fornia
 
 OF THE 
 
 LIFE, TRAVELS 
 
 AND 
 
 GOSPEL LABOURS 
 
 OF THAT 
 
 FAITHFUL SERVANT 
 
 AND 
 
 MINISTER OF CHRIST, 
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 50? 
 
 NEW-TOKX] 
 
 PRINTED AND SOLD BY 
 
 Isaac Collins^ 
 
 O. 189, PEARL-STREET
 
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 A T E S T I M O N Y 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 MONTHLY MEETING OF PROVIDENCE. 
 
 CONCERNING 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 OUR beloved friend Job Scott was born in 
 Providence the i8th of loth month 1751, 
 new ftyle, in that part of it now North-Providence. 
 His parents were John and Lydia Scott, who gave 
 him fuch opportunities as, through his turn for lite 
 rary improvement, he acquired both a competent 
 fhare of common fchool learning, and made forne 
 progrefs in fome other branches of literature. 
 
 In his young years it appears, that by difregard- 
 ing the reproofs of inftriKStioiij manifeited in his 
 own mind, he was drawn into vanity, diffipatiou 
 and folly. Repeated and great were his conflicts 
 between his depraved propenfities and the convic 
 tions of truth, but the latter humbling and melting 
 his heart into contrition, he was gracioufly favour 
 ed to fee the evil of his ways, and the deirruclion 
 which awaited him if he did not reject the Tempt 
 er, forfake his wicked companions, and turn to the 
 Lord, in obedience to his holy law written in his 
 heart ; until at length he fo learned obedience by 
 the things which he fuffered, that he gave up to 
 the operations of the fpirit of Chriil upon him, in
 
 iv TESTIMONY CONCERNING 
 
 the faith of its divine, reftraining, preferving and 
 fanclifying power, and therein experienced the 
 confolation of his heavenly Father s love. 
 
 Being thus humbled under the various turnings 
 of the Lord s hand upon him, and clearly convinc 
 ed of the power and eflicacy of the diftinguifhing 
 prim i pie of our holy proicffion, viz. the light of 
 Chrill within man, as God s gift for his falvation ; 
 he requefted the care, and became a member, of 
 the monthly meeting of Smithfield, then extend 
 ing to Providence , and being of ftrong and ready 
 abilities, and his mind improved and enlarged by 
 the fanctifying power of Truth, he ivas enabled and 
 peahujly and very ufefully difpofed for the promo 
 tion of the caufe of righteoufnefs in which he 
 /was engaged. 
 
 Having in the fchool of Chrift meafurably learn 
 ed the myftery of the fall and restoration of man, 
 and to underftand the fcriptures and pertinently to 
 apply them, he was brought under the preparing 
 hand of the Lord for the work of the miniftry, 
 under which difpenfation his foul was deeply bap 
 tized and brought under great fympathy with feek- 
 ing fouls, who were travailing in birth that Chrift 
 ynight be formed in them, to whom he was at 
 times and feafons enabled powerfully to adminifter 
 encouragement and confolation. Thus for feveral 
 years, as well as by letters and epiftles, for which 
 he was eminently gifted with inftruclive and edify 
 ing talents, he laboured for the promotion of the 
 caufe of truth, now become precious in his fight ; 
 and about the 23d year of his age he appeared in the 
 jniniftry at a publick meeting in Providence, ex- 
 prelfive of the defire of his foul, that * Sion might 
 arife and ilrake herfelf from the duft of the earth,
 
 JOB 
 
 and put on her beautiful garments. The gravity 
 in which he appeared, the fympathy which was felt, 
 and the folemnity of that feafon, are refrefhhigly 
 remembered by fome to the prefent day. 
 
 At this time he taught a fchool in Providence, 
 in which employ he continued for feveral years, 
 and afterwards in Smithfield, much to the fatisfac- 
 tion of his employers, and the children and youth 
 under his care, whofe confidence and affeclions he 
 very generally gained and preferved, to fome of 
 whom his memory is yet precious. In his attend 
 ance of all our religious meetings, and in the vari 
 ous duties of private life, as well as in the relations 
 of fon, hufband, parent and neighbour, he was 
 truly exemplary. His appearance in the miniftry 
 was not very frequent when at home, and he was 
 frequently led into an example of filence when 
 abroad, circumfpecl: not to mmifter without frcfh 
 anointing, and careful in attending clofely to the 
 turnings of the key of David ; well knowing when 
 that fhuts none can open, and therefore, when lie 
 perceived his fubject to dole and the life withdraw, 
 however clear his opening, and free the fpring of 
 life had been at his beginning, he would fuddenly 
 fit down, however in the crofs ; for he had a tefti- 
 mony to bear againft all fuperficial and lifclefs mi- 
 niftry, and very exemplarily avoided it. 
 
 His firft viiit abroad was to the northerly parts 
 of the yearly meeting of New-York, which proved 
 a feafon of clofe probation and conflict of mind, 
 yet endeavouring to attend to the pointings of duty 
 from place to place, he was, as appears by h?s cer 
 tificates, favoured to return with the approbation 
 of thofe he viiited; and by a profpeil which it ap 
 pears be had as he was returning home, not \vliol- 
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 vi TESTIMONY CONCERNING 
 
 ly unlike the apoftle Paul s, 2 Cor. xii. he was 
 ftrengthened to perieverance in a dedication of 
 heart to the Lord; for, in this luminous and extatie 
 profpecb, it appeared to him, that all his corrup 
 tions and fpots were mads clean before the Lamb, 
 and he made to partake of the confolations and 
 joys of the heavenly hoft j yet like the apoftle, he 
 had fooa to experience a thorn in the flefh, left 
 he fhould be exalted above meaiure, and even the 
 meilenger of Satan was permitted to buffet him , 
 but he befought the Lord for his preservation, and 
 received the confoling aniVer of my grace is fuf- 
 ficient for thce , for my ftrength is made perfect 
 in weaknefs. Thus buffeted, tried and tempted, \ 
 he had to tread in the iteps of the great apoftle and 
 his dear Lord and Mafter, and thereby became 
 .more perfected through fufferings. 
 
 He afterwards viiited New- York, New-Jerfey 
 and Pennfylvania twice, and once the Southern 
 ftates as far as Georgia, returning certificates of the 
 approbation of thofe he viiited, among whom we 
 have good re;\fon to believe he has left many feals. 
 of his gofpel miniftry, and impreilions of near and 
 dear unity and fellowfhip with him as a brother 
 beloved, as well as in thefe *nd other parts of our 
 own yearly meeting. He alib viflted fome part of 
 the ftate of Connecticut, and had meetings among 
 thofe not. of our fociety. Soon after which a proi- 
 pedl, that for fome years before had opened to his 
 view, of v jilting Great-Britain and Ireland, had fo 
 opened on his mind, as to induce him to open the. 
 fame to his friends for their concurrence and cer- , 
 tificate. In the ninth month, 1792, he received 
 one from this monthly meeting, and alfo one in 
 the tenth month from our quarterly meeting for
 
 JOB SCOTT. vif 
 
 Rhode-Ifland. On the 26th of the nth month 
 he took a iblemn leave of his family and friends at 
 home, and failed from Bofton the 5th of the I2th 
 month, for Dunkirk in France. On the paiTage 
 the fhip fprung a leak, and had a fevere gale of 
 wind; but it appears this our friend was preierved, 
 * reiigned and ftayed through all, while the mari 
 ners on board were tolled with amazement and ter 
 ror ; corresponding with a profpeiSt which he re 
 ceived and recorded, in his journal left at home, 
 about twelve months before he failed, on a view of 
 which a ftriking evidence is thereby raifed that 
 prophecy or communication to the mind of future 
 events has not ceafed ; but that the Lord Mill con 
 tinues graciouily to open his viflons of light to his 
 devoted fervants by way of pointing to duty, fore 
 warning of events, and guiding the mind through 
 them, in confirmation of divine fuperimendance, 
 and their faith in his gracious appearance. 
 
 He arrived at Dunkirk the 5th of the ift month, 
 and after tarrying there about ten days, much to 
 his own and friends fatisfaction, he proceeded to 
 England, taking fome meetings in Kent, went to 
 London, attended the different meetings in that 
 city, then into Wales, and attended the, feveral 
 monthly and quarterly meetings and the .yearly 
 meeting at Carmathan, thence to Briftol, and, re 
 turning to London, attended the yearly meeting 
 there, who, in their epiftle to ours, fpeak of him 
 in a very fatisfaclory manner. He then went to 
 Liverpool, taking meetings in his way, and fo pall 
 ed over to Ireland, and vifited all the meetings of 
 Friends and fome of other focieties there ; attended 
 the national half-year s meeting in Dublin ; and, 
 while viilting a few meetings a, fecond time, he
 
 viii TESTIMONY CONCERNING 
 
 was taken ill of the fmall-pox, at the houfe of our 
 friend Elizabeth Shackleton, in Ballitore, from 
 whence he dictated a letter on the 14th of the i ith 
 month, to his relations and Friends ; out of which, 
 and an account taken by the Friends who attended 
 him, we extract the following : he fays, I am now 
 
 * twenty-eight Iriih miles from Dublin, entered rive 
 days into the fmall-pox ; I feel eaileft to addrefs 
 you principally, that you may know my mind 
 enjoys that which removes beyond all forrow. 
 Of his children he fays, I wiih them to get a 
 
 * little more learning than fbme of them are at pre- 
 fent in the way of; and although I do not wifli 
 
 * much of the world s polifh, yet it is, at this awful 
 
 * moment, my deiire that they may not be brought 
 up with much rufticity, for this I believe has not 
 very often contributed either to civil or religious 
 
 * ufefulnefs. My deiire for my children s fubftan- 
 tial growth in the truth, and ftricl adherence to 
 f all its difcoveries to the clofe of their days, is by 
 
 * far my principal wiiri for them. Out of the enjoy- 
 
 * ment of a good degree of this precious inheritance, 
 
 * I know of nothing in this world worth living for. 
 Ye that know it, fufFer nothing, I moft cordially 
 befeech you, ever to divert your minds from an in- 
 creating and fervent purfuit after the fulnefs of it ; 
 even unto the meafure and ftature of the fulnefs 
 
 * of Chrift. At another time he faid,- My fpirits 
 4 are under little or no deprefllon ; perhaps I never 
 faw a time before, when all things not criminal 
 were fo nearly alike to me in point of any difturb- 
 
 * ance to the mind. When I verge a little towards 
 fleep, I am all afloat, from the ftate of my nerves, 
 and forced immediately from beginning repofe ; 
 
 * but through all, the foul ieems deeply anchored
 
 JOB SCOTT. ix 
 
 * in God : adding, My heart feems melted with- 
 
 * in me in retrofpective view ; all the former con- 
 
 * flicts, however grievous in their time, are lighter 
 now than vanity, except as they are clearly feen to 
 have contributed largely to the fanctifkation of the 
 foul; as they are remembered with awfulnefs and 
 
 * gratitude before Him who has not been wanting 
 to prelerve through them all ; and as they feem 
 
 * likely to introduce, before long, an exceeding 
 
 * and eternal weight of glory. At another time 
 he faid, It is the Lord that enables to coincide 
 
 * with his will, and fay amen to all the trials and 
 
 * conflicts he permits to attend us. My mind is 
 centred in that which brings into perfect acqui- 
 4 efcence. There is nothing in this world worth 
 
 * being enjoyed out of the divine will. 
 
 He gave directions, that if he fhould go hence, 
 every thing about his interment -fhouid be plain 
 and limple ; exprefled his entire refignation to di 
 vine difpofal ; and that be found nothing to ftand 
 between him and the Fountain of everlafting love. 
 At another time faid, * I have no fear, for perfect 
 4 love caiteth out all fear, and he that feareth is 
 
 * not perfected in love. His ftomach refuting all 
 nourishment, and a hiccough coming on, he faid, 
 Do not force nature, let me pafs quietly away to 
 
 * the eternal inheritance. Soon after laid, * 1 am 
 
 * waiting patiently to fee the falvation of God 
 do you wait patiently with me I have no defire, 
 
 * nor the fhadow of a deiire, to be rcftored I 
 hope the doctors will foon find that they have 
 4 done their part. To one he faid, Thy being 
 here has been an inexprefllble fatisfaction to me. ; 
 Afterwards faid, I have known fomething of that 
 law of love whereby all boafting is entirely ex-
 
 x TESTIMONY CONCERNING 
 
 eluded ; but I may fay, through that which has 
 fupported me under all the trials and conflicts 
 
 * which have attended my paftage through life, to 
 
 * you my beloved friends, as to dear children, 
 Follow me as I have endeavoured to follow Chrift 
 
 * Jefus, the Lord of life and glory, and the Rock 
 of my eternal falvation. "We omit many other 
 weighty and inftruclive expreflions of our beloved 
 friend, which he uttered during his illnefs and till 
 near his clofe, left this teftimony fhould extend be 
 yond its proper limits. He quietly departed this life 
 the 2?d of the i ith mo. 17935 at the houfe of our 
 aforefaid friend Elizabeth Shackleton, in Baliitore, 
 in Ireland ; and we doubt not finiihed his courfe 
 with joy, and is entered into the place of his reft, 
 where the righteous /line forth as the fun, in the 
 kingdom of their Father. 
 
 Signed in and on behalf of faid monthly 
 meeting by 
 
 JOHN HOLDEN, 
 
 -r . 
 
 LYDIA ARNOLD, 
 
 Teftimony from the national half-year s meeting of 
 Friends in Ireland concerning Job Scotty late of 
 Providence^ in the Jlate of Rhode-ljland^ &c. in 
 America. 
 
 T having pleafed the Almighty to call, from 
 works to rewards, this our beloved friend, we 
 feel our minds engaged to give forth a teftimony 
 concerning him. 
 
 From genuine marks evinced in the courfe of 
 his religious fervices, we believe him to have been 
 an inftrument fitted and prepared by the great 
 Mafter, through deep and repeated baptifm, for life
 
 JOB SCOTT. xi 
 
 and fervice in his church militant ; called and fent 
 forth by the immediate influences of his fpirit to 
 publifh the gofpel ; and being prefcrved in an 
 eminent degree, carefully attentive to the leadings 
 thereof, the word of the Lord through him was 
 often * as a fire and as a hammer to break the 
 
 * rock in pieces. Many were the bitter cups al 
 lotted him, in the difpenfations of unerring wif- 
 dom, which though hard to flefh and blood, yet 
 he appeared not to fhrink therefrom ; but in re- 
 fignation to the divine will, and a furrender of his 
 own, he was concerned to follow the Captain of 
 his falvation, who was made perfect through fuf- 
 fering j and thus by abiding under the power of 
 the crofs, he might well have adopted the language 
 of the apoftle, * by the grace of God I am what I 
 am, and his grace which was beftowed on me 
 was not in vain ; but I laboured abundantly, yet 
 
 * not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 
 
 He was a diligent waiter to experience renewed 
 qualification for Service before he attempted to move 
 cither in the miniftry or in the transactions of the 
 difcipline ; as well knowing that without a frefh 
 anointing, any endeavours to act muft prove inef 
 fectual, and tend to centre in lifelefs formality, 
 againft which he was zealoufly concerned to bear 
 teftimony. 
 
 His converfation was coupled with fear, as well 
 as. feafoned. with grace ; and being deep in heavenly 
 myfteries, he was cautious of Squandering the fame, 
 yet, when at liberty for converfation, his communi 
 cations were agreeable, and remarkably inftructive. 
 
 He vifited the meetings of Friends in this na 
 tion alfo had much religious fervice among thofe 
 not in profeflion with us, and was a fharp threh-
 
 xil TESTIMONY CONCERNING, &c. 
 
 ing inftrument in the Lord s hand, againft all who 
 preached for hire and divined for money, being 
 earneftly concerned to call the people off from dead 
 works, that they might be brought to experience 
 the efficacy of true religion in the newnefs of life. 
 
 In his laft illnefs, at the houfe of our friend 
 Elizabeth Shackleton, of Ballitore, he was much 
 refigned, although the diforder, which proved the 
 fmall-pox, lay heavy on him. He fpoke of the 
 things of God, and thofe that appertain to his 
 kingdom, yet was very modeft and diffident of his 
 labours to promote them in the hearts of the peo 
 ple , but gave evident marks of his peace of mind, 
 and afTurance that he had no doubt of a manfion 
 of reft prepared for him, where the wicked ceafe 
 from troubling, and where the weary be at reft, 
 experiencing great ferenity and compofure even as 
 a morning without clouds. 
 
 He departed this life the 22d of nth mo. 1793, 
 aged upwards of forty-two years, and has left an 
 example which fpeaks loudly to us his furvivors, 
 * follow me, as I have followed Chrift. 
 
 Signed in, by order, and on behalf of our half- 
 year s meeting for the nation of Ireland, held in 
 Dublin, the ift of 5th mo. 1794, by 
 
 JAMES FISHER, Clerk to the mens meeting. 
 ANNA SHANNON, Clerk to the womens meeting.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 His birth and parentage. The early imprej/ions of 
 truth on his mind. On children in general. A 
 feries of vifitations of divine love. His frequent 
 tranfgrejjion, trials about nvater-baptifm, predefti- 
 nation, tsfc. Page I 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 His exercifes continued, and particularly about ufing 
 the plain fcripture language. Of Ifraers ivilder~ 
 tiefs travel, and the forerunner. Reference to the 
 feafons and book of Job. On humility, and his 
 entrance into the ivork of the miniftry, and con- 
 ftderations thereon. 29 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 His exercifes continued. PaJ/es through fame difcou* 
 ragements. A "word of encouragement to the ex~ 
 ercifcd traveller. A view of God s goodnefs, and 
 anciently -with Noah, Abraham, &c. Trials about 
 the war, paper currency and taxes. An addrefs 
 to Zion. His ftcknefs, and other trials. Waits 
 in ftlence, &c. 48 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 taxes for tvar. V}fit to fame families in Dart 
 mouth, and to Mofes Farnum in his lajl Jicknefs. 
 His marriage. Vifit on Rhode-IJland. Concern 
 ing fpirituous liquors. On procuring this world s 
 goods. Thankfgiving, a poem. family vifit in 
 kis own monthly meeting. 71
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Hh removal to Glonccfler. His fifter Sarah s death. 
 On filent waiting in families: Vifit to the quarter 
 ly and monthly meetings. On JlriEt plainnefs and 
 fimplicity of living. Vifits families at Richmond. 
 
 * The true light, fun, mson and Jlars alluded to. On 
 the fix and f even days. On the f even feals. 87 
 
 C II A P. VI. 
 
 The folly of felf-impsrtance. The authors concern, 
 that himfelf and others may experience an entire 
 reducJion of f elf, and perfect refignation to the divine 
 will. His vifit to Friends of Oblong and Nine- 
 Partners, in the Jlate of Neiu-Tork. 1 1 8 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 ProfpecJ of vifiting Friends of Pennfylvania and Neiu- 
 Jerfey. Exercifcs andficknefs preceding his journey, 
 and occurrences therein. 131 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Trials and exercifes he pajfed through. Exhortations. 
 A profpecJ of .vifiting the fouthern Jlates. Prc-> 
 paratory exercifes proceeds in the vifit. 191 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 An account of his wife s lajl ficknefs and death 
 feme of her dying fayings, and his peculiar exer 
 cifes and trials at that time, and efpecially on that 
 eccafion. 271 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Extracts from his diary, and an account of his vifit 
 into Connecticut. 277 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 Account of his vo-jage to Europe > 3 00
 
 J O U" R N A L 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LIFE AND TRAVELS 
 
 O F 
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 His birth and parentage. The early impreffion& 
 of truth on his mind. On children in general. 
 A feries of vijitations of divine love. Plis 
 frequent iranjgre/Jion, trials about water- 
 baptifm, pred(flination : &c. 
 
 FORASMUCH as it hath pleafed divine 
 wifdom to lead and conclu6t my foul 
 through many, various and affliclive difpen- 
 fations; as well as through fome very com 
 fortable enjoyments ; giving me to partake 
 largely of aflliftions ; bearing up my mind 
 through them; bringing me forth again and 
 B again
 
 2 JOURNAL OF 
 
 again rejoicing, after fcenes of deep diflrefs ; 
 and wonderfully preferving me through fome 
 very deep, and perhaps fomewhat unufual 
 probations, in my travel towards the land of 
 reft : I feel, and often have felt, an engage 
 ment of mind to leave behind me fome memo 
 randums in commemoration of his gracious 
 dealings with me from my youth. 
 
 I was born, according to the beft account 
 I could obtain, and according to the prefent 
 or new flyle, on the i8th day of the loth 
 month 1751, in the townfhip of Providence, 
 now North- Providence, in the colony (now 
 flate) of Rhode-Ifland and Providence Plan 
 tations, in New- England. My parents names 
 were John, and Lydia Scott; who were ac 
 counted honeft people, though my father 
 made but little profeflion of religion. My 
 mother was more zealous, and attended 
 Friends meetings when me conveniently 
 could, taking me divers times with her, and 
 I think a few times another or two of the chil 
 dren; though we were all but young, for I 
 beinir the eldeft was but ten years old when 
 me died. I can well remember the ferimis im- 
 preffions and contemplations which, at that 
 earlv period of life, and for iorne years before 
 my mother s dec^aie. attended my mind as I 
 fat in meeting with her, and on the way home. 
 I even had longing defires to become truly 
 religious, and to ferve and fear God. as 
 Abraham. Ifaac and Jacob, did, and others 
 that I read or heard of. My mother endea 
 voured
 
 JOB SCOTT. 3 
 
 youred much to reftrain us from being in the 
 company of rude and vicious children, and 
 would fometimes call us together, and labour 
 to have us fit in filence with her, which we 
 did : and though I then tinderftood but little 
 of the intent of it, it has fmce alForded me a 
 degree of folid fatisfa&ion, in believing the 
 Lord had given her to know and partake of 
 the fublime enjoyments and fubflantial bene 
 fits of true, inward, chriftian filence, and 
 waiting upon God; and that me WHS deiirous 
 we her children might, in our tender years, 
 be made acquainted with at lead fome fecret 
 touches of that divine favour which I doubt 
 not me felt and experienced in fuch feafons of 
 retirement: and though, as I obferved, I un- 
 derlloocl but little about it then; yet I have 
 fince had reafon to believe it was a real ad 
 vantage to me ; and that it has often been 
 remembered fince to my benefit. 
 
 I am fully perfuaded of the great advantage 
 and fpiritual ufefulnefs to children and others, 
 refulting from frequent filent waiting on the 
 Lord. I have feen lively and convincing 
 evidence of it, even in children very young 
 in years; and fully believe the impreffions of 
 divine goodnefs have been fuch to their minds 
 at fome fuch feafons, even when there has not 
 been a word uttered vocally, as have laftingly 
 remained, and powerfully tended to beget the 
 true fear and love of God in their young and 
 tender hearts. And O ! that parents were 
 more generally concerned to do all the) could 
 B 2 towards
 
 4 JOURNAL OF 
 
 towards leading their tender offspring into an 
 early acquaintance with, and relifh of divine 
 things: beft learned, and mod livingly, and 
 experimentally fealed upon the foul, in a ftate 
 of filent introveriion, and feeling after God. 
 
 I was told by fome of my kindred who were 
 prefent at my mother s death (for it being 
 night I was not prefent myfelf ) that her de 
 parture was joyful and glorious ; and that 
 very near her lafl breath was fpent in fervent 
 iupplication to the Lord her God. 
 
 And now, riot at all doubting but her im 
 mortal fpirit is at reft in Jefus, I leave her, 
 and proceed to a further relation of the exer- 
 -cife of my own mind,: having this teflimony 
 to bear, that almoft as early as I can remember 
 any thing, I can well remember the Lord s 
 fecret workings in my heart, by his grace or 
 holy fpirit; very fenlibly bringing rne under 
 condemnation for my evil thoughts and ac 
 tions, as rudenefs and bad words, (though 
 not frequent in the ule of them) difobedience 
 to parents; inwardly wifhing, in moments of 
 anger, fome evil to fuch as offended me ; and 
 fuch like childifh and corrupt difpofitions and 
 practices, which over and beyond all outward 
 inftruclion I was made lenfible were evil, and 
 fprang from a real root of evil in me. And 
 I am in a full belief, that in every quarter of 
 the globe, children, at an early age, have good 
 and evil fet before them, in the minings of 
 the light of Chrift in their hearts, with clear- 
 
 nefe
 
 JOB SCOTT. 5 
 
 nefs and evidence fufficient to afcertain to 
 them their duty, if they honeftly attend to it. 
 And though I am deeply fenfible of the nccef- 
 fity and utility of much careful guardianfhip, 
 cultivation and inftruttion, in order to guard 
 children againft the corrupting influence of 
 example, invitation, and perverfe inclination, 
 which abundantly and prevalently furround 
 them; yet I fear a great part of the tuition, 
 which too many children receive, tends rather 
 to blunt the true fenle and evidence of divine 
 truths upon the mind, and to fubftitute no 
 tions and fyftems inftead thereof, than to en 
 courage an honeft attention to the teachings 
 which lead into all truth. I am fatisfied, if the 
 teachings of men were never to thwart the 
 teachings of the holy fpirit. many things 
 would fix on the minds of children to be evils 
 which they are now inftrucled and perfuaded 
 are innocent and commendable. Indeed it is 
 mournful to obferve how many of them are 
 bolftered up in pride, vanity and revenge ; 
 taught to piume themfelves upon their Hip- 
 poled fuperiority of parts and attainments ; 
 nurfed up in the ideas of grandeur and world 
 ly honour; yea, infpired with exalted notions 
 of the merit of valour, heroilm, and human 
 flaughter. Thus the very image of God, 
 which more or lefs mines in the countenance, 
 and in the tender iVniibilities and compaffion- 
 ate commiferating feelings of an innocent 
 child, is defaced or obfcured. 
 
 Obferve an innocent child attentively, and 
 B 3 though 

 
 6 JOURNAL OF 
 
 though anger, paffion and revenge, are very 
 obvious features of the firft nature, and mew 
 plainly that there is much to be fubdued in 
 them; yet it will be found, they feel nearly 
 and tenderly for the diftrefs of others; their 
 little boloms beat with companion; and if 
 they fee cruelty exercifed, by one upon ano 
 ther, they will often, in the beft manner they 
 can, manifeil their abhorrence of the cruelty, 
 and diflike of the cruel. There is in them 
 that which, as attended to, will reflrain the 
 violence of nature, and by degrees bind the 
 fhong man, and caft him out, Tpoiling all his 
 goods. It is no fubftantial objection to the 
 difcernment given to children by the holy 
 light which mines in all, either that they evi 
 dently know but very little, for they have to 
 act in but few and very fmall matters, and 
 their difcerumerit is proportionate ; or that 
 the feeds of evil, and propenfities to evil ac-> 
 tions. are lome of the firit things evident in 
 them. 
 
 I am not mfenlible of the volumes of con- 
 f.roveriy about neceility and free will, fate and 
 choice; but I have no mind now to meddle 
 %vith any of the common arguments pro or con 
 refpecling diem. Men muffle and blind their 
 own underrlandings by running into abflrufe 
 and metaphyfical inquiries, wherein they are 
 icarce ever the better fatisfied for their niceft 
 inveftigations, or keenefl diicuflions. God 
 has made mankind univerfally ienfible (in. 
 (ief. Tecs [ufficient for their various circum-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 7 
 
 fiances and allotments in life) of their duty, 
 and enabled them to perform it, fo far as they 
 improve the means afforded them. 
 
 Adam was as certainly (fo it (lands in my 
 mind) made able to obey or conform to the 
 divine will, fo far as revealed to him, as God 
 is perfect goodnefs; and fo I am perfuaded 
 are all his offspring. I have no more belief 
 that God s revealed will required any thing 
 of our firft parents, beyond ability to per 
 form, than I have that God is cruel or per- 
 verfe ; and as little do 1 believe that any 
 infant on earth comes into the world under 
 a moral impoflibility of conformity to the di 
 vine will, fo far as by any means whatever 
 made manifefl, which I call revealed. Man 
 is here, upon practical principles : nothing 
 is or can be a law to him, further than it is 
 fome way or other difcovered; and that which 
 ultimately allures and feals it to him as 
 God s law, whatever outward manifeftatioii 
 may be made, is the Holy Spirit, that bears 
 witnefs with his fpirit, fettling and fatisfying 
 his mind fufliciently what is good, and[what 
 is evil. And I firmly believe, if children 
 would be as ftrictly and fleadily conformable 
 as they might be, to the divine will, fo far as 
 from time to time it is gradually opened and 
 made known, (and there is always power with 
 the opening) they would foon acquire a good 
 degree of dominion, in the flrength of divine 
 life, over the flrength of evil inclinations in 
 them. 
 
 On*
 
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 Our ftate in this life is a flate of pro 
 bation. Such was the ftate of man original 
 ly, and fuch it is now. And in order that 
 man at firft, or ever after, might be able 
 to conquer, or be juftly pumfhable for de- 
 fertion or defeat, he was, is, and muft be, 
 armed with armour invincible againft all 
 the powers that were or are fuffered to af- 
 iail him. This is juft our ground, our ilate 
 and iituation. Subject to vanity, or to ma 
 ny and various temptations ; yet being in 
 wardly armed with the Spirit of Omnipo 
 tence, fo far as we ftand faithful, and fight 
 valiantly in the ftrength afforded us, we are 
 fure ot victory. Our flrength or help is only 
 in God; but then it is near us, it is in us a 
 force iuperior to all pomble oppofition a force 
 that never was nor can be foiled. We are free 
 to ftand in this unconquerable ability, and 
 defeat the powers of darknefs ; or to turn 
 from it, and be foiled and overcome. When 
 we ftand, we know it is God alone upholds 
 us ; and when we fall, wa^feel that our fall or 
 deftruclion is of ourfelves. 
 
 Many there are who put light for darknefs, 
 and darkn..fs for light; bitter for fweet, and 
 fweet for bitter. They call the divine light, 
 which lighteneth every man that cometh m- 
 to the world. * a natural light, an ignis fa- 
 tuus, or by lome other ignominious epithet; 
 though the icripture declares it the very life 
 of the holy word, that was in the beginning 
 
 with 
 * John i. 9.
 
 JOB SCOTT, 9 
 
 with God, and truly wan God. There are 
 many of them, who, under a notion of advo 
 cating the true caufe and doftrine of Chrift, 
 ftrike violently againll the very life of it ; 
 and will not allow that the manifellation of 
 the fpirit is given to every man to profit 
 withal, * though the fcriptures exprefsly af- 
 fert it, and experience confirms it to thofe 
 who rightly profit by the meafure received. 
 Many who have, from tradition and educa 
 tion, for a fealbn believed the Holy Spirit, 
 gracioufly vouchlafed them, was fome very 
 inferior thing to the true Spirit of the ever- 
 lafling and moft holy God, have at length, 
 by yielding to its dictates, and taking it for 
 their leader, grown wifer than their teachers, 
 and been indubitably inftru&ed and allured 
 that it was indeed the sternal Spirit, that, from 
 their infantile days, ftrovo with them, for 
 their reconciliation with God, the eternal 
 iburce of it; as it did with the old world, for 
 their recovery from their corrupted, alien 
 ated flate. 
 
 We find that when the earth was corrupt 
 before God, and filled with violence ; when 
 God looked upon the earth, and behold it 
 
 * was corrupt, for all flelh had corrupted his 
 way upon the earth/ Gen. vi. 11, 12; when 
 God faw that the wickednefs of man was 
 
 * great in the earth, and that every imagina- 
 
 * tion of the thoughts of his heart was only 
 4 evil continually, ver. 5 ; when it repent- 
 
 ed 
 
 * i Cor. xii. 7.
 
 10 JOURNAL OF 
 
 * ed the Lord that he had made man on the 
 
 * earth, and it grieved him at his heart, 5 6: 
 at that moft totally abandoned and depraved 
 period and ftate of mankind, when God was 
 juft about extirpating from the face of the 
 earth the whole wretched race of man, a few- 
 individuals excented: at Inch a feafon as this, 
 
 x * 
 
 * the Lord faid, My Spirit mail not always 
 
 * Jlnve with man, ver. 3. Surely if his Spirit 
 had jl riven with them until that time, until 
 they wore fo defperateiy wicked, and wholly 
 corrupted, that not only fome but eveiy 
 imagination of their hearts was evil, yea, only 
 evil, and that continually ; we may well believe 
 the exprels fcripture arlertion, that a mani- 
 feftation of the Spirit is given to every man 
 to profit withal/ 
 
 If God s love is fuch to men, that he fol 
 lows them by the ftrivings of his own Spirit, 
 and fpares them, until, by difobedience they 
 become abandoned and corrupted, what 
 greater evidence can we defire of the univer- 
 lality of his love, the long-fuffering of his 
 patience and impartial vouchfafement of his 
 Holy Spirit, not to a few to the exclufion of 
 the reft, but to all mankind the world over. 
 And what more than reafoning confirms it 
 to be fo, is, the abfolute truth of the facl in 
 the individual experience of all. It is true 
 many deny it. The Jews alfo denied Chrift 
 to be the Son of God. They did not know 
 who, and what he was; and their in- 
 fulting query, Whom makefl thou thy- 
 
 felfV
 
 JOB SCOTT. it 
 
 felf ?* was juft as natural to proceed from 
 them in their dark and carnal (late, as is the 
 confidence wherewith thoulands, high in pro- 
 femon of godlinefs, now utterly difallow the 
 Holy Spirit that is given to all, to be the 
 Holy Spirit. But this confolation have all 
 Wifdom s children, that Wildom t is ju (li 
 ned of them all ; and that the unbelief of 
 others can never make void their faith : 
 they are taught of God, and great is their 
 peace. 
 
 In regard to my own early acquaintance 
 with the Holy Spirit s operation, though I 
 then knew not what it was, I have now no 
 more doubt about it than I have about the 
 exiftence and omnipreience of God. It is 
 lea-led upon my heart, with as much clear- 
 iiefs and certainty, that it is the Spirit of the 
 living God, and that it vifits, woos. invites, 
 and lirives with all, at leaft for a feafon, as it 
 is, that God is no refpecter of perfons. And 
 I as fully believe no man can have any clear 
 knowledge of God, or of his own religious 
 duty, without the Holy Spirit s influence, as 
 I believe the wifdom of this world is foolifh- 
 neis with God, and that the world by wifdom 
 know him not. Yea, lo quick and powerful, 
 lo difcerning the thoughts and intents of the 
 heart ; and lo juft and diftinguiihing, in ap 
 proving and condemning them, according as 
 they are good or bad, is this ipirit, word, 
 and witnefs in man; that not only -without 
 
 the 
 * John viii. 53. -f Luke vii. 35.
 
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 the aid of human injun&ion or information ; 
 but in dire6l dij/entfrom. and difapprobatioii 
 of, the fentiments, advice, and preffing invi 
 tations and perfuafions of my play-mates, and 
 thofe much older than myfelf, and who con 
 fidently and repeatedly declared to me, that 
 fuch and fuch things were innocent, and not 
 at all wicked, and that nobody thought them 
 fo but myfelf; the teflimony of truth would 
 and did arife and live in my heart when very 
 young, through the mining of divine light or 
 influence of the Holy Spirit; that thofe things 
 were evil, were wicked ; and I thought, not- 
 withftanding all thofe young perfons could 
 fay to the contrary, that all good people 
 would think as I did and believe they would 
 be generally fo accounted, if all men kept 
 ftrictly to the Holy Spirit s teachings. But 
 \ r iolence being done to clear conviclion in 
 the mind, death takes place, as on Adam in 
 the day he ate forbidden fruit. And in this 
 flate of death, the truth is not fo eafily dif- 
 tinguifhed from error, or good from evil, as be 
 fore tranigreffion. Evil habits gain ftrength; 
 darknefs covers the mind ; temptation is re 
 newed, and though the Spirit again in fome 
 degree premonifheth, and bids beware, the 
 mind, habituated to the ftifling of convidion, 
 too commonly again ruflies forward, and be 
 comes more and more hardened and dark 
 ened, until what was at firft plainly con 
 demned as evil, by the unflattering witnefs 
 in the mind, is at length maintained to be 
 
 innocent
 
 innocent and finlefs. This is the too ufual 
 courfe of poor mankind. 
 
 Before I was ten years old, the workings 
 of truth grew fo powerful in my mind at 
 times, that I took up feveral refolutions (or 
 at feveral times refolved) to amend my ways, 
 and live a ferious and religious life, though 
 I was not one of the moll vicious of my 
 years ; yet enough fo to be made very fenfi- 
 ble of the Lord s controverfy with me, on 
 account of the evil of my ways. My mind 
 became exceedingly difquieted, when I went 
 contrary to divine manifcftation ; though I 
 had not yet a clear fenfe that it was the very 
 Power and Spirit of God upon me that fo 
 condemned and diftreJled me for im, and 
 ilrove to redeem my foul from the bondage 
 of corruption. 
 
 I now began to take notice of what I heard 
 read and converfed of refpe&ing religion ; 
 and among other things, I heard frequent 
 mention in books and converfation of the 
 Spirit of God ; and that good people in for 
 mer times had it in them ; and by it learned 
 the will of God, and were enabled to per 
 form it. I perceived it was often fpoken of 
 in both the Old and New Teftament, and 
 many other writings. I underftood that true 
 converts in thefe days alfo have it. But, 
 like many others, I overlooked its lively 
 checks and calls in myfelf ; had no idea that 
 I had ever known any thing of it; longed 
 C to
 
 14 JOURNAL OF 
 
 to be favoured with it ; but fuppofed it was 
 fome extraordinaiy appearance, different far 
 from any thing I ever yet had been ac 
 quainted with. 
 
 Thus the Jews, even while they were ex 
 pecting Chrift s coming, knew him not when 
 he came. They overlooked and defpifed his 
 mean and ordinary appearance ; thought he 
 was Jofeph s fon and born among them, and fo 
 rejected, abufed and finally put him to death. 
 But they were miftaken in his pedigree : his 
 defcent was from heaven ; and God, not Jo- 
 leph, was his father. Juft fo are thoufands 
 now miftaken, as to the dignity and origin 
 of God s Spirit in them ; they think it is of 
 man, a part of his nature and being ; whereas 
 it is of the very life, power and fubilance of 
 God. Its defcent is as truly from heaven, as 
 was that of the Lord Jems. He came in that 
 low, mean and ordinary appearance as to 
 outward fhew and accommodations, teaching 
 us thereby not to defpife the day offmall things., 
 nor overlook the httlenefs of the motions of 
 divine life in our own fouls. And when he 
 compares the kingdom of Heaven, which he 
 exprefsly lays is within, to outward things, 
 he very inftruclively inculcates to us, that 
 the beginnings of it are fmall, a little lea- 
 ven a little feed f a grain of muftard 
 < feed 1 the kail of all feeds. * This is 
 true in the inward, whatever it be in the 
 outward ; lor the ieed of the kingdom is 
 
 the 
 * Ma .t. Mii. 31 33.
 
 J O B S C O T T. 15 
 
 the leaft of all the feeds in the field or gar 
 den of the heart. Other feeds fprout, fpring 
 up, and take the attention, while the incor 
 ruptible feed, the word of God in the heart. 
 is overlooked, trampled under and defpifed. 
 
 O ! that children and all people would be 
 careful in their very early years, and as 
 they^grow up and advance in life, to mind 
 the reproofs of inftru&ion in their own 
 breafls ; they are known to be the way 
 of life, * divine life to the foul. This 
 fomething, though they know not what it 
 is, that checks them in fecret for evil, both 
 before and after they yield to the tempt 
 ation, warning them beforehand not to 
 touch or tafte, and afterwards condemning 
 them if they do fo ; and inwardly inclin 
 ing them to a life of religion and virtue 
 this is the very thing, dear young people, 
 whereby God worketh in you, to will and 
 to do ; and by which he will, if you cleave 
 to it, and work with it, enable you to work 
 out your own falvation with fear and trem 
 bling before him. Defpife it not, do no 
 violence to its motions ; love it, cherilh it, 
 reverence it ; hearken to its pleadings with 
 you; give up without delay to its requiring. 1 -:, 
 and obey its teachings. It is God s mcl- 
 fenger for good to thy immortal foul : its 
 voice in thy flreets is truly the voice of the 
 living God : its call is a kind invitation u? 
 thee from the throne of grace. Hear it, and 
 C 2 it 
 
 * Prov. vi. aj
 
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 it will lead thec ; obey it, and it will fave 
 thee : it will fave thee from the power of fin 
 and Satan : it will finally lead thee to an in 
 heritance incorruptible in the manfions of 
 reft, the houfe not made with hands, eternal 
 in the heavens. 
 
 I entreat you, as you love your own fouls, 
 and prize an everlafting falvation ; I warn 
 you by the dreadful fruits of difobedience, 
 by the pangs, remorfe and fufFerings of my 
 own foul for fin and tranfgreilion. Had I 
 fteadily obeyed the truth in my inward parts; 
 had I attended fmgly and faithfully to this 
 divine monitor, my portion- had been peace; 
 my cup. a cup of confolation. I might have 
 rejoiced and fung, whereas I have had to 
 mourn and weep. For as I ;.;"ew to fifteen 
 and upwards, in violation to clear inward 
 convictions, in oppohtion to the dictates of 
 the Holy Spirit, I began to run into com 
 pany, learned to dance and play cards, and 
 took great delight therein. I was often deep 
 ly condemned, and often ftrove to ftifle the 
 witnefs, and perfuade myfelf there was nq 
 harm in any of thefe tilings. 
 
 My father fometimes reproved me in thofe 
 days for my conduct ; but firming againft 
 divine light and vifitation, hardened me 
 againft his advice. I grew more and more 
 
 O " 
 
 vain, proud, airy and wanton. I put myfelf 
 in the way of much evil communication ; 
 and it mournfully corrupted good manners. 
 
 My
 
 JO& SC 
 
 My tafte for pleafure and amufement grew 
 keen, my fpirits were low and languid when? 
 alone, and I rufhed into company and merri 
 ment for alleviation. 
 
 Thus I went on frolicking and gaming, and 
 fpending my precious time in vanity. Often 
 at night, or in the night, and fometimes- near 
 break of day. I have returned home from my 
 merry meetings grievoufly condemned, dif- 
 trefled and afhamed ; wifhing I had not gone 
 into fuch company, and relblving to do fo no 
 more ; but ibon my refolutions failed me, 
 and away I went again and again, and thus 
 continued making dill greater ilrides in folly 
 than before. The Lord followed me clofe, 
 in mercy, and often brake in powerfully upon 
 me, turning all my mirth into mourning ; yet 
 I ftill got over the holy wilnels, did defpite 
 to the ipirit of grace, and repaired again to 
 my haunts of diverfion and merriment. Some 
 times when I have flood upon the floor to 
 dance, with a partner by the hand, before all 
 were quite ready, God has arifen in judgment, 
 and fmitten me to the very heart. Oh ! I Mill 
 feelingly remember his appearance within me, 
 when none knew the agony of my foul. I 
 felt ready to fink under the weight of con 
 demnation and anguim ; but refolutely mui- 
 tering all the ftoutnefs I was mafler of, I bra 
 zened it out, until the mufick called me to 
 the dance, and then I loon drowned the voice 
 of conviction, became merry, and caroufcd 
 among my companions in diffipation, until 
 C 3 time
 
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 time urged a difmiflion of our jovial aflfembl y, 
 and called me to return, often lonely, to my 
 father s houfe, my outward habitation. Oh I 
 me, how fared it with me then ? I affure thee, 
 reader, I have not forgotten thofe fad and 
 mournful walks at the conclufion of ray mid 
 night revellings. I have been broken down 
 Jn deep abafement and felf-abhorrence ; have 
 come to a full ftand, {topped and fat down 
 on a flump, ftone or log, by the way ; wrung 
 my hands, ftrewed my tears before the Lord, 
 in forrow and extremity of anguifh, bordering 
 almoil on defperation. I have begged for- 
 givenefs ; implored afliftance ; vowed amend 
 ment ; obtained fome relief; and returned 
 home in hope of reformation. But alas, alas ! 
 my relolutions were written as it were in fand; 
 the power of habit had enflaved me ; and al- 
 moft the next invitation of my alfociates, 
 overcame all my engagements ; the eagernefs 
 of defires for divertiiements and paftime y 
 brake through all the fanctions of vows ; and 
 violated the folemnity of facred promifes to. 
 my God. I ruflied again into tranigreifion, 
 as an horfe rufhes into the battle ; again and 
 again I took my fwing, and drank my fill ; 
 ;::id again and again remorfe and compunc 
 tion feized upon me. Adored for ever be the 
 i}ame of the Lord, he forfook me not ; but 
 followed me flill clofer and clofer, and iound- 
 txl the alarm louder and louder in mine ears. 
 There was in me an immortal part, which his 
 love was towards ; the recovery of which r 
 Irom the thraldom of fin and corruption, his. 
 
 goodnefs
 
 JOB SCOTT. 19 
 
 goodnefs engaged him to feek by mercy and 
 by judgment ; frowns and fmiles ; chaftife- 
 ments and endearments ; and all in love in- 
 expreffible* 
 
 Thus dealt he with me. When I turned at 
 his reproofs, he fmiled upon me, and relieved 
 my foul s anxiety ; but when I again revolted, 
 his rod was lifted up in fatherly correction. 
 The flill fmall voice was uttered in my dwell 
 ing, as in the cool of the day, when a little 
 retired from noife and commotion, Adam, 
 where art thou ? There was no hiding from 
 him, whofe penetrating eye no iecret can 
 eicape ; and whofe aim in reproving was only 
 to lave. He flill reproved my wanderings, 
 and pointed out the right way, according 
 to fcripture declaration, thou fhalt hear a 
 4 voice behind thee, faying, this is the way, 
 * walk in it/ Indeed the way was fhewn me ; 
 it was often plainly cafe up before me ; but I 
 would not walk in it. I knew my Lord s, 
 will, but did it not ; mine own, I ftill de 
 lighted in the indulgence of. O ! that others 
 may efcape my load of guilt, and may I lay, 
 my bed of hell, or inward tormenting agony, 
 by a timely fubmillion to the reproofs of 
 inflru&ion. 
 
 Sometimes I fpent near all the firft day of 
 the week, when I mould have been at meet 
 ing, in playing cards, idle, if not dillblute con- 
 verfation, and other vain amufements ; re 
 turning home at night in condemnation, and 
 
 fometimes
 
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 fometimes fighing and crying, and yet thro 
 all this the Lord preferved me from hard 
 drinking, though often in the way of tempta 
 tion and folicitation to it. Swearing I alfo 
 inoftly refrained from. Jefling, joking and 
 vain converfation I went confiderable lengths 
 in ; and fometimes joined the foremofl in fil 
 thy and obfcene difcourles. Then again great 
 fhame and felf-abho rrence would overwhelm 
 me ; again I vowed, promifed and renewed 
 my covenant ; but all in vain ; I had not got 
 deep enough ; nor were my covenants made 
 or renewed in the right ability; but too much 
 in my own flrength and crealurely refolutions ; 
 io they were foon broken. Sometimes I held 
 out a week or two ; other times only a day 
 or two. Thus time parTed on ; and, with an 
 increafe of years, I found an increafmg pro- 
 penfity to wantonnefs and dillipation. But 
 bleffed be the God of my larva tion, he pro 
 portionately increaled rny fenfe of guilt and 
 condemnation. 
 
 I had feafons of very ferious confideration 
 upon religion. What inftruftions I had out 
 wardly received, were moftly in the way of 
 Friends ; but when I came near to man s 
 ettate, falling in company with forne of the 
 Baptift fociety, I was drawn to attend their 
 meetings in Providence. Friends meetings 
 were oftener held in lilence than fuited my 
 itching ear. I loved to hear words, began to 
 grow inquifitive, and to fearch pretty deeply 
 into doctrines and tenets of religion j and the 
 
 Baptilfc
 
 JOB SCOTT. at 
 
 Baptift preachers filled my ears wirh words, 
 and my head with arguments and diftintions ; 
 but my heart was litcle or not at all improved 
 by them. I almoft ioriook the meetings of 
 Friends, except yearly meetings, and meet 
 ings appointed by travellers in the fervice of 
 the gofpel. But when I w;-r.>. to thefe, O F 
 how livingly I ilill remerrocr the heavenly 
 and heart-tendering imprefiions I fometimes 
 received under the animating teflimonies de 
 livered in the life of the gofpel. Here my 
 heart was helped, though my head was lels 
 amufed than among the Bap!:ifts : however, 
 as I knew not clearly what caufed the differ 
 ence; as Friends meetings remained flill often 
 filent ; and as I ftill wifhed the gratification 
 of argumentative, fyftematic difcourles ; I 
 ftill pretty diligently attended the Baptift 
 meeting ; and, in my moil religious feafons, 
 I began to think of being baptized in water. 
 For the head-work fo far outrun the heart- 
 work, during my attendance of thefe meet 
 ings, that I became convinced in fpeculation, 
 that that outward performance was an ordi 
 nance of Chrifl ; though I have fince feen, 
 that it never was ordained by jefus; but was 
 a forerunning, preparatory and decreafing 
 inftitution, and has long fmce done its office, 
 and ceafed in the church in point of obliga 
 tion; and that there is now to the true church 
 but one Lord, one faith, and one baptifm, 
 that of the Holy Ghoft, which only can purify 
 and make clean the infide. Oh ! my heart, 
 my very foul is fully fatisfied in this matter; 
 
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 having felt the living efficacy of this one fav- 
 ing baptifm, and known its full fufficiency, 
 without any other. 
 
 What firft turned my mind to believe the 
 outward a chriflian ordinance was this one 
 argument of the Baptifls Chrift cornmand- 
 4 ed his difciples to baptize : No man can 
 1 baptize with the Holy Ghoft ; therefore the 
 baptifm he commanded was not that of the 
 Holy Ghoft. but that of water. This then 
 appeared to me conclufive, and unanfwerable. 
 But it was my ignorance of that baptizing 
 power which attends all true gofpel miniftry, 
 that made me affent to this falfe pofition, no 
 man can baptize with the Holy Ghoft. Man 
 himfelf, in his own mere ability, I know can 
 not ; but I allb know, that of himfelf he can 
 not preach the gofpel. This affertion, no man 
 can preach the gofpel, is juft as true as that 
 * no man can baptize with the Holy Ghoft. 
 As man merely, he can do nothing at all of 
 either; but it Mill ftands true, man can, 
 through divine affrftance, do both. The real 
 gofpel was never yet preached, but with the 
 Holy Ghoft fent down from heaven. * Thus 
 the apoftles preached it, and thus alone it is 
 Hill preached and fo preaching it, it was a 
 baptizing miniftry. As they fpake, the Holy 
 Ghoft fell on them that heard them ; that is, 
 where faith wrought in the hearts of the hear 
 ers, and the living eternal word preached, 
 through the power of the Holy Ghoft, was 
 
 mixed 
 * i Pet. i. u.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 23 
 
 -mixed with faith in them that heard it ; the 
 Holy Ghoft fell on them, baptizing them into 
 a living foul-faving lenfe ot the power of 
 God to lalvation/t which is the true life 
 of the gofpel. Thus the apoflles fulfilled the 
 cornmiflion. They taught baptizingly. The 
 commiflion is not teach, and then baptize/ 
 as two feparate acls. It is teach, baptizing, 
 and thofe who livingly witnefs the gojpd; 
 the power of God to falvation, preached unto 
 them, they feel it, and receive it in, and only 
 in the Holy Ghoft lent down from heaven, 
 they are taught baptizingly, in the demon- 
 * flration of the fpirit and of power. J And 
 no preaching has a whit more of the gofpel 
 in it, than it has of the Holy Ghoft, the alone 
 true baptizing power. I don t marvel that the 
 letter-learned teachers of our day who run un- 
 ferit, who are always ready, are ignorant that a 
 true gofpel minifter is clothed with baptizing 
 authority from on high. I may not now go 
 much further into the difcuffion of the lubjecl 
 ot baptifm, though I Icarce know how to dif- 
 mifs it, fo many things occur in evidence that 
 there is and can be but one in the gofpel, and 
 that this is and mufl be fpiritual. 
 
 I had not yet fully given up to the motions 
 of divine hie in my own heart. My mind was 
 too much turned outward ; and the preaching 
 Q\ thole I lometimes went to hear, who 
 preached in their own time, had a powerful 
 tendency to keep it outward. In this {Late of 
 
 outward 
 I R(>:n. i. 16. 1 r Cor. ii. 4.
 
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 outward attention and inquiry, I found no 
 thing that could give me power over fin and 
 corruption ; but notwithstanding all my leri- 
 ous thoughtfulnefs, and frequent and ardent 
 defires to become truly religious, I ftill, 
 once in a while, brake loofe, and launched 
 forth into as great degrees of vanity and 
 wickednefs as ever : and then again a turn of 
 feriouinefs would come over me. One time 
 under deep exercife, after reafoning and hefi- 
 tating great part of a day, whether I had beft 
 give up with full purpofe of heart, to lead a 
 religious life or not ; at length I gave up, and 
 entered once more into folemn covenant, to 
 ferve God, and deny mylelf. according to the 
 beft of my underftanding. Almoft as foon as 
 I had thus given up, and come to this good 
 conclufion, in flepped the grand adverfary, 
 and blundered and diftrefTed my mind ex 
 ceedingly with the doftrine of predeilination; 
 powerfully infmuating that a certain number 
 were infallibly ordained to eternal falvation, 
 the reft to inevitable deftraclion ; and that not 
 all the religious exercifes of my mind could 
 poflibly make any alteration in my final def- 
 tination and allotment. If God had damned 
 me from all eternity, I muft be damned for 
 ever; if he had chofen me to eternal falva 
 tion. I might fet my heart at reft, and live juft 
 fuch a life as would moft gratify my natural 
 inclinations ; for what advantage could there 
 be in religion, and felf-demal, if an eternal, 
 unalterable decree fecured my final end. I 
 felt willing to hope I was a chofen veffel ; and 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 25 
 
 for a Jhort time thefe ideas fo crouded into 
 my mind, that I was even ready to conclude a 
 God all goodnefs had doomed the far greater 
 part of mankind to never-ending mifery, with 
 out any provocation on their part. I now 
 view the doctrine of unconditional election to 
 eternal life, and reprobation to eternal de- 
 ftruction, with abhorrence. I almoft marvel, 
 that under a cloud of darknefs, my rational 
 faculties could ever be fo impofed upon, as to 
 aflent to fo erroneous a fentiment. I know 
 of no doctrine in the world that more mock 
 ingly reflects on the character of the Deity. 
 
 I did not indeed fo drink down this falfe 
 doctrine as to relinquifh my purpofe of amend 
 ment all at once; I held out a few weeks; 
 when, mournful to relate, the influence of 
 young company, and my vehement defircs 
 for creaturely indulgence, through the tole 
 rating influence of the aforefaid infinuations, 
 brake through all my mod folemn engage 
 ments, threw down the walls and fortifica 
 tions, and expofed me an eaiy prey to the 
 grand enemy of my foul s falvation. Again 
 1 took my fwing in vanity, amufements and 
 diffipation. This, however, was but a fhort 
 race. The Lord, in loving kindneis, followed 
 me with his judgments, inwardly revealed 
 againft fin. The prince of darknefs alfo fol 
 lowed me., with temptation upon temptation 
 to evil ; and with various fubtil infinuations, 
 and dark notions to rid me of all fear, re- 
 ftraint or tendernefs of confcience. At length, 
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 notwithftanding all I had felt of the power of 
 God upon me, in reproof for fin, and invita 
 tion to holinefs ; yea, though I had had fome 
 true reliih of divine good, the holy witnefs 
 became fo ftifled, that I began to conclude 
 there was no God; that all things came by 
 chance, by nature, by the fortuitous jumble 
 and concourfe of atoms, without any defign- 
 ing caufe, or intelligent arrangement ; that it 
 was idle, chimerical and delufive, to think of 
 ferving or fearing a being who had no exift- 
 ence but in imagination. Here let it be well 
 confidered what a powerful influence the ad- 
 miilion of one falfe dodtrine, and the violation 
 of divine manifellation and conviction, has in 
 paving the way for other falfe doctrines. Not 
 much fooner had I received and cherimed one 
 of the grand faliehoods of the father of lies, 
 the doctrine of irrefiftible neceffity, and pre- 
 deftination, than in the mills of darknefs 
 which fpread over my mind, under the bale 
 ful influence thereof, I even dared to deny the 
 eternal deity ; and, horrible to the laft degree 
 to think of, I began to rejoice in the idea of 
 unbounded, unreftrained licentioufnefs and 
 carnality ; and that I was unaccountable for 
 my conduct not confidering that, on my 
 atheiftical fcheme, I was unprotected, and had 
 no more to hope than to fear; none to look 
 tip to for defence arid iuccour ; but muft be 
 left a prey to violence, and all kinds of adver- 
 fity attendant on this life. 
 
 Oh ! the depravity of tafte and inclination, 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 27 
 
 as well as of underftanding. which I was 
 plunged into ! I went on a few months after 
 this, much in the fame manner; my days I 
 fpent in vanity and rebellion ; my nights fre 
 quently in horror and diftrefs ! Many a night 
 I fcarce durft enter my chamber, or lay me 
 down in bed. I have the mod unmaken 
 ground to believe it was the immediate power 
 of God upon me, that thus terrified my guilty 
 foul ; and that in the moft fatherly goodnefs. 
 condefcenfion and mercy, in order to prevent 
 my going on to endlefs perdition, to which I 
 feemed to be fwiftly potting. Day after day, 
 and night after night, I was diftreffed ! the 
 Lord fetting my fins in order before me, and 
 pleading with me to return unto him and live. 
 At lafl I fled again to religious engagement 
 for relief, betook myfelf to prayer, and cried 
 to the Lord, in the bitternefs of mv fpirit. 
 Sometimes I begged and interceded for mer 
 cy, and power to make a fland and overcome 
 fin, with fuch vehemency as if my very heart 
 would break ! Tears guinea from my eyes ! 
 My foul was overwhelmed with anguim ! O ! 
 young man whoever thou art, that readeft 
 thefe lines, I warn thee, I befeech thee, fhun 
 fuch mifery, by obedience ; fuch unutterable 
 anxiety, by cleaving to the Lord. Yet after 
 all this, young company, mufick, gaming, 
 pleafure, again rallied their forces, and had 
 fuch influence over my refolutions, as evi 
 denced them written as in dull, though min 
 gled with tears, with wormwood and gall, and 
 I abandoned all again, to enjoy the pleaiures 
 
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 of fin for a feafon. But God, rich in mcrcy r 
 and long-fufFering kindnefs. ftill interrupted 
 my career, difturbed my carnal fatisfa&ion, 
 and blafted all my joys. Once more a fenfe 
 of jufl and holy indignation kindled up in my 
 breafl for tranigreffion and grievous revolt. 
 Awfulnefs took hold on me ; amazement 
 fwallowed me up. I knew not which way to 
 turn. The wrath of an offended long-fuffer- 
 ing God feemed clofmg upon me on every 
 fide. I felt myfelf in thraldom, and almoft 
 without hope. I knew myfelf a prifoner, and 
 yet I hugged my chains. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 His exercifes continued., and particularly about 
 u/ing the plain fcripture language. Of If- 
 rael s wildernefs travel, and the forerunner. 
 Reference to the feafons and hook of Job. 
 On humility, and his entrance into the work 
 of the minijlry, and confi derations thereon. 
 
 THUS I continued Jft ill in vanity, 
 and folly, with intervals of deep 
 diftrefs and mourning, a fliort fpace longer, 
 that is, until about nineteen years old. when 
 I became more fully and clearly convinced, 
 and that very much by the immedia!:e opera 
 tions. illuminations, and openings of divine 
 light in my own mind, that this inward fome- 
 thing, which had been thus long and power 
 fully Driving with me. difturbing m y every 
 falfe reft, confuting every falfe and fin-flatter-- 
 rng imagination of flefh and blood, or of the 
 grand adverfary, and enjoining, it upon me 
 to give up all, and walk in the ways of virtue 
 and true fclf-denial, was the true and living 
 fpirit and power of the eternal God; the 
 very fame that ftrove with the old world, 
 influenced the patriarchs, prophets and apof- 
 tles ; and vifits, drives with, and at feafons 
 more or lefs influences, the hearts of all man 
 kind. I now faw this the only principle of 
 all true converfion and falvation ; that io long 
 as this was refilled and rejeci-: i reparation 
 infallibly remain between God and the 
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 foul ; but that, whenever this is received and 
 in all things thoroughly fubmitted to, a tho 
 rough reconciliation takes place. 
 
 Some may think this doftrine robs Chrifl 
 of the honour of our redemption and recon 
 ciliation ; but I apprehend none can think fo 
 who underftand the doctrine of falvation by 
 Jefus. It was through the eternal Spirit, this 
 very Spirit that vifits and flrives with all, that 
 Chrift offered up that prepared body. It is 
 through, and only through, the influence of 
 the fame Holy Spirit, that any foul was ever 
 converted to God, or favingly benefited by the 
 redemption that is in Jefus. Whatever way, 
 O foul, or by whatever means thou art be 
 nefited in a fpiritual fenfe, it is by this Holy 
 Spirit, that is the immediate operative power 
 and principle within thee. 
 
 Having thus at length become livingly 
 convinced that it was nothing fhort of the 
 eternal Power and Spirit of God that fo for 
 cibly wrought in me, in order for my deli 
 verance from the power of darknefs and fe- 
 duclion, I gave up to the holy requirings of 
 God, as inwardly made known to me and 
 clearly known were many things thus made. 
 Nothing elfe could ever fo have opened my 
 mind, and made known my duty to me. 
 The Scriptures, other good books, religious 
 converfation, contemplation upon the works 
 of creation and providence ; all thefe are 
 very good means of information ; but none 
 
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 J O B S C O T T. 31 
 
 of them, nor even all of them, without the 
 Holy Spirit s fealing operation and evidence 
 upon the mind, can ever make a man fure of 
 his duty to God in any one thing. He may 
 reafon, and fet up many rules, meafures and 
 ftandards of duty and morality ; but certainly 
 he never will arrive thereat, without the help 
 of that which in itfelf is certain. It may 
 be faid the fcriptures are certain. Very 
 well, but what certifies thee that they are 
 certain, or that thou knoweft their mean 
 ing ? Do not the profeffed mafters in reafon- 
 ing widely differ upon many paffages in the 
 facred writings ? they all fay they have rea 
 fon on their fide. But believe them not : 
 nor believe that any thing is or can be cer 
 tainly known to man of the divine authority 
 of the fcriptures, without the light and evi 
 dence of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 But to proceed : I gave up very fully to 
 ferve the Lord in the way of his leadings ; 
 I forfook rude and vicious company, with 
 drew into retirement, attended the meetings 
 of Friends, and often fought the Lord, and 
 waited upon him, in folemn, reverential fi- 
 lence alone, for his counfel, direction and 
 prefervation ; and he was gracioufly pleafed to 
 point out and caft up the way for me, one 
 thing after another, with fufficiency of clear- 
 nefs. . Firfl, he fhewed me negatively, what 
 I ought not to do, in various particulars, 
 breaking me off from my vicious. practices and 
 affociations. This was forfaking -evil, And 
 
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 then he taught and enjoined me the praftice of 
 feveral things pofitivdy. wherein he engaged 
 me to chooie and cleave unto that which 
 is good. I faw clearly it was his will, and 
 my indifpenfible duty reverently to affemble 
 for divine worfhip. and therein to -wait upon 
 him, draw inwardly near unto him, and, ac 
 cording to the apoille s language, fed after 
 him, in order to find and enjoy him. I alfo 
 found it my duty often to wait upon him 
 alone, in awful, filent retirement, not ap 
 proaching him in fupplicalion, but when he 
 influenced my heart thereto, with the true 
 ipirit of prayer and interceflion. He alfo 
 fhewed me, that religion was an internal life 
 in the foul ; that great attention, fincerity 
 and punclruality was neceffary to the growth 
 and profperity of it : that I muft not be con 
 tent with attending meetings, and fitting in 
 filence, though ever fo reverently and pro 
 perly ; I mult live continually m an inward 
 watchfulness and dedication of heart ; watch 
 all my thoughts, words and actions, and 
 know all brought to judgment ; and allow 
 nothing to pals unexammed, nor willingly 
 unapproved : that I muft obferve the moll 
 upright honefiy and imcerity in my dealings 
 among men as in the prefence of God. He 
 taught me that men generally rely too much 
 on external performances : and thus guard 
 ing my mind againfl thinking too much of 
 any thing outward. He opened my under- 
 ilandmg to behold my duty, in regard to 
 outward plainnefs ; that a plain, decent, and 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 33 
 
 not coftly drefs and way of living, in all 
 things, was moft agreeable to true chriflian 
 gravity and felf-denial : that rich, fhowy or 
 gaudy drefs, houfe, food or furniture, fed 
 and foftered pride and orientation ; robbed 
 the poor, pleafed the vain, and led into a 
 great deal of unneceffary care, toil and foli- 
 citude, to obtain the means of this way of 
 life and appearance : that it could not afford 
 any true and folid fatisfaciion ; but mult un 
 avoidably divert the mind from inward feel 
 ing watchfulnefs ; retard the work of morti 
 fication and true felf-denial ; and facilitate un 
 profitable affociation and acquaintance with 
 fuch as would rather alienate the affeftions 
 from God, than unite the foul to him. 
 
 Thus inftru6led, I bowed in reverence ; 
 and as it became from time to time neceffary 
 to procure new clothing, I endeavoured to 
 conform my outward appearance in this re- 
 fpecl: to the dictates of truth, in which I 
 found true peace and fatisfaclion. Alfo he 
 inftrucled me to ufe the plain fcripture lan 
 guage, THOU to one, and YOU to more 
 than one. The crofs greatly offended me in 
 regard to thefe things. This of language in 
 particular, looked fo trifling and foolifn to 
 the worldly wife part in me, and the fear of 
 the world s dread laugh/ fo powerfully op- 
 pofed it, that it was very hard and trying 
 to my natural will to give up to this duty. I 
 thought if my right hand would excufe my 
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 yield it up, rather than give up to ufe fuch a 
 deipifed language, and fubmit to be laughed 
 at, as viewing religion concerned in luch 
 things as thefe. This may feem incredible 
 to fome, but it is true, and as frefti with me 
 as almofl any pad exercife. This exercife 
 befet me day and night for ibme time, during 
 which I had many forrowful and bitter tears, 
 plead many excules, and greatly wifhed fome 
 fubflitute might be accepted inftead of the 
 thing called for; but he who called me into 
 the performance of thefe foolim things, (to 
 this world s wifdom) was gracioufly pleafed 
 to mew me with indubitable clearnefs, that 
 he would chooie his facrifice himfelf; and 
 that neither a right hand nor a right eye, 
 neither thoufands of rams, nor ten thoufands 
 of rivers of oil, would by any means anfwer 
 inflead of his requirings. If he called for fo 
 weak or foolifh a thing as the words thou and 
 tkee to a fingle perfon. inftead of you, nothing 
 elfe of my fubrlituting would do inftead of 
 it ; for the foolifhnefs of God is wifer than 
 4 men/* Let none difpute the ground with 
 Omnipotence, nor confer with flem and 
 blood j left therein, defpifing the day of fmall 
 things, they fall by little and little. 
 
 For be affured. O ! thou called of the 
 Lord, thou canft never become his c/iofen. 
 unlefs thou obey his call, and come out of all 
 he calls thee from. If thou art not faithful 
 in the little, thou wilt not be made ruler over 
 
 much. 
 * I Cor. i. 45.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 35 
 
 much. Perhaps few will believe the fulnefs. 
 of heavenly joy which fprang in my bofom, 
 as a well-lpring of living waters, after my 
 giving up in faithfulnefs to this requifition. 
 And yet this flow of divine coniolation lafled 
 not long at this time ; for though I gave up 
 to whatever the Lord required of me, yet as 
 I had fo long and fo ftubbornly rebelled 
 againft him, he faw meet, in his infinite wil- 
 dom. foon to hide his face from me again, 
 and clofe me up in almoft utter darkneis, 
 which rendered my days truly tedious, and 
 my nights wearifome to my foul. I was 
 fully convinced that God was to be known 
 inwardly in power and great glory, by thole 
 who obey him, and wait upon him. My 
 heart was inflamed with love towards him. I 
 had feen a little of his comelineis He had 
 become the beloved of my foul, the chiefefl, 
 among ten thoufands ; therefore I often retir 
 ed alone and in profound reverential hlence, 
 fought after him, and preffingly iohcited a 
 nearer acquaintance with him. But he know 
 ing what was beft for me, gracioufly hid his 
 prefence from me. And though this was a 
 painful fufpenfion, yet I could not be eaiy to 
 give over feekirig him ; I ftill continued my 
 ardent filent approaches, or waitings. I wait 
 ed indeed, with ail the reverence, humility, 
 and folicitude that my foul was capable of; 
 but all feemed in vain, . Oh ! the mourning 
 and lamentation, the dirtreis and bitter weep 
 ing, that almoft continually overwhelmed me 
 for feveral months together, for the want 
 
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 of the foul-enlivening prefence of my God. 
 Oh ! faid I in my heart, will he never arife 
 for my help and deliverance ? Well, be it as 
 it may, I will feek him until my dying day ; 
 my foul cannot live without him ; and it may 
 be, if he hide his face from me until my laft 
 moments, he may own me at that folemn pe 
 riod, and receive me to a manfion of glory. 
 This was often, very often, the language of 
 my heart; and under this refolution I preffed 
 forward. I truft the wormwood and the gall ; 
 the forrow and the fighing ; the days and 
 nights of anguifh ; will fcarcely be forgotten. 
 It feems to me that certain fpots of earth, 
 fome particular fields and groves, will ever, 
 while life and fenfibility remain, continue to 
 have a moving and affefting influence on 
 my mind, as often as I pafs by and fee them, 
 or call them to remembrance. I think 
 they muft remain peculiarly diftinguifhed to 
 me by the tears and the groans, the fighs 
 and felicitations, which they have been the 
 filent witnefles of. 
 
 Oh ! my God. thou leddefl me through 
 the defert, thou weanedft me from the world, 
 and alluredfl me into the wildernefs ; there 
 thou didft hide thy face from me for a f ealon ; 
 until the longings of my foul after thee, were 
 intenfely kindled : then liftedfl thou up my 
 head, and fpake comfortably to me ; bleffed 
 be thy holy name for ever ! 
 
 At length the Father of mercies having 
 
 thus
 
 J O B S C O T T. 37 
 
 thus tried me, he gracioufly caft an eye of 
 companion upon me, hearkened to the voice 
 of my diftrefs, made bare his everlafting Arm 
 for my deliverance, gradually unvailed his 
 prefence to me, and opened my heart to un- 
 derftand why he led me through fo trying 
 a difpenfation. I now began to difcern the 
 myftery of what I read in the hiflory of If- 
 rael s forty years travel in the wildernefs, as 
 alfo the voice of one crying in the wildernefs : 
 I began to fee the neceffity of the Lord s 
 fending his forerunner, that the way might 
 be prepared, and the paths made ftraight. I 
 perceived much roughnels, unevennels and 
 crookednefs had been in the way. I began 
 to know and in degree to love the rod, and 
 him who had appointed it; and as the Mailer 
 manifefted himfelf more and more, I under- 
 itood more arid more of the myfterious ways 
 of his working. 
 
 After fome time I had many clear open 
 ings refpefting the many trials, experiences, 
 jeopardies and deliverances of his followers 
 in days paft ; and a hope was kindled in me, 
 that now I mould go forward without meet 
 ing with fuch befetments, and withdrawings 
 of light, as heretofore : for though the Lord 
 ftill at times withdrew from me ; yet as his 
 return was not long after, and as his prefence 
 was much more conltantly with me, I was 
 ready to conclude it would continue with in- 
 creafing brightneis, until I mould be wholly 
 and continually fwallowed up in his love : 
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 for, as fuch a flate was fometirnes permitted 
 me, I not clearly underftanding the counfel 
 of his divine will, was apt to wifli it for my 
 conftant condition; not then feeing, as I have 
 iince feen, that it was far from being beft for 
 me to enjoy a conftancy of funihine and fair 
 weather ; even the outward order and econo 
 my of divine providence affords inftruclion, 
 which often beautifully applies to our inward 
 experiences. It is not all calm and funfhine; 
 the divine wifdom orders many and great 
 vicifiitudes and changes in the natural world; 
 infomuch that, perhaps in the mofh pleafant 
 and flouiiihing feafon in the whole year, alter 
 a few days of clear mining and tranquillity, 
 there ariles a moft terrible florin, with wind, 
 lightening and tremendous thunder ; and it 
 may be with hailflones fcattered abroad upon 
 the face of the earth. At other times will 
 high and ruming winds lucceed the calmeft 
 day ; or pinching droughts the moft fruitful 
 feafon. Even the fettled order and fuccedion 
 of feafons is a continual revolution of day 
 and night, fummer and winter, feed-time and 
 harveft. We have cold as well as heat; dark- 
 nefs as well as light; and cutting frofts as well 
 as moft refrefmng dews ; and a variety of 
 other changes. All this is in infinite wifdom 
 and goodnefs ; and difplays to the difcerning 
 eye the providential power and glory of the 
 great Superintendent. My foul hath fome- 
 times been enraptured whilft I have viewed 
 and contemplated the operations of his hand 
 in thefe things ; together with the fituation 
 
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 J O B S C O T T. 39 
 
 of places ; rocks and lofty mountains, fturdy 
 oaks and tall cedars; rivers, lakes and oceans; 
 meadows, fields and forefts ; cleferts and vail 
 howling wilderneffes ; with the various inha 
 bitants of both land and water. And over 
 and above all thefe, the fun, moon and ftars 
 in their courfes ; and conftellations of hea 
 ven ! All thefe things (though far fhort of 
 being fufficient food for immortal fouls, and 
 perhaps not beft to dwell much upon) have 
 neverthelefs animatingly affccled my mind in 
 the contemplation of them ; and raifed my 
 foul in adoration to him who is the former 
 of all things ; and who, when he was pleafed 
 to anfwer out of the whirlwind and awfully to 
 interrogate his fervant Job, for his inflruction, 
 was pleafed to make the wondeiiul works of 
 his hand, and the excellent order of his go 
 vernment, the fubj efts of his demands. And 
 who among the ions of men can read the 
 folemn queries then uttered by the Divine 
 Majefty, and not feel forne tender emotions 
 of foul ; as Hail thou commanded the 
 morning fince thy days, and caufed the day- 
 * fpring to know his place ? J is one among 
 the many folemn and fublime interrogatives, 
 by the wifdom of an all-knowing God, de 
 manded of his fervant ; fufficiently declaring, 
 beyond all hefitation, how infinitely exalted 
 above all human comprehenfion. he is in wif 
 dom, power and glory ; as well as amply 
 Jetting forth his goodnefs to the fons of men, 
 in caufing the regular returns of day and 
 E 2 night, 
 
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 night, and other wonderful fucceffions and 
 revolutions, for the benefit and comfort of 
 his dependant creatures. Bow, O my foul, 
 adore and worfhip the God of thy life, wha 
 is the length of thy days and thy portion for 
 ever. His works are wonderous, paft finding 
 out, marvellous, and beyond thy comprehen- 
 lion. Thou feeft in part the multitude and 
 magnitude of his wonderful works ; thou 
 beholdeft a fm-all part of the changes and 
 viciflitudes attending them : and yet through 
 all. what excellent order, harmony and regu 
 larity is preferved. Surely nothing lefs than 
 his Omnipotence and Omnifcience could 
 poflibly effect or produce all this. Thou feeft 
 he is faithful in performing his ancient gra 
 cious promife. Day and night, feed-time and 
 harveft. &c. fail not. He Oaid not unto the 
 " feed of Jacob, feek ye my face in vain. * 
 Nay verily; the language of his compaflionate 
 regard on the contrary, is, Fear not, worm 
 Jacob, I will never leave thee nor forlake 
 thee : when thou goeft through the water, it 
 fhall not overwhelm thee ; or when through 
 the fire, it Ihall not kindle upon thee. It is 
 as much in wifdom and goodnefs that he 
 iometimes as it were withdraws, hides from 
 and leaves his children, and then again re* 
 turns glorioufly for their unfpeakable confola- 
 tion, as is the fucceflion of darknefs and light, 
 cold and warm feafons, in the outward. 
 
 Many and varied afflictions are neceffary to 
 
 our 
 * Ifai. xlv. 19.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 41 
 
 our refinement. Hence the place of this re 
 finement is called, the furnace of affliction. * 
 Through the purifying operations oi thefe 
 fiery trials, the foul is gradually redeemed 
 from the pit of pollution. It is a precious 
 \vork of divine power, to hide pride irom. 
 man. And he who becomes thoroughly ac 
 quainted with the corruptions of human na 
 ture, in its alienation from God, will find, if 
 ever true humiliation and renovation is effect 
 ed in him, that nothing fhort of the baptifm 
 of fire can rightly cleanfe the corrupt, and 
 humble the proud heart of fallen man. In 
 deed it is a fealed truth, that they who are 
 without chafHfement are bailards, and not 
 fons. All that the Father loveth, he chaften- 
 eth ; and fcourgelh every one that he receiv- 
 cth. My foul rejoiceth and giveth God tharks, 
 for deep probations and withdrawings of his 
 prefence ; as well as for the fenfible incomes 
 of his love, and ari lings of the light of his 
 countenance upon me. I fee and own it 
 needful to my growth in the divine life, as 
 well as in order to my complete emancipation 
 from the fervifude of fin, that he mould deal 
 thus with me : and it has afforded inftructioii 
 to my mind, that he is called in fcripture by 
 the name of the Lord that hideth his face 
 from the houfe of Jacob. Oh! what pant 
 ing of foul, what anxious folicitude for his 
 return, takes place in all the true travellers, 
 when he vails his holy prefence ; and how 
 joyful is the lifting up of his countenance, 
 E 9 after 
 
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 after thefe feafons, upon the drooping mind, 
 thus prepared for the comfortable returns 
 thereof. It is like the returns of clear mining 
 after rain. Under the refining hand of God s 
 power, whereby he thus humbled and abafed 
 my foul. I was given clearly to fee the need I 
 fhould have of this excellent qualification, 
 humility, in my further progrefs in religious 
 life. I faw pretty clearly, in the midft of my 
 deepeft depreffion, that if I mould be favoured 
 with unremitled tranquillity and divine enjoy 
 ment. I mould be in danger of fpiritual pride 
 and exaltation. Bleffed be the name of the 
 Lord for this among his many other favours, 
 that he taught me the neceffity of humility, 
 and forewarned, and therein forearmed me 
 againft the wiles of Satan, which I afterwards 
 became more fully acquainted with. Oh f 
 with what ardency of defire did my prayers 
 afcend before him, that he would rebuke the 
 proud luciferian fpirit, and appoint my dwell 
 ing in the low valley, where the grafs is green, 
 and where the fragrant flowers give forth a 
 pleafant fmell. I law that on the lofty moun 
 tains often reigns barrennefs and defolation. 
 My mind was almofl conflantly impreffed in 
 thofe days with the love and defire of deep 
 humility. I faw fomething of its real beauty; 
 and craved it as one of the greateil bleflings. 
 O ! faid I, that I may put it on as a garment, 
 and wear it for ever : yea even appear in it 
 before my Judge, in the affembly of faints and 
 angels in a future ilate. Oh! Lord, my 
 4 Cod, was then my language, and my heart 
 
 now
 
 JOB SCOTT. 43 
 
 now joins it) fuffer me never to forget my 
 tribulations, nor to ceafe my ^applications 
 * to thee. for the continuance of this precious 
 bleffing, let it be the firft and the lafl in 
 e the catalogue of my requefts. 
 
 Thus the great Leader of Ifrael led me on 
 from ftep to flep, not by any means through 
 a conftant and uninterrupted enjoyment of 
 his prefence ; but which for me has been far 
 better, by frequent withdrawings, {trippings, 
 and deep-felt emptinefs, poverty and want ; 
 and that again and again repeated, even after 
 large overflowings of his love in my foul, as 
 a river overflowing all its banks. Had he 
 not, after fuch feaions of rejoicing, vailed his 
 prefence, and clothed my foul with mourning, 
 I might, like ancient Ilrael, have fang his 
 praife, and foon forgot his works/t But 
 now through the many tribulations, and wife 
 turnings of his holy hand upon me, my foul 
 remains bowed, and to this day fenfible of the 
 tendering impreffions of his love and good- 
 nefs. The favour of life is flill frefh within 
 me. He has led me about and inftrucled me, 
 and (with reverence I fpeak it) hath kept and 
 preferved me. May I ftill be preferved, and 
 henceforth for ever kept fafe under his all- 
 powerful protection ; walking worthy of the 
 lame to the end of my days. Amen. 
 
 During a great part of the foregoing exer- 
 cifes, I had frequent openings, and lively pro- 
 fpe&s refpe6ling the chriflian warfare, and 
 
 the 
 f Pfal. cvi. 12 13.
 
 44 JOURNAL OF 
 
 the myfteries of the kingdom of heaven. I of 
 ten believed, in the openings of divine light, 
 that, if I flood faithful, it would be required 
 of me to declare to others what the Lord had 
 done for me, and given me an underftandmg 
 of, and to entreat my fellow-creatures to feck 
 an habitation in that kingdom that cannot be 
 fhaken or fade away. This concern began 
 now to grow upon me confiderably, even 
 to that degree, that I felt at times in meetings 
 a living engagement to communicate lome- 
 what to the people ; but, fearing I mould 
 begin in that great work before the right 
 time, I kept back; and even divers times, when 
 I was almoft ready to Hand up, I have con^- 
 cludcd I would keep filence this once more ; 
 confi tiering within myielf, that if my io doing 
 mould be difpleaiing to the Lord, he would 
 mp.nifoft his dilpleafure to me ; but if I mould 
 preiume to {peak a word in his name, and it 
 mould prove to be without his holy requir- 
 ings. or too foori, I iliould not only dilpieafe 
 him. but alfo burden his people ; and per 
 haps get into and become entangled in a way 
 of (peaking from too fmall motions or im- 
 pref lions kit, or mournfully miftake the 
 (parks of my own kindling for divine impref- 
 fions ; which might, in confequence of my 
 giving way thereunto, be fuffered to increafe 
 upon me to my great lofs in the fubflantial 
 and divine life, if not to my utter ruin. In 
 this guarded frame of mind I paffed on for 
 lome time, often feeking to the Lord for 
 Counfel and direction in this- and other con 
 cerns
 
 JOB SCOTT. 45 
 
 eerns of importance. And though I believe 
 I might have publickly borne teftimony in the 
 name, power and approbation of the Lord, 
 rather fooner than I did ; yet as I was not 
 obftinately, but carefully backward, I feldom 
 felt much condemnation for withholding : 
 however, I did a few times find iome real 
 uneaiinefs on that account. But he who laid 
 the concern upon me, well knowing the 
 integrity of my heart, and that I was bent 
 faithfully to ferve him, without going too fail, 
 or yet tarrying behind my guide, dealt gra- 
 cioufly with me, paifed by my little withhold- 
 ings. favoured with frem and increafmg in 
 comes of his love, and from time to time,, 
 caft up my way with Hill greater cleamefs ; 
 and at length in a manner fo clear, and con 
 firming, as erafed doubt and hefitation from 
 my mind. In the frelh authority whereof I 
 uttered a few words in our meeting at Provi 
 dence, on the firft day of the week, and loth 
 of the 4th month 1774, to my own and I 
 believe my friends fatisfa&ion. I felt the 
 returns of peace in my own bofom, as a river 
 of life, for a considerable time afterwards, 
 fweetly comforting my mind, and confirming 
 me in this folemn undertaking. 
 
 After fome time of heavenly rejoicing, I 
 began again to be tried with various exercifes 
 and conflicts of mind, though ftill frequently 
 favoured with the flowings of divine love, in 
 a very comfortable and foul-fatisfying man 
 ner. At divers times I had lively impreflioiis 
 
 to
 
 4 6 JOURNAL OF 
 
 to fay a few words more, in publick teflimo- 
 ny ; but flill waited to be well allured. The 
 unfpeakable confolation which I found, on 
 my firlt uttering a few words, and that after 
 a considerable time of rather holding back, 
 than hafty procedure, had fully confirmed me 
 that there is greater fafety in turning the 
 fleece, and well proving it, both wet and dry. 
 than in ruining forward in the firil operations 
 or openings. The beafts, allowed in facri- 
 fice, were to chew the cud and divide the 
 hoof. Chewing the cud is a deliberate acl; : 
 they chew and fwallow, and chew and fwal*- 
 low again. The divifion of the hoof being 
 on the flapping member, fhews the danger of 
 taking a fmgie ftep in divine fervices, without 
 a clear divifion of things, and the way caft 
 up in the mind. As I thus waited for clear- 
 ttefs. not being by once fucceeding encourag 
 ed to run too ialt, 1 was favoured to know 
 the fire of the Lord rightly kindled upon his 
 altar; and to witnefs an offering of his own? 
 preparing. And 1 am well aifured that fuch, 
 and fuch only are the offerings which will 
 find acceptance with him. He never will 
 rejecl thefe, any more than accept thofe of 
 human obtruding. 
 
 My fecond publick appearance in the 
 miniflry was at the lower meeting-houfe in 
 Srnithfield, the igthof the loth month 1774, 
 when I found a living concern to encourage 
 a careful engagement before the Lord, out of 
 meetings ; and to prefs it upon Friends to 
 
 draw
 
 JOB SCOTT. 47 
 
 draw nigh unto him from day to day, that 
 flrength may be renewed, and the divine fa 
 vour of life retained, left we lofe the living 
 fenfe of what we. often gracioufly enjoy in our 
 religious meetings. Life, divine life, attended 
 me in this little teftimony, as in the former. 
 And after meeting I enjoyed the fweet influ 
 ence of him who is the God of my falvation, in 
 a degree that was greatly to my confirmation 
 and encouragement. After this I Hill conti 
 nued ieeking unto and waiting upon God for 
 counfel and direction ; in which frame of mind 
 I was favoured to renew and increafe a living 
 acquaintance with him ; and witneffed frefh in- 
 flruttion to my mind. I appeared but feldom 
 in publick teltimony, and moflly in a few 
 words at a time, and yet I have lome few times 
 been made fenhble of faying too much ; and 
 for which I have felt more pain of mind than 
 I have often felt, if ever, for withholding. 
 However, through mefciful prefervation, I 
 have feldom to my knowledge appeared of- 
 tener or laid more than has tended to my own 
 rdi.J and futisfaction, and, for ought I know, 
 to the fatisfaction of my brethren : bleiled be 
 the name oi the Lord my God. I bow awful 
 ly before him, for his directing and preferving 
 prefence, through many deep probations. He 
 hath been with me in the heights and in the 
 depths ; has fining my bow and covered my 
 head in the day of battle. May I ferve him 
 faithfully all the days of my flay here, until I 
 go hence and be feen of men no more. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 48 JOURNAL OF 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 His exercifes continued, Paffes through fome 
 difcouragements. A word of encouragement 
 to the exercifed traveller. A view of God s 
 goodnefs, and anciently with Noah, Abraham, 
 &c. Trials about the -war, paper currency 
 and taxes. An addrefs to Zion. His fick- 
 nefs, and other trials. Waits injilence, &c. 
 
 AT this time I kept a fchool for Friends 
 children in the town of Providence ; 
 and having for feveral years pa ft believed at 
 times, that it might be beft to preferve fome 
 account of my pilgrimage through the wil- 
 dernefs of this world, I now began a more 
 regular and conftant journal of my exercifes, 
 and the Lord s gracious dealings with me, 
 than I had heretofore preferved. I had before 
 made a tew minutes of iome remarkable oc 
 currences, which (together with what was 
 frefh in my memory, and fo recorded there 
 as not likely loon if ever to be obliterated) 
 enabled me to write the foregoing account ; 
 and thus to bring it forward to this time. 
 
 On the firft day of the week, the ift of the 
 ift month 1775, I fell and received a fmail 
 wound which was attended with confiderable 
 forenefs and pain ; and next day having in 
 addition to this a turn of the nervous or fick 
 head-ach. I was confined to the houfe : and 
 hope thefe light affli&ions were not wholly 
 
 ufelefs
 
 J O B S C O T T. 49 
 
 ufelefs to me, in regard to my bed intereft. 
 O ! that every trial may help to refine and 
 prepare my foul for the city of my God. 
 
 Fourth-day nth, went to quarterly meet 
 ing at New- Port; it held two days, not very 
 lively ; yet a remnant were concerned to la 
 bour for the welfare of Sion. 
 
 1775. About thefe days I went through 
 great difcouragements and heavy exercifes ; 
 but was moftly enabled to hope and believe 
 it was all for my good, and would tend, if 
 rightly endured, to my furtherance and en 
 largement in divine things ; and, blefled be 
 the name of him who led and fupported me 
 through them ; he did indeed arife for my 
 help and confolation, even with healing in 
 his wings ; and that too, when I was almofl 
 ready to faint, and defpair of his help ; which 
 made me hope I mould truft in him, ani 
 rely upon him, for the future ; even in and 
 through all trying difpeni aliens. Indeed it 
 is eafy to hope and believe we mail truft m 
 the Lord, when he mines upon us, and fheds 
 abroad his love in our hearts, making us 
 livingly to joy and rejoice in his pretence, 
 which was now gracioufly my happy experi 
 ence ; but alas ! when we have again and 
 again to pafs through the valley and iliadow 
 of death, it is not fo eafy to ftand firm, keep 
 the faith, and truft in God. 
 
 My exercifed foul has had large experieno 
 F of
 
 50 JOURNAL OF 
 
 of thefe heights and depths ; and knows that 
 nothing but divine power can uphold us in 
 times of deep probation which we muft pafs 
 through in our travels towards the land of 
 reft. And O ! that none may give out in fuch 
 feafons, or faint in their minds ; it is no new 
 thing; it is the beaten path, and all the Lord s 
 ranfomed muft become acquainted with it, 
 and travel in it, not taking their flight in the 
 winter ; and as they thus ftand firm, they will 
 joyfully witnefs. in the Lord s time, the winter 
 to be over, the fummer to advance, the time 
 of the finging of birds to be come, and the 
 voice of the turtle to be heard in their land. 
 Oh ! the pangs and fufFe rings through which 
 fome have waited again and again for the 
 return of thefe blefled enjoyments, thefe mo 
 ments of refrefhment from the preience of 
 the Lord ; but none have ever rightly waited 
 on the Lord in vain. Therefore truft in him, 
 O my foul for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah 
 is everlafting ftrength. 
 
 Fourth-day 25th, I attended our monthly 
 meeting at Smithfield, upper meeting-houfe; 
 found Ibme dear friends fympathized with me 
 in my deep probations : and was particularly 
 comforted by a letter from a dearly beloved 
 Triend, written in a manner well fuited to 
 aflift and encourage my drooping mind 
 May I ever walk worthy the remembrance, 
 fvmpathy and prayers of my friends. 
 
 JKifth-day, 2d of 2d month. In time of 
 
 filence
 
 JOB SCOTT. 51 
 
 filence and retirement in family devotion, 
 wherein we were engaged to wait upon the 
 Lord, for the renewal of ftrength toge 
 ther, my mind was livingly opened into a 
 frefh and humbling fenfe of the unfpeakable 
 love and goodnefs of God to poor, frail, 
 finite man in ancient days particularly I was 
 bowed in confideration of his wonderful deal 
 ings with Noah ; and how he was with him 
 in the ark ; and how he taught him to pre 
 pare it for his own and family s prefervation : 
 how he was with Abraham when he left his 
 father s houfe at his command, and went 
 forth not knowing whither he was to go : 
 alfo how he was with Ifrael in Egypt, through 
 the Red fea, the wildernefs, and Jordan; with 
 David, when he fled from Saul, being hunted 
 as a partridge upon the mountains ; with Jo 
 nah, in the whale s belly ; with Daniel, in 
 the lion s den ; and the three children, in 
 the fiery furnace ; with his own well beloved 
 fon, in the great trials and temptations which 
 he was led through in the wildernefs and 
 among men : alfo how he was with the apof- 
 tles, and fupported them when men rofe up 
 againft them ; and through all their perils 
 by fea and land, and by and among falle 
 brethren. What mall I fay ? he hath ever 
 been a fan&uary and fafe hiding place tor 
 the righteous in all ages, and remains to be 
 fo ftill ; and as truly and powerfully fo now 
 as ever. And as my mind was thus led and 
 opened, earned breathings were begotten in 
 me, that w<j of the prefent generation, who 
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 52 JOURNAL OF 
 
 have known his loving kindnefs, may walk 
 worthy of the continuance thereof, and neve* 
 diflruft his care and providence ; affuredly 
 believing, that he who hath been with us in 
 fix troubles will not leave us in the feventh, 
 if we firmly truft in, and fleadfaftly follow 
 him. But if we ihould draw back, his foul 
 would then have no pleafure in us. Oh ? 
 therefore, faith my foul, that we may be vigi 
 lant, knowing that our adverfary the devil, 
 like a roaring lion, goes about continually, 
 feeking whom he may devour. 
 
 In the fixth month I attended our yearly 
 meeting on Rhode- 1 (land. John Hunt and 
 Nicholas Wain from Philadelphia, and Wil 
 liam Jones and Benjamin Sweat from New- 
 
 jerfey, attended faid meeting It held a num 
 ber of days, the feveral fittings thereof being 
 times of divine favour; the fouls of fome 
 painful travellers Zion-ward were greatly en 
 couraged and rejoiced in the Lord. Dear 
 
 John Hunt was livingly opened in gofpel 
 love and authority divers times among us in 
 .thefe meetings. 
 
 On firll-day the i8th of 6th month, a pa 
 per was fent from our deputy-governor to the 
 Friends of our meeting, requefting that fuch 
 as had fmall arms would produce them at 
 the court-houfe next day, in order that the 
 guns in the government miyht be known, 
 
 O O . _ 
 
 and an account thereof fent to the continental 
 eongrefs. After mature consideration, a pa 
 per
 
 JOB SCOTT. 53 
 
 per was figned by fuch male members of our 
 ibciety as lived within the town, in anfwer to 
 faid requeft, informing that our religious 
 principles and confcientious perfuafion did 
 not admit of a compliance. This was car 
 ried to the deputy-governor, who received it 
 kindly, and feemed fatisfied. faying he believ 
 ed liberty of confcience was the natural right 
 of all mankind. Thus the Lord made way 
 for us, bleffed be his holy name for ever. 
 
 Much clofe exercife of mind I had for a con* 
 fiderable length of time, on account of lome 
 particular fcruples which from time to time 
 revived with weight, and fo prelTmgly accom 
 panied me, that I could not get rid of them. 
 It being a time of war, and preparations for 
 war beween Great- Britain and America, and 
 the rulers of America having made a paper 
 currency profelFedly for the fpecial purpole of 
 promoting or maintaining laid war; and it be 
 ing expected that Friends would be tried by 
 requifitions for taxes, principally for the iup- 
 port of war ; I was greatly exercifed in fpirit, 
 both on the account of taking and paffing faid 
 money, and in regard to the payment of fuch 
 taxes, neither of which felt eafy to my mind. 
 I believed a time would come when chrirlians 
 would not fo far contribute to the encourage 
 ment and fupport of war and fightings as 
 voluntarily to pay taxes that were mainly, or 
 even in confiderable proportion, for defraying 
 the expenfes thereof; and it was alfo impreffed 
 upon my mind, that if I took and palled the 
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 54 JOURNAL OF 
 
 money that I knew was made on purpofe to 
 uphold war, I mould not bear a teftimony 
 againft war, that, for me as an individual, 
 would be a faithful one. I knew the people s 
 minds were in a rage againft f ueh as, from 
 any motive whatever, faid or a6ted any thing 
 tending to difcountenance the war. I was 
 fenfible that refufmg to pay the taxes, or ta 
 take the currency, would immediately be con- 
 ftrued as a pointed oppofition to the prefent 
 war in particular, as even our refufmg to bear 
 arms was, notwithstanding our long and well 
 known teftimony againft it. I had abundant 
 reaton to expect great cenfure and fome fuf- 
 /cring in confequence of my faithfulness, if I 
 fliould ftand faithful in thei e things, though 
 I knew that my fcraplcs were unconne&ed 
 with any party confklerations, and uninflu 
 enced by any motives but futh as refpeft the 
 propriety of a truly chriftian conduct in re 
 gard to war at large. I had no de fire to pro 
 mote the opposition to Great-Britain; neither 
 had I any defire on the other hand to promote 
 the meafures or fuccefs of Great-Britain. I 
 believed it my bufmefs not to meddle with 
 any tiling from fuch views ; but to let the 
 potfherds of the earth aloire in their finiting 
 one againft another : but I wilhed to be clear 
 in the fight of God, and to do all that he 
 might require of me towards the more hill 
 introduction and corning of his peaceable 
 kingdom and government on earth. I found 
 many well concerned brethren, who teemed 
 to have little or nothing of thefe fcruples ; 
 
 and
 
 JOB SCOTT. 55 
 
 and Tome others who were like-minded with 
 me herein. Under all thete corifiderations 
 the times looked fomewhat gloomy ; and at 
 feafons great difcouragement fpread over my 
 mind. But after fome ftrugglings, and a 
 length of clote exercite attended with much 
 inward looking to the Lord for direction and 
 lupport, I was enabled to catl my care upon 
 him, and to rifk myfelf and my all in his fer- 
 vice, come whatever might come, or fuffer 
 whatever I might fuffer. in confequence there 
 of. I was well aware of many arguments arid 
 objections againft attending to fuch fcruples ; 
 and fome feemingly very plaufible ones from 
 feveral paflages of fcripture, especially refpe6l- 
 ing taxes ; but I believed I law them all to 
 arite from a want of clear underflanding ref- 
 pe6cing the true meaning of faidpatlages; and 
 I knew I had no wordly interefb, eafe or 
 honour, to promote by an honeft attention to 
 what I believed were the reproofs and con- 
 viclions of divine inilru&ion. I well knew, 
 not only by reading, but experimentally, that 
 He that doubteth is damned (condemned) 
 if he eat ; and that what is contrary to 
 faith and conviction is fin ; therefore I chofe 
 rather to fuffer in this world than incur the 
 dilpleafure of him from whom cometh all my 
 confolation and blef lings. 
 
 In the gth month this year 1776, in com 
 pany with my dear friend Moles Farnum, I 
 vifrted Friends at Richmond, in New-Hamp- 
 fhire government, a branch of our monthly 
 
 meeting.
 
 56 JOURNAL OF 
 
 meeting. We were twice at their meeting, 
 and vifited I believe all their families. It was 
 an exercifmg time to me ; and I was almoft 
 wholly filent both in meetings and families ; 
 and even much reflrained from converfation. 
 Yet I had a hope that all was working toge 
 ther for my good ; and I endured my trials 
 with a degree of patience, though I often 
 groaned inwardly for deliverance : however 
 the Lord brought me through all, and gave 
 me to rejoice in his falvation. 
 
 Fifth of tenth month. Having for nearly 
 a year declined taking the paper currency, 
 agreeably to the fecret perfuafion which I 
 had of my duty therein, as before mention 
 ed : I have now the fatisfaftion of compar 
 ing the different rewards of obedience and 
 difobedience ; for though, from the very 
 firft circulation of laid money, I felt uneafy 
 in taking it ; yet fears and reafonings of one 
 kind or another prevailed on me to take it 
 for a feafon ; and then it became harder to 
 refufe it than it would probably have been 
 at firft : but growing more uneafy and dif- 
 trefled about it, at length I refufed it alto 
 gether, fince which I have felt great peace 
 and fatisfa&ion of mind therein ; which has 
 in a very confirming manner been increaf- 
 ing from time to time, the longer I have 
 refufed it : and although I get almoft no 
 money of any kind, little other being in cir 
 culation, yet I had much rather live and de 
 pend on Divine Providence, for a daily fup-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 57 
 
 ply, than to increafe in the mammon of this 
 world s goods, by any ways or means incon- 
 fiilent with the holy will of my heavenly 
 Father and the prayer of my foul to him is, 
 that I and all his children may be preferved 
 faithful to him in all his requirings, and out 
 of that love of things here below which ali 
 enates from the true love of and communion 
 with him. 
 
 In the nth month this year I vifited, in 
 company with a Friend of our monthly meet 
 ing, the meetings and many of the families 
 of Friends on Rhode- 1 (land, and had much 
 iatisfa6lion therein ; for though I had hard 
 work in fome families, and palled through 
 fome clofe exercifes, yet the Lord was with 
 me and bore me up through all, opening my 
 way in the fpring of divine life, and furnim- 
 ing with fuitable matter for communication, 
 to the relief and contolatioh of my own mind, 
 and I hope to the benefit and comfort of 
 others. And it was remarkable to me, that 
 in a very fhort time, indeed not many days 
 after I had thus diicharged my duty, and paid 
 this legacy of love to my dear friends on this 
 illand, the king s troops took pofleffion there 
 of, whereby the communication was greatly 
 obftrucled for a confiderable length of time 
 between Friends there and the main, that, 
 had I not given up to perform this {mail fer- 
 vice juft as I did, and when the weight of it 
 was livingiy upon me, it is probable I might 
 never have done it at all, or not to much fu- 
 
 tisfaclion.
 
 5 8 JOURNAL OF 
 
 tisfa&ion. A fenfe of the Lord s goodnefs 
 in enabling me to go in the right time, and 
 to find relief and fatisfa6lion in the vifit, bow 
 ed my mind and raifed defires therein, that I 
 might ever live like one who knows himfelf 
 to be but a pilgrim on the earth, and that 
 God alone can fuftain him. Amen. 
 
 Firft-day, 8th of twelfth month. Divers 
 Friends of our meeting at Providence became 
 exercifed in regard to a commotion that was 
 prevailing among the inhabitants. It was 
 laid, and I fnppofe was true, that a Britilh 
 fleet with troops had been feen not far from 
 Rhode- Ifland; and it was fuppofed they were 
 aiming to come into New- Port harbour, and 
 probably up the river to this town. This 
 greatly furprifed many of the inhabitants. 
 Many moved their goods, and fome their fa 
 milies out of town, in great hafte and preci 
 pitancy. The town feemed in an uproar; carts 
 rattling, and teams driving all night ; and, 
 among others, a few Friends in this fudden 
 confternation were induced to move fome 
 of their effects alfo, and a fmall matter was 
 done at moving their families : and this be 
 ing, in the view of fome concerned Friends, a 
 weighty, ferious matter, a conference was held 
 after the afternoon meeting upon the occa- 
 fion, fome Friends of other meetings alfo be 
 ing prefent, and though nothing cenforious 
 or uncharitable appeared in any refpefting 
 the conduct of any, yet it was advifed that 
 Friends fhould be very careful to aft in mode 
 ration,
 
 J O B S C O T T. 59 
 
 ration, and not in the hurry, but wait for clear- 
 nefs, and for ability to aft becoming our holy 
 profeffion. Next day this advice was further 
 inculcated by the meeting for fufferings which 
 fat in town, and which, after folid confidera- 
 tion, advifed that Friends keep flill and quiet, 
 and do no more, unlefs, upon deep and folid 
 confideration, the way mould be clearly feen 
 for any one to move. It was alfo thought 
 advifable for Friends in all things to conduct 
 io as not to increafe the commotion and in 
 timidation which was already too prevalent 
 among the people. This advice was very 
 favoury to fome of our minds, whofe exercife 
 was great on this occalion ; and whofe tra 
 vail of foul was, that Friends might be pre 
 ferred in the liability of the unchangeable 
 truth. 
 
 P ifth-day, 1 2th of 1 2th month. My mind 
 was impreffed fo deeply with a lively fenfe of 
 the excellency and necemty of true chriflian 
 charity, that I had to fpeak of it in our meet 
 ing in the conftrainings of the Father s love, 
 labouring to encourage Friends to cultivate 
 this excellent virtue, in their own minds and 
 in each other. 
 
 Firft-day, 5th of ift month 1777. For the 
 want of clofe attention to the word of divine 
 life in my own foul, I made a blunder in my 
 publick teflimony, which greatly humbled 
 me, and made me very careful and watchful 
 afterwards. O ! it is good to trufl in the 
 
 Lord
 
 60 JOURNAL OF 
 
 Lord with all our hearts, not leaning to our 
 own undcrflandings. It was relying too much 
 on my own underftanding and memory which 
 brought this great anxiety upon me. And I 
 record it for future caution, mean-while be- 
 feeching God Almighty to preferve me, and 
 all his true gofpel minifters in the right line 
 of fafety and divine qualification, which is in 
 and with the opening of the Spirit, and with 
 the underftanding alfo. 
 
 Fifth-day, 3d of 4th month. After a few 
 words which I became concerned to exprefs 
 in our week-day meeting, my mind was fo 
 clothed with the fpirit of prayer and fuppli- 
 cation, that I was prevailed upon to kneel 
 down and publickly addrefs the throne of 
 grace. This, was the firft time I ever appear 
 ed in vocal publick fupplication ; and it was 
 truly much in the crofs. as alfo in great fear 
 and reverence. It was indeed to me an aw 
 ful thing publickly to call on the name of the 
 Lord, and I have been many times forely 
 grieved at the light, eafy and unfeeling man 
 ner in which many do it. A few weeks after 
 this, to wit, the 2 5th of the 4th month, in 
 writing a little piece on a fpecial occafion, 
 after particularly and affectionately mention 
 ing the tender feelings and emotions of my 
 heart towards feveral particular friends and 
 acquaintances, my foul feemed overwhelmed 
 with love and a]moft unutterable good-will 
 to the people of the Lord, wherever fcatter- 
 ed. the world over ; in the frefh flowings 
 
 whereof
 
 JOB SCOTT. 61 
 
 whereof I enlarged nearly as follows : But 
 above all, O Sion, thou city of the living 
 God ! what mall I fay to thee ! all that is 
 alive within me is moved at thy being now 
 brought into my remembrance ! how fhall I 
 exprefs the overflowings oi that love I now 
 feel for thee; or that ardently travailing ex- 
 
 * ercife, which in the rolling of tender bowels 
 
 * engages my foul for thy everlafting welfare t 
 May the Lord of hofls encamp round about 
 thee, as a wall of fire for thy defence. 
 1 Mayefl thou know an abiding in thy tents, 
 O Ifrael ! Let not the earth, nor all its en- 
 chantments, entice thee from the crofs, O 
 Ifrael ! the Lord alone can keep thee, and 
 he only is worthy of thy clofeft attention. 
 Keep near, keep near, O chofen gcnera- 
 tion ; keep near thy divine teacher, who is 
 
 gracioufly vouchfafmg to teach thee him- 
 
 * felf ! Dwell deep, O ye travailing fouls, give 
 < not back ; go on with him that hath called 
 you, although it may be through fire and 
 1 water ; through frowns and reproaches : 
 the everlafting arm will be underneath to 
 iupport you, as you make God your refuge, 
 and continue faithful in the glorious work 
 of reformation, which he is fitting fome of 
 you for. My life in tendernefs runs out 
 towards you : ye are as bone of my bone, 
 
 * and flefh of my flelh. Oh ! may the Lord 
 
 * protect and preferve you may the bleffings 
 of the everlafting hiils reft upon you ; and 
 efpecially upon fuch of you as have been as 
 
 * it were feparated from your brethren, and 
 
 G devoted
 
 62 JOURNAL OF 
 
 de\ r oted to the great work of the Lord in 
 f the earth ; and be ye affured, if ye hold faft 
 the beginning of your confidence and en- 
 
 * gagement fteadfaftly to the end, no weapon 
 formed againft you ihall ever profper; the 
 tongue that rifeth in judgment againll you 
 mall be condemned, and even though Gog 
 and Magog wage war and oppofe you, the 
 
 * Lamb and his followers mall have the vic- 
 tory. And as I have good grounds to be 
 lieve this was written in the good-will of 
 4 him who dwelt in the bufh, I feel eafy to 
 tranfcribe it here, and give it a place in thefe 
 memoirs. 
 
 Having fome time before this difmiffed my 
 fchool at Providence, I opened one at Smith- 
 field, on the i2th of the 4th month 1778, under 
 the care, infpeftion and direction of a folid 
 committee appointed by the monthly meeting 
 for that purpofe. Soon after this, I took feve- 
 ral colds one after another, until at length, on 
 the 26th of the 2d month, leaving our month 
 ly meeting, being quite unable to fit through 
 it, I went to my fifter s, where I was confined 
 iev^ral weeks, brought very low. and at times 
 ready to doubt my recovery. Indeed many 
 of my friends and relations pretty much gave 
 over expecting it. I was, after a feafon of 
 deep exercife and probation, enabled to refign 
 up life and all into the hands of him who made 
 me, and to fay in fmcerily, thy will be done in 
 life or death. And as I lay one night in great 
 diitrefs of body, rind deep thoughtfulnefs of 
 
 mind,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 63 
 
 mind, I was drawn into an awful view of 
 death, eternity and eternal judgment, in a 
 manner that I never had before ; but feeling 
 my mind perfe&ly refigned to depart this life 
 and launch into an endleis eternity, if fo the 
 Lord my God mould pleafe to order it ; and 
 finding all pain of body and anxiety of mind 
 removed, I lay ftill fome time, thinking pro 
 bably I might ere long be releafed from all 
 the pangs and toils of time, into the glorious 
 rejoicings of eternal life. But, after a con- 
 fiderable length of time had palled in inward 
 and profound ftillnefs and adoration, large 
 fields of labour were opened, and I faw that 
 I muft travel from, place to place in this and 
 diftant lands, in the Lord s commiflion and 
 fervice. From this time I never entertained 
 a doubt of my recovery, although I had 
 afterwards a return or two of the diforder 
 more fevere than before; for thefe openings 
 were in the frefh evidence of divine life, 
 which never deceived me. A flow of divine 
 favour, in the (beddings abroad of the love of 
 God in my heart, remained frelh and living 
 with me through moil of the remaining time 
 of my illnefs. After a few days I began to 
 recover, and pretty foon got a little about 
 again, and before a great while attained my 
 uiual ftate of health : may thanklgiving and 
 glory and honour be ever afcnbed by my foul 
 to him who has been with me in ficknefs and 
 in health, fupporting and prelerving rae in 
 both, and enabling me to refign to his divine 
 difpoGal. May I ever live anlwerable to fuch 
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 64 JOURNAL OF 
 
 regard of the Highefl to me a poor worm 
 of the duft. My foul has been bowed, felf 
 has been abated ; and through deep proftra- 
 tion I have been made to joy in the Lord, 
 
 and rejoice in the falvation of mv God and 
 
 c 
 
 oaviour. 
 
 About the latter end of the fixth month 
 this year, an old acquaintance of mine, being 
 now collector of rates, came and demanded 
 one of me. I afked him what it was for ? He 
 -laid, to fink the paper money. I told him, 
 as that money was made exprefsly for the 
 purpofe of carrying on war, I had refuted to 
 take it ; and >r the fame reafon could not 
 pay a tax to link it, believing it my duty to 
 bear tetlimony againft war and fighting. I 
 informed him that for divers years pad, even 
 divers years before the war began, and when 
 I had no expectation of ever being tried in 
 this way, it had been a fettled belief with 
 me that it was not right to pay fuch taxes ; 
 at leafl not right for me. nor in my appre- 
 henfion, right in itfelf ; though many fincere 
 brethren may not at prefent fee its repugnan 
 cy to the pure and peaceable Ipirit of the 
 goipel. I let him know I did not with to put 
 him to any trouble, but would be glad to 
 pay it it I could confidently with my perfua- 
 fion. He appeared moderate, thoughtful and 
 rather tender; and after a time of free and 
 pretty full converfation upon the fubjecT;, 
 went away in a pleafant difpofition of mind, 
 I being truly glad to fee him fo. Divers fuch 
 
 demands
 
 JOB SCOTT. 65 
 
 demands were made of me in thofe trouble- 
 fome times for divers years : I ever found it 
 beft to be very calm and candid ; and to 
 open, as, I was from time to time enabled, 
 the genuine grounds of my refulal ; and that 
 if poffible, fo as to reach the understandings 
 of thofe who made the demand. 
 
 The Lord, who is ever attentive to the 
 good of fouls and the exaltation of his king 
 dom, is on his way. and truth will more fully 
 break forth ; righteoufnet.s will come into 
 dominion ; the mountain of the Lord s hou(e 
 will furely be eflablimed above all the other 
 mountains ; but many of the called, through 
 want of faithful attention to the call, may 
 never become the choien, and fo never come 
 forth valiantly in the teflimony, nor Hand 
 immovable, nor triumph vitionouily, in the 
 Lamb s warfare. 
 
 I think I have feen in the light, that too 
 many that have come forth in a decree of 
 true heavenly beauty, and through the fur 
 nace, being in fome degree refined, have af 
 terwards loved this p relent world> delighted 
 in its friendihip, rejoiced in earthly accumu 
 lations, and let go their hold on heavi-niv 
 good. Alas, for thefe ! if they were but as 
 diligent, watchful and folicitous for Sion s 
 welfare, and to lay up treafures in heaven, as 
 they are to gather fomething on earth, they 
 would be fure to grow rich in faith and good 
 works, and become heirs of the heavenly 
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 66 J.OURNAL OF 
 
 kingdom. Thefe can never, fo long as their 
 rejoicings are fo much in earth s enchanting 
 pursuits and acquifitions, rightly bear truth s 
 holy teftimony, or lift up its ftandard to the 
 nations. Nay, nay: this ftate prepares them 
 at leaft to bear a fuperficial lifelefs teftimony ; 
 "but very commonly to reafon, argue and dil- 
 pute. and that too, as they think very wifely, 
 againfl the rifing, fpreading and increafe of 
 the teftimony and government of the prince 
 of peace. If there is riot a diligent waiting 
 at wiidom s gate and in the valley of humili 
 ation, in the tine faith and patience of the 
 faints, the ferife of divine things is gradually 
 Jdlened and loft ; and inftead thereof, a kind 
 of reafoning takes place, wherein the divine 
 life and its bleffed teitimony is ftifled and 
 rejected ; and thofe who Hand faithful therein 
 are cenfured and condemned. And, O thou. 
 exercifed travailing foul, whoever thou art, 
 hold on thy way ; hold fail thine integrity ; 
 be not difcouraged at the lukewarmnels or 
 want of true judgment and dilcernmg in 
 others ; but be tiiou valiant for the eaule of 
 truth in thy day ; and then notwithtlanding 
 all the oppofition thou mayeft meet with, 
 within or without, the Lord will be thy ftiep- 
 herd ; the holy One of Ifrael will watch over, 
 protect and defend thee ; and as thou leaneft 
 wholly to the arm of his help, and truflefl 
 fteadfaftly in his divine light for thy leader, 
 he will furely uphold and iuftain tliee through 
 ail thy combats and iiery trials in this mili 
 tant itate ; and when thy faithful warfare 
 
 here
 
 JOB SCOTT. 6 7 
 
 here below is fully accomplifhed, he will re 
 ceive thee into his glorious church triumph 
 ant, there for ever to join the fhouts and 
 hallelujahs of faints and angels in a glorious 
 and unfpeakable participation and fruition of 
 perfect bleffednels. 
 
 8th month 4th. I have now freedom to 
 commit to writing a little of what I have 
 thought of the cuitom among many Friends 
 of calling one another fnend, inilead of call 
 ing them by their proper given names, which 
 I think deferves ferious corifideration, why 
 this way of fpeaking, to thofe whofe names 
 we are acquainted with, is continued in. Is 
 it not to ihun the crofs ? or bccauie calling 
 perfons by their names John, James, Peter, 
 Paul, &c. founds too unmodiih, or as fome 
 may think, dilreipeciful ? Is there nothing of 
 the ipirit of the world in thus flinching from 
 ftrict plainnefs and fimplicity ? If I am not 
 mittaken, we fhall, whenever we arrive to 
 the blefTed eilate the apofile mentions, of 
 having every thought brought into captivity 
 to the obedience of Chrift/* be willing to 
 deny ourfelves and take up the crofs, even in 
 things that appear to be foohmnefs itielf to 
 this world s wiidom, for it is in luch things 
 that God in his wiidom is often pleafed to 
 exercife and prove the integrity oi his chil 
 dren, in order to confirm and eftabiim their 
 humiliation and fubjeciion of will to- him and 
 his holy law. Here pride has no free fcope; 
 
 the 
 * a Cor. s. j.
 
 68 JOURNAL OF 
 
 the fpirit and friendfhip of the world is care 
 fully renounced ; and the crofs in all its 
 necetfary operations fubmitted to and em 
 braced. A plain decent drefs, a plain houfe, 
 furniture and fare in all things, will become 
 the humble followers of a meek and humble 
 Saviour: plainnefs and fimplicity of language 
 will befl adorn a real chriftian. 
 
 In thefe days I often renewed covenant 
 with my God fat much alone kept filence 
 and bore his yoke and rod upon me. Many 
 da ys I (pent nearly, if not quite, without con 
 demnation; and 1 believe without fin; though 
 many others were fo fpent, as to caufe more 
 or lefs of anxiety and wo : but 1 even found 
 the miniftration of condemnation was truly 
 glorious. K j caufe it prepared my mind for 
 and led to the more glorious miniftration of 
 juftification. PY rvent was the engagement of 
 my mind ; arid often my peace flowed like a 
 river, and Sion s welfare { wallowed up almofr. 
 all other confiderations and concerns. Much 
 travail did I oiten feel for the prefervation 
 and growth of the Lord s vifited children, I 
 mean thofe who had become livingly fenfible 
 of the operations of his divine power upon 
 their {pints and to ibme of thefe I wrote 
 once in a while an encouraging or perfuafive 
 letter, a confiderable number of thele I have 
 by me, but. to avoid fwelling theie memoirs, 
 I omit them here, as alfo a great part of the 
 minutes and memorandums which I made of 
 my exercifcs, wutchings, flrivings and trials 
 
 in
 
 T O B S C O T T. 69 
 
 J *x 
 
 in thofe days. In the time of waiting on the 
 Lord in iilent retirement alone, which was 
 mollly my daily practice, it fometimes pleafed 
 him to vail his holy prefence from me, in 
 order to prove my patience and fteadfafi reli 
 ance upon him ; and fometimes to command 
 a lolemn awful filence in me, wherein he often 
 flood revealed in majeflic all-iufficiency be 
 fore me, in a manner which I have no words 
 to convey a clear idea of to any who have 
 not experienced the fame in themielves. But 
 I am allured that all, who rightly wait upon 
 him in their own minds, will find him a God 
 riigh at hand, and gracioufly difpofed to re- 
 pleniih and fatisfy the hungry foul. I do not 
 believe a man can go afide, and fit down 
 alone, to make the experiment, merely to 
 fee what the confequence of fitting in filence 
 will be, without a real hunger and heart-felt 
 travail ; and therein be favoured with the 
 flo wings of the holy oil. But none ever wait 
 rightly and perfeveringly upon God in vain. 
 The incomes of his love afford more true 
 joy, than all earth s richefl enjoyments. A 
 feaft of fat things, of wines on the lees well 
 4 refined, * is the comfortable portion of his 
 chofen. 
 
 In thefe awful approaches I beheld at times 
 with clearnefs the kind hand of the Lord in 
 leading me through many deep probations. I 
 viewed his overturning influence among men, 
 in thefe outwardly troublefome times ; and 
 
 now 
 * Ifai. xxv. 6.
 
 70 JOURNAL OF 
 
 now and then my profpe6ls were livingly 
 extended in great good-will, and rolling of 
 bowels, towards the church in general, and 
 fome places in particular, with a living evi 
 dence fealed on my heart, that, it I abode 
 faithful, I muft devote confiderable time in 
 the fervice of the gofpel in my day and ge-, 
 neration. My foul, under the animating in 
 fluence of thefe openings and profpe6is, at 
 feaibns, bowed in reverent proftration before 
 Emmanuel, God with us. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 71 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 On taxes for -war. Vijit to fome families in 
 Dartmouth, and to Mofes Farnum in his 
 lajl Jicknefs. His marriage. Vijit on Rhode- 
 Ifland. Concerning Jpirituous liquors. On 
 procuring this world s goods. Thankf giving, 
 a Poem. Family viJit in his own monthly 
 meeting. 
 
 AT our yearly meeting this year 1779, 
 the fubjeft of Friends paying taxes for 
 war, came under folid confideration. FYiends 
 were unanimous, that the teftimony of Truth, 
 and of our fociety, was clearly againft our 
 paying fuch taxes as were wholly for war ; 
 and many folid Friends maniiefted a lively 
 teftimony againft the payment of thofe in 
 the mixture ; which teftimony appeared evi 
 dently to me to be on fubflantial grounds, 
 arifing and fpreading in the authority of truth. 
 It was a time of refrefhment to an exercifed 
 number, whole fpirits I truft were feelingly 
 relieved, in a joyful fenfe of the light which 
 then fprung up among us. On the whole, I 
 am renewedly confirmed, that however the 
 burden-bearers of the prefent generation 
 among us may hold on their way, or fall 
 ftiort and give back, the Lord will raife up 
 a band of faithful followers, who, preferring 
 Jerufalem s welfare to their chiefeft joys, will 
 prefs through the crowd of reafonings, and 
 follow the Lamb wliitherfoever he leadeth 
 them. 
 
 In
 
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 In thofe days I paffed through many trials 
 and exercifes, unknown except to God and 
 my own foul : but he knew my heart, and 
 all my tribulations, and how to carry me 
 through them; and bleffed be his holy name! 
 he lupported and bore up my drooping mind 
 through every probation and befetment. At 
 times I clearly law he was refining me in the 
 furnace of affliction ; then why mould I mur 
 mur or repine ? Or why doll thou murmur, 
 Oh ! afflicted foul, whoever thou art ? for 
 unlefs thou endure chaftifement of the Lord, 
 thou art a baftard and not a fon. By his fa 
 therly chaftifements he brings into the obedi 
 ence and filial attachment of fons he enables 
 to fing of mercy and of judgment; and con 
 firms his children in a fteadfaft reliance upon 
 himfelf, through every florm and tempeft. 
 O ! blefs his holy name for ever exalt and 
 praife him. even for the turning of his hand 
 in probation ; for the exercife of his rod in 
 chaftifement. It is all for good, and will fure- 
 ly work good to all who rightly abide the 
 trial. Indeed every trial ought to be received 
 with thankfulnefs. as intended and working 
 for our good. And feeing afflictions are oft 
 the moft fubflantial bleflings to a true chrif- 
 tian traveller, let us in true refignation of 
 heart, under each painful flroke, afcribe 
 goodnefs to our God, and. in . the pathetic 
 language of Young, render him the tribute 
 of thankfgiving, and fay, 
 * For all I blefs thee, moft for thefevere. 
 
 In
 
 JOB SCOTT. 73 
 
 In the twelfth month this year, in company 
 with my dear friend Elifha Thornton, I vifit- 
 ed feveral families of Friends at Dartmouth. 
 It was a time of great trial : I was mut up in 
 filence, pain and poverty of fpirit in divers 
 families. I felt like a wanderer through a 
 tracklefs defert ; yet, not being eafy to quit 
 the fervice, I went on,, but Hill for fome time 
 found no relief, more than a confcioufnefs 
 of integrity to my God ; but, magnified be 
 his name for ever, in depth of diftrefs he 
 heard my cry, and arofe with healing in his 
 wings ; and was gracioufly pleafed to com 
 mand deliverance. My tongue again was 
 loofed ; and, with tendernefs and contrition, 
 I declared of his dealings ; with gratitude, I 
 fang of his falvation. He clothed me with 
 the fpirit of fupplication : I drew near him 
 with renewed confidence, and, after feveral 
 feaions of relieving communication, returned 
 home, faying in my heart, it is enough/ 
 
 The 3ift of the 3d month 1780, I went 
 to fee my much beloved friend Mofes Far- 
 num, at Uxbridge, in his laft ficknefs. His 
 diforder was paralitick. He could not fpcak 
 Jo as to communicate much of his mind by 
 words ; but the lively fenfibility of his mind, 
 and the tendernefs and brokennefs of his fpirit 
 were refrefhing to my foul. Divers Friends 
 were prefent, and nearly all were melted 
 into tears and heart-felt tendernefs. He 
 was juft able to make us fenfible of his great 
 peace of mind ill his late religious travels ; 
 H and
 
 74 JOURNAL O F 
 
 and that the feal and evidence of divine ap 
 probation therein was now impreffed on his 
 mind. Light and life appeared to triumph 
 over all in him. He feemed refigned to every 
 trial ; he alfo manifefted great gladnefs that 
 in health he had fettled and dilpofed of his 
 outward affairs to fatisfa&ion. On the nth 
 of the fifth month he was decently buried, 
 having gradually declined until death remov 
 ed him from works to rewards. I tmft he 
 now enjoys a manfion of undifturbed repofe 
 in the paradife of God. He was in the latter 
 part of his life a pillar in the Lord s houfe : a 
 faithful watchman on the walls of Sion. And 
 his memory is precious. 
 
 On the ift day of the 6th month this year, 
 iy8o ; at our meeting in Providence, I was 
 married to Eunice Anthony, daughter of Da 
 niel and Mary Anthony. The following I 
 wrote her juft after my firfl addrelTes to her 
 on account of marriage, viz. 
 
 North-Providence, zzd of ijl mo. 1780. 
 
 Moft ajfeBionately beloved, 
 
 After reading over feveral memorandums of 
 the exercifes my poor foul has pafled through 
 in my pilgrimage through this vale of tears, 
 my heart falutes thee in a frefh fpring of that 
 love which I feel increafing, and hope may 
 never wax cold towards thee. And having 
 felt thee abundantly near this evening, I am 
 free to write what revives for thy perafal, 
 hoping it may be ufeful towards our rightly 
 ilcpping along through time together. And 
 
 firft,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 75 
 
 firft, dearly beloved, let me tell thee, that 
 however fhort I may be of ftri6t adherence to 
 the Light of Life, yet it is my crown, my 
 chiefefl joy to feel the holy, harmonious in 
 fluences and infhinings of the love of Jefus 
 my Saviour upon my foul ; and I feel that 
 without this I muft be miferable indeed. I 
 alfo believe that the true enjoyment of the 
 marriage-union confifts eminently in both be 
 ing engaged to draw near to the Lord, and 
 act in his counfel ; which I not only wim, 
 but in a good degree expe6l may be our 
 happy cafe. If it mould, though we have 
 as it were a dry morfel to partake of as to 
 the things of this life, yet we may joy in 
 the Lord, and rejoice in the God of our 
 falvation. Thou knowefl I have no great 
 things to invite thee to. If we are joined 
 together (the which I truft we already mea- 
 iurably are) we muft not expeft the paths of 
 affluence; no no. 
 
 This day be bread and peace our lot, 
 All eife beneath the fun, 
 
 Thou knoweft if beft bellowed or not, 
 
 And let thy will be done. 
 This, my dear, our minds muft come to, if 
 we intend to be happy ; yet this I know, that 
 one who cannot lie has promifed to add all 
 things neceffary to thole who feek firft the 
 kingdom of heaven, and in this I confide. 
 Let us therefore unite in feeking this hea 
 venly kingdom, and that in the firft place. 
 And may we, the remainder of our lives, ear- 
 neftly prefs after relignation to the Lord s 
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 76 JOURNAL OF 
 
 will ; and, above all things, ftrive to pleafe 
 him who only can give peace in whatever 
 circum fiances we may be. Then I truft the 
 guardian angel of his holy prefence will en 
 camp around, and his everlafting arms be 
 underneath to fupport us. Farewell, my 
 dear, farewell fays thy fure friend 
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 While I was from home at our quarterly 
 meeting in the yth month, I wrote as follows: 
 Lord, when I contemplate on thy wonderful 
 condefcenfion to me a poor worm of the duft; 
 when I remember thy early and repeated calls 
 and vifitations ; and how thou pluckedll my 
 feet out of the mire, and led me into the 
 green paftures of life, filling my heart with 
 joy and gladnefs after condemnation for evil, 
 and chaflifement therefor; my loul bows in 
 reverence before thee ; gratitude affecb my 
 heart. But alas ! when I take a view of my 
 lleppings along iince thofe times ; my want 
 of conftant ftayednefs in covenant with thee; 
 the weaknefs of my refolutions, and my ma 
 nifold infirmities ; mourning and lamentation 
 fills my heart ; forrow and diftrefs furround 
 me. Lord, what is man, that thou art mind 
 ful of him ? and the fon of man that thou 
 vifiteft him ? Were it not for thy mercies I 
 muft often have been rejected ; w r ere it not 
 for thy tender compaflions, I muft have been 
 fhut up in darknefs and perplexity. But, 
 bleffed be thy holy name, through judgment 
 and correction thou haft, from time to time, 
 
 reduced
 
 J O B S C O T T. 77 
 
 reduced me to that tendernefs wherein the 
 flo wings of thy love are felt to be precious. 
 
 In the i2th month this year our monthly 
 meeting entered my name as one of a com 
 mittee to vifit families. My circumllances in 
 life, and a profpecl; I had of vifiting families 
 on Rhode-Ifland, brought fome difcourage- 
 ment over my mind about this new appoint 
 ment ; but wiming well to the fervice at 
 home, and trufling in the Lord, I gave up to 
 it j and, palling on from time to time, I had 
 fome clofe exercife, and fome feafons of folid 
 fatisfaction. 
 
 In the i ft month 1781, I went to Rhode- 
 Ifland. and having fuitable company, vifited 
 about forty-fix families, and attended feveral 
 meetings among Friends there. In the courfe 
 of this vifit, I pafled through a time of pain 
 ful flopping for a fhort feafon. yet it was a 
 time of great opennefs and divine favour 
 through alrnoft all the meetings and fittings. 
 My mind was low, humble and dependant, 
 almoft conftantlv looking for the way to fhut 
 
 j O J 
 
 up, as had been my experience at fome other 
 times : but now it plea fed the ihepherd of 
 Ifrael to fit and qualify for fervice. The 
 holy anointing oil flowed livingly among us. 
 Truth s teftimony was again and again ex 
 alted ; the Lord s name a nct goodnefs mag 
 nified and praifed, and the hearts of the true 
 worfhippers rejoiced ; and the carelefs fons 
 and daughters of Sion were admonimed and 
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 78 JOURNAL OF 
 
 warned. I returned home with thankful ac 
 knowledgments to the author of all confola- 
 tion for this blefTed feafon of heavenly en 
 largement and holy confirmation ; I was 
 greatly relieved from the exercife that had 
 for a conliderable time been imprefTed upon 
 my fpirit, conflraining me into this little 
 field of fervice. 
 
 A concern having been growing among: 
 Friends for fome time paft to difcourage the 
 frequent and unneceilary ufe of fpirituous li 
 quors ; and alfo to diffuade all our members 
 from dealing in them ; fome labour was be- 
 fsowed with fuch as dealt in them as an article 
 of trade : they appeared well difpofed; and the 
 profpe6t was encouraging, that Friends would 
 pretty foon clear their hands of that kind of 
 commerce. And the ufe of fuch liquors is 
 much laid afide among Friends in New- 
 England. It was once thought very difficult 
 to do fome kinds of bufmefs without them ; 
 but novv it is found by experience, that bu 
 fmefs is better done, and health, ftrength and 
 harmony, better promoted without them. 
 
 31 ft of 3d month 1781. I have for years 
 felt ftrong defires to be wholly redeemed 
 from Jie improper purfuit of worldly enjoy 
 ments, and even from all defires of wealth 
 beyond what my heavenly Father knoweth I 
 have need of; as a-lfo from all ufe of things, 
 the procuring of which would require more 
 of my time than would be coniiitent with my 
 
 religious.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 79 
 
 religious duty ; or which would caufe me, or 
 any under me, to labour beyond the true 
 medium ; or beyond the degree which beft 
 promotes health of body and tranquillity of 
 mind. I have mourned to fee the true ftand- 
 ard fo lamentably departed from in thefe ref- 
 pecls, among all focieties of profeffing chrif- 
 tians. Multitudes are miierably toiling and 
 drudging, from day to day, and from year 
 to year, fcarce allowing themfelvcs time to 
 alienable for divine worfhip, nor fcarce time 
 to reft and refreih their bodies. And many, 
 when they do get to their religious meetings, 
 are too often fo exhaufted by immoderate fa 
 tigue, that they are fitter for ileep than divine 
 worfhip. I am fully iatislied if men would 
 keep to that holy principle which bounds the 
 defires, and gives content in a moderate way 
 of living, they would enjoy more folid peace 
 and happinefs than is often experienced in 
 the apartments of affluence, or in the walks 
 of magnificence. What is all the glitter and 
 fhew of high life in companion of, 
 * What nothing earthly gives, nor can defbroy, 
 The foul s calm funfhine, and the heart-felt joy 
 True virtue s prize/ 
 
 Thoufands are anxioufly aiming to keep 
 up an appearance, which, though far behind 
 many, is yet above their real ability to fup- 
 port without injury to their circumftances ; 
 indeed a little ftraining beyond our circum 
 ftances may embarrals us through life, keep 
 us upon the toil, and difcompoie our minds, 
 
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 or at lead abforb our attention, fo as to em 
 bitter our lives, or prevent that true quiet, 
 wherein we might dwell fo inward and refign- 
 cd as to acquaint ourselves with God, and be at 
 peace* Moreover, it is too commonly the 
 cafe that even religious people, that is, fuch 
 as have been really fo for a feafon, when they 
 give way to this dangerous defire of wealth, 
 or of living too much as they fee others live, 
 that they gradually lofe ground, until, in 
 their planning and contriving, they get more 
 or lefs in a way of over-reaching, or at leaft 
 of crowding too hard upon thofe they deal 
 with, bearing them down in their prices, or 
 in fome degree extorting too great a price for 
 things fold them. There are many ways to 
 opprels a little, take fmall advantages, and 
 exercife fome degree of extortion. And when 
 the mind becomes habituated and gradually 
 reconciled to a lefs degree, the way is too 
 oiten paved to a greater degree, until many 
 things will go down pretty eafily which would 
 have fat very unealy upon the mind in days 
 of greater tendernefs and more conicientious 
 exacinefs and holy fear. I doubt not many 
 have feen and deplored thefe things in their 
 early progrefs, thought they would not for 
 all earth s glory be overtaken in them, and 
 yet, letting out their defires after more than 
 is meet for them, have flid gradually into the 
 fame error. I have feen the progrefs of this 
 fpirit with forrow, and mourned over fome 
 who have been grievoufly entangled and en- 
 fnared in it. Oh ! thou traveller Sion-ward, 
 . flee,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 81 
 
 flee, flee for thy life, from all thefe allure 
 ments ; take God for thy portion, and his 
 holy fpirit for thy law and limitation. Be 
 content with what is convenient for thee ; 
 there is more true joy therein, than in all the 
 accumulations of avarice. I believe it will 
 be good for me, and all that would live godly 
 in Chrifl Jefus, often to examine impartially, 
 Do I exercife no degrees of extortion ? am 
 I redeemed from the love and friendmip of 
 the world ? do I not give way to defires of 
 living above what truth or my circumftances 
 allow of ? am I not in the ufe of fome things 
 which are not neceflary ? If thou haft this 
 belief, fee to it, and endeavour to deny thy- 
 felf, and be fatisfied with fuch things, and 
 fupplies of them, as thy heavenly Father 
 knoweth thou haft need of. 
 
 At our quarterly meeting in the feventh 
 month, a committee was appointed to vifit 
 the feveral monthly meetings, and labour, as 
 ability might be given, for a reformation. 
 Some endeavours were ufed to diffuade 
 Friends from that ufe of things which pro 
 mote not the true harmony of mankind, nor 
 do any elFential good to thofe who ule them. 
 This ought to be a ferious confederation with 
 all chriftians, they that are Chrift s have 
 crucified the flefh, with the affections and 
 lufts/t What then have they to do with 
 care, toil and anxiety, to procure things need- 
 lefs : with pride, vanity and indulgence, in 
 
 the 
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 the ufe of them ? All the ufe of this world s 
 goods, is but to provide for our outward 
 comfort through this paffage or life, and yet 
 how many make themfelves flaves, or at lead 
 greatly leflen or prevent their own comfort 
 in life, by giving way to the influence of im 
 proper defires, and imaginary wants. 
 
 nth of i2th month 1781. O! that I may 
 be preferved prefling forward with full pur- 
 pofe of heart towards a ftate of perfect free 
 dom from fin. I know well that no one fin 
 can be mortified and overcome, but through 
 divine affiflance ; but as certainly as the pow 
 er of God upon us can, or ever does, enable 
 us to overcome any one evil ; fo certainly it is 
 able to affift us to the complete overcoming 
 of all ; and we may rely upon it he will re 
 deem us from all iniquity, unleis the flub- 
 bornnefs of our wills prevent. If Jerufalem s 
 children had given up their own wills, Chriil 
 would have gathered them. According to his 
 own tefiimony he would; but they would not. 
 
 4th month 22, 1782. 
 
 QUIETNESS, as a canopy, covers mine mind, 
 
 Great God thy name be bleft, 
 
 Thy goodneis be ador d, 
 My foul has been diftrefs d, 
 
 But thou haft peace reftor d. 
 
 A thankful heart I feel, 
 
 In peace my mind is flaid, 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 83 
 
 Balfamic ointments heal, 
 
 The wounds by forrow made. 
 
 Though elements contend, 
 
 Though wind and waters rage, 
 
 I ve an unftiaken Friend, 
 Who doth my grief affuage. 
 
 Though florms without arife, 
 
 Emblems of thofe within, 
 On Chrifl my foul relies, 
 
 The facrifice for fin. 
 
 Though inward ftorms prevail, 
 
 Afflicting to endure, 
 I ve help that cannot fail, 
 
 In Him that s ever fure. 
 
 Though outward war and flrife, 
 
 Prevail from fea to fea, 
 I ve peace in inward life, 
 
 And that fufficeth me. 
 
 Though clamour rear its head, 
 And flalk from more to ihore, 
 
 My food is angels bread, 
 What can I covet more ? 
 
 Though ill reports abound, 
 
 Sufpicions and furmife, 
 I find, and oft have found, 
 
 In death true comfort lies ; 
 
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 That death I mean whereby 
 
 Self-love and will are flain, 
 For thefe the more they die, 
 
 The more the Lamb doth reign, 
 
 And well aflur d I am 
 
 True peace is only known, 
 Where he the harmlefs Lamb 
 
 Has made the heart his throne. 
 
 Then, then may tempefts rage, 
 
 Cannon may roar in vain ; 
 The Rock of every age, 
 
 The Lamb, the Lamb doth reign. 
 
 l 
 
 Fifth month 23d. I feel breathings of foul 
 to be fet at liberty from the bondage of 
 earthly cares, that they may have no more 
 mare of my attention than duty requires. I 
 have feen with heart-felt pain the ravages of 
 a worldly fpirit ; I have mourned the defola- 
 tions which the love of gain has made among 
 many who once in degree renounced it. 
 
 O Lord, God Almighty, I pray thee arife 
 for our help ; for except thou, O holy Help 
 er, help, there is no help for us : the people 
 whom thou haft called out of Egyptian dark- 
 nefs will yet perifh in the wildernefs, and 
 never enter into poffeffion of the promifed 
 land, unlefs thou, O moft merciful, again 
 make bare thy holy arm for our awakening 
 and furtherance in the way of life. 
 
 Our
 
 JOB SCOTT. 85 
 
 Our yearly meeting this year was graciouf- 
 ly owned, and overfliadowed by the wing of 
 ancient goodnefs : the Shepherd watered and 
 fed his flock; he flickered his lambs, and 
 prepared a banquet for his chofen, and made 
 them fweetly reft as at noon. 
 
 After the meeting was over, the language 
 of my heart, in thankful acknowledgment, 
 was a language of praife. I knew the blef- 
 fmg was from heaven : I knew the rain was 
 not at our command ; nor was the table 
 fpread, and the feaft prepared, but by the 
 bounteous hand of Ifrael s God. Return, O 
 my foul, to the place of thy reft, for the Lord 
 thy God hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
 
 The continuation of divine favour for fome 
 little time after this, repeatedly rejoiced my 
 ipirit. At length, through the all-wife over- 
 turnings of him who knew how to lead me 
 on in lafety, I was again reduced to want, 
 and had to feel much inward leannefs. In 
 this ftate I fcarce had any thing to rejoice in 
 but infirmities ; but, relying on him whofe 
 covenant is as fure with the night as with the 
 
 O 
 
 day, and who never forfakes thofe who do 
 not forfake him, I felt, in the midft of my 
 ftrippings, and was therein flayed, that pa- 
 
 * tience in low times, is an excellent anchor, and 
 hope bears up the foul. 
 
 Ninth month 23d. In reading the occur 
 rences of Abraham s life in Elwood s Sacred 
 I Hiftory, 
 
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 Hiftory, my heart was deeply afFefted. Oh ! 
 his faith how firm ! his devotion how lively ! 
 See him leave his father s houfe, his native 
 land, and go forth at the call of the Lord, not 
 knowing whither he went. See Mm erecting 
 his altar to the Moil High, and calling on 
 the name of the Lord the everlafling God/ 
 See him on Moriah s mount, refigning his 
 beloved fon ! What heart unmoved can view 
 the tranfaclions of fuch a life, or read with 
 indifference the dealings of the Almighty 
 with this father of the faithful ? He was the 
 friend ot God, and God was his friend. O 
 that we, who boaft the light of gofpel days, 
 were true fucceflbrs in the faith of Abraham : 
 a living faith that wrought with his works, 
 and by his works of righteoufnefs, devotion 
 and true hoiinefs, was made perfect. 
 
 In- the i ith month, in company with other 
 Friends. I vilited upwards of {evenly families 
 within the verge of our monthly meeting ; 
 had great fatisfaclion in fome places, and iuf- 
 fered deeply in others. The author of all good 1 
 was with us, and at times greatly refrefhed our 
 ipirits. In the courfe of this vifiC I had to 
 view with fadnels thole who were overcome 
 by the god of this world. Others I viewed as 
 rifiJig above the world, and laying hold o?i 
 eternal life. Thefe felt near my fpirit in the 
 invifible relationfhip, and I rejoiced in then 
 luccefs in the Lamb s warfare. 
 
 C H A P.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Jfis removal to Glouccjl.tr. His Jifter Sarah s 
 
 death. Onfdcnt waiting in families. Vi/it 
 
 to the, quarterly and monthly meetings. On 
 
 Jlritt plainnefo and Jimp licity of living. Vifits 
 
 families at Richmond. The true light, fan, 
 
 moon andjlars, alluded to. On tiu fix and 
 
 fevcn days. On the feven feals. 
 
 ON the 5th of the 4th Tnonth 1782, I 
 moved with my family to Gloucefter, 
 within the limits of the meeting of Ux- 
 bridge, a branch of our monthly meeting, 
 having for fome time before believed, un 
 der divers confiderations. and of diiFerent 
 kinds, that it might be beft for me to fpend 
 a portion of my time in that neighbourhood, 
 about eighteen miles from my home in North- 
 Providence. I fully expected to return again 
 fbme time or other, but did not know when 
 it might be. I remembered the movements 
 of Abraham, Ifaac and Jacob, and in the re- 
 collection thereof, a degree of folid fatisfac- 
 tion was afforded me. I had fome outward 
 profpe&s in removing ; but I not only did 
 not aim at wealth, nor expect an increafe of 
 outward fubftance, but I had other and I 
 trufl higher motives in it than related to my 
 own temporal concerns. And, foon after I 
 became fettled there, I found a field of fervice 
 opening before me in a religious line, a fenfe 
 whereof I had for fome time had upon my 
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 mind previous to this removal. There were 
 a few precious fouls here deeply and well 
 engaged in the catife of truth, and with 
 whole fpirits I was often livingly united in 
 travail for the welfare of Sion, and building 
 of her walls. We had times of deep proba 
 tion ; and, through holy help, many feafons 
 of rejoicing together in the Lord. On the 
 whole, I had frequent confirmations that my 
 being here was promotive at leaft of my own 
 growth in the everlafting truth. Lord God f 
 of all the holy ancients, be with me I pray 
 thee, and guide me in the way wherein thou. 
 wouldefl have me to go, no matter where or 
 when, fo that thy never-failing prefence goes 
 with me in all my travels through the wilder- 
 nefs of this world, to a houfe not made with 
 hands, eternal in the heavens. Amen. 
 
 Very foon after my removal, my dear fifter 
 Sarah Hazard died at her home in South- 
 Kingilon. She was a religious woman. She 
 improved much in true chriflian refignation, 
 arid died in a frefh and living fenfe of hea 
 venly joy. I attended her burial, enjoying, 
 in the midft of my mourning, a fatisfa6lion 
 in a full belief that her removal from a world 
 of anxieties and cares, was a removal to an 
 inheritance in the manfions of blifs. 
 
 I have been renewedly confirmed in the 
 great advantage to families, and even to fmall 
 children, that refults from fitting down in 
 fokmn filence, and therein waiting uport 
 
 God.
 
 T O B S C O T T. 80 
 
 u y 
 
 God. 1 have feen the children much broken 
 and tendered in fuch feafons, Co that, even 
 when there has not been a word ipoken, the 
 tears have rolled down their cheeks, and their 
 looks have been evidently exprefiive of heart 
 felt fenfations. This pra6hce allo learns them 
 filence and fubjetion ; it curbs their wills 
 and habituates them to reftraint, and a pa 
 tient waiting, for their parents permiilion, to 
 engage in their little diverfions. The habits 
 of filence, lubjeCtion and patient waiting for 
 permiflion. are very ufeful to children from 
 infancy to mature age, and many fuffer much 
 for want of it. I have alfo feen much advan 
 tage to children, and indeed to whole families, 
 from the practice of a folemn paufe at meals ; 
 it learns children (lillneis. decency and reve 
 rence ; and. where it is done in a feeling 
 manner, with minds rightly turned to feel 
 after God and experience his blelling, and is 
 not pra6lifed in a flight formal manner, it 
 tends to feafon and iblemni/e the minds 
 of young and old. j I have feen it done in 
 a very careleLs lifelefs manner, with fcarce 
 any reverence ; divers of the family converf- 
 ing not far from the table ; and fcarce any 
 lenfe of the divine prefence prevalent in the 
 minds of thofe around it; arid perhaps the 
 paufe fcarce long enough to allow of much 
 iolid fenfibility or reverential acknowledg 
 ment of the favours received from the bounty 
 of a gracious God in the ample provifions of 
 his providential care for our bodies ; or his 
 continued extenfion of fatherly regard to our 
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 immortal fouls. I think fuch an undevout 
 appearance can be very little to the divine 
 acceptance ; but where a proper paufe is ob- 
 ferved, and the Lord is therein ferioufly 
 fought to, the mind being feelingly impreffed 
 with a fenfe of his aid and affiilance, and all 
 branches of the family are reverently filent : 
 it is an oblation well-plealing in the fight of 
 God, and very uleful to fuch families. I am 
 morally certain, that I have many a day gone 
 through the cares and concerns of life with 
 much more compofure, {lability, fatisfaclion 
 and propriety for the ftrength and afliftance I 
 have found in drawing near to God in folemn 
 filence in my family ; and I wifh the practice 
 of reverently adoring him in this way, may 
 increafe more and more. 
 
 Our yearly meeting this year was a fa 
 voured feafon : divers weighty matters were 
 iraniafted in love and chriftian condefcenlion. 
 through the qualifying influence of the maf- 
 ter of our ailembiies, who gracioufly owned 
 this our annual folemnity by the overmadow- 
 ing of his love and life-giving prefence. 
 Some fuitable advices were fent down to the 
 inferior meetings upon fundry important 
 fubjecls. 
 
 After this meeting, in company with divers 
 other Friends, who with myielf were under 
 the yearly meeting s appointment to vii-it the 
 quarterly and monthly meetings, I vifited 
 Acoaklet, Dartmouth, Nantucket, Sandwich 
 
 and
 
 JOB SCOTT. 91 
 
 and Swanzey monthly meetings, Sandwich 
 quarterly meeting held at Nantucket, and 
 our own at Smithfield. We found a want of 
 charity in fome few, very ftricl: in outward 
 phinnefs, who, from a mifguided zeal, held 
 others too much at a di fiance on account of 
 their not appearing equally plain with them- 
 felves in drefs, &c. which was caufe of grief 
 to me, yet I am a hearty well-wifher to plain- 
 nefs : I grieve to fee the forrowful departure 
 from it into pride and fuperfluity : I never 
 faw an inftaiice of any very considerable de 
 parture of this kind, but what I had reafon to 
 be convinced that a real lofs was fuftained 
 by the individuals, or their befl advancement 
 prevented. But I have fuffered much deep 
 diftrefs of foul under a painful and depreffing 
 fenfibility, of that contracted, illiberal and 
 harm fpint, which in fome inflances has 
 the afcendancy, leading them into extremes 
 without the life. I know that truth leads into 
 great regularity and circumfpe&ion of life ; 
 and I abhor that light chaffy fpirit that makes 
 ridicule of it, and lightly efleems the exem 
 plary appearance and true religious zeal of the 
 faithful. I doubt not many libertine minds 
 may lay hold of fuch remarks as the above to 
 juftify their own deviations from the plain 
 path of truth, the narrow way that leads to 
 life ; and think thereby to fcreen themfelves 
 from the juit judgment of truth through the 
 brethren ; but this will not avail them ; the 
 way remains, as ever of old, a narrow way, a 
 way of felt-denial, and the daily crofs. But Oh 
 
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 unhappy and deluded people whoever they 
 are, that in their zeal for externals, lofe chari 
 ty. They depart from the life and lay hold on 
 formality : for all outward things in religion 
 dwindle unavoidably into formality, in pro 
 portion as chanty is departed from, and zeal 
 takes place in things pertaining to the outlide 
 of the cup and platter, without a living fenfe 
 of the inward fpring of life which can never be 
 experienced without living, fervent chanty. 
 Therefore let us ever keep fteadily to our 
 plain way of living, in the life of truth : for 
 I am aiTared, io far as it is rightly kept to, 
 truth owns and fupports it ; and its influence 
 on the mind is very beneficial. But O, that 
 we may ever be preferred from a narrow, 
 ram, cenforious fpirit ; and from over-rating 
 any outward regularity, or exact living ; left, 
 as we grow in the form, we dwindle as to the 
 life. Although thefe remarks may not have 
 a very extcniive influence in rightly guarding 
 others ; yet I rnuft write what I have to write 
 and leave it, hoping divine providence will 
 yet build up Sion and fortify Jerufalem, di 
 recting the courie of the fmcere-hearted be 
 tween all the extremes, in the fure and lafe 
 path of virtue, where a lively active zeal is 
 tempered with liberality of heart and ienti- 
 ment, in the flowings of true charity. 
 
 We laboured in the monthly meetings as 
 ability was afforded, and I truft to fome 
 folid fatisfation. I got home to my dear 
 wife and family the 8th of the ^th month, 
 
 and,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 93 
 
 and, finding them tolerably well, I left home 
 next day to attend our own quarterly meet 
 ing. Here I was rather too a6tive in difci- 
 pline. I have found it my bufmefs fometimes 
 of late to be more inward in travail, and lefs 
 active in the exerciie of the wholefome rules 
 of lociety than I once was, and believe, when 
 I have obeyed the call into this inward, flill 
 abode, and there felt my loins rightly girded, 
 it has contributed much more to the right 
 exercile of the difcipline, than when, through 
 a defire for its proper adminiftration, I have, 
 by over-afting, feemed to do a good deal for 
 its execution. 
 
 In the night, the gth of the 8th month, 
 there was a froft which killed fome of the 
 vegetables, even fome indian corn. This be 
 ing fo very early in the year, and coming 
 after a feafon of many refreming fhowers, 
 and at a time of very fair and promifmg 
 profpecl of plentiful crops, my mind was led 
 into a train of ferious reflections, how the 
 Almighty, who had thus brought forward 
 our fields and profpecls, could cut them all 
 off; and how entirely dependant we are upon 
 his bounty for every blefling. Were his 
 compaflions to fail, his providential aids to 
 be withdrawn, alas ! we, poor frail mortals, 
 fhould loon perifh. 
 
 In the gth month I vifited Friends families 
 at Richmond, New-Hampfhire, a very diftant 
 branch of our monthly meeting. At feveral of 
 
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 our meetings at Uxbridge, not long after this, I 
 had livingly to found an al arm among Friends ; 
 and my foul humbly rejoiced in the relief I ob 
 tained in thefe lew favoured meetings. 
 
 1784, 2d of 2d month. The exercifes of 
 my mind have for fome time paft rather in- 
 creafed, infomuch that, for a confiderable 
 part of the time, I have felt like being in the 
 furnace, efpecially in meetings, but much fo 
 out of them alfo. Indeed it has felt like the 
 power and fire of the Lord laying hold of the 
 remains of pride and evil in me and burning 
 like an oven ; that is, inwardly andjervently* 
 May all be confumed that cannot abide the 
 fiery trial. 
 
 And it has been gradually from time to 
 time opened and fealed on my mind, that 
 a part of the fcriptures. which many generally 
 underlland to ipeak only of outward things, 
 may be underflood by the truly enlightened 
 to convey inward and fpiritual inftruftion. 
 God s delign is to confound the wifdom of 
 the wife, and bring to nought the underfluncl- 
 ing of the prudent. He has hid and will hide 
 divine tilings from the wife and prudent, and 
 reveal them unto babes. 
 
 The natural man not only does not, but 
 cannot know them, becaufe they are only 
 fpiritually difcerned/ To this purpofe Chriil 
 fpake in parables, that luch as had an eye 
 inward to the divine light, which alone gives 
 
 the
 
 JOB SCOTT. 95 
 
 the true fpirkual difcerning, might under- 
 fland, receive and know the myfteries of his 
 kingdom, while all the wife and learned 
 could but guefs, miftake, Humble and be con 
 founded. So when the difciples afked him 
 why he fpake in parables, he informed them 
 it was becaufe it was given to them to know 
 thefe things, but to others it was not given. 
 It was not given to them, to the excruiion of 
 any in the fame ftate of inward feeking, do 
 cility and child-like ftmplicity, 
 
 God s defign was then, and ever will be, 
 to hide thefe things from all fuch as are ftriv- 
 ing to know them by their own mere natural 
 powers : they may and do ftudy the fcrip- 
 tures, and reafon very copioufly upon them-, 
 and think they clearly comprehend their 
 meaning, and yet remain in total darkneis, 
 as to the fpirkual import, meaning and myf- 
 tery of many paffages which they are ftrongly 
 perfuaded they underiland rightly. 
 
 Before this wifdbrn and creaturely cornpre- 
 henfion the flumbling-block is, by God s de 
 termination and couri fel. laid ; on purpofe 
 laid, that man ever may fturnble and fall and 
 be inared and taken, fo long as he goes this 
 way to work to underfcand divine things ; 
 not that God determines any certain number 
 of perfons mail fo ftumble, and be fnared, 
 &c. but all univerfally on this ground, and in 
 this wifdom ; for through all ages it is true, 
 * if any man thinketh that he knoweth any
 
 JOURNAL OF 
 
 * thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought 
 to know. * Even Paul declares, I know 
 nothing by myielf. J 
 
 While Paul thought he knew fomething 
 divine by or of himfelf, his reafoning rofe 
 againft the Meffiah, and with all his might 
 he fought againfl the only true way of falva- 
 tion. So, in degree, it will be with all ; if 
 they think they know, even any thing divine 
 of themfelves, or by the exercife of their 
 own creaturely faculties, they have never yet 
 learned any thing as they ought ; for as foon 
 as they know any thing as they ought, they fee 
 and know that they knew nothing by or of 
 themfelves ; but are altogether beholden to 
 a fpiritual difcerning from the divine light 
 (hining in their hearts, to give them this 
 knowledge. Hence fays the apoftle, God, 
 
 * who commanded the light to mine out of 
 
 * darknefs, hath mined (take notice where 
 this mining is) in our hearts, to give the 
 light of the knowledge of the glory of God 
 in the face of Jefus Chrift. t 
 
 Here, firft, it is God that hath /Jiined ; 
 fecondly, it is in our hearts j thirdly, it is 
 to give us what we had not before, and could 
 not have without this infhining, that is. 
 the light of the knowledge of his own glory ; 
 fourthly, it is in the face of jfefus Chnjl 
 his inward appearance, whereby he caufeth 
 his light tojliine upon us in order that we may 
 
 be 
 
 * i Cor. viii. 2. J I Cor. iv. 4. fa Cor. iv. 6.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 97 
 
 be faved ; that we can ever fee the light of 
 
 * the knowledge of the glory of God/ ao 
 cording to the true faying, In thy light fhall 
 
 * we fee light/* His light firming in our 
 
 * hearts/ is the only poflible medium wherein 
 and whereby we can fee God, or clearly dif- 
 cern his glory : for it is an eternal truth, 
 whatfoever doth make manifeft is light. -f* 
 Natural light manifefls natural things, and 
 fpiritual and divine light, fpiritual and divine 
 things. As water rifes but to the height of the 
 fountain head ; and as effects cannot exceed 
 their caufe; fo nothing fhort of divine light can 
 ever fully manifeft him to the mind of man. 
 
 The fcriptures will ever remain in great 
 degree a fealed book to the mere natural un- 
 derflandings of the wifeft of men. Volume 
 after volume of commentaries have been writ 
 ten upon them, which, I have no doubt, 
 have often ferved, as a certain author has 
 advanced, to entomb, rather than enfhrine 
 them ; or to darken, rather than explain their 
 genuine meaning. Thoufands pafs the time 
 of their fojourning here below, hoodwinked 
 and muffled up in darknefs, under the bale 
 ful influence of this kind of theological or 
 fyftematical knowledge or Speculation, falfely 
 called divinity. But in the midft of all this 
 learned ignorance, and, in degree, acquired 
 blindnefs, which overruns the nations ; the 
 God of grace is not wanting in the extenfion 
 of his own immediate rays upon the minds 
 K of 
 
 * Pfal. jocxvi. 9. f Eph. v. 13.
 
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 of men ; thofe who turn from, difregard and 
 rebel againft the light, are juftly left in dark- 
 nefs, for being, as thofe in Job s days, * of 
 them who rebel againft the light, they know 
 not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths 
 thereof. * But thole who, while they have 
 light, believe in the light/ and walk in it, 
 they become the children of it/t and are 
 led into all truth. 
 
 I may now proceed with my own exercifes 
 and openings. It was clearly given me to be 
 hold many deep things in the vifions of -God; 
 things which the wifdom of the natural man, 
 though high in profeffion of divine know 
 ledge, would probably laugh at and defpife, 
 and me for my weaknels, were I to unfold 
 them. But though I may not at prefent be 
 permitted to unfold much, I may fay I have 
 ieen clearly to my full latisfaclion, that Mofes, 
 in writing of creation, of the fall of man, 
 and of things in the upright and in the fallen 
 Hate, wrote in the pure openings of divine 
 light, though very little underflood by men 
 in the firfl nature and ftate. It is alfo plain 
 and evident to my mind, in the light, that 
 the prophets fav/ things in the holy light of 
 [efus, and fpake of them in very inftruftive 
 metaphors and expreflions, though hid from 
 and unperceived by the wife and learned. 
 
 Many a fermoii has been preached by thofe 
 who call themfelves miniilers of Chrift, upon 
 
 parts 
 * Job xxiv. 13. f John xii. 36.
 
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 parts of paffages out of the prophets, and 
 the reft of the fcriptures ; many heads of 
 doftrine raifed from them ; many divifions 
 and fub-diviiions made ; much explanation 
 attempted ; and much art and oratory dif- 
 played ; and yet the life, marrow and main 
 importance of the paflage entirely unfeen and 
 untouched by the ipeaker, and little or no in- 
 ftruction conveyed to the hearers ; and all for 
 want of a ipiritual difceming of the true in 
 tent and meaning of the fcriptures. 
 
 Thus alfo the doftrines of Chrift and his 
 apoftles, as to their moft lively and fpiritual 
 fignification, are to this day hid from the 
 wife and prudent, and lealed up with { even 
 feals to all who witnefs not their opening by 
 the lion of the tribe of Judah, who alone 
 unfeals them. To thefe they are grddually 
 opened, not all at once. ; I have many 
 things, fays this wonderful courifellor and 
 opener, to fay unto you, but ye cannot bear 
 them now. * So he opens progreffively, as 
 we are able to receive, one feal after another. 
 There are feven feals, becaufe none can ever 
 come to the full underftanding of the whole 
 myitery, and have all the book of life laid open, 
 until they reft, and ceafe wholly from man, 
 from themfelves, and all their own workings, 
 gueflings and conceivings, which ever will 
 attend them more or lefs through the fix 
 working days, until they come to the complete 
 fabbath of reft on the ftventh day, wherein 
 K 2 they 
 
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 they reft from their own works as God did 
 from his/J Here God becomes their all in 
 all, their whole dtpendance for opening and il 
 lumination ; and therefore here thefeventhfeal 
 is opened, and the heavenly myftery difclofed. 
 
 And now, in confirmation that this is the 
 meaning of the number fcven, as comprehen- 
 five of all the feals that can poffibly feal up 
 divine truth from man, let us obferve, that 
 when John calls upon him that has wifdom, 
 (divine wifdom, for all elfe ever fails) to count 
 the number of the bcaft, or the number of his 
 name, which he exprefsly fays is the num 
 ber of a man/t he plainly fhews us that the 
 whole, the utmoft number of a man, and of 
 all his workings, buildings, comprehendings 
 and conceivings, which make up the whole 
 Jife, |)ower, policy, religion and worfhip of 
 the bead, is comprehended in fixes and that 
 there is not onefeven in it all. For, fays he, 
 his number is fix hundred three-fcore and 
 fix, that is, 666. Here we fee, that although 
 the workings of a man may be multiplied to 
 ten times, and even an hundred times of the 
 fix working days, wherein he refts not from 
 Jlis own works nor comes to the true labbath 
 (wherein no creaturely work is done, not 
 even a fire of his own fparks or creaturely 
 animation and warmth kindled) it is all but 
 the number of the beaft or falfe wormip, and 
 man-made creeds and fyftems. On the real 
 Sabbath, wherein the true reft from every 
 
 thing 
 J Htb. iv. 10. f Rev. xiii. 18.
 
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 thing creaturely is witnefTed, and God is all 
 in all, the worfhip is divine ; the feals are 
 opened even to the feventh ; the myflery is 
 feen ; God (lands revealed to the foul ; his 
 works are known ; and in the true knowledge 
 of him, the beginning of eternal life is enjoyed 
 even here on earth, lor it is the real knowledge 
 of God, not the ideal conceivings, that is the 
 eternal life of immortal fpirits. And until 
 this is attained, do as much as we will in the 
 Jixes, there is the one thing needful wanting, 
 which, while it is wanting, cannot be. numbered; 
 for indeed we can never number or perceive 
 it clearly, truly and fully, fo long as the 
 feventh feal remains unopened to us. For 
 until they are all opened, we mall ever be 
 liable to be gueffing, contriving, inventing 
 and hewing out broken citterns to ourfelves. 
 Many may and do fuppofe the opening of 
 the feats is only hereafter ; but thofe to 
 whom they are opening and opened, know 
 they have their opening here in time pro- 
 grellively : but this is only as God is waited 
 upon. For unlels we wait upon him for the 
 opening, we are ever liable to oblcure our 
 own minds and cloud our underftandings by 
 our own bufy workings and {peculations : 
 And therefore at the opening of the feals, 
 chap. vi. the call, come and lee/ was divers 
 times repeated ; intimating that we muft come 
 quite away from our own notions and imagi 
 nations, keep a fmgle eye to the light of life, 
 waiting upon God in and through the divers 
 openings. In this attentive, fmgle, waiting 
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 ftate, deep myfteries are opened. But in- 
 ftead of peace to the carnal mind, the open 
 ings begin with the voice of thunder. For 
 when the lamb opened the firft feal, John 
 heard as it were the voice of thunder, ver. i . 
 For terrible things in judgment accompany 
 that abafement of creaturely pride and com- 
 prehenfion through which the vail is rent, 
 and the leaks that have Ihut up the under- 
 ftanding opened. Sion fhall be redeemed 
 with judgment. 
 
 In this work of redemption, renovation 
 and removal of the feals, (for it goes on gra 
 dually together) the Lord who is light in 
 himfeif, and ever dwells in the light, that is, 
 in his own eilence, appears to our minds as 
 breaking through the clouds. The clouds 
 are in us and not in him ; and in difpclling 
 them, that fo the feals may be opened, he ap 
 pears in ways of terror and amazement to 
 the creature, reprelented by the noife of 
 thunder. Thus we read in another place, 
 Clouds and darknefs are round about him/* 
 and with God is terrible majejly. lj f And ex 
 perience abundantly confirmeth, that, in dif- 
 perfion of the clouds, he often appears in ter~ 
 nble majejly indeed ; cauling the thunders, 
 and indeed before the whole myftery is dif- 
 clofed, even feven thunders to utter their 
 voices. Hence we find, chap. x. i. John faw 
 a mighty angel come down from heaven,* 
 and though a rainbow was upon his head, 
 
 and 
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 and his face was as it were the fun, and his 
 feet as pillars of fire/ yet (Oh! divine in- 
 ftruftion) he was clothed with a cloud/ 
 This cloud mull be removed before the whole 
 myftery could be revealed ; and in order to 
 it, he cried with a loud voice, as when a 
 lion roareth ; and when he had cried, feven 
 thunders (note their number) uttered their 
 voices. Lefs than feven would have been 
 fhort of the complete reft, wherein the whole 
 myftery is completed. But in the days of 
 the voice of the f event h angel, when he 
 fhall begin to found, the myftery of God 
 mould be finiihed/ faid the holy angel, as 
 
 * he hath declared to his fervants the pro- 
 phets, fee ver. 7. But John was com 
 manded to leal up thofe things which the 
 
 * feven thunders had uttered, and write them 
 not, ver. 4. This I believe is often the 
 cafe for a feafon. Some hints are allowed to 
 be given ; but as to the full declaration of 
 divine things, it is often with the fervants as 
 with the mafter, Mine hour is not yet 
 
 * come. * For though the time is to come, 
 when that which is fpoken in the ear, mail 
 be declared on the houfe-top ; t yet it is 
 not always and at all times fo to be for it 
 can never be with the divinely girded, limit 
 ed and direfted fervants of God, as with the 
 letter-learned fcribes and pharifees, whofe 
 time is always ready. 
 
 At the opening of the fecond feal, the call 
 
 come 
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 come and fee/ as at the opening of the firft, is 
 heard ; for the waiting jrame, the Jingle eye, is 
 ftill neceilary : and now a great 1 word is giv 
 en to him that fat on the red horfe ; and aifo 
 * power was given him to take peace from the 
 earth/ ver. 4. Some may luppofe the mean 
 ing of this opening by the red horie confined 
 fo entirely to outward blood and bloody perfe- 
 cution, as to have no relation" to the Hate of 
 their minds who experience the opening of 
 the feals ;. but it is obvious to the enlightened 
 mind, that many paifages in fcnpture have 
 both an outward or literal, and an inward and 
 myftical meaning ; and there really is a fword 
 known, and peace taken from the earthly 
 man in the rending of the vail and opening 
 of the feals : a lore trial indeed to fuch as 
 have not yet fully fubmitted to have their 
 carnal peace in the earthly natural Hate bro 
 ken and deftroyed. But there is this com 
 fort, that however peace is taken from this 
 ftate, yet at the opening ol the third feal, a 
 charge is given, ver. 6. not to hurt the oil 
 nor the wine. The precious things are 
 fafe through every tumult and trial, to all 
 who rightly endure them. But though a 
 little hope and confolation is received now 
 and then by fuch manifellations of divine 
 care and protection ; yet new tribulations 
 foon plunge the baptized foul into frefh and 
 oft times greater conllernation. 
 
 Thus at the opening of the next feal, his 
 name, who rides the pale horfe, is death ; 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 * and hell followed with him, ver. 8. Oh ! 
 this death, this dying to the firft nature and 
 will ; to the life of felf, and all corrupt and 
 ielfifh defires and gratifications ; it muft be 
 known and endured, that fo the life, which 
 is hid with Chrift in God, may be enjoyed, 
 which never was nor can ever be without dy 
 ing with him ; and here the very pains and 
 power of hell is felt, and takes hold of the 
 ioul. 
 
 Thus, under the operation of this necef- 
 fary death, hell follows with it ; fo that the 
 diftrefled creature, like Jonah, cries out of 
 the belly of hell. And though I cannot be 
 lieve or conceive it probable, or even confift- 
 ent with the truth of God or of the very 
 myflery of divine things, that Chrift, after his 
 crucifixion, defcended into hell ; yet I have 
 no doubt that, in the courfe of his fufferings 
 and agony, he really did feel, endure, and 
 alfo conquer the force and power and pains 
 of hell ; and fo muft every foul in which the 
 fufferings of Chrift that remain behind are 
 thoroughly filled up : and until this is wit- 
 nefled, there is never a thorough rifing with 
 him in the newnefs of life : but through 
 death and burial with him, his refurreftion is 
 known, and in the opening of this feal there 
 is known, and painfully endured a killing, by 
 various means, as the fword, hunger, death, 
 and even the beafts of the earth. 
 
 Oh ! what is it that does not rife up to 
 
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 torment the poor foul ! but all works toge 
 ther for the good of the faithful ; no matter 
 by what the neceffary death is effected, nor 
 by how many kinds of diftrefs ; the Lord is 
 gracious through it all, and wounds to heal, 
 yea, kills to make alive. Under the opera 
 tions of thefe various modes, or mefiengers of 
 death, the language often is, Oh ! wretched 
 man that I am, who mail deliver me from 
 the body of this death. t It is painful endur 
 ing the fword to wound and flay; with pinch 
 ing hunger, and famiihing want, and fore 
 afflictions from the beftial part, which rages 
 the more it is diflurbed by that which comes 
 to take away its life, until the flrength of its 
 wild nature is weakened and broken. 
 
 After thefe fore trials are in a good degree 
 endured, the fifth feal opens, and brings to 
 view the perfevering follower of the Lamb, 
 the holy altar, and under it the fouls of thofe 
 * that were (lain for the word of God, and the 
 teflimony which they held/ ver. g. Here 
 the ftate of fuffr rings and perfecutions, en 
 dured by the righteous, is feen. and alfo the 
 ftate of rejoicing and triumph which follows 
 after; for here they are heard, availingly call 
 ing on the Almighty God, holy and true, fo? 
 judgment, and feen clothed in white robes, 
 even every one of them. 
 
 What an encouraging profpecl: is this when 
 opened in the true light, by the alone opener 
 
 of 
 
 f Rom. vii. 24.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 107 
 
 of the feals, the lion of Judah s princely tribe! 
 How does it reanimate the mind to perfevere 
 through all tribulations, dangers and death, 
 until the crown immortal is enjoyed ! 
 
 Oh ! the myftery of godlinefs ; it is great 
 indeed, and never rightly undcrflood by the 
 carnal mind. To theie the book is ever feal- 
 ed, and none but he who has the key can 
 open the feals. Carnal minded men may read 
 ot holy louls under the altar, and of their 
 white robes, &c. but to underfland it, the 
 inward eye muft be opened, and the book 
 unfealed then the right underftanding is re 
 ceived, and therein divine encouragement is 
 felt, to ftand firm in the teflimony of Jems, 
 even though they mould be joined to the 
 number of thofe fellow-fervants and bre- 
 ; thren that mould be killed, ver. 1 1. There 
 fore the poor pilgrim journeys on, flrength- 
 ened and revived ; and is thus enabled to 
 endure the remaining tribulations which are 
 necefiary for a full refinement, and in order 
 to the removal of all that can be fhaken, that 
 that alone which cannot be fhaken, may re 
 main. In order whereunto, he who knows 
 how to carry on the work, difpenfmg the 
 leveral parts and portions of probationary 
 exerciie in infinite wifdom, and as they can 
 be borne, foon brings on the fiery ordeal or 
 purifying trial, to complete the emancipation 
 of his tnbulated feed, and bring out the pri- 
 foner with mouts of joy. For now the fixth 
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 works of wonder and amazement, terror and 
 abafement, even to the flripping off of almofl 
 all that ever was attained : for now the earth 
 is made to quake, the fun itfelf is darkened, 
 the moon becomes as blood, the ftars fall 
 from heaven, yea, the heaven departs as a 
 fcroll, and every mountain and ifland is re 
 moved there feems nothing to depend up 
 on, not fo much as an ifland in the midfl of 
 the boiflerous ocean, to fet the fole of the 
 foot upon. The drooping foul, notwithftand- 
 ing its late animating profpe&s, now almofl 
 finks into defpair ; nor fun nor moon nor 
 ftars fhine in their ufual luftre. 
 
 This flate is like that of the bridegroom 
 of fouls, when he cried out, My God, my 
 God, why haft thou forfaken me ? and 
 the very fame in degree that he then endured, 
 when total darknefs covered all the land from 
 the fixth hour unto the ninth, muft all the 
 feed endure. The eternal light of heaven, 
 the emanations of the divinity, are now ob- 
 fcured by fogs and clouds that intervene, 
 and blacknefs or darknefs overwhelms the 
 mind. The fainter light of reafon, the moon, 
 affords no aid, nor fcarcely mines, or mines 
 dimly, as we fee the outward moon through 
 fogs and vapours, red almofl as blood : for 
 the weighed down mind is fo diflrefled, toffed 
 up and down, that diftraclion or a ceffation 
 of intellectual arrangement feems almofl 
 ready to overfpread the whole man. And 
 
 moreover 
 t Matt, xxvii. 46.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 moreover the example of the faints, the ftars 
 of paft and prefent times, which in ferener 
 moments, greatly flayed the mind, and 
 fpread reviving light around, (for fays Chrift, 
 ye are the light or lights of the world) yet 
 now this is all hid, that there is fcarce any 
 thing that looks like light from any quarter. 
 This is truly in a fenfe, the great day of 
 God s wrath upon all in man that is not to 
 dwell with him for ever. 
 
 Now the very kings, the great, the rich, 
 the mighty, the bond and the free, are ready 
 to hide in dens, or wiih to be covered by 
 the mountains, from the face of the all- 
 fearching God. A time of trial, a feafon of 
 anxiety indeed, well known in the experi 
 ence of the Lord s fanclified fervants. 
 
 The more extenfive and general fignifica- 
 tion and meaning of thefe myflerious meta 
 phors, I am not at prefent to enter upon here; 
 nor indeed is it very much our bufmeis as 
 individuals to inquire. Suffice it to know 
 pride hid from us, the haughtinefs of man laid 
 low, and every exalted imagination brought 
 thoroughly down. O ! blefled, though for 
 the prefent painful reduction ! Rejoice, O ! 
 chriftian traveller, when thou art fo happy as 
 to know the ftronger bind the ftrong and 
 mighty in thee ; yea, rejoice in the very 
 pangs and probations through which all his 
 goods and riches in thee are fpoiled, and be 
 caft out, with all his pomp, magnificence and 
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 merchandize for ever. For nothing fhall be 
 able to fland or abide his coming, but what 
 cannot be fhaken. The pure gold endures 
 the fire, and is not hurt or leflened in its 
 brightnefs, worth or weight. The redeemed 
 foul that has endured the faving, cleanfing 
 baptifm of Jefus, is by him made free ; 
 and thefe, and only thefe, art free indeed ; 
 and having endured the great day of wrath 
 and judgment for fin in themfelves, their 
 works are gone beforehand to judgment ; 
 and they are not afraid of the day of wrath 
 to the wicked ; for perfe6l love cafts out 
 all fuch fear; they are heirs of God, and 
 joint-heirs with Chrifl ; they have part in 
 the firfl refurreftion, and the fecond death 
 hath no power over them. And now, having 
 paffed through the verv hour and power of 
 darknefs ; endured the fiery trial ; drank the 
 cup the crucified Saviour drank of, and being 
 baptized with his baptifm, they come to wit- 
 nets, as he did after his temptations, the 
 miniflration of holy angels. Indeed he has 
 promifed ail thofe who continue with him in 
 his temptations, a place in his kingdom ; and 
 as the angels miniftered to him in the days of 
 his flem, immediately after his fore tempta 
 tion and trials, fo is it in his brethren s expe 
 rience ; for after their deep abatement and 
 fiery baptifm in the afflictive difpeniation of 
 the fixth feal, their profpefts open into a dil- 
 covery of the powers or miniftring fpirits that 
 Hand on and over all that is earthly ; as John 
 ia\v the four angels (landing on the four cor- 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. in 
 
 ners of the earth. Now the four corners feem 
 to comprehend the whole earth ; and indeed it 
 muft all be fhaken in us, if ever we know the 
 new heavens arid new earth, wherein dwells 
 righteoufnefs : to thefe four angels it was giv 
 en to hurt the earth and thefca ; not only all 
 that is of earth or earthly, but alfo all that is 
 of an unllable nature, is liable to the flroke 
 and mufl be chaftifed and fubdued. But in 
 the inidft of all this dellruftion to the earth 
 and fea, another holy angel appears, afcend- 
 ing from the eaft, (that is, from where the fun 
 of righteoufnefs ever arifeth with healing in 
 his wings) and Oh ! the unfpeakable joy and 
 confolation which now fprings and overflows 
 the foul. For fing, O ye heavens ! ye ran- 
 fomed of the Lord on earth, rejoice and 
 praife the Lord, for this is the angel that has 
 the feal of the living God. And now, after 
 your many deep probations and feafons of 
 difcouragements and diflrefs, you are remem 
 bered in the very moment of renewed trial, 
 and of total definition to all that can be 
 fliaken and removed ; yea, the fealing angel 
 is now, at the very juncture of difmay, lent 
 forth, commiflioned from on high, to flay 
 the hurting of the earth and fea, until he 
 fealeth you in your foreheads even with a 
 loud voice he crieth to the four angels, fay- 
 ing, hurt not the earth, neither the fea nor 
 the trees, until we have fealed the fervanls 
 of our God in their foreheads. t And now, 
 O ravifhing confideration ! not one of all the 
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 true Ifraelitifh tribes is overlooked or forgof- 
 ten ; but each has its twelve thoufand fealed / 
 If thou art but one of wreftling Jacob s fpi- 
 ritual offspring, and wreftleft rightly for the 
 blefling until the break of day, in that which 
 as a prince prevaileth, and has power both 
 with God and men, thou ftialt furely, with 
 Jacob thy father, obtain the name of Ifrael : 
 and notwithflanding all thy painful fiery tri 
 als, the power thou haft with God will enable 
 thee to go on conquering and to conquer all 
 thy foul s enemies ; and the holy angel of 
 the divine prefence lhall feal thee with the 
 leal of the living God ; for thou belongeft to- 
 the number of the hundred and forty and 
 four thoufand, which were fealed of all the 
 tribes of the children of Ifrael ; or to the 
 great multitude which no man could number, 
 of all nations, kindreds, people and tongues, 
 which flood before the throne and before 
 the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and 
 palms in their hands. And thou malt, when 
 the day of indignation is over, even in this 
 life, and alfo in endlefs fruition, join their 
 fongs of praife with a loud voice, faying, fal- 
 vation to our God, which fitteth upon the 
 throne, and to the Lamb : yea, thou malt 
 join the angels holy anthem; with them wor- 
 fhipping before God, and faying, Amen : 
 blefling, and glory, and wifdom, and thankf- 
 giving, and honour, and power, and might, 
 be unto our God, for ever and ever. 
 Amen. d 
 
 It 
 
 f| Rev. vii. i a.
 
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 It is worthy of fpecial notice, that in the 
 micHl of all this triumph and adoration, it is 
 not forgotten that a path of fuffering and 
 felf-denial was the way that led to thefe fera- 
 phic enjoyments ; for a quefrion being afked, 
 what are thefe which are arrayed in white 
 robes ? and whence came they ? the anfwer 
 was, Thefe are they which came out of 
 great tribulation, and have wafhed their 
 robes, and made them white, in the blood 
 
 * of the Lamb ; therefore are they before the 
 throne of God, and ferve him day and 
 
 * night in his temple ; and he that fitteth on 
 the throne fhall dwell among them. They 
 mail hunger no more ; neither fhall the fun 
 light on them, nor any heat : for the Lamb, 
 fr which is in the mid il of them, fhall feed 
 them, and (hall lead them unto living- foun- 
 tains of waters ; and God fhall wipe away 
 all tears from their eyes/t Now, having 
 parTed the fiery furnace ; come through the 
 great tribulations ; warned their garments, 
 and received the feal of the living God ; the 
 mind is prepared for the opening of the 
 feventh. and lalt feal, which leads into pro 
 found fiience. And when he had opened 
 the feventh feal, there was fiience in heaven 
 for the fpace of half an hour. Here all the 
 powers of the foul are fileuced ; every faculty 
 of the creature, and all creatareiy activity, is 
 reilrained ! all vocal longs -of praife, and hal 
 lelujahs, ceafe ! the angelic chorus of holy, 
 holy, holy, is fufpended ! and God is wor- 
 
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 ihipped in inward, awful adoration and reve 
 rential, folemn iilence. Rapturous devotion, 
 fuperior to the ufe of words, fuperceding 
 vocal founds, and which language, in its 
 utm-oft fublimity, can fcarce ever defcribe ; 
 but which may be felt and experienced by 
 the fanclified foul, in an heavenly, extatic 
 enjoyment, unknown to all the Ions of Adam 
 in the fall : an enjoyment and adoration, a 
 tranfporting felicity and fruition, even in this 
 life in degree, which a full idea of can never 
 be conveyed to an unregenerate foul, by all 
 the arts of defcription all the powers of rhe 
 toric or elocution and which the carnal 
 mind can never conceive an adequate idea of 
 by all the reaibnings of flefh and blood, or 
 penetrations of human wildom. The wife, 
 the fcribe, the difputer of this world,, may 
 imagine and contend in ignorance and dark- 
 rwfs ; but can never in that ilate have the 
 living knowledge and experience of tliefe 
 things ; while they that endure the day of 
 tvial, continue with Chrift in his temptations,, 
 drink his cup, and abide his baptiims, his 
 agonies and death, thus refling from all their 
 own works, come to the true chriftian lab- 
 bath, and therein woiihip God in fpirit and 
 in truth, in the pure living experience of that 
 Idcred, awful, reverential filence which is 
 known in heaven. Thele know what is 
 meant by the imoke of the incenfe which 
 continually afcends up before God, from the 
 angel s hand, and from the golden altar, for 
 ever ; and are in good preparation to witnefs 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 115 
 
 and underftand the remaining wonders the 
 foundings of the angels the meafure of the 
 temple the leaving out of the outward 
 court the woman clothed with the fun 
 the dragon s tail, and many other deep myf- 
 teries, which are never clearly underftood, 
 but as he that has the key of David opens 
 them. But as far as needful he fails not to 
 open them to all who follow him in the re 
 generation, where foever he leadeth them 
 who are redeemed from the earth, and from 
 among men. Thefe mall fland with him on 
 Mount Sion, and having their Father s name 
 written in their foreheads, mall fing the new 
 fong, receive the bleffing of thole who obey 
 his commands, have a right to the tree of life,, 
 and enter in through the gates into the City. 
 -They mail reft from their labours, and their 
 works mall follow them. 
 
 Great part of the Revelations, as well as- 
 other myfterious fcriptures, is livingly known 
 in the work and progrefs of regeneration, 
 and therein found very pertinent and defcrip- 
 tive, in regard to the many exerciles, pangs, 
 probations and deliverances, which attend the 
 foul in its feafons of refinement, and gradual 
 renovation. And all this hinders not, but 
 well confifts, with the more outward meaning 
 and fulfilment of fuch parts of lacred record, 
 fo far as they really refpecl: things outward : 
 but I am firm in the faith, that many are 
 mufmg and gazing after outward fulfilments, 
 to the very great and fometimes injurious- di- 
 
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 verfion of their minds from the only work, 
 and fulfilment of many paffages, which they 
 may ever properly expect to experience. The- 
 fcripture is a fealed book; it is abundantly 
 wrapped up in parable, metaphor and myfte- 
 ry yea many, very many things in it, which 
 men whofe minds are outward will read and 
 underftand of outward things, are mainly 
 meant of internal operations, difcoveries and 
 overturnings, which God in his dealings with 
 the foul, leads it along through. He that 
 hath an ear, let him hear, is a very proper 
 intimation, and is therefore often repeated, 
 that the mind may be directed to an inward 
 hearkening, in order to a right underftand- 
 ing : for many have eyes, but fee not ; and 
 ears, but hear not. The eye and ear that 
 fees and hears divine things rightly, muft be 
 divinely opened. Many are blind becaufe 
 they think they fee ; and deaf, by reafon of 
 their confidence that they hear. Chrift s com 
 ing was and is, that thofe who fee and hear 
 may be made blind and deaf; and that the 
 blind and deaf may fee and hear; and blel- 
 fed are thefe who are made blind and deaf 
 by him ; for it is as needful to true feeing and 
 hearing, to be firft made blind and deaf, as 
 wounding is neceffary to healing, and killing 
 to being made alive. He that will be wife, 
 muft firft become a fool that he may be wile, 
 and he that will fee and hear, muft firft be 
 come blind and deaf. 
 
 O, it is a great thing to know that eye and 
 
 ear
 
 JOB SCOTT. 117 
 
 ear clofed, that ever fees and hears amifs, 
 and to keep them fteadily fhut up ; and the 
 fmgle eye and ear properly open. Keep to 
 that in thee, O inward traveller, that fhuts 
 the wrong eye and ear, and opens the right ; 
 then wilt thou be in the number of fuch as 
 our Lord pronounceth blefled, faying, bleff- 
 ed are your eyes, for they fee, and your 
 ears, for they hear. J 
 
 Matt, xiii. t-5. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 u8 JOURNAL OF 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The folly of f elf -importance. The author s con 
 cern, that himfelf and others may experience 
 an entire reduction offdf, and perfett rtfig- 
 nation to the divine -will. His vijit to Friends 
 of Oblong and Nine- Partners, in thejlate of 
 New- York. 
 
 6th mo. 12. T Have divers times lately very 
 1784. JL clearly feen the great folly of 
 thinking ourfelves of much importance, ei 
 ther in religious fociety, or in the world. O 
 may my foul dwell ever in true abafement; 
 for Welled and happy is he that knows a be 
 ing brought down, yea, down low, and there 
 abiding ; for until all felf-exaltation is entire 
 ly rooted out: of our rninds, we are not what 
 God would have us to be ; and his turning 
 and overturning in us, is in order, if not re 
 fitted, thus to make us ; and until we do, 
 from the centre of our foul, give him all the 
 glory, there remains in us a fource of unhap- 
 pinefs, diforderand confulion. O man! how 
 great is the work of thy falvation ; how ma 
 ny deaths thou hafl to die, before that comes 
 to reign in thee which lives for ever; for 
 know thou, that thou canft never fully enjoy 
 that life which is hid with Chrift in God, 
 until thou dieft to thy own felfifh life. It is 
 he that lofes his life for Chrift s fake, that 
 mail find it; yea, our blelled Saviour declares, 
 4 if any man hate not his own life, he cannot 
 
 be
 
 JOB SCOTT. 119 
 
 * be my diiciple ^ and at this juncture of 
 time I fincerely think I do fo. Lord God 
 Almighty, carry on thy great work in my 
 foul, bow every exalted imagination, and lay 
 all that is not of thy own immediate beget- 
 tings in me, level with the duft, that I may 
 altogether, and at all times, hate my own life, 
 with perfect hatred, until I come livingly to 
 know that it is thy only begotten, in whom 
 thou art well plea fed, and with no man fur 
 ther than he dies to himfelf, and lives, in the 
 fon of thy love, a life unknown to the be 
 nighted ions of Adam in the fall ; and only 
 faintly conceived of by thoufands that have 
 known a degree of renovation. Lord! when 
 it mail pleafe thee, awake them, aroufe and 
 alarm them, that they may arife from their 
 lethargy, and be enabled to look and behold 
 ferufalem a quiet habitation, and be admit 
 ted, pure and perfect, into the communion 
 and fellowfhip of her ranfomed fons where 
 thou, O molt holy, ruleft God over all, and 
 felf-exaltation finds no admittance. 
 
 Having for fome time paft, felt drawings 
 in my mind to pay a religious vilit to Friends 
 of Oblong and Nine- Partners quarterly meet 
 ings, and perceiving a like concern in my 
 friend Daniel Aldrich, of our monthly meet 
 ing of Uxbridge, we laid our profpefts before 
 our brethren at home, and obtaining their 
 certificates of concurrence from our monthly 
 and quarterly meetings, I left my dear wife 
 
 and 
 t Luke xiv. 26.
 
 120 JOURNAL OF 
 
 and family in much heart-felt tendernefs and 
 affection, the ipth of the 7th month 1784, 
 and rode that night to my faid friend Daniel s 
 houfe about nine miles ; and next morning, 
 taking our folid leave of his family, we got 
 on our way between forty and fifty miles to 
 Coventry, in Connecticut. 21 ft, we got to 
 Litchfield, near fifty miles, and next day the 
 22d got to Friends fifth-day meeting at New- 
 Milford, upwards of twenty miles, though we 
 knew not that there was a meeting there of 
 courfe that day, but the probability made us 
 prefs on a little, fo that we reached it feafon- 
 ably ; it was very fmall and filent. I fuppofe 
 it not far from one hundred and thirty miles 
 from my home to this meeting, and near all 
 the way among Prefbyterians, who ufed us 
 civilly ; and I have reafon to believe there is 
 much more opennefs and charity in many of 
 their minds towards Friends than formerly. 
 
 Next day, 23d, had a meeting at Oblong. 
 This meeting was open and favoured I felt 
 
 en ^acred to encourage fome who I believe 
 
 o o o 
 
 had felt fomething of the operation of the 
 fiery furnace, to keep in it, and not give 
 back, until it had purified and refined them. 
 
 On the 24th of 7th month 1784, we were 
 at the valley meeting. I fufFcred the meeting 
 through, under a clofe exercile, but could 
 not find a way fufficiently open to attempt to 
 clear my mind by publick teftimony ; thence 
 we rode to my dear uncle Thomas Com- 
 
 ftock s,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 121 
 
 flock s, and next day being firft-day the 2510, 
 were at Peachpond meeting. After meeting 
 we dined at a Friend s houfe, and had a fa 
 voured opportunity in the family among a 
 number of young and a few elderly peribns. 
 
 Second-day 26th, Rode to Andrew Mcr- 
 ritt s, where Friends hold a meeting for wor- 
 mip. Here we had an open meeting, wherein 
 they were tenderly entreated to more ardency 
 of engagement in the things that belong to 
 their peace, and warned of the danger of 
 loving any thing more than Chrift ; ancl we 
 parted with them in great good will, they 
 having been moftly reached and tendered, un 
 der a fenfe of the ownings of the great Shep 
 herd and Bifhop of fouls. We then attended 
 the meeting at Shappaqua, which was a 
 memorable time may we never forget the 
 loving kindnels of him without whom we 
 can do nothing. He it is that opens the 
 fcaled book, and gives ability to dip into the 
 ftates of meetings, and drop a word fuitably 
 thereto. O, that our dependance may ever 
 be upon him, for, as it is, we mail wit- 
 nefs the inlufficiency of human greatnefs, 
 worldly wifdom, felf-importance or creature- 
 ly contrivance, and I have reafon to believe 
 that, as it was our engagement this day, thus 
 to bow before him, wait upon him, and move 
 in his movings, we were made inftrumental 
 to reach the pure witnefs in many hearts ; and. 
 to leave impreffions on them that will not 
 foon be forgotten. After meeting we had a 
 M family
 
 122 JOURNAL OF 
 
 family fitting nearly in filence. I felt great 
 caution not to move in words, unlefs a frem 
 opening induced me, fearing I might be car 
 ried too far in the fulnefs of this day s fa 
 vour, as I believe I have feen fome who have 
 kept running on in the ilrength of what was 
 at firfl a true opening, until they have bewil 
 dered their own minds, and brought forrow 
 and confufion upon themfelves. Oh ! how 
 ftricfc a watch is neceffary left we take our 
 flight upon the labbath-day. Lord preferve 
 us in a conftant dependance upon thee, and 
 the openings of thy holy Spirit ! 
 
 month 28th and 29th. We attended 
 the felecl; quarterly meeting at the Purchafe, 
 and their quarterly meeting for worfhip and 
 difcipline ; in which my tongue, as it were, 
 clave to the roof of my mouth ; yet was ena 
 bled to keep in a good degree in the pa 
 tience. After which we attended meetings at 
 Mamaroneck, Wefl-Chefter, Purchafe, Am- 
 mawalk. New-Cornwall, New-Marlborough, 
 Crum-Elbow. Nine- Partners, at the Creek 
 and Little Nine- Partners, fome of which were 
 painful exercifmg feafons ; but in others we 
 experienced a good degree of the dominion 
 of truth over all, particularly at the laft meet 
 ing, where the love of truth was felt fweetly 
 to flow towards a pretty large gathering, 
 moflly not of our fociety, and the doctrines 
 thereof were opened among them in a good 
 degree of life and dcmonftration. 
 
 Third-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 123 
 
 Third-day loth of 8th month. We went 
 to the feleft preparative meeting at Nine- 
 Partners, compofed of the minifters and el 
 ders of the two monthly meetings of Creek 
 and Nine- Partners. The affairs of this meet 
 ing were conducted in a degree of the favour 
 of truth. 
 
 Fourth-day nth, attended the felecl quar 
 terly meeting to pretty good fatisfaction. I 
 felt truth s dominion over all in my mind, 
 and rejoiced in the loving kindnefs of the 
 Lord. 
 
 5th-day 1 2th, attended the quarterly meet 
 ing for worfhip and difcipline at the fame place 
 where the two foregoing felecT; meetings were 
 held. The 13th, a meeting was appointed 
 for us at Ofwego, which was a pretty full 
 meeting, in which the current of gofpel love, 
 power and utterance, flowed freely and re- 
 fremingly ; it was indeed a precious oppor 
 tunity, and ought to be remembered with 
 thankfulnefs to the great Opener and Leader, 
 who out of weaknefs makes ftrong Bleffed 
 be the Lord. The next day were at a meet 
 ing at Appoughquague, and 151!!, being firft- 
 day, we were again at meeting at Peachpond, 
 on fecond-day at the valley, and third-day at 
 one called the upper meeting held at Ifaiah 
 Hoag s, which was a very exercifmg meet 
 ing ; but, after deep travail, we were aflifted 
 and enabled to found an alarm among them 
 in a degree of gofpel authority; and though 
 M 2 I believe
 
 124 JOURNAL OF 
 
 I believe we felt truth and the feed of life 
 under oppreffion ; yet as we lay low with it, 
 and were made willing to fuffer with it, we 
 were enabled to witnefs it to reign in domi 
 nion over alL 
 
 Fourth-day i8th. Were at the monthly 
 meeting at Nine- Partners ; fome clofe exer- 
 eife attended the fore part of this meeting in 
 filent fuffering with the fuffering feed, but 
 Truth rofe into dominion to the joy of our 
 fouls, wherein we had to call the people to 
 an inward, awful ftillnefs and attention, left 
 they be difappointed as to meeting with the 
 mailer of our affemblies, and alfo as to being 
 benefited with or by the true gofpel miniftry; 
 for thofe who can only run when the Lord 
 fends them, are often clofed up in profound 
 filence by the outward expectations of the 
 people, not having liberty, as they keep to the 
 openings and fhuttings of him who has the 
 key of David, to gratify thofe itching ears. 
 -This and conliderable more they were re 
 minded of.. Jn the meeting for difcipline, 
 both men s and women s., (for we were con 
 cerned to go into theirs) they were adviied 
 to keep to their own gifts, and not depend 
 upon one another, to the neglect of occupy 
 ing their own talents, lell they as individuals, 
 and the meeting at large, fuffer lofs thereby, 
 and fome forward fpirits be pufhed forward 
 into too great activity in a formal manner by 
 the backwardness and withholding of others. 
 Friends were advifed to be no longer grafp- 
 
 ing
 
 J O B S C O T T. 125 
 
 ing after things unneceffary ; for the pro 
 curing of them leads us into much care, 
 cumber and expenfe of time, thereby en 
 croaching upon the time we ought to ipend at 
 meetings, vifiting the fick, &c. and cuts us off 
 from fufficient time for inward retirement in 
 our families, as well as taking care of the af 
 fairs of the church. Now all thefe fervices, 
 when rightly engaged in, greatly tend to our 
 growth and refinement, and real comfort and 
 happinefs in this life and hereafter ; as alto to 
 the promotion of the caufe of truth in the 
 earth. Oh! how mortals grovel here in earth 
 and earth s perplexing cares, to their great 
 lofs of more lubftantial enjoyments; whereas, 
 if willing to be bounded by the girdle of 
 truth, we might have plenty of time for all 
 our religious duties, . and have fufficient to 
 fpare to educate our children. We were 
 alfo concerned to caution againfl keeping 
 fuperfluities and gay things to fell to others. 
 
 Fifth-day igth. Attended the adjourn 
 ment of faid meeting to pretty good latisfac- 
 
 tion. 2Oth, attended the Creek monthly 
 
 meeting, after which we attended meetings at 
 Cloverick, Coeman s Patent, New-Britain, 
 Eaft-Hoofack, White Creek, Saratoga, and 
 at a Place called Pitts -Town, where there is 
 no fettled meeting, which ended to i>ood 
 
 c r n 
 
 fatisiachon. 
 
 On firfl-day the 5th of 9th month, v/e at 
 tended meeting at Danby, where I thought 
 M 3 * truth
 
 126 JOURNAL OF 
 
 truth triumphed and had the dominion ; ma 
 ny minds were reached and tendered. 2d- 
 day 6th, we appointed a meeting at a place 
 called Durham, about twelve miles north 
 ward of Danby, of which notice was given, 
 and we attended it accordingly, and had 
 Satisfactory fervice therein, though among a 
 people not much acquainted with Friends, 
 arid exceedingly outward in their expecta 
 tions, and unacquainted with the advantages 
 of inward waiting in folemn filence upon 
 Cod. 
 
 Fifth-day gth. Attended the preparative 
 meeting at Danby, at the cloie of which we 
 fat a few minutes, the men and women to 
 gether; this was a little, comfortable feafon, 
 divers minds being reirefhed in this our part 
 ing opportunity. 6th-day, ioth of 9! h month, 
 we took our affeclionate leave of our dear 
 friends, and fet forward for hoine, accompa 
 nied by our beloved friend E. S. My mind 
 was much affecled at and after parting with 
 Friends, with great tendemefs and tears of 
 \ov, which, for a conficlerable fpace of time, 
 flowed copioufly from mine eyes. My mind 
 was carried back to view the places where we 
 had vifited. and my foul was melted into ar 
 dent mental {application for the prefervation 
 of Friends in general, and many individuals 
 in particular ; attended with fuch endeared 
 aiTVclion and brokennefs of fpirit, as has rare- 
 lv been my lot to witnefs for fo long a time 
 together. Oh! with what heart-felt iervencv 
 
 did
 
 JOB SCOTT. 127 
 
 did I intercede for the help and prefervation 
 of the little flock and family up and down in 
 the world ! the earneft requefts that I was 
 enabled to put up for the inrlru&ion and 
 divine afliftance of the many meffengers of 
 the Lord which are running to and fro in the 
 earth among the people, that their labours 
 may prove fuccefsful. and benefit the fouls of 
 mankind : indeed the language of folemn 
 fupplication ran powerfully through my mind 
 with a melting fenfibility for all ; that the 
 dead might be railed, quickened and made 
 alive, in that life which is hid with Chrift in 
 God. Many individuals of my acquaintance, 
 both in places where I had vilited abroad, 
 and alfo at home in our own and neighbour 
 ing monthly meetings, came frefh into my 
 remembrance with fuch ardency of defire, 
 and breathings of foul, for their growth, pre 
 fervation and improvement, as will not readily 
 be conceived by fuch as have not felt the 
 fame. Yea, my defires for them were con 
 ceived in intelligent language in the fecret of 
 my foul, in a number or little, fhort, though 
 fwee. 4 : and melting requefts for one after ano 
 ther, as the Father of Spirits brought them 
 to my remembrance. O ! how often did it 
 flow through me as a ftream of life on this 
 wife : O moft mighty and omnipotent Lord 
 God, commiffionate thine holy angels to 
 1 attend and guard thy exercifed pilgrims 
 through this vale of tears : let cherubims 
 and feraphims encamp about and furround 
 the little hofl of militants, thy wreflling 
 
 feed
 
 128 JOURNAL OF 
 
 feed while here on earth and for ever- 
 1 more. O ! how did my bofom heave with 
 fwelling tides of joy and divine delight ! yea, 
 all that was in me moved ! my head, my 
 heart, yea, my whole man feemed encircled 
 round with fpiritual attendants ! whofe melo 
 dious and extatic fongs of praife enraptured 
 my foul, and lifted me above all earth s tu 
 multuous cares and all its fading joys! and in 
 the midft of this triumphant adoration, my 
 eyes were opened to fee and view the depths of 
 fufferings and abafement which my foul had 
 pafled through in my vifit ; then did I fee 
 that the true wre filing feed of Jacob can never 
 rejoice, but through fufferings ; abound, but 
 through abafement ; nor live and reign with 
 the Lamb that was dead and is alive, but 
 through death. I then was given to behold 
 as it were around me, as I rode on the way, 
 an innumerable multitude of glorified fpirits ; 
 and it was faid in the centre of my foul, 
 thefe are they which came out of great tri- 
 bulation, have warned their robes, and made 
 them white, in the blood of the Lamb, 
 their ever-living Redeemer. I faw that I mull 
 yet longer endure the cup of fufferings in 
 this houfe of clay, if I would join the longs 
 of thofe ranfomed fouls in never-ending an 
 thems of praife ; to which I bowed my head 
 and heart, faying, Lord, let not thine eye 
 pity, nor thy hand fpare, until thou haft done 
 away all that offends in me, and brought 
 forth judgment unto victory in my foul : and 
 
 when 
 
 Rev. vii. 14.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 129 
 
 when I had thus fubmitted and offered up 
 body, foul and ipirit, into his holy hands, a 
 willing facrifice, it was fhewed me how good 
 it had been for me that I had fo deeply fuf- 
 fered ; and that, had it been otherwife, I 
 mould have miffed of this feaft of fat things. 
 Next it was fhewed me, that though I had 
 not altogether done the befl that I might have 
 done while on this vifit, yet that I had been 
 preferved in the meeknefs, littlenefs and hu 
 mility ; and, to my inexpreffible fatisfaftion, 
 I was alfo fhewed, and made to fee, feel and 
 know, that nothing was laid to my charge as 
 an offence to ft and againfl me ; but feeling 
 there was now no condemnation to my foul, 
 I was made to join the heavenly harmony ; 
 and, in that angelic fpring of adoration which 
 I felt, my foul within me leapt for joy, and, 
 at the end of this tranfporting chorus, my in- 
 mofl language was fing praifes, fing praifes, 
 : fing praifes, Amen, Amen, hallelujah ! At 
 which it feemed as if the whole expanfe of 
 heaven rang with acclamations of joy, thankf- 
 giving and praife ! After which I again had 
 freedom to enter into innocent and pleafant 
 converfation with my two friends, which I 
 had not done for miles before as we rode on 
 the way ; but I kept the vifion pretty much 
 to myfelf, fave what of its effefts they difco- 
 vcred in my countenance, and the tears I had 
 filed, which I had not power to reftrain. 
 Lord, never fuffer me to forget thy favours 
 and divine communications but as thou hafl 
 begun to clothe my mind with humility, be 
 
 pleafed
 
 130 JOURNAL OF 
 
 pleafed more and more to centre me deep, 
 into it ; that I may wear it as a garment for 
 ever. 
 
 We rode over the green mountain this day, 
 in the ilate of Vermont, through which it 
 runs, takes its name from it, importing a 
 green mount ; it is called about thirty miles 
 over. Lodged in Townfend. 7th-day nth, 
 we rode near forty miles to Richmond. ift- 
 day 12th, we attended Friends meeting at 
 Richmond. 2d-day 13th, we rode forty-five 
 miles, and on gd-day i4th of gth month, 
 home. Was thankfully rejoiced to find my 
 dear wife and family well, having been from 
 home eight weeks yefterday, rode about 
 eight hundred miles, and attended religious 
 meetings forty days. 
 
 CHAP,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 131 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Profpeftofvifiting Friends of Pennfylv ania and 
 New-Jerjey. Exercifes and fickncfi preced 
 ing his journey, and occurrences therein. 
 
 AFTER my return from the foregoing 
 vifit to Friends of Oblong and Nine- 
 Partners quarterly meetings, I had to pafs 
 through much probationary leannefs and in 
 ward want, and at times through deep and 
 various exerciies ; but I had not been long at 
 home, before a concern began to revive and 
 fpread in my mind, which I had had fome 
 view of for feveral years, to wit, to make 
 a vifit to Friends of Pennfylvania and New- 
 Jerfey ; and at times it was frefh with me, 
 but without a clear profpecl of the time when. 
 Thus time pafied on ; and in iome of our 
 meetings for worfhip, the weight of the fer- 
 vice would reft on me as fomething almoft 
 too great for my weak ftate : but I was moftly 
 favoured to fee that ability for iuch fervices 
 was not in the creature, but in God; and 
 then I could caft my care on him alone, and 
 give up ; and thus fubmitting, I felt or faw 
 taut little about it for fome length of time ; 
 but about the 4th, 5th and 6th months 1785, 
 it was much with me ; but yet I could not fee 
 clearly about the time when to proceed. And 
 at our yearly meeting at Newport, in the 6th 
 month, as I fat in a meeting for worlliip one 
 
 day
 
 i 3 2 JOURNAL OF 
 
 day, it revived with the mofl clearnefs that I 
 had ever feen it, infomuch that I had a query 
 in my mind, whether it would not be ripe to 
 proceed to the yearly meeting at Philadelphia 
 in the ninth month following, but this pafling 
 off, I thought I would not yet open it to any 
 perfon. But after this meeting my dear 
 friend Jofeph Mitchell afked me if I had not 
 fome thoughts of going to Pennsylvania, &c. 
 on a religious vifit. I anfwered him, I have 
 had fuch thoughts, but believe nobody 
 
 * would yet have known any thing of it, had 
 
 * not the queftion been put to me. He told 
 me he felt fuch an engagement to afk me, 
 that he believed it was right for him fo to do, 
 and then he opened his profpe6t of fuch a 
 vifit, which agreed with mine ; and told me 
 it had been with him in the meeting we had 
 jufl fat in more feelingly than at almoft any 
 other time. So we concluded to keep our 
 profpefts very much in our own bofoms; and 
 after a few days we had a few words more 
 together, when I found he had felt but little 
 of it fince we converted about it ; but before 
 our yearly meeting ended, I had lome frefh 
 revivals of it again. 
 
 About this time I had fome trying exer- 
 cifes in the courfe of my practice of phyfick ; 
 but I found patience was good in thefe cafes, 
 and that divine wifdom was profitable to di 
 rect therein. I think I may alfo mention, 
 that, after all my pafl experience of heavenly 
 good and divine favour, I had to encounter 
 
 fome
 
 JOB SCOTT, 133 
 
 fome of the moft trying and potently preffing 
 temptations of my foul s enemy that ever I 
 endured ; even fo that I often for months al- 
 mofl defpaired of overcoming. Let him that 
 thinketh he ftandeth, be not high-minded ; 
 but fear. Let none think themfeives fafe off 
 the watch, becaufe of any degree of attain 
 ment and favour. The watch-tower remains 
 to be our place of fafety ; neither let any ho- 
 neft mind be too much difheartened at the 
 aflaults of Satan. There is a power above 
 him. and he that cleaves clofe to it mail know 
 a victory over all the powers of darknefs, and 
 therein witnefs that there is no enchantment 
 againft the rightly wreflling Jacob, nor divin 
 ation againft God s faithful dependant, per- 
 fevering Ifrael. This I think my foul has a 
 right to fet its leal to, as I have ever come off 
 victorious, when I have not turned my back 
 upon the light, our divine Leader. Sing. O 
 ye heavens ! and O ye pilgrims on the earth 
 rejoice and triumph ! for flrong and invinci 
 ble is the God of our lalvation ; and abun 
 dantly fumcient for our help is the grace af 
 forded us ! let all but keep to it, and then 
 fafe are their ftcppings, and lure their prefer- 
 vation for. however fevere their trials, the 
 Lord will be near them ; and indeed in the 
 midft of temptation he will often lift up a 
 ftandard that will vanquifh all the influence 
 of every evil fpirit, and fet the foul on the 
 everlafting foundations that cannot be ma- 
 ken. O, how often did the unflumbering 
 Shepherd of Ifrael. the great Bifhop of fouls, 
 N arifj
 
 i 3 4 JOURNAL OF 
 
 arife for my deliverance, when I feemed to 
 myfelf juft ready to fall a viftim to the grand 
 adverfary ! how did he not only give power 
 of refiftance ; but fill my foul with the over 
 flowing of his love beyond all expreffion ! 
 worthy for ever to be waited for, worfhipped 
 and obeyed, is the Lord, the God of Ifrael ; 
 the mighty Friend of the faithful ! 
 
 My profpefts of a vifit to Pennfylvania, &c. 
 continuing, and the time to proceed therein 
 appearing to me to be fome time preceding 
 the yearly meeting at Philadelphia 1786, I 
 endeavoured to be given up to it ; but the 
 thoughts of parting with my dear wife, and 
 tender little children, wrought fo upon me 
 that I feemed to hold back again, after giving 
 up leveral times, until in the winter preced 
 ing faid yearly meeting, I was vifited with 
 fevere licknefs for a month, infomuch that 
 many thought I mould not recover. In the 
 time of this illnefs I intelligibly heard in the 
 fecret of my foul, in filence and ilillnefs, this 
 awful language, fet thine houfe in order, 
 for thou {halt die and not live. * This, 
 though plain and alarming, did not at all 
 ftrike my mind with a belief that I was foon 
 to leave the body ; but two things feemed 
 fpeeially to be fet before me : ift, Though I 
 had a written will by me, very nearly agree 
 able to my mind, yet as it was not quite fo, 
 one fen lie of the word, fet thine houfe in 
 order/ was to me as much as make thy 
 
 i will; 
 * 2 Kings xx. i.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 135 
 
 * will ; whereupon I fent for a Friend, who 
 by my defire, and according to my direction, 
 Wrote another for me. which was toon figned 
 and witneffed to my fatisfaciion. 2d, I was 
 
 /ully fatisfied that it was the Lord s will that 
 I mould be given up to the viiit mentioned 
 above, and that I mould fet my honfe in fuck 
 order as to leave my family and affairs. Up 
 on this I gave up fully to the heavenly vifion, 
 and never afterwards turned my back upon it, 
 nor dared to depart from my covenant, : that 
 
 * if he would be my God. be with me, and 
 preferve me and mine, I would be his fer- 
 rant and follow him whitherfoever he pleaf- 
 ed to lead me. However, though I durft 
 not refufe to go on his errand, I often had 
 low times, wherein I almoft loll fight of the 
 once clear profpecl; ; yet it would again and 
 again revive in iuch a manner as convinced 
 me that my peace was in it, and even that 
 my livelihood, ipiritually, as much confided 
 in faithfully labouring for daily bread, and 
 that in the way of truth s requirings, as my 
 outward living or fupport depended on an 
 honeft induftry. For if we will not improve 
 our ftrength and abilities to this purpofe, then 
 the fluggard that will not plow, mail beg 
 in harveft, and have nothing ;* and on the 
 other hand, though we labour ever fo ear- 
 neflly, if the Lord withholds his blelling, 
 how fruitlels are all our labours ! to in fpi- 
 rituals the man is not without the woman, 
 nor the woman without the man in the 
 
 N 2 Lord ; 
 
 * Prov. xx. 4.
 
 136 JOURNAL OF 
 
 Lord ; * i. e. Chrifl is not without the 
 church, nor the church without him in the 
 work c-f religion ; nor indeed is any indivi 
 dual ioul without him, nor he without that 
 individual, in the work of falvation ; but he 
 worketh in the foul, and through him the 
 foul worketh out its own falvation. Here is 
 a bleifed co-operation ; and the very reafon 
 why the creature can and does, in a fenfe, 
 work cut his own falvation, is becaufe God 
 worketh in him, begetting the will, and giving 
 ability to do the deed ; but if after all he will 
 not, it will fare with him as with Jerafalem, 
 who might often have been gathered, but 
 they -would not ; wherefore their houie was 
 left unto them defolate. and the things that 
 belonged to their peace hid from their eyes. 
 
 Now, after palling through various exer- 
 cifes, and finally witneffing a full fubmiffion 
 to the divine will, in regard to giving up all 
 to follow him in this religious vifit, and ob 
 taining the approbation of our monthly and 
 quarterly meetings, I took leave of my dear 
 wife and tender little children, in the fear 
 of the Lord, and in fulnefs of endeared na 
 tural affeclion. on the 21 ft of the yth month. 
 1786, and rode to Providence, thence next 
 day to South- Kingfton, next day, being firfb 
 of the week, I met my beloved friend Jofeph 
 Mitchell, and, after meeting, we rode on to 
 Stoningtown in the Mate of Connecticut, and 
 next day to New- London, and thence by 
 
 water 
 * i. Cor. xi. ii.
 
 JOB SCOTT. i 3 V 
 
 water to Southold on Long- 1 (land, next day 
 rode about fifty miles, and towards noon the 
 day following, got to Bethpage, and on the 
 morrow, attended a meeting appointed for us 
 there. Jofeph had good fervice I was mut 
 up as to words, but had clear openings. It 
 is fometimes wifely ordered, that precious 
 and divine openings are treafured up in the 
 Lord s treafury ; but how dangerous would 
 it be to fquander them away, and lavilh them 
 out among people, only becaufe we are fa 
 voured with the openings, however clear "and 
 even initruclive, without the word of com 
 mand, and the divine neceffity, to deliver 
 them to the people. 
 
 Next day we got to Weftbury quarterly 
 meeting ; on 6th-day Jofeph faid a little to 
 good purpoie among them in the meeting for 
 difcipiine. and a few words at the adjourn 
 ment of the fele6i meeting ; but I was filent 
 through all the meetings. ^th-day we had a 
 meeting at Oyfler-Bay, and another at Mati- 
 nicock in the afternoon the firft was heavy, 
 but Matinicock was more favourable, and I 
 believe we both had fome favourable fervice 
 there, to the lukewarm and carelefs, and in 
 .the way ot encouragement to a few fince re- 
 hearted worfhippers. 
 
 Firft-day we were at Weflbury, to good 
 fatisfaclion ; called many to a deeper exer- 
 cife, and feelingly invited the youth to a life 
 of religion. 2nd-day we had a meeting at 
 
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 JOURNAL OF 
 
 Cow- Neck, a pretty favoured time, though 
 we both had to fearch Jerufalem, as it were 
 with candles, and to drop things very clofe 
 and urgent ; yet we alfo had the comfortable 
 language of invitation and encouragement to 
 the dear youth, iome of whom feemed ten 
 derly affe&ed. Before this meeting we had 
 a family opportunity in the morning at a 
 Friend s houfe, and had to labour aqainft a 
 fpirit of grandeur, and high-mindednefs, and 
 felt great peace in the faithful difcharge ot 
 our duty, and eipecially in a fpring of living 
 encouragement to a fteady perfeverance iti 
 true humility and meekneis, which flowed 
 frefh and lively to a few prefent, who we felfc 
 to be already in a good degree enamoured 
 with a profpecl thereof. Third-day we had 
 a meeting at the widow Mott s, an elderly 
 Friend. Fifth-day, being the gd of the 8th 
 month, we attended Flufhing monthly meet 
 ing ; a mournful time it was to me, though 
 Joieph had to found a little alarm among 
 them. We went the next day to Ncwtown, 
 where a meeting was appointed for us. Few 
 Friends live here. I thought, as I was fpeak- 
 ing, according to clear openings, the matter 
 was too deep for moft pro lent ; and there 
 fore as if I, poor weak worm, could lleer my 
 own courfe better than the great Pilot, or 
 better liiit my fubjecl to the ftates of the peo 
 ple, I flcpped afide from the opening, and 
 with a view to condefcend to the people s 
 conditions, ftruck upon more familiar and 
 more common matters, in illuftrating truth s 
 
 gradual
 
 JOB SCOTT. 139 
 
 gradual teachings; but alas! I found * it is 
 truly not in man that walketh to dircH his own 
 /leps in this great work, for inftead of in- 
 ftrufting the people in it, I foon dried up the 
 fpring of life I felt before ; and I fat down 
 in a degree of fhame and confufion, being 
 taught thereby to trujl in the Lord -with all 
 my heart, and lean not to my own under- 
 Handing. 
 
 After this went to New- York, it being fe- 
 venth-day, and Friends holding two meetings 
 there of courfe on firft-day, ftaid until then, 
 at both which Jofeph had pretty good fervice, 
 but I was entirely fhut up in filence. Third- 
 day 8th, had a meeting at Railway my dear 
 companion was favoured in a clofe fearching 
 teftimony to fome, and comfortable encou 
 ragement to others. A wide field of doctrine 
 was opened before me, wherein, for fome 
 time, I expected it would be my lot to labour; 
 but as I waited, not willing to proceed in 
 the opening, however clear, without the word 
 of command, it doled again ; fo I was filent, 
 lave that I juft informed the meeting how it 
 had been with me. 4th- day gth, we attend 
 ed Friends preparative meeting at Plainfield; 
 my mouth was opened in an alarming tefti 
 mony among them in the meeting for wor- 
 fhip and Jofeph s in folenin fupplication, 
 that the la/I days of inch as had long been 
 gathering ruft, might, by the fire and the 
 hammer, be their belt days. 6th-day nth, 
 
 had 
 * Jcr. x. aa.
 
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 had an exercifmg meeting at Shrewsbury. 
 Seventh-day 12th, we had a meeting at 
 Squancum. 
 
 Firfl-day 13th. We were at Squan meet 
 ing ; it was a very ftripping time to me. 
 gd-day 15th, had a very laborious meeting 
 at Barnagat, though a few exercifed Friends 
 belong there. 4th-day i6th, another iuch at 
 Little Egg- Harbour here we faw our an 
 cient worthy friend Ann Guant, who had 
 twice vifited New-England in the work of the 
 miniftry me ieemed lively in old age, and 
 her company was pleafant. Fifth-day lyth, 
 we attended their mid-week meeting at Great 
 Egg- Harbour, where Jofeph had good fer- 
 vice. Sixth-day i8th, had a meeting at the 
 other meedng-houie in Great Egg- Harbour 
 here it was my lot to have a good open 
 time both in teflimony and fupplication. 
 yth-day igth. had another open meeting at 
 Cape- May in the morning to pretty good fa- 
 tisfaclion. Hence we rode to Mark Reeve s 
 in Cohanfey. We found him recovering from 
 great bodily illnefs, and in a fweet difpofition 
 of mind. He was one of the firft travellers 
 whofe miniftry was powerfully reaching to 
 my mind, when he was in our parts many 
 years paft on a religious vifit with Stephen 
 Comfort. It was very comfortable to be a 
 little in company and fweet converfation with 
 the only one of the two now living. 
 
 Firft-day 2Oth. We attended their meet- 
 in e
 
 JOB SCOTT. 141 
 
 ing held at Greenwich. 2d day 21 ft, we 
 had a meeting at Alloways- Creek. The ftate 
 of fuch as thought themfelves rich and in- 
 creafed in goods, &c. and yet had too much 
 neglected to buy gold tried in the fire, that 
 they might be rich, and white raiment/ 
 that they might be clothed, fprang frcfh in 
 my mind ; yet I believe there is a remnant 
 among them, who are in a good degree alive 
 in the truth may thefe be ftrengthened, 
 and their number increafed. This meeting, 
 though very painful and dull in the fore part, 
 was comfortably refreming in the concluficn. 
 ^d-day 22-i. we had a blelied, heavenly 
 meeting at Salem, though my dear com 
 panion was quite fhut up ; but my mind was 
 much opened and enlarged ; and much I had 
 to do among them in the flowings of divine 
 favour Bleffed be the great helper. 4th- 
 day 23d, we had another favoured meeting 
 at Piles- Grove, at lead my own way feemed 
 very open, and my mind favoured in a com 
 fortable degree, alter fome time of exercile 
 in filence ; but Jofeph was (till fhut up 5th 
 day 24th, had a good open meeting at Upper- 
 Greenwich where truth favoured with matter 
 and utterance, to pretty good fatisfaftion. 
 6th-day 25th, we had another pretty good 
 meeting at Woodbury, though I did not feel 
 quite fo well fatisfied with my own ttftimony 
 as at fome other times ; yet I had a degree of 
 peace yth-day 26th, we attended the felecl: 
 quarterly meeting at Burlington. Firft-day 
 2 yth, attended the fore and afternoon meet 
 ing
 
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 ing for worfhip, fufFering great inward want 
 and diflrefs : but through a degree of pa 
 tience was enabled to endure it. Jofeph 
 feemed comfortable, had a little to do in the 
 meeting, and could converfe pleafantly with 
 his friends after it ; while I was fo fhut up 
 that, though fome of them felt near to me, I 
 could fcarce ufe any freedom with any of 
 them ; indeed I feared they would think my 
 referve was affe6ted : but truly it was not ; 
 I tried divers times to ufe a little pleafant 
 freedom ; but the more I tried, the more re- 
 fcrved and fhut up I felt, and even fetmed to 
 myfelf to act like a fool when I attempted to 
 ufe freedom ; therefore I gave up to be as I 
 could be, and to endure this fhuttmgup with 
 all the patience I poinbly could, as from the 
 hand oi God, for what purpofe I knew not. 
 
 Second-day 28th. Attended the quarterly 
 meeting, going into it under great weakneis 
 and want ; but foon after fitting down, the 
 power of the word of life arofe, in freihnefs 
 and dominion, with an opening clear and 
 living ; wherein I felt a neceffity to fland up 
 and proclaim the word of the Lord among 
 them. But it being a very large meeting, and 
 ieveral great and eminent rmnifters of the 
 gofpel prefent, it was no fmall crofs to me to 
 appear among them ; however I was pretty 
 foon made willing to yield to the prefling 
 motions of truth, and therein ftanding up, 
 was favoured to fpeak clofely to the ftates of 
 fuch as had not been faithful to divine mani- 
 
 feftations,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 143 
 
 feftations, and even fome who had known 
 their heads to be crowned as it were with 
 crowns of gold, and yet had fo fallen fhort 
 that, if they did not arife and trim their lamps, 
 I believed the kingdom would be rent from 
 them, their crowns taken from their heads, 
 and given to others that were better than 
 they ; but I had alfo a comfortable profpe6l 
 of many truly tender religious minds prefent, 
 and hopeful young people a valuable num 
 ber ; and it opened in me to fay, I believed 
 the children were already born who would 
 live to fee a better day, and enjoy the over- 
 fpreading canopy of divine love in a more 
 eminent degree, through faithful nefs, than 
 what many now do. It was a precious and 
 heavenly opportunity, and divers living tefti- 
 monies were borne by brethren prefent, to 
 the rejoicing of many hearts. 
 
 Third-day 29th. We attended the youths 
 meeting at this place a large, comfortable, 
 inftructive meeting it was. We were both 
 lilent ; but truths teftimony was livingly de 
 clared by two or three golpel minifters of this 
 land, or of Pennfylvania : after which we at 
 tended the adjournment of the felecl meeting 
 to a good degree of fadsfa&ion 4th-day 
 3<Dth, were at the felect quarterly meeting at 
 the Falls, for Bucks County in Pennfylvania, 
 where we had fome clofe hints to drop ; but 
 hope there is a living remnant among them. 
 5th-day 31 ft, attended their quarterly meet 
 ing, where my mind was favoured in tefti 
 mony
 
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 mony to the glorious gofpel of Chrift, as 
 effectually witncffed in and by many in our 
 and our fore-fathers days ; and which, as I 
 believe, will yet more abundantly be witneff- 
 ed among the nations ; for I do believe the 
 Lord is arifing to fhake terribly the earth, and 
 that multitudes will be brought to the inward 
 knowledge of this glorious truth, Chrift in 
 you, the hope of glory/* Jofeph was filent 
 in the meeting for public worfhip ; but our 
 dear friend John Lloyd bore a living tefti- 
 mony among us, and a good time it was. 
 
 Sixth-day, gth month ifl. Attended the 
 youths meeting here a pretty favoured time 
 on the whole. Jofeph had good fervice in 
 lively teilimony among them. I was quite 
 calm and eafy, without a word in that way. 
 After this we attended the adjournment of 
 the feleft meeting to pretty good iatisfaftion. 
 7th day, 2d of the month, we had a meet 
 ing at Makefield, where, after deep exercife, 
 truth rofe at length into great dominion, and 
 divers living teftimonies were borne to the 
 great tendering of many minds, efpecially 
 among the youth, many of whom were pre- 
 fent, and prefiingly and powerfully perfuaded 
 to choofe the Lord for their portion. Indeed 
 it was a precious time to them, and a large 
 number of them were very much reached 
 and broken may they live under a fenle of 
 it. Backfliders were alfo prefiingly warned, 
 and truth was over all bleffed be the pow 
 erful 
 * Colof. i. 27.
 
 JOB SCOT T. 145 
 
 erful helper of the truly dependant, for he is 
 -their only hope, and their rock of defence in 
 all their exercifes ; and they learn and know, 
 from multiplied experience, that without him 
 they can do nothing in a religious line, that 
 will either pleafe him or profit the people 
 or their own fouls. But O, the wonderful 
 and inexpreffible light, life, power and do 
 minion, wherein he arifes at times for the 
 help, comfort and encouragement of his faith 
 ful fervants ! Words fall fhort in exprefTion 
 thereof, and language cannot reach it ! there 
 fore bow. O my foul, in filent, humble pro- 
 flration, and reverential gratitude and awe 
 before him the Lord God omnipotent that 
 reigneth ; blels him, praife him, and adore 
 him for ever ; for he is worthy to be fought 
 unto, trufted in, worfhipped and obeyed, and 
 that by the whole houle of Ifrael, can my 
 Ibul, in feeling thankfulnefs and awful fenfi- 
 bility, at this time teflify and declare ! Amen. 
 
 Firfl-day gd. At a meeting at Plumfiead 
 we fuffered long ; but at length we felt re 
 lieved, the unfaithful were admonifhed, the 
 youth invited, and the heavy-hearted encou 
 raged : it was a heavenly time ; light and life 
 was felt triumphing over death and darknefs f 
 what mall we render unto the Lord for all 
 his benefits ? Let us lie low before him, feel 
 our dependancy upon him, and never pre- 
 lume to move in his great work without his 
 afli fiance. 
 
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 Second-da v 4th, I went with my compa 
 nion to the monthly meeting at Buckingham, 
 but he being much unwell with a fever, which 
 had been preceded with an aguifli paroxyfm, 
 left the meeting foon after our fitting down : 
 my mind was fliut up, and that too, under 
 great exercife ; but after long waiting, I had 
 Ibme pretty bright openings, wherein I found 
 ilrength to ftand up, and was richly favoured 
 with Truth s help, and I hope to fome real 
 ufefulnefs to the Friends and people prefent. 
 In the meeting for bufmeis I found much to 
 do among them ; though I was very fenfible 
 of a living concerned remnant there. 
 
 Third-day 5th of gth mo. I left my dear 
 companion at our friend Thomas Smith s, 
 unable to ride much, and went to the month 
 ly- meeting at Wrights-town, where Truth, 
 after a time of humble waiting, rofe into 
 good authority, wherein I rejoiced to feel the 
 great Mailer ftill owning us to be his people, 
 and favouring us with his heart-cheering pre- 
 fence. I was considerably drawn out in tefti- 
 monv and ardent iupphcation among them at 
 this meeting ; and in the meeting for church 
 difcipline, had to labour a little to promote 
 plainnels, and good order in fome other ref- 
 pefts, and had peace in my labours. 
 
 Fourth-day 6th. Without my companion, 
 he being ftill unwell, I attended the Falls 
 monthly meeting, to pretty good fatLsfaclion, 
 though 1 had clofe fearching labour with 
 
 them,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 147 
 
 them, and in the meeting for bufmefs alfo. 
 5th-day jth, I attended Middletown monthly 
 meeting to pretty good fatisfaclion. 6th-day 
 8th, went back to fee my dear companion, 
 found him better, and was rejoiced to fee 
 him 7th-day gth, I had a meeting at Brif- 
 tol, was (hut up in filence, except jufl to tell 
 them of their want of inward gathering. 
 
 Firft-day loth, I went, accompanied by 
 my dear friends James Moon and James Simp- 
 fon, to Trenton, in Weft Jerley, where a 
 pretty large number of people, not of our 
 fociety, attended the meeting ; they fat very 
 attentive and quiet, and I was largely opened 
 among them in the doclrines of truth. The 
 people ieemed fomewhat reached : I truft it 
 was a good meeting to many ; however. I did 
 not feel truth to reign in dominion over all, 
 as at fome other times ; therefore, rinding 
 the truth of the fcripture aifertion, ye have 
 4 need of patience, that, after ye have done 
 the will of God, ye might receive the 
 promife. * 
 
 2d-day nth, I had a pretty good meeting 
 at a place called Stony-brook ; and though it 
 was long filent, yet at length, through deep 
 exercife, truth arofe and brought comfort to 
 fome of our minds. 
 
 Third-day 1 2th, Had a little meeting at 
 Upper- Freehold, called Robins s meeting. 
 O 2 Our 
 
 t Heb. x. 36.
 
 148 JOURNAL OF 
 
 Our labour was hard in filence, but in the 
 conclufion a little life fpread over us, and 
 a number were pretty much reached, and 
 broken into tenderneis and contrition. 
 
 Fourth-day 1310, Had a very heavenly 
 meeting at a fchool-houfe, Upper- Freehold, 
 which was a great comfort to my mind, and 
 I trufl to many more ; for truth xvas over all, 
 praifed be the name of the Lord ! In the 
 afternoon we had another meeting at a place 
 called Arney s-town, in which we fat long in 
 filence ; but near the clofe I flood up and 
 exprelled a few words, pointing the people to 
 Chnfl in fpirit, after which my friend James 
 Simpfon had confiderable to fay, and I trufl 
 the meeting ended well. 
 
 Fifth-day 14th. We had a meeting at 
 Chellerfield. called alfo CrofTwicks. I fat long 
 in filence many prefentations attended my 
 mind, but as I waited for the word ot life, I 
 faw there were many fubje&s on which a man 
 might either mufe or fpeak, divers fields of 
 cloclrine, a large fcope for choice but 
 alas ! we cannot choofe aright for ourfelves, 
 any more than we know what to pray for 
 without afhflance. So I was made willing to 
 reject all thefe falfe openings however beau 
 tiful ; and finking down into the filence of 
 all flefh, it was frefhiy brought to mind, ever 
 remember, when thou approachefl before thy 
 God in order to worfhip him, that of thyfelf 
 thou canfl do nothing : that thy bufmefs is 
 
 to
 
 JOB SCOTT. 149 
 
 to wait in true filence, breathing to him for 
 help and inftruftion, not prefuming to ftir 
 him up, or awake him before he pleafe, nor 
 to form unto thyfelf a graven image, or warm 
 thyfelf by the fparks of thy own kindling, 
 left thou lie down in forrow. If thou feeleft 
 thy mind ever fo empty and barren, keep in 
 true refignation, keep the word of his pa 
 tience, and he will keep thee in the hour of 
 temptation. Watch and pray continually, 
 and truft in the Lord with jfll thine heart, and 
 lean not to thine own underftanding. After 
 fitting fome time under the frelh revival of 
 thefe things in the meeting this day. I flood 
 up and declared how it had been with me in 
 this meeting. This afternoon we had a very 
 painful meeting at Bordentown, in which we 
 laboured and had peace. 
 
 Sixth-day ir,th. Had a meeting at Mans 
 field-Neck. Here the ieed was under fufler- 
 ings ; too many preient iat idle, and lived too 
 carelefs and unconcerned lives ; and, after a 
 feafon of fuffering in filence, truth triumphed 
 over all, and God gave us the dominion, the 
 victory and rejoicing ; a heavenly time it 
 was indeed ; the faithful were comforted and 
 encouraged ; the lukewarm warned, and cal 
 led to awake and arife from their beds of 
 eafe, that Chrifl might give them light ; and 
 the.dear youth movingly perfuaded to iorfake 
 all, and come and follow Jefus ; come tafte 
 and fee that the Lord is good. Many minds- 
 were much reached, tendered and encourag- 
 O 3 ed
 
 150 JOURNAL OF 
 
 rd O, my foul, remember and adore him 
 for all his favours, and for every fuch water 
 ing and dew-defcending feafon. 
 
 Seventh-day i6th. An exercifmg meeting 
 at Mansfield. ift-day ijth, I attended the 
 meeting at Upper- Springfield, which, though 
 through fome exercife in the beginning, was 
 a good comfortable meeting, truth reigning 
 over all. In the afternoon I had a lilent 
 meeting at a place called the Mount, it was 
 pretty large and fcarce any exercife appeared 
 to reft on the minds of the people. 2d-day 
 i8th, I had a painful, vet, in the end, a com 
 fortable meeting at Old- Springfield, where 
 met me my dear friend John Simpfon, to join 
 me a little in the weighty fervice before me, 
 in the abfence of my much beloved compa 
 nion, who, lie informed me, was very ill ; 
 and James, the brother of John, having left 
 me, it was truly acceptable to be joined by 
 Ib un ted a brother. In the afternoon we had 
 :\ mt ding at Burlington. I was fhut up in 
 iilence. which is the third filent meeting I 
 have attended with Friends of that p-ace, but 
 dear John had good fervice, of which I was 
 glad. 
 
 Third-day igth. We were favoured with 
 a bleffed, yea, an exceeding heavenly and 
 watering opportunity at the houfe and in the 
 family of my dear friend John Hofkins, 
 among his children. Advice and fupplica- 
 tion flowed freely and powerfully to our 
 
 great
 
 JOB SCOTT. 151 
 
 great conlblation together. After this we 
 went to Mount- Holly, and attended a meet 
 ing that had been appointed there for me : 
 it was indeed a moft melting favoured time ; 
 exhortation and prayer were both eminently 
 attended with life and divine authority. A 
 more evident fulnefs of divine fufficiency in 
 folemn fupplication perhaps I never knew ; 
 for which my heart was and is awfully bowed 
 to the God and Father of all our mercies, to 
 whom I bend the knee reverently, and ac 
 knowledge him as my only helper, and all 
 iufficient fupport however, I had to fee that 
 things were much out of order at this place ; 
 and was divinely enabled to point out and 
 fpeak to feveral conditions, believing fpiritual 
 blindnefs had at leaft in part overtaken fome 
 who had once feen clearer r fome were lame, 
 fome were halting, fome I thought were 
 greatly withered, and fome I thought ref em- 
 bled the dry bones, concerning which it was 
 queried, can thefe dry bones live/ To 
 all thefe flates I had to fpeak a word of re 
 proof, of lamentation and alfo of encourage 
 ment yet to hope ; to wait for and feek after 
 ilrength, and therein to arife and prefs for 
 ward : for even the dry bones did live : but 
 above all, the animating word of perfuafion 
 and encouragement flowed powerfully to the 
 tender youth, like a river of living water 
 through my foul to them ! bleffed be the 
 Lord for every favour. 
 
 After meeting we made a comfortable vifit 
 
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 152 JOURNAL OF 
 
 to our dear ancient friend, the widow of that 
 worthy, fell-denying valiant of the Lord, 
 John Woolman, and to their daughter, with 
 her hufband and children. The widow was 
 in a meek, humble, loving frame of mind : 
 I think the Lord is with her, and believe he 
 will be with her. 
 
 Fourth-day 2Oth. We had a meeting at 
 Vincent- Town, and after long filence, I had 
 to weep a little as between the porch and the 
 altar, and called thofe met with us to do the 
 like for I feared the heritage would be given 
 to reproach, the heathen rule over them, and 
 fay among the people, where is their God, 
 John joined me in founding an alarm; and 
 they were called to mourning, and to teach 
 their children lamentation ! After meeting I 
 rode back to Mount-Holly, then to Burling 
 ton, fo crolfed the Delaware to Briftol, and 
 home with my dear ancient friend James 
 Moon, who had been fo kind as thus far to 
 accompany me. 
 
 Next day the 21 ft, the good old man ac 
 companied me to fee my companion, whole 
 life we had lately been informed was quite 
 defpaired of; we found him very ill indeed, 
 but yet I had a degree of hope. 6th-day 22d. 
 Dear Jofeph is yet very dangeroufly fick, 
 though we hope a little alteration for the 
 better. 7th-day 23d. I left him, and rode to 
 Philadelphia to the felecl; yearly meeting, 
 which was very large, 
 
 Firfl-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 153 
 
 Firft-day 24th. I attended the three meet 
 ings : The nrft at Pine- Street meeting-houfe, 
 where the Lord, being gracioufly with me, 
 opened my mouth in teftimoiiy and lolemn 
 {application ; many hearts were tendered, and 
 my ibul rejoiced the Lord have all the glo 
 ry. Our friend James Thornton was emi 
 nently favoured in a powerful teftimony, as 
 alfo in the afternoon at the Bank meeting ; 
 and our dear friend Samuel Emlen had a 
 lively time in a fliort teflhnony after James. 
 In the evening attended Market- Street meet 
 ing, where our worthy iriend John Storer, 
 from Old-England, appeared with inflruclive 
 clearnefs and fenfibility, both in prayer and 
 teftimony. 
 
 Second-day 25th, and 3d-day 26th. At 
 tended feveral fittings of the yearly meeting 
 tor bufmefs, and one fitting of the felecl; meet 
 ing, to pretty good fatisfaclion. 
 
 Fourth-day 27th. Word came of my dear 
 companion, by two phyficians who had been 
 up to vifit him by mine and my friend s re- 
 queft, that he departed this life about an hour 
 pad midnight this morning. This caufed in 
 deed a cloie exercife, and brought me to an 
 examination whether I had done right in 
 leaving him ; but on mature confideration, 
 I found peace in having fo done : and divers 
 valuable Friends accompanying me, who felt 
 engaged to leave the yearly meeting on the 
 
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 occafion, I went up to Buckingham in order 
 to attend the funeral. 
 
 Fifth-day 28th. We attended accordingly, 
 and had. after the interment of the body, a 
 large, heavenly meeting, divers living tefti- 
 monies being borne to the power and effica 
 cy of truth, and fomething by one or two of 
 his acquaintance refpecling the gravity, cir- 
 cumfpeclion and uiefulnefs of our dear de- 
 ceafed friend in his day and generation. ^1 
 truft it was a time that will not be foon for 
 gotten by divers prefent, whofe hearts were 
 melted and tendered together. After the 
 meeting we returned to Philadelphia in order 
 to attend the remaining fittings of the yearly 
 
 meeting. 
 
 2gth and 3oth. Attended feveral fittings 
 of the yearly meeting for bufmefs. had fome 
 little fervices therein to a good degree of 
 fatisfaclion ; the meetings being owned and 
 crowned by the pretence of the Lord of life 
 and glory. 
 
 loth month ift, and firft day of the week. 
 Attended a fitting of the felecl; yearly meet 
 ing, and the three meetings for worfhip 
 Pine- Street in the morning Market- Street 
 afternoon Bank in the evening in all which 
 truth was in good dominion, under the afliil- 
 ing influence whereof my way was open in 
 gofpel labours at each place. I hope to the 
 
 roufing
 
 JOB SCOTT. 155 
 
 routing of fome, and (lengthening of the 
 hearts of others. 
 
 2d day of the week, and 2d of ioth month. 
 The laft fitting of the felecl; meeting was this 
 day divinely owned, as were divers of the 
 preceding, with the Lord s glory rilling the 
 inward temple of the fpiritual houfe in fuch a 
 manner as to induce a living remnant to cry 
 in the fecret of their fouls, blefied is he that 
 * cometh in the name of the Lord : Hofanna 
 in the higheft. t In the courfe of this year 
 ly meeting my mind was often bowed in a 
 lenle of the Lord s condefcending kiridnefs, 
 not only in favouring me with ftrength and 
 ability, but alfo in opening the hearts of 
 many deeply experienced minifters and elders 
 to receive and fympathize with me in my la 
 bours for which the holy Name be praifed, 
 and let ail ever bow before him. 
 
 Third-day 3d. I began to defire my way 
 might open to leave Philadelphia ; but I 
 found no way out fo went to the Bank 
 week-day meeting, and was there filent. 
 4th-day, attended the week-day meeting at 
 Pine-Street; had a good open time in found 
 ing an alaim to the lukewarm, and felt fweet 
 inward peace, ^th-day, was at Market- Street 
 preparative meeting and was filent, but di 
 vers tellimonies were borne in Truth s au 
 thority. 6th-day, I attended their monthly 
 meeting, and was livingly and very unexpect 
 edly 
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 edly opened in Truth s teftimony againfl the 
 love, fpirit and friendfliip of the world, and 
 to call Friends into a labour in their families, 
 and among their dear offspring. This was 
 extenfively an alarming day, and I hope fome 
 of them will probably take the alarm. My 
 foul had great peace bleffed be the holy 
 helper, yth-day, vifited fome families, ift- 
 day 8th, rode to Frankfort meeting, and 
 there fuffered deeply in fpirit, but got fome 
 relief by a clofe fearching teftimony among 
 them ; yet remained uneafy, and returned fo 
 to Philadelphia. 2d-day pth, attended the 
 fele6l meeting to fome good degree of fatis- 
 faclion. gd-day loth, I had a meeting at 
 Frankfort ; was filent until near the clofe, 
 when I told them I felt fomething prefent 
 which exceedingly obftruted the arifmg of 
 life in the meeting. In the afternoon we 
 had a meeting at Fair Hill I was filent 
 there. 4th-day nth, had a meeting at Ger- 
 maritown, in which my lot was in filence. 
 Fifth-day i 2th, attended the youth s general 
 meeting at Biberry, and fuffered ftill in fi- 
 lence, feeling myfelf as a llranger, a pilgrim 
 on the earth : and, in the depth of my dif- 
 trefs, I faid in my heart, Lord, why haft thou 
 thus forfaken me ? thou knoweft I have given 
 up all that is near and dear to me in this 
 world to follow thee and thy call into this 
 land ; my dear wife and tender offspring I 
 have left behind me, and come forth thus far 
 into a land I knew not ; and I can appeal to 
 thee, O my God, that it is only in obedience 
 
 to
 
 JOB SCOTT. 157 
 
 to thy will and requirings Why then am I 
 thus left ? why feel I myfelf fo deftitute and 
 forfaken of all good ? why lee I no way caft 
 up to walk in ? Thus, or to this purpofe, I 
 bemoaned my defolate condition, and fpread 
 my cafe before the Lord my God with tears, 
 but all in a good degree of refignation ; and 
 after a little fpace, being fully fatisfied all 
 would work for good, I was made willing to 
 be as poor, empty and blind, as the Lord 
 would have me to be, and all centred in this, 
 * Not my will, but thine be done. 
 
 Sixth-day 13th. Was at a meeting ap 
 pointed by two Friends from New- York go 
 vernment at Abington, my own way being 
 entirely mut up. fo that I durft not prefume 
 to appoint a meeting, nor yet to return home, 
 though I often looked towards home, but it 
 looked dark. So I mould have quite flopped, 
 had there not been a meeting for thofe two 
 Friends, which I thought I might fafely at 
 tend ; but ftill filence and iuffering was my 
 lot ; and yet the Lord was gracioufly pleafed 
 to preferve my foul in a good degree of pa 
 tience under all. 
 
 Seventh-day i^th. I went to a meeting 
 appointed for the aforefaid Friends at Hori- 
 ham, and returned with my friend Jofhua 
 Morris to his houfe at Abington. Firft-day 
 15th, was at Abington meeting again, and 
 filent in both, feeling great emptinefs. It is 
 the Lord s hand, let him do as he pleafeth, 
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 he will not do any thing for my harm. 2d- 
 day i6th, ftopt travelling, and waited on the 
 Lord for direction towards night a little 
 light arofe, and I thought I might go on in 
 the morning, it the way mould continue flill 
 to be open. gd-day 17th, I attended their 
 meeting at Gynnedd, rny tongue as it were 
 cleaving to the roof of my mouth. 4th-day 
 iSth, I had a filent meeting at Plymouth. 
 Firth-day igth, was at the monthly meeting 
 at Richland ftill (but up in filence. Sixth- 
 day 2Qth, attended a meeting at the fame 
 place for two marriages, ftill in filence ; but 
 I am learning contentment, and to endure fa 
 mine, drought and hunger, patiently. Lord 
 fpare not until thy will be accomplished in 
 me. and all that is in me bows to thy fceptre, 
 and yields tully and quietly to thy difpofal ! 
 
 Seventh-day 21 ft, Had a meeting at Potts- 
 Grove, wherein Truth rofe into dominion, 
 arid my faith and affurance of the all-fuffici- 
 cncy of Truth s openings and leadings were 
 greatly increafed; for I had fit through ele 
 ven meetings in filence one after another, 
 oxccpt a very few words juft at the clofe of 
 the firft of them. Now in all thefe filent 
 meetings, I could never once, except thofe few 
 words, find ability or openneis to fay a tin 
 gle word, and believe my filence was wholly 
 ordered of God, though contrary to the de- 
 lires of many, and even part ot the time very 
 unpleatant to my own mind ; but it plcaied 
 my great Matter to keep me to it, until I was 
 
 made
 
 JOB SCOTT. 159 
 
 made to yield and be content with whatever 
 he pleafed to allot unto me in my pilgrimage, 
 however it might induce the ignorant to gaze 
 upon me as a fool ; and after I had thus fur- 
 rendered up all, he was pleafed to open my 
 mouth in a very comfortable manner to my- 
 felf, and I believe to fome others. In this. 
 meeting I felt the power of the word of lite 
 almoft as foon as I fat down in the houfe, but 
 the opening was on a very unexpected {ab 
 ject, a difpofition driving to comprehend the 
 unfathomable myfteries of the inicrulable 
 God. This was the lubject that opened in 
 the light and in the life, and as I kept to 
 the opening I had much to lay on this and 
 fcveral other fubjecls with confiderable in 
 a way of comfort and encouragement to a 
 tried, afflicled ftate ; and being ; favoured with 
 the fpirit of (application, the meeting ended 
 to good fatisfattion. After meeting I was 
 informed that fuch an inquifkive, diving dii- 
 polition after hidden myiteries was preferit in. 
 that meeting, and alio the other flate of af 
 fliction and probation bleffed be the Lord 
 for all his fatherly di fpenfations, however dif- 
 agreeable to my own inclinations. 
 
 Firfl-day 22d. I attended (dear John For- 
 man being with me, as he had been for feve- 
 ral days pa ft) the meeting of Friends at Robin- 
 fon orthejForeft, a bleffed time it was. 2d-day 
 23d, we had a meeting at Reading, and next 
 day at Maiden Creek, both I hope profitable 
 good meetings. 4th-day 25th, we were at 
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 the monthly meeting at Exeter ; Truth rofe 
 into blelfed dominion, and reigned over all 
 in the meeting for public worfhip, to the 
 reaching and tendering of many hearts, gth- 
 day 26th, we had a meeting at Nantmil, to- 
 which dear Abel Thomas accompanied us ; 
 my friend John Forman had good fervice ; 
 I was long flint up. but at length, in the frefh 
 openings of life, I flood up, and exprelled a 
 few words, after which dear John Forman 
 appeared again in a fhort, lively teftirnony ; 
 and my fpirit being drawn forth in iupplica- 
 tion to the Lord, the meeting ended under a 
 feeling fenfe of the favour of life. 
 
 Sixth-day 2jth. We had a good, open 
 meeting this day at Pikeland The Lord s 
 prefence was our crown. yth-day 28th, a 
 filent meeting as to myfelf at Providence ; 
 but dear John Forman had pretty good fer 
 vice there. Firfl-day 29th, we were at the 
 Valley meeting, and both had considerable 
 to fay, yet found fcarce any relief. 2d-day 
 3Oth, I attended Abington monthly meeting, 
 and was favoured in the meeting for pubrick 
 worfhip with a clear opening, wherein I had 
 i fhort teftirnony to the reaching the witnefs 
 in many minds, and much to my own relief, 
 after an exercifing time the day before the 
 whole revives the cafe of thofe who toiled all 
 night and caught nothing ; and yt, by care 
 fully attending to the Mafter s directions, 
 they foon after caught a multitude of fifties. 
 
 Third-
 
 OB SCOTT. 161 
 
 Third-day 31 ft. Attended Gynnedd or 
 North Wales monthly meeting, where, after 
 fitting a while in darknefs, light fprang up 
 and brought forth a fhort, awakening tefti- 
 mony in clofe, fearching language, very much 
 to the relief of my own mind. I alfo had 
 more to do in the meeting for difcipline than 
 ufual for me when abroad, as 1 found my 
 mind engaged and the way opened ; for it is 
 my Ipecial care in all thefe meetings not to 
 move or undertake in anv fcrvice but what I 
 
 j 
 
 find a real engagement to in the openings of 
 life ; and on the other hand, not to omit 
 any thing which is thus clearly pointed out, 
 and my mind thus engaged in. 
 
 nth month ift, and 4th of the week. I 
 went to the monthly meeting at Horiham, 
 and, after viewing the camp a while in filence, 
 iiad to lift up my voice like a trumpet and 
 lound an alarm among them, wiming them 
 to feel for themfelves, left ere they were 
 aware, and while fitting careleisly at cafe, the 
 enemy mould iurround them and lead them 
 captive away. 
 
 After this I fat in a low, fuffering ftate 
 through the whole tranfafctions of their buii- 
 neis ; but juil at the clofe my trumpet was 
 again prepared to found ; and feeling Itrength 
 to anle out of great weaknefs, and light out 
 of obfcurity, I fo renewed the alarm among 
 them, as to feel quite ealy and comfortable 
 in my mind bieifed be the Lord who helped 
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 162 JOURNAL OF 
 
 me ; for I fenfibly felt, that, had not his 
 power arofe for my deliverance I mull have 
 iunk down under a load of diftrefs, and gone 
 away burthened in fpirit. having, no might 
 nor ability to throw my heavy load off 
 myfelf. Indeed I grow weaker and weaker, 
 blinder and blinder, in myfelf: but herein I 
 truly rejoice, for it brings into the cleamefs., 
 into deep dependence upon God alone, 
 whereby his grace is felt to be all-fufficient, 
 and an unfhaken evidence, that with the 
 divine Ann there is no lack. 
 
 Many deep lefTons of inftru&ion are open 
 ed in this dependant ilate, which had utterly 
 efcaped the penetration of the wife and pru 
 dent. Therefore, O Lord! ever keep me low* 
 enough before thee. I have fo clearly feen 
 this to be the only way lor divine enlarge 
 ment and tine coniolation, that I defire it, I 
 crave it of thee more earneftly than corn y 
 wine, or oil. 
 
 Oh, what numbers mi is- of the beflinflruc- 
 tion arid the pureftjoy, by continuing, even 
 after great mortification, alive in themfelves 
 in their religious performances. Thefe can 
 not fully fay, I live, yet not I, but Chrift 
 liveth in me. * Thete have in them feme- 
 thing of the beafl wjiich received the wound 
 by the fword of the fpirit, and yet did 
 live the deadly wound being healed ; all 
 thefe are in imminent danger : and if they 
 
 are 
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 JOB SCOTT. 163 
 
 are not aware, they will retard the work of 
 the Lord in themfelves and in others T through 
 their bufy attempts to promote it : and yet 
 perhaps they may be pretending to wait for r 
 and giving out that they feel much divine 
 influence. 
 
 Oh, the fubtilty of the ferpent, efpecially 
 in his refemblance of an angel of light ! many 
 hath he caught, beguiled and ruined ; the pure 
 openings of life are very different, and diftin- 
 guilhabie from all his falfe vifionsand likenef- 
 les ; the deep, humble, careful traveller finds 
 it fo to his unfpeakable fatisfacliion ; and yet 
 how many are taking the latter for the for 
 mer, for want of depth and patience enough 
 in waiting ! hereby the innocent, precious 
 life in them becomes, wounded, and the true 
 limplicity betrayed for, the adulterefs will 
 hunt/ even for the precious life/t as the 
 wife man teilifies ; and I believe the truly 
 wife in heart, not in earthly wifdom, but 
 heavenly, do really find it fo ; for the life is 
 the very thing the adverfary ftrikes at, and 
 if he can keep us from the fenfible feelings 
 and openings thereof in our religious engage 
 ments, he cares not how aHve we are wirh- 
 out it, nor how much we pretend to it ; for 
 the more of all this, the fecurer he hath us, 
 and the more we promote his kingdom and 
 intereft. Oh, where will many appear at laft, 
 after all the cry of Lord, Lord, have we not 
 prophelied in thy name, and in thy name caft 
 
 out 
 t Prov. vi. 26.
 
 164 
 
 out devils, and done many wonderful or 
 mighty works ? 
 
 This is a fubje6l that greatly engages my 
 attention, in earneft wifhes that thou who 
 readefl thefe hints may be preferred out of, 
 and wiiely fhun the dreadful mare, and yet 
 have a care of difobedience. But when 
 things open in the light, give up to the hea 
 venly vilion, and confer not with flefh and 
 blood. The path, though narrow, may yet 
 be travelled in. It is a way wherein all the 
 true wayfaring men, though fools, may walk 
 and not err ; but then they muft carefully 
 attend to the light for the way-marks, as the 
 light, and that only, makes them manifeft, 
 keeping a ftngle eye thereto, never once be 
 ginning to think of taking lefs heed to it, or 
 that now, after much experience, they can do 
 pretty well with lefs clearnefs and lefs bright 
 mining thereof than heretofore. For alas, this 
 is a mi flake and dangerous delufion. and he 
 that continues to give way to it will foon Walk 
 in darknefs, not knowing whither he goeth : 
 his feet will (tumble in the dark until he falls 
 into the bottomlefs pit with the beaft and 
 faffe prophet. But thou, whofe eye is kept 
 carefully fingle and attentive to the light, 
 flialt witnefs thy whole body to be full of 
 light, and malt journey forward fafely. until 
 thou arriveft at that city that needs not the 
 light of the fun nor the moon, for the Lord 
 God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the 
 light thereof. Amen, 
 
 Fifth-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 165 
 
 Fifth-day 2cl. After a comfortable family 
 vifit where one lay fick, I rode to Philadel 
 phia, in order to attend the approaching quar 
 terly meeting vifited a few families- to a 
 good degree of comfort. 
 
 Sixth-day gd. I went to fee two or three 
 families, but have felt very different from that 
 opennefs, freedom, cheertulnefs and fatisfac- 
 tion, which I felt in a good degree when here 
 before. I thought far lefs of having fufficient 
 time now than when I firft came ; but alas ! 
 there is fcarce any comparifon ; xvherever I 
 go my load goes with me, and I cannot yet 
 throw it off. But all tends to confirm and 
 allure me that it is not of man, nor by man, 
 nor yet by outward obfervation. So I wait 
 in patience. 
 
 7th-day 4th. I am going prefently to the 
 felecl: quarterly meeting. O Lord my God, 
 be with me ; keep me low ; keep me hum 
 ble ; keep me alfo faithful and attentive to thy 
 divine movings, whether in filence or utter 
 ance ; for I know that without thee I can do 
 nothing rightly I attended the above-men 
 tioned felecl: meeting, and felt great weight 
 and exercife attend me ; but, finking down 
 to the pure gift, I was after a little time railed 
 up in Truth s dominion to eafe my mind 
 among my brethren and fiflers of this meet 
 ing, after which I was drawn forth in fup- 
 plication, and the meeting ended to folid 
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 166 JOURNAL OF 
 
 Firft-day th. In the forenoon I attended 
 Market- Street meeting, and loon feeling a 
 very weighty concern refting on my fpirit, 
 I ftood up in the frefh openings of life, and 
 began to exprefs what I had in commiflion ; 
 but keeping carefully to the divine guide, I 
 loon felt all to be fhut up again, whereupon 
 I immediately fat down, rejoicing that I was 
 preferred from proclaiming without life, what 
 jufl before was opened in the life : fo I fat 
 quite eafy, being delivered from the great 
 weight and exercife which I had felt, until 
 towards the end of the meeting, and after 
 another Friend had well declared the truth 
 among us, when I again ftood up and very 
 fully cleared my mind. I left this meeting, 
 in true joy of heart, and rejoiced in the Lord 
 my gracious Preterver, who is learning me 
 to depend on and attend to his /huttings as 
 well as his openings : and this is the only way 
 of fafety. In the afternoon I went to the 
 Bank meeting, and had good open fervice, 
 and though in a Ihort, 1 hope comfortable 
 teftimony to a living remnant prelent. I at 
 tended the evening at Market- Street meeting. 
 It is a very large houfe, and was now greatly 
 crowded : I was quite filsnt. 
 
 Second-day 6th. Attended the quarterly 
 meeting for worfhip and difcipline. In the 
 firfl I had a fhort open teftimony, after which 
 our friend John Storerhad a good open time, 
 to our edification and comfort. In the meet 
 ing for church difcipline, I was fhut up in 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 167 
 
 lilence and mourning. There was recom 
 mended down from the yearly meeting, a re 
 newed care and exertion for the prefervation 
 and recovery of the young and rifing genera 
 tion, who are many of them greatly departed 
 from primitive plainnefs and fimphcity. My 
 fpirit was bowed in fympathy and union with 
 a few tribulated fouls who mourn the defola- 
 tion of Sion, and ufe their honefl endeavours 
 for her reftoration. One remark of dear 
 John Storer s I cannot well omit to inlert 
 here : He faid, in the meeting for bufmefs, 
 that he never knew any one to grow and 
 profper in religion, who was negligent as to 
 the attendance of religious meetings. Now 
 I wifh this folid remark, founded on impartial 
 obfervation, may have its proper effecT:, to 
 the quickening of all who heard or who may 
 here read it, to the diligent difcharge of that 
 great and important duty. 
 
 Third-day 7th. I had good open fervice at 
 the youths meeting at Market- Street houfe. 
 It was a large folid meeting, and I laid things 
 clofe home to negligent parents ; but to the 
 honefl, faithful labourers, as well as to the 
 tender youth among them, the language of 
 confolation and encouragement flowed fweet- 
 ly and freely, I hope to the refrefhment of 
 fome of their fouls. In the afternoon there 
 was a meeting for the negroes ; it was not to 
 me a very lively meeting, yet was in degree 
 owned and favoured, and feveral teflimonies 
 were borne, among which I was not wholly 
 
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 excirfed; and I believe my exercife might 
 be of fome little ufe to the poor blacks, al 
 though I felt very weak, and Truth rofe not 
 into much dominion ; but my mind was quiet 
 in the Lord. 
 
 
 Fourth-day 8th. I went to the felecl: quar 
 terly meeting at Abington, and fat through 
 the fame under great exercife, but near the 
 clofe my way opened, and I was enabled to 
 difcharge myfelf. 
 
 Fifth-day gth. This day came on the quar 
 terly meeting for worfhip and dilciplme, 
 which was large and livingly favoured with 
 the flowings of life in the mimftry, and the 
 labours of fome concerned brethren for the 
 good of Sion. in the meeting for difcipline. 
 I had good open iervice on divers important 
 fubjefts, particularly the guarded education, 
 overfight, and nurture of our youth. 
 
 Sixth-day ioth. Attended the youths meet 
 ing ; it was large and favoured with the own- 
 ings of life, and with divers living teltimonies 
 I was filent and well fatisfied. 
 
 Seventh-day nth. I got to the felecl; quar 
 terly meeting at Concord, where, as at A- 
 bington, I was quite fhut up, until near the 
 end of this day s fitting of faid meeting ; but 
 life then arifmg, I Hood up in the opening 
 thereof, had great fatisfaftion in my labours 
 among them, moftly in a way of encourage 
 ment,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 169 
 
 ment, but not without fome cautions and ad 
 monitions as things opened. 
 
 Firft-day 12th, I rode to the meeting at 
 Birmingham, through which I fat filent and 
 refigned. 2d-day 13th, went back to Con 
 cord to the quarterly meeting, and was there 
 in fhut up from words through the meetings 
 for worlhip and church difcipline; as alfo the 
 next day at the youth s meeting and adjourn 
 ment of the felecl; meeting; but our friend 
 John Storer had excellent iervice both days. 
 
 Fourth-day 15th. I was at Wilmington 
 monthly meeting, and quite iilent through 
 the whole thereof it being a low time with 
 me, though divers Friends feemed to be fa 
 voured. Fifth-day i6th, quite Iilent again at 
 Kennet monthly meeting until towards the 
 nd of their bufineis, when I was concerned 
 to point them to the life in the tranfaclions 
 of church affairs. Sixth-day i/th, I went to 
 Bradford monthly meeting held at Cain, and 
 fiit filent, except towards the end of the laft 
 meeting, I {pake a few words of the danger 
 of a forward miniftry. 7th-day i8th, I at 
 tended the felecl; quarterly meeting at Lon 
 don-Grove for the weftern quarter. Here, 
 through laborious travail in the deep s, life 
 fo far arofe as to enable me to eafe my mind 
 in degree. 
 
 Firft-day igth, I was at New- Garden 
 meeting, in which I was iilent. After meet- 
 
 Q ing
 
 i 7 o JOURNAL OF 
 
 ing went home with my dear friend William 
 Jackfon, who had, a few years paft, been 
 very acceptably in our country on a religious 
 vifit. 2d-day 2Oth, I attended the quarterly 
 meeting at London- Grove, being flill mut up 
 in filence. 3d-day 21 ft, attended the youths 
 meeting, the adjournment of the quarterly 
 and the ielecl: meetings, in all which I had not 
 a word to fay. Oh ! I was now. and moftly 
 for a week paft, abafed as in the duft I could 
 fee no way to go forward ; nor yet could I 
 go homeward and though this diftrefTing 
 difpenfation is upon me while I write thefe 
 lines, yet through the experience I have al 
 ready had, my faith fails not ; but I have an 
 unfhaken confidence that all does and will 
 work for good, and for my enlargement, in 
 the Lord s time ; but I find patience exceed 
 ingly neceffary : for thus to be fhut up a 
 week or two weeks at a time, and feel in 
 great degree deftitute of divine enjoyment, is 
 very trying ; and to feel it altogether out of 
 our own power to help ourfelves out of this 
 trying Hate, brings the creature very low and 
 humble ; but, blefled be the Lord, he never 
 has failed to arile in his own time, and to de 
 liver my foul from all trouble ; and I firmly 
 believe he will, if I keep in the patience, give 
 the new fong of praile to his eternal name. 
 
 Fourth-day 22d. Attended their mid-week, 
 meeting at London- Grove, where my tongue 
 j>s it were ftill clave to the roof of my mouth, 
 while Mary Hufbands was much favoured 
 
 and
 
 JOB SCOTT. 171 
 
 and enabled to lift up her voice like the fong 
 of an angel. Fifth-day 23d, I went to New- 
 Garden meeting, and was ftill clofed up in fi- 
 lence. 6th-day 24th, I went to Nottingham 
 in Maryland with iome Friends who were ap 
 pointed by the quarterly meeting. 7th-day 
 25th, we attended their monthly meeting, 
 where it was my place to be filent. 
 
 Firft-day 26th. I was ftill mut up in their 
 meeting for worfhip. I believe the Lord has 
 ibme wile purpofe in it. I cannot find that 
 I have offended him, or dilobeyed him : I 
 know not that I have run too fa ft or lag d 
 behind my guide : I have ardently endea 
 voured to do his will, and to endure his dif- 
 pentations patiently. O that I may be pre- 
 ferved in patience, and yet live to fee his 
 purpofe in all thefe things. 
 
 Second-day 2yth. My way is hedged up 
 I fee no way to go forward : Who can com 
 prehend my defolate flate ? or underftand my 
 mournful condition ? Thefe reflections are 
 excited in me. I am a man of forrow, and 
 acquainted with grief! the light of God s 
 countenance, which I have often eminently 
 felt, and which I then prized and now defire 
 above all other joys, feems to be quite with- 
 holden from me, and nothing elfe in heaven 
 nor in all the earth can fatisfy my longing 
 foul. Lord, ftrengthen my patience that I 
 murmur not after all that I have known of 
 thy goodnefs : for I find daily bread is very 
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 defirable : fafting and hunger is painful to 
 nature ; but mall I follow thee for the fake 
 of the loaves ? or will it do to leave thee in? 
 times cf emptinefs and abafement ? 
 
 I now remember the long fading of thy 
 beloved Son, and that at length he hungered. 
 Oh ! then came the tempter, but he was de 
 feated; for he Jcund nothing in that holy- 
 Lamb, the Son of thy bofom, that would re 
 ceive any cf his baits. O my foul, may he 
 find nothing in thee ! Thou haft often de 
 clared to others that the way to heaven is 
 through tribulation and fufferings ; and now 
 when they are come upon thee, fee to it, that 
 thou keep the word of God s patience.; let 
 patience have its perfect work, left the end of 
 the Lord s thus proving thee be fruftrated ; 
 (or if all Satan s afiaults be rightly refifted, 
 and nothing of his offered food eaten, thou 
 mayeft find relief and confolation. And 
 though it is now very diftreffing to drink thy 
 Saviour s cup, and be baptized with his bap- 
 tifm into fullering, yet it muft be endured or 
 thou canft never fit with him in his king 
 dom he has fet thee an example that thou 
 ihouldeft follow his fteps. And as it plcafed 
 Gocl, in bringing many fons unto glory, to 
 make the Captain of their falvation peifecl; 
 through fufFerings, * fo will his true followers 
 be made perfccl in like manner. Therefore, 
 O my drooping foul ! truft in the Lord, for 
 unto whom elfe canft thou go ? He only has 
 
 the 
 
 * Hcb. ii. 10.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 173 
 
 the words of eternal life : and thou mufl not 
 give back ; neither heights nor depths, things 
 prefent or trials yet to come, muft not f eparate 
 thee from the love of God, nor from cleav 
 ing unto him, or thou wilt yet be undone 
 for ever. 
 . 
 
 This day I rode back to my friend Wil 
 liam Jacklbn s, no way opening to go for 
 ward, gd-day 28th. no way opens yet; my 
 foul is brought to tendernefs and my eyes to 
 weeping and tears before the Lord. Nature 
 is ready to flinch, but I am given to believe 
 it is the Lord s will that his fervants, after 
 multiplied experience of his helping and de 
 livering hand, fliould be fo eflabiiihed on the 
 immovable rock as to be able to endure 
 hardnefs as good foidiers, to live by faith, and 
 not by fight for a feafon, and that as long as 
 he pleafeth and to fay without diflimulation 
 and without referve. under every trial meted 
 out to them by his holy hand, It is the Lord: 
 let him do as ieemeth him good. Perhaps 
 many trials, many deep baptiims yet un 
 proved by me. may be neceifary for me to 
 pals through, before I can come up to and 
 abide fleadfaftly in this bleflcd renunciation 
 of my own will ; but this is the mark, the 
 goal at which J aim. And it is the deiire of 
 my foul that the Lord s hand may not fpare 3 
 nor his eye have pity, until he brings forth 
 judgment unto perfect victory ; until all that 
 is in me bows to his fceptre ; until I am per- 
 feclly renovated, and can render up all, lx, ,ly, 
 O foul 
 
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 i 7 4 JOURNAL OF 
 
 foul and fpirit, as a living and unreferved fa- 
 crifice unto the Lord ; and until I can, even 
 when he hides from me, (and to my fenlation 
 forfakes me) with perfeverance and unabated 
 confidence cry, Abba Father, thy will and 
 not mine be done. Even fo, O Lord, work 
 in me and for me, to the thorough comple 
 tion of thine own wilL 
 
 4th-day 2gth. Attended London-Grove 
 preparative meeting, and was flill quite clofed 
 up from any fenfible fpring of the gofpel. 
 5th-day 3Oth, I attended New- Garden pre 
 parative meeting this and London- Grove 
 make one monthly meeting. Here the power 
 of the word of life was renewed in me, in 
 inch a manner, that I feemed to myfelf in fome 
 fort as if I had rifen from the dead ! O how 
 clearly, and beyond all doubt, am I fatisfied 
 in my own mind, that it is nothing elfe than 
 the power of an endlefs life that again quick 
 ened and railed me up in a living teflimony 
 among my brethren in this meeting. For 
 twenty days part, I have not dared to open 
 my mouth in one of the pub-lick meetings for 
 worfhip that I have attended I have been 
 at fifteen : doubtlefs, if I would have been fo 
 prefurnptuous, I could have flood up and de 
 livered words in plenty at any of them. I felt 
 fenfibly that I of myfelf could no more open 
 any thing divine, than a corrupt fountain can 
 fend forth fweet and wholefome waters. I 
 found I could not move forward in word and 
 tdlimony, to any kind of profit to the peo 
 ple
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 pie or to my own peace, while the cloud reft- 
 ed on the tabernacle ; my bufmefs was to 
 keep filence before the Lord in abafement, 
 and as much as poflible in patience ; before, 
 all was fhut up that none could open ; but 
 now all feems to be fo open as that no man 
 can fhut : glory, honour and praife, to him 
 who leadeth me in the path of this bleffed 
 experience ; I can now blefs his holy hand, 
 both in his {hutting and in his opening, and 
 rejoice with joy unfpeakable, that I have 
 learned this experience and this dependance 
 on him alone. 
 
 Twelfth mo. ift, 6lh-day. I refled at a 
 Friend s houle and wrote to my dear wife, 
 for I had been fo (hut up that I fcarce knew 
 how to write before ; but now I wrote with 
 fatisfaftion and comfort. 
 
 Seventh-day 2d. I attended New-Garden 
 monthly meeting ; here my way was opened 
 in an eminent manner it was indeed a day 
 to be remembered by many, bleiled for ever 
 be the Lord. 
 
 Firfl-day gd. I was at meeting at Kennet; 
 2d-day 4th, at Birmingham ; 3d-day 5th, 
 at Bradford; 4th-day 6th, at Eaft-Cain; in 
 all which I was filent. ^th-day 7th, I was at 
 Weft- Cain meeting. 6th-day 8th, no way 
 opens to go forward, we turned back and 
 rode about twenty-five miles towards Phila 
 delphia, and lodged at Ifaac Thomas s, ift- 
 
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 day ioth, we were at the meeting at New- 
 town fchool-houfe. 2d-day i ith, at New- 
 town ; at both I was flill clofed up in filence. 
 Third-day 1 2th, we were at Haverford. with 
 a little meeting of Friends, where, blefled be 
 the name of the Lord, he opened the priibn 
 door and fat my foul at liberty counfel and 
 doclrine flowed freely their hearts were 
 greatly tendered, and my foul fang praifes to 
 the Lord. 
 
 Fourth-day igth. Laft evening we reached 
 Philadelphia, and went this day to Pine-flreet 
 meeting, it being a good open time, to the 
 rejoicing of our fouls, gin-day 14th. we at 
 tended Market- Street meeting in the city, a 
 favoured open time, to be remembered with 
 gratitude. 6th-day 1,5th, I had a meeting at 
 Germantown. where I had been fhut up be 
 fore, my mind having often been drawn that 
 way fmce my being there. This was. bleiled 
 be the God of Ifrael, a meeting wherein the 
 gofpel was exten lively preached. Great in 
 deed was the power and dominion of truth 
 this day. wherein a clofe fearch was made. 
 Several other brethren having living powerful 
 fervice, and in conclufion my foul was poured 
 forth in ardent fupplication ; and light and 
 life triumphed over death and darknefs. 
 After this we had a good opportunity in a 
 Friend s family, and then returned to Phila 
 delphia with gladdened hearts. 
 
 Seventh-day i6th. We attended the burial 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 177 
 
 of an ancient Friend at Derby, where the 
 Lord gave ability to preach the gofpel in the 
 evidence and demonflration of the fpirit and 
 with power, to the comfort of many minds, 
 and I hope to the awakening of fome others; 
 after which we had another opportunity in a 
 Friend s family, in which our fouls were re 
 joiced together in the cementing love of God, 
 
 Firft-day i^th. The way having thus open 
 ed for me to go to Germantown, and then to 
 Derby, as above-mentioned, it now feemed 
 clearly to open to go forward to Chefter; 
 where, through deep wading and a living tra 
 vail of foul, life rofe into good dominion ; 
 though I had to labour fome time, even after 
 I flood up, under much depreffion of mind, 
 looking carefully to fee the way and find the 
 ftepping flones ; but the meeting ended well 
 and truth reigned, and being defirous of ano 
 ther meeting in this place, accordingly one 
 was appointed to be held next day. 
 
 Second-day i8th. The meeting was large 
 and highly favoured and truth was triumph 
 ant. 3d-day igth, we had a meeting at Chi- 
 chefler, where Truth gave us the victory. 
 There was a little remnant of feeking fouls, 
 to whom, encouragement flowed fweetly this 
 day. 4th-day aoth, were at meeting at Cen 
 ter; the fore part was painfully exercifmg, 
 but after a time of ardent breathing to the 
 Lord, I felt a fmall arifmg of life, in which 
 I flood up, and as I advanced forward, at 
 
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 length Truth arofe into powerful dominion : 
 it was a baptizing time. We were at Wil 
 mington, where I had been and luffered in 
 lilence fome time paft. Notice being now 
 given of our intentions of being here, it was 
 a large crowded meeting, and the doctrines of 
 Truth were opened in my mind in great clear- 
 nefs, and utterance being gracioufly afforded, 
 it was indeed a highly favoured day. I could 
 write much of this heavenly meeting, but 
 all centers in the mercy, favour and loving 
 kindnels of the Lord, without whom we are 
 altogether heiplefs and cannot move to profit. 
 We had three comfortable opportunities in 
 Friends families in this place, one of which 
 was with our ancient friend and elder in the 
 church John Perry, and his daughter, they 
 living together. He had been in New- 
 England, where I law him, on a religious 
 vifit. (in company with our fmce deceafed 
 friend David Ferris) but now was very ill, 
 and I thought unlikely to continue long. 
 Truth was in good dominion while we were 
 together, wherein doctrine and fupplication 
 were livingly owned by the infhinings of the 
 divine prefence. 
 
 Sixth-day 22d. William Jackfon went 
 home, intending to meet me again in a few 
 days. Hugh Judge and feveral others from 
 Wilmington attending, we had a precious 
 meeting at White-Clay Creek; my foul was 
 deep in fuffering for a fhort time ; but the 
 power of him who is the Refurre6lion and 
 
 the
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 the Life eminently arifing, the gofpel was 
 livingly preached in demon firation and clear- 
 nefs ; the youth perfuaded ; the faithful en* 
 couraged ; and the lukewarm warned many 
 minds were reached and much tendered ; 
 and my own foul comforted and rejoiced. 
 But here I may note a trial that attended my 
 utterance, very different from that kind of 
 exercife wherein it feems difficult to find the 
 flepping ftones ; for here my heart was fo 
 full, and my cup fo overflowed, that I could 
 fcarce keep fo deliberate as to exprefs myfelf 
 to my own relief and fatisiaction, until, after 
 ftanding a fhort time, I fat down and waited 
 to get more command of myfelf; when, 
 ftanding up again, through a careful flepping 
 along, I had great peace and coniolation in 
 this day s fervice praifed be the Lord ! 
 
 Seventh-day 23d. We had a truly bleffed 
 opportunity in a meeting at Okefin, where 
 Truth eminently favoured us, and opened 
 divers important doctrines and Hates, which 
 ftates were livingly ipoken to in Truth s au 
 thority, to the tendering many minds ; may 
 it be to their billing benefit and inftruclion. 
 Thefe four lafl meetings were in the govern 
 ment or ftate of Delaware, and in the county 
 of New-Caftle. After this lail meeting we 
 went to iee our ancient friend Thomas 
 Carleton. in his eighty-eighth year, who had 
 been in New- England in the fervice of the 
 gofpel, having been eileemed a living mini- 
 jfter of Chrift. He was, though confined at 
 
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 i8o JOURNAL OF 
 
 home, in a tolerably comfortable flate of 
 health ; cheerful in mind ; and feemed to re 
 tain a good favour of Truth, being glad to 
 fee us and we him. 
 
 Firft-day 24th. We were at meeting at 
 Concord, in Chefler county, Pennfylvania, 
 at which place I had before attended a quar 
 terly meeting, unable then to open my mouth 
 in a religious meeting ; but now the Lord fet 
 before me an open door, which indeed has 
 wonderfully been the cafe for divers meetings 
 paft, even the moft fo I think fince my late 
 long fpirilual impnfonment, that ever I wit- 
 neiTed, the enlargement of my mind, clear- 
 nefs of the openings and ftrength of utter 
 ance, being far beyond my own expectation, 
 and greatly to the humiliation as well as con- 
 folation of my poor exercifed foul. In this 
 meeting at Concord, I had fome clear open 
 ings and was enabled to fpeak to feveral ftates, 
 among the reft, to a flate of great unfaithful- 
 nefs, even though great had been the divine 
 favour from time to time extended to them. 
 I had to found an alarm indeed to thefe, and 
 to mention the danger of their houfe being 
 left unto them defolate, and the things be 
 longing to their peace being hid irom their 
 eyes for ever; and of that awful declaration 
 being fealed againfl them, unlefs they fpeedily 
 repent and turn to the Lord, viz. he that 
 is filthy, let him be filthy ftill. * After 
 which a Friend ftanding up in the meeting, in 
 
 a feel- 
 * Rev. xxii. n.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 181 
 
 a feeling manner called upon them to fuffer 
 the word of exhortation, teftifying that iuch 
 wavS the Mate of fome prefent, and that they 
 had repeatedly been warned, and called upon 
 in a very prefling, awful manner before now 
 by fuch as were outwardly utter flrangers to 
 their fituation. 
 
 Second-day 25th. We were at Chefler 
 monthly meeting held at Providence, where, 
 in the meeting for worfhip, I had veiy fearch- 
 ing fervice, yet dropping a word of comfort 
 and encouragement to an exercifed feed 
 among them. It was on the whole a good 
 meeting, gd-day 26th, we had a good meet 
 ing at Springfield. 4th-day 27th, another at 
 Middleton precious alfo, efpecially the lad, 
 wherein Truth rofe into dominion, and its 
 doctrines were livingly and largely opened ; 
 a fifting time fpoken of better days or more 
 reformed to fucceed and a more general 
 fp reading of the truth among the nations. 
 
 Fifth-day 28th. We had a blefTed meeting 
 at Birmingham, where I had been twice in 
 this journey before, and quite clofed up at 
 both times, but was now highly favoured. 
 Here dear Hugh Judge and James Robinfon, 
 ,who had been with me feveral days, left rne 
 and returned home, my beloved friend Wil 
 liam Jackfon having met m^ again at this 
 meeting, in order to join me for fome time 
 longer. 
 
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 Sixth-day 29th. We had another very pre 
 cious meeting at Kennet ; here I had alfo 
 been twice before under deep luffering, my 
 tongue as it were cleaving to the roof of my 
 mouth ; but it was now eminently loofed and 
 Truth reigned triumphant over all, blelled 
 be the Lord. 7th-day 3<Dth, we had a good 
 meeting at London- Grove, ifl-day 31 ft, we 
 had two meetings, the firft a fweet and glo 
 rious one at Bradford, where I had been 
 once before, and now doctrine and advice 
 flowed freely forth, to the great reaching and 
 tendering of the people. In the afternoon 
 we had a very laborious time in filence at 
 Eaft-Caln, where I had before been twice ; 
 but bleffed be the Lord who gave us the vic 
 tory, Truth at length did arife, and teflimony 
 and fupplication were evidently felt to be in 
 that which lives for ever. 
 
 1787. ift mo. ill, and 2d of the week. 
 We had an highly favoured meeting at 
 Uwchlan, wherein Truth prevailed over all, 
 as in feveral others of our late eminently bap 
 tizing feafons. 3d-day. ift mo. 2d, we had 
 another favoured meeting at Gofhen. The 
 doctrines of Truth diftilled as the dew. and 
 dropped as the gentle rain, to the refrefhing 
 of many a tender plant, and I truft to the 
 opening of many underftandings. After the 
 meeting at Gofhen, we parted with our dear 
 friend Edith Sharplefs, a living gofpel mini- 
 fter, wife of Jofhua Sharplefs, me having 
 been with us at divers of the lad meetings; 
 
 but
 
 JOB SCOTT. 183 
 
 but my friend William Jackfon ftill conti 
 nued with me. 
 
 Fourth-day 3d. We had a good meeting 
 at Newtown, where I had been before in 
 filence. Fifth-day 4th, we had a meeting at 
 Radnor, and 6th-day 5th, another at Merion 
 both heavy laborious feafons for fome time ; 
 but Truth rofe into fome dominion, efpecially 
 in the laft, which, on the whole, proved a 
 good and refreshing feafon, and ended in the 
 favour of life : the other alfo ended well, 
 ^th-day 6th, we rode to Philadelphia, and 
 vifited divers families, rather in a way of in 
 nocent fociability, to take our leave of them, 
 expecting foon to return homeward ifl-day 
 ^th, we attended the meeting at Pine-Street, 
 Bank and Market- Street the firfi, after a 
 time of clofe exercife, was a good favoured 
 meeting the fecond very dull and painful ; 
 though a little life at length arofe, yet I did 
 not get full relief among them the third 
 a very large crowded evening meeting and 
 my mind was foon dipt into a clofe engage 
 ment for their eternal welfare, with an open 
 ing to (land up, and I believe I got through 
 to the good fatisfaftion of my friends, and 
 fomewhat to the relief of my own mind, 
 as a parting opportunity with many beloved 
 Friends. Too many in this large city appear 
 in want of true magnanimity in the caufe of 
 Truth. My fpirit mourns over them, with 
 ardent wifhes that they may lift up their heads 
 above the world and all its frowns, friend- 
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 184 JOURNAL OF 
 
 fhips and entanglements ; and rife into the 
 liberty of the fons of God. May the young 
 and rifmg generation fliun that rock, the 
 (pint of the world, on which fo many have 
 been fhipwrccked. I am clear in it, that 
 there is a precious feed among them, who, 
 if faithful, will mine forth in greater luflre 
 and purity, than many of thole who have 
 gone before them. O Lord, I pray thee, 
 hold them in thy holy hand. 
 
 Second-clay 8th. We attended the feleft 
 meeting, where I had fome fmall fervice r 
 and after vifiting about twenty families to 
 take leave of them, I felt clear of the city. 
 9th day of ift mo. we left Philadelphia, and 
 crofling the Delaware into Wefl-Jerfey, had 
 a meeting at Newtown : it was a painful and 
 very low time for a feafon, but ended to a 
 good degree of confolation. Now having 
 left Philadelphia, I felt fuch a flow of love 
 and affection towards many there, as per 
 haps words arc inadequate to the full expref- 
 fion of, with living cries to the Lord to pre- 
 ferve them, and bring them on the way re 
 joicing, in the footfteps of the flock of the 
 faithful companions of Chrifl Jefus. 4th-day 
 loth, we had a good meeting at Haddonfield, 
 but clofe and fearching were we led in tefti- 
 mony, as Truth opened and enabled. Here 
 divers beloved Friends from Philadelphia 
 came over and met us at this meeting. I 
 was truly glad to fee them. 
 
 Fifth-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 Fifth-day nth. We had a meeting at 
 Moores-town, which I am abundantly con 
 vinced would have been more eminently fa 
 voured, had not my imprudence prevented ; 
 for I felt the arifmgs of life, and tome frefh 
 openings, but felt with all, that the fpirits of 
 the prophets were fubjecl; to the prophets, 
 and that I could not get forward in my open 
 ings until fome exercifed mind or minds were 
 relieved of their burthen ; and being too haf- 
 ty, and fearing a backwardnefs would be giv 
 en way to in fome one or other to the hurt of 
 the meeting, I Hood up and expreifed how it 
 was with rne, as if, becauie I clearly felt the 
 danger, I muft {peak of it ! thus I hurt the 
 meeting myielf ! Oh ! take heed when the 
 ark joftles, left, putting forth thy hand in 
 thine own time, like Uzza, thou bring death 
 over thy own foul ! Great was my cliftrefs 
 and humiliation ; but the Lord at length 
 in mercy opened the way again, which had 
 quite clofed up on my unguarded motion. 
 Oh ! his mercy endureth for ever ! how won 
 derful was his goodnefs to Ifrael, that even 
 when Moles provoked him at the rock, yet 
 for their fakes he caufed the waters to gum 
 forth from the flinty rock at the fmiting 
 thereof. This meeting ended to good fatis- 
 faclion, though marred by my own activity 
 and folly. Lord, correct me in mercy ; bring 
 down all in me that can move without a mo 
 tion from thee ; and when thou haft fully 
 reduced me, then in judgment remember 
 mercy, that my foul may praife thee for ever. 
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 i86 JOURNAL OF 
 
 Here I parted, in endeared affeclion, with 
 Friends from Philadelphia. \vho now went 
 homeward ; the reft we parted with yefter- 
 day. 
 
 Sixth-day 12th. We had a meeting at 
 Upper- Evemam ; after forne time of waiting, 
 a Jittle light fprang up, Truth reigned, and 
 we had a baptizing feafon together. 7th- 
 d;iy 13th, we had another at Lower- Evemam, 
 to pretty good fatisfkciion. id-day 14th, 
 we attended fore and afternoon meeting at 
 Burlington, where, in the fiift, after a fea- 
 fon, ability was given me to found a very 
 preffing alarm to fume among them, who I 
 found were very much unaccuftomed to the 
 yoke of Chriit ; which, together with a very 
 open time wherein I largely cleared my mind 
 in the afternoon, made me quite eafy to leave 
 the place, feeling clear of a burthen I had 
 long had Lo feel at times refpecling Burling 
 ton. Lord, roufe fome there from their beds 
 of eafe, and comfort the honefi mourners 
 among them. 
 
 Second-day igth. We attended a meet 
 ing at Ancocas, appointed for our friend 
 Thomas Colly, from Old- England. He and 
 my companion W. Jackfon had good fervice^ 
 Truth being in comfortable dominion after a 
 time of clofe inward travail ; but I fat eafy in 
 filence. After meeting we returned to Bur 
 lington, and on gd-day the iGth, we rode to 
 Stony-brook ; thence on ^th-day the i /th, to 
 
 William
 
 JOB SCOTT. 187 
 
 William Smith s near Rah way ; and 5th-day 
 i8th, were at Rahway monthly meeting ; and 
 being under great weight of exercife in the 
 meeting for worfhip, and way not opening 
 to relieve my mind, I requefted another 
 meeting, which was concluded to be held 
 next day. 6th-day igth, we attended the 
 above-mentioned appointed meeting at the 
 fame place ; were fhut up until time in com 
 mon for meeting to end, and feeling fome 
 frnall opennefs, I dropped fome pretty clofe 
 hints. 
 
 Seventh-day 2Qth. I mourned and left 
 them with a heavy heart, intending for New- 
 York, but often looked back at Rahway, and 
 could not fee my way fo clear to go to New- 
 York as I wiihed ; but it being homeward, I 
 rode forward to Elizabeth-Town Point, and 
 there took boat for New- York ; but provi 
 dence prevented us ; for foon after we put 
 off, the large cakes of ice, floating with the 
 tide, fhut us in for four hours, that the boat 
 men were very apprehenfive the boat would 
 be crufhed to pieces, and we perifh ; but my 
 mind was inward and flaid on God, in the hol 
 low of whofe eternal hand and power I felt per 
 fectly fafe and eafy : faith and confidence in 
 him and in his never-failing providence were 
 ftrong and quite unmaken. I had not the 
 leafl doubt but the winds, waves and all the 
 elements, were entirely at his command ; and 
 though the poor men kept crying out, the 
 boat would be cut to pieces, and appeared in 
 
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 much anxiety, I felt a perfect ferenity, and 
 had no doubt at all but way would be opened 
 through the ice. either forward or backward, 
 as the Lord pleafed ; and I was quite refigned 
 to its being either way but at length, after 
 long looking and feeing no way, a way was 
 opened, and we landed on the fame more, 
 and rode contentedly back to Rahway. 
 
 Firft-day 21 ft. We attended their fore 
 and afternoon meetings. I had fome open 
 ings in the firft, but feeling no command to 
 fpeak, the opening clofed up, and I fuffered 
 among them in filence. 
 
 Second-day zzd. We had a meeting on 
 Staten-Ifland, (where only one man Friend 
 and his family live) among other focieties : 
 this meeting was on my companion W. Jack- 
 ion s concern, and he had pretty good fervice 
 among them. I had only a few words. 
 There is an ear in fome there to hear the 
 truth, and I hope, in fome degree, hearts to 
 obey it. gd-day 23d, we got to New- York, 
 and 4th-day 24th, were at their mid-week 
 meeting : filent. 5th-day 25th, we went to 
 the felecl: quarterly meeting at Weflbury, 
 where I was fhut up, though William had 
 good fen/ice. 6th-day 26th. came on the 
 quarterly meeting for worihip arid dilcipline, 
 and adjournment of the felecl; meeting, in all 
 which I felt no ftrength to open my mouth. 
 Dear William was in fome degree favoured 
 in fupplication and teflimony jn the meeting 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 189 
 
 for worfliip. jth-day 27th, I being clear of 
 the parts, and about to return immediately 
 home, we had a precious parting opportunity 
 at Fry Willis s, wherein I had a few words 
 in much tendernefs to exprefs, and dear Wil 
 liam was much favoured in fervent fupplica- 
 tion to the Lord for our prefervation and per- 
 fevering integrity to him, who firft gathered 
 our fouls to an acquaintance with himfelf. 
 The prefence of the Mofl High was livingly 
 felt, and reigned over all, to our unfpeakablc 
 joy and confolation, for words are inadequate 
 to the full expreflion of it ! magnified and 
 adored for ever be the Lord our God. 
 
 Here I parted with my dear companion 
 William Jackfon. I have had to mourn in 
 this journey over the declenfion from primi 
 tive zeal, as alfo the great departure from that 
 commendable plainnefs, &c. which mine eyes 
 have forrowfully beheld in fome places, efpc- 
 cially in Philadelphia, and from thence too 
 much fpread in parts around them ; yet the 
 Lord hath a chofen remnant there may they 
 ever love and live near him, and the others be 
 brought home to the fold of reft, and weaned 
 from all their vanities. I rode this day, ac 
 companied by Jacob Willets, towards the eaft 
 end of Long-Ifland, and next day, being ift- 
 day 28th, we rode to Sterling, and 2d-day 
 29th, took boat, and landed in the afternoon 
 at Grotton in Connecticut, from hence, part 
 ing with Jacob, I rode to Abiel Gardiner s 
 in Stonington. gd-day 3Oth, I reached Eaft- 
 
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 Greenwich, and ift mo. 31 ft, 1787, and 4th 
 of the week, got well home ; and to my joy 
 and great thankfulnefs of heart to the Lord, 
 found my dear wife and family in pretty good 
 health, and much rejoiced to fee and receive 
 me again ; and I thought we were renewedly 
 each others joy in the Lord. 
 
 I was out in this journey about fix months- 
 and ten clays, and travelled by computation 
 about two thoufand miles. 
 
 C H A
 
 JOB SCOTT. 191 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Trials and exercifes he pajfed through. Ex 
 hortations. A profpetl of vijiting thefouth- 
 crnflates. Preparatory exercifes proceeds 
 in the vijit. 
 
 AFTER I got home from Pennfylvania, 
 I travelled through many heights and 
 depths in my own mind, for about two years, 
 and feemed to be the neareft loling all faith 
 and hope in God, that I ever remembered 
 to have experienced. Oh ! none knows, but 
 the Lord alone, the fulnefs of that bitternefs 
 of foul which I had to endure ! it was beyond 
 all trials I ever had known, and through 
 which I did not always abide fufficiently on 
 the watch-tower, in flri6l patience, refigria- 
 tion and confidence in him who never yet 
 has failed me, when I have rightly trufted 
 in him ; but when I have thrown afide my 
 mield, and loft fight of my armour ; Oh, my 
 foul, thou only art fully fcnfible of the dark- 
 nefs and defolation into which thou had been 
 plunged ! but magnified over all, for ever, 
 be the great name of the Lord ! he did not 
 leave me, nor forlake me ; but after pouring 
 out into my cup, large draughts of worm 
 wood mingled with gall, was gracioufly pleaf- 
 ed (having thus reduced my foul, for the 
 preient at leaft, to perfc-ft relignation) to lift 
 up the light of his countenance upon me, in 
 a. marvellous and heart-confolating manner. 
 
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 Oh, thou traveller Sion-ward, whenever thou 
 art tried, with a deep and inward fenfe of 
 God s prefence being withdrawn from thee, 
 have a care, yea, a reverential care on thy 
 fpirit, that thou caft not away thy fhield. It 
 is indeed a great thing to keep the faith at 
 fuch feafons. Paul kept it, and had to rejoice 
 in it, near his final, folemn clofe I have 
 * fought a good fight I have kept the faith ; j| 
 but had he not kept the faith, he could not 
 have fought the good fight, for it is only in 
 the faith, that any of our exercifes can pleafe 
 God, or benefit our own fouls, or others 
 all the willings, runnings and actings out of 
 the true and living faith, do but run us fur 
 ther from that flate wherein alone our true 
 happinefs and advancement confifts ; that 
 flate wherein God is all in all/ and this 
 flate we muft come to, fooner or later, or we 
 can never know the fulnefs of the true chrif- 
 tian life. Have a conftant watchful care, O 
 exercifed pilgrim, that thou feek not for eafe 
 before the Lord s time endure the turnings 
 of his hand upon thee ; and if the enemy of 
 thy foul prefent any outward delight, or gra 
 tification of whatever kind ; fee that thou 
 embrace not his temptations, however pleaf- 
 ing, or artfully prclented and infinuated the 
 very Jling of death is in it, if thou yield unto 
 it ; and although thou mayeft, for thy trial 
 and proving, be left almofl deftitute of all 
 fenfe of good, and have fcarce a grain of 
 faith remaining ; yet though in this extreme- 
 
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 |j a Tim. iv. 7.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 193 
 
 ly deprefled fituation, thou mayeft be ready 
 to believe it will be of little or no advantage 
 to drive any longer againft fin ; ready to fay 
 it is all in vain, and perhaps ready to con 
 clude in a dark moment, it will be no evil 
 for thee to give way to take a degree of de 
 light in forbidden things ; yet I warn thee, 
 in the fear and dread of the living God, 
 touch not with the temptations of the feducer 
 of fouls. Flee, flee for thy life ! flee from 
 fin as from a ferpent : if thou tampereft with 
 it, though thou meaneft not to yield, thou 
 art in imminent danger ; and if thou liften- 
 eft, thou mayeft, contrary to thy intentions, 
 go near to the borders of deftruclion ; and if 
 thou fhouldft unhappily yield and furrender, 
 thy peace with God would be broken, and 
 every evil thing that thus gets in by confent, 
 muft (if ever thou knoweft thy peace again 
 reftored) be caft out, by thy fufrering incx- 
 preflibiy more than all the delight or enjoy 
 ment which fuch a falie gratification can pof- 
 fibly bring with it O, therefore, ftand firm, 
 keep on the watch-tower, refifl unto blood, 
 ilriving againfl fin, and that in the faith, true 
 and living faith, for it is that which gives the 
 victory ; and though it feems almoft gone, or 
 appears as fmall as a grain of muflard-feed, 
 yet if thou caft not away thy confidence, but 
 art rightly engaged to keep the faith, it will 
 enable thee to fight the good fight/ and to 
 fay to thefe mountains of opposition, tempta 
 tion and befetment, be removed and caft 
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 194 J 6 U R N A L O F 
 
 * into the fea, and it fhall be done. 3 * Re 
 member Him who endured all Satan s allure 
 ments and temptations ; who, though he even 
 failed forty days in the wildernefs, a ftate 
 of defolation and trial, yet he flood firm 
 he ate toothing ; he yielded not to any of 
 the enemy s propofals, but bravely repulfed 
 
 him in them all. Sing, O ye heavens ! 
 
 he overcame and led captivity captive. 
 And after this dreadful conflict was over, the 
 holy angels miniilered unto him. So it is, 
 has been, and will be, with all his, as they 
 fland firm in the faith and patience of the 
 faints ; eating nothing, taking in nothing of 
 the enemy s alluring prefentations. God s 
 grace ever was, and ever will be, fufficient 
 for all thefe under every trial, temptation and 
 befetment. Let Satan rage, let his mefTen- 
 ger, the thorn in the flefh, (however operat 
 ing in what way or thing foever infinuating) 
 do its word ; if the foul keeps on its armour 
 and dwells in the patient watch and warfare, 
 the victory is certain, the holy promife can 
 not fail. Becaufe thou haft kept the word 
 of my patience, I alfo will kefp thee from 
 
 * the hour of temptation, that mail come up- 
 
 * on all the world, to try them that dwell upon 
 
 * the earth this is thy hour of trial the 
 very hour and power of darkriefs but fland 
 flill and fee the falvation of the Lord : let- 
 not in the temptation give not way to carnal 
 rcafonings, or confultations with fleih and 
 
 blood ; 
 * Matt. xxi. i. J Exod. xiv. 13.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 blood ; and, however fevere the combat, thou 
 wilt indeed be kept, and God will bruife Sa 
 tan under thee, yea bruife his very head, 
 and make thee more than a conqueror. 
 The angel of his holy prefence will indeed 
 minifter unto thee thou malt be greatly 
 ftrengthened ; and verily thou malt be fed, 
 and that with food convenient for thee. Thy 
 
 * joy mall be full, and no man, nay nor evil 
 
 * fpirit, mail be able to take it from thee, or 
 to pluck thee out of thy heavenly Father s 
 hand. * O the unfpeakable confolation, and 
 fiilnefs of divine confirmation, which my poor 
 foul has received after feafons of almoit inex- 
 preflible conflict and befetment, when I have 
 abode in the true patience, kept the faith, 
 and fo fought the good fight ! Eye hath not 
 feen indeed, nor ear heard, nor the heart 
 conceived, while in a natural liate, the joy 
 and confolation which God pours into the 
 fouls which love him, and, through all tribu 
 lations, keep the word of his patience. O, 
 there is abundant encouragement to {land 
 firm through all; yea even to preis through 
 every crowd of temptation to touch that which 
 has the healing, faving and preferring virtue 
 in it. Trials thou wilt have, this hour ol 
 temptation will indeed come upon all the world ; 
 none ever were exempt from a feafon or fea 
 fons of probation and conflict and it is in or 
 der to try them that dwell upon the earth. 
 
 S 2 O my 
 
 * John x. 29.
 
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 O my God, thou haft done much for my 
 foul thou haft 1 redeemed me through judg 
 ment, and brought me forth to fee the light 
 rejoicing be pleafed, if it be thy holy will, 
 ftill to carry on thy work in me. until all that 
 is offenfive to the purity of thy holinefs be 
 coniumed until my will becomes wholly 
 conformable to thy will, even fo amen ! 
 
 1788. Having thus palled through fome 
 very trying feafons. the Lord was pleafed to 
 lay it upon me to make a vifit to Friends and 
 others in the fouthern ftates, to fympathize 
 with the fuffering feed, and endeavour, as abi 
 lity might be given, to flir up the pure mind 
 in my fellow men, by perfuading them to feek 
 an increafmg acquaintance with God, the 
 only fource of all fure confolation. This 
 brought me under dole trial, and at times I 
 had man}- reafonings and difcouraging con- 
 fiderations, with fears about a fubfiftence for 
 my family ; for although I could ever fay in 
 that re (peel:, as well as in fpiritual things, 
 hitherto the Lord hath helped us/t yet it 
 often looked almoft impoflibie to me that 
 they ihould be in any comfortable degree 
 provided for if I gave up to be fo much from 
 home and out of bufmefs ; but the holy in 
 junction was fo often, fo clearly repeated, 
 that I dare not refufe obedience to it. So af 
 ter many and various conflicts, my foul bow 
 ed before him in a view of his omnipotence, 
 omnifcience and unbounded goodnefs, I was 
 
 enabled 
 
 f i Sam. vii. ia.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 197 
 
 enabled to give up, and calling my care upon 
 him, in regard both to temporals and fpiri- 
 tuals, I laid in my heart, here am I, fend 
 me ; t fend me, O holy Father, wherever 
 thou pleafeft, I refufe not to follow thee into 
 any corner of the earth only do thou but 
 go with me and fupport me. My life, my 
 ftrength, and the length of my days, I devote 
 to thy fervice my family I refign to thy holy 
 care and keeping to thee I dedicate them. 
 O, may thou watch over and preferve them! 
 
 At this furrender of all things, I felt the 
 light of heaven to fill my foul ; it mined in 
 me and round about me, above the bright- 
 nels of the fun indeed, and opened my prof- 
 pecis into diftant nations, with fome belief 
 that the Lord was opening a large field of 
 labour for me in foreign countries, to be 
 entered into in his own due leaibri. I laid, 
 good is thy will, O Lord ! difpofe of me, 
 thy unworthy fervant, as thou pleafeli/ 
 
 So at a fuitable feafon I opened my con 
 cern refpefting a viiit to the fouthward, in 
 a felecl: meeting of minifters and elders, who 
 expreiled a good degree of unity and clear- 
 nets. After this, believing it beft to remove 
 my family to my old home at North- Provi 
 dence, and having done it accordingly, I ap 
 plied to the preparative meeting at Providence 
 in order that my concern might get regularly 
 forward to the monthly meeting for a ccrtifi- 
 S 3 cate 
 
 t Kai. ri. 8.
 
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 cate. And having obtained a certificate of 
 the concurrence of the monthly meeting, it 
 was carried to the quarterly meeting in the 
 firft month 1789; and there the Lord was 
 pleafed to fill my foul with ftrength, and gave 
 utterance to my weight of exercife and con 
 cern, to the greatly tendering of my own 
 heart, and the hearts of my brethren and 
 fitters. I opened it both in the men s and 
 women s meeting and received a certificate 
 of their concurrence with my concern : their 
 near fympathy with me under the exercife 
 attending it, and their prayers for my prefer- 
 vation through every baptifm and trial that 
 I might meet with. Being thus furnifhed, 
 and having early had a profpecl of being at 
 Philadelphia at the time of the general fpring 
 meeting of miniilers and elders to be held 
 there in the third month 1789. and ftill feel 
 ing bound to endeavour to be at that meet 
 ing, I got ready, and my friend Daniel Al- 
 drich having found a concern upon his mind 
 to accompany me, and obtained a certificate 
 of concurrence of his friends, we fet forward 
 on the journey the ninth of the third month 
 1789, having taken an affectionate and heart- 
 tendering farewell of my dear wife and fami 
 ly, recommending them to the Lord for pre- 
 fervation, confolation and fupport, in full 
 confidence that he would not fail them if 
 their tmft continued firmly in him. We rode 
 feveral days, paifmg through the flate of Con 
 necticut without meeting with any of our 
 brethren, except a few in one place, after 
 
 parting
 
 JOB SCOTT. 199 
 
 parting with my dear father-in-law, my be 
 loved brother-in-law Jofeph Anthony, and 
 our kind young friend Obadiah Brown, who 
 rode part of the firft day with us. We met 
 with very kind treatment among the Prefby- 
 terians in Connecticut; and I had to believe, 
 from the Mate of mind which many of them 
 appeared to be in, and from the imprerfion 
 which I had among them, that a time would 
 yet come when the bleifed Truth would have 
 a much freer entrance, operation and acknow 
 ledgment among that people than has yet 
 been evident may the Lord haften his great 
 work in the earth, and when and fo far as he 
 pleafeth, take unto him his great power and 
 reign throughout the kingdoms of men. 
 We got to New- York on jth-day, the i4th 
 of the month, and ftaid their fore and after 
 noon meetings on firft-day, but were quite 
 fruit up therein. Next day went to Rahway 
 in New- Jerfey, and fo on to Philadelphia, 
 where we arrived on 6th-day the 2Oth, at 
 evening, having attended a little meeting by 
 the way at Bordentown in [erfey, and alfo 
 the quarterly meeting at Haddonfield. Here 
 the Lord favoured us with his prefence, and 
 opened our way to confiderable fervice. 
 
 7th-day 21 ft Began the general fpring 
 meeting of miniflers and elders at Philadel 
 phia. Truth mercifully owned our folemnity, 
 and wonderfully favoured in the feveral fit 
 tings of the felecl; meeting the feveral meet 
 ings for publick worfhip as alfo in the three 
 
 monthly
 
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 monthly meetings in the city, which came 
 on in coiiile after the general meeting 
 concluded. 
 
 We left Philadelphia on 6th-day the s/th, 
 and were next day at a felecl; meeting at 
 Wilmington, and on ift and 2d days, at their 
 general meeting for worfhip there, where 
 Truth gave us the vi6iory, and afforded abi 
 lity to exalt the precious teflirnony thereof, 
 though through deep fufferings in fpirit. Af 
 ter this we had meetings at Chrifliana-Bridge, 
 and the Head of Elk, among people moftly 
 not of our fociety. But though I felt a ftrong 
 oppofition in fome at the laft place, yet Truth 
 gave the victory at both thefe meetings, the 
 laft being eminently owned by the overma- 
 dowing of divine life, in the power and de- 
 monitration whereof the everlailing gofpel 
 was preached among them may it fallen as 
 a nail in a fure place. 
 
 Fourth mo. 2d, being 5th day of the week, 
 we tried to get to the monthly meeting at 
 Deer Creek, but could not get over the river 
 Sufquehanna until too late to reach meeting 
 feafonably ; but we found we had a fervice 
 among feveral young Friends near the river. 
 After we had cleared our minds to them, 
 the way foon opened for us to crofs the river : 
 fo we had a meeting next day at Deer Creek, 
 in which I was quite clofed up. 
 
 jth, ill and 2d days We had meetings at 
 
 the
 
 JOB SCOTT. 201 
 
 the Fawri, Bum River, and Little Falls. 3d, 
 4th and 5th, we were at Gunpowder, Patapfco 
 Foreft, and Baltimore : moftly fhut up. We 
 ftaid at Baltimore until after their two meet 
 ings on firft-day ; were fhut up, yet favoured 
 with faith and patience. On 3d-day the 14th, 
 we had a meeting at Elk Ridge ; were fhut 
 up, except the expreffion of a few words. 
 4th-day we were at their preparative meeting 
 at Sandy- Spring, a bleiled and highly fa 
 voured time very open ; clivers attend 
 ed the meeting for worfhip who were not 
 Friends. Truth s dottrines flowed freely 
 and largely among them, I truft in a good 
 degree of the evidence and demonflration of 
 the Spirit. 
 
 Fifth-day, we attended a preparative meet 
 ing at Indian- Spring, and a felect meeting af 
 ter it, each exercifing, though we got a little 
 relief through attention to that which enabled 
 to labour honeflly as ability was alforded. 
 
 Sixth-day i7th. Were at their monthly 
 meeting there, before which, in the morning, 
 we were at the adjournment of their felecl; 
 meeting : it was indeed a day not to be forgot 
 ten, I truft by us, nor by many of them who 
 were prefent. In the felecl; meeting truth very 
 unexpectedly opened forne important and in- 
 Itruclive (though to the natural man myfleri- 
 ous) doctrines clearly to the underflanding of 
 my mind ; and the power of the word of life 
 accompanying, I opened them, fo far as re 
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 quired, to the meeting, to the great relief of 
 my own mind. The meeting for publick 
 worfhip was eminently owned by the over- 
 fhadowings of divine love, under which co 
 vering, utterance was largely given, and the 
 doclrines of the gofpcl were opened and pro 
 mulgated this day, to the reaching and ten 
 dering many minds, if not mod prefent the 
 docirine of God s free and univerfal grace, 
 and its entire fufliciency for the falvation of 
 all, being efpecially illuftrated, and at the 
 fame time that the work of falvation goes no 
 further fonvard in us than we yield to, join 
 in, and co-operate with this blclled principle. 
 
 In the meeting for church difcipline, we 
 had large opportunity in the ficfh extendings 
 of gofpel love, to clear our minus to both 
 brethren and fifters, both parents and chil 
 dren, on divers important branches of our 
 religious teftimony. Our fouls were com 
 forted, and the living among them rejoiced 
 with us. Things are low in this land ; but 
 yet we were witnefles that a remnant are oil 
 the right foundation, and engaged to promote 
 the right thing, and we had a hope that the 
 number would increafe, and that a revival 
 might take place in thele parts. 
 
 Seventh-day, we rode to a place called the 
 Clifts. This night, as I lay awake in bed, I 
 was almoft overcome with the frefh extend 
 ings of the love and goodnefs of God to my 
 foul, and feemed fwaliowed up in the infirm-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 203 
 
 ings of his luminous and glorious prefence. 
 In this almoft extatic enjoyment, my foul 
 bowed in awfulnels and reverence before 
 him, and the whole man was rencwedly of 
 fered up to his fervice, to be difpofed of as 
 he pleafed : and after thus continuing for 
 fome time, fubje&ly given up to his holy will, 
 witneffing his glory to reft upon me as a royal 
 diadem, and receiving fome fweet manifefla- 
 tions or confirmations of his fatherly care 
 having been day and night extended to and 
 over me from my youth, for my prefervation 
 and advancement in the way of life and fal- 
 vation, it pleafed his infinite majefty to con- 
 defcend once more (as at fome few gracious, 
 folemn and peculiar feafons in the courfe of 
 my pilgrimage before) as it were to fet open 
 the windows of heaven, and fpread before the 
 view of my mind the excellency and glory 
 thereof; and (which above all rejoiced my 
 foul) he alto fet open the arms of his mercy ; 
 mewing me and giving me feelingly to know 
 that although, at many times in the courfe of 
 my life. I had not fo kept under a fcnfe of 
 his preferving influence as to fhun the mares 
 of the enemy, but had iometimes been en 
 tangled in them, yet there was nothing re 
 tained againil me, but that all was freely re 
 mitted and waihed away in the blood of the 
 Lamb ; and that if I henceforth flood firm in 
 obedience to him, and in the promotion of 
 his cauie, as ability was given, I mould reign 
 with him in glory, world without end. I 
 found myfelf clothed inwardly as it were with 
 
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 204 JOURNAL OF 
 
 white linen ! I law that my garments had in 
 days paft been much defiled, but were now 
 warned and made clean. I faw that I had 
 indeed come thus far through great tribu 
 lation/ and that, had I not fubmitted thereto, 
 I mufl have remained ; filthy ftill. My very 
 foul bowed in deepefl prollration before the 
 throne ol God my cry afcended for future 
 prelervation -and I vowed continued obedi 
 ence through his help to the end of my flay 
 here in this vale of tears. My heart was 
 
 J 
 
 lifted up in fongs of praife for the wonders 
 of his love to me-ward ; and I had to contem 
 plate and adore the unmerited kindnefs and 
 goodnefs of his gracious dealings with me 
 I could fay he had plucked my feet out of 
 the mire and clay, and fet them upon a rock, 
 in good degree eflablimed my goings, and put 
 a new fong in my mouth, even praifes to my 
 God. O Lord, hold me fail for ever keep 
 my foul alive to the end make of me, and do 
 with me what and as thou plcalefl I am thine; 
 this is my rejoicing : I wifh ever to remain 
 thine ; and if ever my own will, my own cor 
 rupt inclinations, prefume to rend me from 
 thee, O, my gracious Father, be thou pleafed 
 to interpofe, and to lift a flandard againfl all 
 that may rile up againfl me for evil. 1 dare 
 not depend on my own flrength or refolutions, 
 but mull look unto thee to flrengthen me in 
 weaknefs, and to make effectual my ftrivings, 
 wrefllings and refolutions againfl fin. I com 
 mit myfelf wholly to thy care and keeping 
 
 be
 
 JOB SCOTT. 205 
 
 be thou my light and my leader, arid hold me 
 in thy holy hand for ever. Amen. 
 
 Next day we had a glorious meeting at this 
 place, at Friends meeting-houfe, but moflly 
 among fuch as were not Friends, many of 
 them called Methodifts, a people that abound 
 in this land, and fome of their hearts have 
 been touched with a live coal from the holy 
 altar ; but they feem very unfettled, many 
 having hurried forward into much religious 
 activity, being very noify, talkative, and al- 
 moft, if not quite ranting; yet I hope fome of 
 them will come to a fettlement in the truth ; 
 but expe6t many will run quite out, and final 
 ly make off their religious exercife, this being 
 the natural confequence of making hafte into 
 religious performances without the pure lead 
 ings of truth therein. My heart and mouth 
 were largely opened among them in this and 
 divers other meetings and this day, in a fpe- 
 cial manner, the dreams of life flowed plen 
 tifully and fweetly, to my great fatisfaction 
 and comfort, and to the refrelhment of many 
 minds glory to God, who hath hitherto 
 helped us ! we can do nothing without his 
 help, but can do all things required of us 
 through his ftrengthening influence in and 
 upon us. 
 
 2d and 3d of the week. We had precious 
 
 meetings at Herring- Creek and Bum-River, 
 
 moflly among other people, as Methodifts, 
 
 &c. though at Friends meeting-houfes ; for 
 
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 Friends at thefe places are few in number ; 
 there ufed to be many valuable Friends be 
 longing to thefe meetings. We were very 
 clear in our judgment, that Friends, having 
 * kept fuch numbers of flaves, did much con 
 tribute to the ruin of their pofterity : for the 
 poor negroes were put to do nearly all the 
 work, while the children of Friends were 
 brought up in pride, fulnefs of bread, and 
 abundance of idlenefs, * riding about for 
 pleaiure, living at eafe and in fulnefs : this 
 was productive ot many evils, and opened a 
 wide door for unprofitable and pernicious 
 intimacy with hurtful company, until, alas, 
 the youth in fome particular places are almofl 
 all departed from the way of truth, and an 
 almofl total defolation reigns in fome places 
 in this land. Oh the mifchiefs of idlenefs 
 and oppreflion ! may it be the fpecial care 
 of all religious people flriclly to bring up 
 their children to fome honefl. induftrious and 
 ufeful employment : I believe Truth requires 
 it ; that a bleffing attends it ; and that much 
 evil is prevented by it. My fpirit deeply 
 mourns over the forrowful and dangerous 
 iituation of fuch who have, as they fay, no- 
 * tiling to do believing they will almofl 
 certainly foon learn to do evil. 
 
 Next day, my companion being un 
 well, we kept houfc ; and the day following 
 rode near half the day towards Alexandria, 
 where we {laid until firfl-day the 26th. and 
 
 were 
 
 * Ezekiel xvi. 49.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 207 
 
 were at the fore and afternoon meeting ; to 
 both which came many of the towns people, 
 Mcthoclifts, Baptifts, Prefbyterians, &c. and 
 the Lord was gracioufly pleafed to give us 
 a good time in both meetings, efpecially the 
 laft, wherein Truth reigned over all bleiT- 
 ed be the name of the Lord. This was the 
 firfl place we were at meeting in Virginia. 
 Next day we rode forty-five miles to Staf 
 ford, and had a very dull meeting there the 
 day following ; it was filent, except a few 
 words at the clofe, which I felt eafy to drop 
 with my hat on, informing that the life was 
 fo low, and the fprings fo fhi?t up, that I had 
 not dared to attempt any thing under pre 
 tence of preaching the gofpel ; but that I felt 
 a particular freedom to mention fomething 
 that had turned in my mind to thofe not of 
 our fociety : I told them, a minifter of the 
 gofpel had nothing of his own to offer to the 
 people ; his whole dependance is on Chrifl ; 
 he muft fpeak as the oracle of God, and only 
 in the ability that God giveth ; therefore .is 
 under an abfolute neceffity to keep (ilence, 
 unlefs immediately cornmiftionecl and abilitat- 
 ed from God that, for their fakes, through 
 the flowings of the love which I felt to them, 
 I had rather defired as a creature, that the 
 way might be opened for communication; 
 but that I found a flow of love and good-will 
 was not a fufficient qualification to preach 
 the gofpel mentioning that Saul s forcing 
 himfelf and offeri?ig, through a fear that the 
 people would be fcattered abroad, difpleafed 
 T 2 the
 
 2o8 JOURNAL OF 
 
 the Lord, and Samuel his prophet that, 
 therefore I had not dared to attempt to 
 preach the gofpel among them, knowing who 
 it was that faid. fuch as kindle a fire and 
 warm themfelves by the fparks of their own 
 kindling, mall lie, down in forrow. 
 
 My beloved Companion having been un 
 well more or lefs mofl of the time for feveral 
 weeks, now grew worfe, fo that we were 
 under the neceffity to tarry- here at the houfe 
 of our friend Robert Painter feveral days ; 
 during which time my faid companion came 
 to a conclufion ro leave me and return home 
 ward, as he and I both very much doubted 
 his being able to go through the journey. 
 This was indeed a trial to me in my deeply 
 exercifed ftate of mind, and gladly could I 
 have turned with him, but could find no 
 peace of mind in looking that way. So on 
 6ih-day the ift of the 5th month, he being a 
 little mended, and feeling eafy in his mind to 
 go homeward, and I not daring to urge him 
 forward, we parted in much brotherly near- 
 nefs and affection, having travelled together in. 
 true gofpel love and harmony he with a pilot 
 or rather a guide, going for Alexandria, and 
 I with another, rode to a place in Culpepper 
 called Southland meeting, eroding the river 
 Rapahannock in our way. This was indeed 
 a day of deep anguifh to my foul ; I felt un- 
 ufually difconfolate, and could not refrain 
 from almoft exceffive weeping : my heart 
 feemed ready to break, for I was not only 
 
 left
 
 JOB SCOTT. -209 
 
 left in a flrange land almofl without a fym- 
 pathizing friend, but was inwardly very much 
 ftripped ; yet I was favoured to be in a good 
 degree refigned under all, and my cry was 
 fervently to the God of all confolation, that 
 he would keep me fteadfaflly given up to do 
 and fuffer whatever he in wildom law befl 
 for me. 
 
 Next day had a filent meeting here, except 
 a few words of information after meeting 
 broke up, or as we parted. The day follow 
 ing, being the firft of the week and gd of the 
 ^th month, I was at Caroline meeting, filent 
 here alfo, and more painful and diflrefling 
 than any I had been at in this journey before. 
 I remembered the account of Chrift s agony, 
 his fweating as it were drops of blood, and 
 crying out to his heavenly Father, My God, 
 * my God, why haft thou forfaken me! * I 
 law the propriety of his palling through this 
 trying fcene : and I believed it necellary for 
 me to go through that portion of fufFerings 
 afFigned me : and though he patted through 
 his for our fakes, he being experimentally 
 touched with a feeling of our infirmities and 
 fufFerings not but that his Omnifcience as 
 God could fee and behold it all without feel 
 ing it in a body of flefh ; but as the brethren 
 were partakers of flefh and blood, he willing 
 ly took part of the fame, and in all the fufFer 
 ings incident to the brethren in this life, and 
 therein to fet us an example of faith, patience 
 T 3 and 
 
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 and perfeverance through all ; and that he 
 might both feel and manifefl this refignation in 
 the moft confpicLious manner poffible, he was 
 fo far flripped as to feel as if he was forfaken ; 
 yet even in this extremity, though as man, 
 he was ready to wiih the cup to pafs from 
 him, yet he centred in not my will, but 
 * thine be done. J I faw that there was no 
 way for me to get rightly along, but through 
 the like fubmiflion ; and this afternoon every 
 painful impreffion was removed, and the light 
 of life finned into my foul with unclouded 
 clearnefs ; I was fet at liberty, and judgment 
 was indeed brought forth unto viclory. 
 
 Second-day 4th. Had a meeting at Ce 
 dar Creek not painful, nor yet had I much 
 enjoyment ; but was quite fhut up as to words 
 in the miniflry ; yet had an engagement to 
 inform the people, at the conclufion of the 
 meeting, of the forrow I often had felt, on 
 account of the grofs darknefs which yet pre 
 vails in regard to what is called preaching the 
 gofpel, many engaging therein without divine 
 authority and influence, who consequently 
 cannot profit the people. 
 
 Third-day 5th. Had a meeting at Genito, 
 and one next day at Richmond, among peo 
 ple moftly not of our fociety ; thefe were 
 both blelled meetings; Truth s doctrines 
 were largely opened to my relief, and I truft 
 to the refremment of divers others, ^th-day 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 211 
 
 yth, had a meeting at the Swamp, and one 
 next day at Black- Creek, another the day fol 
 lowing at Curies all dull and almofl lifelefs ; 
 yet I laboured a little in the miniftry in all of 
 them in a low depreffed manner, and in the 
 laft, though dull in the fore part, yet through 
 an honeft attention, in lowlinefs and delibe 
 ration, to a fmall motion, I found much re 
 lief. Bleffed be the Lord who kept me hum 
 ble, and careful in utterance. For I am well 
 fatisfied, that if I had prefumed with fo fmall 
 a motion to have rifen into much ftrength of 
 utterance haftily, I mould have dried up that 
 little fpring of life which I felt, and fo run 
 into a flow of words, to my own forrow in 
 the end, and to the preventing that benefit 
 which I hope fome received. And here I have 
 feen that many, who have a real gift in the 
 miniftry, do fometimes greatly hurt them- 
 felves, their fervices and the people, for not 
 lying low enough, nor taking care enough, 
 to find the fafe ftepping ftones, from ftep to 
 flep, they run out of the little, though lively 
 gift, into an hafty elevation of words; not 
 indeed without very considerable degree of 
 warmth and animation. 
 
 Firft-day loth. I was at Wayne-Oak meet 
 ing, it was dull ; yet I did near the clofe 
 fay fomething by way of minillry, which af 
 forded me a little relief. I was hereby renew- 
 edly allured that the gofpel cannot be preach 
 ed, but when the Lord opens the real fpring 
 of life in the preacher, I rode after this 
 
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 meeting ten miles towards another meeting- 
 place, expecting to go on thither next day in 
 order for a meeting; but my way feemed fo 
 fhut up next morning, that I durft not pro 
 ceed; and withal was almoft too much unwell 
 to continue riding ; yet had the way been 
 open, I believe I mould have gone forward ; 
 but believing it unfafe, both for myfelf and 
 Friends, to appoint meetings without a fenfe 
 of Truth s direction and affiftance, I returned 
 to my friend John Crew s at Wayne-Oak. 
 
 On fecond-day I was reduced to a very 
 deftitute condition, wherein all my former 
 experience feemed to afford little or no fa til - 
 faction. This feafon of dripping had been 
 coming upon me for feveral days, and con 
 tinued for lome time after. But I have not 
 the leaft expectation of being able, by words 
 or writing, ever to convey a clear and ade 
 quate idea of the darknefs, deiolation and dif- 
 trefs attending this difpeniation. to any who 
 have not in degree experienced it : thole who 
 have may, if they mould read thefe lines 
 when I am in another (late of exiftence. feel 
 a lively fenfibility hereof feel as one a little 
 before them has felt, deeply abafed, exercifed 
 and heavy laden ; like to what their poor 
 fouls may have yet for a feafon at times to 
 groan under and if it pleafe God to blels 
 this prefent relation to the benefit of any of 
 his drooping children, I grudge not my hav 
 ing paffed through the fore conflitr., nor my 
 
 pains
 
 JOB SCOTT. 213 
 
 pains in preferring thefe memoirs of my 
 exercifed life. 
 
 Third-day 1 2th I attended the week-day 
 meeting of Friends here at Wayne- Oak, as it 
 came in courle it was very {mail I was 
 much ftripped, nor had I ability to fay any 
 thing in the meeting until near the clofe of 
 it, feeling to myfelf one of the moft unworthy 
 creatures ; yet after all this I was made to 
 rejoice, and for this very abatement and re 
 duction of mind ; and this rejoicing increaf- 
 ed until I had to exprefs a little of it in the 
 meeting, much to the tendering a few bro 
 ken-hearted friends prefent, though I could 
 not rife into more life than juft in weaknefs 
 to utter a few expreflions ; yet therewith felt 
 eafy ; but concluded, as I had the day before, 
 that if way did not open with more clearnefs 
 for the continuance of my journey after the 
 yearly meeting then loon coming on at this 
 place, I might return home : fully believing 
 that he who called me forth into his fervice in 
 this land, would open the way with clearnefs 
 to proceed fo far as his will was for me to go ; 
 and that as he would not withhold the necef- 
 fary openings, I might fafely, after waiting a 
 proper time without obtaining any maiiifef- 
 tations to the contrary, return to my family ; 
 yet remained given up to go forward if he 
 mould open the way for it. 
 
 Fifth-day 14th, In filence and inward po 
 verty I attended the felecl; quarterly meeting 
 
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 of miniflers and elders at White-oak Swamp, 
 and next day the publick quarterly meeting 
 here ; out of vveaknefs I was made flrong, 
 and many with my own foul rejoiced hi the 
 Lord. 7th-day i6th, began the feleft yearly 
 meeting, and this day was held the meeting 
 for fufferings alfo. Next day two large meet 
 ings for worfhip, and one the day following ; 
 then the church difcipline in the afternoon, 
 and by adjournments until 4th-day the 2Oth. 
 The meetings for worfhip were livingly fa 
 voured times ; thofe for difcipline, for want 
 of deep dwelling in the life, and more en 
 gagement for good order, were not fo lively, 
 yet Truth owned the faithful labours of a 
 remnant, and life foran^ ut> at times to their 
 refreshment. The meeting for fufferings was 
 alfo favoured : it appeared that the members 
 thereof had been, and with fome fuccefs. en 
 gaged in fupport of the rights of the injured 
 Africans, at which my foul rejoiced ; for 
 many of them groan in cruel bondage in this 
 land. But I believe the Lord will more and 
 more arife for their deliverance, and work 
 their emancipation ; and that through judg 
 ments poured out upon their oppreffors, if 
 the hard hearts of thofe who make them 
 groan are not foftened by milder means. I 
 ufed among Friends here a plain honeft gof-^ 
 pel freedom, which gave me great relief, and 
 tendered many of their hearts. So after fup- 
 plication and thankfgiving to God. this year 
 ly meeting concluded under a frefh fenfe of 
 his divine gooclnefs. 
 
 Fifth-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 215 
 
 Fifth-day 21 ft Had a meeting here with 
 the negroes, and though filent myfelf, yet my 
 dear friend John Lloyd, from Pennfylvania, 
 had good fervice therein. Next day we had 
 a meeting at Tyrees, wherein I was clofed 
 up, but my friend had a pretty open time. 
 7th-day 23d, was at Skemins ; and firfl-day 
 24th, we had a fmall meeting at Williamf- 
 burgh, a town where no Friends live. I had 
 little to fay in thefe meetings. It is to the 
 poor the gofpel is preached even Jefus did not 
 many mighty works in fome places becaufe 
 of their unbelief. It remains true to this day, 
 that unbelief and hardnefs of heart fhuts out 
 the gofpel, or prevents a free entrance thereof 
 among iuch as have not a fenfe of their own 
 neceflities, but think themfelves rich, full, 
 and to have need of nothing for the word 
 preached cannot profit unlefs it be mixed 
 with faith in them that hear it. No wonder 
 therefore that thofe who run when the Lord 
 hath not fent them, and continue preaching 
 to the people without feeling, or evidently 
 finding a door of entrance into their hearts, 
 do not profit them by all their long, laborious 
 and creaturely exercifes among them for 
 nothing gathers to God but what proceeds 
 from him. 
 
 On fecond-day the 25th, we had a meeting 
 among the Methodifts af New-Kent. J. L. 
 had a little tefhimony among them; I was quite 
 fhut up ; yet after meeting broke up I endea 
 voured to imprefs them with a fenfe of the 
 
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 utter ufeleffnefs of all preaching, however 
 much it may warm and move upon the paf- 
 fions, except that which is from a real fpring 
 of divine life in the fpeaker. 3d-day 26th, 
 went to Wayne-Oak, and 5th-day aBth, I 
 attended Curies meeting ; it feemed almoft 
 without light or life until the latter part, 
 when a gleam of true light appeared ; by 
 keeping to which, though in great weaknefs, 
 victory was obtained, and the meeting ended 
 to comfort and rejoicing though we found 
 it for a long time almoft impollible to fing a 
 fong of Sion in a land where the harp was 
 hung on the willow ! for it was truly mourn 
 ful to fee the city fit folitary that was full of 
 * people/J Truth had once profpered here, 
 but now the pofterity of faithful Friends were 
 nearly all carried away captive but a little 
 gleam of hope arofe in my mind that there 
 would be a revival in this place. 
 
 My way opening with more clearnefs, I 
 got along with much fatisfaftion and fulnefs 
 of divine joy, having divers large and bleffed 
 meetings one at a Friend s houle a lew miles 
 from Peterfburgh over James River, one at 
 Gravelly-Run, one at Burleigh, and another 
 at Seacock. After that at Burleigh, we had 
 a good watering time in the evening, at a 
 Friend s houfe, among black people and fome 
 others, befides a few Friends. Truth reigned 
 over all in this blefTed meeting the poor 
 negroes bleffing God in accents befpeaking 
 
 heart-felt 
 Lam. i. i.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 217 
 
 heart-felt reverence, and deep thankfulnefs 
 of foul, for this favoured feafon ; one of them 
 in particular, faying, O may I everblefs and 
 praife my great God, for the great good he 
 has this evening done my foul ! for the fweet 
 precious love that I have felt I never felt 
 fuch heavenly love before blefled for ever 
 be the great God ! my heart was much af- 
 fefted at the feeling fenfibility which this, 
 and feveral more of the poor blacks difcover- 
 ed in their way, of returning thanks to God, 
 both in the evening, and again next morn 
 ing ; for they feemed full of longs of praife, 
 even in the morning, lor the evening s pre 
 cious favour may the Lord Almighty hold 
 them in his hand for ever, and may my foul 
 never forget the defcendings of heavenly rain 
 upon and among us at that comfortable fea 
 fon for which his holy name be praifed for 
 ever. Amen ! And I am renewedly confirm 
 ed, that there is a real work of divine power 
 among many in this land, both white and 
 black; though yet much unfettled may they 
 be brought to witnefs a greater degree of 
 clearnefs and eflablifhment in the everiafling 
 truth ! 
 
 After thefe we had meetings at Black- Wa 
 ter, Stanton s, Vick s, Black- Creek, John- 
 fon s and Summerton In the two fidt of 
 thefe I was filent ; but believe they were all 
 times of renewing of flrength to fome who 
 attended them. The doclrines of the gofpel 
 were livingly proclaimed in the authority of 
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 truth, dear John Lloyd s way being opened. 
 Next we had a glorious meeting at the 
 weflern branch the pth of the fixth month, 
 wherein there feemed to be no lack of open- 
 nefs, power and utterance ; many were deep 
 ly affected, bowed and tendered bleffed be 
 the Lord for ever ! ioth, we had two dull 
 meetings at Bennet s Creek, J. L. in the firfl, 
 and I in the lafl. got fome relief, through a 
 little honefl labour in great weaknefs among 
 them. 5th-day i ith, we had a ftrengthening 
 and refrefhing meeting at the widow Bufkin s, 
 where a meeting is held once a month. I had 
 a good open time the doctrines of the gofpel 
 were largely opened, with ftrength and clear- 
 iiefs, to the tendering of many minds. 
 
 6th, yth and ifl days, we had meetings 
 at Norfolk, Portlmouth and Suffolk, places 
 where no Friends live, except one fmall fa 
 mily, and a young man in Suffolk the firfl 
 and lall of theie meetings were held at the 
 rourt-houfes : that at Poilfmouth in an upper 
 room in the market-houfe. The people at 
 . Norfolk behaved undevoutly at meeting, kept 
 ranning out, talking, whitpering, laughing, 
 gazing about, &c. I reproved them for then- 
 incivility, telling them, that the mo ft mourn 
 ful consideration of my mind refpecting their 
 behaviour, was the great inexperience of the 
 realities of religion, and the great unac- 
 quaintance with the nature and importance 
 of divine worfhip, which their conduct had 
 fojTov/fully manifefted : and fo enlarging a 
 
 little
 
 JOB SCOTT. 219 
 
 little upon the fubjecT: of worfhip ; and that 
 God, even a prefent God, is the object there 
 of, and not any man that God, to be 
 worfhipped aright, mufl be felt after, known 
 and reverenced ; with a little more on fome 
 other fubjects. We left them with heavy 
 hearts, finding very little open door of utter 
 ance, becaufe there was fcarce any door of 
 entrance into their hearts, except in a few ; 
 and yet I had a fecret hope, and foms belief, 
 that that day s work would not be altogether 
 in vain. 
 
 The meetings at Portfmouth and Suffolk 
 were heavenly watering feafons, wherein 
 Truth reigned over all. Many minds were 
 much reached and tendered, and a general 
 folemnity was very prevalent. The Lord has 
 a vifited feed in this land up and down in 
 many places. O that they may come to 
 know a greater (lability and fettlement. Af 
 ter the meeting at Suffolk on firfl-day. we 
 had a parting opportunity with many Friends, 
 who attended from different parts of the 
 country around. This was a mofl melting 
 and reviving feafon. The everlafting Arm 
 was marvelloufly magnified and made bare ! 
 the holy name was livingly exalted and 
 praifed ; the fouls of the mourners were emi 
 nently comforted ; and the lukewarm power 
 fully warned bleffed be the name of the 
 Lord for ever and ever, for his goodnefs to 
 my poor foul at this precious feafon may I 
 never forget that fulnefs of divine light and 
 
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 life, that overflowing cup of fweetnefs and 
 confolation, where\vith he enriched my mind 
 in that ever memorable day. 
 
 After this heavenly banquet, I parted with 
 ,my dear friend John Lloyd, who had for 
 fcveral weeks been agreeably my companion, 
 and with the reft of my friends of Virginia 
 now prcfent. and fet out for North- Carolina, 
 accompanied by Robert Jordan and wife, 
 where I arrived next day at the houfe of our 
 kind friend Thomas Newbey. In the courfe 
 of the fix following days, I had or was at 
 eight meetings at Perquimons and Pafcotank 
 counties, at Friends meeting-houies, as fol 
 lows, viz. gd-day, i6th of the month, at that 
 called Wellfes meeting-houfe. 4th-day-, Old 
 Neck and in the afternoon at Sutton s 
 Credc. 5th-day, at Little River. 6th-day, 
 at New-begun Creek and in the afternoon 
 at the Narrows of Pafcotank. Seventh-day, 
 monthly meeting at Simmons s Creek and 
 ift-day, at the Piney- Woods. Thefe were all 
 favoured open feafons, except that at Sutton s 
 Creek, and that at the Narrows ; in both 
 which I was quite fhut up, fave in that at the 
 Narrows I did exprefs a few words at the 
 breaking up of the meeting, refpecling the 
 nature of golpel miniitry ; as that it never was 
 in man s power, merely as man, to preach 
 the gofpel, &c. Oh ! how I then mourned, 
 and often have mourned, to fee the eager 
 expectations of the people fo widely mif- 
 placed on the creature inftead of the Creator : 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 221 
 
 and this is undeniably the cafe with all who 
 expecl man to preach to them without divine 
 artiftance ; for man is but the creature, and 
 unlefs immediately filled and qualified with 
 divine light, life and power, is as dellitute of 
 any ability livingly and profitably to preach 
 that gofpel which is the real power of God 
 unto falvation, as he is of power to caufe the 
 outward rain to defcend from heaven. 
 
 In feveral of the foregoing meetings Truth 
 eminently favoured us together the gofpel 
 was preached in the life arid authority there 
 of many minds were ftrengthened and en 
 couraged, and the great name was magnified 
 and praifed. After this I went to Rich-- 
 fquare, and on 4th-day the 24th, was at their 
 meeting there, where Truth opened the way 
 with ftrength and clearnels to edification and 
 rejoicing. Next day went to Jack-Swamp, 
 and being joined by my dear friend James 
 Ladd, from Wayne- Oak in Virginia, who 
 came with t a certificate to accompany me a 
 while in this journey, we had a meeting on 
 6th-day at this place : it was an open, good 
 time. Truth was freely declared, and many 
 minds reached and tendered, jth-day 27111, 
 we had a bleifed meeting at Hallifax, a fmall 
 town where there are none of our fociety. 
 The goipel power was eminently felt, and, 
 in the evidence and demonflration thereof, 
 the free grace of God to all men, the neceiliiy 
 of working out our own lalvation through 
 the afTiflance thereof, and feveral other im- 
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 22 JOURNAL OF 
 
 portant gofpcl truths were livingly and large 
 ly opened. Next day we had a meeting at 
 Stony- Creek, or Tar- River, as it is fometimes 
 called. From thence we rode to Contentney, 
 and, firft of yth mo. attended the preparative 
 meeting of Friends there a dull time it was, 
 and but little opennefs for gofpel communi 
 cation. After meeting, and the two next 
 days, we rode to a place called Core-found ; 
 and, on yth-day attended a monthly meeting 
 there ; it was a low time, yet way opened for 
 Truth s teftimony to be in fome degree exalt 
 ed. Next day we were at their feleft and 
 publick meeting the publick meeting was 
 eminently overfnadowed with divine favour, 
 and made to be a time of bleffed vifitation to 
 many fouls; praifed be the name of the Lord. 
 
 Second-day 6th. We had an exercifing 
 meeting at Clubfoot- Creek ; there was fome 
 opennefs, fo that conliderable labour was be- 
 itowed. but not to much relief or fatisfaclioii 
 of our minds which was pretty much the 
 cafe next day alfo, at a meeting we had at 
 Newbern. In this town there are no Friends, 
 and the people s minds very light and unftay- 
 ed, that it was painful to behold the airinels 
 and irreverence which prevailed in too many. 
 They got a gentle reproof, and we left them 
 in ioiTOw as to our minds, though but little 
 or no true forrow appeared in them. 
 
 Fourth-day 8th. We had a very heavenly 
 meeting at Friends meeting-place on Trent ; 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 223 
 
 and another next day about twenty miles fur 
 ther up the river Trent, at a place where a 
 meeting was lately fettled. Friends appeared 
 pretty well engaged at thefe two places, and I 
 hope an increafe will be witneffed among 
 them, yth-day nth, we attended the month 
 ly meeting at Contentney a trying time it 
 was to my mind ; but way opened, after long 
 fuffering in filence, to clear my mind in fome 
 good degree. Next day we were at the firft- 
 day meeting at the fame place filent. gd, 
 4th and gth days, we were at meetings at 
 Nues, Bear- Creek and Turner s Swamp all 
 trying times. In the firft. the weight I felt 
 feemed almoft infupportable, but at length 
 way opened, and an extraordinary time we 
 had ; divers ftates were remarkably opened 
 and fpoken to in Truth s iearching authority, 
 and yet with that fympathetic, perfuafive 
 energy, that it made way into almofl every 
 heart. It was a tendering time, but, alas! the 
 next day was a time of difficulty, as well as 
 diflrels, and no way opened to get much re 
 lief by communication, though I could not 
 well avoid dropping fome clofe expreffions or 
 alarming hints, but I faw little or no profpecl: 
 of much advantage from them to thoie to 
 whom they belonged : they feemed like thofe 
 who had ears to hear, but heard not, or as 
 if they had fhut their ears, and hardened 
 their hearts. I felt for them with a heart full 
 of forrow. The lalt meeting was more com- 
 fortable> though I was quite fhut up. My 
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 224 JOURNAL OF 
 
 adapted teftimony, in which I rejoiced, and 
 found relief of mind. 
 
 Sixth-day, I refted at my friend Ben 
 jamin Arnold s, being unwell. He and his 
 wife were very kind, both being well-en 
 gaged Friends : the fruits of whofe godly 
 parental care and authority very plainly 
 and agreeably appeared in the behaviour 
 and appearance of their well-ordered off- 
 fpring. Oh, much lies at parents doors ! 
 much may they do, through divine aid, for 
 their children s good, by proper, conftant 
 care, watchfulnefs, advice, reproof, reflraint, 
 correction and commands ; all in Truth s au 
 thority, as occafion requires ; and that not 
 generally fo much in the aufterity and rigour 
 of compulfory diicipline, as in the meeknefs 
 and authority of the Lamb, which feldorn 
 fails of reaching the witnefs in their minds, 
 and more or lefs to bring them under the 
 government of Truth. O that many, very 
 many parents now too much at eafe, may be 
 aroafed to a due confederation of the trufl 
 repofed in them, and fee to the difcharge of 
 their duty to the precious fouls under their 
 care. Oh. fee to it, parents, I beieech you, 
 for your own and their precious fouls fakes ! 
 fee to it in feafon, and unremittingly ; great 
 is the care that is neceflTary, conftant the 
 watch that ought to be maintained. Thefe 
 remarks arofe not wholly from the agreeable 
 profpecis I had in and of this family, but 
 have been on my mind for lome time, under 
 
 a deep
 
 JOB SCOTT. 225 
 
 a deep and painful fenfe of deficiency of care 
 among parents very generally. However, I 
 rejoice in believing, that notwithftanding the 
 fo general neglecl, there are many deeply 
 exercifed parents who endeavour honeftly to 
 difcharge their duty in the fight of God, and 
 I have no doubt but they will have a rich 
 reward, and many of the dear youth will be 
 greatly benefited thereby that thefe may be 
 encouraged, and their number greatly in- 
 creafed, is the fervent wifh and prayer of 
 my foul. 
 
 yth-day i8th. We were at the felecl quar 
 terly meeting at Contentney next day at the 
 publick meeting there and were fhut up in 
 filence in both, except a few words in great 
 depreffion in the felecl; meeting. On 2d-day 
 came on the buiinefs of the quarterly meet 
 ing ; we were ftill fhut up in filence, until 
 near the clofe of the bufmefs, when my way 
 unexpectedly opened in a great degree to 
 clear my mind among them though I had 
 an opening in the beginning of^ this fitting, 
 and flood up in the opening, expecting to 
 have had utterance therein; but as I careful 
 ly attended to the fpring and word of life, I 
 found the brightnefs of the opening gradual 
 ly faded, until all was gone fo I fat down 
 without uttering a word, after having flood 
 as a gazing flock among them perhaps leveral 
 minutes. I trufl fome real benefit refulted 
 therefrom, to fome who were too near always 
 ready, as well as to my own foul, in keeping 
 
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 226 JOURNAL OF 
 
 me fubjeftly given up to follow faithfully, 
 however greatly in the crofs, the motions, 
 openings and {huttings of life. After this we 
 fet out for Eno, it being two days ride, be- 
 iides what we rode this afternoon. 
 
 Fifth-day 23d. We had a good open meet 
 ing there, and another on ^th-day at Spring 
 meeting this was painfully exerciiing, under 
 a fenfe of backfliding in too many; but Truth 
 at laft reigned over all, to the melting of ma 
 ny hearts ! Next clay at Cane- Creek here 
 again we were filled with mourning and hea- 
 vinefs, under a fenfe of utifaithfulnefs, and 
 confequerit dwarfifhnefs ; but after long li- 
 lence, divine wifdom opened the way ! juft 
 as I was thinking it near time to conclude 
 the meeting ; and in a clofe, fhort, lively 
 manner, we were enabled to place the bur 
 then of our exerciie where it belonged, and 
 fo came away rejoicing in God. On the four 
 following days we had four bleffed meetings at 
 Rocky-River, Nathan Dixon s, Piney-Grove 
 and Holly- Spring. Truth triumphed in thefe 
 meetings its doctrines flowed like oil ! the 
 univerfality and entire fufficiency of God s 
 grace for the falvation of all, if attended to, 
 was opened and declared with divine autho 
 rity ; , and many minds impreifed therewith. 
 Oh my God ! thou halt given me to fee 
 the wonders of thy ways, in degree, and the 
 ftrength of thine Arm ! thou haft led me 
 through the deeps ! haft bowed my foul in the 
 deepeft proftra don ! ftripped me and emptied 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 227 
 
 me of all things, and then marvelloufly dif- 
 played, both thy wifdom, thy goodnefs and 
 thy power ! In lifting me up again from the 
 duft, thou haft given me indeed, beauty for 
 afhes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the 
 garment of praile, for the fpirit of heavi- 
 nefs/* Thou art my God, and through 
 thy aid I will ferve thee for ever be thou 
 with me go before me and I will follow 
 thee tor in thy prefence there is life at thy 
 right hand a river of pleafure therefore to 
 whom could I wifh to go, feeing I know, to 
 my inexpreflible confolation, that thou hail 
 the words of eternal life ? Thou haft graci- 
 oufly redeemed my foul, and delivered me as 
 it were from the den of lions to thee, and 
 to thy fervice. I therefore once more dedicate 
 the remainder of my days. Draw me and I 
 will run after thee command me and I will 
 obey- I fear to offend thee, for thou haft 
 fhewn me thy purity I adore thee, for thou 
 haft wrought wonders for my foul. I love 
 the<\ for thou art my life. Hold me faft. O 
 Lord for ever keep my heart clean, by the 
 word of thy power, and never, O never, I 
 pray thee, iuffer my foot to flide ! continue 
 to fill me with the joy of thy falvation, fmce 
 thou haft fo continually fhewn it unto me 
 Take not thy holy fpirit from me guide me 
 by the right hand of thy power continue to 
 my foul, the quickening efficacy of the live 
 coal from thine altar; then will I, at thy bid 
 ding, teach tranfgreflbrs thy way, and fmners, 
 
 through 
 
 Ifai. Ixi. 3.
 
 228 JOURNAL OF 
 
 through the operation of thy baptizing fpirit, 
 fhall be converted to thee Even fo, O Lord, 
 haflen thou thy great work in the earth 
 draw thoufands by the cords of thy love, and 
 tens of thoufands by a clear difcovery of, and 
 a living defire after, a full eftablifhment in 
 the beauty of holinefs till the nations come 
 to ferve thee, and the kingdoms of the earth 
 to bow before thy throne till righteoufnefs 
 cover the earth as waters do the fea and 
 light and life reign triumphant over death 
 and darknefs, for ever. 
 
 <* 
 
 Seventh-day, i ft of 8th mo. we attended the 
 monthly meeting at Cane- Creek, and next 
 day the publick firft-day meeting there, and 
 their feleft meeting all thefe were times of 
 favour and divine opennefs. The five fol 
 lowing days we had meetings at Sandy- Creek, 
 Providence, Center, Back- Creek, and Marl- 
 borough the firft was a dull meeting until 
 near the dole, when life broke through all 
 oppolition, fo that the meeting ended to folid 
 fatisfaftion The next meeting was alfo dull, 
 the three laft were open favoured times of 
 refreihment to many. After thefe meetings 
 we attended, on jth-day, the 8th of the 8th 
 month, the feleft quarterly meeting at Cen 
 ter; and an open inftruftive feafon it was, 
 as was the large publick meeting on firft-day ; 
 Truth s doctrines flowed like oil, and things 
 were opened in divine authority in both 
 meetings, I truft fuitably to the ftate of each. 
 Next day the publick meeting was very large, 
 
 ftill
 
 JOB SCOTT. 229 
 
 ftill and folemn, and Truth favoured our 
 fouls with a baptizing and refrefhing time 
 together. On gd-day nth, we had a good 
 meeting, open, and powerfully tendering to 
 the minds of the people in general, at the 
 widow Hoover s, a member of our fociety 
 Truth reigned powerfully over all bleffed 
 be the holy name of the Lord for ever. 
 
 On fifth-day 13th, we had a meeting at 
 Chatham court-houie ; but it being court- 
 time, we could not get the court-houfe until 
 between three and four o clock in the after 
 noon, by which time too many of the people 
 appeared to be fo affected with flrong drink, 
 as to leave little room in their minds to be 
 ferioufly affefted with any thing of a religious 
 nature ; fo that we had a painful dull time 
 among them however, fome were attentive 
 and ftrove to quiet the reft : and way did 
 open, after a clofe exercife, for a little com 
 munication, to fome folid fatisfaclion ; but 
 our caufe for mourning over them feeined 
 much greater than our caufe for joy. ift-day 
 i6th, we had a dull diftrefling meeting at a 
 Friend s houle between Chatham and Peedee ; 
 we were fliut up in filence. Next day the 
 ad of the week and iyth of the month, we 
 had a heavenly, open meeting at Peedee 
 bleifed be the Lord who helped us ! On ^th- 
 day 2Oth, we had a very fmall, yet precious 
 meeting at Camden, South-Carolina, where 
 no member of our fociety liveth, except one 
 very ancient woman ; though once there was 
 X a fettled
 
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 a fettled meeting of Friends there this was 
 a watering time to a few fmcere-hearted, 
 whom my ioul loved ; and an awakening, 
 and in fome degree convincing time, to fome 
 who were too much hardened in fin, and un 
 acquainted with that light and power which 
 is the authority of our meetings and miniftry : 
 this they now felt, fo that divers were con- 
 flrained to acknowledge, and bear teftimony 
 thereto, in their conversation with one ano 
 ther. And I am on this occafion renewedly 
 confirmed in a fentiment I have long been 
 fettled in, that is, that there nex^er was, and 
 never will be but one true religion in the 
 world, to wit, the work of the fpirit of God 
 in the fouls of mankind; that fome of all 
 denominations have fomething of this true 
 religion, even though fome of thefe, through 
 the prejudice of education, may difailow it in 
 profeiiion ; and that no man has any real re 
 ligion, but what he comes to the knowledge 
 and experience of through the alone influence 
 of this holy fpirit of God. This it is that 
 begins and carries on the work this; it is, 
 that, by its own divine influence operating in 
 the minds of mankind, reveals Chrifl in them, 
 the hope of glory; or fo operates from time to 
 time, on reading the fcriptures or other good 
 books ; on hearing the gofpel preached ; on 
 meditating on the works of creation and pro 
 vidence ; on God s judgments in the earth ; 
 or his dealings with themfelves as individuals; 
 or whatever other occafion. circumflance or 
 rhino-, is ever made a mean of conviction or 
 
 converlion ;
 
 JOB SCOTT. 231 
 
 converfion ; the holy fpirit fo operates, I fay 
 in all thefe cafes, as to produce the happy ef 
 fect and without the inward operation there 
 of, all thefe other opportunities and things 
 would be utterly in vain, as to falvution. and 
 never able to produce the lead degree of true 
 religion, or fanclificatiori in the foul. So that, 
 though there are many opinions, many creeds, 
 profeflions and denominations, and fome tru 
 ly religious perfons in them all ; yet there is 
 and can be but one true religion; all true re 
 ligion is of one kind all fprings from one 
 fource.- And bleffed and adored for ever be 
 the Lord, in order that all men may, if they 
 will, be benefited experimentally by this one 
 true religion, the manifoftation of the fpirit 
 is given to every man to profit withal 1 " he 
 that rightly profits thereby, am! continues fo 
 to do. will live in the exercife of the one true 
 faith ; will witnefs the one true chriftian bap- 
 tifm ; will know and obey the one living 
 Lord; will, by the Holy Ghoft, in word and 
 deed, acknowledge and call him Lord; and 
 fo will be faved with an everlafting lalvation. 
 And on the other hand, feeing a meafure of 
 the holy fpirit is given to every man ; feeing 
 the grace of God that brings falvation hath 
 appeared unto all men ; feeing the light and 
 life of the holy word, which in the beginning 
 was with God, and xvas God, hath enlighten 
 ed every man that cometh into the world; 
 and feeing, moreover, Chrift Jefus has tailed 
 death for every man ; how fhall we efcape if 
 X 2 we 
 
 * i Cor. xii. 7.
 
 232 JOURNAL OF 
 
 we negleft and reject fo great falvation ? how- 
 great mull be the condemnation of every foul, 
 thus highly favoured, which yet (lands out 
 and rejefts the ftrivings of the fpirit, the 
 teachings of grace, the fhinings and convic 
 tions of this divine light ! Now this light, 
 grace and fpirit of God, is all one thing, un 
 der different appellations it is called Ipirit, 
 becaufe it is quick, lively and operative, and 
 quickens the foul to a ieniibility of its ftate 
 and condition it is called grace, becaufe it is. 
 the free unmerited gift of God and is called 
 light, becaufe it makes manifeft as, what- 
 ioever doth make manifeft is light, J faith the 
 icriptures. And as thi& grace or light is at 
 tended to, it will bring the foul into a ftate of 
 grace and favour with God. Well, there 
 fore, might the apoftle, with holy reverence, 
 break forth in thefe expreihons, thanks be 
 unto God for his unfpeakable gift. t And all 
 who obey the light will be brought out of 
 darknefs into God s marvellous light ; for 
 though the hearts of fallen men are grofsly 
 darkened ; yet the light mineth in their dark 
 hearts, and though the darknefs comprehend 
 it not, if it is taken heed to, will flnne. more 
 and more to the perfeft day ; even until the 
 whole body be full of light ; but thofe who 
 rebel againft the light, will grow darker and 
 darker, until they know not the way thereof, 
 nor under/land the paths thereof! and become 
 vain in their imaginations, and their foolifh 
 hearts become wholly darkened ! having lov 
 ed 
 
 t Eph. v. 13. fa Cor. ix. 15.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 233 
 
 ed darknefs rather than light, becaufe their 
 deeds were evil. 
 
 After the meeting broke up at Camden, 
 before we went away, we felt Inch an evident 
 flop in our minds as to purfuing our journey, 
 and fuch defires to have another meeting at 
 Camden, that we found peace in lubmitting 
 to it ; and in order to procure the company 
 of the bufy inhabitants of the place, we con 
 cluded to flay until firfl-day, and gave notice 
 accordingly. Then riding to our friend the 
 widow English s, we refled there the next 
 day ; and the day following, that is, jth-day, 
 had an open precious meeting at a Baptift 
 meeting-houfe at Swift- Creek, among Bap- 
 rifls and Methodifts, the Lord opening then- 
 hearts to receive our teflimony. The doc 
 trines of Truth were livingly declared, mofl 
 prefent were reached and tendered, and our 
 fouls relieved blefled be tLe name of our 
 God, who was eminently prcient ! 
 
 Next day we attended the meeting we had 
 appointed at Camden, a pretty many of the 
 inhabitants were prefent, and though it ap 
 pears that there are not many religious per- 
 fons in the town, yet it was a day of precious 
 vifitation to many of their fouls a day to be 
 remembered : Truth s doctrines were largely 
 and with demonflration opened and declared, 
 making much impreflion on many minds. 
 O, the precioufnds of Truth ! the fumciency 
 of its aid, and never-failing vidlory when 
 X 3 abode
 
 2 3 4 JOURNAL OF 
 
 abode in! Lie low, O my foul, for ever; 
 truil in the Lord ; rely wholly on him ; be 
 nothing without him all things in him ; be 
 faithful to him, and thou fhalt never be con 
 founded. He is a ftrong rock an impregna 
 ble fortrefs! afword! afhield! yea, all things 
 neceffary to thole who faithfully truft in him 
 who abide in the faith and patience of the 
 faints. He has loved me freely, wrought 
 wonders for my foul, made bare his Arm for 
 my deliverance, forgiven mine offences, and 
 carried me through manifold trials, conflicts 
 and afflictions ; and is now leading me about, 
 inflrucling me, reducing me again and again 
 to the lofs of all things, and filling -my foul 
 with the fat things, the rich dainties of his 
 own houfe ! and putting into my heart and 
 mouth the fongs of praife and hallelujahs I 
 Lord, the defire of my foul is unto thee, Oh, 
 be thou pleafed to exercife thy rod and thy 
 flaff, yea, all thy good pleafure in me. until 
 all within me bows to thy righteous fceptre, 
 and every motion of my mind and of my body 
 is in conformity to thy holy will manifefted in 
 me. Therefore go on, O my moft merciful 
 God, if it be thy holy will, not letting thine 
 eye pity, nor thy hand fpare. until thou haft 
 thoroughly cleanfed the floor of my heart 
 until the precious feed be gathered into thy 
 garner until the chaff be burnt up by the 
 baptifmal influence of the Holy Ghoft and 
 fire and finally, until my foul becomes a fit 
 temple for thy holy preience, unrivalled and 
 uninterrupted, to dwell in. Make me a 
 
 pillar
 
 JOB SCOTT. 235 
 
 pillar in thy holy temple, that fhall go no more 
 out for ever ; but, abiding therein, be en 
 gaged in the depth of humility and profound 
 reverence to return all the praife to thee, who, 
 with thy Son the Lamb, through the eternal 
 Spirit, art worthy of all honour, adoration 
 and glory, world without end. Amen. 
 
 We lodged again after this meeting, at our 
 faid friend.the widow Englifh s; and next day, 
 the 24th, took our journey for Charlefton, 
 where we arrived the 26th of 8th month, 
 it being one hundred and twenty miles ; and 
 on 6th-day the 28th, we had a good little 
 meeting at Friends meeting-houfe with the 
 few Friends in the city, and a few others that 
 came in, and were tender. Next day we had 
 a large meeting at the Methodifts meeting- 
 houfe ; many Methodifts, fome Baptifts, 
 and others attending ; but it was rather a 
 dull time, and, not feeling our minds clear, 
 we concluded to have another meeting there 
 on firft-day afternoon. In the forenoon on 
 firft-day, we had a blefled open time at 
 Friends meeting-houfe ; and in the afternoon 
 another large crowded meeting at the Me- 
 thodifl meeting-houfe, confiding of a mixed 
 and very unfettled multitude. We found a 
 preffing engagement to declare the truth 
 among them, but found them fo outward in 
 their minds, and fo unftayed, that we got 
 very little entrance in their minds in gene 
 ral, or relief to our own, though I believe the 
 Methodifts were moftly quiet, and fome of 
 
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 236 JOURNAL OF 
 
 them, with a few others, were reached and 
 tendered. 
 
 Second-day 31 ft, We left the city with 
 heavy hearts, after a folid opportunity with 
 Friends. This day and next we rode towards 
 Georgia, about fifty-eight miles ; and finding 
 a little meeting of Friends, though not mem 
 bers, yet fuch as were convinced of Truth s 
 way and principles ; we (laid their meeting 
 on fourth-day it was dull at firft, but open 
 and much favoured towards and in the con- 
 clufion. Several Methodills and Baptifts were 
 prefent, and Truth reached and tendered 
 moft of their minds. Thefe friendly people 
 had. at leaft part of them, belonged to the 
 Methodifts and Baptilts ; but their eyes be 
 came gradually opened to fee beyond lifelefs 
 form and creaturely performances, as prayers 
 in man s own time and will. &c. and had 
 now gathered into a filent waiting upon the 
 Lord. May they live near him, love him, 
 and ferve him in the beauty of holinefs : then 
 they will not only enjoy great peace in them- 
 lelves, but be a bleffing to their neighbours. 
 
 After meeting we went on for Georgia, 
 and reached Friends monthly meeting at 
 Wrightiborough in that ftate, on yth-day, 5th 
 of gth mo. It was a painful time ; extreme 
 poverty and inward want bore down our fouls.* 
 We found a few words to drop among them, 
 but fcarce found any relief. On firft-day the 
 6th, we had two favoured meetings : one at 
 
 Wrightfborough,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 237 
 
 Wrightfborough, and the other at Friends 
 new meeting-houfe, four or five miles from 
 the firfl; and next day were again at Wrightf 
 borough, not being clear before ; it was a 
 precious time indeed, Truth s teflimony flow 
 ed with power, many were greatly reached, 
 and fome who had much oppofed our prin 
 ciples, acknowledged to the truth with tears, 
 and defired us to remember them before the 
 throne of grace may they be preferved. 
 
 Third-day 8th. we had a large meeting at 
 Marmaduke Mendenhall s, among a religious 
 people, Methodifls, Baptifts, &c. Truth emi 
 nently overshadowed us. In our firfl fitting 
 down together, I had very bright openings, 
 and fulneis of light and life; but the meeting 
 was hurt by the right time not being attended 
 to in ftanding up, by me or my companion, 
 or both my foul was grieved, for the people 
 were prevented, in degree, enjoying what 
 feemed to be intended for them ; yet many 
 minds were affected, and I truft fome good 
 was done. Fourth-day gth, we had a large 
 meeting at a Friend s houfe, among Method 
 ifls, Baptifts and Friends. There was ftrength 
 and utterance given, and great indeed ap 
 peared to be the entrance into the people s 
 minds. After this meeting, next day, we 
 left Georgia, and fet out for South- Carolina. 
 We got to a meeting among Friends at a place 
 called Henderfon s Settlement, on fifth-day 
 the nth, and fo on to Mudlick, Bum River, 
 Rocky-fpring, Paget s Creek and Cane Creek, 
 
 having
 
 - 3 8 JOURNAL OF 
 
 having a meeting at each of thefe places, and 
 at Bufh River two, moftly to a degree of fa- 
 tisfaftion, yet it appeared to be a low time 
 among Friends in thefe parts ; but dwelling 
 low with the frittering feed, we were made to 
 reign a little with it at times. The four fol 
 lowing days we rode to Deep Creek in North- 
 Carolina, about one hundred and forty-three 
 miles. At this place we had a meeting with 
 Friends and others, on gd-day the 22d, and 
 fo on, having another at Chemut Creek over 
 the mountain in the edge of Virginia thence 
 
 back to Freeman s, (not a Friend) in 
 
 North- Carolina, having a meeting at his houfe 
 on jth-day the 2/th, and were next day at a 
 Friends meeting at We ft field, called alfo 
 Tonis Creek all thefe meetings were at 
 tended by Friends, Baptifls and Methodifts, 
 and fome of them by fome others. And 
 through patient waiting for the arifmgs of 
 life and openings of light, they were all folid 
 profitable meetings ; Truth s doctrines were 
 largely opened, many minds reached, and 
 the Lord s name exalted over all. Will-wor- 
 fhip, creaturely performances, lifelefs prayers 
 at let times, &c. were much dilcouraged: for 
 the Lord laid it upon me to expofe the emp- 
 tinefs of thefe things from place to place, and 
 to mew that they never fail of drying up the 
 fprings of life in fuch, who once having had 
 the frefh openings thereof in their own ibuls, 
 will yet go on in religious performances, with 
 
 out waiting for light and life therein. 
 
 After
 
 JOB SCOTT. 239 
 
 After one of thefe meetings, a Baptifl man, 
 fomewhat in years, told me he had tried to 
 keep up family prayers in his houfe, but 
 found he could have no iatisfaftion in it, 
 uclefs when he felt a divine influence inclin 
 ing him thereto, and that he had now omit 
 ted it. except when he found himfelf thus 
 qualified. Divers others have confefTed, that 
 they had often, in their attempts to pray at 
 their fet times, without waiting for divine 
 help, evidently felt that their words fell to 
 the ground, were of no avail, and anfwered 
 no good purpofe. O that all may learn the 
 neceffity of waiting upon God in the filence 
 of all flefh, and creaturely motions or per 
 formances, that they may witnefs that renew 
 al of divine flrength, wherein prayer is made 
 with life and acceptance with the Lord. 
 
 I had much fervice in thefe South Lands 
 among other focieties. particularly Methodifts 
 and Baptifts, there being a living birth among 
 many of them ; and this living birth, being 
 in its very infancy in many of both thefe 
 focieties, was near to my life, and I often 
 breathed to the Lord to preferve it alive ; for 
 I faw it to be in imminent danger of being 
 Rifled by a multiplicity of lifelefs perform 
 ances. But though I was led into fervice 
 much among other people, as before-men 
 tioned, yet I generally, in the meetings of 
 Friends, had fome clear openings into the 
 ftate of things among the brethren : for I was 
 kept very low in my mind, and durfl not 
 
 meddle
 
 24 o JOURNAL OF 
 
 meddle with things not opened in the light of 
 life. I was afraid to judge after thejight of the 
 eye, or reprove after the hearing of the ear ; 
 my dependance was on the Lord alone ; and 
 in that dependant fiate, I often felt as empty 
 of any thing divine, any light, fenfe or know 
 ledge of things, as if I had been totally blind 
 and infenfible and indeed who is fo blind as 
 the Lord s Servant, and fo deaf as the meffenger 
 whom he fends ? And it is neceffary it mould 
 be fo, in order that his meffage to the people 
 through them may be wholly in thefrefli open 
 ings of divine life, without any mixture of 
 man s fallen wifdom. This is a great myflery 
 to the world and all its boafted wifdom, and 
 will remain fo for ever, though clearly opened 
 unto babes and fucklings in Chrift. And as 
 my mind abode in this low /late, in the lofs of 
 all things, in the fubjeftion of my own crea- 
 turely will, wifdom and workings ; I received 
 many frefh openings, and therein was ena 
 bled to bring forth things new and old, to the 
 inftru6tion, and, I hope, lafling benefit of the 
 brethren and many others from place to place. 
 All glory and praife be afcribed to him, with 
 out whom my poor foul is nothing, knows 
 nothing, and can do nothing, in things di 
 vine. O that all fleih may be abafed, and lie 
 low before him for ever, that his own eternal 
 power may be exalted over all in them. 
 
 After this meeting at Weftfield, we found 
 a preffure in fpirit to have one next day among 
 fome religious Baptifls, about fix miles off at 
 
 a Bap till
 
 JOB SCOTT. z 4 i 
 
 a Baptifl man s houfe ; it was a precious hea 
 venly meeting, wherein Truth opened many 
 things in the life and demonflration. And 
 fome confeffed, they had never known be 
 fore, but that John s difpenfation of water- 
 baptifm was part of the gofpel difpenfation, 
 and to ftand to the end of time ; but they 
 feemed now to be much maken ; for it was 
 opened that John s elementary difpenfation 
 was only a forerunning one, to prepare the 
 way of the Lord. After this meeting we ilill 
 found a prefTmg engagement to have another 
 meeting at Friends meeting-houie at Wefl- 
 field, which was held accordingly the next 
 day, to great fatisfaction : many iiaptifls and 
 others, as well as many Friends, attended 
 Truth reigned over all, and the doctrines 
 thereof dropped as the rain, to the tendering 
 and refremmy many feekms fouls belied be 
 
 O ^J 
 
 the Lord for all his favours. We next had 
 meetings at Blues- Creek, and Muddy-Creek, 
 and on firft and fecond days the 4th and 5th 
 of the loth month, were at Deep-River, their 
 large monthly meeting being held there on 
 fecond-day all thefe were bleffed watering 
 ieafons ; the monthly meeting abundantly fo, 
 to the bowing my foul in awfulnefs and praife. 
 On gd-day we had an open, refrefhmg meet 
 ing among the Nicholites, fo called. I had 
 a lively evidence that iome among them were 
 humbly endeavouring to ferve the Lord ; but 
 at the. fame time I faw clearly that many of 
 them relied too much in their outfide pLain- 
 neis ; and valuing themfelves upon that, had 
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 242 JOURNAL OF 
 
 flopped fhort of a more living acquaintance 
 with the well-fpring of eternal life ; and this 
 is a ihare wherein I fear fome of our fociety 
 are taken, and detained from greater experi 
 ence in the real life of religion, without which 
 all outward things are unavailing, as to the 
 falvation of the foul. I laboured among this 
 people, in the openings of life, and hope ac 
 cording to their condition may it tend to 
 their fettlement on the right foundation ! 
 Then, proceeding on our journey, we had 
 meetings at Friends rneeting-houfes at Spring 
 field, Bulrun, New-Garden, Lower Reedy- 
 Fork, and Upper Reedy- Fork, all favoured 
 meetings, fome of them highly fo. 
 
 On 4th-day the i4th, we had a meeting at 
 the houfe of our friend Samuel Tomlinfon, 
 where very few Friends live near, among 
 Baptiils, Methodifts, fome Friends, &c. We 
 evidently felt that fome of them had pitched 
 in battle array againft us in their minds ; and 
 for a time the Lord differed them to fhut up 
 the kingdom of heaven, not entering them- 
 felves, nor iufFering thofe that gladly would 
 have entered. At length a fmall degree of 
 life arole, and I told them the battle was the 
 Lord s, and if he luffered them to fhut up the 
 kingdom, the lols would be their own ; but 
 that it was likely thole formerly, whole un 
 belief prevented our Saviour s doing many 
 mighty works in certain places, might be rea 
 ch/ to vaunt over him, and to think he could 
 not make his way among them ; and yet I 
 
 thought
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 thought their viftory, if fuch they efteemed 
 it, was in no wife glorious ; but greatly to 
 their own lofs, or the prevention of much 
 good that they might otherwife have receiv 
 ed. I then acknowledged to them freely, that 
 we had nothing at our own command to offer 
 for their good ; nor any weapons of our own 
 to oppofe their warlike preparations with 
 told them I had little thought, when in the 
 pure conftrainings of gofpel love and good 
 will, I gave up to have a meeting with them, 
 that they would have come together prepared 
 for war - but that I was allured it was fo, for 
 I could feel the inward ftate and oppofition 
 of fome of their minds, as plain as I could 
 fee their bodies with my outward eyes. . 
 Moreover I informed them, that if the Lord 
 engaged me in it, I was not afraid or afhamed 
 to fight, even upon a retreat, if he did not 
 make way for an advance that I was not at 
 all afraid of my life, how many Goliaths ioe- 
 ver might defy the armies of the living God ; 
 for my life I had given up to his difpofal, to 
 be laid down in his caufe, if he pleafed, in 
 any part of the globe. I came not from my 
 own land, and all my near and dear connec 
 tions in life, to do my own will, but his who 
 fent me ; and while I ftand faithful in his 
 holy will and counfel, in the openings and 
 leadings of his divine light and life, I fear no 
 evil, danger or difficulty ; nor all the art and 
 malice of men or devils ; though I fully know 
 that of myfelf I can do nothing. However 
 1 told them, for their own fakes> in order that 
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 244 JOURNAL OF 
 
 they might have the full benefit of the meet 
 ing. I defired them to lay afidc their warlike 
 weapons, that inward oppofition wherein they 
 flood again 11 the inward life of all true reli 
 gion, and the doctrines of the everlafting 
 gofpel ; and as they knew themfelves guilty 
 of an inward oppofition to us and our mel- 
 iage, it began to w r ork conviction in them : 
 they wondered how I knew it ; but feeing I 
 did know it, and was enabled to plainly to 
 tell them the inward ftate, and thoughts of 
 their own hearts, it won upon them, drew 
 their attention, removed their prejudices, nnd 
 foflened their hearts towards us and our tefti- 
 mony and when I found they had given up, 
 and dropt their warlike weapons and inten 
 tions, I improved the opportunity, as Truth 
 opened the way, and told them, I perceived 
 they began to incline towards a capitulation, 
 and willinonefs to fign articles of peace this 
 they alfo knexy was true of the inward alter 
 ation of their minds ; and fo it greatly tended 
 frill further to qrun their love and attention, 
 until at length (though the work, or rather 
 warfare, was very hard for iome time) we had 
 an heavenly baptizing time together Truth 
 reigned over all, and therein our fouls tri 
 umphed over all oppofition, in the flrength 
 and power of an endlefs life ! wherein divers 
 doclrines of the gofpel were livingly opened 
 and enlarged upon, in demonftration ol the 
 fpirit and divine authority ! yea, that was felt 
 and acknowledged to be fo, by many whole 
 hearts were greatly tendered and refrefhed, 
 
 after
 
 J O B S C O T T. 245 
 
 after all the oppofition they had at firfl felt 
 againft us. Thus the Lord wrought for us, 
 and taught our hands to war, and our fingers 
 to fight Glory be to his great name for ever ? 
 for hitherto he hath marvelloufly helped us ; 
 and we know that without him we muft have 
 turned our backs in this and many other days 
 of battle. 
 
 Next day we had a heavenly open meeting 
 at a Baptift meeting-houle on Abbit s Creek, 
 about ten miles from the laft meeting divers 
 of their members, and one of their teachers 
 urgingly defiring us to have a meeting with 
 them there, they being much reached at the 
 other meeting. We had had thoughts of 
 having a meeting there before this invitation, 
 and, the way now looking very open, we em 
 braced it, and had one accordingly. And as 
 foon as I fat down in the meeting, I felt as 
 evidently as I ever felt any thing with my 
 outward fingers, that they were now come 
 without their weapons, in a flate of mind di- 
 reftly reverfe to what they or fome of them 
 felt in the fore part of the meeting yefterday ; 
 their hearts were open, and our way was alfo 
 foon opened into a living enlargement in the 
 doctrines of Truth, I truft to our and their 
 mutual fatisfa&ion and confolation of foul, 
 though their outward performances arid life- 
 lefs devotions were largely and livingly tefti- 
 fied againft. Our next meeting was on the 
 day following at Randolph Court-houfe, 
 among people of various profdlions ; and, 
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 magnified for ever be the name of the Lord, 
 our leader and dirc&or, he was gracioufly 
 plea fed to break in upon us in a wonderful 
 manner ; light mined fuperior to the mining 
 of the fun in the outward firmament, that 
 divine light, the fame that enlighteneth every 
 man that cometh into the world : but in the 
 wicked it often fhines as in a dark place, and 
 the darknefs comprehends it not many whofe 
 hearts have become darkened, reject, del pile 
 and trample it under foot ; but in thole who 
 obey it, love it, walk in it, and bring their 
 deeds to it, it will mine more and more to 
 the perfect day, as the wile man fays the path 
 of the juft man does, declaring this path of 
 the juft to be a mining light : indeed it is fo, 
 for Chrift within, the jull; man s light and 
 hope of glory, is alfo his path, his only true 
 arid living way, as laid Chnft himfclf, I am 
 the way, and the truth, and the life; * and 
 iurely the juft man s way is his path : fee 
 ing Chrift then, the inv/ard divine light of 
 men, is the juft man s path or way, well may 
 it be declared to be a finning light : and ex 
 perience has abundantly confirmed it to the 
 fouls of all that have truly loved and faith 
 fully walked in this light, that it really does 
 fhine brighter and brighter: and in all that 
 continue fo walking, it will more and more, 
 even to the perfect day they will not only 
 witnefs the day to dawn, and the day ftar to 
 arife in their hearts, but the increafing clear- 
 nefs and brightnefs of the light will be, as, 
 
 Ifaiah 
 
 * John xiv. 6.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 247 
 
 Ifaiah expreffes it, the light of the moon 
 fhall be as the light of the fun, and the light 
 of the fun lhall be feven fold, as the light of 
 feven days. t Well, in the clear fhinings of 
 this holy light, for truly it was as a morning 
 without clouds, the Hate of the people were 
 fo opened to us in this meeting, and through 
 us to them, the light within their own iouls 
 confirming our outward teftimony, that fcarce 
 an individual appeared infenfible of the hea 
 venly vifitation we were favoured with : in 
 deed moft were deeply afFe6led, greatly ten 
 dered, and much retreihed as with a mower 
 of celeflial rain it ieemed to me in a degree 
 like the day of Pentecoft, the effufion of the 
 Holy Ghoft was fo eminently glorious among 
 us ! and I believe near or quite all prefent, 
 faid in their hearts, and divers with their 
 mouths in fubflance after this meeting, this 
 is the everlafling gofpel of Chrift ; and I 
 laid in my own foul, and ftill fay, it was of 
 the Lord s doing, and marvellous in mine 
 eyes ! holy and reverend is his name, and that 
 lor evermore may my foul ever acknow 
 ledge his wonders and the riches of his love, 
 lying low in humiliation before him. 
 
 On yth and id days, the 17th and i8th, 
 we w r ere favoured with the Mailer s helping 
 hand at the monthly and firft-day meetings at 
 Center; in both which light and life tri 
 umphed over death and darkneis. On cjd- 
 day we had a painful, trying meeting near a 
 
 water 
 
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 water called Heworry, at a Dutch Friend s 
 houfe, (Michael Fout) among many Dutch 
 people, and others. We laboured in the lit 
 tle ability afforded, to fome degree of fatif- 
 faclion. The two next days, we attended 
 Friends meetings as they were held in courfe, 
 at Springfield and Bulrun. Next day we 
 had a difcouraging meeting among many 
 other profeilbrs, near the Upper Reedy- Fork. 
 I faw and felt clearly, that iome of them came 
 prepared to bid defiance ; however we la 
 boured a little, though under great depref- 
 fion for though they were many of them 
 high in profeflion of faith in Chrift, too many 
 of them appeared to be unbelievers, and in 
 the ftate of the Scribes and Pharifees, in the 
 inward ground of things and fuch, in all 
 ages, are the greateft oppofers and even hin- 
 derers of good, of any people whatever ; yet 
 I believe divers prelent were humble-hearted 
 chriftians, who thought little of themfelves, 
 and were hungering after better food than 
 their teachers are feeding them with : fome 
 of thefe I hope got at leafl a little crumb of 
 heavenly bread at this meeting may the 
 Lord refrefh their fouls with the waters of 
 life, and fuftain them. 
 
 Next day, being jth of the week, and 24th 
 of loth month, began the felecl; yearly meet 
 ing at Center, in North- Carolina, for Friends 
 of that ftate, South- Carolina and Georgia 
 it was a trying feafon, and Friends feemed 
 feniible it was a very low time. I was quite 
 
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 JOB SCOTT. 249 
 
 fealed up in filence, as were both my com 
 panion and myfelf next day, at the pub lick 
 meeting for worfhip. On fecond-day the bu- 
 finefs of fociety came on; it continued by ad 
 journment four days, and though the fore part 
 was heavy and trying, yet the latter part was 
 a time of eminent overfhadowing of the holy 
 prefence ; many weighty fubjecb were conft- 
 dered in this yearly meeting, and finally rei ul ti 
 ed with much unanimity, love andfolemnity. I 
 was much bowed down, until the lafl day, un 
 der a fenfe of the want of due dependancc oil 
 the Lord in many prefent ; but near and at the 
 clofe of the meeting, the helper of I frael open 
 ed a way, and helped me to be thoroughly re 
 lieved, and the long that is ever new. was put 
 into my heart and mouth, in a very confo- 
 lating manner. Large numbers, I believe, 
 will at times, while they live, blefs the name 
 of the Lord for that day s favour. The Ihout 
 of a King was heard in Sion, to the rejoicing 
 of the tabernacles of Jacob. Blefs thy God, 
 O Ilrael, for ever, and lerve him with faith- 
 fulnels and reverence, O daughter of Jerufa- 
 lem, for who indeed is like him ? He bring- 
 eth down as into the very duft, and he raifeth 
 up to the heights of falvation He maketh 
 the dumb to declare of his goodnefs ; the in 
 habitant of the rock to fing of his power ! 
 glory be to his name for ever my foul will 
 praife him in the heights of Sion ! 
 
 On 7th-day 31 ft, we attended New- Gar 
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 gree of fatisfa&ion. Next day we attended 
 their firfl-day meeting there, being the ifl of 
 the nth month, in folid filence, as to us; 
 and, feeling clear of Carolina, on the day 
 following we rode to Virginia ; and on 4th- 
 day the 4th at night, we got among Friends 
 at Goofe- Creek ; where next day we had a 
 meeting, and the day following had another 
 at the upper meeting-houfe on Goofe- Creek, 
 which was Clent. We next had meetings at 
 Hills-Creek, Seneca-Creek, and South-Ri 
 ver; in all which we were helped through 
 to our comfort, and hope to fome profit. 
 On 4th-day the i ith, we had a blefled confo- 
 lating meeting at Henry Chriftian s, a Metho- 
 dift, and a few others, in Amhurft county, 
 Virginia light and life prevailed, to the ten 
 dering and watering many fouls. On 6th- 
 day, we had a little meeting at Francis Wai- 
 thall s, a man that for fome years appeared 
 to have been convinced of our principles, as 
 alfo his wife : this was in Buckingham coun 
 ty. On firft-day the 15th, we had a meeting 
 at Amelia, to a degree of fatisfaftion, and that 
 afternoon my dear companion James Ladd 
 and I parted, in much gofpel fympathy, and 
 endearment, he going home. On 4th-day, I 
 had a diicouragmg meeting at Camp- Creek, 
 and another next day at Douglafs meeting, 
 (fo called) in the firll I got but little relief; 
 and in the laft could not open my mouth in 
 the miniflry. 
 
 On the firft-day following, the 22d of 1 1 th 
 
 mo.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 251 
 
 mo. I was at meeting at Smith s Creek, in 
 fuffering filence. About this time Satan 
 feemed almoft let loofe upon me, to buffet 
 me with doubts, even in things wherein I had 
 been well eftablifhed and aflured. And per- 
 luaded I am, I have no words adequate to the 
 full and clear deicription of the buffetings, 
 horror and diftrefs, that feized and bore 
 down my drooping foul ; but I have fmce 
 clearly feen, that the Lord s determination 
 was, that if I would ftill be his, I mould lay 
 down my own life, that of my own will en 
 tirely, and in all things, and take him an<f 
 his will for my only good, in and through all. 
 And as my own will was once more crucified 
 and flain, my life laid down upon the crofs 
 all within me bowed On this wife then my 
 foul addrefled my God: Lord, I know thou 
 art all goodnefs ; I have drank of the rivers 
 of pleafure at thy right hand, which is all of 
 thy mere bounty and grace ; I iurrender my 
 all once more to thee without referve. Here 
 I am do with me whatever thou pleafeft 
 blelfed and adored be thy name for ever I 
 yield to thy will not mine, but thine be 
 done. Amen. 
 
 After this lull furrender of my will and my 
 all, light fp rang in my foul ; darknefs fled 
 before it ; Satan s head was bruifed ; God 
 did truly bruife Satan under me ; I faw his 
 power was limited ; and that the Lord God 
 Omnipotent flill reigned over all. Life and 
 immortality was again, as it were, brought 
 
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 to light out of the depth of obfcurity, and 
 eftablifhed over all in meridian brightnefs 
 and affurance in my foul. Great enlargement 
 followed this fore conflift, and my confola- 
 tion was full, and unfpeakably glorious 
 bleffed for ever be the Lord my God, and 
 wonderful leader! in the heights my foul will 
 praiie him, and for the depths of proftration 
 will I magnify IL.S name, who makes all 
 things work together for good to thofe who 
 truly love him- Love him, O my foul, for 
 ever, and fubmit thy all to his holy care and 
 keeping, through every trying time. 
 
 After this moft trying conflict. I found my 
 way opened again, and had meetings at 
 Crooked- Run, Center, Mount- Pleafant, Bear- 
 Garden, Back-Creek, Hopewell, Middle- 
 Creek, Tufkarorah and Buil-ikin, all open 
 good meetings, and moil of them eminently 
 fo, even to my own admiration ! Truth s 
 doctrines were largely opened with divine life 
 and authority ; many who were much unac 
 quainted with true religion were much reach 
 ed ; and fuch as were hungering and thirfling 
 after fomethmg more fubftantial than they 
 had yet feelingly known, were greatly re- 
 fremed. My foul bowed in awfulneis before 
 that God, who, through the deepefl proba 
 tions and difcouragements, fafely brought 
 me on in the right way ; landed me on firm 
 ground ; and even made my mofl fiery trials 
 and extreme conflicts proinotive of almoft 
 incxpreffibie enlargement and confolation. 
 
 Oh 1
 
 JOB SCOTT. 253 
 
 Oh ! he well knows what he is about, in 
 fuffering his chofen followers to be thus clofe- 
 ly tried indeed this is the very way they be 
 come chofen; for he ever choofcth them in the 
 furnace of ajfliclion: here he refines them as 
 gold fevcn times tried in the fire : thus they 
 bear his holy law : thus they are made able 
 to dwell with that which, to every thing fin- 
 ful, is as a devouring fire and everlajling burn 
 ings, and not be hurt ; the fire mail not kin 
 dle on them to devour ; the fmell of it mail 
 not be on their garments ; but every thing in 
 them that is chaffy mall be burnt up, in, and 
 by this unquenchable fire ; fo the weighty 
 fubflantial wheat comes to be gathered into 
 the garner. Oh ! thou traveller Sion-ward, 
 whenever the Lord leads thee in this line, 
 think not that none have walked the way be 
 fore thee ; but remember it is the high-way 
 to glory ; the only trodden path to blelTed- 
 nefs remember others, before thou waft 
 brought forth, have deeply experienced it, 
 have tailed the wormwood and the gall ; and 
 been ready to think it impoffible for them 
 ever to come forth into the light again, or to 
 rejoice in God, the rock and horn of their 
 falvation. But be thou patient, be thou faith 
 ful to death ; yea. in and through this inward 
 death, and thou malt receive a crown of life 1 
 for it is an eternal truth, that though many 
 are the afflictions of the righteous, yet, aflur- 
 edly the Lord delivers them out of them all. 
 
 Next I had a meeting the 4th of the 12th 
 Z month,
 
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 month, in the Prefbyterian meeting-houfe at 
 Winchefter : a glorious good meeting it was 
 I was ready to think near as much fo, as 
 our low ftate, while clothed with clay, is ca 
 pable of. Several important doftrines of the 
 gofpel were largely opened, having ftrength 
 and utterance given every mind feemed 
 hufhed into a degree of awfulnefs and reve 
 rence ! all glory and praife be afcribed to him 
 who is our only fufficiency ; for with grati 
 tude, and proflration of foul before him, it 
 may be truly faid, hitherto hath the Lord 
 helped us ! * On 7th-day I was helped to 
 my own and others joy, at Friends monthly 
 meeting at Crooked-Run : and alfo next day 
 at the meeting at Culpepper. Indeed the arm 
 of the Lord was marvelloufly made bare in 
 our favour, from place to place, throughout 
 the foregoing favoured meetings : and thence 
 on to Southland, South- Fork, Goofe- Creek 
 and Leefburg. At Southland I parted with 
 my dear friend Catlet Jones, who had been 
 very acceptably with me moft of the time 
 fmce I parted with my beloved friend James 
 Ladd; but now he returned to his family. I 
 was at this place la ft fpring, as I went fouth- 
 ward, and though I was fhut up there then, 
 yet I felt fuch an engagement for the profpe- 
 rity of that little meeting and neighbourhood, 
 that I felt moft eafy. now on my return, to 
 viiit them again; having been drawn in fpirit 
 to look towards them, at times, ever fmce I 
 was there before. We had now a heavenly 
 
 watering 
 * i Sam. vii. 12.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 255 
 
 watering time together, praifed be the Lord, 
 whofe power was eminently over all. I be 
 lieve I have never known a more conftant 
 fulnefs of God s love, life, and qualifying 
 prefence ; nor a more continued cheerfuineis 
 in and out of meetings, for fo long a time, 
 than (blelFed be the Lord) I have now been 
 favoured with, fmce my extreme tribulation 
 and diflrefs at Smith s Creek, and about that 
 time. Oh, the heights and depths; may nei 
 ther the one nor the other ever fepurate my 
 foul from the love of God! I well know the 
 propriety and need of our Saviour s caution, 
 4 pray ye that your flight be not in the winter; 
 neither on the fabbath-day. * Great care 
 is neceifary, in both thele flates perhaps our 
 Lord mentioned the winter jflrft, as it is the 
 trials and diflrefs of that painful difpenfation, 
 which prepares for, and if patiently endured, 
 terminates in the comfortable rejoicings of 
 the fabbath-day. To abound, we mull be 
 abafed : if we will reign with Chrifl, we muft 
 fuflFer with him : but, Oh the danger of let 
 ting in difcouragements in the winter feafon, 
 when all feems cold and uncomfortable with 
 in ; even fometimes benumbing, and almoit 
 deadly fro ft. Here thou exercifed traveller 
 Sion-ward, if thou art not very watchful and 
 careful to abide in the faith and patience of 
 the faints, thou wilt be very likely to take thy 
 flight, from walking in the light, and firm 
 abiding on the everlafting rock and founda 
 tion ; by letting in and giving way to doubts, 
 Z 2 difputings, 
 
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 difputings, diflrufl, murmurings and defpair; 
 and fo repine at the difpenlations of Divine 
 Providence, who is proving thee for thy good. 
 Here many have took their flight in the win 
 ter, and let go their hold of what they had 
 received, and fo have loft their crown ! for 
 the terras are, be thou faithful unto death, 
 and I will give thee a crown of life. * If thou 
 abideft deadfall through the wintry difpenfa- 
 tion, the Lord will bring thee to the opening 
 fpring. to the rummer, and the fabbath-day ; 
 here thou wilt praife him on the banks of de 
 liverance ; here thou wilt be made to fhout 
 and fing ! for, lo, the winter is pail ; the 
 rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear 
 * on the earth ; the time of the fmging of 
 birds is come ; and the voice of the turtle 
 is heard in our land. t But now, in the 
 midft of thy rejoicing, have a care ; ftand 
 faft ; fee thou takeft not thy flight on the 
 fabbath-day. Danger awaits thee on every 
 fide ; thou art a frail mortal, and thy deftruc- 
 tion, if it cometh upon thee, will be of thy- 
 lelf; but thy help can be only in and of the 
 Lord ; therefore look unto him, for he that 
 trulleth iri his own heart, is a fool. J Let him 
 that thinketh he flandeth, even though his 
 foul is filled with good, and overflows with 
 fongs of joy, take heed left he fall even now 
 this care is eminently ncceffary this is a mo 
 ment wherein the watch is peculiarly needful 
 hence the precious caution in regard to 
 thefe two feaions of moft prefling danger 
 
 hence, 
 * Rev. ii. 10. f Cant, ii. n, ia. J Prov. xxviii. 26.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 257 
 
 hence, alfo, he preached the watch, and that 
 repeatedly, to his difciples, yea to all; what 
 I lay unto you, I fay unto all, watch. ^ He 
 knew all needed it; not only the dejecled 
 and depreffed foul, but even, and efpecially, 
 the joyful heart the mind of him whom joy 
 overflows. My foul well knows the my fiery 
 of thefe things by repeated experience ; but 
 I have found, that, in proportion as ail pride 
 of every kind is done away, or hid from man 
 (which is God s work) and the creature fully 
 humbled and reduced to the lofs of all things, 
 the Lord is pleafed more abundantly to fill 
 us with divine good ; and to continue its 
 bleffed replenifhings unto us ! for through this 
 abafement we are enabled to bear this fulnefs 
 without being puffed up, or thinking great 
 things of ourfelves. Man is exceedingly in 
 clined to independance, and a language on 
 this wife my own arm has brought falvation 
 is not this great Babylon, which-/, great /, 
 have builded, for mine own and kingdom s 
 honour? &c. Yes. O, thou who thus build- 
 eft, be allured, whenever thou beginneft to 
 think much of thyfelf, and that thou of thy- 
 felf haft done fomething that is good, thou 
 art a Babyloniih idolater; thou art erecting a 
 Babel. This is great Babylon indeed, which 
 thou, a poor worm of the duft, art rearing 
 up ; and all this muft be brought down, be 
 fore thou comeli to live by Jaith ; or canft fay 
 in truth, I live : yet not I, but Chrifl liveth 
 in me/t and by the grace of God I am 
 Z 3 what 
 
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 what I am. t It is truly a great attainment to 
 be nothing but what grace makcth us ; yet 
 this is the cafe, in regard to the things of re 
 ligion, with all who do nothing of them- 
 ielves : but have rejled from their own works, 
 as God did from his, t here God is all in 
 all/ O, feek it lay hold of it, and fecure 
 it to thy foul, by dying daily ; dying unto all 
 that can or would act of itfelf, make hafte, or 
 be always ready ; for this can never do any 
 thing better, whatever it boafts, than build 
 for thee and others a Babel of confufwn. 
 Therefore, let him that hath an ear, hear what 
 the fpirit faith unto the churches, in order to 
 gather all that will follow the Lamb, into the 
 living gofpel wonliip in fpirit and in truth, 
 within the inward temple. 
 
 On ^th-day the izth of 12th month, I at 
 tended the felect quarterly meeting at Fair 
 fax ; next day the publick meeting ; and, on 
 fecond-day one for publick worfhip and the 
 discipline of the church ; and, on third-day, 
 a lar e publick meeting for the youth and 
 others. I was fhut up throughout,- except 
 fome clofe communications in the felecl: meet 
 ing, and in that for publick worlhip on firfl- 
 da-< M.y foul was deeply diftreffed under a 
 fenfr (.hat fome were neglecting an inward 
 fcding after God, and were fooliflily looking 
 out for words. Oh ! how this wounds the 
 living, and adds to the bonds of thofe who 
 have no other to look to but the Lord alone ! 
 
 fcarce 
 J i Cor. x.v. 10. | Heb. iv. 10.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 259 
 
 fcarce any thing tends more powerfully to fhut 
 up the fprings of life. 4th-clay i6th, attend 
 ed the mid-week meeting at the fame place ; 
 and next day had a good meeting at the Gap ; 
 and on 6th and yth days, feeing no way to 
 go forward, I relied, wrote, and waited fur 
 ther directions. 
 
 On ifl-day the 2Oth, I attended the meet 
 ing again at Fairfax ; our friend Peter Yar- 
 nall alfo attended it, on a religious vifit. I 
 fat long in fufFering filence ; but at length, 
 Handing up, got forward with much difficul 
 ty ; fuch mountains of obftru&ion lying in 
 my way, arifing from the ftates of fome pre- 
 fent, as I believed, that I feemed not enabled 
 to get along far before I found it befl to fit 
 down, rather abruptly ; and fitting quiet and 
 ftill in mind, although I doubt not but many 
 prefent thought me a fool, yet I felt religned 
 to endure their ridicule. But after fitting a 
 good while, and finding I could not leave the 
 place eafy, and the meeting having continued 
 already to an unufual length, I flood up again, 
 intending to defire another meeting next day; 
 but as I was not hafly to utter any thing, 
 but waited to feel and fee my way in every 
 word, I went on from one fentence to an 
 other for fome time, ftill expecting to requefl 
 another meeting, but I could not find liberty 
 fo to do ; inflead thereof finding my mind 
 gradually and unexpectedly opened and en 
 larged, until Truth reigned over all ! I at 
 tained at length a great degree of relief to 
 
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 my mind the meeting ended abundantly 
 more to my fatisfaction, and fome others, 
 than I had expected blefled be the Helper 
 of Ifrael, who ftill as of old, leadeth the 
 blind in paths they have not known/* 
 
 On 4th-day the 25th, I had an open good 
 meeting at Bum- Creek in Maryland, having 
 croifed the great river Patowmack on 2d-day, 
 being, as I hope, clear of Virginia. On ^th- 
 day 26th, had a very good open meeting at 
 Pipe- Creek in Maryland ; and on feventh- 
 day at Monailen in Permfylvania, and fo on 
 to Huntingdon, Warrington, Newbury and 
 York, having meetings at each of thefe 
 places to good fatisfaction. At York I had 
 three, the two lafl laborious ; but I felt in 
 good degree clear of the town. And on 
 6th-day the ift of ift month 1790, I went to 
 a place called Wright s Ferry, on the river 
 Sufquehanna, where I had a pretty good 
 meeting at the widow W right s houfe and 
 the three next days, three blefled meetings 
 at Lancafter, Lampeter and Sadfbury ; then 
 on gd-day the ^th, another fuch at Eaft Not 
 tingham in Maryland. Next day another 
 fuch at Weft Nottingham in Maryland and 
 the day following another at Little- Britain in 
 Pennfylvania ; and on 6th-day the 8th, a 
 bleifed and very open one at Deer- Creek, 
 over Sufquehanna in Maryland. On firft- 
 day the ioth. through deep fuffering, I was 
 considerably opened and enlarged in the fore 
 
 and 
 * Jfai. xlii. 16.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 and afternoon meetings at Baltimore. I ftaid 
 a few days in this place, and then rode to 
 Little Falls, attending meeting there on 5th- 
 day the 14th ; and Ib on to Saffafras, (on the 
 eaftern more of Maryland) Head of Chefter, 
 George-Town, Cecil, Chefter meeting and 
 Cheiler-Town ; then to Churchill, Queen- 
 Ann s and Tuckahoe ; having open good 
 meetings at all thefe places, to the humiliation 
 of my mind, and bowing me into thankful- 
 nefs and proftration before the Lord, who 
 alone giveth ability for every religious fervice. 
 Next day, being gd of the week, and 26th 
 of the month, I attended the quarterly meet 
 ing of minifters and elders at Third-Haven ; 
 the two next days was held the quarterly 
 meeting for church difcipline ; on the day 
 following the monthly meeting there. The 
 two firft of thefe four days were painfully 
 exercifmg; but through patience in tribulation, 
 and not pre fuming to put forth a hand, or go 
 forward, until the Shepherd of Ifrael went be 
 fore me, leading me on in the openings of 
 light and life, I at length obtained deliver 
 ance, triumphed over all opposition, and 
 coming forth from under that weight of 
 death and darknefs I had felt, found renewed 
 ability the two laft days thoroughly to relieve 
 my mind among them ; which was not only 
 to the reproof of the lukewarm and difobedi- 
 ent, but abundantly to the watering and re- 
 frefhment of thofe who were truly hungering 
 and thirfting after righteoufnefs. I was made 
 fenfible that there was prefent a little remnant 
 
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 who truly loved the Lord, and whofe meat 
 and drink it was to do his will ; and bleffed 
 be his holy name for ever, they, with my own 
 foul were eminently filled. 
 
 Next day I had a meeting at the Bay-fide ; 
 it was filent and dull for a long time ; after 
 which my mouth was opened in the pure 
 gofpel fpring, and the meeting continued 
 lome confiderable length of time longer, in a 
 very open and relieving manner; the nature 
 of gofpel worlhip and of all real gofpel mini- 
 itry, being largely opened to the people-may 
 it faften as a nail in a fure place. Oh! how I 
 have mourned before the Lord, under a fenfe 
 of the death and formality which reigns in 
 Chriftendom ! for want of waiting for divine 
 help, and through pufhing forward in man s 
 time and ability, which brings forth but a 
 form of godlinefs and devotion, without the 
 life and power of it. 
 
 On ift-day the 31$, I had a very large 
 and highly favoured meeting at Third- H aven, 
 among the inhabitants of the town, many of 
 whom had not been at any of the preceding 
 meetings there. Gofpel light mined emi 
 nently among us, and I hope and believe in- 
 flruttion was fealed on fome minds prefent, 
 in a manner not eafily to be erafed. The two 
 next days we had meetings at Choptank and 
 Marfhy- Creek, both precious feafons after 
 long waiting. The two days following thefe, 
 we were at meeting with the Nicholites (fo 
 
 called)
 
 JOB SCOTT. 263 
 
 called) at two of their meeting-houfes ; and, 
 after long and painful waiting, I laboured 
 among them, I hope to the benefit of fome of 
 their fouls. 
 
 After this we went into Delaware Mate, 
 and had meetings at our friend Baptis Lay s 
 at Cold Spring, Lewis- Town, Three- Runs, 
 Mother-kill, Frederico and Mother-kill again. 
 We were helped through to profit and relief 
 in them all ; though moftly in a way much to 
 the fubjeftion of our own creaturely wills. 
 Oh ! what need there is to lie low, and rife 
 only as the pure life arifes. left we be found 
 offering ftrange fire, or lifting up a tool on 
 the Lord s altar. Contentment in a lowly 
 flate, and moving on gently in the real necel- 
 fity, is highly acceptable to him, without 
 whom we can do nothing. Here we acknow 
 ledge his might, his right to command even 
 faithfulnefs in the little, which fails not, if we 
 rightly obey, to make us, in his own time, 
 rulers over much ; and fometimcs to our own 
 great admiration. Indeed it was fo in feveral 
 of thefe meetings that at Lewis-Town and 
 that at Frederico being times of high favour: 
 the people were moftly not of our fociety, no 
 meeting of Friends being ufually held at either 
 place. Alto the meetings at Mother-kill were, 
 in the end, feafons of enlargement, though 
 through difficulty, hard labour, and clole in 
 ward attention ; efpecially the laft, wherein 
 the Lord eminently evinced to us, beyond all 
 room for doubt, that when he opens, none 
 
 can
 
 264 JOURNAL OF 
 
 can fhut for he did remarkably both flmt 
 and open/t and even before he opened the 
 way in full clearnefs, he brought us under a 
 neceflity of labouring in the little, wherein 
 dear Mary Berry, a fkilful labourer, was 
 made victorious ; but we both found, that, 
 move ever fo carefully and gently, as in the 
 real neceflity, it was not for a long feafon 
 the Lord s time or will to open fully or give 
 us to reign : the feed was under fuffering, and 
 we mufl fuffer with it, and did very deeply 
 and painfully, and laboured in great bowed- 
 
 nefs and abaiement. But blefled be the 
 
 Lord God of lirael, in his own time ever 
 beft, he marvelloufly arofe opened the way 
 with clearnefs : then all that was oppofed 
 proved unable to fhut it. 
 
 We then had meetings at Dover and 
 Little Creek, both highly favoured ; at the 
 clofe of that at Little Creek, I had to part 
 with my faid friend Mary Berry, Richard 
 Bartlett, his wife a worthy friend, and John 
 Dickenfon ; a tender parting it was, not eafi- 
 ly to be forgotten may the Lord hold them, 
 and my own foul, in his holy hand for ever ! 
 On 2d-day the 14th, we were at Duck- 
 Creek ; 3d-day at Appoquinamink ; 4th, at 
 White-Clay Creek; ^th at Wilmington all 
 good open meetings the two firll very re 
 lieving in the two lafl relief was obtained 
 through clofe attention and creaturely fub- 
 jeclion. I then went to Philadelphia. On 
 
 firft- 
 
 f Rev. iii. 7.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 265 
 
 firfl-day the 2oth, I attended in the forenoon, 
 the meeting at Pine- Street; afternoon at the 
 Bank, and in the evening at Market- Street. 
 On fecond-day the fele6t morning meeting ; 
 gd-day monthly meeting at the Bank ; 4th- 
 day the monthly meeting at Pine-Street; th- 
 day preparative meeting at Market- Street, 
 where alfo was a marriage ; and on 6th-day 
 the monthly meeting of Friends belonging to 
 Market-Street meeting. My mind was deep 
 ly baptized into fympathy with the fuffering 
 feed in all thefe meetings but as I was fa 
 voured and enabled to keep in the life, and 
 attentive to the openings thereof, I got relief 
 from day to day, in a line of clofe plain deal 
 ing, which was to me very laborious ; to fome 
 prefent very alarming ; and to others greatly 
 confolating and encouraging. 
 
 And now, finding my mind greatly reliev 
 ed from a heavy weight of exercife, I had to 
 behold the great danger of taking my flight 
 on a day of reft and pleafantnefs. Oh, how 
 careful ought we to be in all our words and 
 aftions, left feeling eafe and liberty in our 
 minds, we tranfgrefs the holy limits and 
 boundaries of Truth ; offend fome of the 
 little ones ; and wound our own fouls ! Oh, 
 thou only preferver of men, preferve me, I 
 pray thee, in a humble watchful ftate, with 
 mine eye fmgle to thy holy light, both in 
 heights and depths, henceforth for ever. 
 Amen. 
 
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 On ^th-day the 2yth, I left the city, and 
 rode to Bibury, to the houfe of that deeply 
 experienced minifter of the gofpel James 
 Thornton, whom I much loved and honour 
 ed his health was ill, but I felt him to be 
 alive in the everlauing truth ; I felt near and 
 dear unity with him in the inward covenant 
 of divine life, where I faw and felt him hid 
 with Chrift in God ; grown up to the ftature 
 of a man in Chrift, and into the heavenly au 
 thority and eftablifhment, as a pillar in the 
 temple of God, that mail go no more out. 
 I was much edified by his converfation, and 
 judicious unaffected remarks. Oh ! that my 
 latter end may be like Ins ! Next day I at 
 tended the meeting at (aid Bibury, and be 
 ing livingly opened into the ilate of things 
 among them, and helped to difcharge my 
 mind in Truth s holy authority, I felt great 
 relief and fatisfaction And the day follow 
 ing, having fpent a little more time with my 
 dear friend James Thornton, and vifited his 
 Ion Jofeph, a choice young man, but very 
 low, and likely before long to finifli his 
 courfe here, I parted with them in fulnefs of 
 gofpel endearment, and rode to Wrightf- 
 town, where next day I had an open precious 
 time at their monthly meeting. Then went 
 home with my dear friend John Simpfon, 
 who, having been on a religious vifit in New- 
 England fince I left home, had kindly vifited 
 my dear wife and family, to his own, and I 
 cloubt not to their fatisfaclion and comfort. 
 
 Next
 
 JOB SCOTT. 267 
 
 Next day the 4th of the week and gd of the 
 month, I went to fee my kind friend Thomas 
 Smith and his family, of Buckingham, where, 
 and at xvhofe houfe, my dear former com 
 panion Jofeph Mitchel was fick and died. 
 We were glad to fee each other ; and Thomas 
 kindly rode with me to Kingwood, in Weft- 
 New- Jerfey, over the river Delaware, where, 
 on fifth-day I had a good refreming meet 
 ing and another on fixth-day at our friend 
 Jofeph Moore s, to a degree of fatisfaclion. 
 Then I returned to Kingwood, parting with 
 Thomas at Jofeph Moore s. I ftaid at King- 
 wood (not being clear) until after the meet 
 ing on firft-day the yth of the month ; an 
 open, large and enlarged meeting it was, 
 to my great relief, and I trn.ft, to the lafling 
 benefit of divers others. I then had meetings 
 on third-day at Hardwick, and fifth-day at 
 Mendham in both Truth wrought relief and 
 enlargement. And feeling clear of thefe 
 parts, I went to New- York, where, on firft- 
 day the 14th. my mind and mouth were liv- 
 ingly opened, which had never been the cafe 
 in that city before, filence having always 
 been my lot when there before : but now my 
 tongue was loofed, though in a clofe and 
 fomewhat alarming manner, yet greatly to 
 my own peace, both fore and afternoon 
 after which was held, by appointment, an 
 evening meeting ; it was large, and dear Ifaac 
 Everett, of Pennfylvania, now on his return 
 from a religious vifit into New- England, was 
 livingly opened and favoured in this evening 
 A a 2 meeting.
 
 268 JOURNAL OF 
 
 meeting. I alfo had a few words in this 
 meeting, and then felt clear of the city. 
 But dear Ifaac appointed another meeting 
 next day I ft aid and attended it he was 
 helped to declare deep truths in Truth s au 
 thority and the defire of my heart was and 
 is, that they may be duly regarded. 
 
 On 3d-day I left the city, and was next 
 day at monthly meeting at Weftbury on 
 Long-Ifland ; 5th-duy at monthly meeting at 
 Jericho; 6th-day at meeting at Martinacock; 
 7th-day at Cow- Neck ; firft-day at Weftbury 
 again ; and on 2d-day at Bethphage on the 
 whole being greatly relieved in fpirit after 
 thefe meetings, wherein I had known much, 
 fubjection of the creaturely will, I found my 
 mind quite clear and ealy ; and fo, taking 
 an hearty farewell of my deal" friends on the 
 Ifland, I fat out for New-England, and -got 
 home to my dear wife and family on yth-day 
 the 27th of faid third month. And being 
 thankful in heart in finding them in ufual 
 health, and having to believe that I had fi- 
 nifhed the fervice required of me at this time, 
 and had been directed and enabled to return 
 as I went forth, in the Lord s own time and 
 will, I bowed low in inward awfulnefs and 
 proitration before him, once more giving up 
 and dedicating my life and my ail to his fer 
 vice, in full faith and affurance, that, if I rely 
 wholly on him, and remain to be given up to 
 be juft where and what he pleafes, go at his 
 command, and come at his commandj and at 
 
 his
 
 JOB SCOTT. 269 
 
 his command fland ftill, he will not fail or 
 forfake me ; but will bear up, iupport and 
 preferve, through all toffings, tempefts and 
 dangers, both inward and outward ; and that 
 though the fig-tree fhould not blofTom, nor 
 
 * fruit be in the vine ; though the labour of 
 
 * the olive mould fail, the ilock.s be cut off 
 from the fold, and no herd be in the flail / 
 though all earthly confolation mould fail; yet 
 ftill I may, and if fteadfaftly patient and faith 
 ful, certainly (hall, amidft all conflicts, dan 
 gers and toils, at times and feaions, rejoice 
 in the Lord, and joy in the God of my fal- 
 vation ; t and finally fmg his praife for ever, 
 in that habitation, the houfe not made with 
 hands, eternal in the heavens. 
 
 My dear wife and children, as alfo my 
 friends, appeared glad of my fafe return ta 
 them again ; and on my own part. I was tru 
 ly glad once more to be favoured with their 
 endeared company and coriverfation may 
 we all fo abide in the holy root of life., and 
 lo under the influence and direction of the 
 inward light, as that we may be mutual helps 
 and encouragements to each other, in the ar 
 duous path and pilgrimage of a truly chnflian 
 life, through the remaining courle of time 
 allotted us in this vale of tears, this fcene of 
 viciffitudes, tribulations and joys. 
 
 I was out on this exercifing journey a year 
 and about fifteen days, and travelled, by com- 
 A a 3 putatioii, 
 
 f Hab. iii. 17 i8
 
 270 JOURNAL OF 
 
 putation, about five thoufand three hundred 
 miles. And though my trials and inward 
 exercifes have often been more deeply prov 
 ing than I have words to convey to any who 
 have not travelled a path of like painful ex 
 perience ; yet I have ever found, that as taith 
 and patience have been abode in. and fuffer- 
 ings quietly fubmitted to, the refult has been, 
 a coming forth with fongs of praife and hal 
 lelujahs, into the viclory and dominion of 
 Truth, and the glorious liberty of the fons of 
 God. And I think I may fay, that through 
 divine help, without which I know I can do 
 nothing, I have been preferred through fome 
 of the deepefl probations, and tribulations of 
 my life, in more conftant refignation to the 
 divine will, than ever was for a like fpace of 
 time and under equal extremity of trial, and 
 varied anxiety, my attainment and experience 
 before! Bleiled for ever, over all, be the 
 great name of the Lord, and to him be all: 
 the praife. 
 
 C H A F.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 271 
 
 C H A P. IX. 
 
 An account of his wife s lajlficknefs and death 
 fome of her dying fay ings, and his peculiar 
 exercifes and trials at that time, and efpecial- 
 ty on that occafion. 
 
 HAVING thus performed the fcrvice 
 required of me in the fouthern Mates, 
 I palled near three years at and about home ; 
 and had, as ufual, many clofe trials and be- 
 ietments to pals through from time to time, 
 until in the 7th month 1791, it pleafed the 
 Moll High to prove me in a very near and 
 heart-exercifmg manner, in the removal by 
 death of my dearly beloved wife. This trial 
 came at a time when I was otherways deeply 
 plunged into many probations, both inwardly 
 and outwardly. My ftate indeed to me bore 
 a lively refemblance to that of Job of old 
 wave on wave, and forrow upon iorrow, feem- 
 ed almoft ready to fwallow me up. But the 
 Lord had an end in all my forrows. And had 
 he not been with me in the deeps, and borne 
 up my head above the waves, I had been 
 fwallowed up fuddenly, and drowned in the 
 mighty waters of affliction ! 
 
 I thought before my wife s licknefs, it was 
 very doubtful whether I mould ever get fafely 
 through my many befetments : but alas ! in 
 the midft of thefe trials, it pleafed the Lord 
 to take from me the dear partner of my joys, 
 
 and
 
 272 JOURNAL OF 
 
 and fympathizer in my forrows. She was 
 confined to her bed-chamber two weeks, 
 during great part of which time me was in 
 exquiiite bodily pain, which fhe bore with 
 becoming patience. One day fhe lay ftill 
 and quiet, as if fhe was in a flmnber ; but on 
 hearing it remarked at night, that it had been 
 a favourable day to her as to pain, fhe laid, 
 it had been a day of much pain to her, though 
 fhe had not complained, for me felt no liber 
 ty to complain ; but found it her place to bear 
 all that was laid upon her patiently. I kept 
 an account of divers lively expreffions which 
 dropped from her in her ficknefs, and xvhich 
 abundantly evinced her refignation of mind 
 and acquiefcence with the divine will in re 
 gard to her approaching diflblution, which 
 me feemed clearly ienfible of, and divers 
 times fpake of; but what I wrote got rniflaid r 
 and I have not fmce found it ; I much regret 
 the lofs of it, and efpecially becaufe her ad 
 vice to our dear children might have been 
 very ufeful. She alfo gave very fuitable ad 
 vice to her brothers and fillers, and exprefled 
 her thankfulnefs to her parents for their 
 watchful and even reflraining care exercifed 
 towards her in her younger years, when fhe 
 ufed to think a little more liberty would have 
 been no harm ; but now me faw fhe was then 
 too ignorant of the dangerous tendency of 
 thofe liberties, and rejoiced that they did not 
 give way to her inclinations. She preffed it 
 upon her brothers and iiflers to remember 
 their parents in their old age told them, 
 
 they
 
 JOB SCOTT. 273 
 
 they had done much for them when they 
 were unable to help themfelves that now 
 they were growing old and feeble, and to be 
 kind to them and not forget them. She alfo- 
 defired them not to forget their brother, 
 (meaning mylelf ) faying, * he will have many 
 afflictions to pal s through, with much care. 
 ; And likewife forget riot thefe little chil- 
 dren, they will mils their mother, and need 
 the care of their uncles and aunts/ Arid 
 fpeaking to one of her fifters, faid, thou 
 haft done a great deal for them, and muft 
 not think of doing lefs when their mother 
 is gone. 
 
 She charged it upon our children to be 
 obedient to their father, loving to one an 
 other, and good to their aged grandfather. 
 Two Friends coming in, who had both been 
 widowers, after feveral other weighty expref- 
 fions, me defired them not to forget the af- 
 flifted told them they knew fomething of 
 fuch trials as her dear hufbancl would be 
 furrounded with, and that me hoped they 
 would not be unmindful of him. I can 
 fcarcely write this account without mourning 
 the lofs of that I wrote from day to day in 
 her ficknefs. 
 
 One day, after expreffing her entire wil- 
 lingnefs to be taken hence at this time, me 
 laid to me, but I have feveral times thought 
 I mould have been willing to have taken 
 the care of thefe dear children a little 
 
 longer
 
 JOURNAL OF 
 
 8 longer if it had been the divine will and I 
 
 * have thought, if it might have been fo or- 
 dered, I could have given up every thing 
 that might have been called for, even if it 
 had been to give thee up to travel in truth s 
 
 * fervice, let the time be longer or fhorter : 
 I have always given thee up with a good 
 degree of cheerfulnefs, and have been iup- 
 ported in thy abfence beyond my expecla- 
 tion ; and yet I have often thought, fince 
 thy return from thy laft journey, that I did 
 
 * not know that I could ever give thee up 
 again, or bear up in thy abfence : but in 
 
 * this ficknefs I have felt as though I could 
 give up all. if I might be fpared a little 
 longer to help along in the care of the 
 children it has feem^d to me that I mould 
 give thee up my dear hufband, to go 
 
 * wherever the Lord might lead thee it 
 has feemed fo, but may be it would not be 
 
 * fo with me if I mould be tried with it ; and 
 
 * perhaps I fliall be taken away that thou 
 
 * may eft be let more fully at liberty to at- 
 tend to the Lord s requi rings in whatever 
 part of the world he may fee meet to employ 
 thee/ Then fhe exprefled her deep ienfe 
 of my kindnefs to her in her ficknefs, and 
 her heart-felt fympathy with me in my trials, 
 paft, prelent and to come, and her living de- 
 lires for my fupport and prefervation through 
 all, to the end of my race, in fuch a moving 
 manner, that the frefh ienfc thereof melts my 
 heart when I recollect the time and fubftance 
 of the converfation and I truft I fhall not 
 
 foon.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 275 
 
 foon, if ever, forget the endearment and fo- 
 lemnity attending it. 
 
 On my going into the room very fliortly 
 before the fcene was clofed with her here, 
 fhe expreffed great gladnefs at feeing me, 
 and that me had been defiring me to come 
 I believe Ihe was fenfible her end was juft 
 approaching. She expreffed great thankful- 
 nefs to her dear young friend A. A. for the 
 great care fhe had taken of her through the 
 night. All that was alive in me was mo\ r ed 
 at this time, for I faw ihe was juft going. 
 Oh ! how expreilively me looked upon me ! 
 how endearing her exprcffions ! but fhe was 
 foon paft converlation. and refigned her foul 
 up to him who gave it, on the morning of 
 the 5th of the yth month 1791, dying of a 
 putrid diforder, and was buried the 6th in 
 Friends burying ground in Providence. 
 
 Through divine help my mind was pretty 
 well flayed, though deeply affected and ten 
 derly moved through her iicknefs. death and 
 burial. And through all, and after all. I have 
 this confolation. that her foul was centered in 
 divine love, and fweetened with a fore-tafte 
 of heavenly enjoyment. And though painful 
 to me the feparation, and trying in many of 
 my lonely moments ; yet in God I have con 
 fidence and hope of confolation, and I dare 
 not do any other than blefs his holy name in 
 every trial ; and if he but preferves my foul 
 
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 276 JOURNAL OF 
 
 alive in him, and faithful in his covenant ; 
 all elfe I yield to his all-wife difpofal. 
 
 Many a mournful day and anxious night 
 did I pafs through, in this my lonefome con 
 dition, and in a deep-felt fenfe of the buffet- 
 ings of Satan within, and certain outward 
 probations, in wildom fuffered to befet me. 
 I faw clearly I muft be redeemed from many 
 things wherein fome are taking fatisfaclion, 
 if I would live wholly unto God. I faw alfo 
 that he fuffered me to be many ways afflicted, 
 in order that I might be fo redeemed. Some 
 times it feemed as if I could fcarce live thro 
 my inward baptifms and outward befetments; 
 yet ftill preffed forward, until, in a time of 
 deep diilrefs. I found relief and confolation, 
 in remembering that fome of the mod di Href- 
 ling mornings of my life have been followed 
 by forne of the moft happy and joyful even 
 ings ; and fome of the moft melancholy even 
 ings, by mornings of moft fubftantial glad- 
 nefs therefore drew the following conclu- 
 fion : I will drive to moderate my joy in the 
 moment of profperity and in the hour of 
 adverfity I will endeavour to hope ; for tho" 
 jforrow may remain for the night, yet joy 
 cometh in the morning. 
 
 C HAP. 
 
 i
 
 JOB SCOTT. 277 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Extracts from his diary, and an account of his 
 vi/it into Connecticut. 
 
 7th mo. i2thT Feel that I ftand in need of 
 1791. A a renewal of my ftrength, in 
 regard to religious life and progrefs, and am 
 afrefh confirmed, a chriftian s life is (as he 
 minds his proper bufinefs) a continual war 
 fare ! Oh my foul, watch and pray continu 
 ally and think not to get forward rightly 
 by an intermitting watch ; a watch fometimes 
 pretty well maintained ; and anon, almoft or 
 quite wholly neglected ; for be allured the 
 enemy will make an inroad upon thee, if thou 
 thus neglecleft the watch. O holy Father, 
 and Fountain of light, life and ftrength, I 
 pray thee enable me to watch and pray with 
 out ceafing. 
 
 i6th day. Affli6ted and not comforted; yet 
 dare not let go my hold, nor look out to vifi- 
 bles for enjoyment. My ftate feemed that of 
 almoft total abftinence. 23d, Humbled and 
 bowed in grateful proftration and reverence, 
 in contemplating on the wonderful goodnefs 
 of God to mankind through all ages, efpe- 
 cially in opening and revealing, by his holy 
 Ipirit, the deep things of his heavenly king 
 dom to poor frail man. 27th, a day of great 
 deliverance and enlargement in gofpel autho 
 rity in the miniftry and doftrine of Chriit 
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 278 JOURNAL OF 
 
 and fome faithful labours for the good of the 
 brethren in a more private way. 28th, fat- 
 under my own vine and fig-tree, where none 
 could make afraid. 2gth, I find yet need of 
 dying daily have in good degree fubmitted 
 to it this day. Lord, let not thine hand 
 fpare, nor thine eye pity, until thou bringeft 
 forth judgment unto victory in me. Filth of 
 8th month, I feel that my God has greatly 
 weaned, and is weaning me ; but I want to 
 be able to fay, through and with my Saviour, 
 I have overcome the world. * I greatly de- 
 fire fully and unrefervedly to die to every 
 thing that is not of the Father, whether it be 
 of the world, the flefli or the devil in fhort, 
 to know an overcoming of all evil, and all evil 
 motions and defires, fo as that they may die at 
 the root. And, indeed, this is the only true 
 and effectual overcoming ; for now alfo the 
 ax is laid unto the root of the tree, not 
 the branches only to lop and crop them, but 
 to cut up the tree at the very root. And 
 talk what men will of imputation none are 
 thole overcomers to whom the promife is 
 made and will be performed, that they mail 
 eat of the hidden manna t have a right 
 to the tree of j life receive a white done 
 and a new name enter in through the 
 gates into the city, and be made pillars in 
 the temple of God, that fhall go no more 
 out. "i; but thofe who maintain the warfare 
 againll fin, until Satan is wholly bruifed 
 
 under 
 
 * John xvi. 33. j: Matt iii. 10. I Rev. ii. 17. 
 1] xxii. 14. iii. u.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 279 
 
 under them, and the law of the fpirit of life 
 in Chrift Jefus fet them free from the law 
 ; of fin and death. Oh ! bleffed holy God, 
 and Father of all our fare mercies, lead on, 
 I pray thee, as thou haft begun, my ex- 
 ercifed foul, through all the remaining fleps 
 and ftages of falsification, until true judg 
 ment break forth unto victory over all fin 
 in me. 
 
 6th. Bleffed be the name of the Lord ! 
 the work goes on righteoufnefs is laid to the 
 line, and judgment to the plumb-line, in my 
 foul. Lord, fpare not, nor (lay thy hand 
 cleanfe thoroughly the floor of my heart, and 
 burn up all the chaff in me with thy baptiz 
 ing unquenchable fire. igth, I feel much 
 reconciled to the divine will, and therein to 
 all my fufferings and afflictions, inward and 
 outward ; and do not wifh them removed 
 until they have done all, for which the Lord 
 leads me into them. And further, it is my 
 defire, that I may never feck or take fatisfac- 
 tion in any thing this world affords, othcrwife 
 than according to God s moft holy will ; but 
 that I may receive every bleffing, every fa 
 vour, comfort and confolation, as alfo every 
 trial, affliction, crofs and difappointment, as 
 coming from his hand and fo learn truly to 
 rejoice evermore, and in every thing give 
 thanks. t So let it be, O Lord my God, 
 for ever and may I, in every purfuit, attend 
 to thy counfel and direction may I fee in 
 B b 2 thy 
 
 f i Thef. v. 16 18.
 
 a8o JOURNAL OF 
 
 thy light, that it is neceffary and expedient 
 .that I be engaged in this or that, either fpi- 
 ritual or temporal vocation may I be ever 
 ready and willing to purfue every neceifary 
 engagement, exercife and labour, of either 
 kind may a firm reliance on thy providential 
 care and bleffing, prevent all improper halte 
 or anxiety may I purfue, from day to day, 
 the work and proper bufmefs of the day, with 
 fuitable diligence, moderation and compofure, 
 unanxious for the event, or for what may be 
 to-morrow, or fome future time ; but firmly 
 believing that all things will and do work to 
 gether for the good of every foul that truly 
 loves thee and that the only right way for 
 me to promote the profperity of my future 
 days, is, to acl well my part to-day, in thy 
 counfel ; leaving the difpofal of events to thy 
 providential wifdom and goodneis. Thus 
 will day unto day utter fpeech, and night unto 
 night /hew knowledge One day s work, be 
 ing lightly done, will tend towards the right 
 opening to, and performing aright, the work 
 and fervice of the fucceeding day and here 
 will be found no occafion to anticipate the 
 difficulties of the morrow, for fufficient unto 
 * the day is the evil thereof. t On the one 
 hand, there will be no time to be idle nor 
 on the other, to be over anxious or troubled. 
 If fparrows fall not to the ground without 
 God s providence furely he will never leave 
 nor forfake the foul that trufteth in him. 
 
 The 
 
 f Matt. vi. 34.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 281 
 
 The life indeed is more than meat, and the 
 body than raiment. 
 
 21 ft. Highly favoured and greatly reliev 
 ed was my exercifed mind, in the meeting at 
 Uxbridge. Truth s teftimony flowed like oil, 
 and important doctrines were therein opened 
 to the people. 28th. This morning, I trull, 
 my mind is in fubje6lion to the divine will, 
 though heavily laden with inward exercife. 
 Oh. gracious God, deliver me from all evil, 
 and make me wholly thine ! In our fore 
 noon meeting my foul praifed God in filent 
 adoration, on the banks of heart-felt deliver 
 ance. Dear Mary Ridgeway and Jane Wat- 
 fon, from Ireland, attended, and were livingly 
 opened in the word of the Lord, and fpake 
 with life and precifion to fevcral dates pre- 
 fent. I think words never dropt from human 
 lips that ever lank deeper into my heart, than 
 a few that dear Mary uttered towards the 
 clofe of her teftimony {peaking to the Lord s 
 tried fervants, mentioned, that where Chrilt 
 is, there they muft be ; and that fhe had felt 
 her mind very nearly united in deep fympa- 
 thy with fome very clofely tried fouls prelent; 
 file added, And it is with me juft to revive 
 in the remembrance of thefe, what Chrift 
 1 faid to his dear difciples, Ye arc they which 
 * have continued with me in my temptations, and 
 I appoint unto you a kingdom. - Oh, there is 
 deep meaning in it ; my foul felt it in the 
 everlailing covenant of divine light and life, 
 B b 3 and 
 
 11 Luke xxi ; . 38 29.
 
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 and well underflood the meaning of it. 
 Verily, unlefs we not only know what it is to 
 be with him in his temptations now and then 
 a little while, but to continue with him to the 
 end without forfaking him, we cannot reign 
 with him in his kingdom. But ah ! faith 
 my foul, the fore and almoft inexpreflible 
 tribulations and conflicts that are endured by 
 luch tor a feafon as do truly and faithfully 
 continue with him in his temptations ! 
 
 Formalifts may dream, conceive, and talk 
 about them ; but none know the depth there 
 of, but fuch as do, through all pain, peril and 
 probation,, continue with him. Bow low, Oh 
 my foul, and blefs his name for ever, that he 
 has thus far enabled thee to be with him, not 
 only in his reign, but again and again in po 
 verty, fufferings and death. Thou knoweft, 
 thou deeply, painfully, and joyfully knoweft, 
 that this leads to, and muft precede thy fel- 
 lowfhip with him in glory. But fmg. O ye 
 heavens, and ihoutfor joy, ye redeemed fouls 
 on earth; as the pilgrimage, though painful, 
 is rightly continued, and he is continued with 
 through all ; the confolation that follows, 
 when the angels minifler to him and us. as 
 fellow-heirs of God, yea, joint-heirs of glo 
 ry ; every figh and every fbrrow, is far more 
 than compenfateci to us : therefore, Oh thou 
 tabulated follower of Chrilt. in the regene 
 ration, hold on thy way. feint not, hold lad 
 that thou hail received ; let no man take thy 
 
 crown ;
 
 JOB SCOTT. 283 
 
 crown ; be thou faithful unto death, and he 
 will give thee a crown of life. 
 
 Afternoon, my foul bowed low before the 
 Lord in reverent, thankful adoration, and 
 bleffed his holy name. And may his name 
 be blefled and praifed for ever by me, and 
 all the living. Oh, the living, the living 
 they alone can praife him the dead may ling 
 in the dead letter ; but cannot praife nor cele 
 brate the name of the Lord Almighty. This 
 has been a day of divine favour, after a fcene 
 of almoft unutterable anxiety and bitternefs 
 of foul for much of many days and weeks 
 pail : the exercifes attending me thro which, 
 the Lord my God alone is fully acquainted 
 with. But enough it is, that he knows them 
 thoroughly, and that with him in fecret every 
 figh is numbered, and every tear bottled up 
 in remembrance ; and will certainly, as his 
 will is fteadily abode in, be changed into 
 wine, new, in his heavenly kingdom. Amen, 
 Amen thy will, O God, be done for ever ! 
 
 gth month ift. The Lord, the God of my 
 life, was gracioufly pleafed to fill my foul with 
 the overflowing of divine love, and infhinings 
 of divine light, which continued with me 
 until late in the night, and wherein I have 
 been much inflrutled. And, O Lord, my 
 God, I humbly crave of thee to enable me, 
 rightly, to fettle, or to have and know, thro 
 thy help, rightly fettled in my mind, every 
 neceifary rule, limit and regulation of life; 
 
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 and that thou wouldeft fteadily hold my hand 
 and guide my feet, in ways that will pleafe 
 thee, until every fuch rule and limitation, re 
 ceive the fanclion in my heart of a divine law, 
 that is not to be broken again for ever ; yea, 
 until a confirmed and habitual obfervance of 
 them mall have conformed my whole life 
 thereunto ; and therein to thy divine will, 
 and heavenly image. Amen ! 
 
 loth month 4th. Jefus Chrift is my only 
 hope of glory my only cpnfolaiion in every 
 wo. O, I long to be wholly his at all times 
 I long to be able to lay continually and 
 truly, my foul is even as a weaned child. t 
 It is delightful to me to feel myfelf like a 
 child that is, weaned from what I mofl de 
 lighted in yea, from much if any remaining 
 delight in any thing but the love of God med 
 abroad in my foul, loth month 6th. Still 
 thankful for prefervation, and begging to be 
 preferved ; much broken off from all crea- 
 turely dcpendance, and all human, all earthly 
 confolation ; caring very little where I am, 
 or may be ; what I am, or may be about ; 
 or what does, or may happen to me ; fo that 
 in and through all I may be preferved from 
 all fin. I fcarce have any wifh about my life, 
 whether I may live long, or be foon releafed ; 
 whether I may have little or much of this 
 world ; little or much toil of body or mind ; 
 little or much of the favours and friendmip, 
 or the frowns and reproaches of man fo that 
 
 through 
 
 f Pfal. cxxxi. 2.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 285 
 
 through all I may dwell fteadfaftly given up 
 to the will of my God. 
 
 lOth month yth. O, thou ever watchful 
 and unflumbering Shepherd of Ifrael, I beg 
 and befeech thee, on the bended knees of my 
 proftrated foul, that thou wouldft ariie and 
 lave ; and fuffer me not to crave thy aid in 
 vain. O make, I pray thee, my feelings, on 
 the approach of every temptation, quick and 
 lively, in watchfulnefs and re fi fiance againft 
 all fin ; and raife, in the inmoft of my foul, 
 an unabated and unremitting abhorrence of 
 all evil ; and even of all that tends to lead 
 the mind into it, or weaken its fortitude, or 
 abate its perfeverance in holy wreftling war 
 fare and watchfulnefs againfl it For, Oh my 
 God and my all ; I cannot be willing to con 
 tinue in fin ; I cannot confent to let thee go, 
 or ceafe my wreftiing with thee, until thou 
 blefs me, and prefervefl my foul from all pol 
 lution and defilement. Oh haflen, I pray 
 thee, my deliverance from all evil, and bruife 
 Satan under my feet ; for thine is the power, 
 the kingdom and glory for ever. Amen. 
 
 iot-h month 8th. I renewed covenant with 
 God, in. the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift, 
 through his help, to be given up, and wholly 
 devoted to his will and difpofal : therefore, in. 
 awful proftration, humility, abafement and 
 total renunciation of rny own ability without 
 thee, I cafl my care wholly upon thee ; and 
 look up to thee and thy holy habitation for 
 
 aid.
 
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 aid. I am fure I can do nothing without thee 
 I am fully perfuaded, through thee I can 
 do all things required of me. O holy Father, 
 then knowejl that I love thee that I love thee 
 above all things, and that I would rather lay 
 down my life, than live to fin againft thee. 
 O keep my foul alive and fuffer it not to have 
 caufe again to deplore a renewed deviation 
 from the way of life and falvation ; but as 
 foon as Satan attempts to enfnare, give me, I 
 pray thee, to behold him to rife up in thine 
 invincible life and power againft him, and 
 therein to tread him under my feet, 
 
 loth month i8th. This day I am forty 
 years old. I have gone through many deep 
 probations have made many considerable fa- 
 crifices for the fake of peace of mind and 
 have alfo at times come fhort of that ftritnefs 
 of life, watch and devotion, which I have be 
 lieved Truth required of me. O Lord my 
 God and Saviour; thy holy aid, I flill do 
 crave. I know I have not yet fully and abid 
 ingly attained thereto. My faith in the pof- 
 fibility and neceffity of attaining it, thou haft 
 unmakenly eftablifhed. O then, I pray thee, 
 enable me to go on to perfection. * I have 
 vowed to ferve thee for ever, through thy 
 help, and I wifh ever to keep my covenant 
 And in keeping my covenant with thee, there 
 will be no condemnation ; t but will be a 
 Hate of fuch deep and conftant dwelling in 
 Chrift Jefus/ as excludes walking after the 
 
 flefh; 
 * Heb. vi. i. Rom. viii. i.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 287 
 
 flefh; and preferves the foul in a fteadfaft 
 
 walking in and after the fpirit. 
 
 loth month 2Oth. I opened my concern in 
 our preparative meeting to make a religious 
 vifit to fome of the people in the ftate of Con 
 necticut, and 26th, laid the fame before our 
 monthly meeting. 
 
 28th of i ith mo. Riding on the road, my 
 mind was livingly opened ; and I beheld, in 
 the vifions of God, large fields of labour al 
 lotted me in his fervice. A language ran 
 livingly through my foul, and the whole man 
 fcemed almoft fwallowed up in the flowings 
 of life which accompanied the glorious prof- 
 peel; ! The language was on this wife : 
 Thou art called and appointed, and through 
 many and deep tribulations I have feparated 
 thee a prophet to the nations. Thou haft 
 very little more ever to do in the bufmefs 
 and affairs of this life. Gather thy mind 
 from all cumbering things, and (land nngly 
 and wholly devoted to my work, fervice and 
 appointment. Regard not the world ; thou 
 muft be about thy heavenly Father s bufmefs ; 
 thou muft attend to my directions, and fub- 
 mit therein to thy proper allotment. My will 
 and purpofe requires and loudly calls, and 
 has called, for greater dedication of heart and 
 finglenefs of devotion to my work and fervice 
 in the glorious gofpel. Take no thought for 
 the morrow : do to day what thou finvdeft to 
 (do, in my light, and in the liberty and allot 
 ment
 
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 ment of my holy fpirit. Be thou faithful unto 
 death, and I will affuredly give thee a crown 
 of life ; I will hold thee in my holy hand for 
 ever ; I will provide for and take care of thy 
 motherlefs and as it were fatherlefs children 
 in thy abfence. But if thou decline my fer- 
 vice and appointment, I can, and affuredly 
 will, blaft all thy undertakings. Thou mayeft 
 think to do fomething for thy children ; but 
 thou malt find, to thy humiliation and dif- 
 appointment, thy labours mail be vain and 
 fruitlefs ; thou malt but toil in the night and 
 attain nothing ; blafling and mildew mall at 
 tend thee; thy children mall not be availingly 
 aflifted by all thy fuch like endeavours. Thy 
 comfort in them mail be little or nothing, 
 and above all this, thy foul mail fuffer lofs ; 
 temptation mail prevail againft thee ; Satan 
 mall be let loofe to- buffet thee, and mall be 
 permitted to prevail ; thy life mail be a life 
 of bitternefs and defolation ; neither the hea 
 ven nor the earth mail afford thee enjoyment 
 thou malt drag out a miferable life in anxi 
 ety, and wim thou hadft never been. But if 
 in full and unreferved reliance on my all-fuf- 
 ficiency, thou giveft up thy life and thy all to 
 my difpofal, I will never leave thee nor for- 
 fake thee ; no lack of any good thing malt 
 thou ever have caufe to complain of. I am 
 Alpha and Omega I am all in all take me 
 as fuch for thy only portion, and feek no 
 other inheritance. In bleffing I will for ever 
 blefs thee and evermore in all things will I 
 fuftain thee, and that through all time and 
 
 eternity
 
 JOB SCOTT. 289 
 
 eternity thy foul and all pertaining to thee. 
 mall be perfectly fafe in my care and difpofal 
 The wind and the fea (hall, to thy awful 
 admiration, obey me Thou malt fee marvel 
 lous things in diftant lands, and wonders in 
 remote regions Thou malt view the heav- 
 ings and rollings of the ocean the fea mall 
 tols and roar about thee, and foam and rage 
 tremendoufly Amazement mall feize the 
 mariners, the failors hearts mail tremble. 
 But in the midil of all this amazement, thy 
 foul mall know its anchor, and in undoubting 
 reliance on my Omnipotence, thine heart 
 ihall take fa ft hold on me Calmnefs and af- 
 furance (hall prefide in thy foul ; confidence 
 and tranquillity fhall gird thee My over-rul 
 ing, all-controling government mall be vifi- 
 bly fet forth before thee thou ftialt lean in 
 fafety upon me and inwardly thou malt 
 magnify my holy name and in fulnefs of 
 faith malt ling of my goodnefs faying, The 
 Lord on high is mightier than the noife of 
 many waters. * Thy heart fhall leap within 
 thee thy foul mall fliout for gladnefs-Then 
 mail the language of thy fpirit, in awful ado 
 ration, on this wife thankfully arife within 
 thee The fea faw it and fled Jordan was 
 driven back the mountains fkipped like 
 
 * rams, and the little hills like lambs. What 
 
 * ailed thee, O thou fea, that thou fleddefl ; 
 thou Jordan, that thou waft driven back 
 
 * ye mountains that ye fkipped like rams, and 
 
 * ye little hills like lambs ? t 
 
 C c The 
 
 * Pfal. xciii. 4. f Pfal. cxiv. 3 4 J 6-
 
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 The foregoing livingly ran through my foul 
 on the road this day. I came home and pen 
 ned it immediately, and whether it be ever 
 fulfilled or not, time will evince. However 
 iuch is my confidence in that evidence of life 
 accompanying the opening, that I have ven 
 tured here to record it, this 28th day of nth 
 month 1791. 12th month 28th, Much de- 
 prelled in our monthly meeting, tho Friends 
 gave me a good certificate to travel into Con- 
 rie&icut, to vifit the feed there. 
 
 ift month 12th 1792. Opened in the fpring 
 of life, in our quarterly meeting for worfhip 
 proceeded a little, but was fuddenly and 
 unexpectedly fhut up, and fat down immedi 
 ately, after which my foul rejoiced that my 
 will was in fubjeftion, and that I was fenfible 
 I could do nothing of myfelf. 13th, The 
 quarterly meeting for bufmefs gave me, and 
 my dear friend David BufFum, concurring 
 certificates, in order to our religious vifit to 
 the people of Connecticut. 15th, Low in 
 heart. Oh, my God, thou leadefh me in the 
 valley I accept it as thy will, and as in thy 
 v/ifdom, for my good. 17th. My ftate is de- 
 preilion. Satan roars like a lion. Lord, my 
 heart is melted in me into tendernefs : mine 
 eyes are affefted while I write, under a fenfe 
 of my utter infufliciency to fland in my own 
 flrength. How long, O thou moft Holy, will 
 it be ere thou conform my whole man to 
 thine own image or likenels ? thou knoweft I 
 groan zuithi/i myjdf, waiting for the full adop 
 tion !
 
 JOB SCOTT. 291 
 
 tion ! O that all within me were like thee, 
 holy as thou art holy, and at all times joined 
 to thee in the heavenly onenefs. Go on, I 
 pray thee, conquering all that oppofes thy 
 reign in me, until every thought be brought 
 into captivity to the obedience of Chnll. 
 Amen. 
 
 2ift, I wrote the following letter, viz. 
 My dear friend, 
 
 I now fet. l in a good degree eafy about my 
 dear little motherlefs children. I much de- 
 fired way might be made, and could not be 
 fatisfied until it was made, for them to be 
 placed where I could be pretty eafy, if even 
 I fliould be foon called from this probationary 
 ftate. I have now given them up to God, 
 and their and my friends. May the Lord 
 Almighty be their God, and bring them early 
 into laving acquaintance with himlelf. May 
 thofe who have them, have them as then- 
 own, and bring them along in the fear of 
 God whether I remain in the body or go 
 hence whether I continue to live in that 
 which has made my foul alive, or deparr 
 from it, the dear children have fouls immor 
 tal to be laved or loft. And whatever becomes . 
 of me, my foul at prefent. in tendernefs and 
 proftration, bows before the throne of grace 
 on their account, and craves Almighty aid, 
 and the watchful guardianfhip of their friends 
 for them. I may again have them under my 
 C c 2 immediate
 
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 immediate care, and I never may God only 
 knows and to him I commit myfelf and 
 them and reft thy friend 
 
 J. S. 
 
 31 ft of ift mo. I took a folernn leave of 
 the family (that is, my father-in-law Daniel 
 Anthony s) living in my houfe, and in whofe 
 family I left my own father, and ray two 
 youngeft children : and being joined by my 
 iriend David Buffum, (Amos Collins and 
 Benedict Arnold having given up to bear us 
 company) we were on gth day of the 2d mo. 
 at the new meeting-houfe in Gloucefter, on 
 our -way towards Connecticut, and had meet 
 ings as follows, viz. yth, at Killingley, had 
 a fmall meeting at Dean s ; gth, at Da 
 vid Bray ton s in Pomfret ; 12th, attended 
 Friends meeting at Hopkinton ; 14th, had 
 one by appointment at Amos Colhns s, my 
 way having been hitherto much clofed up as to 
 gofpel mmiftry, my companion D. B. having 
 a little to offer at times, I truft, to good accept 
 ance ; i6th, we had a good open meeting at 
 Stonington Point, and another in the even 
 ing ; i/th, went to New-London, and i8th, 
 had a fmall meeting there in the congrega 
 tional meeting-houie ; igth, had a meeting 
 among the Baptifts at New-London Great- 
 Neck, found but little relief in thefe laft 
 meetings, though hope they were of feme 
 nfe ; 2Oth, had an evening meeting at Lime, 
 in a fchool-houfe-The people were unf titled, 
 and appeared much unacquainted with fpi- 
 
 ntual
 
 JOB SCOTT. 293 
 
 ritual worfhip we laboured a little among 
 them; and, 2ifl, crolfed Conne6ticut river, 
 by boat, and not without fome danger in 
 the ice, and went to Say brook ; 22cl, had a 
 meeting here in the meeting-houfe the priefl 
 attended, and a confiderable number of his 
 hearers, and neither he nor his hearers ap 
 peared to be much acquainted with our man 
 ner of waiting upon God in a filent travail of 
 ioul, and feeling after him. We laboured 
 among them according to the ability received. 
 After meeting he inclined to have fome con- 
 verfation, and we, being willing, converted 
 with him on divers religious iubjecls. He 
 was civil ; and we parted friendly and icf- 
 peclfully. 
 
 2^d. We rode through Killingfwcrth to 
 Guiiforcl, where, 24th, we had a foul-foiacing 
 meeting; among thofe who attended, were 
 divers religioufly exercifed louls, whole coun 
 tenances declared they had been with jetus. 
 25th, had another good meeting in a fchool- 
 houfe at Waliingford. After meeting divers 
 of the people came to our lodgings, and we 
 had confiderable converiation with them. 
 A phyfician contended earneftly for the final 
 falvation of all men. We told him none could 
 be difciples of Chrift. but fuch as took up 
 their daily crofs and followed him, in the de 
 nial of felt; that he wept over fome, who, 
 though he would have gathered them, they 
 would not; that, though many ihould come 
 Irom the eafl, well, north and fouth, and fit 
 C c 3 down
 
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 down with Abraham, Ifaac and Jacob, in the- 
 kingdom of God; yet many who were out 
 wardly the children of the kingdom would 
 be cajl out; that thole who die in their Jins, 
 where Chrift is gone, they can never come; 
 that fome were never to have forgivenefs in 
 this world, nor in that which is to come : that 
 fome would be punifhed with e-ver lofting de- 
 ftru&ion from the prefence of the Lord, and 
 from the glory of his power ; that thefe mufl 
 go away into, tver la fling puni/liment ; but the 
 righteous into life eternal. And finally, part 
 ing very friendly, he faid he loved us, and 
 wifhed us well ; and the company feemed very 
 friendly ; fo, taking a hearty farewell oi each 
 other, we proceeded on our way. 
 
 26th. Rode to Waterbury. 27111, had a 
 meeting there ; the people were rrmeh unfei- 
 tled. and too many of them were light ; a 
 teitimony to the principle of light and life 
 was borne among them by my companion ; 
 and I reproved them, for their uncivil beha 
 viour, and teflified the impofiibility of preach 
 ing the gofpel in man s time. 28th, we rode 
 to our friend Elijah Steel s, in Cornwall. 
 29th, attended Friends meeting at Gofhen,. 
 at the howfc of our friend Charles Richards. 
 Firft of gd month, had an appointed meet 
 ing at Gofhen, at our friend Charles Richards 
 aforefaid; it was a precious open meeting; 
 after which we rode to Canaan, and, 2d, to 
 Hudfon, in New- York Hate. 4th, attended 
 Triends meeting there. 7th-day, the Creek 
 
 preparative
 
 JOB SCOTT. 295 
 
 preparative meeting it was exercifmg in the 
 fore part ; but Truth reigned over all in the 
 end. 8th, attended Nine- Partners preparative 
 meeting. The fearching power of Truth fet 
 things in clofe order before them, gth, took 
 leave of feveral Friends, and rode towards 
 home; where, on the i4th day, I reached, 
 and found all pretty well. In this journey I 
 rode, by the account I kept, 488 miles a 
 painful exercifmg journey it has been ; but a 
 good degree of patience was afforded us. 
 28th, contented in a low ftate, in our month 
 ly meeting. I am yet weak, Lord help, 
 help my foul, and give it {lability. 
 
 3 1 ft, I opened in our felecl; meeting a con 
 cern that had been about 14 years ripening in 
 my mind, to pay a religious vifit to Friends in 
 Europe. My heart had of late been preflingly 
 full of it. as a veffel wanting vent. Friends 
 left me at liberty to move the matter in our 
 monthly meeting, when I might feel the way 
 open for it. They were feelingly dipt into a 
 fenfe of the travail of my exercifed foul, and 
 Truth was prevalent. 4th month i ith, I laid 
 before the meeting for fufferings a treatife I 
 had written on baptifm. 25th, opened my 
 concern to make a vifit to Europl- in our 
 monthly meeting. 6th month 6th. attended 
 the firll fitting of our yearly meeting, which 
 continued until the i ath. It was a very com 
 fortable yearly meeting : much unity, con 
 cord and love prevailed throughout. 6th mo. 
 ^jth. in our monthly meeting, I aiked for, 
 
 and
 
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 and obtained a certificate to pay a fmall debt, 
 by a vifit within Salem quarterly meeting, 
 and, 3<Dth, fet out on faid vifit into that 
 quarter, and rode as far as Bofton, and, 
 firfl day of the week, and ift of 7th month, 
 attended meeting there filent f ,he meeting 
 fmall ; yet I hoped Truth s teftimony was not 
 quite loft among them. May a revival take 
 place, and Truth yet profper there. Rode to 
 Lynn, and, 2d of the month, had a meeting 
 there : the way not very open ; but I laboured 
 in weaknefs. There is a number of panting 
 fouls in that place. 3d, had a laborious meet 
 ing at Salem ; found fome relief. 4th, had 
 a pretty open meeting at Newbury. 5th and 
 6th, was at Almfbury and Seabrook ; pain 
 fully exercifed in both. 7th. 8th and ioth, 
 was at Dover, Berwick and Wyndham ; had 
 a good meeting at the lad place, and returned 
 to Falmouth. nth, attended the meeting 
 there ; it was a clofe, fearching, laborious 
 time. 1 2th, had a good open rejoicing meet 
 ing at Durham, and rode from thence to 
 Bath. 13th, had a very trying meeting there; 
 my mind was deeply fenfible, though an en 
 tire ftranger, that there was either a wolf or 
 wolves among us, in fheep s clothing ; the 
 which gave me much and long painful, in 
 ward labour, and alfo lengthy vocal exercife. 
 The teftimony of the word of life I felt as a 
 flame againfl antichrift in the temple of God, 
 againft likeneffes in religion ; forms without 
 fubftance ; words without life and power : at 
 length my fpirit was clear and eafy, and after 
 
 meeting
 
 JOB SCOTT. 297 
 
 meeting I was informed a man was there, who 
 was a preacher among a people at fome dif- 
 tance from Bath, and that he was not a reli 
 gious, or even a moral man. Thanks be unto 
 God, who gave us the victory this day. 
 
 15th, was at VafTelborough : and i6th at 
 Fairfield, where I had a good open relieving 
 time, having much to declare of the impoffi- 
 bility of falvation in Jin ; and I apprehend 
 there was a flate prefent to whom it was ap 
 plicable. i/th, rode to Green, and i8th to 
 Falmouth. igth, had a meeting at Portland 
 in Falmouth, a place that ufed to be called 
 Cafco-Bay, in a congregational meeting- 
 houfe, a good open meeting, and in the after 
 noon at Friends meeting-place. 2Oth, rode 
 to Berwick ; and. 2 1 ft, attended monthly 
 meeting there ; and, 22d. their firfl-day meet 
 ing. 2gd, returned to Falmouth. and, 25th, 
 attended monthly meeting there, was favour 
 ed in opening divine truths. 26th, rode to 
 Durham ; 2/th, favoured in the monthly 
 
 meeting there. 29th, opened in Truth s 
 
 do6trines at Falmouth, being their firft-day 
 meeting. 
 
 ift of 8th month, had a good meeting at 
 Rochefler, among Friends and others blef- 
 fed be the name of the Lord. 2d, had a 
 meeting at Lee, where, among Friends and 
 others, my mind was much relieved in a clofe 
 fearching teflimony. 3d, was at Epping. and 
 ^th, at Newtown ; had laborious fervice in 
 
 each
 
 2 9 8 JOURNAL OF 
 
 *x j 
 
 each, but relief in the conclufion. 5th, be 
 ing firft of the week, I attended the fore and 
 afternoon meetings at Salem; and after a dole 
 iearching teftimony, left the town relieved in 
 mind, and rode to Lynn and 6th of the 
 month rode home having been out about 
 five weeks and an half in this journey, and 
 rode about feven hundred and fifty miles ; 
 pafled through many deep, trying and exer- 
 cifing feafons ; and bleiled the name of 
 the Lord for his holy help, who, in the day 
 of battle, gave me the victory. -gth day of 
 the 8th month, attended our quarterly meet 
 ing ; it was a favoured time. Dear John 
 and Benjamin Reeve, from Jerfey, attended 
 this meeting. 
 
 Having pafifed the time fince my return 
 from the Eaftern Quarter at and about home, 
 in the attendance of meetings and revifion of 
 my journal, fome other writings, and prepar 
 ing for my European journey, having now 
 obtained certificates from our monthly and 
 quarterly meetings for that purpofe, placed 
 my children to fatisfaftion, and fettled my 
 outward affairs, am this 26th day of the nth 
 month, about ready and expect this day to 
 leave home. Lord, thou haft held my hand, 
 and covered my head in many battles be 
 with me, I pray thee, through all ; and keep 
 me from evil. Be with my dear motherlefs 
 children ; vifit them, I pray thee, by thy holy 
 fpirit; lead them in the way of refinement and 
 felf-denial; and, finally, bring them unto glo 
 ry.
 
 JOB SCOTT. 299 
 
 ry. Vifit and revifit, blefs and preferve, O 
 Lord my God, I humbly pray thee, all my 
 near relations and friends ; make bare thy 
 Arm for poor New-England; and if it be thy 
 holy will, make thyfelf more livingly known 
 to many within her borders : and haften thy 
 great work over the face of the earth, that 
 nation may ceafe warring with nation, and 
 righteoufnefs cover the earth as water does 
 the fea. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 DaiiD 
 HO
 
 300 JOURNAL OF 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 Account of his voyage to Europe. 
 
 ON the 2 6th day of the nth month, 1792, 
 I took a folemn leave of my dear father, 
 father and mother-in-law, my two youngeft 
 children, whom I left in their care, and of 
 my brothers and fifters-in-law, and accompa 
 nied by my kind friends Thomas Arnold and 
 Smith Brown, went to Bofton. 27th, the 
 fliip not ready to fail, I made fome prepa 
 rations for the voyage. 2gth, my two laid 
 friends returning home, I attended the meet 
 ing in Bofton which was fmall ; I had howe 
 ver a few words of invitation for them. 3Oth, 
 I went to Lynn, and ift of the 12th month, 
 vifited divers families there ; and 2d, attended 
 their large meeting in filence ; 3d, returned 
 to Bofton ; 4th, wrote letters home ; and ^th, 
 went on board the fhip Mercury of 240 tons, 
 bound for Dunkirk, Benjamin Glover, of 
 Nantucket, mafter. We failed about noon: 
 fome time in the afternoon we loft fight of 
 Bofton. In the night all hands were called 
 up. and the (hip put about in order to return 
 to the harbour, me leaking, and the leak ra 
 pidly increafing, that is, from the rate ot one 
 hundred ftrokes of the pump an hour to fix 
 hundred. The captain, mates and crew, were 
 alarmed; but fhe foon leaked lefs on this tack, 
 and they put about again. 6th, the fhip (till 
 leaking, the captain and feveral men fearched 
 
 on
 
 JOB SCOTT. 301 
 
 on the outfide for the leak, but found none ; 
 after which, the leak moderating, cheerful- 
 nefs returned in the faces of the company. 
 
 yth, the leak greatly increafed, to near one 
 thoufand itrokes an hour. Sadnefs again re- 
 fumed its empire over the crew. The captain 
 knew not" what to do ; at length he put 
 about again, and failed homeward a while. 
 The weather was pretty rugged during the 
 time of this increasing leak. The leak con 
 tinuing, the captain ordered a hole to be cut 
 through the fecond deck to go in and fearch 
 for it, which was done, and the leak loon 
 found, to wit, an open auger-hole of about an 
 inch and an half, at the fhip s flem, fo high 
 up as not to leak conftantly, which being 
 Mopped, the number of llrokcs were loon re 
 duced to twenty-five an hour. Oh ! what a 
 change this wrought in the countenances of 
 the poor failors. They foon feemed as if they 
 had forgot all their forrows. They put fhip 
 about, and now feemed as if they were going 
 to fea in earneft. The captain s looks proclaim 
 ed the relief of his heart, though he was mo 
 derate through all. My trufl was only in 
 God my hope, refuge and defence. I ap 
 pealed to him who knew all hearts, that he 
 knew my motives in this voyage were none 
 other than that I might be found obedient to 
 his holy call, and faithful in his fervice ; and 
 if it was now his will to luffer my body to de- 
 fcend into a watery grave. Jthy will be done, 
 was the honeft language of my heart. I co uld 
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 not wifh myfelf on fhore, nor on board an 
 other veffel ; for I had felt quite eafy in tak 
 ing paffage in this, and remained fo. I be 
 lieved the winds and waves obeyed him, and 
 that his providential care is over all his crea 
 tures. I t felt fafe in his hand, and repofed 
 myfelf as in the hollow of it blelfed be his 
 name for ever. 
 
 8th, all cheerful on board. The motion of 
 the fhip has kept me a little fea-fick. gth, 
 cloudy and rainy. I fat a while in folemn 
 (ilence, waiting upon the Lord my God ; but 
 though my mind was fomewhat flayed, it was 
 inwardly as outwardly, a cloudy time, indeed 
 a time of deep proving to me. loth, At even 
 ing the wind arofe, and roared tremendoufly ; 
 it held all night : the men tied up the fails, lam 
 ed the helm, and let the fhip drift in the wind 
 and waves. i ith.the gale flill continued all the 
 lafl night, and all this day and night with vi 
 olence. The captain faid this morning he had 
 not. for eight years part, known fo terrible a 
 time, for fo long continuance, though that 
 .was but about the middle of it : and indeed 
 it was confiderably more violent the night 
 following than at all before. It ftormed 
 through, the whole ; but this night the ftorm 
 and temped of wind was dreadful. The fhip 
 was bound on a whaling voyage from Dun 
 kirk, and for that purpofe had boats on 
 board. One of thefe was confiderably dafhed 
 io pieces this night: three or four yards or 
 {pars were loft : feveral fowls died, and the 
 
 only
 
 JOB SCOTT. 303 
 
 only live ftieep we had on board came near 
 dying, even, under deck. I felt refigned 
 through all; and, though poor in fpirit, I 
 never wifhed myfelf elfewhere, or in any wife 
 repented my voyage. I faw God s .wonders 
 in the deep, and it would almoft feem at times 
 as if the briny waves might prevail againft 
 us though I cannot fay there was a moment 
 wherein I really loft my confidence. 
 
 I had fteadily, for many months, firmly 
 expefted and believed I mould fee wonders 
 on the mighty waters. My God had fealed 
 it on my foul, that the loud roar of winds 
 and the dread rolling of the waves fhould 
 awfully attend my paflage, and prove my hold 
 on heaven. And. therefore, when the time 
 of trial came, I faid in my heart, it is the 
 Lord, let him fulfil his purpofes : let him do 
 what he will with me : nought behdcs his 
 holy will can be good for me ; and why 
 fhould I wifh even the moil difagreeable parts 
 of it averted, mitigated or even fhortened ? I 
 believed I had had his holy promife who can 
 not lie, that I mould live through thefe dread 
 ful toffings on the bofom of the ocean, and 
 once more fet my foot on firm ground; yea, 
 blefs his holy name, in wonders yet to come 
 on more. * I cannot fay I was not nearly 
 proved in regard to his divine fuperinten- 
 dency, nor that I did not almoft doubt the 
 certainty of his infpoken word of promife to 
 my foul, though I well remembered the clear- 
 D d 2 nets 
 
 * See his profpedh,
 
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 nefs of the profpeft, and the holy warmth and 
 energy that did livingly attend the fame, 
 months before. And though the evidence of 
 divine things was very low in my mind, yet 
 I could not cafl away my confidence, being 
 ftill perfuaded, that, if I had ever known the 
 ho]y word at all, I had had it in the prefent 
 initance. Here my foot fixed, and my all I 
 ftill furrendered up to his difpoial, who is 
 God over ail for ever. 
 
 1 2th. About noon the wind and ftorm was 
 f o far abated that the captain had the Chip 
 under fail again, though ftill the roar of ele 
 ments remained. 13th, It is ftill cloudy and 
 rainy. The fun has been feen but little fince 
 xve left Bofton ; and I think it has rained 
 or fnowed, more or lefs, every day and night 
 but one. 14th. Very little funmine fome 
 rain. 15th, Rainy all day, at night it cleared 
 up. and gave us to hope for fettled and com 
 fortable weather; but i6th, it ftormed again, 
 and fnowed plentifully ; but at night it clear 
 ed off. i/th. Stormy again. We had found 
 ings on the grand banks of Newfoundland 
 at forty fathoms ; but little wind for two or 
 three days. Afternoon cleared up fo plea- 
 fantly, that great hopes were entertained of 
 having good weather. i8th, Forenoon ftor- 
 my with but little wind, the ftorm continued 
 until near night ; then the wind fpringing up 
 frefti and fair, it cleared away. The captain 
 laid he had not been able to get but one good 
 obfervation during our being at fea, fo Jittle 
 
 funihine
 
 JOB SCOTT. 305 
 
 funfhine have we had for this almofl two 
 weeks. But my foul is fatisfied in the divine 
 difpofal. 
 
 i gth. Fair weather and a good frefh breeze. 
 We now feem to look forward with cheerful- 
 nefs. 2Oth and 2ift, a very good breeze 
 continued moft of thefe days. 22d, this day 
 a good frefh breeze at S. W. the weather 
 cloudy ; but the cloud over my mind is in 
 degree difpellcd ; blelFed be the name of the 
 Lord. Lord, hold me in thy holy hand, and 
 make me ever truly watchful, thankful, and 
 fteadfailly believing. Amen. 23d, we are 
 ftill favoured with a good lively breeze, and 
 make good way a-head. 24th, the fame as 
 yefterday ; during the lafl night I got very 
 little fleep ; (though this is ulual with me on 
 this voyage) yet in rnofl fervent interceflions 
 I befought the Lord to be with me through 
 all. 25th, 26th and 2yth, ftill good winds. 
 O the wonders of the rolling foaming deep ! 
 If the Lord s hand was not underneath, we 
 mould furely fink beneath the raging waves ! 
 Who can be an atheift ? or what can be an 
 atheifl s hope ? 28th. a very good lively 
 wind, cloudy and fmall rains. Lafl night, a 
 night of anguifh to my proved foul. All for 
 mer experience cannot prevent renewals of 
 unfpeakable anxiety, when the Lord is pleaf- 
 ed to prove his own as at MafTah, and to 
 4 ftrive with them (in his own way) as at tho 
 waters of Meribah. * zqth, an excellent wind r 
 D d 3 cloudy 
 
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 cloudy and wet. The mariners caft the lead, 
 found foundings at about go fathoms. 3Oth, 
 fair wind and weather. It was agreed on 
 board, that this morning, when the fun was 
 about two hours and an half high, that we had 
 riot had fo much fair weather at a time, fmce 
 we left Boflon, as this morning, gift, in the 
 morning found fixty fathom water ; we were 
 now abreaft Scilly iflands according to our 
 calculations. This afternoon we faw the Li 
 zard. Frefh wind and cloudy. Thus ends, 
 the year 1792. 
 
 ift of the ift month 1793. The wind in- 
 ereafed from a good freih breeze, to a flrong 
 gale faw land divers times this day, and a 
 number of mips going up and down the En- 
 ghfh channel. 2d, almoil calm. Thus, after 
 a dorm, comes a calm. May my foul take 
 courage to weather out the yet remaining 
 Rorms of life, in confidcration that, now and 
 then, it will be calm ; and in full hope of 
 a iafe entrance ere long, and eternal calm 
 abode in the haven of immortal bills ; as we 
 are now, I truM, about entering in a few days 
 our outward port, gd, in the morning we 
 were off Calais cliffs, almoft becalmed, gain 
 ed no ground all- day. 4th, after beating to 
 and fro all night, jufl in by the land near 
 Calais, we took a pilot on board from there 
 this morning, and tried to work up the ftraits, 
 but made little advance, by reafon of contra 
 ry winds and tides. We lay at anchor this 
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 JOB SCOTT. 307 
 
 5th, Got within about four miles of Dun 
 kirk harbour ; could get no further, fo caft 
 anchor again. But being defirous to be with 
 the few Friends at Dunkirk next day at meet 
 ing, I went on board the pilot boat, among 
 coarfe uncouth Flemmings, and a French 
 man or two, all ftrangers, and got fafe afhore, 
 and foon to the houfe of my dear friend Wil 
 liam Rotch and family, of Nantucket, now 
 refident here at Dunkirk in French Flanders, 
 where I met a very cordial reception. My 
 foul bowed in thankfulnefs to llrael s God, 
 whofe unfailing Arm had thus far borne up, 
 and whofe goodnefs fo far had fulfilled his 
 holy word, as to bring me fafe through all to 
 fhore. 6th, I fat with the few Friends of this 
 place, in their meeting, and rejoiced in the 
 divine prefence, of which my enjoyment was 
 greater than at any time during my whole 
 paflTage from America. My way opening in. 
 a fmall teftimony, my foul was relieved and 
 praifed God, on the banks of deliverance, 
 both outward and inward. 
 
 7th. Wrote letters home to my friends. 
 8th and gth, vifited fome families. Dear 
 Robert Grubb, of Ireland, came here from 
 Paris the laft evening. 13th, I found a good 
 degree of relief in the publick meeting ; but 
 became much more thoroughly relieved in 
 an evening meeting which we found a con 
 cern to hold, at the fixth hour. The meeting- 
 place being filled by Friends and others ; it 
 was a good time ; and at the clofe we had a 
 
 folid
 
 JOURNAL OF 
 
 folid opportunity with the members only, and 
 advifed and encouraged, as way opened in 
 the life ; and divers young Friends being fen- 
 fibly impreffed with a living fenfe of the ne- 
 ceffity of prefling forward in the line of duty, 
 my foul rejoiced among them, after feveral 
 days of clofe inward exercife. 14th, I left 
 Dunkirk, accompanied by my dear friends 
 William Rotch and Robert Grubb, and rode 
 to Calais ; and feeling quite clear of Dun 
 kirk, it was to me a pleafant ride, though the 
 ways were very broken and difficult. 15th, 
 the wind being very high, we were detained 
 in Calais, from croffing to England ; and 
 though the detention was not definable, yet 
 being refigned, we fell into a held of inflmt- 
 ive and cementing converfation, which I truft 
 will not foon if ever be erafed. i6th and 
 lyth, flill detained at Calais. i8th, croffed 
 to Dover, and was glad to find niyfelf at 
 lafl in the company of my dear friends in 
 England. 
 
 2oth. At the fore and afternoon meetings, 
 and an evening fitting at the houfe of my dear 
 friend Richard Baker, with a pretty large 
 number of Friends, 1 had full opportunity to 
 become relieved in mind in regard to the 
 deep travail of fpirit which I felt for Friends 
 of this place : May they live loofe to the 
 world, and feparate from its beguiling friend- 
 fhips and influence. 21 ft and 2 ad. much un 
 well with a cold, and a deep heavy cough, fo 
 
 that
 
 JOB SCOTT. 309 
 
 that I kept houfe. 23d, rode, accompanied 
 by my dear friend William Rotch, by pofl- 
 chaife to Rochefler, lodged at our friend Dr. 
 William Cooper s. 24th, attended the meet 
 ing at Rochefter ; long filent, but at length I 
 was a little helped in teftimony my travail 
 was and is that Friends there may live and 
 move in the life of true religion. 25th, we 
 went to London, and attended the meeting 
 for fufferings there. 2 6th, we attended two 
 fittings of faid meeting, and my concern was, 
 that Friends might dwell deep, and act in the 
 current of life in their religious movements : 
 I laboured a little to that purpofe and found 
 latisfaftion. 2yth, attended in the forenoon 
 Grace- Church- Street meeting-afternoon that 
 at Devonmire-Houfe-in the evening we again 
 attended the meeting for fufferings, where my 
 concern and labour ftill was, that Friends 
 fhould dwell and aft in the divine life. 28th, 
 we attended the felecl; morning meeting, 
 where my fervice was in filent travail among 
 them. 29th, attended Horfeleydown meet- 
 ing, filent, as alfo next day at the Peel meet 
 ing. 31 ft, livingly opened in Ratcliff meet 
 ing, to a degree of unfpeakable rejoicing ; 
 but at the Park meeting, in the evening, I 
 Hood up in a feeling fenfe of fome good, and 
 much good-will ; but could not get forward, 
 the way quite clofed up, and I fat down. 
 
 ift of 2d mo. I attended the meeting for 
 fufferings. 3d, In the forenoon I attended 
 Weflminiler meeting, and afternoon the Peel; 
 
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 in both I had divine relief, in bearing gofpel 
 teftimony. 4th, Attended the felecl morning 
 meeting. th, We attended Devonfhire- 
 Houfe monthly meeting, my way was much 
 clofed up. 6th, My foul was made glad in 
 gofpel teftimony, at Grace-Church-Street 
 monthly meeting. 7th, We rode out about 
 feven miles to the monthly meeting at Totten 
 ham, where the Lord livingly helped us. It 
 was a good time, and we returned in the even 
 ing. 8th, attended the meeting for (ufferings. 
 9th. We vifited divers Friends families, loth, 
 We attended in the forenoon the Park meet 
 ing, and in the afternoon that at Horfeley- 
 down ; in both the Lord dealt bountifully with 
 us, Truth riling over all, and we may thank 
 fully fay, hitherto the Lord hath helped us/ 
 nth, Found relief in clearing my mind in a 
 good degree in the felecl: meeting. 12th, We 
 attended the monthly meeting at Horfeley- 
 down. 13th, I rejoiced in Truth s viclory 
 over death, in a meeting at the fchool-houfe 
 for Friends at Peel ineeting. Alfo on i4th. at 
 the monthly meeting at Weftminfter. 15th, 
 Had a hard cold and cough ; kept houfe. 
 i6th and 17th, Still unwell. i8th, I got out 
 though weak to the feletl morning meeting, 
 igth, We went out to Barking monthly meet 
 ing held at Plafto. about four or five miles from 
 London. 2oth, attended Peel monthly meet 
 ing, where I was much clofed up except in 
 difcipline. 21 ft, that at Ratcliff, much in the 
 fame way. 22d, attended the fchool meeting 
 at Iflington, and the meeting for fufferings : 
 
 ftill
 
 JOB SCOTT. 311 
 
 dill I was quite (hut up in filence. 23d, I 
 wrote letters to my friends. 24th, attended 
 Devonfhire-Houfe and Grace- Church- Street 
 im-. tings, and felecl; meeting in the evening 
 at Devonfhire-Houfe, befides a family vilit ; 
 in all which Truth triumphed over all, the 
 Lord himfelf gave the word, and in his di 
 vine life and authority it was publifhed. 
 25th, we attended the felecl: meeting to a good 
 degree of fatisfaclion. 26th, at Horfeley- 
 down, and 27th at Deptford the teflimony 
 and word of life were rejoicingly witneffed in 
 eminent exaltation, divers perfons attended 
 not of our fociety the fpnng of the gofpel 
 and its glorious doctrines were livingly open 
 ed. 28th, Truth opened gofpel dottnnes, 
 and brought forth neceifary admonitions and 
 warnings in its own pure life at Weftminfter, 
 where we fat up our Ebenezer, and thank 
 fully acknowledged, as on many former oc- 
 cafions, hitherto the Lord hath helped us. 
 ill of 3d mo. I was at the meeting for fuffer- 
 ings. fliut up in iilence. 2d, I wrote, vifited 
 a lick friend, and rode to Plaflo, to attend 
 meeting there next day. 
 
 I may here mention, my mind has been 
 deeply afFe6ied under fome ferious confidera- 
 tioris of the flate of things in the world, and 
 particularly in this nation. What a number 
 of men are there who affume the ftation of 
 gofpei minifters ; and, under that pretence, 
 drain and even violently force away from the 
 proper owners large fums of money, which 
 
 they
 
 3 i2 JOURNAL OF 
 
 they do very little to earn ! Even if it were 
 right to preach for hire, and if Chrifl s true 
 minifters could freely and righteoufly receive 
 money for their mimftry, (which they by no 
 means can) yet to fee a fet of almoft idle 
 drones living on the honeft labours of the in- 
 duflrious, as great numbers of the upper cler 
 gy do, whilft they not only thus opprefs ma 
 ny poor laymen, as they choofe to call them, 
 but allo prefs down to a very low price and 
 poor living, even many of the lower clergy 
 who do the work for them, as if a minifter of 
 Jefus could have his work done and his mi- 
 niflry performed faithfully in the fight of God, 
 by hiring another to preach for him, and with 
 money extorted from thofe it properly and 
 honeitly belongs to, while themlelves live in 
 luxury and at eafe, in their ceiled houfes, and 
 but feldom vifit their flock ; the profpecl; of 
 thefe things is deeply affeCling. 
 
 Oh ! mofl affuredly the land mourns, and 
 God is angry becaufe of thefe things, and in 
 fome way or other he will arife and make the 
 earth, and alfo this falfe heaven this vain 
 and oppredive miniflry, and rend the power 
 from the idle, lordly clergy. But whatever 
 be the means, fo that it is in the pure coun- 
 fel of God, my very foul breathes to the Al 
 mighty, that he may, in the way of his own 
 good pleafure, haften the downfall even of 
 proteflant Babylon ; rend the power of the 
 idle, ufelefs clergy, and thus emancipate the 
 people from the bondage and oppreffion they 
 
 groan
 
 JOB SCOTT. 313 
 
 groan under, that the earth may enjoy her 
 iubbaths again. But how thefe deeply to be 
 pitied, thefe too worthlefs, too worldly, and 
 too cruel pretenders to the miniftry of the 
 gofpel of Chrift ; or how thofe civil rulers, 
 who, to anfwer the purpofes of aggrandize 
 ment and power, fupport them ; will be able 
 to fettle their accounts in the great day of the 
 Lord, the folemn fettlement of all things, is 
 a confideration truly awful ! 
 
 If thefe hints are ever publifhed, let not 
 delicacy prevail to afFecl any unnecelfary mi 
 tigation of the clofe exprcflions in which they 
 are couched. It is time thefe deceivers of 
 men, thefe dark bodies, who form an edipfe 
 between God and the fouls of men, mould 
 hear and ferioufly hearken to the voice of 
 plain, honed and undifguifed truth. And 
 whether they will hearken and hear, yea or 
 nay, let them be affured God is arifing, and 
 will make and remove them out of the way ; 
 and their domination mail be remembered 
 with abhorrence ! 
 
 gd of gd mo. We had a good open meet 
 ing at Piafto. 4th, I had {olid relief in the 
 felecl: morning meeting there, through deep 
 dwelling and plain dealing : may the Lord 
 faften it as a nail in a lure place. 5th, we 
 attended the monthly meeting at Devonfhire- 
 Houfe. 6th, that at Grace- Church- Street. 
 7th, that at Tottenham ; in all which I had 
 ("olid fatisfalion ; as alfo at an evening meet- 
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 ing which I was concerned to appoint on the 
 8th, at iaid Tottenham : general notice was 
 given, and it was a large crowded meeting, 
 many not of our fociety attending. It was 
 long fiient ; but after that, Truth s doclrines 
 were largely opened and declared to the peo 
 ple, who behaved very commendably, and 
 were remarkably ftill and quiet, through the 
 long filence, and to the clofe of the meeting. 
 
 gth, I vifited divers families, and therein 
 had peace, loth, attended meeting fore and 
 afternoon at Tottenham. nth, the felec"l 
 morning meeting at Grace- Church- Street ; 
 and i2th. the meeting at Devonfhire-Houfe ; 
 all to fo-lid fatisfaction in the Lord. 13th, 
 we attended the monthly meeting at Stains, 
 jfevcnteen miles from London ; and next day 
 their particular meeting at the fame place ; in 
 both which Truth reigned over all : thanks 
 be unto God who gave the victory. Many 
 not of our fociety, being notified, attended 
 the lafi meeting : and I believe fome of them 
 were, through the openings of divine life, 
 Iblidly inflrufted and folemnizcd in fpirit. 
 i5th, We had a good open meeting at Long 
 ford, and, on i6th, another at Uxbridge. 
 ijth, one at Brentford, and in the evening 
 one at llammerfmith all favoured meetings ; 
 though many of the people s views and ex 
 pectations being too much outward, caufed 
 the fpring to be long fhut up in feveral et 
 them. This may be ftrange doctrine to 
 fome ; but fome others know that the fpring 
 
 muft
 
 JOB SCOTT. 315 
 
 mufl be opened in the hearer, or elfe there 
 can be but little profitably done by the fpeak- 
 er. And he that ipeaks only in the ability 
 that God immediately gives, mull feel a door 
 ot entrance in the people s minds, or it is very 
 difficult to get fafely and relieving!} forward. 
 But when the fpnng is livingly opened in 
 him that fpeaketh, and in thole mat hear, 
 then it is that deep calleth unto deep, at 
 the found of the waterfpouts t of life, and 
 here mftruclion is fealed. 
 
 After thefe meetings we rode to London, 
 and were affectionately received by our dear 
 friend John Elliot, his wife and children. 
 i8th, we again attended the felett morning 
 meeting in the city, to a degree of (atisfaction. 
 igth, we were at monthly meeting at 13ark- 
 ing. 2Oth, at a meeting appointed at Plado ; 
 and, on 2ift, at their meeting at Barking; 
 all affording fome confolation. 22d, we at 
 tended the meeting for fufferings at London. 
 2gd, I wrote letters home, and went out to 
 Wandfworth. 24th, the word of the Lord 
 was powerful through me, a poor inilru- 
 ment, to the people at Wandfworth ; and I 
 can truly fay with Paul, according to his 
 * working, which worketh in me mightily, J 
 in many of thefe meetings : may it have its 
 full effect on the minds of the people. 25th, 
 we attended the felecl: quarterly meeting in 
 London, at Grace- Church- Street, where 1 
 was filent. 26th, and the quarterly meeting 
 E e 2 for 
 
 t Pfal. xlii. 7. t Colof. i. 39.
 
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 for worfhip and discipline was large and fa 
 voured. 27th, we attended its adjournment, 
 and in the evening, the youth s quarterly 
 meeting for worfhip. 28th, were at the meet 
 ing at Kingfiown upon Thames, where fome 
 hardened hearts were felt to oppofe in fpirit 
 the arifmg of Truth s tefiimony, they being 
 in a dark and unbelieving Rate. In the even 
 ing we had a meeting at Eflier, to folid fatis- 
 faction. 29th, attended the burial of a 
 Friend at Alton : dark fpirits here alfo, I 
 apprehended, inwardly oppofed the truth : 
 however, the tefiimony aroie through deep 
 wading over all, bleiFed be the name of the 
 Lord ! 
 
 3Oth, we had an evening meeting at Ga- 
 dalming. to fome folid inflruclion. 3 lit, at 
 tended the fore and afternoon meetings at 
 Guildford, in which Truth reigned, though 
 things are low there. In the evening we at 
 tended the felecl: quarterly meeting, and, ift 
 of 4th mo. Truth livingly qualified to labour, 
 both in the quarterly meeting for worfhip, 
 and in the men s and women s meetings for 
 church affairs. 2d, we rode to Reading, and 
 3d. had a meeting there, and in the evening 
 at Kerby. 4th, one at Shillingford, and at 
 evening at Wallingford, and, ^th. one at 
 Abingdon; in all which divers befides Friends 
 attended, but feemed in general to have very- 
 little fenfe of any thing more in religion than 
 the cuftomary formal performances which, 
 according to rny obfervation, is too generally 
 
 the
 
 JOB SCOTT. 317 
 
 the cafe with the profeflbrs of religion in 
 England. Tell them any thing about divine 
 life in religion, and they feem to think one 
 an enthufiaft. and perhaps (ome of them 
 would give a ftnile of ridicule : yet, to do 
 them juftice, they are pretty generally civil ; 
 but appear very infenfible and unbeliex r ing 
 as to divine influence. There is indeed fo 
 little entrance into their hearts in many places, 
 that it alrhoft prevents a door of utterance; 
 and when fomething opens, it requires great 
 humility and watchfulnefs to keep on the 
 right foundation. I had fome fatisfaclion in 
 thefe lail meetings, though Truth did not 
 reign triumphant over all, as at iome other 
 times. 
 
 7th. We had a large meeting at Oxford, 
 filent for a considerable time ; but Truth gra 
 dually arole. and light fhined through and. 
 over great obicurity and infenfibiiity. Oh ! 
 the deadneis of profeifors ! Oh ! the Hat for 
 mality that too generally reigns ! The Englifh 
 Epifcopal hierarchy muft and will be lhaken ! 
 Yet once more I fhake not the earth only, 
 - but alfo heaven. * One ftone muft not be 
 left upon another, of mere creaturely per 
 formances, where God is known to be ; all 
 in all and fo he is known, where Chrift 
 has reigned in the heart, until he has put 
 4 down all rule and all authority. t but that 
 of the pure truth ; for this is the ftate in 
 which is fulfilled the precious prediction and 
 E e 3 promife,. 
 
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 promife, that the Lord alone fhall be ex- 
 5 alted in that day/* and that the profeffors 
 of Chnftianity may be fhaken from, their 
 dead forms and lifclefs images, and come to 
 know that day, and therein God s exalta 
 tion over all that is of man, is the travail and 
 prayer of my foul to the God and Father of 
 our Lord Jefus Chrift. And, O my God, if 
 it be thy will, I pray thee, haften the more 
 general coming and knowledge of that day 
 among the nations. Amen. After meeting 
 we rode to Witney, and glh, attended the 
 quarterly meeting there I was helped a lit 
 tle, but got very low in mind. 
 
 loth. I could not fee my way to go for 
 ward, fo ftaid the meeting for worfhip, in 
 which I felt and obferved a total filence, I 
 believe ordered in divine wifdora as a lelibn 
 of inftruclion to others. nth, we had a 
 meeting at Farringdon. 12th, rode to Cir- 
 cencefler, and had an evening meeting there. 
 i3th, went to Hampton, and, 14th, were at 
 meeting at Nailfworth ; and in the evening 
 at Painfwick. 15111, we had two meetings at 
 Gloucefter, and, i6th, one at Rofs, In all 
 thcfe the one univerfal and only principle of 
 all true religion and godlinefs was our help, 
 and, through its own living and helping influ 
 ence, was declared and tellified of to the peo 
 ple, though fometimes with but little evidence 
 of entrance ; yet at others it feemed evidently 
 to prevail over all. iyth, we had a painful 
 evening meeting at Monmouth in South- 
 Wales 
 
 * Ifai. ii, ijrv
 
 JOB SCOTT. 319 
 
 Wales divers of the people were whifpering, 
 talking, and fome laughing, near all the time, 
 for which they were pretty clofely reproved. 
 We concluded the meeting without any at 
 tempt to preach the gofpel among them, for 
 no way feemed to open for it. i8th, we had. 
 a pretty large evening meeting at Pontypool, 
 to a degree of fatisfa&ion ; from thence we 
 went to Llandilo, and, 21 ft, were at meeting 
 there, and though I was fenfible there was 
 great place in the people s minds, with feri- 
 oufnefs and tendemefs, I could not exprefs a 
 word of what I felt flowing in my heart to 
 wards them ; but for fome caufe, was made 
 an example of filence among them. O Lord^ 
 I pray thee preferve my fpirit alive in thee, 
 and keep me fubje&ly given up, whether to 
 Ipeak or keep filence. After this meeting we 
 rode to Caermarthen, and, 22d, had a meet 
 ing there, and, 23d, came on the felecl meet 
 ing of minifters and elders there, for North 
 and South Wales, wherein I experienced con- 
 fiderable exercife among them. Afterwards 
 came on a meeting for worfhip, of Friends 
 only ; and then the bufmeis of the quarterly 
 meeting tranfa&ed at this feafon of the year, 
 by what is called the yearly meeting. 
 
 24th, Were held two large publick meet 
 ings, one in the fore and the other in the af 
 ternoon; filence was my lot. 25th, the fele6t 
 meeting and meeting for difcipline met again, 
 after which Friends held another meeting for 
 worfhip among themfelves in the evening, rny 
 
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 pain and affli&ion continued through all, tho 
 I dropt fome clofe hints in the fele6l meeting 
 relpjcling mimftry, and made a few remarks 
 in the evening meeting, which afforded fome 
 relief to my mind. After all thefe meetings, 
 I felt not clear of the people of Caermarthen : 
 fo when Friends were moftly gone from the 
 place, dear Deborah Darby, Rebecca Young 
 and myfelf, ftaid one more meeting, viz. on 
 2 6th, in which I received much relief; and 
 27th, rode with a very peaceful mind to Swan- 
 fea ; 28th, had great enlargement and relief in 
 the meeting there. The four following days 
 we had meetings at Neath. Cowbridge, Cardiff 
 and Newport. Thefe were almoll wholly of 
 people not of our profeffion, among whom 
 gofpel doctrines were opened (though under 
 fome depreflion at times) in Truth s life and 
 authority. An increafe of true religion in 
 England and Wales is much wanting ; yet, 
 blelfed be Jehovah s holy name, a few are 
 found from place to place, who know it in a 
 good degree of dominion. 
 
 gd. We left Wales and went to B riflol, 
 where I met with my dear friend Samuel 
 Emlen from Philadelphia, in America, on a 
 religious vifit to this country, who had been 
 in this city fome time : Our joy was mutual, 
 and mingled with tears of affe6lion, in re 
 membrance of paft feafons of divine refrefh- 
 ment together in our native country. 5th, 
 We attended three large publick meetings at 
 the Fryar s meeting (fo called^ in the city of 
 
 JBriitol,
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 BriftoL 6th, one more feleft, though large ; 
 and, 7th, two more large publick meetings ; 
 thefe concluded the yearly meeting at Briftol. 
 I was filent through all thefe meetings, as was 
 alfo dear Samuel Emlen ; and on firll-day af 
 ternoon the meeting was filent likewife. I was 
 led to deplore the low ftate of the miniilry, 
 with renewed defires, that our preaching 
 might be fuch, through him who is the Re- 
 furreclion and the life, that the dead may be 
 railed : for the letter will kill, does kill, and 
 has killed its tens of thoufaads. 
 
 8th. I attended meeting at Lawrence- Wef- 
 ton, where, in the power of the gofpel, I 
 laboured among them, gth, I fat the meeting 
 in filence again at Bnftol ; and. though I ex- 
 peeled, from the exercife of my mind, my 
 bonds would burft in fundcr, it proved not 
 fo : the time was not come. We went to 
 Meikfhain, and vifited divers families, in true 
 gofpel opennefs ; and i 2th. attended the fore 
 and afternoon meetings there, in both which 
 Truth prevailed. 13th, we attended the 
 monthly meeting at Broomham ; at fix in the 
 afternoon we had a meeting at Devizes, and 
 one next day at Mar! borough, after which I 
 again thankfully acknowledged, hitherto 
 hath the Lord helped us/* 15th and i6th, 
 We had relieving and edifying meetings at 
 Newbury and Maidenhead ; our dear friend 
 Samuel Emien being with us at thefe, to our 
 rejoicing, i/th, we attended the meeting at 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 * i Sam. vii. 12,
 
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 Uxbridge, after which, conduced by my 
 kind friend John Hull, who had been with 
 me feveral weeks, I went to London, where 
 I attended the yearly meeting, which began 
 for minifttrs and elders the i8th of 5th mo. 
 ipth, I attended the Peel meeting; iilent. 
 
 2Oth, Began the yearly meeting for church 
 difcipline, for infpecting into the ftate of the 
 fociety. and regulations thereof; which con 
 tinued by adjournments until the 28th, as did 
 the feleft meeting until the 2Qth, the latter 
 not meeting every day like the former : and 
 though I was iilent in feveral of thefe meet 
 ings, yet I had fome fervice in fome of them, 
 both publick and in a more felecl; capacity ; 
 and, on the whole, I had a good degree of 
 folid fatisfatlion in this yearly meeting : the 
 great Helper of Ifrael was gracioufly pleaied 
 to fhine upon our hearts, and qualify for fer 
 vice in his church. And many deeply excr- 
 cifed fouls being gathered together, they were 
 a ftrength to each other. Friends generally 
 appeared condefcending to what arofe as 
 Truth s judgment, whomibever it was thro 
 and however contrary to what they had con 
 ceived or exprefled. The Lord is raifing up 
 a living army in this nation, who are, and if 
 they ftand faithful will yet become more and 
 more ufeful in the militant church. Oh, the 
 need there is of wifdom and forbearance in 
 the church ! may the God of Ifrael guide, 
 guard and preferve the honefl-hearted, and 
 
 may
 
 JOB SCOTT. 323 
 
 may they, in the becoming meeknefs of true 
 wiidom, keep lingly to his divine directions. 
 
 3Oth, I attended Wcftmmfter meeting, to 
 the re ief of my mind. 31 ft, the fchool meet 
 ing for children at Clerkenwell, in which I 
 found little exercife in the miniftry. In this 
 meeting dear Mary, the wife of our friend 
 George Stacy, and daughter of our beloved 
 friend Rachel Wilfon, for the firfl time ap 
 peared in pubhck teftimony may the Lord 
 preferve her ; me appeared to be a deeply ex- 
 ercifed woman, and to have given up greatly 
 in the crofs, thus to be expoled. 
 
 Firfl of 6th month. I wrote letters and vi- 
 fited the fick and afflicted. 2d, I attended 
 Peel and Wellmmfler meetings, to the folid 
 peace of my mind. 3d. the morning meeting 
 of minifters and elders ; 4th, then monthly 
 meeting at Devonfhire-Houfe an open and 
 triumphant feafon. gth, the monthly meet 
 ing at Grace- Church- Street. 6th, that at 
 Tottenham, filent as to publick teflimony. 
 yth and 8th, Jofeph Nichollon going with 
 me for Ireland, we rode to Birmingham, a 
 large town ; and gth, were at their two meet 
 ings, and preparative meeting; and loth, 
 had a meeting at Tamworth In all which 
 Truth reigned, and life was in dominion, 
 though things are but low at thofe places, 
 nth, we had a meeting at Uttoxeter, where 
 in, though I had much to fay, I found very 
 little fatisfa&ion ; but had great need of pa 
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 324 JOURNAL OF 
 
 tience after it was ended in order to my in 
 heriting the promifes. i2th and igth, at* 
 tended the quarterly meeting at Leek, to 
 fblid fatisfaflion. Then went to Macclesfield, 
 Stockport and Morley ; the laft a very large 
 but exercifing meeting. I found much to 
 fay, but got little lolid relief. 171!!, we reft- 
 cd at our dear friends Richard and Martha 
 Routh s. i8th, attended monthly meeting 
 there, igth, we had a good meeting at Old- 
 ham, and 2Oth, another at Crawfhaybooth, 
 alfo attended monthly meeting there. 21 ft, 
 we had a bleffed large meeting at Marfden. 
 and one the fame day at Sawley. Thence 
 we went to Newton, and, 23d, were at meet 
 ing there ; had much labour and little relief. 
 251!!, we had a meeting at Preflon, to fome 
 iatisfa&ion, a few ienous people attending 
 among others. We went on to Liverpool ; 
 where, 26th, at dear Robert Benfon s, I 
 wrote letters to my friends both in New and 
 Old-England, and next day attended meeting 
 there ; the fpring was low, but rofe gradually, 
 fome of us finging joyfully unto it. 
 
 28th and 29th ; I was unwell, and the wind 
 was againft our paffage to Ireland, and after 
 feveral days detention by contrary winds, and 
 attending their meetings on firft-day, on the 
 4th of the 7th month, we failed for Ireland, 
 in the Viceroy Packet, of Liverpool. The 
 wind was moflly contrary during the paflfage, 
 which was therefore a long and trying one 
 of near fix days, gth, we landed at Dublin, 
 
 where
 
 JOB SCOTT. 325 
 
 where I received comfortable letters from 
 home ; and after writing letters and vifiting 
 a few families, on the 1 2th attended meeting 
 at Sycamore- Alley in Dublin, in the life and 
 power of the gofpel. 14th. I attended the 
 meeting at Meath-flreet and Sycamore- Alley, 
 to my own great relief of mind ; 1 6th, the 
 monthly meeting at Meath- Street, in the en 
 largement of the gofpel ; and, through fome 
 dole fearching labours, got great relief. 
 Meath- Street and Sycamore- Alley meetings 
 are both for the fame Friends, but held al 
 ternately to accommodate both parts of the 
 town, ijth, accompanied by my kind young 
 friend Thomas Bewley, junior, fon of dear 
 Thomas Bewley, at whofe houfe I lodged at 
 Dublin, I went to Baltebois, and had there 
 an open meeting among a few Friends and 
 others, and we rode to Ballitore, where I was 
 fick all the next day, being taken the day be 
 fore, igth, had a pretty good meeting here, 
 and next day another at Caflle-Dermot ; the 
 day following at Carlow, where, near the clofe 
 of the afternoon meeting, I had to bear tefti- 
 mony to a good degree of peace and (atisfac- 
 tion. 22d. long iilence prevailed in a meeting 
 I had at Kilconner; but truth gave us the vic 
 tory at laft : bleffed be the name of the Lord 
 for ever. Then we had meetings at Rofs, 
 Foreft, Ennefcortha, Cooladine, Baliantore, 
 Ballanclay, Ballicone and Wicklow, taking 
 two in a day all pretty open fatisfa&ory 
 meetings except the laft, which was fome- 
 what painfully exerciling. 
 
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 2gth, we returned to Dublin, and next day 
 attended the meeting for worfhip, and ad 
 journment of the monthly meeting at Meath- 
 Street ; and the day following, wrote to my 
 family and fome other friends in America. 
 Thence accompanied ftill by dear Thomas 
 Bewley, jun. we went to Rathfriland, and 
 gd of 8th month, had a good meeting there. 
 4th, attended the meeting there, both fore 
 and afternoon. I was confiderably enlarged in 
 teftimony, but in fo low and feeble a manner, 
 that after meeting I funk into great difcou- 
 ragement, to think that though I ftood up 
 and proceeded in the evidence and feeling of 
 duty, yet very little life or relief of mind 
 was experienced. The meeting was large. 
 , exercile of mind and pain of body cauied 
 
 the la ft to be unto me a night of much un- 
 eafincfs ; but endeavouring this morning to 
 poiTeLs myfelf in patience, I became at 
 length compofed. 6th, I remained unwell, 
 but rode to Lurgan. and was at meeting 
 there next day. I felt no freedom that pub- 
 lick notice fhould be given, which was very 
 unufual ; and near the clofe of the meeting, 
 (having fat in filence) I ftood up, though not 
 expecting to fay any thing in the ufual lin^ of 
 the mi n if by, and told them, thofe who go to 
 their religious meetings with expectations and 
 defires of outward help, and are thereby di 
 verted from looking inward and feeling after 
 divine h;;:p. go to their meetings in a devia 
 tion of mind from a true gofpe! (late and cle- 
 p;;n dance and all who are looking to inftru- 
 
 ments
 
 JOB SCOTT. 327 
 
 ments for help in their meetings, otherwife 
 than helped of God through them, and in his 
 own time and according to his own will, are 
 not true worfhippers in ipirit and in truth. 
 But 1 have caufe to believe, that even fome 
 of our fociety, at times, who attend meetings 
 and fit very ftill and orderly, know .little or 
 nothing of true filence, and feel very little 
 of that exercile of foul by which they may 
 experience true chriilian watch and prayer, 
 when ailembled together before Gocl, and in 
 his awful prefence. The meeting then broke 
 up, and I felt folid peace, in a living {enfe, 
 that I had not kindled a fire of my own ; but 
 had been limited to Truth s pure motion, 
 which is ever fafe. 
 
 8th. I was at the meeting at Liiburn : pub- 
 lick notice was given, but the meeting was 
 filent. gth, I had a meeting at Killfborough, 
 wherein I laboured in a low way, I hope to 
 lome edification. Truth rofe not very high, 
 and I rejoiced that the animation of nature 
 rofe not above it. nth, I was at meeting at 
 Ballenderry in the forenoon, and in the after 
 noon was again at Liiburn, both good open 
 meetings. 13th, I had a large painful meet 
 ing among the Preibyterians, at Newtown- 
 Aras near Mile-Crofs. They were too wife, 
 rich and fall, for inftrumental help much to 
 reach or benefit them. I left them with a 
 heavy heart, and returned with my kind friend 
 John Hancock to his houfe near Liiburn, and 
 15th, attended monthly meeting there, to a 
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 328 JOURNAL OF 
 
 good degree of fatisfa&ion, and next day had 
 a good meeting at Antrim ; and the day fol 
 lowing another at Grange ; and then went 
 to Ballimany, where, on the i8th, I had a 
 very large one. An ear was open in a few to 
 htar the true gofpel preached ; but the crowd 
 and concourfe was fo great, and large num 
 bers fo light and unfettled, and fome fo noify, 
 that we were under a neceflity of concluding 
 the meeting much iooner than otherwife we 
 might have done ; after which divers of the 
 iober people with tears defired we would have 
 another meeting, and propofed our having a 
 larg meeting-houie in the town for the pur- 
 poie. They appeared greatly grieved at the 
 behaviour of fome of their neighbours, and 
 much difappointed at hearing fo little of 
 Truth s living teftimony declared. My bow 
 els yearned towards them, but we could not 
 fee a way open in the light to appoint another 
 meeting. Indeed what little was uttered 
 among them was fo much in the life that 
 they greatly hungered for more ; and I 
 thought it much better to leave them hunger 
 ing, than to fill them until they might even 
 loathe the honey-comb. So in much love we 
 left them, and rode to Ballynaeree. 
 
 igth, we had good open meetings at Bal 
 lynaeree and Colerain. My opennefs and fer- 
 vice was as ufual moilly towards people not 
 of our fociety ; and next day at Toberhead, 
 which appeared to be a feeble one ; and the 
 day following I had good fatisfa&ion in the 
 
 monthly
 
 JOB SCOTT. 329 
 
 monthly meeting at Grange, near Charle- 
 mont, both in the pubiick and in the more 
 felect part. There is a little living remnant 
 of valuable Friends belonging to that month 
 ly meeting. 22d, we had a good meeting 
 amon; Friends and others, at Ballahagan: 
 
 O O * 
 
 next day a relieving one at Moy ; and, 25th, 
 the fore and afternoon meetings at Grange 
 were large and highly favoured, as was that 
 held next day at the Prefbyterian meeting- 
 houfe in Dungannon. The doctrines of the 
 everlafting gofpel, in moil of thete meetings 
 in the north, flowed like oil upon the fpirits 
 of the people. But this lail meeting was 
 hurt by an unfkilful and unleafonable appear 
 ance, after the people were rifen to go out. 
 
 27th, we had a meeting at a place called 
 Carborough, among a few Friends and a 
 pretty many Prefbyterians. In this meeting 
 gofpel truths flowed fomewhat largely in a 
 gentle current of life to the people ; but there 
 was too little of a door of entrance inlo their 
 hearts to admit of any great dominion of the 
 life divine among them. Even Jefus wrought 
 not many mighty works in iome places, be- 
 caufe of the people s unbelief; they fhut up 
 the kingdom of heaven againft themielves, 
 which is often the cafe in our day. Next day I 
 attended at Grange ; and from the gift of the 
 8th month to the 3d of the gth, was held 
 the quarterly meeting there, in the courfe of 
 which Truth reigned over all, both in pubiick 
 tcflimony, and at times in folemn iilence, 
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 330 JOURNAL OF 
 
 though fome fpirits feemed oppofecl thereto-. 
 4th, attended again the meeting at Grange, 
 and next day rode to Lurgan, and had a 
 painful meeting there. Notice was given to 
 the town s people, and many attended ; but it 
 ieemed as though they knew fcarce any thing 
 about the life of religion. I got little relief 
 among them. Friends there, as well as 
 others, are in a low flate, 
 
 After this I was at two meetings at Moy- 
 Allen, one filent, and the other nearly fo. 
 One at Ballahagan, long hlent and fuffering,. 
 but ended triumphant. One at Richhill, dull 
 and painful. One at Caftlefhane, filent until 
 near the clofe, when I opened to the people 
 the impoilibility of man s preaching the gof- 
 pel without immediate divine help. One at 
 Coothill, wherein the joy of the Lord was our 
 ftrength, and in true gofpel authority the peo 
 ple were inftrucled in the go(pel myfteries of 
 Chriil in man, his hope of glory. At Coot- 
 hill there was a great fair, and a fight, which 
 was in fome degree bloody, confidering the 
 occafion, between the foldiers with fwords, 
 and country people with clubs, about a ladjuft 
 cnlifted. who attempting to make his efcape, 
 the foldiers endeavouring to fecure him. the 
 country people were enraged, and aiming to- 
 Inpport his efcape, the quarrel ran lo high 
 that the ftreet was in an uproar from end to 
 end ; and being crowded full of country peo 
 ple, town s people and foldiers, to the amount 
 I fappofc of feveral thoufands, the fcene was 
 
 truly
 
 JOB SCOTT. 331 
 
 truly affefting ; and though I believe there 
 were no lives loft, yet as there was confidera- 
 ble bloodfhed, and divers wounded, it afford 
 ed a very horrid fpeftacle of the depravity of 
 human nature. And I thought it not amifs to 
 give a hint of it here, as it led me to mourn 
 over the benighted and dreadful ftate of poor 
 mankind. 
 
 What dreadful wars have raged, through 
 almoft all ages and nations ! What rivers of 
 blood have human beings drawn from human 
 beings ! and what havock are men ftill mak 
 ing of human lives, who fay they are chrif- 
 tians ! At this very day (Oh. fad to mention) 
 is France and England, and divers other Eu 
 ropean nations embroiled in cruel wars! Will 
 the ftate of mankind never be meliorated ! 
 Will the fword devour for ever, and the glo 
 rious and benign influence of the gofpel, by 
 the wrath of men for ever be defeated ! For 
 bid it, gracious heaven ! Indeed, I firmly be 
 lieve, the time will yet come when nation 
 mall not lift up fword againft nation, neither 
 mail they learn war any more/* O, bleffed 
 day ! O, precious ftate of peace, harmony 
 and happinefs ! My fpirit breathes unto God, 
 that he may a rife and haften this great work 
 of reformation on the earth : that the kins:- 
 
 O 
 
 doms of this world may become the king 
 dom of God, and of his Chrill. Amen faith 
 my foul. 
 
 After 
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 332 JOURNAL OF 
 
 After this, from the 15th to the 2ift, we 
 had meetings at Old-Caftle, Edenderry, Titn- 
 mahoe, Rathangan, Athy and Ballanakill 
 the firft of thefe was open and edifying, the 
 next very eminently overfhadowed and owned 
 of the Shepherd of Ifrael, notwithftanding 
 there were fome ftrong oppofers prefent. 
 BlefTed be the name of the Lord God Omni 
 potent, who reigneth and will reign over all, 
 convincing his enemies that they are but as 
 dult bentath his feet, and ail their oppofition 
 to his fpintual reign and government, as a 
 cloud which the fun dilpelleth. 
 
 The reft of thefe meetings were moftly dull 
 painful feafons, leveral almoft filent, and the 
 others laborious and but little relieving. At 
 Radian gan a young man fat and behaved very 
 irreverently during much of the meeting ; at 
 the clofe I reproved him ; he retorted, was 
 angry and denied the charge, and complained 
 of ill treatment. I felt the power of truth 
 increafing over the meeting, and when he 
 had venied himfelf and fpent his venemous 
 fhafts, I flood up and delivered what was fur 
 ther on my mind refpecling the poor dark 
 depraved creature, and addrefled the people 
 in the love of the goipel, the meeting doled 
 to iblid fatisfa&ion. I found afterwards he 
 was a diilblute ftage-player. Oh the mifchiefs 
 of the theatre ! what diffipation it promotes ! 
 it operates dire6lly againft the life of religion, 
 and tends to the deflruction of morals ! where 
 lhall we go to find the fear of God in an ac 
 tor ?
 
 JOB SCOTT. 333 
 
 tor ? yet, forrowful to fay, too many great 
 profeffors of chriftianity, and lome of the 
 pretended miniflers of the gofpel, are not 
 alhamed openly to plead for, and with all their 
 eloquence promote the deflru&ive practice of 
 flage-playing. My very foul is grieved within 
 me when I view the fallen ftate of poor de 
 generated chriftians, and above all the dead, 
 dark and carnal-minded ftate of the clergy, 
 fo called, like fwarms of locufts they darken 
 the air, and in many places eat up almoft 
 every green thing. Inilead of turning the 
 people to God, they bring them under the 
 adminiftration of the letter that kills, and thus 
 the fpiritual fremnefs or greenncfs, begotten 
 of God, at times by his holy fpirit in fome, 
 is as it were, eaten out. But God Almighty 
 will fweep them from the face of the earth. 
 The time ailuredly cometh when great Baby 
 lon s merchandize and traffic mall fail, and 
 when her flefh mall be burnt with fire. The 
 Lord of hofts hath fpoken it. 
 
 The teftimony at Athy was much by xvay 
 of opening the deceits, worldly-mindednefs, 
 and want of real gofpel qualification, in thofe 
 hireling teachers, who, if ever fuch in any age 
 cxifted, are the ; blind leaders of the blind/t 
 And I am perfuaded that no clafs of men in 
 thefe nations do more to obftrucl the true 
 work of the gofpel, and the coming of Chrifl s 
 kingdom on earth as in heaven, than thefe ; 
 but I repeat it again, God will do them away ! 
 
 For 
 
 f Mtt. xv. 14.
 
 334 JOURNAL OF 
 
 For falfe religion and worfhip fhall be fhaken, 
 as well as earthly -mindednefs and corrupt go 
 vernment, in order to make way for that 
 which cannot be fhaken, the work of God s 
 holy fpirit in men s hearts, and that worfhip 
 and religion which the holy operation thereof 
 enables man to perfevere in to his own un- 
 fhaken peace, and the exaltation of the divine 
 glory. 
 
 At Ballanakill there was fo little fenfe of 
 true religion among the people, and fo much 
 lightnefs and irreverence, that no way opened 
 in the ipring of the gbfpel to preach jefus and 
 the refuiTC-ftion among them ; fo the meet 
 ing was necefTarily filent, for we preach not 
 ourfelvcs ; and not being able rightly to call 
 Jefus Lord, but by the Holy Gholl, durfl 
 not attempt to preach his gofpel without that 
 divine unftion and influence, well knowing 
 it cannot be done ; and that fo many thou- 
 fands attempting to do it. has been the means 
 of overrunning the nations with the dead 
 formal image of worfhip. confifling of words 
 without life and founds without fub fiance. 
 
 When the meeting concluded I reproved 
 the levity and irreverence of the people, en 
 deavoured to put them upon a ferious enquiry 
 reipeclmg a preparation for death, and left 
 them with an aching heart. Many of them 
 feemed not to know their right hand from 
 their left more than the Ninevites did ; which 
 is indeed the cafe with too many of the pro- 
 
 felfors
 
 JOB SCOTT. 335 
 
 feffors of chrifhianity in England and Ireland; 
 and the priefts above all men have mournfully 
 contributed to its being fo ; and this I believe 
 will ever be the cafe, where and fo long as 
 the preachers are mere hirelings : For, God 
 will not give his glory to another, nor. his 
 praife to graven images or the works of men s 
 hands of any kind, however fpecious or re 
 fined. He will indeed glorify the houfe of 
 his glory, J where his honour dwelleth ; 
 where his holy fpirit is the fpring of aftion ; 
 and where he is the worker of all things ; 
 where his people will be ftill, and know that 
 he is God; where they patiently wait for 
 him, and let him arife/t not arifing them- 
 felves before him or without him. 
 
 But alas ! alas ! who and where are thefe ? 
 Truly not all who are proft-ffing fo to do. 
 But this is the ftandard unto which the true 
 and thorough golpel worfhipper mull be re 
 duced. And though too many among us are 
 falling fhort of this flandard, yet there are 
 many who are alive in the power and domi 
 nion of Truth, our firft principle, and which 
 is the everlafting principle and fupporc of all 
 that is truly religious in every fociety to the 
 world s end. 
 
 Under thefe confiderations I do molt fer 
 vently defire we may be a living, faithful, 
 fpiritual people ; firmly believing, if we are 
 fumciently fo, we mall, above ail the families 
 
 of 
 J Ifai. Ix. 7. f Pfal. Ixviii. i.
 
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 of the earth, mew forth God s praife ; many 
 thoufands will flow unto Sion, there they 
 will behold Jerufalem a quiet habitation ; 
 be blefled with the dew of Hermon, and 
 rejoice in the dew that defcends on the 
 mountains of Zion, where the Lord com 
 mands the bleffing, even life for evermore ; 
 whilft the mere felf-aftive, formal hirelings, 
 remaining in their felf-adive fta te, promoting 
 abolifhed ihadowy obfervations, will not al- 
 cend for into the mountain of myrrh and hill 
 of frankincenfe, but continue to wither and 
 die. Read William Penn s rife and progrefs 
 of the people called Quakers, wherein is 
 fhewn how one people after another funk into 
 formality. Coniider deeply how lamentably 
 it has been the cafe with fome of us ; and 
 know affuredly, that if we keep not in the 
 divine life, we mail be rejected as well as 
 others. 
 
 However, if I am given to difcern the figns 
 of the times, a revival will take place among 
 us ; but it will be only through faithfulnefs 
 and deep dwelling, being baptized into death, 
 and ariling in the newnefs of life with Chrift. 
 It will not be through a great increafe of 
 rules of difcipline ; many have been zealous 
 therein, and centered too much in the letter 
 that kills. 
 
 The fcriptures are good, very good ; dif 
 cipline, good rules and good order, all very 
 neceffary ; but flill it is the fpirit that quick 
 ens
 
 JOB SCOTT. 337 
 
 ens and giveth life ; and every departure 
 from a right dependance on it, every zeal 
 ous movement in fupport of Truth s tefti- 
 mony independant of its neceflary aid, tends 
 to introduce death, and fet man on the 
 throne, inftead of him who is God over all 
 for ever. 
 
 22d, we attended meeting both fore and 
 afternoon at Mountmelick, where live our 
 beloved friends Mary Ridge way and Jane 
 Watfon, lately on a religious vifit to Ameri 
 ca ; they were both at this time at home, 
 where I was glad to feel unity with their 
 ipirits in the frefli life of the everlafling co 
 venant. It was a time of considerable open- 
 nefs and enlargement in the goipel. I had, 
 as at many other places, to bear teflimony 
 againft the blind leaders of the blind which 
 fwarm through the land, and are a grievous 
 oppreffion upon the poor people, grinding 
 them down exceedingly, and yet in general 
 doing them no good ; but a great deal of in 
 jury in regard to the things of religion. In 
 deed, if ever people fpent their money for 
 that which is not bread, they do it moft for- 
 rowfully fo, both in England and Ireland. 
 
 23d, I vifited two fchools, attended a meet 
 ing of miniilers and elders, and then rode to 
 Tullamore, where we had a meeting confift- 
 ing of the people of the town chiefly. 25th, 
 we had a lively precious meeting at Balla- 
 murry. Next day I refted and wrote, and 
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 endeavoured to be content in my prefent al 
 lotment, though truly it is fometimes difficult 
 to feel relignation in Ib painful a pilgrimage 
 as much of mine has been in Ireland. There 
 is fo much luperilition and lifelefs formality 
 among the people in general ; fo little real 
 religious exerciie, or true knowledge and ex 
 perience of divine things ; and fuch ftriving 
 to make forms and creaturely performances 
 anfwcr inftead of life and fu b (lance ; that it 
 is often almoft impoffible to obtain much 
 iolid relief, by expreffing among them even 
 what opens and imprelfes the mind in the life 
 and love of the goipel. 
 
 This was a moft trying day to me. The 
 elements teemed all in commotion. Strife, 
 conteft and alarm leemed almoil continually 
 to pervade the whole man, and agitate all 
 that was alive within rne. I firove for calm- 
 nefs and patience ; but great was the diflrefs, 
 which I was left to labour under, and extreme 
 the defertion of all lenfible comfort or divine 
 good. I looked up towards heaven ; I tried 
 to draw inwardly near unto God, and to 
 crave his afliftance, and the return of his 
 countenance and prefence ; but he hid him- 
 felf in thick darknefs, and ftood as it were 
 aloof from my cry. I was greatly overwhelm 
 ed with furrow, and fwallowed up of dillreis ! 
 I retired feveral times ; I lay down on my 
 bed ; I read the bible and iome other pre 
 cious writings; but through all I felt almoft 
 as if I was entirely forfaken ! At length I 
 
 yielded
 
 JOB SCOTT. 
 
 yielded up my whole life and being, as I had 
 often done before, to go through and endure 
 every pang, peril and perturbation, which 
 God all-wife might fee meet to prove me 
 with, and for as long continuance as he mould 
 fee needful. So, in the evening, the waves 
 of the fea began to fubfide a little at his voice 
 whom both wind and fea obey for ever. I 
 grew more tranquil, and had a pretty good 
 night s reft. This morning when I awoke, 
 being 2yth, I felt in my body as it I had 
 been all over bruifed, iuch had been my ex 
 treme agony of foul yefterday. and iuch is 
 the fympathy between foul and body- Some 
 may fcarce believe me ; but there is one who 
 knows I lie not. I read, and then walked 
 out a while ; the fun (hone pleafantly ; the 
 birds fang, and the whole face of nature was 
 beautiful ; but my foul remembered the gall 
 and the wormwood, and I teemed forbidden 
 to take much fatisfa6tion in any thing vitible. 
 Oh, my God, thou art weaning me fliil more 
 and more, and much more than I once 
 thought neceifary, trom the world, and from 
 all that is in it Well, good is thy will, and 
 thy counfel is excellent. Do with me what 
 thou wilt; form, fafhion and reduce me as 
 thou pleafeft. Thou haft given me clearly to 
 fee, that many who have even been in thy 
 furnace came out too foon, and remain drofly 
 arid impure all their days by not abiding thy 
 judgments, and not enduring the turnings of 
 thy holy hand upon them, and not following 
 thee fully into all that feparates and weans 
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 from all that flefh and blood delights in, which 
 thou calleft for, and art gracioufly leading 
 fuch as will follow thee into. Oh ! redeem 
 my foul from all that hinders its full and un 
 impeded accefs to thee, the fountain of living 
 waters : fet my affeftions wholly on things di 
 vine, and make me entirely thy own in the 
 heavenly image and fellowfhip for ever. 
 
 28th, In deep depreffion of fpirit I attended 
 the felect quarterly meeting at Moat, held for 
 minifters and elders of the province of Lein- 
 fler ; and next day I attended the publick 
 quarterly meeting, was filent excepting a few 
 words ; and the day following I attended al- 
 moft in iilence the meeting for church affairs ; 
 and Oh ! the want of deeper dwelling in the 
 divine life ! 
 
 ift of loth mo. Having thus fpent four or 
 five days moflly in deep diftrefs and agony of 
 foul, the Lord was gracioufly pleafed to open 
 the fpring of life, unfeal my lips, and make 
 me dip my foot in oil, treading on high places 
 in the name and ftrength of the higheft. He 
 tuned my harp anew, put a new fong in my 
 heart and mouth, and divinely ftrung my 
 bow for battle : thus the concluding meeting 
 held for worfhip this laft day of the quarterly 
 meeting was eminently owned of the Lord : 
 and Chrift the refurreclion and the life was 
 joyfully known among us : in his refurreftion 
 we arofe with him ; and becaufe he lived, we 
 lived alfo ; I mean principally fuch as had 
 
 been
 
 JOB SCOTT. 341 
 
 been baptized in the likenefs of his death, 
 watched faithfully with him, and continued 
 with him in his temptations and fufferings ; 
 for unto thefe it was he appointed a king 
 dom : theirs it is ; and they continuing flead- 
 faft with him through all tribulation, {hall, in 
 fpite of death and hell, enjoy it. Much 
 fearching work prevailed in testimony, thro 
 the openings of life, and much contolation to 
 the mourners in Sion, was gracioufly vouch- 
 fafed. 
 
 2d, was at Birr ; and, 4th, we had a moft 
 triumphant meeting at Montrath ; the teili- 
 mony of the gofpel flowed like oil to many, 
 and yet antichrill was expofed in his true 
 colours : blelfed for ever be the Lord, who 
 hitherto hath helped us. After this we had 
 meetings at Knock-Ballamaher, Rofs-Crea, 
 Limerick, Cork, Boudon, Younghall, Garry- 
 rian, Clonmel, and the feveral fittings of the 
 quarterly meeting at Waterford, for the pro 
 vince of Munlter. Divers of thefe were high 
 ly favoured feafons, but fome of them afford 
 ed far lefs fatisfaftion than others. From 
 thence we went to Dublin in order to attend 
 the national half-year s meeting, where I was 
 again kindly received by my kind friend 
 Thomas Bewley and children ; and many 
 other dear friends gave me a hearty welcome : 
 this has alfo been my experience in many 
 other places. On the 26th, the national fe- 
 let meeting opened ; it was large, and the 
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 members, at leaft fome of them, appeared to 
 be alive in a good degree in the holy root. 
 
 s^th, In the meeting at Meath-Street and 
 Sycamore- Alley, I was greatly favoured ; 
 Truth s divine teftimoriy was, like fire among, 
 rubbiih, againft worldly-mindednefs, indiffe 
 rence and revolt ; and fome frem encourage 
 ment flowed to the mourners in Sion, the 
 drooping-fpirited and young and tender; 
 the doctrines and confolations of the gofpel 
 being pretty largely opened. The four days- 
 following were held and concluded the na 
 tional meeting for good order in the fociety. 
 Alfo two more meetings for worfhip, and the 
 concluding feieft meeting, all thefe as parts 
 of the national meeting. A good degree of 
 zeal appeared in many for the lupport of our 
 chriftian difcipline; and things were conduct 
 ed in a degree of brotherly love and concord. 
 And yet the lack in too many of the divine 
 anointing oil, in the ieveral movements, was 
 fo fenfibly felt, that I fat rather a mourner in 
 moft of thefe meetings, and could fay but 
 very little in them from firft to lad. 
 
 I may here relate a remarkable occurrence r 
 viz. when I was in Dublin, loon after my 
 iirft landing, I was livingly opened in the life 
 and power of the gofpel, at a meeting at Sy 
 camore-Alley, in which, among other things, 
 I had a good deal to fay about the Ipiritual 
 fire of the Lord which is in Sion, and hi* 
 furnace which is in Jerufalem, for the refin 
 ing
 
 JOB SCOTT. 343 
 
 ing of all fuch as ever become his fons and 
 daughters. A man. in a ftable near by, made 
 a great noife to drown my voice, which he 
 continued for fome little time, and as my 
 voice raifed he increafed his noife ; and I was 
 told that fome heard him faying fomething in 
 contempt about the fire I fpake of, or howe 
 ver he was heard fpeaking about the burning 
 of the fire. Another perfon difcharged a gun 
 juft by the meeting-houfe, when I was in the 
 midft of my moft fervent engagement ; the 
 report was very loud and disturbed many ; 
 but I was carried through as if nothing had 
 happened ; bleffed be the name of the Lord. 
 But now on my return to Dublin, I was fully 
 informed that the poor wretched man, who 
 fhouted fo loudly in the ftable to drown my 
 voice, and fpake fo ignorantly about the burn 
 ing of the fire, was in lefs than two weeks 
 after confumed to death by fire in the fame 
 ftable where he had thus impioufly behaved ; 
 for the ftable taking fire by fome means when 
 he was in it, he was burnt before he could 
 be got out. 
 
 This I heard of feveral weeks before my 
 return, but I chofe not to infert it until I had 
 got fuller information and confirmation in the 
 city ; but finding it faft, and much noticed 
 by many people of different religious profef- 
 fions in Dublin, as a very remarkable inftance 
 of the providence or judgment of God; I 
 thought proper to give the relation of it a 
 place here, and I do it without prefuming to 
 
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 fay how far it was in fpecial judgment. But 
 as (rod s dealings are all in wildom, perhaps 
 fuch an inftance of his all-wife government as 
 this may have a finking and profitable effect 
 upon lome of the hardened and daring who 
 may read it, or at" leail may tend to guard and 
 caution fome of the lefs abandoned againft 
 giving way to the fuggeftions of infidelity, 
 profanenefs or audacity. For mod afluredly 
 there is a God of juflice as well as mercy, 
 who fees and knows all our thoughts, words 
 and actions, and for every evil will bring us 
 into judgment ; yea, for every thing contrary 
 to his holy will and wifdom. 
 
 After the national meeting, which ended 
 on the lafl day of the loth month, I ftaid in 
 Dublin fome days, not feeing my way open 
 to go for England or elfewhere. 
 
 The ifl of the nth month, I was again 
 filent at the meeting at Sycamore- Alley, as I 
 alfo was at the meeting in the forenoon on 
 the firft-day following ; but in the afternoon 
 at Sycamore- Alley, I was fomewhat enlarged, 
 though not a great deal relieved. My foul 
 was indeed, for a number of days, in deep 
 affliction in that great city ; infomuch that I 
 greatly doubted my being enabled to leave it 
 with pleafantnefs. 3d, I attended a meeting 
 at Ballabrigan, about fifteen miles from Dub 
 lin, appointed for my dear friend Ann Tuke, 
 daughter of William Tuke of Yorkfhire, in 
 England, This meeting was very diftrefling: 
 
 the
 
 JOB SCOTT. 345 
 
 the people feemed to know but very little of 
 the real nature of divine worihip. I returned 
 in heavinefs to the city, and next day got a de 
 gree of refreihment in the meeting at Meath- 
 ftreet, through deep dwelling and keeping low 
 in and with a little low ftream of life, which 
 at length enlarged to fomething of a river ; 
 but ftill I could not quite eafe off my bur 
 den, nor rife above my deep depreffion of 
 fpirit. Another meeting at the iame place in 
 the afternoon, appointed by A. Tuke, afford 
 ed me a degree of additional relief, io that I 
 began to feel a little cheerful. 5th, I felt re- 
 ftrained from attending a meeting appointed 
 for the fame Friend at Dunlary ; I knew not 
 why, but I felt eafieft to decline going, fo I 
 refted and wrote at the houfe of my dear 
 friend Thomas Bewley, bringing up this 
 account to the time of faid day of reft and 
 writing. 
 
 After writing thus far, our dear friend, not 
 feeling himfelf at liberty to leave Dublin, un 
 til the gth of nth month, when by accounts 
 received he attended a publick meeting at 
 Johnftown, and being accompanied by S. S. 
 and A. S. went that evening to Ballitore, to 
 the houfe of our friend Elizabeth Shackleton. 
 On firft-day the loth he fpoke largely in the 
 morning meeting, and very powerfully in a 
 publick meeting which was held in the even 
 ing at his requeft, after which, he imparted 
 
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 weighty and inftru&ive counfel in a Friend s 
 family, concluding in awful fupplication. The 
 following night he was taken unwell, which 
 continued to increafe until the 1 4th, when an 
 eruption appeared which proved to be the 
 fmall-pox, during which time his mind was 
 preferved in calmnefs and refignation, and 
 mentioned that it mattered little what part 
 of the world he died in ; that he fometimes 
 hoped to fee New- England again and his 
 dear children, but that he had no will in it ; 
 that he had looked clofely towards home 
 4 and his connections, and into the ftate of his 
 
 * own mind, though he did not know how 
 the diforder would terminate/ During the 
 progrefs of the diforder he was kindly attend 
 ed by leveral Friends, and among them was 
 our friend Ann Tuke, who preferved the fol 
 lowing daily account. 
 
 5th-day 14th, He faid, there is an eternal 
 Arm underneath each of us, which is luffi- 
 cient to bear up and fupport, and will do it, 
 as far as is needful we mould be fuppcrted. 
 I have long been confirmed in the lenti- 
 ment, that nothing could poflibly happen 
 that would harm me while 1 keep under the 
 
 * divine influence/ 
 
 A phyfician from Dublin having been fent 
 for, came this evening, with which he ex- 
 preffed fatisfa&ion, faying, he defired that he 
 would continue near him, which he did ac 
 cordingly. Some time after, he faid, though 
 
 I am
 
 JOB SCOTT. 347 
 
 * I am not without fome conliderable bodily 
 pain, yet I feel fuch a portion of that good 
 which is infinite, that it does not feem worth 
 
 * mentioning, and if there was no greater en- 
 joyment hereafter, the prefent would be 
 a ftate truly defirable, through a never- 
 ( ending eternity, and yet the fulnefs is ftill 
 more defirable/ 
 
 The evening of the i4th, he dictated a let 
 ter to his relations and friends at home, from 
 which the following are extracted. 
 
 Dearly beloved parents, (all three) brothers 
 andjijlers, relations and friends, 
 
 I am now at Ballitore, twenty-eight Irifh 
 miles from Dublin, and I fuppofe undoubt 
 edly entered five days into the fmall-pox ; 
 the eruption began yefterday, and is very 
 greatly increated to-day. I am very agree 
 ably attended by phylicians and the kindeft 
 of friends. My diftrefs of body, through ex 
 treme difficulty of breathing, &c. has, for a 
 ihort fpace of time, been almoft equal to any 
 thing I can fuppofe human nature capable 
 of, but (it is now half paft nine at night) 
 this has been a very comfortable day; andjuft 
 now, and for iome hours paft, I have been 
 almoft as eafy as at any time in my life, I 
 think certainly never more fo in mind I 
 feel no kind of alarm ; but the itiue is cer 
 tainly very doubtful. I feel eafieft to addrefs 
 you in this manner, principally, that you may 
 know that my mind enjoys a fulnefs of that 
 which removes beyond the reach of all forrow. 
 
 My
 
 348 JOURNAL OF 
 
 My dear children are placed fo that I have been 
 pretty eafy, but I could wifh them to get a lit 
 tle more learning than fome of them are at pre- 
 ient in the way of; and although I do not wifti 
 much of the world s polifh, yet it is, at this 
 awful moment, my defire that they may not 
 be brought up with much ruflicity, for this I 
 believe has not very often contributed either 
 to civil or religious ufefulnefs. 
 
 My defires for my childrens fubftantial 
 growth in the truth, and ftricl; adherence to 
 all its difcoveries to the clofe of their days, is 
 by far the principal wifh I have for them. Out 
 of the enjoyment of a good degree of this 
 precious inheritance I know of nothing in 
 this world worth living for. Ye that know 
 it, fuffer nothing, I moft cordially befeech 
 you, ever to divert your minds from an in- 
 creafing and fervent puriuit after the fulnefs 
 of it, even unto the meafure of the ftature 
 and fulnefs of Chrift. 
 
 It is almoft marvellous how my ftrength of 
 body and mind holds out to addrefs you in 
 this manner. I may now juft mention, that 
 nothing will be knowingly neglefted for my 
 comfort of body or mind, that my phyficians 
 or friends can afford : and greater cheerful - 
 nefs. and even pleafure in doing all they can, 
 I have not met with among my nearefi rela 
 tions. I pray the Lord, in the riches of His 
 grace, to reward them with flowings of his 
 
 love. 
 
 At
 
 JOB SCOTT. 349 
 
 At the prefent day things are confiderably 
 ripening, and I have not the leaf! doubt that, 
 before a great while, a high-way will be open 
 ed through kingdoms and nations, where 
 darknefs has Jong reigned, for the publication 
 of the everlafting gofpel in its true life and 
 authority ; and as what is revealed in the ear, 
 is in due time to be declared on the houfe- 
 top, I have little or no doubt that the true 
 doctrine of Chrift will be much better under- 
 ftood, than has hitherto been generally the 
 cafe. 
 
 It is now eleven, I want reft; whether I 
 fhall be able to add further is to me at pre 
 fent unknown ; and however it may be, in 
 the fulnefs and almofl unlimited flowings of 
 true gofpel love, I am, and truft fhall ever 
 remain in beft affe&ion, your fmcere relation 
 and friend, JQB SCQTT 
 
 15th. The diforder is pretty ftrongly 
 
 * making its progrefs ; I can fcarce get any 
 
 * fleep; my ftrength fails a little, but I admire 
 at its holding out fo well ; the pock on the 
 face is, if not quite, very nearly confluent ; 
 
 * the face confiderably fwelled ; on the body 
 it is pretty diftincl:. The phyficians fpeak 
 very encouragingly, I believe in my ablence 
 as well as prefence ; but were it not that 
 little or no lenle feerns given me as to the 
 ifTue one way or the other. I believe from 
 
 * the fymptoms as they are, an;! from my 
 knowledge of my own confh lotion and the 
 
 * very different climate from America I 
 
 * fhould pretty ftrongly look out for c 
 
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 350 JOURNAL OF 
 
 1 tion. although my fpirits are under little or 
 no dcpreflion at all. Perhaps I never faw a 
 time before, when all things not criminal 
 were fo near alike to me in point of any dif- 
 turbance to the mind. I do not know but 
 when awake and capable of contemplation, I 
 nearly rejoice and give thanks in all. When 
 I verge a little towards fleep I am all afloat 
 from the Hate of my nerves, and from the 
 extreme irritation forced almofl immediate- 
 ly, and with very unpleafant feiifations from 
 beginning repofe, but through all the foul 
 feems deeply anchored in God. Many and 
 painful have been the probationary exercifes 
 of this life to me. Ah ! were there proba- 
 bility of flrength, how I could enlarge, for 
 * my heart leems melted within me in retro- 
 fpeftive view ; but all the former conflicts, 
 however grievous in their time, are lighter 
 now than vanity, except as they are clearly 
 1 feen to have contributed largely to the fanc- 
 tification of the foul ; as they are rernem- 
 bered with awfulnefs and gratitude before 
 Hun who has not been wanting to preferve 
 through them all ; and as they feem likely 
 to introduce either very fhortly, or before a 
 very long time to an exceeding and eternal 
 weight of glory. Some have anxioufly wifli- 
 ed to have their time to live over again; but 
 though fome of my early foibles and after 
 deviations, might poflibly, on a fecond trial, 
 be efcaped. yet I know not but there is quite 
 as much reafon to think a fecond might fall 
 very fhurt of the firfl. as m any derive to 
 exceed it ; however, I have no kind oi lelf-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 351 
 
 * complacency on account of any good works 
 properly mine. My own works I have long 
 
 * feen the neceflity to ceafe from, and truft, 
 
 * through the grace of God, by which I arri 
 what I am, I have been enabled, in fome 
 precious degree, to do fo. It is the Lord 
 who worketh my works in me, and magni- 
 
 * fied be his name for ever, he has often work- 
 
 * ed in me mightily, to my own humbling 
 admiration, and I trull, at times, to the 
 thankful acknowledgment of many others ; 
 and as certainly as he liveth, he would work 
 mightily in many thoufands, if they would 
 but let him arife over all in them. Indeed 
 he worketh in all as far as they give way to 
 his arifing. This doctrine is to me as. clear 
 and certain at this moment as ever it has 
 been, and I have often been conftrained to 
 proclaim it to the nations, fometimes with 
 . almoft invincible authority, and fometimes 
 
 * under a great deal of weaknefs and obftruc- 
 tion. The laft has tended much to keep the 
 ^creature rightly dependant and humble, and 
 
 * through every difpenfation the Leader of 
 Ifrael has feen bed what was beft for me. 
 
 Let my children be engaged in lome in- 
 nocent employments, as much as well may 
 be, out of the way of a great deal of tempt- 
 ( ation, and if I had need to add it, out of the 
 way of very great accumulation ; and yet 
 through induftry and perfeverance mode- 
 rately productive. My very foul abhors tKa 
 1 idea that a chriilian can ever be at liberty, 
 whilft under the influence of heavenly good, 
 
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 this difpofition, in direft oppofition to the 
 life and do6lrine of Chrift, hav r e gone far 
 towards the deflruclion of true fpiritual re- 
 
 * ligion, I believe in almoft every religious 
 
 * fociety in the world. 
 
 i6th. The fore part of the night and this 
 morning he flept ; in the courfe of the day 
 laid to A. T. I have feen the magnanimity 
 ! of a true believer, and how one that is really 
 i o would bear all the trials permitted to at- 
 1 tend him; and by way of illuftration added 
 very forcibly, Doft thou believe in God, 
 thou mull alfo believe in the juftnefs of all 
 his difpenfations. It is a comfort to me thy 
 lot is caft among us. This is a fervice, if I 
 had not any other in Ireland. Death is a 
 iervice we all owe to our great Creator, and 
 1 fickncfs is a fervice required of many. Oh ! 
 
 * Ireland, Ireland! The Lord thy God hath 
 fervice for thee in Ireland, was often founded 
 through the ear of my foul, before I left 
 
 * home, as diftinclly as you hear me now 
 fpeak it. In the morning., when fpeaking 
 to the doctors who attended him, he laid to- 
 this purpofe, I believe my having the difor- 
 
 * der, and being here, is in the ordering of 
 
 * Providence. It is not given me to know 
 the event ; but if there be a field of future 
 
 * labour for me to enter into, it is as poffible 
 for the Mailer to raife me up now as it was at 
 the firft ; but I have no will in it I think/ The 
 fore part of this day he feemed eafy and walk 
 ed down ftairs, exprefling that he could do it 
 nearly as well as ever. The fever came on 
 towards evening, and he became very reft-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 353 
 
 lefs; his fwallowing was alfo difficult, but had 
 no other unfavourable iymptom. and this was 
 not deemed more than ufual in this afflicting 
 diforder. In the night got fome uneafy deep, 
 fwallowing and expectoration very difficult 
 and painful. 
 
 Firft-day morning the i/th, on being afk- 
 ed how he relied, replied, I have got through 
 with what we call much difficulty to obtain 
 a little relief. He defired his affeCtionate 
 love to M. B. the family and friends in Dub 
 lin, intimating the weight of the diforder. and 
 his elcape from many trials, if he mould be 
 removed; yet laid, The Lord is able to raife 
 me up, his Arm is underneath, but from 
 
 * my prefent feeblenefs, it is very uncertain ; 
 and feemed not to have any conclufion how 
 it would terminate. He defired to be re 
 membered to dear M. R. and J. W. in the 
 love of the everlafling gofpel. At another 
 time faid, I am in a very low way, cannot 
 fee about the event, but; muft leave all to 
 
 * the Lord ; the flrength of nature feems very 
 doubtful. He continued all this day under 
 much oppreffion from the load of matter, 
 took wine and bark every hour, but no 
 alarming fymptoms appeared. He requefled 
 that if he was removed, fome further parti 
 culars might be tranfrnitted to his friends at 
 home, adding in (ubflance, The Lord s will 
 is bleffed, and I feel no controverfy with it. It 
 is the Lord that enables us to coincide with 
 
 * his will, and fay amen to all the trials and 
 conflicts he permits to attend us. My mind 
 is centred in that which brings into perfect 
 
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 acquiefcence : there is nothing in this world 
 worth being enjoyed out of the divine will. 
 * It is his will that brings us into a flate of 
 exiflcnce, and it is for a purpofe of his glo- 
 ; ry. When my mind is abftrafted and ca- 
 pable of denying fatisfaclion from any thing 
 outward, it is an inexpreflible fatisfaftion 
 that my lot is cart here, and that I am fur- 
 rounded by fuch near and dear friends, both 
 from within this family, and thefe without 
 who have accompanied. The fore part of 
 this night flept more than ufual, and rtmain- 
 ed through the whole of it tolerably ealy. 
 
 i8th, 2d-day. Frequently exprefled that 
 nature had a hard ftruggle, and his getting 
 through was very doubtful. The fymptoms, 
 considering the load of matter, continued fa 
 vourable. He gave directions, that, if he 
 mould go hence, e\ r ery thing about his inter 
 ment fhould be plain arid fimple, and faid 
 that he who railed up Lazarus could, if he 
 had farther labour for him to do. break his 
 bands afunder ; but that, when he reafoned 
 upon the nature of the diforder and his own 
 conltitution, and felt the conflicts of nature^ 
 it feemed as if he was gradually advancing to 
 wards his everlafling home. To two Friends 
 from Mountmelick he exprefled his entire 
 resignation to divine diipofal. and that he 
 found nothing to Hand between him and the 
 fountain of everlafling love : laid, he knew 
 many Friends in Ireland loved him, and he 
 loveti them in the Lord Jeius, and defired 
 to be affeftionately remembered to fuch as. 
 might enquire after him/ This night, and
 
 JOB SCOTT. 355 
 
 until three in the morning, (3d-day igth) he 
 patiently and quietly fuffered much ; yet got 
 ieveral naps. About feven in the evening his 
 ilomach, too weak to bear the bark and wine, 
 difcharged the laft potion ; he remarked 
 thefe efforts to fupport nature failing ; and 
 added. There are many refources in nature, 
 but if the great Author of nature does not 
 think fit that any of them mould be for me, 
 * all is well : I could not defire to have fuch 
 another ftruggle to go through, and I think, 
 if you can part with me, I can with you 
 with a degree of cheerfulnefs. The fore 
 part of the night fpent quiet and patient as 
 ufual, much oppretfed and worn down with 
 this grievous malady : he faid, I have no 
 tear, for perfect love cafteth out all fear, and 
 he that feareth is not perfected in love. 
 
 2Oth, About five o clock on fourth-day 
 morning he fuppiicated thus : O Lord my 
 God, thou that haft been with me from my 
 youth to this day ; if a man who hath en- 
 dured with a degree of patience the various 
 turnings of thy holy hand, may be permit- 
 ted to fupplicate thy name ; cut fhort the 
 work in righteoufnefs, if confident with thy 
 will ; thou, who haft wrought deliverance 
 for Jacob, evince that thou art able to break 
 my bonds afunder, and mew forth thy fal- 
 vation, that fo my foul may magnify thy 
 4 name for ever and ever. And after a paufe, 
 wherein he feemed to feel the earneft of his 
 petition, added, * So be it faith rny foul. 
 After two o clock his ftomach refufed all 
 nourifhment, and a hiccough came on; he
 
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 faid, Do not force nature, let me pafs quiet 
 ly away to the eternal inheritance, to which 
 
 * I have no objection to go, and the fooner 
 the better if the work be done. I have no 
 wifh to lay here. His oppreflion feemed 
 to increafe, and in a little while he faid, I 
 am waiting patiently to fee the falvation of 
 
 * God : do you wait patiently with me. I 
 have no delire, nor the fhadow of defire, to 
 be reftored. I hope the doctors will foon 
 4 find that they have done their part. The 
 fore part of this night he could take little ex 
 cept water, flept at times pretty eafy to ap 
 pearance, at others his breathing very diffi 
 cult. On P. }. affifting him, he laid, I am 
 no flatterer, but thou art one I depended 
 on for outward affifhance. Thou haft con- 
 ( tributed much to the relief of this body, 
 and thy being here has been an inexpreffible 
 fatisfa&ion to me/ 
 
 2ift. At three o clock on ^th-day morning, 
 faid, You have feen the awful progrefs of 
 this diforder; as to me, it matters little only 
 prefent pain may the Lord releafe me 
 iliortly. Complained of the want of more 
 air, and feemed declining faft. Towards 
 evening faid, You may tell my friends in 
 New-England, and every part of the world, 
 that never did my foul blefs the Lord on 
 account of any worldly enjoyment, as I do 
 now, in the biefliftg felt by me to be con- 
 tained in the profpecl of a very fpeedy re- 
 leafe. To a perfon who came to fee him 
 he faid, Oh ! Charles ! Charles ! an inherit- 
 
 * ance in the eternal truth is infinitely, infi-
 
 JOB SCOTT. 357 
 
 nitely fuperior to all the enjoyments this 
 world can afford ; remember it as long as 
 
 * thou liveft/ Some time after, I do not 
 wifh haftily to make my efcape ; but if the 
 Lord will be pleafed to releafe me from the 
 bonds of mortality and the ftruggles of life, 
 and to cut the work fhort, confiderably 
 fhort, in righteoufnefs, I think I fliall be 
 willing to enrol it in the lift of his unfpeak- 
 able favours. To the aforefaid, Farewell 
 Charles, let no poffible- confideration divert 
 thee from a clofe attention to that, without 
 which life muft be lived in vain/ At ano 
 ther time faid, Some of my wimes for my- 
 felf are centred in as fpeedy a releafe as 
 may be, confiftent with the will of our hea- 
 venly Father, and an admifiion, which I 
 have no doubt at all, not in the leaft degree, 
 of obtaining, into that glorious kingdom, 
 where the wicked ceafe from troubling, 
 and the weary foul is eternally at reft/ 
 In a while after, I think I have not, for 
 
 * feveral years paft, known much or any thing 
 4 of boafting ; I have known fomething of 
 that law of grace whereby all boafting is 
 entirely excluded ; but I may fay, through 
 that which has fupported me under all the 
 trials and conflicts which have attended my 
 
 * paffage through life, to you my beloved 
 friends as to dear children, follow me as I 
 have endeavoured to follow Chrift Jefus, 
 the Lord of life and glory, and the Rock of 
 my eternal falvation/ 
 
 At another time faid, It would have been 
 delirable to me to have been favoured with
 
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 a clearer and more certain profpecl; refpecl:- 
 ing the termination of this event ; yet if I 
 fhould be continued a while longer, I da 
 not difpute but my end would be unfpeak- 
 ably glorious. It would be painful to me 
 to have to return again to combat the trials 
 1 and conflicts of mortality ; but if the Lord 
 mould fee meet to continue me a while 
 
 * longer, I mull fubmit. after having in hu- 
 mility and refignation put up my intercef- 
 
 * ficns to be relealed from the flruggle of 
 nature; to have had profpecls of further 
 labour is not uncommon, it has happened 
 to many; and the Lord can raife up and 
 qualify others for his own work and fervice, 
 
 * and he \vill fend by whom he will fend, and 
 
 * is able to fave by many or by few. I feel, 
 and I wifh you to feel for and with me, after 
 the eternal Rock of life and falvation ; for, 
 
 * as we are eftabliihed thereon, we fhall be 
 in the everlafting unity, which cannot be 
 fhaken by all the changes of time, nor in- 
 4 terrupted in a never-ending eternity. I do 
 
 * expect confiderable derangement will now 
 take place ; it is no difcouragement to me, 
 and ought to be none to thofe who trail in 
 
 * the Lord, and put no confidence in the 
 flefh. In a while faid, I muft not expect 
 
 * a releafe but by fuffering a due proportion 
 of pain and diftrefs. You may feel lympa- 
 thy with me, but you cannot feel the re- 
 duction which mull precede a releafe. 
 
 In the courfe of fifth-day he was rather 
 more lightfome, and tried feveral things to 
 find what would beft fuit his ftomach; feem-
 
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 ed confiderably relieved from the extreme 
 difficulty of breathing, but altered much to 
 wards evening, and increafed in wcaknefs. 
 About one o clock on fixth-day morning, 
 after fuffering great uneafmefs, and getting 
 little or no reft, he faid, O Lord ! if it be 
 confident with thy holy will, let loofe my 
 bands, and fend the moment of relief to 
 my poor body and foul/ Afterwards faid, 
 We cannot approve or difapprove by parts 
 the works of Omnipotence rightly; we muft 
 approve the whole and fay, Thy will be 
 done in all things/ From one to three he 
 was extremely reftlefs and uneafy, from (as 
 lie expreffed it) the extreme irritability of the 
 whole nervous fyflem, which he faid was as 
 great as could be imagined. At times he 
 rambled a little, but faid, I find all things 
 muft be endured. Do you, who judge in 
 the light, judge me for impatience ? I an- 
 fwered, quite the reverfe, and that we were 
 fenfible his bodily diftrefs was great, and wifli- 
 ed to alleviate it. He added, I cannot charge 
 myfeli on that account/ meaning impa 
 tience. About four he leemed in great ago 
 ny and conflict, turning his head frequently 
 on the pillow ; and faid, Can it be upon 
 any other ground but that the time is come 
 that the purpofe muft be effected/ Quarter 
 paft four, he defircd to be turned on his 
 right fide, which fcemed a momentary relief. 
 Calling to P. J. he faid, Make great allow- 
 ance for me, my diftrefs is nearly as muclTas 
 is fupportablc by human nature. Is .here no 
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 * pain, the inexpreflible pain of my lungs ! 
 P. J. telling him that, from appearances, 
 there was a likelihood of his being very foon 
 releafed, perhaps within an hour or two, he 
 replied, If fo, the Lord s name be blefled 
 
 * and praifed for ever ; I had much rather it 
 
 * were fo than otherwife ; for fome time I 
 perceived it haftening faft. Afterwards he 
 added, The defire of my heart is, the great 
 
 * bleffing of time and the confolation of eter- 
 
 * nity. In a while faid to a friend, Guard 
 
 * againft right hand errors and left hand er- 
 rors ; let felf be of no reputation ; trull 
 in the Lord, and he will carry thee through 
 all/ 
 
 About five he appeared to be wreftling 
 with death; but ftruggled little confidering 
 his remaining bodily ilrength. Being afked 
 to take a little drink, he appeared quite fen- 
 fible, and faid, Yes, yes Took it, and con 
 tinued without much ftrtiggling until about 
 a quarter before feven, when he moved to 
 the iide of the bed, but foon returned to his 
 former pofition, and drew his breath gently 
 fhorter and fhorter, until feven o clock, after 
 which he breathed no more, but afcended 
 with joy to his heavenly manfion, and the 
 glory of an incorruptible crown and inherit 
 ance with the faints in light. His remains 
 were interred on firft-day, 24th of the nth 
 month 1793, in Friends burial ground at 
 Ballitore. 
 
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