, having been at an uncommon 
 Expence, of being a little ftraitened for Money. But 
 after preaching, one with whom I had never exchanged 
 a Word, put a Letter into my Hand, in which was a 
 Bill for Ten Pounds. Is not the Earth the Lord';, arid 
 the fuilnefs thereof? 
 
 ihurfday 16. I rode thro* heavy Rain to Manchejler. 
 
 I was fcarce fet down, when Mr. came from 
 
 Bedford. If he comes fincerely (as I believe) Go$> 
 will blefs him : But if not, Ego in porta navigo* He 
 caxi find out nothing with regard to me, I have no 
 Secrets. 
 
 Friday 1 7. In riding from Mancbefter to Bolton, I 
 read the Life of Theaaore, King of Corftca: A great 
 Man, both as a General and as a Prince: And 
 one who if he had not been facrirlced to the Fn 
 might have made a mining Figure in Hiftory. 
 Saturday 18. We rode to Liverpool. 
 Thurfday 23. I walked over to Mr. £.'s, a Gentleman 
 who had little thought of God, 'till his favourite 
 Child lay at the Point of Death. It than came into 
 his mind, To pray for his Life. He did fo, and the 
 
 Child 
 
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 Child recovered. This (truck him to the Heart, 
 and he relied no more 'till his own Soul was 
 healed. 
 
 I never faw the Houfe fo crouded as it was onEa/ler- 
 day y March 26 : Efpecially with rich and genteel Peo- 
 ple : Whom I did not at all fpare. They are now 
 warned to flee from the Wrath to come. God grant 
 they may remember the Warning ! 
 
 Tuejday 2S. We went on board and fetfail for Dublin. 
 The Wind was fair, and the Day extremely fine. 
 Seven or eight Miles from the Town, a fmall Boat 
 overtook us, which brought me Letters from London. 
 Some of thefe earneftly prefled me to return to London, 
 or however, " Not to go to Ireland." I confulted my 
 Friends, and jufl as we began our little Debate, the 
 Wind which 'till then was fair and fmall, turned from 
 Eaft to W T eft, and blew harder and harder. But the 
 Point was foon defided. For upon enquiry, we found 
 the Boat was gone back, and no other was to be had. 
 Prefently after the Wind returned to the Eaft, and wc 
 faw the Hand of God. 
 
 The Liverpool Boat went away in fuch Hafte, that it 
 left a young Man, James Glazebrook behind : So we 
 were Five in all. We had feven more Cabbin ParTen- 
 g^rs, and many common ones. So good-natured a 
 Company I never met with in a Ship before. The 
 Sea was as fmooth as Glafs, the Sun fhone without a 
 Cloud, and the Wind was quite fair, So we glided on, 
 ? till about Nine, I went to Prayers with them, and 
 then quietly lay down. 
 
 JVedncfday 29. We were even with the great Weljb 
 Mountain, P tnme>iinaur y at Five in the Morning. But 
 it then fell calm, fo that we werefcarce abreft of H' !y- 
 htad in the Evening. This gave us Time to fpeak to 
 all our Fellow-PaiTengers. And fome Fruit quickly 
 appeared. For no Oath, no immodeft, or pafhonate 
 Word, was any more heard in the Ship while we were 
 on board . 
 
 Thurjaay 30. Having no Wind full, I defired our 
 
 Brethren to come on the Quarter-Deck : Where we 
 
 no fooner began iinging an Hymn, than both Paflen- 
 
 gen and Sailors gladly ailembled. The Wind fprun^ 
 
 M up 
 
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 up almoft. as foon as I began, and about Nine the next 
 Day we entered Dublin Bay : After fo fmooth and piea- 
 fanta PaiTage as the Captain declared he had not had 
 At that Time of Year for forty Years. 
 
 Considering the Shortnefc of the Warning, we had a 
 large Congregation in the Evening ; but a very fmall 
 one in the Morning, April i. At this I did not wonder 
 when I was informed, That the Preaching at Five had 
 been difcontinued for near aYear and an half. At eight 
 like wife, Sunday 2. The Congregation was fmall. I 
 took Knowledge, that tke People of Dublin, had nei- 
 ther feen nor heard much of Self-denial, fince T. Waljb 
 left the Kingdom. 
 
 All the Evenings of that following Week we had 
 numerous Congregations. Nothing is wanting here 
 but rigorous Discipline • Which is more needful in 
 this than in any other Nation : The People in general 
 being fo foft and delicate, that the leaf! Slacknefs 
 utterly deftroys them. 
 
 Tburjday 6. We walked round the College, and 
 faw what was accounted moil worthy of Obfervation. 
 The New Front is exceeding grand ; and the whole 
 Square (about as large as Peck<water in Chriji -Church) 
 would be beautful, were not the Windows too fmall, 
 as every one will fee, when the piefent Fafhion is out 
 of date. 
 
 Friday 7. I preached in the Evening on Reuben's 
 Character, Unjlahle as Water, fo Applicable to moil 
 of this Nation. Some were deeply convinced, and 
 refolved, not to reft, 'till they were ilablifhed in 
 Grace. 
 
 Sunday 9. I exhorted the Society, To follow the 
 Example of their Englijh Brethren, by jointly renew- 
 ing their Covenant with God. On Tuefday Evening I 
 read the Letters ; by one of which a poor Backilider, 
 who had been wandring near eleven Years, was cut to 
 the Heart, and determined to return to him from whom 
 he had fo deeply revolted. 
 
 Thur/day 13. I explained at large the Nature and 
 Manner of entering into Covenant with God, and 
 defired all who were purpofed foto do, to fet Friday 
 apart, for Solemn Failing and Prayer. Many did fo, 
 
 and 
 
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 and met both at Five in the Morning, at Noon, and 
 in the Evening. 
 
 Sunday 1 6. I was much grieved at St. Petir's Church 
 nt fuch a Sight as I never faw in England^ Com man i- 
 well as others, behaving in a manner that 
 ihccked common Senfe as well ;; O who 
 
 has the Courage to fpeak plain to thefe rich and 
 honourable Sinners ? If they periiri in their Ini- 
 quity, will not their Blood be on the Watchman's 
 Head ? 
 
 Monday 17. We met in the Evening, to renew 
 our Covenant with God. It was a Glorious Sea- 
 fon. I believe all that were prefent found that Goo 
 was there. 
 
 iS. Among the Letters I read in Public 
 laft Week, was one from Mr. GrWes, giving an Ac- 
 count of a Society lately formed at Glajgonu^ for pro- 
 moting Chriftian Knowledge among the Poor, chiefly 
 by dirtributing Bibles among them, and other religi- 
 ons Books. I could not then help expreffihg my Am- 
 mazement, That nothing of this kind had been at- 
 tempted in Ireland: And inquiring. If it was not 
 high Time, That fuch a Society mould be formed in 
 Dublin? This Morning Dr. T. fhewed me a Paper, 
 which the Archbiihop had juft fent to each of his 
 Clergy: Exhorting them to "erect a Society, for the 
 Diliribution of Books among the Poor." Thanks be 
 to God for this ! Whether we or they, it is all one, fo 
 God be known, loved and obeyed. 
 
 Thurjday 20. in the Evening I met all the married 
 Men and Women of the Society. I believe it was 
 high Time. For many of them feemed to know very 
 little of Relative Duties. So that I brought ft range 
 things to their Ears, when I enlarged on the Duties of 
 Hufbands, and Wives, and Parents. 
 
 Friday 21. I dined at Lady . We need great 
 
 Grace to converfe with Great People! From which 
 therefore (unlefs in fome rare Inftanccs) I am ohd to 
 be excufed. Hor& fughtnt t$ imputantur! Of thefe two 
 Hours I can give no good Account. 
 
 Sunday 23. I was much concerned to fee two Gen- 
 tlemen, who were clofe to me at St. Patrick's Church, 
 M 2 fall 
 
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 fall a talking together, in the inoft trifling Manner, 
 Immediately after they had received the Lord's Sup- 
 per. Indeed one who fat by could not but reprove 
 them, whom I feconded in flrong Terms. And fo far 
 (at leaft) we gained ; They talked no more, 'till th« 
 Service was ended. 
 
 Monday 24.. I left Dublin. But our Chaife-Horfe 
 tired, before we had drove eight Miles. So 1 went 
 into another Chaife, and reached Killcock between 
 Kleven and Twelve. We were agreeably furprized to 
 .hear the Maid of the Inn fmging one of our Hymns, 
 and to find, that her Miftrefs had the Evening before 
 been at the Preaching in Dublin. This accounted for 
 the profound Civility, with which all the Servants be- 
 haved. About One I took Horfe and rode on with 
 .Robert Swindells to Edinderry. 
 
 On the Road I read Mr. Walker's Account of the 
 Siege of Londonderry , and the Relation of that of Drogh- 
 eda, by Dr. Bernard, a vain, childifli, affected 
 Writer. Sir Hemy Titcbburn's Account of that Siege, 
 is wrote in a flrong and mafculine Manner, and is 
 worthy to be joined with Mr. Walker* $ plain and 
 clear Account of that other amazing Scene of Provi- 
 dence. , 
 
 Tuefday 1 5. I read an Account of the hijb Rebellion 
 wrote by Dr. Curry, a Papift of Dublin, who la- 
 bours to wafh the Ethiop white, by numberlefs Falf- 
 hoods and Prevarications. But he is treated according 
 to his Merit by Mr. Harris, in a Tracl intitled, " Fic- 
 tion unmafked." 
 
 In the Evening I preached under the Caftle-Wall, 
 to a very numerous Congregation, tho' fome of the 
 Quakers (10 called) had laboured much, to dilTuade 
 their People from coming. And one poor Man, 
 lately reclaimed by hearing our Preachers from a 
 courfe of open, fcandalous Sin, they did perfuade to 
 flay at home. When he turns back to his Vomit, 
 who mail anfwer for bis Blood? 
 
 Wednefday 26. I walked round the poor remains of 
 the Caftle. The Situation is extremely fine. It flands 
 on the Top of a gently-rifing Hill, commanding the 
 jProfpec"l all four Way!, and having Rows of tall Trees 
 
 reaching 
 
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 reaching dawn to the Vale on three Sides, with a 
 Grove covering it on the North Eaft. But the I Ioufe, 
 as well as the Gardens round about it, are now utterly 
 run to ruin. 1 wonder none has rebuile it : Unlets 
 there is a Curfe on the Piace, for the Sins of it's for- 
 mer Inhabitants ! 
 
 rfday 26. I flnifhed Mr. Spearman's Enquiry, an 
 ingenious, fenfible Book. But I cannot at all agree 
 with his Scheme : I Hill think Mr. ffutcbinfon*$ whole 
 Syftem, is not only quite unsupported by Scripture, but 
 loaded with infuperable Difficulties, I cannot yet fee 
 trie Poilibility of any Motion, without fo much as a 
 Vacuum Dijfeminatum. Is it not flatly imporlible, ifall 
 be full, and all Matter be impenetrable ? Muchlefs can 
 1 conceive, How the Streams of Light and Air, can 
 move continually in oppoiite Directions, and that 
 in fpace abfolutely full, without juitling with each 
 other ! 
 
 In the Evening I preached at PortarUngtcn. Both 
 this Day and the next I was much concerned for my rich 
 gay Hearer i, and God gave me fuch a Word for them, 
 as i fcarce ever had before. 
 
 Hence at his earner* Requeft, I rode over to Mr. 
 
 L , who faid, " He could not die in peace 'till 
 
 he had feen me/* For fome Time he had been quite 
 diftracled : But he fpoke quite feniibly Yefterday, 
 while Mr. Swindells was there, faying with many 
 Tears, " He had never profpered in any thing, iince 
 he uied Mr. W. fo ill." That Night he had found 
 an J refreshing Sleep, which he had not had for many 
 Weeks before : And when we called, moil of what he 
 faid was reafonable and connected. Perhaps God 
 may put an End to the Troubles, which have lately 
 lncompaft- him on every Side. 
 
 Salarria) 29. I preached in the Market-place at 
 \ in the Evening, and at Eight in the Morn- 
 ing. At Eleven I went to Church. Soon after feven 
 or ei; >ers came in to the fame Pew. Several 
 
 in the next Pew, and others feat tered up and 
 down the Church, -n the middle of the Service a Per- 
 ron came in, ajid whifpered to one of them pn 01 r Pew,. 
 Soon after another Ptrfcra came ic, and. whifpered. to> 
 
 lie 
 
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 ih« Corporal. Several of them then whifpered toge- 
 ther ; after which Four went out, but quickly re- 
 turned, with many Swords and Piftols. After whif- 
 pering together again, they all rofe up from all Parts, 
 and went out of the Church in a Body. This put the 
 whole Congregation in an uproar, and many ran out 
 in ali haile. Afterwards the Secret appeared to be 
 this. Three Weeks a^o a Man of the Town grofly 
 abufed a Trooper, whofe Patience at length oeing 
 worn out, he gave him a cut acrofs the Head. A 
 Report now came, Tnat the Man was dead. On this 
 the Mob gathered, to feize the Trooper. But the 
 others refolved, Not to give him «p to a Mob, but to 
 the Peace- Officer. 
 
 I fuppofe moll of the Protectants in the Town, 
 were prefent at the Evening Sermon. Many Papifls 
 alfo flood in the Skirts of the Congregation, tho* liable 
 to heavy Penance for it. i preached much longer 
 than I am accuftomed, finding it an acceptable Time. 
 Well might Kempis fay, " He ride's eafiJy, whom the 
 Grace of God carries." 
 
 Movday May i. I flrove to put an End to the bitter 
 Contentions which had well nigh torn the Society in 
 Pieces. I heard the contending Parties Face to Face, and 
 defired them to fpeake at large. God gave his Blef- 
 flng therewith : The Snare was broken, and they 
 were cordially reconciled. Only one Perfon was out 
 of all Patience, and formally renounced us all. But 
 within an Hour Gob broke her Heart alfo, and fhei 
 Jifked Pardon with many Tears. So there is reafon 
 to hope, they will for the Time to come bear one ano- 
 ther's Burdens, 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Tul/amcre, not only to 
 a large Number of Proteftants, but to many Papifts, 
 and aimoil all the Troopers in Town. 
 
 Titcjday 2. I wrote a fhort Anfwer, to Dr. Free's 
 weak, bitter, fcurrilous Inventive, again ft the Peo- 
 ple cailed Mahcdifts. But 1 doubt, whether I fhall 
 meddle with him any more. He is too Dirty a Writer 
 for me to touch. 
 
 Wedne/day 3. I preached at Four in the Afternoon 
 at Coolykughy and at Eight in the Morning : Afte r 
 
 which 
 
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 which I rode on to TyrrtPs Pafs. The Letters which 
 I read here, were feafonable as Rain in the Time of 
 Drought. I had before found much Wearinefs : But 
 God thereby gave a Check to my Faintnefs of Spirit, 
 and enabled me to gird up the Lens of my Mind. 
 
 In the Evening, the Weather being cairn and mild, 
 I preached on the Side of a Meadow, the People (land- 
 ing before me, one above another, on the Side of a 
 gently-rifing Hill And many did indeed, at that 
 Houie, tajle cv>djee that tie Lord is gracious. 
 
 Friday 5. In the Evening I preached at Dnn.crec, 
 in the New Room, built in the Taile of the Country. 
 The Roof, is Thatch, the Wall's M^d ; on whic. a 
 Ladder was iufpended by Ropes of Straw. Hence we 
 rode to Ro/mead. The Congregation here was r^jt 
 large, but deeply ferious. 
 
 Sunday 7. I preached at Eight and at Five. Af- 
 terward i was defired to make a Collection for a dif- 
 treft Family. Mr. Booker, the Minifter of the Parifh, 
 willingly flood at the Door to receive it : and 
 encouraged all that went by, to be meraful after their 
 Pouuer. 
 
 Monday 8. I rode to Newy, and preached at Seven 
 to a large and ferious Congregation. 
 
 Tuejday 9. We rode by the Side of the Canal, thro 1 
 a pleafant Vale, to Terry-hugan. The Room built on 
 Purpofe for us here, is three Yards long, two and a 
 quarter broad, and fix Foot high. TheWalls, Floor and 
 Cieling are Mud : and we had a clean, Chaff* Bed. At 
 Sever I preached in a Neighbouring Ground, ha T . mg 
 a Rock behind me, and a large Congregation fitting 
 on the Grafs before me. Thence we retired to our Hut, 
 and foui:d it true. 
 
 Lice: Jub pauper e teSio 
 Regcs fcf rrgum vita pracurrere ami cos. 
 Wedmjday 10. 1 fuppofe all he Inhabitants of the 
 Village with many others, were prefent a: rive in 
 th;' Morning. Among thefe was a poor Wun:an, 
 brought to bed ten Days before, who had walked 
 Four Injh Miles, (Seven Evglijh) with her Child in her 
 Arms, to have it baptized by me. Another, who 
 lived at Terry-hugan had earneflly defired the i\me 
 
 Thing 
 
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 thing, if fhe was delivered before I left the Country. 
 She was delivered two or three Hours before the ] 
 Preaching. So God gave her what fhe afked of him. 
 
 In riding to Lijburn, I read Mr. Rollins Antient 
 Hijlory* Cou'd fo mafteny a Writer make fo 
 palpable Blunders I Or a.e they owing to the Tran- 
 flater ? I have obferveci many as grofs as that in the 
 Fourth Volume. " A revered Old Age was the 
 Fruit of Gelons Wifdom — He was fucceeded by Hiero, 
 
 his Eldeft Biother. This Young Prince" How ? 
 
 If Gelon enjoyed revered Old Age, could his eldefl Bro- 
 ther he young after his Death ? 
 
 Abur dance of People attended the Preaching in the 
 Evening, as well as in the Morning. 
 
 Friday 12 I preached about Noon at Comber, and 
 then rode on to Newtovun. This feems to have been 
 a Pl?ce of Strength, large Fragments of Walls flill re- 
 maining. I preached at Seven on the Green, to the larg- 
 er!. Congregation I have feen fince I came into the 
 Kingdom. All were quietly attentive, and when I had 
 done, went away in deep Silence. 
 
 Saturday 1 3. We went into the Church, the Burial- 
 Placeof Mr. Cchin's Father and Anceftors. The Quire, 
 turned into a Chappel many Years ago, is grand, and 
 finely finifhed. But as no Man cares for it, fince the 
 Eft ate was fold, it is fwiftly running to Ruin. 
 
 Iji the Evening we had a larger Congregation thari 
 before. I was afraid my Voice would not reach them 
 all. But God gave me Strength, fo that I believe 
 every one prefent might hear distinctly. 
 
 Sunday 14. I preached in the Market-houfe at Btlfafl 
 abojt One, and in the Court-houfe at Carrickfergus In 
 the Evening. 
 
 Monday 1 5. I rode over the Mountains to Lam, a 
 fmall Seaport, ten Miles North of Carrickfergus The 
 Sun fhone bright and exceeding hot, and the Wind was 
 pretty high. They fixed the Table juit fronting the 
 Mid-day Sun, and where an Eddy of Wi.?d poured n 
 continually. And it was well they did. For the Sun 
 tempered the Wind, fo that I could bear both better : 
 either, I fuppofe moil of the Town were prefent, rich 
 
 and 
 
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 and poor : And I believe the Word of God did not re- 
 turn empty. 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Carrick again. The old 
 Earl of Donnegal, one of the richeft Peers in Ireland, took 
 much Pleafure here, in his (lately Houfe, furrounded by 
 large and elegant Garden*. But his only Son proved an 
 Jdeot. And the p efent Heir regards them not. So the 
 Roof of the Houfe is fall n in : And the Horfes and Sheep 
 which feed in the Gardens make wild Work with the 
 Parterre?, and curious Trees, which the old Lord fo 
 carefully planted. 
 
 Tut/day ! 6. We rode to Lurgan. In the Morning I 
 walked to Lourh-Neaob, the moft beautiful Lake 1 ever 
 faw. On the South End Shore Hands a fmall Mount, 
 fuppofed to be raifed by the Danes : On theTop of which 
 is a Kind of Arbour, benched round with Turf, which 
 might contain twenty or thirty People. 
 
 This was the hotted Day I ever felt in Ireland r Near 
 as hot as any I remember in Georgia. The next Morn- 
 ing I was defired to fee the Houfe of an eminent Scholar 
 near the Town. The Door into the Yard we found nailed 
 up ; but we got in at a Gap which was itoptwithThorns. 
 I took the Houfe at firlt. for a very old Bam, but was af- 
 furcd, he had built it within five Years : Not indeed by 
 any old, vulgar Model, but purely to his own Tafte. 
 The Walls were part Mud, part Brick, part Stone, and 
 part Bones and Wood. There were four Windows, but 
 no Glafs in any, left the pure Air fhould be kept out. 
 The Houfe had two Stories, but no Stair-cafe, and no 
 Door : Into the Upper Floor we went by a Ladder, thro' 
 one of the Windows: Thro' one of the Lower Windows, 
 into the Lower Floor, which was about four Boot high. 
 This Floor had three Rooms, one three Square, thefecond 
 had five Sides, the third, I know not how many. I give 
 a particular Defcription of this wonderful Edifice, to il- 
 lustrate that great Truth ; There is no Folly too great, 
 even for a Man of Senfe, if he refolve to follow his own 
 Imagination ! 
 
 I fpent Friday and Saturday at Nenvry, a Town rifen 
 out of its Ames within theie twenty Years. 
 
 Sunday 21. I was much pleafed with the Scriocinefs 
 and Decency of the Congregation at Church. But they 
 
 were 
 
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 were a little hurried in the Middle of the Service. A 
 young Man dropped down as dead. In a little Time 
 however he came to himfelf, and was led out of Church. 
 
 Monday 22. I rode thro' a barren, dreary Country, 
 and by a miserable Road, to Caftle-Blnvcy. The Morn- 
 ing was extremely hot; but we had a cooler Ride in the . 
 Afternoon to Coot-hilL I preached at Seven in an open 
 Place near the Street, to a tolerably ferious Congregation. 
 At Six in the Morning there were more rather thaa 
 fewer, who then feemed to feel as well as hear, I walked 
 afterward to the German Houfe, about as large as the 
 Chappel in Snow-fields. They have pitched upon a de- 
 lightful Situation, laid out a Garden by ic, planted Trees 
 round the Ground, and every Way approved themfelves 
 wife in their Generation. They often put me in mind of 
 the Monks of old, who had picked out the pleafanteft 
 Spots in our Nation. But when their Time was come, 
 God fwept them away, in an Hour they looked not for 
 it. 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Dingins, in the County 
 of Cavan, on the very Edge of TJlfter. Many came from 
 far, a few of whom have tafted that the Lord is graci- 
 ous. 
 
 Wednefday 24. I preached in the Morning at Granard, 
 in the Barrack- Yard. I have rarely feen a Congregation 
 in a new Place io much affected. About One I preached 
 at Edgeixorthtown, to a very genteel Congregation : Ex- 
 tremely different from that which gathered at Longford, 
 in the Yard of the great Inn : The rudeil, furlieil, wild- 
 er! People that I have found fince I came into the King- 
 dom. However they Mood pretty quiet, till fome Pieces 
 of Turf were thrown among them over the Houfes. And 
 when they had recovered from the Hurry it put them into, 
 they behaved decently till I concluded. 
 
 Thurjday 25. I preached at Chg-bill about One, and 
 than rode on to Drumerfnave. Wood, Water, fruitful 
 Land, and gently-Hung Hills, contribute to make this 
 Place a little Paradife. Mr. Campbell, the Proprietor of 
 the whole, refolved to make it fuch. So he planted 
 Groves, laid out Walks, formed the Plan of a new 
 Town, with a Barrack at one End, and his own Seat at 
 
 the 
 
the other. But alas! Death flopped in between, and all 
 his Plan fefl to the Ground. 
 
 I lodged at the only Gentleman's Houfc in the Town, 
 whole Wife adorns the Gofpel. 
 
 Saturday 27. ! xoit thro* James's Tvwn t once a flrong 
 Place Heap of Ruins, and thro* Carrtik and 
 
 Boyle, both inclofed by a pleafant and fruitful Country. 
 Soon after, we veered the County of Sligcc, the belt 
 peopled that I have feen in the Kingdom. Eight Villa- 
 ges we counted within (even Miles: The Town itfelfl 
 think is litt . The* Country round it 
 
 tile and well-improved; even the Mountains, to the 
 very Top, It lies two Miles from the Sea, having a large 
 Harhcur, covered by Mountains on.eao Side. 
 
 1 he Mob had been in M the Day. But their 
 
 Eufinefs was only with the eo^e-ilallers of the Market, 
 who had bought up all the Corn far and near, to ilarve 
 the Poor, and load a \ -*ch lay at die Kay. 
 
 But the Mob brought it all out into the Market, and fold 
 it for the Owners at the c d this they 
 
 did, with all the Calmhe nable, 
 
 and wit ho or hurting any one. 
 
 I preached in the Evening near the Main Street, to 
 a fniall, qu iotis Company : At Nrn'e Sunday 28* 
 
 in the Market- Houfe, to a numerous Congregation. 
 But they were doubled at Five in the Afternoon : And 
 God made his Word quick and powerful. Even the 
 rich and genteel Part of the Audience appeared to be 
 deeply affected. O for Labourers ! for a few y\ 
 tixtu' Deiirous only to fpend and be fpent for their 
 Brethren. 
 
 MondaJ 29. I rode to Cafiktarr. 
 Tburfday June i. I went to Newport. I believe all 
 the Protectants in the Town gladly attended trie Even- 
 ing preaching : And few of them were wanting at 
 Five in the Morning. How white arc thefe Fields to 
 the Harveft! 
 
 Friday June 2. I rode to HoUymount> and preached in 
 the Church- Yard. 1 then viiited my Antagonift, Mr. 
 Clark, who was lying extremely ill. 
 
 Saturday 3. 1 preached at MinuUa y a Village four 
 Miles from Cafthbarr. I was furprized to find, how 
 
 little 
 
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 little the Irijh Papifts are changed in an Hundred 
 Years. Moll of them retain the fame Bitternefs, yea 
 and Thirfl for Blood as ever : And would as freely now 
 cut the Throats of all the Proteflants, as they did in 
 the lafl Century. 
 
 Sunday 4. As they have the Lord's Supper here but 
 four Times a Year, I adminiftred it in the Even- 
 ing to about fixty Perfons. Scarce one of them went 
 empty away. Many were filled with Confolation. 
 
 luzfdayb. I fet out at Four (the Hour I had ap- 
 pointed) on foot, the Horfe brought for me having 
 neither Bridle nor Saddle. After a Time one galloped 
 after me full Speed, 'till juft as he overtook me, Horfe 
 and Man came down together. The Horfe's Knee 
 fpouted out Blood, as if an Artery had been cut. 
 But on a fudden the Blood flopped ; nor did he bleed 
 any more all the Way to Agfoim. 
 
 I found a few here, and left more, Jirwing to enter in 
 at the Strait Gate. 
 
 Friday 9. About Eight I preached at Ahajkra y to a 
 Congregation , of whom four Fifths were Papifts. 
 Would to God the Government would infure to all the 
 Papifts in the Land, fo much Liberty of Confcience, 
 that none might binder tbemf>-om bearing the true Word 
 of God ! Then, as they hear, fo let them judge. 1^ 
 the Evening 1 preached 2AAthlone. 
 
 Sunday 1 1 . We had an excellent Sermon at Church 
 on the IntercefTion of Christ. In the Afternoon 
 abundance of Papifts, as well as Proteflants, were pre- 
 fent on the Connaught Side of the River, while I explained 
 the Joy that is in Heaven ever one Sinner that repentetb. 
 Toward the Clofe two or three Eggs were thrown, and 
 not long after, two Stones. One of them fell on a 
 Gentleman's Servant, the other on a Drummer, which 
 fo enraged the Dragoons (many of whom were in the 
 Congregation) that as foon as I concluded, they run 
 all Ways to find the Man that threw. The Spirit they 
 fhewed did much Good, by ftriking a Terror into the 
 Rabble. But I was glad they did not difcover the 
 Offender. I believe his Fright was Puniihment enough. 
 Tucjday 14. I met the Preachers and Stewards at 
 Cooly-lougb. The Congregation at Noon was the 
 
 large ft 
 
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 Lrrgeft I ever Taw there. In the Afternoon the per- 
 plext Cafe of /. C. and /. A. was referred to Mr. S and 
 iVii\ //: Who after a long Hearing judged (as did all 
 prefent) u That /. C. had acted wrong, in fcizing 
 and felling /. A*l Goods for Rent, when no Rent was 
 due." 
 
 After preaching in the Evening, I talked with Katb. 
 Shta of Athlonc, concerning a itrange Account which !. 
 had heard : There are many now living, who atteft, 
 on their perfonal Knowledge, moll of the Particulars 
 of it. She faid, M When 1 was ten Years old, the 
 Preaching began at Atblone. I liked, and often heard 
 it, tho' my Parents were zealous Papiib, 'till the/ 
 jemoved into the Country. I then grew as zealous as 
 them, and was diligent in reading the Papifh Prayers,, 
 'till I was about Thirteen : When taking the Mafs- 
 Book one Day, to read my Prayers, I could not fee 
 one Word. I continued Blind, juft able to difceru 
 Light from Darknefs, but not to read or do any Work : 
 'Till after three Months, calling my Eye on a New 
 Teftament, I could read clearly. I faid tomyfelf, " I 
 won't read this Protectant Book : I will read my own 
 Book." Accordingly I opened the Mafs-Book, but 
 ould not fee one Word : It appeared all dark and 
 black. I made the Trial thrice over, holding the 
 Mafs-Book in one Hand, and the Teftament in the 
 other. I could not fee any Thing in the Mafs-Book,. 
 but could read the Teftament as well as ever. On this 
 I threw away the Mafs-Book, fully refolved to meddle 
 with it no more. 
 
 " Afterwards my Parents returned to Atblone. 
 Then I heard the Preaching at all Opportunities, 
 For this they beat me many limes, and at lad turned 
 me out of Doors. Yet after this* my Father brought 
 me to the Prielt, who difputed with me very warmly. 
 At length my Father faid, " I think, the Girl is in 
 the Right." And he oppofed me no more to the Day 
 of his Death." 
 
 IVednefday 14. I preached at Tullamore about Eleven, 
 and at Birr in the Evening. 
 
 Friday 16. I fet out for Limerick. I was wet thro' 
 
 from- Head to Foot, before I came thither, but received 
 
 N no 
 
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 *no Hurt. Here I had a particular Account of the 
 melancholy Affair, which was in the Mcuths of all 
 Men. On Sunday Evening laft, two Officers were 
 playing at Dice, when they quarreled about a leud 
 Woman. This occafioned a Challenge from Mr. /. 
 which the other would fain have declined. But he 
 would not be denied, and was fo bent upon it, that he 
 would not go to Bed. About Three in the Morning 
 they went out, with their Seconds, to the Ifland. Mr. 
 J9. propofed firing at twelve Yards Diflance. But Mr. 
 /. faid, u No, no, Six is enough." So they kiffed 
 one another (Foor Farce!) and before they were rive 
 Paces afiunder, both fired at the fame Inftant, The 
 Ball went into Mr. 7's Breaft, who turned round twice 
 or thrice, and fell. He was carried home, made his 
 Will, and about Three in the. Afternoon died like a 
 Man of Honour ! 
 
 How are the Judgments of the Lor d abroad in the Earth! 
 About Ealler laft Mr. Beouchamp was at a Gentleman's 
 Houfe in the County of Clare t when a Gentleman who 
 was occafionally there* finding they were going to 
 Family Prayers, ran away in all Halle, fwearing, " He 
 would have none of their fwadling Wavers. " Two or 
 three Weeks after, he imagined himfelf to be not very 
 well. A Pbyfician was called, who for three or four 
 Days fucceffively, affirmed, there was noDanger at all. 
 On the fifth D^y a Second Phyfician was called : Who 
 feeling his Pulfe faid, " Why do you fend for me? I 
 can do nothing. He is a dead Man." Hearing this, 
 lie cried out, " Doctor, you have deceived me. I 
 leave Money enough. But my Soul is loft." He 
 catched hold of one and another, crying, " Save me, 
 fave me." He end avoured to throw himfelf into the 
 Fire. Being hindered from doing this, he feized upon 
 his own Arm, and tore it with his Teeth. And after 
 a fhort Time, in all the Agony of Rage, Defpair and 
 Horror, expired. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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 JOURNAL. 
 
 yr^jr&ATURDAT, June 17. I met T . 
 \*/ >£ Waljk once more, in Li>nzrick s alive, and 
 w ^ >J' but juft alive. Three of the belt Ph\ iici- 
 V^'i^Vi'V' ans * n thefe Parts have attended him, and 
 ,v..;*x,-»x>- a ]j agreei t h at ; t i s a loft Cafe: That by 
 
 violent ftraining of his Voice, added to frequent L 
 he has contracted a pulmonary Confumption, which is 
 now in the lail Stags, and confequent'y beyond the 
 - i of any human Kelp. O v\hat a Man, to be 
 2 way in the Strength of his Years! Sl rely 
 thy judgn enta are a great Deep ! 
 
 jr little Conference bj?sn, at 
 :h fourteen Preachers :. We fettled 
 
 all Things here, which we judged nould be cj t 
 
 . ! ers or the Societies, ar.d consulted how 
 to rc ..:ever might be an Hindrance to the 
 
 . 
 
 A 2 Friday 
 
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 Friday , 23. I rode over to Court-Mattrefs, a Colony 
 of Germans, whofe Parents came out of the Palatinate, 
 about fifty Years ago. Twenty Families of them fet- 
 tled here, twenty more at Killileen, a Mile off; fifty 
 at Balhgarane, about two Miles Eaftward, and twenty 
 at Pallas, four Miles farther. Each Family had a few 
 Acres of Ground, on which they built as many little 
 Houfes. They are fince confiderably incrtafed in 
 number of Souls, tho' decreafed in number of Fami- 
 lies. Having no Minifter, they were become eminent 
 for Drunkennefs, Curfing, Swearing, and an utter neg- 
 lect of Religion. But they are warned ; fince they 
 heard and received the Truth, which is able to favc 
 their Souls. An Oath is now rarely heard among 
 them, or a Drunkard feen in their Borders. Court- 
 
 Mattrefs is built in the Form of a Square, in the 
 middle of which they have placed a pretty large 
 Preaching houfe. But it would not contain one half 
 of the Congregation : So I flood in a large Yard. 
 The Wind kept off the Rain while I was preaching. 
 As foon a; I ended, it began. 
 
 Sunday, 25 About Six 1 preached in the Iiland in 
 a fquaie, green Inclofure, which was formerly Oliver 
 Crow-veil's Camp. I have not feen fuch a Congrega- 
 tion fince we left London. To how much better pur- 
 pofe is this Ground employed, than it was in the 
 laft Century? 
 
 Thwjday, 29. I rode to Clare, and at fix preached 
 in the Street to many poor Papids and rich Pro- 
 telhnts, almoft all the Gentry in the Country being 
 afTembled together. Thence I went on to Emus, and 
 at Ten the next Morning, had another genteel Con- 
 gregation in rhe Court houfe. In Enms many fup- 
 pofe, there are not lefs than fifty Papifts to one Pro- 
 tectant. They would have been very ready to fhevv 
 
 their Good will But the fight of Mr. B , kept 
 
 them in awe. A Report however was fpread of fome 
 terrible Things they were to do in the Evening : 
 And many were furprifed to obfeive, that more than 
 Nine in Ten of the Congregation were Papifh. 
 
 But 
 
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 But none fpoke an unkind or uncivil Word, eicher 
 while I preached or nhcr 1 had done. 
 
 How unfpeakable is the Advantage, in point of 
 liddling Peoplp hive over the 
 Rich '. and Affectation, fo 
 
 many and fenfelefs Cuioms among 
 
 People of y juftify the Remark made 
 
 Seventeen Hundred Year; ^go, 
 
 Sen/as communis in ilia For tuna rarus. 
 
 Sunday, July 2. I preached in the Ifland near lu 
 merick> both Morning and Evening, Handing on 
 fide of a large Hollow, adjoining to the old Camp. 
 The Ground on the fides of it floped upward, fo 
 that the People fat on the Grafs, row above row. Such 
 an Amphitheatre 1 never faw before, in which thou- 
 fands of Hearers were fo commodioufly placed. And 
 they feemed earneilly to attend to our Lord's Invoca- 
 tion, Come, for all things are nouj ready ! 
 
 I did not then obferve, that I llrained myfelf. 
 But in the Morning I was extremely hoarfe. This 
 increafed all Day, together with a load and iloppage 
 in my Brealt. On Tuejday Morning I began fphting 
 Blood, found a Pain in my left Side, a ienfib.e De- 
 cay of Strength, and a deep wheezing Cough; jufl 
 the Symtoms which I had fome Years fmce. 1 im 
 mediately applied a TJrimftone Piaiiler to my Side, art! 
 ufed a Linetus of roailed Lemon and Honey. Wed- ) 
 ne-day, 5. My Side was quire eafy, and my Hoarfe- 
 nefs much abated. So in the Evening I made (hi ft 
 to preach again, tho* not without difficulty. 1 had 
 purpofed preaching the next Day at Sbrcnill, about 
 Twenty- four Englijh miles from Limerick: And at 
 Clonmell about the fame diftance from SbronilL But 
 perceiving my fhength would not fuffice, and yield- 
 ing to the Advice of my Friends, relied another 
 Day. 
 
 Tburfday, 6. The News of Prince Ferdinand's Victo- 
 ry, had half turned the Heads of moft of the Pro- 
 teitants, till they were brought to themfelves by News 
 A 3 of 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 of another kind, which ran thro' the City as in an 
 Jnftant. One who was well known therein, a great 
 Curftr and Blafphemer, and eminently without GOD 
 in the world, went a fifhing a little way from his own 
 door, and flood with his Angling-rod on the edge of 
 the water. Many were looking on, when his foot 
 flipping, he fell forward and funk. As help was at 
 hand, he was foon drawn out. But it was too late. 
 There was no remains of Life. His Soul was gone to 
 give it's account. 
 
 Friday, 7. I rode in a Chaife to Char/e-vill, and 
 thence on an eafy Horfe to Cork. James MaJIot died 
 in peace the Morning before; fo I was jufl in time to 
 perform the la ft Office for him. 
 
 Saturday, 8. The Congregation was large; but my 
 Voice was fo weak that many could not hear. Sunday, 
 9. After the Burial of James Maffiot, I preached to a 
 multitude of People, on BleJJed are the dead which die in 
 the Lord. And the longer I fpoke, the more my Voice 
 was ftrengthned. 
 
 Tut/day, 11. I rode with James Morgan Xo Band on, 
 and preached in the Market-houfe to a liftening Multi- 
 tude. Wtdnefday, 12. I read over the Analyfis of 
 Lord Bolingkrokt s Works. Surely never did any Man 
 (o flatly contradict, and fo fully anfwer himfelf. 
 Thurfday, 13. about noon, I preached in the Exchange 
 at Kin, ale. The Towns folks care for none of thefe 
 Things. But we had a large Congregation of Soldiers, 
 many of whom are good Soldiers of Jesus Christ. 
 
 In the Evening i prejche I in the main Street at 
 Bandon. Having now need of all my Voice, it was 
 given me again ; only with a little Pain in my Side, 
 which ceafed while I was {peaking. 
 
 Saturday, 15. I preached about Noon at Inmjhanvon, 
 and returned to Bandon. A Fortnight fince they laid 
 the Foundation of their Preaohing-houfe. This Evening 
 I preached in the Shell of it. But ic would not con- 
 tain the Congiegation. Truly thefe are fwift to hear, 
 tho' not Jlow to jpcak . 
 
 Sunday, 16. 1 preached again in the Shell of the 
 Houfe at Eight, and in the main Street at Six in the 
 
 Evening. 
 
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 Evening. Obferving many of the French Officers there, 
 I could not but pray for them in particular. Some of 
 then* were deeply attentive' Perhaps it was not for 
 God I rought ihcm into a llrange Land. 
 
 to Cork. tVcdncJday y 18. I 
 illy to the Members of the Society. 
 Many of them, I found, were truly alive to God. 
 Old Mifanderftandings were removed. And I had the 
 Satisfaction them lb united together, as they 
 
 had not been for many Years. 
 
 Friday, 21. I met with a Tract which utterly con- 
 founded all my Philoibphy : I had long believed, that 
 Microfcopic Animals, were generated, like all other Ani- 
 mals, by Parents of the fame Spec : e c . But Mr. Netd- 
 makes it highly probable that they contfitute a 
 peculiar Claf of Animals, differing from all others in 
 this. That they neither are generated, or generate, nor 
 fubfiir. by Food in the ordinary way. 
 
 Tuda\)\ 25. In the Evening I afiirted the Society, in 
 renewing their Covenant with God. It was to many 
 a Seafon of great Refrefhment, and the Fear of God 
 was upon all. 
 
 Sunday, 30. I began meeting the Children in the Af- 
 ternoon, tho* with little hopes of doing them good. 
 But I had not fpoke long on our Natural State, before 
 many of them were in Tears, and Five or Six fo af- 
 fected, that they could not refrain from crying aloud to 
 God. When I began to pray, their Cries increafed, 
 fo that my Voice was foon loll. I have feen no fuch 
 Work among Children for Eighteen or Nineteen Years. 
 
 Monday, 31. I rimmed the GLi-gozu Abridgment of 
 Mr. Hutcbinfon y 5 Works. He was doubtiefs a Man of 
 uncommon Underitanding, and indefatigable applica- 
 tion. Yet the morel confidtr it, the left can I fub- 
 fcribe, to his Syftem either of Divinity or Philoibphy : 
 As I am more and more convinced, that they have no 
 Foundation in Scripture or found Pveafon 
 
 Tde/day, Augufl 1. The Captain with whom we were 
 to fail, was in o.reat iulle to have our Things on board. 
 But I would not fend them while the Wind was againft 
 
 us. 
 
/ 
 
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 us. On Wednefday he Tent Meflage after Meflage. So j 
 in the Evening we went clown to the Ship, near Pah \ 
 /age. But there was nothing ready, or near ready for | 
 Sailing. Hence 1 learnt two or three Rul 
 needful for thofe who foil between Englu 
 I. Never pay till you fet Sail. 2. Go no: on b 
 'till the Captain goes on board. 3. Send not your Bag- ) 
 ga£e on board, till you go yourfelf. 
 
 Tburjday, 3. I returned to Cork. On Saturday, 5. We 
 were called on board in all hafle. But the Captain being 
 in no hafte to fail, I preached at Cork again on Sunday , 
 ac five, and then returned to Paffage, He now (aid, 
 He would fall down to Cove directly : So we took Boat 
 and went down thither. But no Captain appeared either 
 this Day or the next. So, that I might not lie idle, I 
 went down to the Beach, and began preaching to as 
 wild, unpromifing a Congregation, as ever I faw in this 
 Kingdom. However they performed more than they 
 promifed. For they grew more and more quiet and at- 
 tentive. And fome of them appeared to be deeply af- 
 feaed. 
 
 Monday, 7. Hearing nothing of our Captain yet, in 
 the Afternoon I went to the Middle of the Town. A- 
 bundance of People ran together. But they were far too 
 wild and noify, to admit of my giving out a Pfalm, or 
 naming a Text, in the ufual Way. So I fell abruptly 
 upon as many as could hear, in a free and familiar Man- 
 ner. In a few Minutes the whole Body were quiet, 
 and tolerably attentive. They were more and more fe- 
 rious, till I concluded with an Hymn and a fhort Prayer. 
 
 Immediately after preaching, I was fen t for to a 
 Gentleman, who was firuck with the Palfy. I found the 
 Ho jfe full of his Friends and Relations, to whom 1 fpoke 
 freely and largely. They feemed to be more than ordi- 
 narily affected. Perhaps for this alfo we were detained, 
 at Cove. 
 
 Tuefday, 8. I preached not far from the Beach, to a 
 very decent and ferious Congregation. Prefently aftei^ 
 a Veffel failed by, bound for Wales, We went on board 
 without Delay, got out of the Harbour by Eleven, anc 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 by Wednefday Noon, were a- bread of the Iflc of Lundy. 
 But we had not yet done our Work : So the Wind fell, 
 and we did not get into the River till near Sun-fet. Ob- 
 ferving three or four of the Sailors then landing together, 
 I began explaining to them the Nature of Religion. In 
 a few Minutes all within the Ship came together; and 
 without the Ceremony of naming a Text, I inlarged on 
 'The Kingdom of Heaven is not Meats and Drinks, but Rigb- 
 teoujnefs and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghoji, About 
 
 Eleven we landed at Penklawr, and in the Morning rode 
 to Snvanjey. 
 
 Thur/day, 10. We rode thro' a pleafant Country to 
 Pile. We were fetting out from thence, when a violent 
 Shower drove us into the Houfe again, and conftrained 
 us to talk with two or three Travellers. I believe our 
 Labour was not loft ; for they appeared to be greatly 
 afre&cd. I preached at Cardiff \n the Evening and the 
 next Morning. We reached the Paffage aboot Noon. 
 But they did not tell us till half Hour after five, That the 
 Boat would not pafs that Night. With much Dif- 
 ficulty I procured a fmall Boat to carry us over, leaving 
 our Horfes behind. Landing foon after Six, we walked 
 on, and between Nine and Ten came to Briftol. 
 
 Here I met with a Trial of another Kind. But 
 this alfo mall be for Good. On the following Days was 
 our yearly Conference, begun and ended in perfecl Har- 
 mony. Thur/day, 17. I went to the Cathedral, to hear 
 Mr. Handel's Mefiiah. I doubt, if that Congregation was 
 ever fo feriou> at a Sermon, as they were during this Per- 
 formance. In many Parts, efpecially feveral of the Cho- 
 rus's, it exceeded my Expectation. 
 
 Having promifed to take a little Journey into Wales, 
 on Monday. 21. I fet out with Jo/tpb Jones. We were in 
 the Boat before Nine, but did not land our Horfes, till a 
 Quarter before Three. However I reached Cardiff Time 
 enough to preach in the Room, tho' not in the Caflle. 
 
 Tuejday, 22. I gathered up, as well as I could, the 
 Fragments of the Society. At Six in the Evening I 
 preached in the Caflle. IVedn/day, 23. We rode to Fon> 
 mon. The Behaviour of Mr. Jones furprized me : It 
 
 feemed 
 
( 10.) 
 
 feemed as if he inherited the Spirit of his Father 
 preached at Seven to a deeply ferious Congregation, an 
 to a good Part of them at Five in the Morning. Tburj 
 day, 22. I wrote a Second Letter ioT>v.Free, the warme 
 Opponent I have had for many Years. I leave him now 
 to laugh and fcold and witticife and call Names, juft as 
 he pleafes; for I have done. Friday, 25. I rode to Cow 
 bridge •, and preached at Three in the Afternoon, in the" 
 New AlTembly-Room. I obferved no Trifler there, tho* 
 there were feveral of the better Rank. About Six I 
 preached in a green Court at Lanmais, to a Company of 
 right, old, frmple Chriftians. I could not get from them 
 fo foon as I defigned, fo that we did not reach Fonmon 
 till near Nine. 
 
 Saturday, 26. One undertook to £uide me the neareft 
 Way into the mean Road. But in Five or Six Miles he 
 lofl his Way, fo that for fome Time we wandered upon 
 the Mountains. About Noon however we got into the 
 Road, and an Hour and half after, to Pile. Before we 
 left it, I fpoke a few Words to the Woman of the Houfe. 
 She feemed quite flruck. How few Words fufHce, when 
 God applies them to the Heart ? 
 
 I knew not where to go at Neath: But as we entered 
 the Town, a Man fixt his Eyes upon me, (tho* he had 
 never feen me before) and faid, " Sir, That is the Houfe 
 where the Preachers put up their Horfes." I had been 
 there only a few Minutes, when another came in and 
 faid, " Sir, Mrs, Morgan expects you. 1 will (hew you 
 the Way." To Mrs. -Morgan's we went, and were as 
 cordially received as if (he had known us Twenty Years. 
 It was Market-Day, fo I preached about five in the 
 Room, a large, commodious Place. I believe mod that 
 were prefent, (feveral of whom were Backfliders) felt 
 that God v,as there". 
 
 Sunday, 27. We reached Sw^afiy at Seven, and were 
 met by one who conducted us to his Houfe, and thence 
 to a Kind of Caftle, in which was a green Court, fur- 
 rounded by high, old Walls. A large Congregation 
 aflembled foon, and behaved with the utmoft Decency, 
 A very uncommon Bleffing was among them, as ufes to 
 be among them that are 6m pie of Heart. 
 
 The 
 
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 Congregation was confidcrably more than doub- 
 led, at five in the Afternoon. Many gay and v.ell-dretl 
 Perfons were among them : but they were as ferious as 
 noreft. Peter 'faco y who was driven to us by con- 
 trary Winds, was agreeably furpnz<"d at them. 
 
 Monday, 28 . I fcarce ever few fuch a Rain in Europe, as 
 we had for a confiderable Part of this Morning. In one 
 of the main Street , the Water ran with a Stream capa- 
 ble of turning a Mill. However having appointed to 
 preach at Noon, in Newton, about fix Miles from 
 Stvanfey, I was determined, not to break my Word, tho* 
 I foppofed hut few would attend. But I was mifteken. 
 Such a Number of People came together, as no Houfe 
 in the Town could contain. A Barn was foon prepared. 
 And it pleafed God to fend 3 gracious Rain upon their 
 Hearts. 
 
 After preaching at Swanjey in the Evening, I met 
 thofe who deflred to join in' a Society, and explained to 
 them the Nature ana Dtfjgn of it, with which they were 
 quite unacquainted. Tuefday, 29. 1 rode back to Neath, 
 in order to pet rhe Society there (an unlicked Mafs) into 
 forre Form. This on Saturday they hajd begged me to 
 do : But they feemed now to have quite forgotten it. 
 Mr. Evans, the Prefbyterian Minilrer, had turned them 
 yjpfide-down. They looked as if they had never feen 
 rre before, all but five cr fix, who were much afhaiaed 
 pf their Brethren. 
 
 WednCjdcy, 10. I rrdeon to Margum. There u fed to 
 be preaching here, till Lord Manjel dying without Child- 
 ren, left the Eflate to Mr. Talbot. He forbad all his 
 Tenants to receive the Preachers, and fo effectually put 
 a Stop to it. But he did not glory in it long. A few 
 Months after, God called him home. 
 
 At Noon I preached again in the AfTembly-PvOom at 
 Cwbndge: In the Caflle at Cardiff, in the Evening. 
 vtkurjday, 31. I talked with feveral of the People, and 
 ' fotnd the old Spirit fwiftly reviving. In the Evening I 
 preached in the Tcwn-hall. Several eminent Sinners 
 were prefent. And God was prefent in an uncommon 
 Manner: As alfo at the Meeting of the Society. 
 
 Friday, 
 
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 Friday, September i. After a bufy and comfortable 
 Day, 1 preached once more in the Caftle. The Word 
 feemed to fink deep into the Hearers, tho* many of them 
 were of the genteeler Sort. In the Society we were much 
 
 refrefhed. Many followed me to Thomas Gl 's 
 
 Houfe : Where two or three were cut to the Heart, par-, 
 ticularly both his Daughters, and cried to God with 
 flrong Cries and Tears. 
 
 Saturday, 2. W r e rocie to the New Paffage, crofa'd over 
 in half an Hour, and about five came to Brijlol. 
 
 Saturday, 9. I wrote the Account of an extraordinary 
 Monument of Divine Mercy, Nathanael Othen, who was 
 fhot for Defertion at Douer-Cajlle, in October 1757. In 
 the following Week, I met Mr. Fletcher, and the other 
 Preachers that were in the Houfe, and fpent a confide- 
 rable Time in clofe Converfation, on the Head ofChrif- 
 tian Perfection. I afterwards wrote down the General 
 Proportions wherein we all aoreed. 
 
 Thurfday, 14.. I rode to C 'olef or d and was much refrefh- 
 ed among the fimple zealous Colliers. Saturday 16. In 
 the Evening I preached at Bradford, as alfo at five and 
 eight on Sunday Morning. At two, as foon as we were 
 in the Houfe at Frejhford, it poured down with Rain : So 
 that after as many as could had crowded in, the reft were 
 conftrained to go away. But the Rain ceafed as foon as 
 we took Horfe, and we had a pleafant Ride to Brijlol. 
 
 Wednejday, 20. I rode over to Bath ; but the Room 
 would ill contain the Congregation. So I encouraged 
 them in their Defign of taking a Piece of Ground, and 
 building without delay. In the Evening I preached at 
 Shepton, and feveral of the Rich and Honourable took it 
 into their Mind to come. But they came too late. For 
 the Houfe was already thoroughly filled with the Poor. 
 Thurfday, 21. As we rode homeward, we faw a Sight 
 indeed : A Woman in the Extremity of Pain, rotting 
 away Piece- meal by the KingVEvif, full of Sores from 
 Head to Foot, with feveral of her Bones appearing, 
 through the Skin : And continually praifing God with 
 Tears of Joy, for u dealing fo mercifully with her." 
 
 Sunday, 24. The famous Roger Balls had planted him- 
 felf in Stoke* s- Croft before I came. However as there was 
 
 a large 
 
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 a large Congregation, I did not think it right to leave 
 them to him, but began as ufual, and preached 'till 
 near Six o'clock, without paying any Regard to him. 
 
 Sunday y OQobtr i. I took my leave of the Congre- 
 gation and of the Children in King/wood. And God 
 gave us a parting Bleffing. Monday, z. I preached at 
 Bradford, (Noon and Night) and met the Stewards of 
 the Wiltjhirt and Somerfetfbire Societies, in the Evening 
 I baptized a young Woman, deeply convinced of Sin. 
 We all found the Power of God was prefent to heal, 
 and fhe herfelf felt what fhc had not Words to cxprefs. 
 
 Tue/day, 3. One of Warmir.fter, who was at Briffol 
 laft Week, had defired me to call at his Houfe. I did 
 fo this Morning, and preached in his Yard to a numer- 
 ous Congregation, of Saints and Sinners, Rich and 
 Poor, Church-men, Quakers and Prelbyterians both of 
 the Old and New Way. Some Disturbance was ex- 
 peeled ; but there was none. The whole Aflembly 
 behaved well. And inftead of Curies or Stones, we 
 had many BlefTings, as we rode thro' the Town for 
 Salijlury. Wednefday, 4. I reded there. T bur/day, 5. 
 I rode by Redbridge and Fareham to Portfmouth : Where 
 at Seven I preached in Mr. WkitcfieWs Tabernacle, to 
 a fmall, ferious Congregation. 
 
 Friday, 6. I defigned to go in a Wherry to the IJle 
 of Wight, But the Watermen were fo extravagant in 
 their Demands, that I changed my Mind and went in 
 the Hoy. And it was well I did : for the Sea was fo 
 high, it would not have been eafy, for a fmall Boat to 
 keep above Water. We landed at Two, and walked 
 on, five little Miles, to Newport. The neighbouring 
 Camp had filled the Town with Soldiers, the moft 
 abandoned Wretches whom I ever yet faw. Their 
 whole glorying was in Curfing, Swearing, Drunkennefs 
 and Lewdnefs. How gracious is God, that he does 
 not yet fend thefe Monfters to their own Place ! 
 
 At Five I preached in the Corn-Market, and at Six 
 
 in the Morning. A few even of the Soldiers attended. 
 
 One of thefe, Benjamin Lawrence, walked with us to 
 
 Wotton- Bridge, where we intended to take Boat. He 
 
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 was in St. Philip's Fort, during the whole Siege, con- 
 cerning which I afked him many Queflions. He faid, 
 I. "Abundance of Cattle was left in the Fields, 'till 
 the French (long expecled) came and took them. 2. 
 Abundance of Wine was left in the Town, even more 
 than the French could ufe. And there was not enough 
 in the Cattle, even for the Sick Men. 3. A large, 
 flrong Stone-Houfe was left ftanding, within a fmall EJif- 
 tance of the Fort. Behind this the French often formed 
 themfelves, particularly before the lair Aflault. 4. This 
 might cafily be accounted for. We had few Officers 
 of any experience : And the Governor never came out 
 of his Houfe. 5. The French made two General AiTaults 
 and were repulfed, and many blown up by our Mine?. 
 Rut the Mine.^ having never been looked after, 'till juft 
 when we wanted them, moll of them were utterly ufe- 
 lefs ; fo that only Two, out of Threefcore, did any 
 Execution. 6. In their Third Aflault (which they were 
 very hardly perfuadeo to make) Captain who com- 
 manded the Guard of an Hundred Men, at the Sally- 
 Pore, ran away before he v\as attacked, and hi? Men 
 having none to Command them, went after. I was left 
 alone, 'till I retired alfo. And the French, having 
 none to oppofe them, came in. 7. In the Morning our 
 Men were mad to drive them out : And would have 
 done it in an Hour, but that they were told, the Fort 
 was given up, and ordered to ceafe Firing. 8. We had 
 at the Approach of the Enemy, Three Thoufand, Eight 
 Hundred and Thirty Three effective Men. And we 
 had very near as many when we furrendered, with Plenty 
 of Provifion and Ammunition. " O human Jullice ! 
 One great Man is Shot 1 And Another is made a Lord ! 
 We hired a fmall Fifher-boat at Wott on- Bridge, there 
 being fcarce any Wind. But it increafed more and more, 
 wlv„n we were on the Sea, winch was feven Miles over. 
 Our Cock-boat danced on the Waves, and muft have 
 funk, if one large Wave had come over her. But God 
 fullered it not. We landed in two Hours, and walked 
 away to Gcjpori. 
 
 Sunday, 
 
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 Sunday, 8. The Wind and Rain drove us into the Ta- 
 bernacle. In the Afternoon I preached in the main 
 Street at Fareham. A wild Multitude was prefent : Vet 
 a few only mocked : the greater Part were foon deeply 
 attentive. 
 
 Monday, 9. I fet out for SuJ/ex, and in the Evening 
 reached Rot ting dean, a Village four Miles Eaft of Bright- 
 helmjhne. The next Day we rode over the Downs to 
 Rye, lying on the Top of a round, fruitful Hill. I 
 preached at Seven to a crouded Audience, with great 
 Enlargement of Spirit. 
 
 Wednejdayt 1 1. I rode to Rolvenden, about ten Miles 
 from Rye, and preached at Five to a large, ferious Con- 
 gregation. A few Drunkards flood in the Road at ibme 
 Difiance, and took fome Pains to divert their Attention. 
 But it was Labour loft. Thurjday, 12. It was a rainy 
 Morning, fo that the Houfe contained f he Congregation. 
 Many of them were in Tears, being deeply convinced, 
 that they were as yet without God in the World. About 
 One I preached at Northjam. The Houfe was flowed as 
 full as pofTible, but ilill many were conflriined to Hand 
 without, tho* it rained much. About Five in the Even- 
 ing I preached again at Rye. 
 
 Friday, 13. In the Evening, we had a folemn Seafon. 
 After 1 had conduced my Sermon, I read over the Rules 
 of the Society, in the open Congregation The Num- 
 ber of thole who came at Five in the Morning, (hewed 
 that God had touched many Hearts. On Saturday Even- 
 ing many were obliged to Hand without, tho' t:.e Wind 
 was high and extremely Cold. 
 
 Sunda ,15- After reaching at Eight, \ rode again to 
 } ?jam, and preached in Mr. Stonejlreet's Orchard, 
 to far the largeil Coagregatioo I have Jeen in J 
 One of Rye, in our Return thither, gave us a remarkable 
 
 Account. % 'Mr. one moil eminent for Profanenefb, 
 
 Drunkennefs, ai ;.ner of Wickednefe, when you 
 
 met the Society on Tburjday Evening at your Lodging*, 
 was curious to liflen at the Window. The next E 
 furprized his Company by crying out, " I am thegreateli: 
 Sinner on the whole Earth." On Friday Evening he 
 B 2 was 
 
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 was wounded more deeply ftill, and was at the Preach- 
 ing at Five in the Morning." Surely thus far God has 
 helped him. But a Thoufand to One, he will return as 
 a Dog to bis Vomit. 
 
 Monday, 16. I rodf to Canterbury. As we came into 
 the City, a Stone flew out of the Pavement, and 
 ftruck my Mare upon the Leg with fuch Violence, 
 that fhe dropt down at once. I kept my Seat, 'till 
 in struggling to arife, fhe fell again and rolled over 
 me. When ihe rofe, I endeavoured to rife too, but 
 found I had no Ufe of my Right Leg or Thigh. But 
 an honeft Barber came out, lifted me up, and helped 
 me into his Shop. Feeling myfelf very fick, J de- 
 fired a Glafs of cold Water, which inflantly gave me 
 Eafe. 
 
 Tuejday, 17. I found Reafon to rejoice over this lit- 
 tle Flock, now free from ail Diviiions and Offences. 
 And on Saturday I chearfully returned to London, after 
 an Abfence of near Eight Months. 
 
 Here I relied four Days-: and on Wednefdoy, 25. 
 went partly by Coach, partly on Horfeback to Maiden. 
 Friday, ij . 1 rode on, thro' an extremely pieafant and 
 fruitful Country to Colcbefter. I have feen very few 
 fuch Towns in England. It lies on the Ridge of an 
 Hill, with other Hills on each Side which run parallel 
 with it, at a fmall Diftance. . The two main Streets, 
 one running Eafl and Weft, the other North and 
 South, are quite ftrait, the whole Length of the 
 Town, and full as broad as Cheap fide. 
 
 I preached at Four on St. John's Green, at the 
 Side of an high, old Wall, (a Place that feemed to be 
 made on Purpofe) to an extremely attentive Audi- 
 ence : And again at Eight in the Morning, on Satur- 
 day, 28, and at Four in the Afternoon. In the Hours 
 between 1 took the Opportunity of fpeaking to the 
 Members of the Society. In three Months here are 
 joined together, an Hundred and Twenty Perfons. 
 A few of thefe know in whom they have believed ; 
 and many are fenfible of their Wants. 
 
 Sunday, 
 
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 Sunday, 29. At Eight the Congregation was very 
 large. And I believe, God made his Word quii 
 powerful. At Four in the Afternoon we had a M 
 fields Congregation. Many of the bafer Sort ilood at 
 a Diftance. But they made no Diiturbance, knowing 
 the Magiilrates are determined, to fuffer no Riot at 
 Colcheficr. 
 
 Monday ■, 30. Tho' I was not quite recovered from the 
 Lamenefs, occafioned by the Fall of my Horfe, I 
 made fhift to ride to Norwich: Whereon the follow- 
 ing Days I had the Satisfaction to obferve, That the 
 Society was not lefTened (as 1 had feared) but rather 
 increafed fince I left them. And there is a Probability 
 they will increafe ftill, as they are far more eftabliihed 
 in Grace. 
 
 Friday, November 3. James Whcatly called upon me, 
 and offered me the Tabernacle. But whether to ac- 
 cept the Offer or not, I cannot tell. This muft be 
 maturely confidered. I found all this Week 
 
 great Liberty of Spirit ; and the Congregations were 
 large and attentive. It feems the Time is come when 
 our Labour even at Norwich will not be in vain. 
 
 Sunday^. We went to St. Peter's Church, the Lord's 
 Supper being adminiiterd there. 1 fcarce ever Re- 
 member to have feen a more beautiful Parifh Church : 
 v The more fo, becaufe its Beauty refults not from 
 Foreign Ornaments, but from the very Form and 
 Structure of it. It is very large, and of an uncom- 
 mon Height : And the Sides are almoit all Window : 
 So that it has an awful and venerable Look, and at 
 the fame Time furprizingly chearful. 
 
 Monday, 6. A large Congregation attended, between 
 Four and Five in the Morning. 1 fet out at Six with 
 much Comfort, leaving a fettled and well-united So- 
 ciety. I preached at Kenningball about Ten, and at 
 Lakenbedib in the Evening. After refting a Day, on 
 Wednejday, 8. 1 went on, an hard Days Journey, to 
 Bedford. 
 
 i had defigned to fpend two Evenings here. But 
 
 Mr. Parker informing me, ''That Mr, Bet ridge de- 
 
 B 3 fiicd 
 
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 fired I would come to him as foon as pofTible." I fet 
 out for Everton ow T bur/Jay, 9. I found Mr. B. juft 
 taking Horfe, with whom I rode on, and in the Even- 
 ing preached at Wreft ling-wort b, in a large Church, 
 well filled with ferious Hearers. 
 
 We lodged at Mr. Hkkes\ the Vicar, a Witnefs of 
 the Faith which once he perfecuted. The next Morn- 
 ing I preached in his Church again, in the middle 
 of the Sermon, a Woman before me dropt down as 
 dead, as one had done the Night before. In a fhoit 
 Time fhe came to heifelf, and remained deeply fen- 
 fible of her Want of Christ. 
 
 Hence we rode to Mr. B's. at Everton. For many 
 Years he was feeking to be j unified by his Works. 
 But a few Months ago, he was throughly convinced, 
 That by Grace <we are faued thro* Faith. Immediately 
 he began to proclaim aloud the Redemption that is in 
 Jesus. And God confirmed his own Word, exactly 
 as he did at Brifiol in the Beginning, by working Re- 
 pentance and Faith in the Hearers, and with the fame 
 violent outward Symptoms. 
 
 I preached at Six in the Evening and Five in the 
 Morning, and fome were ftruck juft as at WrejUing- 
 wortb. One of thefe was brought into the Houfe, 
 with whom we fpent a confiderable Time in Prayer, 
 I then .haflened forward, and a little before it was 
 dark, reached the Fonndery. 
 
 Sunday, 26. I was well-pleafed to have fome Con- 
 versation, with Mrs. A /, lately come from Bar- 
 
 badoes. She gave me an Account of her poor Huf- 
 band : (Firft a red-hot Predeftinarian, talking of 
 God's " blowing whole Worlds to Hell," then a 
 Quaker, now a Deift :) As alfo of the narrow Efcape 
 which Mr. H. lately had. " Ten Negroes broke into 
 his Houfe; one of whom was upon the Point of cut- 
 ting his Throat, when E. R. knocked him down with 
 a Pewter-pot ; which put the reft into fuch Confufion, 
 that fhe had Time to fecure herfelf and her Children, 
 and Mr. H. to leap out of a Balcony." 
 
 Wednefday % 
 
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 Wedne/day, 29. I rode to IViwdkvortb, and baptized 
 two Negroes belonging to Mr. Gilbert^ a Gentleman 
 lately come from Antigua. One of thefe is deeply- 
 convinced of Sin : the other rejoices in God her Sa- 
 viour, and is the rirlt African Chriitian 1 have known. 
 But fhall not our Lord in due Time, have thefe Hea- 
 thens Mo for bis Inheritance, 
 
 Monday, December 4. 1 was deiired to ftep into the 
 little Church behind the Manfion-houfe, commonly 
 called St. Stephen s Wall-brook. It is nothing grand; 
 but neat and elegant beyond Expreflion. So that I 
 do not wonder at the Speech of the famous Italian 
 Architect, who met Lord Burlington in Italy: " My 
 Lord, go back and fee St, Stephen's in London. We 
 have not fo fine a Piece of Architecture in Rome" 
 
 Friday, S. Poor Mr. Goudicbeau, called upon me, 
 formerly a Romijh Prieft, now ready to Pcrifli for 
 Want of Bread, tho* of an unblemifhed Character. 
 Can any one wonder, that we have not many Con- 
 verts from the Church of Rome f 
 
 Monday > \ 1. Moil of this Week I fpent in preparing 
 Materials for " a Survey of the Wifdom of God in 
 the Creation ;" or a full, plain and correct Syilem of 
 Natural Philofophy. 
 
 Monday, 18. f rode to Everton. The Church was 
 well filled, foon after Six in the Evening. God gave 
 me great Liberty of Speech, and applied his Word to 
 the Hearts of the Hearers : Many of whom were not 
 able to contain themfelves, but cried aloud for Mercy. 
 
 Tuefday, 19. I rede on to Lakenbeatb. How furpri- 
 fing a Providence has been over this little Village! 
 Forty Years ago a poor Man lived here who walked 
 with God, and was the Means of awakening a few 
 others. When thefe were nearly extinct, Charles SkeU 
 ton came, awakened a few more, and forfook them. 
 A Year ago, one of Lakenbeatb, feeing me palling thro* 
 Tbetford, deiired me to come and preach there. I did 
 fo, and occasionally mentioned to them Mr. Madan, 
 then at Tbetford. They went over, and invited him 
 to Lakenbeatb y where foon after, he preached in the 
 Church. The Redor defired he would help him to a 
 
 Curate ; 
 
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 Curate : So now they have one that both preaches and 
 lives the Gofpel. 
 
 Wednefday, 20. I rode to Norwich. James Wheat ly now 
 repeated his Offer of the Tabernacle. But I was in no 
 haite. I wanted to confult my Friends, and confider 
 the Thing thoroughly. One glaring Objection to it 
 was, <; The Congregation there, will not hear me." 
 He replied, es Sir, you cannot tell that, unlefs you 
 will make the Trial." I confented fo to do, on Thurf- 
 day, 21. But many declared, k< No! He fhall never 
 come into that Pulpit :" And planted themfelvesin the 
 Way to prevent it. Hitherto only could they go. I 
 went up and preached to a large Congregation, with- 
 out any Let or Hindrance. I preached there again on 
 Saturday Evening : And again God flopped the 
 Mouths of the Lions. Sunday, 24. I preached in the 
 Tabernacle at Eight, to a very ferious Congregation, 
 and at the Foundery between four and five. About 
 Six the Tabernacle was thoroughly filled, and moftly 
 with quiet Hearers. I faw none who behaved amifs, 
 but two Soldier?, who ftruck fome that defired them 
 to be fiient. But they were feized and carried to the 
 Commanding Officer, who ordered them to be found- 
 ly whipped. 
 
 Monday, 25. Our Service began in the Foundery at 
 Four, in the Tabernacle atEighc. God was now espe- 
 cially pleafed to make bare his Arm. There was a 
 great Cry among the People. Stony Hearts were 
 broke ; many Mourners comforted ; many Believers 
 flrengthened. Prejudice vanifhed away : A few only 
 kept their Fiercenefs till the Afternoon. One of thefe, 
 frill vehemently angry, planted himfelf juftover againfr, 
 me. But before I concluded, he cried out, " I am 
 overcome, I am overcome." 
 
 Having now weighed the Matter thoroughly, [ 
 yielded to trie Importunity of our Brethren. So in the 
 Evening the Copy of the Leafe was perfe&ed, which 
 was executed the next Morning: A whole Train of 
 Providences fo plainly concurring thereto, that all 
 xnight clearly fee the Hand of God. 
 
 ^ue/day, 26. I took my Leave of Norwich for the pre- 
 fers ; 
 
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 fent; about Noon preached a: Kenningball, and in the 
 Evening came to Lakcnbeatb Being informed fome of 
 the Gentry in the Town were very defirous to hear 
 me preach, if I would preach in the Church : I fent 
 them Word, " 1 had defigned to be at Colcbejler the 
 next Day. But as they defired it, I would delay my 
 Journey, and preach at Ten the next Morning. " 
 
 bVedneJday, 27. I was fo much out of order, that I knew 
 not how I mould get to Church. Between Nine and Ten 
 I was informed, that fome hot Men in the Parifh 
 would not confent to my preaching there. I faw the 
 Hand of God and was thankful, having now a little 
 more Time to reft. In the Afternoon the Sun broke 
 out through the Fog, and we had a pleafant Ride to 
 Bury. But I was fo extremely fick, foon after I came 
 in, that I knew not how I fhould be able to preach. 
 An Hour's Sleep however refrefhed me much, fo that 
 I found no Want of Strength in preaching. Indeed 
 my Diforder increafed during the Night. But while 
 I was preaching in the Morning, I felt myfelf well. 
 And I found no more Sicknefs or Complaint of any 
 Kind. In the Evening I reached Colcbejler. 
 
 Friday^ 29. I found the Society had decreafed, fince 
 L — C — went away. And yet they had had full as good 
 Preachers. But that is not furncient. By repeated Expe- 
 riments we learn, That though a Man preach like an 
 Angel, he will neither collect, nor preferve a Society 
 which is collected, without vifiting them from Houfe 
 to Houfe. 
 
 To Day I walked all over the famous CafYie, per- 
 haps the mod antient Building in England. A confide- 
 rable Part of it is without queftion, fourteen or fifteen 
 hundred Years old. It was moftly built with Roman 
 Bricks, each of which is about two Inches thick, {even 
 broad, and thirteen or fourteen long. Seat of antient 
 Kings ! Britijb and Roman ! Once dreaded far and near. 
 But what are they now ? Is not a living Dog better than 
 a dead Lion ? And what is it wherein they prided them- 
 felves : As do the prefent Great ones of the Earth. 
 
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 " A little Pomp, a little Sway, 
 A Sun-beam in a Winter's Day, 
 Is all the great and mighty have 
 //J- 9 Between the Cradle and the Grave" 1 
 
 Saturday, 30. I returned to London, and received a 
 preffing Letter from Briftol\ In Confequence of which 
 I took Horfe on Monday Morning, January the Firli, 
 1759, and came thither the next Evening. After rett- 
 ing two Days (only preaching Morning and Evening) 
 I examined feverally the Members of the Society. This 
 was one great End of my coming down. Another was, 
 to provide for the Foor. Accordingly on Sunday, 7. I 
 preached a Sermon for them, to which God was pleaf- 
 ed to give his BlefTing, fo that the Collection was a 
 great deal more than double, of what it ufed to be. 
 
 Wednefday, 10. Having finimed my Work at Brijiol, 
 I rode to Salijbury, and advifed our Brethren, concern- 
 ing the Preaching- Houfe, which they are about to 
 build. On Friday, 12. I went on to Whitchurch, and 
 preached at One to a large and ferious Congregation. 
 In the Afternoon we rode to Bafingfioke, where the Peo- 
 ple put me in Mind of the wild Beafis at Ephefus. Yet 
 they were unufually attentive in the Evening, although 
 many of them could not hear. Saturday, 13. After 
 preaching to a fmall, ferious Company, I went on to 
 London. 
 
 Saturday, 27. I began reading with huge Expecta- 
 tion, a Tract wrote by a Son-in-law of tne great Ben- 
 gelius, Mr. Oetinger, De Senju Communi iff Rati one. But 
 how was I difappointed ! So obfcure a Writer I 
 fcarce ever faw before : I think he g es beyond Pe^Jius 
 himfelf. When I had with huge Labour read fifty or 
 fixty Page?, finding the Senfe did by no Means make 
 amends, for the Time and Pains bellowed in fearching 
 it oat, I took my Leave of him for ever. 
 
 Saturday, February 3 - I fpent an Hour with one, who 
 by the Lofs of his Sight, his Fortune and his Liberty, 
 (for he ^has been a Prifoner fome Time) is likely to 
 gain more than all the World can give. 
 
 Tuc/day, 6. I took much Pains to convince Mr. S — n 9 
 That he was -not the wifeft Man in the World. But I 
 
 could 
 
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 could not change the Ethiopian's Skin. Yet even this is 
 not too hard for God. 
 
 Friday, 9. 1 felt iuddenly, as if a Needle had been 
 run into the Side of my Face. I fuppofed, it would be 
 well by the Morning : but found it abundantly worfe : 
 the Tonfil being come down (as they term it) and the 
 Side of my Face much fwelled. It grew worfe all YD:y, Co 
 that it was with great Difficulty I preached at Snozv-Jidds 
 in the Evening. But on Sunday y 11.it went away as 
 unaccountabiy as it came. In the Afternooi I called 
 on E. H. in St. Georgts HofpitaL Many there had 
 been greatly prejudiced againit me. But it uas 
 now vami'hed away. Her Behaviour had reconciled 
 them quite. And all in the Ward, (Sixty or Seventy 
 Perlonb) feemed hardly to breathe, all the Time 1 was 
 fpeaking and praying by her Bedfide. 
 
 Tue/dayy 13. I preached at Dcp f ford and Welling, and 
 in the Morning rode to Waudi worth. I preached Wed- 
 nefday and Thurfday Evening in the Town ; in the 
 Mornings, at Mr. Gilbert's. Will this barren Tree 
 bear Fruit at Jail? How long has God had Patience 
 with it ? 
 
 Friday^ 16. Being the Public Faft, I preached at five 
 in Wandjvovrtby at Nine and Three in the Church at 
 Sfi/talfields, and at half Hour paft Eight, in the Foun- 
 diry. Every Place of Public Worfhip was crouded on 
 This, as on the two preceding Fail-days. And it is 
 plain, even Outward Humiliation has been a Means of 
 Outward Bleffings. 
 
 Friday, 23. [ faw a furprifing Spectacle : One who 
 by a Blow flrft loft her Nofe, then one Eye, and then 
 the other with moil of the Roof of her Mouth : And 
 yet inftead of murmuring, acknowledges the Love of 
 God in all, and praifes him continually. 
 
 Tuefday, 27. I walked with my Brother and Mr. Mtixfield 
 to L—H—'s. After Breakfaft came in Mr. Whuefield, 
 Madan> Rcmaine, Jones, Downing and Fenn, with ibme 
 Perfons of Quality and a few others. Mr. Whiiejield, 
 I found was to have admir.Hlered the Sacrament. But 
 he infilled upon my doing it : After which, at the Re- 
 queft of L — H — , I preached on 1. Cor. xiii. 13. O 
 
 what 
 
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 what are thegreateft of Men, to the Great God ? As 
 the fmall Dud of the BaLlance. 
 
 Thurjday, Ma^cb I. I reached Everton, about four 
 in the Afternoon. But Mr. Berridge did not expedl 
 me till the next Day. So he thought it heft, i mould* 
 preach in his Houfe. The next Evening the Church 
 was well rilled And my Mouth was rilled with Ar- 
 guments : which I trull God applied, for the Con- 
 viction of feme and the Confolation of others. 
 
 Saturday, 3. We had a mild, delightful Day, and 
 a pleafant ride to Colcbefler. In the Evening and on 
 Sunday Morning, the Houfe contained the Congrega- 
 tion tolerably well. But in the Afternoon I was oblig- 
 ed to go out : And I fuppofe we had on St. Johns 
 Green, five or fix Times as many as the Room would 
 contain. Such is the Advantage of Field preaching ! 
 
 Monday, 5. On examining the Society I found, that 
 out of the Hundred and Twenty-fix Members I had 
 left in October we had loft only Twelve ; in the Place 
 of whom we have gained Forty. And many of thefe 
 whom we left in Sorrow and Heavinefs, are now re- 
 joicing in God their Saviour. 
 
 Tue/day, 6. I rode to Norwich. Wednefday, 7. I in- 
 quired into the State of Affairs at the Tabernacle; 
 and found the Society, once confifring of many hun- 
 dred Members, was mouldered into nothing. Of the 
 fifteen or fixteen Hundred Subfcribers, not Twenty, 
 not One was left ; but every one that pleafed went in- 
 to the Galleries, without any Queftions afked. So 
 that every Thing was to be wrought out of the Ore, 
 or rather out of the Cinders ! Surely whatever Help is 
 done here, God muft do it himfelf. 
 
 In the Evening I defired that thofe who were willing 
 to join in a Society, would fpeak with me the next Even- 
 ing. About Twenty did fo : But the greater Part of 
 thefe, appeared like frighted Sheep. And no marvel, 
 when they had been fo long accuftomed, to hear all 
 Manner of Evil of me. 
 
 Friday, 9. I preached Morning and Evening at the 
 Foundery. How pleafing would it be to Flefh and 
 Blood, to remain in this little, quiet Place, where we 
 
 have 
 
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 have atlength weather'd the Storm r Nay, 1 am not :o 
 confult my own li^fe, but the advancing the Kingdom 
 of God. 
 
 On Saturday and Sunday about forty more gave in 
 their Names. On Sunday in the Afternoon I met the 
 Society, after ordering the Doors to be fhut, which they 
 had not been for two Years before. Thirty or forty 
 more fpokc to me on Monday. I think, two Thirds of 
 thofe I have yet feen, have had a clear Senfe of God's 
 pardoning Love. Doth He not fend by whom be will 
 /end? 
 
 Sunday, 18. I adminiftered the Lord's Supper to near 
 two Hundred Communicants. So folemn a Seafon I 
 never remember to have known in the City of Norwich. 
 As a confiderable Part of them were DifTenters, I defired 
 every one to ufe what rod u re he judged bell. Had t 
 required them to kneel, probably Half Would have fat. 
 Now, all but one kneeled down. 
 
 Finding it was needful to fee them once more at 
 Colcbef/er, I took Horfe between four and five in the 
 Morning. The Froil was extremely fharp for fomc 
 Hours. It was then a fair, mild Day. About two in 
 the Afternoon it began to Rain; but we reached Cokbef- 
 ter before we were wet thro'. 
 
 The Room was moie than filled in the Evening, fo 
 that many were obliged to go away. H'ednefday, 21. f 
 baptized feven Adults, two of them by Jmmerfion. And 
 in the Evening, (their own Miniflers having caft them 
 out " for going to hear the Methodiils,") I adminiftred 
 the Lord's Supper to them and many others, whom their 
 feveral Teachers had repelled for the fame Reafon. 
 
 Thurfday, 22. Before we fet out, the rough North 
 Wind fell, and we had a calm, Sun-fhiny Day. I 
 preached in the Tabernacle at Norwich in the Evening. 
 
 Sunday, 25. I rode to Forncct, twelve Miles from Nor- 
 wich, where alfo was a Building of James Wbeathy\ 
 which without my Defire, he had included in the Leafe, 
 We found William Cudworth had preached there in the 
 Morning. It was exceeding good for my Senfe of Ho- 
 nour, to come jult after him. The People locked as 
 C direful 
 
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 direful upon me, as if it had been Satan in Perfon. 
 However they flecked from all Parts, fo that the Taber- 
 nacle would not near contain them. I preached about 
 Two; God bare witnefs to his Truth, and many were 
 cut to the Heart. After preaching L found Mr Cud- 
 njoorth fitting in the Pulpit behind me, whum I quiet ;y 
 and filently pafTed by. About fix I preached at the Ta- 
 bernacle in Norwich, crcuded with attentive hearers. 
 Perhaps thefe too will be brought into Order by and by. 
 Hitherto there ha? been no King in Ijrael. 
 
 Monday and Tuejday I fpoke to as many of both Socie- 
 ties, now united together, as had Leifure and Inclination 
 to come. The whole Number is about four Hundred 
 and Twenry: Of whom I do not think it improbable, 
 two Hundred may continue together. 
 
 Tutfday, 27. 1 had an Interview with Mr. Cudwcrth. 
 T obferved upon the whole, 1. That his Opinions are all 
 bis own, quite new ; and his Phrafes as new as his Opi- 
 nions : 2. That all thefe Opinions, yea and Phrafes too, 
 he affirms to be neeejjary to Salvation \ maintaining that 
 all who do not receive them, Worjhip another GOD, and 
 3. That he is as incapable as a Brute Beafl, of being 
 convinced even in the fmalleit Point. 
 
 Wednefdhy, 28- I rode over to Forncet agahi, and 
 preached to a large Congregation. Great Part of them 
 uere now exceedingly foftened : but fome were {till 
 bitter as Wormwood. In the Evening we had another 
 kind of Congregation at the Fcundeiy, by whom I was 
 much comforted : But much more in meeting the Bands, 
 when all our Hearts were meked down by the Power of 
 God. 
 
 Thin/day, iq. I divided the Norwich Society into 
 Gaffes, without any Diilinclion between them who had 
 belonged to the Fcundery, or the Tabernacle. Sunday, 
 Jpril i. I met them all at Six, requiring every one to 
 lkew his Ticket when he came in, a Thing they had 
 never heard of before. I likewife infilled on another 
 Jlrange Regulation, That the Men and Women fhouid 
 fit apart. A third was made the fame Day. It had 
 been a Cuftbm ever fince the Tabernacle was built to 
 
 have 
 
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 have the Galleries full of Spectators, while the Lord's 
 Supper was adminiftred. This I judged highly impro- 
 per, and therefore ordered none to be admitted, bat 
 thofe who defired to communicate. And I found far 
 lefs Difficulty than I expefted, in bringing them to fub- 
 roit to this alfo. 
 
 The Society now contained above five Hundred and 
 feventy Members: an Hundred and three of whom 
 were in no Society before, altho' many of them had 
 found Peace with God. I believe they would have 
 increafed to a Thoufand, if I could have flayed a Fort- 
 night longer. Which of thefe will hold faft their Pro- 
 feflion? The Fowls of the Air will devour fome. The 
 Sun will fcorch more ; and others will be choked by the 
 Thorns fpringing up. I wonder we mould ever expect, 
 that half of thofe who hear the Word with Joy, will 
 bring forth Fruit unto Perfection. 
 
 Monday, 2. I left Norwich, and about feven o'Clock 
 came to Crofs Keys Wajh. They would fain have per- 
 fuaded us, we could not pafs. But finding we were 
 refolved to try, our Guide put forward, and brought us 
 over in Half an Hour : So that about Eight we reached 
 Sutton, and found a quiet, civil Houfe, with every 
 Thing we wanted. 
 
 Tue/day, 3. We came to Fofs-dyke JVa/b, juft Tim? 
 enough to pafs. At three in the Afternoon we preached 
 at Bojion. A rude Multitude quickly ran together, to a 
 Paddock adjoining to the Town. A more unawakened 
 Congregation I have not fcen for fome Years. However 
 the far greater Part were attentive: nor did any inter- 
 rupt, or offer the leaft Rudenefs. 
 
 At Siven 1 met th* little Society in the Houfe : But 
 they we e rhe leatt Part of the Company. People crowd- 
 ed in from all Sides; and I believe, God touched moft 
 of their Hearts, 
 
 Wednefday, 4. At Six, finding the Houfe would not 
 contain one fourth of the Congregation, I was conferain* 
 ed to Hand in the Street. Abundance of People afiem- 
 bled together, whom I exhorted, To repent and believe 
 
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 the Gcfprf. The Word of God fell heavy upon them, 
 and I trail, broke fome of the irony Hearts. 
 
 Hence we rode over Tie Fens, fifteen Miles broad, 
 :\V\& near thirty long, to Eohingsiy, where we found a 
 numerous Congregation, of a far different Spirit. Scarce 
 one of thefe but bad iafted, more or lefs, of the Powers 
 of the World to come. After a comfortable Opportunity 
 here, we rode on te Horncaftle. We were but roughly 
 fhluted at our Entrance. And the Mob iricreafed more 
 and more till Six. I then began to preach in a Yard 
 near the Market-Place, to a large Concourfe of People. 
 But their Behaviour quite difappointed us ; for there was 
 ■no Tumult, no Noife, but an earned Attention thro' 
 the whole Congregation. 
 
 Thurfday, 5. I preached again at Seven, to nearly the 
 fame Congregation, and was agdin refrefhed, by the re- 
 markable Decency and Serioufnefs of their Behaviour. 
 At four in the Afternoon I preached at Marum in the 
 Hilly two Miles from Horncaftle, The Number of Peo- 
 ple conftrained me to preach without, and the Rain, to 
 fhorten my Sermon : Tho* none went away. Indeed 
 I believe none were prefent, who had net known fome 
 Work of Grace in their Hearts. 
 
 Friday, 6. We rode over The Wolds (a Chain of Hills) 
 to Ncrtl-Elkwg!c7i y three Miles from Loucth. The Con- 
 gregation was large, notwithstanding the Rain, which 
 drove full in our Face, 'till we came to Grimfby. 
 
 Sunday* 8. The Houfe wa* pretty well filled at Eight. 
 At Two I was obliged to go into the Old Church-Yard: 
 where was fuch a Concourfe of People, as had hardly 
 ever, they faid, been feen at Grimjly before. As many 
 as the Room would well contain, were prefent at the 
 Watch-night: And at Seven in the Morning. 1 then 
 commended them to the Grace of God. 
 
 Monday, 9. I preached in the Evening at La/thy : The 
 next Afernoon at Ferry, (after riding thro* much Water 
 and continued Rain) and in the Evening in the New 
 Houfe, at Epwcrtb. 
 
 Friday* 13. Having appointed to preach at Awkbe- 
 u One, I fes out between Sc\en and Eight. I was. 
 
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 in Hopes of coming thither before Church began; but 
 I did not confuler tht Lincoln/bit i Roads. With fome 
 Difficulty we reached it before Noon, and found there 
 was no Service at the Church. I preached in the Church- 
 Yard at One to a liilning Multitude: Mod of whom, I 
 fuppofe had never heard this Kind of Preaching before. 
 Many of t hem wtre in Tears, and prelTed after me into 
 the Houfe vvheie we met the Society. 1 could not but 
 hope, that fome of thefe will prefs into the Kingdom of 
 Heaven. 
 
 Returning thence I called on Mr. Romley of Bur- 
 ton, one of my former Parifhioners, a lively, fenfible 
 Man of Eighty-three Years old, by whom I was much 
 comforted. An Hour or two after, we took Boat ; 
 but could not crofs over. The Violence of the Stream 
 fwollen by the late Rains, bore us down in Spite of ail 
 we could do. Having ftriven againft it a confiderable 
 Time, we were obliged to caft Anchor. After wait- 
 ing fome Time, we got near the Shore, and were 
 towed up to the Place of Landing. A toilfome Day 
 was followed by a comfortable Night. At half Hour 
 after Eight the Houfe at Epworth was well filled. And 
 mod of the Congregation Hayed, 'till the whole Ser- 
 vice was concluded. 
 
 It vvas on this Day, that after the Battle of Bergen in 
 Germany, u Among the many wounded who werebrought 
 injo Frankfort upon the Mayne, there was the Right Ho- 
 nourable George, Charles Dy kern, Baron, Lieutenant-Ge- 
 neral of the Saxon Troops, in the Service of the King of 
 France. He was born of an antientand noble Family in 67- 
 )cjm, on A pril ioth, 17 10, fo that it was jufr. on his Birth- 
 day, he received his Wound. He was of equal Abilities 
 as a Minifterin the Cloiet, and a General in the Field. 
 In his younger Years, he had gone through 3 regular 
 Courfe of Study in the Univerfity, and made great 
 Proficiency in Philofophy, e r pecia]ly in Mathematics. 
 Afterwards he fludied Polemic Divinity, till he rea- 
 soned himielf into an Infidel. During his Jllnefs he 
 fhewed not the leaft Defire of pious Company or ferr- 
 ous Difcourfe, 'till the Surgeon let his Vale t de Cham- 
 C 3 bre 
 
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 bre know, that he could not live long. The Man 
 then afked his Matter, Whether he did not chufe to 
 be vifited by aClerg) man r Heanfvvered with Warmth, 
 14 I fhall not trouble thofe Gentlemen. I know welt 
 myfelf what to believe and do." His Man not dif- 
 couraged, continued thus, " My Lord, have you 
 ever found me wanting in my Duty, all the Time I 
 have been in your Service?" He anfwered, <; No." 
 " Then, replied he, I will not be wanting now." 
 The Surgeons count you pail Hopes of Recovery ; but 
 every one is afraid to tell you fo. You Hand upon the 
 Brink of Eternity. Pray, Sir, order a Clergyman to 
 be called." He paufed a little, but foon gave his 
 Hand to his Servant, thanked him for his Honefty, 
 and ordered to fend for me. * When I came, the Man 
 told me plainly, the General was a profefTed Infidel. 
 I went in, and after a fhort Compliment, faid, " I 
 am told, my Lord, your Life is near an End. There- 
 fore I prefume, without any Ceremony, to afk you 
 one plain Queftion : Is the State of your Soul fuch, 
 that you can entertain a folid Hope of Salvation :" 
 He anfwered, " Yes." M On what do you ground 
 this Hope ?" He replied, " I never committed any 
 wilful Sin. 1 have been liable to Frailties; but I 
 trull in God's Mercy, and the Merits of his Son, 
 that he will have Mercy upon me." Thefe Words he 
 uttered very flowly, efpecially, the Merits of his Son" 
 I made the following Reply. " I am apt to believe, 
 you are not tainted with the groiTeft Vices. But I fear, 
 you a littl-e too prefumptuouily boafl, of never having 
 committed wilfu! Sin. If )Ou would be faved, you 
 mult acknowledge your being utterly, corrupted by 
 Sin, and confequently deferving the Curfe of God, 
 and eternal Damnation. As to your hoping for God's 
 Mercy, through the Merits of his Son, I beg Leave to aft,. 
 Do you believe God has a Son ? That his Son afTum- 
 •d our Nature, in order to be our Saviour: That in 
 the Execution of his Oirice; he was humbled unto 
 
 Death, 
 
 * Dr, Frejenim, Senior of the Clergy :X Frankfort t 
 
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 Death, even the Death upon the Crofs, and that here- 
 by he has given an ample Satisfaction for us, and re- 
 covered our Title to Heaven ?" He anfwered, " I 
 cannot now avoid a more minute Description of the 
 true State of my Soul. Let me tell you, Doctor, I 
 have fome Knowledge of Philofophy, by which I have 
 chofe for myfelf a Way of Salvation. I have always 
 endeavoured to live a fober Life, to the uttermoil of 
 my Power : Not doubting but the Being of all Beings, 
 would then gracioufly accept me. In this Way I Hood 
 in no Need of Christ, and therefore did not believe on 
 him. But if I take the Scriptures to be a Divine Re- 
 velation, this Way of mine I perceive is not the Right 
 one. I muil believe in Christ, and through him come 
 to God." I replied, " You fay, if you take the 
 Scriptures to be a Divine Revelation I" He fetched a 
 deep Sigh, and faid, O God, thou wilt make me fay, 
 Becaufe I take the Scriptures to be thy Word." I faid, 
 " There are Grounds and Reafons enough to demon- 
 ilrate the Divine Origin of Chriftianity, as I could 
 mew from its moll efiential Principles, were not the 
 Period of your Life fo ihort. But we need not now 
 that diffufive Method. Faith being the Gift of God. 
 A poor Sinner tottering on the brink of Eternity, has 
 not Time to inquire about Grounds and Reafons. Ra- 
 ther betake yourfelf to earnefl Prayer for Faith, which 
 if you do, I doubt not but God will give it you." I 
 had no fooner fpoken thefe Words, butpallin? off his 
 Cap, and lifting up his Eyes and Hands, he cried out, 
 u O Almighty God, I am a poor, curfed Sinner, 
 worthy of Damnation. But Lord Jesus, eternal Son of 
 God, thou diedfl for my Sins alfo. It is through Thee 
 alone lean be faved. O give me Faith, and flreng- 
 then that Faith." Being extremely weak, he was 
 obliged to flop here. A little after he afked, " Is 
 Faith enough for Salvation I" u Ye?, Sir, faid I, if 
 it be living Faith." Methinks, faid he, it is fo al- 
 ready ; and it will be more fo by and by : Let us pray 
 for it." Perceiving he was very weak, to give him 
 feme Reft, I retired into the next Room. But he foon 
 
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 fent to call me. I found him praying, and Jesus was 
 all he prayed for. I reminded him offbttu .-c i . urea 
 treating of Faith in Christ, and he wa< much ckiight- 
 ed with them. Indeed he wa: quite 1 wallowed up by 
 the Grace of Jesus, and wouM hear of nothing but Je- 
 sus Christ and him crucified. He cried out, M I do 
 not know how it is with me. I r.evei in my Life felt 
 fuch a Change. I have Power to love Jesus, and to 
 believe in Him,' whom I io long rejected. O my Je- 
 sus, how merciful art thou to me." 
 
 About Noon i itepthome; but he fent forme directly, 
 fo that I could fcarce eat my Dinner. We were both 
 filled wich joy, as Partakers of the fame Grace which is 
 in Jesus Christ ; and that in fuch a Manner, as if we had 
 been acquainted together for many Years. Many Offi- 
 cers of the Army came to fee him continually, to all of 
 whom he talked freely of Jesus, of the Grace of the Fa- 
 ther in him, and of the Power of the Holy Ghoft through 
 Him : Wondering without ceafing at his having found 
 )esus, and at the happy Change, by which all Things on 
 this Side Eternity, were become indifferent to him. 
 
 In the Afternoon he deiired to partake of the 
 LoRD's-Supper, which he received with a melting, prai- 
 fing, rejoicing Heart. All the Reft of the Day he con- 
 tinued in the fame State of Soul. Toward Evening he 
 defirrd, That if his End fhould approach, I would come 
 to him, which I promifed. But he did not fend for me 
 till the next Morning. I was told by his Valet, that he 
 flept w 11 for fome Hours, and then awaking, prayed 
 for a confiderable Time, continually mentioning the 
 Name of our Lord, and his precious Blood, and tiiat i e 
 had defued feveral of the Officer?, to make his Conver- 
 fation known to his Court, (That of the King of Poland.) 
 After fomeDifcourie 1 afeed, "Has yourVxwof CYrjst 
 and his Redemption, b en neither altered nor obfeured 
 fince Yelterday ?" He anfwered, " Neither altered, nor 
 obfeured. 1 have no doubt, not even a Remote one. 
 It is juft the fame with me, as if I had always thus be'iev- 
 ed and never doubled, bo gracious is the Lord Jesus to 
 me a Sinner/' 
 
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 This fecond Day he was unwearied in Prayer and 
 Exercifes of Faith. Toward Evening he fent for me in 
 halle. When I came, I found him dying, and In a 
 Kind of Delirium ; fo I could do no more than give him 
 now and then a Word of Comfort. I prayed afterwards 
 for him and thofc that were prefent, fome of whom were 
 of high Birth and Rank. I then by Impofition of Hands, 
 as ufual, gave him a BIcfling, which being done, he ex- 
 pired immediately. A Royal Prince who was there 
 (Prince Xaviet of Saxc/tv) could not forbear weeping. 
 The relt of the Officers bewailed the Loft of their Gene- 
 ral, yet praifad God for having (hewn fuch Mercy to- 
 ward him. 
 
 I wrote an Accountof it without Delay to his Mother, 
 and had an immediate Anfwer : She was a Lady of Se* 
 venty-two, of exemplary Piety. She praifed God for 
 his Mercy, adding, That he had now anfwered the 
 Prayeis, which (he had never ceafed to offer on his Be- 
 half for Eleven Years." 
 
 Sunday, iqth (EaJIer-day) I preacred at Epwortb at 
 Eight, and then rode to Haxey Church, where I was 
 much refrefhed by the Decency and Serioufnefs of the 
 Congregation. Between one and two I began preaching : 
 So large a Congregation was never feen here before. A- 
 bout five I preached at the Market-place in Epwortb, I 
 was drawing to a Conclufion when the Rain began. But 
 it drove away only a few carelefs Hearers: The Bulk of 
 the People did not ftir till I concluded. 
 
 V/ednej'day % 18. I fet out for Sclby. We were in Hopes 
 the Roads would now be pafTable. And they were tolera- 
 ble, till we came near the Town ; but here the late Flood, 
 had carried away the Bank over which we were to ride, 
 and left a great Hole in its Place. However, we made 
 (hi ft to lead our Horfes over a narrow Path, where the 
 Water was fordable. The Congregation at Selfy obliged 
 me to ftand in the Garden, though the North Wind w as 
 exceeding high. At fovea in the Evening I preached at 
 York. 
 
 Tburfday, 19. I vifired two Prifoners in the Caftle, 
 which is, { fuppoie, the molt commodious Prifon in Ex- 
 
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 rope. Both of them feemed to be much convinced, and 
 not far from the Kingdom of God. At Six I preached 
 in the Shell of the new Houfe, to a numerous and ferious 
 Audience. 
 
 Friday, 20. The Matter of the Inn at Tadcajler> offer- 
 ing us the Ufe of his Garden, I preached to a well-be- 
 haved Congregation, and about five found Mr. Grimjbaw, 
 and many of our Brethren at Leeds. Saturday \ 21. at 
 half Hour paft Ten, we reached Stainland Chappel, near 
 Eland. It is an handfome Building, near the Top of a 
 Mountain, and furrounded with Mountains on all Sides. 
 It was filled from End to End. Mr. Grimjhauo read 
 Prayers, and I preached on Part of the 2d Leflbn. In 
 the Room where I drefled myfelf were a young Man and 
 his Sifter, both ill of a Fever. I know not that ever they 
 heard the Preaching ; however 1 defired we might go to 
 Prayers. They prefently melted into Tears. O may 
 God preach his Gofpel to their Hearts ! 
 
 I preached at Mancbefter in the Evening, where we 
 had at length a quiet Audience. Wretched Magiftrates, 
 who by refufing to fupprefs, encouraged the Rioters, had 
 long occafioned continual Tumults here ; but fome are 
 now of a better Spirit. And wherever Magiftrates defire 
 toprefervethe Peace, they have fuflicient Power to do it. 
 
 Tuefday, 24. I rode over to Maxfield. Abundance of 
 People ran together, but wild as Colts untamed. Their 
 Noife quite drowned my Voice at firft ; but in a while 
 they were tolerably quiet. And before I had done, all 
 but four or five lubberly Men, feemed almoft perfuaded 
 to be Chriftians. 
 
 - Sunday > 29. I rode to Stockport, defigning to preach 
 at one o'Clock. But we were at a Lofs for a Place. We 
 iixt at length on a Green near the Town's End: And we 
 had a quiet and folemn Opportunity. 
 
 In my Return, I called to f e a Girl, about thirteen 
 Years of Age. She had been in violent Pain all over, 
 with little IntermilTion, for near twenty Month*. After 
 I had fpoke a few Words, (he faid, " When I faw you 
 before I did no r know the Lord : but now I know him, 
 and am known of Him. I am his, and he is mine." I 
 
 afked, 
 
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 afked, " Do you never repine at your Pain ?" She faid, 
 " No : 1 have not a murmuring Thouz.hr I am happy, 
 always hap; y I would not change thib Bed of Affliction 
 for the Palace of King Geovgt n I afked. " Ac \ou not 
 proud of this ? Is Pride taken out of you Heart?" she 
 anfwered, •* I do not know. But i fed no Pride. 
 I feel that God is All." " But do you leel no Fret* 
 fulnefs or Peeviihnefs :" " I cannot tell that I do. 
 Pain fometimes makes me cry out when *hey itir me. 
 But I do not fiet at any Thing." " Do y >u hnd no 
 Self will r" " Not that I know : I defire nothing but 
 that the Will of God be done." " Do not you defire 
 Life or Death :" " No ; 1 leave all to Him. But, if it 
 was his Will, I mould be glad to die. The World is 
 full of Danger. 1 fhculd be ^lad to leave it, and to be 
 with Christ." 
 
 Monday, 30. We had a numerous Congregation at 
 A flon- bridge, two or three Miles from Northivicb. Some 
 large Trees fcreened us both from the Sun and Wind. 
 In the Afternoon I rode on to Cbtfter. It was well the 
 Wind was pretty high; for the Sun fhone as hot as it 
 ufes to do in the Dog-days. Wednefday, May 2. I 
 
 rode over to Mould in Flint/hire, about twelve Miles from 
 Cbejler. The Sun was very hot and the Wind very cold. 
 But as the Place they had chofe for me, was expofed 
 loth to the Sun and the Wind, the one ballanced the 
 other. And notwithltanding the Che/ler Races which 
 had drawn the Rich away, and the Market-day, which 
 detained many of the Poor, we had a Multitude of Peo- 
 ple, the ferious Part of whom icon influenced the reft : 
 . So that all but two or three remained uncovered, and 
 kneeled down as foon as I began to pray. 
 
 Thurfday, 3. We croii over from Chcjler to Liverpool. 
 The Congregations here were exceeding large; but many 
 of them fecmed to be like wild AfTes Colts. Yet God 
 is able to make them wife unto Salvation. 
 
 Sunday, 3. I received much Comfort at the Old Church 
 in the Morning, and at St. Thomas' in the Afternoon. 
 It was as if both the Sermons had been made for me< I 
 pity thofe who can find no Good at Church ! But how 
 
 mould 
 
( 36 ) 
 
 ihould they, if Prejudice come between, an efTe&ual 
 Bar to tiie Grace of God ? 
 
 Jfednejday, 9. I rode to Dow nam- Green, near Wigan, 
 a Town wicked to a Proverb. We had a Specimen 
 of the Manners of its Inhabitants, in the Behaviour of 
 a Man that met us, and accofted us with fuch Lan- 
 guage as would have become an Inhabitant of the Bot- 
 tomlefs Pit. One would have thought from their 
 Looks, that a good Part of the Congregation was of 
 the fame Spirit. But in a fhort Time the Word of God 
 prevailed, and all their Fiercenefs melted away. 
 
 In the Evening I preached at Bolton, and on Friday, 
 II. about Nine, at Lower Darwent, a fmall Village 
 near Blackburn. At Lanco.Jter we were informed, it was 
 too late to crofs the Sands. However we refolved to 
 make the Trial. We parted the Seven- mile Sand 
 without Difficulty, and reached Fluckborough about Sun- 
 fet. 
 
 Saturday, 12. Setting out early, we came to Booth; 
 about Twenty- four meafured Miles from Fluckborough, 
 foon after Eight, having croiTed the Millam-Sand, 
 without either Guide or Difficulty. Here we were 
 informed, that we could not pafs at Ravenglafs, before 
 one or two o'Clock : Whereas had we gone on, (as 
 we afterward found,) we might have paffied imme- 
 diately. About Eleven we were directed to a Ford, 
 near Muncajler-Hall, which they faid, we might crofs 
 at Noon. When we came thither, they told us, we 
 could not crofs. So we fat Hill till about One. We 
 then found, we could ha've croft at Noon. However 
 we reached Whitehaven before Night. But I have 
 taken my Leave of the Sand-Road. I believe, it is 
 ten meafured Miles fhorter than the other : But there 
 are four Sands to pafs, fo far from each other, that 
 'tis fcarce poffible to pafs them all in a Day : Efpecially 
 as you have all the Way to do with a Generation of 
 Liars, who detain all Strangers as long as they can, 
 either for their own Gain, or their Neighbours. I 
 can advife no Stranger to go this Way : He may go 
 round by Kendal and Ker/wick, often in lefs Time, 
 
 always 
 
( 37 ) 
 
 always with lefs Expence, and far lef> Trial of his Pa- 
 tience. 
 
 Reflecting to Day on the Cafe of a poor Wo- 
 man, who had a continual Pain in her Stomach, I 
 could not hut remark the inexcu&ble Negligence of 
 moll Phyficians in Cafes of this Nature. They pre- 
 scribed Drug upon Drug, without knowing a Jot of* the 
 Matter, concerning the Root of the Di (order. And 
 without knowing this, they cannot cure, though they 
 can murder the Patient. Whence caine this Woman's 
 Pain ? (Which (he would never have told, had (he 
 never been queftioned about it :) From fretting for the 
 Death of her Son. And what availed Medicines, 
 while that fretting continued ? Why then do not all 
 Phyficians confider, How far Bodily Diforders are 
 caufed or influenced by the Mind? And in thofe 
 Cafes, which are utterly out of their Sphere, call in 
 the AiTiiiance of a Miniiter, as Minifters when they 
 find the Mind diibrcercd by the Body, call in the Af- 
 Mance of a Phyfrcian ? ];.jt why are thefc Cafes out of 
 their Sphere? Becaufe they know r.ot God. It fol- 
 lows, no Man can be a thorough Phyfician, wilho.it 
 being an experienced Chriilian. 
 
 Ti'Cj'Jay, 15. I rode over to Lorton, a little Village 
 at the Foot of a high Mountain. Many came from a 
 confiderahle Diftance, and 1 believe did not repent of 
 their Labour. For they found God to be a God both 
 of the Hills and Valleys, and no where more prefent 
 than in the Mountains of Cumberland, 
 
 Tburjday, j 7. I enquired into a fignal Inftance of 
 Providence. When a Coal-pit runs far under the 
 Ground, it is cuftomary here to build a Partition- 
 Wall, from the Bottom to the Top of it, nearly from 
 the Shaft to within three or four Yards of the End, 
 in order to make the Air circulate, which then moves 
 down one Side of the Wall, turns at the End, and 
 moves brifkly up on the other Side. In a Pit two 
 Miles from the Town, which ran full four Hundred 
 Yards under the Ground, and had been long neglect- 
 ed, feveral Parts of this Wall were fallen down. Four 
 D Men 
 
( 38 ) 
 
 Men were fent down to repair it. They were about 
 three Hundred Yards from the Shaft, when the foul 
 Air took Fire. In a Moment it tore down the Wall 
 from End to End, and burning on till it came to the 
 Shaft, it then burft and went off like a large Cannon. 
 The Men inftantly fell on their Faces, or they would 
 have been burnt to Death in a few Moments. One of 
 them who once knew the Love of God, (Andrew Eng- 
 lijh,) began crying aloud for Mercy. But in a very 
 fhort Time his Breath was flopped. The other three 
 crept on their Hands and Knees, till two got to the 
 Shaft and were drawn up ; but one of them died in a 
 few Minutes. John M ( Co??ibe was drawn up next, burnt 
 from Head to Foot, but rejoicing and praiiing God. 
 They then went down for Andrew, whom they found 
 fenfelefs, the very Circum (lance which faved his Life. 
 For lofing his Senfes, he lay flat on the Ground, and 
 the greateft Part of the Fire went over him : Whereas 
 had he gone forward on his Hands and Knees, he 
 would undoubtedly have been burnt to Death. But 
 Life or Death was welcome. For God had reftored 
 the Light of his Countenance. 
 
 Saturday, 19. One was mewing us the Improve- 
 ments, begun by Sir William Loixther. He had mark- 
 ed out Places for new Walks, and for Tufts of Trees, 
 laid out a new Plan for his Gardens, begun to alter 
 the Houfe, and was preparing to make a little Para- 
 dife round about it. But Death came between. And 
 how little Lofs was this, if it removed him to the Pa- 
 radife ofGoD ? 
 
 Sunday, 20. I preached at Eight in an open Place 
 at The Gins, a Village on one Side of the Town. 
 Many were there, who never did, and never would, 
 come to the Room. O what a Victory would Satan 
 gain, if he could put an End to Field-preaching ! 
 But that, I truft, he never will : At leail net till my 
 Head is laid. 
 
 A pi er preaching again at two, I took my Leave 
 of irbit\>ba-ven, and rode to Ccckcrmouth. At Six I 
 preached at the End of the Market houfe. Hi^h and 
 
 Low, 
 
( 39 ) 
 
 Low, Rich and Poor, attended. And by far the 
 greater Part of the Audience feemed to be confcious, 
 That God was there. 
 
 Monday ■, 2 j. I preached at Ten in the Market-place 
 at TVigton, and came to Sol way Frith, juft: as the Wa- 
 ter was fordable. At fome Times it is fo, Three Hours 
 in Twelve; at other Times, barely One. 
 
 Aeter making a fhort Bait at Roth-well, we came 
 to Dumfries before fix o'Clock. Having Time to 
 fpare, we took a Walk in the Church-Yard, one of 
 the pieafanteit Places I ever faw. A fingle Tomb I 
 obferved there, which was about an Hundred and 
 Thirty Years old. But the Infcription was very 
 hardly legible. 
 
 Quandcquidem remanent ipfes quo q fata Scpulchris ! 
 So icon do even our Sepulchres die ! Strange, that 
 Men fhould be fo careful about them ! But are not 
 Bttfiy fl-lf- condemned therein ? They fte the Folly, 
 while they run into it. So poor Mr. Prior, fpeaking 
 is own Tomb, has thofe melancholy Word. 1 , 
 " For this lail Piece of human Vanity, I bequeath five 
 Hundred Pounds." 
 
 Twfciaw 22. We rode thro* a pleafant Country, to 
 Thorny bill, near which is the grand Seat of the Duke 
 of Queenfioro'tgL . How little did the late Duke ima- 
 gine, that his Son would Plow up his Park, and let 
 his Houfe run to ruin ! But let it go ? Jn a little 
 Time the Earth itfelf and all the Works of it fhall be 
 bunt up. 
 
 Hence we rode thro', and over huge Mountain % 
 green to the very "Pop, to Lead-bills, a Village con- 
 taining five hundred Families, who have had no Mi- 
 : theft four Years. So in Scotland, the poor 
 e not the Go/pel preached f Who fhall anfwer for the 
 Blood ofthefe Men ? 
 
 Early in the Evening wc came to Lefmahagonv > 
 a Village not fo large as Lead-hills. Jt has however 
 Two Mini fie rs. Here alfo we walked down to the 
 Church -Yard, by the Side of which a little, clear 
 River runs, near the Foot of an high and Ileep Moun- 
 D % tain. 
 
( 4° ) 
 
 tain. The Wood which covers this makes the Walks 
 that »un on its Sides, pleafant beyond Imagination. 
 But what Tafte have the good People of the Town 
 for this ? As much as the Animals that graze on the 
 River-bank. 
 
 Wednejday, 23. We took Horfe foon after four, and 
 did not ftop before we came to Glafgcvo : Having 
 hardly feen a Cloud in the Sky, fince we fet out from 
 Whitehaven* 
 
 J preached at feven in the Poor-houfe : And at 
 feven in the Morning, Tburfday, 24. But in the Even- 
 ing we were obliged to be abroad, and I u fed great 
 Plainwefs of Speech. All fuffered the Word of Ex- 
 hortation : Some feemed to be a little affected. 
 
 Saturday, 26. I found the little Society which I had 
 joined here two Years fince had foon fplit in Pieces. 
 Jn the Afternoon I met feyeral of the Members of the 
 praying Societies; and fhewed them what Chriftian 
 Fellowship was, and what need they had of it ? 
 About forty of them met me on Sunday, 27. in Mr. 
 Gittes's Kirk, immediately after Evening Service. I 
 left them determined to meet Mr. Gillies weekly, at 
 the fame Time and Place. If this be done; I (hall 
 try to fee Glajgoxv again. If not, I can employ my 
 Time better. 
 
 At feven in the Morning we had a numerous Con- 
 gregation, tho' fmall compared to that in the Even- 
 in o-. Yet my Voice was fo flrengthened, that I be- 
 lieve all could hear. I fpoke very p^ain on, Te muft 
 be Born a^o.in. Now 1 am clear of the Blood of this 
 People. I have delivered my own Soul. 
 
 Monday, 28. I rode thro' Edinburgh to Mujfdhourgh, 
 and preached in the Evening to a deeply attentive 
 Congregation. Wtdnr/day, 30. I rode on to Dunbar, 
 and at fix in the Evening, preached in a large, open 
 P'ace, (as alfo the next Day.) B^th poor and rich 
 quietly attended, tho' mod of them fhivering with 
 Cold : For the Weather was fo changed within a few 
 Days, that it feemed mere like December than May. 
 
 Lodging 
 
( 4i ) 
 
 Lodging with a feniiblc Man, I enquired particu- 
 larly into the prefent Difcipline of the Scotch Parifhes. 
 In one Parifh, it feems there are twelve Rulin;; 
 Elders ; in another there are fourteen. And what 
 are thefe ? Men of ^reat Senfe and deep Experience : 
 Neither one, nor the other. But the/ are the richejl 
 Men in the Parifh. And are the richfjl of couife the 
 beft and the *wifeft Men ? Does the Bible teach this ? I 
 fear, not What Manner of Governors then will 
 thefe be ? Why, they are generally juft as capable of 
 governing a Parifh, as of commanding an Army. 
 
 About this Time the Work of God exceedingly 
 increafed under the Rev. Mr. B near Evert on. I 
 cannot give a clearer View of this, than by tranferib- 
 ing Part of the Journal of an Eye Witnefs. 
 
 Sunday, May 20. Being with Mr. B // at Ever- 
 
 ion, I was much fatigued and did not rife. But Mr. 
 B. did, and obferved feveral fainting and crying out, 
 
 while Mr. B e was preaching. Afterward at 
 
 Church, I heard many cry out, especially Children, 
 whofe Agonies were amazing: One of the Eldeft, a 
 Girl ten or twelve Years old, was full in my View, 
 in violent Contorfions of Body, and weeping aloud, 
 I think incelTantly during the whole Service. And 
 feveral much younger Children were in Mr. B — ll's 
 View, agonizing as this did. The Church was 
 equally crouded in the Afternoon, the Windows be- 
 ing filled within and without, and even the Outfide 
 
 of the Pulpit to the very Top; fo that Mr. B e 
 
 feemed almoft ftifled by their Breath. Yet feeble and 
 fickly as he is, he was continually ftrengthened, and 
 his Voice for the mod Part diflinguiihable, in the 
 rnidft of all the Outcries. 1 believe there were pre- 
 fent three Times more Men than Women, a great 
 Part of whom came from far: Thirty of them hav- 
 ing fet.out at two in the Morning, from a Place 
 thirteen Miles off. The Text was, Having a Perm cf' 
 Godlinefs, but denying the P&wer then if. When the 
 Power of Religion began to be fpokc of, the Pretence 
 of God really filled the Place. And while peer Sin- 
 D 3 ners 
 
( 42 ) ' 
 
 ners felt the Sentence of Death in their Souls, what 
 Sounds of Diilrefs did I hear ! The greateft Number 
 oi them who cried or fell, were Men : But fome 
 Women, and feveral Children, felt the Power of the 
 fame Almighty Spirit, and feemed juit finking into 
 Hell. This cfccafioned a Mixture or various bounds ; 
 fome Shrieking, ibme Roaring aloud. The moil ge- 
 neral was a loud Breathing, like that of People half 
 Strangled and gafping for Life. And indeed almofl 
 all the Cries were like thofe of Human Creatures, 
 dying in bitter AnguiiTi. Great Numbers wept with« 
 out any Noife : Others fell down as dead : Some 
 finking in Silence ; f->me with extreme Noife and 
 violent Agitation. I Hood on the Pew Seat, as did a 
 young Man in the oppofite Pew, an able-bodied, 
 frefh, healthy Countryman. But in a Moment, 
 while he feemed to Think of nothing lefs, down he 
 dropt with a Violence inconceivable. The adjoining 
 Pews feemed fhook with his Fall : I heard afterward 
 the iramping of his Feet; ready to break the Boards, 
 as he lay in ilrong Convulllons, at the bottom of tke 
 Pew. Among feveral that were itruck down in the 
 next Pew, was a Girl, who was as violently feized as 
 him. When he fell, Mr. B — //and I felt our Souls 
 thrilled with a momentary Dread : As when one 
 Man is killed by a Canon-Ball, another often feels 
 the Wind of it. 
 
 Among the Children who felt the Arrows of the 
 Almighty. I faw a fturdy Boy, about eight Years old, 
 who roared above his Fellows, and feemed in his 
 Agony to flruggle with the Strength of a grown 
 Man. His Face was red as Scarlet. And almoil all 
 on whom God laid his Hand, turned either very red, 
 or almoil black. When I returned, after a little 
 
 Walk, to Mr. B e's Houfe, I found it full of 
 
 People. He was fatigued, but faid, he would never- 
 thelefs give them a Word of Exhortation. 1 ilayed 
 in the nexr Room, and faw the Girl whom I had 
 obferved io peculiarly diilreir. in the Church, lyjng 
 on the Floor as one dead, but without any Ghaftli- 
 
 riefs 
 
( 43 ) 
 
 nefs in her Face. In a few Minutes we were infor- 
 med of a Wc man filled with Peace and Joy, who was 
 crying out juft before. She had come thirteen Miles, 
 and ib the dime Perfon, who dreamed Mr. B. would 
 come to lur Village, on that very Day, whereon he 
 did come, tho' without either knowing the Place or 
 the Way to it. She was convinced at that Time. 
 Jult as we heard of her Deliverance, the Gi;l on the 
 Floor began to ftir. She was then fet in a Chair : 
 aid after sighing a while, fuddenly rofe up y rejoicing 
 in God. Her Face was covered with the moll beau- 
 tiful Smile I ever faw- She frequently fell on her 
 Knees, but was generally running to and fro, fpeak- 
 ing thefe and the like Words, M O, what can Jesus 
 do for loft Sinners ! He has forgiven all my Sins ! 1 
 am in Heaven ! I am in Heaven ! O how He loves 
 me/ And how I love Him ?" Meantime I faw a thin, 
 pale Girl, weeping with Sorrow for herfelf, and Joy 
 for her Companion. Quickly the Smiles of Heaven 
 came likewife on her, and her Praifes joined with 
 thole cf the other. I alfo then laughed with extreme 
 Joy : 5o did Mr. B — //, (who faid, it was more than 
 he could well bear.) So did all who knew the Lord, 
 and fome of thofe who were waiting for Salvation : 
 Till the Cries of them who were (truck with the Ar- 
 rows cf Conviction, were almoft loft in the Sounds of 
 Joy. 
 
 Two or three well-dreft young Women, who 
 feemed carelefs before, now felt the Power of God, 
 and cried out with a loud and bitter Cry. Mr. B. 
 
 about this Time retired, and the Duke of M , 
 
 with Mr. A //came in. They feemed inclined to 
 
 make a Difturbance, but were reftrained, and in a 
 fhort Time, quietly retired. We continued, praif- 
 in? God with all our might: and his Work went on 
 as when Mr B. was exhorting. I had for fome Time 
 obferved a young Woman all in Tears ; but now her 
 Countenance charged. The unfpeakable Joy ap- 
 peared in her Face, which quick as Lightning was 
 filled with Smiles, and became of a crimfon Colour. 
 
 About 
 
( 44 ) 
 
 About the fame Time John Keeling of Potton, fell into an 
 Agony. But he grew Calm in about a quarter of an 
 Hour, tho' without a clear Senfe of Pardon. 
 
 Immediately after, a Stranger well dreft, who ftcod 
 facing me, fell backward to the Wall; then forward on 
 his Knees, wringing his Hands, and roaring like a 
 Bull. His Face at firft turned quite red, then almoft 
 black. He rofe, and ran agatnft the Wall, 'till Mr. 
 Keeling and anocher held him. He fcreamed out " O 
 what Iball I do, what (hall I do ? O for one Drop of the 
 Blood of Christ !" As he fpoke, God fet his Soul at 
 Liberty ; he knew his Sin:; were blotted out : And the 
 Rapture he was in, feemed roo great for Human Nature 
 to bear. He had come forty Miles, to hear Mr. B. and 
 was to leave him the next Morning ; which he did with 
 a glad Heart, telling all who came in his Way, what 
 God had done for his Soul. 
 
 1 observed about the Time that Mr. Coe (that as 
 his Name) began to rejoice, a Girl, eleven or twelve 
 Years old, exceeding poorly dreft, who appeared to be 
 as deeply wounded, and as defirous of Salvation as any. 
 But I loft Sight of her, 'till I heard the joyful Sound, of 
 another born in Sion: and found upon Enquiry, it was 
 Her, the Poor, difconfolate, Gypfy-looking Child. And 
 now did 1 fee fuch a Sight, as I don't expect again on 
 this Side Eternity. The Faces of the three Juftified 
 Children, and I think of all the Believers prefent, did 
 really mine : And fuch a Beauty, fuch a Look of ex- 
 treme Happinefs, and at the fame Time of Divine Love 
 and Simplicity, did I never fee in Human Faces 'till 
 now. The newly juftified eagerly embraced one another, 
 weeping on each others Necks for Joy. Then they 
 falutedall of their own Sex, and befought both Men and 
 Women to help them in praifing God. 
 
 I have mentioned only one Man, two Women and 
 three Children at this Time juftified in the Houfe, but 
 have perhaps omitted fome. And it is probable, there 
 was more than one juftified at the Church, tho' but one 
 came to (peak of it ; for all are not equally free to glo- 
 rify God in the midft of his People. I wiih all who 
 
 find' 
 
( 45 ) 
 
 find the fame Salvation with Mr. Coe, were as ready to 
 proclaim redeeming Love ! 
 
 Tburfday, 24. Mr. B — // and I went to hear Mr. 
 
 // s at irrejllingiuortb, four Miles from Everton. 
 
 We difcourfed with him firft, and were glad to hear, he 
 had wholly given himfelfup to the glorious Work of 
 God, and that the Power of the Higheft fell upon his 
 Hearers, as upon Mr. B e's. While he was preach- 
 ing, fifteen or fix teen Perfons felt the Arrows of the 
 Lord and dropt down. A few of thefe cried out with 
 the utmoft Violence, and little Intermiffion, for fome 
 Hours: While the reft made no great Noife, but conti- 
 nued ftruggling, as in the Pangs of Death. I obferved 
 befides thefe one little Girl deeply convinced, and a 
 Boy, nine or ten Years old. Both thefe, and feveral 
 others, when carried into the Parfonage Houfe, either 
 lay as dead, or ftruggled with all their Might. But in 
 a fliort Time, their Cries increafed beyond Meafure, fo 
 that the loudeft Singing could fcarce be heard. Some at 
 laft called on me to pray, which I did : and for a Time 
 all were calm. Buf the Storm foon began again. Mr. 
 
 H s then prayed, and afterward Mr. B — 1L But 
 
 IT ill tho' fome received Confolation, others remained in 
 deep Sorrow of Heart. 
 
 Upon the whole 1 remark, That few antient People 
 experience any Thing of this Work of God; and fcarce 
 any of the Rich. Thefe generally fhew either an utter 
 Contempt of, or Enmity to it. Indeed fo did Mr. 
 
 H s himfelf fome Time fince : Having fo deep an 
 
 Averfion to it that he denied the Sacrament to thofe of 
 
 his Parifh, who went to hear Mr. B e. Neither of 
 
 thefe Gentlemen have much Eloquence, but feem ra- 
 ther weak in Speech : The Lord hereby more clearly 
 /hewing, That this is his own Work. It extends into 
 'ri^ge-Sbire, to within a Mile of the Univerfity ; 
 and about as far into Huntingdon Shire; but flouri flies 
 molt of all in the Eaftcrn and Northern Parts of Bedford- 
 fbi e. 
 
 There were three Farmer?, in three feveral Village?, 
 who violently f;t themfelves to oppofe it. And for a 
 
 Time 
 
( 46 ) 
 
 Time they kept many from going to hear. But all 
 three died in about a Month. One of them owned the 
 Hand of the Lord was upon him, and befought him in 
 the bitternefs of his Soul, to prolong his Life, vowing 
 to hear Mr. B. himfelf. But the Lord would not be 
 intreated. 
 
 The violent Struggling of many in the above menti- 
 oned Churches, has broke feveral Pews and Benches. 
 Yet it is common for People to remain unaffected there, 
 and afterward drop down in their Way home. Some 
 have been found lying as dead in the Road : Others, in 
 
 Mr. B bs Garden ; not being able to Walk from 
 
 the Church to his Houfe, tho' it is not two Hundred 
 Yards. 
 
 I have fince received a Letter from Mr. B. an 
 Extract of which I fend you. 
 
 (: On Sunday Se'n night, a Man of ' Wyberfiey, a Natba- 
 nael indeed, was fo filled with the Love of God during 
 Morning Prayer, that he dropt down, and lay a? one 
 dead for two Hours. He had been fo filled with Love 
 all the Week before, that he was often (or a Time un- 
 able to Work. 
 
 " On Sunday Night lad-, as I was fpeaking in my 
 Houfe, there was a violent Outcry. One Soul was fet 
 at Liberty. We Sung near an Hour, and the Lord re- 
 leafed Three more out of Captivity. 
 
 " On Monday Se'nnight Mr. H — /b accompanied me 
 to Meldred. On the Way we called at a Farmer's Houfe. 
 After Dinner I went into his Yard, and feeing near an 
 Hundred and Fifty People, I called for a Table, and 
 preached, for the firft Time, in the open Air. Two 
 Perfons were feized with ftrong* Convictions, fell d 
 and criecT out mod bitterly. We then went to Meldred, 
 where I preached in a Field, to about 4000 People. In 
 the .' /e Mr. H — ks preached in the fame 
 
 Field, to about a Thoufand. And now the Prefence of 
 the Lord was wonderfully among us. There was A- 
 bundance of Weeping and llrong crying. And I truft, 
 befide many that were flight! y wounded, near thirty re- 
 ceived true Heart-felt Conviction. At Ten we 
 
 returned, 
 
( 47 ) 
 
 returned, and called again at the Farmer's Houfe. Seeing 
 about a Dozen People in the Brew-houfe, I fpoke a few 
 Words. Immediately the Farmer's Daughter, dropt 
 down in (hong Convictions. Another alfo was miferab- 
 ly torn by Sat an ; but fet at Liberty before I had done 
 Prayer. At four I preached in my own Houfe, and 
 Cod gave the Spirit of Adoption to another Mourner. 
 
 " ( ' lait I went to Sbelford, four Miles from 
 
 Cambridge^ uc:ar twenty from Everlon. The Journey 
 made me quite ill, being fo weary with Riding, that I 
 was obliged to walk Part of the Way. When I came thi- 
 ther, a Table was fet for me on the Common ; and to 
 my great Su'rprize, I found near Ten Thoufand People 
 round it, among whom were many Gownfmen from Cam- 
 bridge. I was hardly able to (land on my Feet, and 
 extremely hoarfe with a Cold. When I lifted up my 
 Foot, to get on the Table, an horrible Dread over- 
 whelmed me. But the Moment I was fixt thereon, I 
 feemed as unconcerned as a Statue. I gave out my Text, 
 (Gal. iii. 10, 1 1 . ) and made a Paufe, to think of fome- 
 thing pretty to fet off with ; but the Lord fo confound- 
 ed me, (as indeed it was meet ; for I was feeking, not 
 his Glory, but my own) that I was in a perfect Laby- 
 rinth, and found if I did not begin immediately, I muft 
 go down without fpeaking. So I broke out with the firft 
 Word that occurred, not knowing whether I mould be 
 able to add any more. Then the Lord opened my Mouth, 
 enabling me to fpeak near an Hour, without any Kind 
 of Perplexity ; and fo loud that every one might hear : 
 1 he Audience behaved with great Decency. When Ser- 
 mon was over, I found myfelf fo cool and eafy, fo chear- 
 ful in Spirit, and wonderfully ftrengthened in Body, I 
 went into an Houfe, and fpoke again near an Hour, to 
 about Two Hundred People. In the Morning I preach- 
 ed again to about a Thoufand ; Mr. H — s engaged to 
 
 to ' to & 
 
 preach in Orwell Field on Tuefday Evening. I gave No- 
 tice, that I defigned to preach on Monday Se'nnight at 
 Grandcbefier, a Mile from Cambridge. 
 
 " Mr.// — s and I have agreed to go into Henfordjhire ; 
 sfterwaids to feparate, and go round the Neighbour- 
 hood, 
 
. ( 4« ) 
 
 hood, preaching in the Fields, wherever a Door is open- 
 ed, three or four Days in every Week — ." 
 Believe me, 
 
 Your aiFeclionate Servant, 
 
 7. B. 
 
 Friday, June 1. The Rain began when we took 
 Horfe, and attended us all the Way to Berwick. When 
 I was tolerably dry, I fent to the Mayor, who readily 
 granted the Ule of the Town-hall. Here I preached 
 about Seven to a drowfy Congregation on Why will 
 ye die y O Houfe of Ifrael? And again a little after Seven 
 in the Morning, on / would thou wert either hot or cold. 
 In the Evening I preached in the Court-houfe at Aln- 
 wick, to a People of quite another Spirit : Having the 
 Power as well as the Form of Godlwefs, and panting 
 after the whole Image of God. 
 
 Whitfunday, 3. I preached at Eight in the Court- 
 houfe, but it was much crouded and exceeding hot. 
 So in the Afcernoon I went to the Crs/s, ana cried 
 aloud, in the Name of my Mailer, If any Mantbirf, 
 let him come unto ?m and drink. 
 
 Monday, 4. I preached in Flacey Square at One, to 
 an earned, loving Congregation, and enquired of one 
 of them, James Gillies, concerning a Report I had 
 heard the Day before. He informed me, That 
 " when he was a little Child, he hadjufl learned his 
 Chrifl-Crofs Row. But this he foon forgot. Between 
 twenty and thirty he was deeply convinced of Sin : 
 At which Time feeling a ftrong Perfuafion he could 
 read, he went into a Neighbour's Houfe, took up a 
 Bible, and read diftindfcly, which he has done ever 
 fincc." 
 
 After preaching I rode on to Newcafle. Certain- 
 ly if I did not believe there was another World, I 
 ihould fpend all my Summers here, as I know no 
 Place in Great-Britain, comparable to it for Pleafant- 
 nefs. But I feek another Country, and therefore am 
 content to be a Wanderer upon Earth. 
 
 Wednefday, 6. I preached at Gate/bead- Fell, to a nu- 
 merous 
 
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 merous Congregation. In Earne ftncfi the Colliers of Gate- 
 JBeadxxtKttXy fhameth( ( I irty 
 
 of whom think it worth while to hear the Woid of Goo 
 on a Week-day ! Not even wl. ch. And here 
 
 the Houfe will fcarce contain the Week-day Congrc 
 tion of a Local Preacher ! 
 
 Saturday, 9. I rode to S ' hed in the 
 
 Shell of their Houfe. The People of this Town likewiic 
 are hungry for the Word, and receive it with all Glad- 
 nef5. Sunday, 10. The Houfe contained us at Eight; 
 but at One 1 was obliged to Hand in the great Street, and 
 declare to an attentive Multitude, Ye muft he born again. 
 In the Evening I preached to iome Thoufinds at N 
 caflle, near theKeclmen's Hbfpital; if haply God might 
 bring back fome of them who ran well many Years ago. 
 Wednefday x i j. After preaching at the Fell, I rode to 
 v. The Congregation was deeply ferious, both in 
 the Evening, and at five in the Morning. Thence \vj 
 crofTed the Country to Nezvlands, where I was met by 
 poor John Brown, who has refrained from preaching, 
 till he is faHen into deep Defbair. I preached on 1 will 
 heir Backjliding. But the Word did not reach his 
 Heart. 
 
 I pi ever faw near fj large a Congregation at Sheep* 
 hilly as we had at Six in the Evening. What is wanting 
 in this whole Country ? Only more Labourers. 
 
 Saturday, 1 6. I rode to h 'on, and preached at 
 
 One to a Congregation gathered from all Parts. The 
 Court-houfe at Alnwick was pretty well filled in the Eve- 
 ning; And in the Morning, Sunday, r. We had a found 
 ufeful Sermon at Church, and a ierioas, well-behaved 
 Congregation. J preached in the Market-place about 
 five. And I truft Goo applied the Word, Ye muft be 
 gain. 
 
 on day, iS. Having an uneafy Horfe, I was tired 
 
 enough when we came into Morpeth. Bat after refting 
 
 a while, I was fiengthened to preach Cbrift crucified, in 
 
 the Market-place, to fuch a Congregation as was never 
 
 E feen 
 
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 feen there before. And a folemn Awe feemed to fit on 
 every Face, Officers and Gentlemen, as well as common 
 People. After preaching at Placey, in the Evening, 1 
 rode back to Newcaftle. 
 
 Wednefday, 20. I endeavoured to compofe the little 
 J)ifFerencef, which had much hurt the poor People at 
 Gate/bead Fell. O what Zeal, what Prudence and Pa- 
 tience are requifite, to bear the Marine;-* of an untoward 
 People, and to train them up in Chriflian Difcipline, '//// 
 they come to the Full Stature of Chriji ! 
 
 Thurfday, 2 i . I preached at Nafferton at One. As I 
 was riding thence, one flopped me on the Road and faid, 
 " Sir, Do not you remember, when you was at Pruddoe 
 two Years fince, you Breakfafled at Thomas Newton 9 * ? 
 I am his Siller. You looked upon me, as you was going 
 out, and faid, " Be in earne!!." I knew not then what 
 Earneflr.efs meant, nor had any Thought about it. But 
 the Words funk into my Heart, fo that I could never reft 
 any more, till 1 fought and found Christ." 
 
 Friday* 22. 1 rede to S k, and preached to my 
 
 old Congregation of Colliers, on Why wilt ye die, O 
 
 Hcvfe of Ifraelf After preaching, a Seivant of Mr 
 
 came and faid, " Sir, my Matter difcharges you from 
 preaching any more on his Ground : Not out of any 
 Difrefpcct to You: But he will fund by the Church :" 
 •* Simple Mailer Shallow/" As Shakefpear has it : Wife 
 Mailer Reclor, his Counfellor ! 
 
 Saturday, 23 . I fpoke to each of the Society in Sunder-* 
 land. Moil of the Robbers, commonly called Smugglers, 
 have left us. But more than twice the Number of h on eft 
 People are already come in their Place. And if none 
 had come, yet mould I net dare to keep thofe who flea! 
 either from the King or Subject. 
 
 Sunday, 24. I preached in the Street at Eight : About 
 
 at South-Shields, and at Five in North- Shields, The 
 
 greateft Part of them feemed' to hear, as for their Lives. 
 
 e thefe Lions alio become Lambs. O for zealous, 
 
 aclive, 
 
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 active, faithful Labourers ! How nnbiU art the Field* unto 
 
 the Harwft ! , ■- ■ 
 
 On AW*y an J Wednefday Evening I preached anroad, 
 near the Keelmen's Hofpiial, to twice the People we 
 (hould have had at the Houfc. What marvel, the Devil 
 does not love Field-preaching ? Neither do I : I love a 
 commodious Room, aloft Cufliion, an handfbme Pulpit. 
 But where is my Zeal, if 1 do not trample all thefe un- 
 der Foot, in order to fave one more Soul ? 
 
 Thurfday, 28. We had the General Meeting of the 
 ids, by whom I found the Societies in this Circuit, 
 ftill contain about Eighteen Hundred Members. L hope 
 many of thefe will be choaked by the Thorns ! 
 lay, 29. AboutEleven I fet out for Sijualwelf, in a 
 Morning. But in Half an Hour the Rain 
 ed down, fo that in a few from 
 
 I to Foot. And when I came thither, where to 
 preach 1 knew not; for the Houfe would no: 
 Third of tl Juftthen the Diffi 
 
 I of them. 
 
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 ery hot, and (hone f 
 Win I was vei y ign and very c 
 pered .' *$ Gra 
 
 God, to a wel 
 • yet, 
 [preached at SI he Evening and returned to , 
 
 [ was in the Morning. 
 Sunday, July I. Betwe Nine, I prea 
 
 irude in G 
 in the Fell, to the I; 
 been f:tn there : And in th 
 men's Kofpital, to full as many as my V 
 reach. It was a Seafon of Love ; And God - 
 Mountain? to How down at his Prefence. 
 
 While the Society was gathering, I went to a young 
 E 2 Woman, 
 
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 Woman, who was fome Days fince fuddenly ftruck with 
 
 weft. And fo it was ; but a Diabolical 
 
 nefs; as plainly appeared from numerous Circum- 
 
 ftances. However after we bad been at Prayer, fhe fell 
 
 afleep, and never raged or blafphemed after. 
 
 Monday, 2. I rode to Durham, and went at One to the 
 Meadow by the River-fide, where I preached two Years 
 ago. The Congregation was now larger by one half; 
 ; e Sun was fp fcorching hot upon my Head, that I 
 was fcarce able to fpeak. I paufed a little, and defned, 
 God would provide us a Covering, if it was for his 
 Glory. Ina Moment it was done: r. Cloud covered 
 the Sun, which troubled us no more. Ought voluntary 
 Humility to conceal thefe palpable Proofs, that God iliil 
 heareib the Prayer f 
 
 Between two and three we took Horfe. The Sun 
 now (hone again,, and with fo fntenfe an Heat, tl at I 
 know not how we could have endaied it, but that the 
 Wind came in our Face, by the Help of which we got 
 pretty well to Hartlepool I fiippofe we had all the Town 
 with us in the Evening, either in the Street or the ad* 
 joining Houfes. And God was pkafed to touch the 
 Hearts of many, even among this dull, heavy, fleepy 
 People. 
 
 Tuefday, 3. I wrote to Dr. Taylor as follows : 
 
 Hartlepool, "July 3, 1759. 
 Rev. Sir, 
 " I esteem you, as a Ferfon of uncommon Senfe and 
 Learning : Bcu your Doctrine I cannot eftcem. And 
 fbme Time fince 1 believed it my Duty, to fpeak my 
 Sentiments at large, concerning your Doctrine of Qrigi- 
 Wben Mr. of Liverpoolt mentioned 
 
 this, j:nd afkeel, Whether you deilgned to anfver, you 
 faid, " You thought not.; for it would only be a pe\ 
 Contro'verjy, between Jo. IV— y and Jo T — r" How 
 y, ifl durlt, would I accept of this Difcharge, from fo 
 unequal a Conteil ? For 1 am thoroughly fenfible, hu- 
 manly fpeaking, it is formica contra Leonem. How glad- 
 ly 
 
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 ly, were it indeed no ip a Pcrfonal Controversy ? 
 
 But certainly, i: is not : It i a Controverfy J!w*i if ever 
 there was one in t 1 Indeed, concerning a 
 
 Thing of the higheft cej \\.v:, all the Thi 
 
 that concern our :e. It is, Chriftianity or 
 
 mjm? For takeaway the Scriptural Doctrine of 
 Redemption or Judication, and that of the New Birth, 
 the Beginning of Sandification, or which amounts to 
 fame, explain them as You do, fuitably to your Doctrine 
 of Original Sin; and what is Chriftianity better than 
 Heathenifm ? Wherein (lave in rectifying fome of our 
 Notions) has the Religion of St. Paul any Pre-eminence 
 over that of Socrates or Epi&et'ut ? 
 
 This is therefore to my Apprehenfion, the leall a Per- 
 fonal Controverfy of any in the whole World : Your Per- 
 fon and mine, are out of the Quezon : The Point 
 is, Are thofe Things that have been believed for many 
 Ages, throughout the Chriflian World, real, foiid Truths, 
 or Monkijh Dreams and vain Imaginations ? 
 
 But farther, It is certain, between You and Me there 
 need be no per/onal Controverfy at all. For we may 
 agiee, to leave each other's r'erfon and Character, abfo- 
 lutely untouched, while we fum up and anfwer the fe- 
 Arguments advanced, as plainly and clofely as we 
 can. 
 
 Either I or You miftake the whole of Chriftianiry 
 from the Beginning to the End ! Either my Scheme or 
 Yours is as contrary to the Scriptural as the Koran is. Is 
 it mine or Yours ? Yours has gone through all England, 
 and made numerous Converts. I attack it from End to 
 End : Let all England judge, Whether it can be defend- 
 ed, or not ? 
 
 Earnestly praying, that God may o-iv ; e You and 
 me a right Underitanding in ail Things. " 
 
 I am, Rev, Sir, 
 
 > CbriJFs Sake, 
 
 J w. 
 
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 Wtdnefday^ 4. Mr. Jones preached at Five, I at Eight. 
 Toward the Clofe of the Sermon, a queer, dirty, clumfy 
 Man, 1 fuppofe a Country Wit, took a great deal of 
 Pains to diilurb the Congregation. When 1 had d 
 fearing he might hurt thofe which were gathered about 
 him, I defired two or three of our Brethren, to go to 
 him, one after the other, and not fay much themfclves, 
 but let him Talk til! he was weary. They did fo, but 
 without Effect, as his Fund of Ribaldry feemed inexhaus- 
 tible. W, A, then tried another Way. He got into the 
 Circle clofe to him, and liitenir.g a while, faid, " That 
 is pretty : Pray fay it over again. " " What are you 
 deaf?" " No: but for the Entertainment of the People. 
 Come : We are all Attention." After repeating this 
 twice or thrice, the Wag could not fland it, but with 
 two or three Curfes walked clear off. 
 
 In the Evening, I began near Stockton Market- 
 place, as ufual. I h?d hardly finifhed the Hymn, 
 when I obferved the People in great Confufion, which 
 was occafioned by a Lieutenant of a Man of War, 
 who had chofen that Time to bring his Prefs-Ga: g, 
 and ordered them to take Jojepb Jones and IV. 
 Al<wood, Jofeph Jcnes telling him, " Sir, I belong to 
 Mr. Wejky? after a few Words, he let him go : As 
 he did like wife William Ahvood, after a few Hours, 
 ur-derflanding he was a licenfed Preacher. He like- 
 wife feized upon a young Man of the Town. But 
 the Women refcued him by main Strength. They 
 alfb broke the Lieutenant's Head, and fo ftoned both 
 him and his Men, that they ran away with all Speed. 
 
 Friday^ 6. I rede on to Tarm. The Heat of the 
 Day was hardly to be borne. But in the Evening it 
 was extremely pleafant. And the whole Congrega- 
 tion fverc deeply ferious. 
 
 At One I was at Hutton-Rudby^ fix Miles South of 
 Yarm, where they have jufi built a Preaching-houfe. 
 JBut it would not contain a Fourth of the Congrega- 
 I , and what Place to chufe I could not tell, no 
 Shade' being at Hand, and the Sun mining near as 
 Hot as it ufed to do in Georgia. Finding no other 
 
 Way, 
 
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 Way, I flood in the Street, near an Houfe, which 
 fhehered fome of the People. The reft feemed i.ot to 
 
 . vvhetner it wab Hot or Cold : Goo fo plen- 
 teoufly refreihed their Souls. Much the fame Con- 
 was at Pato iu tiie Evening : And with the 
 lame B'effing. 
 
 Having preached confiderably longer both at 
 Noon and Night than I am accuftomed to do, I was 
 fo hoarie in the Mornii,g, Sunday, 8. that I knew 
 not what 1 fhould do to go thro' the Work of the 
 Day However I began it, by preaching on the 
 Green at Stokefley, to a Multitude of Pec pie. Thence 
 J rode to Gijborough, at the Foot of the Mountains. 
 The Sun would have been ur.fupportable, but that we 
 had a ftrong Wind full in our Face, for the greateft 
 Part of the Day. At Twelve we sad a lovely Con- 
 gregation, in a Meadow near the Town, who drank 
 in every Word that was fpoken, as the thrifty Earth 
 the Showers. The Sixteen Mile-, fo called, from 
 E to Robin hoods Bay, took us between five and fix 
 :g : So that when I came thither, I was 
 quite exhauftcd. However I went to the Key, where 
 a large Congiegation was waiting. And all behaved 
 we!], but an honed Tar, who was much difturbed at 
 my faying, " No Man is delivered from the Fear of 
 Death, but he that fears God." 
 
 Tufiay, io. We took Horfe at half Hour paft 
 Three, and rode over the huge Mountains to Scar- 
 
 h, I began to preach near the main Street at 
 
 :;. The Congregation was large, and fome of 
 
 them wild enough. But in a fhort Time ail were 
 
 quiet and ftill. Nor did I hear one unkind Word 
 
 I had done. 
 
 the Afternoon I r^de to Tori, where I thought to 
 reft a few Days b< tig a]m< I Buc it waj 
 
 : d quite n. nry, 1 / left the 
 
 uld be difi on Friday, 13. 
 
 i mi early, and reached Pocklington between Eight 
 The h^ V me I was g the 
 
 : ' , in order to drou .But he 
 
 then 
 
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 then paid the Ringers is run away. So I had a quiet 
 and ieiious Audience, i had a tax finer Congregation 
 at Hull. So tor once, the Rich have tue Go , 
 ed ! 
 
 At Night C hales Delamatte called upon me, and 
 feemed to be the fame loving* iimpie Man ftifl, [ 
 fhouid not repent my Journey to Hull, were it only 
 for this ihoit Interview* 
 
 Saturday, 14. I preached at Eight in Mr. Helton* 1 
 Yard, near the great Street in Beverley ; a :d was iur- 
 prized to fee lb quiet and civil a Congregation, whe»e 
 we expe&ed nothing iefs. Ali the Men were unco- 
 vered, and the whole Au.iieuce was attentive, from 
 beginning to End : Nor did one Perfon give us a rude 
 Word, while we rode from one End of the Town tc 
 the other. This, with the large and earnefl Congre- 
 gation at York in the Evening, made me forget all m) 
 Labour. 
 
 Sunday, 15. I began reading to the Society an Ac 
 count ot the late Work of God at Everton. But '. 
 could not get thro'. At firft there were only filen 
 Tears on every Side. But it was not long, befor« 
 feveral were unable to refrain from weeping aloud 
 And quickly a flout young Man dropt down, an< 
 roared as in the Agonies of Death. I did not at 
 tempt to read any farther, but began wreflling wit' 
 God in Prayer. We continued herein till near Nin 
 o'Clock. What a Day of Jubilee was this ! 
 
 Tuefday, 17. I left York, and about Noon preache 
 at Tadcajler. Dirtant Thunder did not leffen th 
 Number, but increafed the Serioufnefs of the Con 
 gregation, who appeared intirely different from thoii, 
 I faw here two Years ago. 
 
 At Seven in the Evening I preached to an immeni 
 Congregation, at the Foot of an high Mountain ne; 
 Othy IVednejday, 18. I rode on to Mr. MarjbaYs ', 
 Guijeley, the Capua oiYorkfbir$ % 
 
 Hie nemus, hie gelnii font es, hie mollia prata. 
 
 'Tis well> God is here : Or who could bear it •? 
 
 Henc 
 
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 Hence we rode to Kighley, where is a loving, ear- 
 ned, well-eitabliihed People. Here many of our 
 Preachers met me, and many of our Brethren : and 
 God was with us in all our AiTemblies. 
 
 Friday, 20. We went on to Coin, (formerly, I fup- 
 pofe, a Roman Colony) Situate on the Top of an high, 
 round Hill, at the Edge of Pendel-Y oxz[\* I prcachtd 
 sven in an open Space, not far from the main 
 Street. And I have feldom feen a more attentive or 
 decently behaved Congregation. How is the Scene 
 changed, fince the Drunken Mob of this Town, ufed 
 to be a Tenor to all the Country ? 
 
 We rode to B>oad-Clougb in the Afternoon, alone 
 Houfe in the midft of the Lancajhire Mountains. The 
 People came in from all Quarters, and it was a Seafon 
 of great Refreshment. Among the rell was Mr. M — r. 
 who gave us an Account of his <a:e Trials. I won- 
 der the Butcher (Dodor fo called; to whom he was 
 committed, did not Murder him. He took true 
 Pains fo to do. But his Chain did not reach fo far. 
 
 Saturday. z\. Mr. Gn/njbmv led us to Ga--wkjbam 9 
 another lone Houfe, on the Side of an enormous 
 Mountain. The Congregation flood and fat, Row 
 above Row, in the Sylvan Theatre. I believe noth- 
 ing on the Poftdiluvian Earth can be more pleafant, 
 than the Road from hence, between huge, fteep 
 Mountains, cloathed with Wood to the Top, and 
 bamed at the Bottom by a clear, winding Stream. 
 At Four I preached to a very large Congregation at 
 i/ially and thence rode on to Hawortb. 
 Sunday, 22. At Ten Mr. Milner read Prayers. But 
 the Church would not near contain the Congregation. 
 So after Prayers, 1 ilood on a Scaffold clofe to the 
 Church, and the Congregation in the Church Yard. 
 The Communicants alone filled the Church. h\ 
 
 noon the Congregation was nearly doubled. 
 And yet moil of thefe were not curious Hearers, but 
 Men fearing God. 
 
 day, 23. I preached near Huddersfield, to the 
 Ifildeft Congregation I have feen in Yorkjhire. Yet 
 
 they 
 
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 they were retrained by an unfeen Hand, and I be- 
 lieve fome felt the Sharpnefs of his Word. I preach- 
 ed at Halifax in the Evening : But the Preaching- 
 houfe was like an Oven. Tuefday, 24.. The Houfe 
 was well filled at Five. About Seven in the Evening 
 I preached at Bradford, at the Door of the Houfe, as 
 it could not contain one Half of the Congregation. 
 Wednefday, 25. I talked with moft of thofe, whom 
 Edward Haler had torn from their Brethren. Juft as 
 he was coming to widen the Breach, it pleafed God 
 to take him to himfelf. The Wanderers were now 
 willing to return, and 1 received them again, I trull, 
 for ever. 
 
 Thurfday, 26. I preached in Gilder/am at Noon, and 
 at Morky in the Evening. A Flame is fuddenly broke 
 out here, where it was leaft of all expelled. And it 
 fpreads wider and wider. When God will Work, 
 who is able to itay his Hand ? 
 
 Sunday, 29. I preached about Eight at Birjial. The 
 Congregation covered a great Part of the Field, and 
 my Voice was exceedingly flrengthened,' fo that I 
 believe all could hear. At One I in forced thofe fo- 
 lemn Words on an immenfe Multitude, This is Life 
 eternal, to know Thee the oily true GOD, and JESUS 
 CHRIST rwhcm Thou hafifent. 
 
 I shall eafily be exculed for adding here a farther 
 Account, of the Work of God in and nea 
 " On Monddy, July 9. f fet out, and on Wednefday 
 Noon reached Pet ton, where I rejoiced at the Account 
 given by John Keeling of himfelf and others. He ivai 
 Juftirled, it feems, on that memorable Sabbath, but 
 had rot a clear Witnefs of it 'till ten Days after : 
 About which Time his Siller, (who was on that Day 
 in great Diftrefs) was alio fet at Liberty. I difcourf- 
 ed alfo with Ann Thorn, wi»o told me of much Hea- 
 vinefs following the Vifions with which fhe had been 
 favoured : But faid, She was at Intervals vifited ftill 
 with much Overpowering Love and Joy, efpecially 
 at the LoRD's-Supper, that (he often lay in a Trance 
 for many Hours. She is Twenty-one Years old, 
 
 We 
 
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 We were foon after called into the Garden, where I 
 Jenkins, (one of the fame Age) was fo overwhelmed 
 with the hove of God, that (he funk down, and appear- 
 ed a; one in a pleafant Sleep, only with her Kyes open, 
 he bad often jail Strength to utter, with a low 
 tions of Joy and Praife : But no Words 
 to what ihe felt, fhe frequently laughed 
 faw iiis Glory. This is quite unintelligible to 
 r a Stranoer intermeddleth not with our joy. 
 
 to \' T r M , who doubted whether God 
 
 or the Devil, had filled her with Love and Praiie. O the 
 
 in Wifdom ! Mr. R the mean Time 
 
 v. i:h a folemn Awe. 1 no fooner fat down by 
 her, than the Spirit of God poured the fame BleiTednels 
 into my 5ou! Hers continued till the Time we were to 
 fee out for Cockin Hatly. Then her Strength was re- 
 ftored in a Moment, and we walked together, Sixteen 
 in Number, Sin: in £ to the Lord as we went alone. 
 
 Mr. Hickes preached an excellent Sermon, on the 
 Strait Gate, The next Morning, Tburfday* \2. he 
 gave me Leave, to take an Extract from his Journal. 
 Bu: I had only Time to wi::e the Occurrences of one 
 ows 
 . -;o. 1 fpoke this Morning at Orwell, on 
 Iv. i. One who had been before convinced of 
 Sin, fell down in a Kind of Fit, and broke out, in great 
 Anguifh of Soul, calling on the Lord Jesus for Salva- 
 tion. He wrought, as in the Agopies or Death, and 
 -'.:5 f e bathed in Sweat. He beat the Chair againii 
 which he kneeled, as one whofe Sou! drew nigh unto 
 His Countenance then cleaned up at once, and 
 we hoped he would be prefently fet at Liberty, But on 
 a fudden he was more diftreft than ever, being in 
 the fbarpeft Cor. J : ox his I>3dy was in 
 
 ilronfj on, as if N as juft diflblving. I 
 
 never i\ alfion Fit fo violent ; but in a Mo- 
 
 ment God difpelled the Cloud. His Face was again 
 covered with Smiles, and he fpake, as feeing the Lord 
 near him. He cried unto him, and the Lord hearing, 
 pronounced him freely forgiven. At that Jnftant he 
 
 clapped 
 
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 clapped his Hands and cried aloud, " Jesus is mine ! 
 He is my Saviour !" His Soul was in Peace ; neither 
 did he find the leaft Bodily Pain_ or Sorenefs. I afked, 
 " For what would you undergo this again ?" He faid, 
 " Not for all the World. But I would fufFer more, ra- 
 ther than be without Christ. Yea, for his Sake, I 
 would Suffer all Things." An unwife Man doth not 
 
 conjider this : A Fool doth not underfiand it." 
 
 This Morning Ann Simp/on, aged Sixteen or Seven- 
 teen, lay near an Hour in the utmoft Diftrefs, fhrieking 
 out, "Christ! Christ!" and no other Word ; her 
 Face all the Time being violently diftorted. I left her 
 a while, but could fcarce fit down, before I heard the 
 Voice of Praife. I went, and found her Heavinefs turn- 
 ed into Joy, even the joyful AiTurance that her Sins were 
 pardoned. She fprang by me to a young Woman, who 
 lay in a Kind of Trance, and clafped her in hsr Arms, 
 breathing forth Praife to God. I retired again, but had 
 not been long feated, e'er fhe came in, running to me in 
 a Tranfport of Praife. 1 afked her, " Why (he cried 
 out continually, Christ, Christ!" She anfweredj 
 " I thought myfelf at that Time on a little Ifland, and 
 faw Satan in a hideous Form, juft ready to devour me, 
 Hell all round open to receive me, and myfelf ready to 
 drop in, while no Help appeared, nor any Way to ef- 
 cape. But juft as I was dropping in the Lord appeared, 
 between me and the great Gulf; and would not let me 
 fall into it. As fron as I faw Him, all my Troub.v 
 was gone, and all the Pain I felt before. And ever 
 iince I have been light and joyful, and filled with the 
 Love of God." 
 
 So far Mr. Hickes : Who told me, He was firft con- 
 vinced of Sin, Augufi i. 1758; and rinding Peace in 
 about fix Weeks, firil preached the Gofpel on September, 
 17. From that Time he was accounted a Fool and a 
 Mad man ! About four Thoufand Souls feem to have 
 been awakened by Mr. B. and him within this Twelve- 
 months. 
 
 Friday', 13. Mr. R , as well as Mr. M , was 
 
 in doubt*, concerning the Work of God hete.> But 
 
 this 
 
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 this Moraing they were both fully convinced, while Ali.e 
 Miller, the little pale Girl, jultified May 20, (who is in 
 the Sixteenth) and Molly Raymund, who is in the Tweivih 
 Year of her Age, related their Experience, their r 
 Confidence confirming all their Words. We w;/! \ 
 this Forenoon to Tadlozu in Cambridge [hire, to hear 
 £•/ but came too late for the Sermon. However the Ac- 
 count we received of the wonderful Works of God, i& 
 this and the neighbouring Places, were Matter of great 
 rejoicing to me, as are all Maaifeftations of the World f 
 come. 
 
 Saturday, 1 4. Mr. B. being ill, defired me to exhort u 
 few People, in his Houfe : Which the Lord enabled rr,.- 
 to do, with fuch Eafe and Power, that I was quite a- 
 mazed. The next Morning at Seven his Servant Cakh 
 Price, fpoke to about two Hundred People. The I 1 
 was wonderfully prefent : More than Twenty Perfona 
 feeling the Arrows of Conviction. Several fell to the 
 Ground : Some of whom feemed dead ; others, in the 
 Agonies of Death ; the Violence of their bodily Co»- 
 vulfions, exceeding all Defcription. There was alfc 
 great crying and agonizing in Prayer, mixt with deep 
 and deadly Groans on every Side. 
 
 When Sermon was ended, One brought good Ti- 
 dings to Mr. B. from Grandcbefter : That God had 
 there broken down Seventeen Perfons lad Week by the 
 finging of Hymns only : And that a Child, feven Years 
 old, fees many Vifion3, and ailoni (Ties the Neighbours* 
 with her innocenr, awful i/Ianner of declaring them. 
 
 While Mr. B. preached in the Church, I Hood 
 .with many in the Church- Yard, to make Room for ; 
 who came from far. Therefore I fa<w little, butbearJ 
 the agonizing of many, panting and gafping after Ete - 
 nal Life. In the Afternoon Mr. B. was conflrained by 
 the Multitude of People, to come cut of the Church and 
 preach in his own Clofe. Some of thofe who were heie 
 pricked to the Heart, were affected in an aftonifhin* 
 Manner. The firft Man I faw wounded, would have 
 droped; but others catching him in their Arms, did 
 Indeed prop hina up, but were fo far from keeping 
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 Jlill, that be caufed all of them to totter and tremble. 
 His own Shaking exceeded that of a Cloth in the Wind. 
 It feemed as if the Lord came upon him like a Giant, 
 taking him by the Neck, and fhaking all his Bones in 
 Pieces. One Woman tore up the Ground with her 
 Hands, filling them with Du'l and with the hard-trod- 
 den Grafs : On which I faw her lie, with her Hands 
 clinched, as one dead when the Multitude difperfed. 
 Another roared and fcreamed in a more dreadful 
 Agony than ever I heard before. I omitted the rejoicing 
 of Believers, becaufe of their Number, and the frequency 
 thereof: Tho' the Manner was ftrange; fome of them 
 being quite overpowered with Divine Love, and only 
 fhewing enough of Natural Life, to let us know, they 
 were overwhelmed with Joy and Life Eternal. Some 
 continued long as if they were dead, but with a calm 
 Sweetnefs in their Looks. I faw One, who lay two or 
 three Hours in the open Air, and being then carried into 
 the Houfe, continued infenhble another Hour, as it 
 actually dead. The fir ft Sign of Life me (hewed was a 
 Rapture of Pi aife, inteimixt with a fmall joyous Laugh- 
 ter. 
 
 Monday, 1 6. Mr. B- this Evening preached in his 
 Houfe, where I obferved Molly Raymund leaning all 
 the while as if afleep. But an Hour or two after fhe 
 deilred to fpeak with him. i wondered, fhe was not 
 cone Home, and was concerned, that fo little a Girl 
 fnould have fo far to go in the Dark without Company. 
 But Mr. B. told me, Neither fhe nor the other juftifkd 
 Children were afraid of any Thing. 
 
 Tuejdo.y, 17. We walked toward Harljlon, near which 
 Mr. B. overtook us. He was greatly fatigued and de 
 jecled, and faid, " I am now fo weak, 1 mud leave ofi 
 Field- preaching." Neverthelefs he call himfelf on the 
 Lord, and ftood up to preach, having near three 
 Thoufand Hearers. He was very weak at firit, anc 
 fcarce able to fpeak : But God foon performed his Pro- 
 mife, imparting new Strength to him, and caufmg hirr 
 to fpeak with mighty Power. A great fhaking was a 
 mon<* the dry Bones. Inceflant were the Cries, Groans 
 
 wringing 
 
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 wringing of Hands, and Prayers of Sinners, now firft 
 convinced of their deplorable State. After pre: 
 he was lively and ftrong, fo that the Clofenefs of acroud- 
 ded Room, neither affected his Breath, nor hindered his 
 rejoicing over two Children, one about Eight, the other 
 about fix Years old, who were crying aloud to God 
 for Mercy. 
 
 Not only Harljion^ but Stapltford and Triplow, to 
 
 which Mr. B. was now going, were i 'J aces in which he 
 
 had never preached the Gofpel, and probably never would 
 
 done y had it not been for the thundering Sermons 
 
 againft him, from, their feveral Pulpits. So doei 
 
 frequently overfhoot himfelf, and occafion the 
 
 " 11 of his own Kingdom. 
 
 I had been very ill the preceding Wee!:. Wjie* 
 
 • I had Recourfe to God in Prayer: And this 
 
 IVj qi i T d of riling with Difficulty at Btgb t or Nine, 
 
 a: I had usually dor:e, I rofe wih Eafe a r . J/ive ; and in- 
 
 Ifiead of Jofing my Strength in a Mil- or Two, I walked 
 
 E t any Weak'nefs or Wtarinefs. 
 
 i], \Z. We called at the Iloufe, where Mr. 
 fi< had '-. the Morning, and found feveral 
 
 there rejoin. :r>, ar.d feveral I him, 
 
 V/hiie I prayed with ''hem, many crowded into the H 
 into a ftrange, in voluntary 'La 
 ?cr, fo that my Voice could fcarcc bs ii a rd, and * 
 drove (o fpeak louder, a fiiclden Hodrfenefj feized me, 
 s Laughter increafed, I perceived it was from 
 Satan, znd refolved to pray on. Immediately the Loro 
 rebuked hjm ; that Laughter was at an End, \ 
 my iioarfeneis. A vehement Wreftling with God raq 
 through the who:e Company, whether forrowfolor rejoi- 
 : 'Till befide the three young Women of the Hc-ufe, 
 Q>e young Man, and a Gin about Eleven Yeai- 
 who had been counted one of the wickedeir. in Harlfion, 
 were exceedingly bleft with the Confolations of God 
 Among thofe under Conviction was an elderly 
 man, who had been a Scoffer at the Gofpel, and a keen 
 Ridiculer of all that ciied out: But the now cried louder 
 Ifcas) any prefent. Another I obferved, who had known 
 F Z the 
 
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 t£e Lor* above Ave and twenty Years. When Mr. B. 
 l-i\ brought the Gofpel to her Ears, (he was filled with 
 Inefs : Knowing, this was the fame Salvation, which 
 God had long ago brought to her Heart. 
 
 We walked hence to the Middle of Shelf or d Moor; and 
 feting no Perfon but a young Woman who kept Sheep, 
 the Solitude invited us to flop and fing an Hymn : The 
 Sound whereof reaching her, me came up flowly, weep- 
 ing as fhe came, and then flood by a Brook of Water, 
 i verigainft us, with the Tears running down her Cheeks 
 apace. We fung another Hymn for this Mourner in 
 Sion, and wreitled for her with God in Prayer. But he 
 4 id not yet comfort her. And indeed 1 have obferved of 
 the People in General who hear Mr. B. their Convi&iom 
 are not only deep and violent, but laft a long Time. 
 Wherefore thofe that are offended at them who rejoice, 
 fhould confider how terrible a Cup they received firft. 
 l':w they are all Light: But they well remember th* 
 Lhrknefs and Mifery, the Wormwood and the Gall. 
 
 We met Mr. B. at Stapleford, five Miles from Cam- 
 Iridge, His Heart was particularly fet oa this People, be- 
 ca. fe he was Curctc here five or fix Years ; but never 
 pj cached a Gofpel Sermon among them till this Evening. 
 About 1500 Perfons met in a Clofe to hear him, great 
 Part of whom were Laughers and Mockers. The Work 
 of God however quickly began among them that were 
 ferious : while not a few endeavoured to make Sport, by 
 mimicking the Geftures of them that were wounded. 
 Beth thefe and thofe who rejoiced in God, gave great 
 Offence to fome flern- looking Men, who vehemently de- 
 manded to have thofe Wretches Horfe-whipt out of the 
 Clofe. Need we wonder 'at this, when feveral of hi* 
 own People, are unwilling to let God work in his owa 
 Way ? And well may Satan be enrsged at the Cries of : 
 the People, and the Prayers they make in the Bitterncfi 
 of their Souls : Seeing we know thefe are the chief Timea 
 3* which Satan is call out. 
 
 However, in a while many of the Scoffers were 
 weary and went away. The relt continued as infenfi- 
 ble as before. I had long been walking round the 
 
 Multitude 
 
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 Multitude, feeling a (ealoufy for my God, and praying 
 him to make the Place of his Feet glorious. My Pa- 
 tience at laft began to fail, and I prayed, M O King 
 of Glory, break lb me of them in Pieces ; but let it be 
 to the (aving of their Souls. " i had but juilfpoke, 
 when I heard a dreadful Noife, on the farther bide of 
 the Congregation, and turning thither favv one Thomas 
 Skinner coming forward, the moil horrible human Fi- 
 gure 1 ever faw. His large Wig and Hair were C 
 black ; his Face diitorted beyond all Defcription. He 
 roared incelTantly, throwing and clapping his Hands 
 together with his whole Force. Several were terrified, 
 and hailed out of his Way. I was glad to hear him, 
 after a while, pray aloud. Not a few of the Triflers 
 grewferious; while his Kindred and Acquaintance, 
 were very unwilling to believe even their own Eyes 
 and Ears. They would fain have got him away ; but 
 he fell to the Earth, crying, " My Burden ! My Bur- 
 den ! I cannot bear it!" Some of his Brother Scoffers 
 were calling for Horfe-v/hips, till they (aw him ex- 
 tended on his Back at full Length. They then faid, 
 he was dead. And indeed the only Sign of Life was the 
 Working of his Breaft, and the Diilortion? of his Face, 
 while the Veins of his Neck were fwelled, as if ready 
 to burft. He was juft before the chief Captain of Sa- 
 tan's Forces : None was by Nature more fitted for 
 Mockery. None could fwear more heroically, to whip 
 out of the Clofe, all who were afTecled by the Preach- 
 ing. His Agonies lafted fome Hours. Then his Body 
 and Soul were eafed- 
 
 When Mr, B, had refrefhed himfelf a little, he re- 
 turned to the Clofe, and bid the Mulfttttlf take Waj ft- 
 Sng by Skinner, whoitii! hy roaring and tormented on 
 the Grou.nd All the People were now deeply ferious : 
 And feveral Hundreds, inftead of going when Mr. B. 
 difmift them, flayed in Mr. Jennings'* Yard. Many of 
 thefe. efpecially Men, were tru'y broken ir: Hearr. Mr. 
 B talked with as many as couid come into theH<>ufe : 
 And feeing what Numbers flo*^d hung ring without} 
 fent me Word to pray with them. Tnis was a giie- 
 
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 90HS Grofs : I kaevv it was the Lord's Will, but felt 
 fuch Weak' eis of Body and finking of bpirit, and wai 
 withal fo hoarfe, that 1 fuppofed few couid hear, out 
 of feme Hundreds who flood before me. However I 
 attempted : And in a Moment the Lord poured upon 
 me foch a Spirit of Supplication, and gave me fo clear, 
 an Utterance that it itemed I was aLother Man : 
 
 farther Inflance, that the Servants of GoD^are not 
 lent a Warfare, on tbeir ouon Charge. 
 
 No foooer had I hniflied than we were called to fee 
 John Dennis, aged 20 Years, who lay on a Table. His 
 Body was fiiff and motionlefs as a Statue. His very 
 Neck feemed as if made of Iron. He was looking 
 fledfaftiy up to Heaven, and praying aloud with a 
 melodious Voice. His Words furpnzed Mr. B. as 
 well as me : Who faid to the AlTembly, " You need 
 no better Preacher : None can tell you the Truths of 
 the Gofpel more clearly " And indeed his Prayer un- 
 folded the whole Chriflian Syftem, with the greattft 
 Accuracy. When he came out of the Fit, he was in 
 perfect Health ; but declared, He knew not a Word 
 of ah he had fpoken. His Mother then informed us, 
 <4 He had had thefe Fits for two Years, at lcaft once 
 a Day. But he never fpoke in ajiy Fit, 'till three 
 Weeks ago : Ever fince he prays in them, as to Night, 
 but is himfelf as ignorant of the Matter, as if he had 
 been dead all the Time/ 1 
 
 It was late when I went to }odge about half a 
 Mile ofF, where I found a young Woman reading 
 Hymns, and the Power of the Lord falling on the 
 Hearers, efpecially one young Man ; who cried aloud 
 in fuch bitter An£uifh, that I foon defired we might 
 join in Prayer. This was the Seventh Time of my 
 praying in Public that Day : And had I been faithful, 
 I fhould probably have prayed Seven more. 
 
 Thurfdaj tq. I returned to Mr.J gs's, who had 
 
 fet cut at fou#- in the Morning, to hear Mr. B. at 
 Grandcbefter. He came foon after me, but was fcarce 
 able to fprak. I never faw a Man fv/eat in fuch a 
 Manner: The lar^e Drops iteming €xt all ever hi$ 
 
 Face, 
 
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 Pace, juft like Brads of Glaf> The CtegregatHNi at 
 
 Grnnacbejier this Morning confided of about iouo Per- 
 fons, among whom the Lord was wonderfully pre^ 
 
 fent, convincing a far greater Number now, t ba« 
 
 even lali Night Mr. y £j was a mi:d, 
 
 good-natured Pharifee, who never had been awakened* 
 But he was now thorough])* convinced of his loit Imi- 
 tate, and flood for a 7 ime in utter Defpair, with his 
 Mouth wide open, his Eyesftanng, and lull of huge 
 Difmay. When he found Power to fpeak, he cried 
 out, " I thought I had icd a good Life ! I thought, 
 1 was not fo bad as others ! But I am the vileil Crea- 
 ture upon Earth ! I am dropping into Hell 1 Now, 
 now : This very Moment 1" He then faw Hell open 
 to receive him, and Satan ready to call him in. But 
 it was not long before he law the Lord Jesus, 
 and knew he had accepted him. He then cried aloud, 
 in an unfpeakable Rapture, " I have got Christ ! 
 1 have got Christ !" For two Hours he was in the 
 Vifions of God. Then the Joy, though not the Peace, 
 abated. 
 
 I had left Mr. J gs but a little while, when 
 
 I heard John Dennis loudly praifing God. I no fooner 
 kneeled by him, than the Confolations of God came 
 tpon mt, fo that I trembled and wept much. Nor 
 was the Spirit poured out upon us alone : All in the 
 Houfe were Partakers of it. J. D. was kneeling when 
 Wis Fit came. We laid him on the Ground, where 
 lie foon became ftifFas laft Night, and prayed in like 
 Manner. Afterwards his Bodv grew flexible by De- 
 frees, but was convulfed from Head to Foot. When 
 he was quite recovered, He faid, u He was quite re- 
 igned to the WM of God, who gave him fuck 
 Strength in the inner Man, that he did not find any 
 *f thefe Things grievous, neither could afk to be de- 
 livered from them." 
 
 I walked from Stapleford with twenty Perfons, t# 
 bear Mr. B. at Tn'plo-iv, and faw many other Compa- 
 nies, fome before, fjme behind, fome on either Hand, 
 joi»g the fant Way. This brought to my Mind the 
 
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 Words of Zechariah, And the Inhabitants of one City 
 Jhould go to another, jciying % Let us go Jpeedily to p) ay be- 
 fore the Lord; and to jeek the Lord of Htjls : 1 will go 
 aljo. 
 
 Fifteen Hundred or two Thoufand were affembl- 
 ed in theClofe at Tnplow. The only unpoiifhed Part 
 o* the Audience, were a few Gentlemen on Horfe-. 
 back. They were much offended at the Cries of thofe 
 in Conviction, but much more at the Rejoicing of 
 others, even to Laughter. But they were not able to 
 look them in the Face, for half a Minute together. I 
 looked after Service at every Ring which the People 
 made about thole that fell under the Word Here and 
 there was a Place with onlv One, but there were ge- 
 nerally Two or Three together ; and on one Spot, no 
 lefs than Seven, who lay on the Ground as if ilain in 
 Battle. I foon followed Mr. B. to the Houfe, and 
 found both it and the Orchard filled with ferious Peo- 
 ple ; to whom he fpake till his Strength failed, and 
 then feeing them unwilling to depart, defired me to 
 difmifs them with a Prayer. I felt great Reluctance ; 
 but fo mightily, when I began, came the Spirit upon 
 me, that I found' no want of Utterance, while I was 
 praying with about 200 Perfons. I thought they had 
 then gone away ; but perceived an Hour after, moil of 
 them were dill in the Houfe or Orchard : Sighs and 
 Groans, Prayers, Tears, and joyful Praife, being in- 
 termixt on every Side. 
 
 Friday, 20. I was wakeful before Five; but con- 
 ferring with Flefh and Blood, I flept again. Mr. B. 
 fent for me at Seven. But I was then fo weak, J could 
 not go, till the People were difperfed. Three Times 
 more Perfons were flruck with Convictions this 
 Morning, than had been hit Night. Mr. B. had pray- 
 ed with them till near fainting, who then fent for me 
 to come. And who knows what God might had done 
 even by me, if I had not been indulging my vila 
 Body ? I was g'ad to fee a Woman, fuppofed the chief 
 Sinner in the Town, nowr >lling on the Earth, fcrearn- 
 ing and roaring in flrong Convictions. The Man of 
 
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 the Koufe informed u?, of her having had Nine or Ten 
 Iren by Whoredom, and that being at laft mar- 
 ried, her Hufband was iiiore angry with her for hear- 
 ing the Word, then he would probably have been for 
 committing Adultery. Nor was her Miniiler difpleak 
 ed, that fhe never came to Church, but mightily itrove 
 to prevent both her, and all the Sinners of his Pariih 
 from going to hear the Gofpel. I obferved aifo a 
 r Girl, feven or eight Years old, who had fcarce 
 Idaths but a ragged Piece of old Rug. She too 
 kad rcit the Word of God as a two-edged Sword, and 
 mourned to be covered with Christ's Righteoufnefs. 
 From Tnplo^jo I walked to Onweli, and thence to 
 Mvtrto*, in Weaknefa of Body andlieavinefs of Spirit. 
 Mr. B. was preaching when I came in. Here G01 
 again refreshed my Soul. I fhook from Heaei to Foot, 
 while 1 ears of Joy ran down my Face, and my Dif- 
 trefs was at an End. 
 
 Saturday, 2 1 . I was troubled for fome cf our Breth- 
 ren, who began to doubt, Whether this w^s a Work 
 of God or of the Devil ? John Keeling in particular, who 
 ir.ilead of his frank lively Zeal, and fa is* 
 
 Gon, was now filled with gloomy Dtfcoi ., 
 jrown dark, fullen and referved. As we were walk- 
 jgether, he told me, It was his Resolution, Ta 
 M keep liimfelf to himfelf : To let them who ftrugg!- 
 ed fo, itruggle as they would, .and leave all the 
 themfelves, whom Satan cait into Virions or Trail 
 till Satan brought them out again. " " But, (he 
 added) I am fo uneafy, I don't know what tc 1 
 And moft of our People begin to Own one anotl 
 The Snare was now broken. lie i - . I e I 
 had been in, and I trult, will hereafter f. . . 
 - • f . 
 Sunday, iz. The Church was quite filled, and 
 : without. And now the Arrows of Goo 
 . 1, The i le Groans, the lamenting, 
 
 ng, roaring, were fo loud, alrnoft without Inter- 
 1, that we who tiood without could fca ce help 
 Church were cut to tkc Heart. 
 
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 upon enquiry we found, About 200 Perfons, chiefly j 
 Men cried aloud for Mercy : But many more were affect- 
 ed, perhaps as deeply, though in a calmer Way. 
 
 I rejoiced to fee many from Cambridge jhire, particu- 
 larly John Dennis, Thomas Skinner, and the forrowful 
 young Woman with whom we had prayed on Shelf or d 
 Moor. Now too came Good News from feveral Parts, 
 efpecia) Iy Grandchejier ; where ten more Perfons. were 
 cut to the Heart, in finging Hymns among themfelves : 
 And the little Child before-mentioned continues to afto- 
 nifh all the Neighbourhood. A noted Phyfician came 
 fome Time a^o, and clofely examined her. The Refult 
 was, Heconfeft, " It was no Diilemper of Mind, but 
 the Hand of God." 
 
 I sought far Thomas Skinner after Morning Service, 
 and found him with many more finging Hymns under a 
 Tree. When they ftopt I afked, " How do you find 
 your Mind now :" Inftead of fpeaking. he looked upon 
 me with great Steddinefs, fetched a deep Sigh, bur ft out 
 into Tears and Prayers, and throwing himielf along on 
 the Ground, fell into more and more Agqcy, till he 
 roared aloud, f told him how great a Sinner I had been : 
 But the more 1 fpoke, the more was he dillreli. Where- 
 fore John Dennis and I went to Prayer for him: But his 
 Deliverance was not yet. Make him, OLord, a grea- 
 ter Champion ibr thy Truth* than ever he was againil 
 it. 
 
 Mr B. preached in his Clofe this Afternoon, tho* in 
 great Bodily Weaknefs. But when he is weakeft, God 
 fo ftrengthens him, that it is furpriiing. to what a L\»f- 
 tance his Voice reaches. I have heard Mr. Wbiiefield 
 fpeak as loud : but not with fuch a continued, ilrong, 
 unbroken Tenor. 
 
 .day, 23. Mr. Keeling 7l\x\ I walked to B 'j ford, I 
 was relating there,, how God had plucked fuch a Brand 
 a$ me out of the Burning; but my Voice was quickly 
 ilopt by Rejoicing. And i have often found, that no- 
 thing lean fay, makes fo much Im predion on myfelf or 
 others, as thus repeating my own Convention. 
 
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 The firftTime I faw Mr. B. was June 2, 1758. But 
 I fcarce thought of him again till "June 7, as I was walk- 
 ing up to Luton Down. There an awful Senfe of God's 
 Prefence fell upon me, and my Voice grew louder and 
 louder, in Proportion to the Joy of my Soul, with aftrong 
 tmpulfc, to pray for the Succefs of Mr. B J s Labours. 
 a Forefight did the Lord give me, of what he 
 was br raging to pafs through his Miniftry, that I was 
 quite overwhelmed for near an Hour, till my Voice was 
 left and unly Tears remained. And O ! how gracioufly 
 has the God of Truth, accomplished all thofe Things! 
 With what Delight haft thou fnxe caufed me, to walk 
 round the Walls of thy Sion f to mark well her Bulwarks, 
 and count the lowers thereof ?" 
 
 Wednefday, Augnfi 1 . A few of us fpoke freely and 
 largely to a Brother who ha i been overtaken in a Fault, 
 and endeavoured to re/lore him in the Spirit of Mecknefs. 
 And we were muLh comforted over him : Having great 
 Hope, that God would rellore his Ufefulnefs as well as 
 his Strength. 
 
 Thurfday, 2. I rode to Sheffield, and preached at One 
 to a large and quiet Congregation. I was afterward de- 
 fired to viiit Mr. Dodge, Curate of the New Church. I 
 found him on the brink of Eternity, rejoicing in God 
 his Saviour. Thence I went on to Rotherham, and talk- 
 ed with five Men and fix Women (as I had done with 
 many others before in various Places) who believe they 
 zrejavedfrcm Sin. And this Fad I believe, That they 
 rejoice evermore* fray without ceafing, and in every Thing 
 give thanks : I believe, they feel nothing but Love now. 
 What they will do, I leave to God-. 
 
 Friday, 3. I preached at Gaiiijborough, in Sir Nevil 
 Hickman s great Hall. It is full as large as the Weaver's 
 Hall in BujtoL At Two it was filled with a rude, wild 
 Multitude, (a few of a better Spirit excepted.) Yet all 
 but two or three Gentlemen were attentive, while 1 in- 
 forced our Lord's Words, What Jb all it profit a Man* 
 if he /hall gain the 'whole World, and hje his ozvn Soul. 
 I was walking back thro' a gaping, flaring Croud, when 
 Sir Nevil came and thanked me for my Sermon, to the 
 
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 !}• fmall Amazement of his Neighbour*, wh« fcruak 1 
 back as if they had feen a Ghoft. Thence I rode to 
 Ncrtb-Scarle, the laft Village in Lincolnjbire, ten Milts I 
 fhort of Newark. Here a great Multitude aflembled \ 
 from various Parts, moll of them wholly unacqu^ 
 with the Ways of God: Indeed to fuch a Degree, thai 
 tho' I fpoke as plain as I could on the firft Principles of 
 Religion, yet it feemed very many under flood me no 
 more, than if I was talking Greek. O what a Condition 
 is the Bulk of reformed Cbrijiians in, to this Day ! 
 
 Saturday, 4. As we took Horfe, the Rain began, and 
 accompanied us till we alighted in the Evening Sunday, 
 5. between Eight and Nine, I reached Everton, faint 
 and weary enough. During the Prayers, as alfo during 
 the Sermon and the Adminiftration of the Sacrament, a 
 few Perfons cryed aloud. But it was not from Sorrow 
 •r Fear, but Love and Joy. The fame I obferved in 
 fevcral Parts of the Afternoon Service. In the Evening 
 I preached in Mr. Hickes 9 Church. Two or three Perfons 
 fell to the Ground, and were extremely convulfed ; but 
 none cried out. One or two were filled with ilrong 
 Confolation. 
 
 Monday, 6. I talked largely with Ann Thorn, and two 
 Others who had been feveral Times in Trances. What 
 they all agreed in was, 1. That when they went away, 
 as they termed it, it was always at the Time they were 
 fullell of the Love of God : 2. That it came upon them 
 in a Moment, without any previous Notice, and took 
 away all their Senfes and Strength: 3. That there were 
 fome Exceptions; but generally from that Moment, they 
 were in another World, knowing nothing of what was 
 done or faid, by all that were round about them. 
 
 About Five in the Afternoon, I heard them tinging 
 Hymns. Soon after Mr. B. came up, and told me, 
 Alice Miller (fifteen Years old) was fallen into a Trance. 
 I went down immediately, and found her fitting on a 
 Stool and leaning againil the Wall, with her Eyes open 
 and fixt upward. I made a Motion as if going to flrike ; 
 "but they continued immoveable, Her Face fhewed an 
 imfpeakable Mixture of Reverence and Love, while 
 
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 filent Tears Hole down her Cheek. Her Lips were 
 a little open, and fometimes moved; but no; enough 
 to caufe any Sound. I do ether I everiaW 
 
 an human Face look (o Sometimes it ivai 
 
 Covered with a Smile, 'as from Joy mixing with Love 
 
 - and Reverence. Due the Tears fell flill, tho' not fo fait. 
 Her Pulfe was qui'.e regular. In about halt an Hour 
 I obferved her Countenance ch?n"e, into the Form of 
 Fear, Pity and Diftrefs. Then fhe burft into a Flood of 
 Tear.% and cried out, " I>ar Lord 1 i hey mntt be 
 damned! They wi Hall be damned !" Cut in about five 
 Minutes her Smiles returned, and only Love and Joy 
 appeared in rer Face. About Half an Hour after Six. 1 
 
 j obferved Diilrefs take Place again; and loon after fhe 
 wept bitterly, and cried out, ** Dear Lord, They will 
 go to Hell I rhe World will go to Hell :" Sooo after fhe 
 laid, "Cry aloud! Spare not '." And in a few Moments 
 her Look was competed again, and fpoke a Mixture of 
 
 . Reverence, Joy and Love. Then (he faid a^oud, 
 " Give God the Glory. " About Seven her Sent 
 turned. I afked, " Where have you been f" "I have 
 been with my Saviour." «• in Heaven, or on Eanh f H 
 *' I cannot tell: but I was in Giory ! M " Why then did 
 you cry ?" Ai Not for myfelf : Hut for the World ; for I 
 faw they were on the brink of HelL" " Whom did you 
 defire to give the Glory toGoL r" "Minifteis that cry 
 aloud to the World. Eife they will be Pioud. And 
 then God will leave them, and they will lofe their own 
 Souls." 
 
 1 preached at Eight on The Wicked 'pall be turned in- 
 to Hell, and all the People that forget GOD. The whole 
 
 - Congregation was earnei/ly attentive. But not above 
 one or two cried out. And I did not obferve any that 
 fainted away, either then or in the Morning. I have 
 generally obeferved more or lefs of theie Outward Symp- 
 toms, to attend the beginning of a General Work of 
 God. So it was in New-England, Scotland, Holland, 
 Ireland, and many Parts of England. But after a Time 
 they gradually decreafe, and the Work goes on more 
 quietly and fiiently. Thofe whom it pleafes God to 
 
 G employ 
 
( 74 ) 
 
 employ in his Work, ought to be quite paflive in this 
 Refpedt. They mould chufe nothing ; but leave intire- 
 \y to Him, all the Circumftances of his own Work. 
 
 Tuefday, 7. After preaching at four (becaufe of the 
 Harveft,) I took Horfe and rode eafily co London. In- 
 deed I wanted a little Reft; having rode in Seven 
 Months, above four and twenty Hundred Miles. 
 
 Wednefday, 8. Our Conference began, the Time of 
 which was almofl intirely employed, in examining, 
 Whether the Spirit and Lives of our Preachers were 
 fuitable to their Profeflion ? On Saturday* in the After- 
 noon we concluded. Great was the Unanimity and 
 Love that reigned among us. And if there were any 
 who hoped or feared the contrary, they were happily 
 disappointed. 
 
 Sunday* 12. I was afraid to look forward to the Work 
 ©f the Day, knowing my Strength was not fufficient for 
 it. But God looked to that ; for tho' 1 was exceeding 
 weak at Snovosfields in the Morning, 1 was ftronger at 
 Noon. And after preaching in the Afternoon in the 
 Fields, and meeting the Society, I felt no Weaknefs at 
 all. 
 
 Monday. 13. I took a little ride to Croydon, one of 
 the Seats of the Archbifnops of Canterbury. Was it one 
 of thefe who ordered many Years ago (for the Charac- 
 ters are of old Handing) that dreadful Infcription to be 
 placed, juft over the Communion Table ? And now, ye 
 Priejls, this Commandment is for you. If ye <will not hcar y 
 mndifye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my Name* 
 faith the LORD, 1 will even fend a Curfe amcng you, and 
 I will curfe your Bleffings. Tea, I have curfed them al- 
 ready, becaufe ye do not lay it to heart. Behold I will 
 corrupt your Seedy and fpread Dung upon your Faces, even 
 the Dung of your folemn Feafs, and one Jh all take you away 
 
 With it. 
 
 The Archbifhop's Palace is an antient, venerable 
 Pile, and the Gardens are extremely pleafant. The 
 late Archbifhop had improved them at a large Expence : 
 but continual Illnefs prevented his enjoying them, 'till 
 
 after 
 
( 75 ) 
 
 after four Years conftant Pain, he was called away, one 
 may Hope, to the Garden of God. 
 
 I dined at Mr. B's in Epfim, vvhofe Houfe and Gar- 
 dens lie in what was once a Chalk-Pit. It is the 
 moft elegant Spot I ever faw with my Eyes; every 
 Thing within Doors and without, being finifhed in the 
 moll exquifite Tafte. Surely nothing on Earth can be 
 more delightful. O what will the PofTefTor /<?*/, when 
 he Cries out, 
 
 " Muft I then leave thee, Paradife ? Then leave 
 Thefe happy Shades, and Manfions fit for -Gods ?" 
 
 Friday, 17. I fpent an Hour pleafantly and profitably 
 
 at 's. How gracious is God w ho frill pre- 
 
 fcrves him unconfumed in Fire ! How plain, that with 
 God all Things are poifible : He can draw the Sting 
 either of Wealth or Death ! 
 
 Sunday, 19. I preached in the Afternoon to an huge 
 Multitude in the Fields on AW GOD cemmandeth all 
 Men every where to rtpe, it. Monday, 27. J rode to Bid- 
 fbrdy and about Six, preached on St. Peters-Green. 
 None of the numerous Congregation (lood with their 
 Heads covered, except the Germans. BlefTed be God, 
 that /have not fo learned Chr ist ! If they know no tet- 
 ter I cannot help it. 
 
 Tuefday, 28. I rode on to Mr. Berridge's at Evert on, 
 and in the Evening went to the Church, but unufualiy 
 heavy and hardly expecting to do any Good tl ere. I 
 preached on thofe Word? in the fecond LefTon, We kno~v 
 that <we are of GOD. One funk down, and another, 
 and another. Some cried aloud in Agony of Prayer. 
 I would willingly have fpent fome Time in Piaver with 
 them. But my Voice failed, fo that I was obliged to 
 conclude the Service, leaving many in the Church cry- 
 ing and praying, but unable either to walk or (land. 
 One young Man and one ycung Woman were brought 
 with Difficulty to Mr. B's Houfe, and continued there 
 in violent Agonies both of Body and Soul. When I 
 came into the Room, the Woman lay quiet, wrellling 
 with God in filent Prayer. But even the bodily Con- 
 vulfions of the young Man were amazing. The Hea- 
 G 2 vings 
 
 i 
 
( 76 ) 
 
 vingsofhis Breaft were beyond Defcription : I fuppofe, 
 equal to the Throes of a Woman in Travel. We called 
 upon God, to relieve his Soul and Body. And both 
 were perfectly healed. He rejoiced in God with Joy 
 unfpeakable, and felt no Pain, or W T eaknefs, or Wea- 
 rinefs. Prefently after the Woman alfo was delivered, 
 and arofe rejoicing in God her Saviour. 
 
 Wednefday, 29. I rode to Lakenbeath> and fpoke ex- 
 ceeding plain to an honeft, drowzy People. Tburfday, 
 30. I preached at the Tabernacle in Norwich y to a 
 large, rude, noify Congregation. T took Knowledge, 
 what Manner of Teachers they had been accuflomed to, 
 and determined to mend them or end them. Accordingly 
 the next Evening after Sermon, I reminded them of two 
 Things ; the one, that it was not decent, to begin talk- 
 ing aloud as foon as Service was ended, and hurrying to 
 and fro, as in a Bear- Garden : The other, that it was a 
 bad Cuflom, to cat her into Knots juft after Sermon, and 
 turn a Place of Worfhip into a CofFee Houfe. I there- 
 fore defired, that none would talk under that Roof, but 
 go quietly and fiiently away. And on Sunday, Septem- 
 ber. 2. J bad the pleafuce to obferve, that all went as 
 xjmetly away, as if they had been accuflomed to it for 
 many Years. 
 
 Monday, 3. I me' the Society at Five, and explained 
 the Nature and Ufe of meeting in a Clafs. Upon liquiry 
 I. found, we have now about rive Hundred Members, 
 But an Hundred and Fifty of ihefe do not pretend to neet 
 at all. Of thofe therefore I make no Account. They 
 hang on but by a fin. le I bread. 
 
 Tuejday\ 4. I walked to KehtnaL nine Miles from 
 Norwich, and preached at one o'Llock. T he Ring- 
 leader of the Mob, c me wi:h his Horn, as ufual, be- 
 fore 1 be^an. But one quickly catched and thievv away 
 his Horn, and in a few Minutes he was deferred by all 
 his Companions : who were ferioufly and deeply attentive 
 to the great Tru ? h, By Grace ye are Ja<ved tbid* Faith. 
 
 Sunday, 9. I met the Society at Seven, and told tKem 
 in plam Terms, that they were the moil ignorant, felf con- 
 ceited, felf- willed, fickle, untra^able, diforderly, disjointed 
 
 boctety, 
 
( '77 ) 
 
 Society, tTint T knew in the three Kingdoms. And Goo 
 applied it to their Hearts : So that many were profited, 
 but I do not find, that one was offended. 
 
 At Ten we had another happy Opportunity, and 
 many ftubborn Hearts were melted down. Juft at Two 
 the great Congregation met, and the Power of God 
 again prefent to heal : Tho' not fo eminently as at Five, 
 while I was defcribing the Peace that pajfeth all Under* 
 jiandingl After preaching I was defircd to fpend an 
 Hour with fome whom I fuppofed to be of our own So- 
 ciety. But I foon found my Mi ake : 
 Senfimedios delafjus in ho/tes. 
 One in particular, warmly told me, u She could not like 
 mine or Mr. Murines Doftrine : It always threw her into 
 Heavinefs. But in dear Mr. CuJ-zvorth's (he could find 
 Comfort," I dcfired, we might pray. God quickly 
 ^nfwered for himfelf. Her Heart was broke in Pieces. 
 She was filled with Love, and Grief, and Shame ; but 
 could only tell it by her Eyes and her Tears. 
 
 About this Time I received a remarkable Letter 
 from Abroad, an Ext raft of which follows. 
 
 Berlin , Auguft 26, 1759. 
 
 u GOD has again wrought publicity in this Place, in 
 
 the Prefenc** of many Thoufand People. A Soldier of 
 
 the King's-Guard was fentenced to be hanged, for 
 
 Defeition'and Theft. He was a Wretch abandoned to all 
 
 Manner of Wickednefs. General K was much 
 
 concerned for his Soul. He earneitiy defired me, to 
 the Charge of it, tho* we faw no Profpeft of Sue- 
 cefs. I vinted him the Day he was condemned, being 
 day. He feemed quite carelefs and unconcerned. 
 I endeavoured, to convince him of Sin ; but did not per- 
 ceive any ErTeft. I begged of him, not to deceive his 
 own Soul, but to conuder the Condition he was in. On 
 r, this organ to fink into his Heart, and on & 
 much more. P< this, I much i mthofe 
 
 ds, This is a fai ting, dttd ia 
 
 CHRIST JESUS cam into ti 
 The EfTeft was ailonifhing. He 
 G 3 
 
 
( 78 ) 
 
 hold of them by Faith, and not only his Burden was 
 pone, but he had fuch Experience of the Love of 
 Christ, as it is impoffible to defcribe. His Peace, Tri- 
 umph and Joy increafed every Hour, 'till the Night 
 before his hvxecution : And indeed was never more ob- 
 fervable, than when he was brought out of Prifon In 
 his Way to the Place of Execu'ion he praifed God, for 
 dragging him as it were with Chain-: to Heaven. " What, 
 faid he, will Goo after all my hellifh Actions, give me 
 eternal Life into the Bargain ?" The Efficacy of the 
 Blood and Death of Christ being made known to him 
 by the Holy Ghoft, he fpoke of nothing but his Wed- 
 ding-Day, which was to be this Thirteenth of Auguft. 
 Every one that looked upon him was (truck. Officers 
 and all were moved. Being entered into the Ring, I 
 once more prayed with him, and gave him the !: ft 
 BiefTing. But the very Inftant he was to be turned orT, 
 Colonel H called out " Pardon !" I was Thunder- 
 frruck, and Mittclftadt protected, it was to him, like a 
 Ball fhot thro' his Body. He fainted away for fome 
 Time- Bring recovered, his flrft: Words were, " Why 
 was ] not rather hanged, or even crucified than par- 
 doned ? Why am i thus (lopped in my Courfe ? I 
 ihould now have been with Christ !" I was myfelf 
 more afraid of him now than e^er. But the Grace of 
 G'-«r> was ftrong in his Soul. And ever fince it has 
 continued the fame. Yefterday J was informed by one 
 who went on Purpofe to enquire, Thru his %vhole Em- 
 ploy during his Confinement (which is to continue Six 
 Months) is reading, praying, and comforting himfelf 
 with the Blood of Christ." 
 
 Mcrdo.y, 10. W r e took Horfe at half Hour after 
 F< m\ Before Eight it was as warm as it is ufually 
 at Midfummer. And from Ten we had the Sun in 
 our Face, all the Way toCoUbfttr. But we had the 
 "Wind in our Face too, or the Heat would have been 
 infupportable. 1 was in a Fever from the Moment I 
 came into the Houfe. But it did not hinder me from 
 preaching on the Green, and afterwards meeting the 
 Society. I then lay down as foon as poffible, but 
 
 could 
 
( 79 ) 
 
 could not Sleep a Quarter cf an Hour, 'till between 
 Two and Three in the Morning. I do not know, thi t 
 I have ioit a Nignt'a bleep before, lick or well, fn.ee 
 I wjs fix Ye-rn olcL But it is ail one : God is able 
 to give Strength, either with S.eep or without it. I 
 it my uiual Time, and preached at Five, without 
 any Faintnefs or Drowfinejs. 
 
 T bur/day, i ;. We fet out between Four and Five 
 and rede to Dun/now, about four and Twenty Miles. 
 But here we were at a full llop. None could direel 
 u> ;inv farther. So we uere to crois the Country as 
 well as we could. But whenever we were at a Lofs 
 (Eight or Ten Times) we met fome one to help us 
 out. So about Half an Hour pafl One we were come 
 within fixteen Miles of Sundon. 
 
 An honeit Blunderer then undertook, to direel us 
 a nearer Way. By his Help we wandered up and 
 down, 'till our fixteen Miles grew into fix and Twen- 
 ty. However we got to Sundon before Seven, where 
 a confiderable Number of People foon met : To whom 
 J explained, (what they fecmed to know very little of) 
 th: Grace of cur LORD JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 Friday, 14.. J returned to London. Saturday^ I-. 
 Having left Orders for the immediate repairing of 
 Chappel, I went to fee what they had 
 done, and law Caufe to Praife God for this alfo. Trie 
 main Timbers were fo Rotten, that in many Places 
 one might thruft his Fingers into them. So that pro- 
 bably, had we delayed 'till Spring, the whole Build- 
 ing mud have fallen to the Ground. 
 
 Monday, 17. I went to Canterbury. Two Hundred 
 Soldiers, I fuppofe, and a whole Row of Officers 
 attended in the Evening. Their Number was in- 
 creafed the next Evening, and all behaved as Men 
 feaiing Gon. Wednefday* 19. I preached at Dozer , 
 in the New Room, which is juft finifhed. Here alfo 
 the Hearer? Inert afe, fome of whom are convinced, 
 and others comforted daily. Thursday, 20. I itrong ! y 
 app ied at Canterbury* to the Soldiers in particular, 
 he that but b the Sou buib Lift* and be ibat bath not tbe 
 
 Son 
 
( 8o ) 
 
 Son of GOD hath not Life. The next Day, in my r«r- 
 turn to London, I read Mr Huy gen's <k Conje&ures or 
 the Planetary World. " He furprized me. I think. 
 he clearly proves, That the Moon is not habitable . 
 that there are neither 
 
 " Rivers nor Mountains on her fpotty Globe :" 
 That there is no Sea, no Water on her Surface, noi 
 any Atmofphere. And hence he very rationally in- 
 fers, That " neither are any of the Secondary Pla- 
 nets inhabited.'' And who can prove that the Pri- 
 mary are ? I know, the Earth is. Of the reft I kno\* 
 nothing. 
 
 Sunday, 23. A va ft Majority of the immenfe Con- 
 gregation in Moorfdds were deeply ferious. One 
 fuch Hour might convince any impartial Man, of th( 
 Expediency of Field preaching ? What Building, ex- 
 cept St Paul's Church, would contain fuch a Congre- 
 gation ? And if it would, what Human Voice coulc 
 have reached them there : By repeated Obfervations J 
 find, I can command thrice the Number in the oper 
 Air, than I can under a Roof. And who can fay 
 The Time for Field-preaching is over, while, i 
 Greater Numbers than ever attend : 2. The convert- 
 ing, as well as convincing Power of God, is emi- 
 nently prefent with them ? 
 
 Monday. 24. I preached about Eight at Brentford 
 and in the Evening at Bajing flake, to a People flow o 
 Heart and dull of Underftanding. Tuejday 25. 
 preached in the New Houfe at Whitchurch, and a 
 Salijhury in the Evening. The New Room there is 
 I thiak, the moll compleat in England. It ftrike 
 everyone of any Tafte that fees it: Not with an} 
 fingle Part, but an inexpreffible Jomething in th< 
 Whole. 
 
 The Militia from Hampjbire being in Town, : 
 large Number of them were at the Preaching. Bu 
 it was as Mufic to an Horfe : Such brutiih Behaviou 
 have I feldom feen. The next Evening, they beha- 
 ved, if poflible, worfe than before. However man} 
 •f them, I believe, were ltruck. For they c?m< 
 
 agaii 
 
( «i ) 
 
 again in the Morning, and then appeared to be of 
 quite another Spirit, earneftly attending to what was 
 fpoken. Thurjday, 27. J had appointed to preach at 
 .in the Evening at Br ad/or d. Hut when I came, 
 I fouTid Mr. Hart was to preach at Six. So I delay- 
 ed, 'till the Church-Service was ended ; that there 
 might not appear, (at le*ft on mj Part) even the 
 
 l;Shadow of Oppofition between us. 
 
 Friday, 28 I reached BrijloL Sunday, 30. The 
 
 if Weather being fair and calm. I preached in the New 
 Square, for the Sake of many People, who do not 
 
 tfchufe to come to the Room. My Text was, Him that 
 
 \"fametb unto me, I muill in no nviji cafi out. I believe, 
 
 Imany found Deiires of coming to Him. O that they 
 ■say be brought to good EfFecl ! 
 Monday, October 1. AH my leifure Time, during: 
 liny Stay at B t/lo!, I employed in fimfhing the fourth 
 wolumc of Difcourfes; probably the 1 .ft which I 
 pubiifh. Monauy, 1- 1 walked up to Kno~uule> a 
 Bile from Briflol, to fee the French Prifoners. Above 
 n Hundred of them, we were informed, were con- 
 m that little Place : Without any Thing to lie 
 I on, but a little dirty Straw, or any Thing to cover 
 , but a few fowl thin Rigs either by Day or 
 t, fo that they died, like rotten Sheep. I was 
 afreded, and preached in the Evening, on 
 s, xxiii. g. Thou fo alt nr.t tppre/s a Stranger ; Jor 
 v the Heir/ D f a Stranger, jeeing ye were Stra . 
 J. and of Egypt, Eighteen Pound? were contri- 
 Hited a ere made op fear and 
 
 Twenty tne next Day. With this we bought Linen 
 and Woolen Cloth, which were made up into Shirts, 
 Waiftcoats and Breeches. Some Dozen of Stockings 
 were added; all which were carefully difhibuted, 
 ■ there was the greateft Want. Prefently after, 
 the Corporation of Brijlol Cent a large Quantity of 
 pUttrefles and Blankets. And it was not long, be- 
 fore Contributions were fet on Foot, at London, ar.d 
 in various Parts of the Kingdom So that I believe 
 
 from 
 
( 82 
 
 from thisTime they were pretty well provided with all 
 the NecefTaries of Life. 
 
 Monday, 22. I left Brifol, and having preached at 
 Sbepton, Colcford, Frome and Salijbury in my Way, on 
 Tburfday, 25. determined to try, if I could do any 
 good at Andover. The Congregation at Ten in the 
 Morning was fmall : In the Evening their Numbei 
 was increafed, and I think fome of them went away, 
 crying out, GOD be merciful to me a Sinner ! 
 
 Friday, 26. I rode to Bafingfloke. 1 was extremely 
 tired when I came in, but much lefs fo, after preach^ 
 ing. I then fent to enquire, if there was a vacani 
 Place in any of the Coaches which were going tc 
 London the next Day ? But they were all full : And j 
 had promifed to fend back my Mare to BriftoL The 
 only Way that remained was, to take Jqjepb Jones 
 Horfe, and let him ride behind one of the Coaches. 
 So I ordered the Horfe to be brought foon after Foui 
 in the Morning, and was waiting for the Coach, 
 when a Poft-Chaife drove by. I rode clofe after it, 
 tho* it was io dark, 1 could not fee my I lories Head. 
 But I could bear, which was enough. About I 
 break, it drove away : But then I could fee the Road. 
 It rained without Inter million, from the Time I took 
 Horfe, 'till I came to the Foundery : So that 1 
 Wet thro' a great Part of the Day. But it did me no 
 hurt at all. 
 
 Sunday, 28, I found the antient Spirit in the Con- 
 gregation, both at Stitti I the Found:- y. 
 day, 30. I preached at •: • , and rejoiced to find 
 an iacreafing Work there alfo. Wednejday, and Tkwrf. 
 stoy, I fpent in revifing and perfecting a Treatife on 
 EkSI>-icify. Friday, November 2 1 fpent an Hour with 
 
 that Miracle of Mercy IVliis : A clear Proof, that 
 
 God can, even without external Means, preferve a 
 Bum in the Midft of the Fire. 
 
 Sunday, 4. As I was applying thofe Words, Tbej 
 neither marry, nor are given in Marriage. For neither 
 tan they die any more ; for they are equal to Angels* The 
 Power of God fell upon the Congregation, in a \t%y 
 
 uncommon 
 
(.«3) 
 
 gncommon Manner. How fcafonable ! O how doe: 
 God fweeten whatever Crofs we bear for his Sake ! 
 
 Monday y i 2. I talked withy D a Gen- 
 tleman's Coachman, an uncommon Monument of 
 Mercy. Lait Year he was a violent Perfecutor of the 
 Truth, and of his Wife for the Sake of it. But the 
 third Time he heard for himfeJf, he was 
 convinced. Soon after he entered into the 
 i ;id in fix Weeks found Peace with God, 
 Yet his natural Tempers quickly revived, which 
 hade him reitlefs after a thorough Change. In 
 Spring this RefUefnefs lb increafed, that he was Crying 
 to God Day and Night, 'till on Sunday, May 27. he 
 was utterly broken in Pieces, and ready to call away 
 the Hope of it. But juft as he received the Bread ia 
 the Lord's Supper, the Love of God filled his Heart. 
 And from that Moment he had no Doubt, but has 
 continued always rejoicing, always praying and praif- 
 ing God. 
 
 Saturday, 17. I fpent an Hour agreeably and pro- 
 fitably with Lady G H and Sir . Tis 
 
 well a few of the Rich and Noble are called. O that 
 God would increafe their Number ! But I Ihould re- 
 joice, (were it the Will of God) if it were done by 
 the Miniflry of others. If I might chufe, I fhould 
 Hill (as I have done hitherto) preach the Gojpel to the 
 Poor. 
 
 Monday, 19. I fpent an Hour with Mr. , who 
 
 has efcaped from G ', as with the Skin of his 
 
 Teeth. He informed me that all the Water they 
 had in the Voyage, Hunk intolerably ; that the 
 Bifket was full of Maggots, and the Beef mere Car- 
 jion, fo that none could bear to ftand near a Caik 
 when it was opened. What wonder that the poor 
 Men died in Troops ! Who fhall anfvver for their 
 Blocd ? 
 
 Tuefday, 22. I took Horfe between Six and Seven, 
 in one of the ecldeft Mornings I ever remember. We 
 reached St. Allan's without much Difficulty; but 
 then the Pvoads were all covered with Snow. How- 
 ever 
 
( 84 ) 
 
 ever there was a beaten Path, tho' ilippery enouij 
 'till we turned into the By-road to Sundon. What ^ 
 could have done there, I cannot tell, for the Sno< 
 lay deeper and deeper, had not a Waggon gone 
 while before us, and marked the Way for fix Mile 
 to Mr. Cole's Gate. 
 
 Friday, 23. The Roads were fo extremely flipper] 
 it was with much Difficulty we reached Bedford. W 
 had a pretty large Congregation ; but the Stenc 
 from the Swine under the Room was fcarce fupports 
 ble. Was ever a Preaching-FIace over a Hog-fl 
 before ? Surely they love the Gofpel, who come t 
 hear it in fuch a Place. 
 
 Saturday, 24. We rode to Evert on ; Mr. Berrid± 
 being gone to preach before the Univerfity at Can 
 bridge. Many People came to his Houfe in the Even 
 ing, and it was a Seafon of great Refrelhment. 
 
 Sunday, 25. I v»as a little afraid, my Strengt 
 would not fuiHce, for reading Prayers and preaching 
 and adminiftring the Lord's Supper alone, to alarg 
 Number of Communicants. But all was well. Mj 
 Hickes began his own Service early, and came befoi 
 I had ended my Sermon. So we finifhed the Whol 
 before Two, and I had Time to breathe, before th 
 Evening Service. 
 
 Ik the Afternoon God was eminently prefent wit 
 us, tho' rather to comfort than convince. But lot 
 ferved a remarkable Difference fince I was here be 
 fore, as to the Manner of the Work. None now wei 
 in Trances, none cried out : None fell down or wei 
 convulfed. Only fome trembled exceedingly : I 
 low Murmur was heard ; And many were refrefhe 
 with the Multitude cf Peace. 
 
 The Danger was to regard Extraordinary Circurr 
 ftances too much, fuch as Outcries, Convulflon; 
 Viiions, Trances, as if thefe were ejfential to the Ir 
 ward Work, fo that it could not go on without then 
 Perhaps the Danger is, to regard them too little : T 
 condemn them altogether ; to imagine, they ha 
 nothing of God in them, and were an Hindrance 1 
 
5 ) 
 
 his Work. Whereas the Truth is, I. God fuddenl) 
 
 and lhongly convinced many that they were loit Sin* 
 
 j ners ; the natural Conference whereof were Hidden 
 
 Outcries, and ltrong bodily Convulfions : z. To 
 
 itrengthen and encourage them that believed, and to 
 
 make his Work more apparent, he favoured feveral 
 of them with Divine Dreams, others with Trances 
 
 and Vifions. 3. In fome of theie Iuilances, after a 
 Time, Nature mixt with Grace. 4. Satan likewife 
 mimicked this Work of GOD, in order to difcredit 
 the iv bole Work, And yet it is not wife, to give up 
 ibis Part, any more than to give up the Whole, At 
 full it was doubtlefs wholly from God. It is partly 
 fo at this Day. And he will enable us to difcern, 
 how far in every Cafe the Work is Pure and where it 
 mixes , o r deg tntraies . 
 
 Let us even fuppofe, that in fome few Cafes, there 
 was a Mixture of Diffimulation : That Perfons pretended 
 to fee or feel what they did not, and imitated the 
 Cries or convulfive Motions of thefe who were really 
 overpowered, by the Spirit of God. Yet even this 
 mould not make us either deny or undervalue the 
 real Work of the Spirit. The Shadow is r.o Dispa- 
 ragement of the Subitance, nor the Counterfeit cf the 
 real Diamond. 
 
 We may farther fuppofe, that Saf an will make thefe 
 Vifions an Occajion of Pride. But what can be inferred 
 from hence ? Nothing but that we mould guard a- 
 
 J gainft it : That we ihould diligently exhort all, to 
 be little in their own Eyes, knowing that nothing 
 avails with God but humble Love. But ftill, to 
 flight or cenfure Vifions in general, would be both 
 irrational and unchriilian. 
 
 Monday, 26. In the Evening I preached in Mr. 
 Hi ekes* Church at WrefiUngworib % and at Ten the next 
 Morning. The People were deeply attentive, but 
 
 ! none were fo affected, as when I was here lafi. In 
 the Evening Mr. B. returned from preaching before 
 the Univerfity. In the midft of the Sermon, he in- 
 formed me, one Perfon cried out aloud ; but was 
 H filent 
 
 
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 filentin a few Moments. Several dropped down but 
 made noNoife : And the whole Congregation, young 
 and old, behaved with Serioufnefs. God is ftrong as 
 well as wife. Who knows what Work He may 
 have to do here alfo ? 
 
 Wednefday, 28. I returned to London, and on Tburf- 
 day, the 29th, the Day appointed for a General 
 Thankfgiving, I preached again in the Chappel near 
 the Seven Dials, both Morning and Afternoon, I 
 believe the oldeft Man in England has not feen a 
 Thankfgiving Day fo obferved before. It had the 
 Solemnity of the General Faft. All the Shops were 
 fhut up. The People in the Streets appeared, one 
 and all, with an Air of Serioufnefs. The Prayers, 
 LefTons and whole Public Service, were admirably 
 fuited to the Occafion. The Prayer for our Enemies, 
 in particular, was extremely ftriking: Perhaps it is 
 the firfl Jnftance of the Kind m Europe. There was no 
 Noife, Hurry, Bonf res, Fire- Works in the Evening 
 And no publick Diverfions. This is indeed 'dCbriJUan 
 Holy- Day, a rejoicing unto the LORD ! The next 
 
 Day came the News, that Sir Edvjard Hawke had 
 difperfed the French Fleet. 
 
 Sunday, December 9. I had, for the firfl Time, a 
 Love-feaft for the whole Society- Wednefday, 12. 
 1 began reading over the Greek Taftament and the 
 Notes, with my Brother and feveral others, carefully 
 comparing the Translation with the Original, and 
 correcting or inlarging the Notes, as we favv Occa- 
 fion. 
 
 The fame Day I fpent Part of the Afternoon in 
 the Bntifh Mufeum. There is a large Library, a great 
 Number of curious Manufcripts, many uncommon 
 Monuments of Antiquity, and the whole Collection 
 of Shells, Butterflies, Beetles, Grafhoppers Set. which 
 the indefatigable Sir Hans Sloans, with fuch vaft 
 Expence and Labour, procured in a Life of fourteen 
 Years ! 
 
 Friday, 14. I was at a Chrijiian Wedding, to which 
 were invited only two or three Relations, and Five 
 
 Clergymen,! 
 
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 Clergymen, who fpent Part of the Afternoon, in a 
 Manner fuitable to the folemn Occafion. 
 
 Wednefday, 19. I was defired to read over a Chance- 
 ry Bill. The Occafion of it was this. " A. B. tells 
 C. D. that one who owed him thirty Pounds wanted to 
 borrow Thirty more, and afked, whether he thought the 
 eighth Part of fuch a Ship, then at Sea, was fufftcient 
 Security ? He faid, he thought it was. On this A. B. 
 lent the Money. The Ship came home. But thro' va- 
 rious Accidents, the eighth Part yielded only twenty 
 Pounds. A. B. on this commenced a Suit, to make 
 C. D pay him the refidue of his Money." 
 
 This wortny Story is told in no lefs, than an Hun- 
 dred and Ten Sheets of Paper ! C. D. anfwers, 
 " He advifed to the bed of his Judgmenr ; not forefeein^ 
 thofe Accident, whereby the Share which coil two 
 Hundred Pounds yielded no more than Twenty/' 
 This Anfwer brought on fifteen Sheets of Exceotions, 
 all which a quarter of a Sheet might have contained 1 
 I defired the Plaintiff and Defendant to meet me the 
 next Day, bo'h of whom were willing to Hand to Ar- 
 bitration. And they readily agreed, that C. D. fhould 
 pay haif his own Cods, and A, B. the red of the Ex- 
 pence. 
 
 Friday 21. I enquired into the Particulars of a very 
 retnarkible Story, A Ship laden with Wheat, and 
 Laving ro other 1 : One in the Morning, on 
 
 Sunday > November [g the Wind blowing hard, fhifted 
 her Cargo, and in [alfan Hour funk. Mr. Auftin % the 
 Mate, leaped off her Side, as (lie funk, and being an 
 excellent Swimm r, kept above Water, till he law 
 fomething floating toward him, which proved to be the 
 Capftern of the Ship. He got: upon it, and altho 1 warn- 
 ed off feveral Times, yec ftill recovered his Seat, and 
 floated all Day and all the following Night. But on 
 Monday Morning he was quite exhauiied, and faint al- 
 mojft to Death with Th rft, having fwallowed Abundance 
 of Salt- Water. In this Extremity he faw fome Apples 
 floating toward him. He took up Three, ate them and 
 was much ftrengthened. About Noon Admiral Saunde. t* 
 H * Fleet 
 
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 'Fleet came in Sight, one of whofe Ships faw and took 
 him up. He could not ftand ; but being blooded, and 
 put into a warm Bed, and fed with fmall Broth, a 
 fpoonful or Two at a Time, he recovered Strength 
 apace, and in a fevv Days was as well as ever. 
 
 Si furday 22. I went to Colchefter, and on Sunday, 23. 
 preached in the Shell of the New Houfe. It is Twelve 
 e, end is the befl Building- of the Size for the 
 Voice that I know in England. Monday, 24. We did 
 not fet out till a f ter Seven, intending to ride about forty 
 Miles, But coming to ScboU-Inn before Three, we 
 pufhed on and before Seven came fafeto Norwich. 
 
 Thurjday, 27. I began vifiting the Society, and found 
 the gieat.r Part much changed from what they were a 
 \ rago. They are indeed fewer in Number, but are 
 now of a teachable Spirit, willing to be advifed, or even 
 reproved. And if three Hundred of thio Spirit remain, 
 they are worth all our Labour. 
 
 Tuefday, January, 1. 1760. We began the Service at 
 •Four in the Morning. A great Number attended, and 
 God was in the midft, (lengthening and refreihing 
 their Souls. Tburfday, 3. In the Evening, while I was 
 inforcing thofe awful Words of the Prophet, The Har- 
 tell is paft, the Summer is ended, and we are not fated : 
 A young Woman, who had contained herfelf as long as 
 fhe could, funk down and cried aloud. I found this 
 was a new Thing in Norwich. The Women about her 
 got Water and Hartfhcrn in Abundance. But a'l would 
 not do. When the Service was ended, 1 afked her, 
 " What do you want?'' She immediately replied, "No- 
 thing but Christ. " And indeed what Phyfician 
 befide Him, is able to heal that Sicknefs f 
 
 Friday, 4. ! preached about One at Forneett, to a 
 much milder People than I left there : And in the Even- 
 ing at Kenning ball, where the Antinomians have labour- 
 ed hard in the Devil's Service. Yet all are not loft. A 
 few ere ftill left, who walk not after the Flejh, but after 
 the* Spirit. Saturday, 5. I preached in the Evening at 
 Cclcbfer, and on Sunday, 6. rode to Langham, feven 
 
 Miles 
 
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 Miles from thence, in fuch a Day as I have feldom 
 known : The North Eaft Wind was fo exceeding kei n, 
 and drove the Sleet full in our Face. But this did not 
 difcourage the People, who flocked from all Quarters. 
 And thole who took fuch Pains to cume, were not fent 
 empty away. 
 
 Monday, 7. I returned to London, and finifhed on the 
 rode the celebrated Te/emacbus. Certainly it is wrote 
 with admirable Senfe. But is it without Fault ? Is there 
 not abundantly too much Machinery? Are not the Gods 
 (fuch as they are) continually introduced without why or 
 wherefore ? And is not the Work fpun out too long ? 
 Drawn into mere FrencbW'ut ? Would not twelve Books 
 have contained all the Matter, much better than Four 
 and Twenty ? 
 
 Sunday, 13. I preached again in Weft-Street Chappel, 
 now inlarged and throughly repaired. When I took 
 this eighteen Years ago, 1 little thought the World 
 would have borne us till now. But the Right-band cf 
 the LORD hath the pre-eminence. Therefore we endure 
 unto this D ijr. 
 
 ■Wednefday, 16. One came to me, as (he faid, with a 
 Meflage from the Lord, to tell me, f 1 I was laying up 
 Treafures on Earth, taking my Eafe, and minding only 
 Eating and Drinking. " I told her, " God knew me 
 better. And if he had fent her, he would have fent her 
 with a more proper Mei7age." 
 
 Friday, 18. I defired thofe who believed they were 
 faved from Sin, (fixteen or fevenreen in Number,) to 
 meet me at Noon, to whom T gave fuch Cautions and 
 Inftructions as I judged needful. Nor did any of 
 p etend to be above Man's Teaching, but received it 
 with all Thankfomefs. 
 
 Tbur/day, 24. I rode to Brentford, where after a Stop 
 often or twelve Years, the Work of God is broke cu: 
 afrefh. J preached in a large Mace newly fitted up. ^c 
 was fuppofeq, there wou-d be much Disturbance, as a 
 confiderable Number, of rude, fcoiftrous People, \\t';e 
 gathered together for that Porpofe! But God i 
 ruled, and they all calmly and iilemly attended :. 
 Word. Surely the Times and Seajcns of fending his Word 
 H 3 dually 
 
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 effectually to any Place, God hath referred in his own 
 Power. 
 
 Monday, 28. I began vifiting the Gaffes in London, 
 snd that with more Exadlnefs than ever before. After 
 going thro' them, I found the Society now contained 
 about Three and twenty Hundred and fifty Members : 
 few of whom we could difcern to be Trifkrs, and none 
 we hope, live in any wilful Sin. 
 
 Tuesday, February 5. I baptized a Gentlewoman at the 
 Foundery, and thePeace fhe immediately found, was a frefh 
 Proof, that the Outward Sign duly received, is always 
 accompanied with the inward Grace. Tuejday, 12. 
 After preaching at Deptford, I rode on to Welling* where 
 I received (what few expected) an exceeding comfor- 
 table Account, of the Death of Mr. Majon of Bexhy. 
 For many Years he feemed to be utterly fenfelefs ; nei- 
 ther juftified, nor even convinced of Sin. But in his 
 laft Sicknefs, the God that heareth Prayer, broke in 
 upon his Soul. And the nearer Death came, the moie 
 did he rejoice, to the Aftonilhment of all that faw him. 
 
 Sat w day.. 16. J fpent an Hour in the Evening with a 
 little Company, at Air. I have not known fo fo- 
 
 lemn an Hour for a long Seafon, nor fo profitable to my 
 own Soul. Myfierious Providence ! Why am J cut ofF 
 from thofe Opportunities, which of all others I moil 
 want ? Efpecially confiderin.g the Benefit I might i?npart % 
 as well as that which I might receive ; Seeing they iland 
 in as much need of Light, as I do of Heat. 
 
 About thi- Time we had a remarkable Account from 
 Torljbire. li On February 13. ^bout thirty Perfons weie 
 met together in Otley (a Fown about twelve Miles from 
 Leeds) about eight o'clock in the Evening, in order 
 (as ufual) to pray, fing Hymns, and provoke one ano- 
 ther to love and good Works. After Prayer was ended, 
 when they proceeded tofteak of the feveral States of their 
 Souls, fome with deep bighs and Groans, complained 
 of the Burden they felt, for the Remains of in-dwelling 
 Hn ; feeing in a clearer Light than ever before, the 
 Neceffity of a Deliverance from it. 
 
 « When" 
 
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 " \Vhen t they had fpent the ufual Time together, a 
 few v\cnt to their own Houfes. But the reft remained 
 upon their Knees, groaning for the great and precious 
 Promifes of God. One being di fired to pr3y, he no 
 fooner began to iifi up his Voice to God, than the Holy 
 Ghoft made Interceffion in all that were prefent, with 
 Groanings that COi Id not be uttered. At length the 
 Travail of their Souls burfl: out into loud and ardent 
 Ciies. They hnd no Doubrofthe Favour of God, but 
 they could not reft, while there wa^ any Thing in them 
 contrary to his Nature. One cried out, in an exceeding 
 great Agony, " Lord, Deliver me fom n y finful Na- 
 ture, " then a fecond, a third and fourth. And while 
 the Peifon who prayed fidt, was calling upon God in 
 thofe Words, " Thou God of Abraham, Ifaac and 
 Jwob, hoar us for the fake of thy S< n Jesus," one was 
 heard to fay, ** Biefied be the Lord God forever, for 
 he harh cleanfed my Heart. Praife the Lord, O my 
 Soul, and all that is within me praife his Holy Name." 
 Another faid, " I hold thee with a trembling Hand, 
 But will not jet thee go:" And in a little Time cried 
 out, "Praife the Lord with me; for he hath cleanfed 
 my Heart from Sin." Another cried, " 1 am hanging 
 over the Pit of Hell, by a finder Thread ;" A fecond, 
 with loud and difmal Shrieks, " I am in Hell : O fave 
 me, fave me :" While a Third faid, with a far different 
 Voice, '' Biefied be the Lord, for he hah pardoned all 
 my Sins." Thus they continued for the Space of two 
 Hours, fome p railing and magnifying God, fome cry- 
 ing to him for Pardon or Purity of Heart, with the 
 greater! Agony of Spirit. Before thy parted, three 
 believed God had fulfilled his Word, and cltanjed them 
 from all Un igbteoujh 
 
 <* ! he ne>. r Bvening they met sgain. And the 
 Lord wa-. again prefenr to Heal the broken in Heart. 
 One received Remiffion of Sins, and s e be- 
 
 lieved God, had cleanfed them from ail Sin. And it is 
 obfervab!e, theft are all Poor, illiterate Crea me- of all 
 others molt incapable of counterfeiting, ana mo4 unlike- 
 
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 \y to attempt it. But nvben his Word goeth forth, it gi- 
 *veth Li^bt and Under/landing to the Simple" 
 
 Friday, 29. A great Number of us waited upon God, 
 at Five, at Nine, and at One, with Fafting and Prayer. 
 And at Six in the Evening we met at the Church in 
 Spi tt a/fields , to renew our Covenant with God. It was 
 a bleffed Time. The Windows of Heaven were open, 
 and ti.e Skies poured down Righteoufnefs. 
 
 Monday, March 3. I left London. It rained great 
 Part of the Day, but fo gently, that we were not wet 
 thro', when about Seven we came to Towcefter. One 
 Perfon we found here, whofe Soul God keeps alive, tho* 
 he has fcarce any in the Town to converfe with. Per- 
 haps he is an Earnert of a People that flia.ll be born here, 
 and ccuited to the LORD for a Generation. 
 
 Tue/day, 4. We came to Birmingham, where I rejoin- 
 ed feveral who had been long feparated from their Breth- 
 ren, and left upwards of Fifty refolved to Hand together 
 in the Good, old Path. 
 
 Jn the Evening I preached in the New Houfe at Wed- 
 nefbwy, few Congregations exceed this either in Num- 
 ber or Serioufnefs. At Five in the Morning the Con- 
 gregation far exceeded the Morning-Congregation at the 
 Foundery. Indeed Hunger after the Word has been 
 from the Beginning the diltinguifhing Mark of this Peo- 
 ple. 
 
 Thurjday, 6. I talked largely with M— S — and E — 
 £ — the Subftance of what M — S — faid was as follows. 
 
 ** I was born, April 8. 1736. My Father died 
 when I was between Four and Five, my Mother, when 
 J was about Eleven Years old. I had little Thought 
 about Religion, and feldom fo much as went to Church. 
 But I had even then many Troubles, which made me 
 fometimes think of God and cry to Him for Help. 
 When I was about Seventeen, 1 was afked one Sunday 
 to go and fee a Pit, which was on Fire and blazed out. 
 It was near the Houfe where Mr. fames fones was then 
 preaching. I was Handing near the Houfe, when my 
 Brother perfuaded m. ;o go in. I liked what I heard ; 
 but it was above a Year before Ikaevv myfelf to be a loft 
 
 Sinner. 
 
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 Sinner. For three Weeks I was in deep Diftrefs, which 
 made me cry to God Day and Night. I had Comfort 
 once or twice, hut I checked it, being afraid of deceiv- 
 ing mylelr": Till as Mr. . idling one 
 Morning at five o'Clock in DarLyhn, my Soul was io 
 filled with the Love of God, that I had much ado to 
 help crying out. 1 could only fay, " Why mm, Lord, 
 When I came home I was exceeding weak, 
 having alfo a great Fain in my Head : But all was 
 fweet ; I did not wi(h it to be other wile. 1 wa* happy 
 in God all the Day long : And (b I was for fei 
 Days. From this Time 1 never committed any known 
 Sin, nor ever loil tru Love of God : Tho* I found Abun- 
 dance of Temptations and many fevere Struggles. Yet I 
 was more than Conqueror over all, and found them 
 eafier and eafier. 
 
 About Cbriftmas 1758, I wa^ deeply convinced, 
 there was a greater Salvation than I had attained, The 
 more I faw of this, and the more I prayed for it. the 
 happier I was. And my Deiires and Hopes were con- 
 tinually encreafing, for above a Year. 
 
 On January % 30, 1760, Mr, Fmgili ta'ked with one 
 who thought (he had received that Bleffing. As ihe fp ^ke, 
 my Heart burned within me, and my Dtiire was inlarg- 
 ed ' eyond Expreflion, 1 (aid to him, " O Sir, when 
 fliall I be able to fay as fhe fays?" He anfwered, 
 u Perhaps to Night." I faid, u Nay, I am not earneit 
 ;h." He replied, " That Thought may keep you 
 from it." I felt, God was able and willing to give it 
 then, and was unfpeakably happy. In the Evening as he 
 was preaching, my Heart w as full, and more and more 
 fo, till I could contain no more. I wanted only to be 
 alone, that I might pour out my Soul before God : And 
 when I came home I could do nothing but praife and give 
 him Thanks. From that Moment I have felt nothing 
 but Love in n.y Heait; no Sin of any Kind. And I truit 
 I ihall never fin any more, norimv more offend God. I 
 never find any Cloud between God and me : I walk in 
 the Light continually. I co 1 , 0; J pray 
 
 . I have noDeiire, but to do and fufler the 
 
 Will 
 
( 9+ ; 
 
 Will of God : 1 aim at nothing but to pleafe him. I am 
 careful for nothing, but in all Things make my Requefts 
 known to him with Thankfgiving. And I have a con- 
 tinual Wicnefs in myfelf, that whatever I do, I do it to 
 his Glory." 
 
 £ — L — {"aid, «< I W as born in 1730. My Mother 
 died in Childbed of me, my Father, when I was a 
 Year or two old. So I was brought up by the Parifh, 
 and taught nothing, not fo much as to read. About 
 Eleven Years old, I was put out Parifh -'Prentice, to a 
 Man and Woman who ufed me very harfhiy. 1 wanted 
 much to learn to read ; but they would not fpare the 
 Time. I was about fourteen, when I heard Mr. J. 
 W preach at the Crofs in Wednejbury. I immediately 
 believed it was the right Way, and begun to be very 
 uneafy. I often wifhed I had died with my Father or 
 Mother, fearing I fhould never be faved. But my 
 Convictions wore away by Degrees; though ftill I 
 could find no re it. About tweny J was married. My 
 Hufband had lome Times heard the preaching, but 
 not lately. Soon after he began again, going with 
 me conftantly. I was now more and more convinced, 
 that I was a guilty, undone Sinner. I cried to God 
 Day and Night, laving down my Work many Times 
 in a Day. On Holy-Tburfday, 17^6, I was : 
 afraid ot going to the Sacrament. However I bi 
 through and wenc At t'.ie Load's Tabh, I found 
 fuch a Love as I cannot exprefs. As fron as I came 
 back, I went up into my Chamber, anr] Kneeled down 
 to Prayer. In praying I heard a Voice faying, Go in 
 Peace; they Sins cv e for given thee. My Soui funk into 
 nothing before God, and was fined wi:h humble 
 Love. I loved God and all Mankind, and thought 
 no Temptation, could ever fhake me more. But in a 
 few Days, being low and weak in Body, I found hard 
 Thoughts of God. Yet I cou'd never give up my 
 Confidence, that my Sins were forgiven. Nor do I 
 know, that I ever committed any wilful Sin, after I 
 was juftiried. About a Year and Half ago Mr. Fugiil 
 came. One Evening while he was preaching, I was 
 
 convinced 
 
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 convinced that my Heart was ftill defperately wicked, 
 and needed to be wnollv renewed. This made me 
 fometimes afraid to die, It it I fliould be called before 
 that Change was wrought. But I had itiil Hope at 
 m • and never could doubt but that God was 
 m> Cop. In the mean while my Defire to be wholly 
 renewed, increafed continually. And I was every Day 
 and every Hour praying for it, whatever I was about. 
 When my Hopes prevailed, I was happy : When my 
 Fear?, I was quite caft down. Being convinced, how 
 little I loved God, I was grieved and afhamed before 
 him. 
 
 On Friday, January, 2^. I took no Food till the 
 Afttrnoon, though 1 had a Child at myBreaft. I was 
 much tempted to think, I mould never attain, and 
 wa quite uneafy. But the next Morning my Uneafi- 
 nefs was gone, and I calmly waited fur what I believ- 
 ed God would foon give In the Evening 1 went to 
 the Preaching with a full Expectation, that he would 
 meet me there. And fo He did. As foon as Mr. Fu- 
 gill began to fpeak, I felt my Soul was all Love. I 
 was fo flayed on God as I never felt before, and knew 
 that I loved him with all my Heart. When I came 
 home, I could afk for nothing : I could only ^ive 
 Thanks. And the Witnefs, that God had faved me 
 from all my Sins, grew clearer every Hour. On VI ed- 
 nefday this was Wronger than ever. I have never fince 
 found my Heart wander from God. When I have 
 Bufinefs to do, 1 juit take a Thought and do it ; and 
 it is gone, and my Heart is with the Lord. 1 often 
 in a Day bow my Knee to God : but my Heart prays 
 continually. He is never out of my Thoughts : I fee 
 him always ; altho' moil, at preaching, and in my 
 Band and Clafs. But I do not otAyJee him : \ feel him 
 too, fo as I cannot exprefs. And the more I fee and 
 feel of God, the more i feel, J am nothing. When I 
 fleep, I fleep as in the Arms of Jesus; and when I 
 wake, my Soul is full of Praife, and it is as if all the 
 Angels were in the Room round about rne praifino- 
 God. I never find any Heavinefs or Coldnefs : And 
 when I mult go among the People of the World, God 
 
 is 
 
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 is as much with me as before, and I long for them, fo 
 as no Tongue can tell. I am careful of every Word 
 I fpeak, and every Look, and every Thought. I 
 fearch my Heart again and again ; and I can find no- 
 thing but Love there. Indeed I know, if God left 
 me a Moment, I mould fall But I trull, he will 
 never leave me nor foriake me " 
 
 1 observe, the Spirit and Experience of thefe two, 
 run exaclly parallel. Con ft ant Communion with God the 
 Father and the Son, fills their Hearts with bumble Love. 
 Now this is what I always did, and do now mean by 
 Perfection. And this I believe many have attained, 
 on the fame Evidence that I believe many are juftified. 
 May God lncreafe their Number a Thoufand-fold ! 
 
 Friday, 7. I rode over to Dudley, formerly a Den of 
 Lions. J was conftrained to preach abroad. But no 
 one opened his Mouth, unlefs to pray or praifeGoD. 
 I believe the fleddy Behaviour of the Society, has 
 made an ImprefTion on moft of the Town. 
 
 Saturday, 8. I was furprized at coming into Wolver- 
 hampton, which is what Dudley was, to fii.d the People 
 foftill, many gaping and flaring, but none fpeaking 
 an uncivil Word. Ay, faid a well-meaning Man, 
 «< we mall not find them fo civil by and by." 1 wtfh 
 thefe Crcazers would learn to hold their Peace. I de- 
 fire to hear no Prophets of Evil. What do they do, 
 but weaken the Hands both of Preachers and People, 
 and transfufe their own Cowardice into others ? 
 
 But this Prophet of Evil was a falfe Prophet too. 
 For neither while 1 was preaching, nor after 1 had done, 
 did any one offer the lead Rudenefs whatfoever. And 
 we rode as quiedy out of the Town, as we could have 
 done out of London or Brifiol. 
 
 Hence we went on to Borflam, near Newcafile- under-. 
 Line, a fcattered Town on the Top of a Hill, inhabited 
 almoft intirely by Potters, a Multitude of whom affembl- 
 ed at five in the Evening. Deep Attention fat on every 
 Face, though as yet accompanied with deep Ignorance. ! 
 But if the Heart be toward God, he will, in due Time, 
 inlighten the Undemanding. 
 
 Sunday, 
 
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 Sunday, 9. I preached at Eight to near doubje the 
 Number, though fcarce Half as many as came at Five in 
 the Evening. Some of thefe Teemed quite innocent of 
 Thought. Five or fix were laughing and talking till I 
 had near done : And one of them threw a Clod of Earth, 
 which itruck me on the Side of the Head. But it neither 
 difturbed me, nor the Congregation. 
 
 Monday, 10. About Nine I preached at Biddulpb, 
 about eight Miles North of Borjlam. The Earneitnefs of 
 the whole Congregation, well rewarded me for my La- 
 bour. Hence we had an extremely pleaiant Walk three 
 or four Miles, to Congleton. Here we were accofled in a 
 very different Manner almoft as foon as we entered the 
 Town, which caufed fomeof our Brethren to apprehend, 
 we mould have rough Treatment before we got out of it. 
 That 1 leit to God. They had procured the Ufe of a 
 Meadow adjoining to the Preaching-houfe, in a Window 
 of which they had fixt a Kind of Scaffold. Moll of the 
 Congregation were deeply ferious : So that three or four 
 who took much Pains to diilurb them, intirely loft their 
 Labour. 
 
 About Seven in the Evening I preached at Stockport, 
 where more and more hear the Word of God and keep 
 it. In the Morning we took Korfe at Five, but could 
 find none to tell us which was the Road to Leeds. So 
 we rode on to Mot tram. Following the Directions we 
 received there, we rode up a Mountain, and our Path 
 ended. We made toward a large Houfe, and the Gen- 
 tleman fent a Servant, who pointed out the Way we 
 were to take. But foon after, it divided : And an honed 
 Man bidding us keep to the Right, (meaning the Left) 
 we did fo, 'till we came to the Top of another high 
 Mountain, among feveral old Stone- Quarries. Here 
 that Road ended. However we went (trait forward, 'till 
 we came to the Brow. W 7 ith great Difficulty we led 
 our Horfes down, and rode up a Path on the oppofite 
 Mountain. But at the Top this likewife ended. Still 
 we thought it belt, to puih forward. But my Horfe was 
 quickly embogged. After he had thrown me on one 
 Side, and fcrambled out himfelf, we endeavoured to 
 I walk 
 
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 walk down the Mountain : But fuch a Walk I never 
 had before, for Steepness, and Bogs, and large 
 Stones intermixt. That we got to the Bottom with- 
 out Hurt either to Man or Beait, was little lefs than a 
 Miracle. But we were ftill at a Lofs, 'till we met a 
 fenfible Man, who directed us to Saddlevuortb. In 
 our Inn here we found One who had frequently heard 
 me preach at Built b in Brecknock/hire. I fear, to little 
 Purpofe; for on my fpeaking a few Words, he ran 
 away in hade. But the whole Family feemed to fear 
 God. So we did not repent of our clambering uj? 
 and down the Mountains. 
 
 At Six we reached Leeds, fufficiently tired. But 
 I forgot it as foon as I began to preach : And the 
 Spirit of the Congregation comforted us over all our 
 Labour. 
 
 Wednefday, 12. Having defired that as many as 
 could of the neighbouring Towns, who believed 
 they were faved from Sin, would meet me, 1 fpent 
 the greateil Part of this Day, in examining them 
 one by one. The Teflimony of fome I could not 
 receive: But concerning the far greater!: Part, it is 
 plain (unlefs they could be fuppofed to tell wilful 
 and deliberate Lies) 1 . That they feci no inward Sin, 
 and to the bell of their Knowledge, commit no outward 
 Sin : 2. That they fee and love God every Moment, 
 and pray, rejoice, give Thanks evermore, 3. That they 
 have conflantly as clear a Witnefs from God of Sanc- 
 tihcaticn as they have of J unification. Now in 
 
 this I do rejoice and will rejoice, call it what you 
 pleafe. And I would to God Thoufands had ex- 
 perienced thus much : Let them afterward experi- 
 ence as much more as God pleafes. 
 
 "Ihurfday, 13. We rode over the Mountains thro 5 
 furious' Wind and Rain, which was ready to over- 
 throw both Man and Beaft. However in the After- 
 noon we came well to Manchefler. On Friday the 1 ^th 
 being the National Fad-Day, we had Service at Five, 
 at Seven, and at Five in the Evening. But I did not 
 obferve here any Thing, of that Solemnity with 
 
 which 
 
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 which the Public Fafts are obferved in London. I was 
 much out of order on Saturday^ and not well on Sun- 
 day. However having appointed to preach in Stock- 
 port at Noon, I determined, not to break my Word. 
 As it rained, our Friends provided a Poft-Chaife. 
 When we were gone half a Mile, one of the Horfes 
 began to kick and rear, and would go no further. 
 So we got out and walked on. But another Driver 
 brought the Chaife after, and carried me to Stockport. 
 A large Congregation was waiting, and received the 
 Word with all Readinefs of Mind. For fome Years 
 the Seed feemed to be here fown in vain : But at 
 length it yields a good Increafe. 
 
 On the following Days I preached in fevcral neigh- 
 bouring Towns, and on Wednefday Evening at Liver- 
 pool. Thurfiay, 20. I had a good deal of Converfa- 
 
 tion with Mr. N n. IJis Cafe is very peculiar. 
 
 Our Church requires, that Clergymen fhould be 
 Men of Learning, and to this End, h«ve r,r, Univer^ 
 iity -Education. But how many have an Univcrfity- 
 Education, and yet no Learning at all r Yet thefe 
 Men are ordained ! Meantime or:e of eminent Learn- 
 ing, as well as unblameable Behaviour, cannot be 
 ordained, " becaufe he was not at the Univerficy V 1 
 What a mere Farce is t\\h ? Who would believe, 
 that any ChrifHan Biihop would floop to fo poor an 
 Evafion ? 
 
 Monday, 24. About Noon I preached at Warrington^ 
 Many of the Beafts of the People were prefent. But 
 the Bridle from above was in their Teeth, fo 
 they made not the leaf!: Difturbance. At Seven in 
 the Evening I preached at Cbefter\ but I was fcarce 
 able to open my Eyes. They were much inflamed 
 before I fet out : And the Inflamation was much 
 increafed, by riding forty Miles, with a ftrong and 
 cold Wind exactly in my Face. But in the Evening 
 I applied the Eye- water made with Lapis Calami/taris, 
 which removed the Diforder before Morning. 
 
 Tue/dny, 2$. I rode to Mould in Fhmihire. The 
 
 Wind was often ready to bear away both Man and 
 
 I ? Horfe 
 
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 Horfe. But the earneft ferious Congregation, re- 
 warded us for our Trouble. Wedntfday y 26. About 
 Nine I preached at Little Lee, a Mile or two from 
 NoPlh<wkb* Many of the Congregation fcarce ever 
 heard a Metbodijl before. But I trull they did not 
 hear in vain. 
 
 T bur/day, 27. I rode to Liverpool, in order to em- 
 bark for Dublin. We were def red to be on Board 
 by Nine on Saturday Morning. But the Wind falling 
 and a Fog coming on, we gained a little more Time. 
 So we had one more folemn Opportunity in the Even- 
 ing. Sunday, 30. The Fog was gone and the Wind 
 fair. We took Ship about Nine, and got under Sail 
 at Noon, having only Eight Cabin PafTengers, feven 
 of whom were our own Company. So we praved 
 and fung, and converfed at our own Di'cjetion. 
 But a poor Woman whom we permitted to come into 
 the Cabin, gave us fame Uneafkiefs. She had been 
 tspprd for t*e Dropfy in the Infirmary, but two Days 
 before. When I (poke to her concerning her Soul, 
 ihe gav? but little Anfwer, appearing to be ferious 
 and willing to hear, but totally uninMrucled. She 
 would ear nothing, but willingly accepted a Difh. or 
 two of Tea, and two or three GlaiTes of Wine. The 
 next Morning Hie was extremely reftlefs, continually 
 moving from Place to Place, 'till the Captain put 
 a Bed for her in the ForecafUe, on which (he lay 
 down about Eight o'Clock. A little after (lie grew 
 light-headed and began fhrieking dreadfully. This 
 fhe continued to do, 'till about Noon, and then died. 
 At Night, the Captain and all the Sailors being pre- 
 feot, we committed her Body to the Deep. On 
 
 Titejday Noon April 1. we landed fafe at Dn 
 
 T never faw more numerous or more ferious Con- 
 gregations in Inland, than we had all this Week. On 
 Eafter-day, April 6 I introduced our Enghjh CuHom, 
 beginning the Service at Four in the Morning. Mon- 
 day % 7. I began fpeaking feverally to the Members 
 of the Society, and was well-pleafed to rind fo great 
 a Number of them much alive to God. One Confe- 
 
 quence 
 
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 quence of this is, that the Society is larger than it has 
 been for feveral Years. And no wonder : For where 
 the real Power of God is, it naturally fpreads wider 
 and wider. 
 
 Thurtday, 10. I was fitting with a Friend, when 
 poor Mr. Cook came in. His Eyes, his Look, his 
 Hair Handing 
 
 *' Like Quills upon the fretful Porcupine," 
 his tattered Gown, his whole Perfon, as well as his 
 Speech immediately bewrayed him. But he is quite 
 an Original, and has fo much Vivacity, with 
 touches of ftrong Senfe, that 1 do not wonder the 
 Gentlemen of the College, as he told me, have given, 
 him an Apartment there. What a noble Fabric lies 
 here in Ruins! What Pity, that when he firft found 
 himfelf a Sinner, he had not one to fpeak to, that 
 underftood his Cafe, and could teach him the only 
 Method of Cure ! 
 
 Sunday, 13. At Three in the Afternoon, I preached 
 in the Barrack- Square, another kind of Place than 0/- 
 mond'QTvn Green. (So the Word ought to be written.) 
 No Mob muft fhew their Heads here ; for the Soldiers 
 would give them no Quarter. Tuefitay, 1^. 1 preached 
 there again. But on c iburfday, it being a rainy Day, 
 an Offer was made me of the Riding-houfe, a very large 
 commodious Building, defigned by Lord Ckeflerfietd for 
 a Church, but never ufed as fuch till now. A Trocp of 
 Soldiers was exercifing there when I came. But this 
 was clear Gains. For the Officers forbad any of them 
 to go away, before the Sermon was ended. 
 
 Friday, 18. I went with Mifs F — — to fee the 
 French Prifonerj, fent from Carrickfergus. They were 
 furp-ized at hearing a? good Punch fpoke in Dublin* as 
 they could have heard in Paris: And ftill more at I 
 exhorted to Heart-Religion, to the Faith that <wbrk( 
 L:ve. 
 
 day, 20. I appointed thofe of the Society, \ 
 d to renew their Covenant with Goo, which I had 
 i:\eral Times before explained, to laect me in the 
 
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 Evening. And I believe of the five Hundred and twelve 
 Members, hardly Twelve were wanting. 
 
 Monday, 21. In riding to Rojmead, I read Sir John 
 Dawes* Pliftorical Relations concerning Ireland. None I 
 who reads thefe can wonder, that, fruitful as it is, it was - 
 always fo thinly inhabited. For he makes it plain, 1. 
 That Murder was never Capital among the Native Irijh. 
 The Murderer only paid a fmall Fine, to the Chief of 
 his Sept. 2. When the Englijh fettled here, Mill the 
 Irijh had no Benefit of the Englijh Laws. They could 
 not fo much as fue an Englijhman. So the Englijh \ beat, 
 plundered, yea, murdered them at Pleafure. Hence, 3. 
 arofe continual Wars between them, for three Hundred 
 and fifty Years together. And hereby both the Englijh 
 and Irijh Natives, were kept few, as well as poor. 4. 
 When they were multiplied during a Peace of forty 
 Years, from 1600 to 1641, the General MafTacre, with 
 the enfuing War, again thinned their Numbers : Not fo 
 few as a Million of Men, Women and Children, being 
 dedroycd in four Years Time. 5. Great Numbers have 
 ever fmce, Year by Year, left the Land merely for waiit 
 of Employment. 6. The Gentry are continually driving 
 away Hundreds, yea Thoufands of them that remain, by 
 throwing fuch Quantities of arable Land into Pa flu re, 
 which leaves them neither Bufinefs, nor Food, This it 
 is that now difpeoples many Parts of Ireland* of Con- 
 naught in particular, which it is fuppofed has fcarce 
 half the Inhabitants at this Day, which it had Fourfcore 
 Year? apo* 
 
 Wednejdcy, 25. I rode to Ne t wry i and preached at 
 Seven in the Evening to a numerous Congregation. Sun* 
 day, 27. We had a ufeful Sermon at Church. But 
 they told rne, few attended the Prayers in the Afternoon. 
 However 1 refolved to fet them the Example: And 
 the Church was as full as in the Forenoon. Of what Im- 
 portance is every Step <urtake! Seeing fo many are 
 ready to follow us ! 
 
 Monday, 28. I rode to Ratbfriland, feven hip Miles 
 from Newry, a fmall Town buiit on the Top of a 
 Mountain, furrounded fir it by- a deep Valley, and at a 
 
 fmalt 
 
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 fmall Diftance by higher Mountains. The Prcfbyterian 
 Miniiter had wrote to the Popifh Pried, " To keep his 
 People from hearing." But they would not be kept. 
 Prpfeftants and Papitls flocked rogether co the Meadow 
 where I preached, and fat on the Grafs, (till as Might, 
 while I exhorted them, to Repent and believe the G-jtpel. 
 The fame Attention appeared in the whole Congregation 
 at Tenyhugan in the Evening : Where I fper.t a comfor- 
 table Night in the Prophet* s Chamber, ni'ie Foot long, 
 feven broad and fix high. The Cieling, Floor and 
 Walls were all of the fame Marble, vulgarly called Clay. 
 
 $ bur f day i May i. I rode to Myra. Soon after 
 Twelve, Handing on a Tomb-Stone, near the Church, 
 I called a considerable Number of People, to know 
 GOD, and JESUS CHRIST whom he hath Jent. W* 
 were juft oppofite to the Earl of Moyras Houfe, the beft 
 fin i(hed of any I have feen in Ireland. It ftands on a 
 Hill with a large Avenue in Front, bounded by the 
 Church on the oppofite Hill. The other three Sides are 
 covered by Orchards, Gardens and Woods, in which 
 are Walk^ of various kinds. 
 
 General Flaubert, who commanded the French 
 Troops at Carrickfcrgus, was juft gone from Lord Moy- 
 rd's. Major Brajehn was now there, a Man of a fine 
 Perfon and extremely graceful Behaviour. Both thefe 
 affirmed, That the French were all picked Men, out of 
 the King's Guards. That their Commiflton was, to 
 Land cither at Londonderry or Carrickfergus, while Mon- 
 fjeur Ccvfiam landed in the South : And if they did not 
 do this within three Months, to return drecTy to France. 
 
 Fnduy, 2. In the Evening, and Morning and Even- 
 ing on Saturday I preached at Lijburn. The People here 
 (as Mr. Bcjlon faid) are " ail Ear:" But who can find a 
 to their Heart ? 
 
 Sunday* 4. Alter preaching to a large Congregation at 
 Seven, I battened 10 Cumber* in order to be at Church 
 in Time. As (bon as Service was ended, I be^an, and 
 Four in Five of the People behaved wei 1 . About Six in 
 the Evening I preached a: Newtown : where there is 
 
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 ufually the largeft Congregation in Ulfter. Bat what 
 avails the hearing Ear, without the undcrftanding Heart ? 
 
 Monday, 5. After preaching in the Market-Place at 
 Belfa/i, to a People who care for none of thefe Things, we 
 rode on, with a furious Earl- Wind right in our Face to 
 Carrickfcrgus, where I willingly accepted of an Invitation 
 from a Merchant in the Town, Mr. Cobham, to lodge 
 at his Hiufe : The rather, when I underftood, that Mr. 
 Catenae, the French Lieutenant-General was ftill there, 
 I now received a very particular Account of what had 
 been lately tranfacled here. Mrs. Cobham faid, " My 
 Daughter came running in and faid, " Mamma, there 
 are three India-Men come into the Bay, and I fuppofe 
 my Brothers are come in them, (who had been in the 
 Baft-Indies for fome Time.) An Hour after fhe came in 
 again, and cried, " O Mamma, they fay they are 
 French-Men. And they are landing and their Guns 
 flitter in the Sun." Mr. Catenae informed me, 
 
 Thar Mr. Thurot had received a Thoufand Men out of 
 the KingVGuards, with Orders to Land in the North of 
 Ireland, at the fame Time that Monfieur Ccnflans landed 
 in the South. That a Storm drove him up to Bergen in 
 Norway, from whence he could not get out, 'till his 
 Ships were much damaged, and his Provifions confumed; 
 nor could he there procure a Supply at any Price : That 
 another Storm drove him to 66 Degrees North Latitude; 
 from whence he did not get back to Carrick Bay, 'till 
 all on Board were almoil famifned, having only an 
 Ounce of Bread per Man daily : That they then landed 
 merely to procure Provifions." I afked, " Is it true, 
 that you had a Deiign to burn the Town :" He cried 
 out, " Jesu, Maria ! We never had fuch a Thought! 
 To burn, to cellrcy, cannot enter into the Heart or 
 Head of a Good Man." 
 
 After they had landed (Mrs. Cobham and others 
 informed me) they divided into two Bodies. On< 
 thefe marched up to the Earl-Gate, the other to the 
 North. Twelve Soldiers and a Corporal were there on 
 the Wall, who heed upon them when they caave near. 
 Immediately General Flaubert feJ, ha\ing his Leg 
 
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 broke by a Mufket-Ball. The next in command, a 
 young Marquis, then led them on. When the Englijh 
 had fired four Rounds, having no more Ammunition 
 they retired, and the French entered the Town, and at 
 the Market-Place met thofe who had come in at the 
 Eafl-Gate. When they had joined, they marched up 
 to the Caflle, (tro' the Englijh there, who were an Hun- 
 dred and Sixty-two in Number, kept a conflant Fire.) 
 the Gate of which was not barred, Co that the Marquis 
 thrufl it open and went in. Juft then he was fhot dead. 
 Mr. Catenae immediately took his Place, and drew up 
 his Men again. The Englijh then defired a Parley, and 
 articled to furnifh tliem with Provifions in fix Hours. 
 But they could not perform ir, there being little in the 
 Town. On this Mr. Catenae fent for Mr. Cobha?n> and 
 defired him to go up to Bdfaji and procuie them, 
 leaving his Wife with the General, as an Hoflage for his 
 Return But the poor Frenchmen could not flay for this. 
 They began prefent'y to ferve themfelves wi(h Meat and 
 Diink: Having been in fuch Want, that they were 
 glad to eat raw Oats to fuilain Nature. They ac- 
 cordingly took all the Food they could find, with fome 
 Linen and Wearing Apparel. But they neither hurt 
 nor affronted Man, Woman or Child, nor did any 
 Mifchief for Mifchief 's Sake: Tho' they were fuffkiently 
 provoked ; for maiy of the In habitants affronted them 
 without Fear or Wit, curfed them to their Face, and 
 even took up Pokers or other Things to fir ike them. 
 
 While Mrs. Cobham was with the General, a little 
 plain drolled Man came in, to whom they all (hewed a 
 particular Refpecl. It ft ruck into her Mind, Is not this 
 Mr. Thurot? which was foon confirmed. She faid to 
 him, " Sir, you feem much fatigued. Will you flep to- 
 my Houfe and refrefh yourfelf :" He readily accepted 
 the Offer. She prepared a little Veal, of which he ate 
 jiioderaiely, and drank three Glafles of fmail, warm 
 Punch : After which he told her, •' I have not taken any 
 Food before, nor flept for Eight and Forty Hours." 
 She afk' d, " Sir, will you pleafe to take a little Reft 
 now ?" Obferving he darted, fhe added, M I will anfwer, 
 
 Life 
 
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 Life for Life, that none (hall hurt you under my Roof." 
 Hefaid, " Madam, I believe you : J accept the Offer." 
 He defired two of his Men might lie on the Floor by 
 the Bed-fide, flept about fix Hours, and then returning 
 her many Thanks, went aboard his Ship. 
 
 Five Days he was kept in the Bay by contrary 
 Winds. When he failed, he took the Mayor of 
 Carrick and another Gentleman, as Hoftages for the 
 Delivery of the F tench Prifoners. The next Morning 
 as he was walking the Deck, he frequently ftarted, 
 without any vifible Caufe, ftept fhort, and faid, " I 
 fhall die to Day " A while after, he laid to one of 
 the Enghjhy " Sir, I fee three Ships. Pray take my 
 Glafs, and tell me freely, what you Think they are V* 
 He looked fome Time and faid, " I think they are 
 Englijh, and I gucfs they are about forty Gun Ships." 
 He called his Officers and faid, " Our Ships are too foul 
 to fight at a Diilance : We mult, board them." Ac- 
 cordingly when they came up, after a fhort Fire, he 
 ran up clofe to Captain Elliot. ?.nd Captaiii Scoraeck with 
 his Four and Twenty Huflhrs, immediately leapt on 
 Board. Almoft inftantly, Nine of them by dead ; on 
 which he was fo enraged, that he rufhed forward with 
 his Sabre among the Enalijh, who feized his Arms and 
 carried him away. Meantime, his Men that were lefc, 
 retired into their own Ship. Thurt^ feeing this, cried 
 out, " Why (hould we throw away the Lives of the 
 poor Men ?" And ordered to ftrike the Colours. A Man 
 going up to do this, was mot dead ; as was likewife a 
 Second, And before a Third could doit, Mr Thurot 
 himfelf was mot thro' the Heart. So fell a brave Man : 
 Giving yet another Proof, That there is no Counjd or 
 Strength againji the LORD. 
 
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