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 Grey, Zachary, 1688-1766. 
 The Quaker and the Methodist 
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 Q_U A K E R 
 
 A N D- 
 
 METHODIST 
 
 COMPARED. 
 
 Ill an Abstract of 
 
 George Fox's Journal- 
 
 WithaCoPV of his 
 
 LaftWi L LandTfi s T a M e n Tf 
 
 And of the Reverend 
 
 Mr. George }V}nteJicU\ Journals^ 
 
 WITH 
 
 Historical Notes, 
 
 Humbly recommended to the Pcrufalof theQuAKERS 
 and Methodists. 
 
 A'f Suior ultra Crepidam. 
 
 L T^ I) O N: 
 
 Printed for J. M i l la n, oppofite the^J^ir.//^ 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 f 5^SpSf 7^ ^ntjfi, 1 thhik, mamfeph appear to 
 f> > -S^g^^V^'O ^'^■^J candid and unpitjjdicjJ Reader 
 ^y^flW^!^ ^f ^'-'^.^^ Abftradls,. that Grorge Fox,, 
 |:vSq'l__Jf;'(^ the Father of the Quiaker^, and the 
 ^fePMi-P^^S -'^"^^''<?^^'^ ^^- George W hire field, one 
 
 lE^mOmii^M rf the Apollles <?/"//;^ Mcchodiits, in 
 7na}7v Rejpe^h rcjenible each ether \ and that^ mtwlih- 
 jiaiulhig the'j 7na'j poffibly d.i]Jer in forne particular Points 
 and Sentiments, they are both fond of the jame Phral^^ 
 and Diiflion -, and their Pretences to inipracion, to a 
 very iriUniute Famiharicy with the Dv-ity, and the 
 Pozver of working Miracles, are of the fame Stamp 
 and Aiithof ity. 
 
 IVhcther Mr. Whitefiekl e'cer had the Curio fity {7 
 read George Fox*j Journal, being an utter Stranger tQ 
 his Perfon, and having but a very'flender 'Acquainlanc^e 
 ivith his PFritings (his Journals excepted) 1 cannot pre- 
 tend to determine : But fure I atn, -zjuhoever compare it 
 wiih his own Journals, may, izilhout a S[)irit ot Divi- 
 Ration, pronounce them both to proceed from an enthufi- 
 allic Spirit. 
 
 T^he Condu5i, indeed, of the Method ids /;; carefTing 
 the Di (Tenters of all Denominations, particularly the 
 Quakers, is to me a plain Indication, that at ieafi they 
 have no Antipathy to their Principles. Nay^ 1 think 
 
P R E F A C E. 
 
 / am verv credibly informed^ that they have already 
 dogmatically declared^ that the Quaker is right in 
 everx Article^ excepting only in the Cafe of Sacra laencs 
 tf;;^ I'ythes. 
 
 IVhnt the Confeqtience of this new Bo^rine will he^ 
 confidering the Giddinefs of the wavering, unftable Po- 
 pulace, their Greedinefs (zvith the Athenians of old) of 
 imbibing the Poyfon of Novelty, and even their Affec- 
 tion for Delufion, // is not difficult to prefage. 
 
 ^Z)/j /J, inoji certain^ as vilifying the excellent Liturgy 
 cf the Church 0/ England, decrying ^// Scholaftic and 
 Academical Learnings and rediculing the learned Lan- 
 guages:, are the common Topicks of their popular Ha- 
 rangues, we have little Reafon to expedt a good one. 
 
 Ifhall conclude this fhort Preface in the Words of a 
 late Reverend and Learned (^) Divine, " When we 
 -' Jhallfce in their Affemhlies (fpeaking of the Quakers) 
 <' as //j<f unbelieving Jews and Gentiles did^ in the 
 ^' Primitive Chriftian Meetings^ that they have the 
 *' Gift of Tongues, and the Gift of interpreting 
 " thereof : When^ together with the Gift of Tongues, 
 ** wejhalljee^ that they have^ as the Chaiftians had^ 
 *< all the other miraculous Gifts *, when^ with all thtSy 
 *' they fhall preach no other Dooirine than what the 
 '-' Apoltles had preached^ and the Catholick Church 
 ** received^ &:c. then we will believe that it is the 
 " Spirit which is J peaking in the?n, and that God is in- 
 " them, and among them of a Truth; But till then y 
 ** we muji believe them all to be Impoftors, or Enthu- 
 *' fiafts, ^^/^BlafphemersoftheHoly Ghoft. 
 
 (a) Dr. Hicks'i Sermon, iotitled, "tifr Spirit of Enthujiafm 
 e%^Lifcd. Scrmo.'is, vol. i. p. 102. 
 
 AK 
 
A N 
 
 ABSTRACT 
 
 OF 
 
 George Fox's Journal. 
 
 IfflK. 
 
 P A G E I . 
 
 Was born at Drayton in the Clay, in 
 Leicejerjhire, 1624, my Father a 
 PFeaher, 
 
 P. 2.] As I grew up, my Rela- 
 tions thought to have made me a 
 _ _ Prie/l ; but others perfuaded to the 
 contrary. Whereupon, I was put to a Man that 
 w^s a {a) 'Shoemaker by Trade, ^c, Whilft I was 
 with him he was bUfed -, but after I left him, he 
 broke, and came to nothing— For the Lord's Power 
 was with me, and over me, to preferve me. 
 
 P. 3.] At the Command of God, on the 9th Day, 
 of the 7th Month, 1643, I left my Relations, and 
 brake off all Familiarity with Young or Old, and 
 paired to Lutterworth ; from thence to Northampton \ 
 
 B irom 
 
 (*; Aleu^ander Rofs [^/Vu^ of all Religions in the World, 6th 
 Edit. p. 420] mentions one Herman, a Cobler, of Ofzant (an 
 yinabaptiji) who profeffed himfelfa true Prophet that he was 
 the true MeJJias, the Saviour, and Redeemer af the World. 
 
from thence to Newport- Pagnel, in Euckinghamjhire % 
 from thence to Bnrnet — Now, during the Time I 
 was at Barnet^ a ftrong Temptation to {h) Defpair 
 came upon me -, and then 1 law how Chrift was tempt- 
 ed, and mighty Troubles I was in *, Tome times I 
 kept myfelf retired in my Chamber, and often 
 walk'd foHcary in the Chace^ there to wait upon the 
 Lord. 
 
 P. 5.] As I was walking in a Field on a firft Day 
 Morning, 1646, i\^?iX Coventry^ the Lord opened to 
 me, That being bred at {c) Oxford and Cavitridge^ 
 
 was 
 
 {h) Mr. Lejley obferves [^Snake in the Grafs^ 3d Edit. p. 33] 
 *' That as George Fox, the Shoemaker^ and Lodoivick Muggleton, 
 " the Taylor^ were equal in their Endowments j fo the Ground 
 *' and Occa/ion of their £«/i'^y/^//; was the lame j that iS, De- 
 " ffair : Per To George Fox tells us of himfelf, in the Beginning 
 *' of his Journal, p. 3, 4, 5, S, &c. And I had it, fays he, as 
 " to Muggleton, from his own Mouth, long before Fox's Jour- 
 " nal was printed. They were "both fo deeply feized with De- 
 " ffair^ that, like t\it fojfcfs* d Man in theGofpel, they forfooS: 
 *' all human Converfation. 
 
 {e) Gerard Brandt informs us fSee Abridgment of his Hiftory 
 of the Reformation in the Loiv Countries^ London^ ^725> P* SPJ 
 " That the Anaba'ptijis in Holland, about the Year 1534, af- 
 firm'd. That it was needlefs to apply Onefelf to Arts and Sci- 
 ences ; that Knowledge was to be fought in God alone." 
 Mr. Eelfon (in his Life of Bifhop Bull^ p. 80.) gives the fol- 
 lowing remarkable Account : " There was one who was a 
 Treacher among them [the ^akers'\ who would frequently 
 accoft Mr. Bull- And once more pirticularly, faid he, George^ 
 as for human Learning I {^ no Value upon it, but if thouiuilt 
 talk Scripture, have at thee. Upoh which Mr. Bull^ willing 
 to corre^ his Confidence, and to (hew him how unable he 
 was to lupport his Pretenilons, anfwered him. Come on then. 
 Friend. So Opening the Bible, which lay before them, he 
 fell upon the Book of Proverbs -. Seeil thou. Friend, faid he, 
 Solomon faith in one Place, Anpwer a Fool according to his 
 Folly , and in another Place, Anj'-wer not a Fool according to 
 his Folly. How doll thoj reconcile thcfe two Texts of 
 Scripture? Why, laid the Preacher, Solomon dont fay fo. 
 To which Mr. Bull replied. Ay but he doth; and turning 
 to the Places, he foon convinced him. Upon which the 
 ^aker, hereat being much out of Countenance, laid, If'hy 
 then Solomon'j a Fool . Which ended the Controverfy. 
 
 i( 
 
 i( 
 
was not enough to fit and qualify Men to be Mini- 
 fters of Chrift^ I ftranged at it, becaufe it was the 
 common Belief of People : But I faw it clearly, as 
 the Lord opened it to me, and was fatisfied, and 
 admired the Goodnefs of ihe Lord, who had opened 
 this Thing unto me that Morning. 
 
 P. 6.] At another Time it W3s opened in me. 
 That God, who made the World, did not dwell in Tetn- 
 pies made with Hands. This, at firft, feemed a (d) 
 flrange Word, becaufe both Priefts and People ufe 
 to call their Temples, or Churches, dreadful Places, 
 and holy Ground, and the Temples of God : But 
 the Lord fhewed me, fo that 1 did fee clearly, that 
 he did not dwell in thefe Temples which Men had 
 commanded and fet up, but in People's Hearts. — 
 This opened on me as I walked in the Fields to 
 my Relation's Houfe ; and when I came there, they 
 told me, that Nathaniel Stephens, the Prieft, had 
 been there, and told them, he was afraid of me for 
 going after new Lights : And I fmiled in myfelf, 
 knowing what the Lord had opened in me concern- 
 ing him and his Brethren ; but 1 told not my Rela- 
 tions, who, tho' they faw beyond the Priefts, they 
 went to hear them, and were grieved becaufe I 
 would not go alio : But I brought them Scriptures, 
 and told them, there was an Anointing within Man 
 to teach him, and that the Lord would teach his 
 People himfelf : And I had great Openings concern- 
 ing the Things written in the Revelations ; and when 
 I fpake of them, the Priefts and ProfeJJors would 
 fay. That was a fealed Book, and would have kept 
 me out of it , but i told them, That Chrift could 
 
 B 2 open 
 
 (J) Mr. Lejiey^ in his Obfervation upon this PafTage [^Snahc 
 in the Grafs ^ P-3i5] ^^ys, " /ox, it feems, did not know be- 
 " fore but that God dwelt in a Churchy as a Man does in a 
 ** Houfe^ lb as to be lock'd up, and to be no wheri elfe when 
 ** he was there. This is a worthy Man to make a Prof bet of! 
 '* and thefe are notable Difcoveries that he has made I and fuch 
 ** are all his Difcourfes ^ all his new Light. 
 
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 open the Seals, and that they were the ncareft Tkmgs 
 to us. 
 
 P. 6.] About the Beginning of the Year 1647, 
 / was moved of the Lord to go into Derhyjhire, where 
 I met with fome friendly People, and had many 
 Difcourfes with thenn. 
 
 P. 7.] I was ofren under great Temptations, and 
 I faded much, and walked abroad in folitary Pla- 
 ces many Days, and often toot my Bible and went 
 and fat in hollow Trees, and lonefome Places, till 
 Night came on, and frequently in the Night walk- 
 ed mournfully about by myfclf ; for I was a Man 
 of Sorrows in the Time of the ftrji JVorkings of the Lord 
 in me: And tho' my Exercifcs and Troubles were 
 very great, yet were not they fo continual, but thaji 
 I had fome Intcrmiffjcns, and was fome times 
 brought into fuch a heavenly Joj^ that I thought I 
 had been in Abraham^ s B.ofom, 
 
 P. 8.j Now, after I had received that Opening 
 from the Lord, That to be bred at (e) Oxford or 
 Cambridge, was not fufficicnt to fit a Man to be a 
 Minifter of Chriji, I regarded the Priefls lefs, and 
 looked more after the diffenting People \ and among 
 them I faw there was fome Tendernefs, and many 
 of them came afterwards to be convinced, for they 
 had fome Openings. 
 
 P. 9.3 Again I heard a Voice, which did fay, 
 Ihou Serpent, thou dofi feek to dejlroy this Life^ hut 
 canft not \ for the Sword which keepeih the Tree of 
 Life /hall deflroy thee : So Chrijl, the Word of God, 
 v/hich bruifed the Head of the Serpent the Deftroyer, 
 
 preferved 
 
 (e) *' Had this Cobbler (fays Mr. DJley, Sn^hs in the Grafs ^ 
 '* P' 334') ^"^ ^^^ Brother Botcher^ Muggleton^ been bred at 
 *' Camhridge or Oxford^ in all Probability the Nation had been 
 " free from both thele Madmen ; they had not been io mady ^o 
 *' fottijhly igmrant, to take the commonejt Notions in the World 
 
 for I'uch tVonders, inch fufernatural Revelations ,• and to have 
 
 magijified themfclves above all Mankind^ for what ail Man"' 
 
 ki/,d knew better than they did. 
 
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 prcferved me ; my inward Mind being joined to his 
 good Seed, that bruifed the Head of this Serpent 
 the Deftroyer, and this inward Life did fpring up in 
 me, to anfwer all the oppofing ProfeJJors and Priefts^ 
 and did bring Scriptures into my Memory to confute 
 them with. 
 
 p. 12.] I wondered that the Children o{ Ifrcul 
 fhould murmer for Water and Viftuals ; for I could 
 have failed long without murmuring or minding 
 Vidtuals. But I was judged fometimes, that I was 
 ROt contented to be fometimes without the Water 
 and Bread of JJife^ that I might learn to know how 
 to want^ and how to abound. 
 
 And I heard of a Woman in Lancajhire^ that 
 had failed two and twenty Days, and I travelled to 
 fee her ; but when 1 came to her, 1 faw that flie was 
 under a Temptation -, and when I had fpoken to her 
 what I had from the Lord, I left her, her Father 
 being one high in Profeffion : And pafling on, I went 
 among the ProfefTors at Buckenfield and Mancheftery 
 where I ftaid awhile, and declared Truth among 
 them : And there were fome convinced, who re- 
 ceived the Lord^s "Teaching, by which they were con- 
 firmed, and (lood in the Truth •, but the Profejfors 
 were in a Rage, all pleading for Sin and Jmper- 
 feolion j and could not endure to hear talk of Per- 
 feElion, and of an Holy and (f) Sinlejs Life : But the 
 
 Lord's 
 
 (f) Is George Fox\ or St. J^ohn to be believed, who, in hu 
 ift Epiftle, chap. i. ver. 8, g. lays, If ive fay that ^e have no 
 Sin^ -we deceive ourfelves^ mad the Truth is not in us. If -ws con- 
 fefs our Sins^ he is faithful andjuj} to forgive us our Sins, and tn 
 cleanfe us from all Unrighteoufnefs. Mr. Lcfley fays, Snake in the 
 Grafs^ p, 8. " That they make themfelves equal with God^ 
 " infallible and ferfeQly finlefs^ as He is. They laugh at us 
 " for confefling ourfelves to be Sinners, or praying to God for 
 " Mercy:' Mas ! foor Souls (fays Mr. ?^«, in his Truth ex- 
 halted) of the Church o{ England. Are you not at have Mercy 
 upon MS miferable Sinners j There is no Health in us, from Seven 
 to Seventy ^ And for this he upbraids the Church oi England aj-- 
 Oppofers oiFerfeSiion^ 
 
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 Lord's Power was over all, tho' they were chained 
 under Darknefs and Sin, which they pleaded for, 
 and quenched the tender Things in them. 
 
 P. 13.] As I was walking by the Steeple Houfe in. 
 the Town of Mansfield^ the Lord faid unto me, 
 ^bat which People trample upon muft he thy Food :, 
 And as the Lord fpake, he opened it to me, how 
 that Pepple and ProfefTors did trample upon the 
 Life, even the Life of Chrijl was trampled upon \ 
 and they fed upon Words, and fed one another 
 with Words, but trampled upon the Life, and tram- 
 pled under Foot the Blood of God. It feem'd 
 llrange to me at firft, that I fhould feed upon chac 
 which the high Profeflbrs trampled upon, but the 
 Lord opened it tp me clearly by his eternal Spirit 
 and Power, Then came People far and near to fee 
 me, and I was fearful to be drawn out by them ; 
 yet L was made to fpeak, and open Things to 
 them. There was one Brown who had great Pro- 
 phecies and Sights upon his Death Bed of me •, and 
 he fpoke openly of what I fhould be made inftru- 
 mental by the Lord to bring forth : And of others 
 he fpake. That they fhould come to nothing ; 
 which was fulfilled on. fome that were then fomcthing 
 in Shew. And when this Man was buried, a great 
 Work fell upon me^ to the Admiration of many, 
 who thought I had been dead : And many came to 
 fee me for about fourteen Days Time [g) for I was 
 very much altered in Countenance and Perfon^ as if 
 my Body had been new moulded-, or changed. And 
 while 1 was in this Condition, I had a Sen fe and 
 pifcerning given me by the Lord, thro' which I 
 faw plainly, that when many People talked of God^ 
 and of Chrij}, ^c. the Serpent fpake in them ; but 
 this was hard to be borne. 
 
 P. 14] 
 
 (£j This dark Enthufiaji^ I prcfume, t©ok this Change to be 
 ^^^itoMi bltjfed Saviour* sfransfigurattQ?}, 
 
P- 14.] A Report went abroad of me. That I 
 was a young Man that had a difcermng Spirit ; 
 whereupon many came to me from far and near, 
 Profefors, Pn.fts, and People, and the Lord's 
 Power brake fotth and I had great Openings zr^d 
 Prophecies znd I fpake unto them concerning the 
 i hsngs of God. ^ 
 
 Prfi^l"" r'^^-^f/ '^^^' «^ ^ ^^' fitting in a 
 fr^endsnonk^nNoninghamJhire (for by this Time 
 the Power of God had opened the Hearts of fome 
 
 1:TZ ''' "^"'^ ""'M ^"'J R-oncilialion) f 
 law there was a great Crack to go throughout the 
 
 JnTlt' ? ^'■?*' ^'"'^^ f° 8° as the Crar^ went ; 
 ^f i "' ^.u"" '•'" ^'■^^'^' there Ihould be a grea 
 Shaking : This was the Earth in People's Hearts 
 which was to be Ihaken, before the Seed of God 
 was ra.fed out of the Earth : And it was fo ; for 
 AW ^T^' '''San CO Ihake them, and great 
 
 !1 7V^^\""^^'?'" ^° •^^^^' and a mighty F^z^.r 
 
 AftoniflimentofbothP^o^/^andP^V/f. *^ 
 
 • ?;r*^'^- /.'"^'^ ^'th a great Company of ProfelTors 
 
 mWar^ickJhire who were prayin|and expounf ng 
 
 TntL f -^ «POunded the Law ; and I opened the 
 
 Jhev fell inrn '" t"^' ^"'^ "^^ "^""'^^'^ State, and 
 they fell into a fierce Contention, and fo parted; 
 but the Lord's Power got Ground ^ 
 
 celr'^l ^Ttf ' ^''r ^'"'"S '° be at Lei- 
 cefter, tor a Difpute, wherein both Presbyterians 
 Independents Bapttjis, and Conimon-PrayS £■ 
 
 (T^W;V'V°"Tf •, T*^^ Meeting-'wast^a 
 {b) Steeple Houje, and thither was I moved by the 
 
 Lord 
 rcijs, p. 202.) That fome ^^^^.r.r yet more proplunely, 
 
C^3 
 
 Lord God to go and be amongft them. At iaft one 
 Woman asked a Queftion out of Peter^ what that 
 Birth was, viz. Bgmg hern again of incorruptible Seed 
 hy the Word of God that liveth and ahideth for ever? 
 And the Prieft faid to her, (i) I permit not a Woman 
 io Jpeak in the Church ; tho* he had before given Li- 
 berty to any one to fpeak. Whereupon / was 
 wrapt up as in a Rapture in the Lord^s Power : And 
 I ftept up in a Place and asked the Prieft^ " Doft 
 *' thou call this Place (the Steeple Houfe) a Church, 
 " or doft thou call this mix'd Multitude a Church ? 
 For the Woman asking a Queftion, he ought to 
 have anfwered it, having given Liberty for any to 
 fpeak ; but he did not anfwer me neither, but aikcd 
 me, what a Church was ? I told him, The Church 
 was the Pillar and Ground of Truth, made up of 
 living Stones, living Members, a fpiritual Houfehold^ 
 which Chrift was the Head of: But he was not the 
 Head of a mix'd Multitude, or of an old Houfe 
 made up of Lime, Stones, and Wood. This fee 
 them all on Fire, 
 
 p. 17.] 
 
 " have called the Church a Bawdy Houfe, a Whore Houfe^ &Ci 
 " Which, fays he, I have from thofe that heard them. 
 
 I have heard of a modern ^aker, of a more polite Caft, who 
 being asked to contribute towards the rebuilding of his Farljh 
 Churchy anfwered, That the building of Churches was not con- 
 fident with his Principles : But if they'd accept 20/. towards 
 pulling down of the old Church, it was at theip Service. 
 
 (/■) Remarkable is George Fox's Interpretation of thofe Texts, 
 1 Tim. ii. II, 12. and of I Cor. xiv. 13. Women are to learn in 
 Silence^ and not fuffered to teach, nor to ufurp Authority over the 
 Man, hut to be in Silence. In a Letter to the Duke oi Holjieyn^ 
 1684 (Journal, p. 524.) who had given Orders to the Rulers of 
 Fredrichjiadt^ to make the fakers leave that Place, becaufe 
 they fuffered Women to preach, *' Now here the Duke may fee 
 *' what Sort they be, that were to be in Silence and Subjeftion, 
 " which Law commands to be ,/ilent, and not u/arj) Authority 
 *' over the Man j nor to ffeak in the Churchy were unruly Wq- 
 
f 9 ] 
 
 p. 17.] Now was I co7ne up in the Spirit thro' the 
 Flaming Sword into the Paradife of God. All Things 
 were new ; and all the Creation gave another Smell 
 unto me than before, beyond what Words can utter. 
 I knew nothing but Turenefs., and Innocency, and 
 Righteoufnefs^ being renewed up in the hnage of God 
 hj Chrifi Jefus : So that I fay, 1 was come up to the 
 State of {k) Adam before he fell. 
 
 P. 22.] I faw that the Grace of God, which 
 brings Salvation, had appeared unto all Men, 
 and that the Manifeftation of the Spirit of 
 God was given to every Man to profit withal. 
 Thefe Things I did not fee by the Help of Man, 
 nor by the Letter (tho* they are written in tht Let- 
 ter) but I faw them in the Light of the Lord Je/us 
 Cbrifl, and by his immediate Spirit and Power, as 
 did the holy Men of God, by whom the holy Scrip- 
 tures were written. 
 
 P. 24.] When the Lord fent me forth into the 
 World, he forbad me (/) to put off my Hat to any 
 
 C High 
 
 {k) Mr. LeJIey fays {Saake in the Grafs, p. ^6.) *' That one 
 *' James Seaton having parted with his Wife, iell in League 
 «' with Mary Rofs ^ who, becaule as George Fox, fays, Uey iver^ 
 *' come to the State of the firji^ Adam in his Innocency, itnpped 
 ** herfelf /?flr^ naked, and fo appeared, faying, It was a Sign of 
 *' Guilt to be afhamed of one Part, of one's Body more than ano- 
 *' ther • But his Wife meeting with her, beat her fo well, that 
 ** tho' fhe cared not for Cloaths as a Covering, yet (he thought 
 *' them convenient as Armour ,• which that Sfark, more bold 
 " than wife, wanted ; who, adventuring too near this naked 
 *' Virtue, received fuch a Token of her Love as ituck to him 
 " and gave him Occafion at once to bemoan and Revenge himlelt 
 '' in this Dijiich upon his yidamicalhWihtis. 
 '' Jn Mariam Rofam 
 " Per Mariam juro Dolieo quam Vulnere Duro, 
 " Defere Famolam fpinigeramque Rofam. 
 (l\ George Fox, as Mr. Le^y informs us {Snake 7n theGraJs, 
 p. 290. J made it Heathenifm and Idolatry, in his Treatife, fur- 
 i^amed Iconoclajies, and an Order of his printed at the End ot 
 tyranny and Uypcrify, 1673. '^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^'"''^' '' ^'*'''"^' "^ 
 
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 High or Low, and 1 was required to thee and thou 
 all Men and Women, without any Refped to Rich 
 or Poor^ Great or S^nall ; and as i travelled up and 
 down, I was not to bid People Good Morrow^ or 
 Good Evening *, neither might 1 bow or ferape with iny 
 Leg to any one ; And this made the SeBs and Pro- 
 fefftons to rage. 
 
 P. 25.] 1649, The black earthly Spirit of the 
 Prieft wounded my Life ; and when I heard the Bell 
 toll to call People together to the Steeple Uoufe^ it 
 fVruck my Life ; for it was jutt like a Market Bell, 
 to gather People together, that the Pried might fet 
 forth his Ware to Sale. O the vaft Sums of Money 
 chac were gotten by the Trade they make of felling 
 
 the 
 
 any Creature in Heaven^ or in 'Earthy 'painted upon a ^ign^ but 
 only a Bed-Staffs Fire-Shovel^ Saiif, Fork, or the like, of Man^s 
 making : And where he preaches againft Skiming-Dijh Hats^ 
 unneceflary Buttons on 'Coats or Cloaks ; Slit Peaks behind an 
 the Skirts vi Women's IVajIcoats^ Short black Jprons^ needlefs 
 flying Scarfs^ Viziard Masks^ hare Necks^ &C. All which, he 
 dicf^ates as from immediate Infpiration. And in another Place 
 {Snake in the Grafs^ p. 119,) Mr. Lifley has the following 
 Words, " Let me only obferve, what an uncouth and prepofte- 
 "' rous Piece of Humility it is, to deny the Title or Civility of 
 " Maper^ or of their Hat^ whilft, at the fame Time, they 
 
 worfhip one another with divine Honour, and beftow upon 
 
 themfelves Titles, far above what any Angels, fince Lucifer^ 
 
 durft pretend to, to he even equal -with God^ of the fame Suh~ 
 
 /^ Jfancej and ot the i^me Soul^ with him, and grudge not to 
 
 " apply all the Attributes of God, to the Li^ht within thea^ 
 
 and to themfelves for it's Sake j thus transferring the Honour 
 *' of God to themfelves." Mr. Sexvell^ a leaker (in his Hillory 
 *' of the ^^akers^ p. /609.) informs us, " That King James IL 
 *' ufed the fakers well in all Refpe{rts, and would not fufFer 
 " his Servants to moleft any for not fulling off their Hats when 
 
 they came near his Royal Perfon ; nay, lb far went this Con- 
 ** defcenfion, that a certain Countryman of the Sluakers Per- 
 
 fuafion, coming to him with his Hat on his Head, the King 
 "" took off his own Hat, and held it under his Arm ; which the 
 
 other feeing, faid. The King needs not to keep off his Hat 
 *' for me. To which the Prince returned, You don't know the. 
 *' Cuftom here, for that requires, that but one Hat muft be on 
 •' hcse. 
 
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 the Scriptures, and from their preaching, frcni the 
 higheft Biihop, to the lowed Prieft ! what one Trade 
 die in the World is comparable to it ? 
 
 P. 26.] Now, as I went towards Nottmgham on a 
 firft Day of the Morning, with Friends to a Meeting 
 there, when I came on a Top of a Hill, in the Sight 
 of the Town, I efpied the great Steeple Houfe^ and 
 the Lord faid, Thou hinft go and cry againft 'ponder 
 great Idol^ and againft the Worjjjippers therein. When 
 I came there, all the People looked like fallozo 
 Ground, and the Prieft (like a great Lump of Earth) 
 flood in his Pulpit above : And he took for his 
 Text thefe Words of St. Peter, IVe have 'a more fur e 
 Word of Prophecy}, whereunto ye do 'Well that ye take 
 heed as unto a Light that fhineth in a dark Place^ un- 
 til the Day Dawn, and the Day Star, arije in your 
 Hearts. And he told the People, That it was the 
 (m) Scriptures by which they were to try all Doc- 
 trines, Religions and Opinions. Now the Lord's 
 Power was fo mighty upon me, and fo ft rang in me, that 
 I could not hold, bur was made to cry out and . 
 fay. Oh no^ (n) it is not the Scriptures i but I told 
 
 e 2 thern 
 
 {m) Mr. Lejley fays {Snahe in the Grafs, p. 537.) '' That they 
 *' thought themlelves to have a Difpenfation beyond the Pro- 
 *' fhets and Jfofiles, whom they called Lou> and Carnal ^ in 
 ** their Day. I can name thole, fays he, that now Hand high 
 '' among them j who being prefs'd with a Text out of one ot 
 " St. FauVs Epiftles (not 20 Years a^) did, before many Wit- 
 " neCes of the principal fakers, not iliclc to lay, That Faul 
 *' w-as dark and ignorant (like him whom they oppofeJ) and chat 
 " they faw beyond him. 
 
 («) Mr. LeJIey obferves (Snahe in the Grafs, p. 87.) that^they 
 called the Holy Scriptures by the wicked and contemptible Names 
 oiDufi^ Death^Serfent's Meat^ &c. Nay, in another Place, P-^'O^ 
 That a ^aker was iU ufed at a Meeting Houfe in Grace-church 
 Street, for reading a Part of a Chapter before the Meeting be- 
 gan. " But that this {"lays he ihidj may not Teem llrange to the 
 -• Reader^ he mull know, that there never was, from their hrlb 
 " appearing in the World, one Chapter in the Holy Scriptures 
 '' read in anv of their Meetings, tho* many ot their own Ep'- 
 
1 1^ ] 
 
 them what it was, namely, the Holy Spirit by which 
 the holy Men of God gave forth the Scriptures, 
 whereby Opinions, Religions, and Judgments were to 
 be tried \ for it led into all Truth, and fo gave the 
 Knowledge of all Truth. 
 
 P. 27.] After I was fet at Liberty from Notting- 
 ham Gaot^ 1649, I travelled, -as before, in the Work 
 of the Lord, and coming to Mansfield JVoodhoufey 
 there was a diftra^ed IVoman under \}^tDo5lor'% Hands, 
 with her Hair loofe all about her Ears, and he was 
 about to let her Blood, fhe being firft bound, and 
 many People being about her, holding her by Vio- 
 lence ; but he could get no Blood from her •, and I 
 defired them to unbind her, and let her alone, for 
 they could not touch the Sprit in her, by which fhe 
 was tormented •, fo they did unbind her, and I was 
 moved to fpeak to her, and, in the Name of the 
 Lord, to bid her he quiet and Jlill •, and {he was fo 5 
 and the Lord's Power fettled her Mind, and (he 
 mended, and afterwards received the Truth, and 
 continued in it to her Death. And the Lord's 
 Name was honoured, to whom the Glory of all his 
 "Works belongs. Many great and wonderful Things 
 were wrought by the heavenly Power in thofc 
 Days ; for the Lord made bare his omnipotent 
 Arm, and manifefted his Power to the Aftonifli- 
 ment of many : By the healing Vertue of which, 
 many have been delivered from great Infirmities, 
 and the Devils were made fubjedt thro' his Name. 
 
 P. 29.] I heard of a People that were in Prifon at 
 Coventry for Religion ; and, as I walked towards 
 the Gaol, the Word of the Lord came to me, fay- 
 ing, 
 
 ** ftles have been frequently, and cnjoyn'd there to be read- 
 Thus their great George /'(jx commands, This is the Word of the 
 Lordy fays he, I charge you^ in the Frefence of the Lord God^ to 
 fend this Efrji^e amongf all Friends and BrethreUy every -where to 
 he read in all Meetings. To them all this is the Word of God, 
 &c. Yet he calls ic Blafphemy to lay the Holy Scriptures arc 
 the Word of God. 
 
[ ^3 ] 
 
 ing, M'j Love was always to thee, and thou art in 
 my Love : And I was ravifhed with the Senfe of the 
 Love of God, and ftrengthened in my inward Man. 
 But when I came into Gaol where thofe Prifoners 
 were, a great Power of Darkncfs (Iruck at me, and 
 I fat ftill, having my Spirit gathered in the Love of 
 God. At lad thefe Prifoners began to rant, and 
 vapour, and Uafpheme ; at which my Soul was great- 
 ly grieved. They faid, they were God. I perceived 
 they were Ranters, and I had met with none before. 
 After this, one of thefe Ranters, whofe Name was 
 {e) Jofeph Salmon, put forth a Book, or Paper of 
 Recantation; upon which, they were fet at Liber- 
 ty. 
 
 P. 30.] And as I pafled thro' Fairs and Markets, 
 
 and divers Places, I faw Death and Darknefs in all 
 People where the Lord God had not (haken them. 
 
 Ibid,'] There was, in the Town of Twy-Crofs, a 
 great Man that had long laid fick, and was given 
 over by the Phyftcians \ and fome Friends in the 
 Town defired me to go fee him, and I went up to 
 him in his Chamber, and fpake the Word of Life 
 to him, and was moved to pray by him, and the 
 Lord was intreated to rejlore him to Health : But when 
 I was come down Stairs into a lower Room, and 
 was fpeaking to the Servants, ^c. a ferving Man 
 of his, came raving out of another Room with a 
 naked Rapier in his Hand, and fet it juft to my 
 Side ; but I looked ftedfaftly at him, and faid. 
 
 Alack 
 
 {0) The Title of the Bock, Height in Deaths, and Depths in 
 Heights j or, Truth no lefs fecretly than pweetly Jfarkling^ out its 
 Glory from under a Cloud of Obloquie. Wherein is difcoveredy 
 the various Motions of an experienced Soul ^ in and thro* the rfjani- 
 fold D iff enfat ions of God. ^nd how the y^uthor hath been at^ed 
 iny and redeemed fronty the unknown Paths of Darknefs^ wherein^ 
 as in a Wildernefsy he hath wandered^ without the clear Vifion of 
 a divine Prefence. Together with aftncere Abdication of certain 
 TenentSy either formerly vented by him^ or now charged ufon him. 
 Per me^ Jo, Salmon. London: Printed by T. Neweomh. 1651. 
 
t Hi 
 
 Alack for thee^ poor Creahirey what wilt thou do with 
 thy carnal Weapon f It is 7w more to me than d Straw. 
 The Standers by were much troubled, and he went 
 away in a Rage, and full of Wrath. Thus the 
 Lord's Power preferved me, and raifed up the weak 
 Man. 
 
 ^' i1'^ Juftice Bennett of Darby, was the firft 
 that called us ^j/akers^ becaufe I bid them (p) trem- 
 ble at the Word of the Lord •, and this was in the 
 Year 1650. 
 
 P. 46.] Among others that came to fee me (in 
 Darby Prifon) there came a certain Perfon from 
 Nottingham^ a Soldief, and that had been a Baptift^ 
 as I underftood *, and with him came feveral others ; 
 and in Difcourfe this Perfon faid, T'our Faith Jiands 
 in a Man that died at Jerufalem, and there was never 
 cmy fuch Thing, From this Man's Words was a 
 Slander raifed upon us, that the fakers lliould deny 
 Chrift^ that fuffered and died at Jerufalem fq) which 
 was all utterly falfe. 
 
 p. 50.1 
 
 (/») Mr. Lejley obferves {Snahe in the Grafs, p. 77.) That the 
 fakers defend their preternatural Shaking and Tremblings from 
 Hahbakukh Lips quivering. 
 
 (q) The anonimous Author of a Book, intltled, Viniici^ 
 
 j^nti-Baxteriance : or, Animadverfions on a Book, intitled, The 
 
 Life 0/ Mr. Richard Baxter, p. 168. fays, '' Mx. Gabriel El- 
 
 '* dredge, in Marjhfield, in Glojierjhire, told me, That he waS' 
 
 ' with a Man of good Eftate on his Death-bed, and asking 
 
 ' him about Jefus Chrijl ,- Jefus Qhrijl, faid the^ Man, Who 
 
 ' is that? t do not remember that ever I heard of him in my 
 
 ' Life, When I once ivent from Houfe to Houfe, fome could 
 
 ' not tell me whether Chrifi were a Man or a Woman j knew 
 
 * not what crucified was." 
 
 Leonard Fell^ George Fox's Follower, pirofelfed, That Chrrjf- 
 had never any Body but his Church (Snake in the Grafs, p. ^2.) 
 Mr. Lefley fays (Snake in the Grafs, p. ^S.^) " I can name one, 
 " wha reafoning concerning the Outward Chrijl, oh Horror to 
 
 " repeat it * bid, that Chrijl might kifs his •. And it is 
 
 " not much behind this which a ^aker Preacher, now in Lon- 
 " don, faid to one I can produce, who was endeavouring to 
 *' perfuade him, that Chrijl was now a Man. the Preacher re- 
 " plied, The Man Chrijl a F-«rr. 
 
. [ ^5] 
 
 P. 50.] Paul did not preach for Wages, but la- 
 boured with his Hands, that he might be an Exam- 
 pie to all them that follow him. Oh People fee 
 who follow PauL (r) The Prophet Jeremiah fa id. 
 
 The Prophets prophecy falfely, and the Priefts 
 
 bear Rule by their Means ; " but now the Priefts 
 bear Rule by the Means they get from the People ; 
 take away their Means, and they will bear Rule over 
 you no longer. 
 
 P. 54.] I came into the Parts of llrk/bire w'hQvc 
 (s) James Naylor lived, 1651, and he and Thomas 
 Godyear came to me, and were both convinced, and 
 received the Truth. 
 
 P. S5'^ While I was here, at Juftice Hothamh^ 
 came a great Woman of Beverley to fpeak. with 
 Juftice Hotham about fome Bufiiiefs, and in Difcourfe 
 ilie told him, '' That the laft Sahhaih Day, as fhe 
 " called it, there was an Jngel or Spirit came into 
 " the Church at Beverley, and fpake the wonderful 
 ^' Things of God, to the Aftonifhment of all that 
 '' were there ; and when it had done, it palled away, 
 "' and they did not know whence it came nor whi- 
 ^' ther it went, but it aftonifhed all, both Profejfors 
 *' and Magiftrates, of the Town.'* This Relation 
 Juftice Hotham gave me afterwards, and then I gave 
 him an Account, how I had been that Day at 
 Beverley Steeple. Houje^ and hi^d declared Truth to the 
 Prie[i and People there, 
 
 p- 56.-] 
 
 (r) Fox ufes the very fame Words to prove the Clergy Hire- 
 lings. JournaJ, p. 50. 
 
 (j) This yames Naylor fuffered himfelf to be Hofanna'd'mto 
 Brifiol^ as Chriji was into Jerufalem-j for which he was fevere- 
 ly punilhed, as appears from moll of our Englijh Hillorians. 
 
 Mr. Lejley takes Notice ^^nake in the Grafs^ p. 47.) " That 
 " Naylor was brought upon his Knees before their Church, 
 *' where George Fox prefided, to acknowledge his Failings. 
 " And I faw, fays he, in George Fox's, own Hand, this Sentence 
 *' agairift James Naylor^ Friends Jhall not ke judged for judging 
 " ofhim. 
 
[i6] 
 
 P.- 56.] In the Afternoon I went to another Sleeple- 
 Houfe about three Miles off, where preached a High 
 Priejt called a Do5for ; fo I went into the Steeple 
 Houfe, and ftaid till the Prieft had done. Now the 
 Words which he took for his Text were thefe. Ho 
 every one that ihirfteth come to the Waters^ and he that 
 hath no Money ^ come y and buy and eat^ yea come 
 buy JVine and Milk without Money ^ and without Price, 
 Then was I moved of the Lord God to fay unto 
 him, (/) *' Come down, thou Deceiver , doft thou bid 
 *' People come freely, and take of the Waters of 
 '^ Life freely, and yet thou take 300/. a Year of 
 *' them, for preaching the Scriptures to them ? 
 '' mayft not thou blufh for Shame ! Did the Pro- 
 *< phct Ifaiah and Chrift do fo, who fpake the 
 *' Words, and gave them forth freely ? Did not 
 ** Chrift fay to his Minifters whom he fent to 
 ** preach. Freely ye have received^ freely give ?'* So 
 the Prieft, like a Man [u) amazed, hafted away. . 
 
 P. 60.] From Stath we paffcd to IVhitby and Scar- 
 horough^ where we had forae Service for the Lord. 
 
 P. 62.] 1651, After fome Time travelling in the 
 Country, I came to Pickerings where, in the Steeple 
 Houfe s the Juftices had their SefTions. 
 
 Ibid.'] I ftood up in the Steeple Houfe Yard, at a 
 Place near Pickeringr and declared to the People, 
 That I came not to hold up their Idol l^emples^ nor 
 
 their 
 
 (0 Mr. lejley obferves {Snale in the Grafs, p. 83 J " That 
 *' the fureft Method amongtl the fakers for a young Man to 
 " iVep into an abounding Trade, and a rich \yife (of which 
 " there are many among io wealthy a People) is to fet up firft 
 '* for a Preacher j and if he happens to pleafe, his Fortune is 
 " made. Of which many Examples daily occur, far beyond 
 '' the much-envied Allowance given te the Hirelings, as they 
 *' call our friejis, which is hardly fufficient to afford Bread to 
 " moft of them. And G. F. [Gerge Fox] had more Money at 
 ** his Difpofal, than any Biftiop in England-, he having the 
 ** Command of the fakers Treafury. 
 
 (u) He was amaz'd^ probably, at his Ignorance and Impudence, 
 
( ^1 )\ 
 
 their Priefts^ nor their Tythes, nor their Augmenta- 
 tions^ nor their Priejls Wages, nor their Jewijh and 
 Heaiheni/h Ceremonies and Traditions (for I denied 
 all thefc) and told them,- that that Piece of Ground 
 was no more holy than another Piece of Ground. 
 And I fhewed them, that the Apcltles going into 
 the Jews Synagogues and Temples, which God had 
 commanded, was to bring People off from that 
 Temple and thefe Sinagogues, and from the Offerings 
 and Tythes, and covetous Priefts of that Time : 
 And that all who preach Cbriji the Word of Life, 
 ought to preach freely, as the ApoftJes did, and as 
 he had commanded. So 1 was fent of the Lord God 
 of Heaven and Earth to preach freely, and to bring 
 People off from thofe outward Temples made with 
 Hands, which God dwelleth not in ; that they 
 might know their Bodies to become the Temple of 
 God and Cbrifi, 
 
 P. 64.] From thence I tta veiled up into Holdernefsy 
 and came to a Juflice's Houfe, whofe Name was 
 Pearfon, where there was a very tender Woman 
 that believed in the Truth, and was fo affeded 
 therewith, that fhe faid, {Pc) She could have left ally 
 and have followed me. 
 
 P. 67.] A falfe Accufer accufed me falfly before 
 all the People, at Gainsborough ; That I faid, / was 
 Chrifl, and had got WitnefTes to prove the fame — 
 Then I was moved of the Lord God to fland up 
 upon the Table, in the eternal Power of God, and 
 tell the People, That Chrifl was in them, except 
 they were Reprobates-, and that it was Chrift the 
 
 D eterna I 
 
 fx) " Afternoon preached at Ufpet Deal on J^s xxvlii. 26- 
 " Many feemed prick' d to the Hearty and fome fo quicknei, 
 ** that they cxfrejfed a Dejire to follovj me ivhcrefoever Ijkould 
 " go, I have Icarce known a Time I preached any where, but 
 " I have feen fome Etfed of my Doarine. A Proof, I 
 " hope that the Words are not my own, but that God is in 
 *' me of a Truth. Mr. WVitficW^ Journal from lon,^Qn :o 
 
 ** Gibraltar, p. 17. 
 
I ^8 ] 
 
 eternal Power of God, that fpak'e in me at that Time 
 unto them ; (y) not that I wds Chrifl. — And I called 
 the Accufer Judas^ and was moved to tell him, he 
 was Judas^ and that (z) Judas's End fhould be his : 
 and that was the Word of the Lord and of Chrijl 
 through me to him. So the Lord's Power carfte 
 over all, and quieted the Minds of the People, and 
 they departed in Peace. Bat this Judas went away, 
 and ihortly after hanged hmfelf^ and a Stake was 
 driven thro' his Grave. 
 
 p. 70.] 
 
 (y) In a Book printed 16^;. fays Mr. Lfjley (Snahe in the 
 Grafs^ p. 19.) intitled, y^ Brief Relation of the Religion of the 
 Northern ^akers^ &c. p. 2, 3. you have the Account, how 
 George Fox did avow himfeJf over and over to be equal with 
 God. Being asked by Dr. Mar/hall, in the Prefence of Mr. 
 Saivro, Coll. iv//, and Coll. /'^'(y?, Juftices of the Peace of the 
 County of Lancafbire^ at a private Seflions in the Town of 
 Lancajier^ whether or no he -jcas equal ^ith God, as he had be- 
 fore that Time been heard to affirm ? his Anfwer was this, I ant 
 equal with God. The Blafphemy hath been attefted upon Oath 
 by the aforefaid Dr. Mavjial and Mr. Altam, Schoolmafter of 
 Lancajier^ before the Judice^ at the lall Seffion held at Afflehy 
 the 2i^h 0^ yanuary^ 1652, and before JudgQ Pulejlon^ at the 
 laft Aflizes held at Z^'7r5y'?fr, the i^.f.h of March, 16^2. 
 
 (z) Th^'ir fretended Profhets failed in their Denuntiation of 
 Judgments,- feveral Inftances of which, are ro be met with in 
 Mr. Lejley's Snake in the Grafs. A remarkable one he gives, 
 p. 54. in one yphn Storey, who was one of the Oppofers of the 
 Women* s freaching, and the Jurifdidtions of the Women's Meet- 
 ings fet up by George Fox. Solomon Eccles (one of their Pro- 
 fhets) after a ftiarp Reprehenfion to the faid ^ohn, for oppo- 
 jfing himfelf to the great Apoltie George Fox, denounces thus j 
 ^his is the Word of the Lord, fays he, That this Tear Jh alt thou, 
 (John Storey) die, hecauje thou h/tfl taught Rebellion againjl the 
 living God. One prefent asked the Prophet, What Sort of 
 Death he meant } whether a natural or a ffiritual Death ? 
 Solomon anfwercd, That John Storey had been fpiricually dead 
 iong before (for they had excommunicated hifli) and that he 
 meant it of a natural Death. This I have from one prefent in 
 the Room. Note, That John Storey v:zs 2^1 that Time fo flck 
 and weak, that his Death was expecf^ed every Day: But this 
 John Storey lived about Four Years after this, to the erernal 
 Confufion of the fakers Pretence to Infallil-ility. 
 
[ ^9 ] 
 
 P. 70.] We came to Lieutenant i^o/^r's .(in the 
 Weft-Riding of Torkjhire ) where we had a great 
 Meeting of feveral confiderable Men •, and the 
 Truth was powerfully declared amongft them, and 
 the Scripture wonderfully opened, and the Parables 
 and Sayings o^ Chrift were expounded, and the State 
 of the Church, in the Apoilles Days, was plainly 
 fet forth, and the Apoflacy fince from that State 
 difcovered. 
 
 Ibid.'] James ISa'jlor had been a Member of an 
 Independent Church in Wakefield' \ but upon his re- 
 ceiving the Truth he was excommunicated. 
 
 P. 74.] Francis Howgilly who was a Preacher 
 to a Congregation, undertook to anfwer the Cap- 
 tain ( who asked George Fox^ why he did not go 
 into the Church, for the Church- yard was not a 
 Place to preach inj and foon put him to Silence. 
 This Man fpeaks with Authority^ and not as the 
 Scribes. 
 
 P. 74.] In the Openings of the heavenly Life, I 
 opened to the People (in Firbank Chapel, Weflmor- 
 land) the Prophets, and the Figures and Shadows, 
 and directed them to Chrift the Subftance. Then I 
 opened the Parables and Sayings of Chrifi, and 
 Things that had been long hid ; Ihewing the Intent 
 of the Apoftles Writings, and that their Epiftles 
 were written to the Ele^, 
 
 P. 78.] Margaret Fell, Wife of Judge Fell, afk'd 
 me to go with her to the Steeple Hcuje, at Ulverftone^ 
 where there was a Day to be obferved for Huiniha- 
 tion. I replied, / mud do as 1 am orde?^ed by the 
 Lord. So I left her, and walked into the Fields ; 
 and the Word of the Lord came to me, faying, 
 {a) Go to the Steeple Houje after them. When I came 
 
 D 2 the 
 
 (a) George Fox^s MeiTage? from the Lord, were of the fame 
 Nature with that of Mr. Lacy^ a Follower of the Se<ft oi French 
 ProphgtSj in Q^^nn's Reign j who came one Day to the Lord 
 Chief Juftice Hoh'%^ and deiired to fpeak with him : The Ser- 
 
 vants 
 
[ zc] 
 
 the Pmjl Lamptt was fmging with his People : Bui 
 his Spirit was fo foul, and the Matter they fang fo 
 unfuitable to their States, that, after they had done 
 ringing, 1 was moved of the Lord, to fpeak to him 
 and the People. 
 
 P. 79.] I returned to Swart/more, where the 
 Lord's Power feized upon Margaret Fell, and her 
 Daughter Sarah, and feveral of them. 
 
 P. 81.] After this (his Journey mio Lane ajhire) 
 I returned into TFeftmorland, and fpake thro' Kendal 
 on a Market Day : And fo dreadful was the Power 
 of God that was upon me, that People flew liks 
 Chaff before me into their Houfes. I warned them of 
 the mighty Day of the Lord, and exhorted them to 
 hearken to the Voice of God in their own Hearts, 
 who was now Come to teach his People himfelf 
 
 P. 83.] I went up to Swarthmore again^ whither 
 came up four or five of the Priefts — I afked them, 
 whether any one of them could fay, he ever had the 
 Word of God to go and fpeak to fuch or fuch a People ? 
 None of them durfl fiy he had ; But one of them 
 burft out into a PafTion, and faid. He could Jpeak his 
 'Experience as well as L I told him, Experience was 
 one Thing, but to receive, and go with a Meffage, 
 and to have a Word from the Lord, as the Pro- 
 phets arid Apoftles had and did, and as (b) I had done 
 unto them, this was another Thing. 
 
 Ibid.] 
 vants told him, that he was not well, and would not fee Com- 
 pany that Day. " Tell him, faid Lacy., I muft fee him, for 
 I come to him with a Meilage from the Lord God: which be- 
 ing told the Lord Chief Juftice, he ordered him to be admit- 
 ted, and asked him his Bufinefs. I come, faid he, from the 
 Lord, who {^nt me to thee, and would have thee grant a 
 Noli Profequi to yohn Atkins (a French Prophet) whom thou 
 haft caft into Prifon,'* Thou art a lying Knave ^ and falfe 
 Pro^bet^ anfwered the Chief Jultice : For if the Lord had fent 
 thee, it would have been to the Attorney General. He knows 
 it is not In my Power to grant a Noli Profequi. 
 
 (h) Mr. Xc/^^, alluding to this ^'k^zgit(Snahe in the Grafs,. 
 p. 29.) fays, " He vouches this by a Company of vile zMfenfe- 
 
r ^x ] 
 
 Ibid.] A precious Meeting there was (at Crojland^ 
 JVeftmorland) wherein the Lord's Power was over 
 all,, and the People were direfted to the Spirit of 
 God, by which they might come to know God and 
 Cbrifi, and underiland the Scriptures aright. 
 
 P. 84.] About this Time (1652) {c)Jobn Aud- 
 land, and I^rancis Hoivgill, and John Camm, and 
 
 Edward 
 
 " lefs Miracles , to which he pretenJs in his Journal, that hf 
 ** might in nothing come behind the holy P'Op^-'^tj and ^foJ}lcs^ 
 *' to whom he compared and equall'd himfelf." And In another 
 Place, p. 285. he lays, " That the falfe and foolijl UiracUs 
 " which George Fox tells of himfelf in his Journal, exceed the 
 Foppery of a Fofijh Legend. 
 
 (c) John ^udland's blafpherro'JS Letter to George Fox, fpelt 
 and printed according to the Original. Lejllefs Snake in the 
 Grafs, p. 369. 
 
 *' Deare and prefious one, in whome my Life is bound up, 
 *' and my Strength in thee (lands, by thy Breathings I am nou- 
 ^* rifhed and refrefhed : and by thee my Strength is renewed: 
 *' blefTed art rhou for ever more ; and bleffed are all they that 
 *' enjoy thee: Life and Strength comes from thee, holy one.- 
 *' and thow art the Blefled of the Lord for ever-more, dear, 
 ** dear reach unto mee, thit I mav be ftregthened, to ftand in 
 *' the mighty Power and Strenth in the Lord, for the Sarvifle 
 ** is very great, my Travell and Burthen was never foe, as now 
 '* fince I faw thee : but dayly doe I find thy Prefence with me, 
 *' which doth exceedingly preferve mee : for I cannot reane but 
 ^ in thy Prefence and Power : pray for me that I may Hand in 
 " thy Dread for ever more- deare my deare Brother, John 
 ** Cam hath been exceeding ficke, and he is very weake .- I can 
 *' fay little of hys Recovery as yet : his Wife is with him : (he 
 *' is deare and precioufly keept ^ their deate Love is to thee, 
 *' oh reach through all in thy mighty Power to him. This 
 " Bearer can declare to thee of the \Vork rhi^ Way. Jo. IVill- 
 *' kinfoH and Jo. Story is heare, their Love is dearly to thee -. 
 ■' deare Harte there is one Thing that lies upon mee: I ihall 
 " lay it before thee : as tucbing thy comeing into /f ////^/r^ •• I 
 *' was there at Juliice Stok'?> Houie : and his Famaley is ail 
 *' pretty loveing and convinced : and he is a fober wile Man, 
 *' and there is Hcne(ly in him which will (land ; and ther.e is 
 *' a pretey People that way: it hath laid exceedingly upon 
 ** me thefe three Dayes of thy beeing at that Place ; I know not 
 *' ibch an other Place in all the Countrey : for thee : dear : I was 
 t' mycb woynaed to know that thow was in fuch a rudePlac€,and 
 
 ' iuners 
 
[ Z2 ] 
 
 Edward Burroughs (d) Richard Huhherihorn, and 
 Miles Hubberjiy, and Miles Halhead, with feve- 
 ral others, being endued with Powdr from on high^ 
 came forth into the Work of the Miniftry, and 
 approved themfelves faithful Labourers therein, 
 
 P. 85.] Much Work I had in thofe Days with 
 the Priejls and People concerning the old Majs 
 Houfes^ which they called their Churches -, for the 
 Priejls had perfuaded the People, that it was the 
 Houfe of God. 
 
 P. 86.] A Mafon^ a Profejjor^ but a rude Fellow, 
 with his walking Rule Staff gave me a Blow with 
 all his Might, juft over the Back of my Hand, as 
 it was ftretched out s with which Blow my Hand 
 was fo bruifed, and my Arm fo benumcd, that! 
 could not draw it unto me again : So that fome of 
 the People cried out. He has fpoiled his Hand for 
 ever having any Ufe of it more. But I looked at it 
 m the Love of God ; and, after a while, the Lord*s 
 Power f prang thro" me again ^ and thro" my Hand and 
 Arm \ fo that in a Moment I recovered Strength in 
 my Hand and Arm, in the Sight of them all. 
 
 P. 103.] (e) Great Openings I had from the 
 
 Lord, 
 *' fuflfers fo amongft them : and this was I moved to lay 
 " before thee : and great is my difere that it may be foe : the 
 " Place is about 20 Miles from hrejiol in -wiltjbire^ one Mile 
 ** from Chifenam, a Markete Towne. Juftice Stoks Houfe, 
 *' ^0 : Cam tould me that the Juftice he was with was a very 
 *' loving and prety Man: this Bearer was there, he can declare to 
 *' thee more : but oh that thou weare but at that Place I men- 
 *' tion : it is free and futeable for Frends coming to thee ! it lies 
 ** much upon mee : and if thow find Moveings ftrike over 
 *' thither. I (hall fay no more of it: the Worke is great heare 
 ** away, pray for us all that in thy Power we may abide for 
 •' evermore : I am thyne begotten and nurifhed by thee and in 
 ** thy Power am I preferved. Glory unto thee holy one for 
 f^ ever. yohn^udland, 
 
 (d) Richard Hubbertbern wrote, that Chrijl coming in the 
 yielh was but a Figure. Lejley^s Snake in the Grafs, p. 22. 
 
 (e) It being objedted to George Fox, fays Mr. Lefy {Snake in 
 the Grafs y p. 94.) '' That one of his fakers hz^ pretended an 
 
 ** immediate 
 
[ ^5 ] 
 
 Lbrd, not only of divine and fpiritual Matters, but 
 alfo of outward Things relating to the civil Govern- 
 ment : For, being one Day in Swarthmore-Hall^ 
 when Judge Fell and Juftice Benfon were talking of 
 the News in the News Book, and of the Parliament 
 that then was fitting (1653) which was called, the 
 Long Parliament^ I was moved to tell them, that 
 before that Day two Weeks, the Parliament fhould 
 be broken up, and the Speaker pluck'd out of his 
 Chair: And that Day two Weeks Juftice Benfon 
 coming thither again, told Judge Fell^ that now he 
 faw George was a true Prophet , for Oliver had bro- 
 ken up the Parliament by that Time. 
 
 Ibidi] After fome Time, I went to a Meeting at 
 Arnfide, where Richard Myer was. Now he had 
 been long lame of one of his Arms^ and I was moved 
 of the Lord to fay unto him, amongft all the Peo- 
 ple (f) Prophet Myer fiand up upon thy Legs^ and he 
 flood up and ftretched oat his Arm, that had been 
 lame a long Time, and faid. Be it known unto you 
 all People^ that this Day 1 am healed: But his Pa- 
 rents would hardly believe it; but after the Meet- 
 ing was done, had him afide, and took off his 
 Doublet, and then they faw it was true. He came 
 foon after to Swarthmore Meeting, and there decla- 
 red how the Lord had healed him. Yet, aftei' this> 
 the Lord commanded him to go to 21)rk, with a 
 MefTage from him ; and he difobeyed the Lord, 
 and the Lord ftruck him again ; fo that he died 
 about Three Quarters of a Year after. 
 
 P. 108.] 
 
 *' immediate Call from Heaven to commit Tbeft^ Robbery and 
 " Sacrilege^ in taking out cf the Church an Hour Glafs, Georgr 
 " Fox {Great Myjlery^ p. 77.) Aq^z vindicate it in thele Words ; 
 *' ylnd as for any being moved of the Lord to take away your Glafs 
 ** from you. By the eternal Power it is owned. 
 
 (/) Georgs Fox J more fuccefsful in Pretence than his Brother 
 Enthuftafi Herman the Cobler {Alexander Roffe*s View of all Re- 
 ligions^ p. 4'2r.) who pretended hy ffeaking a Word, to work a 
 Miracle of the like Kind, upon one Ffpo an Innk^'f^e^, but was- 
 defeated. 
 
Cm] 
 
 P, io8.] As I was fitting in a Houfe full of Peo* 
 f)]e, declaring the Word of Life unto them, I caft 
 my Eyes upon a Woman, and dilcerned an unclean 
 Spirit in her -, and I was moved of the Lord to 
 ipeak fharply to her, She was a (g) JVitch ; where- 
 upon the Woman v^^ent out of the Room. Now I 
 being a Stranger there, and knowing nothing of the 
 Woman outwardly, the People wondered at it, 
 and told me afterwards, I had difcovefed a greaE 
 Thing, for all the Country looked upon her to be 
 a Witch (h) The Lord had given me a Spirii of dif- 
 cerningy by which I many times faw the States and 
 Conditions of Feople^ and could try their Spirits. 
 
 P. 112.] 
 
 (g) Mr. Lr/Iey obferves (Snahe In the Grafs, p. 3 r 2) ** That 
 " two of thofe Witches /'who endeavoured to take away the 
 '* Life oi Henry Winddr, upon a falfe Accufation of Murder^ 
 ** were allowed to be Preachers amongft the fakers 20 Years, 
 ** from near their Beginning 1650, to 1674. that they wer« 
 " deeedled at Carlile Aflizes. 
 
 (h) Notwithltanding this Sfirit of difcerning ^\i\Qh\s, laid 
 Claim to by George Fox^ and feveral of his Followers, *tis cer- 
 tain that it failed them in feveral Inftances. " 'Tis evident, 
 *' fays Mr. Lejley, Snake in the Grafs, p. 1^6.) that they did not 
 " dlfcern George Keith, Francis Bugg, and many others, whom 
 *' for many Years they owned as true fakers, and fome of 
 *' them Mi^ijcrs among them, and boafted a long Time in 
 *' their G\hs, and thought them to be principal Pillars among 
 ** them, which now they vilify as -wicked ^po/lates.** And he 
 further takes Notice (Snake in the Grafs, p. 44.) of a remarkable 
 Failure in this their S^-it of difcerning in the Yt^i 1655. In 
 thQ C^^k of Chrzjfofher Atkinfon, " -Ji l^uaker of great RenowR 
 *' in thofe their early Days, an j^fojlle. Preacher and Writer 
 '* for their Cfufe, and one who mightily confirmed their 
 *' Churches. Yet fo it fell out (becaufe the Devil would have 
 *' it) that he, even this fame bright Lamf, being in Prifon at 
 *' Norwich for the new Faith in the infallible Light, proved 
 ** carnally fallible in Darkncfs with a dear Sifter, the Maid of 
 *' Thomas Symons, who was likewile one of the Infallible — » 
 " Notwithflanding all this, neither George Fox, George White- 
 *' head, nor any other of the infallihlc Gang, could find it out, 
 *' till Chrijlcfher Atkinfon, frick'd, as he laid, -with the Stings 
 " ofCorfcience, did freely, and of his own Accord, confefs it." 
 
 Kay, 
 
C ^5 3 
 
 P. 112.] While he (the Jailer of Carltle, where 
 George Fox was imprifoned) (truck me, I was made 
 to fing in the Lord's Power, and that made him rage 
 the more, then he went and fetched a Fiddler, and 
 brought him in where I was, and fet him to play, 
 thinking to vex me thereby -, but while he played, 
 / was moved in the everlafting Power of the Lord God 
 So fing -, and my Voice drowned the Noife of the 
 'Fiddle, and ftruck and confounded them, and made 
 them give owtr fiddling and go their ways. 
 
 P. 1 1 8.] Now {viz. after he was releafed out of 
 Prifon) 1 went into the Country, and had mighty. 
 great Meetings ; and the everlafting Gof pel and Word 
 of Life fiourifhed \ and thoufands were turned to the 
 Lord Jefus Chrift, and to his Teaching. 
 
 P. 120.] We came thro' the Country {Northum- 
 berland) into Cumberland again, where we had a 
 general Meeting of many Thoufands of People a 
 top of a Hill near Langlands ; a glorious and heavenly 
 Meeting it was, for the Glory of the Lord did fhine 
 over all, and they were as many as one could fpeak 
 over, the Multitude was fo great. — A great Con- 
 vincement there was in Cumberland, Bi/hoprick^ Nor- 
 thumberland, Weftmoreland, Lancafhire and Torkfh'ire •, 
 and the Plants of God grew and fiourifhed fo, the 
 heavenly Rain defcending, and God's Glory Ihining 
 upon them, that many Mouths were opened by the 
 Lord to his Praife, yea to Babes and Sucklings he 
 ordered Strength. > 
 
 P. 123.] 1653. About this Time the Oath, or 
 Engagement, to Oliver Cromwell was tendered to 
 
 £ the 
 
 Nay, remarkable.isMr.Zr/^s Account of the ^ahr Glc^^er 
 in Qheafjlde (p. §0, 52, 53, 54.) who had his Till robbed i one 
 Qit\it^aker Prc^;J;efj charged it diredly upon his Mc/J, and 
 told her by h\sf ropbetick Authority ^ that the Lordfaiv her .- and 
 another, with equal Confidence, charged it upon h\s ^'ff rent ice 
 tn the Name of the Lord : But, after this, the Robber was taken; 
 robbing a Till at another Shop, and then confclTed, among o:he? 
 Robberies, thas he robbed the Glower's Till. 
 
[.6] 
 
 the Soldiers, and many of the Soldiers were dif- 
 bandcd, becauie, in Obedience to Cbrift^ they would 
 notyw^^r. 
 
 P. 129.] A Butcher that had been accufed of 
 killing a Man and a Woman before, and who was 
 one of them who bound himfelf by an Oath to 
 kill me, killed another Man, and was fent to Tork 
 Gaol. Another of thofe rude Butchers who had 
 threatened to kill me, having accuftomed himfelf 
 to thruft bis Tongue out of his Mouth in Deri/ton of 
 Friends, when they pajjed by him, had his Tongue fo 
 fwollen out of his Mouth, that he could never draw it 
 in again, hut died fo. Several ftrange and fudden 
 Judgments, came upon many of ^hele Confpirators 
 againft me, God's Vengeance from Heaven came 
 upon the Blood thirily, who fought after Blood: 
 For ?i\\ fuch Spirits I laid before the Lord, and left 
 them to him to deal with them, who is ftronger 
 than them all : In whofe Power I was preferved, 
 and carried on to do his Work. 
 
 P. 137.] (i) I was moved of the Lord to write 
 a Paper " to the Frotecior., by the Name of Oliver 
 *• Cromwell, where ii I did, in the Prefence of the 
 '' Lord God, declare, that I did not deny the wearing 
 
 *' or 
 
 (i) Mr. Lejley (Snake in the Grafs^ 3d Edit. p. T r j.) obferves, 
 ** That the Editors of this jfoumal made bold to alter his 
 ** Words ; to leave out and put in as they fee Caufe to blind 
 " the Eyes of the World, and ro obviate the Obje(ftions againft 
 " their horrid Blafphemies ." And gives Fox's genuine Letter 
 in the following Words ; " i w ho am of the World called 
 '* George Fox, do deny the carrying or drav^'ing any carnal 
 ** i'xuorJ againlt any, or againll thee, Oliver Cromivell^ or any 
 ** Man, in the Prefence of the Lord God 1 declare, as God is 
 ^ my Witnefs, by whom I am moved to give this forth from 
 " him whom the World calls Grorg? Fox, who is thf Son of 
 *' God, who is fent to (land as a Wirnefs againll all Violence.— 
 *' My Weapons are not Carnal but Spiritual ; and >ny Kingdom 
 *' is not o/tbis IVorld , therefore with the carnal Weapon I do 
 *' not fight." This wai cranl'cribci by a !^aker^ and preferved 
 as a precious Piece, 
 
I -7 1 
 
 « or drawing of a carnal Sword, nr any (kj other 
 «' Weapon againft him, or any Man: And that I 
 " was fenc of God to ftand a Wicnefs againft all 
 
 " Violence, againft the Works of Darkncls." 
 
 After fome Time, Captain Drury brought me be- 
 fore the Protel^or himielf at l^hitehall — Many Words 
 I had with him, but People coming in, 1 drew a 
 little back ; and, as I wa§ turning, he catched me 
 by the Hand, and, with T^ears in his Eyes^ Hiid, 
 Come again to my Houfe, for if thou and I were hut 
 an Hour of a Day together^ we Jhould he nearer the 
 one to the other. Adding, That he wijhed me no 
 more III than he did to his own Soul, 
 
 E 2 P. 146.J 
 
 (k) *Tis remark'd by Mr. LeJIey (Snake in tie Grafs, p. 2o8.) 
 *' That tho' the fakers do not care {or fighting themfelves, 
 *' they can blow the Trumfet to Others j as they did to Oliver 
 ^* effedualJy. Oh, 0/irer (fays George Fox to him, Council 
 " and Advice, p. 27, l^.) Arife and come out, for thou haft 
 *' had Authority, ftand to it — Nor let any other take thy 
 '' Crown — And he farther charges O/z-yer, not io turn foler 
 " Men^ and true Hearts, out of his Army. So that they 
 *' efteemed fighting la-uful, and a ©[ood Thing (in a good 
 " Caufe) becaufe they thought it confillent with fober Men and 
 ** true Hearts — And George Fox (See Snake in the Grafs, p.2iO.) 
 in a Letter direded to the Council of tht Army, and the Heads 
 of the Nation, and for the interior Officers and Soldiers, to be_ 
 read, 1659, complains of many ^jakers being disbanded out ot 
 the Army, and that for being Quakers, tho' they were good 
 Fighters. Nay, in his Letter to CVowzcv//, he has the follow- 
 ing Words j '' Oh, Oliver, thou fhouldit not have ftood tri- 
 *' "fling about fmall Things; don't iiand cumbering thyfelf 
 ** about dirty Priejh.'* And then tells him (Snake in the Grafs, 
 p. 239.) That if he had followed hisCounl'el, '' the Hollanders 
 *' had been thy SubjedTs, Germany h2id given up to thy Will, 
 ** and the Spaniard had quivered like a dry Leaf— The King of 
 *' France Ihould have bow'd under thee his Neck: The Pope 
 ** Ihould have withered as in the Winter : The Turk, in all his 
 "■ Fatnefs, Ihould have ImokM , thou Ihouldil have crumbled 
 *' Nations to Duft ; therefore let thy Soldiers go forth with a 
 " free and willingHeart,that thou may ft rock Nations as in a Cra- 
 " die— This is the Word of the Lord God to thee, as a Charge 
 ** to thee from the Lord God" When a fair Occaiion feemed 
 
 to 
 
[ as ] 
 
 P^i46.] Moreover it came upon me about this 
 Time (1654) from the Lord, to write a fhort Paper, 
 and fend it forth as an Exhortation and Warning 
 to the Pope, and all Kings and Rulers in Europe. 
 
 P. 152.] The Ranters (at (I) Reading) pleaded 
 that God made the Devil : But I denied it, and 
 told them, " That I v/as come into the Power of 
 " God, the Seed of Crift, which was before the 
 " Devil was, and bruifed the Head of him \ and 
 " he became a Devil by going out of Truth, and 
 *' fo became a Murderer and a Deftroyer : And fo 
 *' I fhewed them, that God did not make the De- 
 *' vil i for God is a God of Truth, and he made 
 
 '' all 
 
 to offer, fays Mt. Lefley (Snake in the Grafs ^ p- 237. ) towards 
 reafTerting the good old Caufe in Monmouth^ Rebellion, 1685, 
 feveral of the fakers in the Weji took Arms, and fought in his 
 Quarrel.— In the laft Dutch War, fays the Author oiVindici^^ 
 ^^nti Baxterian£^ p. 16.) " There was a Captain of a Man. of 
 '" War who defired a ftout, lufty Quaker to go along with him. 
 " Why, faid he, I cannot fight. Who talks oi fighting, faid 
 ** the Captain ? Go with me. He did fo. When he came to 
 engage, he requires this Quaker to fire a Gun. I czDUOtfigbt^ 
 *^ laid he, as I told thee. Then, faid the Captain, I will tie 
 '' thee faft to the Cafjione ; which he did. The ^aker defires 
 him to ht him go- Will you fight then? I cannot whilft 
 " here tied, laid he. I'll try thee once more, faid the Captain ^ 
 '' but if I tie fhee there again, there thou fhalt remain. He let 
 him go, and the ^aker was one of the beft Fighters in the 
 " Ship. 
 
 (I) 'Tis obferved by Mr. Simon Ford., in an Aflize Sermon at 
 Reading, Ftb, £8, 1653, P- ^^ 22. " That in the little Town of 
 Reading he was verily perfuaded, that \i j4ugujiin^s and jE^/- 
 *' fh^niui's Catalogues of //tTf/rVi were loft, and ail other mo- 
 dern and antient Records of that Kind, yet it w^ould be no 
 hard Matter to reftore them, with confiderable Enlargements, 
 from that Place. That they have y^nabafitifm^ Familifm^ 
 Socinianifftt, Felagianifm. Ranting, and vvhat|no\ And that 
 the DevU was ferved in Heterodox Aifemblies, as frequently 
 as God in theirs. And that one of the moft eminent Church 
 Livings in that Country, was poflefled by a Blofpbemer ; and 
 *^ one in whofe Houfe, he believ'd fome there could teftify, 
 that the Devil was a,j viJihly familiar ^ as any one of the Fa- 
 ** milj. 
 
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 «' all Things good, and blefled them ; but he did 
 
 *' not blefs the Devil." And fo the Truth ftopt 
 
 them, and bound them, and came over all the high- 
 eft Notions of the Nation^ and confounded them » 
 
 for by the Power of the Lord God I was mamfejly and 
 fought to be made manifejl by the Spirit of God in all, 
 that by it (which they vexed, and quenched, and 
 grieved) they might be turned to God , as many as 
 were turned to the Lord Jefus Chrijt, by the Sprit 
 of God, and were come to fit under his Teaching. 
 
 P. 154.] 1 had a Meeting near Colchefter (1655) 
 After I had done fpeaking, one of the Independent 
 Teachers began to make a Jangling, which ^mor 
 Stoddart (who was with me) perceiving, he faid to 
 me, Srand up again, George •, for I was going away, 
 and did not at the firft hear them : But when I 
 heard the jangling Independent, I ftood up again ; and, 
 after a while, the Lord^s Power came over him and his 
 Company, and they were confounded ; and the Lord'4 
 Truth went over all •, and a great Flock of Sheep hath, 
 the Lord Jefus Chrift in that Country, that feed in 
 his Pajlures of Life. 
 
 P. 1 54.] Having fet up our Horfes (at Lyn) we met 
 vjithJoJephFufe, whovvas an £;/y/^;?, andwewifhed 
 him to fpeak to as many of the People of the Town aj 
 he could, that feared God, and to the Captains and 
 Officers, to come, together •, which he did : And 
 we had a very glorious Meeting amongft them, and 
 turned them to the Spirit of God ', by which they 
 might know God and Chrift, and underftand the 
 (rn) Scriptures, and fo learn of God and Chrift ^ as 
 thQ Prophets 2,x\di Apoftles did. 
 
 P. 155.] 
 
 (m) Mr. LeJIey {Srfoke in the Grafs, p. 83, 84.) obferves whai 
 Blunders the fakers who pretend to Infallil^ili-ty, have made 
 in their quoting of Scripture ; ibme of which are mentioned in 
 Satan difrobed, p. 29. as, ** JVill Perm's printing in his Chri- 
 *' Jit an leaker, p. 104. That Chrijt was bom at Nazareth .; 
 
 " whicik 
 
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 P- 155'] We came the next Day, by the Ele- 
 venth or Twelfth Hour, to a Town near the JJl^ 
 ofEiyy called, Sutton — A Multitude of People was 
 gathered thither, and there were no lefs than four 
 Priejls. The Prieft of the Town made a great 
 Jangle, but the Lord's Power fo confounded him, 
 that he went away — A great Convincement there 
 was that Day, and many Hundreds were turned 
 from the Darknefs to the Light, and from the 
 Power 6f Satan unto God, and from the Spirit of 
 Error into the Spirit of Truth, to be led thereby 
 into all Truth. 
 
 Ihid.'] I paifed from thence to Cambridge^ and 
 when i came into the Town, the Scholars hearing of 
 me, were up, and were exceeding rude, I kept 
 on my Horfe's Back, and rid thro' them in the 
 Lord's Power ; but they unhorft Amor Stoddarty be- 
 fore he could get to the Inn. — They knew I was fo 
 againft thtir Trade ^ their Trade of freachingy which, 
 they were there as Apprentices to learn, that they 
 raged as bad as ever Diana's Craft/men did againft 
 Paul. 
 
 P. 156.] We returned to London, where Friends 
 received us gladly, the Lord's Power having carried 
 us thro* many Snares and Dangers ; and great Ser- 
 vice we had for the Lord, for many Hundreds 
 were brought to fit under the Teaching of the 
 Lord J ejus Christ their Saviour. — Amongft other Ser- 
 vices for the Lordy which lay upon me in the City, 
 I was moved to give forth a Paper to thofe that 
 
 make 
 
 ** which Thomas Ellwood repeats In his Truth defended, p. 167. 
 " Will IValker*s miftaking J'obn xiv. 2. In my Father's Houfc 
 are many Manfions, for, In my Father's Houfe are many Man- 
 " chets -y and from thence improving, what fine Bread, even 
 " pretty Jittle Manchets, were in God's Houfe.'* Another, 
 preaching upon Paul's being bred at the Feet of Gamaliel, and 
 being asked by one in the Meeting, What that Gamaliel was ? 
 anfwcred, A Town in Judea. 
 
tsO 
 
 make a Scorn (n) at trembling and quaking (of which a 
 Copy here followcth). 
 
 P. 165.] But Sufferings and Imprifonments con- 
 tinuing and incrcafing, and the Prote^or (under 
 whofe Name they were now inflided) hardening 
 himfeJf againft Complaints that were made unto 
 him, I was moved to give forth the following Lines 
 TLm-ong^ Friends, to bring the Weight of their Suf- 
 ferings 
 
 (/}) Lejlef i Snake in the Grafs ^ p. 3®r. A Minifter in "Effix 
 ^ave this Narration to a Friend of mine, written with his own 
 Hand, and his Name to it ; and the Copy is true that I here 
 offer to the Reader. 
 
 ** The Eighth Month, rpth Day, 1654. At the earned 
 " Defire of fome Friends^ I went with John IVar d 2i\d j^nthony 
 " Hunter to a Meeting of the deluded Souls callM ^^i^rj, at 
 " John Hunter*soi Ben/ield Side, in the County of Durham^ 
 " where I found about twenty Peribns fitting ally//^/7^ .- After 
 " we had fat awhile (all being mute) the Lord moved me to 
 ** arife and call upon his Name by Prayer. I was no fooner up, 
 " but my Legs tremiled greatly, fo that it was fome Difficulty 
 " to ftand i but, after I had prayed a Ihort Time, the Trembling 
 " ceafed. While I prayed to God as a Creator^ there was but 
 ** little DIfturbance j but when I cried in the Name oijefus 
 ** Chrijl^ my Mediator^ God in my Nature, now in the highelt 
 ** Glory appearing, and interceding for his Saints, then the 
 " Devil roared in the deceived Sob Is, in a moft ftrange and 
 ** dreadful Manner, fome howling, fome Jhrieking, ye/Iing^ 
 ** roaring, and fome had a ftrange confufed kind of humming, 
 " finging Noife j fuch a Reprefentation of Hell I never heard 
 ** of ^ nothing but Horror and Confufion, 
 
 ** After I had done praying (not opening my Eyes before) I 
 • * was amazed to fee about the one Half of thefe miferable 
 ** Creatures fo terribly Jhaken, with fjch violent various Mo- 
 *' tions, that I wondered how it was poflible fome of them could 
 " live. In the Midft of this Confufion, one of chem asked, If 
 ** I were come to torment them ? To whom I applied this Word, 
 *' Matth. viii. 29. 
 
 " And while I fpake fomething of Faith, they declared, that 
 " they were come to the Faith 0/ Devils, Jam, ii. 19. but faid, 
 ** We were not attained to fuch a Faith. 
 
 " After two Hours, as we were departing out of the Houfe, 
 *' one of them curfed me with thefe Words ; All the Plagues of 
 *' God he upon thee. Whereupon I returned, and prayed for 
 " fuch of them as had not committed the unpardonable Sia, 
 
I 3^1 
 
 ferings more heavy upon the Heads of Perfecutors, 
 (The Conclufion. Giv^n forth from the Spirit of the 
 Lord thro' G. F.) 
 
 P. 169.] I pafTed up the Market (at JVarwick) 
 in the dreadful Power of Gody declaring the Word of 
 Life to them, and John Crook followed me -, fome 
 flruck at me, but the Lord's Power was over them^ 
 and gave me Dominion over all, — Having cleared my- 
 felf, 1 turned back out of the Town again, and 
 pafled to Coventry ; but when we came thither, wc 
 found the People clofed up with Barknefs. 
 
 P. 170.] Here (at Badgly in Warwkkfhire) William 
 Edmundfon^ a Friend that lived in Ireland^ having 
 fome Drawings upon his Spirit to come over into 
 England to fee me, met with me. 
 
 Ibid,'] When we came to Baldock in Hertfordjhire^ 
 I alked, If there was nothing in that Town \ no 
 ProfefTion? And it was anfwered me. There were 
 fome Baptijisy and a Baptift Woman fick. John 
 Rujh of Bedfordjhire went along with me to vifit 
 her ; and when we came in, there were many Peo- 
 ple in the Houfe that were tender about her. And 
 they told me, fhe was not a Woman for this World ; 
 but if I had any thing to comfort her concerning 
 the World to come, I might fpeak to her ; fo I 
 was moved of the Lord God to fpeak to her ; and the 
 Lord raifed her up again, to the Aftonilhment of 
 the Town and Country : Her Husband's Name was 
 Baldock, This Baptifi Woman and her Husband 
 came to be convinced -, and many Hundreds of Peo- 
 ple have been at Meetings in their Houfe fince. 
 
 P. 172.] Many fubftantial People were convinced 
 Tat Dorcheflcr) and a precious Service we had there for 
 the Lord ; and his Power came over all. Next 
 Morning, as we were paffing away, the Baptifls be- 
 ing in a Rage, began to fhake the Duft from off their 
 Feet after us. What, fa id I, in the Power ofDark- 
 
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 nejs, We^ isjho are in the Power of God ^ Jhake offiH 
 Ibuft of our Feet againfi you. 
 
 P. 173.] At Honiton (Devojifhire) there came to 
 us fome of the particular Baptijis, with whom we 
 had a great deal of Reafoning. I told them, they 
 held their Dodrine of particular EleHm, in Efau's^ 
 Cain's^ and IfhmaeVs Nature, and not in Jacob the 
 fecond Birth •, but they muft be born again before 
 they enter the Kingdom of God. 
 
 P. 175.] I writ a little Paper to be fent to the 
 Seven Farifhes at the Land's End (Cornwall) to de» 
 clare to them, that the Lord was come to teach hia 
 People himfelf by his Son Chrift Jefus. 
 
 P. 223.] From hence {^Mariehorough) we went to 
 Newberry^ where we had a large hleffed Meeting. 
 
 P. 225.] Having travelled over mofl: Part of the 
 Nation, 1 returned to London again, having cleared 
 myfelfof that which lay upon me from the Lord : For» 
 after I was releafed from Lancefton Gaol, I wa^ 
 moved of the Lord to travel over moll Parts of tha 
 Nation. 
 
 P. 231.] In this Year (1656) the Lord's Truth.' 
 was finely planted over the Nation, and many Thou- 
 fands were turned to the Lord, infomuch, that: 
 there were feldome fewer than One thoufand ir^ 
 Prifon, in this Nation, for Truth's Teftimony 5 
 fome for Tythes, fome for going to the Steeple 
 Houfes ; fome for Contempts (as they call them) 
 fome for not fwearing ^ others for not putting off 
 their Hats, i^c, 
 
 P. 247.] When Oliver Cro?nwell fet forth a Pro- 
 clamation for a Fait throughout the Nation for 
 Rain, when there was a great Drought (1657) it 
 was obferved, that as far as Truth had fpread in the 
 isforth, there were pleafant Showers, and Rain enough, 
 when in the Souths in many Places they were ai- 
 mofl: fpoiled for want of Rain. At this Time I was 
 moved to write an Anfwer to the ProU^of% Procla- 
 
 F jnation) 
 
[ 34 ] 
 
 mation, wherein I told him, If he had come to own 
 God*s Truth, he fhould have had Rain-; and the 
 Drought was a Sign to them of Barrennefs and wane 
 of the Water of Life. 
 
 P. 251.] We pafTed into PFales thro* Montgomery* 
 Jhire, where there was a Meeting like a Leaguer for 
 Multitudes — Then came Morgan Watkins unto me, 
 who was then become loving to Friends — I bad hint 
 go up alfo and leave me, for I had a great Travel 
 upon me for the Salvation of the People. 
 
 P. 254.] I asked the Governor of Tenhy^ Why 
 he caft my Friend {John ap John) into Prifon ? He 
 faid. For (landing with his Hat on in Church. 1 
 faid, Had not the Priefl two Caps on his Head, a 
 (0) black one and a white one? and cut off the 
 Brims of the Hat, and then my Friend would have 
 but one *, and the Brims of the Plat were but to 
 defend him from the Weather. 
 
 P. 254.] In Pe7?ihr9ke Town we had fome Service 
 for the Lord. 
 
 P. 256.] As we travelled (in Wales) we came to 
 a Hill, which the People of the Country fay, is two 
 or three Miles high : From the Side of this Hill, I 
 could fee a great Way : And I was moved to fee 
 jny Face feveral Ways, and tojound the Day of the 
 Lord there: And I told John ap John (a faithful 
 Welch Minifter) in what Places God would raife up 
 a People to himfelf, to fit under his own Teaching. 
 Thofe Places he took Notice of-, and fince there 
 hath a great People arifen in thofe Places. The like 
 1 have been moved to do in many other Places and 
 Countries, w^iich have been rude Places ; and yet I 
 have been moved to declare, the Lord had a Seed 
 
 in 
 
 (0) By Hack Cafs underlaid with ivhite^ 
 Give certain Guefs at inivard Light j 
 Which Serjeants at the Goffel wear 
 To mak« the Spiritual Calling clear. 
 
 Muiikr»s^ Part L C*iito IlJf 
 
[35]' 
 
 Jn thofe Places : And afterwards there has been a 
 brave People raifed up in the Covenant of God, and 
 gathered in the Name of Jefus^ where they have Sal- 
 vation and free Teaching. 
 
 P. 278.] There was a Soldier (in Scotland) that 
 was very envious againft us, and hated both us and 
 the Truth, and mighty zealous he was for the 
 Priejls and their Hearers. As this Man was hearing 
 the Prieft, holding his" Hat before his Face whilft 
 the Priefl pray'd, one of the Priefl's Hearers ftabbed 
 him to Death. So he who had reje5led the Teaching 
 of the Lord Jefus Chrift, and cried down the Servants 
 of the Lord., was murdered among them whom he 
 had-fo cried up, and by one of them. 
 
 P. 281.] When firft I fet my Horft's Feet upon 
 the «S^^//^, Ground, I felt the Seed of God to fparkle 
 about me^ like innumerable Sparks of Fire : Not but 
 there is abundance of thick cloddy Earth of Hypo- 
 crify and Falfenefs, that is atop, and of a hriary^ 
 hramUy Nature, which is to fce burnt up with God's 
 IVord^ and plowed up with God's Spiritual Plow., be- 
 fore God's Seed brings forth Heavenly and Spiritual 
 Fruit for his Glory. 
 
 Ibid.l From thence [Newcaftle) we came to J^ur- 
 ham (1657) where was a Man come down from Lon- 
 don to fet up a College there, to make Minirters of 
 Chrifi., as they faid \ I went with fome others to 
 reafon with the Man, and to let him fee, «' that to 
 " teach Men (p) Hebrew, Greek, and Latin., and 
 
 " the 
 
 (f) Mr. LeJIey (Snahe in the Grafs^ p. 84.) fpeakingof a large 
 Book in Folio, called the Battle-Door^ in Defence ot" the Phrafe 
 thee and thoUy out of I'everal Languages, Greck^ Hebrew^ ^c. 
 (This Book, Fov: fays, Journal, p. 245. was taken out of the 
 Scripti/res, ^c, in about thirty Languages) of which George Fotc 
 underftood not one Letter, yet fubfcribes G. F. '* not only to 
 ** the Book, but to feveral Pages of the Polyglott. But fome 
 ♦* Friends do know the J^ew who had Threclcore Pounds ia 
 ** new Crowns (ashimfcif told it) out of the Sluekers Trtafury^ 
 
 "for 
 
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 *< the feven Arts^ which was all but the Teachings 
 *' of the natural Man, was not the Way to make 
 *' them the M'mfters of Chrift : For the Languages 
 ♦'began at Ballet', and to the Greeks that fpake 
 *' Greek as their Mother Tongue, the preaching of the 
 *' Crofs of Chrift was Foolifhnefs ; and to the Jews^ 
 *' that fpake Hehew as their Mother Tongue, Chrift 
 *' was a StwnUing Block ; and as for the Romans ^ 
 ♦' who had the Latin and Italian, they perfecuted 
 ♦' the Chriftians ; and Pilat, one of the Roman Go- 
 *' vernors, fet ((f) Hebrew, Greek and Latin atop of 
 *' C^ri/? when he crucified him. So he might fee 
 *' the many Languages began at Bahel, and they 
 ^' fet them atop of Chrill the Word when they cruci-^ 
 *' fied him. And 7^/^;^ the Divine^ who preached 
 ^' the Word, that was in the Beginning, faid, That 
 *' the Beaft and the Whore have power over Tongues 
 *' and Languages, and they are as Waters. Thus 
 " I told him, he might lee, the V/hore and Beaft 
 *' have Pov/er over Tongues and many Languages, 
 ♦' which are, in Myftery, Babylon ; for they begun 
 " at Bahel', and the Perfecutors of Chrift Jefus fee 
 ^' them over him when he was crucified by them : 
 *' But he is rifen over them all, who was before 
 *' them all. Now, faid 1 to this Man, doft thou 
 *' think to make Minifters o^' Chrift by thefe natu- 
 *' ral confufed Languages, which fprang h'om Babel, 
 
 '' are 
 
 '* for helping George Frx*^ Inrallibiilty as to the Hebrew j and 
 '* by the like Means they procured the rell r And all nor Two- 
 " Pence to their Purpol'e ; only to boaft their Gift of tongues^ 
 *' and to afFord George Fox to lay, as he does in his Introduc- 
 ^^ tion to this Battle-Door magnificently thus ; y^ll Languages 
 *' are to me no more than Du(i j ">x:h(j ivas before Languages -were, 
 
 (q) Dr. iS'oi.'/i^ obferves upon the Fanaticks of the Times {Chri- 
 Jiian Pentecoft^ Serm. vol. 3. p. 544.) " That Latin unto them 
 " was a mortal Crime , and Greek^ inilead of being owned for 
 *' the Languacre of the Holy Ghoji (as in the Ise-w "Tejiament it 
 " is) was looked upon like the Sin againjl it. So that^ in a 
 " Word, they had all the Confufion of Babel amongft them, 
 :* without the Diverjity of Tongue f. 
 
[ 37 1 
 
 ** are admired in Babylon^ and fet atop of Cbrift the 
 *' Life, by a PeiTecuror ? Oh no ! So the Man 
 *' contefTed to many of thefe Things, Then wc 
 *' fhewcd him further, That Chriji made his Mini- 
 *' fters himfejf, and gave Gifts unto them, and bid 
 ** them pray to the Lord of the Harveil to fend 
 *' forth Labourers. And Peler ^ndjoh^, tho' z/;^- 
 '' learned and ignorant (as to School- Learning) preach- 
 *' ed Chrtjl J ejus the Word^ which was in the Begin^ 
 *' ning^ before Bahel was. Fatil ^Ko was made an 
 *' Apoftle, not of Man, nor hy Man :,ntkhtr rtceivQd 
 *' he the Gofpei from Man, but trom JeJusChrift ; 
 *' who is the fame now, and fo is his Gofpei, as it 
 ^' was at that Day." When we had thus difcourfed 
 with the Man, he became very loving and tefider \ 
 and after he had confidered further of it, he never 
 fee up his (r) College. 
 
 Ibid.l Ac Nottingbajn I fent to Rice J ones ^ defiring 
 him to make his People acquainted, that Ihadjoms- 
 thing to fay to them from the Lord. 
 
 P. .194, alias 294.] Diverfe Times, both in the 
 Time of the long Parliament, and the Prote^or (fo 
 called) and of zhc Cojnmit tee of Safety, when they 
 proclaimed Fafts, I was moved to write unto them, 
 and tell them, their Fafts were like unto Jefahels ; 
 for commonly when they proclaimed Fafts, there 
 was fome Mifchief concerted againft us •, and 1 knew 
 their Fafts were for Strife and Debate, to finite the 
 Fiji of Wickednefs -, as the New-England Profejfors af- 
 ter did, who, before they put our Friends to Death, 
 proclaimed a Faft alfo. Ibid.} 
 
 (r) It appears what an Enemy George Fox was to TJntverfitiet 
 and Colleges^ from a Paper of his, }^nno Dom. i6t;8, called, 
 PafiJ}s Strength (See Snake in the Grafs, p. 220.) where he re- 
 queited, or demanded, from the Parliament, even the Aboli- 
 tion o{ Schools and Colleges^ as well as Churches. Thefe are his 
 Words ; " And I do declare in the Prelence of the Lord Go<3, 
 *' and all the Magijirates that be in God's Fear, they \^ill 
 ** break down the Mafs-Hovfes, Scbooh and Colleges^ which 
 *' you make Priejh and Minijters in. 
 
[38] 
 
 Hid.'] Little Favour could we ex:pe<5l from thofe 
 frof effing Parliaments \ ' but, inftead thereof, they 
 would be in a Rage, and fometimes threaten thofe 
 Friends that thus attended them, that they would 
 whip them and fend them home. 
 
 P. 199 alias 299.] I had a Sight and 5enfe of the 
 King's Return a good while before, and fo had fomc 
 others; and when fome forward Spirits that came 
 amongfl: us, would have bought (j) Somerfet Hou/cy 
 that we might have Meetings in it, I forbad them 
 to do fo ; for I did then forefee the King's coming in 
 again. Be fides, there came a Woman to me in the 
 Strand^ who had a Prophecy concerning King Charleses 
 coming in again, three Years before he came •, and 
 fhe told me, Ihe mud go to him to declare it. I 
 advifed her to wait upon the Lord, and keep it to 
 herfelf ; for if it Ihould be known that (he went on 
 fuch a Meffage, they would look upon it to be Trea- 
 fon. But (he faid, fhe muft go and tell him, that 
 he fhould be brought into England again. 
 
 Jbid.'\ Thomas Aldatn and Anthony Pearfon^ were 
 moved to go through all the Gaols in Engl(ind^ and 
 to get Copies of the Friends Commitments under 
 the Gaolers Hands, that they might lay the Weight 
 of Friends Sufferings upon Oliver Cromwell^ and when 
 he would not give Order for the releafmg of them, 
 
 Ihomas 
 
 (s) *Tis obferved by Mr. Lefley {Snake In tie Grafs, p. 21 S.) 
 
 That *twas defired in the Women*s Addrefs to the Parliament, 
 
 659, " That the late King (as they rebellioufly termed him) 
 
 ' his Kenti, Parks and Houfes, fhould be fold. And to what 
 
 End ? To pay thtfacrilegieus Improfrietors^ that they (of all 
 
 Men) (houid not lofe by the Aboilrion oiTythes. In the 
 
 fame Place they joyn with theicT/'^^'j Lands^ the GUhe Lands^ 
 
 and all the Colleges, and their Lands, to be fold ; and upon 
 
 the fame Foot ; and th*e very Bells out of Churches, except 
 
 one in a Town to give Notice of Fire. Thefe Papers were 
 
 fent to the Parliament the 20th Day of the 5th Month, 1659, 
 
 being above ^7000 of the ^?ames of the Handmaids and Daugh- 
 
 ters of the Lord, 2nd fuch as feel the OffreJionofTythes^'* 
 
 Fiiated for Mary Wejiw^od* 
 
[ ^9 ] 
 
 Thofnas Aldam was moved to take his Cap from off 
 his Head, and rend it to pieces before him, and 
 fay unto him, So Jhall th'j Government he rent from thee 
 and thy Houfe, Another Friend^ alfo a Woman, 
 "Was moved to go to the Parliament (thai was envi- 
 ous againft the Friends) with a Pitcher in her Hand, 
 which fhe broke into Pieces before them, and told 
 them. So JhouU they he broken to pieces^ which came 
 to pafs fhortly after. 
 
 P. 202.] In the Time of the Committee of Safety (fo 
 called) we were invited by them to have taken up 
 Arms and great Places and Commands were offered 
 fome of us •, but we denied them all, and declared 
 againft k, both by Word and Writing, teftifying, 
 that our Pf'^eapons and Armour were not carnal but 
 fjpiritual. 
 
 P. 206.] We pafTed into Somerfetjhire^ where the 
 Preshyterians and other Profejfors were very wicked, 
 and ufed to difturb Friends Meetings. One Time, 
 cfpecially, as we were then informed, there was a 
 very wicked Man, whom they had got to come to 
 the ^takers Meeting. This Man put a Beards Skin 
 on his Back, and undertook with that to play Pranks 
 at the fakers Meeting: Accordingly, fetting him« 
 fclf juft oppofite to the Friend that was fpeaking, he 
 lolled his tongue out of his Mouthy having his Beards 
 Skin on his Back ; and fo made Sport to his wicked 
 Followers, and caufcd a great Difturbance in the 
 Meeting : But an eminent Judgment overtook him^ and 
 his Punifhment Jlumhered not ; for, as he went back 
 from the Meeting, there was a Bull-haiting in the 
 Way, which he ftaid to fee •, and coming within 
 the Bull's Reach, the Bull ftruck his Horn into the 
 Man's Chin into his Throat, and ftruck his Tongue 
 out of his Month, fo that it hung lolling outy fo as he 
 ufed it before in Derifion in the Meeting ; and the 
 Bull's Horn running up into the Man's Head, he 
 fwung him about upon his Horn in a moft remark- 
 able and fearful Ms^nner, Thu« he that came to do 
 
 Mifchief 
 
[ 40 ] 
 
 Mifchief amohgfl God*s People, was mifchievM him* 
 
 feir. 
 
 p. 2 1 2.] A glorious Meeting there was (at Erifiot) 
 wherein 'the Lord's eveHafting Seed Chrijl Jefus^ was 
 fet over all^ and Friends parted in the Power and 
 Spirit of the Lord in Peace, anci in his Truth that is 
 over all. 
 
 P. 215.] There was a Friend went (/) naked 
 thro* the Town (of Skipton^ Torkjbire) and he was 
 much beaten. 
 
 P. 220 ] The ^nkers are not a Se^^ but are in 
 the Power of God, which was before Se^s were, 
 and witnefs the Eledlion before the World began 5 
 and are come to iive in the Life in which the Pro^ 
 fhets and Apojiles lived in, who gave forth the Scrip- 
 tures. 
 
 P. 229.] There being about 700 Friends in Prifbn 
 in the Nation, who had been committed under 0/i- 
 iyj?r's and Richard's Government, upon Contejnpts^ as 
 they call them, when the King came in, he fet theni 
 all at Liberty. 
 
 P. 239.] Many Ways were the ProfefTors warn'd, 
 both by Words, by Writing, and by Signs ; but 
 they would believe none till it was too late. William 
 S'j7npJon {u) was moved of the Lord to go feveral 
 
 Times, 
 
 (?) Mr. Lejley tells us {Snake in tie Grafs^ p. T04.) " That one 
 
 * of their mighty Prophets, Solomon Eccles^ came into the Church 
 ' of Al derm anbury^ in London^ in the Time of Divine Service, 
 ' all nahed^ and befmeared up to the Elbows with Excrements 5 
 ' and other fakers did jullify this BeaJ}^ and faid, he might 
 ' as well come into the Church with that Filth in his Hands, 
 ' as the Minifter with a Bible. And he was, after this, very 
 
 * dear to George Fox, and the Companion of his Travels. 
 
 (u) This was in Imitation of fome of the old Anahaptjis in 
 Germany and Holland \ for we are informed by Gerard Brandt 
 (See Abridgement of his Hiftory of the Reformation in the LonA> 
 Countries^ p. 42.) That yohn Bokelfon of Tayler Ley den (after- 
 wards moek King of Munjler) ran Hark naked in the Streets (of 
 Muujier^ Amio 1534-) ptetending to be moved hy the Sprit of 
 God. 
 
[41 ] 
 
 Times, for three Years, naked and b ire-foot befora 
 them, as a Sign unto them in Markers, Courts, 
 Towns, Cities, to Priefts Houfcs, and to great 
 Men's Houles, teljjng them, 6*^ fhould thcj all he 
 Jf ripped naked, as he was ftripped naked. And fomc- 
 times he was moved to put on Hair, Sackcloth, and 
 to befmear his Face, telling them, So would the Lord 
 God befmear all their Religion, as he was hifmeared. 
 
 Another Friend, one Robert Huntington^ was moved 
 of the Lord to go into Carltle Steeple Houfe, with a 
 white Sneet about him, amongll the great Freshyte- 
 nans and Independents there, to (hew them that thq 
 Surplice was coming up again i and he put a Halter 
 about his Neck,, to ihew them, that an Halter was 
 coming among them *, which was fulfilled upon fom? 
 Perfecutors not long after. 
 
 P. 240.] Aftcrlhis, on a l.eaure at fFef-Chefer^ 
 Richard Sale was moved to, go to the Steeply Houfe ia 
 the Time of their Wo.rfliip, and to carry thofe per- 
 fccuting Prieftsand People a Lanthorn and a Candle 
 as a Figure of their Darknefs. » 
 
 Jbid,'] Some of thofe who were counted the moll 
 eminent Prielb, were the bittereft and greatelt Stir- 
 rers up of the Magiftrates to Perfecution : And it 
 was a Judgment upon tbei^^i, to be denied the free 
 Liberty of their Confciencc when the King came in,, 
 becaufe, when thoy were uppermoft, they would not 
 have had Liberty of Confcience granted unto others. 
 But, asiliffas this Sort of Men were then againft 
 Toleration, it is. well known, that many of them 
 petitioned the King for Toleration, and for Meeting- 
 tiaccs, and paid for Lic^nfes too. 
 ' ^ a p. H4.1 
 
 % edify ufon the Ruinrs 
 O/John o/Leyden'j old Outgoirj^s^ 
 IVhofor a iVeathsr-Cock hung uf 
 Upon their MQthcT Church's Toj>. 
 ■^ HuJibras, Part HI. Canto y. 
 
[ 4?' ] 
 
 TR. -244..] (x) The ftingy Perfecutors of Nrw En^* 
 land^ were a People that fled out of old England-. 
 thither, from the Perfecution of the Bifbops here. 
 But when they had got Power in their Hands, they 
 fo far exceeded the Bifhops in Severity and Cruelty, 
 that whereas the Bifhops had n^ade them pay 12 
 Vtnc^ 2l Sunday {\oc2i\\ftd) for not corning to their 
 Worfhip here, they impofed a Fine'oi Five Shillings 
 a Day upon fuch as fhould not conform to iWwWill- 
 Worjhip there % and fpoiled the Goods of Friendx 
 that could not pay it : Befides many they imprifoned, 
 diverfe they whipp'd, and that moil: cruelly ; of 
 fome they cbt off their Ears, and fome they h;mged, 
 as "Books of Friends Sufferings in Neiv-England^ 
 largely fliew. 
 
 P.. 254.] It was, indeed, the immediate Hand 
 and Power of the I^ord that did preferve me out or 
 their Hands at B/ifiol^ and over the F-^eads of allovir 
 Perfecutors ; and the Lord alone is worthy' of all 
 the Glory, that did uphold and prelerve for his 
 Name and Truth Sake. 
 
 P. 262.] The Officers were envious Men, and 
 had an evil Mind againft Ermids \ but the Lord 
 brought his Judgments among them •, io that it was 
 taken Notice of by their Neighbours: For wheress 
 before, they were wealthy Men, after this, their 
 Eflates wafted " away, and John Lme.^ who was the 
 Conftable, and who wa's not only very forward in 
 '' • ' ' ■• putting 
 
 (x) }s^r. Lrfley r>h{tX\^^:{STjalks in the Grofs, p. 260) ** That 
 " the Quakers, when they had tafted a little of the Su-eet of 
 ^* Governir-enc in PeKfJ-vania^ profecuted G. Keith^ and other 
 *^ Dijpfiters there ^ and took up the old Pretence, that it was 
 ** not tbrhisDodrine, but as it was a, Dift.urbance to the Go- 
 *' vernment; NoChurch, not that cf Romc^ pretends" to any 
 "'^ Power farther than to e^cnmmun'icate j and the ^aken pre- 
 " tend to the fame,and exerclfeit: And all who can get the 
 *' AiTiftance offhe C/'y/VGowr/z/r/*?/;/-, do take it : And all Cor- 
 *' ^oralFuniJhments are only from the C\r\\ Government, even 
 " in Pn^ijh Countries^ and tTie fame Diftindlion ferves at Kams- 
 
[43.] 
 
 putting on the Soldiers to take Frie^idSy but alfo car- 
 ried thofe that were taken, to Prifon, and took a 
 falle Oarh of chetn at the Afiize ; .^upon which they 
 were fined, and continued Prifoners : He was a fad 
 Spedacle to behold ; for his Flefh .rotting away 
 while he jived, he died in a very miferable Condi- 
 tion, wifning that he had never meddled with the 
 ^inkers, arid confefilng, that he never profpered 
 fmce he had a Hand in perfecuting them , and that 
 he thought the Hand of the Lord was againft hiai 
 ior ic. 
 
 . P. 306.] (y) I could not but take Notice how the 
 Hand of the Lord turned againft thofe my Perfecu- 
 tors who had been the Caufe of my Imprifonment, 
 qr had been apufive and cruel to me in it : For the 
 Officer that fetched me to Hoidker Hall^. wafted his 
 Eftate, and foon after fled mto Ireland :. And moft: 
 of the Juftices.who were upon the Bench at the 
 Seflions, when I was fent to Prifon, died in a little 
 while after ; as old Thornas Frefton^ Rawlinfon^ and 
 Porter^ and M&tthew Weft of Bar wick ; And tho* 
 Juftice Fletmnmg did not die (yet his Wife died, and 
 left him Thirteen motherlefs Children) who had im- 
 prifoned two Friends to Death, and thereby made 
 feveral Children fatherleft. Collonel Kirh'j never 
 profpered after:. And the Chief Conftable, Richard 
 Dodgfon ^ ^\^di iQow after: And M?z/;;/, the petty 
 Conftable, and the other petty Conftable. John 
 AshurnhanCz V/ife, .who. railed af me in her Houfe, 
 <^ied foon after: And William Knipe^ vfho was the 
 Witnefs they brought againft me, died foon after 
 alfo : And Hunter^ the Gaoler of Layjcafter^ who 
 was very wicked to me while I was his Prifoner, he 
 
 G 2 was 
 
 (jy) Mr. Lefiey obferves {Snake in the Grafs) that Lodotk'ich. 
 Mu^gleton, who lived at the fame Time with /ox, was juft I'uch 
 another curfmg Frofhet, '' That he pronounced a Curfe againlt 
 "■ feveral Quakers by Name j fome of whom ( J^o/ Cole was one) 
 ** died foon after ; which he attributed to the Weight of his 
 f* Carfe, and urges as a Froof of hi« Froj^hctick Spirit** 
 
[44] 
 
 irras cut off in his youag Days : And the Under ^h$- 
 rlfF, that carried me from Lancafter Prifon towards 
 Scarhorbugh^ he lived not long after : And one Jobltn^ 
 the Gaoler of Dufbajn^ who was Prifoner with me 
 in Scarborough' Caftle, atid dften had incenfed the Go- 
 vernor and Soldiers againft me, tho* he got out of 
 Prifon, yet the Lord Cut him o'ff foon after. When 
 I came into that Country again, moll of thofe that 
 dwelt in Lancajhire were dead, and ruined in their 
 Ertates ; fo that tho' I did not feek lievenge upon 
 them for their Adings againfl me contrary to Law,- 
 yet the Lord hath executed his Judgments upon 
 many of them. 
 
 P. 307.] On this F6uVth Day (after he was releafed 
 from' Scarhorcugb Prifon) I came into Scarborough' 
 again, and had a Meeting in the Town. To this 
 Meeting can^e ons called a Lad'^^ and feveral other 
 great Perfons— That Lad)\ fo called^ came to me,' 
 and faidy I fpakeagainft the Minifters : I told her,- 
 Such as the Prophets and Chrijl declafed againfl for- 
 merly, I declared agarnft now. 
 
 P. 308.] I paffed thro' the Country (Torkjhire) 
 (1666} vifiting Friends^ till I carne to Sinderbill' 
 Green^ where 1 had a large and general Meeting. 
 The Prieft of the Place hearing of it, he fent the 
 Goriflable to the JufticeV for a Warrahf, and they 
 rid their Horfes fo hard, that they ateoll fpoiled 
 them *, but, the Meeting was over before they came. 
 Thus the Devil and the Pr'ieft loft theif Defign •, for 
 the Lord's Power bound them, and preferved me 
 over them. And the Officers went away as they 
 came •, for the Lord G-bd had fruftrated their De^ 
 fign J- praifcd be his Name for ever. 
 
 P. 309] I travelled out of Darh^Jhire into Nottwg- 
 barrijhire. and ha^ a great Meeting at Skegby, PalTing 
 thro* the I^orefl in a mighty thundering and raiHy 
 Bay^ 1 came to Nottingham^ and fo great was the 
 M^empeft- that Day, thaj many Trees were torn up 
 
[45] 
 
 by the Root?, and fomc People killed; but the 
 Lord preferved us. 
 
 P. 311.] The Lord opened to me^ and let me fee 
 what I muft do, and how the Men's and Women's 
 monthly and qiidrterly Meetings fhoufd be ordered 
 and eftablifh'ed in this Nation, and in other Nations, 
 and that I fliould v/rite to them, where I came not, 
 to do the iame. 
 
 Ibid.] Leaving Things well fettled m Berhyjhire^ 
 we travelled over the Peak- Hills (which were very 
 cold, for it was then Froil: and Siiow) and fo came 
 fnto StctjfordfJoire \ and at Thomas Hamerjlefi we had 
 a general Men's Meeting •, where Things were well 
 fettled in the Go/pel Order^ and the monthly Meet- 
 ings were eflablilhed there alfo : But I was fo ex- 
 ceedingly wealt, that I Was fcarce able to get on or" 
 off my Horle's Back ; bur my Spirit being earneftly 
 engaged in the Work !he Lord had concerned me in, 
 and feht me forth about, I travelled on therein, noc 
 withftanding the Wea1<neB of my Body, having 
 Confidence in the Lord, tha'c h'e woufd carry me 
 thro', as he did, by his Povvef. 
 
 P. 312.] After I had cleared myfelf there {viz, in' 
 Chejhire) in the Lord's Service^ I pafled unto Lanca- 
 Jbire, ib fVUliain Barnes'"?,^ near IVarringto)^ and 
 there alio the ?nontblj Meetings were cftablifhed ih 
 the GoJ'pel Order. From thence I ferit Papers into 
 Weftmoriand ; and alfo into Bijhoprick^ and Cleveland^ 
 and Nonhumherland, and into Cumberland and .Sfc/- 
 /^;/^, to .exhort I'riends 10 fettle the monthly Meet- 
 ings in the Lord's Power in thofe Places, which they 
 did : And fo the Lord's Power came over all, and 
 the Heirs of it came to inherit it : For the Authority 
 of our Meetings is the Power of God, the Gofpel^ which 
 irings Ufe and Lnmortality to Lights that they may 
 fee oyer chc Devil chat halh darkened them. 
 
 P. 314:] 
 
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 , P. ^14.] (1667) We pafTed into Hercfor^jhire, 
 There was, about this Time, a Proclamation againft 
 Meetings. Then they met in Lemfter privately, and 
 i^xovid^d Bread 2iX\d_CheeJe and Drink in Readinefs, 
 that if the Officers fi:iould come, they would put up 
 their Bibles and flill to eating. The Bailiff found 
 them out, and came in among them, and faid, 
 ^heir Sread and Cheefe_ Jhoidd 7iot cover them ; but he 
 v/ould have their Speakers. They cried then, what 
 would become of their Wives and Children? But he 
 took their Speakers^ and kept them awhile. This 
 the Bailiff told our Friend, Peter Touhg^ and faid, 
 they were the verieft Eypocrites that ever made Pro- 
 feflion of Religion., The like Contrivances they had 
 in other Places : For there, was one Pocock at Lon- 
 don^ that married Abigail Darcy^ who was called a 
 Lady; and fhe being convinced o/Trulh^ I went to 
 his Houfe to fee her._ This Pocock had been one of 
 the (z) Triers of the Priejis i and being an high Pre/- 
 hylerian, and envious againft us, he ufed to call our 
 Friends Hoi^fe Creepers, Now, I going to vifit his 
 Wife, and he beihg prefent, fhe faid to me, / have 
 fomething to /peak to thee againji my Husband. Nay, 
 faid I, thou muft not fpeak againft thy Husband, 
 Yes, faid fhe, but I muft in this Cafe. Tbg la/l 
 Firft Day^ faid fhe, be^ and all his Priefts and People^ 
 the Presbyterians^ mety and they had Candles and To- 
 hacco Pipes, and Bread and Cheefe^ and cold Meat on 
 
 the 
 
 (z) Dr. South ^S<£rrr]on, intitled, the Chrljllan PentecoJ?^ 
 ^^^- i-> ?' S^^) fpeaks of the 7r);m as foUov/s : *' And likewiffc 
 (oxth^Giho^difcerningofSfirits. They had their 'I'ryers^ 
 that is, a Co&'r/' appointed lor the T'"yal of Minifters j but molt 
 properlycsiWed Crowwell's I'jqur^tioa j in which they would 
 pretend to know Men's Hearts, smd inward Bent cf their 
 Spirits (as their Word was) by their very Looks. But the 
 Truth is, as the chief Pretence of thofe fryers, was to look 
 into Men's Gifts j io if they found them but wdl gifted in the 
 Hand, they never look'd any further: For a full and free 
 Hand with them, was a Demonftrationof a gracious Heart ^ 
 a Word in great Reqiieil in thofe Times." 
 
[4^7) 
 
 the ^ahle, and they agreed before Handy that if ih* 
 Officers fhould come in upon theniy then they would leave 
 their Preaching and Praying^ and fall to their cold. 
 Meat. Oh, ll\id I to him, is not this a Shame to 
 you, who pcrfeciited and imprifoned us, and fpoiled 
 cur Goods, bccaufe we would not follow you, ancj 
 be of your Religion, and called us Houfe Creepers ; 
 and now ye don*t ftand to your own Religion your- 
 felves ? Did you ever find our Meetings fluffed v/itK 
 Bread atui Cheefe and tobacco Pipes ? Or did you 
 ever read in the Scriptures, of any fuch Pradice 
 amongjl the Saints ? Wby^ fa id the old Man, wi mujt 
 he as wife as Serpents. Then, faid I, this is the Ser^ 
 pent'^s J^Flfiom indeed. But who, faid I, would evef 
 have thought, that you Presbyterians and Indepen- 
 dents^ who perfecuted and imprifoned others, and 
 fpoiled their Goods, and whipped fuch as would not 
 follow your Religion, iliould now flinch yourfelves^ 
 and not dare to (land to, and own your own Reli- 
 gion, but cover it with Tobacco PipeSy Flaggons, of 
 Drink, cold Meat^ and Bread ajid Cheefe ? But this, 
 and fuch- like deceitful Pradlices, I underftood after^ 
 wards, were too common among them, in Times 
 of Perfecution. 
 
 P. 315.] As ! was lying io Bed at Brijlol^ the 
 Word of the Lord came to me, that I mufl go back 
 to London. Next Morning Alexander Parker ^ and 
 feveral others, came to me, and 1 asked them, what 
 they felt ? They asked me, what was upon me ? I 
 told them, I felt I muft return to London i And they 
 faid, the fame was upon them *, fo we gave up to 
 return to London ; for which Way the Lord moved 
 and led us, thither we went in his Power. 
 
 P. 317.] We came to a Place called Newport \ 
 and, it being Market Day there, feveral Friends 
 came to us, with whom we fat together awhile ; and, 
 after we had 2ifine refrejhing Seafon together^ we part- 
 ed from them, and went on our Way, 
 
 ?• 321.1 
 
f 4S] 
 
 P. ^^21.] I was fenttovifua Fmnd that was fick 
 (in S.iijfex) and went to fee Friends that were Prifoners^ 
 and there was Danger of my being apprehended •, 
 ]3ut went in the Faith of God's Power, and thereby 
 the Lord preferved me in Safety. 
 
 P- 33 ^-J Since the Time that thefe Meetings (i;f2;. 
 Monthly ones) have been fettled, that all the Faith- 
 ful, in the Power of God, who, be Heirs of the 
 Gofpel, have met together in the Power of God, 
 n^any Months have been opened in Thankfgivings and" 
 Fraije, and many have bleifed the Lord God, that 
 ever he did fend me forth in this Service i yea, witt^ 
 ^ears havsi^awj prmfed the Lord. — Thus the Lord's 
 everlafting Renown and Braife is let up in every 
 qne's Heart that is faithful : So that we can now lay. 
 That the Gpjpel Order eflablifhed amongft us, is not^ 
 cf Man^ nor by Man, but of and by Jefus thrift, in 
 and through ^oe Holy Ghoft. 
 
 P. 333.] John Fo^ was complained of in the Hou/^ 
 cf Commons for having a tumultuous Meeti.ng,in whicU 
 treajonable Words were Jpoken Cwhich, according to 
 the bed Information I could get of it) was thus :. 
 This John Fox had formerly been Prieft of Mamfield^ 
 mWiltJhire \ and being put out of that Place, was 
 afterwards permitted, by a Common- Prayer Prieft^ 
 to preach fometimes in his Stetple-Houje. At length, 
 this Presbyterian Prieft^ prefumirig top far upon th^ 
 Parifh Prieft's former Grant, began to be more bold 
 than welcome, and would have preached there, whe- 
 ther the Parifh. Prieft v/ould or no. This caufed a 
 great Buftle and Conteft in the S^teeple Houfe between 
 the two Priefts and their Hearers on either Side : 
 In which Conteft the Common- Prayer Book was cut to 
 Pieces \ and, as it was fiid, Ibme treafonable Words 
 were then fpoken by the Followers of this John Ph;^y 
 the Presbyterian Prieft. 
 
 ?. 3,3^ J 
 
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 V P. 336.] (1669) After this Meeting in Ghucepr^ 
 Jhire was over^ we travelled thro* the Country till 
 we came io.Briftol^ where I met with Margaret Fell^ 
 who was come to vifit her Daughter 2?^^/*^^;?; there | 
 i had feen from the Lord^ a conliderable Time before, 
 that I fiiould take Margaret Fell to be my Wife.: 
 And when I firll mendoned it to her, Jhe felt th^ Atir 
 fiver of Life from God thereunto,: But tho' the Lord 
 had opened this Thing unto me^ yet I had not re- 
 ceived a Command from the Lord; for the accom-)' 
 pliiliing of it then i but it v/as done at (a) Brijiol 
 afterward^'. ,.,,/..-. ;^' 
 
 P. 349.] The Perfecution- a little. ceaHng (1671) 
 I was moved to fpeak: to Martha Ftfher, and another 
 Woman (b) Friend, .to go to the King about her (his 
 Wife's) Liberty. They went. in ths Faith, and in tht 
 Lord's Power \ and tne Lord gave , them Fayoup 
 with the King, fo that he granted a Difcharge unde^ 
 the Broad Seal to cles't both her and her Eftatq, 
 after (lie had been ren Years Prifoner,,, and premur 
 nired. I ient down the Difcharge forthwith ^by A 
 Friend;, by whom alfo I writ to her, to inform her^ 
 how to gee it delivered to -the Juftices, and alip tO; 
 
 H acquaint 
 
 ' (a) Mr LeJIcy fays {Srahe In the Grafs, p, TQf) '* That G,- 
 -' Fox married an old IVid'ow, who was paft the Age of Child^ 
 *' hearing, and laid, thac The was a Figure of the Church coming 
 ^'^ out of ths IVildfrrtefs : And therefore, thac fhe mult not be 
 " barren, but would, as Sarah, bring forth an i/^^^r in her ol4 
 *' Age. . With thishe pleas'd himfeh"; and this was given forth^ 
 " and certainly ex pe(f!ed among the fakers -. For, to feed, and 
 ** at lalt to expofe their Delulion, fhe grew- <^/^^, as if witfi 
 ** Child, and the Spirit of difceming fail'd them ', lor all Thingj 
 '* were provided for the Lying-in, and the Midivi/e attended 
 *' feveral Weeks in the Houl'e, till Betty fell, the Figure 
 *' was Ipoil'd, and the i^^ii;&<rri dlfappointed of their Jy^z*r.'* 
 
 {!;) Mr. L^/Iey takes No'cicc {S^ake in the Grafsy p. 47)" That 
 ^' there are Inilances of lofne 6i theirihe F'reacheri (whom they 
 ** called travctting Friends) that went abroad to propagate the 
 " Faith, and to fettle the Churches, who go.c. lomething ia 
 " th^ir Journc)', which made chenj ^ro^agatf "kfid travtiil, even 
 *' according to the I//frr." 
 
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 acquaint her, that it was upon me from the Lord^ t8 
 go beyond the Seas, to vifu the Plantations in Ame- 
 fica ; and defired her to haften up to London^ be- 
 caufe the Ship was then fitting for the Voyage, 
 
 P. 3^0.] When we had been about three Weeks 
 at Sea, one Afternoon we efpied a Vefiel about four 
 Leagues aflern of us : Our Mafter faid, it was a 
 Bailee Man of War, and he fcemed to give us Chafe. 
 Friends were well fatisfied in themfelves, having 
 Faith in God^ and no Fear upon their Spirits. When 
 the Sun was gone down, I faw the Ship out of my 
 Cabbin 5 and I faw fhe fnade up towards us : When 
 it grew dark, we altered our Courfe 10 mifs her ; 
 but fhe altered alfo, and gain'd upon us. Ac 
 Night the Mafter and others came into my Cabbin^ 
 and ask'd me, what they jhould do ? I told them, I 
 ^as no Mariner^ and ask'd them,^ what they thought 
 ^as beft to do ? They faid, there were but two 
 Ways, either to outrun them,- or tack about and 
 hold the fame Courfe we were going before. I told 
 them. If he were a Thief ^ they might be fure he 
 Would tack about too ; and as for outrunning him, 
 it was to no Purpofe to talk of that, for they faw 
 fte failed fafter than we. Then they asked mc 
 again, what they fhould do? For, they faid, if the 
 Mariners had taken Paul's Counfel, they had not 
 Come to the Damage they did. I told them, it was 
 a Trial of Faith -, and therefore tne Lord v/as to 
 Ibe waited on for Counfel : So retiring in Spirit (c) the 
 i.ord fhewed me. That his Life and Power was placed 
 ietween us and the Ship that purjued us. I told this 
 m the Mafter and the reft, and that the beft Way 
 tVas to tack ahouty and fteer our right Cour(e. i 
 ^ifhed them alfo, to put out all their Candles, but 
 
 that 
 
 (e) This in Imitation of St. Paa/, who had an AiTurance 
 from an ^rigel^ that God would fave ail the Lives in the Ship 
 for his Sake. By which Revelation^ hs was enabled to give 
 Encourag^nient tlid Diredion to the Seamen^ who had other- 
 v^ife given aii up in Dijfair, 
 
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 that they fleered by ■, and to fpeak to all the PaA 
 fengcrs to be (till and quiet. About the Eleventh 
 Hour of the Night, the Watch called, and faid, 
 they were juft upon us. That difquieted fomc of 
 the PaiTengers ; whereupon, I fat up in my Cabbin, 
 and Jooking thro' the Port-Hole, the Moon being 
 not down, I law them very near us. I was getting up 
 tp go our of the Cabbin ; but remembering the 
 Word of the Lord, That his Life and Power was 
 placed between us and them^ 1 Jay down again. The 
 Mailer, and fome of the Seamen, came to. me 
 again, and asked me. If they might not fleer fuc^ 
 a Point ? I told them, they might do as they would. 
 By this Time the Moon was gone quite down, and 
 a frefli Gale arofe, and the Lord hid us from them, 
 and we filled briskly on, and faw them no more. 
 Yhe next Day, being the firft Day of the Week, 
 we had a [ublick Meeting in the Ship (as we ufu- 
 :^lly had on that Day throughout the Voyage) and 
 the Lord's Prefence was greatly among us \ and I 
 defined the People, '' To mind the Mercies of the 
 *' Lord, who had delivered them i for they might 
 ^' have been all in the 51/r^r Hands by that Time, 
 <« had npt the Lord's Hand faved them.'^ After- 
 wards, whilft we were at Barbados, there came ia 
 a Merchant from Sallee, and told the People, that 
 one of the Sallee Men of War faw a monjirous Tatch 
 at Sea, the greateft that ever he faw, and had her 
 in Chace, and was juft upon her, but that there was. 
 a Spirit in her^ that he could not take. This did 
 confirm us in the Belief, that it was a Sallee Man we 
 faw make after us, and that it was the Lord that 
 (delivered ua out of his Hands. 
 
 P. 351.] (d) I was not Sea-fick during the Voage,, 
 as many of the Friends and other PafTengers were. 
 
 H2 P. 352.] 
 
 (d) Whitefield\ joMxmX {rom London to Gihrsltar, &c. ^.2. 
 Some of the PalTengers, amongil whom was Mr ^. began nov^ 
 to hejick ; but 1 feic very little oi it i on the the C<>limry, Gq4,- 
 «jiabledme t© rejoice with vei/ great Joy. 
 
V: 352-] Soon after I came into the Ifianc! (Sar" 
 
 :e. 
 
 lajos) 1 was informed of a remarkable Pafl-igt 
 Avherein the Juilice'of God did eminently appear: 
 There was a young Man of Barbados, whofe Name 
 'W2iS John Brahs (a Perfoh of Idm'e Note in tht 
 World's Account, but a common S'wearer^ and a bad 
 Man) who hsiving been in £;/^/^;;i, and at 'London^ 
 had a mind to marry a young Maid that was a 
 Friend's Daughter, left by her Mother very young, 
 rind with a conficierable Portion, 'to the Care anc^ 
 Government of feveral Friends^ whereof I whs one. 
 He made his Application to me, that he might have 
 liVy Cohfent to^marry this young Maid. I told him, 
 *' 'J was one of her Overfcers, appointed hy her Mo- 
 ^^ ther to take care of her ; thatif her Mother had 
 ■^' intended her for a Match to any Man of the JVorld^ 
 *■' llie would have difpofed 'her accordingly : Bnt 
 ^^ fiie committed her to us, that Hie might be train- 
 ^^ ed up in the Fear of the Lord ;" and therefore I 
 ^'' fhould betray the Truft repofed in me, if I 
 *^ ll^buld confent that he who was out oj the Fear of 
 *^ (7^i, fhould marry her, which I would not do." 
 When'he faw that he coUld not obtain, he returned 
 x6 Barbados with great Offence of Mind- againft nie, 
 but 'without jufi Caufe. Afterwards, when he heard I 
 iviis coxmw^ioBarbadQS^ he fwore defperately, and 
 threatened, thai if he could pnjfhly'frocure it, 'hs would 
 have me burnt to Death when 1 came there i which a 
 Friend hearing, ask'd him^ what I Had done to him, 
 that he was fo violent againil: me ? he would not 
 anfvver,"' but faid again,- 7 will have hivi burnt. 
 Whereupon' the Friend replied. Do not march on too 
 furioufly^ .kjl thou come too foon to thy Journefs End. 
 About ten Days after this, he was ftruck with a 
 violent burning Fever ^ of whi'chhe died ; and by whith 
 his Body was io Jcorched, that the People took No-' 
 tide of it, and faid, It was as black as a Coal : And 
 three Days before i landed, his Body was laid in 
 the 
 
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 the Dujt *, and it was taken Notice of as a fad Bx- 
 ample. 
 
 P. 362.] We went on board Cfrom Jamaica) the 
 Sthof the I ft Month, 1671-2, and having contrarjr 
 Winds, were a full W'eek failing forwards and back- 
 wards, before we could get out of Sight of Jamaica^ 
 A difficult Voyage this proved, and pretty dangerous, 
 efpecially in our pafling thro*» the Gulf of Florida^ 
 where we met with .many Trials by Winds and 
 Storms : But the great God, who is Lord of the 
 Seas and Land, and who rideth upon the Wings of 
 the Wind, did, by his Power, preferve us thro* 
 many and great Dangers, when, by excream Strels 
 of Weather, our VefTel was divers Times like to be 
 overfet^ and much of her Tackling broken ; and, 
 indeed, we were fenfible that the Lord was a God at 
 Handy and that his Ears were open to the Supplica- 
 tions of the People ; For when the Winds were fo 
 flrong and boyfterous, and ^he Storms and Tcmpefts 
 lb great, chat the Sailors knew not what to do, but 
 were fain to let the Ship go which Way fhe would ; 
 then did we pray unto the Lord, and the Lord did 
 graciouQy hear and accept us, and did calm the 
 Winds and the Seas, and give us feafonable Weather, 
 and made us rejoice in his Salvation: Eleffcd and 
 praifed be the holy Name of the Lord, whofe Power 
 hath Dominion over all, and whom the Winds and 
 Seas obey. 
 
 ?. 0,64,:'] John Burneyate^ Robert IVidders^ George 
 Pattifon 2in(My with feveral Friends of the ProvinA 
 (of Maryland) went over to the Eaftern Shore^ and 
 
 had a Meeting there on the firft Day^ A very 
 
 Heavenly Meeting it waSy and feveral Perfons of Qua* 
 lity of that Country were at it : Two of which were 
 Jujlices of the Peace. And it was upon me from the 
 Lordy to fend to the Indian Bmferor^ and his Kings 
 to come to that Meeting ! The Emperor came, and 
 was at the Meeting j but bis Kings lying fiu-thcr ofF» 
 ' could 
 
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 C0uld not reach thither Time enough ; yet the)^ 
 came after with their Cockaroofes, I had in the Even- 
 ing, for they (laid all Night, two good Opportu- 
 nities with them ; and they heard the Word of the 
 Lord willingly, and did confefs to ir. 
 
 P. 367.] I had a great Travel of Spirit concerning 
 the Ranters^ for there were many of them in thofe 
 Parts (and they had been rude at a Meeting which I 
 "was not at) wherefore I appointed a Meeting amongft 
 them; and I believed the Lord would give me Pow- 
 er over them ; and he did fo, to his Praifc and 
 Glory, blefied he his Name. 
 
 P. ^6g.'] I had a Meeting among the Indians^ at 
 Shelter Ifiand^ at which were their King with their 
 Council, and about a Hundred 7«iz^«j more. They 
 fate down like Friends, and heard very attentively, 
 while I fpake to them by an Interpreter, an Indian. 
 ^hat could fpeak Englijh. well. After the Meeting, 
 they appear 'd very loving, and confefs'd, that what 
 was faid to thern, was Truth. They were very well 
 fatisfted with the Meeting, and would not go^ 
 away when the Meeting was done, till they had fpo- 
 ken with nae: wherefore I went amongft them, and 
 found they were much taken with the Truth •, and 
 good De fires were raifed in them, and great Love. 
 Bleffed be the Lord, his Name fpreads, and will be 
 great among the Nations, and dreadful among the 
 Heathen. 
 
 " P. 407.] (1675) At Cojfely among other Friends 
 that came to fee us, there came a Woman, and 
 brought her Daughter to me to fee how well fhe was : 
 Putting me in mi?id, that when I was there before, Jhe 
 had brought her to me, much troubled: with the Dijeafe 
 called the King's Evil *, and had then defired me to 
 fray for her, which I did y andjhe grew well upon it^ 
 fraifid he the Lord. 
 
 p. 430.] In my Journey I obferved a Slacknefs 
 and Shorcncfs in feme thdXfrpfefs'd Truths in keeping 
 
 up- 
 
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 ijp the ancient Teftimony of Truth againfl Tylbes^ fot 
 whcre-ever that Spirit got Entrance, which wrought 
 Givifions in the Church, and oppofed the Men's and 
 Women's Meetings, it weakened thofe that received 
 it in their Teftimony againft Tythes. Wherefore, / 
 was moved of the Lord, to give forth a fhort Paper, by 
 Way of an Epiftle to Friends, to ftir up the pure 
 Mind in them, and to encourage and ftrengthen them 
 in their Chrifiian Teftimony againft the Antichriftian 
 TokeAnd OpprefPiOn. 
 
 P. 469.] (1678) At Ives in Huntingtonjklre, George 
 iVhitekmd came to me, and travelled with me in the 
 Work of the Lofd for five or fix Days in that Coun- 
 try, and in fome Parts of North atjiptonjhire. 
 
 P. 480.] After I had fpent fix Weeks time in the 
 Service of the Truth in and sloqmi London (1680) 
 / was moved of the Lord to go with Friends into 
 fome Parts of Surrey and Suffex ; I went down to 
 Kingfton by Water, and I tarried there certain Days : 
 For while 1 was there, the Lord laid upon me to 
 write to both the great Turk, and King of Algier 
 feverally (he had wrote a long Letter before 1678, 
 fee p. 459. to Johannes III. King o^ Poland, as he 
 expreffes himfelf) to warn them both, and the Peo- 
 ple under them, to turn from their Wickednefs and 
 fear the Lord, and do juftly, left the Judgments of 
 God come upon them, and deftroy them without 
 Remedy. But to the Algtrines I writ more particu- 
 larly concerning the Cruelty they cxercifed towards 
 Friends and others, whom they held Captives in 
 Algiers, 
 
 P. 503.} While i was ^X. Wormingfourft in Suffex^ 
 where 1 had a very blefl^ed Meeting among Friends^ 
 and free from Difturbance. While I was there, 
 James Claypole, of London, was fjddenly taken very 
 ill, with lb violent a Fit of the Scone, that he could 
 neither ftand nor lye •, but, with the Extremity of 
 Fain^ cric4 ^^^ '^^^ ^ Woman in Travel, When I 
 
 heard 
 
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 heard ir, 1 -wras much caeriifed in Spirit for him, and 
 Vi^enr to him ; and after I had fpoken a few Words 
 to him to turn his Mind inward, I was moved to 
 Jay my Hand upon him, and prayed to the Lord to 
 rebuke bis hfirmitj : And as I laid my Hand upon 
 him, the Lord's Power, went through him ; and, 
 thro* Faith in tHat Power, he had fpeedy Eafe ; fo 
 that he quickly fell into a Sleep,. and \vhen he a- 
 .waked, the. Stone catne from him like Dirt, and he 
 was fo well, that the next Day he rode with m'c 
 five-and- twenty Miles in a Coach* tho' he ufed for- 
 merly, as he laid, to lye two Weeks, and fome- 
 times a Month, with ode of thofe Fits of the Stone ; 
 but the Lord was intreated for him, and his Power 
 foon gave him Eafe at this Time j blefted and praifed 
 be his holy Name therefore. 
 
 P. 518.] Being on a Firft Day (1683) at the 
 Bull and Mouthy where the Meeting had long been 
 kept out, but was on that Day peaceable and large, 
 the People were fo affedled with the Truth, and 
 refrefhcd with the powerful Pre fence of the Lord, 
 that, when the Meeting was ended, they were loth 
 to go away. 
 
 P. 519.] The yearly Meeting (1684) was in the 
 Third Month, and a blcffed weighty Meeting it 
 was ; where Friends wefe fvs^eetly refrcfhed together, 
 tor the Lord was with us, and opened his heavenly 
 Treafures amongft us. And tho' it was a Time of 
 great Difficulty and Danger, by reafon of Informers 
 and perfecuting Magiftrates, yet the Lord was a 
 Defence and Place of Safety to his People. 
 
 Ibid,'] A glorious Meeting we had (at Colchefler) 
 to the fettling and ftablifhing of Friends both in 
 Town and Country •, for the Lord's Power was over 
 all, blcfTed be his Name for ever : Truly the Lord's 
 Power and Prcfcnce was beyond Words : For I was 
 but weak to go into a Meeting, and my Face (by 
 jcafon of a Cold 1 had taken) was fore, but God 
 
 was 
 
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 was ftrong, and manifefted his Strength in us, and 
 v/ich us, and all was well. The Lord have the 
 Cjjory for ever more for his fupporting Power. 
 
 V. ^ir^.] Many Things at this Time I writ •, fomc 
 for tiic Prcfi, and Tome for particular Service : As^ 
 Letters to the King of lihirndrk and Duke of //<?/- 
 J/m^ on Bv-half of Friends that were Sufferers in 
 their Dominions. 
 
 P". 568.] I writ a Letter to the King of Poland 
 (1685) on B:^half of Friends at Dantzick^ who had 
 long bt^en undcT grievous Sufferings. 
 , P. 5S6.] I haci not been long in London (1688) 
 before a great Weight came upon me, and a Sight 
 the Lord gave me ot thfi great Bu flies and Troubles y 
 Revolution and Change^ v/hich foon after came to pafs. 
 
 P. 588.] About ^thU Time (the Eighth Month, 
 *688) great Fxercife and Weights came upon mc 
 (as hath ufualiy done before great Revolutions and 
 Changes of Government) and my Strength departed 
 from me ; fo that I reeled, and was ready to fall as 
 I went along the Streets ♦, and at length I could noc 
 go abroad at all, I v/as fo v/eak for a pretty while, 
 till I felt^the Power of the Lord to fpring overall, 
 and had received an AlTurance from him, that he 
 would prefcrve his faithful People to himfelf through 
 
 P. 601.] When I was come to London (1689) I 
 went from Meeting to Meeting, labouring diligently 
 in the Work of the Lord, and opening the divine 
 Myfteries of the heavenly Things, as God, by his 
 Spirit, opened them in me. 
 
 P. 1614.] He died on the 13th Day of the Ele- 
 venth Month {Novemkr 1690) in the 67ch Year pf 
 hib Ai^e. '^ 
 
 T HE 
 
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 THE 
 
 LAST WILL 
 
 Of that Impostor 
 
 GEORGE FOX 
 
 <^ HE fakers great Apoflle and admired 
 Idol, wrote with his own Hand, and 
 witnefTed fo to be, by three eminent 
 ^{akers, upon their Atteftation, 'of 
 new Oath, when it was proved before 
 Dr. BramJIon^ namely, S, Mead, JV, 
 Ingram^ and Geo, Whitehead, and is now lying in the 
 Prerogative-Office by 'Dolors- Commons, London. 
 -And (as rn the Broad-Side publifhed by Mr. HawSy 
 at the Rofe in Ludgate-Street) figned by Mr. Thomas 
 Wellham, Deputy Regifter, with a Copy of the Admi- 
 niftration in Latine, dated the 30th of Tiecemhery 
 1697. And whereas I firft publiflied this Will in 
 my Book, A Seafonahle Caveat againft the Prevalency 
 cf ^akerifm, &c. Henry Pickworlb, with the Ap- 
 probation of the fakers Second-Day-Mecting, has 
 printed a Book called, A Narrative and Charge^ 
 &c, where he fays, p. 9. That as 1 never read of 
 any fuch Saying in any Book of his {i.e. Fox) that he 
 tt^ hath the fame Spirit that raifed Jefus from the 
 Dead, is equal with God ; fo if any fuch Inftance 
 thefe "^erc unknown t6 me, he was acquitted. As 
 »i' our Ar^is Fla^c^atus^ to his eternal Defenfe» 
 
 aganift 
 
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 againfl all fuch unrighteous Suggefllons, i^c. An4 
 thereupon I am concerned to publifh a fecond Edi-. 
 tion of this his Will, with fome additional Remarks 
 for their Hearers Sake *, and which I propofe (if 
 they deny them) to prove at our Conference at ^lee- 
 ford^ or thereaway, where, if God permit, I pur- 
 pofe to meet him the 25th of Auguft^ 1701, as in 
 my late Book-.News, Numb. \. and princed Letter, 
 is accepted •, and this is timely Notice. Signed this 
 27th of June^ 170,1, Fra. Bi/gg, 
 
 George Fox's fFill, as it lies in the Prerogative^ 
 Ojfice. * 
 
 " I. Y Doe give to thomas lover my Sadell the ar at 
 J^ " Jhon Nelfons and bridall and i" Sporg 
 *' and bootes inward letherethd and the Newingland 
 ♦' indan bible and my great book of the fignifing 
 '.* of names and my book of the new teltement of 
 '' eight langves and all my fifehall things that cama 
 *' from beyand the Sea,y, \yith the ovtlandelh Cvp 
 *•' and that thing that people do give gliders witlf 
 '' and my tov diales the one is an eknockfa dialL 
 " And all my over plcfh bookes to be devided 
 
 V amovng my 4 Sones in lav/ and alfo, my other 
 *' bookes and my Hamack j doe give to thomas 
 ** lover that is at Bengarnin Antrvhvs his Clofet and 
 *' rachall may take that which is at Swarthmor. 
 
 *' And Thomas lover may have my walnvt eqvnock- 
 *.« fhall diall and if hee can he may geete one cut by 
 *' it which will be hard to doe and hee (hall have 
 *' one of my profspe<fl> glafles in my trovnk at Lotp>^ 
 
 V don and a pare of my gloveses and my Seale^^ 
 " the fflaming Sward to 7iat. Mead and my other 
 *' two Scales j rofe the other dan abrabam* 
 
 I z ''And 
 
 ♦ Endorfed on the firft Paper, Numt>» I. ffor T^omat Loic^ 
 ijiis. 
 ' f. Spurs, 
 
[ 6o 1 
 
 Y, And ihofnas. lover lliall have m-^Sp/Jvnl) k'rhs% 
 ^^ hvd G ff, and S Mead- flialf fiavc my Magiutir.g 
 ^' g'las & tho torkclKlKfll Com & cak. 
 * '' fl. And all that I have written Conl^irino wliat 
 ^' J doe give to my relafhons ether money or other 
 " \\'3.esjhon loft may put it up in my tronke Tdjhon 
 ^^ Elfones & wright all things dovne in a paper & 
 *' make a paper out of aH my papers how j have 
 <' orderd things for them & jhon left' may knd all 
 «« things dovn by povelfivorth Carrer in the trovnke 
 '.' to jhon ff ox at poveheworth in warukfher & ht jhon. 
 *' fox kndjhon left a full receat & a di (charge & in 
 *' this Matter and non of you may be confarned bul 
 *' jhon loft only &' my other lettcll tronke that ftand- 
 *' eth in bengmin Antruhes is Gioefet with the Oviian- 
 *' defh things tho?nas lover fliall have and if it be 
 «« ordered in any other papers to any other that mult 
 *' not Itand foe but as now ordered G ff^ Sary thou 
 '« may give Sary ffrkkenf eld half a gine for ih^t hath 
 *' bene fiirvefable to mee a honeft earful young wo- 
 *.« mon G ff. 
 
 *' Make no f Noves of thes things but doe. them 
 *' in the h'fe as J have orderd them & when all is 
 *' don and cleared what remencs to the printing my^ 
 *« hookes hengmin Anirvhves and Mary hath loo, 
 *' pound of miine take no Notes of them for it when 
 *' you doe reeve it & in my cheafl: in bengamen An- 
 *' trvbs Chamber ther is a leteJl gilt box with iome 
 *' gould in it Sary Mead to take it & let it do it 
 ■^.' Sarveses among the reft foe far as it will goe the 
 V box is Sealed up G^. 
 
 *' And let thornas docker that knoeth ,many of my 
 *' epefeles & wrten bookes vyhich hee did wright 
 *' com up to London to aflift frends in Sorting of my 
 «' epefeks & other v/ritings & give him a gine G ff, 
 
 J II. 
 
 * On the Second, Numb. II. This is to be put up among 
 C ff\ r^aled ij|) f^apers, that Packet that Sarah Mead)xz<\i^ 
 'f* Noife. 
 
(( 
 
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 «* *' III. J doeordc IVm^Sa Mead & T, lover tQ 
 take care of all my booj^es & Epeltles & papers 
 thac be at bejijmin Anlrvhjes. & at r. r Chamber & 
 choes thac com from Swartb mor and my jornall 
 of my life & the pifeges & travels of fiends & to 
 take them all into ther hands and all the over- 
 plwch of them the may have & keep together as a 
 libary when the hav<? gethcred them together 
 which ar to bc-printd. 
 
 " And for them to take charge of all my money 
 & defray all as j have orderd in my other papers. 
 " And any thing of mine the may the my take & 
 God will and fliail be thcr reward the 8 Mo i68S- 
 thomas lover & John Rovs may aflift you G ff. 
 " And all the pafiges & travejes & Suferings of 
 fiVinds m the beging of the Spreading of the trouth 
 which I have, kcept together will make a fine 
 hiftery & the may be haq at Swarlhmor with my 
 orlier bookes & if the «pom to London with my 
 papers then the may be had ether at IVm or heit 
 /intriws clofet for it is a fine thing to know the 
 beging of the Spreading of the Gofpell after foe 
 long mighc of appitace fince the apoleles dayes 
 thac now Chrifi raines as he did ixi the harts of 
 his people Glory to the Lord for ever Amen. 
 
 Gf. the 8 Man i688. 
 
 Reader, obferve, that in this Will there Is not 
 two 'Lines good Scnfe, ov EnglifJj; the next obferve 
 his Pretence to Learning, and then tell me whether 
 the ^Y^,^<fr J Judgment is found, touching his eternal 
 
 Defence. 
 
 i.ft. Remark is. That he that cannot write one 
 Line, either Englijh or Senfe, cannot write a Book -, 
 
 » On the Third, Numb. III. For G.ff, to be laid in the 
 Trunk, IV, M, the 8th Month, i688. 
 
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 ergd^ George Fox never writ any one Page in any on^ 
 Book of thofe many Hundreds the fakers have 
 moft impudently pubh'fhed in his Name. 
 
 2dl'j, We fee he did not in his Will bequeath his 
 Soul to Gpd, nor exprefs any Hppes of a joyful Re- 
 furrcclion, nor his Body to Chriftian Burial, nor 
 begin. In the Name of Cod^ Avien^ as CbryUans 
 ufualiy do. 
 
 3^/y. Likewife here is no Mention made of any 
 Confellion of Sin, nor Hopes of Pardon by the Me- 
 rits and Satisfaction of Chriji Jefus. But as in his 
 Life- time he preferred the Heathens before the Chri- 
 fiansy even fo he died more l.ike a Heathen than a 
 Chriftian, 
 
 4tb!y. Befides, he differed in the Manner of gi- 
 ving from all other People *, he doth not fay, I will 
 and give, or I give and bequeath, or I wjll and de- 
 inife, ^c. but, fuck an one may take this, that, c^ 
 the other Thing, &c. 
 
 ^tbly. He is likewife fingular as to the Trivials 
 he gives away, viz. Boots, Spurs, Safhoons, Dials', 
 a nafty Clyfter-Pipe, Comb and Comb-Cafe, to the 
 great Quaker-Dodor nomas Lower ^ I fuppofe to 
 be kept as holy Relicks in R.emembrance 'of his 
 Holinefs, yet in all this Stiiit^ or Nonfenfe, his 
 Pefence is eternal. 
 
 Reader, \^ Jefus oi Niizareth^ who fuffered oathe 
 Crois, was properly the Son of God'; if his Ordi- 
 nances of Bapcilm and the Supper, inftituted by him, 
 are to be pradlifed ; if the Scriptures be the revealed 
 Will, and written Word of God, and fuch as fm- 
 cerely believe, profefs, and pradife the fame, be 
 the Church of God, which this Foy and his.Difciples 
 utterly deny, then I will, in the Faith and full AlTu- 
 rance thereof, fay according to that oi EJiher vi. 13. 
 If this Church be the Church of God, before whom 
 f)ic fakers begin to fall,- ^akcrifmih3l\mi. pre- 
 vail 
 
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 Wil aga'inftit ; but, from the Year 1700 Ihall furcly 
 fall before it. Amen. 
 
 Thus much as to the Matter and the Manner of 
 bis Will •, I come in the next Place to give the 
 World an Account of the Man, namely, George Fox^ 
 the ^{akers great Apoftle and High-Prieft of their 
 Profcifion, as fome Prokjlant Writers have done of 
 Pope Leo^ and other proud and idolatrous Popes 
 a.nd blafphemous Prelates of the Romiflj Church ; and 
 the rather, becaufe, notwichftanding all that I have 
 faid in Conjun(5lion with the reverend Author of the 
 Snake in the Grafs^ and others on the fame Foot, 
 yet the ^takers^ this very Year, has pubiifhed his 
 Defence,' yea, his eternal Defence i and what I now 
 write, i piopofe to prove upon the Spot, at our Con- 
 ference, out of their Books, if they dcfire. 
 
 \Jl. In order to' make us believe, that George Fox; 
 the Aiithor and Scribe of this Will, was divinely 
 infpired in one Night with 24 Languages, as myfeif 
 and J. Ellington^ R., Ellington, ftill of their Profef- 
 fion, with many Hundreds more, by fetting his 
 Hand as Author to fix or eight learned Languages 
 in his Battle-Door, printed 1660, viz. Latin, Italian^ 
 Creek, Hebrew, Cbaldee, Syriack, and others, thac 
 lb he might appear to us a learned Pcrfon. 
 
 2dly. As alfo by his Book, intitled, J Primmer 
 for all the Doctors and Scholars in Europe, ^c. con- 
 taining, 2434 Queries, which were as filly and im- 
 pertinent as his Will, yet thele his high Pretences to 
 that Learning he never had, made him famous. 
 
 Q,dl'j. As alfo his Epiitle to John III. King of Pj- 
 hfid, in the German Tongue, fo exadly and learn- 
 edly done, that, as Mr. Croefs well obferves in hij 
 General Hiflory of ^akerifm, p. 244. That it did 
 not look like the Work of a fingle Perfon, though 
 learned, much lefs by fuch an ignorant Fellow as hx. 
 
4thly, LikewiTe his Anfwer to EiTnop Andrews^ 
 Sermon, inter mix'd with boch Greek and Hebrew^ 
 of which be, by fubfcribing his Name, is fiiid to be 
 the Author, vvhilil yet. he underftood not a Word 
 bf it. Thus did the fakers fet him up as a Statue 
 to be adored, as anon you will fee. 
 
 Sthly. Likewile in his Great Myflery\ there is both 
 Greeks Hebrew^ and Latin, all which ferve to dif- 
 cover the Pride of this Impoftor ; but nbtwithft^nd- 
 ing all this, his Defence h eternal 
 
 Well, I have done with his Will and his Learn- 
 ing, tho' I could fay much more to both, and am 
 come to fhew his Pretence to extraordinary Miracles 
 and Gifts of the Spirit. 
 
 . 17?. In his Journal he (by the Hands of the %i- 
 hrs) give us a Catalogue of his Miracles, faid to be 
 wrote by ahe Power of God, yet done in his own 
 Name, and not in the Name o^Jefiis o\\Nazareth ; 
 and confequently George Fox^ like Smon Magus ^ was 
 taken for the great Power of God. 
 
 idly. That he faw the Heavens open as Sr. Stephen 
 did, 
 
 ^dlj. That the Keeper of the Prifon came trem- 
 bling to him, as the Gaoler did to St. Pauk ^c. 
 
 4.tbly. That he had Vifions and Revelations, and 
 prophefied, as J/aial\ Jeremiah^ ^c. did. 
 
 5tbly. That he fpake like an Angel in Beverley 
 Church the wonderful Things of God. 
 
 6thly. That he faw a Pool of Blood, and a Chan- 
 nel of Blood, in the Cky of Litcbfhid^ when no Man 
 tlfc could fee a Drop of Blood, much lefs a Pool or 
 a Channel of Blood. 
 
 ythly. That he was before Languages were ; for, 
 faid he. All Languages are to me no more than 
 Duft, who were before Languages wtre, and am 
 tome before Languages were. 
 
 Slblv, 
 
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 ^thly. That neither he, nor his Name, were known 
 in the World. 
 
 ^tbly. That h^ was a Prophet, and was prophefied 
 of too, yea, and that he was naked, and flood na- 
 ked, cloathed only with Righteoufneis, and fpokc 
 from the Mouth of the Lord. 
 . lothly. At his Trial at Lancafler AHlzQ^ he faid^ 
 
 Before I came to the Bar, 1 v/as moved to pray 
 
 The thundering Voice anfwered, 1 have glorified 
 thee, and will glorify thee again ; and I was fo filled 
 full of Glory, that my Head and Ears were filled 
 full of it. 
 
 But why fhall I mention any more of his Blafphe- 
 mies, fi nee the Quakers lay his Defences are eternal ? 
 Let me give a brief Hint how the Quaker Teaci-»(rrs 
 idolized this blind Buzzard Fox^ this great Cheat 
 and Impoftor. 
 
 i/l, Ofjofiab Coale^ in his Letter from Barbados^ 
 thus, Dear George Fox^ who art the Father of many 
 Nations -, whcfe Being and Habitation is in the Power 
 of the Higheft, in vvhich thou rules and governs in 
 Righteoufnefs, and thy Kingdom (Fox) is eftablifhed 
 in Peace, and the Encreafc thereof is without End : 
 This, and more of the like, is juflified by the ^ia- 
 hrs ill their Book, Judas and the Jews^ i^c. p. 44, 
 45, 46. and Fox^s Defence is eternal. 
 
 2dl}K Sxloinon Eales, their Prophet, in his Book, 
 The '^jakers Challenge^ p. 5. thus, George Fcx is a 
 prophet indeed — It was faid of Chrifiy he v/as in the 
 World, and the World was made by. him, and the 
 World knev/ him not •, fo it may be faid of this 
 Prophet (Fox) ^c, yet excus'd by George Whitehead-, 
 in his Serious Search^ 6f<:, p. 58. afid Jn?wce?icy againji 
 Envxy ^i". p. iS. 
 
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 ^Jly. The fakers, in Defence of Fo3?, and td. 
 tonfirm their People in their divine Adorations of 
 him, in their Epiftledated the 26th oJf January, 
 1690. Signed by George JVhitebead^ and twenty more 
 of their Leaders, compare him (Fox) to Alojes^, St. 
 Paul^ and St. Stephen^ and call him their fixed Star, 
 iVith many other high Appellations. See my Book^ 
 'A Seafonahk Caveat^ ^t. p. 87. for more of this. 
 
 4/^/y. John Blackling^ in a Certificate in Behalf of 
 "George Fox, faid thus^ George Fox is blefled with 
 Honour above many JBrethren : His Life reigns^ 
 and is fpotlefs, innocent, and ftill retains his Inte- 
 jgrity, whofe eternal Honour and blefled Renown 
 ihall remain ; yea^ his Prefence, and the dropping 
 of his tender Words in the Lord's Love, was my 
 Soul's Nourifhment, i^c. All which is defended by 
 George U^bitebead^ in his Book, Judgment Jixed^ ^c, 
 p. 19, 20. Thus, as Fox's Honour is eternal, fo it 
 feems a^^-e his Defences eternal, by H, PickwortFs 
 Doctrine in his Karrative, p. 9. but I believe Half 
 a Century more will determine his eternal Honour 
 in his fpiriiual Pretences^ as his lad Will has already 
 his high Pretences to Learning, ^c, 
 
 ^ib/y, John Audlandy in his Letter from Brijlol td 
 George Fox : The Original lies in Mr. Thomas Crifp's 
 Hand, and was fhewn at Turner's Hall^ before many 
 Hundreds of People, ait Mr. Keith's Conference, 
 January 1699. A fhort Abftradl of it is thus. Dear 
 and precious one, in whom my Life is bound up^ 
 and my Strength in thee ftands, by thy Breathings 
 I am nourilhed, and by thee is my Strength renewed^ 
 bleffed art thou for ever more, and bleffed are all 
 that enjoy thee ; Life and Strength comes frOm thee, 
 holy one — Daily do I find thy Prefence with me, 
 ^'hich doth exceedingly preferve me, for I cannot 
 
 reign but in thy Prefence and Power Pray for us 
 
 allj that in thy Power we may abide for ever more. 
 I ar?t ibine, begotten sind nourifhed by thee, and in 
 
 ihy 
 
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 thy Power am ! prefer ved ; Glory unto thef, holy 
 one, for ever. John Aiidland, 
 
 Reader, marvel not at thefe Adorations, for if 
 George hov: was fo endued, and To glorified, as in the 
 ten Inftanccs he pretended, thel^ divine Attribute* 
 were due to him *, but as his Pretence to be fo endued 
 with the learned L^mguages, as to be head Tutor to 
 all Europe y was as great a Cheat as the Nature of 
 tht- Thing will bear ; even 'io his Luciferian Pride, ai 
 to fpiritual Attainments, l e. Revelations, Vifiona, 
 Prophecifs, and working of Miracles, are a far 
 greater Cheat, and a miore horrible Impofture *, and 
 were the Original Will of this Fox in my Hand on- 
 iy, we {hould, t'er this, have had eternal Defences 
 ^ome out for; the Continuance Qf his eternal Banour ; 
 But, alas ! cry the ^lakersy the World^s People 
 have got it lock'd up in the Prerogative OfHce, and 
 three of us, George IVhitehead^ William Ingram^ and 
 Sarah, Meady have, upon our Atteftation (or Oath). 
 affirra'd it to be of hkown Hand- writing 5 by which,' 
 alas ! for us, the Cheat is come our, and we are 
 bornbly confounded, and cannot defend him. 
 
 Reader, having thus far drawn the Pidure of this 
 cunning Fox\ firlt, as to his Pretence to Learnings 
 and, fecondly, as to his Self-exhaltations, and hor- 
 rid BJafphemies •,, and,^ thirdly, By a Hint of their 
 Teachers Idolatry in worfhipping^ of him i let me 
 fhew a}fo, that he pretended to have Power to bind 
 and looie. See their Book, Judas and the Jeivs^ 
 p. 85. Friends (fa id Fox) akho* 1. have not y.et told 
 :t you, I do now declare it, I have Power to bind 
 and to loofe : And as he had this Power, fo dout^t- 
 lefs did he difpenie it to them that prayed to him, 
 ind worihipp'd him: One Initance I wULalfo give 
 
 you, and it ihall be from Jofiah CoaU, mentioned in 
 ih^ flrft Inftancc, who pa.ired this Sentence upon one 
 
 ■ ^ ^ of 
 
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 pf his Oppofers, as may be feen in his Works^ p, 
 
 243. viz. 
 
 In the Name of that God ihat fpamieth the Heavens 
 with a Span^ and meafureth the Waters in the Holicvj 
 of his Hand., I bind thee here on Earthy and thou art, 
 Jurely hound in Heaven., and in the Chains under Dark- 
 fiefs^ to the Judgment of the great Day thou Jh alt he re- 
 ffrv£d. Jofiah Coalc. 
 
 The 2cl Edition of this Will, corrected, and the 
 Fruits o^ Suakerifm enlarged, by Francis Bugg. Lon- 
 don^ printed by R. Janeway^ for the Author, 1701. 
 
 AW 
 
[6p] 
 
 A N 
 
 BSTRACT 
 
 O F 
 
 Mi% George Whitefield's Jour- 
 nal of a Voyage from London to 
 Savannah^ in Georgia. 
 
 In Two Parts. 
 
 PART I. P A G E 3. 
 
 =^ H E fole Motive (if my Heart doth not 
 ^' deceive me) which induced me to leave 
 my native Country, was a full Con- 
 vidion that it was the divide Will 1 
 ihould. What Reaibns I had for this 
 Perfuafion, is needleis to mention, be- 
 caufe few in this Cafe would judge impartially : And 
 what feems a Reafon to me, may not be deemed fo 
 by another. 
 
 P. 4.] It happened providentially that a Lcclure 
 was to be preached a; beftford j and fcveral impor- 
 tuned 
 
[ 7-0 ] 
 
 tuned me to preach it. At fird I was fear 111 (O me, 
 of liltle (a) Faith) having no Notes. But afterwards 
 (having got the Confent of the Minifler) I went up, 
 depending upon the Promife, Lo I> am ^wUh. you aU 
 'zvays^ even unto the End of the World ; and was ena- 
 bleu to preach to a large Congregation, without the 
 lead Hefuation. Wh^t gave me great Comfort, 
 and made me more thankful, was, that the Opportu-i 
 mty^ I believe, was granted in Anfwer to Prayer. 
 
 Ibid.] Return'd at Night to the Shi^, and lay 
 with my Friend H. upon the Ground, on a Mattrcfs, 
 in the great Cabbin, and God was pleafed to give 
 me a Proof that he was with vie in the Ship. 
 
 P. 5.] Sunday^ January i. blefled be God for the 
 happy Beginning of a 7iew, Tear ! for it has been a 
 Day of fat Things. 
 
 p. 7.] T'hurfday^ January c^. This V^l^ God was 
 
 with 
 
 fa) What a Man o^ Tttth Faith muf^ then the great Bp San- 
 derfon appear in Mr. IVhiteficld's Elteem ^ who (tho' he was en- 
 dued, without pretending, with as much Goodnefs^ and as many 
 Gifts and Graces zs the beft Methodift pf them alJ) when Dr. 
 Hammond paid him a Vifit at Boothby Pannrl ; " and having for- 
 ^^'merly perfuaded him to truft his excellent Memory, and- not. 
 *' to read, but to fpealc a Sermon as he had writ it, Y)x. San- 
 " derfon became To compliant as to promife he would : And to. 
 *' that End, they two went eatlry the Sunday Morning to a 
 **, Neighbour Minifler, and requefted to exchange a Sermon, and 
 *V they did fo ; and at Dr. Sohderfon^s going into the Pulpit, ht 
 '* gave his Sermon (which was a very ihort one) into the Hand 
 *' of Dr. Hammond^ intending to preach it as it was writ , but 
 ** before he had preached a third Part, Dr. Hammond (looking 
 **. on his Sermon) obferved hirh to be out, arid lb loft as to the 
 ** Matter, cfpecially the Method, that he alio became afrai^ 
 ** for him ; for 'twas difcernable to many of that plain Auditory, 
 " But when he hadend^d his fhort Sermon, as they two walked 
 °* homeward, Dr. Sanderfon faid, with much Earneitnefs, (jood 
 ** DoQor^ give me my Sermon^ and hnoiv^ that neither you nor any 
 " Man living Jhall ever ferfuads me to preach a^gain -without 
 ** my Books. To which the Reply MVikS.Good Do&or be not angry ^ 
 ** for if ever I ferfuade you to f reach without your Books^ Iiv:iJ 
 *^ give you leave to burn all the Buoks I am Mnjier ofij^"^. Sai}" 
 
 ^erfoo's Life prefix'd to his Sermons, p. 27, 28.) 
 
mt.h me of a Tnith---'Q2Lmz on Bo:^V(}, read Prayers, 
 and preach'd, vificed the Sick, and bad God with mc 
 all the Day long. 
 
 P. 8.] Novv I fulfilled my Promife to the Lord's 
 People, and while the Winds and Storms were blow- 
 ing over me, 1 made earnefl Supplicarion tb God 
 for theni. The Ship continued at the iVbr^ ; but I 
 hope we made fo7ne Advances towc'rds Eternity. 
 Thought much of my dear London Friends, thrufrb 
 ahj'ent in Body, was prefent in Spirit^ in facred Ordi- 
 nances. ... 
 
 P. 9.] Began noyv tb live a little by Rule, and to 
 examine into the Interiors of thofc that came with 
 iTie, which I found a ufeful Exercife both to theni 
 and rrie. 
 
 P. 12.] Evert here {Deal) God did not leave my 
 Miniftry without Witnefs i for he was pleafed to 
 imprefs fomething I faid upon a poor Woman's 
 Heart, that providintially came in, and joined witti 
 lis in iramily Prayei*, for which we endeavoured to 
 thank him •, Behold bow great a Fire this little Spark 
 kindled before we left Deal. 
 
 P. 15.] It being the i6th Day of the Month, 
 Mr. H. and t joined in an Hour's Interceffion and 
 AbftihenCe, with all thofe that meet together to be- 
 wail their own, and the Sins of the Nation. About 
 Four took fome bodily Refrelhment, and frorfi 
 thence till One in the Morning continued anfwering 
 my Correfpondents {b) havingfirftfpread their Letters 
 before the Lord in Prayer; and beg'd, that I might 
 fend them Anfwers of Peace. 
 
 P. 16.] Went on in expounding the Catechifra 
 after Evening Prayer, and now began to read the 
 firfl: Lefibn, 'which I purpofely omitted before,_not 
 knowing they would bear it •, and willing to imitate 
 Jacobs wbo was careful of his little ones not to over 
 drive them. -P* ^7-j 
 
 {h) hWfuch Sfiriti (thofe that cbhfplred agalnft him) / laid 
 hfort the Lord, G, Fox's Journal, p. 11^^ 
 
P, 17.] Sunday y January 22. about Noon, went 
 bn Shore (at Deal) with Captain ^F. and Mr. rl. 
 Afternoon preached at Upper Deal on A^s xxviil. 
 26. Many feem'd prick' d to the Heart, and fome fo 
 quickened, that they exprefs'd a Defire to follow me 
 wberefoever IJhould go. O free Grace in Jefus Chrift ! 
 I have fcarce known a Time I have preached any 
 where, but 1 have feen fome EfFe6ls of my Dodlrine, 
 Frojn the Hearts of the Mighty, the Word of the Lord 
 hath not turned hack % the Sword of the Spirit returned 
 itot empty, A Proof this, I hope, that the Words 
 are not my own ; but that God is with me of a 
 ^ruth, 
 
 P. 18.] Stayed all Night on Shore to expound the 
 Lord's Prayer, and had a large Company to hear 
 me, and fhould have had 700, as my Hojlefs told 
 me, would the Houfe have held them {c)fofwiftlj 
 ran the fVord of God and prevailed, 
 
 P. 21.] Glad Tydings of great Joy fent me by 
 four or five Correfpondents, fat up till One in the 
 Morning anfvvering them, and then went to bed, and 
 had a feeling Foffeffion of fny God. , 
 
 P. 23.] We went to Mr. R- — 'i, tvhere our Friends 
 cxpedled us, but we had not been long there, before 
 the Wind ihifted about on a fudden, and a Cry came,- 
 the PFind isfair, prepare yourfelves for Jailing — But oh, 
 what Affedion did the dear People exprefs to my un- 
 worthy Perfon I for no fooner were they apprized of 
 the Wind being fair, but they cam.e running in 
 Droves after me to the Sea-Shore, wilhing me good 
 Luck in the Name of the Lord — I was confounded 
 with a Sthk of God's Mercies to nie. 
 
 PART 
 
 (c) See G. /ox*i Journal, p^ 120. the everlafthg Goffel^ ani 
 ihe Word of Life flour ijhed j and Tboufands -were turn'd to thi 
 Lord Jefus Qhriji^ and fo his Teaching, 
 
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 PART II. 
 
 FROM 
 GiBR ALTAR/<)SAVANKAHi 
 
 Page 32. 
 
 ;^ Y dear Friends, tho' I know no ke^fort 
 why you fhould be fo folicitous about 
 M "^ any thing that fhall happen to fuch a 
 c^igv^g'/^ dead Dog as I am 5 yet, as your Love 
 t^^WS^ (oh unmerited KindnefsJ abounds, ex^ 
 ccedingly cowards m.e, I aiti pofitiv^ 
 you will give Thanks to our good God for all the 
 Mercies he has conferred upon me. 
 
 P. 33.] H^ednefday^ Feb. 22. This Day I intended 
 to flay on Board to write Letters, but {d) God being 
 pleafed tojhew me it was mi his Will \ 1 went again oh 
 Shore, and paid both the Minifters oiGibr altar a 
 Vifit, who received me very affeflionately^ and 
 offered me the Ufe of the Pulpit. O what a blejjcd 
 ^hing it is for the Clergy to dwell together in Unity, 
 
 Friday^ Feb. 24. Blejed b-j God, who hath this Day 
 fhewn 7ne^ that he hath heayJ riy Prayer^ and not ta- 
 ken his loving Kindnefs from mo. Long before 1 reach- 
 ed Gibraltar^ I prayed, that God would open an 
 effectual Door at the Place whither we were going, 
 and dire5l me where 1 Jhould lodge., and lo this Day he 
 
 L anfwe red 
 
 (d) Compare this wich G. fcx'i Journal, p. 315, 
 
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 gHfwered m^— About Ten in the Morning cortleg 
 Captain A/, on Board, telling me, one Major 6". (a 
 Perfon I" never faw) had provided me a convenient 
 |..odging at one Merchant B's, and defired that I 
 would come on Shore. I looking upon this zsaCdll 
 from Providence^ received it with all Thankfulnefs, 
 and went with Friend H. on Shore, but not without 
 firft praying, that God would dired Us how ^to be- 
 have. About the Middle of the Town, Major S. 
 gave us the Meeting, conduced us to our new Lodg- 
 ings (vvhich were very commodious) and engaged us 
 to dine with him and Captain M. When I fent you 
 itKihGUt Scrip or Sboe^ lacked ye any thing? and they 
 Jaid^ Nothing, Lord. 
 
 p. 34.] Rctir*d in the Evening to my Lodgings, 
 had Family Prayer, v/rote fome few religious Let- 
 ters, and fpent about Half an I^our in ferious Con- 
 verfation with the People of the Houfe, gave Thanks 
 for the BlefTmgs of the Day, and v/as foon convinced, 
 'that God bad fent me to that f articular Lodging of a 
 Truth. Be careful, for nothings hut in every (even the 
 minuteft) Things make your Wanti known unto Gody 
 for he careth for '^o'u. 
 
 P. 36.] Intended to go preach to my People, was 
 prevented by the Violence of the Wind, but was 
 pleafed to hear from fome Gibraltar Officers, who 
 dined that Day on Board the IVhitaker^ that fome of 
 my Flock had Courage to read Prayers.^ and fing 
 Pfalms themfclves *, and, as I found afterwards, con- 
 tinued to do fo, during my Abfencc from them, 
 praifed be God. I hope 1 fhall have fome that dare 
 be fingularly good ^, and will not be kept out by the 
 frefs. 
 
 P. 40.] Sunday^ March 5. Expounded in the 
 Evening to above a Thoufand Hearers of all Deno- 
 minations •, fupped with General C. went home be- 
 times, full of unfpeakablc Comfort. 1 am never 
 hetter than when I a?n upon the full Stretch for God. 
 
 P. 40.3 
 
f 75 ] 
 
 P, 40.] Monday y March 6. Had near, if not more, 
 than a Mun-lred ac Morning Ex[;orirJon : And it be- ^ 
 ing the !aft Day of my fojourning at Gibraltar^ many 
 came to me weeping, telhng me, what God had 
 done for their Souls, defiring my Prayers, and pro- 
 inifing theirs in Return, others both gave and fcnc 
 pie Tokens of their Love ; {c) as. Cakes, Fig:;^ 
 Wine, Eg'?, and other NccclTaries for my Voyage ; 
 and feemed to want Words to rxprefs their Affec- 
 tion, ^he good Lord note their Kwdficjfes in his Bock, 
 and reward them a thoujand Fold. 
 
 P. A3.} Sunday^ March 11. Prenched the Sermon^ 
 God enabled me to make in the Storm before we 
 came to Gibraltar^ in the Great Cabbin., and God 
 waR pleafcrd to fet his Seal to it. 
 
 P. 44.] Saturday^ March 18. Married a Couple, 
 difpi^rfed Bbles, Teftaments, Soldiers Monitors^ 
 amongft the Men. Exchanged fom.e Books for fome 
 (f) Cards y which I threw over board. 
 
 P. 47. J Exchanged fome bad Books which were 
 on Board (which I threw immediately into the Sea) 
 for fome good ones, blcfled be God — I find it by 
 daily Experience more and more, that People \\>,cj 
 
 L 2 are 
 
 (r) " O my good Lord God, (sPc. I pralfe thee for Cuppty]p.g 
 ^* my Wanes by the many leverai Gifts which I had VeVter-. 
 *' day, as the Reaard of my Labours at the Faft at Mr. SuJ- 
 *' bury'sou Tu-fday. h\x. Burroxves^ 2S 6d. ]s\r. Sudbury^ 7s 6d. 
 *' Tvlrs. Sudbury^ a Pair of Gk)ves j ^\l^. Sudbyr^ zMq, Lemo.'fS 
 and Oranges. Goody Gru/idy^ a Lemon ; ^amcs Grundy, cs 
 *' for baptizing his Child, and giving Thanks for his Wife, 
 ** Good Lord, accept my Thanks for this Sup-ply." 
 
 'b^U. George Swat he* J Prayers, i^^-i,. \2. Appendix to a Tra(f?-.» 
 intituled, Schifmaticks delineated, p. 8. 
 
 (f) Mr. Fuller^ in his Hiihjry of C;/^7^;i^^, p. t 59. menti- 
 ons one- /L/7//^Ar7 ^mcs,^ Fellow of CZ^r//;".. C<i liege j who, in a 
 Sermon before that Unvverjity^ " condemu'd all playing at Cards 
 *' and Dice ; affirming, That the Latrer, in all ^^^^^ ua<> ac- 
 counted the Denjice of tht; Devil ; that as God invented the 
 ** one-and-twenty Letters, whereof he made the Bible, th^ 
 Devil faith, gihers found ouc the one-aml-twenry Pricks of 
 r :hc Dif. • 
 
[5^6] 
 
 are truly awakened to a Senfe of the divwg Life^ 
 cannot bear to read any thing trifling, but throw 
 away all their ufelefs Books, as thofe did the Books, 
 of Divination and curious Arts^ whofe Convxrfion we 
 read of, A5ls v. 
 
 P. 52.1 Ap'il 15. To Day was called in a Hurry 
 to pray by one of the devout Soldiers who came froni 
 Gibraltar^ and who was fuppofed to be expiring. , / 
 ca?ne (Ifaw.) and rejoiced in Spirit, for his Soul feem- 
 £d full of God, Inftead of being afrighted at the 
 Aproach of the King of ^errors^ he welcomed it, 
 and fa id, he was going to his dear Redeemer -, then 
 he fell into a fort of "Tr^wc^, and pour'd out his Heart 
 in repeating fome very applicable Verfes out of the 
 Pfalms, Upon which, we thought he would have 
 ^\td ; but Jo ! God brought him from the netbermoft 
 Hell (g). From that Inftantthe Fever left hifp, 
 and he recovered. 
 
 ji Continuation of Mr. White- 
 field V Journal jrom his Arrival at 
 Savannah^ to his Keturn to London. 
 
 Preface. 
 
 IAni fcr'^blethat this, as well as everything elfs 
 of fuch a Nature, muft ncceltarily meet with 
 treat Contempt from (h) natural Men^ who. are 
 trangers to the Influences of the Holy Ghojl upon 
 thp Heart, 
 
 P. I.} 
 
 (g) See Fox^s Journal, p. 50^, 
 
 (b) George Fox Q2.\h thofe rhat were not of his own SeB^ Mci. 
 of this World, S^e ^ournal^ ^^ ^^z. 
 
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 P.I.I Sunday, May J. Arfivcd at Savafjnah Town 
 ahouc'Scven this Evening, and joyn'd in Prayer, and 
 a Pfalm of Tha^nrgiving, with Mr. Tklatnotte^ and 
 fomc pious Souls that were rqoyced at my Arrival : 
 Sp-nc the Remainder of the Evening in taking fwcet 
 Counfel with Mr. Delamotte^ who feems providen- 
 tially left behind at Savannah againft my Coming. 
 
 P. 2.] After another Week's Confinement by the 
 Return of my Fever, which went off with a Fit of 
 an Ague, I ai:rernpted to read Prayers, but was fa 
 exceedingly faint and weak, that I was obh'ged to 
 Jeave off before 1 began the fecond Service. Oh 
 that my Friends hadfeen me al that Hour ; they then 
 tni^ht have learnt not to have any Man's Per/on in 
 /Jdmiration^ and not to think more highly cf me than 
 ihey ought to think. 
 
 ; P. 3.] Friday^ June 2, This Evening parted witfc 
 kind Captain PFhiting: and my dear Friend Delamotti^ 
 who embarked for Engla?! d aboxii Seven at Night* 
 The poor People lamented the Lofs of him, and 
 went to the Water-fide to take a laft Farewel : And 
 good Reafon had they to do fo i for he had beea 
 indefatigable in feeding Chriji's Lambs with the fmcere 
 Milk of the World j and many of them (bklTcd be 
 God) have grown thereby. 
 
 P. 5.] ThurJday^June 21, Was taken (as all about 
 me thought) for Death, with a violent Purging and 
 Vomitting, which, in the Space of five Hours,, 
 quite exhaufled my Spirits, and brought me in Ap-' 
 pVarance almoft to the Point of Death. But God 
 fupported me with his inward Comforts, caufcd me 
 to rejoice in it, and caft me into a deep Sleep, out 
 of which 1 awoke perfedfy well, to the Surprize of 
 all about me. 
 
 ' P. 8.} Tuefday^ ^uguft 8. Arrived at Frederica, % 
 Town fituated South-rly above an hundred Miles 
 from Savannah, The People received me moft glad* 
 ly, having had a Famine of the W^ftrd for a long Seafon. 
 
[ 78 ] 
 
 P. lo.] Wednefda-jy Auguft i6. Arrived this Day 
 at Savannah, As foon as I had refreflifd myfeli, i 
 went and vifited my Parifhioners from Houfe ro 
 Houfe, to retiirn them Thanks for their Kindnefs 
 to my Friends. An unufual Joy appeared in their 
 Faces at my unexpeded Return, and they were rea- 
 dy to fay. How beautiful are the Feet of him, who 
 hring^th glad Tidings of Salvation, 
 
 p. II.] Sunday^ A,ugujl2y. (f) God having row 
 fliewn both me and my Friends, that it was his Will 
 I Ihould return for a while to Engiandy this After- 
 noon I preached my Farewel Sermon, to the great 
 Grief of my dear Pari/Jjiouers. 
 
 P. 13.] Monday y September 4^, Was much delight- 
 ed with a Packet of Letters I received from Sov-^.n- 
 nahy not only as a Proofof the Writers A ffe (51 ion for- 
 me, but alfo, that the Holy Gh&jl was effeolually mo- 
 mng on their Souls. 
 
 P. 14.] Saturday, September 23. Still God waa 
 pleafed to fend us contrary Winds, except one Night 
 about the Middle of the Week, However, he en^ 
 abled me to give Thanks : And great Reuibn have 
 I fo to do j for the Holy Ghofl has been with me of a 
 Truth, 
 
 P. 15.] Friday y OHober 6. Before Ikh Snvannah^ 
 the Leflfon appointed for the Morning was St. Paul'^ 
 Shipwrack, out of the A^ls. And before I left: 
 Charles Town^ the LefTon was the firft o^Jonah, both 
 which made fuch an ImprefTion upon me, that I 
 wrote to my Friend Haberfham, to acquaint him, I 
 was apprehenlive we Should have a dangerous Voyage. 
 Since I have been on BonrH, what St. Paul faid to 
 his Companions, that he perceived that their Voyage^ 
 would be to their great Damage^ has frequently been 
 prefled upon my Heart ; and God has now fhewq, 
 us, wherefore he gave me thele previous Notices \ 
 for, on Tuefday Night laft, after we had failed about 
 
 "■(i) See George Fax's Journal, p. 3»5<. 
 
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 1^0 Miles the laft 24 Hours, aboUt Eleven o*CIdck 
 arole a fjdden violent Eaft Wind, which continued 
 till about Four in the Morning, and put all the 
 Sailors to their JVits End. Mod of them declared, 
 they had never feen the like before. But God (for 
 ever be adored his gracious unmerited Goodnefs) was 
 exceeding gracious unto me •, for I felt a fwcet Com- 
 placency in my Will, in SubmiflTion to his {k) \ and 
 many particular Promifes God has made me from 
 his Word, that I fhould return in Peace, flow'd in 
 upon my Heart, and he enabled me greatly to re- 
 joyce. 
 
 P. 20.] Wednefday^ 'November i. This Afternoon 
 about Four o' Clock, as I was in Secret humbling 
 my Soul before God, interceeding for my Friends j 
 and had been praying for a fair Wind^ and Aflift- 
 ance in the great Work lying before me^ News 
 were brought that the Wind was fair ^ which put me 
 in Mind of the Angel's being fent to Daniel^ to tell 
 him, his Prater was heard, when he was humbling 
 his Soul in Fafting and Praying for the Peace and 
 'RcHora.uonofJeruJalem. 
 
 P. 22.] This is now the eight Week I have been 
 aboard. If my F'riends ask me, why I arrived no 
 fooner, I may truly anfwer, Satatt hindered us ; for 
 1 believe it is he that is permitted to do this : But 
 this fhall give me greater Hopes, that a more effec- 
 tual Door than ever will be opened in England for 
 preaching the everlalting Gofpel — Satan, Satan, I 
 defy thee ; thou may' ft iojs me up and down, and bring 
 7ne in Jeopardy on every Side, but Jefus Chrift isj)ray' 
 ing for me in the Mount. 
 
 P. 25] My Outward Man fenfibly decayeth, but 
 the Spiritual Man, I truft, is renewed Day by Day. 
 I have befought the Lord many times to fend us a 
 fair Wind, but now 1 fee he does not think fit to 
 
 anfwe^ 
 
 {h) See G. f^x'i Journal, p. 356. 
 
infWer me (/). I am wholly refigncd> knowing, 
 that his Grace will be fufBcient for me, and that his 
 Time is bcft. . 
 
 ; Ibid-I Sunday^ TJov ember i2. This Mprnir^ the 
 Dcxflor of our Ship took up the Common- Prayef' 
 Booky and obferved, that he opened upon thefe 
 Words, Blejfed be the Lord Gtd of IfraeJ , for he has 
 vijited and redeemed his People : And fo indeed he has \ 
 for, about Eight o' Clock this Morning, News 
 were brought, that our Men faw Land, and I wentj 
 and was a joyful Spet^ator of it. 
 
 p. 28.] After our Provifions were brought aboard, 
 the Wind ftill continued fair, .and. by Six at Night, 
 blew us to a little Place oh Karrighoh Ifland before 
 we call Anchor. Ever fince I had been on Board 
 the Mary^ thefe Words, Howbeit we muft be cajt 
 upon a 'ceria'tn JJland (which >^ere Part of the LefTcMi 
 ivhich I read laft at Savannah) have been continually 
 prefs'd upon my Heart ; fo that I have often men-r 
 tioned it to one of my Companions. Behold they 
 are now fulfilled. 
 
 P. 29.] About Seven at Night I dreffed myfelf, 
 and went on Shore, and was received ih a ftrong 
 Caftle belonging to Mr. Mac Mahon^ the Gentleman 
 who fent me an Invitation. He himfelf was not at 
 home, having went fome Miles up to meet me : 
 But his Maid Servant kindjy received us ; I asked for 
 Water ^ andfhe gave me Milk^ and brought forth But- 
 ter in a lordly Bijh. 
 
 P. 30.] At my firft coming into our Inn (zt Kil- 
 ruj^y in Ireland) we kneeled down and prayed, and 
 again at Night fung Pfalms, and prayed with my 
 Captain^ and feveral Ship-Mates, The firft Time, 
 I believe, the Room was put to fu^h a Ufc by a 
 Ship's CreWy and their Chaplain. 
 
 p. 35-1 
 
 (/> " Lord I dlfdalm all Truft in any Thing but in thy Pow- 
 ** er and Providence j yet having Abilities and OpportuRities, 
 •* I would not le- Viholly RurtlfnCgmc to tb)f FrovidenCeJ* Hu 
 
 Cecrge Svjathf*i Prayers, P» 3 J« 
 
[ 8i ] 
 
 P. 35-] "Thurfdaw Novemh. 30. After near Twelve 
 Months Abfcnce from London^ Three Months from 
 Georgia, and a pleafant Paflage of 24 Hours from 
 Dtd)lin, to my inexpreffible Comfort, God brought 
 nie to Park Gate^ and lb fulfilled a PromiTe which 
 was preffed upon my Heart laft Innocent's Day in 
 Hamfjhirej when I was under a great Concern what 
 rny Mother would fay to the Relblution I had then 
 made to go to Georgia. Rachel weeping for her Chil- 
 dren., refilled to be comforted for her Children., hecaufe 
 the-^ were not. Thus faith the Lord, " Refrain thy 
 ^' Voice from Weeping, and thine Eyes from Tears \ 
 *' for thy Work (hall be rewarded, and there is 
 " Flope in thine End, faith the Lord ; that thy 
 " Children fiiall come again to their own Border. 
 Jer. xxxi. 15, 16, 17. 
 
 A Continuation of Mr. White-i 
 field' J Jour??aly jrom his Arrival at 
 London^ to his Departure from thence 
 in his ff^ay to Georgia. 
 
 Page i. 
 
 FRida'j., Becemler 8. About Noon I reached Lon* 
 don., with much Joy to my Chrifiian Friends. 
 Sunday., December 10. When I was on Board the 
 Mary^ thofe particular Pallliges of the Book of Jr- 
 remiah., which relate to the Oppofition he met with 
 from the falfe Prophets., were deeply impreffed ors 
 my Soul. And now I Tee the Wildom of God in 
 
 M iu 
 
[ 8. ] 
 
 it (m) % for fiVe Churches have already been denied 
 me, and fome of the Clergy^ if pofTible, would 
 oblige me to depart oui of thefe Coafts, But 1 rejoyce 
 in this Oppofition, it being a certain Sign that a 
 more effectual Door will be opened^ fince there are 
 lb many Adverjaries. 
 
 P. 2.] Here feems to be 2i great pouring out of tht 
 Spirit^ and many who were awakened by my preach- 
 ing, a Year ago, are now grown ftrojig Men in Chrifty 
 by the Minid rations of my dear Friends and Fellow 
 Labourers, John and Charles Wejle\\ 
 
 Ibid.] In the Evening I went to Fetter-Lane Soci- 
 ety, where we had (what might not be improperly 
 called] a Love Feafl^ eating a little Bread and Wa- 
 ter, and Ipending about Two Hours in Singing and 
 Prayrs. 
 
 P. 3.] Monday y Dece?nher 25. About Four went 
 and prayed, and expounded to a Society in Red- 
 Crojs-Street^ confiding of near Two or Three hun- 
 dred People, and the Room was exeeding hot. / 
 had been watching unto Prayer all Nighty yet God 
 vouchfafed to fill tne with his Uejfied Spirit ^ that I fpake 
 with as great Power as ever I did in my Life. My 
 B'ody-was weak, but I found 2i fuper natural Strength ^ 
 and the Truth of that Saying, When I am weak^ then 
 I am Jlrong. 
 
 Saturday^ December 30. («") Preached nine Tunes 
 this Week, and expounded near eighteen Times, 
 with great Enlargement : BielTed be God ! 1 am 
 
 every 
 
 {m) This Gentleman is very {rt^ in his Cenfures, in calling 
 thoit Clergymen Falfe l^rofhets j^-ho^ no doubt, for prudentiai 
 Keafons, reluled him the Uie of their Pulpits. In this Point 
 he bur too near refembies George Fox. 
 
 (72) Dr. South (in his Sermon, intitled, The Chrijltan Pente^ 
 coj}^ vol. 3, p. 525.) judicioufly obferves, " That it is the irra- 
 tional and abfurd Humour of the prefent Age, which thinks 
 all Senieand Worth confined to the Pulpit : And many excel- 
 lent Perlbns, becaule they cannot make a Noife with Chapter 
 and Verfe, and harangue it twice a Day ro fadious Tradefmen^ 
 and ignorant old Women ^ are efteem'd of as nothtfig fcarCC 
 ^* thought worthy to cat the Church '« Bread. 
 
r 8j } 
 
 every Moment employed, from Morning till Mid- 
 night : There's no End of People's coming and fend- 
 ing to me, and they feem more and more defirous, 
 like ne^uo-horn Babes ^ to he fed with the fine ere Milk of 
 the Word. 
 
 P. 4.] Sometimes I perceive myfelf deferted for a 
 little while, and much opprcfs'd, efpecially before 
 preaching ; but Comfort foon after flow'd in — ^ha 
 Kingdo?n of God is within me. Oh I free Grace in 
 Ch?ijh 
 
 P. 5.] Friday^ Januar'j ^, Held a Conference at 
 Ifiwgton^ concerning feveral Things of very great 
 Importance, with fome true Minifiers (?/ Jefus Chrift, 
 defptfed Methodtjls^ whom- God has brought together 
 from the Eaft and the /Fc^/?, the North and the South. 
 What we were in Doubt after Prayer, we determined 
 by Lot •, and every thing elfe was carried on with 
 great Love^ Meeknefs^ and Dsvotioj. "We continued 
 in Falling and Prayer till Three o' Clock, and then 
 parted with full Convidbion, that God was going to 
 do great Things amongft us. 
 
 P. 6.] Expounded twice or thrice this Week, the 
 Holy Ghojl fo powerfully work'd upon my Hearers, 
 pricking their Hearts^ and melting them into fuch 
 Floods of Tears, that a Ipiritual Man fliid, he never 
 faw the like before. God is with me of a Truth. 
 
 P. 7.] Sunday^ January 7. Preached twice to Day, 
 and expounded with great Power to three great So- 
 cieties, one of which I never vifued before God 
 
 grant I may purfue the Method of expounding and 
 praying {0) extempore. 1 find God blefTes it more 
 and more. 
 
 M 2 O X- 
 
 (0) " This Error (fays Dr. Hicks in his Sermon, intitled, 
 " TbeSfirito/EnthuJiafmExorcifcd^ vol. I. p. i 05.) concerning 
 *' the ixtem-porary S fir it of Prayer^ hath been the Caulc of 
 " much Mifchiet'to the Church, and of much Dishonor to the 
 " Name of God — By this, the People of thele Kingdoms have 
 " been led into the moft unnatural Stbifm and Rebellion that 
 
[ S4] 
 
 OXFORD, 
 
 P. 9.] Sunday, Jamciry 14. This fb^efT^d be God) 
 has beena Dayof/2/577f;7^j— Rofe in the Morning 
 and prayed and fung Pfalms luftily, and with a good 
 Courage, and afterwards was ordained Prifft at Chriji^ 
 C/6^r^Z?— Preached in the Afternoon at St. Albans "to 
 a crouded Congregation —The Church was fur- 
 ro\inded with Gownfmen of all Degrees -, who, con- 
 trary to their Cuftom, ftood attentive .ir the Win- 
 dows during my Sermon. God enabled me to 
 preach with xht Benwnftration of the Spirti, a?id whh 
 Power, and quite took away my IToarienefs, fo that 
 I could lift lit my Voice like a trumpet. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 P. 12.] luefday, January 23. Receivx'::d a Packet 
 of Letters iiom my dear Friend H—m ; by which I 
 find the infinite Wifdom of God more and more 
 in fending me to England — Read Prayers and preached 
 
 at 
 
 *-' ever was, not to mention the later Murders^ RelellioHs and 
 ** Covenants^ which tht Separatij^s from our S/jfer Church have 
 *' committed, railed, and carried on by the Help of this Drlu^ 
 V /ton : And they may f reach and fmy the People to what they 
 *' pleafe, fo long as they hold them Captive under this Error'^ 
 ^' which is not only inconfilient with whar I have now delivered 
 " concerning the Gifts of the Holy Ghoji^ but contrary ro rhe 
 *' Practice of the C^/-^o/zV^ Church-^ and it may be confuted, 
 *' would People but refieft, by the Example of the Pharijees 
 ^' amongft the y^-a;.f, and the flagitious Lives of many Chrtjii' 
 '-' am j as of Bufilldes^ the bloody Tyrant of Muficvy^ the 
 " late Ly^^r^^r of thefe three Kingdoms, the Founder of the 
 *' yefuites^ Labbode y\:^]OX IVeer (who was z IVi^zard, and, if 
 *' Imiilake not, zSodoi^Jite) and Captain Venner^ who, of all 
 <' Enthufiajis or Imfojiors that ever pretended to fray by the 
 ^' Sf'irit^ were in this Senfe, the molV Powerful and Eloquent , 
 *' for they had Words^ and 'Tears^ and Sighs at command, and lo. 
 <' bewitched the People by then npturous ffzritua/-like DevQr 
 ^' tions, as to pafs for Men extraordittarily i»j]>ired,/' 
 (£j ScQ Foit's Journal, p. 1 33. 
 
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 »t SL Helenas, with great Power to a crouded and 
 attentive i\u iience ; and colleded about 40 s. for the 
 Colony of Georgia j 1 could wifh to have it built 
 
 with Miles. 
 
 l^FedneJday^ January 24. Writ feveral Letters to 
 my Friends at Savannah^ and v^2i% filled with the Holy 
 Gbofl i and oh that all that deny the Promifc of the 
 Father, might thus receive it themfelves, 
 
 P. 14.] Sunday, January 2^, Received the Sacra- 
 ment at Crooked Lane, but was a little dijfipated\ 
 however, I found I received Chrift, and fed on hm 
 in my Heart by Faith with Thank/giving. Afterwards 
 went and preached at Ironmongers Almshoujes, at Sk 
 Catharines in the Afternoon. Afterwards expounded 
 to two large Companies in the Minories, with fuch 
 Vejnonftration of Spirit, as I never fpoke before. / 
 offered J ejus Chrift freely to Sinners, and many, I 
 believe, were truly pricked to the Heart. Now, my 
 Friends, your Prayers are heard, God has given me a 
 double Portion of his Spirit. 
 
 P. 15.] Monday, January 29. Eupounded twice, 
 and fat up till near One in the Morning with my 
 honored Brother and Fellow Labourer John JVeJlty, 
 in Conference with two Clergymen of the Church of 
 England, and Ibme others, Jlrong Oppofers of the new 
 Birth — God enabled me with great Simplicity to de- 
 clare what he had done for my Soul -, which made 
 them look upon me as a Mad-?nan. We Jpeak what 
 we do know, and tejiify what we have feen, and they 
 receive mt our Witnefs, Now, therefore, 1 am fully 
 convinced there is a fundarnental Difference between us 
 and thef/i. They believe only on Outward Chrijl, wc 
 farther believe, that he 77iuji he inwardly J ormed in our 
 Hearts alfo. But the natural Man receiveth mt the 
 Things of the Spirit of God : For they are Foolifhnefs unto 
 him ', neither can he know thm^ Ucaufe they are Jpiritu^ 
 ally difcerned. 
 
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 V. 17.] Near nine times has God enabled me to 
 preach this Week, and to expound twelve or tour- 
 teen Times* I find I gain great Light and Knowledge 
 by preaching (q) extempore •, fo that I fear I fliould 
 quench the Spirit^ did I not go on to fpeak as he gives 
 tne Utterance, 
 
 P. 1 8.] Sunday^ Fehruary 4. nis hath been a Sab- 
 hath indeed ; how has God own'd before near I'wehe 
 ihoufand People this Bay ? How has he flrengthened 
 my Body ? How has he filled andfatisfied my Soid ? Now 
 know I that I did receive the Holy Ghoft at Ivipofition 
 of Hands % for I feel as much as Elifha did when Elijah 
 dropped his Mantle, Nay^ others Jee it aljo •, and my 
 Cppojers^ would they hut fpeak, cannot hut confefs, that 
 God is with me of a Truth, Wherefore then do they 
 fight againft God ? 
 
 P.ip.] Friday, Fehruary 6. Went to St, Helen' s^ 
 where Satan withjlood me greatly : For on a fudden I 
 was defer ted y and my Strength went from me : But I 
 thought it was the Devil's Doing, and therefore was 
 rcfolved to refift him, {ledfaft in the Faith. Ac- 
 cordingly, 
 
 (q) ^tnongft all the divine G\(ts (fays Dr. South^ Sermon on, 
 I Cor. 12, vol. ^. p. 546.) " I mult declare, that I cannot 
 ** find the Gift of Canting and IVhinjng^ and of making Faces j 
 ** That is, of fpeaking bad Senfe with worfe Logick ; nor can 
 ** find the Gift of uttering every fuddain crude, undigeited 
 ** Thoughtcoming over their Minds j and of being impudently 
 ** bold and familiar with God in Prayers. One equivocal 
 ** Phrafe ^fays "Dr. Hicks's Spirit of Enthuftafm Exonifed, p. 
 ** 104.) which is commonly in the Mouths and Writings of 
 '* ihdt fanSimcnious Men, is the Spirit of Preachings and the 
 *' Spirit of Pr^jy^T, which, tho' by an Hehraifm in Englijl^ they 
 *' ought now to fignify no more than the Skill or Habit of Pray- 
 •* ing ox Preaching : Yet thefe Sophijicrs and Ujurfers (fo moft 
 ** of themarej oi owx Holy Prof ejji on fo ufe them, that the de- 
 ** luded People generally take them in a more obvious Senfe j 
 ** for praying and preaching by immediate Inffiration from the 
 ** Holy Ghoji. To this Purfofe they talk much of the Incom- 
 ** '*^V-> Out'lettings^ and In-dwelliags of the Spirit j and have 
 ** taught their D/yc/^/i-j to objedl, that to pray bya/br/wdoth 
 ** Jlint the Spirit:* 
 
cordingly, tho' (r) I was exceedingly fick In reading 
 the Prayers, and almoft unable to fpeak when I 
 entered the Pulpit, yet God gave me Courage to 
 begin, and before I had done, I waxed warm and 
 Jlroig in Spirit y and offered Jefus Chrift/r^^/y to all 
 that would lay hold on him by Faith, 
 
 P. 24.] Sunday^ February ii. Rofc full of Love 
 and Joy, but afterward, on a fudden, was dejertedy 
 and taken very ill in Body — I ftruggled juft like one 
 in his lajl Agonies^ and longed (j) to ftretch myfelf into 
 God. After having vomited feveral Times, I was 
 obliged to go to bed, and it would have melted any 
 down, to fee my dear Friends (efpecially my deareft 
 Mr. Hh) weeping and praying around me. 
 
 P. 33.] Among the -Letters I received from reli- 
 gious Correfpondents {viz, at London) one writes to 
 
 me thus *, (/) Mr. , who wrote that Letter 
 
 in the Alifcellany^ died Yefterday. He is now gone to 
 give an Account of the many hard Speeches contained 
 therein^ and is convinced^ that Orthodox'^ in Notions is 
 not the Whole of Religion, 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 (r) O my good Lord,^r.I mod humbly pray thee, accept of my 
 *' humble Thanks for hearing my Prayers Vellerday j tor help- 
 *' ingme to ^xt2ic\i xnthQ Forenoon J^ronaly ■, for enabling me to 
 *' hold our rhe khcxnon^ -when Iv:asjick in the MidJ} of Prayer^ 
 ** ready to fall into a Swoon at the End of it ,• yet^ by rubbing 
 " my Broives^ I ivas refrejbed^ and enabled to hold out above art 
 *''' Hour. (Mr. Gror^^-yu'^r^^'i Prayers, p. 19.) 
 
 (i) This much like the Cant of the old Fanaticis^ of rolling 
 '* themfelves upon God, &'C. 
 
 (tj This Refletftion upon the reverend and very worthy Mr. 
 ^'— ^7, is far from becoming zht meek and mild Mr. IV — : For 
 this Gentlemen was a Chrijlian of the truly primitive Stamp, 
 and had not a Form of Godlinefs only^ uoithout the Po-wer thereoj . 
 And I defire Mr. U-^. to confider, what St. Paul fays of Chartty 
 in I Cor. xiii That Charity thinketh no Evil , and tho* (fayS 
 he) Ifteakwith the Tongue of Men and Angehy and love not Cba- 
 rity, i am before as founding Brafs^ and a tinckling Cymbal. S.ee 
 George /Ix, p. 2(^2, ^Q^ 
 
BRISTOL 
 
 P. ^6.] TVedneJday^ February 21. Had federal 
 came to fee me this Morning, to enquire about the 
 State of their Souls, amongft whom was a little Girl 
 of thirteen Years of Age, who told me in great 
 Simplicity, ** She was prick'd thro* and thro* with 
 •' the Power of the Word/* And, indeed, a good 
 
 Work I believe has been wrought in her Heart ■ 
 
 Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings hajl thou per - 
 fe5ied Pratfe, 
 
 Friday^ Februar>j 13. After Binner I was taken 
 very ill, fo that I was obliged to lie upon my Bed : 
 But looking upon it only as a Thorn in the Flefh^ at 
 Three I went, according to Appointment, and 
 preached to near Four or tive thoufand People^ from 
 a Mount in Kin^s-Wood^ with great Power. The 
 Sun (hone very bright, and the People (landing in 
 fuch an awful Manner round the Mounts in the pro- 
 foundeft Silence, filled me with holy Admiration, 
 
 P. 41.] Preached at "Newgate (Briftol) was refre(h- 
 ed by the Converfation of fome that God had 
 wrought upon by my Miniftry— Anfwered my reli- 
 gious Friends Letters, and expounded twice in the 
 Evening to two large Societies— Blc(red be God, I 
 find myfelf much refrefhed in Spirit^ and a new Supply 
 ef Strength given me, Thus it fhall be done to the Man 
 whom Gad delighteth to honour. Oh free Grace in 
 Chrift Jefus, 
 
 P. 42.] Thurjda'j, March 1. Amongft my other 
 Letters by this Day*s Poll, I received the following 
 one from Mr, John JVeJley. 
 
 My dear Brothery 
 
 ** Our Lord's Hand is not (hortned amongft us ^ 
 
 '" Yefterday I preached at St. Catharine's^ and at 
 
 *« IJlinzton. The Fields, after Service, feem to be 
 
 •^ ^. White 
 
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 «' IP^hile with People pniifing God — The Society at 
 ^' Mr. Crouch's does not meet till Eight ; To that I 
 *' expound before I go to him near St. Janm'i 
 *' Square^ zvberc one young Woman was lately filled 
 *•' With the Holy Ghoft, and overflows with Joy and 
 '' Love. On IFednefday at Six we have a noble 
 *' Comp.iny of Women, not adorned wiib Gold and 
 *' eo/fly yip par el., hut a meek and quiet Spirit ., and good 
 *' Worh-—\ W^ek or tv/o ago a Note was given to 
 *' me there (in Mr. F's Room) as near as I can re- 
 *'' member in thefc Words ; Tour Prayers are defired 
 '' for a fick Child that is lunaticky and fore vexed Bay 
 " and Night., that our Lord would heal htm., as he 
 *■' did thole in the Days of his Fle/Jj i and that he would 
 *' give his Parents Faith and Patience till his ^ime is 
 " covie. 
 
 " On Saturday Sevennight, a middle-aged, well- 
 *"• drefled Woman at Beech Lane (where 1 expound 
 *' .ukially to Five or Six hundred, before I go to 
 " Mr. E*s Society) was feized, as it appeared to 
 ** feveral about her, with little lefs tha-n the Ago- 
 *' nies of Death. We pray'd, that God, who had 
 *■' brought her to the Birth, would give her Strength to 
 *' hnug forth, and that he would work fpeedily, that 
 *« all might fee, md fear.^ and put their Truft in the 
 " Lord. Five Days Hie travelled and groaned, he- 
 " ing in Bondige, On Thurfday Evening our Lcrd 
 -*' got bi?njelf the Victory ; and from that Momenc 
 «' (he has been full ot Love and Joy, which (lie 
 *■' openly declared at the iame on Saturday laft ; fo 
 *•'- that Thankfgivings alfo were given by many to 
 *^ God on her Account. It is to be obferved, her 
 *' Friends have accounted her mad for thefe three 
 *■' Years \ and accordingly bled and bliltered her, 
 *' and what not. Come and let us praife the Lord, 
 *• and magnify his Name together. 
 
 N CARDIFF 
 
 (u) See a fl} am Miracle of the like Klrul wrought by G^o-^e 
 fox (if he is to be believed) Journ*!^ p, 27 
 
I 90 1 
 
 C A R B 1 F F. 
 
 P. 47.] IVednefday, March 8. Arofe before Twelve 
 at Night, fung Pialms and prayed -, and the Wind 
 being fair, we had a fpeedy Padlige over to the 
 Welch Shore^ and reached Cardiff about Eleven in 
 the Morning. The Town, I foon found, was ap- 
 prehenfive of my Coming *, and therefore, whilft I 
 was giving a Word of Exhortation to fome poorPeo- 
 ple at the Inn, who hanged upon me to hear the Word ^ 
 Mr. Seward went to ask for the Pulpilt, but being de- 
 nied, he pitched on the Town HalU which Mr. Seward 
 got by hislntered •, and at P'our in the Afternoon I 
 preached from the Judge's Seat to about 400 Hearers, 
 Moft were very attentive, but fome mocked *, how- 
 ever, (x) I offered Jefus Chrifl freely even to tbe?ny 
 and fliould have rejoyced if they would have accept- 
 ed of him i but their foolifh Hearts are hardened. 
 After I came from the Seat, I was much refrefhed 
 with the Sight of my dear Brother Howel Harris y 
 whom, tho' i know not in Perfon, I have long Hr.ce 
 loved in the Bowels of Jefus Chrift *, and have often 
 felt my Soul drawn out in Prayer in his Behalf. 
 
 P. 49.] W^hen I firfl: faw him, my Heart was 
 l<nit cloffly to him. I wanted to catch Jome of his 
 tire^ and gave him the Right-hand of Fellowfhip with 
 my whole Heart. After I had faluted him, and 
 given a warm Exhortation to a great Number of 
 People who followed me to the Inn, we fpent the 
 Pvcrmainder of the Evening in takiiig fweet Counfel to- 
 gether^ and telling one another what God had done 
 for our Souls — We eat a little Supper, and then, af- 
 ter finging a HymUy we went to bed, praifjng and 
 blciTing God for bringing us Face to Face. 1 doubt 
 
 not 
 
 (x) George Fox (2iy% in his Journal, p. 1*^5. that he declared, 
 ^' not th I.e. a was come to t?acb hii Feoph himfelf, by hii Soif 
 
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 not but Satan envied our Happlnefs : But I hope, 
 by the Htl[) of God, we fljall rnake his Kingdom Jhake. 
 
 P. 50.] Thurfday^ March 9. I went to che Town 
 Hall, and prcaohed for about an Hour and Half co 
 a large AlTcmbly of People ; my dear Brother 
 Howel Harris fat clofe by me. I did not obferve any 
 Scoffers within •-, out without fome were plcafed to 
 honour me fo Rir, as to trail a dead. Fox^ and hunt 
 ic about the Had. {'j) But, bleffcd be God, my 
 Voice prevailed. 
 
 BATH, 
 
 P. 52.] March 12. Received News of the won- 
 derful Progrefs of the Gofpel in Torhjhxre^ under the 
 Miniftry of my dear Brother Inghain. 
 
 P. ^"j.l Tuefday^ March 20. Had the Pleafure of 
 hearing of the Succefs of my Difcourfe (at Bath) 
 Yeflerday upon many Souls, efpecially upon two 
 little Children, who were obferved to come home 
 crying, and to retire to Prayers *, fpent the Morning 
 in writing Letters, and vifiting fome righteous Souls 
 that live in this Sodom ^ God has a Remnant every 
 where. 
 
 P. 65.] Saturday^ March q,\. At n.y Return 
 home, I was much refrefned with the Sight of my 
 honoured Friend Mr. John Wejley^ whom God's Pro- 
 vidence has fent to Briftol — Lord now letteji thou thy 
 Servant depart in Peace. 
 
 P. 78.] Monday, J pril 16. Received Letters from 
 Abergavenny^ acquainting me, how many had been 
 convinced lince i was there — Heard of one that had 
 
 N 2 received 
 
 0) " While the Gaoler of Car Hie flruck me, I was made t^ 
 • ling in the Lord's Poaer, and that made him rage the more > 
 ' then he went and ietch'd ^Fidler, and let him to play, think- 
 ing ro vex me thereby j but while he played, I was moved in 
 ' the Everlalting Power of" the Lord God to Jing, and my Vcic^ 
 dro-wned the Noife of the Fiddle^ andjiruck and confounded tharu^* 
 Fox's Journal, p. i\i. 
 
received the Holy Ghojl immediately upon my preach- 
 ing Chrifl — Indeed there is fcarce a Day paffes over 
 my Head, hue God (hews me, that he works efFe- 
 dlually upon the Hearts of many by my Miniftry. 
 
 P. 79,] It often pleafes me to think how God 
 makes Way for me into the Hearts of his People ; 
 
 nay, even of his Enemies, v/here-ever 1 go My 
 
 firft asking Leave for the Pulpit, and preach- 
 ing in the Fields, notwithftanding they are denied, 
 puts mc in mind of the Children of Ifrael^ firfl in- 
 treating 1 ,eave of O^, Sihon^ ^c. to go qiiktlj thro* 
 their Land^ hut fighting their Way thro* when Leave 
 was denied ; like them^ by the Strength of my divine 
 Leader^ I JJjall at lafi b/* ?nore than Conqueror over all 
 the Canaanites and Carnal Teachers among the Ifrael 
 ef God, 
 
 Cheltenham^ Seven Miles from Gloucefter. 
 
 P. 80.] Being earneflly invited by feveral of the 
 Inhabitants, I came hither by Five of the Clock, 
 and the Ufe of the Pulpit being refufed me, I 
 preached on the (%) Bowlvig Green belonging to the 
 Plough Inn — At the firtt I found my kX'i quite Jrjut up^ 
 my Heart and Head were as dead as a Stone : But 
 when I came to the Inn, my Soul began to be in- 
 larged. I felt a Freedom in my Spirit, and was in- 
 abled to preach with extraordinary Power to near 
 Two thoufand People. Many were convicted. One 
 was drowned in Tears, becaufe, fhe faid, I was 
 crazy, (a) Andfome were Jo filled with the Holy Ghojl ^ 
 
 that 
 
 (z) Sec a remarkable Paper of George Fox*s 'to the Bozvlen 
 that came ro fport themfelves in theCaille Green at Lanccftan, 
 Journal, p. 218. 
 
 {a) Nir. Francis Bugg^ in his Remarks upon George Fny.'s W^ll, 
 fays, that Georae Fo^c^ at his Tryal at Lancajier Allize, faid, 
 '* Before I came ro the Bar, I was moved to pray — The thundr- 
 *' ing Voice^ anfwered, I have glorified thee^ and vol II glorify thef 
 *' again: And I was lo filled full of Glory^ that my Head ariii 
 '■'• harswss filled full of it:' 
 
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 that they were almoft unable tofup.port themfdves under' 
 it. This I know is Fooljfhnefs to the Natural and 
 Letter learned Men *, but I write this for the Comfort 
 of God's Children, l^hey know what thele Things 
 mean. 
 
 P. 87.] April 27. Went this Morning to Ijlington 
 to preach, according to the Appointment of my dear 
 Brother in Chrilt the Reverend Mr. Stonehoufe -, but» 
 in the Midft of the Prayers, the Church-MAirden 
 came, demanding me to produce my Licenfe^ or 
 otherwife he forbad my preaching in that Pulpit. 
 (b) I bc!i^^ve L might have infifted jpon my Right t© 
 preach, being in Priefis Orders^ and having the Prc- 
 ftTi cation of the Living of Savannah .^ which is in the 
 Biiliop of LWf5«'s Diocefe, a ftronger Licenfe than 
 ih^i lUipUcite one., by which Hundredsof the i;;/>nor 
 Clerg'^ are by his LordHiip permicted to preach. 
 Hov/ever, for Peace fake, I declined preaching in 
 the Church. 
 
 P. 89.] Sunday^ April ig. Preached in the Morn- 
 ing in {e) Moorjields to an exceeding great Multitude, 
 
 Being 
 
 {h) TliTS Gentlemnn, 'tis plain, Is unacquainted wirh the Ca- 
 nonsoioux Church, as he may be convinced by perufing the t;ot1i 
 Canon oT 1603. The Words as follow, " Neither the MinijUr^ 
 '** Churcinvarderjs, nor any other Officers of the Churchy fliall 
 *' fiiffer any Man to freach within their Churches or Chaffls^ 
 ** but fuch as, hy /hewing thc-ir Licence to preachy fnall appear 
 ** unto them to be I'ufficiently authorized thereuflto, as is 
 *' aforefaid." 
 
 (c) Mr. L:JIcy{^^%^nake inthe Grafs^ P-3,^7-) ** ^ ^'^^ ^^^ 
 " Day vifiting Olivcr^s Porter^ with the relief his Collegi.ztet 
 '* (in Bedlam) and upon a Gral's Plat before his Window, which. 
 " was the End Room of the Building next the Pojlern^ I fa\c 
 *' fome Women very bufy with their Bibles^ turning to the 
 •'* QuotariDns, as he preached to them our of the Window i ani 
 ■' they did figh and groan, and fhewed as ftrong Motions of 
 ** Devotion, as could b« feen in any faker's Meeting. | 
 ''' thought, indeed, they had belonged to the Family^ and told 
 *'' the Kerper^ that he o'ight not to dtfpofe of thole fo near onr 
 '' another 5 but (hould fepurate that Preacher and hii Conerega^ 
 
 ^" tlOyt 
 
[ 94] 
 
 Being weakened by my Morning's preaching, In the 
 Afternoon 1 refrefhed myfelf by a h'ttle Sleeps at 
 Five went and preached at Kennvigton Common, about 
 two Miles from London^ where no lefs than mrty 
 ihoufand People were fuppofed to be prefent. The 
 Wind being for me, it carried the {d) Voice to the 
 cxtreameft Part of the Audience — The People were 
 much afFeded, and exprefled their Love to me ma- 
 rty ways. 
 
 P. 93.] "Tuefday^ May Z. Preached in the Even- 
 ing, as ufual, on Kenningion Com??ion~ Some confide- 
 rable Time before 1 fet out from Town, it mined 
 very hard, fo that once I thought of not going ; but 
 feveral pious Friends joined in Prayer^ that God 
 would be pleafed to (^) with-hold the Rain, which 
 
 was 
 
 *: //o«, becaufe, they fed one another's Madnefs .- But he told 
 ** me, that he had Charge of none but the Preacher • and tliat 
 ** there often came People to hear him f>reach^ and would fit 
 ** many Hours under his Window with great Signs of Devotion. 
 ** This gave me the Curiofity to fpeak to one of thofe Women, 
 *' z grave^ fober-lthe Matron ; and I asked her, what (he could 
 ** profit by hearing that Madman F She, with a compofed 
 
 Countenance, and as pitying my Ignorance, replied, That 
 ** Fejius thought Paul was mad. Which made me refle(fl, That 
 
 there -were feveral Sorts of Madnefs ; and ivhat ill Luch fome- 
 ** mad Folks had to he clofed up^ -whilf others -went about the 
 ** Streets** 1 leave Mr. W'^-^d^ and his Folloivers^ to make 
 the Application. 
 
 (d) I have heard of an oldJVoman, who, tho' out of the 
 Reach of his Voice, feem'd to be much affeded with Mr. Whiter 
 field's preaching. A Gentleman who ftood next her, told her. 
 
 He could not hear one Word, and ask'd her, if {he could. No, 
 Sir, faid file, but fee what a heavenly iVag he has -with his Head. 
 Another was moved by hisheavenly Lcer^ as {he called it. 
 
 (e) Enthujiajlsoh^n boa{l of having their Petitions anfwer'd, 
 whether they are, or are not ; whether for Rain or fair IVeather^ 
 Mi*. George ^'u^-jZ-^^ (Prayers, p. 2d.) in a great Drought has thefe 
 Words " Lord, let not thefe prefent Clouds diiperie, nor diilil 
 ** Drops any where, but where there is an apparent Shew feen 
 '* topromife Rain. Lord^ thou knoweft my confident Boldnels 
 " to come unto thee for this B ie fling ,• I praife thee for really- 
 " anlwcn'ng my Prayers for Rain diverfe Yearo pall. I pray 
 
 " thee 
 
[95] 
 
 was done immediately To my great Surprize, 
 
 when 1 came to the Common, I law about Twenty 
 thourmd People — All the while, except for a few 
 Moments, the Sun Ihone out upon us •, and thus the 
 Sun of Righieoufnefs aroje on fome with healing in hii 
 Wtnp. 
 
 P. 96.] I doubt not but many Self-righteous Bi^otSy 
 when they fee me fpreading my Hands io offer Jefus 
 Chnft freely to all, are ready to cry out, " How 
 '' glorious did the Reverend Mr. Whitefield look to 
 '' Dity, when, negleding the Dignity of a ClergynaHy 
 " he ftood venting his Enthiifiaftick Ravings upon a 
 " Common, and collecting Mites from the poor 
 -' People" j hut if this he vile. Lord, gra?it me to be 
 more vile. 
 
 P. ^j,] Friday^ May 18. Dined with feveral of 
 the (f) Moravian Church, and could not but admire 
 their great Simplicity, and deep Experience, in the 
 Inward Life. At Six preached in an open Place in 
 Shadweli, being much prefs'd by many to go thither. 
 I believe there were upwards of Twenty thoufand 
 People. / perceived a divine Power came upon me 
 from above. The Word, I believe, made its Way 
 into their Hearts — Blefied be God, we now begin to 
 
 furround this great City As the Walls of Jericho 
 
 once fell down at the Sound of a few Rams Horns., fo^ 
 I hope., even this Foolifhnejs of preachings under God^ 
 will be a Means of pulling down the Devil's ftrong 
 Holds., which are in and about the City d?/London. 
 
 Jhid.} Received feveral excellent Letters, amongft 
 
 which 
 
 ** thee really anfw^r this Petition at this Time : Send a feafona- 
 *' ble, fpeedy, moderate Rain, which may do very much Good j 
 " do this for me at my Requelt, and I will record it for thy 
 " Praife." . 
 
 (f) See the Principles of the Jnabaftifis of Moravia^ in G?r- 
 waNy, in Alexander Rojfe's l^ie-w of all Religions in the World^ 
 ^ch Edit. p. 163. 1(54, and Du^in^ i6th Century, chap. xx. p. j. 
 
[ 96 ] 
 
 which was one from Mr. Ralph Efskine (g) a Field 
 Preacher of the Scotch Churchy a fiobk Soldier of the 
 Lord Jefus Chrifl:. 
 
 P. 1 06.] Preach*J at Northampton about Five in 
 the Evening — At Seven^ accordfng to Appointment, 
 I preached to about Three thoullind Hearers, on a 
 Common near the Town, from the Starling Pojl — - 
 Great Power, I believe, was amongft us, and I 
 preached with wonderful Pleafure^ becaufe then I 
 thought I had aclual Poffellion of one of the Devil's 
 Jlrong Holds, 
 
 BEDFORD. 
 
 P. 108.] About Eight I preached from the Stairs 
 of a Wind'Mill (the Pulpit of my dear Brother and 
 Fdlow Labourer (Jo) Mr. Rogers) to about Three 
 
 thoufand 
 
 (g) Bifliop Burnet {Hijf, of %is own Ttmss^ vol. i. p. t,^^!) 
 calls the Field Preachers {ox Cameronians) a mad Se3:^ and Dr. 
 Jiicks fhews (in a Tracft, intitled, The Sfirh of Popery ff caking 
 etit of the Mouths ef fhanatical Protejlants, or the lafV Speeches 
 of Mr. JohnKid^ and Mr. yohnKing, two Preil>yterian Minif- 
 ters^ 1 680) what defperate Rebels thofe Field Preachers were, and 
 ©bfervesin his Preface. " That the firft Difcovery of that horrid 
 " Popifh Plot declared to all the World, and that Jefuits were 
 ** fent into *S'cof/^/7 J about the fame Time, that they begun to 
 *' Field Conventicle^ to encourage them to rebel." 
 
 (h') His dear Brother^ and Fellow Lahourer^ Mr. R-^^n^ at the 
 Bifhopof Z//;co/;z's Vifitation, at Bedford, the laft Summer, did 
 not behave with common Decency: For when iht learned Preach- 
 er^ with great Candour and Judgment, was expofing the Follies 
 of this upftart Sedr^ and exhorting the People to beware of him, 
 this Gentleman called out, loud enough to be heard by m<^re than 
 one or two, that^s aLye, that's a notorious Lye^ that*s a 'villain- 
 ous Lyei with other Exprefllons to the fame Purpofe. I am at a 
 Lofs to know under which of the Fruits of the Spirit he will 
 lank this Kind of Behaviour. Sure lam, it is contrary to the 
 Law of the Land. By 5 and 6 of Ed. VI. chap. iv. 'tis enad^ed, 
 *' That none fhall ufe any chiding Words in the Church, in Pain^ 
 " if a Clerk, of Sufpenfion from the Miniftratiofi of his Office:'* 
 Andb J I, Mdiri^f ^^i's, 2, chap. 3 » 'tis enadted, '' That any 
 
 Ferfoa 
 
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 thoiifind People •, and God was pleafed to give me 
 inch extraordinary Afliftances, that I believe few, if 
 any, were able to refill the Power with which God 
 enabled me to fpeak. My Heart was full of God (i) 
 a}2d 1 fpake as one having Authority, 
 
 P. 109.] Received an excellent Letter from the 
 (k) Reverend Mr. Ebenezer Erskine o\' Scotland^ Bro- 
 ther to Mr. Ralph Erskine^ acquainting me with his 
 preaching lad Week to Fourteen thoufand People-— 
 BlefTed be God there are more Fi£ld Pre.achers in the 
 World befides myfelf ', the Lord furnifh us all with 
 Jpiritual Food^ wherewith to feed fo great Multitude, 
 
 P. III.] Friday^ June i. dined at Oldford — Gave 
 a fliorc Exhortation to a few People in a Field, and 
 preached in the Evening at a Place called May -Fair ^ 
 near Hyde Park Corner — The Congregation confided, 
 
 I believe, of near Eighty Thoufand People It was, 
 
 by far, the largeft that ever 1 preach'd to yet. 
 
 P. 113.] I now go in Truii under God*s holy Spirit 
 to Penfdvania, and Firg2?iia, and from thence to 
 Georgia,, knowing not ivhat will hefal me^ fave that the 
 Holy Ghoft witneffeth in every Place^ that Labours, 
 and Afflictions, and TryalsofaU kinds abide me. 
 O my dear Friends pray that none of thefe Things 
 
 O may 
 
 ^' Perfon difturblng a Mhiijier \n treacling^ fhall be apprehended, 
 *' and committed by a Jujlice e/' ?eace^ who, with one other, 
 *' fhall examine him wirhin fix Days, and finding him guilty, 
 ** ihall commit him to GaoKxW the next garter Seffions." 
 
 (?) George Fox (Journal, p. 74.) fays of him felt", this Man 
 ffeaks tnith Author ity^ and not as the Scribes. 
 
 (k) I can fee no Reaibn why we fhould call Mr. Ehenezer Er- 
 ski/oexhe Rev. and not dignify his dear Brother Ho-uiel Harris 
 with the fame Title : For they are equally unrommiffioned Teach- 
 ers. Omx dijpntir>g Reverences [{2.y& that Blaffhcwer Wooljion., 
 " in hisfirjl Free Gift to the Clergy, p. 87.)foi'footh! ofJate Years, 
 ** call themfelves Reverences, a*; well as the Clergy of the Church 
 ** o{ England, like zs the Horfi Turds that fwam with the ^;p- 
 *' i>les in the Fable, would, for Compajiy Sake, fay of themn- 
 <' ielves, we^//^J." J^jfofs Fables, Numb. 134. 
 
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 may move me, and that I may not count even my 
 Life dear unto my ielf, fo that I may finiih my 
 Courfe with Joy, and the Miniftry which I havfi 
 j-eceived of the Lord Jefus. 
 
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