---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,transcriber's ,note3 ,this version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects4 ,italics are delimited with the #8' character as italic4 ,text printed in bold1 blackletter or sans-serif fonts are delimited by #8'4 ,footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced4 ,minor errors1 attributable to the printer1 have been corrected4 ,please see the transcriber's note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,the ,,journal ,,of ,,george ,,fox4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,eighth ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,,journal ,,of ,,george ,,fox4 ,,two ,,volumes1 #e_/- ,,net4 ,with ,map1 recently prepared to accompany same1 #f_/f net4 ,the ,map separately1 in case1 #b_/f net4 ------- 8,his life well repays study4 ,it is a rich mine1 and every page of it seems to be solid gold4 ,books now-a-days are spun out1 and you get little after reading much2 but ,the ,journal of ,george ,fox contains ingots of gold--things to be thought on and that will have to be thought on month by month before you get at the bottom of them40--,,charles ,,haddon ,,spurgeon4 ------- ,,london3 ,,friends' ,,tract ,,association4 ,sold by ,,headley ,,brothers1 #ad1 ,bishopsgate ,without1 ,e4,c4 ,,the ,,journal ,,of ,,george ,,fox2 ,,being ,,an ,,historical ,,account ,,of ,,his ,,life1 ,,travels1 ,,sufferings1 ,,and ,,christian ,,experiences4 ,,in ,,two ,,volumes4 ,,vol4 ,,ii4 ------- ,,the ,,eighth 7,bi-,centenary7 ,,edition1 reprinted from stereotype plates1 with revised and enlarged indexes4 ------- ,,london3 ,friends' ,tract ,association2 ,,sold ,,by ,,headley ,,brothers1 #ad1 ,,bishopsgate ,,street ,,without1 ,e4,c4 #aija4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,headley ,,brothers1 ,,printers1 ,,london2 ,,and ,,at ,,ashford1 ,,kent4 ,,notice ,,to ,,the ,,reader4 ------- ,the present issue of ,the ,journal of ,george ,fox has been printed from the stereotype plates of the ,eighth 7,bi-,centenary7 ,edition1 slightly corrected1 and has been furnished with additional particulars of previous editions of ,the ,journal 7see pp4 #eda-edd7 and with greatly enlarged ,indexes4 ,to accompany this issue1 a map has been prepared to show the places mentioned in ,the ,journal1 the spelling of the names being mostly taken from the ,first ,edition4 ,this work has necessitated a considerable amount of research and enquiry in order to identify some of the more obscure localities referred to by ,george ,fox4 ,it is hardly to be expected that the positions of all these1 after this lapse of time1 will accord with the judgment of all readers1 but it is hoped that the map may promote the intelligent perusal of these volumes4 ,the ,journal may be obtained with or without the map 7see advertisement on page ii474 ,,norman ,,penney1 ,hon4 ,sec4 ,friends' ,tract ,association4 ,,london1 #aija4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,introduction ,,to ,,the ,,eighth ,,edition4 ,the following ,eighth ,edition of ,the ,journal of ,george ,fox1 taken from the ,seventh ,edition1 as prepared by the late ,wilson ,armistead1 of ,leeds1 has been carefully read and collated with the original or ,first ,edition of that ,work4 ,and the reader can be confidently assured1 making due allowance for the translation or omission of a few obsolete expressions1 that the ,work is now1 in truth and substance1 the same as when it was first printed4 ,a large number of corrections in the spelling of names1 and of other chiefly clerical errors1 have also been made1 bringing all down1 so far as practicable1 into harmony with the usage of the present date in these respects4 ,,daniel ,,pickard4 ,,leeds1 #ahia4 ,,contents ,,of ,,vol4 ,,ii4 ,,page4 ,,chapter ,i4--#affc-afff4--;,george ,fox visits ,london--taken up at ,tenterden and examined by the magistrates1 but liberated--travels to the ,s4,w4 of ,england--precious meetings in ,wales--at ,derwentwater meets with an old woman whose husband was aged #abb years--apprehended and taken before the magistrates at ,holker ,hall1 but liberated on his parole to appear at the sessions--appears accordingly1 and is committed to ,lancaster jail--many poor ,friends imprisoned there at the same time1 whose families become chargeable in consequence--one of them 7,oliver ,atherton7 dies in jail1 where he was immured by the ,countess of ,derby for tithes--,george ,fox has the oath tendered him at the assizes1 and is re-committed--,margaret ,fell is also imprisoned there--the prisoners in ,lancaster jail to ,justice ,fleming--a brief warning to the same by ,george ,fox--,george ,fox disputes with ,major ,wiggan 7who was also a prisoner71 and confutes him--writes to the judges against giving nicknames--writes a warning to all high professors--also a warning against the spirit of ,john ,perrot--at the assizes he points out many fatal errors in his indictment1 and it is quashed in consequence1 but the judge ensnares him with the oath1 and he is again remanded to prison--suffers much from the badness of the prison--at the next assizes he again points out fatal errors in his indictment1 and is immediately hurried away to jail1 and sentence is passed on him in his absence--a testimony against tithes--he is removed to ,scarbro' ,castle--has several conferences and disputes with divers persons there--writes to the king respecting his imprisonment1 and is set at liberty--copy of his discharge and passport--the day after ,george ,fox's liberation the great fire broke out in ,london1 a vision of which he had in ,lancaster ,castle--the hand of the ,lord turned against persecutors1 #a ,,chapter ,,ii4--#afff-affi4--;,george ,fox visits a man above one hundred years old1 who had been convinced--refutes a slander that ,friends love none but themselves--has a meeting at ,captain ,taylor's at ,brighouse1 where a neighbouring knight threatens again to imprison him--comes to ,london1 and finds the city in ruins as he had seen it in a vision some years before--is moved to recommend the setting up of monthly meetings to take care of ,god's glory1 and to admonish and exhort such as walk disorderly--travels through the nation for this purpose--meets with opposition in ,huntingdonshire and ,bedfordshire--when at ,shrewsbury it was rumoured that 8the great ,quaker of ,england was come to town8--the hypocrisy of the ,presbyterians detected--they and the ,independents persecute when in power1 but flinch in time of persecution by other powers--,george ,fox recommends certain regulations to be observed relative to ,friends' marriages--he also recommends the establishment of a school at ,waltham for boys1 and one at ,shacklewell for girls--the meetings for discipline are the means of a great reformation among the people--,george ,fox discovers a cheat1 writes a prophetic warning to ,friends--monthly meetings settled throughout the nation--the order and good results thereof--,george ,fox disputes with a ,papist--confers with ,esquire ,marsh 7,justice71 and shows him how to distinguish between ,friends and other ,dissenters who refused the oath--,justice ,marsh is afterwards very serviceable to ,friends in screening them from suffering1 and recommends the king to grant liberty of conscience--fourteen monthly meetings are settled in ,yorkshire--,isaac ,lindley to ,george ,fox--when at ,scarbro' the governor presses ,george ,fox to accept his hospitality--large and precious meetings1 #gd ,,chapter ,,iii4--#affi-afga4--;,george ,fox sails for ,ireland in company with several other ,friends--he there sends a challenge to the ,popish priests to try their ,god1 which is not accepted--he contrasts them with ,baal's priests--the authorities of ,cork threaten him1 and issue warrants for his apprehension--he rides publicly through the city1 and is seen by the mayor1 but not molested--writes to ,friends in the ministry there--discourses with professors on election and reprobation--returns to ,england--a report is spread that ,george ,fox is turned ,presbyterian1 through a trick to obtain a congregation for ,john ,fox1 the ,presbyterian1 which1 however1 turns to the advantage of ,friends--,george ,fox is married to ,margaret ,fell at ,bristol--writes to the quarterly meetings about putting children apprentices--,margaret ,fox is cast into prison--two of her daughters go to the king1 and obtain a promise of their mother's liberty--on the passing of the ,conventicle ,act1 ,george ,fox writes a declaration against seditious conventicles--writes to ,friends to strengthen them in their trials--is apprehended at a meeting in ,gracechurch ,street--taken before the mayor1 who discourses with him and sets him at liberty--visits ,friends in ,reading jail--undergoes great travail of spirit1 loses his sight and hearing1 and becomes as a sign--persecution becoming hot1 some meeting-houses are pulled down1 and ,friends are much abused--,george ,fox endures great mental conflict--the faithfulness of ,friends is said by some professors to have preserved the nation from debauchery--,george ,fox writes an encouraging letter to ,friends--as persecution abates he recovers--writes a warning to the rulers of the nation--recommends certain regulations respecting marriage--writes a prayer1 #ajg ,,chapter ,,iv4--#afga-afgb4--;,his wife being still detained a prisoner1 ,george ,fox puts two women ,friends upon going to the king to procure her discharge1 which he granted under the broad seal1 to clear her person and estate after being a prisoner under premunire ten years--he sails for the plantations in ,america with several other ,friends--chased by a ,sallee man-of-war--the master in a strait asks advice of ,george ,fox1 who seeks counsel of the ,lord1 and is assured of their preservation--the event verifies the prediction--they land at ,barbadoes1 after a seven weeks' passage--a man in the island1 who was greatly incensed against ,george ,fox without just cause1 and who had threatened his life1 died a few days before his landing--is laid up for some weeks--writes to ,friends in ,england--exhorts ,friends to care and watchfulness in regard to marriages1 keeping registers1 and records1 providing burial grounds1 c4--to deal mildly with their negroes1 and1 after certain years of servitude1 to set them free--writes a further exhortation to ,friends in ,england--visits the governor1 who is very kind--has many large meetings1 and there is a great convincement2 ,colonel ,lyne testifies how much ,friends exalt ,christ in all his offices beyond what he had ever heard--the priests rage1 and try in vain to stir up persecution--there is much clamour and cavilling against ,friends1 and many slanders and false reports are issued1 which ,george ,fox answers in a paper addressed to the governor--the governor visits him--writes to his wife--sails for ,jamaica1 where he has many meetings1 and many are convinced--,elizabeth ,hooton dies there1 #adj ,,chapter ,v4--#afgb-afgc4--;,george ,fox embarks for ,maryland1 where he arrives after a seven weeks' voyage1 and having experienced some remarkable deliverances--attends a ,general ,meeting for ,maryland1 which held four days--several meetings for discipline established--has meetings with the ,indian kings--travels towards ,new ,england--attends the ,half-year's ,meeting on ,long ,island1 which continued four days--has a meeting with some opposers--visits ,rhode ,island1 where the ,yearly ,meeting for ,new ,england is held1 which continued six days--attends a marriage there1 and has a meeting with some ,ranters--also one with some ,indians on ,shelter ,island--one of his companions thrown from his horse and lays apparently dead1 but soon recovers in an unexpected manner--they reach ,maryland after nine days' travel overland between three and four hundred miles--visits a judge who is ill1 but recovers--attends the ,general ,meeting for ,maryland1 which held five days--sails for ,virginia1 and arrives in three days1 a distance of #bjj miles--thence proceeds towards ,carolina--visits the ,indians1 and shows them that ,god made but one woman for one man--returns to ,virginia--sails for ,maryland--endures great extremes of heat and cold within a very short period--speaks to a woman who had been many years in trouble1 and entreats the ,lord for her1 and she is thereupon restored--attends the ,general ,meeting for ,maryland1 to the edification and comfort of ,friends--sails for ,england1 and arrives safe1 after a six weeks' passage1 #afa ,,chapter ,,vi4--#afgc-afge4--;,george ,fox writes to his wife from ,bristol--has a glorious powerful meeting there1 in which he declares of three estates and three teachers--at ,slaughterford meets with much opposition to the settlement of women's meetings--the chief opposer1 struck by the ,lord's power1 condemns his error--at ,armscott is arrested by ,justice ,parker1 and sent to ,worcester jail with ,thomas ,lower--writes to his wife--he and ,t4 ,lower write to ,lord ,windsor and other magistrates1 with a statement of their case--they are examined at the sessions1 but ,george ,fox is ensnared with the oath1 and re-committed for refusing to take it--,thomas ,lower is discharged1 and afterwards visits ,justice ,parker1 and gives the priest of the parish 7who instigated their imprisonment7 a severe rebuke in his presence1 though unknown--,george ,fox disputes with ,dr4 ,crowder on swearing--he is removed to ,london by ,habeas ,corpus--but ultimately remanded to ,worcester--is examined at the assizes by ,judge ,turner1 but the case is referred to the sessions--death of his mother--disputes with a priest on perfection--brought up at the sessions and re-committed1 but has liberty till the next sessions--is again removed by ,habeas ,corpus1 and tenders in court a declaration instead of the oath--attends the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london--appears again at the sessions at ,worcester1 and points out the flaws in his indictment--yet he is brought in guilty and premunired--writes to the king respecting the principle of ,friends--is seized with illness1 and his life almost despaired of--,justice ,parker writes to the jailer to relax the rigour of his imprisonment--his wife intercedes with the king for his release1 which he is willing to grant by a pardon--this ,george ,fox could not accept1 as it implied guilt--he is once more removed by ,habeas ,corpus--the under-sheriff quarrels with him for calling their ministers priests--he is brought before the judges1 and ,counsellor ,corbet starts a new plea1 that the court cannot imprison on a premunire--the indictment is quashed for error1 and he is freed by proclamation after nearly fourteen months' imprisonment--he writes many papers and pamphlets in ,worcester jail1 #aig ,,chapter ,,vii4--#afge-afgg4--;,george ,fox attends the ,yearly ,meeting1 and afterwards sets forward towards the ,north--attends the ,quarterly ,meeting at ,lancaster1 and goes thence to ,swarthmore--writes many books and papers for the ,truth--the titles of several named--writes to ,friends in ,westmorland to keep in the power of ,god1 and thereby avoid strife--writes an epistle to the ,yearly ,meeting--makes a collection and arrangement of his various papers and writings1 and of the names of divers ,friends engaged in particular service1 or against the ,truth--some meetings for discipline established in the ,north in #afec--recites his labours and travels for establishing meetings for discipline--a spirit of discord and separation appears in the church--the separatists are rebuked and reproved--the establishment of men's and women's meetings is much opposed--a narrative of the spreading of ,truth1 and of the opposition from the worldly powers--death of ,priest ,lampitt1 a persecutor--,george ,fox travels again towards the ,south--writes to his wife from ,york--finds some slack in their testimony against ,tithes--writes an epistle to ,friends on the subject--attends the ,yearly ,meeting--with ,john ,burnyeat1 and other ,friends1 visits ,william ,penn at his house at ,worminghurst1 in ,sussex--sets things in order for visiting ,holland--precious meeting1 #bcb ,,chapter ,,viii4--#afgg4--;,george ,fox sails for ,holland1 with several other ,friends1 and lands at ,briel--attends the ,quarterly ,meeting at ,amsterdam--writes an epistle to ,friends against the spirit of separation--writes to the ,princess ,elizabeth--her answer--a ,monthly ,meeting is established at ,frederickstadt--,friends are imprisoned and banished from ,embden1 and suffer greatly--a ,monthly ,meeting settled at ,harlingen--a priest assents to the doctrine promulgated by ,george ,fox--he is questioned for it by his hearers--,george ,fox writes an epistle to ,friends respecting the seducing spirit--he writes an epistle of encouragement to ,friends under suffering at ,dantzic--and again to ,friends respecting the spirit of separation--spends a considerable time at ,amsterdam in writing on ,truth's account--a warning to the magistrates and people at ,oldenburg--an epistle concerning fasts1 prayers1 honour1 persecution1 true liberty1 and the observance of days and times--a warning to the magistrates1 priests1 and people of ,hamburg--to the ambassadors met to effect a treaty of peace in the city of ,nimeguen--completes his travels in ,holland--writes a book addressed to the ,jews1 #bff ,,chapter ,,ix4--#afgg-afhj4--;,george ,fox1 with other ,friends1 sails for ,england1 and lands at ,harwich1 after a hazardous voyage of three days--has a large meeting at ,colchester1 and proceeds thence to ,london--writes to his wife--receives further accounts of persecution in ,new ,england--travels into ,buckinghamshire1 and meets with some false brethren1 who are unruly and troublesome at meetings--,friends have a special meeting with them afterwards--at ,reading meets with opposition to the settlement of a women's meeting--visits ,bristol during the fair1 where are many ,friends from various parts--the separatists there are very rude and abusive--he aids ,friends in drawing up a breviat of their sufferings1 to present to the judges at ,gloucester assizes--meets with some separatists at ,finchcomb--is engaged with other ,friends in soliciting ,parliament to grant them relief from the statutes made against ,popish recusants--attends the ,yearly ,meeting1 which was a glorious and heavenly one--,friends greatly united in testifying against the spirit of separation--not one mouth opened on its behalf--the ,truth prospers at home and abroad--,george ,fox writes to his wife--writes to the king of ,poland to dissuade him from persecution--to ,friends in ,amsterdam--,friends again press their suit for relief from the statutes made against ,popish recusants without success--are much exercised with the spirit of separation1 which opposes the order and discipline of the church--,george ,fox writes a paper to open the understandings of the weak1 and as a reproof to a censorious judging spirit--has conferences with some of the opposers at ,hertford--writes again to ,friends to warn them of this spirit of false liberty--visits ,friends in prison at ,leicester--advises ,friends how to end their differences--writes an epistle to ,friends in ,london--writes to ,friends in prison to console them under suffering--writes an epistle to the ,yearly ,meeting--an encouragement to ,friends to be valiant for the ,truth--also a caution to ,friends to keep in humility--travels again towards the ,south--visits prisoners in ,york ,castle--recommends ,friends to lay their sufferings before the judge at the assizes--attends the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london--writes to the ,great ,turk and to the ,dey of ,algiers--to the latter particularly respecting ,friends who are captives there--at ,hertford meets with ,john ,story 7the schismatic7 and some of his party1 but the ,truth prevails--has a meeting with some of the opposers--solicits the ,parliament to grant relief to ,friends under suffering--writes a paper against plots and plotters1 #cab ,,chapter ,x4--#afha-afhc4--;,george ,fox answers two envious books written abroad--writes to magistrates to persuade them to moderation--writes to the ,quarterly ,meetings--attends the judges at ,chambers1 respecting a tithe-suit against himself and his wife--,george ,fox had bound himself not to intermeddle with his wife's estate--this is shown to the judges in court1 at which they wonder--his counsel thereon founds an argument in his favour--he again writes against the spirit of strife and division in the church--writes to the magistrates who had illegally condemned ,friends upon ex-parte evidence--writes two papers respecting the choice of ,sheriffs--,friends are interrupted at ,gracechurch ,street ,meeting by a civil and military force--,george ,fox writes divers books and papers in support and defence of the ,truth--the ,spirit of ,god directed to as the rule to distinguish between ,truth and error1 whereby the evil of persecution may be avoided--an epistle to encourage ,friends under their sufferings1 both from the outward powers1 and from false brethren--the laws are now more strictly enforced against ,dissenters--an epistle to ,friends1 commending them to the power of ,god in themselves--writes to ,friends imprisoned at ,denbigh1 to console them in their sufferings1 and exhorting them to faithfulness--,friends are kept out of their meeting-houses1 and fined for speaking--a ,friend is speedily restored from a sudden illness1 in a remarkable manner1 through the prayers of ,george ,fox--persecution is now hot1 and ,george ,fox writes to ,friends not to risk the loss of other people's goods through their sufferings1 #cej ,,chapter ,,xi4--#afhc-afhe4--;,a salutation of love to ,friends1 designed to stir up the pure mind--an epistle to ,friends commending them to ,christ1 the rock and sure foundation--an epistle of counsel to ,friends--,george ,fox taken from a meeting and examined by a magistrate1 but soon released--writes an epistle to the faithful to beware of a seducing spirit--after the ,yearly ,meeting sails for ,holland1 and lands at the ,briel--attends the ,yearly ,meeting at ,amsterdam--writes to ,galenus ,abrahams1 a ,mennonist or ,baptist1 who1 seven years before1 bid him 8keep his eyes off him10 for he said 8they pierced him10 but now he was become very loving and tender1 as well as his family--,george ,fox returns to ,england--writes to the ,duke of ,holstein an able defence of women's preaching--writes an epistle of counsel to ,friends--advises with1 and assists them in1 drawing up an account of sufferings1 which is printed and spread amongst ,parliament-men--writes a caution to ,friends to keep out of the world's spirit1 c4--and a warning against pride and excess in apparel1 #cha ,,chapter ,,xii4--#afhe-afhf4--;,george ,fox tarries in ,london1 labouring in the service of ,truth--removes to ,epping on account of his health--writes an epistle to ,friends--returns to ,london--writes a paper concerning order in the ,church of ,god--and a warning to backsliders--assists in distributing money raised for sufferers by ,friends in ,ireland--writes an epistle to the king of ,poland1 on behalf of ,friends of ,dantzic--who suffer imprisonment for conscience' sake--a paper concerning judging--looks diligently after ,friends' sufferings in ,london1 and obtains a general release of prisoners--writes an epistle to ,friends1 many having been recently liberated from prison--another on a similar occasion--an epistle to ,friends to keep in the unity in the ,truth--another to remind them of the evidence and seal they had received of their meetings for discipline having been set up in the power and spirit of ,god--a paper concerning the state of the true ,church--a paper respecting the 8falling away0 foretold by the apostle ,paul1 #b ,thess4 ii4 #c--;a paper showing how the ,lord1 in all ages1 called the righteous out from amongst the wicked1 before he destroyed the latter1 #dae ,,chapter ,,xiii4--#afhf-afhg4--,the first and second ,adam compared--the two seeds distinguished--,george ,fox is daily exercised in ,london in services relating to the ,church1 visiting the sick or afflicted1 and writing in defence of ,truth1 or refuting error--true prayer distinguished from the practice of the ,papists--visits his son-in-law1 ,william ,mead--a distinction between the true offering and sacrifice1 and the false1 under the old and new covenant--a general toleration and liberty being now granted1 ,george ,fox writes a word of counsel and caution to ,friends1 to walk circumspectly in a time of liberty--how redemption by ,christ is known and witnessed--repentance must precede the reception of the gospel1 baptism1 c4--a paper showing wherein ,god's people are to be like him--the right way to ,christ--the kingdom of ,god is to be measurably known in this life--,george ,fox is benefited by being three months in the country--has much service in ,london again--at ,kingston writes a paper1 showing how the ,jews1 by disobedience1 lost the ,holy ,city and the ,holy ,land1 designed as a warning to ,christians--everlasting life through1 and in1 ,christ1 to be received and witnessed in this life--the stone cut out of the mountain signifies the kingdom and power of ,christ--a miscellaneous paper1 being a collection of ,scripture passages respecting regeneration1 sanctification1 c41 #ddf ,,chapter ,,xiv4--#afhg-afij4--;,george ,fox continues to have service in ,london and the neighbourhood--writes a paper respecting the gospel and the seed2 being also an incentive to diligence--a general epistle to ,friends1 forewarning them of an approaching storm--,moses and ,christ both faithful under their respective dispensations--,christ is on his throne--,george ,fox's health declining1 he visits ,william ,mead again for a few weeks--the world's teachers1 and the emptiness of their teaching--those who turn people from the inward manifestation of ,christ in the heart1 remove them from the heavenly landmark1 and bring a curse on themselves--the prophets1 apostles1 and holy men of old were husbandmen and tradesmen1 unlike the world's teachers--the vanity of being too much busied with1 and spending the time in1 hearing and telling news--though still declining1 ,george ,fox attends at the ,parliament-house many days on behalf of his ,friends--writes to ,peter ,hendricks1 and to ,friends at ,dantzic1 to strengthen and comfort them under their sufferings--to the magistrates and priests of ,dantzic1 showing the evil of persecution1 and persuading to ,christian moderation--an appendix to the ,yearly ,meeting's epistle--an epistle to the ,northern ,yearly ,meeting1 to be held at ,york--,george ,fox's health still impaired--writes an epistle to ,friends in ,barbadoes--to ,friends in ,pennsylvania and other parts of ,america--to all that profess the ,truth of ,god2 being a warning to the young against the world's fashions1 and to the old against going into the earthly things--,christ is the 8,ensign10 prophesied of by ,isaiah--an appendix to the ,yearly ,meeting's epistle--an epistle to ,friends in the ministry--to ,friends in the ministry gone to ,america--to suffering ,friends in ,ireland--death of ,george ,fox in #afij--;epistle written with his hand and found sealed up--some account of the interment1 #dgb ,,appendix3-- ,testimony of ,margaret ,fox1 concerning her late husband1 ,george ,fox2 with a brief account of some of his travels1 sufferings1 and hardships1 endured for the ,truth's sake1 #eaa ,testimony of some of the author's relations1 #eai ,an ,epistle1 by way of testimony1 to ,friends and brethren of the ,monthly and ,quarterly ,meetings in ,england1 ,wales1 and elsewhere1 concerning the decease of our faithful brother1 ,george ,fox1 #eba ,thomas ,ellwood's account of that eminent and honourable servant of the ,lord1 ,george ,fox1 #ebf ,an ,epistle of ,george ,fox's1 written with his own hand1 and left sealed up with this superscription1 viz41 8,not to be opened before the time10 #ebg ,the appearance of the ,lord's everlasting ,truth1 and its breaking forth again in his eternal power1 in this our day and age in ,england1 #ebi ,a ,chronological ,register of the ,places visited by ,george ,fox1 #eca ,texts of ,scripture occurring in the ,journal1 #ech ,particulars of the ,english editions of the ,journal1 #eda ,particulars of the ,american editions of the ,journal1 #edd ,index ,i4 ,persons and ,places1 #ede ,index ,,ii4 ,principal ,subjects1 #ehc ,,journal ,,of ,,george ,,fox4 ,,vol4 #b4 ---------------------------------------- --- ,,chapter #a4 #affc-afff4--;,george ,fox visits ,london--taken up at ,tenterden and examined by the magistrates1 but liberated--travels to the ,s4 ,w4 of ,england--precious meetings in ,wales--at ,derwentwater meets with an old woman whose husband was aged #abb years--apprehended and taken before the magistrates at ,holker ,hall1 but liberated on his parole to appear at the sessions--appears accordingly1 and is committed to ,lancaster jail--many poor friends imprisoned there at the same time1 whose families become chargeable in consequence--one of them 7,oliver ,atherton7 dies in jail1 where he was immured by the ,countess of ,derby for tithes--,george ,fox has the oath tendered him at the assizes1 and is re-committed--,margaret ,fell is also imprisoned there--the prisoners in ,lancaster jail to ,justice ,fleming--a brief warning to the same by ,george ,fox--,george ,fox disputes with ,major ,wiggan 7who was also a prisoner71 and confutes him--writes to the judges against giving nicknames--writes a warning to all high professors--also a warning against the spirit of ,john ,perrot--at the assizes he points out many fatal errors in his indictment1 and it is quashed in consequence1 but the judge ensnares him with the oath1 and he is again remanded to prison--suffers much from the badness of the prison--at the next assizes he again points out fatal errors in his indictment1 and is immediately hurried away to jail1 and sentence is passed on him in his absence--a testimony against tithes--he is removed to ,scarbro' ,castle--has several conferences and disputes with divers persons there--writes to the king respecting his imprisonment1 and is set at liberty--copy of his discharge and passport--the day after ,george ,fox's liberation the great fire broke out in ,london1 a vision of which he had in ,lancaster ,castle--the hand of the ,lord turned against persecutors4 ,having passed through ,,norfolk1 ,,suffolk1 ,,essex1 and ,,hertfordshire1 we came to ,,london again2 where ,i stayed awhile1 visiting ,friends in their meetings1 which were very large1 and the ,lord's power was over all4 ,after some time ,i left the city again1 and travelled into ,,kent1 having ,thomas ,briggs with me4 ,we went to ,,ashford where we had a quiet1 and a very blessed meeting2 and on ,first-day we had a very good and peaceable one at ,,cranbrook4 ,then we went to ,,tenterden1 and had a meeting there1 to which many ,friends came from several parts1 and many other people came in1 and were reached by the truth4 ,when the meeting was over1 ,i walked with ,thomas ,briggs into a field1 while our horses were got ready2 and turning my head1 ,i espied a captain coming1 and a great company of soldiers with lighted matches and muskets4 ,some of them came to us1 and said1 8,we must go to their captain40 ,when they had brought us before him1 he asked1 8,where is ,george ,fox8 which is he80 ,i said1 8,i am the man40 ,then he came to me and was somewhat struck1 and said1 8,i will secure you among the soldiers40 ,so he called for them to take me4 ,he took ,thomas ,briggs1 and the man of the house with many more2 but the power of the ,lord was mightily over them all4 ,then he came to me again1 and said1 8,i must go along with him to the town20 and he carried himself pretty civilly1 bidding the soldiers bring the rest after4 ,as we walked1 ,i asked him1 8,why they did thus20 for ,i had not seen so much ado a great while1 and ,i bid him be civil to his peaceable neighbours4 ,when we were come to the town1 they had us to an inn that was the jailer's house2 and after a while the mayor of the town1 and this captain1 and the lieutenant1 who were justices1 came together and examined me1 8why ,i came thither to make a disturbance80 ,i told them1 ,i did not come to make a disturbance1 neither had ,i made any since ,i came4 ,they said1 8there was a law against the ,quakers' meetings1 made only against them40 ,i told them1 ,i knew no such law4 ,then they brought forth the act that was made against ,quakers and others4 ,i told them1 that was against such as were a terror to the king's subjects1 and were enemies1 and held principles dangerous to the government1 and therefore that was not against us1 for we held truth2 and our principles were not dangerous to the government1 and our meetings were peaceable1 as they knew1 who knew their neighbours were a peaceable people4 ,they told me1 8,i was an enemy to the king40 ,i answered1 ,we loved all people and were enemies to none2 that ,i1 for my own part1 had been cast into ,derby dungeon1 about the time of ,worcester fight1 because ,i would not take up arms against him1 and that ,i was afterwards brought by ,colonel ,hacker to ,london1 as a plotter to bring in ,king ,charles1 and was kept prisoner there till set at liberty by ,oliver4 ,they asked me1 8whether ,i was imprisoned in the time of the insurrection80 ,i said1 yes2 ,i had been imprisoned then1 and since that also1 and had been set at liberty by the king's own command4 ,i opened the act to them1 and showed them the king's late declaration2 gave them the examples of other justices1 and told them also what the ,house of ,lords had said of it4 ,i spoke also to them concerning their own conditions1 exhorting them to live in the fear of ,god1 to be tender towards their neighbours that feared him1 and to mind ,god's wisdom1 by which all things were made and created1 that they might come to receive it1 be ordered by it1 and by it order all things to ,god's glory4 ,they demanded bond of us for our appearance at the sessions2 but we1 pleading our innocency1 refused to give bond4 ,then they would have us promise to come no more there2 but we kept clear of that also4 ,when they saw they could not bring us to their terms1 they told us1 8we should see they were civil to us1 for it was the mayor's pleasure we should all be set at liberty40 ,i told them their civility was noble1 and so we parted4 ,then leaving ,tenterden we went to ,,newick in ,,sussex1 where we visited some ,friends4 ,thence we passed through the country1 visiting ,friends1 and having great meetings2 all quiet and free from disturbance1 except by some jangling ,baptists1 till we came into ,,hampshire4 ,after a good meeting at ,,southampton1 we went to ,,pouner1 in the parish of ,ringwood1 where was a monthly meeting next day1 to which many ,friends came from ,southampton1 ,poole1 and other places2 and the weather being very hot1 some of them came pretty early in the morning4 ,i took a friend and walked out with him into the orchard1 inquiring of him how the affairs of truth stood amongst them2 7for many of them had been convinced by me1 before ,i was a prisoner in ,cornwall47 ,while we were conversing1 a young man came and told us the trained bands were raising1 and he heard they would come and break up the meeting4 ,it was not yet meeting-time for about three hours1 and there being other ,friends walking in the orchard1 the ,friend that ,i was discoursing with before1 desired me to walk into a corn-field adjoining it1 which we did4 ,after a while the young man that spoke of the trained bands left us1 and when he was gone some distance1 he stood and waved his hat4 ,whereupon ,i spoke to the other young man that was with me1 to go and see what he meant4 ,he went1 but did not return2 for the soldiers were come into the orchard4 ,as ,i kept walking ,i could see the soldiers1 and some of them1 as ,i heard afterwards1 saw me1 but had no mind to meddle4 ,coming so long before the meeting-time1 they did not tarry2 but took what ,friends they found at the house1 and some whom they met in the lane coming1 and led them away4 ,after they were gone1 it drew towards eleven1 ,friends began to come in apace1 and a large and glorious meeting we had2 for the everlasting ,seed of ,god was set over all1 and the people were settled in the new covenant of life1 upon the foundation1 ,christ ,jesus4 ,towards the latter part of the meeting1 there came a man in gay apparel1 and looked in while ,i was declaring1 and went away again presently4 ,this man came with an evil intent2 for he went forthwith to ,ringwood1 and told the magistrates 8they had taken two or three men at ,pouner1 and had left ,george ,fox there preaching to two or three hundred people40 ,upon this the magistrates sent the officers and soldiers again2 but the meeting being nearly ended when the man looked in1 and he having about a mile and a half to go with his information1 to fetch the soldiers1 and they as far to come1 after they had received their orders1 before they came our meeting was over2 ending about three o'clock peaceably and orderly4 ,after the meeting ,i spoke to the ,friends of the house where it was held 7the hostess lying then dead in the house17 and then some ,friends conducted me to another ,friend's at a little distance2 where1 after we had refreshed ourselves1 ,i took horse1 having about twenty miles to ride that afternoon to one ---- ,fry's house in ,,wiltshire1 where a meeting was appointed for the next day4 ,after we were gone1 the officers and soldiers came in a great heat1 and when they found they were too late1 and had missed their prey1 they were much enraged2 and the officers were offended with the soldiers1 because they had not seized my horse in the stable the first time they came4 ,but the ,lord1 by his good providence1 delivered me1 and prevented their mischievous design4 ,for the officers were envious men1 and had an evil mind against ,friends2 but the ,lord brought his judgments upon them1 so that it was taken notice of by their neighbours4 ,for 8whereas before they were wealthy men1 after this their estates wasted away2 and ,john ,line1 the constable1 who was not only very forward in putting on the soldiers to take ,friends1 but also carried those that were taken to prison1 and took a false oath against them at the assize1 upon which they were fined and continued prisoners1 was a sad spectacle to behold4 ,for his flesh rotting away while he lived1 he died in a very miserable condition1 wishing he had never meddled with the ,quakers1 and confessing that he had never prospered since he had had a hand in persecuting them2 and that he thought the hand of the ,lord was against him for it40 ,at ---- ,fry's in ,wiltshire1 we had a very blessed meeting1 and quiet1 though the officers had purposed to break it up1 and were on their way in order thereunto4 ,but before they got to it1 word was brought them1 that there was a house just broken up by thieves1 and they were required to go back again with speed1 to search after and pursue them2 by which means1 our meeting escaped disturbance1 and we were preserved out of their hands4 ,we passed through ,wiltshire into ,,dorsetshire1 having large and good meetings4 ,the ,lord's everlasting power was with us1 and carried us over all2 in which we sounded forth his saving truth and word of life1 which many gladly received4 ,thus we visited ,friends1 till we came to ,,topsham in ,,devonshire1 travelling some weeks eight or nine score miles a week1 and had meetings every day4 ,at ,topsham we met with ,margaret ,fell and two of her daughters1 ,sarah and ,mary1 and with ,leonard ,fell and ,thomas ,salthouse4#a ,thence we passed to ,,totness1 where we visited some ,friends1 then to ,,kingsbridge1 and to ,henry ,pollexfen's1 who had been an ancient justice of peace4 ,there we had a large meeting4 ,this old ,justice accompanied us to ,,plymouth1 and into ,,cornwall to ,justice ,porter's1 and thence to ,thomas ,mount's1 where we had another large meeting4 ,after which we went to ,humphrey ,lower's1 where also we had a large meeting1 and thence to ,loveday ,hambley's1 where we had a general meeting for the whole country2 and all was quiet4 ,a little before this1 ,joseph ,hellen and ,g4 ,bewley1 had been at ,loo to visit ,blanch ,pope1 a ,ranting woman1 under pretence to convince and convert her2 but before they left her1 she had so darkened them with her principles1 that they seemed to be like her disciples1 especially ,joseph ,hellen2 for she had asked them1 8who made the devil2 did not ,god80 ,this idle question so puzzled them1 that they could not answer her4 ,they afterwards asked me that question4 ,i told them1 no2 for all that ,god made was good and was blessed2 so was not the devil4 ,he was called a serpent before he was called a devil and an adversary1 and then he had the title of devil given to him4 ,afterwards he was called a dragon1 because he was a destroyer4 ,the devil abode not in the truth1 and by departing from the truth1 he became a devil4 ,so the ,jews1 when they went out of the truth1 were said to be of the devil1 and were called serpents4 ,now there is no promise of ,god to the devil1 that ever he shall return to truth again2 but to man and woman1 who have been deceived by him1 the promise of ,god is1 that 8the ,seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head10--shall break his power and strength to pieces4 ,now when these things were opened more at large to the satisfaction of ,friends1 those two who had yielded to the spirit of that ranting woman1 were judged by the truth2 and one of them1 ,joseph ,hellen1 ran quite out1 and was disowned by ,friends2 but ,george ,bewley was recovered1 and afterwards became serviceable4 ,we passed from ,loveday ,hambley's to ,francis ,hodges's1 near ,,falmouth and ,,penryn1 where we had a large meeting4 ,thence we went to ,,helstone that night1 where some ,friends came to visit us2 and next day passed to ,thomas ,teage's1 where we had another large meeting1 at which many were convinced4 ,i was led to open 8the state of the church in the primitive times1 the state of the church in the wilderness1 and the state of the false church that was got up since1 and to show that now the everlasting gospel was preached again over the head of the whore1 beast1 false prophets1 and antichrists1 which had got up since the apostles' days2 and now the everlasting gospel was received and receiving1 which brought life and immortality to light1 that they might see over the devil that had darkened them40 ,the people received the gospel and the word of life gladly1 and a glorious blessed meeting we had for the exalting of the ,lord's everlasting truth and his name4 ,after the meeting was over ,i walked out1 and as ,i was coming in again ,i heard a noise in the court1 and coming nearer1 ,i found the man of the house speaking to the tinners and others1 and telling them1 8it was the everlasting truth that had been declared there that day20 and the people generally confessed to it4 ,from thence we passed to the ,,land',s ,,end1 to ,john ,ellis's1 where we had a precious meeting4 ,here was a fisherman1 one ,nicholas ,jose1 that was convinced4 ,he spoke in meetings1 and declared the truth amongst the people1 and the ,lord's power was over all4 ,i was glad that the ,lord had raised up his standard in those dark parts of the nation1 where there is since a fine meeting of honest-hearted ,friends2 many are come to sit under ,christ's teaching2 and a great people the ,lord will have in that country4 ,thence we returned to ,,redruth1 and next day to ,,truro1 where we had a meeting4 ,next morning1 some of the chief of the town desired to speak with me1 amongst whom was ,colonel ,rouse4 ,i went and had much discourse with them concerning the things of ,god4 ,in their reasoning1 they said1 8the gospel was the four books of ,matthew1 ,mark1 ,luke1 and ,john20 and they called it natural4 ,i told them1 8the gospel was the power of ,god1 which was preached before ,matthew1 ,mark1 ,luke1 and ,john1 or any of them were printed or written2 and it was preached to every creature 7of which a great part might never see or hear of those four books17 so that every creature was to obey the power of ,god2 for ,christ1 the spiritual man1 would judge the world according to the gospel1 that is1 according to his invisible power40 ,when they heard this1 they could not gainsay2 for the truth came over them4 ,i directed them to their teacher1 the ,grace of ,god1 and showed them the sufficiency of it1 which would teach them how to live1 and what to deny2 and being obeyed1 would bring them salvation4 ,so to that grace ,i recommended them1 and left them4 ,then we returned through the country1 visiting ,friends1 and had meetings at ,humphrey ,lower's again1 and at ,thomas ,mount's4 ,afterwards at ,george ,hawkins's1 at ,,stoke1 we had a large meeting1 to which ,friends came from ,launceston and several other places4 ,a living1 precious meeting it was1 in which the ,lord's presence and power was richly manifested amongst us2 and ,i left ,friends there under the ,lord ,jesus ,christ's teaching4 ,in ,cornwall ,i was informed there was one ,colonel ,robinson1 a very wicked man1 who1 after the king came in1 was made a justice of peace1 and became a cruel persecutor of ,friends1 of whom he sent many to prison4 ,hearing that they had some little liberty1 through the favour of the jailer1 to come home sometimes to visit their wives and children1 he made great complaint thereof to the judge at the assize against the jailer2 whereupon the jailer was fined a hundred marks1 and ,friends were kept very strictly up for a while4 ,after he was come home from the assize1 he sent to a neighbouring justice1 to desire him to go to a fanatic-hunting with him4 ,on the day that he intended1 and was prepared to go1 he sent his man about with his horses1 and walked himself on foot from his dwelling-house to a tenement1 where his cows and dairy were kept1 and where his servants were then milking4 ,when he came there he asked for his bull4 ,the maid-servants said1 they had shut him into the field1 because he was unruly against the kine1 and hindered their milking4 ,then he went into the field to the bull1 and having formerly accustomed himself to play with him1 he began to fence at him with his staff4 ,but the bull snuffed at him1 and passed a little back2 then turning upon him again1 ran fiercely at him and struck his horn into his thigh1 and heaving him upon his horn1 threw him over his back1 and tore up his thigh to his belly4 ,when he came to the ground again he gored him with his horns1 run them into the ground in his rage and violence1 roared1 and licked up his master's blood4 ,the maid-servant1 hearing her master cry out1 ran into the field1 and took the bull by the horns to pull him off from her master4 ,the bull1 without hurting her1 put her gently by with his horns1 but still fell to goring him and licking up his blood4 ,then she ran and got some men1 that were at work not far off1 to come and rescue her master2 but they could not at all beat off the bull1 till they brought mastiff dogs to set on him2 and then he fled in great rage and fury4 ,upon hearing of it his sister came1 and said to him1 8,alack6 brother1 what a heavy judgment is this that has befallen you60 ,he answered1 8,ah6 sister1 it is a heavy judgment indeed4 ,pray let the bull be killed1 and the flesh given to the poor10 said he4 ,they carried him home1 but he died soon after4 ,the bull was grown so fierce that they were forced to shoot him2 for no man durst come near to kill him4 ,thus does the ,lord sometimes make some examples of his just judgment upon the persecutors of his people1 that others may fear1 and learn to beware4 ,after ,i had cleared myself of ,cornwall1 and ,thomas ,lower had brought us over ,horsebridge into ,,devonshire again1 we took our leave of him4 ,thomas ,briggs1 ,robert ,widders1 and ,i1 came to ,,tiverton2 and it being their fair1 and many ,friends there1 we had a meeting amongst them4 ,the magistrates gathered in the street1 but the ,lord's power stopped them4 ,i saw them in the street over against the door1 but they had not power to come in to meddle with us1 though they had will enough to do it4 ,after the meeting we passed to ,,collumpton and ,,wellington1 for we had appointed a meeting five miles off1 where we had a large one at a butcher's house1 and a blessed meeting it was4 ,the people were directed to their ,teacher1 the ,grace of ,god1 which would bring them salvation1 and many were settled under its teaching4 ,the ,lord's presence was amongst us1 and we were refreshed in him1 in whom we laboured and travailed2 and the meeting was quiet4 ,there had been very great persecution in that country and town a little before1 insomuch that some ,friends questioned the peaceableness of our meeting2 but the ,lord's power chained all1 and his glory shone over all4 ,friends told us how they had broken up their meetings by warrants from the justices1 and how by their warrants they were required to carry ,friends before the justices2 and ,friends bid them 8carry them then40 ,the officers told ,friends1 8they must go30 but ,friends said1 nay2 that was not according to their warrants1 which required them to carry them4 ,then they were forced to hire carts1 and waggons1 and horses1 and to lift ,friends into their waggons and carts1 to carry them before a justice4 ,when they came to a justice's house1 sometimes he happened to be from home1 and if he were a moderate man1 he would get out of the way1 and then they were obliged to carry them before another1 so that they were many days carting and carrying friends up and down from place to place4 ,and when afterwards the officers came to lay their charges for this upon the town1 the town's-people would not pay it1 but made them bear it themselves2 which broke the neck of their persecution there for that time4 ,the like was done in several other places1 till the officers had shamed and tired themselves1 and then they were glad to give over4 ,at one place they warned ,friends to come to the steeple-house4 ,friends met to consider of it1 and finding freedom to go to the steeple-house1 they met together there4 ,accordingly when they came thither1 they sat down to wait upon the ,lord in his power and ,spirit1 and minded the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 their ,teacher and ,saviour2 but did not mind the priest4 ,when the officers saw that1 they came to them to put them out of the steeple-house again2 but the ,friends told them1 it was not time for them to break up their meeting yet4 ,a while after1 when the priest had done1 they came to the ,friends again1 and would have had them go home to dinner2 but the ,friends told them1 they did not choose to go to dinner1 they were feeding upon the bread of life4 ,so there they sat1 waiting upon the ,lord1 and enjoying his power and presence1 till they found freedom in themselves to depart4 ,thus the priest's people were offended1 because they could not get them to the steeple-house3 and when there1 they were offended1 because they could not get them out again4 ,from the meeting near ,collumpton we went to ,,taunton1 where we had a large meeting4 ,the next day we came to a general meeting in ,somersetshire1 which was very large2 and the ,lord's everlasting word of life and truth was largely declared4 ,the people were refreshed thereby1 and settled upon ,christ1 their ,rock and ,foundation1 and brought to sit under his teaching2 the meeting was peaceable4 ,but about the second hour of the night there came a company of men who knocked at the door1 and bid us open it1 or they would break it open2 for they wanted a man that they came to search the house for4 ,i heard the noise1 and got up1 and at the window saw a man at the door with his sword by his side4 ,when they had let him in1 he came into the chamber where ,i was1 and looked on me1 and said1 8,you are not the man ,i look for30 and went his way4 ,we came thence to ,,street1 and to ,william ,beaton's1 at ,,puddimore1 where we had a very large general meeting1 wherein the ,lord's everlasting truth was declared1 the people refreshed1 and all quiet4 ,thence we went to ,john ,dander's1 where we had another large and very precious meeting2 and then passed on to ,,bristol1 where we had good service for the ,lord1 and all quiet4 ,here we met with ,margaret ,fell and her daughters again4 ,after some time we went to ,,slaughterford in ,,wiltshire1 where was a very large meeting in a great barn4 ,good service we had there3 for the truth1 as it is in ,jesus1 was published amongst them1 and many were gathered by it into the name of the ,lord4 ,after this ,i passed into ,,gloucestershire and ,,herefordshire1 having large meetings in each4 ,in ,,hereford ,i had a meeting in the inn4 ,when ,i was gone1 the magistrates1 hearing there had been a meeting1 came to search the inn for me1 and were vexed that they had missed me4 ,but the ,lord so ordered it1 that ,i escaped their hands2 and ,friends were established upon ,christ1 their ,foundation1 the ,rock of ,ages4 ,then ,i went into ,,radnorshire1 in ,,wales1 and had several precious meetings there4 ,the ,lord's name and standard was set up1 and many were gathered to it1 and settled under the teaching of ,christ ,jesus1 their ,saviour1 who bought them4 ,after ,i was clear of ,wales1 ,i came to a market-town between ,england and ,wales1 where there was a great fair that day2 and several ,friends being at the fair1 we went to an inn1 and they came to us4 ,after we had had a fine opportunity with ,friends1 we parted from them1 and went on our way4 ,the officers of the town took notice1 it seems1 of our being there1 and of ,friends gathering to us4 ,they began also to meet together to consult among themselves how to ensnare us1 though it was the fair time2 but before they could do anything we were gone on our journey1 and so escaped them4 ,thence we came into ,,shropshire1 where we had a large and precious meeting4 ,after many meetings in those parts we came into ,,warwickshire1 and visited ,friends there1 and so into ,,derbyshire and ,,staffordshire1 visiting ,friends' meetings as we went4 ,at ,,whitehaugh we had a large1 blessed meeting1 and quiet2 after which we rode about twenty miles that night to ,captain ,lingard's4 ,we heard afterwards that when we were gone1 the officers came to seize us1 and were much disturbed that they missed us2 but the ,lord disappointed them1 and ,friends were joyful in the ,lord that we escaped them4 ,at ,captain ,lingard's we had a blessed meeting1 the ,lord's presence being wonderfully amongst us4 ,after this we passed through the ,,peak-,,country in ,,derbyshire1 and went to ,,synderhill-,,green1#b where we had a large meeting4 ,here ,john ,whitehead#c and several other ,friends came to me4 ,then ,i passed through the country1 visiting ,friends1 till ,i come to the farther end of ,,holderness1 and so passed by ,,scarbro'1 ,,whitby1 and ,,malton1 to ,,york1 having many meetings in the way2 and the ,lord's everlasting power was over all4 ,we went from ,york to ,,boroughbridge1 where ,i had a glorious meeting4 ,thence we passed into ,durham to one ,richmond's1 where there was a general meeting2 and the ,lord's power was over all1 though people were grown exceedingly rude about this time4 ,after the meeting we went to ,henry ,draper's1 where we stayed all night4 ,next morning a ,friend came to me1 as ,i was passing away1 and told me1 8if the priests and justices 7for many priests were made justices in that country at that time7 could find me1 they would destroy me40 ,being clear of ,durham1 ,i went over ,,stainmoor into ,,yorkshire1 and to ,,sedbergh1 where having visited ,friends1 ,i went into ,,westmorland1 visiting ,friends there also4 ,thence ,i passed into ,,lancashire and came to ,,swarthmore4 ,here ,i stayed but a little while before ,i went over the ,sands to ,,arnside1 where ,i had a general meeting4 ,after it was ended1 there came some men to break it up2 but understanding before they arrived that the meeting was over1 they turned back4 ,i went to ,robert ,widders's1 and thence to ,,underbarrow1 where ,i had a glorious meeting1 and the ,lord's power was over all4 ,thence ,i passed to ,,grayrigg1 and having visited ,friends there1 ,i went to ,ann ,audland's1 where they would have had me to stay their meeting next day2 but ,i felt a stop in my spirit4 ,it was upon me to go to ,john ,blakelin's in ,,sedbergh1 and to be next day at the meeting there2 which is large1 and a precious people there is4 ,we had a very good meeting next day at ,sedbergh2 but the constables went to the meeting at ,ann ,audland's1 to look for me4 ,thus by the good hand and disposing ,providence of the ,lord1 ,i escaped their snare4 ,i went from ,john ,blakelin's with ,leonard ,fell to ,,strickland ,,head1 where on ,first-day we had a very precious meeting on the common4 ,that night we stayed amongst ,friends there1 and next day passed into ,,northumberland4 ,after the justices had heard of this meeting at ,strickland-,head1 they made search for me2 but by the good hand of the ,lord1 ,i escaped them again1 though there were some very wicked justices4 ,we went to ,hugh ,hutchinson's house in ,,northumberland1 a ,friend in the ministry1 whence we visited ,friends thereabouts1 and then went to ,,derwentwater1 where we had a very glorious meeting4 ,there came an ancient woman to me1 and told me her husband remembered his love to me2 she said1 ,i might call him to mind by this token1 that ,i used to call him 8the ,tall ,white ,old ,man40 ,she said1 he was six score and two years old1 and that he would have come to the meeting1 but his horses were all employed upon some urgent occasion4 ,i heard he lived some years after4 ,when ,i had visited ,friends in those parts1 and they were settled upon ,christ1 their ,foundation1 ,i passed through ,,northumberland1 and came to old ,thomas ,bewley's in ,,cumberland4 ,friends came about me1 and asked1 8would ,i come there to go into prison80 ,for there was great persecution in that country at that time2 yet ,i had a general meeting at ,thomas ,bewley's1 which was large and precious1 and the ,lord's power was over all4 ,one ,musgrave was at that time deputy-governor of ,carlisle4 ,passing along the country1 ,i came to a man's house that had been convinced1 whose name was ,fletcher2 and he told me1 8if ,musgrave knew ,i was there1 he would be sure to send me to prison1 he was such a severe man40 ,but ,i stayed not there1 only calling on the way to see this man2 and then ,i went to ,william ,pearson's1 near ,,wigton1 where the meeting was1 which was very large and precious4 ,some ,friends were then prisoners at ,carlisle1 whom ,i visited by a letter1 which ,leonard ,fell carried4 ,from ,william ,pearson's ,i visited ,friends1 till ,i came to ,,pardshaw-,,crag1 where we had a general meeting1 which was large2 all was quiet and peaceable1 and the glorious1 powerful presence of the everlasting ,god was with us4 ,so eager were the magistrates about this time to stir up persecution in those parts1 that some offered five shillings1 and some a noble a day1 to any that could apprehend the speakers amongst the ,quakers2 but it being now the time of the quarter ,sessions in that county1 the men who were so hired were gone to the sessions to get their wages1 and so all our meetings were at that time quiet4 ,from ,pardshaw-,crag we went into ,,westmorland1 calling on the way upon ,hugh ,tickell#d1 near ,,keswick1 and upon ,thomas ,laythes1 where ,friends came to visit us2 and we had a fine opportunity to be refreshed together4 ,we went that night to ,francis ,benson's1 in ,westmorland1 near ,justice ,fleming's house4 ,this ,justice ,fleming was at that time in a great rage against ,friends1 and me in particular2 insomuch that in the open sessions at ,kendal just before1 he had bid five pounds to any man that should take me1 as ,francis ,benson told me4 ,and it seems1 as ,i went to this ,friend's house1 ,i met one man coming from the sessions that had this five pounds offered him to take me1 and he knew me2 for as ,i passed by him1 he said to his companion1 that is ,george ,fox2 yet he had not power to touch me1 for the ,lord's power preserved me over them all4 ,the justices being so eager to have me1 and ,i being so often near them1 and yet they missing me1 tormented them the more4 ,i went thence to ,james ,taylor's at ,,cartmel1 where ,i stayed ,first-day1 and had a precious meeting2 and after it ,i came over the ,sands to ,,swarthmore4 ,when ,i came there1 they told me1 ,colonel ,kirby had sent his lieutenant thither to take me1 and that he had searched trunks and chests for me4 ,that night as ,i was in bed1 ,i was moved of the ,lord to go next day to ,,kirby-,,hall1 which was ,colonel ,kirby's house1 about five miles off1 to speak with him1 and ,i did so4 ,when ,i came thither1 ,i found the ,flemings1 and several others of the gentry 7so called7 of the country1 come to take their leave of ,colonel ,kirby1 he being about to go up to ,london to the parliament4 ,i was shown into the parlour amongst them2 but ,colonel ,kirby was not then within1 being gone out2 so they said little to me1 nor ,i much to them4 ,but presently he came in1 and ,i told him1 that understanding he was desirous to see me1 8,i came to visit him1 to know what he had to say to me1 and whether he had anything against me40 ,he said1 before all the company1 8,as he was a gentleman1 he had nothing against me4 ,but10 said he1 8,mistress ,fell must not keep great meetings at her house1 for they meet contrary to the act40 ,i told him1 8that act did not take hold on us1 but on such as met to plot and contrive1 and to raise insurrections against the king1 whereas we were no such people2 for he knew that they that met at ,margaret ,fell's house were his neighbours1 and a peaceable people40 ,after many words had passed1 he shook me by the hand1 and said again1 8he had nothing against me20 and others of them said1 ,i was a deserving man4 ,so we parted1 and ,i returned to ,,swarthmore4 ,shortly after1 when ,colonel ,kirby was gone to ,london1 there was a private meeting of the justices and deputy-lieutenants at ,holker-,hall1 where ,justice ,preston lived2 and there they granted a warrant to apprehend me4 ,i heard over-night both of their meeting and of the warrant1 and so could have escaped out of their reach if ,i would2 for ,i had not appointed any meeting at that time1 and ,i had cleared myself of the north1 and the ,lord's power was over all4 ,but ,i considered1 there being a noise of a plot in the north1 if ,i should go away1 they might fall upon ,friends2 but if ,i gave up myself to be taken1 it might stop them1 and the ,friends should escape the better4 ,so ,i gave up to be taken1 and prepared myself against they came4 ,next day an officer came with sword and pistols to take me4 ,i told him1 8,i knew his errand before1 and had given up myself to be taken2 for if ,i would have escaped their imprisonment1 ,i could have gone forty miles off before he came2 but ,i was an innocent man1 and so cared not what they could do to me40 ,he asked me 8,how ,i heard of it1 seeing the order was made privately in a parlour40 ,i said it was no matter1 it was sufficient that ,i heard of it4 ,i asked him to let me see his order2 whereupon he laid his hand on his sword1 and said1 8,i must go with him before the lieutenants1 to answer such questions as they should propose to me40 ,i told him it was but civil and reasonable for him to let me see his order2 but he would not4 ,then said ,i1 ,i am ready4 ,so ,i went along with them1 and ,margaret ,fell accompanied us to ,,holker-,,hall4 ,when we came thither1 there was one ,rawlinson1 a justice1 and one called ,sir ,george ,middleton1 and many more that ,i did not know1 besides old ,justice ,preston who lived there4 ,they brought ,thomas ,atkinson1 a ,friend of ,cartmel1 as a witness against me1 for some words which he had told to one ,knipe1 who had informed them2 which words were1 8that ,i had written against the plotters1 and had knocked them down40 ,these words they could not make much of1 for ,i told them ,i had heard of a plot1 and had written against it4 ,old ,preston asked me1 whether ,i had a hand in that script8 ,i asked him what he meant8 ,he said1 in the ,battledore4 ,i answered1 ,yes4 ,then he asked me1 whether ,i understood languages4 ,i said1 sufficient for myself2 and that ,i knew no law that was transgressed by it4 ,i told them also1 that 8to understand outward languages1 was no matter of salvation2 for the many tongues began but at the confusion of ,babel2 and if ,i did understand anything of them1 ,i judged and knocked them down again for any matter of salvation that was in them40 ,thereupon he turned away1 and said1 8,george ,fox knocks down all the languages4 ,come10 said he1 8we will examine you of higher matters40 ,then said ,george ,middleton1 8,you deny ,god1 and the church1 and the faith40 ,i replied1 8,nay1 ,i own ,god1 and the true church1 and the true faith4 ,but what church dost thou own80 said ,i 7for ,i understood he was a ,papist47 ,then he turned again and said1 8,you are a rebel and a traitor40 ,i asked him to whom he spoke1 or whom did he call rebel3 he was so full of envy that for a while he could not speak1 but at last he said1 8he spoke it to me40 ,with that ,i struck my hand on the table1 and told him1 8,i had suffered more than twenty such as he1 or than any that was there2 for ,i had been cast into ,derby dungeon for six months together1 and had suffered much because ,i would not take up arms against this king before ,worcester fight4 ,i had been sent up prisoner out of my own country by ,colonel ,hacker to ,oliver ,cromwell1 as a plotter to bring in ,king ,charles in the year #afed2 and ,i had nothing but love and goodwill to the king1 and desired the eternal good and welfare of him and all his subjects40 8,did you ever hear the like10 said ,middleton4 8,nay10 said ,i1 8ye may hear it again if ye will4 ,for ye talk of the king1 a company of you1 but where were ye in ,oliver's days1 and what did ye do then for him8 ,but ,i have more love to the king for his eternal good and welfare than any of you have40 ,then they asked me1 8whether ,i had heard of the plot80 and ,i said1 8yes1 ,i had heard of it40 ,they asked me how ,i had heard of it1 and whom ,i knew in it8 ,i told them1 ,i had heard of it through the high-sheriff of ,yorkshire1 who had told ,dr4 ,hodgson that there was a plot in the north2 that was the way ,i heard of it2 but ,i had never heard of any such thing in the south1 nor till ,i came into the north4 ,and as for knowing any in the plot1 ,i was as a child in that1 for ,i knew none of them4 ,then said they1 8why would you write against it1 if you did not know some that were in it40 ,i said1 8my reason was because you are so forward to mash the innocent and guilty together1 therefore ,i wrote against it to clear the truth from such things1 and to stop all forward1 foolish spirits from running into such things4 ,i sent copies of it into ,westmorland1 ,cumberland1 ,durham1 and ,yorkshire1 and to you here4 ,i sent another copy of it to the ,king and his council1 and it is likely it may be in print by this time40 ,one of them said1 8,o1 this man hath great power60 ,i said1 8yes1 ,i had power to write against plotters40 ,then said one of them1 8you are against the laws of the land40 ,i answered1 8,nay1 for ,i and my ,friends direct all people to the ,spirit of ,god in them1 to mortify the deeds of the flesh4 ,this brings them into well-doing1 and from that which the magistrate's sword is against1 which eases the magistrates1 who are for the punishment of evil-doers4 ,so people being turned to the ,spirit of ,god1 which brings them to mortify the deeds of the flesh1--this brings them from under the occasion of the magistrate's sword2 and this must needs be one with magistracy1 and one with the law1 which was added because of transgression1 and is for the praise of them that do well4 ,in this we establish the law1 are an ease to the magistrates1 and are not against1 but stand for1 all good government40 ,then ,george ,middleton cried1 8,bring the book and put the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to him40 ,now he himself being a ,papist1 ,i asked him1 8whether he had taken the oath of supremacy1 who was a swearer8 ,as for us1 we could not swear at all1 because ,christ and the apostle had forbidden it40 ,some of them would not have had the oath put to me1 but have set me at liberty4 ,but the rest would not agree to that2 for this was their last snare1 and they had no other way to get me into prison1 all other things had been cleared to them4 ,this was like the ,papist's sacrament of the altar1 by which they ensnared the martyrs4 ,so they tendered me the oath1 which ,i could not take2 whereupon they were about to make my mittimus to send me to ,lancaster jail2 but considering of it1 they only engaged me to appear at the sessions1 and so for that time dismissed me4 ,i went back with ,margaret ,fell to ,swarthmore2 and soon after ,colonel ,west came to see me1 who was at that time a justice of peace4 ,he told us1 8he acquainted some of the rest of the justices1 that he would come over to see me and ,margaret ,fell2 but it may be10 said he1 8some of you will take offence at it40 ,i asked him1 8,what he thought they would do with me at the sessions20 and he said1 8they would tender the oath to me again40 ,whilst ,i was at ,swarthmore1 ,william ,kirby came into ,swarthmore meeting1 and brought the constables with him4 ,i was sitting with ,friends in the meeting1 and he said to me1 8,how now1 ,mr4 ,fox6 you have a fine company here40 8,yes10 said ,i1 8we meet to wait upon the ,lord40 ,so he began to take the names of ,friends1 and them that did not readily tell him their names1 he committed to the constables' hands1 and sent some to prison4 ,the constables were unwilling to take them without a warrant1 whereupon he threatened to set them by the heels2 but one of the constables told him1 8he could keep them in his presence1 but after he was gone1 he could not keep them without a warrant40 ,the sessions coming on1 ,i went to ,,lancaster1 and appeared according to my engagement4 ,there was upon the bench ,justice ,fleming1 who had bid five pounds in ,westmorland to any man that would apprehend me2 for he was a justice both in ,westmorland and ,lancashire4 ,there were also ,justice ,spencer1 ,colonel ,west1 and old ,justice ,rawlinson the lawyer1 who gave the charge1 and was very sharp against truth and ,friends2 but the ,lord's power stopped them4 ,the session was large1 and the concourse of people great2 and way being made for me1 ,i came up to the bar and stood there with my hat on1 they looking earnestly upon me1 and ,i upon them for a pretty space4 ,proclamation being made for all to keep silence upon pain of imprisonment1 and all being quiet1 ,i said twice1 8,peace be among you40 ,the chairman asked1 8,if ,i knew where ,i was20 ,i said1 8yes1 ,i do1 but it may be10 said ,i1 8my hat offends you2 that is a low thing1 that is not the honour that ,i give to magistrates2 for the true honour is from above2 which ,i have received1 and ,i hope it is not the hat which ye look upon to be the honour40 ,the chairman said1 8they looked for the hat too10 and asked1 8wherein ,i showed my respect to magistrates1 if ,i did not put off my hat80 ,i replied1 8,in coming when they called me40 ,then they bid one1 8take off my hat40 ,after which it was some time before they spoke to me1 and ,i felt the power of the ,lord to arise4 ,after some pause1 old ,justice ,rawlinson1 the chairman1 asked me1 8if ,i knew of the plot80 ,i told him1 8,i had heard of it in ,yorkshire1 by a ,friend1 that had it from the high-sheriff40 ,then they asked me1 8whether ,i had declared it to the magistrates40 ,i said1 8,i had sent papers abroad against plots and plotters1 and also to you1 as soon as ,i came into the country1 to take all jealousies out of your minds concerning me and my friends2 for it was and is our principle to declare against such things48 ,they asked me then1 8if ,i knew not of an act against meetings40 ,i said1 8,i knew there was an act that took hold of such as met to the terrifying of the king's subjects1 and were enemies to the king1 and held dangerous principles2 but ,i hoped1 they did not look upon us to be such men1 for our meetings were not to terrify the king's subjects1 neither are we enemies to him or any man40 ,then they tendered me the oaths of allegiance and supremacy4 ,i told them 8,i could not take any oath at all1 because ,christ and his apostle had forbidden it2 and they had had sufficient experience of swearers1 first one way1 then another2 but ,i had never taken any oath in my life40 ,then ,rawlinson the lawyer asked me1 8whether ,i held it was unlawful to swear80 ,this question he put on purpose to ensnare me2 for by an act that was made1 such were liable to banishment or a great fine that should say1 it was 8unlawful to swear40 ,but ,i seeing the snare1 avoided it1 and told him1 8that in the time of the law amongst the ,jews1 before ,christ came1 the law commanded them to swear2 but ,christ1 who doth fulfill the law in his gospel time1 commands #8not to swear at all2' and the apostle ,james forbids swearing1 even to them that were ,jews1 and had the law of ,god40 ,after much discourse they called for the jailer and committed me to prison4 ,i had about me the paper which ,i had written as a testimony against plots1 which ,i desired they would read1 or suffer to be read1 in open court2 but they would not4 ,so being committed for refusing to swear1 8,i bid them and all the people take notice1 that ,i suffered for the doctrine of ,christ1 and for my obedience to his command40 ,afterwards ,i understood the justices said1 they had private instructions from ,colonel ,kirby to prosecute me1 notwithstanding his fair carriage and seeming kindness to me before1 when he declared before many of them 8that he had nothing against me40 ,several other ,friends were committed to prison1 some for meeting to worship ,god1 and some for not swearing2 so that the prison was very full4 ,many of them being poor men1 that had nothing to maintain their families by but their labour1 which now they were taken from1 several of their wives went to the justices who had committed their husbands1 and told them1 8if they kept their husbands in jail for nothing but the truth of ,christ1 and for good conscience' sake1 they would bring their children to them to be maintained40 ,a mighty power of the ,lord rose in ,friends1 and gave them great boldness1 so that they spoke much to the justices4 ,friends also that were prisoners wrote to the justices1 laying the weight of their sufferings upon them1 and showing them both their injustice and want of compassion towards their poor neighbours1 whom they knew to be honest1 conscientious1 peaceable people1 that in tenderness of conscience could not take any oath2 yet they sent them to prison for refusing to take the oath of allegiance4 ,several who were imprisoned on that account were known to be men that had served the king in his wars1 and had hazarded their lives in the field in his cause1 and had suffered great hardships1 with the loss of much blood for him1 and had always stood faithful to him from first till last1 and had never received any pay for their service4 ,to be thus requited for all their faithful services and sufferings1 and that by them that pretended to be the king's friends1 was hard1 unkind1 and ungrateful dealing4 ,at length the justices being continually attended with complaints of grievances1 released some of the ,friends1 but kept divers of them still in prison4 ,amongst those that were then in prison1 there were four ,friends for tithes1 who had been sent at the suit of the ,countess of ,derby1 and had lain near two years and a half4 ,one of these1 ,oliver ,atherton1 a man of a weakly constitution1 was1 through his long and hard imprisonment in a cold1 raw1 unwholesome place1 brought so low and weak in his body1 that there appeared no hope of his life1 unless he might be removed4 ,wherefore a letter was written on his behalf to the ,countess1 and sent by his son1 ,godfrey ,atherton1 wherein were laid before her 8the reasons why he and the rest could not pay tithes2 because1 if they did1 they should deny ,christ come in the flesh1 who by his coming had put an end to tithes1 and to the priesthood to which they had been given1 and to the commandment by which they had been paid under the law4 ,his weak condition of body was also laid before her1 and the apparent likelihood of his death if she continued to hold him there2 that she might be moved to pity and compassion1 and also warned not to draw the guilt of his innocent blood upon herself40 ,when his son went to her with his father's letter1 a servant of her's abused him1 plucked off his cap1 and threw it away1 and put him out of the gate4 ,nevertheless the letter was delivered into her own hand1 but she shut out all pity and tenderness1 and continued him in prison till death4 ,when his son returned to his father in prison1 and told him1 as he lay on his dying bed1 that the ,countess denied his liberty1 he only said1 8,she hath been the cause of shedding much blood1 but this will be the heaviest blood that ever she spilt20 and soon after he died4 ,friends having his body delivered to them to bury1 as they carried it from the prison to ,ormskirk1 the parish wherein he had lived1 they stuck up papers upon the crosses at ,garstang1 ,preston1 and other towns1 through which they passed1 with this inscription3--8,this is ,oliver ,atherton1 of ,ormskirk parish1 persecuted to death by the ,countess of ,derby for good conscience' sake towards ,god and ,christ1 because he could not give her tithes10 c41 setting forth at large the reasons of his refusing to pay tithes1 the length of his imprisonment1 the hardships he had undergone1 her hard-heartedness towards him1 and the manner of his death4 ,after his death1 ,richard ,cubban1 another of her prisoners for tithes1 wrote a large letter to her1 on behalf of himself and his fellow-prisoners at her suit1 laying their innocency before her2 and 8that it was not out of wilfulness1 stubbornness1 or covetousness1 that they refused to pay her tithes1 but purely in good conscience towards ,god and ,christ2 and letting her know that1 if she should be suffered to keep them there till every one died1 as she had done their fellow-sufferer ,oliver ,atherton1 they could not yield to pay her4 ,and therefore desired her to consider their case in a ,christian spirit1 and not bring their blood upon herself also40 ,but she would not show any pity or compassion towards them1 who had now suffered hard imprisonment about two years and a half under her4 ,instead thereof she sent to ,garstang1 and threatened to complain to the king and council1 and bring them into trouble1 for suffering the paper concerning ,oliver ,atherton's death1 to be stuck upon their cross4 ,the rage that she expressed made the people take the more notice of it1 and some of them said1 8the ,quakers had given her a bone to pick40 ,but she1 that regarded not the life of an innocent sufferer for ,christ1 lived not long after herself2 for that day three weeks that ,oliver ,atherton's body was carried through ,ormskirk to be buried1 she died2 and her body was carried that day seven weeks through the same town to her burying-place4 ,thus the ,lord pursued the hard-hearted persecutor4 ,i was kept till the assize2 and ,judge ,turner and ,judge ,twisden coming that circuit1 ,i was brought before ,judge ,twisden on the #adth day of the month called ,march1 in the year #affc4 ,when ,i was set to the bar1 ,i said1 8,peace be amongst you all40 ,the judge looked upon me1 and said1 8,what6 do you come into the court with your hat on80 ,upon which1 the jailer taking it off1 ,i said1 8,the hat is not the honour that comes from ,god40 ,then said the judge to me1 8,will you take the oath of allegiance1 ,george ,fox80 ,i said1 8,i never took any oath in my life1 nor any covenant or engagement40 8,well10 said he1 8will you swear or not80 ,i answered1 8,i am a ,christian1 and ,christ commands me #8not to swear1' and so does the apostle ,james1 and whether ,i should obey ,god or man1 do thou judge40 8,i ask you again10 said he1 8whether you will swear or not80 ,i answered again1 8,i am neither ,turk1 ,jew1 nor heathen1 but a ,christian1 and should show forth ,christianity40 ,and ,i asked him1 8if he did not know that ,christians in the primitive times1 under the ten persecutions1 and some also of the martyrs in ,queen ,mary's days1 refused swearing1 because ,christ and the apostle had forbidden it80 ,i told him also1 8they had had experience enough1 how many men had first sworn for the king and then against him4 ,but as for me1 ,i had never taken an oath in my life2 and my allegiance did not lie in swearing1 but in truth and faithfulness2 for ,i honour all men1 much more the king4 ,but ,christ1 who is the great ,prophet1 and ,king of kings1 who is the ,saviour of the world1 and the great ,judge of all the earth1 saith1 #8,i must not swear4' ,now1 whether must ,i obey ,christ or thee8 ,for it is in tenderness of conscience1 and in obedience to the commands of ,christ1 that ,i do not swear2 and we have the word of a king for tender consciences40 ,then ,i asked the judge1 8if he owned the king80 8,yes10 said he1 8,i do own the king40 8,why then10 said ,i1 8dost thou not observe his declaration from ,breda1 and his promises made since he came into ,england1 #8that no man should be called in question for matters of religion1 so long as he lived peaceably8' ,if thou ownest the king1 why dost thou call me into question1 and put me upon taking an oath1 which is a matter of religion1 seeing neither thou nor any else can charge me with unpeaceable living80 ,upon this he was moved1 and looking angrily at me1 said1 8,sirrah1 will you swear80 ,i told him1 8,i was none of his sirrahs1 ,i was a ,christian2 and for him1 an old man and a judge1 to sit there and give nick-names to prisoners1 it did not become either his gray hairs or his office40 8,well10 said he1 8,i am a ,christian too40 8,then do ,christian works10 said ,i4 8,sirrah60 said he1 8thou thinkest to frighten me with thy words40 ,then catching himself1 and looking aside1 he said1 8,hark6 ,i am using the word sirrah again20 and so checked himself4 ,i said1 8,i spoke to thee in love2 for that language did not become thee1 a judge4 ,thou oughtest to instruct a prisoner in the law1 if he were ignorant and out of the way40 8,and ,i speak in love to thee too10 said he4 8,but10 said ,i1 8love gives no nick-names40 ,then he roused himself up1 and said1 8,i will not be afraid of thee1 ,george ,fox2 thou speakest so loud1 thy voice drowns mine and the court's2 ,i must call for three or four criers to drown thy voice3 thou hast good lungs40 8,i am a prisoner here10 said ,i1 8for the ,lord ,jesus ,christ's sake2 for his sake do ,i suffer1 for him do ,i stand this day2 and if my voice were five times louder1 ,i should lift it up1 and sound it for ,christ's sake1 for whose cause ,i stand this day before your judgment-seat1 in obedience to ,christ1 who commands not to swear2 before whose judgment-seat you must all be brought and must give an account40 8,well10 said the judge1 8,george ,fox1 say1 whether thou wilt take the oath1 yea or nay80 ,i replied1 8,i say1 as ,i said before1 whether ought ,i to obey ,god or man1 judge thou8 ,if ,i could take any oath at all1 ,i should take this2 for ,i do not deny some oaths only1 or on some occasions1 but all oaths1 according to ,christ's doctrine1 who hath commanded his followers not to swear at all4 ,now if thou or any of you1 or your ministers or priests here1 will prove that ever ,christ or his apostles1 after they had forbidden all swearing1 commanded ,christians to swear1 then ,i will swear40 ,i saw several priests there1 but not one of them offered to speak4 8,then10 said the judge1 8,i am a servant to the king1 and the king sent me not to dispute with you1 but to put the laws in execution2 therefore tender him the oath of allegiance40 8,if thou love the king10 said ,i1 8why dost thou break his word1 and not keep his declarations and speeches1 wherein he promised liberty to tender consciences8 ,i am a man of a tender conscience1 and1 in obedience to ,christ's command1 ,i cannot swear40 8,then you will not swear10 said the judge2 8take him away1 jailer40 ,i said1 8,it is for ,christ's sake that ,i cannot swear1 and for obedience to his command ,i suffer1 and so the ,lord forgive you all40 ,so the jailer took me away2 but ,i felt the mighty power of the ,lord was over them all4 ,the sixteenth day of the same month ,i was brought before ,judge ,twisden again3 he was somewhat offended at my hat2 but it being the last morning of the assize before he was to leave town1 and not many people there1 he made the less of it4 ,he asked me1 8whether ,i would traverse1 stand mute1 or submit40 ,but he spoke so fast that it was hard to know what he said4 ,however1 ,i told him1 8,i desired ,i might have liberty to traverse the indictment1 and try it40 ,then said he1 8,take him away1 ,i will have nothing to do with him1 take him away40 ,i said1 8,well1 live in the fear of ,god1 and do justice40 8,why10 said he1 8have not ,i done you justice80 ,i replied1 8,that which thou hast done has been against the command of ,christ40 ,so ,i was taken to the jail again1 and kept prisoner till the next assizes4 ,some time before this assize1 ,margaret ,fell was sent prisoner to ,lancaster jail by ,fleming1 ,kirby1 and ,preston1 justices2 and at the assize the oath was tendered to her also1 and she was again committed to prison1 to lie till the next assize4 ,now ,justice ,fleming being one of the fiercest and most violent justices in persecuting ,friends1 and sending his honest neighbours to prison for religion's sake1 and many ,friends at this time being in ,lancaster jail committed by him1 and some having died in prison1 we that were then prisoners had it upon us to write to him1 as follows3-- 8,o ,,justice ,,fleming6 8,mercy1 compassion1 love1 and kindness adorn and grace men and magistrates4 ,o6 dost thou not hear the cry of the widows1 and the cry of the fatherless1 who were made so through persecution6 ,were they not driven1 like sheep1 from constable to constable1 as though they had been the greatest transgressors or malefactors in the land8 ,which grieved and tendered the hearts of many sober people1 to see how their innocent neighbours and countrymen1 who were of a peaceable carriage1 and honest in their lives and conversations amongst men1 were used and served6 ,one more is dead whom thou sent to prison1 having left five children1 both fatherless and motherless4 ,how canst thou do otherwise than take care of these fatherless infants1 and also of the other's wife and family8 ,is it not thy place8 ,consider ,job 7c4 xxix74 ,he was a father to the poor1 he delivered the poor that cried1 and the fatherless that had none to help4 ,he broke the jaws of the wicked1 and plucked the spoil out of his teeth4 ,but oh6 measure thy life and his1 and take heed of the day of ,god's eternal judgment1 which will come1 and the sentence and decree from ,christ1 when every man must give an account1 and receive a reward according to his deeds4 ,then it will be said1 #8,o1 where are the months that are past6' 8,again1 ,justice ,fleming1 consider1 when ,john ,stubbs was before thee1 having a wife and four small children1 and little to live on1 but what they honestly got by their own diligence1 as soon as he appeared thou criedst out1 #8,put the oath to that man4' ,and when he confessed that he was but a poor man1 thou hadst no regard2 but cast away pity1 not hearing what he would say4 ,and now he is kept in prison1 because he could not swear1 and break the command of ,christ and the apostle2 it is to be hoped thou wilt take care for his family1 that his children do not starve2 and see that they do not want bread4 ,can this be allegiance to the king1 to do that which ,christ and his apostle say is evil1 and brings into condemnation8 ,would not you have cast ,christ and the apostle into prison1 who commanded #8not to swear1' if they had been in your days8 8,consider also thy poor neighbour1 ,william ,wilson1#e who was known to all the parish and neighbours to be an industrious man1 and careful to maintain his wife and children2 yet had little1 but what he had got with his hands in diligence and travels to supply himself4 ,how should his wife maintain her children1 when thou hast cast her husband into prison1 and thereby made him incapable of working for them8 ,therefore it may be expected1 thou wilt have a care of his wife and children1 and see they do not want2 for how should they live1 having no other way to be sustained1 but by the little that he got8 ,surely the noise of this is in the very markets1 the death of thy two neighbours2 and the cry of the widows and fatherless is heard4 ,all those fatherless and widows are made so for righteousness' sake4 ,for might not ,john ,stubbs and ,william ,wilson have had their liberty still1 if they would have sworn1 though they had been such as go after mountebanks and stage-plays1 or run a hunting8 8,o6 consider1 for the ,lord's mind is otherwise2 he is tender4 ,and the king hath declared his mind to be1 that there should be no cruelty inflicted upon his peaceable subjects4 ,besides1 several poor1 honest people were fined1 who had need to have something given them2 and it had been more honourable to have given them something1 than to fine them and send them to prison2 some of whom live upon the charity of other people4 ,what honour or grace can it be to thee1 to cast thy poor neighbours into prison who are peaceable1 seeing thou knowest these people cannot do that which thou requirest of them1 if it were to save their lives1 or all that they have8 ,because in tenderness they cannot take any oath1 thou makest that a snare to them4 ,what1 thinkest thou1 do the people say concerning this8 #8,we know1' say they1 #8the ,quakers' principle1 that keep to ,yea and ,nay2 but we see others swear and forswear4' ,for many of you have sworn first one way and then another4 ,so we leave it to the ,spirit of ,god in thy conscience1 ,justice ,fleming1 who wast so eager for the taking of ,george ,fox1 and so offended with them that had not taken him1 and now hast fallen upon thy poor neighbours4 ,but1 oh6 where is thy pity for their poor1 fatherless children1 and motherless infants8 ,o1 take heed of ,herod's hard-heartedness1 and casting away all pity6 ,esau did so1 not ,jacob4 8,here is also ,thomas ,walters1 of ,bolton1 cast into prison1 and the oath imposed on him through thee2 and for denying to swear at all1 in obedience to ,christ's command1 he is continued in prison2 having five small children1 and his wife near confinement4 ,surely thou shouldst take care for them also1 and see that his wife and small children do not want2 who are as fatherless1 and she as a widow1 through thee4 ,dost thou not hear in thy ears the cry of the fatherless1 and the cry of the widows1 and the blood of the innocent speak1 who through thee have been persecuted to prison1 and are now dead8 ,o6 heavy sentence at the day of judgment6 ,how wilt thou answer1 when thou and thy works come to be judged1--when thou shalt be brought before the judgment-seat of the ,almighty1 who in thy prosperity hast made widows and fatherless for righteousness' sake1 and for tenderness of conscience towards ,god8 ,the ,lord knows and sees it6 ,o man6 consider in thy life-time1 how thou hast stained thyself with the blood of the innocent6 ,when thou hadst power1 and might have done good amongst thy peaceable neighbours1 and would not1 but used thy power not to a good intent1 but contrary to the ,lord's mind and to the king's4 ,the king's favour1 his mercy1 and clemency to sober people1 and to tender consciences1 have been manifested by declarations and proclamations1 which thou hast abused and slighted by persecuting his peaceable subjects4 ,for at ,london1 and in other parts1 the ,quakers' meetings are peaceable2 and if thou look but as far as ,yorkshire1 where the plot hath been1 ,friends' innocency hath cleared itself in the hearts of sober justices2 and for you here to fall upon your peaceable neighbours and people1 and to be rigorous and violent against them that are tender1 godly1 and righteous1 it is no honour to you4 ,how many drunkards and swearers1 fighters1 and such as are subject to vice1 have you caused to be brought before your courts8 ,it were more honourable for you to look after such2 for the law was not made for the righteous1 but for sinners and transgressors4 ,therefore1 consider1 and be humbled for these things2 for the ,lord may do to thee as thou hast done to others2 and thou dost not know how soon there may be a cry in thy own family1 as the cry is amongst thy neighbours1 of the fatherless and widows that are made so through thee4 ,but the ,quakers can and do say1 #8the ,lord forgive thee1 and lay not these things to thy charge1 if it be his will4'0#f ,besides this1 which went in the name of many1 ,i sent him also a line subscribed by myself only1 and directed3-- 8,to ,daniel ,fleming4 8,,friend1 8,thou hast imprisoned the servants of the ,lord1 without the breach of any law2 therefore take heed what thou doest1 for in the light of the ,lord ,god thou art seen1 lest the hand of the ,lord be turned against thee60 ,g4 ,f4 ,it was not long after this ere ,fleming's wife died1 and left him thirteen or fourteen motherless children4 ,when ,i was prisoner at ,lancaster1 there was prisoner also one ,major ,wiggan1 a ,baptist preacher4 ,he boasted much beforehand what he would say at the assize1 if the oath should be put to him2 and that he would refuse to swear4 ,but when the assize came1 and the oath was tendered him1 he desired time to consider of it2 and that being granted him till the next assize1 he got leave to go to ,london before the assize came again1 and stayed there till the plague broke forth1 and there both he and his wife were cut off4 ,he was a very wicked man1 and the judgments of ,god came upon him2 for he had published a book against ,friends1 full of lies and blasphemies2 the occasion of which was this4 ,whilst he was in ,lancaster castle he challenged ,friends to a dispute4 ,whereupon ,i got leave of the jailer to go up to them2 and entering into discourse with him1 he affirmed1 8that some men never had the ,spirit of ,god1 and that the true light1 which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world1 is natural40 ,for proof of his first assertion he instanced ,balaam1 affirming1 8that ,balaam had not the ,spirit of ,god40 ,i affirmed and proved1 8that ,balaam had the ,spirit of ,god1 and that wicked men have the ,spirit of ,god2 else how could they quench it1 and vex it1 and grieve it1 and resist the ,holy ,ghost1 like the stiff-necked ,jews80 ,to his second assertion ,i answered1 8that the true light1 which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world1 was the life in the ,word1 and that was divine and eternal1 and not natural2 and he might as well say that the ,word was natural1 as that the life in the ,word was natural4 ,and wicked men were enlightened by this light1 else how could they hate it8 ,now it is expressly said1 that they did hate it2 and the reason given why they hated it was1 because #8their deeds were evil2' and they would not come to it1 because it reproved them2 and that must needs be in them1 that reproved them4 ,besides1 that light could not be the ,scriptures of the ,new ,testament1 for it was testified of before any part of the ,new ,testament was written2 so it must be the divine light1 which is the life in ,christ1 the ,word1 before the ,scriptures were4 ,and the grace of ,god1 which brought salvation1 had appeared unto all men1 and taught the saints2 but they that turned it into wantonness1 and walked despitefully against the ,spirit of ,grace1 were the wicked4 ,again1 the ,spirit of ,truth1 the ,holy ,ghost1 the ,comforter1 which leads the disciples of ,christ into all truth1 the same should reprove the world of sin1 of righteousness1 of judgment1 and of their unbelief4 ,so the wicked world had it to reprove them2 and the true disciples and learners of ,christ1 that believed in the light as ,christ commands1 had it to lead them4 ,but the world that did not believe in the light1 though they were lighted2 but hated the light which they should have believed in1 and loved the darkness rather than it1--this world had a righteousness and a judgment1 which the ,holy ,ghost reproved them for1 as well as for their unbelief40 ,having proved that the good and the bad were enlightened1 that the grace of ,god had appeared unto all1 and that all had the ,spirit of ,god1 else they could not vex and grieve it1 ,i told ,major ,wiggan1 the least babe there might see him2 and presently one ,richard ,cubban stood up1 and proved him an antichrist and a deceiver by ,scripture4 ,then the jailer had me away to my prison again4 ,afterwards ,wiggan wrote a book of this dispute1 and put in abundance of abominable lies2 but it was soon answered in print1 and himself not long after was cut off1 as aforesaid4 ,this ,wiggan was poor1 and while he was a prisoner at ,lancaster1 he sent into the country1 and got money gathered for relief of the poor people of ,god in prison2 and many people gave freely1 thinking it had been for us1 when indeed it was for himself4 ,but when we heard of it1 we laid it upon him1 and wrote also into the country1 that ,friends might let the people know the truth of the matter1 that it was not our manner to have collections made for us2 and that those collections were only for ,wiggan and another1 a drunken preacher of his society4 ,after this it came upon me to write to the judges1 and other magistrates1 concerning their 8giving evil words and nick-names to such as were brought before them20 which was after this manner3-- 8,to all you that be ,judges1 or other officers whatsoever1 in the whole world1 who profess yourselves to be ,christians4 8,,friends1 8,herein and by reading the ,scriptures1 ye may see both your own words and behaviour1 and the words and practice of both ,jews and ,heathens1 and of the ,king of ,kings1 the great ,lawgiver and ,judge of the whole world4 ,first1 for the words and carriage of the ,jews1 when such as were worthy of death were brought before the rulers amongst them4 ,when ,achan had taken the ,babylonish garment1 and the two hundred shekels of silver1 and the wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight1 and ,joshua1 who was then judge of ,israel1 had by lot found him out1 he did not say unto him1 ,sirrah1#g nor1 you rascal1 knave1 rogue1 as some1 that are called ,christian magistrates1 are too apt to do4 ,but ,joshua said unto ,achan1 #8,my son' 7mark his clean language1 his savoury expression and gracious words71 #8,my son1' said he1 #8give1 ,i pray thee1 glory to the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 and make confession unto him1 and tell me now what thou hast done2 hide it not from me4' ,then ,achan confessed1 that he had sinned against the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 and thus and thus he had done4 ,then ,joshua the judge said1 #8,why hast thou troubled ,israel8 ,the ,lord shall trouble thee this day4' ,and they stoned him and his with stones1 and burnt his goods with fire4 ,but there was no unsavoury word given to him that we read of1 though he was worthy of death4 ,josh4 vii4 8,so when the man that gathered sticks upon the ,sabbath-day was taken and brought before ,moses1 the judge of ,israel1 and put in ward until the mind of the ,lord was known concerning him1 we read not of any reviling language given him1 but the ,lord said to ,moses1 and ,moses to the people1 #8,the man shall surely be put to death4' ,numb4 xv4 #ce4 8,likewise in the rebellion of ,korah1 ,dathan1 and ,abiram1 where ,moses called them to trial1 he did not sirrah them or miscall them1 but said to ,korah and the rest1 #8,hear1 ,i pray you1 ye sons of ,levi1' ,numb4 xvi4 #h4 ,and when he gave the sentence against them1 he said1 #8,if these men die the common death of all men1' c4 ,he did not say1 ,if these rascals or knaves1 as many that profess themselves ,christians now do4 8,when ,elihu spoke to ,job1 who was a judge1 and to his friends1 and said1 #8,let me not1 ,i pray you1 accept any man's person1 neither let me give flattering titles unto man1 for ,i know not to give flattering titles3 in so doing my ,maker would soon take me away1' ,job xxxii4 ,job did not say1 #8,sirrah1 hold thy tongue1' nor give him any unsavoury expression4 ,then for the words of ,david and ,solomon1 and other kings and officers1 see in the books of the ,kings and ,chronicles the savoury language that they gave to them that were brought before them2 nay1 though ,shimei cursed ,david the king1 yet neither did ,david then1 or afterwards1 nor ,solomon1 when he caused him to be put to death1 give him any reproachful language1 or so much as call him sirrah2 #b ,sam4 xvi4 and #a ,kings ii4 8,read the prophecies of ,isaiah and ,micah1 ,jeremiah1 ,ezekiel1 and the rest of the prophets1 who prophesied to several people1 and against rulers1 kings1 and magistrates2 yet where can it be found1 that they had any bad language given them1 as sirrah1 or the like1 by any ruler either of the ,jews or heathens8 ,nay1 though ,jeremiah was cast into prison1 and into the dungeon1 yet there was no such word as sirrah1 or knave given to him4 ,jer4 xxxvii4 8,then for the words and carriage of the heathens3 when ,abraham was brought before ,abimelech1 who was a king1 he gave ,abraham no unsavoury expressions1 ,gen4 xx4 ,and when ,isaac came before ,abimelech1 he gave him no taunting language either1 ,gen4 xxvi4 ,when ,joseph was cast into prison1 and that in ,egypt1 we do not read that he had any railing language given him1 ,gen4 xxxix4 ,neither did ,pharaoh1 when ,moses and ,aaron appeared before him1 give them bad language1 as sirrah1 knave1 or the like4 8,when ,nebuchadnezzar sentenced the three children to the fiery furnace1 there was no such language given them as sirrah1 knave1 rascal2 but he called them by the names they were known by1 ,dan4 iii4 ,and when ,daniel was brought before ,darius1 and sentenced to be cast into the lions' den1 he had no such names given him1 as many give now1 who call those rulers heathens1 but themselves ,christians4 8,if ye look into the ,new ,testament1 in the parable of the wedding supper1 the king1 that came to view his guests1 did not say unto him that was found without a wedding-garment1 #8,sirrah1 how camest thou in hither8' but1 #8,friend1 how camest thou in hither8' c41 though he was one that was to be bound hand and foot1 and cast into outer darkness1 ,matt4 xxii4 ,nay1 when ,judas had betrayed his master ,christ ,jesus1 the ,lord of life1 and had sold him to the priests1 ,christ did not call him sirrah1 when he came to apprehend him1 but friend3 ,matt4 xxvi4 #ej4 ,stephen in his examination1 sentence1 and death1 had no such reproachful word given him as sirrah1 or knave1 ,acts vi4 and vii4 ,when the apostles ,peter and ,john were brought before the high priest and rulers of the ,jews1 and commanded not to preach in the name of ,jesus1 ,acts iv41 they were not called sirrah1 or knaves1 nor had they any such ill names given them4 ,and when ,paul and ,silas were cast into prison by the magistrates1 there was no such word given them in their examination1 nor in their sentence1 ,acts xvi4 ,they called them men1 not rogues1 sirrahs1 or knaves4 ,and when the magistrates had done contrary to law1 they feared4 ,so ye may see how short of this example many are1 that call themselves ,christian rulers1 who are not afraid to cast innocent people into prison1 and give them ill names besides1 below both ,jews and ,heathens4 8,when the uproar was at ,ephesus about ,diana's shrine1 ,demetrius1 who bore great sway among the craftsmen1 did not call ,paul sirrah1 but ,paul1 ,acts xix4 ,and when ,paul was brought prisoner before the high-priest ,ananias1 and the council of the ,jews1 and told them he had lived in all good conscience towards ,god until that day1 though they1 who professed the ,scriptures but lived out of the life of them1 could not bear to hear of living in a good conscience1 as professors of the ,scriptures now1 that live not in the life1 cannot bear to hear of living in a good conscience now-a-days3 but ,ananias caused ,paul to be smitten on the mouth2 yet he did not call him knave or sirrah1 ,acts xxiii4 ,the apostate ,jews indeed1 who1 though they professed ,scripture1 were out of the life thereof1 and had rejected ,christ1 in accusing ,paul before the ,roman magistrates1 did once call him a #8pestilent fellow1' ,acts xxiv41 as the accusing professors who live out of the life will sometimes call us now4 ,but ,felix gave ,paul no such language2 neither did ,festus nor ,king ,agrippa1 in all their examinations of him1 give him any such words as sirrah1 rascal1 knave1 or the like1 but heard him patiently4 ,so now ,christians may see through all the ,scriptures1 that when any persons were brought before rulers1 kings1 or magistrates1 whether ,jews or ,heathens1 they did not use to call them evil names1 as sirrah1 rascal1 knave1 and the like2 they had no such fouled-mouthed language in their courts1 nor did they use to say to them1 #8,sirrah1 put off your hat4' ,now1 ye that profess ,christianity1 and say the ,scripture is your rule1 may see1 that more corrupt words proceed out of your mouths1 than either out of the ,jews or ,heathens1 if ye will try your practice by the ,scriptures4 ,and doth not the apostle tell you1 that no corrupt communication should proceed out of your mouths1 and that your words should be gracious8 ,now ,i query1 where and whence ye1 that call yourselves ,christians1 have got all these bad words and names1 seeing neither ,god1 nor ,christ1 nor the prophets1 nor the judges1 nor kings1 nor rulers1 ever gave any such names1 so far as appears by ,scripture1 either amongst ,heathens1 ,jews1 or ,christians80 ,g4,f4 ,before the next assizes1 there was a quarter-sessions held at ,lancaster by the justices2 to which though we were not brought1 ,i put ,friends upon drawing up an account of their sufferings1 and laying them before the justices in their open sessions4 ,for ,friends had suffered deeply by fines and distresses1 the bailiffs and officers1 making great havock and spoil of their goods1 but no redress was afforded4 ,and because some evil-minded magistrates would tell us sometimes of the late plot in the ,north1 we gave forth the following paper to stop their mouths1 and to clear truth and ,friends therefrom4 ,a ,testimony from the people of ,god1 whom the world calls ,quakers1 to all magistrates and officers1 of what sort soever1 from the highest to the lowest4 8,we are peaceable1 and seek the peace1 good1 and welfare of all1 as in our lives and peaceable conduct is manifested2 and we desire the eternal good and welfare of all1 and their souls' everlasting peace4 ,we are become heirs of the blessing before the curse was1 and of the power of ,god before the devil was1 and before the fall of man4 ,we are heirs of the gospel of peace1 which is the power of ,god2 and we are heirs of ,christ1 who have inherited him and his everlasting kingdom1 and do possess the power of an endless life4 ,knowing this our portion and inheritance1 this is to remove all jealousies out of your minds1 and out of the minds of all people concerning us1 that all plots and conspiracies1 plotters and conspirators against the king1 and all aiders and assisters thereunto1 we always did and do utterly deny to be of us1 or to be of the fellowship of the gospel of ,christ's kingdom1 or his servants4 ,for ,christ said1 #8his kingdom was not of this world2 if it were his servants would fight4' ,and therefore he bid ,peter #8put up his sword1 for1' said he1 #8he that taketh the sword1 shall perish with the sword4' ,here is the faith and patience of the saints1 to bear and suffer all things1 knowing that vengeance is the ,lord's1 and he will repay it to them that hurt his people1 and wrong the innocent4 ,therefore we cannot avenge1 but suffer for his name's sake4 ,we know that the ,lord will judge the world in righteousness1 according to their deeds1 and that1 when every one shall give an account to him of the #8deeds done in the body1' then will the ,lord give every man according to his works1 whether they be good or evil4 ,christ said1 he came not to #8destroy men's lives2' and when his disciples would have had #8fire to come down from heaven1' to consume them that did not receive him1 he told them1 #8they knew not what spirit they were of1' that would have men's lives destroyed1 and therefore he rebuked them and told them1 #8that he came not to destroy men's lives1 but to save them4' ,we are of ,christ's mind1 who is the great ,prophet1 whom all ought to hear in all things1 who saith to his1 #8if they strike thee on one cheek1 turn the other2 and render to no one evil for evil4' ,this doctrine of his we have learned1 and not only confess him in words1 but follow his doctrine2 therefore we suffer all manner of reproaches1 scandals1 slanders1 spoiling of goods1 buffetings1 whippings1 stripes1 and imprisonments1 for these many years2 and can say1 #8the ,lord forgive them that have thus served us1 and lay not these things to their charge4' ,and we know that the ,jews' outward sword1 by which they cut down the ,heathen outwardly1 was a type of the inward sword of the ,spirit1 which cuts down the inward ,heathen1 the raging nature in people4 ,the blood of bulls1 lambs1 rams1 and other offerings1 and that priesthood which offered them1 together with other things in the law1 were types of ,christ1 the one offering1 and of his blood1 who is the everlasting priest and covenant1 our life and way to ,god1 the great prophet and shepherd1 the head of his church1 and the great bishop of our souls1 whom we witness come2 and he doth oversee and keep his flock4 ,for in ,adam1 in the fall1 we know the striving1 quarrelling1 unpeaceable spirits are in the enmity one with another1 and not in peace2 but in ,christ ,jesus1 the second ,adam1 that never fell1 is peace1 rest and life4 ,the doctrine of ,christ1 who never sinned1 is1 to #8love one another2' and they who are in this doctrine1 hurt no man2 in which we are1 in ,christ1 who is our life4 8,therefore it is well for you to distinguish between the precious and the vile1 between them that fear ,god and serve him1 and them that do not2 and to make a difference between the innocent and the guilty1 between him that is holy and pure1 and the ungodly and profane2 for they that do not so1 bring troubles1 burthens1 and sorrows upon themselves4 ,this we write in love to your souls1 that ye may consider these things2 for we cannot say that they who hate enemies and one another1 are of ,god1 or in ,christ's doctrine1 but are opposers of it4 ,and such as wrestle with flesh and blood1 with carnal weapons1 are gone into the flesh1 out of the ,spirit4 ,they are not in our fellowship in the ,spirit1 in which is the bond of peace2 neither are they of us1 nor have we unity with them in their fleshly state1 and with their carnal weapons4 ,for our unity and fellowship stand in the gospel1 which is the power of ,god1 before the devil was1 the liar1 and the murderer1 the man-slayer1 and the envious4 ,christ's mind and his doctrine being to save men's lives1 we1 who are of ,christ's mind1 are out of1 and above these things4 ,and our desire is1 that in the fear of the ,lord1 ye may all live1 and receive ,god's wisdom1 by which all things were created1 that by it all may be ordered to his glory4 8,this is from them that love all your souls1 and seek your eternal good40 ,being now a prisoner in ,lancaster ,castle1 a deep sense came upon me of a day of sore trial and exercise that was come and coming upon all who had been in high profession of religion2 and ,i was moved to give forth the following paper as a warning to such3-- 8,now is the day that every one's faith and love to ,god and ,christ will be tried2 they who are redeemed out of the earth1 and they who are in the earth1 will be manifested2 and who is the master they serve1 and whether they will run to the mountains to cover them4 ,now will it appear who are the stony ground1 who are the thorny ground1 and who are the highway ground1 in whom the fowls of the air take away the seed1 and the thorns and cares of the world choke1 and the heat of persecution scorches and burns up your green blade2 for the day trieth all things4 ,therefore let not such as forsake truth1 for saving the earth1 say that your brother priest only #8serveth not the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 but his own belly1 and mindeth earthly things1' for such themselves also do the same1 and hug and embrace self1 and not the ,lord4 ,now it will be made manifest1 who is every one's ,god1 ,christ1 and ,saviour1 and their love will be manifest1 whether it be of the world1 or of ,god2 for if it be the love of the world1 it is enmity1 and the enmity will manifest itself what it is2 and the day will try every spirit and his fruits4 ,therefore1 my dear friends1 in the everlasting ,seed of ,god live1 that is over all the house of ,adam and his works in the fall2 and so dwelling in the ,seed1 ,christ1 that never fell1 in him you all have virtue1 life1 and peace1 and through him ye will overcome all that is in the fall40 ,g4,f4 ,i wrote also another epistle to ,friends1 to warn them to keep out of the spirit1 that wrought in ,john ,perrot and his company against the truth3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,dwell in the love of ,god1 and in his righteousness2 that will preserve you above all changeable spirits1 that dwell not in the truth1 but in quarrels4 ,avoid such1 and keep your habitations in the truth4 ,dwell in the truth1 and in the ,word of ,god1 by which ye are reconciled to him4 ,keep your meetings in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 who never fell2 then ye will see over all the gatherings of ,adam's sons and daughters1 you being met in the life over them all1 in which are your unity1 peace1 and fellowship with ,god1 and one with another1 in the life1 in which ye may enjoy ,god's presence among you4 ,so remember me to all ,friends in the everlasting ,seed of ,god4 ,the fellowship of all those that are got into fellowship in outward things1 will corrupt and wither away4 ,therefore live in the gospel1 the power of ,god1 which was before the devil was4 ,this fellowship in the gospel1 the power of ,god1 is a mystery to all the fellowships of the world4 ,so look over all outward sufferings1 and look at the ,lord1 and the ,lamb1 who is the ,first and the ,last1 the ,amen2 in whom farewell40 ,g4,f4 ,in the sixth month1 the assizes were held again at ,lancaster1 and the same judges1 ,twisden and ,turner1 came that circuit again2 but ,judge ,turner then sat on the crown bench1 and so ,i was brought before him4 ,before ,i was called to the bar1 ,i was put among the murderers and felons for about two hours1 the people1 the justices1 and the judge1 also gazing upon me4 ,after they had tried several others1 they called me to the bar1 and empannelled a jury4 ,then the judge asked the justices1 8whether they had tendered me the oath at the sessions40 ,they said1 8they had40 ,then he bid1 8give them the book1 that they might swear they had tendered me the oath according to the indictment40 ,some of the justices refused to be sworn2 but the judge said1 he would have it done1 to take away all occasion of exception4 ,when the jury were sworn1 and the justices had sworn that 8they had tendered me the oath according to the indictment10 the judge asked me1 8whether ,i had not refused the oath at the last assizes80 ,i said1 8,i never took an oath in my life1 and ,christ1 the ,saviour and ,judge of the world1 said1 #8,swear not at all4'0 ,the judge seemed not to take notice of my answer1 but asked me1 8whether or not ,i had refused to take the oath at the last assizes80 ,i said1 8the words that ,i then spoke to them were1 that if they could prove1 either judge1 justices1 priest1 or teacher1 that after ,christ and the apostle had forbidden swearing1 they commanded that ,christians should swear1 ,i would swear40 ,the judge said he was not at that time to dispute1 whether it was lawful to swear1 but to inquire whether ,i had refused to take the oath or not1 ,i told him1 8those things mentioned in the oath1 as plotting against the king1 and owning the ,pope's1 or any other foreign power1 ,i utterly deny40 8,well10 said he1 8you say well in that1 but did you deny to take the oath8 what say you80 8,what wouldst thou have me to say80 said ,i2 8for ,i have told thee before what ,i did say40 ,then he asked me1 8if ,i would have these men to swear1 that ,i had taken the oath80 ,i asked him1 8,if he would have those men to swear1 that ,i had refused the oath80 at which the court burst out into laughter4 ,i was grieved to see so much lightness in a court1 where such solemn matters are handled1 and thereupon asked them1 8if this court was a play-house8 where is gravity and sobriety8 for this behaviour doth not become you40 ,then the clerk read the indictment1 and ,i told the judge1 8,i had something to speak to it20 for ,i had informed myself of the errors that were in it4 ,he told me1 8he would hear afterwards any reasons that ,i could allege1 why he should not give judgment40 ,then ,i spoke to the jury1 and told them1 8that they could not bring me in guilty according to that indictment1 for the indictment was wrong laid1 and had many gross errors in it40 ,the judge said1 8,i must not speak to the jury1 but he would speak to them10 and he told them ,i had denied to take the oath at the last assizes2 and1 said he1 8,i can tender the oath to any man now1 and premunire him for not taking it20 and he said1 they must bring me in guilty1 seeing ,i refused to take the oath4 ,then said ,i1 8,what do ye do with a form8 ye may throw away your form then40 ,and ,i told the jury1 8it lay upon their consciences1 as they would answer it to the ,lord ,god1 before his judgment-seat40 ,then the judge spoke again to the jury1 and ,i called to him to 8do me justice40 ,the jury brought me in guilty4 ,whereupon ,i told them1 that 8both the justices and they had foresworn themselves1 and therefore they had small cause to laugh1 as they did a little before40 ,o6 the envy1 rage1 and malice that appeared against me1 and the lightness2 but the ,lord confounded them1 and they were wonderfully stopped4 ,so they set me aside1 and called up ,margaret ,fell1 who had much good service among them2 and then the court broke up near the second hour4 ,in the afternoon we were brought again to have sentence passed upon us4 ,margaret ,fell desired1 that sentence might be deferred till the next morning4 ,i desired nothing but law and justice at his hands1 for thieves had mercy2 only ,i requested the judge to send some one to see my prison1 which was so bad1 they would put no creature they had in it2 and ,i told him1 that ,colonel ,kirby1 who was then on the bench1 said1 8,i should be locked up1 and no flesh alive should come to me40 ,the judge shook his head1 and said1 8when the sentence was given1 he would leave me to the favour of the jailer40 ,most of the gentry of the country were gathered together1 expecting to hear the sentence2 and the noise among the people was1 8that ,i should be transported40 ,but they were all crossed at that time2 for the sentence being deferred till next morning1 ,i was sent to prison again4 ,upon my complaining of the badness of my prison1 some of the justices1 with ,colonel ,kirby1 went up to see it2 but when they came1 they durst hardly go in1 the floor was so bad and dangerous1 and the place so open to wind and rain4 ,some that came up said1 8sure it was a jakes-house40 ,when ,colonel ,kirby saw it1 and heard what others said of it1 he excused the matter as well as he could1 saying1 8,i should be removed ere long to some more convenient place40 ,next day1 towards eleven1 we were called again to hear the sentence2 and ,margaret ,fell being called first to the bar1 had counsel to plead1 who found many errors in her indictment2 whereupon1 after the judge had acknowledged them1 she was set by4 ,then the judge asked1 8what they could say to mine80 ,i was not willing to let any man plead for me1 but to speak to it myself2 and indeed1 though ,margaret had some that pleaded for her1 yet she spoke as much herself as she would4 ,but before ,i came to the bar1 ,i was moved in my spirit to pray1 that ,god would confound their wickedness and envy1 set his truth over all1 and exalt his ,seed4 ,the ,lord heard and answered1 and did confound them in their proceedings against me2 and though they had most envy against me1 yet the most gross errors were found in my indictment4 ,now1 ,i having put by others from pleading for me1 the judge asked me1 8what ,i had to say1 why he should not pass sentence upon me80 ,i told him1 8,i was no lawyer1 but ,i had much to say1 if he would have patience to hear40 ,at that he laughed1 and others laughed also1 and said1 8,come1 what have you to say8 he can say nothing40 8,yes10 said ,i1 8,i have much to say1 have but the patience to hear me40 ,then ,i asked him1 8whether the oath was to be tendered to the king's subjects1 or to the subjects of foreign princes80 ,he said1 8to the subjects of this realm40 8,then10 said ,i1 8look at the indictment1 and ye may see that ye have left out the word1 subject3 so not having named me in the indictment as a subject1 ye cannot premunire me for not taking the oath40 ,then they looked over the statute and the indictment1 and saw that it was as ,i said2 and the judge confessed it was an error4 ,i told him1 8,i had something else to stop his judgment20 and ,i desired him to look what day the indictment said the oath was tendered to me at the sessions there4 ,they looked1 and said1 8it was the eleventh day of ,january40 8,what day of the week were the sessions held on80 said ,i4 8,on a ,tuesday10 said they4 8,then10 said ,i1 8look at your almanacs1 and see whether there were any sessions held at ,lancaster on the eleventh day of ,january1 so called80 ,so they looked1 and found that the eleventh was the day called ,monday1 and that the sessions were on the day called ,tuesday1 which was the twelfth day of that month4 8,look now10 said ,i1 8ye have indicted me for refusing the oath in the quarter sessions held at ,lancaster on the eleventh day of ,january last1 and the justices have sworn that they tendered me the oath in open sessions here that day1 and the jury upon their oaths have found me guilty thereupon2 and yet ye see there were no sessions held in ,lancaster that day40 ,then the judge1 to cover the matter1 asked1 8whether the sessions did not begin on the eleventh80 ,but some in the court answered1 8no2 the sessions held but one day1 and that was the twelfth40 ,then the judge said1 8this was a great mistake1 and an error40 ,some of the justices were in a great rage at this1 and were ready to quit the bench2 they stamped and said1 8who hath done this8 somebody hath done it on purpose20 and a great heat was amongst them4 8,then10 said ,i1 8are not the justices here1 that have sworn to this indictment1 forsworn men in the face of the country8 ,but this is not all10 said ,i1 8,i have more yet to offer why sentence should not be given against me40 ,then ,i asked1 8in what year of the king the last assize here was holden1 which was in the month called ,march last80 ,the judge said1 8it was in the sixteenth year of the king40 8,but10 said ,i1 8the indictment says it was in the fifteenth year40 ,they looked1 and found it so4 ,this also was acknowledged to be another error4 ,then they were all in a fret again1 and could not tell what to say2 for the judge had sworn the officers of the court1 that the oath was tendered to me at the assize mentioned in the indictment4 8,now10 said ,i1 8is not the court here forsworn also1 who have sworn that the oath was tendered to me at the assize holden here in the fifteenth year of the king1 when it was in his sixteenth year1 and so they have sworn a year false80 ,the judge bid them look whether ,margaret ,fell's indictment was so or not4 ,they looked1 and found it was not so4 ,i told the judge1 8,i had more yet to offer to stop sentence20 and asked him1 8whether all the oath ought to be put into the indictment or not80 8,yes10 said he1 8it ought to be all put in40 8,then10 said ,i1 8compare the indictment with the oath1 and there thou mayest see these words1 viz4 or by any authority derived1 or pretended to be derived from him1 or his see left out of the indictment1 which is a principal part of the oath1 and in another place the words heirs and successors are left out40 ,the judge acknowledged these also to be great errors4 8,but10 said ,i1 8,i have something further to allege40 8,nay10 said the judge1 8,i have enough1 you need say no more40 8,if10 said ,i1 8thou hast enough1 ,i desire nothing but law and justice at thy hands1 for ,i don't look for mercy40 8,you must have justice10 said he1 8and you shall have law40 ,then ,i asked1 8,am ,i at liberty and free from all that hath ever been done against me in this matter80 8,yes10 said the judge1 8you are free from all that hath been done against you4 ,but then10 starting up in a rage1 he said1 8,i can put the oath to any man here1 and ,i will tender you the oath again40 ,i told him1 8he had examples enough yesterday of swearing and false-swearing1 both in the justices and the jury2 for ,i saw before mine eyes1 that both justices and jury had forsworn themselves40 ,the judge asked me1 8if ,i would take the oath80 8,i bid him do me justice for my false imprisonment all this while2 for what had ,i been imprisoned so long for8 and ,i told him ,i ought to be set at liberty40 8,you are at liberty10 said he1 8but ,i will put the oath to you again40 ,then ,i turned me about and said1 8,all people1 take notice1 this is a snare1 for ,i ought to be set free from the jailer and from this court40 ,but the judge cried1 8,give him the book20 and the sheriff and the justices cried1 8,give him the book40 ,then the power of darkness rose up in them1 like a mountain1 and a clerk lifted up a book to me4 ,i stood still and said1 8,if it be a ,bible1 give it me into my hand40 8,yes1 yes10 said the judge and justices1 8give it him into his hand40 ,so ,i took it and looked into it1 and said1 8,i see it is a ,bible1 ,i am glad of it40 ,now he had caused the jury to be called1 and they stood by2 for after they had brought in their former verdict1 he would not dismiss them1 though they desired it2 but told them1 8he could not dismiss them yet1 for he should have business for them1 and therefore they must attend and be ready when they were called40 ,when he said so1 ,i felt his intent1 that if ,i was freed1 he would come on again4 ,so ,i looked him in the face1 and the witness of ,god started up in him1 and made him blush when he looked at me again1 for he saw that ,i saw him4 ,nevertheless1 hardening himself1 he caused the oath to be read to me1 the jury standing by2 and when it was read1 he asked me1 8whether ,i would take the oath or not80 ,then said ,i1 8,ye have given me a book here to kiss and to swear on1 and this book which ye have given me to kiss1 says1 #8,kiss the ,son2' and the ,son says in this book1 #8,swear not at all2' and so says also the apostle ,james4 ,now1 ,i say as the book says1 and yet ye imprison me2 how chance ye do not imprison the book for saying so8 ,how comes it that the book is at liberty amongst you1 which bids me not swear1 and yet ye imprison me for doing as the book bids me8 ,why don't ye imprison the book80 ,as ,i was speaking this to them1 and held up the ,bible open in my hand1 to show them the place in the book1 where ,christ forbids swearing1 they plucked the book out of my hand again2 and the judge said1 8,nay1 but we will imprison ,george ,fox40 ,yet this got abroad over all the country as a by-word1 8that they gave me a book to swear on1 that commanded me #8not to swear at all2' and that the ,bible was at liberty1 and ,i in prison for doing as the ,bible said40 ,now when the judge still urged me to swear1 ,i told him1 8,i never took oath1 covenant1 or engagement in my life1 but my yea or nay was more binding to me than an oath was to many others2 for had they not had experience how little men regarded an oath2 and how they had sworn one way and then another2 and how the justices and court had forsworn themselves now80 ,i told him1 #8,i was a man of a tender conscience1 and if they had any sense of a tender conscience1 they would consider1 that it was in obedience to ,christ's command that ,i could not swear4 8,but10 said ,i1 8if any of you can convince me1 that after ,christ and the apostle had commanded not to swear1 they altered that command and commanded ,christians to swear2 then ye shall see ,i will swear40 ,there being many priests by1 ,i said1 8if ye cannot do it1 let your priests stand up and do it40 ,but not one of the priests made any answer4 8,o10 said the judge1 8all the world cannot convince you40 8,no10 said ,i1 8how is it like the world should convince me2 for #8the whole world lies in wickedness2' but bring out your spiritual men1 as ye call them1 to convince me40 ,then both the sheriff and the judge said1 8the angel swore in the ,revelations40 ,i replied1 8when ,god bringeth in his first-begotten ,son into the world1 he saith1 #8,let all the angels of ,god worship him2' and he saith1 #8swear not at all4'0 8,nay10 said the judge1 8,i will not dispute40 ,then ,i spoke to the jury1 telling them1 8it was for ,christ's sake that ,i could not swear1 and therefore ,i warned them not to act contrary to that of ,god in their consciences1 for before his judgment-seat they must all be brought40 ,and ,i told them1 8that as for plots and persecution for religion and ,popery1 ,i do deny them in my heart2 for ,i am a ,christian1 and shall show forth ,christianity amongst you this day4 ,it is for ,christ's doctrine ,i stand40 ,more words ,i had both with the judge and jury before the jailer took me away4 ,in the afternoon ,i was brought up again1 and put among the thieves some time1 where ,i stood with my hat on till the jailer took it off4 ,then the jury having found this new indictment against me 8for not taking the oath10 ,i was called to the bar2 and the judge asked me1 8what ,i would say for myself30 ,i bid them read the indictment1 for ,i would not answer to that which ,i did not hear4 ,the clerk read it1 and as he read the judge said1 8take heed it be not false again20 but he read it in such a manner that ,i could hardly understand what he read4 ,when he had done1 the judge asked me1 8what ,i said to the indictment80 ,i told him1 8at once hearing so large a writing read1 and at such a distance that ,i could not distinctly hear all the parts of it1 ,i could not well tell what to say to it2 but if he would let me have a copy1 and give me time to consider it1 ,i would answer it40 ,this put them to a little stand2 but after a while the judge asked me 8what time ,i would have80 ,i said1 8till the next assize40 8,but10 said he1 8what plea will you now make8 are you guilty or not guilty80 ,i said1 8,i am not guilty at all of denying swearing obstinately and wilfully2 and as for those things mentioned in the oath1 as jesuitical plots and foreign powers1 ,i utterly deny them in my heart2 and if ,i could take any oath1 ,i should take that2 but ,i never took any oath in my life40 ,the judge said1 8,i said well2 but10 said he1 8the king is sworn1 the parliament is sworn1 ,i am sworn1 the justices are sworn1 and the law is preserved by oaths40 ,i told him1 8they had had sufficient experience of men's swearing1 and he had seen how the justices and jury had sworn wrongly the other day2 and if he had read in the ,book of ,martyrs how many of the martyrs had refused to swear1 both within the time of the ten persecutions and in ,bishop ,bonner's days1 he might see1 that to deny swearing in obedience to ,christ's command was no new thing40 ,he said1 8he wished the laws were otherwise40 ,i said1 8,our ,yea is yea1 and our ,nay is nay2 and if we transgress our yea and our nay1 let us suffer as they do1 or should do1 that swear falsely40 ,this1 ,i told him1 we had offered to the king2 and the king said1 8it was reasonable40 ,after some further discourse1 they committed me to prison again1 there to lie till the next assize2 and ,colonel ,kirby gave order to the jailer1 8to keep me close1 and suffer no flesh alive to come at me1 for ,i was not fit10 he said1 8to be discoursed with by men40 ,then ,i was put into a tower1 where the smoke of the other prisoners came up so thick1 that it stood as dew upon the walls1 and sometimes it was so thick that ,i could hardly see the candle when it burned2 and ,i being locked under three locks1 the under-jailer1 when the smoke was great1 would hardly be persuaded to come up to unlock one of the uppermost doors1 for fear of the smoke1 so that ,i was almost smothered4 ,besides1 it rained in upon my bed1 and many times1 when ,i went to stop out the rain in the cold winter season1 my shirt was wet through with the rain that came in upon me1 while ,i was labouring to stop it out4 ,and the place being high and open to the wind1 sometimes as fast as ,i stopped it1 the wind blew it out again4 ,in this manner did ,i lie1 all that long cold winter1 till the next assize2 in which time ,i was so starved with cold and rain1 that my body was greatly swelled1 and my limbs much benumbed4 ,the assize began on the #afth day of the month called ,march1 #affd-e4 ,the same ,judges1 ,twisden and ,turner1 coming that circuit again1 ,judge ,twisden sat this time on the crown-bench1 and before him ,i was brought4 ,i had informed myself of the errors in this indictment also4 ,for though at the assize before1 ,judge ,turner had said to the officers in court1 8,pray see that all the oath be in the indictment1 and that the word1 subject1 be in1 and that the day of the month and the year of the king be put in right2 for it is a shame that so many errors should be seen and found in the face of the country20 yet there were many errors1 and those great ones1 in this indictment1 as well as in the former4 ,surely the hand of the ,lord was in it1 to confound their mischievous work against me1 and to blind them therein2 insomuch1 that although after the indictment was drawn at the former assize1 the judge examined it himself and tried it with the clerks1 yet the word1 subject1 was left out of this indictment also1 the day of the month was put in wrong1 and several material words of the oath were left out2 yet they went on confidently against me1 thinking all was safe and well4 ,when ,i was set to the bar1 and the jury called over to be sworn1 the clerk asked me1 first1 8whether ,i had any objection to make against any of the jury80 ,i told him1 8,i knew none of them40 ,then1 having sworn the jury1 they swore three of the officers of the court to prove 8that the oath was tendered to me at the last assizes1 according to the indictment40 8,come1 come10 said the judge1 8it was not done in a corner40 ,then he asked me1 8what ,i had said to it1 or whether ,i had taken the oath at the last assize80 ,i told him1 what ,i had said1 viz41 8that the book they gave me to swear on1 says1 #8swear not at all2'0 and ,i repeated more of what ,i had formerly said to them1 as it now came to my remembrance4 ,whereupon the judge said1 8,i will not dispute with you1 but in point of law40 8,then10 said ,i1 8,i have something to speak to the jury concerning the indictment40 ,he told me1 ,i must not speak to the jury1 but if ,i had anything to say1 ,i must speak to him4 ,then ,i asked him1 8whether the oath was to be tendered to the king's subjects only1 or to the subjects of foreign princes80 ,he replied1 8to the subjects of this realm2 for ,i will speak nothing to you10 said he1 8but in point of law40 8,then10 said ,i1 8look in the indictment1 and thou mayest see that the word1 subject1 is left out of this indictment also4 ,and therefore seeing the oath is not to be tendered to any but the subjects of this realm1 and ye have not put me in as a subject1 the court is to take no notice of this indictment40 ,i had no sooner spoken than the judge cried1 8,take him away1 jailer1 take him away40 ,so ,i was presently hurried away4 ,the jailer and people looked when ,i should be called for again2 but ,i was never brought to the court any more1 though ,i had many other great errors to assign in the indictment4 ,after ,i was gone1 the judge asked the jury1 8if they were agreed80 ,they said1 8yes10 and found for the king against me as ,i was told4 ,but ,i was never called to hear sentence given1 nor was any given against me1 that ,i could hear of4 ,i understood that when they had looked more narrowly into the indictment1 they saw it was not good3 and the judge having sworn the officers of the court1 that the oath was tendered me at the assize before1 such a day1 according as was set in the indictment1 and that being the wrong day1 ,i should have proved the officers of the court forsworn men again1 if the judge would have suffered me to plead to the indictment2 which was thought to be the reason why he hurried me away so soon4 ,the judge had passed sentence of premunire upon ,margaret ,fell1 before ,i was brought in2 and it seems1 when ,i was hurried away1 they recorded me as a premunired person1 though ,i was never brought to hear the sentence or knew of it2 which was very illegal4 ,for they ought not only to have had me present to hear the sentence given1 but also to have asked me first1 8what ,i could say why sentence should not be given against me80 ,but they knew ,i had so much to say1 that they could not give sentence1 if they heard it4 ,while ,i was prisoner in ,lancaster castle1 there was a great noise and talk of the ,turk's overspreading ,christendom1 and great fears entered many4 ,but one day as ,i was walking in my prison chamber1 8,i saw the ,lord's power turn against him1 and that he was turning back again40 ,and ,i declared to some what the ,lord had let me see1 when there were such fears of his over-running ,christendom2 and within a month after the news came1 that they had given him a defeat4 ,another time1 as ,i was walking in my chamber1 with my eye to the ,lord1 8,i saw the angel of the ,lord with a glittering drawn sword stretched southward1 as though the court had been all on fire40 ,not long after the wars broke out with ,holland1 the sickness broke forth1 and afterwards the fire of ,london2 so the ,lord's sword was drawn indeed4 ,by reason of my long and close imprisonment in so bad a place1 ,i was become very weak in body2 but the ,lord's power was over all1 supported me through all1 and enabled me to do service for him1 and for his truth and people1 as the place would admit4 ,for while ,i was in ,lancaster prison1 ,i answered several books1 as the ,mass1 the ,common-,prayer1 the ,directory1 and the ,church ,faith2 which are the four chief religions that are got up since the apostles' days4 ,and there being several ,friends in prison at ,lancaster and other prisons for not paying tithes1 ,i was moved to give forth the following lines3-- ,concerning ,tithes4 8,in the time of the law1 they that did not bring their tithes into the store-house1 robbed ,god2 then there was not meat in their house2 therefore the ,lord commanded #8to bring them into his house1 that there might be meat in the store-house1 which was to fill the fatherless1 stranger1 and widow4' ,but these priests1 who are counterfeits1 who take people's tithes now by a law1 are from the beast2 and if any will not pay them1 they imprison them1 or make them pay treble4 ,these rob the poor1 rob the fatherless2 and the stranger and the widow are not filled2 so their cry is gone up to heaven against these4 ,many are made almost beggars by these oppressing priests1 their cattle and corn being taken away1 and they cast into prison4 ,others are sued at law by them1 and have treble damage taken from them2 yet such priests are cried up to be ministers of the gospel4 ,though1 when the unchangeable priest was come1 the priesthood that was changeable1 was denied1 as we now deny these4 ,but if any be moved now to cry against them1 they are stocked1 beaten1 or imprisoned4 ,many are now in prison at ,lancaster1 and in other places1 by a national law2 the like whereof was never done by the law of ,god1 which was delivered to ,moses4 ,for we do not read1 that under ,moses's law any suffered imprisonment1 or spoiling of their goods for not paying tithes1 or had to pay treble damage4 ,surely1 surely1 the cry for vengeance will be heard1 which arises from the oppressed souls that lie under the altar4 ,there are many prisoners at ,kendal1 because they cannot pay tithes1 as ,captain ,ward1 ,thomas ,robertson1#h and the widow ,garland1 who has many small children2 these suffer because they cannot pay tithes4 ,others are in ,kendal prison1 who were moved of the ,lord to speak to the priests1 one to go in sackcloth1 and with ashes upon her head4 ,others have been moved to go in sackcloth1 as a lamentation for the miserable estate of this nation1 seeing so much crying up of the preaching of the gospel1 and yet so much strife1 debate1 and oaths1 and dissension among people4 ,but where the gospel is received indeed1 strife and contention are ended1 and oppression is taken off4 ,o6 the land mourns1 because of the oppression of those called ministers6 ,and though the cry of the oppressed hath not entered into the ears of the magistrates2 yet is the cry of the poor1 oppressed people of ,god1 entered into the ears of the ,lord of ,sabaoth1 who now will be avenged of all his adversaries4 ,you unjust lawgivers1 and unjust judges1 to that in all your consciences ,i speak1 to be cleared1 when ye are judged by the just ,judge of heaven and earth2 whose terror is gone forth against all the ungodly1 and all the oppressors of ,god's people whatsoever1 whether ye will hear or forbear40 ,g4,f4 ,after the assize1 ,colonel ,kirby and some other justices were very uneasy with my being at ,lancaster2 for ,i had galled them sore at my trials there1 and they laboured much to get me removed to some remote place4 ,colonel ,kirby threatened ,i should be sent far enough1 and sometimes said1 ,i should be sent beyond sea4 ,about six weeks after the assizes1 they got an order from the king and council to remove me from ,lancaster2 and with it they brought a letter from the ,earl of ,anglesea1 wherein was written1 8that if those things were found true against me1 which ,i was charged withal1 ,i deserved no clemency or mercy30 yet the greatest matter they had against me was1 because ,i could not disobey the command of ,christ1 and swear4 ,when they had prepared for my removal1 the under-sheriff and the head-sheriff's man1 with some bailiffs1 came and fetched me out of the castle1 when ,i was so weak with lying in that cold1 wet1 and smoky prison1 that ,i could hardly go or stand4 ,they had me into the jailer's house1 where were ,william ,kirby1 a justice1 and several others1 and they called for wine to give me4 ,i told them1 8,i would have none of their wine40 ,then they cried1 8,bring out the horses40 ,i desired them first to show me their order1 or a copy of it1 if they intended to remove me2 but they would show me none but their swords4 ,i told them1 8there was no sentence passed upon me1 nor was ,i premunired1 that ,i knew of2 and therefore ,i was not made the king's prisoner1 but was the sheriff's2 for they and all the country knew1 that ,i was not fully heard at the last assize1 nor suffered to show the errors that were in the indictment1 which were sufficient to quash it1 though they had kept me from one assize to another1 to the end they might try me4 ,but they all knew1 there was no sentence of premunire passed upon me2 and therefore not being the king's prisoner1 but the sheriff's1 ,i desired to see their order40 ,instead of showing me their order1 they haled me out1 and lifted me upon one of the sheriff's horses4 ,when ,i was on horseback in the street1 the town's-people being gathered to gaze upon me1 ,i told the officers1 ,i had received neither ,christianity1 civility1 nor humanity1 from them4 ,they hurried me away about fourteen miles to ,,bentham1 though ,i was so very weak1 ,i was hardly able to sit on horseback2 and my clothes smelt so of smoke1 that they were loathsome to myself4 ,the wicked jailer1 one ,hunter1 a young fellow1 would come behind1 and give the horse a lash with his whip1 and make him skip1 and leap2 so that ,i being weak1 had difficulty to sit him2 and then he would come and look me in the face1 and say1 8,how do you1 ,mr4 ,fox80 ,i told him1 8it was not civil in him to do so40 ,the ,lord cut him off soon after4 ,when we were come to ,bentham1 there met us many troopers1 and a marshal2 and many of the gentry of the country were come in1 and abundance of people to stare at me4 ,i being very weak and weary1 desired them to let me lie down on a bed1 which the soldiers permitted me2 for they that brought me thither1 gave their order to the marshal1 and he set a guard of his soldiers upon me4 ,when they had stayed a while1 they pressed horses1 and raised the bailiff of the hundred1 and the constables1 and others1 and had me to ,,giggleswick that night2 but exceedingly weak ,i was4 ,there they raised the constables with their clog-shoes1 who sat drinking all the night in the room by me1 so that ,i could not get much rest4 ,next day we came to a market-town1 where several ,friends called to see me2 and ,robert ,widders and divers ,friends came to me on the road4 ,the next night ,i asked the soldiers1 8whither they intended to carry me1 and whither ,i was to be sent80 ,some of them said1 8beyond sea20 others said1 8to ,tynemouth ,castle40 ,a great fear there was amongst them1 lest some one should rescue me out of their hands2 but that fear was needless4 ,next night we came to ,,york1 where the marshal put me into a great chamber1 where most part of two troops came to see me4 ,one of these troopers1 an envious man1 hearing that ,i must be premunired1 asked me1 8what estate ,i had1 and whether it was copyhold or free land80 ,i took no notice of his question1 but was moved to declare the word of life to the soldiers1 and many of them were very loving4 ,at night the ,lord ,frecheville 7so called71 who commanded these horse1 came to me1 and was very civil and loving4 ,i gave him an account of my imprisonment1 and declared many things to him relating to truth4 ,they kept me at ,york two days1 and then the marshal and four or five soldiers were sent to convey me to ,,scarbro' ,,castle4 ,indeed these were very civil men1 and carried themselves civilly and lovingly to me4 ,on the way we baited at ,,malton1 and they permitted ,friends to come and visit me4 ,when we were come to ,,scarbro'1 they had me to an inn1 and gave notice to the governor1 who sent six soldiers to be my guard that night4 ,next day they conducted me into the castle1 put me into a room1 and set a sentry on me4 ,being very weak and subject to fainting1 they let me go out sometimes into the air with the sentry4 ,they soon removed me out of this room1 and put me into an open one1 where the rain came in2 and smoked exceedingly1 which was very offensive to me4 ,one day the governor1 ,sir ,j4 ,crossland1 came to see me1 and brought with him ,sir ,francis ,cobb4 ,i desired the governor to go into my room1 and see what a place ,i had4 ,i had got a little fire made in it1 and it was so filled with smoke1 that when they were in it1 they could hardly find their way out again2 and he being a ,papist1 ,i told him1 that was his ,purgatory which they had put me into4 ,i was forced to lay out about fifty shillings to stop out the rain1 and keep the room from smoking so much4 ,when ,i had been at that charge1 and made it somewhat tolerable1 they removed me into a worse room1 where ,i had neither chimney nor fire-hearth4 ,this being to the sea-side and lying much open1 the wind drove in the rain forcibly1 so that the water came over my bed1 and ran about the room1 that ,i was fain to skim it up with a platter4 ,and when my clothes were wet1 ,i had no fire to dry them2 so that my body was benumbed with cold1 and my fingers swelled1 that one was grown as big as two4 ,though ,i was at some charge in this room also1 ,i could not keep out the wind and rain4 ,besides they would suffer few ,friends to come to me1 and many times not any1 no1 not so much as to bring me a little food2 but ,i was forced for the first quarter to hire one1 not a ,friend1 to bring me necessaries4 ,sometimes the soldiers would take it from her1 and she would scuffle with them for it4 ,afterwards ,i hired a soldier to fetch me water and bread1 and something to make a fire of1 when ,i was in a room where a fire could be made4 ,commonly a threepenny loaf served me three weeks1 and sometimes longer1 and most of my drink was water with wormwood steeped or bruised in it4 ,one time when the weather was very sharp1 and ,i had taken great cold1 ,i got a little elecampane beer1 and ,i heard one of the soldiers say to the other1 that they would play me a trick1 for they would send for me up to the deputy-governor1 and in the meantime drink my strong beer out2 and so they did4 ,when ,i came back1 one of the soldiers came to me in a jeer1 and asked me for some strong beer4 ,i told him they had played their pretty trick2 and so ,i took no further notice of it4 ,but inasmuch as they kept me so very strait1 not giving liberty for ,friends to come to me1 ,i spoke to the keepers of the castle to this effect3 8,i did not know till ,i was removed from ,lancaster castle1 and brought prisoner to this castle of ,scarbro'1 that ,i was convicted of a premunire2 for the judge did not give sentence upon me at the assizes in open court4 ,but seeing ,i am now a prisoner here1 if ,i may not have my liberty1 let my friends and acquaintance have their liberty to come and visit me1 as ,paul's friends had among the ,romans1 who were not ,christians but ,heathens4 ,for ,paul's friends had their liberty2 all that would1 might come to him1 and he had his liberty to preach to them in his hired house2 but ,i cannot have liberty to go into the town1 nor for my friends to come to me here4 ,so you that go under the name of ,christians1 are worse in this respect than those heathens were40 ,but though they would not let ,friends come to me1 they would often bring others1 either to gaze upon me1 or to contend with me4 ,one time a great company of ,papists came to discourse with me2 they affirmed1 8the ,pope was infallible1 and had stood infallible ever since ,peter's time40 ,but ,i showed them the contrary by history2 for one of the bishops of ,rome1 7,marcellinus by name17 denied the faith and sacrificed to idols2 therefore he was not infallible4 ,i told them1 if they were in the infallible spirit1 they need not have jails1 swords1 and staves1 racks and tortures1 fires and faggots1 whips and gallows1 to hold up their religion by1 and to destroy men's lives about it2 for if they were in the infallible spirit they would preserve men's lives1 and use none but spiritual weapons about religion4 ,i told them also what one that had been of their society told me4 ,a woman who lived in ,kent1 had not only been a ,papist herself1 but had brought over several to that religion2 but coming to be convinced of ,god's truth1 and turned by it to ,christ her ,saviour1 she exhorted the ,papists to the same4 ,one of them1 a tailor1 being at work at her house1 while she opened to him the falseness of the ,popish religion1 and endeavoured to draw him from it to the truth1 drew his knife1 and got between her and the door2 but she spoke boldly to him1 and bid him put up his knife1 for she knew his principle4 ,i asked the woman1 8what she thought he would have done with his knife80 ,she said1 8he would have stabbed her40 8,stabbed thee10 said ,i1 8what would he have stabbed thee for8 thy religion40 8,yes10 said she1 8it is the principle of the ,papists1 if any turn from their religion1 to kill them if they can40 ,this story ,i told those ,papists1 and that ,i had it from a person that had been one of them1 but had forsaken their principles and discovered their practices4 ,they did not deny this to be their principle2 but said1 8,what6 would ,i declare this abroad80 ,i told them1 8yes1 such things ought to be declared abroad2 that it might be known how contrary their religion was to true ,christianity40 ,whereupon they went away in a great rage4 ,another ,papist came to discourse with me1 who said all the patriarchs were in hell1 from the creation till ,christ came1 and that when ,christ suffered he went into hell1 and the ,devil said to him 8,what comest thou hither for1 to break open our strongholds80 ,and ,christ said1 8to fetch them all out40 ,so he said1 8,christ was three nights and three days in hell1 to bring them out40 ,i told him that was false1 for ,christ said to the thief1 8,this day thou shalt be with me in paradise40 ,and ,enoch and ,elijah were translated into heaven4 ,and ,abraham was in heaven1 for the ,scripture saith1 ,lazarus was in his bosom2 and ,moses and ,elias were with ,christ upon the ,mount before he suffered4 ,these instances stopped the ,papist's mouth1 and put him to a stand4 ,another time came ,dr4 ,witty1 who was esteemed a great doctor of physic1 with ,lord ,falconbridge2 with these came also the governor of ,tynemouth castle1 and several knights4 ,being called to them1 ,witty undertook to discourse with me1 and asked me1 8what ,i was in prison for80 ,i told him1 8because ,i would not disobey the command of ,christ1 and swear40 ,he said1 8,i ought to swear my allegiance to the king40 ,he being a great ,presbyterian1 ,i asked him1 8whether he had not sworn against the ,king1 and ,house of ,lords1 and taken the ,scotch covenant8 and had he not since sworn to the king8 and what then was his swearing good for8 ,but my allegiance10 ,i told him1 8did not consist in swearing1 but in truth and faithfulness40 ,after some further discourse1 ,i was sent away to my prison again4 ,and afterwards this ,dr4 ,witty boasted in the town amongst his patients1 that he had conquered me4 ,when ,i heard of his boasting1 ,i told the governor1 8it was a small boast in him to say he had conquered a bondman40 ,i desired to bid him visit me again1 when he came to the castle4 ,he came again a while after1 with sixteen or seventeen great persons2 and ran himself worse on ground than before4 ,for he affirmed before them all1 8that ,christ hath not enlightened every man that cometh into the world2 and that the grace of ,god1 that bringeth salvation1 hath not appeared unto all men2 and that ,christ died not for all men40 ,i asked him1 8what sort of men those were whom ,christ had not enlightened8 and to whom his grace had not appeared8 and for whom he had not died80 ,he said1 8,christ did not die for adulterers1 and idolaters1 and wicked men40 ,i asked him1 8whether adulterers and wicked men were not sinners80 ,he said1 8,yes40 8,and did not ,christ die for sinners80 said ,i4 8,did he not come to call sinners to repentance80 8,yes10 said he4 8,then10 said ,i1 8thou hast stopped thy own mouth40 ,so ,i proved that the grace of ,god had appeared unto all men1 though some turned it into wantonness1 and walked despitefully against it2 and that ,christ had enlightened all men1 though some hated the light4 ,several of the people that were present1 confessed it was true2 but he went away in a great rage1 and came no more to me4 ,another time the governor brought a priest1 but his mouth was soon stopped4 ,not long after he brought two or three parliament-men1 who asked me1 8whether ,i owned ministers and bishops80 ,i told them1 8yes1 such as ,christ sent1 such as had freely received1 and would freely give1 such as were qualified1 and were in the same power and ,spirit that they were in in the apostles' days4 ,but such bishops and teachers as theirs were1 that would go no farther than a great benefice1 ,i did not own2 for they were not like the apostles4 ,christ saith to his ministers1 #8,go ye into all nations1 and preach the gospel2' but ye parliament-men1 who keep your priests and bishops in such great fat benefices1 have spoiled them all4 ,for do ye think they will go into all nations to preach2 or any farther than they have a great fat benefice8 ,judge yourselves whether they will or not40 ,there came another time the widow of old ,lord ,fairfax1 and with her a great company2 one of whom was a priest4 ,i was moved to declare the truth to them1 and the priest asked me1 8,why we said1 ,thou and ,thee to people8 for he counted us but fools and idiots for speaking so40 ,i asked him1 8,whether they that translated the ,scriptures1 and that made the grammar and accidence1 were fools and idiots1 seeing they translated the ,scriptures so1 and made the grammar so1 ,thou to one1 and ,you to more than one1 and left it so to us4 ,if they were fools and idiots1 why had not he1 and such as he1 that looked upon themselves as wise men1 and that could not bear ,thou and ,thee to a singular1 altered the grammar1 accidence1 and ,bible1 and put the plural instead of the singular4 ,but if they were wise men that had so translated the ,bible1 and had made the grammar and accidence so1 ,i wished him to consider whether they were not fools and idiots themselves1 that did not speak as their grammars and ,bibles taught them2 but were offended with us1 and called us fools and idiots for speaking so80 ,thus the priest's mouth was stopped1 and many of the company acknowledged the truth1 and were pretty loving and tender4 ,some of them would have given me money1 but ,i would not receive it4 ,after this came ,dr4 ,cradock1 with three priests more1 and the governor and his lady 7so called7 and another that was called a lady1 and a great company with them4 ,dr4 ,cradock asked me1 8what ,i was in prison for80 ,i told him1 8for obeying the command of ,christ and the apostle1 in not swearing4 ,but if he1 being both a doctor and a justice of peace1 could convince me1 that after ,christ and the apostle had forbidden swearing1 they commanded ,christians to swear1 then ,i would swear4 ,here was the ,bible10 ,i told him1 8he might1 if he could1 show me any such command40 ,he said1 8,it is written1 #8ye shall swear in truth and righteousness4'0 8,ay10 said ,i1 8,it was written so in ,jeremiah's time2 but that was many ages before ,christ commanded1 #8not to swear at all2' but where is it written so1 since ,christ forbade all swearing8 ,i could bring as many instances for swearing out of the ,old ,testament as thou1 and it may be more2 but of what force are they to prove swearing lawful in the ,new ,testament1 since ,christ and the apostle had forbade it8 ,besides10 said ,i1 8in that text1 where it is written1 ye shall swear1 what ye was this8 ,was it ye ,gentiles1 or ye ,jews80 ,to this he would not answer4 ,but one of the priests that were with him answered1 8it was to the ,jews that this was spoken40 ,then ,dr4 ,cradock confessed it was so4 8,very well10 said ,i1 8but where did ,god ever give a command to the ,gentiles to swear8 ,for thou knowest that we are ,gentiles by nature40 8,indeed10 said he1 8in the gospel-times everything was to be established out of the mouths of two or three witnesses2 but there was to be no swearing then40 8,why then10 said ,i1 8dost thou force oaths upon ,christians1 contrary to thy own knowledge1 in the gospel-times4 ,and why dost thou excommunicate my friends80 7for he had excommunicated abundance1 both in ,yorkshire and ,lancashire74 ,he said1 8for not coming to church40 8,why10 said ,i1 8,ye left us above twenty years ago1 when we were but young lads and lasses1 to the ,presbyterians1 ,independents and ,baptists1 many of whom made spoil of our goods and persecuted us1 because we would not follow them4 ,now we being but young1 knew little then of your principles2 and if ye had intended to keep the old men that did know them1 to you1 and your principles alive1 that we might have known them1 ye should either not have fled from us as ye did1 or ye should have sent us your epistles1 collects1 homilies1 and evening-songs1 for ,paul wrote epistles to the saints1 though he was in prison4 ,but they and we might have turned ,turks or ,jews for any collects1 homilies1 or epistles1 we had from you all this while4 ,and now thou hast excommunicated us1 both young and old1 and so have others of you done3 that is1 ye have put us out of your church1 before ye have got us into it1 and before ye have brought us to know your principles4 ,is not this madness in you1 to put us out before we were brought in8 ,indeed1 if ye had brought us into your church1 and when we had been in1 if we had done some bad thing1 that had been something like a ground for excommunication or putting out again4 ,but10 said ,i1 8what dost thou call the church80 8,why10 said he1 8that which you call the steeple-house40 ,then ,i asked him1 8whether ,christ shed his blood for the steeple-house2 and purchased and sanctified the steeple-house with his blood8 ,and seeing the church is ,christ's bride and wife1 and that he is the head of the church1 dost thou think the steeple-house is ,christ's wife and bride1 and that he is the head of that old house1 or his people80 8,no10 said he1 8,christ is the head of the people1 and they are the church40 8,then10 said ,i1 8but you have given the title1 church1 which belongs to the people1 to an old house1 and you have taught people to believe so40 ,i asked him also1 8why he persecuted ,friends for not paying tithes8 ,and whether ,god ever gave a command to the ,gentiles1 that they should pay tithes8 ,and whether ,christ had not ended tithes1 when he ended the ,levitical priesthood that took tithes8 ,and whether ,christ when he sent forth his disciples to preach1 had not commanded them to preach freely1 as he had given them freely8 ,and whether all ministers of ,christ1 are not bound to observe this command of ,christ80 ,he said1 8he would not dispute that20 neither did ,i find he was willing to stay on that subject1 for he presently turned to another matter1 and said1 8you marry1 but ,i know not how40 ,i replied1 8it may be so2 but why dost thou not come and see80 ,then he threatened that he would use his power against us as he had done4 8,i bid him take heed1 for he was an old man40 ,i asked him also1 8where he read from ,genesis to the ,revelations1 that ever any priest did marry any80 ,and ,i wished him to show me some instance thereof1 if he would have us come to them to be married2 8for0 said ,i1 8thou hast excommunicated one of my friends1 two years after he was dead1 about his marriage4 ,and why dost thou not excommunicate ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and ,boaz1 and ,ruth8 ,why dost thou not use thy power against these2 for we do not read that they were ever married by the priests2 but they took one another in the assemblies of the righteous1 in the presence of ,god and his people2 and so do we4 ,so that we have all the holy men and women1 that the ,scripture speaks of in this practice1 on our side40 ,much discourse we had1 but when he found he could get no advantage over me1 he went away with his company4 ,with such people ,i was much exercised while ,i was there2 for most that came to the castle would desire to speak with me1 and great disputes ,i had with them4 ,but1 as to ,friends1 ,i was as a man buried alive3 for though many came far to see me1 yet few were suffered to come to me3 and when any ,friend came into the castle about business1 if he looked towards me they would rage at him4 ,at last the governor came under some trouble himself2 for he having sent out a privateer to sea1 they took some ships that were not enemies' ships1 but their friends'2 whereupon he was brought into trouble2 after which he grew somewhat more friendly to me4 ,for before ,i had a marshal set over me1 on purpose to get money out of me1 but ,i was not free to give him a farthing2 and when they found they could get nothing from me1 he was taken away again4 ,the officers often threatened that ,i should be hanged over the wall4 ,nay1 the deputy-governor told me once that the king1 knowing ,i had a great interest in the people1 had sent me thither1 that if there should be any stirring in the nation1 they should hang me over the wall to keep the people down4 ,there being1 a while after1 a marriage at a ,papist's house1 upon which occasion a great many of them were met together1 they talked much then of hanging me4 ,but ,i told them1 8if that was what they desired1 and it was permitted them1 ,i was ready2 for ,i never feared death nor sufferings in my life1 but ,i was known to be an innocent1 peaceable man1 free from all stirrings and plottings1 and one that sought the good of all men40 ,afterwards1 the governor growing kinder1 ,i spoke to him when he was going to ,london to the ,parliament1 and desired him to speak to ,esquire ,marsh1 ,sir ,francis ,cobb 7so called71 and some others2 and let them know how long ,i had lain in prison1 and for what2 and he did so4 ,when he came down again1 he told me1 that ,esquire ,marsh#i said he would go a hundred miles barefoot for my liberty1 he knew me so well2 and several others1 he said1 spoke well of me4 ,from which time the governor was very loving to me4 ,there were1 amongst the prisoners1 two very bad men1 that often sat drinking with the officers and soldiers2 and because ,i would not sit and drink with them too1 it made them the worse against me4 ,one time when these two prisoners were drunk1 one of them 7whose name was ,william ,wilkinson1 a ,presbyterian who had been a captain71 came to me and challenged me to fight with him4 ,seeing what condition he was in1 ,i got out of his way2 and1 next morning1 when he was more sober1 showed him1 8how unmanly it was in him to challenge a man to fight1 whose principle1 he knew1 it was not to strike2 but if he was stricken on one ear to turn the other4 ,i told him1 if he had a mind to fight1 he should have challenged some of the soldiers1 that could have answered him in his own way4 ,but however1 seeing he had challenged me1 ,i was now come to answer him with my hands in my pockets2 and 7reaching my head towards him7 #8here1' said ,i1 #8here is my hair1 here are my cheeks1 here is my back4'0 ,with that he skipped away from me1 and went into another room2 at which the soldiers fell a laughing2 and one of the officers said1 8you are a happy man1 that can bear such things40 ,thus he was conquered without a blow4 ,after a while he took the oath1 gave bond1 and got out of prison2 and not long after the ,lord cut him off4 ,there were great imprisonments in this1 and the former year1 while ,i was prisoner at ,lancaster and ,scarbro'4 ,at ,london many ,friends were crowded into ,newgate1 and other prisons1 where the sickness was2 and many died in prison4#aj ,many also were banished1 and several sent on shipboard by the king's order4 ,some masters of ships would not carry them1 but set them on shore again2 yet some were sent to ,barbadoes1 to ,jamaica1 and to ,nevis1 and the ,lord blessed them there4 ,one master of a ship was very wicked and cruel to ,friends that were put on board his vessel2 for he kept them down under decks1 though the sickness was amongst them2 so that many died of it4 ,but the ,lord visited him for his wickedness2 for he lost most of his seamen by the plague1 and lay several months crossed with contrary winds1 though other ships went out and made their voyages4 ,at last he came before ,plymouth1 and there the governor and magistrates would not suffer him1 or any of his men1 to land1 though he wanted many necessaries for his voyage2 but ,thomas ,lower1 ,arthur ,cotton1 ,john ,light1 and other ,friends1 went to the ship's side and carried necessaries for the ,friends that were prisoners on board4 ,the master being thus crossed and vexed1 cursed them that put upon him this freight1 and said1 8he hoped he should not go far before he was taken40 ,and the vessel was but just out of sight of ,plymouth before she was taken by a ,dutch man-of-war1 and carried into ,holland4 ,when they came there1 the ,states sent the banished ,friends back to ,england1 with a passport1 and a certificate1 8that they had not made an escape1 but were sent back by them40 ,in time the ,lord's power wrought over this storm1 and many of our persecutors were confounded and put to shame4#aa ,after ,i had lain prisoner above a year in ,scarbro' ,castle1 ,i sent a letter to the king1 in which ,i gave him 8an account of my imprisonment1 and the bad usage ,i had received in prison2 and also that ,i was informed1 no man could deliver me but he40 ,after this1 ,john ,whitehead being at ,london1 and being acquainted with ,esquire ,marsh1 went to visit him1 and spoke to him about me2 and he undertook1 if ,john ,whitehead would get the state of my case drawn up1 to deliver it to the master of requests1 ,sir ,john ,birkenhead1 and endeavour to get a release for me4 ,so ,john ,whitehead and ,ellis ,hookes#ab drew up an account of my imprisonment and sufferings1 and carried it to ,marsh2 and he went with it to the master of requests1 who procured an order from the king for my release4 ,the substance of the order was1 8that the king being certainly informed1 that ,i was a man principled against plotting and fighting1 and had been ready at all times to discover plots1 rather than to make any1 c41 therefore his royal pleasure was1 that ,i should be discharged from my imprisonment10 c4 ,as soon as this order was obtained1 ,john ,whitehead came to ,scarbro' with it1 and delivered it to the governor2 who1 upon receipt thereof1 gathered the officers together1 and without requiring bonds or sureties for my peaceable living1 being satisfied that ,i was a man of a peaceable life1 he discharged me freely1 and gave me the following passport3-- 8,permit the bearer hereof1 ,george ,fox1 late a prisoner here1 and now discharged by ,his ,majesty's order1 quietly to pass about his lawful occasions1 without any molestation4 ,given under my hand at ,scarbro' ,castle1 this first day of ,september1 #afff40 ,,jordan ,,croslands1 ,governor of ,scarbro' ,castle4 ,after ,i was released1 ,i would have made the governor a present for the civility and kindness he had of late showed me2 but he would not receive anything2 saying1 8whatever good he could do for me and my friends he would do it1 and never do them any hurt40 ,and afterwards1 if at any time the mayor of the town sent to him for soldiers to break up ,friends' meetings1 if he sent any down he would privately give them a charge 8not to meddle40 ,he continued loving to his dying day4 ,the officers also and the soldiers were mightily changed1 and became very respectful to me1 and when they had occasion to speak of me1 they would say1 8he is as stiff as a tree1 and as pure as a bell2 for we could never bow him40 ,the very next day after my release1 the fire broke out in ,london1 and the report of it came quickly down into the country4#ac ,then ,i saw the ,lord ,god was true and just in his word1 which he had showed me before in ,lancaster jail1 when ,i saw the angel of the ,lord with a glittering sword drawn southward1 as before expressed4 ,the people of ,london were forewarned of this fire2 yet few laid it to heart1 or believed it2 but rather grew more wicked1 and higher in pride4 ,for a ,friend was moved to come out of ,huntingdonshire a little before the fire1 to scatter his money1 and turn his horse loose on the streets1 to untie the knees of his breeches1 let his stockings fall down1 and to unbutton his doublet1 and tell the people1 8so should they run up and down1 scattering their money and their goods1 half undressed1 like mad people1 as he was a sign to them20 and so they did1 when the city was burning4 ,thus hath the ,lord exercised his prophets and servants by his power1 showed them signs of his judgments1 and sent them to forewarn the people2 but1 instead of repenting1 they have beaten and cruelly entreated some1 and some they have imprisoned1 both in the former power's days and since4 ,but the ,lord is just1 and happy are they that obey his word4 ,some have been moved to go naked in their streets1 in the other power's days1 and since1 as signs of their nakedness2 and have declared amongst them 8that ,god would strip them of their hypocritical professions1 and make them as bare and naked as they were40 ,but instead of considering it1 they have many times whipped1 or otherwise abused them1 and sometimes imprisoned them4 ,others have been moved to go in sackcloth1 and to denounce the woes and vengeance of ,god against the pride and haughtiness of the people2 but few regarded it4 ,and in the other power's days1 the wicked1 envious1 and professing priests1 put up several petitions both to ,oliver and ,richard1 called protectors1 and to the parliaments1 judges1 and justices1 against us1 full of lies1 vilifying words and slanders2 but we got copies of them1 and1 through the ,lord's assistance1 answered them all1 and cleared the ,lord's truth and ourselves of them4 ,but ,o6 the body of darkness that rose against the truth in them that made lies their refuge4 ,but the ,lord swept them away2 and in and with his power1 truth1 light1 and life1 hedged his lambs about1 and preserved them as on eagles' wings4 ,therefore we all had1 and have great encouragement to trust the ,lord1 who1 we saw by his power and ,spirit1 overturned and brought to naught all the confederacies and counsels that were hatched in darkness against his truth and people2 and by the same truth gave his people dominion1 that therein they might serve him4 ,indeed ,i could not but take notice1 how the hand of the ,lord turned against those persecutors1 who had been the cause of my imprisonment1 or had been abusive or cruel to me in it4 ,the officer that fetched me to ,holker-,hall wasted his estate1 and soon after fled into ,ireland4 ,and most of the justices that were upon the bench at the sessions when ,i was sent to prison1 died in a while after2 as old ,thomas ,preston1 ,rawlinson1 ,porter1 and ,matthew ,west1 of ,borwick4 ,and ,justice ,fleming's wife died1 and left him thirteen or fourteen motherless children1 who had imprisoned two ,friends to death1 and thereby made several children fatherless4 ,colonel ,kirby never prospered after4 ,the chief constable1 ,richard ,dodgson1 died soon after1 and ,mount1 the petty constable1 and the wife of the other petty constable ,john ,ashburnham1 who railed at me in her house1 died soon after4 ,william ,knipe1 the witness they brought against me1 died soon after also4 ,hunter1 the jailer of ,lancaster1 who was very wicked to me while ,i was his prisoner1 was cut off in his young days3 and the under-sheriff that carried me from ,lancaster prison towards ,scarbro'1 lived not long after4 ,and ,joblin1 the jailer of ,durham1 who was prisoner with me in ,scarbro' castle1 and had often incensed the governor and soldiers against me1 though he got out of prison1 yet the ,lord cut him off in his wickedness soon after4 ,when ,i came into that country again1 most of those that dwelt in ,lancashire were dead1 and others ruined in their estates2 so that1 though ,i did not seek revenge upon them1 for their actings against me contrary to the law1 yet the ,lord had executed his judgments upon many of them4 ----- ,footnote #a3 ,thomas ,salthouse of ,lancashire 7but afterwards resided in the ,south of ,england17 was born about #afcj1 and convinced when ,george ,fox first came to ,swarthmore4 ,he became an eminent minister of the gospel1 for which he suffered much4 ,in #afee he1 and ,miles ,halhead1 being pressed in spirit to visit the ,friends imprisoned at ,plymouth1 they were taken up on suspicion of having a hand in an insurrection which broke out a little before2 and though the high ,sheriff confessed he did not believe them concerned in it1 he caused them to be kept close prisoners at ,exeter for fourteen days1 and then sent them from officer to officer towards home4 ,in going towards ,bridgewater1 the officer who conducted them fell down1 and lay grovelling on the ground in the sight of many people1 and was able to go no further4 ,so they returned to the justice to tell him what had befallen the officer1 and to know what further he would do with them4 ,but he declined to interfere with them again2 set them at liberty1 and desired the ,lord to be with them4 ,for further particulars of ,thomas ,salthouse1 the reader is referred to ,whiting's ,memoirs1 p4 #deb-dfj4 ,whiting concludes his account by saying1 8,he was a pleasant man in conversation1 which rendered him acceptable to many others as well as ,friends1 had a large capacity1 and an excellent gift in the ministry4 ,he wrote some notable books1 and excellent epistles to ,friends1 though never collected as they deserve4 ,he died at his own house ,cornwall in #afij1 about sixty years of age1 in peace with the ,lord2 and is no doubt at rest with him from all his labours and sufferings1 and his works follow him40 ,footnote #b3 ,near ,handsworth-,woodhouse4 ,footnote #c3 ,john ,whitehead was a very eminent ,minister amongst the early ,friends1 valiant for the truth1 and a great sufferer for it4 ,his life and writings have been published1 to which the reader is referred4 ,he wrote a very beautiful and encouraging epistle to ,friends1 dated ,aylesbury prison1 #abth month1 #affj1 which is inserted in ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends1 #chb-chg4 ,william ,penn1 in his preface to ,whitehead's ,works1 says1 8,he was among the most eminent for his sound mind and capacity1 great zeal and boldness1 and as great humility1 patience1 and labour in word1 doctrine1 and charity40 ,footnote #d3 ,hugh ,tickell was born in ,cumberland1 about the year #afaj1 being convinced by ,george ,fox when he first visited ,cumberland in #afec1 he gave up his house for meetings1 and entertained the ,lord's messengers4 ,he became a faithful and eminent minister1 travelling up and down in the service of the ,gospel1 suffering much for it1 both in the spoiling of his goods and in imprisonments4 ,in #affd he was cast into ,carlisle jail1 with four other ,friends1 by priest ,marshall of ,crosthwaite1 and though he kept him in prison three years1 yet he took tithe of his land4 ,but afterwards this priest fell down stairs and broke his skull1 upon which he died4 ,hugh ,tickell was again imprisoned in ,carlisle jail1 when about sixty-eight years old1 by ,richard ,lowry1 another priest of ,crosthwaite1 because he could not pay him tithes1 who kept him prisoner about nine months1 part of it in a cold winter1 and in a damp nasty place not fit for men to lie in4 ,this priest ,lowry was suddenly stricken1 and had the use of one side of his tongue1 and his understanding much taken from him1 and so continued a long time--a remarkable judgment4 ,hugh ,tickell patiently bore all his sufferings1 and willingly endured them for the testimony of ,jesus and a good conscience4 ,but in his last imprisonment he contracted a distemper of body1 which1 increasing upon him after he came home1 he grew weak1 but continued in great patience2 and being sensible his end drew nigh1 set his house in order1 and1 taking leave of friends and neighbours1 he sweetly departed in great peace in #afhj1 being above seventy years of age4 ,footnote #e3 ,of the ,william ,wilson here alluded to1 the following particulars have been gathered3--,he was a man of an innocent life1 and though he had little outward learning1 ,god was pleased to teach him himself1 and called him to bear a testimony to his name1 which he did faithfully1 not only in many parts of ,england1 but in ,germany and ,scotland1 which he visited several times4 ,he was of a lowly and meek spirit1 upright and just among his neighbours1 which caused them often to submit their differences to his arbitration1 in which he was careful to find out the real truth1 and would never countenance deceit4 ,in this service he was successful1 seldom missing his desired end1 viz41 to restore peace4 ,he was faithful in his testimony for the truth1 and a sufferer for the same in prison at ,kendal1 in #afff1 and several times afterwards1 as well as by distress on his goods4 ,besides which he suffered cruel mockings1 stoning1 blows1 and wounds1 both from priests and people1 particularly at ,eskdale1 where he exhorted the people 8to mind that of ,god in their consciences1 and turn to that holy light and law which he had put into their inward parts1 that by the same they might come to know the will of ,god1 and do it40 ,because of these and like words1 one ,parker1 a priest1 beat and wounded him1 and with one of his crutches broke his head1 causing the blood to run down his shoulders4 ,the priest being lame1 and not able as he would to effect his cruel purpose1 caused his horse to be brought1 on which he mounted1 and in the sight of the people broke his staff in three pieces upon ,william ,wilson's bare head1 which made them cry out against such merciless behaviour4 ,before the priest got home1 he was overtaken with sickness1 and never came more to the steeple-house4 ,during the time of his sickness he was very loathsome1 and so died4 ,a few weeks after1 ,william ,wilson went to the same place at ,eskdale1 and for speaking to the people1 one ,fogo1 a priest1 took him by the hair of the head1 pulled him to the ground1 and drew him out4 ,in rage and cruelty he also abused his brother ,michael ,wilson2 but a few months after1 this same ,fogo1 riding over some sands1 accompanied by several people1 fell into a quicksand1 and was immediately smothered4 ,william ,wilson left behind him a widow and two daughters1 to whom he was a true husband and a tender father1 instructing his children 8to keep in the fear of the ,lord1 and to walk in the way of truth1 which he walked in himself20 often saying to them1 8it would be the best portion that they could enjoy40 ,his last illness was short4 ,having recently returned from a long journey1 wherein his body was much spent and weak1 he said1 8,i have not served the ,lord unfruitfully2 ,i have no trouble upon me2 and ,i am very sensible that all is well with me40 ,again he said1 8,he was content1 whatsoever way the ,lord pleased2 he felt as a dove1 harmless2 and as a lamb1 innocent40 ,a few hours before he died1 at which time he walked several times over the room1 he said1 as he had often before1 8,my peace far exceeds my pain20 and standing upon his feet before two ,friends1 he said1 8,o that every one would mind the ,lord1 that they might keep life40 ,he then sat down and drew breath no more4 ,he died at his own house at ,langdale1 the #ajth of the #eth month1 #afhb4 ,footnote #f3 ,we cannot be surprised at the hard language sometimes used by the early ,friends in protesting against the unchristian conduct of their persecutors4 ,the rapacity of their enemies in the early periods of the ,society carried their plunder to so great an excess1 as not only to involve many in total ruin1 but subjected them to long and cruel imprisonments1 which1 in many cases of particular hardship1 terminated in death4 ,it has already been stated that at one time there were #d1ejj ,quakers in prison in ,england and ,wales at one time4 ,in #affb1 twenty died in different prisons in ,london1 and seven more after their liberation1 from ill treatment4 ,in #affd1 twenty-five died1 and in #affe1 fifty-two more4 ,the number which perished in this way1 throughout the whole kingdom1 amounted to #cfi4 ,but for fuller particulars of the cruelties practised against the early ,quakers1 the reader is referred to the two closely printed folio volumes1 entitled ,besse's ,sufferings4 ,footnote #g3 ,the word ,sirrah must not be confounded with ,sir4 ,it was no doubt made use of strictly in the sense of the only meaning ,walker gives to it in his ,dictionary1 viz41 8,a compellation of reproach and insult40 ,footnote #h3 ,of ,thomas ,robertson not much is known1 but he appears to have been a faithful labourer in his day4 ,ambrose ,rigge1 in the ,account of his ,life1 states4 8,a fellow-labourer was prepared for me1 which was ,thomas ,robertson of ,westmorland2 who was made willing to leave his dear wife and tender babes1 to go with me into the ,lord's harvest40 ,in ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends1 p4 #bbf1 is a letter from ,thomas ,robertson to ,margaret ,fell1 under date #afee4 ,footnote #i3 ,the person whom ,george ,fox here and elsewhere styles ,esquire ,marsh1 was a gentleman attached to the court of ,charles ,,ii4 ,he always remained attached to ,george ,fox1 and ever retained a most friendly interest for the ,society in general4 ,from his station at court and office as a magistrate1 he had frequent opportunities of interposing his authority to protect the early ,friends from the unjust oppression of their persecutors4 ,footnote #aj3 ,the sickness here alluded to was the 8,plague10 which visited ,london in #affe4 ,the state of the city during this dreadful visitation seems to have been most deplorable4 ,the following striking description is from ,ellis's ,original ,letters in the ,british ,museum4 ,the letter is one addressed to ,dr4 ,sancroft from ,j4 ,tillison1 dated ,sept4 #ad1 #affe3-- 8,the desolation of the city is very great4 ,that heart is either of steel or stone1 that will not lament this sad visitation1 and will not bleed for those unutterable woes6 ,what eye would not weep to see so many habitations uninhabited--the poor sick not visited--the hungry not fed--the grave not satisfied6 ,death stares us continually in the face in every infected person that passes by us1 in every coffin which is daily and hourly carried along the streets4 ,the custom was in the beginning to bury the dead in the night only2 but now both night and day will hardly be time enough to do it4 ,the ,quakers 7as we are informed7 have buried1 in their piece of ground1 a thousand for some weeks together past40 ,george ,whitehead relates the satisfaction and comfort many innocent ,friends expressed on their deathbeds1 both in ,newgate and other noisome places during the plague4 ,death was truly gain to these3 8it being through death10 says ,whitehead1 8that the ,lord had appointed the final deliverance of many from the cruelties and rod of the oppressors1 and from the miseries and evil to come40--8,whilst the plague was raging in the city10 he adds1 8our persecutors took fifty-five of our ,friends 7men and women7 out of ,newgate1 where the distemper also prevailed1 and forced them on board a ship for banishment1 which lay for some time in the river4 ,they were so crowded on board1 and the distemper breaking out amongst them1 most of them were infected1 and twenty-seven of them soon died4 ,i visited them1 and had a meeting with them on board1 and the ,lord my ,god preserved me1 both from the distemper and also from banishment1 wherein ,i did humbly confess his power and special providence to his own praise and glory40 ,footnote #aa3 ,see extraordinary occurrences in an attempt to banish a number of ,friends recorded in a note in ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends1 p4 #adb-ade4 ,footnote #ab3 ,ellis ,hookes was employed in ,london as a recording clerk to the ,society of ,friends4 ,it was he who commenced the ,record of ,sufferings 7mentioned to ,george ,fox in a letter bearing date #affj1 inserted in ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends1 p4 #hf1 #hg71 which were written out into large folio volumes1 still preserved among the ,society's records in ,london4 ,these are continued down to the present day in forty or more of these large volumes4 ,the clear and excellent writing of ,ellis ,hookes extends over a large portion of the first of these bulky folios4 ,to the narratives of sufferings and persecutions1 were added accounts of what were regarded as judgments upon persecutors2 which were1 doubtless in that day1 ordered to be recorded1 under a sense of the fear of ,god1 and in testimony unto his overruling power4 ,ellis ,hookes died in #afha4 ,in the ,london ,register of ,burials1 he is described 8of ,horslydown in ,southwark1 scrivenor20 and 8died the #abth of the #ith month1 #afha1 of a consumption 7having been clerk to ,friends in ,london about twenty-four years7--he was buried in ,checker ,alley40 ,footnote #ac3 ,the great fire of ,london occurred towards the latter end of #afff4 ,the narratives given in the ,diaries of ,evelyn and ,pepys1 who were eye-witnesses of it1 are sad indeed4 ,evelyn writes--8,sept4 #c4 ,the fire continued all this night 7if ,i may call that night1 which was light as day for ten miles about71 after a dreadful manner--when conspiring with a fierce eastern wind1 in a very dry season4 ,i went on foot to the ,bankside in ,southwark1 and saw the whole south part of the city burning from ,cheapside to the ,thames1 and all along ,cornhill1 ,tower ,street1 ,gracious ,street1 and so along to ,bainard's ,castle1 and was now taking hold of ,st4 ,paul's ,church4 ,the conflagration was so universal1 and the people so astonished1 that from the beginning 7,i know not by what despondency or fate7 they hardly stirred to quench it2 so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation1 and running about like distracted creatures4 ,o6 the miserable and calamitous spectacle6 such as happily the world had not seen the like since the foundation of it1 nor to be outdone till the universal conflagration4 ,all the sky was of a fiery aspect1 like the top of a burning oven1 the light being seen above forty miles round about for many nights4 ,the poor inhabitants were dispersed about ,st4 ,george's ,fields and ,moorfields1 as far as ,highgate1 and several miles in circle--some under tents1 some under miserable huts and hovels1 many without a rag or necessary utensils1 bed or board2 who1 from delicateness1 riches1 or easy accommodations in stately and well-furnished houses1 were now reduced to extremest misery and poverty10 c41 vol4 i4 p4 #cgb-cgd4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 #afff-affi4--;,george ,fox visits a man above one hundred years old1 who had been convinced--refutes a slander that ,friends love none but themselves--has a meeting at ,captain ,taylor's at ,brighouse1 where a neighbouring knight threatens again to imprison him--comes to ,london1 and finds the city in ruins as he had seen it in a vision some years before--is moved to recommend the setting up of monthly meetings to take care of ,god's glory1 and to admonish and exhort such as walk disorderly--travels through the nation for this purpose--meets with opposition in ,huntingdonshire and ,bedfordshire--when at ,shrewsbury it was rumoured that 8the great ,quaker of ,england was come to town0--the hypocrisy of the ,presbyterians detected--they and the ,independents persecute when in power1 but flinch in time of persecution by other powers--,george ,fox recommends certain regulations to be observed relative to ,friends' marriages--he also recommends the establishment of a school at ,waltham for boys1 and one at ,shacklewell for girls--the meetings for discipline are the means of a great reformation among the people--,george ,fox discovers a cheat1 writes a prophetic warning to ,friends--monthly meetings settled throughout the nation--the order and good results thereof--,george ,fox disputes with a ,papist--confers with ,esquire ,marsh 7,justice71 and shows him how to distinguish between ,friends and other dissenters who refused the oath--,justice ,marsh is afterwards very serviceable to ,friends in screening them from suffering1 and recommends the king to grant liberty of conscience--fourteen monthly meetings are settled in ,yorkshire--,isaac ,lindley to ,george ,fox--when at ,scarbro' the governor presses ,george ,fox to accept his hospitality--large and precious meetings4 ,being now freed from my imprisonment in ,scarbro' castle1 ,i went about three miles to a large general meeting at a ,friend's house1 that had been a chief constable2 and all was quiet and well4 ,on the fourth day after1 ,i returned to ,scarbro'1 and had a meeting in the town at ,peter ,hodgson's house4 ,to this came one called a lady1 and several other great persons1 also a young man1 son to the bailiff of the town1 who had been convinced1 while ,i was there in prison4 ,that lady 7so called7 came to me1 and said1 8,i spoke against the ministers40 ,i told her1 8such as the prophets and ,christ declared against formerly1 ,i declared against now40 ,from hence ,i went to ,,whitby2 and1 having visited ,friends there1 passed to ,,burlington1 where ,i had another meeting4 ,thence to ,,oram1 where ,i had another meeting3 and thence to ,marmaduke ,storr's1 and had a large meeting at a constable's house1 on whom the ,lord had wrought a great miracle4 ,next day1 two ,friends being to take each other in marriage1 there was a very great meeting1 which ,i attended4 ,i was moved to open to the people the state of our marriages1 declaring how the people of ,god took one another in the assemblies of the elders1 and that it was ,god who joined man and woman together before the fall4 ,and though men had taken upon them to join in the fall1 yet in the restoration it was ,god's joining1 that was the right and honourable marriage3 but never any priest did marry any1 that we read of in the ,scriptures1 from ,genesis to the ,revelations4 ,then ,i showed them the duty of man and wife1 how they should serve ,god1 being heirs of life and grace together4 ,i passed thence to ,grace ,barwick's1 where ,i had a general meeting1 which was very large4 ,i came next to ,richard ,shipton's1 where ,i had another meeting2 and so to a priest's house1 whose wife was convinced1 and himself grown very loving1 and glad to see me4 ,this was that priest1 who1 in the year #afea1 threatened1 8if ever he met me again1 he would have my life1 or ,i should have his20 and said1 8he would lose his head1 if ,i were not knocked down in a month40 ,but now he was partly convinced1 and become very kind4 ,i went from his house towards the sea1 where several ,friends came to visit me2 and amongst others1 ,philip ,scafe1 who had formerly been a priest1 but1 having received the truth1 was now become a preacher of ,christ freely1 and continued so4 ,passing on1 ,i called to see an ancient man1 who was convinced of truth1 and was above a hundred years old4 ,then ,i came to a ,friend's house1 where ,i had a great meeting1 and quiet4 ,i had a great meeting near ,,malton2 and another large one near ,,hull2 from which ,i went to ,,howden-,,dyke4 ,as we went into the town1 the watchmen questioned me and those that were with me2 but not having any warrant to stay us1 we passed by them1 who in a rage threatened they would search us out4 ,i went to the house of one called the ,lady ,montague1 where ,i lodged that night2 and several friends came to visit me4 ,next morning1 being up early1 ,i walked into the orchard1 and saw a man about sunrise go into the house in a great cloak4 ,he stayed not long2 but came soon out again1 and went away1 not seeing me4 ,i felt something strike at my life2 and went into the house1 where ,i found the maid-servant affrighted and trembling4 ,she told me1 8that man had a naked rapier under his cloak40 ,by which ,i perceived he came with an intent to do mischief1 but the ,lord prevented him4 ,i then visited ,friends till ,i came to ,,york1 where we had a large meeting4 ,after which ,i went to visit ,justice ,robinson1 an ancient justice of the peace1 who had been very loving to me and ,friends from the beginning4 ,there was a priest with him1 who told me1 8it was said of us1 that we loved none but ourselves40 ,i told him1 8we loved all mankind1 as they were ,god's creation1 and as they were children of ,adam and ,eve by generation2 and we loved the brotherhood in the ,holy ,ghost40 ,this stopped him4 ,after some other discourse1 we parted friendly1 and passed away4 ,about this time ,i wrote a book1 entitled ,fear ,god1 and ,honour the ,king2 in which ,i showed1 8that none could rightly fear ,god1 and honour the ,king1 but they that departed from sin and evil40 ,this book affected the soldiers much1 and most people4 ,having visited ,friends at ,,york1 we passed to a market town1 where we had a meeting at ,george ,watkinson's1 formerly a justice4 ,a glorious1 blessed meeting it was1 and very large1 and the ,seed of life was set over all4 ,we should have been troubled to get into this town1 had not ,providence made way for us2 for the watchmen stood ready to stop us4 ,but a man riding just before us1 the watchmen questioned him first2 and perceiving he was a justice of peace1 they let him pass2 and we riding close after him1 by that means escaped4 ,from this place we passed to ,thomas ,taylor's1 formerly a captain1 where we had a precious meeting4 ,hard by ,thomas ,taylor's lived a knight1 who was much displeased when he heard ,i was likely to be released out of prison2 and threatened that1 8if the king set me at liberty1 he would send me to prison again the next day40 ,but though ,i had this meeting so near him1 yet the ,lord's power stopped him from meddling1 and the meeting was quiet4 ,colonel ,kirby also1 who had been the chief means of my imprisonment at ,lancaster and ,scarbro' castles1 when he heard ,i was set at liberty1 got another order for taking me up2 and said1 8he would ride his horse forty miles to take me1 and would give forty pounds to have me taken40 ,a while after ,i came so near as to have a meeting within two miles of him2 he was then struck with the gout1 and kept his bed1 so that it was thought he would have died4 ,from ,thomas ,taylor's ,i visited ,friends till ,i came to ,,synderhill-,,green1 where ,i had a large and general meeting4 ,the priest of the place1 hearing of it1 sent the constable to the justices for a warrant1 and they rode their horses so hard1 that they almost spoiled them2 but the notice they had being short1 and the way long1 the meeting was ended before they came4 ,i did not hear of them till ,i was going out of the house1 after meeting was over1 and then a ,friend came and told me1 8they were searching another house for me1 the one ,i was then going to40 ,as ,i went along the fields to it1 ,i met the constables1 wardens1 and the justice's clerk4 ,i passed through them1 they looked at me1 and went to the house they had been searching4 ,thus they lost their design2 for the ,lord's power bound them1 and preserved me over them2 and ,friends parted1 and all escaped them4 ,the officers went away as they came2 for the ,lord had frustrated their design2 praised be his name for ever4 ,after this ,i went to ,,derbyshire1 where ,i had a large meeting4 ,some ,friends were apprehensive of the constables coming2 for they had great persecution in those parts2 but our meeting was quiet4 ,a justice of peace in that county had taken away much of ,friends' goods2 whereupon ,ellen ,fretwell had made her appeal to the sessions2 and the rest of the justices granted her her goods again1 and spoke to the persecuting justice1 that he should not do so any more4 ,she was moved to speak and warn him2 whereupon he bid her1 8come and sit down on the bench40 8,ay10 said she1 8if ,i may persuade you to do justice to the country1 ,i will sit down with you40 8,no10 said he1 8then you shall not2 get out of the court40 ,as she was going out1 she was moved of the ,lord to turn again1 and say1 8she should be there1 when he should not40 ,after the sessions were ended1 he went home1 and drove away her brother's oxen1 for going to meetings4 ,then ,susan ,frith1 a ,friend of ,chesterfield1 was moved of the ,lord to tell him1 that 8if he continued in persecuting the innocent1 the ,lord would execute his plagues upon him40 ,soon after which he fell distracted1 and died in that state4 ,this relation ,i had from ,ellen ,fretwell herself4 ,i travelled into ,,nottinghamshire1 and had a large meeting at ,,skegby2 from thence ,i went to ,,mansfield1 where also ,i had a meeting2 thence to another town1 where there was a fair1 at which ,i met with many ,friends4 ,then passing through the forest in a very thundering and rainy day1 ,i came to ,,nottingham4 ,so great was the tempest many trees were torn up by the roots1 and some people killed2 but the ,lord preserved us4 ,on ,first-day following ,i had a large meeting in ,nottingham1 very quiet2 ,friends were come to sit under their teacher1 the ,grace of ,god1 which brought them salvation1 and were established upon the rock and foundation1 ,christ ,jesus4 ,after the meeting ,i went to visit the ,friend who had been sheriff about the year #afdi1 whose prisoner ,i then was4 ,from ,nottingham ,i passed into ,,leicestershire and came to ,,sileby1 where we had a large1 blessed meeting4 ,after which ,i went to ,,leicester to visit the prisoners there1 and then to ,john ,penford's1 where we had a general meeting1 large and precious4 ,from thence ,i passed1 visiting ,friends and my relations1 till ,i came to ,,warwick1 where having visited the prisoners1 ,i passed to ,,baddesley1 and had a precious meeting there4 ,then ,i travelled through ,,northamptonshire1 ,,bedfordshire1 ,,buckinghamshire1 and ,,oxfordshire1 visiting ,friends in each county4 ,in ,oxfordshire the devil had laid a snare for me1 but the ,lord broke it2 his power came over all1 his blessed truth spread1 and ,friends were increased therein4 ,thus after ,i had passed through many counties1 visiting ,friends1 and had many large and precious meetings amongst them1 ,i came to ,,london4 ,but ,i was weak with lying almost three years in cruel and hard imprisonments2 my joints and my body were so stiff and benumbed1 that ,i could hardly get on my horse or bend my joints2 nor could ,i well bear to be near the fire or to eat warm meat1 ,i had been kept so long from it4 ,being come to ,london1 ,i walked a little among the ruins1 and took good notice of them4 ,i saw the city lying1 according as the word of the ,lord came to me concerning it several years before4 ,after ,i had been a time in ,london1 and visited ,friends' meetings through the city1 ,i went into the country again1 and had large meetings at ,,kingston1 ,,reading1 and in ,,wiltshire1 till ,i came to ,,bristol1 where also ,i had many large meetings4 ,thomas ,lower came thither out of ,cornwall to meet me3 and ,friends were there from several parts of the nation1 it being then the fair time4 ,after ,i was clear of ,bristol1 ,i left that city and went to ,nathaniel ,crisp's2 and so through the country to ,,london again1 having large meetings in the way1 and all quiet1 blessed be the ,lord4 ,thus1 though ,i was very weak1 yet ,i travelled up and down in the service of the ,lord1 who enabled me to go through it4 ,about this time some1 that had run out from truth and clashed against ,friends1 were reached unto by the power of the ,lord1 which came wonderfully over1 and made them condemn and tear their papers of controversies to pieces4 ,several meetings we had with them1 and the ,lord's everlasting power was over all1 and set judgment on the head of that which had run out4 ,in these meetings1 which lasted whole days1 several who had run out with ,john ,perrot and others1 came in again1 and condemned that spirit which led them to keep on their hats1 when ,friends prayed1 and when they themselves prayed4 ,some of them said1 8that ,friends were more righteous than they10 and that1 8if ,friends had not stood1 they had been gone1 and had fallen into perdition40 ,thus the ,lord's power was wonderfully manifested1 and came over all4 ,then ,i was moved of the ,lord to recommend the setting up of five monthly meetings of men and women in the city of ,london 7besides the women's meetings and the quarterly meetings17 to take care of ,god's glory1 and to admonish and exhort such as walked disorderly or carelessly1 and not according to truth4 ,for whereas ,friends had had only quarterly meetings1 now truth was spread1 and ,friends were grown more numerous1 ,i was moved to recommend the setting up of monthly meetings throughout the nation4#ad ,and the ,lord opened to me what ,i must do1 and how the men's and women's monthly and quarterly meetings should be ordered and established in this and in other nations2 and that ,i should write to those where ,i did not come1 to do the same4 ,after things were well settled at ,london1 and the ,lord's truth1 power1 seed1 and life reigned and shone over all in the city1 ,i went into ,,essex4 ,after the monthly meetings were settled in that county1 ,i went into ,,suffolk and ,,norfolk1 ,thomas ,dry being with me4 ,when we had visited ,friends in those parts1 and the monthly meetings were settled1 we went into ,,huntingdonshire1 where we had very large and blessed gatherings2 and though we met with some opposition1 the ,lord's power came over all1 and the monthly meetings were established there also4 ,when we came into ,,bedfordshire1 we had great opposition2 but the ,lord's power came over it all4 ,afterwards we went into ,,nottinghamshire1 where we had many precious gatherings1 and the monthly meetings were settled there4 ,then passing into ,,lincolnshire we had a meeting of some men ,friends of all the meetings in the county1 at his house who had formerly been sheriff of ,lincoln1 and all was quiet4 ,after this we passed over ,trent into ,,nottinghamshire again1 the ex-sheriff of ,lincoln being with me1 where we had some of all the meetings in that county together4 ,our meeting was glorious and peaceable2 and many precious meetings we had in that county4 ,at that time ,william ,smith was very weak and sick1 and the constables and others had seized all his goods1 to the very bed he lay upon1 for truth's sake4 ,these officers threatened to break up our meeting2 but the ,lord's power chained them1 so that they had not power to meddle with us1 blessed be his name4 ,after it1 ,i went to visit ,william ,smith1 and there were constables and others watching his corn and beasts1 that none of them might be removed4#ae ,thence we passed to ,,leicestershire and ,,warwickshire1 where we had many blessed meetings4 ,the order of the gospel was set up1 and the men's monthly meetings established in all those counties4 ,then we went into ,,derbyshire1 where we had several large and blessed meetings4 ,in many places we were threatened by the officers1 but1 through the power of the ,lord we escaped their hands4 ,leaving things well settled in ,derbyshire1 we travelled over the ,peak hills1 which were very cold 7for it was then frost and snow71 and came into ,,staffordshire4 ,at ,thomas ,hammersley's we had a general men's meeting2 where things were well settled in the gospel order1 and the monthly meetings established also4 ,but ,i was so exceedingly weak1 ,i was hardly able to get on or off my horse's back2 but my spirit being earnestly engaged in the work the ,lord had concerned me in1 and sent me forth about1 ,i travelled on therein1 notwithstanding the weakness of my body1 having confidence in the ,lord1 that he would carry me through1 as he did1 by his power4 ,we came into ,,cheshire1 where we had several blessed gatherings1 and a general men's meeting1 wherein all the monthly meetings for that county were settled1 according to the gospel order1 in and by the power of ,god4 ,after the meeting ,i passed away4 ,but when the justices heard of it1 they were very much troubled1 that they had not come and broken it up1 and taken me2 but the ,lord prevented them4 ,after ,i had cleared myself there in the ,lord's service1 ,i passed into ,,lancashire1 to ,william ,barnes's1 near ,,warrington1 where met some of most of the meetings in that county2 and there all the monthly meetings were established in gospel order4 ,from thence ,i sent papers into ,,westmorland by ,leonard ,fell and ,robert ,widders1 and also into ,,durham1 ,,cleveland1 ,,northumberland1 ,,cumberland1 and ,,scotland1 to exhort ,friends to settle the monthly meetings in the ,lord's power in those places2 which they did4 ,so the ,lord's power came over all1 and the heirs of it came to inherit it4 ,for the authority of our meetings1 is the power of ,god1 the gospel1 which brings life and immortality to light2 that all may see over the devil that hath darkened them1 and that all the heirs of the gospel may walk according to the gospel1 and glorify ,god with their bodies1 souls1 and spirits1 which are the ,lord's2 for the order of the glorious gospel is not of man1 nor by man4 ,to this meeting in ,lancashire1 ,margaret ,fell1 being a prisoner1 got liberty to come1 and went with me to ,jane ,milner's in ,,cheshire1 where we parted4 ,i passed into ,,shropshire1 and from thence into ,,wales1 and had a large general men's meeting at ,charles ,lloyd's1 where some opposers came in1 but the ,lord's power brought them down4 ,having gone through ,,denbighshire and ,,montgomeryshire we passed into ,,merionethshire1 where we had several blessed meetings2 and then went to the sea-side1 where we had a precious meeting4 ,and ,friends in these parts1 being established on ,christ1 their foundation1 and the monthly meetings settled in the power of ,god1 we left ,wales and returned into ,shropshire1 where the ,friends of the country gathering together1 the monthly meetings were established there also4 ,then coming into ,,worcestershire1 after many meetings amongst ,friends in that county1 we had a general men's meeting at ,henry ,gibb's house1 at ,,pashur1 where also the monthly meetings were settled in gospel order4 ,the sessions were held that day in the town1 and some ,friends were concerned lest they should send officers to break up our meeting2 but the ,lord's power restrained them1 so that it was quiet2 through which power we had dominion4 ,i had several meetings amongst ,friends in that county till ,i came to ,,worcester2 and it being the fair time1 we had a precious meeting there4 ,there was then in ,worcester one ,major ,wild1 a persecuting man2 and after ,i was gone out of town1 some of his soldiers inquired after me2 but having left ,friends there settled in good order1 we passed to ,,droitwich1 and thence to ,,shrewsbury1 where also we had a very precious meeting4 ,the mayor hearing that ,i was in town1 got the rest of the officers together1 to consult what to do against me2 for they said1 8the great ,quaker of ,england was come to town40 ,but when they were come together1 the ,lord confounded their counsels1 so that1 when some were for imprisoning me1 others opposed it2 and so being divided among themselves1 ,i escaped their hands4 ,we went also into ,,radnorshire1 where we had many precious gatherings1 and the monthly meetings were settled in the ,lord's power4 ,as we came out of that county1 staying a little at a market-town1 a justice's clerk and other rude fellows combined together to do us mischief on the road4 ,they followed us out of town1 and soon overtook us2 but there being many market-people on the way1 they were somewhat hindered from doing what they intended4 ,yet observing two of our company ride at some distance behind1 they set upon them2 and one of them drew his sword1 and cut one of those two ,friends1 whose name was ,richard ,moor1 ,surgeon1 of ,shrewsbury4 ,meanwhile another of these rude fellows came galloping after me and the other ,friend that was with me2 and having to pass over a narrow bridge1 in his eagerness to get before us he rode into the brook1 and plunged his horse into a deep hole in the water4 ,i saw the design1 and stopped1 desiring ,friends to be patient1 and give them no occasion4 ,by this time ,richard ,moor came up to us1 with the other ,friend that was with him1 who knew the men and their names4 ,then we rode on1 and a little further met another man on foot much in liquor1 with a naked sword in his hand4 ,and not far beyond him we met two men and women1 one of whom had his thumb cut off by the drunken man2 for he1 being in drink1 attempted rudeness to one of the women2 and this man withstanding him1 and rescuing her1 he drew his sword and cut off his thumb4 ,now this drunken man had a horse1 which being loose1 followed him some way behind4 ,i rode after it1 and having caught it1 brought it to the man that had his thumb cut off2 and bid him take the horse to the next justice of peace1 by which means they might find out1 and pursue the man that had wounded him4 ,on this occasion ,i wrote to the justices1 and to the judge of the assize which was then at hand2 and employed some ,friends to carry it to the justices first4 ,the justice to whom the clerk belonged1 rebuked his clerk and the others also1 for abusing us on the highway2 so that they were glad to come and entreat ,friends not to appear against them at the assize2 which1 on their submission and acknowledgment of their fault1 was granted4 ,this was of good service in the country1 for it stopped many rude people1 who before had been forward to abuse ,friends4 ,we passed into ,,herefordshire1 where we had several blessed gatherings2 and we had a general men's meeting also1 where all the monthly meetings were settled4 ,there was about this time a proclamation against meetings2 and as we came through ,herefordshire1 we were told of a great meeting there of the ,presbyterians1 who had engaged themselves to stand and give up all1 rather than forsake their meetings4 ,when they heard of this proclamation1 the people came1 but the priest was gone1 and they were then at a loss4 ,then they met in ,leominster privately1 and provided bread1 cheese1 and drink in readiness1 that if the officers should come1 they might put up their ,bibles and fall to eating4 ,the bailiff found them out1 and came in among them1 and said1 8their bread and cheese should not cover them1 he would have their speakers40 ,they cried1 8what then would become of their wives and children80 ,but he took their speakers and kept them awhile4 ,this the bailiff told ,peter ,young1 and said1 8they were the veriest hypocrites that ever made a profession of religion40 ,the like contrivance they had in other places4 ,for there was one ,pocock at ,london1 that married ,abigail ,darcy1 who was called a lady2 and she being convinced of truth1 ,i went to his house to see her4 ,this ,pocock had been one of the triers of the priests2 and1 being a high ,presbyterian1 and envious against us1 he used to call our ,friends house-creepers4 ,he being present1 she said to me1 8,i have something to speak to thee against my husband40 8,nay10 said ,i1 8thou must not speak against thy husband40 8,yes10 said she1 8but ,i must in this case4 ,last ,first-day10 said she1 8he and his priests and people1 the ,presbyterians1 met2 they had candles and tobacco-pipes1 bread1 cheese1 and cold meat on the table2 and they agreed beforehand1 that if the officers should come in upon them1 then they would leave their preaching and praying1 and fall to their cold meat40 8,o10 said ,i to him1 8is not this a shame to you1 who persecuted and imprisoned us1 and spoiled our goods1 because we would not join you in your religion1 and called us house-creepers1 that now ye do not stand to your own religion yourselves8 ,did ye ever find our meetings stuffed with bread and cheese and tobacco-pipes8 ,or did you ever read in the ,scriptures of any such practice among the saints80 8,why10 said the old man1 8,we must be as wise as serpents40 ,i replied1 8this is the serpent's wisdom indeed4 ,but who would have thought that you ,presbyterians and ,independents1 who persecuted and imprisoned others1 spoiled their goods1 and whipped such as would not follow your religion1 should now flinch yourselves1 and not dare to stand to your own religion1 but cover it with tobacco-pipes1 flagons of drink1 cold meat1 and bread and cheese60 ,but this1 and such-like deceitful practices1 ,i understood afterwards1 were too common amongst them in times of persecution4 ,after we had travelled through ,herefordshire1 and meetings were well settled there1 we passed into ,,monmouthshire1 where ,i had several blessed meetings2 and at ,walter ,jenkins's1 who had been a justice of the peace1 we had a large gathering1 where some were convinced2 this meeting was quiet4 ,but to one before this1 came the bailiff of the hundred1 almost drunk1 pretending he was to take up the speakers4 ,there was a mighty power of ,god in the meeting1 so that1 although he raged1 the power of the ,lord limited him1 that he could not break it up4 ,when it was over1 ,i stayed awhile1 and he stayed also4 ,after some time ,i spoke to him1 and so passed quietly away4 ,at night some rude people came1 and shot off a musket against the house1 but did not hurt anybody4 ,thus the ,lord's power came over all1 and chained down the unruly spirits1 so that we escaped them4 ,we came to ,ross that night1 and had a meeting at ,james ,merrick's4 ,after this we came into ,,gloucestershire and had a general men's meeting at ,nathaniel ,crisp's house1 where all the monthly meetings were settled in the ,lord's everlasting power2 and the heirs of salvation were exhorted to take their possessions in the gospel1 the power of ,god1 which was and is the authority of their meetings4 ,many blessed gatherings we had up and down in that county1 before we came to ,,bristol4 ,and after several powerful meetings there1 the men's and women's meetings were settled there also4 ,as ,i was in bed at ,bristol1 the word of the ,lord came to me1 that ,i must go back to ,london4 ,next morning ,alexander ,parker and several others came to me3 ,i asked them1 8what they felt80 ,they in like manner asked me1 8what was upon me80 ,i told them1 8,i felt ,i must return to ,london40 ,they said1 8the same was upon them40 ,so we gave up to return to ,london2 for whatever way the ,lord moved and led us1 thither we went in his power4 ,leaving ,bristol1 we passed into ,,wiltshire1 and established the men's monthly meetings in the ,lord's power there2 and visited ,friends till we came to ,,london4 ,after we had visited ,friends in the city1 ,i was moved to exhort them to bring all their marriages to the men's and women's meetings1 that they might lay them before the faithful2 that care might be taken to prevent those disorders that had been committed by some4 ,for many had married contrary to their relations' minds2 and some young1 raw people that came amongst us1 had mixed with the world4 ,widows had married without making provision for their children by their former husbands1 before their second marriage4 ,yet ,i had given forth a paper concerning marriages about the year #afec1 when truth was but little spread over the nation2 advising ,friends who might be concerned in that case1 8that they might lay it before the faithful in time1 before anything was concluded1 and afterwards publish it in the end of a meeting1 or in a market1 as they were moved thereto4 ,and when all things were found clear1 they being free from all others and their relations satisfied1 they might appoint a meeting on purpose for the taking of each other1 in the presence of at least twelve faithful witnesses40 ,yet these directions not being observed1 and truth being now more spread over the nation1 it was therefore ordered1 by the same power and ,spirit of ,god1 8that marriages should be laid before the men's monthly and quarterly meetings1 or as the meetings were then established2 that ,friends might see that the relations of those that proceeded to marriage1 were satisfied2 that the parties were clear from all others2 and that widows had made provision for their first husband's children1 before they married again2 and what else was needful to be inquired into2 that all things might be kept clean and pure1 and be done in righteousness to the glory of ,god40 ,afterwards it was ordered1 in the same wisdom of ,god1 8that if either of the parties1 that intended to marry1 came out of another nation1 county1 or monthly meeting1 they should bring a certificate from the monthly meeting to which they belonged2 for the satisfaction of the monthly meeting before which they came to lay their intentions of marriage40#af ,these things1 with many other services for ,god1 being set in order1 and settled in the churches in the city1 ,i passed out of ,london1 in the leadings of the ,lord's power into ,,hertfordshire4 ,after ,i had visited ,friends1 and the men's monthly meetings were settled there1 ,i had a great meeting at ,,baldock1 of many sorts of people4 ,then returning towards ,london by ,,waltham1 ,i advised the setting up of a school there for teaching boys2 and also a girls' school at ,,shacklewell1 for instructing them in whatsoever things were civil and useful in the creation4#ag ,after ,i had had several precious meetings in the country1 ,i came to ,,london again1 where ,i stayed a while in the work and service of the ,lord2 and then went into ,,buckinghamshire1 where ,i had many precious meetings4 ,at ,john ,brown's1 of ,,weston near ,aylesbury1 some of the men ,friends of each meeting being gathered together1 the men's monthly meetings for that county were established1 in the order of the gospel1 the power of ,god2 and the power of the ,lord confirmed it in all that felt it1 and they came thereby to see and feel1 that the power of ,god was the authority of their meetings4 ,then after the monthly meetings were settled there in the order of the gospel1 and upon the foundation of ,christ ,jesus1 ,i went to ,nathaniel ,ball's1 at ,,north ,,newton near ,,banbury1 in ,oxfordshire1 who was a ,friend in the ministry4 ,and there being a general meeting1 where some from all the meetings were present1 the monthly meetings for that county1 were then settled in the power of ,god2 and ,friends were very glad of them2 for they came into their services in the church1 to take care for ,god's glory4 ,after this meeting1 we passed into ,,gloucestershire1 visiting ,friends1 till we came into ,,monmouthshire1 to ,richard ,hambery's2 where meeting with some from all the meetings of that county1 the monthly meetings were settled there also in the ,lord's power1 that all might take care of ,god's glory1 and admonish and exhort such as did not walk as became the gospel4 ,and indeed these meetings made a great reformation amongst people1 insomuch that the justices took notice of their usefulness4 ,richard ,hambery and his wife accompanied us a day's journey visiting ,friends1 till we came to a widow's house1 where we stayed that night4 ,thence we passed over the hills next day1 visiting ,friends and declaring truth to the people1 till we came to another widow's1 where we had a meeting4 ,she could not speak ,english1 yet she praised the ,lord for sending us to visit them4 ,we travelled till we came to ,,swansea1 where on the ,first-day we had a large and precious meeting1 the ,lord's presence being eminently amongst us4 ,on a week day afterwards we had a general meeting beyond ,swansea1 of men ,friends from ,swansea1 ,tenby1 ,haverfordwest1 and other places2 and there the monthly meetings were settled in gospel order1 and received by ,friends in the power of the ,lord2 and the ,lord's truth was over all4 ,from hence we endeavoured to go by water into ,cornwall1 and returned through ,swansea to ,,mumbles1 thinking to get passage there1 but the captain deceived us2 for though he had promised to carry us1 yet when we came he would not4 ,we went to another place where there was a passage-boat1 into which we got our horses2 but some rude men in the boat 7though called gentlemen7 threatened to pistol the master1 if he took us in1 who1 being afraid of them1 turned our horses out again2 which put us out of hopes of getting over that way4 ,wherefore turning back into the country1 we stayed up all night1 and about two in the morning took horse1 and travelled till we came near ,,cardiff1 where we stayed one night4 ,the next day we came to ,,newport2 and it being market-day there1 several ,friends came to us with whom we sat a while2 and after a refreshing season together we parted from them1 and went on our way4 ,beyond this market-town we overtook a man1 who lingered on the way1 as if he stayed for somebody2 but when we came up to him1 he rode along with us1 and asked us many questions4 ,at length meeting with two others1 who seemed to be pages to some great persons1 he made acquaintance with them1 and ,i heard him tell them he would stop us1 and take us up4 ,we rode on2 being in our way2 and when he came to us1 and would have stopped us1 ,i told him1 8none ought to stop us on the king's highway1 for it was as free for us as for them20 and ,i was moved to exhort him to fear the ,lord4 ,then he galloped away before us2 and ,i perceived his intent was to stop us at ,,shipton in ,wales1 which was a garrison town1 through which we were to pass4 ,when we were come to ,shipton1 ,john-ap-,john being with me1 we walked down the hill into the town leading our horses4 ,it being the market-day there1 several ,friends met us1 and would have had us to an inn4 ,but we were not to go into any inn2 so we walked directly through the town over the bridge1 and then we were out of the limits of that town4 ,thus the ,lord's everlasting arm and power preserved us1 and carried us on in his work and service4 ,the next ,first-day we had a large meeting in the ,,forest ,,of ,,dean2 and all was quiet4 ,next day we passed over the water to ,,olveston2 where1 after we had visited ,friends1 we came again to ,william ,yeoman's house1 at ,,irb',s ,,court in ,somersetshire4 ,from thence we went to a meeting at ,,portishead1 whither several ,friends from ,bristol came to us4 ,after this we went further up into the country1 and had several large meetings2 and the ,lord's living presence was with us1 supporting and refreshing us in our labour and travel in his service4 ,we came to a place near ,,minehead1 where we had a general meeting of the men ,friends in ,somersetshire4 ,there came also a cheat1 whom some friendly people would have had me to take along with me4 ,i saw he was a cheat2 and therefore bid them bring him to me1 and see whether he could look me in the face4 ,some were ready to think ,i was too hard towards him1 because ,i would not let him go along with me2 but when they brought him to me1 he was not able to look me in the face1 but looked hither and thither2 for he was indeed a cheat1 and had cheated a priest by pretending to be a minister2 he had got the priest's suit and went away with it4 ,after the meeting we passed to ,,minehead1 where we tarried4 ,in the night ,i had an exercise upon me1 from a sense of a dark spirit1 working and striving to get up to disturb the church of ,christ4 ,next morning ,i was moved to write a few lines to ,friends as a warning thereof1 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,live in the power of the ,lord ,god1 in his ,seed that is set over all1 and is over all trials that you may have with the dark spirit1 which would be owned in its actings1 and thrust itself amongst you2 which is not come as yet3 but in the power of the ,lord ,god1 and his ,seed1 keep over it1 and bring it to condemnation4 ,for ,i felt a kind of dark spirit thrusting itself up towards you1 and heaving up last night2 but you may keep it down with the power of ,god1 that the witness may arise to condemn its actings1 so far as it hath spread its dark works1 before it have any admittance4 ,so no more1 but my love in the ,seed of ,god1 which changeth not40 ,g4,f4 ,minehead in ,somersetshire1 #bbnd of #dth ,month1 #affh4 ,next day several ,friends of ,minehead accompanied us as far as ,,barnstaple and ,,appledore in ,,devonshire1 where we had a meeting4 ,barnstaple had been a bloody1 persecuting town4 ,there were two men ,friends of that place1 who had been a great while at sea2 and coming home to visit their relations1 one of them having a wife and children1 the mayor of the town sent for them1 under pretence to converse with them2 and he put the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to them4 ,because they could not swear1 he sent them to ,exeter jail1 where ,judge ,archer premunired them1 and kept them till one of them died in prison4 ,when ,i heard of this1 ,i was moved to write a letter to ,judge ,archer1 and another to the mayor of ,barnstaple1 laying their wicked and unchristian actions upon their heads1 and letting them know1 8that the blood of that man would be required at their hands40 ,after a precious meeting at ,appledore among some faithful ,friends there1 we passed to ,,stratton1 and stayed at an inn all night4 ,next day we rode to ,humphrey ,lower's1 where we had a very precious meeting2 and next day to ,,truro2 visiting ,friends till we came to the ,,land',s-,,end4 ,then coming up by the south part of that county1 we visited ,friends till we came to ,,tregangeeves1 where at ,loveday ,hambley's we had a general meeting for all the county2 in which the monthly meetings were settled in the ,lord's power1 and in the blessed order of the gospel2 that all who were faithful might admonish and exhort such as walked not according to the gospel2 that so the house of ,god might be kept clean1 and righteousness might run down1 and all unrighteousness be swept away4 ,several that had run out1 were brought to condemn what they had done amiss2 and through repentance came in again4 ,being clear of the county of ,,cornwall1 we came into ,,devonshire1 and had a meeting amongst ,friends at ,,plymouth4 ,whence passing to ,richard ,brown's1 we came to the widow ,phillips's1 where we had some men ,friends from all the meetings together2 and there the men's monthly meetings were settled in the heavenly order of the gospel1 the power of ,god2 which answered the witness of ,god in all4 ,there was a great noise of a troop of horse coming to disturb our meeting2 but the ,lord's power prevented it1 and preserved us in peace and safety4 ,after things were well settled1 and the meeting over1 we came to ,,kingsbridge1 and visited ,friends there4 ,then leaving ,friends in those parts well settled in the power of ,god1 we passed to ,,topsham1 and ,,membury1 visiting ,friends1 and having many meetings in the way1 till we came to ,,ilchester in ,,somersetshire4 ,here we had a general men's meeting1 and therein settled the men's monthly meetings for that county in the ,lord's everlasting power2 and ,friends being refreshed and comforted in the ,lord's power1 and established upon ,christ1 their rock and foundation1 we passed to ,,puddimore2 where1 at ,william ,beaton's1 we had a blessed meeting1 and all was quiet2 though the constables had threatened before4 ,when we had visited most of the meetings in ,somersetshire1 we passed into ,,dorsetshire to ,george ,harris's house1 where we had a large men's meeting4 ,there all the men's monthly meetings for that county were settled in the glorious order of the gospel1 that all in the power of ,god might 8seek that which was lost1 and bring again that which was driven away2 cherish the good1 and reprove the evil40 ,then we came to ,,southampton1 where we had a large meeting on ,first-day4 ,thence we went to ,captain ,reeves's1 where the general men's meeting for ,hampshire was appointed2 to which some of all the county came1 and a blessed time we had4 ,there the men's monthly meetings for that county were settled in the order of the gospel1 which had brought life and immortality to light in them4 ,but there came a rude company of ,ranters1 who had opposed and disturbed our meetings much4 ,one of the women had lain with a man1 who declared it at the market-cross1 and gloried in his wickedness4 ,a company of these lewd people lived together at a house hard by the place where our meeting was4 ,i went to it1 and told them of their wickedness4 ,the man of the house said1 8,why6 did ,i make so strange of that80 ,another of them said1 8,it was to stumble me40 ,i told them1 8their wickedness should not stumble me1 for ,i was above it40 ,and ,i was moved of the ,lord to tell them1 8that the plagues and judgments of ,god would overtake them1 and come upon them40 ,afterwards they went up and down the country1 till at last they were cast into ,winchester jail1 where the man that had lain with the woman stabbed the jailer1 but not mortally4 ,and after they were let out of jail1 this fellow that had stabbed the jailer hung himself2 the woman had like to have cut a child's throat1 as we were informed4 ,these people had formerly lived about ,london2 and when the city was fired1 they prophesied1 8that all the rest of ,london should be burnt within fourteen days10 and hastened out of town4 ,though they were ,ranters1 great opposers of ,friends1 and disturbers of our meetings1 yet in the country where they came1 some people that did not know them1 would be apt to say they were ,quakers4 ,wherefore ,i was moved of the ,lord to write a paper1 to be dispersed among the magistrates and people of ,hampshire1 to clear ,friends and truth of these lewd people and their wicked actions4 ,after the men's monthly meetings in those parts were settled1 and the ,lord's blessed power was over all1 we went to a town where we had a meeting with ,friends4 ,thence we came to ,farnham1 where we met many ,friends1 it being the market-day4 ,we had many precious meetings up and down that country4 ,friends in those parts had formerly been plundered1 and their goods much spoiled1 both for tithes1 and for going to meetings2 but the ,lord's power at this time preserved both them and us from falling into the persecutor's hands4 ,we passed thence1 and had a general men's meeting at a ,friend's house in ,,surrey1 who had been plundered so extremely1 that he had scarcely a cow1 horse1 or swine left4 ,the constables threatened to come and break up our meeting1 but the ,lord restrained them4 ,at this meeting the men's monthly meetings were settled in the authority of the heavenly power4 ,after we had visited ,friends in that county1 and had many large and precious gatherings1 we passed to a ,friend's house in ,,sussex1 where the general meeting for the men ,friends of that county was appointed to be held2 and thither came several ,friends from ,london to visit us4 ,we had a blessed meeting2 and the men's monthly meetings for that county were then settled in the ,lord's eternal power4 ,there were at that time great threatenings of disturbance2 but the meeting was quiet4 ,we had several large meetings in that county1 though ,friends were then in great sufferings there1 and many in prison4 ,i was sent for to visit a ,friend that was sick1 and went to see those that were prisoners4 ,there was danger of my being apprehended2 but ,i went in the faith of ,god's power1 and thereby the ,lord preserved me in safety4 ,having visited ,friends through the country1 we passed into ,kent1 where1 after we had been at several meetings1 we had a general meeting for the men ,friends of that county4 ,there also the men's monthly meetings for that county were settled in the power of ,god1 and established in the order of the gospel1 for all the heirs of it to enter into their services1 and care in the church for the glory of ,god4 ,friends rejoiced in the order of the gospel1 and were glad of the settlement thereof1 which is not of man nor by man4 ,after this ,i visited ,friends in their meetings in ,,kent2 and when ,i had cleared myself of the ,lord's service in that county1 ,i came up to ,,london4 ,thus were the men's monthly meetings settled through the nation2 for ,i had been in ,berkshire before1 where most of the ancient ,friends of that county were in prison2 and when ,i had informed them of the service of these monthly meetings1 they were settled amongst them also4 ,the quarterly meetings were generally settled before4 ,i wrote also into ,ireland by faithful ,friends1 and into ,scotland1 ,holland1 ,barbadoes1 and several parts of ,america1 advising ,friends to settle their men's monthly meetings in those countries4 ,for they had their general quarterly meetings before2 but now that truth was increased amongst them1 they should settle those men's monthly meetings in the power and ,spirit of ,god1 that first convinced them4 ,since these meetings have been settled1 and all the faithful in the power of ,god1 who are heirs of the gospel1 have met together in the power of ,god1 which is the authority of them1 to perform service to the ,lord therein1 many mouths have been opened in thanksgivings and praise1 and many have blessed the ,lord ,god1 that ever he sent me forth in this service2 yea1 with tears have many praised the ,lord4 ,for now all coming to have a concern and care for ,god's honour and glory1 that his name be not blasphemed1 which they profess2 and to see that all who profess the truth1 walk in the truth1 in righteousness1 and in holiness1 which becomes the house of ,god1 and that all order their conversation aright1 that they may see the salvation of ,god2 all having this care upon them for ,god's glory1 and being exercised in his holy ,power and ,spirit1 in the order of the heavenly life and gospel of ,jesus1 they may all see and know1 possess and partake of1 the government of ,christ1 of the increase of which there is to be no end4 ,thus the ,lord's everlasting renown and praise are set up in every one's heart that is faithful2 so that we can say1 the gospel order established amongst us1 is not of man1 nor by man1 but of and by ,jesus ,christ1 in and through the ,holy ,ghost4 ,this order of the gospel1 which is not of man1 nor by man1 but from ,christ1 the heavenly man1 is above all the orders of men in the fall1 whether ,jews1 ,gentiles1 or apostatized ,christians1 and will remain when they are gone4 ,for the power of ,god1 which is the everlasting gospel1 was before the devil was1 and will be and remain for ever4 ,and as the everlasting gospel was preached in the apostles' days to all nations1 that all nations might come into the order of it1 through the divine power1 which brings life and immortality to light1 that they who are heirs of it1 might inherit the power and authority of it2 so now1 since all nations have drunk the whore's cup1 and all the world hath worshipped the beast 7but they whose names are written in the book of life from the foundation of the world1 who have worshipped ,god in ,spirit and in truth1 as ,christ commanded71 the everlasting gospel is to be1 and is1 preached again1 as ,john the divine foresaw it should1 to all nations1 kindreds1 tongues1 and people4 ,this everlasting gospel torments the whore1 and makes her and the beast to rage1 even the beast that hath power over the tongues1 which are called the original1 to order them1 by which they make divines1 as they call them4 ,but all that receive the gospel1 the power of ,god1 which brings life and immortality to light1 come to see over the beast1 devil1 whore1 and false prophet1 that darkened them and all their worships and orders1 and come to be heirs of the gospel1 the power of ,god1 which was before the beast1 whore1 false prophet1 and devil were1 and will be1 when they are all gone and cast into the lake of fire4 ,and they that are heirs of this power and of this gospel1 inherit the power which is the authority of this order1 and of our meetings4 ,these come to possess the joyful order of the joyful gospel1 the comfortable order of the comfortable gospel1 the glorious order of the glorious gospel1 and the everlasting order of the everlasting gospel1 the power of ,god1 which will last for ever1 and will out-last all the orders of the devil1 and that which is of men or by men4 ,these shall see the government of ,christ1 who hath all power in heaven and earth given to him2 and of the increase of his glorious1 righteous1 holy1 just government1 there is no end2 but his government and his order will remain2 for he who is the author of it1 is the first and the last1 the beginning and ending1 the foundation of ,god1 which over all stands sure1 ,christ ,jesus1 the ,amen4 ,being returned to ,,london1 ,i stayed some time there1 visiting ,friends' meetings in and about the city4 ,while ,i was in ,london1 ,i went one day to visit ,esquire ,marsh1 who had showed much kindness both to me and to ,friends2 ,i happened to go when he was at dinner4 ,he no sooner heard my name1 than he sent for me up1 and would have had me sit down with him to dinner2 but ,i had not freedom to do so4 ,several great persons were at dinner with him2 and he said to one of them who was a great ,papist1 8,here is a ,quaker1 whom you have not seen before40 ,the ,papist asked me1 8whether ,i owned the christening of children80 ,i told him1 8there was no ,scripture for any such practice40 8,what10 said he1 8not for christening children80 ,i said1 8nay40 ,i told him1 8the one baptism by the one ,spirit into one body we owned2 but to throw a little water on a child's face1 and say that was baptizing and christening it1 there was no ,scripture for that40 ,then he asked me1 8whether ,i owned the ,catholic faith10 ,i said1 8yes10 but added1 that 8neither the ,pope nor the ,papists were in that ,catholic faith2 for the true faith works by love1 and purifies the heart1 and if they were in that faith that gives victory1 by which they might have access to ,god1 they would not tell the people of a purgatory after they were dead40 ,so ,i undertook to prove that 8neither ,pope nor ,papists that held a purgatory hereafter1 were in the true faith2 for the true1 precious1 divine faith1 which ,christ is the author of1 gives victory over the devil and sin1 that had separated man and woman from ,god4 ,and if they1 the ,papists1 were in the true faith1 they would never use racks1 prisons1 and fines1 to persecute and force others to their religion1 that were not of their faith4 ,this was not the practice of the apostles and primitive ,christians1 who witnessed and enjoyed the true faith of ,christ2 but it was the practice of the faithless ,jews and ,heathens so to do4 8,but10 said ,i1 8seeing thou art a great and leading man among the ,papists1 and hast been taught and bred up under the ,pope1 and seeing thou sayest1 #8there is no salvation but in your church1' ,i desire to know of thee1 what it is that doth bring salvation in your church80 ,he answered1 8a good life40 8,and nothing else80 said ,i4 8,yes10 he said1 8good works40 8,and is this it that brings salvation in your church1 a good life and good works8 ,is this your doctrine and principle80 said ,i4 8,yes10 said he4 8,then10 said ,i1 8neither thou1 nor the ,pope1 nor any of the ,papists know what it is that brings salvation40 ,then he asked me1 what brought salvation in our church8 ,i told him1 8that which brought salvation to the church in the apostles' days1 the same brought salvation to us1 and not another2 namely1 #8the ,grace of ,god1' which1 the ,scripture says1 brings salvation1 and hath appeared to all men1 which taught the saints then1 and teaches us now4 ,this ,grace which brings salvation1 teaches to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts1 and to live soberly1 righteously1 and godly4 ,so it is not the good works nor the good life that brings salvation1 but the ,grace40 8,what60 said the ,papist1 8doth this ,grace that brings salvation1 appear unto all men80 8,yes10 said ,i4 8,then10 said he1 8,i deny that40 ,i replied1 8all that deny that1 are sect-makers1 and are not in the universal faith1 grace1 and truth1 which the apostles were in40 ,then he spoke to me about the mother church4 ,i told him1 8the several sects in ,christendom had accused us1 and said1 #8we forsook our mother-church4' ,the ,papists charged us with forsaking their church1 saying1 #8,rome was the only mother-church4' ,the ,episcopalians taxed us with forsaking the old ,protestant religion1 alleging1 #8theirs was the reformed mother-church4' ,the ,presbyterians and ,independents blamed us for leaving them1 each of them pretending1 #8theirs was the right reformed church4'0 ,but1 ,i said 8if we could own any outward city or place to be the mother-church1 we should own ,jerusalem1 where the gospel was first preached by ,christ himself and his apostles1 where ,christ suffered1 where the great conversion to ,christianity by ,peter was1 where were the types1 figures1 and shadows1 which ,christ ended1 and where ,christ commanded his disciples to #8wait until they were endued with power from on high4' ,if any outward place deserved to be called the mother1 that was the place where the first great conversion to ,christianity was4 ,but the apostle saith1 ,gal4 iv4 #be-bg1 #8,jerusalem1 which now is1 is in bondage with her children2 but ,jerusalem which is above1 is free1 which is the mother of us all4' ,for it is written1 #8,rejoice1 thou barren1 that bearest not2 break forth and cry1 thou that travailest not2 for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband4' ,the apostle does not say1 outward ,jerusalem was the mother1 though the first and great conversion to ,christianity was there4 ,and there is less reason for the title mother to be given to ,rome1 or to any other outward place or city1 by the children of ,jerusalem1 that is above and free2 neither are they ,jerusalem's children1 that is above and free1 who give the title of mother either to outward ,jerusalem1 to ,rome1 or to any other place or sect of people4 ,and though this title mother hath been given to places and sects amongst and by the degenerate ,christians1 yet still we say1 as the apostle said of old1 #8,jerusalem that is above1 is the mother of us all4' ,and we can own no other1 neither outward ,jerusalem nor ,rome1 nor any sect of people for our mother1 but ,jerusalem which is above1 which is free1 the mother of all that are born again1 and are become true believers in the light1 grafted in ,christ1 the heavenly ,vine4 ,for all who are born again of the immortal ,seed1 by the ,word of ,god1 which lives and abides for ever1 feed upon the milk of the ,word1 the breasts of life1 and grow by it in life1 and cannot acknowledge any other to be their mother but ,jerusalem which is above40 8,o10 said ,esquire ,marsh to the ,papist1 8,you do not know this man1 if he would but come to church now and then1 he would be a brave man40 ,after some other discourse1 ,i went aside with ,justice ,marsh into another room1 to speak with him concerning ,friends2 for he was a justice of peace for ,middlesex1 and being a courtier1 the other justices put much of the management of affairs upon him4 ,he told me 8he was in a strait how to act between us and some other ,dissenters4 ,for10 said he1 8you cannot swear1 and the ,independents1 ,baptists1 and ,fifth-monarchy people say also they cannot swear2 therefore10 said he1 8how shall ,i know how to distinguish betwixt you and them1 seeing they and you all say it is for conscience' sake that you cannot swear80 ,i answered 8,i will show thee how to distinguish4 ,they1 or most of them1 thou speakest of1 can and do swear in some cases1 but we cannot swear in any case4 ,if a man should steal their cows and horses1 and thou shouldst ask them whether they would swear they were theirs2 many of them would readily do it4 ,but if thou try our ,friends1 they cannot swear for their own goods4 ,therefore1 when thou puttest the oath of allegiance to any of them1 ask them1 #8whether they can swear in any other case1 as for their cow or horse2' which1 if they be really of us1 they cannot do1 though they can bear witness to the truth40 ,hereupon ,i gave him a relation of a trial in ,berkshire1 which was thus3 ,a thief stole two beasts from a ,friend of ours1 the thief was taken and cast into prison1 and the ,friend appeared against him at the assizes4 ,but somebody having informed the judge1 that the prosecutor was a ,quaker1 and could not swear1 the judge1 before he heard what the ,friend could say1 said1 8,is he a ,quaker8 and will he not swear8 ,then tender him the oaths of allegiance and supremacy40 ,so he cast the ,friend into prison1 and premunired him1 and set the thief at liberty that had stolen his goods4 ,justice ,marsh1 said1 8that judge was a wicked man40 8,but10 said ,i1 8if we could swear in any case1 we would take the oath of allegiance to the king1 who is to preserve the laws that are to support every man in his estate4 ,whereas others1 that can swear in some cases to preserve a part of their estates1 if they be robbed1 will not take this oath to the king1 who is to preserve them in their whole estates and bodies also4 ,so that thou mayest easily distinguish1 and put a difference between us and those people40 ,justice ,marsh was afterwards very serviceable to ,friends in this and other cases2 for he kept several1 both ,friends and others1 from being premunired4 ,when ,friends were brought before him in time of persecution1 he set many of them at liberty2 and when he could not avoid sending to prison1 he sent some for a few hours1 or for a night4 ,at length he went to the king1 and told him1 8he had sent some of us to prison contrary to his conscience1 and he could not do so any more40 ,wherefore he removed his family from ,limehouse1 where he lived1 and took lodgings near ,st4 ,james's ,park4 ,he told the king that 8if he would be pleased to give liberty of conscience1 that would quiet and settle all2 for then none could have any pretence to be uneasy40 ,and indeed he was a very serviceable man to truth and ,friends in his day4 ,we had great service at ,london this year2 the ,lord's truth came over all1 and many that had gone out from truth came in again1 confessing and condemning their outgoings4 ,after ,i had stayed some time in ,london1 ,i visited ,friends in ,,surrey and ,,sussex1 and in other places that way1 and afterwards travelled northward1 having ,leonard ,fell with me4 ,we visited ,friends till we came to ,,warwick1 where many were in prison2 and we had a meeting in the town4 ,i passed thence to ,,birmingham and ,,baddesley4 ,at ,baddesley ,i had a large meeting2 after which ,i came to ,,nottingham1 where on ,first-day we had a precious meeting1 but not without danger of being apprehended1 the constables having threatened to take up ,friends4 ,i passed thence1 visiting ,friends1 till ,i came to ,,balby1 and so to ,,york1 to the quarterly meeting2 and a blessed time we had4 ,friends in ,yorkshire had seven monthly meetings before2 and they were so sensible of the service of them1 that they desired to have seven more added to them1 for truth was much spread in that county4 ,so they were established2 and now they have fourteen monthly meetings in that county4#ah ,it being the assizes at ,york1 ,i met with ,justice ,hotham1 a well-wisher to ,friends1 who had been tender1 and very kind to me from the first4 ,after ,i had finished my service for the ,lord in ,york1 ,i passed into the country4 ,as ,i went a great burthen fell upon me1 but ,i did not presently know the reason of it4 ,i came to a meeting on ,first-day at ,richard ,shipton's1 which was very large1 but there being one the same day at another place also1 the priest of that place1 being misinformed that ,i was to be there1 got a warrant1 and made great disturbance at that meeting2 of which ,isaac ,lindley1 who was there1 gave me an account in the following letter3-- ,g4,f4 8,when thou went from ,york1 the ,first-day after thou wast at ,richard ,shipton's1 that day ,i had appointed a meeting ten miles from ,york1 where there had not been one before4 ,but the priest and the constable got a warrant on the seventh day1 and put thy name only in the warrant1 for they had heard that thou wast to be there4 ,they came with weapons and staves1 and cried1 #8,where is ,mr4 ,fox8' over and over2 many ,friends being there1 they concluded thou wast among them4 ,but those raveners1 being disappointed1 plucked me down and abused me1 and beat some ,friends1 and then took me before a magistrate1 but he set me at liberty40 ,,isaac ,,lindley4 ,then ,i visited ,friends at ,,whitby and ,,scarbro'4 ,when at ,scarbro'1 the governor hearing ,i was come1 sent to invite me to his house1 saying1 8surely ,i would not be so unkind as not to come and see him and his wife40 ,after the meeting ,i went up to visit him1 and he received me very courteously and lovingly4 ,having visited most of the meetings in ,yorkshire1 the ,,wolds1 and ,,holderness1 ,i came to ,henry ,jackson's1 where ,i had a great meeting4 ,thence to ,thomas ,taylor's1 and so to ,john ,moor's at ,,eldreth1 where we had a very large meeting2 the ,lord's power and presence were eminently amongst us4 ,not far from this place lay ,colonel ,kirby1 lame of the gout1 who had threatened that 8if ever ,i came near he would send me to prison again2 and had bid forty pounds to any man that could take me20 as ,i was credibly informed4 ,after this ,i came into ,,staffordshire1 and ,,cheshire1 where we had many large and precious meetings4 ,i had a very large one at ,william ,barnes's house1 about two miles from ,,warrington2 and though ,colonel ,kirby was out again1 as violent in breaking up meetings as before1 and was then at ,warrington1 the ,lord did not suffer him to come to this meeting2 and so we were preserved out of his hands4 ----- ,footnote #ad3 ,for some very interesting particulars respecting the setting up of ,monthly and other disciplinary ,meetings and their object1 see ,letters of ,early ,friends1 pp4 #bhh-bib4 ,footnote #ae3 ,the ,william ,smith mentioned here was originally pastor of an ,independent congregation1 living after the strictest manner of that people4 ,he was convinced about the year #afeh1 and became a faithful labourer in the gospel4 ,many were turned to ,god by him1 for he proved himself a minister of ,jesus ,christ1 in labours1 in travails1 in watchings1 necessities1 and distresses1 suffering much loss of goods and long and tedious imprisonments4 ,for not paying tithes he was imprisoned twenty-one weeks among felons in ,nottingham jail2 and another time had the value of #db taken from him1 whilst he was in prison1 for #g demanded by the priest of ,elton4 ,in the times of his frequent imprisonments1 ,william ,smith wrote several books1 which were printed together in a folio volume in #afge1 entitled ,balm from ,gilead1 c4 ,when at liberty he travelled abroad strengthening the brethren1 and though often visited by sickness1 he was kept in patience and content1 much of the power and presence of ,god appearing in him many times when he was in great weakness of body1 to the admiration of beholders4 ,during his last sickness1 one evening1 many ,friends being in the room sitting in silence1 he turned in his bed towards them1 and plentifully declared of the love of ,god1 by which they were much refreshed and tendered4 ,he also testified of a large portion which he had in life eternal4 ,then he spoke to ,friends 8to be mindful of truth1 and of their service therein1 more than of their daily food2 and so committed them to the grace of ,god40 ,the day before he died he called his children 7six or seven71 and tenderly exhorted them 8to keep in the fear of ,god1 and to love the truth1 and ,god would be a father and portion to them40 ,footnote #af3 ,some interesting documents1 exhibiting the early care of the ,society with regard to marriages1 may be referred to in ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends1 p4 #bei1 #bgi1 #bhc1 c4 ,so early as #afei1 at a meeting of ,friends from four counties1 an ,epistle of ,counsel and ,advice was issued on this1 and other subjects2 recommending 8that no marriage take place hastily or rashly2 but in the fear of the ,lord1 and in the presence of many witnesses1 according to ,scripture example2 that so no scandal or blemish may be laid upon the truth1 but that all may be brought to the light2 that a record in writing of the day1 place1 and year1 be kept within the meeting where a marriage occurs1 of which one or both are members2 under which the witnesses may set their names40 ,footnote #ag3 ,in the establishment of the schools at ,waltham and at ,shacklewell1 at the suggestion of ,george ,fox1 we have evidence of his desire that a useful education should be imparted to youth4 ,it is an error to suppose the early ,friends depreciated human learning1 and they must be exonerated from any such charge4 ,they exhibited in their own persons1 the practicability of the union of knowledge and virtue4 ,while they were1 many of them1 eminent for their learning1 they were distinguished for the piety of their lives4 ,they were indeed the friends of both1 but did not patronise the one to the prejudice and expulsion of the other4 ,they always maintained 7as ,friends continue to do7 that learning is not necessary to make a gospel minister1 and here it is that many have mistaken their meaning4 ,barclay1 in his celebrated ,apology1 nowhere condemns the propriety1 or usefulness of human learning1 or denies it to be promotive of the temporal comforts of man4 ,he says the knowledge of ,latin1 ,greek1 and ,hebrew1 or of ,logic and ,philosophy1 of ,ethics or of ,physics and ,metaphysics1 is not necessary4 ,but mark his meaning4 ,not necessary to make a minister of the gospel4 ,but where does he say that knowledge1 which he himself possessed to such a considerable extent1 was not necessary2 or that it did not contribute to the innocent pleasures of life8 ,what would have been the character of his own book1 or what would have been its comparative value and usefulness1 had he not been able to quote so many authors to his purpose in their original texts1 or to have detected so many classical errors1 introduced such apposite history1 or to have drawn up his propositions with so much logical and mathematical clearness and precision2 if he had not been among the first literary characters of his day8 ,william ,penn was equally celebrated with ,barclay as a scholar4 ,his works afford abundant proof of his erudition1 and of the high cultivation of his mind4 ,like the rest of his associates1 he was no advocate for learning as a qualification for a minister of the gospel2 but he was yet a friend to it1 on the principle that it enlarged the understanding1 and that it added to the innocent pleasures of the mind4 ,he entreated his wife1 in the beautiful letter he left her before he embarked on his first voyage to ,america1 8not to be sparing of expense in procuring learning for his children2 for that by such parsimony1 all was lost that was saved40 ,and he recommended also1 in the same letter1 a mathematical and philosophical education4 ,penn's ,secretary1 ,james ,logan1 was also a patron of learning among the early ,friends4 ,he was a correspondent of ,sir ,hans ,sloane and other literati of ,europe1 a contributor to ,philosophical ,transactions1 and bequeathed his library1 of #cjjj vols4 on arts and sciences in various languages1 to the city of ,philadelphia1 with an endowment to preserve it for public use4 ,thomas ,ellwood1 the companion of ,milton1 was so sensible of the disadvantages arising from a want of knowledge1 that he revived his learning with great industry after he had become a ,friend4 8,i mentioned before10 says he in his ,journal1 8that when ,i was a boy ,i made some progress in learning1 and that ,i lost it all again before ,i came to be a man4 ,nor was ,i rightly sensible of my loss therein1 till ,i came amongst ,friends4 ,but there ,i both saw my loss and lamented it1 and applied myself with the utmost diligence at all leisure times to recover it4 ,so false ,i found that charge to be1 which in those times was cast as a reproach on the ,society1 that they despised and decried all human learning1 because they denied it to be essentially necessary to a gospel ministry1 which was one of the controversies of those times40 ,ellwood's friend1 ,isaac ,penington1 assisted him in this matter1 and through his influence with ,dr4 ,paget1 procured him the means of improvement in becoming a reader to ,milton4 ,footnote #ah3 ,the fourteen monthly meetings mentioned above as settled in ,yorkshire so early as #affi1 were ,york1 ,balby1 ,pontefract1 ,brighouse1 ,knaresbro'1 ,settle1 ,malton1 ,thirsk1 ,richmond1 ,guisbro'1 ,scarbro'1 ,kelk1 ,oustwick1 and ,elloughton4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 #affi-afga4--;,george ,fox sails for ,ireland in company with several other ,friends--he there sends a challenge to the ,popish priests to try their ,god1 which is not accepted--he contrasts them with ,baal's priests--the authorities of ,cork threaten him1 and issue warrants for his apprehension--he rides publicly through the city1 and is seen by the mayor but not molested--writes to ,friends in the ministry there--discourses with professors on election and reprobation--returns to ,england--a report is spread that ,george ,fox is turned ,presbyterian1 through a trick to obtain a congregation for ,john ,fox1 the ,presbyterian1 which however turns to the advantage of ,friends--,george ,fox is married to ,margaret ,fell at ,bristol--writes to the quarterly meetings about putting children apprentices--,margaret ,fox is cast into prison--two of her daughters go to the king1 and obtain a promise of their mother's liberty--on the passing of the ,conventicle ,act1 ,george ,fox writes a declaration against seditious conventicles--writes to ,friends to strengthen them in their trials--is apprehended at a meeting at ,gracechurch ,street--taken before the mayor1 who discourses with him and sets him at liberty--visits ,friends in ,reading jail--undergoes great travail of spirit1 loses his sight and hearing1 and becomes as a sign--persecution becoming hot1 some meeting-houses are pulled down1 and ,friends are much abused--,george ,fox endures great mental conflict--the faithfulness of ,friends is said by some professors to have preserved the nation from debauchery--,george ,fox writes an encouraging letter to ,friends--as persecution abates he recovers--writes a warning to the rulers of the nation--recommends certain regulations respecting marriage--writes a prayer4 ,now was ,i moved of the ,lord to go over into ,,ireland to visit the seed of ,god in that nation4 ,there went with me ,robert ,lodge1 ,james ,lancaster1 ,thomas ,briggs1 and ,john ,stubbs4 ,we waited near ,liverpool for shipping and wind4 ,after waiting some days1 we sent ,james ,lancaster to take passage1 which he did1 and brought word the ship was ready1 and would take us in at ,black ,rock4 ,we went thither on foot2 and it being some distance1 and the weather very hot1 ,i was much spent with walking4 ,when we arrived1 the ship was not there2 so we were obliged to go to the town1 and take shipping4 ,when we were on board1 ,i said to the rest of my company1 8,come1 ye will triumph in the ,lord1 for we shall have fair wind and weather40 ,many passengers in the ship were sick1 but not one of our company4 ,the captain and many of the passengers were very loving2 and we being at sea on the first day of the week1 ,i was moved to declare truth among them2 whereupon the captain said to the passengers1 8,here are things that you never heard in your lives40 ,when we came before ,,dublin1 we took boat and went ashore2 and the earth and air smelt1 methought1 of the corruption of the nation1 so that it yielded another smell to me than ,england did2 which ,i imputed to the ,popish massacres that had been committed1 and the blood that had been spilt in it1 from which a foulness ascended4 ,we passed through among the officers of the customs four times1 yet they did not search us2 for they perceived what we were3 some of them were so envious they did not care to look at us4 ,we did not soon find ,friends2 but went to an inn1 and sent out to inquire for some2 who when they came to us were exceedingly glad of our coming1 and received us with great joy4 ,we stayed there the weekly meeting1 which was a large one1 and the power and life of ,god appeared greatly in it4 ,afterwards we passed to a province meeting1 which lasted two days1 there being one about the poor1 and another meeting more general2 in which a mighty power of the ,lord appeared4 ,truth was livingly declared1 and ,friends were much refreshed therein4 ,passing thence about four and twenty miles1 we came to another place1 where we had a very good refreshing meeting1 but after it1 some ,papists that were there were angry1 and raged very much4 ,when ,i heard of it1 ,i sent for one of them1 who was a schoolmaster2 but he would not come4 ,whereupon ,i sent a challenge to him1 with all the friars and monks1 priests and ,jesuits1 to come forth1 and 8try their ,god and their ,christ1 which they had made of bread and wine10 but no answer could ,i get from them4 ,wherefore ,i told them1 8they were worse than the priests of ,baal2 for ,baal's priests tried their wooden god1 but these durst not try their god of bread and wine2 and ,baal's priests and people did not eat their god as these did1 and then make another40 ,we went to ,,new ,,garden1 where there was a great meeting4 ,thence we travelled on among ,friends1 till we came to ,,bandon ,,bridge and the ,,land',s ,,end1 having many meetings as we went1 in which the mighty power of the ,lord was manifested1 ,friends were well refreshed1 and many people were affected with the truth4 ,at ,bandon1 the ,mayor's wife being herself convinced1 desired her husband to come to the meeting2 but he bid her1 for her life1 not to make known that ,i was at a meeting there4 ,he that was then ,mayor of ,,cork was very envious against truth and ,friends1 and had many ,friends in prison2 and knowing that ,i was in the country1 he had issued four warrants to take me2 wherefore ,friends were desirous that ,i might not ride through ,cork4 ,but being at ,bandon1 there appeared to me1 in a vision1 8a very ugly visaged man1 of a black and dark look3 my spirit struck at him in the power of ,god2 and it seemed to me1 that ,i rode over him with my horse1 and my horse set his foot on the side of his face40 ,when ,i came down in the morning1 ,i told a ,friend that was with me1 that the command of the ,lord was to me to ride through ,cork2 but bade him tell no man4 ,so we took horse1 many ,friends being with me2 and when we came near the town1 they would have showed me a way on the backside of the town2 but ,i told them1 my way was through the streets4 ,wherefore taking one of them along with me1 whose name was ,paul ,morrice1 to guide me through the town1 ,i rode on2 and as we rode through the market-place1 and by the mayor's door1 he seeing me ride by1 said1 8there goes ,george ,fox20 but he had not power to stop me4 ,when we had passed through the sentinels1 and were come over the bridge1 we went to a ,friend's house and alighted4 ,there the ,friends told me what a rage was in the town1 and how many warrants were granted to take me4 ,while ,i was sitting there with ,friends1 ,i felt the evil spirit at work in the town1 stirring up mischief against me2 and ,i felt the power of the ,lord strike at that evil spirit4 ,by and by some other ,friends coming in1 told me1 that it was over the town1 and amongst the magistrates1 that ,i was in the town4 ,i said1 8let the devil do his worst40 ,after a while1 and ,friends were refreshed one in another1 and we travellers had refreshed ourselves1 ,i called for my horse1 and having a ,friend to guide me1 we went on our way4 ,but great was the rage1 that the mayor and others of ,cork were in1 that they had missed me2 and great pains they afterwards took to take me1 having their scouts abroad upon the roads1 as ,i understood1 to observe which way ,i went4 ,afterwards there was scarcely a public meeting ,i came to1 but spies came to watch if ,i were there4 ,and the envious magistrates and priests sent informations one to another concerning me1 describing me by my hair1 hat1 clothes1 and horse1 so that when ,i was near a hundred miles from ,cork1 they had an account concerning me1 and description of me1 before ,i came amongst them4 ,one very envious magistrate1 who was both a priest and a justice1 got a warrant from the judge of the assize to apprehend me2 which warrant was to go over all his circuit1 which reached near a hundred miles4 ,yet the ,lord disappointed all their counsels1 and defeated all their designs against me2 by his good hand of ,providence preserved me out of all their snares1 and gave us many sweet and blessed opportunities to visit ,friends1 and spread truth through that nation4 ,for meetings were very large1 ,friends coming to them far and near2 and other people flocking in4 ,the powerful presence of the ,lord was preciously felt with and amongst us2 whereby many of the world were reached1 convinced1 and gathered to the truth2 the ,lord's flock was increased1 and ,friends were greatly refreshed and comforted in feeling the love of ,god4 ,o1 the brokenness that was amongst them in the flowings of life6 ,so that1 in the power and ,spirit of the ,lord1 many together broke out into singing1 even with audible voices1 making melody in their hearts4 ,at which time ,i was moved to declare as follows3-- ,to ,friends in the ,ministry4 8,sound1 sound abroad1 ye faithful servants of the ,lord1 and witnesses in his name1 ye prophets of the ,highest1 and angels of the ,lord6 ,sound ye all abroad in the world1 to the awakening and raising of the dead1 that they may be awakened1 and raised up out of the grave1 to hear the voice that is living4 ,for the dead have long heard the dead1 the blind have long wandered among the blind1 and the deaf amongst the deaf4 ,therefore sound1 ye servants1 prophets1 and angels of the ,lord1 ye trumpets of the ,lord1 that you may awaken the dead1 and them that are asleep in their graves of sin1 death and hell1 sea and earth1 and who lie in the tombs4 ,sound abroad1 ye trumpets1 and raise up the dead1 that they may hear the voice of the ,son of ,god1 of the second ,adam that never fell2 the voice of the ,light1 and of the ,life2 the voice of the ,power1 and the voice of ,truth2 the voice of the ,righteous1 and of the ,just4 ,sound ye the trumpets1 the melodious sound abroad1 that all the deaf ears may be opened to hear the pleasant sound of the trumpet to judgment and life1 to condemnation and light4 8,sound your trumpets all abroad1 ye angels of the ,lord1 sons and daughters1 prophets of the ,highest1 that all who are dead and asleep in the graves--who have been long dreaming and slumbering1 may be awakened1 and hear the voice of the ,lamb2--that all who have long heard the voice of the beast1 may now hear the voice of the ,bridegroom and the voice of the ,bride2--that they may now hear the voice of the great ,prophet and ,king--the ,shepherd and ,bishop of their souls4 ,sound1 sound it all abroad1 ye trumpets1 among the dead in ,adam2 for ,christ is come1 the second ,adam1 that they might have life1 yea have it abundantly4 ,awaken the dead1 awaken the slumberers1 the dreamers1 them that are asleep1 awaken them out of their graves1 out of their tombs1 out of their sepulchres1 out of the seas6 ,sound abroad1 ye trumpets that awaken the dead1 that they may all hear the sound of it in the graves1 and they that hear may live1 and come to the ,life1 that is1 the ,son of ,god4 ,he is risen from the dead2 the grave could not hold nor contain him1 neither could all the watchers of the earth1 with all their guards1 keep him therein4 ,sound1 ye trumpets of the ,lord1 to all the seekers of the living among the dead1 that he is risen from the dead2 to all the seekers of the living among the dead1 and in the graves that the watchers keep2 he is not in the grave1 he is risen2 there is that under the grave of the watchers of the outward grave1 which must be awakened and come to hear ,his voice1 who is risen from the dead1 that they may come to live4 ,therefore sound abroad1 ye trumpets of the ,lord1 that the grave may give up her dead1 and hell and the sea give up their dead2 that all may come forth to judgment1 to the judgment of the ,lord before his throne1 and have their sentence and reward according to their works40 ,g4 ,f4 ,to ,james ,hutchinson's in ,ireland came many great persons1 desiring to discourse with me about election and reprobation4 ,i told them1 8though they judged our principle foolish1 it was too high for them1 they could not with their wisdom comprehend it2 therefore ,i would discourse with them according to their capacities4 ,you say 7said ,i71 that ,god hath ordained the greatest part of men for hell1 and that they were ordained so before the world began2 for which your proof is in ,jude4 ,you say ,esau was reprobated1 and the ,egyptians1 and the stock of ,ham4 ,but ,christ saith to his disciples1 #8,go1 teach all nations1' and #8go into all nations and preach the gospel of life and salvation4' ,now1 if they were to go to all nations1 were they not to go to ,ham's stock and ,esau's stock2 did not ,christ die for all8 then for the stock of ,ham1 of ,esau1 and the ,egyptians4 ,doth not the ,scripture say1 #8,god would have all men to be saved8' ,mark1 all men1 then the stock of ,esau and of ,ham also4 ,doth not ,god say1 #8,egypt1 my people8' and that he would have an altar in ,egypt8 ,isa4 xix4 ,were there not many ,christians formerly in ,egypt8 ,and doth not history say1 that the ,bishop of ,alexandria would formerly have been ,pope8 ,and had not ,god a church in ,babylon8 ,i confess1 #8the word came to ,jacob1 and the statutes of ,israel2 the like was not to other nations4' ,for the law of ,god was given to ,israel2 but the gospel was to be preached to all nations1 and is to be preached4 ,the gospel of peace and glad tidings is to all nations1 #8he that believes1 is saved2 but he that doth not believe1 is condemned already2' so the condemnation comes through unbelief4 ,and whereas ,jude speaks of some1 that were of old ordained 7or written of before7 to condemnation1 he doth not say1 before the world began2 but1 #8written of old1' which may be referred to ,moses's writings1 who wrote of those whom ,jude mentions1 namely1 ,cain1 ,korah1 ,balaam1 and the angels that kept not their first estate4 ,and such ,christians as followed them in their way1 and apostatized from the first state of ,christianity1 were and are ordained for condemnation by the light and truth1 which they are gone from4 ,and though the apostle speaks of ,god's loving ,jacob and hating ,esau2 yet he tells the believers1 #8we all were by nature children of wrath as well as others4' ,this includes the stock of ,jacob1 of which the apostle himself and all believing ,jews were4 ,thus both ,jews and ,gentiles were all concluded under sin1 and so under condemnation1 that ,god might have mercy upon all1 through ,jesus ,christ4 ,the election and choice stands in ,christ2 and #8he that believes1 is saved2 and he that believes not1 is condemned already4' ,jacob typifies the second birth1 which ,god loved2 and both ,jews and ,gentiles must be born again1 before they can enter the kingdom of ,god4 ,when you are born again1 ye will know election and reprobation2 for the election stands in ,christ1 the ,seed1 before the world began2 but the reprobation lies in the evil seed1 since the world began40 ,after this manner1 but somewhat more largely1 ,i discoursed with those great persons on this matter1 and they confessed they had never heard so much before4 ,after ,i had travelled over ,ireland1 and had visited ,friends in their meetings1 as well for business as for worship1 and had answered several papers and writings from monks1 friars1 and ,protestant priests 7for they all were in a rage against us1 and endeavoured to stop the work of the ,lord2 and some ,jesuits swore in the hearing of some of us1 that we came to spread our principles in that nation1 but we should not do it17 ,i returned to ,,dublin to take passage for ,england4 ,when ,i had stayed the ,first-day meeting there 7which was very large and precious17 a ship being ready and the wind serving1 we took our leave of ,friends1 parting in much tenderness and brokenness1 in the sense of the heavenly life and power1 manifested amongst us4 ,so having put our horses and necessaries on board in the morning1 we went ourselves in the afternoon1 many ,friends accompanying us to the ship2 and divers1 both ,friends and friendly people1 came after us in boats when we were near a league at sea1 their love drawing them1 though not without danger4 ,a good1 weighty1 and true people there is in that nation1 sensible of the power of the ,lord ,god and tender of his truth2 and very good order they have in their meetings1 for they stand up for righteousness and holiness1 which dams up the way of wickedness4 ,a precious visitation they had1 and there is an excellent spirit in them1 worthy to be visited4 ,many things more ,i could write of that nation1 and of my travels in it1 which would be large to mention particularly2 but this ,i have thought good to signify1 that the righteous may rejoice in the prosperity of truth4 ,james ,lancaster1 ,robert ,lodge1 and ,thomas ,briggs came back with me2 ,john ,stubbs having further service there1 stayed behind4 ,we were two nights at sea2 in one of which a mighty storm arose1 that put the vessel in great danger4 ,but ,i saw the power of ,god went over the winds and storms2 he had them in his hand1 and his power bound them4 ,and the same power of the ,lord ,god which carried us over1 brought us back again2 and in his life gave us dominion over all the evil spirits that opposed us there4 ,we landed at ,,liverpool1 and went to ,richard ,johnson's4 ,whence departing the next day1 we passed to ,william ,barnes's house1 and so to ,william ,gandy's1 visiting ,friends1 and having many precious meetings in ,,lancashire and ,,cheshire4 ,when we came into ,,gloucestershire1 we met with a report at ,,nailsworth1 which was spread about that country1 8that ,george ,fox was turned ,presbyterian2 that they had prepared a pulpit for him1 and set it in a yard1 and that there would be a thousand people there the next day to hear him40 ,i thought it strange that such a report should be raised of me2 yet as we went further1 from one ,friend's house to another1 we met with the same4 ,we passed by the yard where the pulpit was1 and saw it1 and went on to the place where ,friends' meeting was to be next day1 and there we stayed that night4 ,next day1 being ,first-day1 we had a very large meeting1 and the ,lord's power and presence were amongst us4 ,the occasion of this strange report 7as ,i was informed7 was this4 ,there was one ,john ,fox1 a ,presbyterian priest1 who used to go about preaching2 and some changing his name 7as was reported7 from ,john to ,george1 gave out that ,george ,fox had changed his religion1 and was turned from a ,quaker1 to be a ,presbyterian1 and would preach at such a place such a day4 ,this begot so great a curiosity in the people1 that many went thither to hear this ,quaker turned ,presbyterian1 who would not have gone to hear ,john ,fox himself4 ,by this means1 it was reported1 they had got together above a thousand people4 ,but when they came there1 and perceived they had a trick put upon them1 and that he was a counterfeit ,george ,fox1 and understood that the real ,george ,fox was hard by1 several hundreds of them came to our meeting1 and were sober and attentive4 ,i directed them to the grace of ,god in themselves1 which would teach them1 and bring them salvation4 ,when the meeting was over1 some of the people said1 8they liked ,george ,fox the ,quaker's preaching better than ,george ,fox the ,presbyterian's40 ,thus1 by my providential coming into those parts at that time1 was this false report discovered2 and shame came over the contrivers of it4 ,not long after1 this ,john ,fox was complained of in the ,house of ,commons1 for 8having a tumultuous meeting1 in which treasonable words were spoken20 which 7according to the best information ,i could get of it7 was thus3--,he had formerly been priest of ,mansfield ,manningford8 in ,wiltshire2 and being put out of that place1 was afterwards permitted by a ,common-,prayer priest to preach sometimes in his steeple-house4 ,at length this ,presbyterian priest1 presuming too far upon the parish priest's former grant1 began to be more bold than welcome1 and attempted to preach there1 whether the parish priest would or not4 ,this caused a great bustle and contest in the steeple-house between the two priests1 and their hearers1 on each side2 in which contest the ,common-,prayer-,book was cut to pieces1 and some treasonable words were spoken by some of the followers of ,john ,fox4 ,this was quickly put in the news3 and some malicious ,presbyterians caused it to be worded as if it had proceeded from ,george ,fox1 the ,quaker1 when ,i was above two hundred miles from the place where this bustle happened4 ,when ,i heard of it1 ,i soon procured certificates from some of the members of the ,house of ,commons1 who knew this ,john ,fox1 and gave it under their hands1 that it was ,john ,fox1 who had formerly been parson at ,mansfield in ,wiltshire1 that was complained of to the ,house of ,commons1 to be the chief ringleader in that unlawful assembly4 ,and indeed this ,john ,fox discovered himself to be an ill man2 for when some1 who had been his followers1 came to be convinced of truth1 and thereupon left him1 he came to some of their houses to talk with them about it1 and they telling him1 8he was in the steps of the false prophets1 preaching for hire and filthy lucre1 like them whom ,christ cried woe against1 and the apostles declared against1 such as served not the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 but their own bellies2 and telling him also1 ,christ said1 #8freely ye have received1 freely give2' and therefore he should not take money of people for preaching1 especially now times were so hard20 he replied1 8,god bless preaching1 for that brings in money1 let times go how they will4 ,fill my belly with good victuals2 and then call me false prophet1 or what you will1 and kick me about the house when ye have done if ye will40 ,this relation ,i had from a man and his wife1 who had been formerly his hearers1 and whom this ,john ,fox1 with others1 caused deeply to suffer4 ,for he and some other ,presbyterian priests1 using to resort to a widow-woman's house1 who had the impropriation1 and took the tithes of the parish1 she told them1 there was a ,quaker in that parish1 that would not pay her tithes1 and asked what she should do with him4 ,they advised her 8to send workmen to cut down and carry away his corn20 which she did1 and thereby impoverished the man4 ,but to proceed-- ,after this meeting in ,gloucestershire was over1 we travelled till we came to ,,bristol2 where ,i met with ,margaret ,fell1 who was come to visit her daughter ,yeomans4 ,i had seen from the ,lord a considerable time before1 that ,i should take ,margaret ,fell to be my wife4 ,and when ,i first mentioned it to her1 she felt the answer of ,life from ,god thereunto4 ,but though the ,lord had opened this thing to me1 yet ,i had not received a command from the ,lord1 for the accomplishing of it then4 ,wherefore ,i let the thing rest1 and went on in the work and service of the ,lord as before1 according as he led me2 travelling up and down in this nation and through ,ireland4 ,but now being at ,,bristol1 and finding ,margaret ,fell there1 it opened in me from the ,lord that the thing should be accomplished4 ,after we had discoursed the matter together1 ,i told her1 if 8she also was satisfied with the accomplishing of it now1 she should first send for her children20 which she did4 ,when the rest of her daughters were come1 ,i asked both them and her sons in law1 8if they had anything against it1 or for it20 and they all severally expressed their satisfaction therein4 ,then ,i asked ,margaret1 8if she had fulfilled and performed her husband's will to her children40 ,she replied1 8the children knew that40 ,whereupon ,i asked them1 8whether1 if their mother married1 they should not lose by it80 ,and ,i asked ,margaret1 8whether she had done anything in lieu of it1 which might answer it to the children80 ,the children said1 8she had answered it to them1 and desired me to speak no more of it40 ,i told them1 8,i was plain1 and would have all things done plainly2 for ,i sought not any outward advantage to myself40 ,so after ,i had thus acquainted the children with it1 our intention of marriage was laid before ,friends1 both privately and publicly1 to their full satisfaction1 many of whom gave testimony thereunto that it was of ,god4 ,afterwards1 a meeting being appointed for the accomplishing thereof1 in the meeting-house at ,broad-,mead in ,bristol1 we took each other1 the ,lord joining us together in the honourable marriage1 in the everlasting covenant and immortal ,seed of life4 ,in the sense whereof1 living and weighty testimonies were borne thereunto by ,friends1 in the movings of the heavenly power which united us together4 ,then was a certificate relating both to the proceedings and the marriage1 openly read1 and signed by the relations1 and by most of the ancient ,friends of that city1 besides many others from divers parts of the nation4#ai ,we stayed about a week in ,bristol1 and then went together to ,,olveston2 where taking leave of each other in the ,lord1 we parted1 betaking ourselves to our several services1 ,margaret returning homewards to the north1 and ,i passing on in the work of the ,lord1 as before4 ,i travelled through ,,wiltshire1 ,,berkshire1 ,,oxfordshire1 and ,,buckinghamshire1 and so to ,,london1 visiting ,friends2 in all which counties ,i had many large and precious meetings4 ,being in ,,london1 it came upon me to write to ,friends throughout the nation1 about 8putting out poor children to trades40 ,wherefore ,i sent the following epistle to the quarterly meetings of ,friends in all counties3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends1 8,let every quarterly meeting make inquiry through all the monthly and other meetings1 to know all ,friends that are widows1 or others1 that have children fit to put out to apprenticeships2 so that once a quarter you may set forth an apprentice from your quarterly meeting2 and so you may set forth four in a year in each county1 or more1 if there be occasion4 ,this apprentice1 when out of his time1 may help his father or mother1 and support the family that is decayed2 and in so doing1 all may come to live comfortably4 ,this being done in your quarterly meetings1 ye will have knowledge through the county in the monthly and particular meetings1 of masters fit for them1 and of such trades as their parents or you desire1 or the children are most inclinable to4 ,thus being placed out with ,friends1 they may be trained up in truth2 and by this means in the wisdom of ,god1 you may preserve ,friends' children in the truth1 and enable them to be a strength and help to their families1 and nursers and preservers of their relations in their ancient days4 ,thus also things being ordered in the wisdom of ,god1 you will take off a continual maintenance1 and free yourselves from much cumber4 ,for in the country1 ye know1 ye may set forth an apprentice for a little to several trades1 as bricklayers1 masons1 carpenters1 wheelwrights1 plough-wrights1 tailors1 tanners1 curriers1 blacksmiths1 shoemakers1 nailers1 butchers1 weavers of linen and woollen1 stuffs and serges1 c4 ,and you may do well to have a stock in your quarterly meetings for that purpose4 ,all that is given by any ,friends at their decease 7except it be given to some particular use1 person1 or meeting17 may be brought to the public stock for that purpose4 ,this will be a way for the preserving of many that are poor among you1 and it will be a way of making up poor families4 ,in several counties it is practised already4 ,some quarterly meetings set forth two apprentices2 and sometimes the children of others that are laid on the parish4 ,you may bind them for fewer or more years1 according to their capacities4 ,in all these things the wisdom of ,god will teach you1 by which ye may come to help the children of poor ,friends1 that they may come to support their families1 and preserve them in the fear of ,god4 ,so no more1 but my love in the everlasting ,seed1 by which ye will have wisdom to order all things to the glory of ,god40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 #ast of #aath ,month1 #affi4 ,i stayed not long in ,,london2 but having visited ,friends1 and finding things there quiet and well1 the ,lord's power being over all1 ,i passed into ,,essex1 and ,,hertfordshire1 where ,i had many precious meetings4 ,intending to go as far as ,,leicestershire1 ,i wrote a letter to my wife1 before ,i left ,london1 to acquaint her therewith1 that if she found it convenient to her she might meet me there4 ,from ,hertfordshire ,i turned into ,,cambridgeshire1 thence into ,,huntingdonshire1 and so into ,,leicestershire2 where1 instead of meeting with my wife1 ,i heard she was haled out of her house to ,lancaster prison again1 by an order obtained from the king and council1 to fetch her back to prison upon the old premunire2 though she had been discharged from that imprisonment by their order the year before4 ,wherefore1 having visited ,friends as far as ,leicestershire1 ,i returned by ,,derbyshire into ,,warwickshire1 and so to ,,london1 having had many large and blessed meetings in the several counties ,i passed through1 and been sweetly refreshed amongst ,friends in my travels4 ,as soon as ,i reached ,,london1 ,i hastened ,mary ,lower and ,sarah ,fell 7two of my wife's daughters7 to the king1 to acquaint him how their mother was dealt with1 and see if they could obtain a full discharge for her1 that she might enjoy her estate and liberty without molestation4 ,this was somewhat difficult1 but by diligent attendance1 they at length obtained it2 the king giving command to ,sir ,john ,otway1 to signify his pleasure therein by letter to the sheriff1 and others concerned therein in the country4 ,which letter ,sarah ,fell going down with her brother and sister ,rous1 carried with her to ,lancaster2 and by them ,i wrote to my wife as follows3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,heart ,,in ,,the ,,truth ,,and ,,life1 ,,that ,,changeth ,,not1 8,it was upon me that ,mary ,lower and ,sarah should go to the king concerning thy imprisonment1 and to ,kirby1 that the power of the ,lord might appear over them all in thy deliverance4 ,they went1 and then they thought to come down2 but it was upon me to stay them a little longer1 that they might follow the business till it was effected2 which it now is1 and is here sent4 ,the late declaration of mine hath been very serviceable1 people being generally satisfied with it4 ,so no more1 but my love in the holy ,seed40 ,g4,f4 ,the declaration here mentioned1 was a printed sheet1 written upon occasion of a new persecution stirred up4 ,for by the time ,i was returned out of ,leicestershire to ,london1 a fresh storm was risen1 occasioned 7it was thought7 by that tumultuous meeting in a steeple-house in ,wiltshire or ,gloucestershire1 mentioned a little before 7page #aaf72 from which1 it was said1 some members of parliament took advantage to get an act passed against seditious conventicles2#bj which soon after came forth and was turned against us1 who of all people were free from sedition and tumult4 ,whereupon ,i wrote a declaration1 showing from the preamble and terms of the act1 that we were not such a people1 nor our meetings such as were described in that act4 ,i wrote also another short paper on the occasion of that act against meetings1 opening our case to the magistrates1 as follows3-- 8,o ,friends1 consider this act1 which limits us to five4 ,is this doing as ye would be done by8 ,would ye be so served yourselves8 ,we own ,christ ,jesus as well as you1 his coming1 death1 and resurrection2 and if we be contrary-minded to you in some things1 is not this the apostle's exhortation1 #8to wait till ,god hath revealed it8' ,doth not he say1 #8what is not of faith1 is sin'8 ,seeing we have not faith in things1 which ye would have us to do1 would it not be sin in us1 if we should act contrary to our faith8 ,why should any man have power over another man's faith1 seeing ,christ is the author of it8 ,when the apostles preached in the name of ,jesus1 and great multitudes heard them1 and the rulers forbade them to speak any more in that name1 did not they bid them judge whether it were better to obey ,god or man8 ,would not this act have taken hold of the twelve apostles and seventy disciples2 for they met often together8 ,if there had been a law made then1 that not above five should have met with ,christ1 would not that have been a hindering of him from meeting with his disciples8 ,do ye think that ,he1 who is the wisdom of ,god1 or his disciples1 would have obeyed it8 ,if such a law had been made in the apostles' days1 that not above five might meet together1 who had been different-minded from either the ,jews or the ,gentiles1 do ye think the churches of ,christ at ,corinth1 ,philippi1 ,ephesus1 ,thessalonica1 or the rest of the gathered churches1 would have obeyed it8 ,o therefore consider6 for we are ,christians1 and partake of the nature and life of ,christ4 ,strive not to limit the ,holy ,one2 for ,god's power cannot be limited1 and is not to be quenched4 ,do unto all men as ye would have them do unto you2 for that is the law and the prophets40 8,this is from those who wish you all well1 and desire your everlasting good and prosperity1 called ,quakers2 who seek the peace and good of all people1 though they afflict us1 and cause us to suffer40 ,g4 ,f4 ,as ,i had endeavoured to soften the magistrates1 and to take off the sharpness of their edge in the execution of the act1 so it was upon me to write a few lines to ,friends 8to strengthen and encourage them to stand fast in their testimony1 and bear1 with ,christian patience and content1 the suffering that was coming upon them40 ,this ,i did in the following epistle3-- 8,my dear ,friends1 ,keep in the faith of ,god above all outward things1 and in his power1 that hath given you dominion over all4 ,the same power of ,god is still with you to deliver you as formerly2 for ,god and his power is the same2 his ,seed is over all1 and before all2 and will be1 when that which makes to suffer1 is gone4 ,be of good faith in that which changeth not2 for whatsoever any do against the truth1 it will come upon themselves1 and fall as a millstone on their heads4 ,if the ,lord suffer you to be tried1 let all be given up2 and look at the ,lord and his power1 which is over the whole world1 and will remain when the world is gone4 ,in the ,lord's power and truth rejoice over that which makes to suffer1 in the ,seed1 which was before it was2 for the life1 truth1 and power of ,god is over all4 ,all keep in that2 and if ye suffer in that1 it is to the ,lord4 8,friends1 the ,lord hath blessed you in outward things2 and now the ,lord may try you1 whether your minds be in outward things1 or with the ,lord that gave you them8 ,therefore keep in the ,seed1 by which all outward things were made1 and which is over them all4 ,what6 shall not ,i pray1 and speak to ,god1 with my face towards heavenly ,jerusalem1 according to my wonted time8 ,let not any one's ,delilah shave his head1 lest he lose his strength2 neither rest in its lap1 lest the ,philistines be upon you4 ,for your rest is in ,christ ,jesus2 therefore rest not in anything else40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 #abth of #bnd ,month1 #afgj4 ,on the ,first-day after the act came in force1 ,i went to the meeting at ,,gracechurch-,,street1 where ,i expected the storm was most likely to begin4 ,when ,i came there1 ,i found the street full of people1 and a guard set to keep ,friends out of their meeting-house4 ,i went to the other passage out of ,lombard-street1 where also ,i found a guard2 but the court was full of people1 and a ,friend was speaking amongst them2 but he did not speak long4 ,when he had done1 ,i stood up1 and was moved to say1 8,saul1 ,saul1 why persecutest thou me8 it is hard for thee to kick against that which pricks thee4 ,then ,i showed that it is ,saul's nature1 that persecutes still1 and that they who persecute ,christ in his members now1 where he is made manifest1 kick against that which pricks them4 ,that it was the birth of the flesh that persecuted the birth born of the ,spirit2 and that it was the nature of dogs to tear and devour the sheep1 but that we suffered as sheep that bite not again2 for we were a peaceable people1 and loved them that persecuted us40 ,after ,i had spoken a while to this effect1 the constable came with an informer and soldiers2 and as they pulled me down1 ,i said1 8,blessed are the peacemakers40 ,the commander of the soldiers put me among the soldiers1 and bid them secure me1 saying to me1 8,you are the man ,i looked for40 ,they took also ,john ,burnyeat and another ,friend1 and led us away first to the ,exchange1 and afterwards towards ,moorfields4 ,as we went along the streets the people were very moderate2 some of them laughed at the constable1 and told him1 8we would not run away40 ,the informer went with us unknown1 till falling into discourse with one of the company1 he said1 8,it would never be a good world till all people came to the good old religion that was two hundred years ago40 ,whereupon ,i asked him1 8,art thou a ,papist8 ,what6 a ,papist informer2 for two hundred years ago there was no other religion but that of the ,papists40 ,he saw he had ensnared himself1 and was vexed at it2 for as he went along the streets1 ,i spoke often to him1 and manifested what he was4 ,when we were come to the mayor's house1 and were in the court-yard1 several of the people that stood about1 asked me1 8how and for what ,i was taken80 ,i desired them to ask the informer1 and also know what his name was2 but he refused to tell his name4 ,whereupon one of the mayor's officers looking out at a window1 told him1 8he should tell his name before he went away2 for the lord mayor would know by what authority he intruded himself with soldiers into the execution of those laws which belonged to the civil magistrate to execute1 and not to the military40 ,after this1 he was eager to be gone2 and went to the porter to be let out4 ,one of the officers called to him1 saying1 8,have you brought people here to inform against1 and now will you go away before my lord mayor comes80 ,some called to the porter not to let him out2 whereupon he forcibly pulled open the door1 and slipped out4 ,no sooner was he come into the street1 than the people gave a shout1 that made the street ring again1 crying out1 8a ,papist informer6 a ,papist informer60 ,we desired the constable and soldiers to go and rescue him out of the people's hands1 fearing lest they should do him a mischief4 ,they went1 and brought him into the mayor's entry1 where they stayed a while2 but when he went out again1 the people received him with another shout4 ,the soldiers were fain to go and rescue him once more1 and they led him into a house in an alley1 where they persuaded him to change his periwig1 and so he got away unknown4 ,when the mayor came1 we were brought into the room where he was1 and some of his officers would have taken off our hats1 which he perceiving1 called to them1 and bid them1 8let us alone1 and not meddle with our hats2 for10 said he1 8they are not yet brought before me in judicature40 ,so we stood by while he examined some ,presbyterian and ,baptist teachers2 with whom he was somewhat sharp1 and convicted them4 ,after he had done with them1 ,i was brought up to the table where he sat2 and then the officers took off my hat2 and the mayor said mildly to me1 8,mr4 ,fox1 you are an eminent man amongst those of your profession2 pray1 will you be instrumental to dissuade them from meeting in such great numbers8 for1 seeing ,christ hath promised that where two or three are met in his name1 he will be in the midst of them1 and the king and parliament are graciously pleased to allow of four to meet together to worship ,god2 why will not you be content to partake both of ,christ's promise to two or three1 and the king's indulgence to four80 ,i answered to this purpose3 8,christ's promise was not to discourage many from meeting together in his name1 but to encourage the few1 that the fewest might not forbear to meet1 because of their fewness4 ,but if ,christ hath promised to manifest his presence in the midst of so small an assembly1 where but two or three were gathered in his name1 how much more would his presence abound where two or three hundred are gathered in his name8 ,i wished him to consider1 whether this act would not have taken hold of ,christ1 with his twelve apostles and seventy disciples1 if it had been in their time1 who used to meet often together1 and that with great numbers8 ,however1 ,i told him this act did not concern us2 for it was made against seditious meetings1 of such as met1 under colour and pretence of religion1 #8to contrive insurrections1 as 7the act says7 late experience had shown2' but we had been sufficiently tried and proved1 and always found peaceable1 and therefore he should do well to put a difference between the innocent and the guilty40 ,he said1 8the act was made against meetings1 and a worship not according to the liturgy40 ,i told him1 8according to0 was not the very same thing3 and ,i asked him1 8whether the liturgy was according to the ,scriptures8 and whether we might not read ,scriptures1 and speak ,scriptures80 ,he said 8,yes40 ,i told him1 8this act took hold only of such1 as met to plot and contrive insurrections1 as late experience had shown2 but they had never experienced that by us4 ,because thieves are sometimes on the road1 must not honest men travel8 ,and because plotters and contrivers have met to do mischief1 must not an honest1 peaceable people meet to do good8 ,if we had been a people that met to plot and contrive insurrections1 c41 we might have drawn ourselves into fours2 for four might do more mischief in plotting than if there were four hundred1 because four might speak out their minds more freely one to another than four hundred could4 ,therefore1 we being innocent1 and not the people this act concerns1 we keep our meetings as we used to do3 and1 ,i said1 ,i believed that he knew in his conscience we were innocent40 ,after some more discourse1 he took our names and the places where we lodged1 and at length1 as the informer was gone1 set us at liberty4 ,being set at liberty1 the ,friends with me asked me 8whither ,i would go80 ,i told them1 8to ,gracechurch ,street meeting again1 if it were not over40 ,when we came there1 the people were generally gone2 only some few stood at the gate4 ,we went into ,gerrard ,roberts's house2 and from thence ,i sent out to know how the other meetings in the city were4 ,i understood that at some of the meeting-places ,friends were kept out2 at others they were taken1 but set at liberty again a few days after4 ,a glorious time it was1 for the ,lord's power came over all1 and his everlasting truth got renown4 ,for as fast as some that were speaking were taken down1 others were moved of the ,lord to stand up and speak1 to the admiration of the people2 and the more1 because many ,baptists and other sectaries left their public meetings1 and came to see how the ,quakers would stand4 ,as for the informer aforesaid1 he was so frightened1 that there durst hardly any informer appear publicly again in ,london for some time after4 ,but the mayor1 whose name was ,samuel ,starling1 though he carried himself smoothly towards us1 proved afterwards a very great persecutor of our ,friends1 many of whom he cast into prison1 as may be seen in the trials of ,w4 ,penn1 ,w4 ,mead1 and others1 at the ,old ,bailey this year4#ba ,after some time the heat of persecution in ,london began to abate1 and meetings were quieter there4 ,being now clear of the city1 ,i went to visit ,friends in the country2 and attended several meetings in ,,middlesex1 ,,buckinghamshire1 and ,,oxfordshire1 which were quiet1 though in some places there was much threatening4 ,at ,,reading most of the ,friends were in prison1 and ,i went to visit them4 ,when ,i had been a while with them1 the ,friends that were prisoners gathered together1 and several other persons came in2 so that ,i had a fine opportunity amongst them1 and 8declared the ,word of ,life1 encouraging them in the truth2 and they were refreshed in feeling the presence and power of the ,lord amongst them40 ,when the meeting was ended1 the jailer understanding that ,i was there1 the ,friends were concerned how to get me out safe again2 for they feared lest he should stop me4 ,but after ,i had stayed a while1 and eaten with them1 ,i went down stairs1 and the jailer being at the door1 ,i put my hand in my pocket1 which he had such an eye to1 hoping to get something from me1 that he asked me no question4 ,so ,i gave him something1 and bade him 8be kind and civil to my ,friends in prison1 whom ,i came to visit20 and he let me pass out without interruption4 ,but soon after ,isaac ,penington coming to visit them1 he stopped him1 and caused him to be made a prisoner4#bb ,next morning ,i rode about fourteen miles to a meeting at ,,banghurst in ,,hampshire1 ,thomas ,briggs being with me4 ,when we came into the parish1 some sober people told us1 that 8the priest of the town was an envious man1 and threatened us40 ,we went on to the meeting1 which was large2 and after some time ,thomas ,briggs stood up and spoke4 ,it seems the priest had got a warrant1 and sent the constables and other officers with it4 ,they came to the house1 stayed a while1 and then went away again1 without coming into the meeting2 so we in the meeting did not know of their being there4 ,after ,thomas ,briggs had done speaking1 ,i was moved of the ,lord to stand up1 and declare the ,word of ,life to the people2 and a precious meeting we had4 ,when it was ended and risen1 ,i heard a great clatter in the yard2 and when we came out1 the man of the house told us1 8that the officers had been in the house before1 but did not come into the meeting1 going away without doing anything2 and that now the priest in a great rage had sent them again1 and his own servant with them40 ,but the meeting being ended before they came1 they could do nothing4 ,thus the good providence of the ,lord preserved us from the wicked design of the envious priest4 ,thence we went to a ,friend's house on the edge of ,,berkshire1 where several ,friends came to visit us4 ,afterwards we passed into ,,surrey1 and had many precious meetings1 till we came to ,stephen ,smith's1 near ,,guildford1 where great persecution had been1 and very much property taken away from ,friends for their meetings2 and under great threatenings they were at that time2 yet we had several blessed meetings thereabouts1 and the ,lord's power was over all1 in and by which we were preserved4 ,we went into ,,sussex1 by ,richard ,baxe's1 where we had a large1 precious1 quiet meeting1 though the constables had given out threatenings before4 ,i had many more meetings in that county2 and though there were some threatenings1 they were peaceable2 and ,friends were refreshed1 and established upon the foundation of ,god1 that stands sure4 ,when ,i had thoroughly visited ,,sussex1 ,i went into ,,kent1 and had many glorious and precious meetings in several parts of that county4 ,i went to a meeting near ,,deal1 which was very large2 and returning from thence to ,,canterbury1 visited ,friends there4 ,i then passed into the ,,isle ,,of ,,sheppey1 where ,i stayed two or three days2 and thither came ,alexander ,parker1 ,george ,whitehead1 and ,john ,rous to me4 ,next day1 finding my service for the ,lord finished there1 we passed towards ,,rochester4 ,on the way1 as ,i was walking down a hill1 a great weight and oppression fell upon my spirit2 ,i got on my horse again1 but the weight remained so that ,i was hardly able to ride4 ,at length we came to ,rochester1 but ,i was much spent1 being so extremely laden and burdened with the world's spirits1 that my life was oppressed under them4 ,i got with difficulty to ,,gravesend1 and lay at an inn there2 but could hardly either eat or sleep4 ,the next day ,john ,rous and ,alexander ,parker went for ,london2 and ,john ,stubbs being come to me1 we went over the ferry into ,,essex4 ,we came to ,,hornchurch1 where was a meeting on ,first-day4 ,after it ,i rode with great uneasiness to ,,stratford1 to a ,friend's house1 whose name was ,williams1 and who had formerly been a captain4 ,here ,i lay exceedingly weak1 and at last lost both hearing and sight4 ,several ,friends came to me from ,london3 and ,i told them1 that 8,i should be as a sign to such as would not see1 and such as would not hear the truth40 ,in this condition ,i continued some time4 ,several came about me2 and though ,i could not see their persons1 ,i felt and discerned their spirits1 who were honest-hearted1 and who were not4 ,divers ,friends who practised physic1 came to see me1 and would have given me medicines1 but ,i was not to meddle with any2 for ,i was sensible ,i had a travail to go through2 and therefore desired none but solid1 weighty ,friends might be about me4 ,under great sufferings and travails1 sorrows and oppressions1 ,i lay for several weeks1 whereby ,i was brought so low and weak in body1 that few thought ,i could live4 ,some that were with me went away1 saying1 8they would not see me die20 and it was reported both in ,london and in the country1 that ,i was deceased2 but ,i felt the ,lord's power inwardly supporting me4 ,when they that were about me had given me up to die1 ,i spoke to them to get a coach to carry me to ,gerrard ,roberts's1 about twelve miles off2 for ,i found it was my place to go thither4 ,i had now recovered a little glimmering sight1 so that ,i could discern the people and fields as ,i went1 and that was all4 ,when ,i came to ,gerrard's1 he was very weak3 and ,i was moved to speak to him1 and encourage him4 ,after ,i had stayed about three weeks there1 it was with me to go to ,enfield4 ,friends were afraid of my removing2 but ,i told them ,i might safely go4 ,when ,i had taken my leave of ,gerrard1 and was come to ,,enfield1 ,i went first to visit ,amor ,stoddart1 who lay very weak1 and almost speechless4 ,i was moved to tell him1 8he had been faithful as a man1 and faithful to ,god2 and that the immortal seed of life was his crown40 ,many more words ,i was moved to speak to him1 though ,i was then so weak ,i was hardly able to stand2 and within a few days after1 ,amor died4 ,i went to the widow ,dry's at ,enfield1 where ,i lay all that winter1 warring in spirit with the evil spirits of the world1 that warred against truth and ,friends4 ,for there were great persecutions at this time2 some meeting-houses were pulled down1 and many were broken up by soldiers4 ,sometimes a troop of horse1 or a company of foot came2 and some broke their swords1 carbines1 muskets1 and pikes1 with beating ,friends2 and many they wounded1 so that their blood lay in the streets4 ,amongst others that were active in this cruel persecution at ,london1 my old adversary ,colonel ,kirby was one2 who1 with a company of foot1 went to break up several meetings2 and he would often enquire for me at the meetings he broke up4 ,one time as he went over the water to ,horsleydown1 there happening some scuffle between some of his soldiers and some of the watermen1 he bid his men 8fire at them40 ,they did so1 and killed some4 ,i was under great sufferings at this time1 beyond what ,i have words to declare4 ,for ,i was brought into the deep1 and saw all the religions of the world1 and people that lived in them1 and the priests that held them up1 who were as a company of men-eaters1 eating up the people like bread1 and gnawing the flesh from off their bones4 ,but as for true religion and worship1 and ministers of ,god1 alack6 ,i saw there were none amongst those of the world that pretended to it4 ,for they that pretended to be the church1 were but a company of men-eaters1 men of cruel visages1 and of long teeth2 and1 though they had cried against the men-eaters in ,america1 ,i saw they were in the same nature4 ,and as the great professing ,jews did 8eat up ,god's people like bread10 and the false prophets and priests then preached peace to people1 so long as they 8put into their mouths and fed them20 but if they fed them not1 they prepared war against them1 8they ate their flesh off their bones1 and chopped them as for the caldron20 so these that profess themselves ,christians now 7both priests and professors17 and are not in the same power and ,spirit that ,christ and the holy prophets and apostles were in1 are in the same nature that the old professing ,jews were in1 and are men-eaters as well as they4 ,these stirred up persecution and set the wicked informers to work2 so that a ,friend could hardly speak a few words in a private family1 before they sat down to eat meat1 but some were ready to inform against them4 ,a particular instance of which ,i have heard as follows3-- ,at ,droitwich1 ,john ,cartwright came to a ,friend's house1 and being moved of the ,lord to speak a few words before he sat down to supper1 there came an informer1 and stood hearkening under the window4 ,when he had heard the ,friend speak1 hoping to get some gain to himself1 he went and informed1 and got a warrant to distrain his goods1 under pretence that there was a meeting at his house2 whereas there were none in the house at that time1 but the ,friend1 the man of the house1 his wife1 and their maid-servant4 ,but this evil-minded man1 as he came back with his warrant in the night1 fell off his horse1 and broke his neck4 ,so there was a wretched end of a wicked informer1 who hoped to enrich himself by spoiling ,friends2 but the ,lord prevented him1 and cut him off in his wickedness4 ,now1 though it was a cruel1 bloody1 persecuting time1 yet the ,lord's power went over all1 and his everlasting ,seed prevailed2 and ,friends were made to stand firm and faithful in the ,lord's power4 ,some sober people of other professions would say1 8if ,friends did not stand1 the nation would run into debauchery40 ,though by reason of my weakness1 ,i could not travel amongst ,friends as ,i used to do1 yet in the motion of life1 ,i sent the following lines as an encouraging testimony to them3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends1 8,the ,seed is above all4 ,in it walk3 in which ye all have life4 ,be not amazed at the weather2 for always the just suffered by the unjust1 but the just had the dominion4 ,all along ye may see1 by faith the mountains were subdued2 and the rage of the wicked1 and his fiery darts1 were quenched4 ,though the waves and storms are high1 yet your faith will keep you so as to swim above them2 for they are but for a time1 and the truth is without time4 ,therefore keep on the mountain of holiness1 ye who are led to it by the light where nothing shall hurt4 ,do not think that anything will outlast the truth1 which standeth sure2 and is over that which is out of the truth2 for the good will overcome the evil2 the light1 darkness2 the life1 death2 virtue1 vice2 and righteousness1 unrighteousness4 ,the false prophet cannot overcome the true2 but the true prophet1 ,christ1 will overcome all the false4 ,so be faithful1 and live in that which doth not think the time long40 ,g4,f4 ,after some time it pleased the ,lord to allay the heat of this violent persecution2 and ,i felt in spirit an overcoming of the spirits of those men-eaters1 that had stirred it up1 and carried it on to that height of cruelty1 though ,i was outwardly very weak4 ,and ,i plainly felt1 and those ,friends that were with me1 and that came to visit me1 took notice1 that as the persecution ceased1 ,i came from under the travails and sufferings1 that had lain with such weight upon me2 so that towards the spring ,i began to recover1 and to walk up and down1 beyond the expectation of many1 who did not think ,i could ever have gone abroad again4 ,whilst ,i was under this spiritual suffering1 the state of the ,new ,jerusalem1 which comes down out of heaven1 was opened to me2 which some carnal-minded people had looked upon to be like an outward city dropped out of the elements4 ,i saw the beauty and glory of it1 the length1 the breadth1 and the height thereof1 all in complete proportion4 ,i saw1 that all who are within the light of ,christ1 and in his faith1 which he is the author of2 and in the ,spirit1 the ,holy ,ghost1 which ,christ and the holy prophets and apostles were in2 and within the grace1 and truth1 and power of ,god1 which are the walls of the city2--such are within the city1 are members of it1 and have right to eat of the tree of life1 which yields her fruit every month1 and whose leaves are for the healing of the nations4 ,but they that are out of the grace1 truth1 light1 ,spirit1 and power of ,god2 they who resist the ,holy ,ghost1 quench1 vex1 and grieve the ,spirit of ,god2 who hate the light1 turn the grace of ,god into wantonness1 and do despite to the ,spirit of ,grace2 they who have erred from the faith1 and made shipwreck of it and of a good conscience1 who abuse the power of ,god1 and despise prophesying1 revelation1 and inspiration2--these are the dogs and unbelievers that are without the city4 ,these make up the great city ,babylon1 confusion1 and her cage1 the power of darkness2 and the evil spirit of error surrounds and covers them over4 ,in this great city ,babylon are the false prophets1 in the false power and false spirit2 the beast1 in the dragon's power1 and the whore that is gone a whoring from the ,spirit of ,god1 and from ,christ her husband4 ,but the ,lord's power is over all this power of darkness1 false prophets1 and their worshippers1 who are for the lake which burns with fire4 ,many things more did ,i see concerning the heavenly city1 the ,new ,jerusalem1 which are hard to be uttered1 and would be hard to be received4 ,but1 in short1 this holy city is within the light1 and all that are within the light1 are within the city2 the gates whereof stand open all the day 7for there is no night there17 and all may come in4 ,christ's blood being shed for every man1 he tasted death for every man1 and enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world2 and his grace that brings salvation having appeared to all men1 there is no place or language where his voice may not be heard4 ,the ,christians in the primitive times were called by ,christ1 8a city set upon a hill20 they were also called 8the light of the world10 and 8the salt of the earth20 but when ,christians lose the light1 and salt1 and power of ,god1 then they came to be trodden under foot1 like unsavoury salt4 ,even as the ,jews1 who while they kept the law of ,god1 were preserved above all nations2 but when they turned their backs on ,god and his law1 they were trodden under foot of other nations4 ,adam and ,eve1 while they obeyed ,god1 were kept in his image and in the ,paradise of ,god1 in dominion over all the works of his hands2 but when they disobeyed ,god1 they lost his image1 the righteousness and the holiness in which they were made2 they lost their dominion1 were driven out of paradise2 and so fell under the dark power of ,satan1 and came under the chains of darkness4 ,but the promise of ,god was1 8that the ,seed of the woman1 ,christ ,jesus1 should bruise the serpent's head10--should break his power and authority1 which had led into captivity1 and had held man therein4 ,so ,christ1 who is the first and the last1 sets man free1 and is the resurrection of the just and unjust1 the judge of the quick and dead2 and they that are in him are invested with everlasting rest and peace1 out of all the labours1 and travails1 and miseries of ,adam in the fall4 ,so he is sufficient and of ability to restore man into the state he was in before he fell2 and not into that state only1 but into that also that never fell1 even to himself4 ,i had also in this time a great exercise and travail of spirit upon me1 concerning the powers and rulers of these nations1 from the sense ,i had of the many tender visitations and faithful warnings1 that had been given them1 and of their great abuse thereof1 who had refused to hear1 and rejected the counsel of the ,lord4 ,and though ,i knew ,friends would be clear of their blood1 yet ,i could not but mourn over them1 and gave forth these few lines following concerning them3-- 8,we have given them a visitation1 have faithfully warned them1 have declared to them our innocency and uprightness1 and that we never did any hurt to the king1 nor to any of his people4 ,we have nothing in our hearts but love and goodwill to him and his people1 and desire their eternal welfare4 ,but if they will not hear1 the day of judgment and of sorrow1 of torment1 misery1 and sudden destruction1 will come from the ,lord upon them1 that have been the cause of the sufferings of many thousands of simple1 innocent1 harmless people that have done them no hurt1 nor have had any ill-will towards him or them2 but have desired their eternal good for the eternal truth's sake4 ,destruction will come upon them that turn the sword backward4 ,therefore do not blind your eyes1 the ,lord will bring swift destruction and misery upon you2 surely he will do it1 and will relieve his innocent people2 who have groaned for deliverance from under your oppression1 and have also groaned for your deliverance out of wickedness4 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god1 that he hath a people in this nation1 that seek the good of all men upon the face of the earth2 for we have the mind of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that desires not the death of a sinner1 but the salvation and good of all4 ,blessed be the name of the ,lord our ,god for ever40 ,g4 ,f4 ,while ,i continued at ,enfield1 a sense came upon me of a hurt that sometimes happened1 by persons under the profession of truth coming out of one country into another1 to take a husband or wife amongst ,friends1 where they were strangers1 and it was not known whether they were clear and orderly1 or not4 ,and it opened in me to recommend the following method unto ,friends for preventing such inconveniences3-- 8,all ,friends that marry1 whether they be men or women1 if they come out of another nation1 island1 or county1 let them bring a certificate from the men's meeting of that county1 nation1 or island from which they came1 to the men's meeting where they propose their intention of marriage4 ,for the men's meeting being made up of the faithful1 this will stop all wrong spirits from roving up and down4 ,when any come with a certificate1 or letter of recommendation from one men's meeting to another1 one is refreshed by another1 and can set their hands and hearts to the thing4 ,this will prevent a great deal of trouble4 ,and then what ye have to say to them in the power of ,god1 in admonishing and instructing them1 ye are left to the power and ,spirit of ,god to do it1 and to let them know the duty of marriage1 and what it is2 that there may be unity and concord in the ,spirit1 and power1 and light1 and wisdom of ,god1 throughout all the men's meetings in the whole world1 in one1 in the life4 8,let copies of this be sent to every county1 and nation1 and island where ,friends are1 that so all things may be kept holy1 and pure1 and righteous1 in unity and peace2 and ,god over all may be glorified among you1 his lot1 his people and inheritance1 who are his adopted sons and daughters1 and heirs of his life4 ,so no more1 but my love in that which changeth not40 ,g4 ,f4 #adth of #ast ,month1 #afgj-a4 ,when ,i had recovered1 so that ,i could walk a little1 ,i went from ,enfield to ,gerrard ,roberts's again1 and thence to the women's school at ,,shacklewell1 and so to the meeting at ,gracechurch ,street1 ,,london2 where1 though ,i was yet but weak1 the ,lord's power upheld and enabled me to declare his eternal ,word of life4 ,about this time ,i was moved to pray to the ,lord as follows3-- 8,o ,lord ,god ,almighty6 ,prosper truth1 and preserve justice and equity in the land6 ,bring down all injustice and iniquity1 oppression and falsehood1 cruelty and unmercifulness in the land2 that mercy and righteousness may flourish6 8,o ,lord ,god6 ,set up and establish verity1 and preserve it in the land6 ,bring down in the land all debauchery and vice1 whoredoms and fornication1 and this raping spirit1 which causeth people to have no esteem of thee1 ,o ,god6 nor of their own souls or bodies2 nor of ,christianity1 modesty1 or humanity4 8,o ,lord6 ,put it in the magistrates' hearts to bring down all this ungodliness1 violence1 and cruelty1 profaneness1 cursing1 and swearing2 and to put down all those lewd houses and play-houses1 which corrupt youth and people1 and lead them from thy kingdom1 where no unclean thing can enter1 neither shall come6 ,such works lead people to hell6 ,lord6 ,in mercy bring down all these things in the nation1 to stop thy wrath1 ,o ,god6 from coming on the land40 ,g4 ,f4 ,this ,prayer was written at night1 the #agth of the #bnd ,month1 #afga4 ----- ,footnote #ai3 ,the date of the marriage of ,george ,fox and ,margaret ,fell1 in the ,bristol ,register of ,friends1 is #bgth of #hth ,month1 #affi4 ,margaret ,fell1 it will be remembered1 was the widow of ,judge ,fell of ,swarthmore ,hall4 ,it is remarkable with what high esteem and ,christian love this devoted woman appears to have been regarded by our early and most eminent ,friends4 ,she seems to have been generally acknowledged as a faithful nursing-mother of the flock2 and she often addressed them1 when in bonds or otherwise1 with letters of consolation and encouragement4 7,see numerous letters to and from her in ,barclay's ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends74 ,it is also probable she contributed largely from her means to the relief of their outward necessities4 ,having faithfully fulfilled her allotted labours1 she died much beloved and lamented1 at her own house at ,swarthmore1 in #agjb1 being near the eighty-eighth year of her age1 and having survived ,george ,fox about twelve years4 ,some remarkable expressions of assured happiness fell from her lips during her last illness1 if that could be called an illness1 which was the decay of nature4 ,at one time1 under the meltings of heavenly love1 she said1 8,oh my sweet ,lord6 into thy holy bosom do ,i commit myself freely2 not desiring to live in this troublesome1 painful world--it is all nothing to me--for my ,maker is my husband40 ,a little before her departure she called her daughter ,rachel to her1 saying1 8,take me in thy arms0--after which she said1 8,i am in peace60 ,footnote #bj3 ,the 8,conventicle ,act0 so called1 first passed in #affd1 was renewed at the above time 7#afgj71 with increased rigour4 ,the penalties were #e1 or three months to the house of correction1 for the first offence of attending a conventicle1 if above sixteen years of age2 #aj1 or six months1 for the second2 transportation for seven years for the third1 with sequestration of estate1 or distraint for the charges2 and five years' ,,slavery ,,in ,,the ,,colonies1 by contract between the sheriff and a purchaser1 on being sent abroad1 in defect of property to distrain upon2 or out of which to pay #ajj as a liberating fine4 ,this fine to be repeated1 and #ajj added as oft as he should offend afterwards1 or transportation1 c4 7with death for returning71 and the forfeiture of his life-interest in his estate4 ,conventicles to be broken up by an armed force1 under the direction of lieutenants of counties1 sheriffs1 c4 ,even a femme covert could not escape2 but must be redeemed by her husband1 at the price of #dj2 or go to prison1 or be transported with him4 ,nor could a peer of the realm3 he must be fined #aj for the first offence1 #bj for the second1 and for the third1 be tried by his peers4 ,the fines to be levied by distress1 by warrant of any two justices1 or a chief magistrate4 ,the force of this ,act was directed against the ,quakers1 by inserting1 in the latter part of it1 three sections1 which brought their refusal to take an oath under its full penalties2 and they suffered dreadfully through it6 ,in the streets1 or where they met to assert their religious rights1 they were dragooned2 in court they had oaths tendered1 and were convicted under this ,act upon their refusal4 8,this ,act10 says ,besse1 8was forthwith put into a rigorous execution1 and many hungry informers for the sake of their third of the penalties made it their business to live upon the spoil and ruin of conscientious people40 ,friends were great sufferers thereby1 of the nature of which the reader may have some idea by reference to 8,sufferings under the ,conventicle ,act20 ,select ,miscellanies1 vol4 iii41 pp4 #bbj-bde4 ,footnote #ba3 ,the celebrated trial of ,penn and ,mead at the ,old ,bailey1 above alluded to1 may be seen at full length in ,clarkson's ,life of ,penn--8a trial which1 for the good it has done to posterity1 ought to be engraved on tablets of the most durable marble40 ,it was certainly one of those events which1 in conjunction with others of a similar sort1 by showing the inadequacy of punishment for religion to its supposed end1 not only corrected and improved the notions of succeeding ages in this respect1 but1 by so doing1 lessened the ravages of persecution1 and the enmity between man and man4 ,nor ought posterity to be less grateful for it as a monument of the ferocity and corrupt usages of former times2 for1 contrasting these with the notions and customs of our own age1 we see the improvement of our social and moral condition4 ,newgate is no longer the receptacle of innocent individuals suffering for conscience' sake4 ,in our courts of law we see an order1 a decorum1 and an administration of justice1 unknown at the period of this memorable trial4 ,nor will the prospect be less grateful1 if we quit the present for a moment1 and direct our eyes to the future4 ,we have the best reason to hope1 on contemplating the signs of the times1 that the day is approaching when the ,christian religion1 which is capable of cementing men in the strongest possible union1 and for the noblest purposes1 will be restored to its primitive purity1 and made a blessing to all the dwellers upon the earth4 ,footnote #bb3 ,isaac ,penington has been mentioned before1 but only cursorily1 in the whole of this ,journal2 not often meeting with ,george ,fox4 ,but he was one of the most eminent1 experienced1 and beloved1 of the ,early ,friends4 ,he was well descended as to his worldly parentage1 being the eldest son of ,alderman ,penington1 who was two years successively ,mayor of ,london1 and a noted member of the ,long ,parliament4 ,born about the year #afag1 he received a liberal education1 having1 according to ,penn1 8all the advantages the schools and universities of his own country could give1 joined with the conversation of some of the most learned and considerable men of that time40 ,from childhood1 ,isaac ,penington was religiously inclined1 and1 in a paper written by himself1 and found after his death amongst his writings1 we have such a living portrait of a deeply-exercised mind1 as demonstrates that godliness with him was indeed the 8one thing needful40 8,in the sense of my lost estate10 he writes1 8,i sought after the ,lord2 ,i read the ,scriptures2 ,i watched over mine own heart2 and whatever ,i read in the ,scriptures1 as the way of ,god1 to my understanding1 ,i gave myself to the faithful practice of40 ,he became fully convinced of the principles of ,friends1 and joined that despised people--becoming a faithful sufferer for the cause of ,christ4 8,early believers in the light of ,truth ,dwelt not at ease in ,zion4 ,they endured ,conflicts and trials1 and imprisonments4 ,even the humble ,penington1 whose mind ,seemed purged and purified from dross ,of human nature--who appeared as meek ,and harmless as an infant--was compelled ,to dwell in loathsome prisons40 ,he was six times in jail1 some of his imprisonments being long1 yet borne with great quietness and constancy of mind4 ,his first imprisonment was in ,aylesbury jail in #affa and #affb1 being committed there for worshipping ,god in his own house4 ,he was kept there seventeen weeks1 great part of it in winter--in a cold and very incommodious room without a chimney1 from which usage he contracted so severe an indisposition1 that for several weeks after he was unable to turn himself in his bed4 ,in the sixty-third year of his age 8he died as he lived1 in the faith that overcomes the world40 ,,chapter ,,iv4 #afga-afgb4--;,his wife being still detained a prisoner1 ,george ,fox puts two women ,friends upon going to the king to procure her discharge1 which he granted under the broad seal1 to clear her person and estate after being a prisoner under premunire ten years--he sails for the plantations in ,america with several other ,friends--chased by a ,sallee man-of-war--the master in a strait asks advice of ,george ,fox1 who seeks counsel of the ,lord1 and is assured of their preservation--the event verifies the prediction--they land at ,barbadoes after a seven weeks' passage--a man in the island1 who was greatly incensed against ,george ,fox without just cause1 and who had threatened his life1 died a few days before his landing--is laid up for some weeks--writes to ,friends in ,england--exhorts ,friends to care and watchfulness in regard to marriages1 keeping registers and records1 providing burial grounds1 c4--to deal mildly with their negroes1 and1 after certain years of servitude1 to set them free--writes a further exhortation to ,friends in ,england--visits the governor1 who is very kind--has many large meetings1 and there is a great convincement2 ,colonel ,lyne testifies how much ,friends exalt ,christ in all his offices beyond what he had ever heard--the priests rage1 and try in vain to stir up persecution--there is much clamour and cavilling against ,friends1 and many slanders and false reports are issued1 which ,george ,fox answers in a paper addressed to the governor--the governor visits him--writes to his wife--sails for ,jamaica1 where he has many meetings1 and many are convinced--,elizabeth ,hooton dies there4 ,i mentioned before1 that1 upon the notice ,i received of my wife's being imprisoned again1 ,i sent two of her daughters to the king1 and they procured his order to the sheriff of ,lancashire1 for her discharge4 ,but though ,i expected she would be set at liberty thereby1 this violent storm of persecution coming suddenly on1 the persecutors there found means to hold her still in prison4 ,but now the persecution a little ceasing1 ,i was moved to speak to ,martha ,fisher and another woman ,friend1 to go to the king about her liberty4 ,they went in faith1 and in the ,lord's power1 who gave them favour with the king1 so that he granted a discharge under the broad-seal1 to clear both her and her estate1 after she had been ten years a prisoner1 and premunired2 the like whereof was scarcely to be heard of in ,england4 ,i sent down the discharge forthwith by a ,friend2 by whom also ,i wrote to her1 informing her how to get it delivered to the justices1 and acquainting her that it was upon me from the ,lord to go beyond the seas to visit ,america2 and therefore desired her to hasten to ,london1 as soon as she could conveniently1 after she had obtained her liberty1 because the ship was then fitting for the voyage4 ,in the meantime ,i got to ,kingston1 and stayed at ,john ,rous's till my wife came up1 and then ,i began to prepare for the voyage4 ,but the ,yearly ,meeting being near at hand1 ,i stayed till that was over4 ,many ,friends came up to it from all parts of the nation1 and a very large and precious meeting it was2 for the ,lord's power was over all1 and his glorious everlastingly-renowned ,seed of life was exalted above all4 ,after this meeting was over1 and ,i had finished my services for the ,lord in ,england1 the ship and the ,friends that intended to go with me being ready1 ,i went to ,,gravesend on the #abth of #fth month1 my wife and several ,friends accompanying me to the ,downs4 ,we went from ,wapping in a barge to the ship1 which lay a little below ,gravesend1 and there we found the ,friends that were bound for the voyage with me1 who had gone down to the ship the night before4 ,their names were ,thomas ,briggs1 ,william ,edmundson1 ,john ,rous1 ,john ,stubbs1 ,solomon ,eccles1 ,james ,lancaster1 ,john ,cartwright1 ,robert ,widders1 ,george ,pattison1 ,john ,hull1 ,elizabeth ,hooton1 and ,elizabeth ,miers4 ,the vessel was a yacht1 called the ,industry2 the captain's name ,thomas ,forster1 and the number of passengers about fifty4 ,i lay that night on board1 but most of the ,friends at ,gravesend4 ,early next morning the passengers1 and those ,friends that intended to accompany us to the ,downs1 being come on board1 we took our leave in great tenderness of those that came with us to ,gravesend only1 and set sail about six in the morning for the ,,downs4 ,having a fair wind1 we out-sailed all the ships that were outward-bound1 and got thither by evening4 ,some of us went ashore that night1 and lodged at ,,deal2 where1 we understood1 an officer had orders from the governor to take our names in writing2 which he did next morning1 though we told him they had been taken at ,gravesend4 ,in the afternoon1 the wind serving1 ,i took leave of my wife and other ,friends1 and went on board4 ,before we could sail1 there being two of the king's frigates riding in the ,,downs1 the captain of one of them sent his press-master on board us1 who took three of our seamen4 ,this would certainly have delayed1 if not wholly prevented1 our voyage1 had not the captain of the other frigate1 being informed of the leakiness of our vessel1 and the length of our voyage1 in compassion and much civility1 spared us two of his own men4 ,before this was over1 a custom-house officer came on board to peruse packets and get fees2 so that we were kept from sailing till about sunset2 during which delay a very considerable number of merchantmen1 outward-bound1 were got several leagues before us4 ,being clear1 we set sail in the evening1 and next morning overtook part of that fleet about the height of ,dover4 ,we soon reached the rest1 and in a little time left them all behind2 for our yacht was counted a very swift sailer4 ,but she was very leaky1 so that the seamen and some of the passengers did1 for the most part1 pump day and night4 ,one day they observed1 that in two hours' time she sucked in sixteen inches of water in the well4 ,when we had been about three weeks at sea1 one afternoon we spied a vessel about four leagues astern of us4 ,our master said it was a ,sallee man-of-war1 that seemed to give us chase4 ,our master said1 8,come1 let us go to supper1 and when it grows dark we shall lose him40 ,this he spoke to please and pacify the passengers1 some of whom began to be very apprehensive of the danger4 ,but ,friends were well satisfied in themselves1 having faith in ,god1 and no fear upon their spirits4 ,when the sun was gone down1 ,i saw the ship out of my cabin making towards us4 ,when it grew dark1 we altered our course to miss her2 but she altered also1 and gained upon us4 ,at night the master and others came into my cabin1 and asked me1 8what they should do80 ,i told them1 8,i was no mariner20 and ,i asked them1 8what they thought was best to do80 ,they said1 8,there were but two ways1 either to outrun him1 or to tack about1 and hold the same course we were going before40 ,i told them1 8if he were a thief1 they might be sure he would tack about too2 and as for outrunning him1 it was to no purpose to talk of that1 for they saw he sailed faster than we40 ,they asked me again 8what they should do8 for10 they said1 8if the mariners had taken ,paul's counsel they had not come to the damage they did40 ,i answered1 8it was a trial of faith1 and therefore the ,lord was to be waited on for counsel40 ,so retiring in spirit1 the ,lord showed me1 8that his life and power was placed between us and the ship that pursued us40 ,i told this to the master and the rest1 and that our best way was to tack about and steer our right course4 ,i desired them also to put out all their candles1 but the one they steered by1 and to speak to all the passengers to be still and quiet4 ,about eleven at night1 the watch called and said1 8they were just upon us40 ,that disquieted some of the passengers2 whereupon ,i sat up in my cabin1 and looking through the porthole1 the moon being not quite down1 ,i saw them very near us4 ,i was getting up to go out of the cabin2 but remembering the word of the ,lord1 8that his life and power was placed between us and them10 ,i lay down again4 ,the master and some of the seamen came again and asked me1 8if they might not steer such a point80 ,i told them1 8they might do as they would40 ,by this time the moon was quite down1 a fresh gale arose1 and the ,lord hid us from them2 and we sailed briskly on and saw them no more4 ,the next day1 being the first day of the week1 we had a public meeting in the ship1 as we usually had on that day throughout the voyage1 and the ,lord's presence was greatly among us4 ,and ,i desired the people 8to mind the mercies of the ,lord1 who had delivered them2 for they might have been all in the ,turks' hands1 by that time had not the ,lord's hand saved them40 ,about a week after1 the master and some of the seamen endeavoured to persuade the passengers1 that it was not a ,turkish pirate that chased us1 but a merchantman going to the ,canaries4 ,when ,i heard of it1 ,i asked them1 8,why then did they speak so to me8 why did they trouble the passengers8 and why did they tack about from him and alter their course80 ,i told them 8they should take heed of slighting the mercies of ,god40 ,afterwards1 while we were at ,barbadoes1 there came in a merchant from ,sallee1 and told the people1 8that one of the ,sallee men-of-war saw a monstrous yacht at sea1 the greatest that ever he saw1 and had her in chase1 and was just upon her1 but that there was a spirit in her that he could not take40 ,this confirmed us in the belief that it was a ,sallee-man we saw make after us1 and that it was the ,lord that delivered us out of his hands4 ,i was not sea-sick during the voyage1 as many of the ,friends and other passengers were2 but the many hurts and bruises ,i had formerly received1 and the infirmities ,i had contracted in ,england by extreme cold and hardships1 that ,i had undergone in many long and sore imprisonments1 returned upon me at sea2 so that ,i was very ill in my stomach and full of violent pains in my bones and limbs4 ,this was after ,i had been at sea about a month4 ,for about three weeks after ,i came first to sea1 ,i perspired abundantly1 chiefly my head1 and my body broke out in pimples1 and my legs and feet swelled extremely1 so that my stockings and slippers could not be drawn on without difficulty and great pain4 ,suddenly the sweating ceased1 so that when ,i came into the hot climate1 where others perspired most freely1 ,i could not perspire at all2 but my flesh was hot1 dry1 and burning2 and that which broke out in pimples1 struck in again to my stomach and heart1 so that ,i was very ill1 and weak beyond expression4 ,thus ,i continued during the rest of the voyage1 which was about a month2 for we were above seven weeks at sea4 ,on the third of the eighth month1 early in the morning1 we discovered the ,island of ,,barbadoes1 but it was between nine and ten at night ere we came to anchor in ,,carlisle ,,bay4 ,we got on shore as soon as we could1 and ,i1 with some others1 walked to a ,friend's house1 a merchant1 whose name was ,richard ,forstall1 above a quarter of a mile from the bridge4 ,but being very ill and weak1 ,i was so tired with that little walk1 that ,i was in a manner spent by the time ,i got thither4 ,there ,i abode very ill for several days1 and though they several times gave me things to make me perspire1 they could not effect it4 ,but what they gave me did rather parch and dry up my body1 and made me probably worse than otherwise ,i might have been4 ,thus ,i continued about three weeks after ,i landed1 having much pain in my bones1 joints1 and whole body1 so that ,i could hardly get any rest2 yet ,i was pretty cheerful1 and my spirit kept above it all4 ,neither did my illness take me off from the service of truth1 but both while ,i was at sea1 and after ,i came to ,barbadoes1 before ,i was able to travel about1 ,i gave forth several papers 7having a ,friend to write for me71 some of which ,i sent by the first conveyance for ,england to be printed4 ,after ,i had rested three or four days at ,richard ,forstall's1 where many ,friends came to visit me1 ,john ,rous#bc having borrowed a coach of ,colonel ,chamberlain1 came to fetch me to his father1 ,thomas ,rous's house4#bc ,but it was late ere we could get thither1 and little or no rest could ,i take that night4 ,a few days after1 ,colonel ,chamberlain1 who had so kindly lent his coach1 paid me a visit1 and was very courteous towards me4 ,soon after ,i came into the island1 ,i was informed of a remarkable occurrence1 wherein the justice of ,god did eminently appear4 ,it was thus3-- ,there was a young man of ,barbadoes1 whose name was ,john ,drakes1 7a person of some note in the world's account1 but a common swearer and wicked man17 who1 when in ,london1 had a mind to marry a ,friend's daughter1 left by her mother very young1 and with a considerable portion1 to the care and government of several ,friends1 whereof ,i was one4 ,he made application to me1 that he might have my consent to marry this young maid4 ,i told him1 8,i was one of her overseers appointed by her mother1 who was a widow1 to take care of her2 that if her mother had intended her for a match to any man of the world1 she would have disposed of her accordingly2 but she committed her to us1 that she might be trained up in the fear of the ,lord1 and therefore ,i should betray the trust reposed in me1 if ,i should consent that he who was out of the fear of ,god1 should marry her2 which ,i would not do40 ,when he saw that he could not obtain his desire1 he returned to ,barbadoes with great offence of mind against me1 but without just cause4 ,afterwards1 when he heard ,i was coming to ,barbadoes1 he swore desperately1 and threatened1 that 8if he could possibly procure it1 he would have me burned to death when ,i came there40 ,which a ,friend hearing1 asked him1 8what had ,i done to him1 that he was so violent against me80 ,he would not answer1 but said again1 8,i'll have him burned40 ,whereupon the ,friend replied1 8,do not march on too furiously1 lest thou come too soon to thy journey's end40 ,about ten days after1 he was struck with a violent burning fever1 of which he died2 and by which his body was so scorched1 that the people said1 8it was as black as a coal40 ,three days before ,i landed1 his body was laid in the dust4 ,this was taken notice of as a sad example4 ,while ,i continued so weak1 that ,i could not go abroad to meetings1 the other ,friends that came over with me1 bestirred themselves in the ,lord's work4 ,the day but one after we landed1 they had a great meeting at the bridge1 and after that several others in different parts of the island2 which alarmed the people of all sorts1 so that many came to our meetings1 and some of the chief rank4 ,for they had got my name1 understanding ,i was come upon the island1 and expected to see me at those meetings1 not knowing that ,i was unable to go abroad4 ,and indeed1 my weakness continued the longer on me1 by reason that my spirit was much pressed down at first with the filth and dirt and unrighteousness of the people1 which lay as a heavy weight and load upon me4 ,but after ,i had been above a month upon the island1 my spirit became somewhat easier1 and ,i began to recover in some measure my health and strength1 and to get abroad among ,friends4 ,in the meantime1 having opportunity to send to ,england1 ,i wrote to ,friends there1 to let them know how it was with me1 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,i have been very weak these seven weeks past1 and not able to write myself4 ,my desire is to you and for you all1 that ye may live in the fear of ,god1 and in love one unto another1 and be subject one to another in the fear of ,god4 ,i have been weaker in my body than ever ,i was in my life that ,i remember1 yea1 my pains have been such as ,i cannot express2 yet my heart and spirit is strong4 ,i have hardly perspired these seven weeks past1 though ,i am come into a very hot climate1 where hardly any but are well nigh continually perspiring2 but as for me1 my old bruises1 colds1 numbness1 and pains1 struck inwardly1 even to my very heart4 ,so that ,i have taken little rest1 and the chief things that were comfortable to my stomach1 were a little water and powdered ginger2 but now ,i begin to drink a little beer as well as water1 and sometimes a little wine and water mixed4 ,great pains and travails ,i have felt1 and in measure am under2 but it is well1 my life is over all4 ,this island was to me as all on a fire ere ,i came to it1 but now it is somewhat quenched and abated4 ,i came in weakness amongst those that are strong1 and have so continued2 but now ,i am got a little cheery1 and over it4 ,many ,friends1 and some considerable persons of the world1 have been with me4 ,i tired out my body much when amongst you in ,england2 it is the ,lord's power that helps me2 therefore ,i desire you all to prize the power of the ,lord and his truth4 ,i was but weak in body when ,i left you1 after ,i had been in my great travail amongst you2 but after that1 it struck all back again into my body1 which was not well settled after so sore travails in ,england4 ,then ,i was so tired at sea1 that ,i could not rest1 and have had little or no stomach a long time4 ,since ,i came into this island1 my life hath been very much burthened2 but ,i hope1 if the ,lord give me strength to manage his work1 ,i shall work thoroughly1 and bring things that have been out of course1 into better order4 8,so1 dear ,friends1 live all in the peaceable truth1 and in the love of it1 serving the ,lord in newness of life2 for glorious things and precious truths have been manifested among you plentifully1 and to you the riches of the kingdom have been handed4 ,i have been almost a month in this island1 but have not been able to go abroad or ride out2 only very lately ,i rode out twice1 a quarter of a mile at a time1 which wearied me much4 ,my love in the truth is to you all40 ,g4 ,f4 ,because ,i was not well able to travel1 the ,friends of the island concluded to have their men's and women's meeting for the service of the church at ,thomas ,rous's1 where ,i lay2 by which means ,i was present at each of their meetings1 and had very good service for the ,lord in both4 ,for they had need of information in many things1 divers disorders having crept in for want of care and watchfulness4 ,i exhorted them1 more especially at the men's meeting1 8to be watchful and careful with respect to marriages1 to prevent ,friends marrying in near kindreds1 and also to prevent over-hasty proceedings towards second marriages1 after the death of a former husband or wife2 advising that a decent regard might be had in such cases to the memory of the deceased husband or wife4 8,as to ,friends' children marrying too young1 as at thirteen or fourteen years of age1 ,i showed them the unfitness thereof1 and the inconveniences and hurts that attend such childish marriages4 ,i admonished them to purge the floor thoroughly1 to sweep their houses very clean1 that nothing might remain that would defile1 and to take care that nothing be spoken1 out of their meetings1 to the blemishing or defaming one of another4 8,concerning the registering of marriages1 births1 and burials1 ,i advised them to keep exact records of each in distinct books for that only use2 and also to record in a book for that purpose1 the condemnations of such as went out from truth into disorderly practices1 and the repentance and restoration of such of them as returned again4 8,i recommended to their care the providing of convenient burying-places for ,friends1 which in some parts were yet wanting4 ,some directions also ,i gave them concerning wills1 and the ordering of legacies left by ,friends for public uses1 and other things relating to the affairs of the church4 8,then as to their blacks or negroes1 ,i desired them to endeavour to train them up in the fear of ,god1 those that were bought1 and those born in their families1 that all might come to the knowledge of the ,lord2 that so1 with ,joshua1 every master of a family might say1 #8,as for me and my house1 we will serve the ,lord4' ,i desired them also that they would cause their overseers to deal mildly and gently with their negroes1 and not use cruelty towards them1 as the manner of some hath been and is2 and that after certain years of servitude1 they would make them free40#bd ,many sweet and precious things were opened in these meetings by the ,spirit1 and in the power of the ,lord1 to the edifying1 confirming1 and building up of ,friends1 both in the faith and holy order of the gospel4 ,after these meetings1 the vessel bound for ,england not being gone1 ,i was moved to write another epistle to ,friends there1 as follows3-- 8,dear ,friends and brethren1 to whom is my love in that which never changeth1 but remains in glory1 which is over all1 the top and corner-stone4 ,in this all have peace and life1 as ye dwell in the blessed ,seed1 wherein all is blessed1 over that which brought the curse2 where all shortness and narrowness of spirit1 brittleness and peevishness are4 ,therefore keep the holy order of the gospel4 ,keep in this blessed ,seed1 where all may be preserved in temperance1 patience1 love1 meekness1 righteousness1 holiness1 and peace1 in which the ,lord may be seen amongst you1 and no ways dishonoured1 but glorified by you all4 ,in all your meetings1 in cities1 towns1 and countries1 let righteousness flow among you1 and the holy truth be uppermost2 the pure ,spirit your guide and leader1 and the holy wisdom from above your orderer1 which is gentle1 and easy to be entreated4 ,keep in the religion that preserves from the spots of the world1 which is pure and undefiled in ,god's sight4 ,keep in the pure and holy worship1 in which the pure and holy ,god is worshipped1 to wit1 in the ,spirit and in the truth1 which the devil is out of1 who is the author of all unholiness and of that which dishonours ,god4 ,be tender of ,god's glory1 of his honour1 and of his blessed and holy name1 in which ye are gathered4 ,all who profess the truth1 see that ye walk in it1 in righteousness1 godliness1 and holiness2 for #8holiness becomes the house of ,god1 the household of faith4' ,and that which becomes ,god's house1 ,god loves2 for he loves righteousness--the ornament which becomes his house1 and all his family4 ,therefore see that righteousness run down in all your assemblies1 that it flow1 to drive away all unrighteousness4 ,this preserves your peace with ,god2 for in righteousness1 ye have all peace with the righteous ,god of ,peace1 and one with another4 8,everyone that bears the name of the ,anointed1 that high title of being a ,christian1 named after the ,heavenly ,man1 see that ye be in the divine nature1 made conformable unto his image1 even the image of the ,heavenly ,divine ,man1 who was before that image which ,adam and ,eve got from ,satan in the fall2 so that in none of you that fallen image may appear1 or be seen2 but his image1 and you made conformable unto him4 ,here translation is showed forth in life and conversation1 not in words only2 yea1 and conversion and repentance1 which is a change of the nature of the mind and of the heart1 of the spirit and affections1 which have been below1 and come to be set above2 and so receive the things that are from above1 and have your conversation in heaven1 not that conversation which is according to the power of the prince of the air1 that now rules in the disobedient4 ,so be faithful2 this is the word of the ,lord ,god unto you all4 ,see that godliness and holiness1 righteousness and truth1 virtue1 and the fruits of the good ,spirit1 flow over the bad and its fruits1 that ye may answer that which is of ,god in all2 for your heavenly ,father is glorified in that ye bring forth much fruit4 ,therefore ye1 who are plants of his planting1 and his trees of righteousness1 see that every tree be full of fruit4 8,keep in true humility1 and in the true love of ,god1 which doth edify his body2 that the true nourishment from the head1 the refreshings1 and springs1 and rivers of water1 and bread of life1 may be plenteously known and felt amongst you2 that so praises may ascend unto ,god4 ,be faithful to the ,lord ,god1 and just and true in all your dealings and doings with men4 ,be not negligent in your men's meetings to admonish1 to exhort1 and reprove in the spirit of love and of meekness2 to seek that which is lost1 and to bring back again that which hath been driven away4 ,so let all minds and spirits1 souls and hearts1 be bended down under the yoke of ,christ ,jesus1 the power of ,god4 8,much ,i could write1 but am weak1 and have been mostly so since ,i left you4 ,burthens and travails ,i have been under1 and have gone through many ways2 but it is well4 ,the ,lord ,almighty knows my work1 which he hath sent me forth to do by his everlasting arm and power2 which is from everlasting to everlasting4 ,blessed be his holy name1 which ,i am in1 and in which my love is to you all40 ,g4 ,f4 ,after ,i was able to go about1 and had been a little amongst ,friends1 ,i went to visit the governor2 ,lewis ,morice1 ,thomas ,rous1 and some other ,friends being with me4 ,he received us very civilly1 and treated us very kindly1 making us dine with him2 and keeping us most part of the day before he let us go away4 ,the same week ,i went to ,,bridge-,,town4 ,there was to be a general meeting of ,friends that week2 and the visit ,i had made to the governor1 and the kind reception ,i had with him1 being generally known to the officers1 civil and military1 many came to this meeting from most parts of the island1 and those not of the meanest rank2 several being judges or justices1 colonels or captains2 so that a very great meeting we had1 both of ,friends and others4 ,the ,lord's blessed power was plentifully with us2 and although ,i was somewhat straightened for time1 three other ,friends having spoken before me1 yet the ,lord opened things through me to the general and great satisfaction of them that were present4 ,colonel ,lewis ,morice came to this meeting1 and with him a neighbour of his1 a judge in the country1 whose name was ,ralph ,fretwell2 who was very well satisfied1 and received the truth4 ,paul ,gwin1 a jangling ,baptist1 came into the meeting1 and asked me1 8,how ,i spelt ,cain8 and whether ,i had the same spirit as the apostles had80 ,i told him1 8,yes40 ,and he bade the judge take notice of it4 ,i told him1 8,he that had not a measure of the same ,holy ,ghost as the apostles had1 was possessed with an unclean spirit40 ,and then he went his way4 ,i went home with ,lewis ,morice that night1 being about nine or ten miles1 going part of the way by boat1 the rest on horseback4 ,the place where his plantation was1 ,i thought to be in the finest air of the island4 ,the next day ,thomas ,briggs and ,william ,edmundson came to see me1 intending to leave the island the day following1 to go on the ,lord's service to ,antigua and ,nevis4 ,lewis ,morice went with them2 at ,antigua they had several good meetings1 to which there was a great resort of people2 and many were convinced4 ,but when they went to ,nevis1 the governor1 an old persecutor1 sent soldiers on board the vessel1 to stop them1 and would not suffer them to land4 ,wherefore1 after ,friends of the place had been on board the vessel with them1 and they had been sweetly refreshed together1 feeling the ,lord's power and presence amongst them1 they returned to ,antigua2 where having stayed a while longer1 they came back again to ,bardadoes1 ,thomas ,briggs being weak and ill4 ,of the other ,friends that came over with me from ,england1 ,james ,lancaster1 ,john ,cartwright1 and ,george ,pattison1 were gone some time before to ,jamaica1 and others to other places1 so that few remained in ,barbadoes with me4 ,we had many great and precious meetings1 both for worship and for the affairs of the church2 to the former of which many other people came4 ,at one of these meetings ,colonel ,lyne1 a sober person1 was so well satisfied with what ,i declared1 that he said1 8,now ,i can gainsay such as ,i have heard speak evil of you2 who say1 you do not own ,christ1 nor that he died2 whereas ,i perceive you exalt ,christ in all his offices beyond what ,i have ever heard before40#be ,this man1 observing a person take in writing the heads of what ,i delivered1 desired to have a copy of it2 and stayed another day with us2 so great a love was raised in him to the truth4 ,indeed1 a very great convincement there was in most parts of the island2 which made the priests and professors rage4 ,our meetings were very large1 and free from disturbance from the government1 though the envious priests and some professors endeavoured to stir up the magistrates against us4 ,when they found they could not prevail that way1 some ,baptists came to the meeting at the town1 which was full of people of several ranks and qualities4 ,a great company came with them2 and they brought a slanderous paper1 written by ,john ,pennyman1 with which they made a great noise4 ,but the ,lord gave me wisdom and utterance to answer their cavils2 so that the auditory generally received satisfaction1 and those quarrelsome professors lost ground4 ,when they had wearied themselves with clamour1 they went away2 but the people staying1 the meeting was continued2 the things they cavilled about were further opened and cleared2 and the life and power of ,god came over all4 ,but the rage and envy in our adversaries did not cease2 they endeavoured to defame ,friends with many false and scandalous reports1 which they spread abroad through the island4 ,whereupon we drew up a paper1 to go forth in the name of the people called ,quakers1 for the clearing of truth and ,friends from those false reports4 ,it was directed thus3-- 8,for the ,governor of ,barbadoes1 with his ,council and ,assembly1 and all others in power1 both civil and military1 in this ,island2 from the people called ,quakers4 8,whereas many scandalous lies and slanders have been cast upon us1 to render us odious2 as that #8,we deny ,god1 and ,christ ,jesus1 and the ,scriptures of truth1' c4 ,this is to inform you1 that all our books and declarations1 which for these many years have been published to the world1 clearly testify the contrary4 ,yet1 for your satisfaction1 we now plainly and sincerely declare1 #8that we do own and believe in ,god1 the only wise1 omnipotent1 and everlasting ,god1 the ,creator of all things both in heaven and in earth1 and the preserver of all that he hath made2 who is ,god over all1 blessed for ever2 to whom be all honour and glory1 dominion1 praise1 and thanksgiving1 both now and for evermore6' 8,and we own and believe in ,jesus ,christ1 his beloved and only begotten ,son1 in whom he is well pleased2 who was conceived by the ,holy ,ghost1 and born of the ,virgin ,mary2 in whom we have redemption through his blood1 even the forgiveness of sins2 who is the express image of the ,invisible ,god1 the first-born of every creature1 by whom were all things created that are in heaven1 and that are in earth1 visible and invisible1 whether they be thrones1 or dominions1 principalities1 or powers1 all things were created by him4 ,and we do own and believe that ,he was made a sacrifice for sin1 who knew no sin1 neither was guile found in his mouth2 that he was crucified for us in the flesh1 without the gates of ,jerusalem2 and that he was buried1 and rose again the third day by the power of his ,father1 for our justification2 and that he ascended up into heaven1 and now sitteth at the right hand of ,god4 ,this ,jesus1 who was the foundation of the holy prophets and apostles1 is our foundation2 and we believe that there is no other foundation to be laid than that which is laid1 even ,christ ,jesus2 who tasted death for every man1 shed his blood for all men1 and is the propitiation for our sins1 and not for ours only1 but also for the sins of the whole world2 according as ,john the ,baptist testified of him1 when he said1 #8,behold the ,lamb of ,god1 that taketh away the sin of the world4' ,john i4 #bi4 ,we believe that he alone is our ,redeemer and ,saviour1 even the ,captain of our ,salvation1 who saves us from sin1 as well as from hell1 and the wrath to come1 and destroys the devil and his works2 he is the ,seed of the woman1 that bruises the serpent's head1 to wit1 ,christ ,jesus1 the ,alpha and ,omega1 the ,first and the ,last4 ,he is 7as the ,scriptures of truth say of him17 our wisdom and righteousness1 justification and redemption2 neither is there salvation in any other1 for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we may be saved4 ,it is he alone1 who is the ,shepherd and ,bishop of our souls2 ,he is our ,prophet1 whom ,moses long since testified of1 saying1 #8,a prophet shall the ,lord your ,god raise up unto you of your brethren1 like unto me2 ,him shall ye hear in all things1 whatsoever he shall say unto you2 and it shall come to pass1 that every soul that will not hear that prophet1 shall be destroyed from among the people4' ,acts iii4 #bb1 #bc4 8,he it is that is now come1 and hath given us an understanding1 that we may know him that is true4 ,he rules in our hearts by his law of love and of life1 and makes us free from the law of sin and death4 ,we have no life but by him2 for he is the quickening ,spirit1 the second ,adam1 the ,lord from heaven2 by whose blood we are cleansed1 and our consciences sprinkled from dead works to serve the living ,god4 ,he is our ,mediator1 that makes peace and reconciliation between ,god offended and us offending1 ,he being the oath of ,god1 the new covenant of light1 life1 grace1 and peace2 the author and finisher of our faith4 ,this ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the heavenly ,man1 the ,emmanuel1 ,god with us1 we all own and believe in2 him whom the high-priest raged against1 and said1 he had spoken blasphemy2 whom the priests and the elders of the ,jews took counsel together against1 and put to death2 the same whom ,judas betrayed for thirty pieces of silver1 which the priests gave him as a reward for his treason1 who also gave large money to the soldiers to broach a horrible lie1 namely1 #8that his disciples came and stole him away by night1 whilst they slept4' ,after he was risen from the dead1 the history of the ,acts of the ,apostles sets forth1 how the chief priests and elders persecuted the disciples of this ,jesus1 for preaching ,christ and his resurrection4 ,this1 we say1 is that ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 whom we own to be our life and salvation4 8,concerning the ,holy ,scriptures1 we do believe that they were given forth by the ,holy ,spirit of ,god1 through the holy men of ,god1 who 7as the ,scripture itself declares1 #b ,pet4 i4 #ba47 #8spake as they were moved by the ,holy ,ghost4' ,we believe they are to be read1 believed1 and fulfilled 7,he that fulfils them1 is ,christ27 and they are #8profitable for doctrine1 for reproof1 for correction1 and for instruction in righteousness1 that the man of ,god may be perfect1 throughly furnished unto all good works1' #b ,tim4 iii1 #ae1 and are #8able to make wise unto salvation1 through faith in ,christ ,jesus4' ,we believe that the ,holy ,scriptures are the words of ,god2 for it is said1 ,ex4 xx4 #a1 #8,god spake all these words1 saying1' c41 meaning the ten commandments given forth upon ,mount ,sinai4 ,and in ,rev4 xxii4 #ah1 saith ,john1 #8,i testify to every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book3 if any man addeth unto these1 and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy' 7not the word17 c4 ,so in ,luke i4 #bj1 #8,because thou believedst not my words4' ,and in ,john v4 #dg2 xv4 #g2 xiv4 #bc2 and xii4 #dg4 ,so that we call the ,holy ,scriptures1 as ,christ and the apostles called them1 and holy men of ,god called them1 viz41 the words of ,god4 8,another slander which they have cast upon us is1 #8that we teach the negroes to rebel2' a thing we utterly abhor in our hearts2 the ,lord knows it1 who is the searcher of all hearts1 and knows all things1 and can testify for us1 that this is a most abominable untruth4 ,for that which we have spoken to them is1 #8to exhort and admonish them to be sober1 and to fear ,god2 to love their masters and mistresses1 and to be faithful and diligent in their masters' service and business2 and then their masters and overseers would love them1 and deal kindly and gently with them2 also1 that they should not beat their wives1 nor the wives their husbands1 neither should the men have many wives2 that they should not steal1 or be drunk1--should not commit adultery1 or fornication1--should not curse1 swear1 lie1 or give bad words to one another1 or to any one else3 for there is something in them that tells them1 they should not practise these or any other evils4 ,but if1 notwithstanding1 they should do them1 then we let them know there are but two ways1 the one that leads to heaven1 where the righteous go2 and the other that leads to hell1 where the wicked and debauched1 whoremongers and adulterers1 murderers and liars go4 ,to the one the ,lord will say1 #8,come1 ye blessed of my ,father1 inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world2' but to the other he will say1 #8,depart1 ye cursed1 into everlasting fire1 prepared for the devil and his angels3' so #8the wicked go into everlasting punishment1 but the righteous into life eternal4' ,matt4 xxv4 8,consider1 ,friends1 it is no transgression for a master of a family to instruct his family himself1 or for some others to do it in his behalf2 but rather it is a very great duty incumbent upon them4 ,abraham and ,joshua did so3 of the first the ,lord said1 ,gen4 xviii4 #ai1 #8,i know that ,abraham will command his children and his household after him2 and they shall keep the way of the ,lord1 to do justice and judgment1 that the ,lord may bring upon ,abraham the things that he hath spoken of him4' ,and the latter said1 ,josh4 xxiv4 #ae1 #8,choose ye this day whom ye will serve2 but as for me and my house1 we will serve the ,lord4' ,we declare that we esteem it a duty incumbent on us to pray with and for those in and belonging to our families1 and to teach1 instruct1 and admonish them2 this being a command of the ,lord1 disobedience whereunto will provoke his displeasure2 as may be seen1 ,jer4 x4 #be1 #8,pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not1 and upon the families that call not upon thy name4' ,now ,negroes1 ,tawnies1 ,indians1 make up a very great part of the families in this island2 for whom an account will be required by him who comes to judge both quick and dead1 at the great day of judgment1 when everyone shall be #8rewarded according to the deeds done in the body1 whether they be good or whether they be evil3' at that day1 we say1 of the resurrection both of the good and of the bad1 of the just and of the unjust1 when #8the ,lord ,jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels1 in flaming fire1 taking vengeance on them that know not ,god1 and obey not the gospel of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the ,lord1 and from the glory of his power1 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints1 and admired in all them that believe in that day4' #b ,thess4 i4 #h1 c4 ,see also #b ,pet4 iii4 #c1 c40 ,this wicked slander 7of our endeavouring to make the negroes rebel7 our adversaries took occasion to raise1 from our having had some meetings with and amongst the negroes2 for both ,i and other ,friends had several meetings with them in several plantations1 wherein we exhorted them to justice1 sobriety1 temperance1 chastity1 and piety1 and to be subject to their masters and governors2 which was altogether contrary to what our envious adversaries maliciously suggested against us4 ,as ,i had been to visit the governor as soon as ,i was well able1 after ,i came thither2 and so when ,i was at ,thomas ,rous's1 the governor came to see me1 carrying himself very courteously4 ,having been three months or more in ,barbadoes1 and having visited ,friends1 thoroughly settled meetings1 and despatched the service for which the ,lord had brought me thither1 ,i felt my spirit clear of that island1 and found drawings to ,jamaica4 ,when ,i had communicated this to ,friends1 ,i acquainted the governor also1 and divers of his council1 that ,i intended shortly to leave the island and go to ,jamaica4 ,this ,i did1 that as my coming thither was open and public1 so my departure also might be4 ,before ,i left the island1 ,i wrote the following letter to my wife2 that she might understand both how it was with me1 and how ,i proceeded in my travels3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,heart1 8,to whom is my love1 and to all the children in the ,seed of ,life that changeth not1 but is over all2 blessed be the ,lord for ever4 ,i have undergone great sufferings in my body and spirit1 beyond words2 but the ,god of heaven be praised1 his truth is over all4 ,i am now well2 and1 if the ,lord permit1 within a few days ,i pass from ,barbadoes towards ,jamaica2 and ,i think to stay but little there4 ,i desire that ye may be all kept free in the ,seed of ,life1 out of all cumbrances4 ,friends are generally well4 ,remember me to ,friends that enquire after me4 ,so no more1 but my love in the ,seed and ,life that changeth not40 ,g4,f4 ,barbadoes1 #fth of #aath ,month1 #afga4 ,i set sail from ,barbadoes to ,jamaica on the #hth of the #aath month1 #afga2 ,robert ,widders1 ,william ,edmundson1 ,solomon ,eccles1 and ,elizabeth ,hooton1 going with me4 ,thomas ,briggs and ,john ,stubbs1 remained in ,barbadoes2 with whom were ,john ,rous and ,william ,bailey4 ,we had a quick and easy passage to ,,jamaica1 where we met with our ,friends ,james ,lancaster1 ,john ,cartwright1 and ,george ,pattison again1 who had been labouring there in the service of truth2 into which we forthwith entered with them1 travelling up and down through the island1 which is large2 and a brave country it is1 though the people are1 many of them1 debauched and wicked4 ,we had much service4 ,there was a great convincement1 and many received the truth2 some of whom were people of account in the world4 ,we had many meetings there1 which were large and very quiet4 ,the people were civil to us1 so that not a mouth was opened against us4 ,i was twice with the governor1 and some other magistrates1 who all carried themselves lovingly towards me4 ,about a week after we landed in ,jamaica1 ,elizabeth ,hooton1 a woman of great age1 who had travelled much in truth's service1 and suffered much for it1 departed this life4 ,she was well the day before she died2 and departed in peace1 like a lamb1 bearing testimony to truth at her departure4 ,when we had been about seven weeks in ,jamaica1 had brought ,friends into pretty good order1 and settled several meetings amongst them1 we left ,solomon ,eccles there2 the rest of us embarked for ,maryland1 leaving ,friends and truth prosperous in ,jamaica1 the ,lord's power being over all1 and his blessed ,seed reigning4 ,before ,i left ,jamaica1 ,i wrote another letter to my wife1 as follows3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,heart1 8,to whom is my love1 and to the children1 in that which changeth not1 but is over all2 and to all ,friends in those parts4 ,i have been in ,jamaica about five weeks4 ,friends here are generally well2 and there is a convincement3 but things would be too large to write of4 ,sufferings in every place attend me2 but the blessed ,seed is over all3 the great ,lord be praised1 who is ,lord of sea and land1 and of all things therein4 ,we intend to pass from hence about the beginning of next month1 towards ,maryland if the ,lord please4 ,dwell all of you in the ,seed of ,god2 in his truth ,i rest in love to you all40 ,g4,f4 ,jamaica1 #bcrd of #abth ,month1 #afga4 ----- ,footnote #bc3 ,thomas ,rous was a wealthy sugar-planter of ,barbadoes4 ,john ,rous was his son1 and son-in-law to ,george ,fox1 having married his wife's eldest daughter4 ,john ,rous visited ,new ,england as a gospel minister when a young man1 and suffered whipping and imprisonment there4 ,after his release from ,boston jail in #afeh1 except a visit which he paid to the island of ,nevis towards the close of that year1 we lose all trace of him until his marriage with ,margaret1 eldest daughter of ,judge ,fell1 at ,swarthmore ,hall1 in #affb4 ,after his marriage he settled in ,london1 in which1 and in its vicinity1 he appears to have resided during the remainder of his life4 ,but few particulars respecting him are preserved1 except a visit to the county of ,kent in #afgj1 accompanied by ,alexander ,parker and ,george ,whitehead2 and to ,barbadoes the following year with ,george ,fox1 as related in this ,journal4 ,besides this1 and a visit to the counties of ,york and ,durham in #afhi1 we know nothing of his gospel labours after he settled in ,england4 ,in his will1 dated from ,kingston in ,surrey in #afib1 he describes himself as a merchant1 and his property1 which1 it appears was considerable1 lay chiefly in ,barbadoes4 ,it is singular no record of his death has been found1 but as his will was proved in #afie1 it probably took place in that year4 ,footnote #bd3 ,the interest of ,friends in behalf of the ,negro may be dated from the rise of the ,society1 at least from the time of their acquaintance with them at the above date4 ,in proportion as intercourse was more frequently maintained with the distant colonies1 and the abominations of ,slavery were more generally known1 ,friends were more decided in their opposition to it4 ,in #agbg the whole ,society1 at their ,yearly ,meeting in ,london1 passed a general resolution3 8,that the importing of ,negroes from their native country is not a commendable or allowable practice1 and is therefore censured by this meeting40 ,at several subsequent meetings1 through a series of years1 minutes were passed to the same effect1 but gradually increasing in strength4 ,in #ageh1 the practice was declared to be in direct violation of the gospel rule1 and ,friends were warned carefully to avoid being in any way concerned in reaping the unrighteous profits arising from so iniquitous a practice4 ,in #agfa all were disowned who persisted in a practice so repugnant to ,christianity1 and so reproachful to a ,christian profession4 ,clarkson1 in alluding to this subject1 observes1 8,i must beg leave to stop here for a moment1 just to pay the ,quakers a due tribute of respect for the proper estimation in which they have uniformly held these miserable outcasts of society4 ,what a contrast does it afford to the sentiments of many others concerning them6 ,how have we been compelled to prove1 by a long chain of evidence1 that ,negroes have the same feelings and capacities as ourselves6 ,how many1 professing themselves enlightened1 even now view them as of a different species4 ,but by the ,friends we have seen them uniformly represented1 as persons #8ransomed by one and the same ,saviour1' #8as visited by one and the same light for salvation1' and #8as made equally for immortality as others4' ,these practical views of mankind1 as they are highly honourable to the members of this ,society1 so they afford a proof both of the reality and of the consistency of their religion40 ,see ,clarkson's ,history of the ,abolition of the ,slave ,trade1 and ,copley's ,history of ,slavery4 ,footnote #be3 ,the faith of the early ,friends in the divinity and offices of our ,saviour being called in question by some1 they boldly resented such an inference4 ,from a work published by ,samuel ,crisp1 in #agjd1 take the following extracts3-- 8,our faith is1 and always has been in that ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 who1 according to the flesh1 was crucified without the gates of ,jerusalem3 ,he is the object of our faith1 to the merit of whose death and passion1 with the work of his ,spirit in our hearts1 we trust only for life and salvation2 with his stripes we are healed40 8,as to what he 7a libeller7 says of our forcing ourselves to speak with a seeming reverence and respect of the outward ,christ1 his death and sufferings1 ,i would hope that he knows better in his own conscience than thus to represent us4 ,we bear a true reverence and respect to ,jesus ,christ1 his death and sufferings1 and can never be sufficiently thankful to him who was pleased to humble himself to death1 even the death of the cross2 that all that believe in him might1 through the cross1 be made heirs of life and immortality40 ,for further elucidation of the soundness of the early ,friends in their belief as to the divinity and offices of ,christ1 see ,evans' ,exposition of the ,faith of the ,society of ,friends1 especially ,john ,banks' 8,testimony concerning his faith in ,christ10 and an 8,essay drawn up by ,john ,burnyeat and ,john ,watson in #afhh10 contained in the above-mentioned work4 ,,chapter ,v4 #afgb-afgc4---;,george ,fox embarks for ,maryland1 where he arrives after a seven weeks' voyage1 and having experienced some remarkable deliverances--attends a ,general ,meeting for ,maryland1 which held four days--several meetings for discipline established--has meetings with the ,indian kings--travels towards ,new ,england--attends the half-year's meeting on ,long ,island1 which continued four days--has a meeting with some opposers--visits ,rhode ,island1 where the ,yearly ,meeting for ,new ,england is held1 which continued six days--attends a marriage there1 and has a meeting with some ,ranters--also one with some ,indians on ,shelter ,island--one of his companions thrown from his horse and lays apparently dead1 but soon recovers in an unexpected manner--they reach ,maryland after nine days' travel overland between three and four hundred miles--visits a judge who is ill1 but recovers--attends the ,general ,meeting for ,maryland1 which held five days--sails for ,virginia1 and arrives in three days1 a distance of #bjj miles--thence proceeds towards ,carolina--visits the ,indians1 and shows them that ,god made but one woman for one man--returns to ,virginia--sails for ,maryland--endures great extremes of heat and cold within a very short period--speaks to a woman who had been many years in trouble1 and entreats the ,lord for her1 and she is thereupon restored--attends the ,general ,meeting for ,maryland1 to the edification and comfort of ,friends--sails for ,england1 and arrives safe1 after a six weeks' passage4 ,we went on board on the #hth of #ast ,month1 #afga-b2 and having contrary winds1 were a full week sailing forwards and backwards1 before we could get out of sight of ,jamaica4 ,a difficult voyage this proved1 and dangerous1 especially in passing through the ,gulf of ,florida1 where we met with many trials by winds and storms4 ,but the great ,god1 who is ,lord of the sea and land1 and who rideth upon the wings of the wind1 did by his power preserve us through many and great dangers1 when by extreme stress of weather our vessel was many times likely to be upset1 and much of her tackling broken4 ,and indeed we were sensible that the ,lord was a ,god at hand1 and that his ear was open to the supplications of his people4 ,for when the winds were so strong and boisterous1 and the storms and tempests so great1 that the sailors knew not what to do1 but let the ship go which way she would2 then did we pray unto the ,lord1 who graciously heard us1 calmed the winds and the seas1 gave us seasonable weather1 and made us to rejoice in his salvation2 blessed and praised be the holy name of the ,lord1 whose power hath dominion over all1 whom the winds and the seas obey6 ,we were between six and seven weeks in this passage from ,jamaica to ,,maryland4 ,some days before we came to land1 after we had entered the bay of ,,patuxent ,,river1 a great storm arose1 which cast a boat upon us for shelter1 in which were several people of account in the world4 ,we took them in2 but the boat was lost1 with five hundred pounds' worth of goods in it1 as they said4 ,they continued on board us several days1 not having any means to get off2 and we had a very good meeting with them in the ship4 ,but provisions grew short1 for they brought none in with them2 and ours1 by reason of the length of our voyage1 were well nigh spent when they came to us2 so that with their living with us too1 we had now little or none left4 ,whereupon ,george ,pattison took a boat1 and ventured his life to get to shore2 the hazard was so great1 that all but ,friends concluded he would be cast away4 ,yet it pleased the ,lord to bring him safe to land2 and in a short time after1 the ,friends of the place came to fetch us to land also1 in a seasonable time1 for our provisions were quite spent4 ,we partook also of another great deliverance in this voyage1 through the good providence of the ,lord1 which we came to understand afterwards4 ,for when we were determined to come from ,jamaica1 we had our choice of two vessels1 that were both bound for the same coast4 ,one of these was a frigate1 the other a yacht4 ,the master of the frigate1 we thought1 asked unreasonably for our passage2 which made us agree with the master of the yacht1 who offered to carry us ten shillings a-piece cheaper than the other4 ,we went on board the yacht1 and the frigate came out together with us1 intending to be consorts during the voyage2 and for several days we sailed together2 but what with calms and contrary winds1 we were in a while separated4 ,after that1 the frigate1 losing her way1 fell among the ,spaniards2 by whom she was taken and plundered1 and the master and mate were made prisoners2 afterwards1 being retaken by the ,english1 she was sent home to her owners in ,virginia4 ,which when we came to understand1 we saw and admired the providence of ,god1 who preserved us out of our enemies' hands2 and he that was covetous fell among the covetous4 ,here we found ,john ,burnyeat#bf intending shortly to sail for ,england2 but on our arrival he altered his purpose1 and joined us in the ,lord's service4 ,he had appointed a general meeting for all the ,friends in the province of ,maryland1 that he might see them together1 and take his leave of them1 before he departed out of the country2 and it was so ordered by the good providence of ,god1 that we landed just in time to reach that meeting2 by which means we had a very seasonable opportunity of taking the ,friends of the province together4 ,a very large meeting this was1 and held four days2 to which1 besides ,friends1 came many other people1 many of whom were of considerable quality in the world's account2 for there were amongst them five or six justices of the peace1 a speaker of their parliament or assembly1 one of the council1 and divers others of note2 who seemed well satisfied with the meeting4 ,after the public meetings were over1 the men's and women's meetings began2 wherein ,i opened to ,friends the service thereof to their great satisfaction4 ,after this we went to a place called the ,,cliffs1 where another general meeting was appointed4 ,we went some part of the way by land1 the rest by water2 and a storm arising1 our boat was run on ground1 in danger to be beaten to pieces2 and the water came in upon us4 ,i perspired much1 having come very hot out of a meeting before1 and was now wet with the water beside2 yet having faith in the divine power1 ,i was preserved from taking hurt2 blessed be the ,lord4 ,to this meeting also many people came1 and received the truth with reverence4 ,we had also a men's meeting and a women's meeting1 at which most of the backsliders came in again2 and several of those meetings were established for taking care of the affairs of the church4 ,after these two general meetings1 we parted company1 dividing ourselves unto several coasts1 for the service of truth4 ,james ,lancaster and ,john ,cartwright went by sea for ,new ,england2 ,william ,edmundson and three other ,friends sailed for ,virginia1 where things were much out of order2 ,john ,burnyeat1 ,robert ,widders1 ,george ,pattison1 and ,i1 with several ,friends of the province1 went over by boat to the eastern shore1 and had a meeting there on the ,first-day2 where many people received the truth with gladness1 and ,friends were greatly refreshed4 ,a very large and heavenly meeting it was2 and several persons of quality in that country were at it1 two of whom were justices of the peace4 ,it was upon me from the ,lord1 to send to the ,indian emperor and his kings to come to that meeting4 ,the emperor came and was at it2 but his kings1 lying further off1 could not reach in time2 yet they came after with their cockarooses4 ,i had in the evening two good opportunities with them2 they heard the word of the ,lord willingly1 and confessed to it4 ,what ,i spoke to them1 ,i desired them to speak to their people2 and let them know1 that 8,god was raising up his tabernacle of witness in their wilderness country1 and was setting up his standard and glorious ensign of righteousness40 ,they carried themselves very courteously and lovingly1 and inquired 8where the next meeting would be1 and they would come to it20 yet they said1 8they had had a great debate with their council about their coming1 before they came now40 ,next day we began our journey by land to ,new ,england2 a tedious journey through the woods and wilderness1 over bogs and great rivers4 ,we took horse at the head of ,,tredhaven ,,creek1 and travelled through the woods1 till we came a little above the head of ,,miles 7now 8,st40 ,michael's7 ,,river2 by which we passed1 and rode to the head of ,,wye ,,river1 and so to the head of ,,chester ,,river2 where1 making a fire1 we took up our lodging in the woods4 ,next morning we travelled through the woods till we came to ,,sassafras ,,river1 which we went over in canoes 7or ,indian boats17 causing our horses to swim by4 ,then we rode to ,,bohemia ,,river2 where in like manner swimming our horses1 we ourselves went over in canoes4 ,we rested a little while at a plantation by the way1 but not long1 for we had thirty miles to ride that afternoon1 if we would reach a town2 which we were desirous to do1 and therefore rode hard for it4 ,i with some others1 whose horses were strong1 got to the town that night1 exceedingly tired1 and wet to the skin2 but ,george ,pattison and ,robert ,widders being weaker-horsed1 were obliged to lie in the woods that night also4 ,the town we went to was a ,dutch town1 called ,,newcastle1 whither ,robert ,widders and ,george ,pattison came to us next morning4 ,we departed thence and got over the ,river ,delaware1 not without great danger of some of our lives4 ,when we were over1 we were troubled to procure guides2 who were hard to get and very chargeable4 ,then had we that wilderness country to pass through1 since called ,,west ,,jersey1 not then inhabited by ,english2 so that we have travelled a whole day together1 without seeing man or woman1 house or dwelling-place4 ,sometimes we lay in the woods by a fire1 and sometimes in the ,indians' wigwams or houses4 ,we came one night to an ,indian town1 and lay at the king's house1 who was a very worthy man4 ,both he and his wife received us very lovingly1 and his attendants 7such as they were7 were very respectful to us4 ,they laid us mats to lie on2 but provision was very short with them1 having caught but little that day4#bg ,at another ,indian town where we stayed1 the king came to us1 and he could speak some ,english4 ,i spoke to him much1 and also to his people1 and they were very loving to us4 ,at length we came to ,,middletown1 an ,english plantation in ,,east ,,jersey1 where there were some ,friends1 but we could not stay to have a meeting there at that time1 being earnestly pressed in our spirits1 to get to the half-year's meeting of ,friends at ,oyster-,bay in ,long ,island1 which was very near at hand4 ,we went with a ,friend1 ,richard ,hartshorn1 7brother to ,hugh ,hartshorn1 the upholsterer1 in ,london17 who received us gladly at his house1 where we refreshed ourselves1 and then he carried us and our horses in his own boat over a great water1 which occupied most part of the day getting over1 and set us upon ,,long ,,island4 ,we got that evening to ,friends at ,,gravesend1 with whom we tarried that night1 and next day got to ,,flushing1 and the day following reached ,,oyster-,,bay2 several ,friends of ,gravesend and ,flushing accompanying us4 ,the half-year's meeting began next day1 which was the first day of the week1 and lasted four days4 ,the first and second days we had public meetings for worship1 to which people of all sorts came2 on the third day were the men's and women's meetings1 wherein the affairs of the church were taken care of4 ,here we met with some bad spirits1 who had run out from truth into prejudice1 contention1 and opposition to the order of truth1 and to ,friends therein4 ,these had been very troublesome to ,friends in their meetings there and thereabouts formerly1 and likely would have been so now2 but ,i would not suffer the service of our men's and women's meetings to be interrupted and hindered by their cavils4 ,i let them know1 that 8if they had anything to object against the order of the truth which we were in1 we would give them a meeting another day on purpose40 ,and indeed ,i laboured the more1 and travelled the harder to get to this meeting1 where it was expected many of these contentious people would be2 because ,i understood they had reflected much upon me1 when ,i was far from them4 ,the men's and women's meetings being over1 on the fourth day we had a meeting with these discontented people1 to which as many of them as chose came1 and as many ,friends as desired were present also2 and the ,lord's power broke forth gloriously to the confounding of the gainsayers4 ,then some of those that had been chief in the mischievous work of contention and opposition against the truth1 began to fawn upon me1 and to cast the blame upon others2 but the deceitful spirit was judged down and condemned1 and the glorious truth of ,god was exalted and set over all2 and they were all brought down and bowed under4 ,which was of great service to truth1 and to the satisfaction and comfort of ,friends2 glory to the ,lord for ever6 ,after ,friends were gone to their several habitations1 we stayed some days upon the island2 had meetings in several parts thereof1 and good service for the ,lord4 ,when we were clear of the island1 we returned to ,oyster-,bay1 waiting for a wind to carry us to ,,rhode ,,island1 which was computed to be about two hundred miles4 ,as soon as the wind served we set sail1 and arrived there on the thirtieth day of the third month2 and were gladly received by ,friends4 ,we went to ,nicholas ,easton's house1 who at that time was governor of the island2 where we rested1 being very weary with travelling4 ,on ,first-day following we had a large meeting1 to which the deputy-governor and several justices came1 who were mightily affected with the truth4 ,the week following1 the ,yearly ,meeting for all the ,friends of ,new ,england and the other colonies adjacent1 was held in this island2 to which1 besides very many ,friends who lived in those parts1 came ,john ,stubbs from ,barbadoes1 and ,james ,lancaster and ,john ,cartwright from another way4 ,this meeting lasted six days1 the first four days being general public meetings for worship1 to which abundance of other people came2 for they having no priest in the island1 and so no restriction to any particular way of worship2 and both the governor and deputy-governor1 with several justices of the peace daily frequenting the meetings2 this so encouraged the people that they flocked in from all parts of the island4 ,very good service we had amongst them1 and truth had a good reception4 ,i have rarely observed people1 in the state wherein they stood1 hear with more attention1 diligence1 and affection1 than generally they did1 during the four days together2 which also was taken notice of by other ,friends4 ,after these public meetings were over1 the men's meeting began1 which was large1 precious1 and weighty2 and the day following was the women's meeting1 which also was large and very solemn4 ,these two meetings being for ordering the affairs of the church1 many weighty things were opened and communicated to them1 by way of advice1 information1 and instruction in the services relating thereunto2 that all might be kept clean1 sweet1 and savoury amongst them4 ,in these two meetings1 several men's and women's meetings for other parts1 were agreed and settled1 to take care of the poor1 and other affairs of the church2 and to see1 that all who profess truth1 walk according to the glorious gospel of ,god4 ,when this great general meeting in ,rhode ,island was ended1 it was somewhat hard for friends to part2 for the glorious power of the ,lord1 which was over all1 and his blessed truth and life flowing amongst them1 had so knit and united them together1 that they spent two days in taking leave one of another1 and of the ,friends of the island2 and then1 being mightily filled with the presence and power of the ,lord1 they went away with joyful hearts to their various habitations1 in the several colonies where they lived4#bh ,when ,friends had taken their leave one of another1 we1 who travelled amongst them1 dispersed ourselves into our several services1 as the ,lord ordered us4 ,john ,burnyeat1 ,john ,cartwright1 and ,george ,pattison1 went into the eastern parts of ,new ,england1 in company with the ,friends that came from thence1 to visit the particular meetings there2 whom ,john ,stubbs and ,james ,lancaster intended to follow a while after1 in the same service2 but they were not yet clear of this island4 ,robert ,widders and ,i stayed some time longer also upon this island2 finding service still here for the ,lord1 through the great openness of the people1 and the daily coming in of fresh people from other colonies1 for some time after the general meeting2 so that we had many large and serviceable meetings among them4 ,during this time a marriage took place amongst ,friends in this island2 and we were present4 ,it was at a ,friend's house1 who had formerly been governor of the island2 three justices of the peace1 and many others not in profession with us1 were there2 and both they and ,friends said1 they never saw so solemn an assembly on such an occasion1 so weighty a marriage and so comely an order4 ,thus truth was set over all4 ,this might serve for an example to others1 for there were some present from many other places4 ,after this ,i had a great travail in spirit concerning the ,ranters in those parts1 who had been rude at a meeting which ,i was not at4 ,wherefore ,i appointed a meeting amongst them1 believing the ,lord would give me power over them2 which he did to his praise and glory3 blessed be his name for ever4 ,there were at this meeting many ,friends1 and other people2 some of whom were justices of the peace1 and other officers1 who were generally well affected4 ,one of the justices1 who had been one twenty years1 was convinced1 and spoke highly of the truth2 and more highly of me1 than is fit for me to mention or take notice of4 ,then we had a meeting at ,,providence1 which was very large1 consisting of many sorts of people2 ,i had a great travail upon my spirit1 that it might be preserved quiet1 and that truth might be brought over the people1 might gain entrance1 and have a place in them2 for they were generally above the priests1 in high notions2 and some of them came on purpose to dispute4 ,but the ,lord1 whom we waited upon1 was with us1 and his power went over them all2 and his blessed ,seed was exalted and set above all4 ,the disputers were silent1 and the meeting was quiet1 and ended well2 praised be the ,lord6 ,the people went away mightily satisfied1 much desiring another meeting4 ,this place 7called ,providence7 was about thirty miles from ,rhode ,island2 and we went to it by water4 ,the governor of ,rhode ,island1 and many others1 went with me thither2 and we had the meeting in a great barn1 which was thronged with people1 so that ,i was exceedingly hot1 and perspired much2 but all was well2 the glorious power of the ,lord shone over all2 glory to the great ,god for ever6 ,after this we went to ,,narraganset1 about twenty miles from ,rhode ,island2 and the governor went with us4 ,we had a meeting at a justice's house1 where ,friends had never had any before4 ,it was very large1 for the country generally came in2 and people came also from ,connecticut1 and other parts round about1 amongst whom were four justices of the peace4 ,most of these people had never heard ,friends before2 but they were mightily affected with the meeting1 and a great desire there is after the truth amongst them2 so that our meeting was of very good service1 blessed be the ,lord for ever6 ,the justice at whose house the meeting was1 and another justice of that country1 invited me to come again2 but ,i was then clear of those parts1 and going towards ,shelter ,island4 ,but ,john ,burnyeat and ,john ,cartwright1 being come out of ,new ,england into ,rhode ,island1 before ,i was gone1 ,i laid this place before them2 and they felt drawings thither1 and went to visit them4 ,at another place1 ,i heard some of the magistrates said among themselves1 8,if they had money enough1 they would hire me to be their minister40 ,this was1 where they did not well understand us1 and our principles2 but when ,i heard of it1 ,i said1 8,it was time for me to be gone2 for if their eye was so much to me1 or any of us1 they would not come to their own teacher40 ,for this thing 7hiring ministers7 had spoiled many1 by hindering them from improving their own talents3 whereas our labour is to bring all men to their own teacher in themselves4 ,i went from hence towards ,shelter ,island1 having with me ,robert ,widders1 ,james ,lancaster1 ,george ,pattison1 and ,john ,jay1 a planter of ,barbadoes4 ,we went in a sloop2 and passing by ,,point ,,judith and ,,block ,,island1 we came to ,,fisher',s ,,island1 where at night we went on shore2 but were not able to stay for the mosquitoes which abound there1 and are very troublesome4 ,wherefore we went into our sloop again1 put off from the shore1 and cast anchor2 and so lay in our sloop that night4 ,next day we went into the ,,sound1 but finding our sloop was not able to live in that water1 we returned again1 and came to anchor before ,fisher's ,island1 where we lay in our sloop that night also4 ,there fell abundance of rain1 and our sloop being open1 we were exceedingly wet4 ,next day we passed over the waters called the ,,two ,,horse ,,races1 and then by ,,gardner',s ,,island2 after which we passed by ,,gull',s ,,island1 and so got at length to ,,shelter ,,island2 which1 though it was but about twenty-seven leagues from ,rhode ,island1 yet through the difficulty of the passage we were three days in reaching4 ,the day after1 being ,first-day1 we had a meeting there4 ,in the same week1 ,i had another among the ,indians2 at which were their king1 his council1 about a hundred ,indians more4 ,they sat down like ,friends1 and heard very attentively1 while ,i spoke to them by an interpreter1 an ,indian that could speak ,english well4 ,after the meeting they appeared very loving1 and confessed that what was said to them was truth4 ,next ,first-day we had a great meeting on the island1 to which came many people who had never heard ,friends before4 ,they were very well satisfied with it1 and would not go away when it was over1 till they had spoken with me2 wherefore ,i went amongst them1 and found they were much taken with the truth2 good desires were raised in them1 and great love4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 his name spreads1 and will be great among the nations1 and dreadful among the heathen4 ,while we were in ,shelter ,island1 ,william ,edmundson came to us1 who had been labouring in the work of the ,lord in ,virginia4 ,from whence he travelled through the desert-country1 through difficulties and many trials till he came to ,,roanoke1 where he met with a tender people4 ,after seven weeks' service in those parts1 sailing over to ,maryland1 and so to ,new ,york1 he came to ,long ,island1 and so to ,shelter ,island2 where we met with him1 and were very glad to hear from him the good service he had had for the ,lord1 in the several places where he had travelled since he parted from us4 ,we stayed not long in ,shelter ,island1 but entering our sloop again1 put to sea for ,long ,island4 ,we had a very rough passage1 for the tide ran so strong for several hours1 that ,i have not seen the like2 and being against us1 we could hardly get forwards1 though we had a gale4 ,we were upon the water all that day and the night following2 but found ourselves next day driven back near to ,fisher's ,island4 ,for there was a great fog1 and towards day it was very dark1 so that we could not see what way we made4 ,besides1 it rained much in the night1 which in our open sloop made us very wet4 ,next day a great storm arose1 so that we were fain to go over the ,sound1 and got over with much difficulty4 ,when we left ,fisher's ,island1 we passed by ,falkner ,island1 and came to the ,main1 where we cast anchor till the storm was over4 ,then we crossed the ,sound1 being all very wet2 and much difficulty we had to get to land1 the wind being strong against us4 ,but blessed be the ,lord ,god of heaven and earth1 and of the seas and waters1 all was well4 ,we got safe to ,,oyster-,,bay in ,long ,island1 on the seventh of sixth month1 very early in the morning1 which is about two hundred miles from ,rhode ,island4 ,at ,oyster-bay we had a very large meeting4 ,the same day ,james ,lancaster and ,christopher ,holder#bi went over the ,bay to ,rye1 on the continent1 in ,governor ,winthrop's government1 and had a meeting there4 ,from ,oyster-,bay we passed about thirty miles to ,,flushing1 where we had a very large meeting2 many hundreds of people being there1 some of whom came about thirty miles to it4 ,a glorious and heavenly meeting it was 7praised be the ,lord ,god67 and the people were much satisfied4 ,meanwhile ,christopher ,holder and some other ,friends went to a town in ,long ,island1 called ,jamaica1 and had a meeting there4 ,we passed from ,flushing to ,,gravesend1 about twenty miles1 and there had three precious meetings2 to which many would have come from ,new ,york1 but the weather hindered them4 ,being clear of this place1 we hired a sloop2 and the wind serving1 set out for the ,new ,country1 now called ,,jersey4 ,passing down the ,bay by ,coney ,island1 ,natton 7now ,governor's7 ,island1 and ,staten ,island1 we came to ,richard ,hartshorn's1 at ,,middletown ,,harbour1 about break of day1 the #bgth of sixth ,month4 ,next day we rode about thirty miles into the country through the woods and over very bad bogs1 one worse than all the rest2 the descent into which was so steep1 that we were fain to slide down with our horses1 and then let them lie and breathe1 before they could go on4 ,this place the people of the country called ,purgatory4 ,we got at length to ,,shrewsbury in ,,east ,,jersey1 and on ,first-day had a precious meeting there1 to which ,friends and other people came from far2 and the blessed presence of the ,lord was with us4 ,the same week we had a men's and women's meeting out of most parts of ,new ,jersey4 ,they are building a meeting-place in the midst of them1 and there is a monthly and general meeting set up2 which will be of great service in those parts1 in 8keeping up the gospel order and government of ,christ ,jesus 7of the increase of which there is no end71 that they who are faithful may see that all who profess the holy truth live in the pure religion1 and walk as becometh the gospel40 ,while we were at ,shrewsbury1 an accident befell1 which1 for the time1 was a great exercise to us4 ,john ,jay1 a ,friend of ,barbadoes1 who came with us from ,rhode ,island1 and intended to accompany us through the woods to ,maryland1 being to try a horse1 got upon his back2 and the horse fell a-running1 and cast him down upon his head1 and broke his neck1 as the people said4 ,they that were near him took him up as dead1 carried him a good way1 and laid him on a tree4 ,i got to him as soon as ,i could2 and feeling him1 concluded he was dead4 ,as ,i stood by him1 pitying him and his family ,i took hold of his hair1 and his head turned any way1 his neck was so limber4 ,whereupon ,i took his head in both my hands1 and setting my knees against the tree1 ,i raised his head1 and perceived there was nothing out or broken that way4 ,then ,i put one hand under his chin1 and the other behind his head1 and raised his head two or three times with all my strength1 and brought it in4 ,i soon perceived his neck began to grow stiff again1 and then he began to rattle in the throat1 and quickly after to breathe4 ,the people were amazed3 but ,i bid them have a good heart1 be of good faith1 and carry him into the house4 ,they did so1 and set him by the fire4 ,i bid them get him something warm to drink1 and put him to bed4 ,after he had been in the house a while he began to speak2 but he did not know where he had been4 ,the next day we passed away 7and he with us1 pretty well7 about sixteen miles to a meeting at ,,middletown1 through woods and bogs1 and over a river2 where we swam our horses1 and got over ourselves upon a hollow tree4 ,many hundred miles did he travel with us after this4 ,to this meeting came most of the people of the town4 ,a glorious meeting we had1 and the ,truth was over all2 blessed be the great ,lord ,god for ever6 ,after the meeting we went to ,,middletown-,,harbour1 about five miles1 in order to take our long journey next morning1 through the woods towards ,maryland2 having hired ,indians for our guides4 ,i determined to pass through the woods on the other side of ,delaware-,bay1 that we might head the creeks and rivers as much as possible4 ,on the #ith of the #gth month we set forwards1 and passed through many ,indian towns1 and over some rivers and bogs2 and when we had rode about forty miles1 we made a fire at night1 and laid by it4 ,as we came among the ,indians1 we declared the day of the ,lord to them4 ,next day we travelled fifty miles1 as we computed2 and at night1 finding an old house1 which the ,indians had forced the people to leave1 we made a fire and stayed there1 at the head of ,delaware-,bay4 ,next day we swam our horses over a river about a mile1 at twice1 first to an island called ,,upper ,,tinicum1 and then to the mainland2 having hired ,indians to help us over in their canoes4 ,this day we could reach but about thirty miles1 and came at night to a ,swede's house1 where we got a little straw1 and stayed that night4 ,next day1 having hired another guide1 we travelled about forty miles through the woods1 and made a fire at night1 by which we lay1 and dried ourselves2 for we were often wet in our travels4 ,the next day we passed over a desperate river1 which had in it many rocks and broad stones1 very hazardous to us and our horses4 ,thence we came to ,,christiana ,,river1 where we swam our horses1 and went over ourselves in canoes2 but the sides of this river were so bad and miry1 that some of the horses had like to have been laid up4 ,thence we went to ,,newcastle1 heretofore called ,,new ,,amsterdam2 and being very weary1 and inquiring in the town where we could buy some corn for our horses1 the governor came and invited me to his house2 and afterwards desired me to lodge there1 saying he had a bed for me1 and ,i should be welcome4 ,so ,i stayed there1 the other ,friends being taken care of also4 ,this was on the seventh day of the week2 and he offering his house for a meeting1 we had the next day a pretty large one2 for most of the town were at it4 ,there had never been a meeting here before1 nor any within a great way of it2 but this was a very precious one1 many of the people were tender1 and confessed to the truth2 and some received it2 blessed be the ,lord for ever6 ,on the the #afth of the #gth month we set forward again1 and travelled1 as near as we could compute1 about fifty miles1 through woods and over bogs1 heading ,,bohemia and ,,sassafras ,,rivers4 ,at night we made a fire in the woods1 and lay there all night2 and it being rainy weather1 we got under some thick trees for shelter1 and afterwards dried ourselves again by the fire4 ,next day we waded through ,,chester ,,river1 a very broad water1 and after passing through many bad bogs1 lay that night also in the woods by a fire2 not having gone above thirty miles that day4 ,the day following we travelled hard2 and though we had some troublesome bogs in our way1 we rode about fifty miles2 and got safe that night1 but very weary1 to ,robert ,harwood's1 at ,,miles 7now 8,,st40 ,,michael',s7 ,,river in ,,maryland4 ,this was the eighteenth of the month2 and though we were very weary1 and much dirtied with getting through the bogs in our journey1 yet hearing of a meeting next day1 we went to it1 and then to ,john ,edmundson's2 from whence we went three or four miles by water to a meeting the ,first-day following4 ,here was a judge's wife1 who had never been at any of our meetings before2 who was reached1 and said after1 8she had rather hear us once1 than the priest a thousand times40 ,many others also were very well satisfied2 for the power of the ,lord was eminently with us2 blessed for ever be his holy name6 ,we passed thence about twenty-two miles1 and had a meeting upon the ,,kentish shore1 to which one of the judges came2 and a good meeting it was4 ,then1 after another meeting hard by1 at ,henry ,wilcock's house1 where also we had good service for the ,lord1 we went by water about twenty miles to a very large meeting1 where were some hundreds of people1 four justices of the peace1 the high-sheriff of ,delaware1 an ,indian emperor or governor1 and two chiefs4 ,with these ,indians ,i had a good opportunity the night before4 ,i spoke to them by an interpreter2 they heard the truth attentively1 and were very loving4 ,a blessed meeting this was1 and of great service1 both for convincing and establishing in the truth them that were convinced of it4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 who causeth his blessed truth to spread6 ,after the meeting a woman came to me1 whose husband was one of the judges of that part of the country1 and a member of the assembly1 and told me1 8her husband was sick1 not likely to live2 and desired me to go home with her to see him40 ,it was three miles to her house2 and being just come hot out of the meeting1 it was hard for me then to go2 yet considering the service1 ,i got a horse1 went with her1 visited her husband1 and spoke what the ,lord gave me to him4 ,the man was much refreshed1 and finally was raised up by the power of the ,lord2 and he afterwards came to our meetings4 ,i went back again to the ,friends that night2 and next day we departed thence about twenty miles to ,,tredhaven-,,creek1 to ,john ,edmundson's again2 whence1 on the #crd of the #hth month1 we went to the general meeting for all ,maryland ,friends4 ,this held five days2 the first three1 we had meetings for public worship1 to which people of all sorts came2 the other two were spent in the men's and women's meetings4 ,to the public meetings came many ,protestants of divers sorts1 and some ,papists2 amongst these were several magistrates and their wives1 and other persons of chief account in the country4 ,there were so many1 besides ,friends1 that it was thought there were sometimes a thousand people at one of these meetings4 ,so that1 though they had not long before enlarged their meeting-place1 and made it as large again as it was before1 it could not contain the people4 ,i went by boat every day four or five miles to it1 and there were so many boats at that time passing upon the river1 that it was almost like the ,thames4 ,the people said1 8there were never so many boats seen there together before40 ,and one of the justices said1 8he never saw so many people together in that country before40 ,it was a very heavenly meeting1 wherein the presence of the ,lord was gloriously manifested1 and ,friends were sweetly refreshed1 the people generally satisfied1 and many convinced2 for the blessed power of the ,lord was over all2 everlasting praises to his holy name for ever6 ,after the public meetings were over1 the men's and women's meetings began1 and were held the other two days2 for ,i had something to impart to them which concerned the glory of ,god1 the order of the gospel1 and the government of ,christ ,jesus4 ,when these meetings were over1 we took our leave of ,friends in those parts1 whom we left well established in the truth4 ,on the #ajth of the #hth ,month we went thence about thirty miles by water1 passing by ,,cranes ,,island1 ,,swan ,,island1 and ,,kent ,,island1 in very foul weather and much rain2 whereby 7our boat being open7 we were not only very much wet1 but in great danger of being overset2 insomuch that some thought we could not escape being cast away1 till they saw us come to shore next morning4 ,but blessed be ,god1 we were very well4 ,having got to a little house1 dried our clothes by the fire1 and refreshed ourselves a little1 we took to our boat again2 and put off from land1 sometimes sailing and sometimes rowing2 but having very foul weather that day too1 we could not get above twelve miles forward4 ,at night we got to land1 and made a fire2 some lay by that1 and some by a fire at a house a little way off4 ,next morning we passed over the ,,great-,,bay1 and sailed about forty miles that day4 ,making to shore at night1 we lay there1 some in the boat1 and some at an ale-house4 ,next morning1 being ,first-day1 we went six or seven miles to a ,friend's house1 who was a justice of the peace2 where we had a meeting3 this was a little above the head of the ,great-,bay4 ,we were almost four days on the water1 weary with rowing1 yet all was very well3 blessed and praised be the ,lord4 ,we went next day to another ,friend's house1 near the head of ,,hatton',s ,,island1 where we had good service amongst ,friends and others2 as we had also the day following at ,george ,wilson's1#cj a ,friend that lived about three miles further2 where we had a very precious meeting1 there being great tenderness amongst the people4 ,after this meeting we sailed about ten miles to ,james ,frizby's1 a justice of the peace1 where1 on the #afth1 we had a very large meeting1 at which1 besides ,friends1 were some hundreds of people it was supposed2 amongst whom were several justices1 captains1 and the sheriff1 with other persons of note4 ,a blessed1 heavenly meeting this was2 a powerful1 thundering testimony for the truth was borne therein2 a great sense there was upon the people1 and much brokenness and tenderness amongst them4 ,we stayed after meeting till about eleven at night1 that the tide turned for us2 then taking boat1 we passed that night and next day about fifty miles1 to another ,friend's house4 ,the two next days we made short journeys1 visiting ,friends1 and on the twentieth we had a great meeting at a place called ,,severn1 where there was a meeting-house1 but not large enough to hold the people4 ,divers chief magistrates were at it1 and many other considerable people1 and it gave them generally great satisfaction4 ,two days after1 we had a meeting with some that walked disorderly1 and had good service4 ,then spending a day or two in visiting ,friends1 we passed to the ,,western-,,shore2 and on the twenty-fifth had a large and precious meeting at ,william ,coale's1#ca where the speaker of their assembly1 his wife1 a justice1 and several other people of quality were present4 ,next day we had a meeting six or seven miles further1 at ,abraham ,birkhead's1 where many of the magistrates and upper sort of people were1 and the speaker of the assembly for that country was convinced3 a blessed meeting it was1 praised be the ,lord6 ,we travelled next day2 and the day following1 the #bhth1 had a large and very precious meeting at ,peter ,sharp's1 on the ,,cliffs1 between thirty and forty miles distant from the former4 ,many of the magistrates and people of upper rank were at this meeting1 and a heavenly meeting it was4 ,the wife of one of the governor's council was convinced1 and her husband was very loving to ,friends4 ,a justice from ,virginia was convinced1 and had a meeting afterwards at his house4 ,some ,papists were at this meeting1 and one of them threatened before he came1 that he would dispute with me2 but he was reached1 and could not oppose4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 the truth reached into the hearts of people beyond words1 and it is of a good savour amongst them6 ,after the meeting we went about eighteen miles1 to ,james ,preston's1 a ,friend that lived on ,patuxent river2 and thither came to us an ,indian king1 with his brother1 to whom ,i spoke1 and found they understood what ,i spoke of4 ,having finished our service in ,maryland1 and intending for ,virginia1 we had a meeting at ,,patuxent on the #dth of the #ith month1 to take our leave of ,friends4 ,many people of all sorts were at it1 and a powerful meeting it was4 ,on the #eth we set sail for ,,virginia1 and in three days came to a place called ,,nancemond1 about two hundred miles from ,maryland4 ,in this voyage we met with foul weather1 storms1 and rain1 and lay in the woods by a fire in the night4 ,at ,nancemond lived a ,friend1 called the widow ,wright4 ,next day we had a great meeting there1 of ,friends and others4 ,there came to it ,colonel ,dewes1 with several other officers and magistrates1 who were much taken with the truth declared4 ,after this we hastened towards ,carolina2 yet had several meetings by the way1 wherein we had good service for the ,lord2 one about four miles from ,nancemond ,water1 which was very precious2 and there was a men's and women's meeting settled1 for taking care of the affairs of the church4 ,another very good one also we had at ,william ,yarrow's1 at ,,pagan ,,creek1 which was so large1 that we were fain to be abroad1 the house not being large enough to contain the people4 ,a great openness there was1 the sound of truth spread abroad1 and had a good savour in the hearts of people3 the ,lord have the glory for ever6 ,after this our way to ,carolina grew worse1 being much of it plashy1 and pretty full of great bogs and swamps2 so that we were commonly wet to the knees1 and lay abroad at nights in the woods by a fire2 saving one night we got to a poor house1 at ,,sommertown now ,,somerton1 and lay by the fire4 ,the woman of the house had a sense of ,god upon her4 ,the report of our travel had reached thither1 and drawn some that lived beyond ,sommertown1 to that house1 in expectation to see and hear us 7so acceptable was the sound of truth in that wilderness country37 but they missed us4 ,the next day1 the #bast of the #ith ,month1 having travelled hard through the woods1 and over many bogs and swamps1 we reached ,,bonner',s ,,creek2 and there we lay that night by the fireside1 the woman lending us a mat to lie on4 ,this was the first house we came to in ,,carolina2 here we left our horses1 over-wearied with travel4 ,from hence we went down the creek in a canoe1 to ,macocomocock now ,chowan ,river2 and came to ,hugh ,smith's house1 where the people came to see us 7for there were no ,friends in that part of the country17 and many of them received us gladly4 ,amongst others came ,nathaniel ,batts1 who had been governor of ,roanoke2 he went by the name of ,captain ,batts1 and had been a rude1 desperate man4 ,he asked me about a woman in ,cumberland1 who1 he said1 he was told1 had been healed by our prayers1 and laying on of our hands1 after she had been long sick1 and given over by the physicians2 and he desired to know the certainty of it4 ,i told him we did not glory in such things1 but many such things had been done by the power of ,christ4 ,not far from hence we had a meeting among the people1 and they were taken with the truth3 blessed be the ,lord6 ,then passing down the river ,,roanoke in a canoe1 we went down the bay ,,coney-,,hoe1 and came to a captain's house1 who was very loving1 and lent us his boat1 for we were much wet in the canoe1 the water splashing in upon us4 ,with this boat we went to the governor's house2 but the water in some places was so shallow that the boat being laden1 could not swim2 so that we were fain to put off our shoes and stockings1 and wade through the water some distance4 ,the governor1 with his wife1 received us lovingly2 but a doctor there would needs dispute with us4 ,and truly his opposing us was of good service1 giving occasion for the opening of many things to the people1 concerning the light and ,spirit of ,god1 which he denied to be in every one2 and affirmed that it was not in the ,indians4 ,whereupon ,i called an ,indian to us1 and asked him1 8,whether or not1 when he lied1 or did wrong to any one1 there was not something in him that reproved him for it80 he said1 8,there was such a thing in him1 that did so reprove him2 and he was ashamed when he had done wrong1 or spoken wrong40 ,so we shamed the doctor before the governor and the people2 insomuch that the poor man ran out so far1 that at length he would not own the ,scriptures4 ,we tarried at the governor's that night2 and next morning he very courteously walked with us himself about two miles through the woods1 to a place whither he had sent our boat about to meet us4 ,taking leave of him1 we entered our boat1 and went that day about thirty miles to ,joseph ,scott's1 one of the representatives of the country4 ,there we had a sound1 precious meeting2 the people were tender1 and much desired after meetings4 ,wherefore at a house about four miles further1 we had another meeting1 to which the governor's secretary came1 who was chief secretary of the province1 and had been formerly convinced4 ,i went from this place among the ,indians1 and spoke unto them by an interpreter2 showing them1 8that ,god made all things in six days1 and made but one woman for one man2 and that ,god drowned the old world1 because of their wickedness4 ,afterwards ,i spoke to them concerning ,christ1 showing them1 that he died for all men1 for their sins1 as well as for others2 and had enlightened them as well as others2 and that if they did that which was evil1 he would burn them1 but if they did well1 they should not be burned40 ,there was among them their young king2 and others of their chief men1 who seemed to receive kindly what ,i said to them4 ,having visited the north part of ,carolina1 and made a little entrance for truth upon the people there1 we began to return towards ,virginia1 having several meetings in our way1 wherein we had very good service for the ,lord1 the people being generally tender and open2 blessed be the ,lord4 ,we lay one night at the ,secretary's house1 to which we had much to do to get2 for the water being shallow1 we could not bring our boat to shore2 but the secretary's wife seeing our strait1 came herself in a canoe 7her husband being from home7 and brought us to land4 ,next morning our boat was sunk2 but we got her up1 mended her1 and went away in her that day about twenty-four miles1 the water being rough1 and the winds high2 but the great power of ,god was seen1 in carrying us safe in that rotten boat4 ,in our return we had a very precious meeting at ,hugh ,smith's2 praised be the ,lord for ever6 ,the people were very tender1 and very good service we had amongst them4 ,there was at this meeting an ,indian captain who was very loving1 and acknowledged it to be truth that was spoken4 ,there was also one of the ,indian priests1 whom they call a ,pawaw1 who sat soberly among the people4 ,on the #ith of the #ajth ,month we got back to ,,bonner',s ,,creek1 where we had left our horses2 having spent about eighteen days in ,north ,carolina4 ,our horses having rested1 we set forward for ,,virginia again1 travelling through the woods and bogs1 as far as we could well reach that day2 and at night lay by a fire in the woods4 ,next day we had a tedious journey1 through bogs and swamps1 and were exceedingly wet and dirty all the day1 but dried ourselves at night by a fire4 ,we got that night to ,,sommertown4 ,when we came near the house1 the woman of the house seeing us1 spoke to her son to fasten up their dogs 7for both in ,virginia and ,carolina they generally keep great dogs to guard their houses1 living lonely in the woods72 but the son said1 8he need not1 for the dogs did not use to meddle with these people40 ,whereupon1 when we were come into the house1 she told us1 8we were like the children of ,israel1 whom the dogs did not move their tongues against40 ,here we lay in our clothes by the fire1 as we had done many a night before4 ,next day1 before we went away1 we had a meeting2 for the people having heard of us1 had a great desire to hear us2 and a very good meeting we had among them1 where we never had one before2 praised be the ,lord for ever6 ,after the meeting we hasted away4 ,when we had rode about twenty miles1 calling at a house to inquire the way1 the people desired us to tarry all night with them1 which we did4 ,next day we came among ,friends1 after we had travelled about a hundred miles from ,carolina into ,virginia2 in which time we observed a great variety of climates1 having passed in a few days from a very cold1 to a warm and spring-like country4 ,but the power of the ,lord is the same in all1 is over all1 and doth reach the good in all2 praised be the ,lord for ever6 ,we spent about three weeks in travelling through ,virginia1 mostly among ,friends1 having many large and precious meetings in several parts of the country2 as at the widow ,wright's1 where a great many magistrates1 officers and other high people came4 ,a most heavenly meeting we had1 wherein the power of the ,lord was so great1 that it struck a dread upon the assembly and chained all down1 and brought a reverence upon the people's minds4 ,among the officers was a major1 kinsman to the priest2 he told me1 8the priest threatened to come and oppose us40 ,but the ,lord's power was too strong for him1 and stopped him2 we were quiet and peaceable1 and the people were wonderfully affected with the testimony of truth2 blessed be the ,lord for ever6 ,another very good meeting we had at ,,crickatrough1 at which many considerable people were1 many of whom had never heard a ,friend before2 and they were greatly satisfied with the meeting1 praised be the ,lord6 ,we had also a very good and serviceable meeting at ,john ,porter's1 which consisted mostly of other people2 in which the power of the ,lord was gloriously seen and felt1 and it brought the truth over all evil walkers and talkers2 blessed be the ,lord6 ,divers other meetings we had1 and many opportunities of doing service for the ,lord amongst the people where we came4 ,the last week we stayed1 we spent some time and pains among ,friends1 sweeping away that which was to be swept out1 and working down a bad spirit that was got up in some2 blessed for ever be the name of the ,lord6 he it is that gives victory over all4 ,having finished what service lay upon us in ,virginia1 on the #cjth we set sail in an open sloop for ,,maryland4 ,but having a great storm1 and being much wet1 we were glad to get to shore before night2 and1 walking to a house at ,,willoughby ,,point1 we got lodging there that night4 ,the woman of the house was a widow1 and a very tender person2 she had never received ,friends before2 but she received us very kindly1 and with tears in her eyes4 ,we returned to our boat in the morning1 and hoisted up our sail1 getting forward as fast as we could2 but towards evening a storm rising1 we had much to do to get to shore2 and our boat being open the water splashed often in1 and sometimes over us1 so that we were completely wet4 ,being got to land1 we made a fire in the woods1 to warm and dry us1 and there we lay all night1 the wolves howling about us4 ,on the #ast of #aath month we sailed again1 but the wind being against us1 we made but little way1 and were fain to get to shore at ,,point ,,comfort1 where yet we found but small comfort2 for the weather was so cold1 that though we made a good fire in the woods to lie by1 our water1 that we had got for our use1 was frozen near the fireside4 ,we made to sea again next day2 but the wind being strong and against us1 we advanced but little1 but were glad to get to land again1 and travel about to find some house1 where we might buy some provisions1 for our store was spent4 ,that night also we lay in the woods2 and so extremely cold was the weather1 the wind blowing high1 and the frost and snow being great1 that it was hard for some to abide it4 ,on the #crd1 the wind setting pretty fair1 we fetched it up by sailing and rowing1 and got that night to ,,milford-,,haven1 where we lay at ,richard ,long's1 near ,quince's ,island4 ,next day we passed by ,rappahannock ,river1 where dwell much people2 and ,friends had a meeting there-aways at a justice's house1 who had formerly been at a meeting where ,i was4 ,we passed over ,potomac ,river also1 the winds being high1 the water very rough1 our sloop open1 and the weather extremely cold2 and having a meeting there-aways also1 some people were convinced2 and when we parted thence1 some of our company went amongst them4 ,we steered our course for ,patuxent ,river4 ,i sat at the helm most part of the day1 and some of the night4 ,about the first hour in the morning we reached ,james ,preston's house on ,patuxent ,river1 which is about two hundred miles from ,nancemond in ,,virginia4 ,we were very weary2 yet the next day1 being the first of the week1 we went to the meeting not far from thence4 ,the same week we went to an ,indian ,king's cabin1 where several of the ,indians were1 with whom we had a good opportunity to discourse2 and they carried themselves very lovingly4 ,we went also that week to a general meeting2 then about eighteen miles further to ,john ,geary's1 where we had a very precious meeting2 praised be the ,lord ,god for ever6 ,after this the cold grew so exceedingly sharp1 the frost and snow so extreme1 beyond what was usual in that country1 that we could hardly endure it4 ,neither was it easy or safe to stir out2 yet we got1 with some difficulty1 six miles through the snow to ,john ,mayor's1 where we met with some ,friends come from ,new ,england1 whom we had left there when we came away2 and glad we were to see each other1 after so long and tedious travels4 ,by these ,friends we understood1 that ,william ,edmundson1 having been at ,rhode ,island and ,new ,england1 was returned to ,ireland2 that ,solomon ,eccles1 coming from ,jamaica and landing at ,boston in ,new ,england1 was taken at a meeting there1 and banished to ,barbadoes2 that ,john ,stubbs and another ,friend were gone into ,new ,jersey1 and several other ,friends to ,barbadoes1 ,jamaica1 and the ,leeward ,islands4 ,it was matter of joy to us1 to understand that the work of the ,lord went on and prospered1 and that ,friends were unwearied and diligent in the service4 ,on the #bgth we had a very precious meeting in a tobacco-house2 and next day returned to ,james ,preston's1 about eighteen miles distant4 ,when we came there1 we found his house was burnt to the ground the night before1 through the carelessness of a servant2 so we lay three nights on the ground by the fire1 the weather being very cold4 ,we made an observation1 which was somewhat strange1 but certainly true2 that one day in the midst of this cold weather1 the wind turning into the ,south1 it grew so hot that we could hardly bear it2 and the next day and night1 the wind changing back into the ,north1 we could hardly endure the cold4 ,the #bnd of #abth month we had a glorious meeting at ,patuxent2 and after it1 went to ,john ,geary's again1 where we waited for a boat to carry us to the monthly meeting at the ,,cliffs1 and a living one it was2 praised be the ,lord6 ,this was on the #fth3 another meeting we had on the #ith1 wherein the glory of the ,lord shone over all2 blessed and magnified be his holy name for ever6 ,on the #abth of the month we set forward in our boat2 and1 travelling by night1 ran aground in a creek near ,,manokin ,,river4 ,there we were fain to stay till morning1 when the tide came and lifted her off4 ,in the meantime sitting in an open boat1 and the weather being bitterly cold1 some of us had like to have lost the use of our hands1 they were so frozen and benumbed with cold4 ,in the morning1 when the tide had set us afloat again1 we got to land1 and made a good fire1 at which we warmed ourselves well4 ,then returning to our boat1 we passed on about ten miles further to a ,friend's house2 where next day we had a very precious meeting1 at which some of the chief of the place were4 ,i went after it to a ,friend's house1 about four miles off1 at the head of ,,anamessic ,,river1 where1 on the day following1 the judge of the country and the justice with him came to me1 and were very loving1 and much satisfied with ,friends' order4 ,the next day we had a large meeting in the justice's barn1 for his house could not hold the company4 ,there were several of the great folks of that country1 and among the rest an opposer2 but all was preserved quiet and well2 a precious meeting it was1 and the people were much affected with the truth2 blessed be the ,lord6 ,we went next day to see ,captain ,colburn1 who was also a justice1 and there we had some service2 then returning again1 we had a very glorious meeting at the same justice's1 where we met before2 to which came many people of account in the world1 magistrates1 officers1 and others4 ,it was large1 and the power of the ,lord was much felt1 so that the people were generally well satisfied1 and taken with the truth2 and there being several merchants and masters of ships from ,new ,england1 the truth was spread abroad2 blessed be the ,lord6 ,a day or two after1 we travelled about sixteen miles through the woods and bogs1 heading ,,anamessic ,,river and ,,amoroca ,,river1 part of which last1 we went over in a canoe1 and came to ,,manokin1 to a friendly woman's house2 where1 on the #bdth1 we had a large meeting in a barn4 ,the ,lord's living presence was with us1 and among the people2 blessed be his holy name for evermore6 ,friends had never had a meeting in those parts before4 ,after this we passed over the ,river ,wicomico1 through many bad and watery swamps and marshy ways1 and came to ,james ,jones's1 a ,friend1 and a justice of the peace2 where we had a large and very glorious meeting2 praised be the ,lord ,god4 ,then passing over the water in a boat1 we took horse and travelled about twenty-four miles through woods and troublesome swamps1 and came to another justice's house1 where we had a very large meeting1 much people1 and many of considerable account being present2 and the living presence of the ,lord was amongst us1 praised for ever be his holy name6 ,this was on the #crd of the #ast month1 #afgb-c2cb and on the #eth we had another living and heavenly meeting1 at which divers of the justices1 with their wives1 and many other people1 were2 amongst whom we had very good service for the ,lord2 blessed be his holy name4 ,at this meeting was a woman that lived at ,anamessic1 who had been many years in trouble of mind1 and sometimes would sit moping near two months together1 and hardly speak or mind anything4 ,when ,i heard of her1 ,i was moved of the ,lord to go to her1 and tell her1 8that salvation was come to her house40 ,after ,i had spoken the word of life to her1 and entreated the ,lord for her1 she mended1 went up and down with us to meetings1 and is since well1 blessed be the ,lord6 ,being now clear of these parts1 we left ,anamessic on the #gth1 and passing by water about fifty miles1 came to a friendly woman's house at ,,hunger ,,river4 ,we had very rough weather in our passage to this place1 and were in great danger1 for the boat had nearly been turned over2 but through the good providence of ,god1 we got safe thither2 praised be his name6 ,at this place we had a meeting2 and amongst the people present1 were two ,papists1 a man and a woman2 he was very tender1 and she confessed to the truth4 ,this meeting was not so large as it would have been1 if many1 who had intended1 could have got to it2 but the weather was so foul1 and the water1 by reason of high winds1 so rough1 that it was not safe to pass over it4 ,i had no ,friend now with me but ,robert ,widders1 the rest having dispersed themselves into several parts of the country in the service of truth4 ,as soon as the wind would permit1 we passed hence about forty miles by water1 rowing most part of the way1 and came to the head of ,,little ,,choptank ,,river1 to ,dr4 ,winsmore's1 who was a justice1 lately convinced4 ,here we met with some ,friends1 with whom we stayed a while2 and then went on by land and water1 and had a large meeting out of doors1 for the house we were at could not receive the people4 ,divers of the magistrates and their wives were present1 and a good meeting it was2 blessed be the ,lord1 who is making his name known in that wilderness country6 ,we returned thence to a ,friend's house1 named ,william ,stephens1 where we met the ,friends that had been travelling in other parts2 and were much refreshed in the ,lord together1 imparting to each other the good success we had had in the ,lord's work1 and the prosperity and spreading of truth in the places where we travelled4 ,john ,cartwright and another ,friend had been in ,virginia1 where there were great desires in people after truth2 and being now returned1 they stayed a little with us here1 and then set forward for ,barbadoes4 ,before we left this place we had a very glorious meeting1 at which were very many people2 amongst others1 the judge of that country1 three justices1 and the high-sheriff1 with their wives4 ,of the ,indians was one called their emperor1 an ,indian king and their speaker1 who all sat very attentive1 and carried themselves very lovingly4 ,an establishing1 settling meeting it was4 ,this was on the #bcrd of #ast month4 ,on the #bdth we went by water ten miles to the ,indian town where this emperor dwelt1 whom ,i had acquainted before of my coming1 and desired him to get their kings and councils together4 ,in the morning the emperor came himself1 and had me to the town2 and they were generally come together1 and had their speaker and other officers with them1 and the old empress sat among them4 ,they sat very grave and sober1 and were all very attentive1 beyond many called ,christians4 ,i had some with me that could interpret to them1 and we had a very good meeting with them1 and of very great service it was2 for it gave them a good esteem for truth and ,friends3 blessed be the ,lord4 ,after this we had many meetings in several parts of that country1 one at ,william ,stephens's1 which was a general meeting once a month2 others at ,tredhaven ,creek1 ,wye1 ,reconow ,creek1 and at ,thomas ,taylor's in the ,island of ,kent4 ,most of these were large1 there being many people at them1 divers of them of the most considerable account4 ,the ,lord's power and living presence were with us1 and plenteously manifested amongst the people2 by which their hearts were tendered and opened to receive the truth1 which had a good savour amongst them2 blessed be the ,lord ,god over all for ever4 ,being clear of that side1 we passed over the bay about fourteen miles to a ,friend's house1 where we met with several ,friends4 ,i sent for ,thomas ,thurston thither1 and had a meeting with him1 to bring the truth over his bad actions4 ,having travelled through most parts of that country and visited most of the plantations1 having sounded the alarm to all people where we came1 and proclaimed the day of ,god's salvation amongst them1 we found our spirits began to be clear of these parts of the world1 and draw towards ,old ,england again4 ,yet we were desirous1 and felt freedom from the ,lord1 to stay over the general meeting for the province of ,maryland 7which drew nigh7 that we might see ,friends generally together before we departed4 ,wherefore spending our time1 in the interim1 in visiting ,friends and friendly people1 in attending meetings about the ,cliffs and ,patuxent1 and in writing answers to cavilling objections1 which some of the truth's adversaries had raised and spread abroad1 to hinder people from receiving the truth1 we were not idle1 but laboured in the work of the ,lord1 until that general provincial meeting came on1 which began on the #agth of the #crd month1 and lasted four days4 ,on the first of these1 the men and women had their meetings for business1 wherein the affairs of the church were taken care of1 and many things relating thereto were opened unto them1 to their edification and comfort4 ,the other three days were spent in public meetings for the worship of ,god1 of which divers of considerable account of the government1 and many others1 were present1 who were generally satisfied1 and many of them reached2 for it was a wonderful1 glorious meeting1 and the mighty presence of the ,lord was seen and felt over all2 blessed and praised be his holy name for ever1 who over all giveth dominion6 ,after this meeting we took our leave of ,friends1 parting in great tenderness1 in the sense of the heavenly life and virtuous power of the ,lord1 that was livingly felt amongst us2 and went by water to the place where we were to take shipping1 many ,friends accompanying us thither and tarrying with us that night4 ,next day1 the #bast of the #crd month1 #afgc1 we set sail for ,england2 the same day ,richard ,covell came on board our ship1 having had his own taken from him by the ,dutch4 ,we had foul weather and contrary winds1 which caused us to cast anchor often1 so that we were till the #cast ere we could get past the capes of ,virginia and come out into the main sea4 ,but after this we made good speed1 and on the #bhth of the #dth month cast anchor at ,king's ,road1 which is the harbour for ,,bristol4 ,we had on our passage very high winds and tempestuous weather1 which made the sea exceedingly rough1 the waves rising like mountains2 so that the masters and sailors wondered at it1 and said they never saw the like before4 ,but though the wind was strong1 it set for the most part with us1 so that we sailed before it2 and the great ,god who commands the winds1 who is ,lord of heaven1 of earth1 and the seas1 and whose wonders are seen in the deep1 steered our course and preserved us from many imminent dangers4 ,the same good hand of ,providence that went with us1 and carried us safely over1 watched over us in our return1 and brought us safely back again2 thanksgiving and praises be to his holy name for ever6 ,many sweet and precious meetings we had on board the ship during this voyage 7commonly two a week17 wherein the blessed presence of the ,lord did greatly refresh us1 and often break in upon and tender the company4 ----- ,footnote #bf3 ,john ,burnyeat1 a fellow-labourer in the gospel with ,george ,fox1 and who is several times named in this ,journal1 was born in ,cumberland about the year #afca4 ,he was well educated1 and religiously inclined from his youth1 and convinced by ,george ,fox when he first came into ,cumberland in #afec4 ,he became an unwearied traveller in the gospel1 both in this country and in ,america1 boldly proclaiming the glad tidings of salvation1 for which he fell in for his share of abuse and imprisonments4 ,once at ,ripon1 when visiting twenty-four of his friends imprisoned there for the testimony of ,jesus1 speaking a few words to them he was haled away before the mayor1 and several times knocked off his knees when at prayer1 being sent to prison to his friends1 and kept there fourteen weeks4 ,he married and settled in ,ireland1 where his service mostly lay in his latter days4 ,in #afhc he was imprisoned in the ,marshalsea in ,dublin two months for meeting and preaching4 ,his wife died in #afhh2 and he1 having finished his course1 and kept the faith1 departed in peace in #afij4 ,his works1 and testimonies concerning him1 with an account of his convincement1 and journal of his travels1 were published in a #dto volume1 to which the reader is referred4 ,see also ,piety ,promoted1 vol4 i4 p4 #agi2 and ,whiting's ,memoirs1 p4 #daf-dcj4 ,footnote #bg3 ,the instances of heathen kindness and hospitality1 experienced by ,george ,fox and others who have visited the ,indians in a friendly manner1 contrast very favourably in comparison with the many acts of bigoted intolerance and cruelty recorded in these volumes on the part of those professedly civilized and ,christian4 ,many incidents might be related in proof of ,indian kindness when unprovoked to opposite conduct4 ,when the ,quakers were under a cruel persecution by the magistrates of ,boston1 in ,new ,england1 ,nicholas ,upshal1 8a man of unblameable conversation10 and a church member of their communion1 showed the sufferers kindness1 by giving five shillings a week to the jailer to let those confined in prison have the sustenance necessary for life--the magistrates having caused the jail window to be boarded up1 that none might communicate with1 or help them4 ,he proceeded afterwards to reason with the magistrates1 and warn them not to be found fighting against ,god1 for which he was fined #bj1 imprisoned1 and then banished2 though a weakly old man1 and the season the depth of winter4 ,in his banishment in the wilderness1 he met an ,indian1 who1 having understood how he had been dealt with1 took compassion on him1 and very kindly told him1 if he would live with him he would make him a warm house2 and further said1 8,what a ,god have these ,english1 who deal so with one another about their ,god60 ,see here the ,red ,indian's kindly care ,though he the name of savage bear4 ,christian1 more savage thou than he1 ,blush for thy cruel deeds of infamy3 ,the ,indian's unasked cup of charity ,is larger than as mixed by thee4 ,the white man aged1 through frost and snows1 ,a banish'd exile to his country goes1 ,full many a welcome does he say1 ,to his warm house whate'er the day4 ,more ,christian he who thus does prove ,by practice kindred with a ,god of love4 ,more ,christian he than they who thus pollute ,their faith1 and for their ,god a brother persecute4 ,footnote #bh3 ,see ,bowden's ,history of ,friends in ,america1 vol4 i41 pp4 #bhj-bhd4 ,footnote #bi3 ,this is the only mention of ,christopher ,holder in these volumes4 ,he was a great sufferer in the ,new ,england persecution4 ,in #afeg he and another ,friend being at ,salem1 went to the ,puritan place of worship there1 and after the priest had concluded1 ,christopher ,holder addressing the assembly1 was not allowed to proceed2 one of the commissioners with much fury 8seizing him by the hair of his head10 and violently thrusting a glove and handkerchief into his mouth4 ,these two ,friends were subsequently sentenced1 under 8the law against ,quakers10 to receive thirty lashes4 ,the brutal manner in which this sentence was carried out1 was in accordance with the spirit that prompted the rulers to pass the cruel law4 ,a three-corded knotted whip was used on the occasion2 and the executioner1 to make more sure of his blows1 8measured his ground10 and then 8fetched his strokes with all his might40 ,thirty strokes thus inflicted1 as will be readily imagined1 left the sufferers miserably torn and lacerated2 and in this state they were conveyed to their prison cell4 ,here1 without any bedding1 or even straw to lie on1 the inhuman jailer kept them for three days without food or drink2 and1 in this dismal abode1 often exposed to damp and cold1 were these faithful men confined for the space of nine weeks4 ,we may wonder that1 under such aggravated cruelties their lives were spared2 but ,he1 for whose holy cause they thus suffered1 was near to support and console them4 ,his ancient promise was fulfilled in their experience1 and they rejoiced in the comforting presence of his living power4--,bowden's ,history of ,friends in ,america4 ,previous to this1 ,christopher ,holder and his companion had been banished from ,rhode ,island4 ,the governor having hired an ,indian to convey them off the island1 ordered the ,friends to pay for the passage themselves4 ,but not being willing to facilitate their own banishment1 and not feeling that it was their ,divine ,master's will for them to leave the island1 they declined to go1 or to pay the ,indian who was hired to take them4 ,the governor directed the constable forcibly to obtain the requisite sum from the strangers1 and gave peremptory orders to the natives to take them away in their canoes4 ,the ,algonquins1 however1 not being in any great haste to execute the bidding of the governor1 contrary to the will of the ,friends1 and at a time too when the weather was stormy1 entertained them for three days with marked kindness and hospitality4 ,a change in the weather then taking place1 and the banished ones feeling that it was no longer required of them to stay on the island1 the ,indians1 at their own request1 prepared to take them across4 ,before leaving the island the ,friends offered to remunerate the natives for their kindness1 but these poor people1 from the generous impulses of their hearts1 acting more in unison with the spirit of ,christianity than those who were wont to be their teachers1 declined to receive any reward4 8,you are strangers10 they replied1 8and ,jehovah hath taught us to love strangers40 ,such simple and feeling language from the lips of ,north ,american ,indians1 was a striking rebuke to the bigotry and intolerance which marked the conduct of their highly professing teachers4--,bowden's ,history of ,friends in ,america4 ,footnote #cj3 ,this ,george ,wilson1 at whose house ,george ,fox was entertained1 is not mentioned elsewhere in the ,journal4 ,he was originally from ,great ,britain1 and a great sufferer for the truth during the ,new ,england persecution4 ,in #affa1 it appears he was amongst twenty-seven other ,friends in prison in ,boston1 who were liberated that year by an order from the home government4 ,but these faithful messengers of the ,lord1 who were thus unexpectedly released from bondage1 were concerned1 almost immediately on leaving the jail1 to preach to the inhabitants those truths for which they had suffered4 ,the magistrates1 already at their wits'-end1 in fruitlessly endeavouring to arrest the spread of ,quaker principles1 being impatient at this fresh manifestation of devotedness1 ordered a guard of soldiers to drive all the ,friends out of their territory into the wilderness2 an order which was speedily executed4 ,george ,wilson was among those who were thus forcibly expelled2 but1 undismayed by the new law for the application of the whip1 they returned at once to their homes4 ,there they were quickly apprehended1 and sentenced to undergo a flogging through three towns1 and to be put out of the limits of the colony4 ,the executioner1 desirous of lending his ingenuity to increase the severity of the sentence1 provided himself with a singularly constructed whip1 or as it is called1 a 8cruel instrument10 with which he 8miserably tore0 the bodies of the sufferers4 ,such was the new and barbarous character of the weapon used on this occasion1 that ,friends endeavoured1 though unsuccessfully1 to obtain it to send to ,england1 as another proof of the malignant cruelty which actuated the rulers of ,massachusetts towards the new ,society4 ,at the conclusion of this whipping at ,boston1 ,george ,wilson1 in the midst of his persecutors1 knelt in solemn supplication to the ,most ,high4 ,being on a gospel mission in ,virginia1 ,george ,wilson became a victim to the reigning intolerance1 and was incarcerated in the dungeon at ,james' ,town4 ,the circumstances of his case evinced great barbarity on the part of his persecutors4 ,the place of his imprisonment was an extremely loathsome one1 without light or ventilation4 ,here1 after being cruelly scourged and heavily ironed for a long period1 he had to feel the heartlessness of a persecuting and dominant hierarchy2 until1 at last1 his flesh actually rotted from his bones1 and1 within the cold damp walls of the miserable dungeon of ,james' ,town1 he laid down his life a faithful martyr for the testimony of ,jesus4 ,the patience and resignation with which ,george ,wilson bore his aggravated sufferings1 and his faithfulness unto death1 form a striking instance of the inflexible adherence to conscientious conviction1 which so remarkably characterized the early ,friends4 ,living near to ,him who is the fountain and fulness of love1 his enemies also became the objects of his solicitude2 and1 whilst lingering in the wretched dungeon1 his heart was lifted up in prayer for his persecutors4 8,for all their cruelty10 he writes1 8,i can truly say1 ,father1 forgive them1 for they know not what they do40--,bowden's ,history of ,friends in ,america4 ,footnote #ca3 ,william ,coale1 a ,friend of ,maryland1 was convinced about the year #afeg4 ,he was a man of an innocent and tender spirit2 and a living and weighty minister of the gospel of ,christ4 ,he visited ,friends in ,virginia with ,george ,wilson1 and was very serviceable1 some being turned to the ,lord through his ministry1 and many established in the truth4 ,he suffered cruel imprisonment for the gospel1 which injured him so much that he never recovered it4 ,in the time of his last illness he was cheerful1 freely given up to die1 saying1 8,the living presence of the ,lord is with me20 with many more words of the great satisfaction he had from the ,lord concerning his peace2 adding1 8,i bless the ,lord1 ,i have finished my course1 and ,i have nothing to do but to wait on the ,lord and die40 ,he departed very peaceably and quietly about the year #afgh4 ,footnote #cb3 ,the difference implied here and elsewhere in the date is between the old style and the new4 ,the above may be read either1 the #c;d of the #aath month1 #afgb2 or the #crd of the #ast month1 #afgc4 ,it would appear that an alteration in the mode of reckoning did not take place generally till made by ,act of ,parliament in #ageb1 when the ,friends also adopted a change in the mode of reckoning the months1 which is explained at large in the ,book of ,discipline1 p4 #gc4 ,,ed43 #ahcc4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 #afgc-afge4--;,george ,fox writes to his wife from ,bristol--has a glorious powerful meeting there1 in which he declares of three estates and three teachers--at ,slaughterford meets with much opposition to the settlement of women's meetings--the chief opposer struck by the ,lord's power1 condemns his error--at ,armscott is arrested by ,justice ,parker1 and sent to ,worcester jail with ,thomas ,lower--writes to his wife--he and ,t4 ,lower write to ,lord ,windsor and other magistrates1 with a statement of their case--they are examined at the sessions1 but ,george ,fox is ensnared with the oath1 and re-committed for refusing to take it--,thomas ,lower is discharged1 and afterwards visits ,justice ,parker1 and gives the priest of the parish 7who instigated their imprisonment7 a severe rebuke in his presence1 though unknown--,george ,fox disputes with ,dr4 ,crowder on swearing--he is removed to ,london by ,habeas ,corpus--but ultimately remanded to ,worcester--is examined at the assizes by ,judge ,turner1 but the case is referred to the sessions--disputes with a priest on perfection--brought up at the sessions and re-committed1 but has liberty till the next sessions--is again removed by ,habeas ,corpus1 and tenders in court a declaration instead of the oath--attends the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london--appears again at the sessions of ,worcester1 and points out the flaws in his indictment--yet he is brought in guilty and premunired--writes to the king respecting the principle of ,friends--is seized with illness1 and his life almost despaired of--,justice ,parker writes to the jailer to relax the rigour of his imprisonment--his wife intercedes with the king for his release1 which he is willing to grant by a pardon--this ,george ,fox could not accept1 as it implied guilt--he is once more removed by ,habeas ,corpus--the under-sheriff quarrels with him for calling their ministers priests--he is brought before the judges1 and ,counsellor ,corbet starts a new plea1 that the ,court cannot imprison on a premunire--the indictment is quashed for error1 and he is freed by proclamation after nearly fourteen months' imprisonment--he writes many papers and pamphlets in ,worcester jail4 ,when we came into ,bristol ,harbour1 there lay a man-of-war1 and the press-master#cc came on board us to press our men4 ,we had a meeting at that time in the ship with the seamen before we went to shore1 and the press-master sat down with us and stayed the meeting1 and was very well satisfied with it4 ,i spoke to him to leave two of the men he had pressed in our ship 7for he had pressed four71 one of whom was a lame man2 and he said1 8at my request1 he would40 ,we went on shore that afternoon1 and got to ,,shirehampton1 where we obtained horses1 and rode to ,,bristol that night1 where ,friends received us with great joy4 ,in the evening ,i wrote a letter to my wife1 to give her notice of my landing2 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,heart1 8,this day we came into ,bristol near night1 from the sea2 glory to the ,lord ,god over all for ever1 who was our convoy1 and steered our course6 the ,god of the whole earth1 of the seas and winds1 who made the clouds his chariot1 beyond all words1 blessed be his name for ever6 ,he is over all in his great power and wisdom1 ,amen4 ,robert ,widders and ,james ,lancaster#cd are with me1 and we are well2 glory to the ,lord for ever1 who hath carried us through many perils1 perils by water1 and in storms1 perils by pirates and robbers1 perils in the wilderness and amongst false professors6 praises to him whose glory is over all for ever1 ,amen6 ,therefore mind the fresh life1 and live all to ,god in it4 ,i intend 7if the ,lord will7 to stay a while this away2 it may be till the fair4 ,so no more1 but my love to all ,friends40 ,g4,f4 ,bristol1 #bhth of #dth ,month1 #afgc4 ,between this and the fair1 my wife came out of the ,north to ,bristol to me1 and her son-in-law ,thomas ,lower with two of her daughters#ce came with her4 ,her other son-in-law ,john ,rous1 ,w4 ,penn and his wife1 and ,gerrard ,roberts1 came from ,london1 and many ,friends from several parts of the nation1 to the fair2 and glorious1 powerful meetings we had at that time1 for the ,lord's infinite power and life was over all4 ,in the fresh openings whereof1 ,i was moved to declare of 8,three estates1 and three teachers10 viz43 8,god was the first teacher of man and woman in ,paradise2 and as long as they kept to and under his teaching1 they kept in the image of ,god1 in his likeness1 in righteousness and holiness1 and in dominion over all that he had made2 in the blessed state1 in the paradise of ,god4 ,but when they hearkened to the serpent's false teaching 7who was out of truth17 disobeyed ,god and obeyed the serpent1 in feeding upon that which ,god forbade them1 they lost the image of ,god1 the righteousness and holiness1 came under the power of ,satan1 and were turned out of ,paradise1 out of the blessed into the cursed state4 ,then the promise of ,god was1 #8that the ,seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head1' break his power that man and woman were under1 and destroy his works4 ,so here were three states and three teachers40 ,god was the first teacher in ,paradise2 and whilst man kept under his teaching1 he was happy4 ,the serpent was the second teacher2 and when man followed his teaching1 he fell into misery1 into the fall from the image of ,god1 from righteousness and holiness1 and from the power that he had over all that ,god had made2 and came under the serpent1 whom he had power over before4 ,christ ,jesus was the third teacher2 of whom ,god saith1 #8,this is my beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well pleased1 hear ye him2' and who himself saith1 #8,learn of me4' ,this is the true gospel-teacher1 who bruises the head of the serpent1 the false teacher1 and the head of all false teachers1 and of all false religions1 false ways1 false worships1 and false churches4 ,now ,christ1 who said1 #8,learn of me1' and of whom the ,father said1 #8,hear ye him1' said1 #8,i am the ,way to ,god1 ,i am the ,truth1 ,i am the ,life1 and the true ,light4' ,so as man and woman come again to ,god1 and are renewed up into his image1 righteousness1 and holiness by ,christ1 thereby they come into the ,paradise of ,god1 the state which man was in before he fell2 and into a higher state than that1 to sit down in ,christ that never fell4 ,therefore the ,son of ,god is to be heard in all things1 who is the ,saviour and ,redeemer2 who laid down his life1 and bought his sheep with his precious blood4 ,we can challenge all the world4 ,who hath anything to say against our way8 our ,saviour8 our ,redeemer8 our ,prophet1 whom ,god hath raised up that we may hear1 and whom we must hear in all things8 ,who hath anything against our ,shepherd1 ,christ ,jesus1 who leads and feeds us1 and we know his heavenly voice8 ,who hath anything against our ,bishop1 in whose mouth was never guile found1 who doth oversee us in his pasture of life1 that we do not go astray from ,god1 and out of his fold8 ,who hath anything against our ,priest1 ,christ ,jesus1 made higher than the heavens1 who gives us freely1 and commands us to give freely8 ,who hath anything to say against our ,leader and ,counsellor1 ,christ ,jesus1 who never sinned2 but is holy1 harmless1 and separate from sinners8 ,god hath commanded us to hear ,him2 and ,he saith1 #8,learn of me2' and if we should disobey ,god's and ,christ's command1 we should be like our father ,adam and mother ,eve1 who disobeyed ,god's command1 and hearkened to the serpent's teaching4 ,man commands1 and would force us to hear the hirelings1 who plead for sin and the body of death to the grave2 which doctrine savours of the devil's teaching1 not of ,christ's2 but we resolve to hear the ,son1 as both he and the ,father command1 and in hearing the ,son we hear the ,father also1 as the ,scripture testifies4 ,for the author to the ,hebrews says1 #8,god1 who at sundry times1 and in divers manners1 spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets1 hath in these last days spoken unto us by his ,son2' mark that1 ,god hath spoken unto us 7his apostles1 disciples1 church71 by his ,son4 ,and whereas some have objected1 that although ,christ did speak both to his disciples and to the ,jews1 in the days of his flesh1 yet since his resurrection and ascension he doth not speak now3--the answer is1 that #8as ,god did then speak by his ,son in the days of his flesh1 so the ,son1 ,christ ,jesus1 doth now speak by his ,spirit4' ,wherefore ,john saith in the ,revelations1 #8,he that hath an ear let him hear1 what the ,spirit saith to the churches1' ,rev4 ii4 ,and ,christ is said to #8speak from heaven1' ,heb4 xii4 #be4 #8,see that ye refuse not him that speaketh2 for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth1 much more shall not we escape1 if we turn away from ,him that speaketh from heaven4' ,they that resisted ,moses' law1 who spake on earth1 died for it without mercy1 which was a natural death2 but they that refuse ,him that speaks from heaven1 neglect and slight their own salvation1 and so die a spiritual death through unbelief and hardness of heart4 ,therefore was the exhortation given of old1 #8,to-day1 if ye will hear his voice1 harden not your hearts1 as in the provocation1' c4 ,heb4 iii4 #ae1 c4 ,so that they who neglect or refuse to hear the voice of ,christ1 now speaking from heaven in this his gospel-day1 harden their hearts4 8,let all therefore mark well these three estates and teachers2 the ,god of ,truth was the first teacher1 while man was in ,paradise and in innocency4 ,the serpent was the second teacher1 the false teacher1 who by his false teaching came to be the god of the world1 which lies in wickedness4 ,christ ,jesus1 that bruises the serpent's head1 is the third teacher1 who saith1 #8,learn of me1' and of whom ,god saith1 #8,this is my beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well pleased1 hear ye him2' and of whom the testimony of the saints of old was1 #8,god hath in these last days spoken unto us by his ,son4' ,thus they that come to be renewed up again into the divine1 heavenly image1 in which man was at first made1 will know the same ,god1 that was the first teacher of ,adam and ,eve in ,paradise1 to speak to them now by his ,son1 who changes not2 glory be to his name for ever60 ,many deep and precious things were opened in those meetings by the ,eternal ,spirit1 which searcheth and revealeth the deep things of ,god4 ,after ,i had finished my service for the ,lord in that city1 ,i departed thence into ,,gloucestershire1 where we had many large and precious meetings2 and the ,lord's everlasting power flowed over all4 ,from ,gloucestershire ,i passed into ,,wiltshire1 where also we had many blessed meetings4 ,at ,,slaughterford1 in ,wiltshire1 we had a very good meeting1 though we met there with much opposition from some who had set themselves against ,,women',s ,,meetings2 which ,i was moved of the ,lord to recommend to ,friends1 for the benefit and advantage of the ,church of ,christ4 8,that faithful women1 who were called to the belief of the truth1 being made partakers of the same precious faith1 and heirs of the same everlasting gospel of life and salvation that men are1 might in like manner come into the possession and practice of the gospel order1 and therein be meet-helps unto the men in the restoration1 in the service of truth1 in the affairs of the church1 as they are outwardly in civil1 or temporal things4 ,that so all the family of ,god1 women as well as men1 might know1 possess1 perform1 and discharge their offices and services in the house of ,god1 whereby the poor might be better taken care of1 the younger instructed1 informed1 and taught in the way of ,god2 the loose and disorderly reproved and admonished in the fear of the ,lord2 the clearness of persons proposing marriage more closely and strictly inquired into in the wisdom of ,god2 and all the members of the spiritual body1 the church1 might watch over and be helpful to each other in love40 ,but after these opposers had run into much contention and wrangling1 the power of the ,lord struck down one of the chief of them1 so that his spirit sunk1 and he came to be sensible of the evil he had done in opposing ,god's heavenly power1 and confessed his error before ,friends2 and afterwards gave forth a paper of condemnation1 wherein he declared1 8that he did wilfully oppose 7although ,i often warned him to take heed17 until the fire of the ,lord did burn within him2 and he saw the angel of the ,lord with his sword drawn in his hand1 ready to cut him off10 c4 ,notwithstanding the opposition at the meeting at ,slaughterford1 yet a very good and serviceable one it was2 for occasion was thereby administered to answer their objections and cavils1 and to open the services of women in and for the church4 ,at this the women's meetings1 for that county1 were established in the blessed power of ,god4 ,after this ,i went to ,,marlborough and had a meeting there1 to which some of the magistrates came1 and were civil and moderate4 ,then passing to ,bartholomew ,maylin's1 ,i had a very precious meeting there2 and then went a little beyond ,,oare1 where we had a blessed meeting1 and very large1 as we had also soon after upon the border of ,,hampshire4 ,then turning into ,,oxfordshire1 we visited ,friends there2 and then went to ,,reading1 where we had a large meeting4 ,thence passing into ,,buckinghamshire1 we had many precious meetings in that county4 ,after which we visited ,friends till we came to ,,kingston-,,upon-,,thames1 where my wife and her daughter ,rachel met me4 ,i made no long stay at ,kingston1 but went to ,,london1 where ,i found the ,baptists and ,socinians1 with some old apostates1 grown very rude1 having printed many books against us2 so that ,i had a great travail in the ,lord's power1 before ,i could get clear of that city4 ,but blessed be the ,lord1 his power came over them1 and all their lying1 wicked1 scandalous books were answered4 ,i made a short journey into some parts of ,,essex and ,,middlesex1 visiting ,friends at their meetings1 and their children at their schools1 and returned soon to ,,london4 ,after some service there among ,friends1 ,i went to ,,kingston1 and thence to ,stephen ,smith's in ,,surrey1 where was a very large meeting1 many hundreds of people attending it4 ,i stayed in those parts till ,i had cleared myself of the service the ,lord had given me to do there1 and then returned by ,,kingston to ,,london1 whither ,i felt my spirit drawn2 having heard that many ,friends were taken before the magistrates1 and divers imprisoned in ,london and other towns1 for opening their shop-windows on holidays and fast-days 7as they were called17 and for bearing testimony against all such observations of days4 ,which ,friends could not but do1 knowing that the true ,christians did not observe the ,jews' holidays in the apostles' times1 neither could we observe the ,heathens' and ,papists' holidays 7so called7 which have been set up amongst those called ,christians1 since the apostles' days4 ,for we were redeemed out of days by ,christ ,jesus1 and brought into the day which hath sprung from on high1 and are come into ,him who is ,lord of the ,jewish ,sabbath1 and the substance of the ,jews' signs4 ,after ,i had stayed some time in ,london1 labouring for some relief and ease to ,friends in this case1 ,i took leave of ,friends there1 and went into the country with my wife1 and her daughter ,rachel1 to ,,hendon1 in ,,middlesex1 and thence to ,william ,penn's at ,,rickmansworth1 in ,,hertfordshire1 whither ,thomas ,lower 7who married another of my wife's daughters7 came next day to accompany us in our journey northward4 ,after we had visited ,friends thereabouts1 we passed to a ,friend's house near ,,aylesbury1 and thence to ,bray ,doily's at ,,adderbury1 in ,,oxfordshire1 where1 on ,first-day1 we had a large and precious meeting4 ,truth being well spread1 and ,friends in those parts much increased in number1 two or three new meetings were then set up4 ,at night1 as ,i was sitting at supper1 ,i felt ,i was taken2 yet ,i said nothing then to any one of it4 ,but getting out next morning1 we travelled into ,,worcestershire1 and went to ,john ,halford's1 at ,,armscott1 where we had a very large and precious meeting in his barn1 the ,lord's powerful presence being eminently with and amongst us4 ,after the meeting1 ,friends being most of them gone1 as ,i was sitting in the parlour1 discoursing with some ,friends1 ,henry ,parker1 a justice1 came to the house1 and with him one ,rowland ,hains1 a priest of ,,hunnington1 in ,,warwickshire4 ,this justice heard of the meeting by means of a woman ,friend1 who being nurse to a child of his1 asked leave of her mistress to go to the meeting to see me2 and she1 speaking of it to her husband1 he and the priest plotted together to come and break it up and apprehend me4 ,but from their sitting long at dinner1 it being the day on which his child was sprinkled1 they did not come till the meeting was over1 and ,friends mostly gone4 ,but though there was no meeting when they came1 yet ,i being in the house1 who was the person they aimed at1 ,henry ,parker took me1 and ,thomas ,lower for company with me2 and though he had nothing to lay to our charge1 sent us both to ,worcester jail1 by a strange sort of mittimus2 a copy of which here follows3-- 8,to the constables of ,tredington1 in the said county of ,worcester1 and to all constables and tithing-men of the several townships and villages within the said parish of ,tredington1 and to the keeper of the jail for the county of ,worcester4 8,complaint being made to me1 being one of ,his ,majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of ,worcester1 that within the said parish of ,tredington in the same county1 there has of late been several meetings of divers persons1 to the number of four hundred persons and upwards at a time1 upon pretence of exercise of religion1 otherwise than what is established by the laws of ,england4 ,and many of the said persons1 some of them were teachers1 and came from the ,north1 and others from the remote parts of the kingdom2 which tends to the prejudice of the reformed and established religion1 and may prove prejudicial to the public peace4 ,and it appearing to me that there was1 this present day1 such a meeting as aforesaid1 to the number of two hundred or thereabouts1 at ,armscott1 in the said parish of ,tredington1 and that ,george ,fox of ,london1 and ,thomas ,lower of the parish of ,creed1 in the county of ,cornwall1 were present at the said meeting1 and the said ,george ,fox was teacher or speaker of the said meeting2 and no satisfactory account of their settlement or place of habitation appearing to me1 and forasmuch as the said ,george ,fox and ,thomas ,lower refused to give sureties to appear at the next sessions of the peace to be holden for the said county1 to answer the breach of the common laws of ,england1 and what other matters should be objected against them2 these are1 therefore1 in ,his ,majesty's name1 to will and require you1 or either of you1 forthwith to convey the bodies of the said ,george ,fox and ,thomas ,lower to the county jail of ,worcester aforesaid1 and there safely to be kept1 until they shall be from thence delivered by due course of law2 for which this shall be your sufficient warrant in that behalf4 ,dated the #agth day of ,december1 in the #beth year of ,his ,majesty's reign over ,england1 c40 ,,henry ,,parker4 ,being thus made prisoners1 without any probable appearance of being released before the quarter sessions at soonest1 we got some ,friends to accompany my wife and her daughter into the ,north1 and we were conveyed to ,,worcester jail4 ,from whence1 by that time ,i thought my wife could be got home1 ,i wrote her the following letter3-- 8,,dear ,,heart1 8,thou seemedst to be a little grieved when ,i was speaking of prisons1 and when ,i was taken2 be content with the will of the ,lord ,god4 ,for when ,i was at ,john ,rous's at ,kingston1 ,i had a sight of my being taken prisoner1 and when ,i was at ,bray ,doily's in ,oxfordshire1 as ,i sat at supper1 ,i saw ,i was taken2 and ,i saw ,i had a suffering to undergo4 ,but the ,lord's power is over all2 blessed be his holy name for ever60 ,g4 ,f4 ,when we had been some time in the jail1 we thought fit to lay our case before the ,lord ,windsor1 who was lord-lieutenant of ,worcestershire1 and before the deputy-lieutenants and other magistrates3 which we did by the following letter3-- 8,these are to inform you1 the lord-lieutenant 7so called17 and the deputy-lieutenants1 and the justices of the county of ,worcestershire1 how unchristianly and inhumanly we have been dealt withal by ,henry ,parker1 a justice 7so called17 in our journey towards the ,north4 ,we coming to our ,friend1 ,john ,halford's house1 on the #agth of the #ajth month1 #afgc1 and some ,friends bringing us on the way1 and others coming to visit us there1 towards night there came the aforesaid justice1 and a priest1 called ,rowland ,hains1 of ,hunnington1 in ,warwickshire1 and demanded our names and places of abode4 ,and though we were not in any meeting1 but were discoursing together when they came in1 yet he made a mittimus to send us to ,worcester jail4 8,now1 whereas he says in his mittimus1 #8that complaint had been made to him of several by-past meetings of many hundreds at a time1' we know nothing of that1 nor do we think that concerns us4 ,and whereas he says further1 #8that no satisfactory account of our settlement1 or place of habitation appeared unto him4' ,this he contradicts in his own mittimus1 mentioning therein the places of our abode and habitation1 the account of which we satisfactorily and fully gave him4 ,and one of us 7,thomas ,lower7 told him1 that he was going down with his mother-in-law 7who is ,george ,fox's wife17 and with his sister1 to fetch up his own wife and child out of the ,north into his own country4 ,and the other of us 7,george ,fox7 told him1 that he was bringing forward his wife on her journey towards the ,north 7who had been at ,london1 to visit one of her daughters that had lately lain in47 ,and having received a message from his mother1 an ancient woman in ,leicestershire1 that she earnestly desired to see him before she died1 he intended1 as soon as he had brought his wife on her journey as far as ,cossall1 in ,warwickshire1 to turn into ,leicestershire1 to visit his mother and relations there1 and then to return to ,london again4 ,but by his interrupting us on our journey1 taking the husband from his wife1 and the son from his mother and sister1 and stopping him from visiting his wife and child so remote1 we were forced to get strangers1 or whom we could1 to help them on their journey1 to our great damage and their hinderance4 ,we asked the priest1 #8whether this was his gospel1 and their way of entertaining strangers8' ,and we desired the justice to consider1 #8whether this was doing as he would be done by8' ,but he said1 #8he had said it1 and he would do it4' ,and whereas he says1 #8we refused to give sureties2' he asked only ,george ,fox for sureties2 who replied1 #8he was an innocent man1 and knew no law he had broken2' but he did not ask ,thomas ,lower for any1 as if it had been crime and cause enough for his commitment1 that he came out of ,cornwall4 ,if we were at a meeting1 as he says in his mittimus1 he might have proceeded otherwise than by sending us to jail1 to answer the breach of the common laws2 though he showed us no breach of any2 as may be seen in the mittimus4 ,we thought fit to lay before you the substance of his proceedings against us1 hoping there will more moderation and justice appear in you towards us1 that we may prosecute our intended journey40 ,,george ,,fox4 ,,thomas ,,lower4 ,but no enlargement did we receive by our application to the ,lord ,windsor 7so called47 ,and although ,thomas ,lower received several letters from his brother1 ,dr4 ,lower1 who was one of the king's physicians1 concerning his liberty1 and one1 by his procurement1 from ,henry ,savile1 who was of the king's bed-chamber1 to his brother1 called the ,lord ,windsor1 to the same effect2 yet seeing it related only to his enlargement1 not mine1 so great was his love and regard to me that he would not seek his own liberty singly1 but kept the letter by him unsent4 ,so we were continued prisoners till the next general quarter sessions2 at which time divers ,friends from several places being in the town1 spoke to the justices concerning us1 who answered fair and said we should be discharged4 ,for many of the justices seemed to dislike the severity of ,parker's proceedings against us1 and declared an averseness to ensnare us by the tender of the oaths4 ,some ,friends also had spoken with ,lord ,windsor1 who likewise answered them fair1 so that it was the general discourse that we should be discharged4 ,we heard also that ,dr4 ,lower had procured a letter from ,colonel ,sands at ,london1 to some of the justices in favour of us4 ,some of the justices also spoke to some ,friends to acquaint us1 that they would have us speak but little in the court1 lest we should provoke any of the bench2 and they would warrant we should be discharged4 ,we were not called till the last day of the sessions1 which was the #bast of the #aath month1 #afgc4 ,when we came in1 they were stricken with paleness in their faces1 and it was some time before anything was spoken2 insomuch that a butcher in the hall said1 8,what1 are they afraid8 ,dare not the justices speak to them80 ,at length1 before they spoke to us1 ,justice ,parker made a long speech on the bench1 much to the same effect as was contained in the mittimus2 often mentioning the common laws1 but not instancing any that we had broken2 adding1 8that he thought it a milder course to send us two to jail1 than to put his neighbours to the loss of two hundred pounds1 which they must have suffered1 had he put the law in execution against conventicles40 ,but in this he was either very ignorant or very deceitful1 for there being no meeting when he came1 or any to inform1 he had no evidence to convict us1 or his neighbours by4 ,when ,parker had ended his speech1 the justices spoke to us1 and began with ,thomas ,lower1 whom they examined as to the cause of his coming into that country2 of which he gave them a full and plain account4 ,sometimes ,i put in a word while they were examining him1 and then they told me1 8they were upon his examination1 but that when it came to my turn1 ,i should have free liberty to speak1 for they would not hinder me2 but ,i should have full time1 and they would not ensnare us40 ,when they had done with him1 they asked me an account of my travel1 which ,i gave them1 as is mentioned before1 but more largely4 ,and whereas ,justice ,parker1 to aggravate the case1 had made a great noise of 8there being some from ,london1 some from the ,north1 some from ,cornwall1 and some from ,bristol1 at the house where ,i was taken20 ,i told them1 that 8this was in a manner all but one family1 for there was none from ,london1 but myself2 none from the ,north1 but my wife and her daughter2 none from ,cornwall1 but my son-in-law1 ,thomas ,lower2 nor any from ,bristol1 but one ,friend1 a merchant there2 who met us1 as it were1 providentially1 to assist my wife and her daughter in their journey homewards1 when by our imprisonment they were deprived of our company and help40 ,when ,i had spoken1 the chairman1 whose name was ,simpson1 an old ,presbyterian1 said1 8,your relation or account1 is very innocent40 ,then he and ,parker whispered a while together1 and after that the chairman stood up and said1 8,you1 ,mr4 ,fox1 are a famous man1 and all this may be true which you have said2 but1 that we may be the better satisfied1 will you take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy80 ,i told them1 8they had said they would not ensnare us2 but this was a plain snare2 for they knew we could not take any oath40 ,however1 they caused the oath to be read2 and when they had done1 ,i told them1 8,i never took an oath in my life1 but ,i had always been true to the government2 that ,i was cast into the dungeon at ,derby1 and kept a prisoner six months there1 because ,i would not take up arms against ,king ,charles at ,worcester fight2 and for going to meetings was carried up out of ,leicestershire1 and brought before ,oliver ,cromwell1 as a plotter to bring in ,king ,charles4 ,and ye know10 said ,i1 8in your own consciences1 that we1 the people called ,quakers1 cannot take an oath1 or swear in any case1 because ,christ hath forbidden it4 ,but as to the matter or substance contained in the oaths1 this ,i can and do say1 that ,i do own and acknowledge the king of ,england to be the lawful heir and successor to the realm of ,england2 and do abhor all plots and plotters1 and contrivances against him2 and ,i have nothing in my heart but love and good-will to him and all men1 and desire his and their prosperity2 the ,lord knows it1 before whom ,i stand1 an innocent man4 ,and as to the oath of supremacy1 ,i deny the ,pope1 and his power1 and his religion1 and abhor it with my heart40 ,while ,i was speaking1 they cried1 8give him the book20 and ,i said1 8the book saith1 #8,swear not at all4'0 ,then they cried1 8take him away1 jailer20 and ,i still speaking on1 they were urgent upon the jailer1 crying1 8take him away1 we shall have a meeting here2 why do you not take him away8 that fellow 7meaning the jailer7 loves to hear him preach40 ,then the jailer drew me away1 and as ,i was turning from them1 ,i stretched out my arm and said1 8the ,lord forgive you1 who cast me into prison for obeying the doctrine of ,christ40 ,thus they apparently broke their promise in the face of the country2 for they promised ,i should have free liberty to speak1 but now they would not give it me2 and they promised they would not ensnare us1 yet now they tendered me the oaths on purpose to ensnare me4 ,after ,i was had away ,thomas ,lower was stayed behind in the court1 and they told him1 8he was at liberty40 ,then he would have reasoned with them1 asking them1 8why ,i might not be set at liberty as well as he1 seeing we were both taken together1 and our case was alike80 ,but they told him1 8they would not hear him10 saying1 8you may be gone about your business1 for we have nothing more to say to you1 seeing you are discharged40 ,and this was all he could get from them4 ,wherefore after the court was risen1 he went to speak with them at their chamber1 desiring to know1 8what cause they had to detain his father1 seeing they had discharged him20 and wishing them to consider whether this was not partiality1 and would be a blemish to them4 ,whereupon ,simpson threatened him1 saying1 8if you be not content1 we will tender you the oaths also1 and send you to your father40 ,to which he replied1 8they might do that1 if they thought fit2 but whether they sent him or not1 he intended to go1 and to wait upon his father in prison1 for that was now his business in that country40 ,then said ,justice ,parker to him1 8,do you think ,mr4 ,lower1 that ,i had not cause to send your father and you to prison1 when you had so great a meeting1 that the parson of the parish complained to me1 that he has lost the greatest part of his parishioners2 so that when he comes among them1 he has scarcely any auditors left80 8,i have heard10 replied ,thomas ,lower1 8that the priest of that parish comes so seldom to visit his flock 7but once1 it may be1 or twice in a year1 to gather up his tithes17 that it was but charity in my father to visit so forlorn and forsaken a flock2 and therefore thou hadst no cause to send my father to prison for visiting them1 or for teaching1 instructing1 and directing them to ,christ1 their true teacher1 who had so little comfort or benefit from their pretended pastor1 who comes amongst them only to seek for his #8gain from his quarter4'0 ,upon this the justice fell a laughing1 for it seems ,dr4 ,crowder 7who was the priest they spoke of7 was then in the room1 sitting among them1 though ,thomas ,lower did not know him2 and he had the wit to hold his tongue1 and not undertake to vindicate himself in a matter so notoriously known to be true4 ,but when ,thomas ,lower was come from them1 the justices did so play upon ,dr4 ,crowder1 that he was pitifully ashamed1 and so nettled with it that he threatened to sue ,thomas ,lower in the bishop's court1 upon an action of defamation4 ,which when ,thomas ,lower heard1 he sent him word1 that he would answer his suit1 let him begin it when he would2 and would bring his whole parish in evidence against him4 ,this cooled the doctor4 ,yet some time after1 he came to the prison1 pretending that he had a mind to dispute with me1 and to talk with ,thomas ,lower about that business2 and he brought another with him1 he himself being then a prebendary at ,worcester4 ,when he came in1 he asked me1 8,what ,i was in prison for80 8,dost thou not know that80 said ,i4 8,wast not thou upon the bench when ,justice ,simpson and ,parker tendered the oath to me8 ,and hadst not thou a hand in it80 ,then he said1 8,it is lawful to swear2 and ,christ did not forbid swearing before a magistrate2 but swearing by the sun1 and the like40 ,i bid him prove that by the ,scriptures1 but he could not4 ,then he brought that saying of ,paul's1 8,all things are lawful unto me10 #a ,cor4 vi4 #ab4 8,and if10 said he1 8all things were lawful unto him1 then swearing was lawful unto him40 8,by this argument10 said ,i1 8thou mayest also affirm1 that drunkenness1 adultery1 and all manner of sin and wickedness is lawful also1 as well as swearing40 8,why10 said ,dr4 ,crowder1 8do you hold that adultery is unlawful80 8,yes10 said ,i1 8that ,i do40 8,why then10 said he1 8this contradicts the saying of ,st4 ,paul40 ,thereupon ,i called to the prisoners and the jailer1 to hear what doctrine ,dr4 ,crowder had laid down as orthodox1 viz41 8that drunkenness1 swearing1 adultery1 and such like things were lawful40 ,then he said1 8he would give it under his hand20 and took a pen1 but wrote another thing than that which he had spoken4 ,then1 turning to ,thomas ,lower1 he asked him1 8whether he would answer what he had there written80 who undertook it4 ,whereupon1 when he had threatened ,thomas ,lower to sue him in the bishop's court1 for speaking so abusively 7as he called it7 of him before the justices1 and ,thomas had bid him begin when he pleased1 for he would answer him1 and bring his parishioners in evidence against him1 he went away in a great fret1 grumbling to himself as he went4 ,a few days after ,thomas ,lower sent him an answer to the paper he had written and left with him2 which answer a ,friend of ,worcester carried to him2 and he read it and said1 8he would reply to it20 but never did1 though he often sent him word he would do it4 ,soon after the sessions1 the term coming on1 an habeas corpus was sent down to ,worcester for the sheriff to bring me up to the ,king's ,bench bar4 ,whereupon1 the under-sheriff1 having made ,thomas ,lower his deputy to convey me to ,london1 we set out the #bith of the #aath ,month1 #afgc1 and came to ,,london the #bnd of the #abth2 the ways being very deep1 and the waters out4 ,next day1 notice being given that ,i was brought up1 the sheriff was ordered to bring me into court4 ,i went accordingly1 and appeared before ,judge ,wild2 and both he and the lawyers were pretty fair1 so that ,i had time to speak1 to clear my innocency1 and show my wrong imprisonment4 ,after the return of the writ was entered1 ,i was ordered to be brought into court again next day1 the order of court being as follows3-- 8,,worcester4 ,thursday1 next after the morrow of the ,the ,king ,purification of the ,blessed ,virgin ,mary1 against in the #bfth ,year of ,king ,charles the ,george ,fox4 ,second4 8,the defendant being brought here into court1 upon a writ of #8habeas corpus ad subjiciend'1 c41 under the custody of the sheriff of the county aforesaid2 it is ordered1 ,that the ,return unto the habeas corpus be filed1 and the defendant is committed unto the marshal of this court1 to be safely kept until1 c4 8,by motion of ,mr4 ,g4 ,,stroude4 8,by the court40 ,in the morning1 ,i walked in the hall1 till the sheriff came to me 7for he trusted me to go whither ,i would17 and it being early1 we went into the court of the ,king's ,bench1 and sat there among the lawyers almost an hour till the judges came in4 ,when they came in1 the sheriff took off my hat2 and after a while ,i was called4 ,the ,lord's presence was with me1 and his power ,i felt was over all4 ,i stood and heard the king's attorney1 whose name was ,jones1 who indeed spoke notably on my behalf1 as did also another counsellor after him2 and the judges1 who were three1 were all very moderate1 not casting any reflecting words at me4 ,i stood still in the power and ,spirit of the ,lord1 seeing how he was at work4 ,when they had done1 ,i applied to the chief justice to speak2 and he said1 ,i might4 ,then ,i related the cause of our journey1 the manner of our being taken and committed1 and the time of our imprisonment until the sessions2 with a brief account of our trial there1 and what ,i had offered to the justices then1 as a declaration that ,i could make or sign1 instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy4 ,when ,i had done1 the chief justice said1 8,i was to be turned over to the ,king's ,bench1 and the sheriff of ,worcester to be discharged of me40 ,he said also 8they would consider further of it2 and if they found any error in the record1 or in the justice's proceedings1 ,i should be set at liberty40 ,so a tipstaff was called to take me into custody1 and he delivered me to the keeper of the ,king's ,bench1 who let me go to a ,friend's house1 where ,i lodged1 and appointed to meet me at ,edward ,mann's1 in ,bishopsgate ,street1 next day4 ,but after this1 ,justice ,parker1 or some other of my adversaries moved the court that ,i might be sent back to ,worcester4 ,whereupon another day was appointed for another hearing1 and they had four counsellors that pleaded against me4 ,george ,stroude1 a counsellor1 pleaded for me1 and was pleading before ,i was brought into court2 but they bore him down1 and prevailed with the judges to give judgment1 that 8,i should be sent down to ,worcester sessions40 ,only they told me1 ,i might put in bail to appear at the sessions1 and to be of good behaviour in the meantime4 ,i told them1 8,i never was of ill behaviour in my life2 and that they1 the four judges1 might as well put the oath to me there1 as send me to ,worcester to be ensnared by the justices1 in their putting the oath to me1 and then premuniring me1 who never took an oath in my life40 ,but ,i told them1 8if ,i broke my ,yea and ,nay1 ,i was content to suffer the same penalty that they should who break their oaths40 ,this alteration of the judge's minds in my case1 proceeded1 as was thought1 from some false informations1 that my adversary1 ,justice ,parker1 had given against me2 for between the times of my former appearance and this1 he had spread abroad a very false and malicious story1 viz41 8that there were many substantial men with me1 out of several parts of the nation1 when he took me2 and that we had a design or plot in hand2 and that ,thomas ,lower stayed with me in prison1 long after he was set at liberty1 to carry on our design40 ,this was spoken in the parliament house1 insomuch1 that if ,i had not been brought up to ,london when ,i was1 ,i should have been stopped at ,worcester1 and ,thomas would have been recommitted with me4 ,but although these lies were easily disproved1 and laid open to ,parker's shame1 yet would not the judges alter their last sentence1 but remanded me to ,worcester jail2 only this favour was granted1 that ,i might go my own way1 and at my own leisure2 provided ,i would be without fail there by the assize1 which was to begin the #bnd of the #bnd month following4 ,i stayed in and about ,london till toward the latter end of the #ast month1 #afgd1 and then went down leisurely 7for ,i was not able to bear hasty and hard travelling17 and came into ,,worcester on the last day of the #ast month1 #afgd1 being the day before the judges came to town4 ,on the #bnd of the #bnd month1 ,i was brought from the jail to an inn near the hall1 that ,i might be in readiness if ,i should be called4 ,but not being called that day1 the jailer came to me at night1 and told me1 8,i might go home0 7meaning to the jail47 ,whereupon ,gerrard ,roberts of ,london being with me1 he and ,i walked down together to the jail without any keeper4 ,next day being brought up again1 they set a little boy of about eleven years old1 to be my keeper4 ,i came to understand that ,justice ,parker and the clerk of the peace had given order that ,i should not be put into the calendar1 that so ,i might not be brought before the judge2 wherefore ,i got the judge's son to move in court that 8,i might be called20 and thereupon ,i was called1 and brought up to the bar before ,judge ,turner1 my old adversary1 who had tendered me the oaths and premunired me once before at ,lancaster4 ,after silence made1 he asked me1 8what ,i desired80 ,i answered1 8,my liberty1 according to justice40 ,he said1 8,i lay upon the oath20 and asked1 8if ,i would take it40 ,i desired he would hear the manner of my being taken and committed1 and he being silent1 ,i gave him an account thereof at large1 as is before set down1 letting him also know that 8since my imprisonment ,i had understood that my mother1 who was an ancient1 tender woman1 and had desired to see me before she died1 hearing that ,i was stopped and imprisoned in my journey1 so that ,i was not likely to come to see her1 was so struck by it1 that she died soon after3 which was a very hard thing to me40 ,when ,i had done speaking1 he again asked me 8to take the oaths20 ,i told him ,i could not take any oath for conscience' sake1 and that ,i believed he and they all knew in their consciences1 that it was for conscience' sake ,i could not swear at all4 ,i declared amongst them what ,i could say1 and what ,i could sign1 in owning the king's right to the government1 and in denying the ,pope and his pretended powers1 and all plotters1 plots1 and conspiracies against the government4 ,some thought the judge had a mind to set me at liberty1 for he saw they had nothing justly against me2 but ,parker1 who committed me1 endeavoured to incense him against me1 telling him1 8that ,i was a ringleader2 that many of the nation followed me1 and he knew not what it might come to20 with many more envious words1 which some that stood near took notice of3 who also observed that the judge gave him no answer to it4 ,however1 the judge1 willing to ease himself1 referred me and my case to the sessions again1 bidding the justices make an end of it there1 and not trouble the assizes any more with me4 ,so ,i was continued prisoner chiefly 7as it seemed7 through the means of ,justice ,parker1 who1 in this case1 was as false as envious2 for he had promised ,richard ,cannon1 of ,london1 who had acquaintance with him1 that he would endeavour to have me set at liberty2 yet he was the worst enemy ,i had in court1 as some of the court observed and reported4 ,other justices were very loving1 and promised that ,i should have the liberty of the town1 to lodge at a ,friend's house till the sessions2 which accordingly ,i had1 and the people were very civil and respectful to me4 ,between this time and the sessions1 ,i had some service for the ,lord1 with several people that came to visit me4 ,at one time three nonconformist priests and two lawyers came to discourse with me2 and one of the priests undertook to prove1 8that the ,scriptures are the only rule of life40 ,whereupon1 after ,i had plunged him about his proof1 ,i had a fit opportunity to open unto them 8the right and proper use1 service1 and excellency of the ,scriptures2 and also to show1 that the ,spirit of ,god1 which was given to everyone to profit withal--the grace of ,god1 which bringeth salvation1 and which hath appeared unto all men1 and teacheth them that obey it to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts1 and to live soberly1 righteously1 and godly in this present world2 that this1 ,i say1 is the most fit1 proper1 and universal rule1 which ,god hath given to all mankind to rule1 direct1 govern1 and order their lives by40 ,another time came a ,common-,prayer priest1 and some people with him4 ,he asked me1 8if ,i was grown up to perfection80 ,i told him1 8what ,i was1 ,i was by the grace of ,god40 ,he replied1 8it was a modest and civil answer40 ,then he urged the words of ,john1 8,if we say that we have no sin1 we deceive ourselves1 and the truth is not in us40 ,and he asked1 8what did ,i say to that80 ,i said1 with the same apostle1 8,if we say that we have not sinned1 we make ,him a liar1 and ,his word is not in us20 who came to destroy sin1 and to take away sin4 ,so there is a time for people to see that they have sinned1 and there is a time for them to see that they have sin2 and there is a time for them to confess their sin1 and to forsake it1 and to know 8the blood of ,christ to cleanse from all sin40 ,then the priest was asked1 8whether ,adam was not perfect before he fell8 and whether all ,god's works were not perfect80 ,the priest said1 8there might be a perfection1 as ,adam had1 and a falling from it40 ,but ,i told him1 8there is a perfection in ,christ1 above ,adam1 and beyond falling2 and that it was the work of the ministers of ,christ1 to present every man perfect in ,christ2 and for the perfecting of whom they had their gifts from ,christ2 therefore1 they that denied perfection1 denied the work of the ministry1 and the gifts which ,christ gave for the perfecting of the saints40 ,the priest said1 8we must always be striving40 ,but ,i told him1 8it was a sad and comfortless sort of striving1 to strive with a belief that we should never overcome40 ,i told him also1 8that ,paul1 who cried out of the body of death1 did also #8thank ,god1 who gave him the victory1 through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4' ,so there was a time of crying out for want of victory1 and a time of praising ,god for the victory4 ,and ,paul said1 #8there is no condemnation to them that are in ,christ ,jesus4'0 ,the priest said1 8,job was not perfect40 ,i told him1 8,god said1 ,job was a perfect man1 and that he did shun evil3 and the ,devil was forced to confess that #8,god had set a hedge about him1' which was not an outward hedge1 but the invisible heavenly power40 ,the priest said1 8,job said1 #8,he chargeth his angels with folly1 and the heavens are not clean in his sight4'0 ,i told him1 8that was his mistake2 for it was not ,job who said so1 but ,eliphaz1 who contended against ,job40 8,well but10 said the priest1 8what say you to that ,scripture1 #8,the justest man that is1 sinneth seven times a day4'0 8,why truly10 said ,i1 8,i say1 there is no such ,scripture20 and with that the priest's mouth was stopped4 ,many other services ,i had with several sorts of people between the assizes and the sessions4 ,the next quarter sessions began the #bith of the #bnd month1 and ,i was called before the justices4 ,the chairman's name was ---- ,street1 who was a judge in the ,welsh circuit2 and he misrepresented me and my case to the country1 telling them1 8that we had a meeting at ,tredington1 from all parts of the nation1 to the terrifying of the king's subjects1 for which we had been committed to prison3 that for the trial of my fidelity the oaths were put to me2 and having had time to consider of it1 he asked me1 #8if ,i would now take the oaths8'0 ,i desired liberty to speak for myself2 and having obtained that1 began first to clear myself from those falsehoods he had charged on me and ,friends1 declaring 8that we had not any such meeting from all parts of the nation1 as he had represented it2 but that 7except the ,friend from whose house we came1 and who came with us to guide us thither1 and one ,friend of ,bristol1 who came accidentally1 or rather providentially1 to assist my wife homewards after we were taken7 they that were with me were part of my own family1 being my wife1 her daughter1 and her son-in-law4 ,and we did not meet in any way that would occasion terror to any of the king's subjects1 for we met peaceably and quietly1 without arms2 and ,i did not believe there could any one be produced that could truly say he was terrified with our meeting4 ,besides1 ,i told them1 we were but in our journey1 the occasion whereof ,i now related as before4 ,then as to the oaths1 ,i showed why ,i could not take them 7seeing ,christ hath forbidden all swearing71 and what ,i could say or sign in lieu of them1 as ,i had done before40 ,yet they caused the oaths to be read to me again1 and afterwards read an indictment also1 which they had drawn up in readiness1 having a jury ready also4 ,when the indictment was read1 the judge asked me1 8if ,i was guilty80 ,i said1 8,nay1 for it was a great bundle of lies1 which ,i showed and proved to the judge in several particulars1 which ,i instanced2 asking him1 if he did not know in his conscience that they were lies80 ,he said1 8it was their form40 ,i said1 8it was not a true form40 ,he asked me again1 8whether ,i was guilty80 ,i told him 8nay1 ,i was not guilty of the matter1 nor of the form2 for ,i was against the ,pope and ,popery1 and did acknowledge and should set my hand to that40 ,then the judge told the jury what they should say1 and what they should do1 and what they should write on the backside of the indictment2 and as he said1 they did4 ,but before they gave in their verdict1 ,i told them1 8that it was for ,christ's sake1 and in obedience to his and the apostle's command1 that ,i could not swear2 and therefore1 said ,i1 take heed what ye do1 for before his judgment-seat ye shall all be brought40 ,the judge said1 8this is canting40 ,i said1 8,if to confess our ,lord and ,saviour1 and to obey his command1 be called #8canting' by a judge of a court1 it is to little purpose for me to say more among you3 yet ye shall see that ,i am a ,christian1 and shall show forth ,christianity1 and my innocency shall be manifest40 ,so the jailer led me out of the court2 and the people were generally tender1 as if they had been in a meeting4 ,soon after ,i was brought in again1 and the jury found the bill against me1 which ,i traversed2 and then ,i was asked to put in bail till the next sessions1 and the jailer's son offered to be bound for me4 ,but ,i stopped him1 and warned ,friends not to meddle2 for ,i told them1 8there was a snare in that30 yet ,i told the justices1 that ,i could promise to appear1 if the ,lord gave health and strength1 and ,i were at liberty4 ,some of the justices were loving1 and would have hindered the rest from indicting me1 or putting the oath to me2 but ,justice ,street1 who was the chairman1 said1 8he must go according to law40 ,so ,i was sent to prison again2 yet within two hours after1 through the moderation of some of the justices1 ,i had liberty given me to go at large till next quarter-sessions4 ,these moderate justices1 it was said1 desired ,justice ,parker to write to the king for my liberty1 or for a ,noli prosequi1 because they were satisfied ,i was not such a dangerous person as ,i had been represented4 ,this1 it was said1 he promised them to do2 but he did it not4 ,after ,i had got a copy of the indictment1 ,i went to ,,london1 visiting ,friends as ,i went4 ,when ,i came there1 some that were earnest to get me out of the hands of those envious justices1 that sought to premunire me at ,worcester1 would needs be tampering again1 to bring me before the judges of the ,king's ,bench3 whereupon ,i was brought again by a habeas corpus before them4 ,i tendered them a paper1 in which was contained what ,i could say instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy1 as follows3-- 8,this ,i do in the truth1 and in the presence of ,god declare1 that ,king ,charles the ,second is lawful king of this realm1 and of all other his dominions2 that he was brought in1 and set up king over this realm by the power of ,god3 and ,i have nothing but love and goodwill to him and all his subjects1 and desire his prosperity and eternal good4 ,i do utterly abhor and deny the ,pope's power and supremacy1 and all his superstitions and idolatrous inventions3 and do affirm1 that he hath no power to absolve sin4 ,i do abhor and detest his murdering of princes or other people1 by plots or contrivances4 ,and likewise ,i do deny all plots and contrivances1 and plotters and contrivers against the king and his subjects2 knowing them to be the works of darkness1 the fruits of an evil spirit1 against the peace of the kingdom1 and not from the ,spirit of ,god1 the fruit of which is love4 ,i dare not take an oath1 because it is forbidden by ,christ and the apostle2 but if ,i break my ,yea or ,nay1 let me suffer the same penalty as they that break their oaths40 ,,george ,,fox4 ,but the business being so far proceeded in at ,worcester1 they would not meddle in it1 but left me to appear again before the justices1 at the next general quarter-sessions at ,worcester4 ,meanwhile the ,,yearly ,,meeting of ,friends came on1 at which 7through the liberty granted me till the sessions7 ,i was present1 and exceedingly glorious the meetings were beyond expression2 blessed be the ,lord4 ,after the ,yearly ,meeting ,i set forward for ,worcester1 the sessions drawing on1 which were held in the #eth month4 ,when ,i was called to the bar1 and the indictment read1 some scruple arising among the jury concerning it1 the judge of the court1 ,justice ,street1 caused the oaths to be read and tendered to me again4 ,i told him1 8,i came now to try the traverse of my indictment1 and that his tendering me the oaths anew1 was a new snare40 ,i desired him to answer me a question or two2 and asked him1 8whether the oaths were to be tendered to the king's subjects1 or to the subjects of foreign princes80 ,he said1 8to the subjects of this realm40 8,then10 said ,i1 8you have not named me a subject in the indictment1 and therefore have not brought me within the statute40 ,the judge cried1 8,read the oath to him30 ,i said1 8,i require justice40 ,again ,i asked him1 8,whether the sessions ought not to have been held for the king and the body of the county80 ,he said1 8,yes40 8,then10 said ,i1 8you have there left the king out of the indictment2 how then can you proceed upon this indictment to a trial between the king and me1 seeing the king is left out80 ,he said1 8the king was in before40 ,but ,i told him1 8the king's name being left out1 here was a great error in the indictment1 and sufficient1 as ,i was informed1 to quash it4 ,besides10 ,i told him1 8that ,i was committed by the name of ,george ,fox1 of ,london2 but now ,i was indicted by the name of ,george ,fox1 of ,tredington1 in the county of ,worcester3 and ,i wished the jury to consider1 how they could find me guilty upon that indictment1 seeing ,i was not of the place the indictment mentioned80 ,the judge did not deny that there were errors in the indictment2 but said1 8,i might take my remedy in the proper place40 ,i answered1 8,ye know we are a people that suffer all things1 and bear all things2 and therefore ye thus use us1 because we cannot revenge ourselves2 but we leave our cause to the ,lord40 ,the judge said1 8,the oath has been tendered to you several times1 and we will have some satisfaction from you concerning the oath40 ,i offered them the same declaration instead of the oath1 which ,i had offered to the judges above2 but it would not be accepted4 ,then ,i desired to know1 seeing they put the oath anew to me1 whether the indictment was quashed or not8 ,instead of answering me1 the judge told the jury1 8they might go out40 ,some of the jury were not satisfied2 whereupon the judge told them1 8they had heard a man swear that the oath was tendered to me the last sessions30 and then he told them what they should do4 ,i told him1 8he should leave the jury to their own consciences40 ,however1 the jury1 being put on by him1 went forth1 and soon came in again1 and found me guilty4 ,i asked the jury 8how they could satisfy themselves to find me guilty upon that indictment1 which was laid so false1 and had so many errors in it80 ,they could make but little answer2 yet one1 who seemed to be the worst of them1 would have taken me by the hand2 but ,i put him by1 saying1 8,how now ,judas1 hast thou betrayed me1 and dost thou now come with a kiss80 ,so ,i bid him and them repent4 ,then the judge began to tell me1 8how favourable the court had been to me40 ,i asked him1 8how he could say so8 ,was ever any man worse dealt by than ,i had been in this case1 who was stopped in my journey1 when travelling upon my lawful occasions1 and imprisoned without cause2 and now had the oaths put to me only for a snare80 ,and ,i desired him to 8answer me in the presence of the ,lord1 in whose presence we all were1 whether this oath was not tendered me in envy80 ,he would not answer that1 but said1 8,would you had never come here to trouble us and the country40 ,i told him1 8,i came not thither of myself1 but was brought1 being stopped in my journey4 ,i did not trouble them1 but they had brought trouble upon themselves40 ,then the judge told me1 8what a sad sentence he had to tell me40 ,i asked him1 8whether what he was going to speak was by way of passing sentence1 or of information8 ,for10 ,i told him1 8,i had many things to say1 and more errors to assign in the indictment1 besides those ,i had already mentioned1 to stop him from giving sentence against me upon that indictment40 ,he said1 8he was going to show me the danger of a premunire1 which was the loss of my liberty1 and of all my goods and chattels1 and to endure imprisonment during life40 ,but he said1 8he did not deliver this as the sentence of the court upon me1 but as an admonition to me40 ,then he bid the jailer take me away4 ,i expected to be called again to hear the sentence2 but when ,i was gone1 the clerk of the peace 7whose name was ,twittey7 asked him1 as ,i was informed1 8whether that which he had spoken to me should stand for sentence80 ,and he1 consulting with some of the justices1 told him1 8,yes1 that was the sentence1 and should stand40 ,this was done behind my back1 to save himself from shame in the face of the country4 ,many of the justices1 and the generality of the people1 were moderate and civil2 and ,john ,ashley1 a lawyer1 was very friendly1 both the time before and now1 speaking on my behalf1 and pleading the errors of the indictment for me2 but ,justice ,street1 who was the judge of the court1 would not regard1 but overruled all4 ,this ,justice ,street said to some ,friends in the morning before my trial1 8that if he had been upon the bench the first sessions1 he would not have tendered me the oath2 but if ,i had been convicted of being at a conventicle1 he would have proceeded against me according to that law2 and that he was sorry that ever ,i came before him20 and yet he maliciously tendered the oath to me in the court again1 when ,i was to have tried my traverse upon the indictment4 ,but the ,lord pleaded my cause1 and met with both him and ,justice ,simpson1 who first ensnared me with the oath at the first sessions2 for ,simpson's son was arraigned not long after1 at the same bar1 for murder4 ,and ,street1 who1 as he came down from ,london1 after the judges had returned me back from the ,king's ,bench to ,worcester1 said1 8,now ,i was returned to them1 ,i should lie in prison and rot10 had his daughter1 whom he so doted on that she was called his idol1 brought dead from ,london in a hearse1 to the same inn where he spoke those words1 and brought to ,worcester to be buried within a few days after4 ,people took notice of the hand of ,god1 how sudden it was upon him2 but it rather hardened than tendered him1 as his conduct afterwards showed4 ,after ,i was returned to prison1 several came to see me2 and amongst others1 the ,earl of ,salisbury's son1 who was very loving1 and troubled that they had dealt so wickedly by me4 ,he stayed about two hours with me1 and took a copy of the errors in the indictment in writing4 ,the sessions being now over1 and ,i fixed in prison by a premunire1 my wife came out of the ,north to be with me2 and the assizes coming on1 in the sixth month1 the state of my case being drawn up in writing1 she and ,thomas ,lower delivered it to ,judge ,wild4 ,in it were set forth the occasion of my journey2 the manner of my being taken and imprisoned2 the proceedings of the several sessions against me2 and the errors in the indictment by which ,i was premunired4 ,when the judge had read it1 he shook his head1 and said1 8we might try the validity or invalidity of the errors1 if we would20 and that was all they could get from him4 ,while ,i lay in prison1 it came upon me to state our principle to the king2 not with particular relation to my own sufferings1 but for his better information concerning our principle1 and us as a people4 8,,to ,,the ,,king4 8,the principle of the ,quakers is the ,spirit of ,christ1 who died for us1 and is risen for our justification2 by which we know that we are his4 ,he dwelleth in us by his ,spirit2 and by the ,spirit of ,christ we are led out of unrighteousness and ungodliness4 ,it brings us to deny all plottings and contrivings against the king1 or any man4 ,the ,spirit of ,christ brings us to deny all manner of ungodliness1 as lying1 theft1 murder1 adultery1 fornication1 and all uncleanness1 debauchery1 malice1 hatred1 deceit1 cozening1 and cheating whatsoever1 and the devil and his works4 ,the ,spirit of ,christ brings us to seek the peace and good of all men1 and to live peaceably2 and leads us from such evil works and actions as the magistrates' sword takes hold upon4 ,our desire and labour are1 that all1 who profess themselves ,christians1 may walk in the ,spirit of ,christ2 that they1 through the ,spirit1 may mortify the deeds of the flesh1 and by the sword of the ,spirit cut down sin and evil in themselves4 ,then the judges and other magistrates would not have so much work in punishing sin in the kingdom2 neither then need kings or princes fear any of their subjects2 if they all walked in the ,spirit of ,christ2 for the fruits of the ,spirit are love1 righteousness1 goodness1 temperance1 c4 8,if all1 that profess themselves ,christians1 walked in the ,spirit of ,christ1 and by it did mortify sin and evil1 it would be a great ease to the magistrates and rulers1 and would free them from much trouble2 for it would lead all 8to do unto others1 as they would have others to do unto them20 and so the royal law of liberty would be fulfilled4 ,for if all1 that are called ,christians1 did walk in the ,spirit of ,christ1 by it to have the evil spirits and its fruits mortified and cut down in them2 then1 not being led by the evil spirit1 but by the good ,spirit of ,christ1 the fruits of the good ,spirit would appear in all4 ,for as people are led by the good ,spirit of ,christ1 it leads them out of sin and evil1 which the magistrates' sword takes hold of1 and so would be an ease to the magistrates4 ,but as people err from this good ,spirit of ,christ1 and follow the evil spirit1 which leads them into sin and evil2 that spirit brings the magistrate into much trouble1 to execute the law upon the sinners and transgressors of the good ,spirit4 ,that ,spirit which leads people from all manner of sin and evil1 is one with the magistrates' power1 and with the righteous law2 for the law being added because of transgression1 that ,spirit that leads out of transgression1 must needs be one with that law that is against transgressors4 ,so that ,spirit which leads out of transgression1 is the good ,spirit of ,christ1 and is one with the magistrates in the higher power1 and owns it and them2 but that spirit which leads into transgression1 is the bad spirit1 is against the law1 against the magistrates1 and makes them much troublesome work4 8,now the manifestation of the good ,spirit is given to every man to profit withal2 and no man can profit in the things of ,god1 but by the ,spirit of ,god1 which brings to deny all sin and evil4 ,it is said of ,israel1 ,neh4 ix41 #8,the ,lord gave them his good ,spirit to instruct them1 yet they rebelled against it4' ,but if all people did mind this manifestation of the ,spirit1 which ,god hath given to instruct them1 it would lead them to forsake all manner of sin and evil1 enmity1 hatred1 malice1 and all manner of unrighteousness and ungodliness1 and to mortify it4 ,and then in the ,spirit of ,christ they would have fellowship and unity1 which is the bond of peace2 then would love and peace1 which are the fruits of the good ,spirit1 flow among all that are called ,christians4 8,we are a people1 who1 in tenderness of conscience to the command of ,christ and his apostle1 cannot swear2 for we are commanded in ,matt4 v4 and ,james v4 to keep to ,yea and ,nay1 and #8not to swear at all2 neither by heaven1 nor by the earth1 nor by any other oath1 lest we go into evil1 and fall into condemnation4' ,the words of ,christ are these1 #8,ye have heard that it hath been said by 7or to7 them of old time1 ,thou shalt not forswear thyself1 but shalt perform unto the ,lord thine oaths4' ,these were true and solemn oaths1 which they who made1 ought to have performed in old time2 but these ,christ and his apostle forbid in the gospel times1 as well as false and vain oaths4 ,if we could take any oath at all1 we could take the oath of allegiance1 as knowing that ,king ,charles was by the power of ,god brought into ,england1 and set up king of ,england1 c41 over the heads of our old persecutors2 and as for the ,pope's supremacy1 we do utterly deny it4 ,but ,christ and the apostle having commanded us not to swear1 but to keep to ,yea and ,nay1 we dare not break their commands2 and therefore many have put the oaths to us1 as a snare1 that they might make a prey of us4 ,our denying to swear is not in wilfulness1 stubbornness1 or contempt1 but only in obedience to the command of ,christ and his apostle1 and we are content1 if we break our ,yea and ,nay1 to suffer the same penalty that they should who break their oaths4 ,we desire1 therefore1 that the king would take this into consideration1 and also how long we have suffered in this case4 ,this is from one who desires the eternal good and prosperity of the king1 and of all his subjects in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ40 ,g4 ,f4 ,about this time ,i had a fit of sickness1 which brought me very low and weak in my body2 and ,i continued so a pretty while1 insomuch that some ,friends began to doubt of my recovery4 ,i seemed to myself to be amongst the graves and dead corpses2 yet the invisible power did secretly support me1 and conveyed refreshing strength into me1 even when ,i was so weak1 that ,i was almost speechless4 ,one night1 as ,i was lying awake upon my bed in the glory of the ,lord1 which was over all1 it was said unto me1 8that the ,lord had a great deal more work for me to do for him1 before he took me to himself40 ,endeavours were used to get me released1 at least for a time1 till ,i was grown stronger2 but the way of effecting it proved difficult and tedious2 for the king was not willing to release me by any other way than a pardon1 being told he could not legally do it2 and ,i was not willing to be released by a pardon1 which he would readily have given me1 because ,i did not look upon that way as agreeable with the innocency of my cause4 ,edward ,pitway1 a ,friend1 having occasion to speak with ,justice ,parker1 upon some other business1 desired him to give order to the jailer1 that1 in regard of my weakness1 ,i might have liberty to go out of the jail into the city4 ,whereupon ,justice ,parker wrote the following letter to the jailer1 and sent it to the ,friend to deliver4 8,,mr4 ,,harris1 8,i have been much importuned by some friends to ,george ,fox to write to you4 ,i am informed by them1 that he is in a very weak condition1 and very much indisposed2 what lawful favour you can do for the benefit of the air for his health1 pray show him4 ,i suppose1 the next term they will make application to the king4 8,i am1 ,sir1 your loving friend1 8,,henry ,,parker40 ,evesham1 the #hth of ,october1 #afgd4 ,after this1 my wife went to ,london1 and spoke to the king1 laying before him my long and unjust imprisonment1 with the manner of my being taken1 and the justices' proceedings against me1 in tendering me the oath as a snare1 whereby they had premunired me2 so that ,i being now his prisoner1 it was in his power1 and at his pleasure1 to release me1 which she desired4 ,the king spoke kindly to her1 and referred her to the lord-keeper2 to whom she went1 but could not obtain what she desired2 for he said1 8the king could not release me otherwise than by a pardon20 and ,i was not free to receive a pardon1 knowing ,i had not done evil4 ,if ,i would have been freed by a pardon1 ,i need not have lain so long1 for the king was willing to give me pardon long before1 and told ,thomas ,moore1 8that ,i need not scruple being released by a pardon1 for many a man1 that was as innocent as a child1 had had a pardon granted him20 yet ,i could not consent to have one4 ,for ,i had rather have lain in prison all my days1 than have come out in any way dishonourable to truth2 wherefore ,i chose to have the validity of my indictment tried before the judges4 ,and thereupon1 having first had the opinion of a counsellor upon it 7,thomas ,corbet1 of ,london1 whom ,richard ,davies of ,welchpool was well acquainted with1 and recommended to me71 an habeas corpus was sent down to ,worcester to bring me up once more to the ,king's ,bench bar1 for the trial of the errors in my indictment4 ,the under-sheriff set forward with me the #dth of the #abth ,month1 there being with us in the coach the clerk of the peace and some others4 ,the clerk had been my enemy all along1 and now sought to ensnare me in discourse2 but ,i saw1 and shunned him4 ,he asked me1 8what ,i would do with the errors in the indictment80 ,i told him1 8they should be tried1 and every action should crown itself40 ,he quarrelled with me for calling their ministers priests4 ,i asked him1 8if the law did not call them so80 ,then he asked me1 8,what ,i thought of the church of ,england8 were there no ,christians among them80 ,i said1 8they are all called so1 and there are many tender people amongst them40 ,we came to ,,london on the #hth1 and on the #aath ,i was brought before the four judges at the ,king's ,bench1 where ,counsellor ,corbet pleaded my cause4 ,he started a new plea2 for he told the judges1 8that they could not imprison any man upon a premunire40 ,whereupon ,chief ,justice ,hale1 said1 8,mr4 ,corbet1 you should have come sooner1 at the beginning of the term1 with this plea40 ,he answered1 8we could not get a copy of the return and the indictment40 ,the judge replied1 8you should have told us1 and we would have forced them to make a return sooner40 ,then said ,judge ,wild1 8,mr4 ,corbet1 you go upon general terms2 and if it be as you say1 we have committed many errors at the ,old ,bailey1 and in other courts40 ,corbet was positive that by law they could not imprison upon a premunire4 ,the judge said1 8there is summons in the statute40 8,yes10 said ,corbet1 8but summons is not imprisonment2 for summons is in order to a trial40 8,well10 said the judge1 8we must have time to look in our books and consult the statutes40 ,so the hearing was put off till the next day4 ,the next day they chose rather to let this plea fall1 and begin with the errors of the indictment2 and when they came to be opened1 they were so many and gross1 that the judges were all of opinion that1 8the indictment was quashed and void1 and that ,i ought to have my liberty40 ,there were that day several great men1 lords and others1 who had the oaths of allegiance and supremacy tendered to them in open court1 just before my trial came on2 and some of my adversaries moved the judges1 that the oaths might be tendered again to me1 telling them1 8,i was a dangerous man to be at liberty40 ,but ,judge ,hale said1 8he had indeed heard some such reports1 but he had also heard many more good reports of me20 and so he and the rest of the judges ordered me to be freed by proclamation4 ,thus after ,i had suffered imprisonment a year and almost two months for nothing1 ,i was fairly set at liberty upon a trial of the errors in my indictment1 without receiving any pardon1 or coming under any obligation or engagement at all2 and the ,lord's everlasting power went over all1 to his glory and praise4 ,counsellor ,corbet1 who pleaded for me1 obtained great fame by it1 for many of the lawyers came to him1 and told him he had brought that to light which had not been known before1 as to the not imprisoning upon a premunire2 and after the trial a judge said to him1 8,you have attained a great deal of honour by pleading ,george ,fox's cause so in court40 ,during the time of my imprisonment in ,worcester1 notwithstanding my illness and want of health1 and my being so often hurried to and fro to ,london and back again1 ,i wrote several books for the press2 one of which was called1 ,a ,warning to ,england4 ,another was1 ,to the ,jews1 proving1 by the ,prophets1 that the ,messiah is come4 ,another1 ,concerning ,inspiration1 ,revelation1 and ,prophecy4 ,another1 ,against all ,vain ,disputes4 ,another1 ,for all ,bishops and ,ministers to try themselves by the ,scriptures4 ,another1 ,to such as say1 8,we love none but ourselves40 ,another entitled1 ,our ,testimony concerning ,christ4 ,and another little book1 ,concerning ,swearing2 being the first of those two that were given to the parliament4 ,besides these1 ,i wrote many papers and epistles to ,friends to encourage and strengthen them in their services for ,god1 which some1 who had made profession of truth1 but had given way to a seducing spirit1 and were departed from the unity and fellowship of the gospel1 in which ,friends stand1 endeavoured to discourage them from1 especially in their diligent and watchful care for the well-ordering and managing of the affairs of the church of ,christ4 ----- ,footnote #cc3 ,an officer who had power to force men to serve as sailors and soldiers in the navy2 a procedure long since abolished4 ,footnote #cd3 ,this is nearly the last mention of ,james ,lancaster1 whose name occurs so often in these volumes4 ,perhaps there was no one who associated so much in gospel labours with ,george ,fox as he2 not only accompanying him throughout his visit to the western hemisphere1 but was also with him during his visit to ,scotland in #afeg1 and to ,ireland in #affi1 and on these occasions it appears that he frequently acted as his amanuensis4 ,james ,lancaster's residence was on the island of ,walney1 in ,lancashire1 and he was convinced by ,george ,fox during his visit to that county in #afeb4 ,in the following year he came forth as a minister and in #afed1 went on a gospel mission to ,scotland with ,miles ,halhead4 ,in #affe1 he visited many of the midland counties of ,england4 ,footnote #ce3 ,when ,george ,fox married the widow of ,judge ,fell1 she had one son2 and seven daughters2 viz41 ,margaret1 who married ,john ,rous2 ,bridgett1 married to ,john ,draper2 ,isabel2 ,sarah1 married to ,william ,mead2 ,mary1 married to ,thomas ,lower2 ,susanna1 married to ,william ,ingram2 and ,rachel1 married to ,daniel ,abraham4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 #afge-afgg4--;,george ,fox attends the ,yearly ,meeting1 and afterwards sets forward towards the ,north--attends the ,quarterly ,meeting at ,lancaster1 and goes thence to ,swarthmore--writes many books and papers for the ,truth--the titles of several named--writes to ,friends in ,westmorland to keep in the power of ,god1 and thereby avoid strife--writes an epistle to the ,yearly ,meeting--makes a collection and arrangement of his various papers and writings1 and of the names of divers ,friends engaged in particular service1 or against the ,truth--some meetings for discipline established in the ,north in #afec--recites his labours and travels for establishing meetings for discipline--a spirit of discord and separation appears in the church--the separatists are rebuked and reproved--the establishment of men's and women's meetings is much opposed--a narrative of the spreading of ,truth1 and of the opposition from the worldly powers--death of ,priest ,lampitt1 a persecutor--,george ,fox travels again towards the ,south--writes to his wife from ,york--finds some slack in their testimony against ,tithes--writes an epistle to ,friends on the subject--attends the ,yearly ,meeting--with ,john ,burnyeat1 and other ,friends1 visits ,wm4 ,penn at his house at ,worminghurst1 in ,sussex--sets things in order for visiting ,holland--precious meeting4 ,being now at liberty1 ,i visited ,friends in ,,london2 and having been very weak1 and not yet well recovered1 ,i went to ,,kingston4 ,i did not stay long1 but having visited ,friends there1 ,i returned to ,,london1 wrote a paper to the parliament1 and sent several books to them4 ,a great book against ,swearing had been delivered to them a little before2 the reasonableness whereof had so much influence upon many of them1 that it was thought they would have done something towards our relief1 if they had sat longer4 ,i stayed in and near ,london till the ,yearly ,meeting1 to which ,friends came from most parts of the nation1 and some from beyond the sea4 ,a glorious meeting we had in the everlasting power of ,god4 ,this meeting being over1 and the parliament also risen 7who had done nothing for or against ,friends17 ,i was clear of my service for the ,lord at ,london4 ,and having taken my leave of ,friends there1 and had a glorious meeting with some of them at ,john ,elson's in the morning1 ,i set forward with my wife and her daughter ,susan1 by coach 7for ,i was not able to travel on horseback7 towards the ,north2 many ,friends accompanying us as far as ,,highgate1 and some to ,,dunstable1 where we lodged that night4 ,we visited ,friends1 and were visited by them1 at ,,newport-,,pagnel1 ,,northampton1 and ,,cossall1 where1 amongst others1 came a woman1 and brought her daughter1 for me to see how well she was2 putting me in mind1 8that when ,i was there before1 she had brought her to me1 much troubled with the disease called the king's evil1 and had then desired me to pray for her20 which ,i did1 and she grew well upon it1 praised be the ,lord6 ,from ,cossall we went on by ,john ,simcock's and ,william ,gandy's1 to ,,warrington and ,,preston1 and so to ,,lancaster4 ,i had not been at ,lancaster since ,i was carried prisoner from thence by the under-sheriff and jailer1 towards ,scarbro' ,castle4 ,i found the town full of people2 for it was both the fair time1 and the trained bands were met upon a general muster4 ,many ,friends were also in town from several parts of the county1 because the ,quarterly ,meeting was to be there the next day4 ,i stayed two nights and a day at ,lancaster1 and visited ,friends both at their men's and women's meetings1 which were very full1 large1 and peaceable2 for the ,lord's power was over all1 and none meddled with us4 ,here met us ,thomas ,lower and his wife1 ,sarah ,fell1 ,james ,lancaster1 and ,leonard ,fell4 ,next day after the meeting1 being the #beth of the #dth ,month1 we went over the ,sands1 with several other ,friends1 to ,,swarthmore4 ,after ,i had been a while at ,swarthmore1 several ,friends from divers parts of the nation came to visit me1 and some out of ,scotland2 by whom ,i understood that four young students of ,aberdeen were convinced there this year1 at a dispute held there by ,robert ,barclay1 and ,george ,keith1 with some of the scholars of that university4#cf ,among others ,colonel ,kirby paid me a visit1 who had been one of my great persecutors2 but now1 he said1 he came to bid me welcome into the country2 and carried himself in appearance very lovingly4 ,yet before ,i left ,swarthmore1 he sent for the constables of ,ulverstone1 and ordered them to tell me1 8that we must have no more meetings at ,swarthmore2 for if we had1 they were commanded by him to break them up2 and they were to come the next ,first-day40 ,that day we had a very precious meeting1 the ,lord's presence was wonderfully amongst us1 and the constables did not come to disturb us4 ,the meetings have been quiet since1 and have increased4 ,the illness ,i got in my imprisonment at ,worcester had so much weakened me1 that it was long before ,i recovered my natural strength again4 ,for which reason1 and as many things lay upon me to write1 both for public and private service1 ,i did not stir much abroad during the time that ,i now stayed in the ,north2 but when ,friends were not with me1 spent much time in writing for truth's service4 ,while ,i was at ,swarthmore1 ,i gave several books to be printed4 ,one1 ,concerning ,swearing4 ,another1 showing1 8that none are successors to the ,prophets and ,apostles1 but who succeed them in the same power and ,holy ,ghost that they were in40 ,another1 8that ,possession is above ,profession1 and how the professors now do persecute ,christ in ,spirit1 as the professing ,jews did persecute him outwardly in the days of his flesh40 ,also the eight following books1 viz43--,to the ,magistrates of ,dontzic2 ,cain against ,abel1 or1 an ,answer to the ,new ,englandmen's ,laws2 ,to ,friends at ,nevis1 concerning ,watching2#cg ,a ,general ,epistle to all ,friends in ,america2 ,concerning ,csar's due1 and ,god's due1 c42 ,concerning the ,ordering of ,families2 ,the ,spiritual ,man judgeth all things2 ,concerning the ,higher ,power4 ,besides these1 ,i wrote several epistles to ,friends1 both in ,england1 and beyond the seas2 and answers to divers papers concerning 8the running out of some1 who had opposed the order of the gospel1 and had stirred up much strife and contention in ,westmorland40 ,wherefore ,i was moved to write a few lines1 particularly to ,friends there4 8,,this ,,is ,,for ,,friends ,,in ,,westmorland4 8,all live in the power of ,god1 in his ,light and ,spirit1 which first convinced you2 that in it ye may keep in the ancient unity1 in humility1 in the fear of the ,lord1 and his gentle and peaceable wisdom1 which is easy to be entreated2 that in the same ,power1 ,light1 and ,spirit of ,god1 ye may all be serviceable in your men's and women's meetings1 in the possession of the gospel-order2 which gospel1 the power of ,god1 hath brought life and immortality to light2 that in this ye may see over him that hath darkened you4 ,in this power1 the glorious gospel1 no apostates can come2 for the power of ,god was before apostates were1 or the fall of man and woman was1 or the devil either1 and will be when he is gone4 ,therefore praise ,god in the eternal fellowship of the everlasting gospel of ,jesus ,christ1 which is not of man1 nor by man4 ,and therefore1 all ,friends in ,westmorland1 keep in the power of ,god1 which will and must preserve and cover you1 if ye be preserved4 ,let your faith stand in the power of ,god1 and not in the wisdom of men's words1 lest ye fall4 ,in ,god's power ye have peace1 life1 and unity2 and for want of keeping in ,god's power1 and in his righteousness and ,holy ,ghost1 is all this strife come among you40 ,g4 ,f4 ,i also wrote the following general epistle to ,friends at the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 8,whom the ,lord hath preserved by his eternal power to this day1 over and through many troubles1 storms1 tempests1 and prisons4 ,let1 therefore1 every one's faith stand in the power of ,god1 which is over the ,devil and was before him4 ,so your faith standing in the invisible power of ,god1 stands in that which does not change2 and the faith1 that ,christ ,jesus1 the power of ,god1 is the author of1 must stand in the power of ,god2 so then it stands in that which is over all1 in which they are established4 ,to this the apostle brought the church1 the true ,christians2 and so now the faith of all true ,christians1 which ,christ is the author of1 must stand in the power of ,god1 in which the everlasting kingdom stands4 ,as every one's faith stands in the power of ,god1 it keeps all in the power of godliness4 8,for as it was in the days of the apostles1 when some were crying up ,paul and ,apollos1 and so forth1 he judged them as carnal2 and exhorted and admonished them1 that their faith should not stand in men1 nor in the words of man's wisdom1 but in the power of ,god4 ,he said #8he would not know the speech of them1 but the power amongst them2 for the kingdom of ,god is not in word1 but in power4' ,so it is to be now4 ,every one's faith must stand in the power of ,god1 and not in men1 nor in their speeches or good words4 ,for we have seen by experience1 when any begin to cry up men1 and their faith stands in them1 such men as would have people's faith stand in them1 love popularity1 and bring not people's faith to stand in the power of ,god4 ,such cannot exalt ,christ2 and when such fall1 they draw a great company after them4 ,therefore the apostle would not know such after the flesh1 but would know them that were in the power and ,spirit2 and struck down every one's faith that stood in the words of man's wisdom1 that they might stand in the power of ,god4 ,so it must be now4 ,they whose faith doth not stand in the power of ,god1 cannot exalt his kingdom that stands in power2 therefore every one's faith must stand in the power of ,god4 8,the apostle denied popularity1 when he judged the ,corinthians1 for looking at ,paul and ,apollos1 to be carnal2 such are carnal still4 ,therefore all should know one another in the ,spirit1 life1 and power1 and look at ,christ2 this keeps all in humility4 ,they1 whose faith stands in men1 will make sects2 as in the days of ,j4 ,n4 and ,j4 ,p4 and others4 ,the faith of such ,christ is not the author of2 and if he hath been1 they have erred from it1 and made shipwreck of it4 ,all that are in the true faith1 that stands in the power of ,god1 will judge them as carnal1 and judge down that carnal part in them1 that cries up ,paul or ,apollos2 that their faith may stand in the power of ,god1 and that they may exalt ,christ1 the author of it4 ,for every one's eye ought to be to ,jesus2 and every just man and woman may live by their faith1 which ,jesus ,christ is the author and finisher of4 ,by this faith every man and woman may see ,god1 who is invisible2 this faith gives the victory1 and by it he hath access to ,god4 ,so every one's faith and hope standing in the power of ,god1 all therein have unity1 victory1 and access to ,god's throne of grace2 in which faith they please ,god4 ,by this faith they are saved2--by this faith they obtain the good report1 and subdue all the mountains that have been betwixt them and ,god4 8,this power hath preserved ,friends over their persecutors1 over the wrath of men1 and above the spoilings of their goods1 and imprisonments2 as seeing ,god who created all--who gives the increase of all1 and upholds all by his word and power4 ,therefore let every one's faith be in his power4 ,in this no schism or sect can come2 for it is over them1 before they were1 and will be when they are gone4 ,but perfect unity is in the truth1 in the ,spirit1 that circumcises the body of death1 that puts off the sins of the flesh1 and plunges it down with the ,spirit4 ,in the ,spirit of ,god1 there is perfect fellowship2 and ,christ is the minister of this circumcision and baptism4 8,this is upon me from the ,lord1 to write unto you1 that every one of you1 whose faith ,jesus is the author of1 may stand in the power of ,god4 ,from the ,lord ,i warn you1 and all everywhere1 of the same4 ,for if a star should fall1 which has been a light1 either the earth or the sea does receive it2 that is1 the earthly mind1 or the foaming1 raging people2 though neither the seed1 light1 power1 nor truth ever fell1 nor the faith itself1 the gift of ,god2 but men going from it1 become unsavoury4 8,adam1 whilst he kept in truth1 and obeyed the command of ,god1 was happy2 but when he disobeyed the ,lord1 he fell under the power of ,satan1 and became unhappy1 though he might talk after of his experiences in ,paradise2 but he had lost his image1 his power and dominion1 in which ,god had created him4 8,the ,jews received the law of ,god1 and as long as they kept the law1 which was just1 holy1 good1 and perfect1 it kept them good1 just1 holy1 and savoury2 but when they turned their backs on the ,lord1 and forsook his law1 then they came under the power of darkness1 under the powers of the earth1 and were trodden under as unsavoury4 8,so the ,christians were called #8a city set on a hill1 the light of the world1 and the salt of the earth2' but when they forsook the power of ,god1 and their faith stood in words and men1 and not in the power1 then their walls fell down1 though the power in itself stood2 and they lost their hill1 their saltness1 and their shining4 ,and as ,christendom now does confess1 they are not in the same power and spirit that the apostles were in2 so not in the same salt1 nor upon the same hill4 ,so they came to be trodden under2 and the beast1 the whore1 and the false prophet are uppermost1 the unsavoury4 ,their dead faith is in men1 and in words2 therefore they are full of sects1 and one against another4 8,and now the everlasting gospel1 the power of ,god1 is preached again1 which was before the devil was1 that darkened man2 and by this power of ,god1 life and immortality are brought to light again4 ,therefore every one's faith is to stand in this power1 that hath brought life and immortality to light in them1 that so all may come to be heirs of the power of ,god1 the gospel4 ,herein all have a right to the power of ,god1 which is also the authority of the men's and women's meetings1 and of all the other meetings set up thereby4 8,now1 as the gospel is preached again1 if your faith does not stand in the power1 but in men1 and in the wisdom of words1 you will grow carnal2 and such are for judgment1 who cry up ,paul or ,apollos1 and not ,christ1 the author of your faith4 ,they who love to be popular1 would have people's faith to stand in them2 and such do not preach ,christ1 but themselves4 ,but such as preach ,christ and his gospel1 would have every man and woman to be in the possession of it1 and every man and woman's faith to stand in ,christ1 the author of it1 and in the power of ,god4 ,and as their faith stands in the power of ,god1 nothing can get between them and ,god2 for if any should fall amongst us1 as too many have done1 that love of popularity leads its followers either into the waters1 or into the earth4 8,if any should go from the spirit of prophecy1 that did open to them1 and from the power1 they may speak their experiences1 which the power opened to them formerly4 ,so might ,adam and ,eve speak of what they saw and enjoyed in ,paradise2 so might ,cain and ,balaam of what they saw2 and also the ,jews1 ,korah and ,dathan1 who praised ,god on the banks1 saw the victory over ,pharaoh1 ate of the manna1 drank of the rock1 came to ,mount ,sinai1 and saw the glory of the ,lord4 ,so also might the false apostles speak of their experiences1 and all those false ,christians1 that turned from the apostles and ,christ4 ,and so may those do now1 that err from the ,spirit1 that are come out of ,egypt 7in spirit7 and ,sodom1 and have known the raging of the ,sodomites1 as ,lot did the outward2 and the pursuit of the spiritual ,egyptians1 as the outward ,jew did of the outward ,egyptians2 yet if they do not walk in the ,spirit of ,god1 in the light1 and in the grace1 which keeps their hearts established1 and their words seasoned1 and also their faith in the power of ,god1 in which the kingdom stands2 they may go forth like the false ,christians1 like the ,jews1 like ,adam and ,eve1 ,cain1 ,korah1 and ,balaam1 and be wandering stars1 trees without fruit1 wells without water1 and clouds without rain2 and so come to be unsavoury and trodden down2 as ,adam who lost ,paradise1 and the ,jews who lost the ,holy ,land1 not walking in the law1 and keeping the command of ,god2 and as the ,christians who lost the city1 the hill1 the salt1 and the light since the apostle's days1 and came to be unsavoury1 and to be trodden under foot of men4 8,therefore1 let every one's faith stand in the ,lord's power1 which is over all2 through which they may be built upon the ,rock1 the ,foundation of ,god1 the ,seed ,christ ,jesus4 ,so all in ,christ may be always fresh and green2 for he is the green tree that never withers4 ,all are fresh and green that are grafted into and abide in him1 bringing forth heavenly fresh fruits to the praise of ,god4 ,and though ,adam and ,eve fell from ,paradise1 the ,jews fell from the law of ,god1 and many of the ,christians fell from their prophecies1 and erred from the faith1 the ,spirit1 and the grace2 and the stars have fallen1 as was spoken in the ,revelations3 yet the ,spirit1 grace1 faith1 and power of ,god remain4 8,many such states have ,i seen within these twenty-eight years2 though there is a state that shall never fall1 nor be deceived1 in the ,elect before the world began4 ,these are come to the end of the prophecies1 are in ,him where they end1 and renewed by ,christ into the image of ,god which man was in before he fell1--in that power where he had dominion over all that ,god made3 and not only so1 but they #8attain to a perfect man1 unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of ,christ1' who never fell4 ,in him is the sitting down in life eternal1 where their feet stand sure and fast in the gospel1 his power4 ,here their bread is sure2 and he that eats this bread lives for ever4 8,and all ,friends and brethren1 that declare ,god's eternal truth1 and word of life1 live in it2 be seasoned with grace1 and salted with the heavenly salt1 that your lives and conversations may preach wherever you come2--that there be no rawness1 no quenching of the ,spirit1 no despising of prophecy either in men or women4 ,for all must meet in the faith that ,jesus is the author of1 and in the light that comes from ,jesus1 and be so grafted into the life1 that your knowledge may be there one of another1 in ,christ2 and that there may be none slothful1 nor sitting down in earthly things1 minding them1 like ,demas of old2 lest you clothe yourselves with another clothing than you had at first2 but all keep chaste2 for the chaste do follow the ,lamb4 8,and ,friends1 that are settled in places1 and are ministers1 possess1 as if ye did not2 be married1 as if ye were not2 and be loose to the world in the ,lord's power2 for ,god's oil will be above all visible things1 which makes his lamps burn1 and gives light afar off4 ,let none strive nor covet to be rich in this world1 in these changeable things that will pass away2 but let your faith stand in the ,lord ,god1 who changes not1 who created all1 and gives the increase of all4 8,now ,friends1 concerning faithful men's and women's meetings1 which were set up in ,god's counsel2 whoever oppose them1 and the authority and tenure of them1 oppose the power of ,god1 which is the authority of them4 ,they are no ministers of the gospel1 nor of ,christ1 that oppose his power1 which all are to possess4 ,the gospel is to be preached to all nations3 as deceit is gone over all nations1 and all nations have drunk the whore's cup1 and she hath them in her cage1 her unclean power from the beast and dragon1 out of the power of ,god1 and out of truth1 and the ,spirit of ,god the apostles were in2 the power of ,god must come over all this again2 and all the true ministers that preach the gospel1 the power of ,god1 must bring people into the possession of it again4 ,i say1 whosoever preaches the gospel of ,christ and him to people or nations1 those people and nations receiving the gospel1 receive the power of ,god1 that brings life and immortality to light in them2 they see over the devil that hath darkened them1 and over the beast1 the whore1 and her cage4 ,so1 by the power of ,god1 life and immortality are brought to light in them2 then these men and women1 being heirs of this power1 the gospel1 are heirs of authority and power over the devil1 beast1 whore1 and dragon4 8,this is their possession and portion2 and they are to labour in their possession and portion1 and do ,god ,almighty's business and service in the possession of the power of ,god1 the gospel1 which is a joyful1 glorious1 everlasting order4 ,and here is the authority of our men's and women's meetings1 and other meetings in the name of ,jesus1 the gospel of ,christ1 the power of ,god1 which is not of man1 nor by man4 ,in this are all to meet and to worship ,god2 by this are all to act2 and in this all have fellowship1 a joyful fellowship1 a joyful and comfortable assembly4 ,this is the day when1 in the eternal light1 all are to take their possession of the gospel and its order1 that power of ,god1 which they are heirs of4 ,all faithful men and women in every country1 city1 and nation1 whose faith stands in the power of ,god1 the gospel of ,christ1 who have received1 and are in the possession of1 this gospel1 the power of ,god1 have all right to the power in these meetings2 for they are heirs of the power1 which is the authority of the men's and women's meetings4 8,so here is ,god's choice 7and not man's7 by his power1 of his heirs2 and they have all freedom in this gospel1 the power of ,god1 to go to the meetings1 the men to the men's1 and the women to the women's2 for they are heirs of the power1 which is not of man1 nor by man1 but from heaven1 received in the ,holy ,ghost2 and they see over enmity1 and before it was1 by the light1 by the life1 and immortality1 which are brought to light in them4 8,the devil1 the author of enmity1 cannot get into this authority1 power1 order1 nor fellowship of the gospel2 nor into this life1 light1 nor unity of the faith1 which gives victory over him that hath separated man from ,god4 ,into the unity of this faith the serpent cannot come1 nor into the worship of ,god in ,spirit and truth can the devil come1 or any enmity4 ,and they that are in this1 are in unity over him4 ,therefore1 let every one's faith stand in the power of ,god1 the glorious gospel2 and let all walk as becomes the gospel1 and the order of it4 ,as every one hath received ,christ ,jesus the ,lord1 so walk in him1 and let him be their ,lord and ,orderer4 ,for the preaching of the gospel of ,christ ,jesus is to the intent that all may come to be heirs of the gospel1 and into the possession of it2 and to be heirs of ,christ and of his government1 of the increase of which there is no end2 who is over all in his righteousness1 and over all in his light1 life1 power1 and dominion4 ,therefore know one another in his power1 his gospel1 which is the authority of your meetings2 know one another in ,christ ,jesus1 who is able to restore man out of the state of the fall1 into the image of ,god1 into that power and dominion that man had before he fell1 and into ,himself that never fell1 whence they shall go no more forth4 ,here is the rock and foundation of ,god that stands sure4 8,and1 ,friends1 be tender to the tender principle of ,god in all4 ,shun vain disputes and janglings1 both amongst yourselves and others2 for that many times is like a blustering wind that hurts and bruises the tender buds and plants4 ,for the world1 though they have the words1 are out of the life2 and the apostle's disputing with them was to bring them to the life4 ,and those disputers1 that were amongst the ,christians1 about genealogies1 circumcision1 and the law1 meats1 drinks1 and days1 came to be the worst sort of disputers1 whom the apostles judged2 for such destroyed people from the faith4 ,therefore the apostles exhorted the churches1 that every one's faith should stand in the power of ,god1 and to look at ,jesus1 the author of it4 ,there every graft stands in ,christ1 the vine1 quiet2 where no blustering storms can hurt them2 there is safety4 ,there all are of one mind1 one faith1 one soul1 one spirit1 baptized into one body with the one ,spirit1 and made all to drink into one ,spirit1 one church1 one head1 that is heavenly and spiritual2 one faith in this head1 ,christ1 who is the author of it1 and hath the glory of it2 one ,lord to order all1 who is the baptizer into this one body4 ,so ,christ hath the glory of this faith out of every man and woman2 and ,god through him hath his glory1 the ,creator of all in his power1 the gospel that hath brought life and immortality to light in them2 and their faith standing in it1 they know the immortal ,god1 serve and worship him1 in his ,spirit and in his truth2 by which they are made ,god's free men and women1 free from him that is out of the truth4 8,now1 ,friends1 you that have long been labourers1 and have known the dealings of the ,lord these twenty years 7more or less17 as ,i have often said to you1 draw up what you can1 of those passages and sufferings which the ,lord hath carried you through by his power1 and how by him ye have been supported from the first2 that the ,lord may be exalted by his power now1 and in ages to come1 who hath been the only support1 defence1 and stay1 of his people all along1 over all to himself2 to whom be all glory and praise for ever and ever1 ,amen4 ,he deserves it in his church throughout all ages1 from his living members1 who return the praise to the living ,god1 who lives and reigns over all1 blessed for ever2 who is the life1 and strength1 and health1 and length of days of all his people4 ,therefore let there be no boasting1 but in the ,lord1 and in his power and kingdom2 this keeps all in humility4 8,and1 ,friends1 in the ,lord's power and truth1 what good you can do for ,friends in prison1 or sufferers1 by informing or helping them1 every one bend yourselves to the ,lord's power and spirit1 to do his will and his business2 and in that all will have a fellow-feeling of one another's condition1 in bonds1 or in what trials and tribulations soever2 you will have a fellow-feeling one of another1 having one head1 one ,lord1 and being one body in him4 ,for ,god's heavenly flail hath brought out his seed1 his heavenly plough hath turned up the fallow ground1 and his heavenly seed is sown by the heavenly man1 which brings forth fruits to the heavenly sower1 in some fifty1 sixty1 and a hundred fold in this life2 and such in the world without end will have life eternal4 ,o1 therefore1 all keep within2 let your lights shine1 and your lamps burn1 that you all may be wells full of the living water1 and trees full of the living fruit of ,god's planting1 whose fruit is unto holiness1 and the end everlasting life4 8,the ,lord ,god of power preserve you all in his power4 ,let your faith stand therein1 that you may have unity in the faith1 and in the power2 and by this faith and belief you may be all grafted into ,christ1 the sure root1 where the eternal ,sun of ,righteousness shines1 in the heavenly and eternal day1 upon his plants and grafts4 ,this sun never goes down2 and the heavenly springs of life1 and showers are known to water and nourish the grafts1 and plants1 and buds1 that they may always be kept fresh and green1 and never wither2 bringing forth fresh and green1 and living fruit1 which is offered up to the living ,god1 who is glorified in that you bear much fruit4 ,the ,lord ,god ,almighty keep you1 and preserve you all in his power1 light1 and life1 over death and darkness2 that therein you may spread his truth abroad1 and be valiant for it upon the earth1 answering that of ,god in all2 that with it1 the minds of people may be turned to him1 so that with it they may come to know the ,lord ,christ ,jesus in the new covenant1 in which the knowledge of the ,lord shall cover the earth as the waters do the sea4 ,his life must go over death1 and his light must go over darkness1 and the power of ,god must go over the power of ,satan4 8,so1 all ye that are in the light1 life1 and power1 keep the heavenly fellowship in the heavenly power1 the heavenly unity in the heavenly divine faith1 and the unity of the ,spirit1 which is the bond of the heavenly ,prince of princes' peace2 who bruises the head of the enemy1 the adversary1 and reconciles man to ,god1 and all things in heaven and in the earth3 a blessed reconciliation6 ,let every one's faith stand in the power of ,god1 which ,jesus ,christ is the author of2 that all may know their crown of life4 ,for all outward things without the substance1 life1 and power1 areas the husk without the kernel1 and do not nourish the immortal soul1 nor the new-born babe2 but that by which it is nourished1 is the milk of the ,word1 whereby it groweth in the heavenly life1 strength1 and wisdom4 ,the gospel is not of man1 nor by man1 but is the power of ,god1 and answers the truth in all2 all the possessors of it are to see that all walk according to it2 which everlasting order is ordained of ,god already1 and all the possessors of him possess their joy1 their comfort1 and salvation4 ,my love unto you all1 with him that reigns and is over all1 from everlasting to everlasting4 8,dwell in the love of ,god1 which passeth knowledge1 and edifieth the living members of the body of ,christ2 which love of ,god you come to be built up in1 and in the holy faith4 ,this love of ,god will bring you to bear all things1 endure all things1 and hope all things4 ,from this love of ,god which you have in ,christ ,jesus1 nothing will be able to separate you2 neither powers nor principalities1 heights nor depths1 things present nor things to come1 prisons nor spoiling of goods1 neither death nor life4 ,the love of ,god keeps above all that which would separate from ,god1 and makes you more than conquerors in ,christ ,jesus4 ,therefore in this love of ,god dwell1 that with the same love you may love one another1 and all the workmanship of ,god--that you may glorify ,god with your bodies1 souls1 and spirits1 which are the ,lord's4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 8,all ,friends sit low in life1 the ,lord's power4 ,keep your place in it1 till the ,lord and ,master of the feast bid you #8sit higher2' lest you take the highest place1 and be put down with shame4 ,he that hath an ear1 let him hear40 ,g4 ,f4 8,friends1 take heed of speaking the things of ,god in the words that men's wisdom hath taught2 for those words will lift up the foolish1 that have erred from the ,spirit of ,god2 which words and wisdom are for condemnation1 and that which is lifted up by them1 and they that thereby speak the things of ,god in them4 ,so that old house1 with its goods1 must be thrown under the foot of the new birth4 8,and1 ,friends1 ,i desire that you may all keep the holy order1 which is in the gospel1 the glorious order in the power of ,god1 which the devil is out of2 which was before all his orders were1 and before the world made any4 8,this joyful order keeps all hearts pure to ,god1 in everlasting peace1 unity1 and order2 feel it1 and keep the order of it1 both men and women1 and come to be heirs of the gospel1 which brings life and immortality to light2 and to see over that power of darkness1 by ,him who was before the power of death was4 ,in this is the holy order of love and peace4 ,so keep in this1 that keeps you always pure2 what men and women act in this1 they act in that which will stand when the world is gone4 8,there hath been some scruple about men's and women's meetings4 ,men and women in the gospel are heirs of the power1 which was before the devil was2 heirs of this1 then enter into the possession of it1 and do the ,lord's business therein4 ,everyone take the care of ,god's honour1 and keep all things in righteousness1 in holiness which becomes ,god's house1 and in that which honours the ,lord ,god4 ,it eased me1 when those meetings were set up2 for men and women1 that are heirs of the gospel1 have right to the gospel order2 and it belongs to them4 ,then take your possessions1 and practise in it2 be not talkers only1 but live and walk in the gospel1 the power of ,god1 which is the authority of your meetings40 ,g4 ,f4 ,swarthmore1 the #bhth of the #bnd ,month1 #afgf4 ,the above ,epistle was read at the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london1 the #agth of the #crd ,month1 #afgf4 ,during this time ,i collected together as many as ,i could1 of the epistles ,i had written in former years to ,friends4 ,i made a collection of the several papers that ,i had written to ,oliver ,cromwell1 and his son ,richard1 in the time of their protectorships2 and to the parliaments and magistrates that were in their times4 ,i collected also the papers ,i had written to ,king ,charles ,,ii4 since his return1 and to his council and parliaments1 and the justices or other magistrates under him4 ,i made another collection of certificates1 which ,i had received from divers governors of places1 judges1 justices1 parliament-men1 and others1 for the clearing of me from many slanders1 which the envious priests and professors1 both here and beyond the seas1 had cast upon me4 ,this ,i did for the truth's sake1 as knowing that their design in slandering me1 was to defame the truth published by me1 and hinder the spreading thereof amongst the people4 ,besides these1 ,i made two books of collections2 one was1 a list or catalogue of the names of those ,friends who went out of the ,north of ,england1 when truth first broke forth there1 to proclaim the day of the ,lord through this nation4 ,the other was of the names of those ,friends that went first to preach the gospel in other nations1 countries1 and places1 in what years1 and to what parts they went4 ,i made another collection1 in two books2 one of epistles and letters from ,friends and others1 on several occasions1 to me2 the other of letters of mine to ,friends and others4 ,i wrote also a book of the types and figures of ,christ1 with their significations2 and many other things1 which will be of service to truth and ,friends in time to come4 ,i took notice also of those who had run out from truth1 drawn others out after them1 and turned against truth and ,friends at several times since the first breaking forth of truth in this latter age1 and what became of them2 noting particularly the repentance and return of such of them as came back to truth again4 ,some ran quite out1 and never returned1 but were cut off in their gainsaying and rebellion2 for the word and power of ,god hath blasted and is blasting them1 and the holy seed hath ground1 and is grinding them to pieces4 ,i have observed1 that they who have been convinced1 and have not lived and walked in the truth1 have been the worst enemies to the truth1 and done most hurt amongst ,friends in the truth1 and to others4 ,in these ,i have seen fulfilled what the ,lord did long since show me1 8that such should be greater deceivers than all the priests and professors40 ,for such as came as far as ,cain1 ,balaam1 ,korah1 and ,dathan1 and could 8preach ,christ10 and say1 8they had preached in his name20 such as came to be apostles1 and had tasted of the power of ,christ1 and then turned from it1 could yet speak their old experiences1 and have good words1 like ,korah and ,balaam3 but not keeping in the life and truth1 they deceived the hearts of the simple4 ,such come to be of the devil1 who abode not in the truth2 as ,cain1 and all the ,jews1 that abode not in the truth1 were4 ,for though ,cain did sacrifice to ,god1 and did talk with ,god2 and the ,jews could talk of ,abraham1 ,moses1 and the prophets1 yet ,christ told them1 8they were of their father1 the devil40 ,in like manner1 though they who are called ,christians1 can talk of ,christ1 and use his and his apostles' and disciples' words1 yet not abiding in the truth1 and power1 and ,spirit1 that the apostles were in1 they are of the devil1 out of truth1 and do his work4 ,so are all those that have been convinced of ,god's eternal truth since it sprang up in this nation1 that have not abode in the light1 and in the ,spirit and power of ,christ ,jesus2 but have turned against the power1 and have opposed the work thereof2 though they may retain their former experiences1 and be able to speak many good words1 yet not living in the life and power that gave them those experiences1 they live in the power of darkness1 which is of the devil3 and by the light and truth both he and they are condemned2 and must own their condemnation if ever they come to truth again4 ,for to resist the heavenly power1 and to oppose the workings and divine manifestations thereof through any1 is not a light matter4 ,as ,i had been moved of the ,lord to travel in his power round this nation1 and in other parts1 to preach the everlasting gospel1 and to declare the ,word of ,life1 which was in the beginning1 through many imprisonments1 hardships1 sufferings1 and trials2 so ,i was afterwards moved to travel1 in the same heavenly power1 about the nation again 7and to write to such places where ,i came not7 to recommend to ,friends the 8setting up of the quarterly and monthly meetings in all counties1 for looking after the poor1 taking care for orderly proceedings in marriages2 and other matters relating to the church of ,christ20 though some meetings for this end were settled in the ,north of ,england1 in the year #afec4 ,after this also1 truth still spreading further over the nation1 and ,friends increasing in number1 ,i was moved1 by the same eternal power1 to recommend the setting up of women's meetings also2 that all1 both male and female1 who had received the gospel1 the ,word of eternal ,life1 might come into the order of the gospel1 brought forth by the power of ,god1 and might act for ,god in the power1 and therein do business and service for him in his church4 ,all the faithful must labour in ,god's vineyard1 they being his hired servants1 and he having given them the earnest of his ,spirit4 ,for a master that hires a servant1 and gives him the earnest of his hire1 expects he should do his work1 after he knows his will1 in the outward creation2 so all ,god's people1 that are of the new creation1 and have received the earnest of his ,spirit1 ought to labour with1 by1 and in his ,spirit1 power1 and grace1 and faith1 in the light1 in ,god's vineyard1 that they may have their wages when they have done ,god's work and business in his day1 which is eternal life4 ,but none can labour in his vineyard1 and do his work and will1 but as they walk in the heavenly divine light1 grace1 and ,spirit of ,christ2 which it hath been1 and is1 my travail and labour in the ,lord to turn all to4 ,some that professed truth1 and had made a great show therein1 being gone from the simplicity of the gospel into jangling1 division1 and a spirit of separation1 endeavoured to discourage ,friends 7especially the women71 from their godly care and watchfulness in the church over one another in the truth2 opposing their meetings1 which1 in the power of the ,lord1 were set up for that end and service4 ,wherefore ,i was moved of the ,lord to write the following epistle1 and send it among ,friends1 for the discovering of that spirit1 by which those opposers acted1 its work and way1 by which it wrought1 and to warn ,friends of it1 that they might not be betrayed by it3-- 8,all my dear ,friends1 ,live in the seed of peace1 ,christ ,jesus1 in whom ye have life4 ,that spirit that comes amongst you to raise up strife1 is out of ,christ2 for it is the spirit that is not easy to be entreated1 not gentle1 so not of the wisdom of ,god1 which is justified of her children4 ,they that follow that spirit1 are none of ,wisdom's children4 ,there is a spirit that hath made a separation1 and has been against men's and women's meetings2 yet those of this spirit have set up one of their own1 to which they have given power1 and allow none to sit amongst them but such as they give power to1 looking upon others as usurpers of authority4 ,this spirit and its work is not of ,god1 though it has made a jumble amongst some2 and the path it may travel in1 is through the earthly affections1 amongst the unestablished1 or apostates4 ,but all that are in the life1 ,spirit1 and light1 in the grace1 truth1 and power of ,god1 bar it out2 and such as sit under their own vine1 ,christ ,jesus1 and are grafted into him1 have no need of their exhortation or counsel2 for the true believers are entered into their rest4 ,therefore all keep in the gospel of peace2 and you that are heirs of the kingdom1 keep in your possession of it4 8,some of this spirit have said to me1 #8they see no service in women's meetings4' ,my answer is1 and hath been to such1 if they be blind and without sight1 they should not oppose others2 for none impose anything upon them4 ,god never received the blind for a sacrifice1 neither can his people4 ,but ,christ has enlightened all2 and to as many as receive him1 he gives #8power to become the sons of ,god4' ,such as are heirs of his power1 and of his gospel1 which brings life and immortality to light1 can see over him that has darkened them2 and all such keep the order of the gospel1 the power of ,god1 and their meetings therein1 which preserves them in life and immortality4 ,these see the great service of men's and women's meetings1 in the order of the gospel1 the power of ,god2 for they are meet-helps in this power1 which is the authority of their meetings4 8,now ,i say to all of you1 that are against women's meetings or the men's1 and say1 #8you see no service for the women's meetings1' and oppose them1 you are therein out of the power of ,god1 and his ,spirit you live not in4 ,for ,god saw a service for the assemblies of the women in the time of the law1 about those things that appertained to his worship and service1 and to the holy things of his tabernacle2 and so they in his ,spirit see now their service in the gospel2 many things in these meetings being more proper for the women than the men2 and they in the power and wisdom of ,god may inform the men of such things as are not proper for them2 and the men may inform the women of such things as are not proper for them1 as meet-helps to each other4 ,for in the time of the law1 the women were to offer as well as the men2 so in the time of the gospel much more are they to offer their spiritual sacrifices2 for they are all called1 both men and women1 a royal priesthood2 they are of the household of faith2 they are the living stones that make up the spiritual building1 which ,christ is the head of2 and are to be encouraged in their labour in the gospel2 for all things that they do1 both men and women1 are to be done in the power of ,god4 ,all such as see no service for these women's meetings1 or the men's1 but oppose them1 and make strife amongst ,friends1 are in the spirit of the world1 that is against1 and forbids our other meetings2--are in the same spirit of the world1 that hath been1 and is against women's speaking in meetings1 and say1 #8they must be silent1' c41 though the same apostle commands1 #8that men should keep silence as well as the women1' if there were not an interpreter4 ,therefore1 you may see that the spirit of the world hath entered such opposers1 though they come under another colour2 for they would not have us to meet at all4 ,and these are against the women's meetings1 and some of them against the men's also1 and say1 #8they see no service for them2' then they may hold their tongues1 and not oppose them that do see their service for ,god in these meetings4 8,therefore1 all you that feel the power of ,god1 and your service for ,god in them1 both men and women1 keep your meetings in the power of ,god1 the authority of them1 as they were settled in it2 then ye will be preserved both over this spirit that opposes them1 and over the spirit of the world that opposes your other meetings2 for it is all one in the ground1 and would bring you into bondage4 ,such are out of the peaceable gospel1 who oppose its order2 out of the faith that works by love2 out of the wisdom that is gentle1 easy1 and peaceable1 c41 and out of the kingdom that stands in peace and joy4 ,therefore1 keep over that spirit that sows discord or dissension1 and would draw you from your habitation and possession in the order of the gospel2 for it is the same spirit that deceived ,adam and ,eve1 by which they lost their habitation in righteousness and holiness11 and their dominion2 so that spirit got over them2 and so it would get over you4 ,one while it will tell you1 #8it sees no service for your meetings1' and another time will oppose you4 ,but ,i say1 this is the blind spirit1 which is out of the power of ,god1 and which the power of ,god is over4 ,therefore1 keep in the power1 that ye may stand up for your liberty in ,christ ,jesus1 males and females1 heirs of him and of his gospel1 and his order4 ,stand up for your liberty in the gospel1 and in the faith1 which ,christ ,jesus hath been the author of2 for if ye lose it1 and let another spirit get over you1 ye will not so soon regain it4 8,i knew the devil would bestir himself in his instruments1 when men's and women's meetings came to be set up in the power1 light1 and truth1 and the heirs of the gospel1 to take their possession of it in every county and city1 therein to walk1 and to watch one over another1 to take care of ,god's glory and honour1 and his precious truth2 and to see that all walk in the truth1 and as becomes the gospel1 and that nothing be lacking2 and so to exhort all whatsoever is decent1 modest1 virtuous1 lovely1 comely1 righteous1 and of good report1 to follow after2 to admonish all that are not faithful1 and to rebuke all that do evil4 ,i knew this would give such a check to all loose speakers1 talkers1 and walkers1 that there would be an opposition against such meetings4 ,but never heed1 truth will come over them all1 and is over them all1 and faith must have the victory2 for the gospel and its order is everlasting2 the ,seed 7,christ7 is the beginning and the ending1 and will outlast all2 the ,amen1 in whom ye have peace4 ,i say all that oppose the men's and women's meetings1 or that marriages should be laid before them1 or the recording of condemnations of sin and evil1 or admonishing or exhorting such as walk not in the truth1 are of a loose spirit1 and their spirits tend to looseness4 ,let those take them that will2 truth will not have them1 nor any of their sacrifice2 for nothing is accepted of ,god1 but what is done in truth1 and in his ,spirit1 which is peaceable4 ,the authority of our men's and women's meetings is the power of ,god2 and all the heirs of the gospel are heirs of that authority and dignity2 this is of ,god1 and shall answer the witness of ,god in all4 ,the greatest opposers of this practice and work1 are such as have been convinced of ,god's truth1 but have not lived in it4 ,such were the greatest troublers of the church in ,moses' day1 and in the days of the apostles2 but mark their end1 and read what became of them all4 ,and therefore1 all keep your habitation in the truth1 and therein ye may see what has become of all the opposers of it for twenty years past2 they are all gone1 and the truth lives and reigns2 the ,seed is over all1 and all are one in it1 in rest1 peace1 and life everlasting2 and therein they sit down together in the heavenly places in ,christ ,jesus1 the ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,swarthmore1 the #eth of the #hth ,month1 #afgf4 ,narrative of the spreading of ,truth1 and of the opposition thereto4 8,the truth sprang up first to us1 so as to be a people to the ,lord1 in ,leicestershire in #afdd1 in ,warwickshire in #afde1 in ,nottinghamshire in #afdf1 in ,derbyshire in #afdg1 and the adjacent counties in #afdh1 #afdi1 and #afej2 in ,yorkshire in #afea1 in ,lancashire and ,westmorland in #afeb2 in ,cumberland1 ,durham1 and ,northumberland in #afec2 in ,london1 and most of the other parts of ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,ireland1 in #afed4 8,in #afee many went beyond sea1 where truth also sprang up1 and in #afef it broke forth in ,america and many other places4 8,in the authority of this divine truth1 ,friends stood all the cruelties and sufferings that were inflicted upon them by the ,long ,parliament2 to the spoiling of goods1 imprisonment1 and death1 and over all reproaches1 lies1 and slanders2 as well as those in ,oliver ,cromwell's time1 and all the acts made by him and his parliament2 his son ,richard after him1 and the ,committee of ,safety2 and afterwards withstood and outlasted all the acts and proclamations since #affj1 that the king came in4 8,friends never feared their acts1 prisons1 jails1 houses of correction1 banishment1 nor spoiling of goods1 nay1 nor the loss of life itself2 nor was there ever any persecution that came1 but we saw in the event it would be productive of good2 nor were there ever any prisons that ,i was in1 or sufferings1 but it was for the bringing multitudes out of prison2 though they who imprisoned the truth1 and quenched the ,spirit in themselves1 would imprison and quench it without them2 so that there was a time when so many were in prison1 that it became as a by-word1 #8truth is scarce anywhere to be found but in jails4' 8,and after the king came in1 divers ,friends suffered much1 because they would not drink his health1 and say1 #8,god bless the king'2 so that many ,friends were in danger of their lives from rude persons1 who were ready to run them through with their swords for refusing it1 until the king gave forth a proclamation against drinking healths2 for we were and are against drinking any healths1 and all excess1 both before his coming in and after2 and we desire the king's good1 and that the blessing of ,god might come upon him and all his subjects1 and all people on the face of the earth2 but we desired people not to drink the king's health1 but let him have his health1 and all people else2 and to drink for their own health and necessity only2 for that way of drinking healths1 and to excess1 was not for the king's health1 nor their own nor any others'2 which excess often brought forth quarrelling and destroying one another2 for they destroyed the creation and one another2 and this was not for the king's wealth1 nor health1 nor honour1 but might grieve him to have the creatures and his subjects destroyed2 and so the ,lord's power gave us dominion over that also1 and all our other sufferings4 ,but1 8,o6 the number of sufferers in the ,commonwealth's and ,oliver ,cromwell's days1 and since2 especially those who were haled before the courts for not paying tithes1 refusing to swear on their juries1 not putting off their hats1 and for going to meetings on the ,first-days2 under pretence of breaking the ,sabbath2 and to meetings on other days of the week3 who were abused both in meetings and on the highways4 8,o6 how great were the sufferings we then sustained upon these accounts6 for sometimes they would drive ,friends by droves into the prison-houses like penfolds1 confine them on the ,first-days1 and take their horses from them1 and keep them for pretended breach of their ,sabbath1 though they would ride in their coaches and upon their fat horses to the steeple-houses themselves1 and yet punish others4 ,and many ,friends were turned out of their copyholds and customary tenements1 because1 in obedience to the command of ,christ and his apostle1 they could not swear2 and as they went to meetings1 they have been stoned through the streets1 and otherwise cruelly abused4 ,many were fined with great fines1 and lay long in prison for not putting off their hats1 which fines ,friends could never pay1 though they kept them in prison till they had satisfied their own wills1 and at last turned them out1 after keeping them a year or more in prison4 8,many books ,i gave forth against tithes1 showing how the priesthood was changed that took them2 and that ,christ sent forth his twelve1 and afterwards seventy disciples1 saying unto them1 #8,freely ye have received1 freely give4' ,so all who do not obey the doctrine and command of ,christ therein1 we cannot receive them4 8,i was also moved to give forth several books against swearing1 and that our ,yea and ,nay might be taken instead of an oath1 which1 if we broke1 let us suffer the same punishment as they who broke their oaths4 ,and in ,jamaica the governor and the assembly granted the thing2 it is also granted in some other places2 and several of the parliament men in ,england have acknowledged the reasonableness thereof4 ,the magistrates1 after some time1 when they saw our faithfulness in ,yea and ,nay1 they who were moderate1 both before and since the king came in1 would put ,friends into offices without an oath2 but the cruel and envious would fine ,friends to get money of them1 though they could not pay them any4 8,thus the ,lord's power hath carried us through all1 and over all1 to his everlasting glory and praise2 for ,god's power hath been our hedge1 our wall and our keeper 7the preserver of his plants and vineyard17 who have not had the magistrates' sword and staff to help us1 nor ever trusted in the arm of flesh1 but have gone without these1 or ,judas' bag1 to preach the ,word of life1 which was in the beginning before they were2 which reconciles to ,god4 ,and thousands have received this ,word of reconciliation1 and are born again of the immortal ,seed1 by the ,word of ,god2 and are feeding upon the milk of the ,word1 which lives and abides for ever4 8,many have suffered death for their testimony1 in ,england and beyond the seas1 both before and since the king came in2 which may be seen in an account given to the king and both houses of parliament2 being1 #8,a brief1 plain1 and true relation of the late and sad sufferings of the people of ,god in scorn called ,quakers1 for worshipping and exercising a good conscience towards ,god and man4' 8,by reason whereof eighty-nine have suffered till death2 thirty-two of whom died before the king came into ,england1 and fifty-seven since1 by hard imprisonment and cruel usage4 ,forty-three have died in the city of ,london and ,southwark since the ,act made against meetings1 c41 about #affa1 of which a more particular account was given1 with the names of the sufferers1 to the king and parliament1 about #affc4 8,and though divers laws were designed against us1 yet never could any of them justly touch us1 being wrested and misapplied in their execution by our adversaries1 which some have been made to confess4 ,all those laws that were made1 and the oath which they imprisoned us for1 because1 in obedience to the command of ,christ ,jesus1 we could not swear at all1 were not originally intended against us2 and yet we suffered by the several powers1 and their laws1 both spoiling of goods and imprisonment1 even to death4 ,and the governor of ,dover castle1 when the king asked him if he had dispersed all the sectaries' meetings8 said1 that #8he had2 but the ,quakers1 the devil himself could not2 for if he did imprison them1 and break up their meetings1 they would meet again2 and if he should beat them or knock them down1 or kill some of them1 all was one1 they would meet1 and not resist again4' ,thus the ,lord's power supported and kept them over their persecutors1 and made them to justify our patience and lamb-like nature4 ,this was about #afga4 8,since the king came in1 three acts have been made against us1 besides the proclamations1 by which many have suffered imprisonment and banishment1 and many to death4 ,and yet for all these acts and proclamations1 persecutions1 sufferings1 banishments1 faithful ,friends are as fresh as ever in the ,lord's power1 and valiant for his name and truth4 8,some weak ones there were1 when the king came in1 who took the oath2 but after they had so done1 they were sore troubled for disobeying the command of ,christ and the apostle1 and went to the magistrates1 condemned themselves1 and offered to go to prison4 8,thus the ,lord1 in his everlasting power1 hath been the support and stay of his people2 and still his ,seed reigns1 his truth is over all1 and exceedingly spreads unto this year #afgf40 ,in #afgf1 while ,i was at ,swarthmore1 died ,william ,lampitt1 the old priest of ,ulverstone 7which parish ,swarthmore is in47 ,he was an old deceiver1 a perverter of the right way of the ,lord1 and a persecutor of the people of ,god4 ,much contest ,i had with him1 when ,i first came into those parts4 ,he had been an old false prophet2 for in #afeb he prophesied 7and said he would wage his life upon it71 8that the ,quakers would all vanish1 and come to nought within half a year30 but he came to nought himself4 ,for he continued in his lying and false accusing of ,god's people1 till a little before he died1 and then he cried for a little rest4 ,to one of his hearers that came to visit him before he died1 he said1 8,i have been a preacher a long time1 and thought ,i had lived well2 but ,i did not think it had been so hard a thing to die40 ,after ,i had finished the services which lay upon me then to do1 feeling my spirit drawn again towards the south 7though ,i was yet but weakly1 and not able to travel far in a day17 ,i left ,swarthmore the #bfth of the #ast ,month1 #afgg1 and went to ,thomas ,pearson's at ,,pool ,,bank1 in ,,westmorland1 where ,i had a meeting the next day2 and thence to ,thomas ,camm's1#ch at ,,camsgill1 where ,robert ,widders with his wife1 and several other ,friends came to see me before ,i left the country1 and to attend the meeting there next day1 which was very large1 and in which ,i was largely drawn forth in testimony to the truth4 ,i had much discourse with some of that meeting1 who were not in unity with the quarterly meeting they belonged to2 but afterwards several of them that were somewhat tender1 came to see their error1 and gave forth condemnations against themselves4 ,next day ,john ,blakelin came to ,thomas ,camm's1 to bring me to his house at ,,drawell in ,,sedbergh1 whither ,i went with him1 visiting ,friends in the way4 ,i stayed at ,drawell two or three nights1 having meetings there and thereabouts2 for while ,i was there the men's and women's meetings were held there1 which were very large and precious4 ,the ,first-day following ,i had a meeting at ,,brigflats1 to which came most of the ,friends from the several meetings round about1 and a great concourse of others also2 it was thought there were five or six hundred people4 ,a very good meeting it was1 wherein truth was largely declared and preciously opened1 to the comforting and refreshing of the faithful1 and the drawing near of them that were afar off4 ,i had another meeting at ,john ,blakelin's1 at which were many ,friends that were going to the quarterly meeting at ,kendal4 ,with them my wife went back1 who1 with her daughter ,rachel1 had accompanied me thus far2 and ,i1 having ,leonard ,fell with me1 passed on through ,,sedbergh and ,,garsdale1 into ,,wensleydale1 visiting ,friends as we went4 ,at night ,i reached ,richard ,robinson's at ,,counterside1 where several ,friends came to me that evening2 some of whom went with me next day over the hills to the widow ,tennant's at ,,scarhouse1 in ,,langstroth-,,dale1 which we had much difficulty to reach1 the snow lay so deep1 though it was a week in the #bnd #dth8 ,month4 ,here1 on ,first-day1 we had a large meeting1 ,friends coming to it from several parts round about2 and the ,lord gave me a very seasonable testimony to bear amongst them1 which ,i did for several hours1 to their great satisfaction and comfort4 ,thence passing through ,,bishopdale1 ,,middleham1 ,,barton1 and so by ,,bedale and ,,northallerton1 ,i came to ,george ,robinson's at ,,burrowby2 where also ,friends coming out of several parts1 we had a very large and good meeting1 and very peaceable4 ,but not long after1 an envious justice1 who lived not far off1 hearing that ,i had a great meeting there1 troubled ,friends about it1 and made them appear at the sessions1 where he asked them many ensnaring questions2 for he knew not how to convict them1 because he had no proof against them4 ,when he saw his questions did not catch them1 he told them1 8he had heard that ,george ,fox was at a large meeting with them1 and they all sat silent1 and none spoke in the meeting40 ,this false story he cunningly feigned1 thinking thereby to draw out some of the ,friends to contradict him1 and say1 8that ,i had spoken in the meeting20 that so he might convict them upon their own confession1 and fine them4 ,but ,friends standing in the wisdom of ,god1 did not answer him according to his desire1 and so escaped his snare4 ,but two ,friends that came out of ,ireland1 and were at this meeting1 having another that evening about three miles off1 this evil-minded justice got information thereof1 and fined ,friends1 and plundered them very sorely for it4 ,i went from ,burrowby to ,isaac ,lindley's1 calling upon ,friends as ,i went4 ,robert ,lodge and other ,friends being with me1 we passed next day to ,,york1 and the day following being ,first-day1 ,i was at ,friends' meeting there1 which was large and peaceable4 ,second day also ,i stayed in ,york1 and had two meetings with ,friends at ,john ,taylor's2#ci whence ,i wrote to my wife1 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,heart1 8,to whom is my love1 and to thy daughters1 and to all ,friends that inquire after me4 ,my desires are1 that ye all may be preserved in the ,lord's everlasting ,seed1 in whom ye will have life and peace1 dominion and settlement in the everlasting home or dwelling in the house built upon the foundation of ,god4 ,in the power of the ,lord ,i am brought to ,york1 having had many meetings in the way4 ,the road was many times deep and bad with snow1 our horses sometimes were down1 and we were not able to ride2 and sometimes we had great storms and rain2 but by the power of the ,lord ,i went through all4 ,at ,scarhouse there was a very large meeting1 and another at ,burrowby1 to which ,friends came out of ,cleveland and ,durham2 and many other meetings we have had4 ,at ,york1 yesterday1 we had a very large meeting1 exceedingly thronged1 ,friends being at it from many parts1 and all quiet1 and well satisfied3 ,o6 the glory of the ,lord shone over all4 ,this day we have had a large men's and women's meeting1 many ,friends1 both men and women1 being come out of the country1 and all was quiet2 and this evening we are to have the men's and women's meeting of the ,friends of the city4 ,john ,whitehead is here1 with ,robert ,lodge#dj and others2 ,friends are mighty glad1 above measure4 ,so ,i am in my holy element1 and holy work in the ,lord1 glory to his name for ever6 ,to-morrow ,i intend to go out of the city towards ,tadcaster1 though ,i cannot ride as in days past2 yet praised be the ,lord that ,i can travel as well as ,i do6 ,so with my love in the fountain of life1 in which as ye all abide1 ye will have refreshment of life1 that by it ye may grow and gather eternal strength to serve the ,lord1 and be satisfied4 ,to the ,god of all power1 who is all-sufficient to preserve you1 ,i commit you all to his ordering40 ,g4 ,f4 ,york1 the #afth of the #bnd ,month1 #afgg4 ,leaving ,york1 ,i visited ,friends at ,,tadcaster1 ,,knottingley1 ,,doncaster1 and ,,balby1 having meetings as ,i went4 ,at ,balby ,i stayed the ,first-day meeting1 and went next day to ,thomas ,stacey's at ,,ballowfield1 where in the evening ,i had a meeting1 to compose a difference that had happened between some that professed truth1 and they were reconciled4 ,next day ,i came to ,,stainsby in ,,derbyshire1 in which county ,i had formerly lived about the first breaking forth of truth4 ,here ,i had a good meeting with ,friends1 and afterwards passed to ,,skegby in ,,nottinghamshire1 and from thence to ,,nottingham1 to ,john ,reckless's4 ,i had a meeting with ,friends at his house that evening1 and another next day in ,friends' public meeting-house1 which was peaceable and well4 ,i went the day following to ,john ,fox's at ,,wimeswold in ,,leicestershire1 where ,i had a meeting that evening2 and next day to ,william ,smith's at ,,sileby1 where1 it being ,first-day1 we had a very large meeting2 for besides ,friends from several places1 many of the townspeople hearing ,i was there1 came to it1 and heard the truth declared gladly4 ,next day ,i went to ,,leicester1 where finding many ,friends come out of the country1 to be at the horse-fair next day1 ,i had a very good meeting with them that night2 and another next evening at ,william ,wells's house at ,,knighton1 about a mile from ,leicester4 ,next day ,i passed to ,,swannington1 and had a meeting there2 thence to ,samuel ,fretwell's at ,,hartshorn in ,,derbyshire1 where ,i had a meeting also2 then to ,henry ,sidon's1 at ,,baddesley in ,,warwickshire1 and stayed the meeting there1 which1 it being ,first-day1 was very large and peaceable1 notwithstanding a justice had threatened to come and break it up4 ,having stayed a while with ,friends1 ,i went in the evening to ,richard ,ball's of ,,whittington1 where several ,friends came to visit me4 ,next day ,i went to ,nathaniel ,newton's at ,,hartshill1 where several ,friends met me1 with whom ,i had good service4 ,after this ,i passed on1 visiting ,friends in divers places1 till ,i came to ,,dingley1 where a meeting was appointed before1 which was very large1 and truth was largely opened to the people4 ,it was peaceable and quiet1 and the people generally sober2 saving that while ,i was showing how ,christendom 7so called7 was gone from the pure religion that is undefiled1 c41 one man rushed out in a furious manner1 and said1 8,i deny that40 ,after this meeting ,i went with ,thomas ,charles to his house at ,,adingworth1 and next day to ,,northampton1 where ,i stayed the ,first-day meeting1 which was very large and peaceable4 ,i had much service among ,friends besides4 ,next day ,edward ,cooper of ,northampton1 accompanied me to ,,olney in ,,buckinghamshire1 where ,i stayed at ,james ,brierlie's1 several ,friends coming to see me in the evening4 ,next day ,i went to a meeting at ,,turvey in ,,bedfordshire1 to which ,friends came from several parts2 so that it was very large4 ,here ,i met with ,william ,dewsbury1 who after the meeting took me to his son-in-law ,john ,rush's of ,,kempston1 where ,i stayed with ,william that night and most of next day1 passing thence towards evening through ,,ampthill1 to ,thomas ,gamboll's of ,,bullock',s ,,hill4 ,william ,dewsbury went along with me1 and several ,friends came to visit us4 ,next day1 passing through ,,luton1 ,i went to ,,market ,,street1 ,william ,dewsbury accompanying me part of the way1 and the day following ,leonard ,fell#da and ,i had a meeting at ,,kensworth1 which was pretty large and peaceable4 ,after it we went to ,,alban',s1 where we visited ,friends2 and next day passing through ,,south ,,mims and ,,barnet1 where also we visited ,friends1 we came that night to widow ,hayley's at ,,gutterhedge in ,,hendon in ,,middlesex4 ,next day1 being ,first-day1 we had a very large meeting there1 several ,friends coming from ,london4 ,i stayed there ,second-day1 and on third went to ,william ,mead's house at ,,highgate1 with whom next day ,i went to ,,london4 ,it being ,fourth day1 ,i went to the meeting at ,gracechurch ,street1 where ,friends and ,i were greatly refreshed in each other in the ,lord1 and the ,lord's power and ,seed were set over all1 blessed be his name for ever6 ,thus it pleased the ,lord to bring me safe to ,london1 though much wearied1 for though ,i rode not very far in a day1 yet through weakness of body1 continual travelling was hard to me4 ,besides1 ,i had not much rest at night to refresh nature2 for ,i often sat up late with ,friends1 where ,i lodged1 to inform and advise them in things wherein they were wanting2 and when in bed1 ,i was often hindered of sleep by great pains in my head and teeth1 occasioned1 as ,i thought1 from cold taken by riding often in the rain4 ,but the ,lord's power was over all1 and carried me through all1 to his praise4 ,in my journey ,i observed a slackness and shortness in some that professed the truth1 in keeping up the ancient testimony against tithes2 for wherever that spirit got entrance1 which wrought division in the church1 and opposed the men's and women's meetings1 it weakened those that received it in their testimony against tithes4 ,wherefore ,i was moved of the ,lord to issue a short 8,epistle to ,friends10 to stir up the pure mind1 and to encourage and strengthen them in their ,christian testimony against that antichristian yoke and oppression3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends1 8,be faithful to the ,lord in your testimony for ,jesus1 who ended the ,levitical priesthood of ,aaron1 that took tithes1 and sent his ministers forth freely1 to give freely that which they had received of him freely1 without a bag or a staff4 ,christ's disciples could not join with those that made a trade of preaching4 ,and as there was a testimony to be borne against those tithes which were commanded1 in the law1 for ,levi and ,aaron1 so there is a testimony to be borne against these tithes1 which have been set up by man1 in the dark time of ,popery1 and not by ,god or ,christ4 ,now to cry against the priests in words1 and yet to give them means1 and put into their mouths1 that they may not prepare war against you1 is a contradiction4 ,therefore take heed2 for if the ,lord bless you with outward creatures1 and you bestow them upon ,baal's priests1 he may justly require the outward things from you again1 which he hath given you3 who saith1 that his ministers should freely give1 as they have freely received4 ,so all the preachers for tithes and money1 and the takers and payers of tithe1 must be testified against in the ,lord's power and ,spirit2 that all may stand up in their testimony for ,jesus ,christ1 in his power and ,spirit1 against the tithe-mongers4 ,consider how many faithful servants and valiants of the ,lord1 have laid down their lives against them1 in this day of the ,lord2 and in the days of the martyrs they did witness against them4 ,consider also what judgments have come upon those that spoiled ,friends' goods1 and cast them into prison for tithes and maintenance4 ,therefore in the power of the ,lord1 maintain the war against the beast1 and do not put into his mouth1 lest he cry peace to you2 which peace you must not receive2 but it must be broken1 and thrown out by the ,spirit of ,god4 ,then in the same ,spirit1 ye will receive from the ,son of ,peace1 that peace which the beast1 and the whore1 and the world1 with all their earthly teachers for the earth1 made by man1 cannot receive1 nor bereave you of4 ,therefore keep your authority and dominion in the power1 ,spirit1 and name of ,jesus1 in whom my love is to you40 ,g4 ,f4 #crd ,month1 #afgg4 ,i came to ,,london on the #bcrd of the #crd month1 ten or twelve days before the ,yearly ,meeting1 in which time ,i fell in with ,friends there in the service of truth1 visiting them at the meetings4 ,the parliament then sitting1 we prepared something to lay before them1 concerning the seizing of the third part of ,friends' estates1 as ,popish recusants1 which was a great suffering1 and a grievance we complained of2 but we obtained no redress4 ,to the ,yearly ,meeting many ,friends came from most parts of the nation2 and some out of ,scotland1 ,holland1 c41 and very glorious meetings we had1 wherein the ,lord's powerful presence was very largely felt2 and the affairs of truth were sweetly carried on in the unity of the ,spirit1 to the satisfaction and comfort of the upright-hearted2 blessed be the ,lord for ever6 ,after the ,yearly ,meeting1 having stayed a week or two with ,friends in ,london1 ,i went down with ,william ,penn#db to his house in ,,sussex2 ,john ,burnyeat and some other ,friends being with us4 ,as we passed through ,,surrey1 hearing the quarterly meeting was that day1 ,william ,penn1 ,john ,burnyeat1 and ,i1 went from the road to it2 and after the meeting returning to our other company1 went with them to ,william ,penn's that night2 which is forty miles from ,london4 ,i stayed at ,,worminghurst about three weeks2 in which time ,john ,burnyeat and ,i answered a very envious and wicked book1 which ,roger ,williams1 a priest of ,new ,england 7or some colony thereabout7 had written against truth and ,friends4 ,when we had finished that service1 we went with ,stephen ,smith to his house at ,,worplesdon in ,,surrey1 where we had a large meeting4 ,friends thereaway had been exceedingly plundered about two months before on the priest's account2 for they took from ,stephen ,smith five kine 7being all he had7 for about fifty shillings' tithes4 ,thence we went to ,,kingston1 and so to ,,london1 where ,i stayed not long2 for it was upon me from the ,lord to go into ,holland1 to visit ,friends and to preach the gospel there1 and in some parts of ,germany4 ,wherefore setting things in order for my journey as fast as ,i could1 ,i took leave of ,friends at ,london2 and with several other ,friends went down to ,,colchester1 in order to my passage for ,holland4 ,next day1 being ,first-day1 ,i was at the public meeting of ,friends there1 which was very large and peaceable4 ,in the evening ,i had another large one1 but not so public1 at ,john ,furly's house1 where ,i lodged4 ,the day following1 ,i was at the women's meeting there1 which also was very large4 ,thence next day we passed to ,,harwich1 where ,robert ,duncan1 and several other ,friends out of the country came to see us2 and some from ,london came to us there1 that intended to go over with me4 ,the packet in which we were to go not being ready1 we went to the meeting in the town1 and a precious opportunity we had together2 for the ,lord1 according to his wonted goodness1 by his overcoming1 refreshing power1 opened many mouths to declare his everlasting truth1 and to praise and glorify him4 ----- ,footnote #cf3 ,some particulars of the controversy here alluded to1 may be seen in ,barclay's ,works2 also in ,jaffray's ,diary1 p4 #cbh-ccj4 ,the students who were convinced issued a written declaration1 stating the grounds of their change1 which is to be found in ,jaffray's ,diary4 ,footnote #cg3 ,see ,selections from the ,epistles of ,george ,fox1 by ,samuel ,tuke4 ,footnote #ch3 ,thomas ,camm1 of ,camsgill1 in ,westmorland1 was born in #afda1 and had a good education4 ,he was from childhood inclined to be religious1 was early convinced of ,friends' principles1 and after some time called to the work of the ministry4 ,he counted nothing too near or dear to part with for truth's sake1 but left all to follow the ,lord1 and1 with his whole strength and substance1 was given up to serve him4 ,he was an able preacher1 diligent and laborious in the work of the ,lord1 and instrumental to convince and establish many in the way of truth4 ,his doctrine was sound1 and his delivery in the demonstration of that ,divine power which reached the witness of ,god in the hearts of his hearers4 ,great and many were the sufferings he met with and went through1 as1 imprisonments1 spoiling of goods1 mockings and scoffings from those without1 and suffering among false brethren2 in all which1 he stood firm and faithful1 approving himself a true follower of ,jesus ,christ1 suffering joyfully for his name's sake1 who had counted him worthy not only to believe1 but suffer for him4 ,during an illness of some continuance1 many were the weighty expressions that fell from him1 often magnifying the ,lord to the tendering of all hearts present4 ,when grown very weak1 being asked how he felt1 he would say1 8,weak of body1 but strong in the ,lord20 saying also1 8,in ,abraham's bosom there is sweet repose40 ,seeming to be faint1 a friend gave him a little wine1 thinking it might refresh him1 but his stomach could not bear it2 then looking at him he said1 8,thou seest these things will not do2 but one cup of new wine in the heavenly kingdom1 with my dear and blessed ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ1 will make up all40--,for further particulars1 see ,piety ,promoted1 vol4 ii41 p4 #aja-ajh4 ,footnote #ci3 ,john ,taylor was an able minister amongst the early ,friends1 but a very brief account is preserved of his religious labours4 ,he was born in ,huntingdonshire 787 about the year #afch4 ,he embarked on a gospel mission to ,america in #affj1 being then only in the twenty-second year of his age4 ,how long he was occupied there is not stated1 but his religious services were not confined to the ,english settlers4 ,trusting to the never-failing arm of ,divine guidance and protection1 he travelled alone among the ,indian tribes1 and 8had meetings in the woods and wilderness1 to declare the truth to them10 as he remarks1 8and to turn them from darkness to the light of ,christ ,jesus in their own hearts40 ,by these untutored sons of the forest the stripling preacher was 8received with kindness10 and in their wigwams he became a welcome guest4 8,they heard me soberly10 he says1 8and confessed to the truth ,i spoke1 by an interpreter2 and they were loving and kind afterwards to ,friends40 ,on his return from ,america1 ,john ,taylor1 being on gospel service in ,london1 was taken from a meeting and committed to prison4 ,he visited ,america a second time1 and resided some time in ,jamaica1 also in ,barbadoes1 where he became a merchant1 but finally returned to ,england1 and settled at ,york as a sugar refiner4 ,after which1 he was also largely engaged in the ministry in different parts of the nation1 and died in #agjh1 aged about seventy1 a minister about fifty years4 ,john ,taylor is described by a contemporary as 8an able minister of the ,new ,testament2 in the publishing of which1 the ,spirit of ,god and of glory rested upon him1 to the comforting and true refreshment of the churches1 where the ,lord ordered him1 or his lot was cast40 ,footnote #dj3 ,robert ,lodge1 mentioned before1 was of ,masham1 in ,yorkshire1 born about the year #afcf4 ,he was religiously inclined from his youth1 was convinced about #afeh1 and became a valiant gospel minister4 ,he was very serviceable in gathering many out of the ways of the world1 into the way of life1 travelling up and down in the service of his ,lord1 enduring many trials1 exercises1 and imprisonments for his sake4 ,john ,whiting says of him1 8,he was an excellent minister2 he had a fine refreshing testimony1 and an extraordinary gift in prayer4 ,he was instrumental to turn many to righteousness1 and to build them up in the most holy faith4 ,his testimony reached to the witness of ,god in the consciences of many2 and was a consolation to the watering and refreshing many weary souls4 ,he kept his first love and habitation in the truth to the last2 and1 towards his latter end1 laboured much with and for the young generation1 that they might come up in the footsteps of those who were gone before4 ,he was a man of a sweet disposition1 and left a good savour behind him40 ,much might be said of him1 but ,i refer to the ,several ,living ,testimonies given forth by divers ,friends concerning him1 and his ,faithful ,labours and ,travels1 printed in #afia4 ,footnote #da3 ,the above is the last mention of ,leonard ,fell1 whose name has frequently occurred in the progress of this ,journal4 ,very little is known of him but that he was a faithful minister amongst the early ,friends4 ,i feel inclined to insert an anecdote respecting him1 as an instance among others that might be adduced1 of the carrying out of the non-resistant principle4 ,the conduct of several 8,friends0 who1 having 8fallen among thieves10 were1 of course1 precluded from retaliating violence1 even in their own defence1 affords an exemplification of this feature in the ,christian character4 ,leonard ,fell1 when travelling alone1 was attacked by a highwayman1 who demanded his money1 which he gave him2 then he desired to have his horse3 ,leonard dismounted and let him take it4 ,then feeling the power of truth rise in his mind1 he turned to the robber1 and under its authority1 solemnly warned him of the evil of his ways2 but he flying into a passion1 asked the ,friend why he preached to him1 and threatened to blow out his brains4 ,but ,leonard replying to this effect1 8,though ,i would not give my life for my money or my horse1 ,i would give it to save thy soul10 so struck the astonished robber1 that he declared1 if he was such a man as that1 he would take neither his money nor his horse from him2 and1 returning both to the faithful ,friend1 went his way1 leaving ,leonard to the enjoyment of that peace1 attending the honest discharge of his conscience1 to obtain which he had not counted his life dear4 ,the courage and presence of mind exhibited by a true soldier of ,jesus ,christ1 when permitted in the course of ,divine ,providence1 to be cast into straits and trying situations1 is often conspicuous4 ,he not only knows the strength of that preserving arm1 which rules or overrules all circumstances for the good of those that are faithful1 he not only is furnished for all occasions1 and 8out of weakness is made strong10 so as even to 8stop the mouths of lions10 and 8quench the violence of fire0 7,heb4 xi471 but is abundantly furnished with resignation to submit unto the ,lord in all things2 and1 with one who was 8in perils of robbers10 and 8in deaths oft10 he can say1 8,whether we live or die1 we are the ,lord's40 7,rom4 xiv4 #h74--,w4,a4 ,footnote #db3 ,a close intimacy existed between ,william ,penn and ,george ,fox1 which enabled the former to indite so admirable an introduction to these volumes4 ,the name of ,william ,penn occurs frequently in these pages4 ,scarcely any name is more generally known or respected1 by those of other religious persuasions than his2 indeed1 so familiar are most readers with his history1 that it would be superfluous to enter into much relating to him4 ,it may suffice briefly to state that his birth and education were both good2 he being the son of ,admiral ,penn1 who was knighted by ,charles ,,ii2 and became a great favourite with the ,duke of ,york1 afterwards ,james ,,ii4 ,william1 his son1 was born at ,london in #afdd4 ,he imbibed religious impressions as early as his twelfth year4 ,in his fifteenth year he entered a student at ,christ ,church1 ,oxford4 ,on his return home he exhibited a religious seriousness and manner of deportment1 which 7as likely to stand in the way of his worldly preferment7 was so displeasing to his father that he turned him out of doors4 ,ultimately he joined the despised ,quakers1 a step which highly displeased his father the ,admiral2 but he became quite reconciled to him before his death4 ,penn continued to advance in religious growth1 became a minister amongst the ,quakers1 and a considerable writer in defence of their principles1 suffering persecution and imprisonment in consequence4 ,it was whilst he was imprisoned in the ,tower that he wrote that excellent work1 ,no ,cross1 ,no ,crown4 ,the persecution of ,dissenters continuing to rage in ,england1 notwithstanding their repeated applications to parliament for sufferance and protection1 ,william ,penn turned his thoughts towards a settlement in the ,new ,world1 as a place where himself and his friends might enjoy their religious opinions without molestation1 and where an example might be set to the nations of a just and righteous government4 ,he therefore1 in #afha1 obtained a patent from ,charles ,,ii41 for a province in ,north ,america1 in consideration of his father's services1 and of a debt still due to him from the crown4 ,he founded the colony of ,pennsylvania1 and watched it with a paternal eye1 till his death in #agah4 ,its prosperity is a lasting monument of his wisdom as a politician and a legislator4 ,for further particulars the reader is referred to ,clarkson's ,life of ,william ,penn2 a highly interesting work1 and well worthy of perusal4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 #afgg4--;,george ,fox sails for ,holland1 with several other ,friends1 and lands at ,briel--attends the ,quarterly ,meeting at ,amsterdam--writes an epistle to ,friends against the spirit of separation--writes to the ,princess ,elizabeth--her answer--a monthly meeting is established at ,frederickstadt--,friends are imprisoned and banished from ,embden1 and suffer greatly--a ,monthly ,meeting settled at ,harlingen--a priest assents to the doctrine promulgated by ,george ,fox--he is questioned for it by his hearers--,george ,fox writes an epistle to ,friends respecting the seducing spirit--he writes an epistle of encouragement to ,friends under suffering at ,dantzic--and again to ,friends respecting the spirit of separation--spends considerable time at ,amsterdam in writing on ,truth's account--a warning to the magistrates and people of ,oldenburg--an epistle concerning fasts1 prayers1 honour1 persecution1 true liberty1 and the observance of days and times--a warning to the magistrates1 priests1 and people of ,hamburg--to the ambassadors met to effect a treaty of peace in the city of ,nimeguen--completes his travels in ,holland--writes a book addressed to the ,jews4 ,after the meeting at ,harwich we returned to ,john ,vandewall's1 where ,i had lodged2 and when the boat was ready1 taking leave of ,friends1 we that were bound for ,holland1 went on board about nine in the evening1 on the #beth of the #eth ,month1 #afgg4 ,the ,friends that went over with me1 were ,william ,penn1 ,robert ,barclay1 ,george ,keith and his wife1 ,john ,furly and his brother1 ,william ,tallcoat1 ,george ,watts1 and ,isabel ,yeomans1 one of my wife's daughters4 ,about one in the morning we weighed anchor1 having a fair brisk wind1 which by next morning brought us within sight of ,holland4 ,but that day proving very clear and calm we got forward little1 till about four in the afternoon1 when a fresh gale arose1 which carried us within a league of land4 ,then being becalmed again1 we cast anchor for that night1 it being between the hours of nine and ten in the evening3 but ,william ,penn and ,robert ,barclay1 understanding that ,benjamin ,furly was come from ,rotterdam to the ,briel to meet us1 got two of the boatmen to let down a small boat that belonged to the packet1 and row them to shore2 but before they could reach it the gates were shut2 and there being no house without the gates1 they lay in a fisherman's boat all night4 ,as soon as the gates were opened in the morning1 they went in and found ,benjamin ,furly1 with other ,friends of ,rotterdam1 that were come thither to receive us2 and they sent a boat1 with three young men in it1 that lived with ,benjamin ,furly1 who brought us to the ,,briel1 where the ,friends received us with great gladness4 ,we stayed about two hours to refresh ourselves1 and then took boat1 with the ,holland ,friends1 for ,,rotterdam1 where we arrived about eleven that day1 the #bhth of the ,month4 ,i was very well this voyage1 but some of the ,friends were sea-sick4 ,a fine passage we had1 and all came safe and well to land2 blessed and praised be the name of the ,lord for ever6 ,next day1 being ,first-day1 we had two meetings at ,benjamin ,furly's1 where many of the town's-people and some officers came in1 and all were civil4 ,benjamin ,furly or ,john ,claus1 a ,friend of ,amsterdam1 interpreted1 when any ,friend declared4 ,i spent the next day in visiting ,friends there4 ,the day following1 ,william ,penn and ,i1 with other ,friends1 went towards ,amsterdam with some ,friends of that city1 who came to ,rotterdam to conduct us thither4 ,we took boat in the afternoon1 and1 passing by ,,overkirk1 came to ,,delft1 through which we walked on foot2 and then took boat again to ,,leyden1 where we lodged that night at an inn4 ,this is six ,dutch miles from ,rotterdam1 which are eighteen ,english miles1 and five hours' sailing or travelling2 for our boat was drawn by a horse that went on the shore4 ,next day taking boat again1 we went to ,,haarlem1 fourteen miles from ,leyden1 where we had appointed a meeting1 which proved very large2 for many of the townspeople came in1 and two of their preachers4 ,the ,lord gave us a blessed opportunity1 not only with respect to ,friends1 but to other sober people1 and the meeting ended peaceably and well4 ,after it we passed to ,,amsterdam1 accompanied by several ,friends of that city and of ,alkmaar4 ,next day was the quarterly meeting at ,amsterdam1 to which came ,friends from ,haarlem and ,rotterdam1 and with them those of our company1 whom we had left at ,rotterdam1 viz43 ,robert ,barclay1 ,george ,keith and his wife1 c4 ,the meeting was at ,gertrude ,dirick ,nieson's house4 ,a very large and serviceable one it was2 for both ,william ,penn and ,i were drawn to open many things concerning the order of the gospel1 and to show the benefit and service of yearly1 quarterly1 and monthly meetings of men and women4 ,we had another meeting at ,gertrude's the next day1 more public1 and very large1 at which were professors of several sorts1 unto whom the way of life and salvation was largely and livingly opened2 which they hearkened very attentively to1 none making any objection to what was declared4 ,in the afternoon we had another meeting in the same place1 but less1 and more private4 ,the day following we had a meeting of ,friends only1 wherein by joint agreement were settled several meetings2 to wit1 monthly1 quarterly1 and a yearly meeting1 to be held at ,amsterdam for ,friends in all the ,united ,provinces of ,holland1 and in ,embden1 the ,palatinate1 ,hamburg1 ,frederickstadt1 ,dantzic1 and other places in and about ,germany2 which ,friends were glad of1 and it has been of great service to truth4 ,next day an exercise came upon me concerning that deceitful spirit1 which wrought in some to make divisions in the church2 and the care of the churches being upon me1 ,i was moved to write a few lines to warn ,friends of it1 as follows3-- 8,all ,friends1 keep over that spirit of separation and division1 in the peaceable truth1 and in the ,seed of life1 which will wear it all out and outlast it4 ,for the ,lamb will have the victory over all the spirits of strife1 as it hath had since the beginning2 and they will wither1 as others have done2 but all that keep in the ,seed1 which is always green1 shall never wither2 as ,friends have been to this day kept4 ,and if any have backslidden1 and thrown off the cross1 are grown loose and full1 and are gone into strife and contention with their earthly spirits1 and therein plead for a liberty1 this spirit taketh with loose1 earthly spirits1 and cries imposition to such as admonish them to come to the life1 light1 ,spirit1 and power of ,god1 that they may be alive1 and may live again with the living4 ,upon this admonition1 their spirits rise into contention1 strife1 and separation1 turning against the living1 in their loose1 earthly spirits1 which would have the name of truth1 but are not in the nature of it1 but are for eternal judgment of the living ,seed4 ,this is it which doth deceive2 but it is judged by that which doth undeceive and save40 ,g4,f4 ,amsterdam in ,holland1 the #eth of the #fth ,month1 #afgg4 ,this being ,first-day1 we had a very large meeting again1 there coming to it a great concourse of people of different opinions1 as ,baptists1 ,seekers1 ,socinians1 ,brownists1 and some of the collegians4 ,robert ,barclay1 ,george ,keith1 ,william ,penn1 and ,i1 declared the everlasting truth among them2 opening the state of man in the fall1 and showing by what way man and woman may come into the restoration by ,christ ,jesus4 ,indeed1 the mystery of iniquity1 and the mystery of godliness1 were very plainly laid open2 and the meeting ended quietly and well4 ,the day following1 ,george ,keith1 ,robert ,barclay1 and ,william ,penn1 leaving me and some other ,friends at ,amsterdam1 set forward towards ,,germany2 where they travelled many hundred miles1 and had good service for the ,lord2 ,benjamin ,furly going with them and interpreting4 ,that day and the next ,i stayed at ,amsterdam1 visiting ,friends1 and assisting them in some business concerning their meetings4 ,three ,baptists came to discourse with me1 to whom ,i opened things to their satisfaction1 and they parted from me in kindness4 ,i wrote a letter also to the ,princess ,elizabeth1 which ,isabel ,yeomans delivered to her1 when ,george ,keith's wife and she went to visit her3-- 8,,princess ,,elizabeth1 8,i have heard of thy tenderness towards the ,lord and his holy truth1 by some ,friends that have visited thee1 and also by some of thy letters1 which ,i have seen4 ,it is indeed a great thing for a person of thy quality to have such a tender mind after the ,lord and his precious truth1 seeing so many are swallowed up with voluptuousness1 and the pleasures of this world2 yet all make an outward profession of ,god and ,christ one way or other1 but without any deep1 inward sense and feeling of him4 ,for it is not many mighty1 nor wise of the world1 that can become fools for ,christ's sake1 or can become low in the humility of ,christ ,jesus from their mighty state1 through which they might receive a mightier estate1 and a mightier kingdom through the inward ,holy ,spirit--the divine light and power of ,god2 and a mightier wisdom which is from above1 pure and peaceable4 ,this wisdom is above that which is below2 that is earthly1 sensual1 and devilish1 by which men destroy one another1 yea1 about their religions1 ways1 worships1 and churches2 but this they have not from ,god nor ,christ4 ,the wisdom which is from above1 by which all things were made and created1 which the holy fear of ,god in the heart is the beginning of1 keeps the heart clean3 and by this wisdom are all ,god's children to be ordered1 and with it to order all things to ,god's glory4 ,this is the wisdom that is justified of her children4 ,in this fear of ,god and this wisdom1 my desire is1 that thou mayest be preserved to ,god's glory4 ,for the ,lord is come to teach his people himself1 and to set up his ensign1 that the nations may flow unto it4 8,there hath been an apostacy since the apostles' days1 from the divine light of ,christ1 which should have given them #8the light of the knowledge of the glory of ,god in the face of ,christ ,jesus2' and from the ,holy ,spirit1 which would have led them into all truth2 and therefore have people set up so many leaders without them1 to give them knowledge2 and also from the holy and precious faith1 which ,jesus ,christ is the author and finisher of2 which purifies the heart1 and gives victory over that which separates from ,god2 through which faith they have access to ,god1 and in which they please ,god2 the mystery of which is held in a pure conscience4 ,and also from the gospel which was preached in the apostles' days 7which gospel is the power of ,god17 which brings life and immortality to light in man and woman1 by which people should have seen over the devil that has darkened them2 which gospel will preserve all them that receive it1 in life and immortality4 ,for the eyes of people have been after men1 and not after the ,lord1 who writes his law in the hearts1 and puts it into the minds of all the children of the new covenant of light1 life1 and grace1 through which they all come to know the ,lord1 from the least to the greatest2 so that the knowledge of the ,lord may cover the earth1 as the waters do the sea4 8,this work of the ,lord is beginning again1 as it was in the apostles' days4 ,people shall come to receive an unction in them again from the ,holy ,one1 by which they shall know all things1 and shall need not any man to teach them1 but as the anointing doth teach them2 and also to know what the righteousness of faith speaks1 the ,word nigh in the heart and mouth1 to obey it and to do it4 ,this was the ,word of faith the apostles preached2 which is now received and preached again1 and which it is the duty of all true ,christians to receive4 ,now people are coming out of the apostacy to the light of ,christ and his ,spirit1 and to receive faith from him1 and not from men2 to receive the gospel from him their unction from him1 the ,word2 and as they receive him1 they declare him freely1 as his command was to his disciples1 and is still to the learners and receivers of him4 8,for the ,lord ,god and his ,son ,jesus ,christ1 is come to teach his people1 and to bring them from all the world's ways1 to ,christ1 the way1 the truth1 and the life1 who is the way to the ,father2 and from all the world's teachers and speakers1 to him the ,speaker and ,teacher1 as ,heb4 i4 #a42 and from all the world's worshippers1 to worship ,god in the ,spirit and in the truth1 7which the devil1 the destroyer1 is out of27 which worship ,christ set up above sixteen hundred years ago1 when he put down the ,jews' worship at the ,temple at ,jerusalem1 and the worship at the mountain where ,jacob's well was2 to bring people from all the world's religions1 which they have made since the apostles' days1 to the religion that was set up by ,christ and his apostles1 which is pure and undefiled before ,god1 and keeps from the spots of the world2 to bring them out of all the world's churches and fellowships1 made and set up since the apostles' days1 to the church that is in ,god1 the ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 7,thess4 i4 #a17 and to bring to the unity and fellowship in the ,holy ,spirit1 that doth mortify1 circumcise1 and baptize1 to plunge down sin and corruption1 that has got up in man and woman by transgression4 ,in this holy ,spirit there is a holy fellowship and unity2 yea1 it is the bond of the ,prince of princes1 and ,king of kings1 and the ,lord of lords' peace2 which heavenly peace all true ,christians are to maintain with spiritual weapons1 not with carnal4 8,and now1 my friend1 the holy men of ,god wrote the ,scriptures as they were moved by the ,holy ,ghost2 and all ,christendom are on heaps about those ,scriptures1 because they are not led by the same ,holy ,ghost as those were that gave forth the ,scriptures2 which ,holy ,ghost they must come to in themselves1 and be led by1 if they come into all the truth of them1 and to have the comfort of ,god1 of ,christ1 and of them4 ,for none can call ,jesus ,lord1 but by the ,holy ,ghost2 and all that call ,christ ,lord without the ,holy ,ghost1 take his name in vain4 ,likewise all that name his name are to depart from iniquity2 then they name his name with reverence1 in truth and righteousness4 8,o therefore1 feel the grace and truth in thy heart1 that is come by ,jesus ,christ1 that will teach thee how to live1 and what to deny4 ,it will establish thy heart1 season thy words1 and bring thy salvation2 it will be a teacher unto thee at all times4 ,by it thou mayest receive ,christ from whom it comes2 and as many as receive him1 to them he gives power1 not only to stand against sin and evil1 but to become the sons of ,god2 if sons1 then heirs of a life1 a world1 and kingdom1 without end1 and of the eternal riches and treasures thereof4 ,so in haste1 with my love in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who tasted death for every man1 and bruises the serpent's head1 who is between man and ,god1 that through ,christ man may come to ,god again1 and praise him through ,jesus ,christ1 the ,amen2 who is the spiritual and heavenly rock and foundation for all ,god's people to build upon1 to the praise and glory of ,god1 who is over all1 blessed for evermore40 ,,george ,,fox4 ,amsterdam1 the #gth of the #fth ,month1 #afgg4 8,postscript4--,the bearer hereof is a daughter-in-law of mine1 that comes with ,gertrude ,dirick ,nieson and ,george ,keith's wife1 to visit thee40 ,g4,f4 ,the ,princess ,elizabeth's answer4 8,,dear ,,friend1 8,i cannot but have a tender love to those that love the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and to whom it is given1 not only to believe in him1 but also to suffer for him2 therefore your letter and your friends' visit have been both very welcome to me4 ,i shall follow their and your counsel as far as ,god will afford me light and unction2 remaining still your loving friend1 ,,elizabeth40#dc ,herford1 the #cjth of ,august1 #afgg4 ,next day ,john ,claus and ,i took a boat and passed to ,,buyckslote1 thence to ,,purmerend1 where having refreshed ourselves1 we went by waggon to ,,alkmaar1 about thirty miles from ,amsterdam4 ,we went to a ,friend's house there1 whose name was ,william ,williams1 where ,i had a meeting that night4 ,i had another next day1 which was larger2 for several professors came1 and all was quiet and well4 ,after the meeting1 ,i visited some ,friends2 and then1 taking boat1 passed to ,,hoorn1 which is counted the chief city in ,north ,holland4 ,we lodged at an inn2 and1 taking waggon early next morning1 passed to ,,enckhuysen1 where we took ship for ,,friesland2 and landing in the afternoon at ,,workum1 took waggon and rode upon the high bank of the ,friezen ,seas1 till we met two ,friends coming with a waggon to meet us2 with whom 7discharging our waggon at ,mackum1 a village hard by17 we went to ,,harlingen1 the chief seaport town in ,friesland4 ,we went to ,hessel ,jacobs'1 whither several ,friends came to visit us that night4 ,next day we visited the ,friends of the place2 and ,i wrote a paper1 8,to all them that persecute ,friends for not observing their fast-day40 ,the day following being ,first-day1 ,friends had a meeting there1 to which we went1 and many professors came to it4 ,i declared the everlasting gospel amongst them1 ,john ,claus interpreting4 ,they were all very civil1 and heard attentively2 and when it was done1 departed peaceably1 without making any opposition4 ,after meeting ,i went to ,hessel ,jacobs' again1 whither after a while came a ,calvinist to ask me some questions1 which ,i answered to his satisfaction2 and he departed friendly4 ,soon after he was gone1 a preacher of the collegians came to discourse with me1 who seemed well satisfied also1 and we parted lovingly4 ,that evening ,i had another meeting with the ,friends there1 and next morning1 when we had taken our leave of them1 we passed to ,,leeuwarden1 the chief city in ,,friesland1 and lodged that night at a ,friend's house there1 whose name was ,sybrand ,dowes4 ,next morning early1 taking boat1 we passed to ,,dockum1 and walking through the city1 took boat again to ,,strobus1 which is the utmost part of ,friesland4 ,there we baited at a commissary's house2 and then taking boat again1 passed to ,,groningen1 the chief city of the province of ,groningland4 ,one of the magistrates of that city came with us from ,leeuwarden1 with whom ,i had some discourse on the way1 and he was very loving4 ,we walked nearly two miles through the city1 and then took boat for ,delfziel2 and passing in the evening through a town called ,,appingdalem1 where had been a great horse-fair that day2 there came many officers rushing into the boat1 and being somewhat in drink1 they were very rude4 ,i spoke to them1 exhorting them to 8fear the ,lord1 and beware of ,solomon's vanities40 ,they were boisterous fellows2 yet somewhat more civil afterwards4 ,we landed at ,,delfziel about ten at night1 having travelled about fifty ,english miles that day4 ,we went to an inn to lodge1 and as we passed through the guards1 they examined ,john ,claus1 whether ,i was not a militia soldier2 and when he had told them ,i was not1 they let us pass peaceably4 ,,delfziel stands on the river ,ems1 over which we passed next day to ,,embden1 a place where ,friends had been cruelly persecuted1 and from which they had been often banished4 ,i went to an inn1 where ,i dined with some men that understood ,english1 with whom ,i had a fine time1 and they were loving4 ,meanwhile ,john ,claus went with his wife to her father's1 in ,embden2 whither1 after ,i had dined1 ,i went also1 understanding the old man was desirous to see me4 ,in the afternoon ,john ,claus and ,i walked through the city to the place where the waggon1 which he had hired1 was to meet us2 and while we waited for it1 the ,friends that were in the city came to the house where we were1 and we had a little meeting4 ,when it was over1 and the waggon came not1 we sent to know the reason4 ,the master of it sent us word1 that he durst not let it go2 for the bishop of ,munster's soldiers were up in the country1 and he was afraid they would take away his horses4 ,so being disappointed of our passage1 we returned to ,john ,claus's father-in-law's house1 where ,i left him1 and went to my inn at night4 ,we took shipping next day1 and passed about fifteen miles upon the river ,ems1 to a market-town in ,east-,friesland1 called ,,leer1 where lived a ,friend that had been banished from ,embden4 ,when we had visited him1 we hired a waggon in that town1 and passed to a garrisoned town1 called ,,strikehuysen1 where the guards examined us2 and then went on to ,,deteren1 where1 hiring another waggon1 we passed to another garrisoned town1 where we were very strictly examined4 ,thence we passed to ,,apen1 where we lodged that night4 ,in our travelling this day1 we met the ,earl of ,oldenburg1 going to the treaty of peace at ,lembachie4 ,next day1 we passed by waggon to ,,oldenburg1 lately a great and famous place1 but then burnt down1 and but few houses left standing in it4 ,at this place we hired another waggon1 and went to ,,delmenhorst2 where1 after we had been examined by the guards1 we went to a burgher-master's to lodge1 whose house was an inn4 ,there being many people ,i declared the way of truth to him and them1 warning them of the day of the ,lord that was coming upon all evil-doers4 ,we passed next day by waggon to ,,bremen1 a stately city in ,,germany2 and thence1 after a double examination1 we went to a water called ,,overdeland1 and there took boat to ,,fisherholder2 where1 finding many people together1 ,i declared the way of ,god to them1 and exhorted them to fear the ,lord4 ,there we took waggon again1 and travelled in the bishop of ,munster's country to ,,closterseven2 and1 having no inclination to stay there1 got fresh horses1 intending to travel all night4 ,we went a little way1 but it quickly grew so dark1 and rained so hard1 that we thought it best to turn back again2 for our waggon being open1 we had no defence against the rain1 and our clothes were already wet with what had fallen for several days before4 ,so we went to an inn1 and got a little fresh straw1 upon which we lay till about break of day2 and then set out and travelled to ,,buxtehude4 ,the people in the bishop of ,munster's country were very dark4 ,as we passed amongst them1 ,i preached truth to them1 warning them of the great and notable day of the ,lord2 and exhorting them to soberness1 and to mind the good ,spirit of ,god in themselves4 ,it was on a ,first-day that we went through ,buxtehude2 and without the walls there was a great fair of sheep and geese that day4 ,we stayed a little to refresh ourselves1 and went on as fast as we could to ,,hamburg1 partly by waggon1 and partly by water4 ,we reached the city in time enough to get a meeting there that evening2 and a good and glorious one it was4 ,there were at it1 amongst others1 a ,baptist teacher and his wife1 and a great man of ,sweden and his wife2 and all was quiet1 blessed be the ,lord1 whose power was exalted over all4 ,yet a dark1 hard place this is1 and the people are much shut up from truth4 ,at ,hamburg was a woman that had spoken against me in ,john ,perrott's time1 though she had never seen me till now4 ,she had been troubled for it ever since1 and now was glad of an opportunity to acknowledge her fault2 which she very readily did1 and ,i as readily and freely forgave her4 ,we stayed that night at ,hamburg1 encouraging and strengthening the ,friends there in their testimony to the truth2 and betimes next morning set forward towards ,frederickstadt1 two long days' journey from ,hamburg4 ,we went the first day to ,,elmshorn1 where we baited2 and then rode on through a garrison-town of the king of ,denmark's2 and passing by the monument of the ,earl of ,rantzow1 came to the city of ,,itzehoe1 where we lodged that night4 ,i had some service in the evening among the people in the inn1 whom ,i exhorted to soberness1 and to live in the fear of the ,lord4 ,next morning we travelled to ,,hoghenhorn1 where we dined at an inn with one of the council of ,frederickstadt2 to whom1 and to the rest of the people present1 ,i declared the truth1 with which they seemed to be affected4 ,then travelling on1 we came to a river called ,eyder1 where we took boat and so went to ,,frederickstadt1 to ,william ,paul's1 where several ,friends came to us1 for there is a pretty company of ,friends in that city4 ,we had a fine refreshing meeting together that evening1 which made us forget our weariness2 for we were indeed very weary1 having travelled hard two days1 and being wet through our clothes1 having had much rain in our open waggons4 ,but the ,lord made all easy and good to us2 and we were well1 and glad to see ,friends2 blessed be his holy name for ever6 ,this city is in the ,duke of ,holstein's country1 who would have banished ,friends out of the city and country1 and sent to the magistrates of the city to do it2 but they said1 they would lay down their offices rather than do it2 inasmuch as ,friends came to that city to enjoy liberty of conscience4 ,friends still enjoy their liberty there1 and truth and they are of good report amongst the people1 both in city and country4 ,on ,first-day ,i had a meeting here1 to which many people came1 and some rough spirits2 but the power of the ,lord bound them down1 and the ,seed of life was set over all4 ,while ,i was here ,i had a discourse with a ,jew that was a ,levite1 concerning the coming of the ,messiah1 and he was much confounded in what he said2 yet he carried himself lovingly1 and invited me to his house4 ,i went1 and there ,i discoursed with another ,jew1 who showed me their ,talmud and many other ,jewish books2 but they are very dark1 and do not understand their own prophets4 ,there was at this city a ,baptist teacher1 who had reproached and belied ,friends2 wherefore ,john ,claus went with two ,friends of the town1 to the house where he lodged1 and cleared truth and ,friends from his reproaches2 and laid his lies and slanders upon his own head1 to his shame4 ,before we left this place ,i had another meeting with the ,friends only1 wherein ,i laid before them the usefulness and benefit of a monthly meeting1 for looking after the poor1 and taking care that marriages1 and all other things relating to the church1 were performed in an orderly manner4 ,the thing answered the witness of ,god in their consciences1 so that they readily agreed to have monthly meetings thence-forward among themselves1 that both men and women might take care of the outward concerns of the church4 ,after this meeting1 feeling my spirit clear of that place1 we took leave of ,friends there1 whom we left in good order1 and turned back again for ,hamburg4 ,when we had travelled one day's journey1 and were come to an inn at night to lodge1 ,i enquired whether there were any tender people in the town that feared ,god1 or that had a mind to discourse of the things of ,god8 ,the innkeeper told me there were few such in that town4 ,next night we got to ,,hamburg2 and having passed the guards1 went to a ,friend's house1 being very weary2 for we had been up those two mornings before three o'clock1 and had travelled each day hard and late4 ,here we met with ,john ,hill1 an ,english ,friend1 who had been travelling in ,germany1 and being in a ship bound for ,amsterdam1 that waited for a wind1 he had lain sick on board about two weeks4 ,hearing ,i was in the country1 he left the ship and came hither to meet me1 and go along with me4 ,the day after we came to ,hamburg we had a very good meeting1 and very peaceable4 ,after it ,i had discourse with a ,swede1 an eminent man in his own country2 who1 having been banished thence on the account of his religion1 was come to ,hamburg1 and was at the meeting ,i had there before4 ,when ,i had done with him1 ,i had another discourse with a ,baptist concerning the sacraments1 so called2 in both which ,i had good service1 having opportunity thereby to open truth unto them4 ,being clear of ,hamburg1 we took leave of ,friends there1 whom we left well2 and taking ,john ,hill with us1 passed by boat to a city in the ,duke of ,,luneberg',s country2 where1 after we were examined by the guards1 we were had to the main-guard1 and there examined more strictly2 but after they found we were not soldiers1 they were civil1 and let us pass4 ,in the afternoon we travelled by waggon1 and the waters being much out1 by reason of heavy rains1 when it drew towards night1 we hired a boy on the way to guide us through a great water we had to pass4 ,when we came to it1 the water was so deep before we could come at the bridge1 that the waggoner had to wade1 and ,i drove the waggon4 ,when we were come on the bridge1 the horses broke part of it down1 and one of them fell into the water1 the waggon standing upon that part of the bridge which remained unbroken2 and it was the ,lord's mercy to us that the waggon did not run into the brook4 ,when they had got the horse out1 he lay a while as if dead2 but at length they got him up1 put him to the waggon again1 and laid the planks right2 and then1 through the goodness of the ,lord to us1 we got safely over4 ,after this we came to another water1 which finding to be very deep1 and it being in the night1 we hired two men to help us through1 who put cords to the waggon to hold it by1 that the force of the water might not drive it from the way4 ,but when we came into it1 the stream was so strong1 that it took one of the horses off his legs1 and was carrying him down the stream4 ,i called to the waggoner to pluck him to him by his reins1 which he did1 and the horse recovered his legs1 and with much difficulty we got over the bridge1 and went to ,,bormer-,,haven1 the town where the waggoner lived4 ,it was the last day of the #fth month that we escaped these dangers2 and it being about eleven at night when we came in here1 we got some fresh straw and lay upon it1 till about four in the morning4 ,then getting up1 we set forward again towards ,bremen1 by waggon and boat4 ,on the way ,i had good opportunities to publish truth among the people1 especially at a market-town1 where we stayed to change our passage2 where ,i declared the truth to the people1 warning them of the day of the ,lord1 that was coming upon all flesh2 and exhorting them to righteousness1 telling them1 8that ,god was come to teach his people himself10 and that they should turn to the ,lord1 and hearken to the teachings of his ,spirit in their own hearts4 ,at ,,bremen1 after we were examined1 we went to an inn1 and stayed till another waggon was provided to carry us further4 ,though ,i felt the ,lord's power was over the city1 and kept the wicked and unruly spirits down1 yet my spirit suffered much in this place for the people's sake4 ,when our waggon was ready1 we left ,bremen and travelled to ,,keby1 where we lodged at an inn1 and early next morning set out for ,,oldenburg4 ,it was a lamentable sight to see so great and brave a city burnt down4 ,we went to an inn1 and though it was ,first-day1 the soldiers were drinking1 and playing at shovel-board2 and at the few houses that were left1 the shops were open1 and the people trading one with another4 ,i was moved to declare the truth among them1 and warn them of the judgments of ,god2 and though they heard me quietly1 and were civil1 yet ,i was burdened with their wickedness4 ,many times in mornings1 noons1 and nights1 at the inns and on the ways as ,i travelled1 ,i spoke to the people1 preaching the truth to them1 warning them of the day of the ,lord1 and exhorting them to turn to the light and ,spirit of ,god in themselves1 that thereby they might be led out of evil4 ,next day1 passing through many great waters1 we came at night to ,,leer1 and the day following to ,,embden1 where ,john ,claus's wife's father lived2 at whose house1 when we went into ,germany1 we left a young man sick1 who travelled with me1 and used to write for me2 whom now we found pretty well recovered4 ,john ,claus went to his father-in-law's2 ,john ,hill and ,i to an inn1 where we dined4 ,after dinner we went also to ,john ,claus's father's1 and had a good meeting there in the evening4 ,the day following we took shipping at ,embden1 passed to ,,delfziel1 and went to an inn1 where a ,friend came to us that then lived there1 having been often banished from ,embden2 he was a goldsmith1 and had a house and shop in ,embden2 and still as they banished him1 he went again4 ,then they imprisoned him1 and fed him with bread and water2 and at length took his goods from him1 and banished him1 his wife1 and children1 leaving them neither place to come to1 nor anything to subsist on4 ,we comforted and encouraged him in the ,lord1 exhorting him to be faithful1 and stand stedfast in the testimony committed to him4 ,when we had taken leave of him1 we took boat1 and passed the same day to ,,groningen1 where we met with ,cornelius ,andries1 a ,friend that had also suffered much by imprisonment and banishment at ,embden4 ,we went with him to his house1 and next day had a good meeting in that city1 to which several professors came1 who were very peaceable and attentive4 ,after meeting we passed by boat to ,,strobus1 and so to ,,dockum1 where we lodged at an inn4 ,taking boat again next morning we passed to ,,leeuwarden1 the chief city of ,friesland1 where ,i found my daughter ,yeomans1 who was come from ,amsterdam to meet me4 ,that day we had a precious meeting at ,sybrand ,dowes's house4 ,after the meeting ,i had discourse with some that were at it1 who had been formerly convinced of truth1 but were not come into obedience to it4 ,we stayed there that night2 but ,john ,hill left us and went that day to ,harlingen1 and so to ,amsterdam4 ,next day we passed down the river to the lake of ,,hempen-,,sarmer1 and thence by the lake ,,lugmer1 and so to a town called ,,anderigo2 whence sailing through the lake ,,whispool1 we came to ,,gardick within night4 ,we lodged at an inn2 and next day being ,first-day1 we were at ,friends' meeting there1 which was very large1 many of the town's-people coming in2 amongst whom ,i declared the truth1 in the power of the ,lord that was upon me1 which tendered the people1 and they were very sober4 ,after it we stayed a little while to refresh ourselves1 and then went to take boat again2 but the people observing us1 gathered together at a bridge1 which we were to pass2 and there ,i spoke unto them again1 declaring the way of life and salvation2 and they were very attentive and civil4 ,we went back that evening to ,,leeuwarden1 twenty-seven miles2 but before we could reach it1 the gates were shut1 and the bridges drawn up1 so that we could not get into the city1 but lay in the boat all night4 ,next morning1 there having been a man killed in the city that night1 it was late before the gates were opened4 ,when we could get in1 we went to a ,friend's house1 where we stayed a while2 then taking boat again1 we passed through ,,franeker to ,,harlingen1 to ,hessel ,jacobs's1 where we found several ,dutch ,friends1 who were come to be at the meeting there next day4 ,in the evening ,william ,penn came to us from ,amsterdam2 who having returned two or three days before out of ,germany1 had been at a large meeting at ,amsterdam on ,first-day2 and after it1 understanding ,i was at ,harlingen1 he came thither to me4 ,the next day was the monthly meeting for the men and women1 to which we went2 it was large and good4 ,and there it was agreed1 that 8a meeting should be held there once a month1 both for the men and for the women1 to take care of the outward concerns of the church40 ,in the afternoon we had a public meeting1 to which came people of several sorts1 ,socinians1 ,baptists1 ,lutherans1 c41 amongst whom were a doctor of physic and a priest4 ,after ,i had declared the truth pretty largely to the people1 opening the happy state that man and woman were in1 whilst they kept under ,god's teaching1 and abode in the ,paradise of ,god2 and on the other hand1 the woe and misery that came upon them when they went from ,god's teaching1 hearkening to the ,serpent's--when they transgressed ,god's command1 and were driven out of ,paradise2 and then came to set forth the way1 whereby man and woman might come into that happy state again--the priest1 an ancient1 grave man1 stood up1 just as ,i had done speaking1 and putting off his hat1 said1 8,i pray ,god to prosper and confirm that doctrine1 for it is truth1 and ,i have nothing against it40 ,he would willingly have stayed till the meeting ended1 but having to preach that evening1 he could not stay longer1 the time for his own worship being come4 ,wherefore when he had made confession to the truth1 he hastened away1 that he might come again2 and did come1 it seems1 to the meeting-place1 but the meeting was ended first4 ,after meeting we went to ,hessel ,jacobs's1 where ,i had a meeting with ,friends1 and the doctor of physic came thither to discourse with ,william ,penn1 who had a good opportunity to open the truth to him4 ,by this doctor the priest sent his love to me1 wishing him to tell me1 that he had left preaching that evening half an hour sooner than he used to do1 that he might come to our meeting again1 to hear more of that good doctrine4 ,i heard afterwards that his hearers questioned him1 for what he had said in our meeting2 and that1 he standing by his words1 they had complained of him for it to the other priests of the city1 who called him to account about it2 but the result ,i could not learn4 ,early next morning ,william ,penn1 taking ,john ,claus with him1 passed from ,harlingen to ,leeuwarden1 where he had appointed a meeting2 intending after that1 to travel into some other parts of ,germany1 to visit a tender people there4 ,i with those ,friends that were with me1 took ship the same day for ,,amsterdam1 where we arrived a little after midnight1 but the gates being shut1 we lay on board till morning2 then went to ,gertrude ,dirick ,nieson's1 where many ,friends came to see us1 being glad of our safe return4 ,next day1 feeling a concern upon my mind1 with relation to those seducing spirits that made division among ,friends1 and being sensible that they endeavoured to insinuate themselves into the affectionate part1 ,i was moved to write a few lines to ,friends concerning them1 as follows3-- 8,all these that set up themselves in the affections of the people1 set up themselves1 and the affections of the people1 and not ,christ4 ,but ,friends1 your peaceable habitation in the truth1 which is everlasting1 and changes not1 will outlast all the habitations of those that are out of the truth1 be they ever so full of words4 ,so they that are so keen for ,j4,s4 and ,j4,w4 let them take them1 and the separation2 and you1 that have given your testimony against that spirit1 stand in your testimony1 till they answer by condemnation4 ,do not strive1 nor make bargains with that which is out of the truth2 nor save that alive to be a sacrifice for ,god1 which should be slain1 lest you lose your kingdom40 ,g4 ,f4 ,amsterdam1 the #adth of the #gth ,month1 #afgg4 ,on the ,first-day following1 ,i was at ,friends' meeting at ,amsterdam1 to which many people came1 and were very civil and attentive1 hearing truth declared several hours4 ,john ,roeloffs interpreted for me4 ,before this time1 several of the ,friends that came over with me1 were returned to ,england1 as ,robert ,barclay1#dd ,george ,keith's wife1 and others2 and now my daughter ,yeomans went back also2 so that ,i was left alone at ,amsterdam4 ,while ,i was there1 it came upon me to visit my suffering ,friends at ,dantzic with a few lines1 to encourage and strengthen them in their sufferings1 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,to whom is my love in the ,lord's truth1 that is over all1 and by which all ,god's people are made free men and women1 being thereby set free from him that is out of the truth2 that walking in the truth1 they may answer the witness of ,god in all people2 which truth all must come to if they be made free4 ,therefore be faithful unto what the ,lord makes known unto you4 ,i am glad the ,lord hath witnesses in that city1 to stand for his glory and name1 and for ,christ ,jesus1 the great ,prophet1 whom ,god hath raised up1 who is to be heard in all things2 so that ye need none of the prophets1 which men have raised up4 ,therefore1 stand faithful to ,christ ,jesus1 your ,shepherd1 that he may feed you2 hear his voice1 and follow him1 who laid down his life for you3 but follow none of the shepherds and hirelings1 that are made by men1 though they be angry1 because you will not follow them to their dry and barren mountains2 who have been1 and are the thieves1 persecutors1 and robbers1 that climb up another way1 than by ,christ4 ,set up ,christ to be your ,counsellor and ,leader1 and then1 ye will have no need of any of the counsellors and leaders of the world2 for ,christ is sufficient1 whom ,god has given you4 ,set up ,christ ,jesus to be your ,bishop and ,overseer1 who is sufficient to oversee you1 that ye go not astray from ,god2 by which ye may see over all the hireling-overseers made by men1 who keep the people that they do not go astray from the rudiments and formalities1 fashions and customs of the world2 which hath been and is their work4 ,i am glad ye are come to own ,christ ,jesus1 your ,high ,priest1 who is holy1 harmless1 separate from sinners1 and made higher than the heavens1 as the church and the apostle owned him in their days1 ,heb4 vii41 who is the ,high-,priest over the household of faith2 which faith1 ,jesus ,christ is the author and finisher of3 and this do all the children of the new covenant witness1 who walk in the new and living way4 8,therefore my desire is1 that ye all may be steadfast1 whether in bonds or out1 in the faith of ,christ ,jesus1 which is the gift of ,god2 by which faith all the valiants overcame the devil and all their enemies2 in which faith they had victory and access to ,god2 and in that was their unity3 which mystery of faith is held in a pure conscience1 hidden from the world4 ,i do believe that your imprisonments and sufferings in that place will be for good in the end1 as it hath been in other places1 ye standing faithful to the ,lord who is all-sufficient4 ,for your sufferings and trials will try their teachers and religions1 churches and worships1 and make manifest what birth they are of2 even that which persecutes him that is born of the ,spirit3 for ye know that there is no salvation by any other name under the whole heaven1 than by the name of ,jesus2 therefore it is time to leave them1 when there is no salvation by or in any of them4 8,now1 ,friends1 ,i desire that you would take a list of the names of all those that belong to the king of ,poland1 and where they live1 and how ye may send books or epistles to them1 and keep a correspondence with them3 also the name of the bishop or cardinal that ,i heard was with you2 and if ye can1 get any of them that belong to the king to come and visit the prisoners1 that they may inform the king of their cruel sufferings4 ,also ,i desire you to get as many books of mine as you can dispose of1 that set forth your sufferings1 and the cruelty of the magistrates of ,dantzic2 and give them to the king1 his council1 attendants1 and bishops4 ,and some of the women may speak to the queen1 if they can1 that she may signify to the king their cruel sufferings2 and especially some of the sufferers' wives1 if there be any of a capacity to do it4 ,you may likewise give his attendants any other ,friends' books2 what books ye lack1 send for to ,amsterdam1 where ye may be furnished with them1 to answer every tender desirer1 and inquiring mind after the ,lord4 ,so let your minds be bended with the ,lord's power1 to spread his truth abroad2 and where ye hear of any1 or have any correspondence in outward trading with any sober people1 far or near1 send them books1 that their understandings may be opened after the ,lord4 8,the ,lord ,god ,almighty preserve you6 ,to his protection1 in his eternal power1 do ,i commend you all1 in bonds or at liberty1 with my love to you in the everlasting ,seed of ,god1 ,christ ,jesus1 who bruises the head of the serpent that makes you suffer4 ,christ is over him1 and will be when he is gone2 who is ,first and ,last1 over all1 from everlasting to everlasting1 in whom ye have life1 knowledge1 wisdom1 and salvation2 and through him live to the praise and glory of ,god1 who is blessed for evermore4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,amsterdam1 the #ahth of the #gth ,month1 #afgg1 ,english style4 ,next day1 the fourth of the week and #aith of the month1 ,i had a large meeting at ,amsterdam1 many professors being at it2 and truth was largely opened to them1 in the demonstration of the heavenly power4 ,the day following ,i went by boat from ,amsterdam1 many ,friends going with me1 to ,,landsmeer in ,waterland 7a town in which1 they say1 there are above a hundred bridges17 where ,i had a very good meeting1 to which several professors came4 ,after it ,i returned with ,friends to ,,amsterdam1 where ,i stayed till the ,first-day following1 and went to their meeting1 which was large4 ,many professors of several sorts were at it1 and heard the truth declared with great attention4 ,i tarried there next day1 and in the night following had a great exercise upon my spirit concerning that loose spirit1 that was run out into strife and contention among ,friends1 and had drawn some after it into division and separation2 the way1 work1 and end whereof the ,lord opened to me3 wherefore feeling the motion of life upon me1 ,i got up in the morning and wrote the following epistle to ,friends3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends1 8,keep your first love in the truth1 power1 and ,seed of life in ,christ ,jesus2 for this last night1 as ,i was lying in my bed at ,amsterdam1 ,i had a great travail in the holy ,seed of life and peace1 and my spirit was troubled with that spirit of strife and separation4 ,i saw it was a destroying spirit1 and did seek not only to get over the ,seed1 but to destroy it1 and to eat out the minds of people from it by strife and contention2 and1 under pretence of standing for the ancient truth1 its work is to root it out1 and destroy the appearance of it1 to set up itself4 ,it is a creeping spirit1 seeking whom it can get into2 and what it cannot do itself1 it stirreth up others to do1 and setteth their spirit afloat1 with the dark wisdom to destroy the simple4 ,this spirit is managed by the prince of the air1 and leadeth some to do things which they would have been ashamed to have done as men1 which doth unman them2 and they would not have suffered them if they had kept to the tender principle of ,god1 which leadeth to peace4 ,it is a despising1 backbiting1 secret-whispering spirit1 a sower of dissension1 and a taker of advantage of all prejudiced spirits1 that are disobedient to their first principle1 and love of truth1 and begetteth into hatred2 so it begetteth all into that spirit1 whose work is to destroy both the good within1 and the good order without4 ,nay1 it would1 if it could1 destroy the government of ,christ1 and the order of the gospel1 to set up its own will and spirit1 which is not of ,god2 and1 under pretence of crying down man1 is setting up man1 and gathering into a separation of disobedient men1 who float above their conditions4 ,this spirit which neither liveth in the truth nor its order1 but opposeth them that do1 ,i cannot express it1 as ,i see it and its work1 whose end will be accordingly4 8,therefore1 ,friends1 ,i am to warn you all1 that have not lost your simplicity1 not to touch it1 nor to have any unity with it1 lest you be defiled1 and lose your conditions of your eternal estate and everlasting portion2 and that your inward man1 which is after ,god1 may be preserved1 and ,christ may reign in all your hearts4 ,it will be very hard for those that are joined with them1 ever to come down to truth in themselves1 to see their own conditions1 and to have that spirit of strife and contention 7which eateth as a canker7 brought down in them2 which is carnal and slayeth the tender babe1 which was once begotten in themselves4 ,the ,philistine is got up in them1 that stoppeth the wells and springs1 maketh a great bustle1 and is crying up men1 and pleading for them instead of ,christ4 ,so1 ,friends1 strive not with them1 but let those take them that cry them up4 ,keep you to the ,lord ,jesus ,christ with his light1 that cometh from him1 that he may be your ,lord2 and ye in him may be all in unity1 in one light1 life1 power1 and dominion1 in ,christ1 your head4 ,the ,god of peace and power preserve you all in ,christ ,jesus1 your ,saviour2 and out of and from that mischievous spirit1 which is idle and slothful as to the work of the power1 and ,spirit1 and light of ,god and ,christ4 ,its very act worketh strife and disturbance against the peace of the church of ,christ4 ,it thinks in its wilfulness1 stubbornness1 and unruliness1 to set up itself1 and in that to have peace2 but destruction will be the end of it1 and it is sealed for the fire and eternal judgment4 ,therefore1 let ,christ1 the ,seed1 be the head and crown of every one of you1 that nothing may be between you and the ,lord ,god4 ,be not deceived with vain1 feigned1 or rough words2 for ,satan is transforming himself1 as an angel of light1 to deceive2 but ,god's foundation standeth sure1 and ,god knoweth who are his1 and will preserve them upon the rock and foundation of life1 in his peaceable truth and habitation1 that in the same they may grow4 ,keep out of strife and contention with it1 after ye have borne your testimony in the ,lord's power and truth against it1 then keep in the truth2 for it hath a life in scribbling1 strife and jangling1 and would bring others into its misery with the airy power1 and would get power over the good1 disjoin people from it1 and so commit rapes upon the simplicity by its subtilty4 ,but ,i do believe the ,lord will defend his people1 though he may try them and exercise them with this spirit for a time1 as he hath done in days past1 in other vessels it hath made use of1 as it doth of these now2 who have a more seeming fair outside1 but foul1 rough1 and rugged enough within1 against the ,seed1 ,christ1 as ever were the ,pharisees to destroy it4 ,they1 under a pretence of preaching ,christ1 are destroyers and crucifiers of him1 and killers of the just1 not only in themselves1 but are endeavouring with all their might1 to destroy it in others1 where it is born4 ,pharaoh and ,herod slay the young ,jews in the ,spirit1 as the old did2 ,i feel it worrying them4 ,that is got up to be king which knew not suffering ,joseph4 ,but ,god will plague him1 and the ,seed will have more rest1 and be better entertained in ,egypt1 than under ,herod1 into whom old ,pharaoh's spirit is entered4 8,he that hath an ear to hear1 let him hear3 and an eye to see1 let him see1 how this spirit hath transformed in all ages against the just and righteous2 but mark1 what hath been its end8 ,the ,seed reigneth2 glory to the ,lord ,god over all for ever6 ,his truth spreadeth1 and ,friends here are in unity and peace1 and of good report1 answering the good1 or that of ,god in people4 ,my desires are1 that all ,god's people may do the same in all places1 that the ,lord may be glorified in their bringing forth much fruit that is heavenly and spiritual4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,amsterdam1 the #beth of the #gth ,month1 #afgg4 ,after ,i had given forth the foregoing epistle1 whereby my spirit was in some measure eased of the weight that lay upon it1 ,i went in the afternoon to the monthly meeting of ,friends at ,amsterdam1 where the ,lord was present with us1 and refreshed our spirits together in himself4 ,i had thought to go next day to ,haarlem2 but a fast being appointed to be kept that day1 ,i was stopped in my spirit1 and moved to stay at ,friends' meeting that day at ,amsterdam4 ,we had a very large meeting1 a great concourse of people coming to it1 and amongst them many great persons4 ,the ,lord's power was over the meeting2 and in the openings thereof ,i was moved to declare to the people1 8that no man1 by all his wit and study1 nor by reading history in his own will1 could declare or know the generation of ,christ1 who was1 not begotten by the will of man1 but by the will of ,god40 ,after ,i had largely opened this unto them1 8,i showed them the difference between the true fast and the false2 manifesting1 that the professed ,christians1 ,jews1 and ,turks1 were out of the true fast1 and fasted for strife and debate1 being under the band and fists of iniquity and oppression1 wherewith they were smiting one another2 but the pure hands were not lifted up to ,god4 ,and though they did all appear to men to fast1 and did hang down their heads for a day like a bulrush1 yet that was not the fast which ,god did accept2 but in that state all their bones were dry1 and when they called upon the ,lord1 he did not answer them1 neither did their health grow2 for they kept their own fast and not the ,lord's4 ,i exhorted them to keep the ,lord's fast1 which was to fast from sin and iniquity1 from strife and debate1 from violence and oppression1 and to abstain from every appearance of evil40 ,these things were opened to the astonishment of the fasters2 and the meeting ended peaceably and well4 ,i went to ,,haarlem the day following1 having before appointed a meeting4 ,peter ,hendricks and ,gertrude ,dirick ,nieson went with me2 and a blessed meeting we had4 ,there were professors of several sorts1 and a priest of the ,lutherans1 who sat very attentive for several hours1 while ,i declared the truth amongst them1 ,gertrude interpreting4 ,when the meeting was done1 the priest said1 8he had heard nothing but what was according to the ,word of ,god2 and desired that the blessing of the ,lord might rest upon us1 and our assemblies40 ,others also confessed to the truth1 saying1 8they had never heard things so plainly opened to their understandings before40 ,we stayed that night at ,haarlem at a ,friend's house1 whose name was ,dirick ,klassen2 and1 returning next day to ,,amsterdam1 went to ,gertrude's house2 where we had not been long1 before a priest of great note1 who had formerly belonged to the ,emperor of ,germany1 and with him another ,german priest came1 desiring to have some conference with me4 ,i took the opportunity to declare the way of truth unto them1 opening unto them 8how they might come to know ,god and ,christ1 and his law and gospel20 and showing them that 8they could never know it by study1 nor by philosophy1 but by divine revelation through the ,spirit of ,god1 opening to them in the stillness of their minds40 ,the men were tender1 and went away well satisfied4 ,on the ,first-day following ,i was at ,friends' meeting at ,amsterdam2 where1 amongst several sorts of professors that were present1 was a doctor from ,poland1 who for his religion was banished the place he lived in2 and being affected with the testimony of truth in the meeting1 he came afterwards to have some discourse with me2 and after we had been some time together1 and ,i had opened things further to him1 he went away very tender and loving4 ,while ,i was at ,amsterdam1 ,i spent much of my time in writing books1 papers1 or epistles on truth's behalf4 ,i wrote several epistles from ,amsterdam to ,friends in ,england and elsewhere1 on several occasions1 as the ,lord moved me by his ,spirit thereunto4 ,i wrote also from thence1 8,a ,warning to the ,inhabitants of the ,city of ,oldenburg1 which was lately burnt down20 also1 8,a ,warning to the ,inhabitants of the ,city of ,hamburg10 both of which were as follows3-- 8,a ,warning to the ,magistrates and ,people of the ,city of ,oldenburg4 8,,friends1 8,have you not seen and felt the judgments of ,god upon your city1 the ,lord sending lightning from heaven that destroyed and burnt it8 ,as ,i passed through your city on a ,first-day of the week1 which you call your ,sabbath1 ,i saw some drinking1 and soldiers playing at shuffleboard1 and others with their shops open and trading1 when they should have been waiting upon ,god and worshipping him2 and your people were light and vain1 without any sense of ,god's judgments or repentance4 ,o therefore repent1 lest the all-seeing ,god1 who sees all your actions and is over all1 bring swift judgment upon you in his wrath1 fury1 and indignation4 ,repent1 and lay aside all manner of evil and wickedness1 ungodliness1 and unrighteousness2 for the day of the ,lord will come upon all that do evil1 all the workers of iniquity4 ,this mighty day of the ,lord will find them all out1 and will burn as an oven1 and burn up all the proud and wicked1 and neither leave them root nor branch4 8,therefore1 all ye magistrates1 priests1 and people1 search in yourselves to find out the cause1 and what evil you have committed1 that has brought the wrath1 vengeance1 and judgment of ,god upon you and your city1 in burning it4 ,all return1 and come to the light of ,christ in your hearts1 and to ,god's ,spirit1 and to the grace and truth in your hearts1 that comes by ,jesus ,christ2 that with it ye may search your hearts4 ,do not grieve1 nor vex1 nor quench ,god's good ,spirit in your hearts1 and walk not despitefully against the ,spirit of grace1 nor turn from it into wantonness2 and yet make a profession of ,god and ,christ in words1 when your hearts are afar off1 living in pleasures and wantonly upon the earth1 sporting yourselves1 killing the just1 crucifying to yourselves ,christ afresh1 and putting him to open shame2 and so dishonouring ,god1 and ,christ1 and ,christianity1 and making a profession and a trade of the ,scriptures1 keeping people always learning1 that they may be always paying4 8,cease from man1 whose breath is in his nostrils1 and look unto the ,lord1 all ye ends of the earth1 and be saved2 for the ,lord ,god of heaven and earth is come1 to teach his people himself by his light1 ,spirit1 grace1 and truth1 and to bring them off from all the world's teachers4 ,god hath raised up ,christ ,jesus1 his ,prophet1 whom people should hear2 and saith1 #8,this is my beloved ,son1 hear ye him'2 and ,christ saith1 #8,learn of me1 ,i am the way1 the truth1 and the life2 and no man comes to the ,father1 but by me4' ,there is no salvation by any other name under the whole heaven than by the name of ,jesus1 who saith1 #8,i am the ,good ,shepherd1 and have laid down my life for my sheep2 and my sheep hear my voice and follow me1 and will not follow the hireling'2 for ,christ feeds them in the pastures of life that will never wither4 ,god hath anointed ,christ ,jesus to preach1 if you will hear him2 and ,god hath given ,christ for a ,counsellor and a ,leader1 if you will be led and counselled by him2 and ,god hath given ,christ for a ,bishop to oversee you1 and a ,king to rule you1 if you will be overseen and ruled by him4 ,you that will not have ,christ1 who never sinned1 nor was guile found in his mouth1 to rule over you1 you may read his sentence in the ,new ,testament upon such4 ,is not ,christ a sufficient teacher1 whose blood was shed for you1 and who tasted death for every man8 8,doth not ,christ say to his ministers1 #8,freely ye have received1 freely give8' ,and the apostle saith1 #8,we covet no man's gold1 silver1 or apparel4' ,they laboured with their hands1 and kept the gospel without charge4 ,have they that are called ministers amongst you done the same1 and kept this command of ,christ ,jesus8 ,let them be examined and examine themselves4 ,have you not trimmed your outsides8 but look within with the light and ,spirit of ,christ ,jesus1 and see if your insides be not black and foul4 ,for ,christ ,jesus1 who doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world1 with the life in himself1 saith1 #8,believe in the light1 that ye may become children of the light4' ,with the light ye may see all the evil and ungodly deeds that ye have committed2 all your ungodly words you have spoken2 and all your ungodly thoughts ye think2 that ye may turn from them to ,christ1 from whom the light comes2 who is your ,saviour and ,redeemer1 who hath given you a light to see your sin1 and that you are dead in ,adam2 that with the same light you may see ,christ1 the quickening ,spirit1 who makes you alive to ,god1 and saves you from your sin4 ,but if you hate the light1 which is the life in ,christ1 the ,prince of ,life1 and love the darkness and the prince of darkness more than the light or the life in ,christ1 because it will reprove you2 ,christ tells you1 #8,this light will be your condemnation1' ,john iii4 8,therefore be warned now in your day1 and while you have time1 turn to the ,lord4 ,do not quench the ,spirit of the ,father by which he draws to the ,son2 nor hate the light of ,christ2 for if you do1 you hate the life in ,christ1 and so remain under condemnation from ,god and ,christ with the light1 who now speaks to his people by his ,son1 as he did in the apostles' days2 the same ,god1 that was the speaker by the prophets to the fathers1 and speaker to ,adam and ,eve in ,paradise2 and happy had ,adam and ,eve1 and the ,jews1 and all ,christians been1 if they had kept to this speaker1 and not followed that serpent1 that false speaker1 and his instruments4 ,and now ,god is the true speaker by his ,son1 who bruises the head of the serpent1 the false teacher1 who is the head of all false ways1 false prophets1 false churches1 and false religions and worships4 ,so ,god in ,christ is bringing people to the pure and undefiled religion1 that will keep them from the spots of the world1 into the new and living way1 ,christ ,jesus2 and to the church in ,god1 which ,christ is the head of1 as he was in the apostles' days2 and to worship ,god in the ,spirit and in truth1 which worship ,christ set up above sixteen hundred years since4 ,therefore must all people come to the grace and ,spirit of truth in their own hearts1 to know the ,god of truth1 who is a ,spirit2 and in the ,spirit and truth to worship1 serve1 honour1 and glorify the living ,god1 who is over all1 and worthy of all1 blessed for evermore4 ,amen4 8,ye magistrates and officers1 read this in all your assemblies1 and cause all your priests to read it in their churches2 that they and you1 and all people may hear and fear the ,god of heaven1 as you will answer it at the great and terrible day of judgment1 and vengeance of the ,lord ,god ,almighty4 ,this is in love to your souls1 and for your temporal and eternal good40 ,g4,f4 ,amsterdam1 the #aith of the #gth ,month1 #afgg4 8,a ,warning to the ,magistrates1 ,priests1 and ,people of the ,city of ,hamburg1 to humble themselves before the ,lord1 and not be high-minded4 8,,friends1 8,you have painted and garnished the inside of your outward houses and high places2 but look within your hearts with the light of ,christ1 which he hath enlightened you and every man that cometh into the world withal1 and with it you may see how foul your hearts and insides are with sin and evil1 which ,christ tells you ye should make clean2 who told the ,pharisees how they #8painted the sepulchres of the righteous1' and they themselves were full of rottenness and corruption4 ,therefore look into yourselves and your own hearts1 what you are full of4 ,to paint the sepulchres of the righteous apostles1 and make a trade and a profession of their words1 without the same ,holy ,ghost1 and power1 and light1 and truth which they were in1 will not stand the day of ,god's vengeance4 8,therefore repent while you have time1 turn to the ,lord with your whole hearts1 and do not think yourselves secure1 without his immediate almighty protection4 ,for not all your works1 nor all your own strength1 and power1 and defence can protect you2 it is not for you to look at them1 and think yourselves secure1 to sit down in your security1 and in it let your hearts be merry1 and at rest and ease4 ,but when the ,lord brings a scourge upon you1 that you are filled with terrors and fears1 remember you were warned1 that you were set down1 but not in the true rest4 ,then all your own strength and force will stand you in no stead2 and you will acknowledge that it must be ,god that must protect you4 ,therefore take warning2 for your priests and people are too high1 and are swallowed up too much in this world4 ,the vanities of it carry your minds away from ,god1 and your care is more for the world than for ,god1 and more after the riches of this world1 than after the riches of the world that has no end4 ,know you not1 that all your heaps of outward treasure must have an end1 and that you must leave them all behind you8 8,therefore ,i am to warn and advise you1 both high and low1 priests and people1 to come to the grace1 light and truth1 that comes by ,jesus ,christ2 to the manifestation of the good ,spirit of ,god1 which is given to you to profit withal2 that with this grace1 and truth1 light1 and ,spirit of ,christ1 you may turn to ,christ ,jesus1 from whence it comes1 who saith1 #8,learn of me2' and ,god saith1 #8,this is my beloved ,son1 hear ye ,him4' ,so all the children of the new covenant1 that walk in the new and living way1 hear ,christ their ,prophet1 that ,god has raised up1 and anointed to be their ,teacher and ,priest4 ,so now1 ,god doth speak to his people by his ,son1 as he did in the apostles' days4 ,the ,lord is come to teach his people himself by his grace1 light1 truth1 and ,spirit1 and to bring them off all the world's teachers that are made by men since the apostles' days2 who have kept people always learning1 that they may be always paying them4 ,he is come to bring them off all the world's religions1 to the religion that he set up in the apostles' days1 in the new covenant1 which is pure and undefiled before ,god in his sight1 and keeps from the spots of the world1 c4 ,and the ,lord is come to bring them off all the world's churches1 to the church in ,god1 which ,christ the heavenly man is head of2 and to bring them off all the world's worships1 to worship ,god in ,spirit and in truth1 which ,christ set up above sixteen hundred years since4 ,so all men and women must come to the ,spirit and truth in their hearts1 by which they must know the ,god of truth1 who is a ,spirit2 and then in the ,spirit and in truth they will worship him1 and know what and whom they worship4 ,also the ,lord is come to bring his people off all the world's temples1 that with the ,spirit they may know their bodies to be the temples of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,and the ,lord is come to bring his people off all the world's crosses1 pictures1 images1 and likenesses1 to know that the power of ,god is the cross of ,christ1 which crucifies them to the world1 and brings them up into the likeness and image of ,god1 that man and woman were in before they fell2 and so to ,christ that never fell4 8,this work must all know in their hearts1 by the light of ,christ ,jesus1 who #8is the true light1 that lighteth every man that cometh into the world4' ,it is called the light in man and woman1 and the life in ,christ the ,word3 and ,christ saith1 #8,believe in the light1 that ye may be the children of light4' ,and the light lets you see all your evil actions1 that you have committed2 your ungodly ways you have walked in2 and your ungodly words and thoughts4 ,if you hate this light1 and love the darkness1 and the prince of it1 more than this light1 which is the life in ,christ1 the ,prince of ,life1 and will not come to it1 because your deeds are evil1 it will reprove you2 ,christ tells you1 #8this light is your condemnation4' ,then what is all your profession good for1 when you remain under the condemnation of the true light1 in which you should believe2 and so become children of light1 and out of condemnation8 ,therefore everyone must believe in the light1 if they receive ,christ ,jesus2 and as many as receive him1 he gives them #8power to become the sons of ,god4' ,he that hath the ,son of ,god1 hath life2 and they that have not the ,son of ,god1 have not life3 if then you have not life1 what good doth all your profession of the ,scriptures from ,genesis to ,revelations do you1 any more than the ,jews1 ,scribes1 and ,pharisees1 that would not receive ,christ the life1 upon whom ,god brought his overflowing scourge8 8,therefore do you take heed1 for your strength will be no better than theirs1 if you have not ,god and ,christ's supporting power1 when ,god's scourge comes upon you1 and you are filled with horrors and fears4 ,my desires are1 that you may all repent1 even from the highest to the lowest1 and not grieve1 nor quench1 nor vex1 nor rebel against1 ,god's good ,spirit in you1 nor #8walk despitefully against the ,spirit ,of ,grace1' which would teach you1 and bring your salvation2 nor turn from it unto wantonness4 ,if you do1 how can you escape the overflowing scourge of the ,almighty1 and the wrath of the ,lamb8 ,my desires are1 that you may all obey ,god's good ,spirit of truth1 which will lead you out of all evil into all truth1 and reprove you for your own righteousness1 and for your own judgment and sin4 ,it will bring you to cleave to that which is good1 to forsake that which is evil1 and to turn to the ,lord1 who will receive you in his mercy and kindness2 by which means you may escape the overflowing scourge in the day of vengeance1 which dreadful day is coming upon all evil-doers4 ,this is a warning to you1 both for your temporal and eternal good2 to read in your assemblies1 and your priests in their churches1 that all people may hear and fear2 as you will answer it at the terrible and dreadful day of judgment40 ,g4,f4 ,amsterdam1 the #aith of the #gth ,month1 #afgg4 ,i wrote also an ,epistle to the ambassadors that were treating about a peace at ,nimeguen1#de as follows3-- 8,for the ,ambassadors1 that are met to treat for ,peace at the ,city of ,nimeguen1 in the ,states' dominions4 8,christ ,jesus saith1 #8,blessed are the peacemakers1 for they shall be called the children of ,god1' ,matt4 v4 #i1 so all ,christian men are to forsake evil1 and do good1 to seek peace and follow it1 if they will #8love life1 and see good days1' #a ,pet4 iii4 #aa4 ,god hath called all true ,christians unto peace1 #a ,cor4 vii41 and therefore all ,christians ought to follow this peace1 which ,god calls them to4 ,they should let the peace of ,god rule in all their hearts2 which is above the peace of this world1 that is so soon broken4 ,for the apostle commands the ,christians to let the peace of ,god rule in their hearts1 to which all ,christians should be subject4 ,the practice of this should be among all that profess ,christianity2 and this peace is above that1 which ,christ takes from the earth1 ,rev4 vi41 which is the peace of the wicked4 ,and the apostle saith to the ,christians1 #8,be at peace among yourselves1' #a ,thess4 v4 ,now all ,christians should obey this command1 and be at peace among themselves2 not in wars and strife4 ,and further1 the apostle exhorts the ,christians to #8keep the unity of the ,spirit in the bond of peace4' ,so this unity1 this bond of peace1 should be kept 7and not be broken7 by all that bear that noble name1 ,christian4 ,they should keep the unity of the ,spirit of ,christ in the bond of the ,prince of princes1 ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords' peace1 which is the duty of all true ,christians to keep4 ,herein they may honour ,christ1 in bringing forth the fruits of peace1 which are love and charity4 ,for the apostle tells you1 #8,the fruit of the good ,spirit is love1 joy1 peace1 long-suffering1 gentleness1 goodness1' c41 ,gal4 v4 8,and the apostle exhorts the ,christians1 and saith1 #8,if it be possible1 as much as lieth in you1 live peaceably with all men3' this should be the endeavour of all ,christians4 ,for it is no honour to ,christ1 that ,christians should war and destroy one another1 that profess his name1 who saith1 #8,he came to save men's lives1 and not to destroy them4' ,christians have enemies enough abroad without them1 and therefore they should love one another1 as ,christ commands1 who saith1 #8,by this ye shall be known to be my disciples1 if ye love one another4' ,for ,christians are commanded to love enemies2 therefore much more1 one another4 ,and ,christ saith1 #8,as the ,father hath loved me1 so ,i have loved you3 continue ye in my love1' ,john xv4 #h1 and #8,by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples1 if ye love one another1' ,john xiii4 #ce4 ,but if ,christians war and destroy one another1 this will make ,jews1 ,turks1 ,tartars1 and ,heathens say1 that you are not disciples of ,christ4 ,therefore1 as you love ,god1 and ,christ1 and ,christianity1 and its peace1 all make peace1 as far as you have power1 among ,christians1 that you may have the blessing4 ,you read1 that ,christians were called the household of faith1 the household of ,god1 a holy nation1 a peculiar people3 and they are commanded to be #8zealous of good works1' not of bad3 and ,christians are also commanded not to bite and devour one another1 lest they be consumed one of another4 8,is it not a sad thing for ,christians to be biting and consuming one another in the sight of the ,turks1 ,tartars1 ,jews1 and ,heathens1 when they should #8love one another1 and do unto all men1 as they would have them do unto them8' ,such devouring work as this1 will open the mouths of ,jews and ,turks1 ,tartars and ,heathens1 to blaspheme the name of ,christ1 who is the ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords1 and cause them to speak evil of ,christianity1 for them to see how the unity of the ,spirit is broken among such1 as profess ,christ and ,christ's peace4 ,therefore all ,christians are to mind ,god and ,christ's teaching1 who teacheth ,christians to love one another1 yea enemies2 and persuade all kings and princes1 to give liberty to all tender consciences in matters of religion and worship1 they living peaceably under every government3 so that for the time to come1 there may be no more imprisonment and persecution among ,christians1 for tender consciences about matters of faith1 worship1 and religion1 that the ,jews1 ,turks1 ,tartars1 and ,heathens1 may not see how ,christians are persecuting one another for religion3 seeing1 from ,christ and the apostles1 ,christians have no such command1 but on the contrary1 to love one another2 and knowing1 that ,christ said to such as would have been plucking up tares1 #8,let the tares and the wheat grow together till the harvest 7which is the end of the world7 lest they plucked up the wheat2' and at the end of the world ,christ would send forth his angels1 and they should sever the wheat from the tares4 ,so ,christ tells you1 that it is the angels' work at the end of the world1 and not men's work1 before the harvest at the end of the world4 ,hath not all this persecution1 banishing1 and imprisoning1 and putting to death1 concerning religion1 been the pretence of plucking up tares8 and hath not all this been before the harvest1 before the end of the world8 ,and therefore have not all these been actors against the express command of ,christ1 the king of ,heaven8 8,all kings and rulers1 especially they that call themselves ,christians1 should obey their ,lord and ,saviour's command2 #8,let the tares and the wheat grow together1 till the harvest2' and the harvest is the end of the world4 ,christ also told some of his disciples1 that in their zeal would have had fire to come down from heaven1 to destroy such as would not receive him1 #8,that they did not know what spirit they were of2' and rebuked them1 and said1 #8,he came not to destroy men's lives1 but to save them4' ,and therefore all such as have destroyed men's lives concerning religion1 and the worship of ,god1 have they known what spirit they have been of8 ,have they not done that which they should not do8 done that which ,christ forbade1 who saith1 #8,lest ye should pluck up the wheat with the tares1' and saith1 #8,it is the angel's work at the end of the world8' ,and hath not ,god showed unto man what is good1 and his duty1 #8,to love mercy1 to do justly1 and to walk humbly with his ,god8' which man is to mind4 8,and the apostle exhorts ,christians1 #8,to follow peace with all men1 and holiness1 without which no man shall see the ,lord1' ,heb4 xii4 #ad4 ,why should ,christians war and strive one with another1 seeing they all own in words one ,king1 ,lord1 and ,saviour1 ,christ ,jesus1 whose command is1 that they should #8love one another2' which is a mark that they shall be known by1 to be ,christ's disciples1 as ,i said before4 ,and ,christ1 who is the ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords1 saith1 #8,this is my commandment1 that ye love one another1 as ,i have loved you1' ,john xv4 #ab1 and ,john xiii4 ,and the apostle saith1 ,christians ought to #8be patient towards all men1' #a ,thess4 v4 #ad4 8,from him1 who is a lover of truth1 righteousness1 and peace1 who desires your temporal and eternal good2 and that in the wisdom of ,god1 that is from above1 pure1 gentle1 and peaceable1 you may be ordered1 and order all things1 that ,god hath committed to you1 to his glory2 and stop those things among ,christians1 so far as you have power1 which dishonour ,god1 ,christ1 and ,christianity60 ,g4,f4 ,amsterdam1 the #bast of the #gth ,month1 #afgg4 ,to the magistrates and priests of ,embden ,i wrote1 showing them their unchristian practices in persecuting ,friends4#df ,and several other books ,i wrote1 in answer to priests and others of ,hamburg1 ,dantzic1 and other places1 to clear the truth and ,friends from their charges and false slanders4 8,an ,epistle concerning true ,fasting1 true ,prayer1 true ,honour1 and against ,persecution1 and for the true ,liberty in ,christ ,jesus2 that all may have a care1 that the apostle hath not bestowed his labour in vain upon you in your observing of ,days1 ,months1 ,times1 ,feasts1 and ,years1 and of coming under the beggarly elements and the yoke of bondage again1 and of bringing and forcing people into them4 8,where did ever ,christ or his apostles command any believers or ,christians to observe holidays or feast-days8 ,let us see where it is written in the ,scriptures of the ,new ,testament1 in the four ,evangelists1 or the ,epistles1 or the ,revelation1 that ever ,christ or his apostles commanded ,christians to observe the time called ,christmas1 or a day for ,christ's birth8 or to observe the time called ,easter1 or ,whitsuntide1 or ,peter's or ,paul's1 ,mark's1 ,luke's1 or any other saint's day8 8,you1 that profess yourselves to be the reformed churches from the ,papists1 ,jews1 and ,heathens1 and the ,scriptures to be your rule1 and are professors of the new covenant1 where do you prove out of the ,new ,testament1 that the apostles and the primitive church practised or forced any such thing1 or that ,christ and his ,apostles gave any such command to the churches that they should practise and observe any such days8 ,let us see where this command is written4 ,did not the apostle say unto the ,galatians in the fourth chapter1 #8,but now1 after that ye have known ,god1 or rather ye are known of ,god1 how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements1 whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage8 ,ye observe days1 and months1 and times1 and years2 ,i am afraid of you1 lest ,i have bestowed upon you labour in vain4' ,and in the third of ,galatians it is said1 #8,o foolish ,galatians1 who hath bewitched you1 that you should not obey the truth1' c4 ,and in ,galatians the fifth1 the apostle exhorts them to #8stand fast in the liberty wherewith ,christ had made them free2' and moreover said1 #8,be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage4' 8,now doth not this manifest1 that there were some teachers1 that were drawing the church of the ,galatians into these beggarly elements1 and bringing them again into bondage1 in observing days1 months1 times1 and years8 ,it was the apostle's work to bring them out of those bondages and beggarly elements2 and therefore1 when they were going back again into observing days1 months1 times1 and years1 he was afraid that he had #8bestowed his labour upon them in vain2' and he exhorts them to #8stand fast in the liberty wherewith ,christ ,jesus hath made them free1 and not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage1' and again signifies1 that #8they had been once entangled with that yoke of bondage and beggarly elements4' 8,but ,o6 how are people1 called ,christians1 since the apostles' days1 gone again under this yoke of bondage1 and these beggarly elements1 in observing days1 months1 times1 and years1 let their practice declare4 ,nay1 do not both ,papists and ,protestants force people to observe days1 months1 and times8 ,and therefore is not the apostle's labour and travail bestowed upon ,christendom in vain1 which was to bring people from under such beggarly elements1 and that yoke of bondage 7which the law did require71 to #8stand fast in the liberty wherewith ,christ hath made them free1 and not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage8' ,it was and is ,christ1 that hath made and doth make his people free from these beggarly elements2 therefore1 they that are redeemed1 are to #8stand fast in that liberty wherewith ,christ hath made them free4' ,this liberty all true ,christians are to stand fast in2 they are made free by ,christ and not by man2 for man1 without the ,spirit and mind of ,christ1 seeks to force and compel ,christ's followers1 such as are made free from the yoke of bondage1 to outward things that the law commanded1 to the observing of days1 months1 times1 feasts1 and years4 ,from such weak1 beggarly elements1 they that know ,god1 or are known of ,god and ,christ1 are to stand fast in their liberty1 and not come under1 nor be entangled with the yoke of bondage to such things again1 seeing he hath made them free4 ,for they that are in such things1 and would force others to them1 are gone from that which gives the knowledge of ,god1 and have not stood fast in the liberty wherewith ,christ makes free4 8,concerning ,prayer1 we do not read that ever ,christ or his apostles did seek by force to compel any to fast or pray with them4 ,but ,christ taught them how they should pray1 and be distinct from the hypocrites4 ,his words are as follows3--#8,when thou prayest1 thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are2 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues1 and in the corners of the streets1 that they may be seen of men1' c4 #8,but thou1 when thou prayest1 enter into thy closet1 and when thou hast shut thy door1 pray to thy ,father1 which is in secret1 and thy ,father which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee openly4 ,but when ye pray1 use not vain repetitions1 as the heathen do2 for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking4 ,be not ye therefore like unto them2 for your ,father knoweth what things ye have need of1 before ye ask him1' c4 ,as the apostles and saints did1 so do we2 we pray in secret1 and we pray in public1 as the ,spirit gives us utterance1 which helps our infirmities1 as it did the apostles and true ,christians2 after this manner we pray for ourselves1 and for all men both high and low4 8,concerning ,fasting1 ,christ saith1 #8,moreover when ye fast1 be not as the hypocrites1 of a sad countenance2 for they disfigure their faces1 that they may appear unto men to fast4 ,but when thou fastest1 anoint thy head and wash thy face1 that thou appear not unto men to fast1 but unto thy ,father which is in secret2 and thy ,father1 which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee openly4' 8,you may see in ,isaiah the lviiith41 what the true fast is which the ,lord requires2 where it is said to the prophet1 #8,cry aloud1 and spare not1 lift up thy voice like a trumpet1 and show my people their transgression1 and the house of ,jacob their sins2 yet they seek me daily1 and delight to know my ways as a nation that did righteousness1 and forsook not the ordinance of their ,god2 they ask of me the ordinances of justice2 they take delight in approaching to ,god4 ,wherefore have we fasted1 say they1 and thou seest not8 wherefore have we afflicted our soul1 and thou takest no knowledge8 ,behold1 in the day of your fast ye find pleasure1 and exact all your labours4 ,behold1 ye fast for strife and debate1 and to smite with the fist of wickedness1 ye shall not fast1 as ye do this day1 to make your voice to be heard on high4 ,is it such a fast that ,i have chosen8 ,a day for a man to afflict his soul8 ,is it to bow down his head as a bulrush1 and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him8 ,wilt thou call this a fast1 and an acceptable day to the ,lord8 ,is not this the fast that ,i have chosen1 saith the ,lord2 to loose the bands of wickedness1 to undo the heavy burthens1 and to let the oppressed go free1 and that ye break every yoke8' ,so this fast that the ,lord requires1 is not to lay yokes1 to oppress1 and lay heavy burthens1 and to make fast the bands of wickedness2 but to loose and to break such things4 8,and further1 concerning the true fast the ,lord requires1 #8,is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry1 and that thou bring the poor1 that are cast out1 to thy house8 ,when thou seest the naked1 that thou cover him1 and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh8 7,do you keep this true fast87 ,then shall thy light break forth as the morning1 and thine health shall spring forth speedily2 and thy righteousness shall go before thee1 the glory of the ,lord shall be thy rereward4 ,then shalt thou call1 and the ,lord shall answer2 thou shalt cry1 and he shall say1 ,here ,i am2 if thou take away from the midst of thee the yokes1 the putting forth of the finger and speaking vanity2 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry1 and satisfy the afflicted soul1 then shall thy light arise out of obscurity1 and thy darkness be as the noon-day4 ,and the ,lord shall guide thee continually1 and satisfy thy soul in drought1 and make fat thy bones2 and thou shalt be like a watered garden1 and like a spring of water1 whose waters fail not1' c4 8,now here is the practice of the true fast the ,lord requires of his people2 and to them that observe this fast1 the ,lord saith1 #8,when they call1 he will answer4' ,you may see what glorious and happy comforts they receive from the ,lord1 that keep this true fast2 but such as fast for strife and debate1 smite with the fists of wickedness1 and make their voices to be heard on high2 who afflict their souls for a day1 bow down their head as a bulrush1 and loose not the bands of wickedness2 who do not undo every heavy burthen1 break not off every yoke1 nor let the oppressed go free2 who do not deal their bread to the hungry1 clothe not the naked1 nor bring the poor to their house1 but hide themselves from their own flesh3--such fasts and fasters the ,lord doth not accept1 neither hath he chosen them4 ,but these appear to men with their disfigured faces1 and hang down their heads as a bulrush for a day1 like the hypocrites1 to fast1 as ,christ speaks in ,matt4 vi4 8,and is it not the command of ,christ1 that in their fast they should not appear unto men to fast8 ,and now you that would force us to shut up our shops on fasting-days1 or for a day1 does not this fast appear to men8 and is not this the fast that the ,lord saith in ,isaiah he #8doth not accept8' for he saith1 #8,is this the fast that ,i have chosen1 a day for a man to afflict his soul1 and bow down his head as a bulrush8' c4 #8,wilt thou call this a fast1 and an acceptable day to the ,lord8' ,isa4 lviii4 8,therefore all ,god's people are to keep the true fast of the ,lord from debate and strife1 and the fists of wickedness2 that fast that breaks the bands of wickedness1 and undoes every heavy burthen2 breaks every yoke1 and lets the oppressed go free2 deals bread to the hungry1 clothes the naked1 and brings the poor that are cast out to his own house4 ,every one that keeps this true fast1 their health shall grow1 and when they call1 the ,lord will hear them2 he will be their guide continually1 satisfy their souls in drought1 and make their bones fat2 and they shall be like a watered garden1 and like a spring of water1 whose waters fail not4 ,now you1 that keep not this true fast1 when you call upon the ,lord on your own fasting-days1 does the ,lord answer you1 and say1 #8,here ,i am8' ,doth the ,lord guide you continually8 ,are your bones made fat by him1 and your souls satisfied in drought8 ,are you like a watered garden1 and like a spring1 whose waters fail not8 ,but you that keep not this true fast1 do you not want these waters1 which fail not8 so your souls are not satisfied in drought1 but your bones are lean1 and you hear not the voice of the ,lord1 who saith1 #8,here ,i am2' so you lose the heritage of ,jacob1 and ride not upon the high places there2 but come under4 8,therefore every man and woman1 shut your hearts against all manner of evil whatsoever1 and trade not with ,babylon's merchants of confusion2 but keep the supernatural day of ,christ that is sprung from on high1 that is kept by believing and walking in the light of ,christ1 and being grafted into him4 ,this will bring you to the true fast1 from feeding upon any evil1 and to the true praying in the ,spirit1 as ,christ and the apostles have taught4 ,the fruit of the ,spirit is love1 c4 ,the birth of the ,spirit is not a persecuting birth2 but he that is born of the flesh1 will persecute him that is born of the ,spirit1 because he will not follow the birth of the flesh1 with its weak1 beggarly elements1 that entangles with its yoke of bondage1 and its observing of days1 months1 times1 fasts1 feasts1 and years2 which the birth of the ,spirit is to stand fast against in the liberty wherewith ,christ hath made it free4 8,do you not know1 that the ,turks keep their ,sabbath on the sixth day1 the ,jews upon the seventh day1 and the ,christians meet together on the ,first-day of the week8 ,and that day which the ,turks keep1 the ,jews' and ,christians' shops are open1 and that day the ,jews keep1 ,christians' and ,turks' shops are open2 and the ,first-days that ,christians keep1 both ,jews' and ,turks' shops are open8 ,the ,turk does not force the ,jews nor the ,christians to shut up their shops on their meeting-days1 but lets them have their liberty in ,turkey4 ,and where do you read1 that ever the ,turks forced any ,christians to observe any of their holidays1 fasts1 or feasts8 ,if not1 should not ,christians be beyond the ,turks in giving liberty to all tender consciences to serve ,god1 seeing ,christ and the apostles command not1 nor force people to observe holidays1 or times1 or months1 or years1 but that they should pray always in the ,spirit1 and fast always from strife and debate1 from all manner of sin and evil2 and that will keep down the fist of wickedness1 and the bond of iniquity1 c4 8,why should not people of a tender conscience have their liberty to exercise their consciences towards ,god1 that they may have #8a good conscience always towards ,god and man1' to perform that which ,god requires1 and to #8do unto all men1 as they would have them to do unto them1 and to love their neighbours as themselves2' seeing so many debauched1 evil1 and seared consciences1 as with a hot iron1 have liberty in their loose lives and conversations1 and in their loose words1 whose tongues are at liberty to swear and curse1 and their spirits at liberty in drunkenness and uncleanness8 ,let the magistrates look and see1 how this evil1 seared conscience hath its liberty to be exercised in all manner of evil things all ,christendom over2 which is a great shame and dishonour to ,god1 and ,christ1 and ,christianity1 yea1 and humanity4 ,therefore why should not ,god's people have their liberty to exercise their good and tender consciences towards ,god and man8 ,for the mystery of faith1 which ,jesus ,christ is the author and finisher of1 is held in a pure conscience2 and should not the work of the true ,christian magistrate be to encourage the exercise of this pure conscience towards ,god and man1 and to discourage the exercise of this evil1 seared conscience1 that dishonours both ,god and ,christ1 and true ,christianity8 ,if not1 how are they a praise to them that do well1 and a terror to evil-doers8 8,concerning the not putting off our hats to men4 ,many that go under the name of ,christians1 have taken offence at us1 because we could not put off our hats1 and bow down to them2 for which we find no command from ,christ or his apostles1 but rather to the contrary4 ,for ,christ saith1 #8,i receive not honour of men' 7mark1 he did not receive honour of men72 and further ,christ saith1 #8,how can ye believe which receive honour one of another1 and seek not the honour that comes from ,god only8' ,now ,christ declares it to be a mark of unbelievers1 that seek #8honour one of another1' and seek not that #8honour that comes from ,god only2' and is not the putting off the hat1 and bowing with it1 an honour to men1 which they seek one of another1 and are offended if they have it not8 ,nay1 have they not fined1 persecuted1 and imprisoned some1 because they did not put off their hats to them8 ,nay1 do not the very ,turks mock at the ,christians in their proverb1 saying that #8the ,christians spend much of their time in putting off their hats1 and showing their bare head to one another8' ,but should not those be beyond the ,turks1 that bear the noble name of ,christian1 above seeking honour one of another1 and persecuting them that will not give it1 when all true believing ,christians should seek the honour that comes from ,god only8 which is the duty of all true believers in ,christ ,jesus1 for he would not receive honour of men4 ,and #8,he that believeth on the ,son of ,god1 hath everlasting life2 and he that believeth not the ,son1 shall not see life2 but the wrath of ,god abideth on him1' ,john iii4 #cf4 ,is not the ,turks' proverb a reproach to the ,christians1 who say #8that the ,christians spend much of their time in putting off their hats1 and showing their bare heads one to another8' ,have you not fined and imprisoned many1 because they would not put off their hats to you1 and show you their bare heads8 ,nay1 in many of your courts they shall not have right and justice1 nor liberty and freedom in cities or states1 though they have truly served their time1 and are honest and civil men1 unless they will put off their hats and show their bare heads8 ,have you not made a law against such1 that they must forfeit two guilders if they do not8 ,do you not seek to compel and force them to do it1 and fine such as do not1 as at ,lansmeer in ,waterland8 ,is not this the honour that you seek one of another8 ,did not the ,pharisees and ,jews do the same8 8,as for your saying1 #8the apostle commands to honour all men2 and such as rule well are worthy of double honour4' ,if this #8honouring all men1' were to put off their hats to all men1 and show all men their bare heads1 then this command you break yourselves2 for you do not this to all men generally2 and if they that rule well must have double hat-honour1 then they must put off their hats twice2 and show them their bare heads4 ,if this hat-honour1 and showing the bare head1 be an invention of men1 and not from ,god1 and ye cannot prove it by ,scripture1 yet say1 #8it is your rule2' then you act beside the rule1 and compel people to act contrary to your rule4 ,for where did ever the prophets1 ,christ1 or the apostles command any such thing8 ,let us see a command1 a practice1 and an example for it4 ,nebuchadnezzar1 who was a persecutor1 and cast the three children of ,israel into the fire with their hose1 cloaks1 and hats1 we do not read that he was offended at them1 because they did not put off their hats1 and show him their bare heads2 but because they would not bow to his image4 ,and is it not said in the margin of the ,bible1 where it is said1 #8honour all men1' #8have all men in esteem8' ,then they that rule well are worthy of double esteem2 and this esteem must be truly in the heart1 without any envy1 malice1 or hatred4 ,as all men are the workmanship of ,god1 they are to be esteemed in the heart with the ,spirit of ,god2 and they that rule well1 are worthy of double esteem2 here is true honour from the heart1 both to ,god1 and man1 his workmanship4 ,for people may put off their hats1 and show their bare heads one to another1 once or twice to the officers and magistrates1 and yet be full of envy1 and malice1 and hatred1 and murder in their hearts one against another2 and give them that honour1 as you call it1 and yet speak or wish bad things to them1 when they have turned their backs on them4 8,the true honour or esteem in the heart to all men1 as they are ,god's creation1 is without any evil wish or thought in the heart to any men1 and especially to them that rule well1 who have the double esteem1 whom ,god hath placed over people4 ,there is no evil in the heart that gives this respect1 esteem1 or honour1 and brings them to love their neighbours as themselves1 and to #8do unto all men1 as they would have them do unto them2' in that they esteem all men1 and have a double esteem for them that rule well4 ,this is beyond all the honour of putting off the hats once to all men1 and twice to them that are worthy of the double honour1 as you may call it4 ,but we would ask ,christians that practise this hat-honour1 and show one another their bare heads1 ,who invented this single honour and double honour1 seeing they cannot prove1 that ever ,christ or the apostles did command or practise any such thing1 or ,moses in the time of the law8 ,now1 do not say or think that we had this practice of not putting off our hats from the ,turk2 for we were moved by the ,spirit of the ,lord1 before ever we heard of the ,turks' proverb and practice1 to leave the honour that is below1 and seek the honour that comes from above1 when we came to be true believers in ,christ ,jesus4 8,now concerning persecuting1 imprisoning1 and banishing ,god's people1 in whom ,christ is manifest1 and dwells in their hearts2 doth not ,christ tell you1 that in so doing you imprison him8 ,then do you not banish him1 and persecute him out of your cities and corporations8 ,and how can you enter into1 and have a share in his kingdom1 though you may profess him in words8 ,are not such to go into everlasting punishment1 that do not visit ,christ in prison8 ,then what will become of you that banish and imprison him1 where he is manifest in his members1 and suffer them not to meet together to enjoy him amongst them1 according to his promise8 ,therefore you1 that will not let ,christ reign in his people1 and have his liberty in them1 in your cities and countries1 to exercise his offices1 you will not have your liberty in heaven4 ,you that will not let ,christ reign in your hearts1 nor suffer him to reign in his people here upon the earth1 in this world1 in your kingdoms2--you will not reign with ,christ in heaven in his kingdom1 nor in the world without end4 8,you1 that banish the truth out of your cities or countries1 or its people for its sake1 banish the truth and ,christ out of your hearts from ruling there2 so you yourselves are not the temples of ,god4 ,when you have banished ,christ and his truth out of your own hearts1 you banish such in whom he rules out of your estates and country1 then see what judgments the ,lord doth bring upon you1 when you are left to yourselves2 yea1 fears and troubles1 one judgment after another1 come upon you2 you are even filled with them4 ,but the banished1 the sufferers for truth and ,christ's sake1 have a peaceable habitation in the truth1 which the devil is out of1 and cannot get into2 which habitation will outlast all the habitations of the wicked and persecutors1 though they be ever so full of words without life and truth4 ,the life and the truth will outlast all airy notions1 and ,christ1 the ,lamb and patient ,seed1 will overcome the devourer and the unpatient seed2 and they that have the garment1 the righteousness of ,christ1 which is the fine linen1 will find it to outlast all the rags and inventions of men4 ,for ,christ saith to his learners1 #8,be of good cheer1 ,i have overcome the world1' the persecuting world4 ,he said also to his disciples1 #8,if the world hate you1 ye know that it hated me before it hated you4' ,therefore let all that profess themselves ,christians lay aside persecution about religion1 churches1 or worship1 fasting or praying days2 for you have no command from ,christ and his apostles to persecute any4 ,christ1 who is the ,king of kings and ,lord of lords1 when they called him a deceiver1 and blasphemed him1 and said1 #8,he had a devil1' did not persecute any of them for it1 nor force or compel any to hear and believe him1 nor the apostles after him2 but he bade them1 that would have been plucking up the tares1 #8,let the tares and wheat grow together until the harvest4' ,so you have no command from ,christ or his apostles to persecute1 imprison1 banish1 or spoil the goods of any1 for matter of pure conscience and religion1 worship1 faith1 and church1 in the gospel-times40 ,g4,f4 ,harlingen in ,friesland1 the #aath of the #fth ,month1 #afgg4 ,after some time ,george ,keith and ,william ,penn came back from ,germany to ,amsterdam1 and had a dispute with one ,galenus ,abrahams 7one of the most noted ,baptists in ,holland71 at which many professors were present2 but not having time to finish the dispute then1 they met again two days after1 and the ,baptist was much confounded1 and truth gained ground4#dg ,between these two disputes we had a very great meeting at ,friends' meeting-place1 at which many hundreds of people were1 and some of high rank in the world's account4 ,an earl1 a lord1 and divers other eminent persons1 were present1 who all behaved themselves very civilly4 ,but when the meeting was ended1 some priests began to make opposition2 which1 when ,william ,penn understood1 he stood up again1 and answered them to the great satisfaction of the people1 who were much affected with the several testimonies they had heard declared4 ,after the meeting several of them came to ,gertrude's1 where we were1 with whom ,george ,keith had much discourse in ,latin4 ,having now finished our service at ,amsterdam1 we took leave of the ,friends there1 and passed by waggon to ,,leyden1 about twenty-five miles2 where we stayed a day or two1 seeking out and visiting some tender people we heard of there4 ,we met with a ,german1 who was partly convinced4 ,he informed us of an eminent man that was inquiring after truth4 ,some sought him out1 and visited him1 and found him a serious man2 ,i also spoke to him1 and he owned the truth4 ,william ,penn and ,benjamin ,furly went to visit another great man1 that lived a little out of ,leyden1 who1 they said1 had been general to the ,king of ,denmark's forces4 ,he and his wife were very loving to them1 and heard the truth with joy4 ,from ,leyden we went to the ,,hague1 where the ,prince of ,orange kept his court2 and we visited one of the judges of ,holland1 with whom we had pretty much discourse4 ,he was a wise1 tender man1 and put many objections and queries to us2 which when we had answered1 he was satisfied1 and parted with us in much love4 ,leaving the ,hague1 we went to ,,delft1 and thence to ,,rotterdam that night1 where we stayed some days1 and had several meetings4 ,while ,i was here ,i gave forth a book for the ,jews2 with whom1 when ,i was at ,amsterdam1 ,i had a desire to have some discourse1 but they would not4 ,here also ,i reviewed several other books and papers which ,i had given forth before1 and which were now transcribed4 ----- ,footnote #dc3 ,elizabeth1 ,princess of the ,rhine1 was the eldest daughter of ,frederick ,v41 ,elector ,palatine1 and ,king of ,bohemia--her mother being a daughter of king ,james ,i4 of ,england4 ,this excellent princess is spoken of as a woman of great amiability and religious character4 ,she possessed only a small territory2 but she governed with great judgment1 and attention to the happiness of her subjects4 ,she made it a rule to hear1 one day in the week1 all such causes as were brought before her4 ,on these occasions1 her wisdom1 justice1 and moderation were very conspicuous4 ,she frequently remitted forfeitures1 in cases where the parties were poor1 or in any respect worthy of favour4 ,it was remarkable that she often introduced religious considerations1 as motives to persuade the contending parties to harmony and peace4 ,she was greatly beloved and respected by her subjects2 and also by many persons of learning and virtue not resident in her dominions2 for she patronised men of this character1 whatever their country or their religious profession4 ,the respect in which this exemplary ,christian held ,friends and their principles1 was unreservedly expressed in her letters to individuals connected with the ,english court2 and her good offices were more than once exerted to preserve this persecuted people from the penalties of those laws which interdicted the exercise of public worship in conventicles1 as all meeting-houses were then denominated4 ,william ,penn and ,robert ,barclay paid her two visits4 ,she received them with great openness1 and was much affected by the interview which1 on the second visit1 took place1 as is related by ,william ,penn4 ,they went from ,amsterdam to ,herwerden1 the residence of the ,princess and of her intimate acquaintance1 ,anna ,maria1 ,countess de ,hornes1 who dwelt much in her house1 and was1 as well as herself1 a woman seeking after the best things1 and a favourer of such 7says ,penn7 as separate themselves from the world for the sake of righteousness4 ,the visitors were welcomed by the ,princess and her friend the day after their arrival1 and were invited to dine with them4 ,they held a religious meeting together1 which was so satisfactory that the ,princess desired another might be appointed1 at which several persons were present4 ,william ,penn thus speaks of it3--8,the eternal word showed itself as a hammer this day2 yea1 sharper than a two-edged sword1 dividing asunder between the soul and the spirit1 between the joints and the marrow4 ,let my right hand forget its cunning1 and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth1 when ,i shall forget the loving-kindness of the ,lord1 and the sure mercies of our ,god1 to us that day40 ,the following day they paid two visits at this little court2 and the day after1 which was the first of the week1 they held a meeting there1 appointed by the direction of the ,princess1 which several others attended besides those of her household4 ,of this meeting ,w4 ,penn says3 8,the quickening power and life of ,jesus wrought and reached them2 and virtue from him1 in whom dwelleth the ,godhead bodily1 went forth40 ,after this meeting1 which was held late in the evening1 the visitors took their leave1 but not before they had been witnesses of the tender disposition of mind of the ,princess2 who1 attempting to set forth her sense of the power and presence of ,god prevalent among them1 could not proceed1 but turned herself to the window1 and said1 8,my heart is full1 ,i cannot speak to you40 ,w4 ,penn1 on another occasion1 says1 8,i cannot forget her last words when ,i took my leave of her3 #8,let me desire you to remember me1 though ,i live at so great a distance1 and you should never see me more4 ,i thank you for this good time4 ,be assured1 though my condition subjects me to divers temptations1 yet my soul has strong desires after the best things4'0 ,the ,princess ,elizabeth lived to the age of #fj1 departing this life in #afhj1 as much lamented1 as she had been beloved1 by her people4 ,footnote #dd3 ,this being the last mention of ,robert ,barclay in these volumes1 the following brief particulars may interest the reader who is not already acquainted with his history4 ,he was the son of ,colonel ,david ,barclay1 descended from the ,barclays of ,mathers1 an ancient and honourable ,scotch family1 and of ,katharine ,gordon1 from the ,gordons of the house of the ,duke of ,gordon4 ,he was born at ,edinburgh in #afdh1 educated in ,france1 and returned to ,scotland in #affd4 ,his father having joined the despised ,quakers1 ,robert ,barclay1 though uninfluenced by him1 soon followed his example1 and came forth a zealous witness for the truth1 receiving a gift in the ministry1 in which he laboured to bring others to ,god4 ,he was much exercised in controversy1 from the many contradictions that fell upon truth1 and upon him for its sake4 ,he published several works in defence of the principles he had espoused1 which he believed to be those of the ,new ,testament1 as promulgated by ,christ and his apostles4 ,his chief work was his ,apology for the ,true ,christian ,divinity1 which has gone through many editions1 and remains uncontrovertible4 ,in common with the early ,friends1 ,robert ,barclay suffered imprisonments and ill-usage1 which he bore with exemplary patience4 ,he travelled extensively to spread the gospel of ,christ1 for he loved the truth above all the world2 not ashamed of it before men1 but bold and able in maintaining it1 sound in judgment1 strong in argument1 of a pleasant disposition1 yet solid and exemplary in his conversation4 ,he was a learned man1 a good ,christian1 an able minister1 a tender and careful father1 and a good and kind neighbour and friend4 ,his last illness was short4 ,james ,dickenson of ,cumberland1 in his journey in ,scotland1 visiting him when on his deathbed1 as he sat by him1 the ,lord's power and presence bowed their hearts together1 and ,robert ,barclay was sweetly melted in the sense of ,god's love1 and1 with tears1 expressed his love to all faithful brethren in ,england2 and adding a message of love to dear ,george ,fox1 he said1 8,god is good still1 and though ,i am under great weight of sickness and weakness as to my body1 yet my peace flows1 and this ,i know1 whatever exercises may be permitted to come upon me1 it shall tend to ,god's glory and my salvation1 and in that ,i rest40 ,he died at his own house1 at ,ury1 in ,scotland1 in #afij1 aged forty-two1 leaving behind him four sons and three daughters4 ,footnote #de3 ,these ambassadors were deputies from the ,king of ,france1 the ,united ,netherlands1 and several other potentates of ,europe1 who met to consult the peace of ,christendom4 ,george ,fox's ,epistle to them was translated and printed in ,latin4 ,robert ,barclay also wrote a treatise in ,latin1 which was addressed and presented to each of the ambassadors1 with a copy of his principal work1 ,an ,apology for the ,true ,christian ,divinity4 ,in the former1 ,barclay strongly urged them to promote the good work for which they were assembled1 pointing out the true causes of war1 and its incompatibility with ,christian principles4 ,before the year ended1 a peace was concluded4 ,footnote #df3 ,william ,penn also addressed the ,council and ,senate of the city of ,embden1 relative to the sufferings of ,friends there4 ,though these appeals did not procure any immediate relief1 yet1 in about ten years after1 ,friends enjoyed perfect liberty there4--,see ,sewell's ,history1 vol4 ii41 #dbj-dbe4 ,footnote #dg3 ,it appears that ,galenus ,abrahams asserted that nobody in the present day could be accepted as a messenger of ,god1 unless he confirmed his doctrine by miracles4--,see ,sewell's ,history1 vol4 ii41 #cff-cfh4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 #afgg-afhj4--;,george ,fox1 with other ,friends1 sails for ,england1 and lands at ,harwich1 after a hazardous voyage of three days--has a large meeting at ,colchester1 and proceeds thence to ,london--writes to his wife--receives further accounts of persecution in ,new ,england--travels into ,buckinghamshire1 and meets with some false brethren1 who are unruly and troublesome at meetings--,friends have a special meeting with them afterwards--at ,reading meets with opposition to the settlement of a women's meeting--visits ,bristol during the fair1 where are many ,friends from various parts--the separatists there are very rude and abusive--he aids ,friends in drawing up a breviat of their sufferings1 to present to the judges at ,gloucester assizes--meets with some separatists at ,finchcomb--is engaged with other ,friends in soliciting ,parliament to grant them relief from the statutes made against ,popish recusants--attends the ,yearly ,meeting1 which was a glorious and heavenly one--,friends greatly united in testifying against the spirit of separation--not one mouth opened on its behalf--the ,truth prospers at home and abroad--,george ,fox writes to his wife--writes to the king of ,poland to dissuade him from persecution--to ,friends in ,amsterdam--,friends again press their suit for relief from the statutes made against ,popish recusants without success--are much exercised with the spirit of separation1 which opposes the order and discipline of the church--,george ,fox writes a paper to open the understandings of the weak1 and as a reproof to a censorious judging spirit--has conferences with some of the opposers at ,hertford--writes again to ,friends to warn them of this spirit of false liberty--visits ,friends in prison at ,leicester--advises ,friends how to end their differences--writes an epistle to ,friends in ,london--writes to ,friends in prison to console them under suffering--writes an epistle to the ,yearly ,meeting--an encouragement to ,friends to be valiant for the ,truth--also a caution to ,friends to keep in humility--travels again towards the ,south--visits prisoners in ,york ,castle--recommends ,friends to lay their sufferings before the judge at the assizes--attends the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london--writes to the ,great ,turk and to the ,dey of ,algiers--to the latter particularly respecting ,friends who are captives there--at ,hertford meets with ,john ,story 7the schismatic7 and some of his party1 but the ,truth prevails--has a meeting with some of the opposers--solicits the ,parliament to grant relief to ,friends under suffering--writes a paper against plots and plotters4 ,finding our spirits clear of the service which the ,lord had given us to do in ,holland1 we took leave of ,friends of ,rotterdam1 and passed by boat to the ,,briel1 in order to take passage that day for ,england2 several ,friends of ,rotterdam accompanying us1 and some of ,amsterdam1 who were come to see us again before we left ,holland4 ,but the packet not coming in till night1 we lodged that night at the ,briel2 and next day being the #bast of the #hth month1 and the ,first-day of the week1 we went on board1 and set sail about ten1 viz41 ,william ,penn1 ,george ,keith1 and ,i1 and ,gertrude ,dirick ,nieson1 with her children4 ,we were in all about sixty passengers1 and had a long and hazardous passage2 for the winds were contrary1 and the weather stormy2 the boat also was very leaky1 insomuch that we had to have two pumps continually going1 day and night2 so that it was thought there was quite as much water pumped out as the vessel would have held4 ,but the ,lord1 who is able to make the stormy winds to cease1 and the raging waves of the sea calm1 yea1 to raise them and stop them at his pleasure1 ,he alone did preserve us3 praised be his name for ever6 ,though our passage was hard1 yet we had a fine time1 and good service for truth on board among the passengers1 some of whom were great folks1 and were very kind and loving4 ,we arrived at ,,harwich on the #bcrd1 at night1 having been two nights1 and almost three days at sea4 ,next morning ,william ,penn and ,george ,keith took horse for ,colchester2 but ,i stayed1 and had a meeting at ,harwich2 and there being no ,colchester coach there1 and the postmaster's wife being unreasonable in her demands for a coach1 and deceiving us of it also after we had hired it1 we went to a ,friends' house about a mile and a half in the country1 and hired his waggon which we bedded well with straw1 and rode in it to ,colchester4 ,i stayed there till ,first-day1 having a desire to be at ,friends' meeting that day2 and a very large and weighty one it was2 for ,friends hearing of my return from ,holland1 flocked from several parts of the country1 and many of the town's-people coming in also1 it was thought there were about a thousand people at it2 and all was peaceable4 ,having stayed a day or two longer at ,colchester1 ,i travelled through ,,essex1 visiting ,friends at ,,halstead1 ,,braintree1 ,,felstead1 and ,,saling1 and having meetings with them4 ,at ,,chelmsford ,i had a meeting in the evening2 and there being many ,friends prisoners1 they got liberty and came to the meeting2 and we were all refreshed together in the ,lord4 ,next day1 the #ith of the #ith month1 ,i got to ,,london1 where ,friends received me with great joy2 and on the ,first-day following went to ,gracechurch ,street meeting1 where the ,lord visited us with his refreshing presence1 and the glory of the ,lord surrounded the meeting2 praised be the ,lord4 ,after ,i had been a little while in ,london1 ,i wrote the following letter to my wife3-- 8,,dear ,,heart1 8,to whom is my love and to the children1 and to all the rest of ,friends1 in the ,lord's truth1 power1 and ,seed1 that is over all2 glory to the ,lord1 and blessed be his name for ever beyond all words6 who hath carried me through and over many trials and dangers1 in his eternal power6 ,i have been twice at ,gracechurch ,street meeting2 and though the opposite spirits were there1 yet all was quiet2 the dew of heaven fell upon the people1 and the glory of the ,lord shone over all4 ,every day ,i am fain to be at meetings about business1 and sufferings which are great abroad2 and now many ,friends are concerned with many persons about them3 so in haste1 with my love to you all40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #bdth of the #ith ,month1 #afgg4 ,about this time1 ,i received letters from ,new ,england1 which gave account of the magistrates' and rulers' cruel and unchristian-like proceedings against ,friends there1 whipping and abusing them very shamefully2 for they whipped many women ,friends4 ,one woman they tied to a cart1 and dragged her along the street1 stripped above the waist4 ,they whipped some masters of ships that were not ,friends1 only for bringing ,friends thither4 ,and at that very time1 while they were persecuting ,friends in this barbarous manner1 the ,indians slew three-score of their men1 took one of their captains1 and flayed the skin off his head while he was alive1 and carried it away in triumph2 so that the sober people said 8the judgments of ,god came upon them1 for persecuting the ,quakers20 but the blind dark priests said1 8,it was because they did not persecute them enough40#dh ,great exercise ,i had in seeking relief here for our poor suffering ,friends there1 that they might not lie under the rod of the wicked4 ,upon this and other services for truth1 ,i stayed in ,london a month or five weeks1 visiting meetings1 and helping and encouraging ,friends to labour for the deliverance of their suffering brethren in other parts4 ,afterwards ,i went down to ,,kingston1 and visited ,friends there and thereaway4 ,having stayed a little among ,friends there1 looking over a book ,i had then ready to go to press1 ,i went into ,buckinghamshire1 visiting ,friends1 and having several meetings amongst them1 as at ,,amersham1 ,,hunger-,,hill1 ,,jordans1 ,,hedgerly1 ,,wycombe1 and ,,turville-,,heath4 ,in some of which1 they that were gone out from the unity of ,friends in truth into strife1 opposition1 and division1 were very unruly and troublesome2 particularly at the men's meeting at ,thomas ,ellwood's at ,,hunger-,,hill1 where the chief of them came from ,wycombe1 endeavouring to make disturbance1 and to hinder ,friends from proceeding in the business of the meeting4 ,when ,i saw their design ,i admonished them to be sober and quiet1 and not trouble the meeting by interrupting its service2 but rather1 if they were dissatisfied with ,friends' proceedings1 and had anything to object1 let a meeting be appointed on purpose some other day4 ,so ,friends offered to give them a meeting another day3 and at length it was agreed to be at ,thomas ,ellwood's#di the week following4 ,accordingly ,friends met them there1 and the meeting was in the barn2 for there came so many1 that the house could not receive them4 ,after we had sat awhile they began their jangling4 ,most of their arrows were shot at me2 but the ,lord was with me1 and gave me strength in his power to cast back their darts of envy and falsehood upon themselves4 ,their objections were answered1 and things were opened to the people2 a good opportunity it was1 and serviceable to the truth2 for many that before were weak1 were now strengthened and confirmed2 some that were doubting and wavering1 were satisfied and settled2 and faithful ,friends were refreshed and comforted in the springings of life amongst us4 ,for the power arose1 and life sprung1 and in the arisings thereof many living testimonies were borne against that wicked1 dividing1 rending spirit1 which those opposers were joined to1 and acted by2 and the meeting ended to the satisfaction of ,friends4 ,that night ,i lodged1 with other ,friends1 at ,thomas ,ellwood's2 and the same week had a meeting again with the opposers at ,,wycombe1 where they again showed their envy1 and were made manifest to the upright-hearted4 ,after ,i had visited ,friends in that upper side of ,buckinghamshire1 ,i called upon ,friends at ,,henley in ,,oxfordshire1 and afterwards went by ,,corsham to ,,reading1 where ,i was at meeting on ,first-day1 and in the evening had a large meeting with ,friends4 ,next day there being another meeting about settling a women's meeting1 some of them that had let in the spirit of division1 fell into jangling1 and were disorderly for a while1 till the weight of truth brought them down4 ,after this ,i passed on1 visiting ,friends1 and having meetings in several places1 through ,,berkshire and ,,wiltshire1 till ,i came to ,,bristol1 which was on the #bdth of the #aath ,month1 just before the fair4 ,i stayed at ,bristol all the time of the fair1 and some time after4 ,many sweet and precious meetings we had2 many ,friends being there from several parts of the nation1 some on account of trade1 and some in the service of truth4 ,great was the love and unity of ,friends that abode faithful in the truth1 though some who were gone out of the holy unity1 and were run into strife1 division1 and enmity1 were rude and abusive1 and behaved themselves in a very unchristian manner towards me4 ,but the ,lord's power was over all2 by which being preserved in heavenly patience1 which can bear injuries for his name's sake1 ,i felt dominion therein over the rough1 rude1 and unruly spirits2 and left them to the ,lord1 who knew my innocency1 and would plead my cause4 ,the more these laboured to reproach and vilify me1 the more did the love of ,friends1 that were sincere and upright-hearted1 abound towards me2 and some that had been betrayed by the adversaries1 seeing their envy and rude behaviour1 broke off from them2 who have cause to bless the ,lord for their deliverance4 ,when ,i left ,bristol1 ,i went with ,richard ,snead to his house in the country1 and thence to ,hezekiah ,coale's at ,,winterbourne1 in ,,gloucestershire1 whither came several ,friends that were under great sufferings for truth's sake1 whom ,i had invited to meet me there4 ,stephen ,smith#ej1 ,richard ,snead1 and ,i1 drew up a breviat of their sufferings1 setting forth the illegal proceedings against them1 which was delivered to the judges at the assizes at ,gloucester2 and they promised to put a stop to those illegal proceedings4 ,next day we passed to ,,sudbury1 and had a large meeting in the meeting-house there1 which at that time was of very good service4 ,we went next day to ,nathaniel ,crisp's at ,,tedbury1 and thence passed on to ,,nailsworth2 where on ,first-day we had a brave meeting1 and large4 ,thence we went to the quarterly meeting at ,,finchcomb1 where were several of the opposite spirit1 who1 it was thought1 intended to make some disturbance amongst ,friends2 but the ,lord's power was over1 and kept them down1 and good service for the ,lord we had at that meeting4 ,we returned from ,finchcomb to ,,nailsworth1 and had another very precious meeting there1 to which ,friends came from the several meetings thereabouts2 which made it very large also4 ,we went from ,nailsworth the #ast of the #ast ,month1 #afgh1 and travelled through the country visiting ,friends and having many meetings at ,,cirencester1 ,,crown-,,allins1 ,,cheltenham1 ,,stoke-,,orchard1 ,,tewkesbury1 c41 so went to ,,worcester1 where ,i had formerly suffered imprisonment above a year for truth's sake2 and ,friends rejoiced greatly to see me there again4 ,here ,i stayed several days1 and had many very precious meetings in the city1 and much service amongst ,friends4 ,after which1 ,i had meetings at ,,pershore and ,,evesham2 and then struck to ,,ragley in ,,warwickshire1 to visit the ,lady ,conway1#ea who ,i understood was very desirous to see me1 and whom ,i found tender and loving1 and willing to detain me longer than ,i had freedom to stay4 ,about two miles hence ,i had two meetings at a ,friend's house1 whose name was ,john ,stanley1 whither ,william ,dewsbury came1 and stayed with me about half a day4 ,afterwards ,i visited ,friends in their meetings1 at ,,stratford1 ,,lamcote1 and ,,armscott 7whence ,i was sent prisoner to ,worcester in #afgc17 and thence passed into ,,oxfordshire1 visiting ,friends1 and having meetings at ,,sibford1 ,,north-,,newton1 ,,banbury1 ,,adderbury1 c4 ,then visiting ,friends through ,,buckinghamshire1 at ,,long-,,crendon1 ,,ilmer1 ,,mendle1 ,,weston1 ,,cholesbury1 ,,chesham1 c41 ,i came to ,isaac ,penington's1 where ,i stayed a few days2 and then turning into ,,hertfordshire1 visited ,friends at ,,chorleywood1 ,,watford1 ,,hemel-,,hempstead1 and ,,market-,,street1 at which places ,i had meetings with ,friends4 ,from ,market-,street ,i went in the morning to ,,luton in ,,bedfordshire1 to see ,john ,crook1 with whom ,i spent good part of the day1 and went towards evening to ,,alban',s1 where ,i lay that night at an inn4 ,and visiting ,friends at ,,south-,,mims1 ,,barnet1 and ,,hendon1 where ,i had meetings1 ,i came to ,,london the #hth of the #crd ,month4 ,it being the fourth day of the week1 ,i went to ,gracechurch-,street meeting1 which was peaceable and well2 and many ,friends1 not knowing ,i was come to town1 were very joyful to see me there2 and the ,lord was present with us1 refreshing us with his living virtue3 blessed be his holy name6 ,the parliament was sitting when ,i came to town1 and ,friends having laid their sufferings before them1 were waiting on them for relief against the laws made against ,popish recusants1 which they knew we were not2 though some malicious magistrates took advantages against us1 to prosecute us in several parts of the nation upon those statutes4 ,friends attending on that service when ,i came1 ,i joined them therein2 and there was some probability that something might be obtained towards ,friends' ease and relief in that case1 many of the parliament-men being tender and loving towards us1 believing we were much misrepresented by our adversaries4 ,but when ,i went down one morning with ,george ,whitehead to the parliament house1 to attend upon them on ,friends' behalf1 suddenly they were prorogued1 though but for a short time4 ,about two weeks after ,i came to ,london1 the ,yearly ,meeting began1 to which ,friends came up out of most parts of the nation1 and a glorious heavenly meeting we had4 ,o the glory1 majesty1 love1 life1 wisdom1 and unity1 that were amongst us6 ,the power reigned over all1 and many testimonies were borne therein against that ungodly spirit1 which sought to make rents and divisions amongst the ,lord's people2 but not one mouth was opened amongst us in its defence1 or on its behalf4 ,good and comfortable accounts also we had1 for the most part1 from ,friends in other countries2 of which ,i find a brief account in a letter1 which soon after ,i wrote to my wife1 the copy whereof here follows2-- 8,,dear ,,heart1 8,to whom is my love in the everlasting ,seed of life that reigns over all4 ,great meetings here have been1 and the ,lord's power hath been stirring through all1 the like hath not been4 ,the ,lord hath in his power knit ,friends wonderfully together1 and his glorious presence did appear among them4 ,and now the meetings are over1 blessed be the ,lord6 in quietness and peace4 ,from ,holland ,i hear things are well there3 some ,friends are gone that way1 to be at their ,yearly ,meeting at ,amsterdam4 ,at ,embden1 ,friends that were banished are got into the city again4 ,at ,dantzic1 ,friends are in prison1 and the magistrates threatened them with harder imprisonment2 but the next day the ,lutherans rose1 and plucked down 7or defaced7 the ,popish monastery2 so they have work enough among themselves4 ,the ,king of ,poland received my letter1 and read it himself2 and ,friends have since printed it in ,high ,dutch4 ,by letters from the half-yearly meeting in ,ireland1 ,i hear that they are all in love there4 ,at ,barbadoes1 ,friends are in quietness1 and their meetings settled in peace4 ,at ,antigua also and ,nevis1 truth prospers1 and ,friends have their meetings orderly and well4 ,likewise in ,new ,england and other places1 things concerning truth and ,friends are well2 and in those places the men's and women's meetings are settled2 blessed be the ,lord6 ,so keep in ,god's power and ,seed1 that is over all1 in whom ye all have life and salvation2 for the ,lord reigns over all in his glory1 and in his kingdom2 glory to his name for ever1 ,amen4 ,in haste1 with my love to you all1 and to all ,friends40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #bfth of the #crd ,month1 #afgh4 ,the letter to the ,king of ,poland mentioned is as follows3-- ,to ,johannes ,,iii4 ,king of ,poland1 c4 8,o ,,king6 8,we desire thy prosperity both in this life and that which is to come4 ,and we desire that we may have our ,christian liberty to serve and worship ,god under thy dominion2 for our principle leads us not to do anything prejudicial to the king or his people4 ,we are a people that exercise a good conscience towards ,god through his ,holy ,spirit1 and in it do serve1 worship1 and honour him2 and towards men in the things that are equal and just1 doing to them as we would have them do unto us2 looking unto ,jesus1 who is the author and finisher of our faith2 which faith purifies our hearts1 and brings us to have access to ,god2 without which we cannot please him2 by which faith all the just live1 as the ,scripture declares4 ,that which we desire of thee1 ,o king1 is1 that we may have liberty of conscience to serve and worship ,god1 and to pray unto him in our meetings together in the name of ,jesus1 as he commands1 with a promise that he will be in the midst of them4 ,the king1 we hope1 cannot but say that this duty and service is due to ,god and ,christ2 and we give ,csar his due1 and pay our tribute and custom equal with our neighbour1 according to our proportion4 ,we never read in all the ,scriptures of the ,new ,testament1 that ,christ or his disciples banished or imprisoned any that were not of their faith or religion1 and would not hear them1 or gave them any such command2 but1 on the contrary1 let the tares and the wheat grow together1 till the harvest2 and the harvest is the end of the world4 ,then ,christ will send his angels to sever the wheat from the tares1 c4 ,he rebuked such as would have had fire from heaven to consume those that would not receive ,christ2 and told them that they did not know what spirit they were of4 ,he came not to destroy men's lives1 but to save them4 8,we desire the king to consider how much persecution there has been in ,christendom1 since the apostles' days1 concerning religion4 ,christ said1 they should go into everlasting punishment1 that did not visit him in prison2 then what will become of them that imprison him in his members1 where he is manifest8 ,none can say that the world is ended2 and therefore how will ,christendom answer the dreadful and terrible ,god at his day of judgment1 that have persecuted one another about religion1 before the end of the world1 under pretence of plucking up tares2 which is not their work1 but the angels'1 at the end of the world8 ,christ commands men to love one another1 and to love enemies1 and by this they should be known to be his disciples4 ,o6 that all ,christendom had lived in peace and unity1 that they might1 by their moderation1 have judged both ,turks and ,jews2 and let all have their liberty that do own ,god and ,jesus1 and walk as becomes the glorious gospel of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,our desires are1 that the ,lord ,god of heaven may soften the king's heart to all tender consciences1 that fear the ,lord1 and are afraid of disobeying him4 8,we entreat the king to read some of the noble expressions of several kings and others1 concerning liberty of conscience2 and especially ,stephanus1 king of ,poland's sayings1 viz43 #8,it belongeth not to me to reform the consciences2 ,i have always gladly given that over to ,god1 which belongeth to him2 and so shall ,i do now1 and also for the future4 ,i will suffer the weeds to grow till the time of harvest1 for ,i know that the number of believers is but small3 therefore1' said he1 when some were proceeding in persecution1 #8,i am king of the people not of their consciences4' ,he also affirmed1 that #8religion was not to be planted with fire and sword4' ,chron4 ,liberty of ,religion1 part #b4 8,also a book written in ,french by ,w4 ,m41 anno #aegf1 hath this sentence1 viz43 #8,those princes that have ruled by gentleness and clemency1 added to justice1 and have exercised moderation and meekness towards their subjects1 always prospered and reigned long2 but1 on the contrary1 those princes that have been cruel1 unjust1 prejudiced1 and oppressors of their subjects1 have soon fallen1 they and their estates1 into danger1 or total ruin4' 8,veritus saith1 #8,seeing ,christ is a ,lamb1 whom you profess to be your head and captain1 then it behoveth you to be sheep1 and to use the same weapons that he made use of2 for he will not be a shepherd of wolves and wild beasts1 but only of sheep4 ,wherefore1 if you lose the nature of sheep1' said he1 #8and be changed into wolves and wild beasts1 and use fleshly weapons1 then will you exclude yourselves out of his calling1 and forsake his banner2 and then will he not be your captain1' c4 8,also we find it asserted by ,king ,james1 in his speech to the parliament1 in the year #afji1 #8,that it is a pure rule in divinity1 that ,god never planted his church with violence of blood4' ,and furthermore he said1 #8it was usually the condition of ,christians to be persecuted1 but not to persecute4' 8,king ,charles1 in his ,greek3 ,eikn ,basilik1 page #fa1 said in his prayer to ,god1 #8,thou seest how much cruelty amongst ,christians is acted under the colour of religion2 as if we could not be ,christians unless we crucified one another4' 8,page #bh1 #8,make them at length seriously to consider1 that nothing violent nor injurious can be religious4' 8,page #gj1 #8,nor is it so proper to hew out religious reformation by the sword as to polish them by fair and equal disputations among those that are most concerned in the differences2 whom not force1 but reason1 must convince4' 8,page #ff1 #8,take heed that outward circumstances and formalities in religion devour not all4' 8,pages #ia1 #ib1 #8,in point of true conscientious tenderness ,i have so often declared1 how little ,i desire my laws and sceptre should entrench on ,god's sovereignty1 who is the only ,king of conscience4' 8,page #abc1 #8,nor do ,i desire any man should be further subject unto me1 than all of us may be subject unto ,god4' 8,page #bjj1 #8,o thou ,sovereign of our souls1 the only ,commander of our consciences6' 8,page #cdf 7,in his #8,meditations on ,death'17 #8,it is indeed a sad state to have his enemies to be his accusers1 parties1 and judges4' 8,the ,prince of ,orange testified1 anno #aegi1 #8,that it was impossible the land should be kept in peace1 except there was a free toleration in the exercise of religion4' 8#8,where hast thou read in thy day 7said ,menno7 in the writings of the apostles1 that ,christ or the apostles ever cried out to the magistrates for their power against them that would not hear their doctrine1 nor obey their words8 ,i know certainly1' said he1 #8that where a magistrate shall banish with the sword1 there is not the right knowledge1 spiritual word1 nor church of ,christ2 it is1 ,invocare brachium seculare 7to invoke the secular arm4'7 8#8,it is not ,christian-like1 but tyrannical 7said ,d4 ,philipson17 to banish and persecute people about faith and religion2 and they that so do are certainly of the ,pharisaical generation1 who resisted the ,holy ,ghost4' 8,erasmus said1 #8,that though they take our money and goods1 they cannot therefore hurt our salvation2 they afflict us much with prisons1 but they do not thereby separate us from ,god4'--,in de ,krydges wrede1 fol4 #fc4 8,lucernus said1 #8,he that commandeth anything1 wherewith he bindeth the conscience1 this is an antichrist4'--,in de ,bemise ,disp41 fol4 #ga4 8,irenus affirmed1 #8that all forcing of conscience1 though it was but a forbidding of the exercise which is esteemed by one or another to be necessary to salvation1 is in no wise right nor fitting4' ,he also affirmed1 #8that through the diversity of religions the kingdom should not be brought into any disturbance4' 8,constantius1 the emperor1 said1 #8,that it was enough that he preserved the unity of the faith1 that he might be excusable before the judgment-seat of ,god2 and that he would leave every one to his own understanding1 according to the account he will give before the judgment-seat of ,christ4 ,hereto may we stir up people 7said he17 not compel them2 beseech them to come into the unity of the ,christians1 but to do violence to them we will not in any wise4'--,sebast4 ,frank1 ,chron4 fol4 #abg4 8,augustinus said1 #8,some disturbed the peace of the church while they went about to root out the tares before their time2 and through this error of blindness 7said he7 are they themselves separated so much the more from being united unto ,christ4' 8,retnaldus testified1 #8,that he who1 with imprisoning and persecuting1 seeketh to spread the gospel1 and greaseth his hands with blood1 shall much rather be looked upon for a wild hunter than a preacher1 or a defender of the ,christian religion4' 8#8,i have for a long season determined 7said ,henry ,,iv41 king of ,france1 in his speech to the parliament1 #aeii17 to reform the church1 which1 without peace1 ,i cannot do3 and it is impossible to reform or convert people by violence4 ,i am king1 as a shepherd1 and will not shed the blood of my sheep1 but will gather them through the mildness and goodness of a king1 and not through the power of tyranny3 and ,i will give them that are of the reformed religion right liberty to live and dwell free1 without being examined1 perplexed1 molested1 or compelled to anything contrary to their consciences2 for they shall have the free exercise of their religion1 c4'--,vid4 ,chron4 ,van de ,underg4 #b4 deel1 p4 #aead4 8,ennius said1 #8,wisdom is driven out when the matter is acted by force4 ,and therefore the best of men1 and most glorious of princes1 were always ready to give toleration4' 8,eusebius1 in his second book of the life of ,constantine1 reports these words of the emperor3 #8,let them which err1 with joy receive the like fruition of peace and quietness with the faithful2 sith the restoring of communication and society may bring them into the right way of truth3 let none give molestation to any2 let every one do as he determines in his mind4 ,and indeed1 there is great reason for princes to give toleration to disagreeing persons1 whose opinions cannot by fair means be altered2 for if the persons be confident1 they will serve ,god according to their persuasions3 and if they be publicly prohibited1 they will privately convene3 and then all those inconveniences and mischiefs1 which are arguments against the permission of conventicles1 are arguments for the public permission of differing religions1 c41 they being restrained and made miserable1 endears the discontented persons mutually1 and makes more hearty and dangerous confederations4' 8,the like counsel1 in the divisions of ,germany at the first reformation1 was thought reasonable by the ,emperor ,ferdinand1 and his excellent son ,maximilian2 for they had observed1 #8that violence did exasperate1 was unblessed1 unsuccessful1 and unreasonable2 and therefore they made decrees of toleration4' 8,the ,duke of ,savoy1 repenting of his war undertaken for religion against the ,piedmontese1 promised them toleration2 and was as good as his word4 8,it is remarkable1 that till the time of ,justinian the emperor1 ,anno ,domini #ebe1 the ,catholics and ,novatians had churches indifferently permitted1 even in ,rome itself4 8,and ,paul preached the kingdom of ,god1 teaching those things which concerned the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 with all confidence2 and no man forbade him3 and this he did for the space of two years in his own hired house at ,rome1 and received all that came to him4 8,now1 ,o king1 seeing these noble testimonies concerning liberty of conscience from kings1 emperors1 and others1 and the liberty that ,paul had at ,rome in the days of the heathen emperor1 our desire is1 that we may have the same liberty at ,dantzic to meet together in our own hired houses2 which cannot be any prejudice1 either to the king or the city1 for us to meet together to wait upon the ,lord1 and pray unto him1 and to serve and worship him in ,spirit and in truth in our own hired houses2 seeing our principle leads us to hurt no man1 but to love our enemies1 and to pray for them3 yea1 them that persecute us4 ,therefore1 ,o king1 consider1 and the city of ,dantzic1 would you not think it hard for others to force you from your religion to another1 contrary to your consciences8 ,and if it be so1 that you would think it hard to you1 then #8do you unto others as you would have them do unto you2' do not you that unto others1 which you would not have them do unto you2 for that is the royal law1 which ought to be obeyed4 ,and so in love to thy immortal soul1 and for thy eternal good1 this is written40 ,g4 ,f4 8,postscript4--#8,blessed be the merciful1 for they shall obtain mercy4' ,and remember1 ,o king1 ,justin ,martyr's two ,apologies to the ,roman emperors1 in the defence of the persecuted ,christians2 and that notable ,apology1 which was written by ,tertullian1 upon the same subject2 which are not only for the ,christian religion1 but against all persecution for religion40 8,dear ,peter ,hendricks1 ,john ,claus1 ,j4 ,rawlins1 and all the rest of ,friends in ,amsterdam1 ,friesland1 and ,rotterdam1 to whom is my love in the ,seed of life1 that is over all4 8,i received your letter with one from ,dantzic3 ,i have written something directed to you1 to the ,king of ,poland1 which you may translate into ,high ,dutch1 and send to ,friends there to give to the king2 or you may print it1 after it be delivered in manuscript1 which may be serviceable to other princes4 ,so in haste1 with my love4 ,the ,lord ,god ,almighty over all give you dominion in his eternal power1 and in it over all preserve you1 and keep you to his glory1 that you may answer that of ,god in all people4 ,amen40 ,,george ,,fox4 ,london1 the #acth of the #ith ,month1 #afgg4 ,i continued yet in and about ,london some weeks1 the parliament sitting again1 and ,friends attending to get some redress of our sufferings1 which about this time were very great1 and heavy upon many ,friends in divers parts of the nation2 being very unduly prosecuted upon the statutes made against ,popish recusants2 though our persecutors could not but know that ,friends were utterly against ,popery2 having borne testimony against it in word and writing1 and suffered under it4 ,but though many of the members of parliament in each house were kind to ,friends1 and willing to do something for their ease1 yet having much business1 they were hindered from doing the good they would1 so that the sufferings of ,friends continued4 ,but that which added much to the grief and exercise of ,friends1 was1 that some who made a profession of the same truth with us1 being gone from the simplicity of the gospel into a fleshly liberty1 and labouring to draw others after them1 opposed the order and discipline1 which ,god by his power had set up and established in his church2 and made a great noise and clamour against prescriptions2 whereby they easily drew after them such as were loosely inclined1 and desired a broader way than the path of truth to walk in4 ,some also that were more simple1 but young in truth1 or weak in judgment1 were apt to be betrayed by them1 not knowing the depths of ,satan in these wiles2 for whose sake ,i was moved to write the following paper1 for undeceiving the deceived1 and opening the understandings of the weak in this matter3-- 8,all you that deny prescriptions without distinction1 may as well deny all the ,scriptures1 which were given forth by the power and ,spirit of ,god4 ,for do not they prescribe how men should walk towards ,god and man1 both in the ,old ,testament and in the ,new8 ,yea1 from the very first promise of ,christ in ,genesis1 what people ought to believe and trust in1 and all along1 till ye come to the prophets8 ,did not the ,lord prescribe to his people by the ,fathers1 and then by his prophets8 ,did he not prescribe to the people how they should walk1 though they turned against the prophets in the old covenant1 for declaring or prescribing to them the way1 how they might walk to please ,god1 and keep in favour with him8 ,in the days of ,christ1 did not he prescribe and teach1 how people should walk and believe8 ,and after him1 did not the apostles prescribe to people how they might come to believe1 and receive the gospel and the kingdom of ,god1 directing to that which would give them the knowledge of ,god1 and how they should walk in the new covenant in the days of the gospel1 and by what way they should come to the holy city8 ,and did not the apostles send forth their decrees by faithful chosen men1 that had hazarded their lives for ,christ's sake1 to the churches1 by which they were established8 8,so you that deny prescriptions given forth by the power and ,spirit of ,god1 do thereby oppose the ,spirit that gave them forth in all the holy men of ,god4 ,were there not some all along in the days of ,moses1 and in the days of the prophets1 in the days of ,christ1 and in the days of his apostles1 who did withstand that which they gave forth from the ,spirit of ,god8 ,and hath there not been the like since the days of the apostles8 ,how many have risen1 since truth appeared1 to oppose the order which stands in the power and ,spirit of ,god8 who are but in the same spirit which hath opposed the ,spirit of ,god all along from the beginning4 ,see1 what names or titles the ,spirit of ,god gave that opposing spirit in the old covenant1 and also in the new2 which is the same now2 for after the ,lord had given forth the old covenant1 there were some among themselves that opposed2 these were worse than public enemies4 ,and likewise in the days of the new covenant1 in the gospel-times1 you may see what sort opposed ,christ and the apostles1 after they came to some sight of the truth1 and how they turned against ,christ and his apostles8 ,see what liberty they pleaded for1 and ran into1 in the apostles' days1 who could not abide the cross1 the yoke of ,jesus4 8,we see the same rough and high spirit cries now for liberty1 which the power and ,spirit of ,christ cannot give--cries1 #8,imposition1' and yet is imposing2--cries1 #8liberty of conscience1' and yet is opposing liberty of conscience2 and cries against #8prescriptions1' and yet is prescribing both in words and writing4 ,so with the everlasting power and ,spirit of ,god this spirit is fathomed2 its rise1 beginning1 and end2 and it is judged4 ,this spirit cries1 #8we must not judge conscience2 we must not judge matters of faith2 and we must not judge spirits1 nor religions1' c4 ,yes2 they that are in the pure ,spirit and power of ,god1 which the apostles were in1 judge of conscience1 whether it be a seared conscience1 or a tender conscience2 they judge of faith1 whether it be a dead one or a living one2 they judge of religion1 whether it be vain1 or pure and undefiled2 they judge of spirits1 and try them1 whether they be of ,god or not2 they judge of hope1 whether it be that of hypocrites1 or the true hope that purifies1 even as ,god is pure2 they judge of belief1 whether it be that which is born of ,god1 and overcometh the world1 or that which runs into the spirit of the world1 which lusts to envy1 and doth not overcome the world2 they judge of worships1 whether they be will-worships1 and the worship of the beast and dragon1 or the worship of ,god in ,spirit and in truth2 they judge of angels1 whether they be fallen1 or those that keep their habitation2 they judge the world1 that grieves and quenches the ,spirit1 hates the light1 turns the grace of ,god into wantonness1 and resists the ,holy ,ghost2 they judge of the hearts1 ears1 and lips1 which are circumcised1 and which are uncircumcised2 they judge of ministers1 and apostles1 and messengers1 whether they be of ,satan or of ,christ2 they judge of differences in outward things1 in the church or elsewhere2 yea1 the least member of the church hath power to judge of such things1 having the one true measure1 and true weight to weigh things1 and measure things withal1 without respect to persons4 ,this judgment is given1 and all these things are done1 by the same power and ,spirit the apostles were in4 ,such also can judge of election and reprobation2 who keep their habitation1 and who do not2 who are ,jews1 and who are of the synagogue of ,satan2 who are in the doctrine of ,christ1 and who are in the doctrines of devils2 who prescribes and declares things from the power and ,spirit of ,god2 and who prescribes and declares things from a loose spirit1 to let all loose from under the yoke of ,christ1 the power of ,god1 into looseness and liberty4 8,these likewise can judge and discern1 who brings people into the possession of the gospel of light and life1 over death and darkness1 and into the truth1 where the devil cannot get in2 and who brings them into the possession of death and darkness1 out of the glorious liberty of the gospel1 and of ,jesus ,christ1 his faith1 truth1 ,spirit1 light1 and grace4 ,for there is no true liberty1 but in that2 and that liberty answers the grace1 the truth1 the light1 the ,spirit1 the faith1 the gospel of ,christ in every man and woman1 and is the yoke to the contrary in every man and woman4 ,that makes it rage1 and swell1 and puff up2 for it is restless1 unruly1 out of patience1 and ready to curse his ,god1 and that which reigns over him1 because it hath not its will4 ,it works with all subtlety and evasion with its restless spirit1 to get in and defile the minds of the simple1 and to make rapes upon the virgin minds4 ,but as they receive the heavenly wisdom1 by which all things were made 7which wisdom is above that spirit17 through this wisdom they will be preserved over that spirit4 8,and ,christ hath given judgment to his saints in his church1 though he be judge of all2 and the saints1 in the power and ,spirit of ,god1 had and have power to judge of words and manners1 of lives and conversations1 of growths and states1 from a child to a father in the truth2 and to whom they are a savour of death1 and to whom they are a savour of life2 who serve the ,lord ,jesus ,christ and preach him1 and who preach themselves and serve themselves2 and who talk of the light1 of faith1 of the gospel1 of hope1 and of grace1 and preach such things2 yet in their works and lives deny them all1 and ,god and ,christ1 and preach up liberty from that in themselves to that in others1 which should be under the yoke and cross of ,christ1 the power of ,god4 ,so the saints1 in the power and ,spirit of ,christ1 can discern and distinguish1 who serves ,god and ,christ1 and who serves him not2 and can put a distinction between the profane and the holy4 ,but such as have lost their eye-salve1 and whose sight is grown dim1 lose this judgment1 discerning1 and distinction in the church of ,christ2 and such come to be spewed out of ,christ's mouth1 except they repent2 and if not1 they come to corrupt the earth1 and burden it1 that it vomits them out of it4 8,therefore1 all are exhorted to keep in the power and ,spirit of ,christ ,jesus1 in the word of life1 and the wisdom of ,god 7which is above that which is below17 in which they may keep their heavenly understandings and discernings2 and so set the heavenly1 spiritual judgment over that which is for judgment1 which dishonours ,god1 and leads into loose and false liberty2 out of the unity1 which stands in the heavenly ,spirit1 which brings into conformity to the image of the ,son of ,god1 and his gospel1 the power of ,god 7which was before the devil was17 and his truth 7which the devil is out of17 in which all are of one mind1 heart1 and soul1 and come to drink into one ,spirit1 being baptized into one ,spirit1 and so into one body1 of which ,christ is the head2 and so keep one fellowship and unity in the ,spirit1 which is the bond of peace1 the ,prince of princes' peace4 ,and they that cry so much against judging1 and are afraid of judgment1 whether they be apostates1 professors1 or profane1 are the most judging with their censorious1 false spirits1 and judgment2 and yet they cannot bear the true judgment of the ,spirit of ,god1 nor stand in his judgment4 ,this hath been manifest from the beginning1 they having the false measures1 and the false weights2 for none have the true measure and true weight but they that keep in the light1 power1 and ,spirit of ,christ4 ,and now there is a loose spirit1 that cries for liberty1 and against prescriptions1 and yet is proscribing ways1 both by words and writings4 ,the same spirit cries against judging1 and would not be judged1 and yet is judging with a wrong spirit4 ,this is given forth in reproof to that spirit40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #ith of the #dth ,month1 #afgh4 ,when ,i had finished what service ,i had for the ,lord at this time here1 ,i went towards ,hertford2 visiting ,friends1 and having several meetings in the way4 ,at ,,hertford ,i stayed some days1 having much service for the ,lord there1 both amongst ,friends in their meetings1 and in conferences with such as having let in evil surmisings and jealousies concerning ,friends1 stood in opposition to the order of truth3 and in answering some books written against truth and ,friends4 ,while ,i was here1 it came upon me to write a few lines1 and send them abroad amongst ,friends1 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,let the holy ,seed of life reign over death and the unholy seed in you all2 that in the holy ,seed of the kingdom ye may all feel the everlasting holy peace with ,god1 through ,christ ,jesus1 your ,saviour1 and sit down in ,him1 your life and glorious rest1 the holy rock and foundation1 that standeth sure over all from everlasting to everlasting1 in whom all the fulness of blessedness is2 so that ye may glory in ,him that liveth for evermore1 ,amen6 who is your eternal joy1 life1 and happiness2 through whom you have peace with ,god4 ,this holy ,seed bruiseth the head of the serpent1 and will outlive all his wrath and rage1 malice and envy2 who was before he and it were1 and remains when he and it are gone into the fire that burns with brimstone4 ,the ,seed1 ,christ1 will reign2 and so will ye1 as ye do live and walk in ,him1 sit down in ,him1 and build up one another in the love of ,god40 ,g4 ,f4 ,hertford1 the #ajth of the #eth ,month1 #afgh4 ,next day a fresh exercise came upon me1 with respect to those unruly and disorderly spirits1 that were gone out from us1 and were labouring to draw others after them into a false liberty4 ,in the sense ,i had of the hurt and mischief these might do1 where they were given way to1 ,i was moved to write a few lines to warn ,friends of them1 as follows3-- 8,,all ,,friends1 8,keep in the tender life of the ,lamb1 over that unruly1 puffed up1 and swelling spirit1 whose work is for strife1 contention1 and division1 under a pretence of conscience1 and drawing into looseness and false liberty1 dangerous to the welfare of youth4 ,they that do encourage them1 will be guilty of their destruction1 and set up a sturdy will1 instead of conscience1 in their rage and passion2 which will quench the universal ,spirit in themselves1 and in every man and woman3 and so1 that spirit shall not have liberty in themselves1 nor in others2 thus they shut up the kingdom of heaven in themselves1 and also in others4 ,so a loose spirit getting up under a pretence of liberty of conscience2 or a stubborn will1 making a profession of the words of truth in a form without power1 all looseness and vileness will be sheltered and covered under this pretence1 which is for eternal judgment3 for that doth dishonour ,god4 ,therefore1 keep to the tender ,spirit of ,god in all humility1 that in it you may know that ye are all members of one another1 and all have an office in the church of ,christ4 ,all these living members know one another in the ,spirit1 and not in the flesh4 ,so here is no man ruling over the woman1 as ,adam did over ,eve in the fall3 but ,christ1 the spiritual man1 among and over his spiritual members1 which are edified in the heavenly love that is shed in their heart from ,god1 where all strife ceases40 ,g4 ,f4 ,hertford1 the #aath of the #eth ,month1 #afgh4 ,i went from ,hertford to a meeting at ,,rabley-,,heath1 and thence to ,edward ,crouch's1 of ,,stevenage4 ,next day to ,,baldock1 where ,i had a meeting that evening2 and after that had meetings at ,,hitchin and ,,ashwell4 ,then passing through part of ,,bedfordshire1 where ,i had a meeting or two1 ,i went to ,,huntingdon1 in which county ,i stayed several days1 having many meetings1 and much service amongst ,friends2 labouring to convince gainsayers1 and to confirm and strengthen ,friends in the way and work of the ,lord4 ,at ,,ives1 in ,huntingdonshire1 ,george ,whitehead came to me1 and travelled with me1 in the work of the ,lord1 for five or six days in that county1 and in some part of ,,northamptonshire2 and leaving me in ,,great ,,bowden in ,,leicestershire1 he went towards ,westmorland4 ,i stayed longer in ,leicestershire1 visiting ,friends at ,,saddington1 ,,wigston1 ,,knighton1 ,,leicester1 ,,sileby1 ,,swannington1 and divers other places2 where ,i had very precious meetings1 and good service amongst ,friends and other people3 for there was great openness1 and many weighty and excellent truths did the ,lord give me to deliver amongst them4 ,at ,,leicester ,i went to the jail to visit the ,friends that were in prison there for the testimony of ,jesus1 with whom ,i spent some time2 encouraging them in the ,lord to persevere steadfastly and faithfully in their testimony1 and not to be weary of suffering for his sake4 ,and when ,i had taken my leave of them1 ,i spoke with the jailer1 desiring him to be kind to them1 and let them have what liberty he could1 to visit their families sometimes4 ,i had a meeting or two in ,,warwickshire1 and then went into ,,staffordshire1 where ,i had several sweet and opening meetings1 both for gathering into truth and establishing therein4 ,while ,i was in ,staffordshire1 ,i was moved to give forth the following paper3-- 8,dear ,friends of the quarterly and monthly meetings everywhere3 ,my desire is1 that ye may all strive to be of one mind in the ,lord's power and truth1 which is peaceable1 and into which strife and enmity cannot come2 also in the wisdom of ,god1 which is pure1 peaceable1 and easy to be entreated1 which is above that which is below1 that is earthly1 devilish1 and sensual2 and that with1 and in this heavenly wisdom1 you may be all ordered1 and do what ye do1 to ,god's glory4 8,and1 dear ,friends1 if there should happen at any time anything that tends to strife1 dispute or contention in your monthly or quarterly meetings1 let it be referred to half a dozen1 or such a like number1 to debate and end1 out of your meetings1 as it was at first1 that all your monthly and quarterly meetings may be kept peaceable4 ,and then they may inform the meeting what they have done2 that the weak and youth amongst you may not be hurt1 through hearing of strife or contention in your meetings1 where no strife or contention ought to be2 but all to go on1 and determine things in one mind1 in the power of ,god1 the gospel order3 in which gospel of peace ye will preserve the peace of all your meetings4 8,if any man or woman have anything against any one1 let them speak to one another1 and end it between themselves2 if they cannot so decide1 let them take two or three to end it4 ,in case these determine it not1 let it be laid before the church2 and let half a dozen1 or such a number out of your monthly or quarterly meeting hear it1 and finally end it1 without respect of persons4 ,let all prejudice be laid aside and buried2 also all shortness one towards another2 and let love1 which is not puffed up1 envies not1 seeks not her own1 but bears all things1 have the dominion in all your meetings2 for that doth edify the body1 which ,christ is the head of2 and this will rule over all sounding brass and tinkling cymbals4 ,this love will suffer long1 and is kind2 it will keep down that which would vaunt itself1 or be puffed up1 or behave itself unseemly1 or is easily provoked2 it hath a sway over all such fruits1 as are not of the ,spirit1 the fruit of which is love1 c4 ,and that with this ,holy ,spirit ye may all be baptized into one body1 and be made to drink into one ,spirit2 in which ,spirit ye will have unity1 in which is the bond of the ,king of kings'1 and ,lord of lords' peace4 ,they that dwell in love1 dwell in ,god2 for ,god is love3 therefore let every one keep his habitation4 ,my love to you in ,christ ,jesus1 the everlasting ,seed1 which is over all40 ,g4,f4 ,staffordshire1 the #bjth of the #fth ,month1 #afgh4 ,out of ,staffordshire ,i went to visit ,john ,gratton#eb at ,,monyash in ,,derbyshire1 with whom ,i tarried one night2 and went next day to ,william ,shaw's of the ,hill in ,,yorkshire1 where ,i appointed a meeting to be on ,first-day following4 ,many ,friends out of ,derbyshire1 and from several meetings in ,yorkshire1 came1 and a precious1 comfortable meeting it was2 wherein was opened the blessed state of man before he fell2 the means by which he fell2 the miserable condition into which he fell2 and the right way of coming out of it1 into a happy state again by ,christ1 the promised ,seed4 ,i spent about two weeks in ,yorkshire1 travelling from place to place amongst ,friends in the ,lord's service2 and many heavenly meetings ,i had in that county4 ,then visiting ,robert ,widders1 at ,,kellet1 in ,,lancashire1 ,i passed to ,,arnside1 in ,,westmorland1 where ,i had a precious1 living meeting in the ,lord's blessed power1 to the great satisfaction and comfort of ,friends1 who came from divers parts to it4 ,next day ,i went to ,,swarthmore2 and it being the meeting-day there1 ,i had a sweet opportunity with ,friends1 our hearts being opened in the love of ,god1 and his blessed life flowing amongst us4 ,i had not been long at ,swarthmore1 ere a concern came upon me to visit the churches of ,christ in ,london and elsewhere1 by an epistle1 as follows3-- ,,dear ,,friends1 8,to whom is my love in the heavenly ,seed1 in whom all nations are blessed4 ,o1 keep all in this ,seed1 in which ye are blessed1 and in which ,abraham and all the faithful were blessed1 without the deeds of the law2 for the promise was and is to1 and with the ,seed1 and not with the law of the first covenant4 ,in this ,seed all nations1 and ye1 are blessed1 which bruiseth the head of the seed that brought the curse1 and separated man from ,god2 this is the ,seed which reconciles you to ,god1 this is the ,seed in which ye are blessed both in temporals and spirituals2 through which ye have an inheritance among the sanctified1 that cannot be defiled1 neither can any defiled thing enter into its possession2 for all defilements are out of this ,seed4 ,this is that which leavens into a new lump1 and bruises the head of the wicked seed1 which leavens into the old lump1 upon which the ,sun of ,righteousness goes down and sets2 but it never goes down and sets to them that walk in the ,seed1 in which all nations are blessed3 by which ,seed they are brought up to ,god1 which puts down that seed which separated them from ,god2 so that there comes to be nothing between them and ,god4 ,now1 all my dear ,friends1 my desires are1 that ye may all be valiant in this heavenly ,seed1 for ,god and his truth upon the earth1 and spread it abroad1 answering that of ,god in all2 that with it the minds of people may be turned towards the ,lord1 that he may come to be known1 and served1 and worshipped2 and that ye may all be as the salt of the earth1 to make the unseasoned savoury4 8,and in the name of ,jesus keep your meetings1 who are gathered into it1 in whose name ye have salvation2 he being in the midst of you1 whose name is above every name under the whole heaven4 ,so ye have a ,prophet1 ,bishop1 ,shepherd1 ,priest and ,counsellor 7above all the counsellors and priests1 bishops1 prophets1 and shepherds under the whole heaven7 to exercise his offices among you1 in your meetings1 that are gathered in his name4 ,for ,christ's meeting and gathering is above all the meetings and gatherings under the whole heaven2 and his body1 his church1 and he the head of it1 is above all the bodies1 churches1 and heads under the whole heaven4 ,and the faith that ,christ is the author of1 the worship that he hath set up1 and his fellowship in the gospel1 are above all historical faiths1 and the faiths that men have made1 together with their worships and fellowships under the whole heaven4 8,and now1 dear ,friends1 keep your men's and women's meetings in the power of ,god1 the gospel1 the authority of them1 which brings life and immortality to light in you2 and this gospel1 the power of ,god1 will preserve you in life1 and in immortality1 that ye may see over him that hath darkened1 and kept from the knowledge of the things of ,god3 for it is he and his instruments which have darkened you from life and immortality1 that would throw down your men's and women's meetings1 and would darken you again from this life and immortality1 which the gospel hath brought to light1 and will preserve you1 as your faith stands in this power1 in which every one sees his work and service for ,god4 ,every heir in the power of ,god1 the gospel1 hath right to this authority1 which is not of man1 nor by man2 which power of ,god is everlasting1 an everlasting order and fellowship2 and in the gospel is everlasting joy1 comfort1 and peace1 which will outlast all those joys1 comforts1 and peaces1 that will have an end2 and that spirit also that opposes its order1 and the glorious fellowship1 peace1 and comfort in it4 8,and1 dear ,friends1 my desire is1 that ye may keep in the unity of the ,spirit1 that baptizes you all into one body1 of which ,christ is the heavenly and spiritual ,head2 so that ye may see and bear witness thereto1 and all drink into the one ,spirit2 which all people upon the earth are not likely to do1 while they grieve1 quench1 and rebel against it2 nor to be baptized into one body1 and to keep the unity of the ,spirit1 which is the bond of peace1 yea1 the ,king of kings' and ,lord of lords' peace2 which it is the duty of all true ,christians to keep1 who are inwardly united to ,christ4 ,my love to you all in the everlasting ,seed40 ,g4 ,f4 ,swarthmore1 the #bfth of the #gth ,month1 #afgh4 ,there were about this time several ,friends in prison for bearing testimony to the truth1 to whom ,i was moved to write a few lines1 to comfort1 strengthen1 and encourage them in their sufferings2 having a true sense of their sufferings upon my spirit1 sympathizing with them therein4 ,that which ,i wrote was after this manner3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends1 8,who are sufferers for the ,lord ,jesus' sake1 and for the testimony of his truth2 the ,lord ,god ,almighty with his power uphold and support you in all your trials and sufferings1 and give you patience and content in his will1 that ye may stand valiant for ,christ and his truth upon the earth1 over the persecuting and destroying spirit1 which makes to suffer1 in ,christ 7who bruises his head7 in whom ye have both election and salvation4 ,for his elect's sake the ,lord hath done much from the foundation of the world2 as may be seen throughout the ,scriptures of truth4 ,they that touch them touch the apple of ,god's eye2 they are so tender to him2 and therefore it is good for all ,god's suffering children to trust in the ,lord1 and to wait upon him3 for they shall be as ,mount ,sion1 that cannot be removed from ,christ1 their rock and salvation1 who is the foundation of all the elect of ,god1 of the prophets and the apostles1 and of ,god's people now1 and to the end4 ,glory to the ,lord and the ,lamb over all6 ,remember my dear love to all ,friends1 and do not think the time long2 for all time is in the ,father's hand1 his power4 ,therefore keep the word of patience1 and exercise that gift2 and the ,lord strengthen you in your sufferings1 in his ,holy ,spirit of ,faith4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,swarthmore1 the #eth of the #abth ,month1 #afgh4 ,i abode in the ,north at this time above a year1 having service for the ,lord amongst ,friends there1 and being much taken up in writing in answer to books published by adversaries2 and for opening the principles and doctrines of truth to the world1 that they might come to have a right understanding thereof1 and be gathered thereunto4 ,several epistles also to ,friends ,i wrote in this time1 on divers occasions2 one was to the ,yearly ,meeting of ,friends held in ,london this year1 #afgi1 a copy of which here follows3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 8,who are assembled together in the name and power of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 grace1 mercy1 and peace from ,god the ,father1 and from the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 fill all your hearts1 and establish you in his grace1 mercy1 and peace upon ,christ1 the holy1 living ,rock and ,foundation1 who is the ,first and ,last1 and over all the rocks and foundations in the whole world2 a ,rock and ,foundation of life for all the living to build upon1 which stands sure in his heavenly1 divine light1 which is the life in ,him1 by whom all things were made3 who is the precious stone laid in ,zion 7and not in the world71 which all the wise master-builders rejected1 who pretended to build people up to heaven with the words of the prophets1 and the law from ,mount ,sinai1 but out of the life of both4 ,such builders therefore could not receive the law of life from ,christ1 the precious ,stone laid in ,sion1 nor the word from heavenly ,jerusalem4 ,but you1 my dear ,friends1 that have received this law from heavenly ,sion1 and the word from heavenly ,jerusalem1 in the new covenant1 where the life and substance is enjoyed1 you see the end and abolishing of the ,jews' law and ceremonies from ,mount ,sinai4 8,and therefore1 my desire is1 that you all may keep in the law of life and love1 which ye have in ,christ ,jesus1 by which love the body is edified1 knit1 and united together to ,christ ,jesus1 the ,head4 ,this love beareth all things1 and fulfils the law2 and it will preserve all in humility1 to be of one mind1 heart1 and soul2 so that all may come to drink into that one ,spirit that doth baptize and circumcise them2 plunging down and cutting off the body of the sins of the flesh1 that is gotten up in man and woman by their transgressing of ,god's commands4 ,so that in this holy1 pure spirit1 all may serve and worship the pure ,god in ,spirit and in truth1 which is over all the worships that are out of ,god's ,spirit and his truth4 ,in this ,spirit ye will all have a spiritual unity and fellowship1 over all the fellowships of the unclean spirits which are out of truth in the world4 ,by this holy ,spirit all your hearts1 minds1 and souls1 may be knit together to ,christ1 from whence it comes2 and by the grace and truth which is come by ,jesus ,christ1 which all should be under the teachings of in the new covenant1 and not under the law1 as the outward ,jews were in the old covenant--by this grace and truth in the new covenant1 all may be made ,god's free men and women1 to serve ,god in the new life1 and in the new and living way2 showing forth the fruits of the new heart and new spirit1 in the new covenant1 over death and darkness2 glory be unto the ,lord for ever6 8,now1 ,friends1 in this grace and truth is your heavenly1 gracious1 and true liberty to every spiritual mind1 that makes you free from him that is out of truth1 where your bondage was2 also your liberty in the holy1 divine1 and precious faith1 which gives you victory over that which once separated you from ,god and ,christ1 and by which faith ye have access to ,god again1 through ,jesus ,christ4 ,so in this divine and holy faith1 ye have divine1 holy1 and precious liberty1 yea1 and victory over him that separated you from ,god3 and this faith is held in a pure conscience4 ,so the liberty in the ,spirit of ,god1 is in that which baptizes and plunges down sin and iniquity1 and puts off the body of death and of the sins of the flesh1 that is gotten up by transgressing ,god's command4 ,and also the liberty of the gospel1 which is sent from heaven by the ,holy ,ghost1 which is the power of ,god1 which was1 and is again to be1 preached to all nations3 in this gospel 7the power of ,god1 which is over the power of ,satan17 is the true liberty1 and the gospel-fellowship and order4 ,so that the evil spirit or conscience1 or false1 dead faith1 and that which is ungracious and out of truth1 and not in the ,spirit of ,god1 nor in his gospel1 nor in the divine faith1 its liberty is in the darkness3 for all the true liberty is in the gospel1 and in the truth that makes free2 in the faith1 in the grace1 and in ,christ ,jesus1 who destroys the devil and his works1 that hath brought all mankind into bondage4 ,so in this heavenly1 peaceable ,spirit1 and truth1 and faith1 which works by love1 and in the gospel of peace1 and in ,christ ,jesus1 is all the saints' peace1 and pure1 true1 and holy liberty2 in which they have salt1 and sense1 feeling1 discerning1 and savour1 yea1 unity and fellowship one with another1 and with the ,son and the ,father1 heavenly eternal fellowship4 ,so all being subject to the grace1 and truth1 to the faith1 and gospel 7the power of ,god17 and to his good ,spirit2 in this they distinguish all true1 pure1 and holy liberty1 from that which is false4 ,this will bring all to sit low3 for patience runs the race1 and the ,lamb must have the victory2 and not the rough1 unruly1 and vain talkers1 unbaptized1 uncircumcised1 and unsanctified4 ,such travel not in the way of regeneration1 but in the way of unregeneration2 neither go they down into death with ,christ by baptism2 and therefore such are not like to reign with him in his resurrection1 who are not buried with him in baptism4 ,therefore1 all must go downward into the death of ,christ1 and be crucified with him1 if they will arise1 and follow him in the regeneration1 before they come to reign with him4 8,and1 ,friends1 many may have precious openings2 but ,i desire all may be comprehended in that thing which doth open to them2 and that they may all keep in the daily cross2 then they keep in the power1 that kills and crucifies that1 which would lead them amongst the beasts and goats1 to leaven them into their rough1 unruly spirit2 that through the cross1 the power of ,god1 that may be crucified1 and they in the power may follow the ,lamb4 ,for the power of ,god keeps all in order1 subjection1 and humility--in that which is lovely and virtuous1 decent1 comely1 temperate1 and moderate2 so that their moderation appears to all men4 ,my desire is1 that all your lights may shine1 as from a city set upon a hill1 that cannot be hid2 and that ye may be the salt of the earth1 to salt and season it1 and make it savoury to ,god1 and you all seasoned with it4 ,then all your sacrifices will be a sweet savour to the ,lord1 and ye will be as the lilies and roses1 and garden of ,god1 which gives a sweet smell unto him2 whose garden is preserved by his power1 the hedge1 that hedges out all the unruly and unsavoury1 and the destroyers and hurters of the vines1 buds1 and plants1 and ,god's tender blade1 which springs up from his ,seed of life2 who waters it with his heavenly water1 and word of life continually1 that they may grow and be fruitful2 that so he may have a pleasant and fruitful garden4 ,here all are kept fresh and green1 being watered every moment with the everlasting1 holy water of life1 from the ,lord1 the fountain4 8,my dear ,friends1 my desire is1 that this heavenly ,seed1 that bruises the head of the serpent1 both within and without1 may be all your crown and life1 and ye in him1 one another's crown and joy1 to the praise of the ,lord ,god over all1 blessed for evermore6 ,this holy ,seed will outlast and wear out all that which the evil seed1 since the fall of man1 has brought forth and set up4 ,as every one hath received ,christ ,jesus the ,lord1 so walk in him in the humility which he teaches2 and shun the occasions of strife1 vain janglings1 and disputings with men of corrupt minds1 who are destitute of the truth3 for the truth is peaceable1 and the gospel is a peaceable habitation in the power of ,god2 his wisdom is peaceable and gentle1 and his kingdom stands in peace4 ,o1 his glory shines over all his works6 and in ,christ ,jesus1 who is not of the world1 ye will have peace1 yea1 a peace that the world cannot take away3 for the peace which ye have from him1 was before the world was1 and will be when it is gone4 ,this keeps all in that1 which is weighty and substantial1 over all chaff4 ,glory to the ,lord ,god over all for ever and ever6 ,amen4 8,and now1 my dear ,friends1 the ,lord doth require more of you than he doth of other people2 because he hath committed more to you4 ,he requires the fruits of his ,spirit1 of the ,light1 of the ,gospel1 of the ,grace1 and of the ,truth2 for herein is he glorified 7as ,christ said17 in your bringing forth much fruit--fruits of righteousness1 holiness1 godliness1 virtue1 truth1 and purity2 so that ye may answer that which is of ,god in all people4 ,be valiant for his everlasting1 glorious gospel1 in ,god's ,holy ,spirit and truth2 keeping in unity1 and in the ,holy ,spirit1 ,light1 and ,life1 which is over death and darkness1 and was before death and darkness were4 ,in this ,spirit ye have the bond of peace1 which cannot be broken1 except ye go from the ,spirit2 and then ye lose this unity and bond of peace1 which ye have from the ,prince of ,peace4 8,the world also expects more from ,friends than from other people2 because you profess more4 ,therefore you should be more just than others in your words and dealings1 and more righteous1 holy1 and pure in your lives and conversations2 so that your lives and conversations may preach4 ,for the world's tongues and mouths have preached long enough2 but their lives and conversations have denied what their tongues have professed and declared4 8,and1 dear ,friends1 strive to excel one another in virtue1 that ye may grow in love1 that excellent way which unites all to ,christ and ,god4 ,stand up for ,god's glory1 and mind that which concerns the ,lord's honour1 that in nowise his power may be abused1 or his name evil spoken of1 by any evil talkers or walkers3 but that in all things ,god may be honoured1 and ye may glorify him in your bodies1 souls1 and spirits1 the little time ye have to live4 ,my love to you all in the holy ,seed of ,life1 that reigns over all1 and is the ,first and ,last2 in whom ye all have life and salvation1 and your election and peace with ,god1 through ,jesus ,christ1 who destroys him that hath been between you and ,god2 so that nothing may be between you and the ,lord1 but ,christ ,jesus4 ,amen4 8,my life and love is to you all1 and amongst you all4 ,the ,lord ,god ,almighty by his mighty power1 by which he hath preserved all his people unto this day1 preserve and keep you all in his power1 and peaceable1 holy truth1 in unity and fellowship one with another1 and with the ,son and the ,father4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,the #bdth of the #crd ,month1 #afgi4 ,divers other epistles and papers ,i wrote to ,friends1 during my stay in the ,north2 one was in a few lines1 to encourage ,friends to be bold and valiant for the ,truth1 which1 the ,lord had called them to bear witness to2 it was thus3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,all be valiant for the ,lord's ,truth upon the earth1 which the serpent1 ,satan1 and the devil is out of2 and in the truth keep him out1 in which you all have peace and life1 and unity with ,god and his ,son1 and one with another4 ,let the love of ,god fill all your hearts1 that in it ye may build up and edify one another in the light1 life1 ,holy ,spirit1 and power of ,god1 the glorious comfortable gospel of ,christ1 the heavenly ,man1 your ,lord and ,saviour2 who will fill all your vessels with his heavenly wine and water of life2 clothe you with his heavenly clothing1 his fine linen1 that never waxeth old2 and arm you with his heavenly weapons and armour1 that ye may stand faithful witnesses for ,god and his ,son1 who is come1 and hath given you an understanding to know ,him1 and ye are in him4 ,so walk in him1 in whom ye all have life and salvation1 and peace with ,god4 ,my love to you all in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 in whom ,i have laboured2 and ,god ,almighty1 in his eternal power and wisdom1 preserve you all to his glory4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,swarthmore1 the #bith of the #ajth month1 #afgi4 ,the next day1 having a sense upon me that some who had received the ,truth1 and had openings thereof1 for want of keeping low1 had run out therefrom1 ,i was moved to give forth the following epistle as 8a warning and exhortation to all to dwell in humility30-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends1 8,whom the ,lord in his tender mercies1 hath visited with the day spring from on high1 and hath opened you to confess and bow to his name2 keep low in your minds1 and learn of ,christ1 who teacheth you humility1 to keep in it2 so that in no wise1 ye that are younger1 be exalted1 or puffed up1 or conceited through your openings1 and by that means lose your conditions1 by being carried up into presumption2 and then fall into despair1 and so abuse the power of ,god4 ,for it was the apostles' care1 that none should abuse the power of the ,lord ,god2 but in all things their faith was to stand therein1 that they all might be comprehended into the truth1 which they spoke to others1 that they might not be preachers to others1 and themselves cast-aways4 ,therefore it doth concern you to be comprehended into that1 which ye do preach to others1 and keep low in it2 then the ,god of ,truth will exalt the humble in his truth1 light1 grace1 power1 and ,spirit1 and in his wisdom to his glory4 ,here all are kept in their measures of grace1 light1 faith1 and the ,spirit of ,christ1 the heavenly and spiritual ,man4 8,so let none quench the ,spirit1 or its motions1 grieve it1 or err from it2 but be led by it1 which keeps all in their tents2 which giveth an understanding1 how to serve1 worship1 and please the holy1 pure ,god1 the ,maker and ,creator in ,christ ,jesus1 and how to wait1 speak1 and answer the ,spirit of ,god in his people2 in which ,holy ,spirit is the holy unity and fellowship4 ,the ,holy ,spirit teacheth the holy1 gentle1 meek1 and quiet lowly mind to answer the seed1 that ,christ hath sown upon all grounds2 and to answer the light1 grace1 and ,spirit1 and the gospel in every creature1 though they are gone from the ,spirit1 grace1 light and gospel in the heart4 ,so by holy walking all may come to do it1 as well as by holy preaching1 that ,god in all things may be glorified by you1 and that ye may bring forth fruits to his praise1 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,swarthmore1 the #cjth of the #ajth ,month1 #afgi4 ,about the latter end of this year ,i was moved of the ,lord to travel into the ,south again4 ,i set forward in the beginning of the first month1 #afgi-hj2 and passing through part of ,,westmorland and ,,lancashire1 ,i visited ,friends at several meetings1 and came into ,,yorkshire4 ,divers large and weighty meetings ,i had in ,yorkshire1 before ,i came to ,,york4 ,when ,i came there it was the assize time2 and there being many ,friends in prison for truth's sake1 ,i put those1 that were at liberty1 upon drawing up the sufferings of ,friends in prison1 to lay before the judges2 and ,i assisted them therein4 ,there were then in ,york many ,friends from several parts of the county1 for the quarterly meeting was at that time2 so that ,i had a brave opportunity among them4 ,many weighty and serviceable things did the ,lord open through me to the meeting1 relating to the inward state of man1 how man by faith in ,christ comes to be grafted into him1 and made a member of his spiritual body2 and also to the outward state of the church1 how each member ought to walk and act1 according to his place in the body4 ,i spent several days in ,york1 having divers meetings2 and all was peaceable and well4 ,i went also to the castle1 to visit ,friends that were prisoners2 with whom ,i spent some time1 encouraging and strengthening them in their testimony4 ,then leaving ,york1 ,i travelled southward1 having meetings in many places amongst ,friends1 till ,i came to ,,barton in ,,lincolnshire2 where1 on ,first-day1 ,i had a large and precious meeting4 ,then turning into ,,nottinghamshire1 ,i travelled through good part of that county1 in which ,i had several good meetings2 and then passed into ,,derbyshire1 ,,leicestershire1 and ,,warwickshire1 having meetings all along as ,i went1 till ,i came to ,,warwick2 there ,william ,dewsbury came to me1 and several other ,friends1 and we had a little meeting in that town4 ,then passing through ,,southam and ,,radway1 at each of which places ,i had a very good meeting1 ,i came to ,nathaniel ,ball's1 of ,,north ,,newton in ,,oxfordshire1 and so to ,,banbury to a monthly meeting there4 ,after ,i had visited ,friends in the bordering parts of ,,oxfordshire1 ,,gloucestershire1 and ,,northamptonshire1 ,i passed to ,richard ,baker's#ec of ,,biddlesden in ,,buckinghamshire2 and next day1 being ,first-day1 ,i had a very large meeting in ,biddlesden1 at an old abbey house1 which a ,friend rented and dwelt in4 ,many ,friends and people came to it out of ,oxfordshire1 ,northamptonshire and the parts adjacent2 and of good service it was4 ,after this1 ,i visited ,friends in those parts1 having meetings at ,,lillingston-,,lovel and ,,bugbrook4 ,then going to ,,stony-,,stratford1 ,i went from thence into some parts of ,,bedfordshire1 till ,i came to ,edward ,chester's of ,,dunstable4 ,passing on by ,,market ,,street1 ,i had a meeting at ,,alban',s2 and calling on ,friends at ,,mims and ,,barnet1 ,i came to the ,widow ,hayley's1 at ,,gutterhedge1 in ,,hendon1 ,middlesex1 on a ,seventh-day night1 and had a very large and good meeting there the day following4 ,i passed thence to ,,london on the ,third-day following1 and went directly to the ,peel-meeting at ,john ,elson's2 and next morning to the meeting at ,gracechurch ,street1 which was very large and quiet2 and ,friends rejoiced in the ,lord to see me4 ,the ,yearly ,meeting was the week following1 to which many ,friends came out of most parts of the nation2 and a blessed opportunity the ,lord gave us together2 wherein the ancient love was sweetly felt1 and the heavenly life flowed abundantly over all4 ,after the ,yearly ,meeting1 ,i continued a month or five weeks1 in and about ,london1 labouring in the work of the ,lord1 both in and out of meetings2 for besides the public testimony which the ,lord gave me to bear both to ,friends and to the world in meetings1 ,i had much service upon me1 with respect to ,friends' sufferings1 in seeking to get ease and liberty for them in this and other nations4 ,much pains and time ,i spent1 while in ,london1 in writing letters to ,friends in divers parts of ,england1 and in ,scotland1 ,holland1 ,barbadoes1 and several parts of ,america4 ,after this ,i was moved of the ,lord to visit ,friends in some parts of ,surrey and ,sussex4 ,i went to ,,kingston by water1 and tarried certain days2 for while ,i was there1 the ,lord laid it upon me to write both to the great ,turk1 and the ,dey of ,algiers severally1 to warn them1 and the people under them1 to turn from their wickedness1 fear the ,lord1 and do justly2 lest the judgments of ,god should come upon them1 and destroy them without remedy4 ,to the ,algerines ,i wrote more particularly1 concerning the cruelty they exercised towards ,friends and others1 whom they held captives in ,algiers4#ed ,when ,i had finished that service1 and visited ,friends in their meetings at ,kingston1 ,i went further into the country1 and had meetings amongst ,friends at ,,worplesdon1 ,,guildford1 ,,esher1 ,,capel1 ,,patchgate1 ,,worminghurst1 ,,bletchington1 ,,horsham1 ,,ifield1 ,,reigate1 ,,gatton1 c41 and so came back to ,,kingston again2 and thence to ,,hammersmith4 ,having spent some days in the service of truth amongst ,friends at ,hammersmith1 ,,battersea1 ,,wandsworth1 and thereabouts1 ,i crossed over1 by ,,kensington1 to ,,hendon1 where ,i had a very good meeting on a ,first-day2 and went thence to ,,london4 ,when ,i had been about ten days in ,,london1 ,i was drawn again to visit ,friends in the country2 and went to ,,edmonton1 to ,christopher ,taylor's1 who kept a school for the educating of ,friends' children4 ,i had some service here amongst the youth2 and then went towards ,hertford1 visiting ,friends on the way4 ,at ,,hertford ,i met with ,john ,story1 and some others of his party2#ee but the testimony of truth went over them1 and kept them down1 so that the meeting was quiet4 ,it was on a ,first-day2 and the next day being the men's and women's meeting for business1 ,i visited them also1 and the rather1 because some in that place had let in a disesteem of them4 ,wherefore ,i was moved to open the service of those meetings1 and the usefulness and benefit thereof to the church of ,christ1 as the ,lord opened the thing in me2 and it was of good service to ,friends4 ,i had a meeting also with some of those1 that were gone into strife and contention1 to show them wherein they were wrong2 and having cleared myself of them1 ,i left them to the ,lord4 ,then1 after another public meeting in the town1 ,i returned towards ,london by ,,waltham ,,abbey1 where ,i had a public meeting on the ,first-day following2 and another with ,friends in the evening4 ,next day ,i went to ,christopher ,taylor's at ,,edmonton1 and stayed there a day or two1 having some things upon me to write1 which were for the service of truth4 ,when ,i had finished that service1 ,i went to ,,london by ,,shacklewell1 where was a school kept by ,friends1 for the bringing up of young women that were ,friends' daughters4 ,i abode at ,,london most part of this winter1 having much service for the ,lord there1 both in and out of meetings3 for as it was a time of great suffering among ,friends1 ,i was drawn in spirit to visit ,friends' meetings more frequently2 to encourage and strengthen them both by exhortation and example4 ,the parliament also was sitting1 and ,friends were diligent in waiting upon them1 to lay their grievances before them4 ,we received fresh accounts almost every day of the sad sufferings ,friends underwent in many parts of the nation4 ,in seeking relief for my suffering brethren ,i spent much time2 together with other ,friends1 who were freely given up to that service1 attending at the parliament-house for many days together1 and watching all opportunities to speak with such members of either house1 as would hear our just complaints4 ,and indeed1 some of these were very courteous to us1 and appeared willing to help us if they could2 but the parliament being then earnest in examining the ,popish plot1 and contriving ways to discover such as were ,popishly affected1 our adversaries took advantages against us 7because they knew we could not swear nor fight7 to expose us to those penalties that were made against ,papists2 though they knew in their consciences that we were no ,papists1 and had had experience of us1 that we were no plotters4 ,wherefore1 to clear our innocency1 and to stop the mouths of our adversaries1 ,i drew up a short paper1 to be delivered to the parliament2 as follows4 8,it is our principle and testimony1 to deny and renounce all plots and plotters against the king1 or any of his subjects2 for we have the ,spirit of ,christ1 by which we have the mind of ,christ1 who came to save men's lives1 and not to destroy them4 ,we desire the safety of the king and of all his subjects4 ,wherefore we declare1 that we will endeavour1 to our power1 to save and defend him and them1 by discovering all plots and plotters 7which shall come to our knowledge7 that would destroy the king or his subjects4 ,this we do sincerely offer unto you4 ,but as to swearing and fighting1 which in tenderness of conscience we cannot do1 ye know that we have suffered these many years for our conscientious refusal thereof4 ,and now that the ,lord hath brought you together1 we desire you to relieve us1 and free us from these sufferings2 and that ye will not put upon us to do those things1 which we have suffered so much and so long already for not doing2 for if you do1 you will make our sufferings and bonds stronger1 instead of relieving us40 ,g4,f4 ----- ,footnote #dh3 ,for full particulars of the great intolerance and spirit of persecution manifested by the ,puritans of ,new ,england towards the ,quakers1 the reader is referred to ,bowden's ,history of ,friends in ,america1 vol4 v41 from the commencement to p4 #cjh4 ,footnote #di3 ,thomas ,ellwood is only mentioned twice incidentally in these volumes4 ,it was he who1 after the death of ,george ,fox1 transcribed his journal for the press4 7,see ,letters1 c41 of ,early ,friends1 p4 #bac47 ,he was also the author of several works1 including ,a ,life of ,david1 in verse2 a work on tithes2 a ,sacred ,history1 c4 ,ellwood was born in #afci1 at ,crowell1 in ,oxfordshire1 and joined ,friends when about twenty years of age4 ,brought up in ease1 luxury1 and fashion1 he had much to learn2 much to unlearn1 much to forsake1 of the manners1 the pride1 and the will-worship of the world2 and to follow after that plainness and purity of life unto which the spirit of truth leads4 ,nothing but religion could have enabled one1 with a disposition naturally so high and resolute as his1 to submit1 as he did1 to buffetings1 beatings1 cruel treatment1 and persecution1 with becoming meekness and patience4 ,in #affb1 ,ellwood became the companion of the poet ,milton1 and it was he who suggested to the latter the writing of ,paradise ,regained4 ,he had a peculiar gift for government in the church1 and was very serviceable therein2 an ornament to the meeting he belonged to1 and much missed when he died4 ,according to his biographer1 he was 8a man of comely aspect1 of a free and generous disposition1 of a courteous and affable temper1 and pleasant conversation2 a gentleman born and bred2 a scholar1 a true ,christian1 an eminent author1 a good neighbour1 a kind friend40 ,he proved a very useful and acceptable elder in the church1 devoting nearly the whole of his time and talents to its service4 ,he died in #agac1 and was buried at ,jordans1 leaving behind him a most interesting autobiography1 to which the reader is referred for further particulars4 ,footnote #ej3 ,this being the last mention of ,stephen ,smith1 it may be added1 that he was born in #afbc1 and being convinced in #affe1 suffered both in person and estate by imprisonment and spoiling of goods1 for his testimony on behalf of ,christ4 ,he was a man of account in the world1 who1 in his younger years1 travelled much abroad1 having resided some time at ,scanderoon1 in ,syria1 as a merchant1 and afterwards published a work called1 ,wholesome ,advice and ,information1 wherein he shows how much some of the ,turks exceeded some ,christians in their dealings4 ,he was an honest1 upright man1 one that feared ,god and was of good report1 being a preacher of righteousness in his daily conduct1 ever ready to do good4 ,he became a valiant gospel minister1 and spoke to the comfort and encouragement of those that heard him1 travelling in many parts of ,england in gospel service4 ,he died in peace at his own house1 near ,guildford1 in ,surrey1 in #afgh4 ,he wrote many serviceable works1 which were collected and published in an #hvo volume1 entitled1 ,the ,true ,light ,discovered to all who ,desire to ,walk in the ,day4 ,footnote #ea3 ,lady ,conway was a person of great piety1 and a favourer of ,friends4 ,in a letter to the learned and excellent ,dr4 ,henry ,more1 who was her particular friend1 she thus expresses herself concerning them3-- 8,your conversation with them 7the ,friends7 at ,london might be1 as you express it1 charitably intended1 like that of a physician frequenting his patients for the increase or confirmation of their health2 but ,i must confess1 that my converse with them is1 to receive health and refreshment from them40--,see ,appendix to ,barclay's second edition of ,isaac ,penington's ,letters1 p4 #caa4 ,footnote #eb3 ,john ,gratton was born about the year #afda4 ,he was first brought under religious conviction when he was a shepherd boy about eleven years old1 but he remained in a halting state till he attained to manhood1 after which he became more devoted in heart to the ,lord4 ,he was brought into great grief on observing the instability of some professed preachers of the gospel1 in times of persecution4 ,in #afgj he began to preach among the ,baptists1 but soon left this people because they also flinched in the day of trial1 and becoming convinced of the soundness of the principles held by ,friends1 and seeing their constancy under suffering1 he joined them in #afga4 ,the third time he attended a ,friends' meeting1 he spoke under the constraining influence of the ,divine ,spirit2 and he soon became an able minister of ,christ4 ,he often left his temporal concerns to make apostolic visits to various parts of ,great ,britain and ,ireland4 ,he also suffered imprisonment for about five years and a half for the gospel's sake4 ,his residence was for many years at ,monyash1 in ,derbyshire1 but in #agjh he removed to ,needham1 and resided with a daughter1 at whose house he died in #agaa1 aged #fh--;a minister about forty years4 ,footnote #ec3 ,richard ,baker is described as a man of circumspect life1 and a pattern of good works4 ,he suffered cheerfully for ,christ both the spoiling of his goods and imprisonment of his body2 and would often say1 8,if people did but know the pleasure of godliness1 they would not live in the earth as they did40 ,he was a zealous labourer1 a vigilant watchman1 a sharp reprover of evil1 an encourager of the good1 and a faithful minister1 endeavouring to bring those he ministered to into an inward exercise of spirit towards ,god1 and to a greater acquaintance with1 and subjection to1 the power of ,god4 ,concerning this he wrote a treatise entitled1 ,a ,testimony to the ,power of ,god1 being ,greater than the ,power of ,satan4 ,he died in #afig1 having often said in his last sickness1 8,all is well10 and testified that the power and strength of ,god was with him4 ,footnote #ed3 ,there appear to have been at this time a number of ,friends at ,algiers1 who had been captured4 ,in the early times of the ,society many of its members were seafaring men2 and to such1 of whatever religious profession1 it was no uncommon thing to be taken at sea by the ,algerines or other corsairs1 who continually scoured the ,mediterranean1 and ventured occasionally beyond its limits to make prize of merchant ships1 and consign their crews to slavery4 ,great care was exercised towards these captive ,friends by the ,society1 and efforts made for their redemption4 ,they are mentioned in the ,yearly ,meeting epistles of #afhb-afhg1 and in most of the succeeding ones4 ,in the epistle of #afih it is stated1 8,divers of our ,friends who were captives at ,mequinez1 and suffered great hardships there1 are dead2 and there yet remain five1 for whose ransom great endeavours have been used1 but it is not yet effected40 ,the epistle of the following year states1 8,earnest endeavours have again lately been used for the liberty of our ,friends1 captives in ,barbary1 though not as yet obtained2 and there being at this time some negotiations on foot1 by the tenderness and care of the government1 for the redemption of all the ,english there2 and though the persons in ,barbary1 employed therein by ,friends1 do wait some time to see the effect of that1 yet we shall continue our further endeavours for their discharge1 and in the meantime take care to send them supplies for food1 they having little allowance in that country1 of anything to support their bodies1 under the great severities of labour1 and undeserved stripes1 that captives often endure40 ,in the epistle of #agjb the conclusion of the ,barbary captives is stated1 namely1 that live ,friends1 being all who remained alive in that long and sore captivity1 have been this year redeemed1 whose ransom 7including a ,friend's son from ,pennsylvania7 cost the ,society upwards of #dhj4 ,the redeemed tenderly and gratefully acknowledged ,friends' love and care of them4 ,footnote #ee3 ,a schism1 of which ,story and ,wilkinson were at the head1 is frequently referred to in the writings of some of the early ,friends4 ,it commenced and spread mostly in the north4 ,there were1 however1 those in ,london1 ,bristol1 and some southern counties1 who1 through ease and unwatchfulness1 having lost their first love and the discerning spirit1 were deceived by a specious bait1 and became the cause of much exercise and trouble to their brethren4 ,the ground of difference was alleged by them to be1 their objection to those meetings for regulating the affairs of the church1 exercising a salutary discipline over its members2 and more especially against the establishment of women's meetings1 which ,g4 ,fox and other ,friends 8were moved to set up40 ,they stated1 with a show of plausibility which gained some1 chiefly the looser sort1 to their ranks1 8,that such meetings were needless1 some years having been passed in peace and unity without them2 and that every individual ought to be guided by the ,spirit1 and left free to act2 that meetings for discipline were a form1 and the exercise of that discipline an infringement upon individual liberty40 ,great endeavours were made for their enlightenment and restoration4 ,in #bnd ,month1 #afgf1 a meeting was held at ,drawell1 which lasted four days1 in which 8many ,friends laboured much for their preservation1 but they were too far gone in a separate spirit to be reclaimed40 ,they1 therefore1 became out of unity with the body who1 8walking by the same rule1 minded the same thing40 ,they fell to jangling1 and1 after a while1 the best among them came to see how they had been deceived2 and the rest1 after having had separate meetings1 are said to have 8vanished as snow in the fields40--,see ,sewell's ,history1 folio edition1 pp4 #ehc1 #ehd4 ,,chapter ,x4 #afha-afhc4--;,george ,fox answers two envious books written abroad--writes to magistrates to persuade them to moderation--writes to the ,quarterly ,meetings--attends the judges at ,chambers1 respecting a tithe-suit against himself and his wife--,george ,fox had bound himself not to intermeddle with his wife's estate--this is shown to the judges in court1 at which they wonder--his counsel thereon founds an argument in his favour--he again writes against the spirit of strife and division in the church--writes to the magistrates who had illegally condemned ,friends upon ex-parte evidence--writes two papers respecting the choice of sheriffs--,friends are interrupted at ,gracechurch ,street ,meeting by a civil and military force--,george ,fox writes divers books and papers in support and defence of the ,truth--the ,spirit of ,god directed to as the rule to distinguish between ,truth and error1 whereby the evil of persecution may be avoided--an epistle to encourage ,friends under their sufferings1 both from the outward powers1 and from false brethren--the laws are now more strictly enforced against ,dissenters--an epistle to ,friends1 commending them to the power of ,god in themselves--writes to ,friends imprisoned at ,denbigh1 to console them in their sufferings1 and exhorting them to faithfulness--,friends are kept out of their meeting-houses1 and fined for speaking--a ,friend is speedily restored from a sudden illness1 in a remarkable manner1 through the prayers of ,george ,fox--persecution is now hot1 and ,george ,fox writes to ,friends not to risk the loss of other people's goods through their sufferings4 ,about this time ,i received two very envious books1 written against ,truth and ,friends2 one of them by a doctor 7so called7 of ,bremen1 in ,germany1 the other by a priest of ,dantzic4 ,they were both full of gross falsehoods1 and reproachful slanders4 ,i found it upon me to answer them both2 and that ,i might not be much interrupted therein by other business and company1 ,i went to ,,kingston-,,upon-,,thames1 where ,i wrote an answer to each of them2 and also to some other scandalous papers which had been printed and scattered about to misrepresent ,friends4 ,while ,i was there ,i wrote also the following paper1 to persuade the magistrates to moderation towards ,dissenters1 and take off their edge to persecution4 ,that it should have its full service1 ,i directed it-- 8,to all the ,rulers1 ,magistrates1 and ,law-makers in ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,ireland1 from the highest to the lowest2 and to all other ,magistrates everywhere1 in that which is called ,christendom2 desiring their health1 peace1 tranquillity1 life1 and salvation in ,christ ,jesus1 the ,lord of ,glory1 and ,lamb of ,god1 who takes away the sins of the world1 who is the ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords1 to whom all power in heaven and in earth is given2 and who will reward every man according to his words and works4 8,you that bear the name of ,christian magistrates1 my desire is1 that you may all be found in ,christ2 and not only have the name1 but be made partakers of his divine nature2 that ye may be not only sayers1 but doers of the word2 not only professors and talkers of ,christ1 but letting him rule in your hearts by faith1 and be walkers in ,christ4 ,for as his great apostle saith1 #8,as every one hath received the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 so let him walk in him2 for in him there is peace4' ,if all that profess ,christ1 did walk in ,christ1 they would walk in peace1 and be in unity2 for the apostle exhorted the ,christians in his day to keep the unity of the ,spirit2 which is the bond of peace1 yea1 of ,christ the ,king of kings' peace4 ,all ,christians1 who have the ,scriptures1 and are not in this ,spirit of ,christ1 are not in unity one with another2 and so have broken this bond of peace1 which should knit and unite them together4 ,likewise all that profess the truth of ,christ1 should live in it2 for it is peaceable1 and the gospel is the gospel of peace2 which1 if all ,christians lived in1 they would be at peace one with another1 and in the glorious fellowship of the gospel4 ,and if all ,christians kept in the fear of ,god1 which is the beginning of the pure1 heavenly peaceable1 and gentle wisdom1 which is easy to be entreated 7above that wisdom which is earthly1 sensual1 devilish1 and destroying71 there would be no difference and destroying about matters of religion4 8,i do declare the mighty day of the ,lord is come and coming2 and the ,lord ,god is come to teach his people himself by his ,son1 ,heb4 i41 who bruises the serpent's head1 that false teacher1 that led ,adam and ,eve from ,god their ,teacher4 ,god will teach his people by his ,son1 who was the ,teacher of ,adam and ,eve in paradise1 before they fell and disobeyed the ,lord1 forsook him1 and followed the serpent2 whose head ,christ bruises1 and renews man and woman up again into the image of ,god1 which ,adam and ,eve were in before they fell3 glory and honour be to ,god through ,jesus ,christ1 who hath called us by his ,son into his glorious image1 to serve and worship him in ,spirit and truth2 which ,holy ,spirit and truth the devil is out of1 and into which he cannot come4 8,i desire all ,christian magistrates to take heed of persecuting any1 though they differ from you in matters of faith1 worship1 and religion4 ,for ,christ saith1 #8,let the tares and the wheat grow together till the harvest3' and he forbade such as would be plucking up tares3 the reason was1 #8lest they should pluck up the wheat also2' for ,christ said1 it should be his angels' work1 to separate the tares from the wheat4 ,moreover1 ,christ said1 they should go into everlasting punishment that did not visit him in prison in his members2 then what will become of them that cast him into prison1 where he is made manifest in his members6 ,o1 lay these things to heart6 ,a day of judgment will come1 vengeance and recompense upon every one according to his works4 8,to those disciples who would have had fire to come down from heaven to consume them that would not receive them1 ,christ turned him about1 rebuked them1 and told them1 #8they knew not what spirit they were of2 for he came not to destroy men's lives1 but to save them4' 8,therefore let all magistrates and priests in that which is called ,christendom1 consider who have destroyed men's lives since the apostles' days1 because they could not receive the religions1 ways1 and worships which they have made and set up3 have they known what spirit they have been of8 ,are they not all reproved by1 and come under the judgment of ,christ8 ,therefore let all persecution be laid aside concerning religion2 let love bear the sway1 to overcome evil and enemies2 and let patience oversway passion in all1 that all may retain the heavenly reason1 and the pure understanding1--that your moderation in true ,christianity may be known to all men4 ,for have you not the ,turks1 ,jews1 ,tartars1 ,indians1 and atheists' eyes upon you1 and upon ,christendom8 ,therefore be in unity1 and let not the name of ,god and ,christ be blasphemed amongst them by means of any that bear the name of ,christians4 ,so ,god may be glorified by all and in all1 through ,jesus ,christ1 who is over all1 who calls all to peace1 and is blessed for ever4 8,i would have you to be as noble as the ,bereans1 and search the ,scriptures of ,christ and the apostles4 ,where did he or they give any command to imprison1 banish1 persecute1 or put to death1 any that would not receive or conform to them1 or that were contrary-minded to them in religion1 or differed from them in matters of worship8 8,again1 ,i desire all ,christian magistrates to search both ,scriptures and ,chronicles1 and see what was the end of all persecutors1 and what judgments came upon them4 ,what came to ,cain1 who was the first persecutor for matters of faith and sacrifice8 ,did not he become a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth8 ,what became of the old world1 that grieved ,god1 and ,noah1 a preacher of righteousness8 ,what became of ,sodom1 that vexed just ,lot8 ,what became of ,pharaoh1 that persecuted ,god's people in ,egypt 7though the more he persecuted them the more they grew87 ,what became of ,ahab and ,jezebel1 that persecuted the ,lord's prophets8 ,and what became of ,haman1 that would have destroyed the ,jews8 ,what became of the ,jews and ,jerusalem1 that persecuted ,christ and the apostles8 ,what was the end of all these8 ,are they not become vagabonds in the earth1 and driven away from their native country8 ,therefore ,i beseech you in the love and fear of ,god1 be so noble as to search both ,scripture and history1 and let not your divine understanding be clouded4 ,what will become of the beast and whore spoken of in the ,revelations1 with their false prophets1 that have drunk the blood of the saints1 martyrs1 and prophets of ,jesus8 ,must they not all go with the devil1 who is a murderer1 destroyer1 and adversary of mankind1 into the lake of fire1 that burns with brimstone8 ,and ye may be sure that spirit that stirs you up to persecution1 let it be in whomsoever it will1 is not of ,christ1 and of his lamb-like nature2 who takes away the sins of the world1 not the lives of men4 8,paul was a persecutor1 and a haler to prison1 before he was converted to ,christianity2 but never after4 ,and therefore1 are not all in ,saul's nature1 let them be of what name or profession soever1 that are persecutors1 and unconverted into ,paul's life of ,christianity8 ,he said1 the life that he lived after he was converted1 was #8by the faith of the ,son of ,god2' and that he lived1 yet not he1 but #8,christ lived in him1' who came to save men's lives1 and not to destroy them4 ,this life should be the life of all ,christians now1 which ,paul in his converted state lived in4 ,and the apostle saith1 #8,the law is good if a man use it lawfully2 knowing this1 that the law is not made for a righteous man1 but for the lawless and disobedient1 for the ungodly1 and for sinners1 for unholy and profane1 for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers1 for manslayers1 for whoremongers1 for them that defile themselves with mankind1 for men-stealers1 for liars1 and for perjured persons1' #a ,tim4 i4 #h-aj4 ,so the law1 in its place1 is good against such4 8,again the apostle says1 #8,the law was added because of transgression1' ,gal4 iii4 #ai4 ,here all magistrates may see what the law in its place is good against2 what it was made for and against2 and what evils1 the apostle says1 it takes hold of4 ,he does not say the law should be laid upon men that differed from them in their religion and judgment1 nor upon righteous men4 ,so you may see in what condition the law is good1 and what it was made against2 not against righteous men1 against whom ye have nothing in their lives and conversations1 only because they differ from you in matters of religion2 letting manslayers1 whoremongers1 perjured persons1 ungodly1 profane persons1 liars1 c41 go unpunished2 such do not use1 nor execute the law lawfully1 as the apostle says1 #8,the law is good1 if a man use it lawfully4' ,therefore it ought to be used lawfully2 which law1 the apostle says1 #8is for the punishment of evil-doers1 and a praise for them that do well2' as may be seen1 ,rom4 xiii4 ,so1 as the apostle said1 #8,we do not break the law1 nor make it void2 but we establish the law1' 7,rom4 iii4 #ca47 8,this is from him who desires the eternal good and salvation of you all in ,christ ,jesus4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,kingston-upon-,thames1 the #dth of the #ast ,month1 #afhj-a4 ,after ,i had finished these services ,i returned to ,,london1 where ,i stayed about a month1 labouring amongst ,friends in the work of the ,lord1 both in public meetings for worship1 and in those relating to the outward affairs of the church4 ,then feeling my spirit drawn to visit ,friends about ,enfield1 ,i went to ,,waltham ,,abbey1 where ,i had a very precious meeting2 and another at ,,flamstead ,,heath4 ,having spent some time among ,friends thereabouts1 and had divers good meetings at ,,edmonton1 ,,enfield1 ,,winchmore-,,hill1 and other places1 ,i came back to ,,london a little before the ,yearly ,meeting1 which was in the #crd month1 #afha4 ,it was a very precious time1 in which the glorious presence and power of the ,lord was eminently felt and enjoyed4 ,some time after the ,yearly ,meeting it came upon me to write the following epistle3-- 8,to the ,men's and ,women's ,quarterly ,meetings that are gathered in the name and power of ,jesus40 8,christ1 the second ,adam1 who is both ,head and ,husband of his church1 the ,redeemer1 ,purchaser1 ,saviour1 ,sanctifier1 and ,reconciler of his sons and daughters 7his church7 to ,god1 ,i say1 his presence 7to wit1 ,christ's7 feel among you1 to exercise his prophetical office1 in opening you with his light1 grace1 truth1 power1 and ,spirit2 and to exercise his office1 as he is a ,bishop1 to oversee you with his light1 grace1 power1 and ,spirit1 that ye do not go astray from ,god4 ,and as ,christ is a ,shepherd1 feel1 see1 and hear him exercising that office1 who laid down his life for his sheep1 feeding them in his living pastures of life1 and making them to drink of his living1 eternal springs4 ,let ,him rule and govern in your hearts1 as he is ,king1 that his heavenly and spiritual government all may live under1 as true subjects of his righteous1 peaceable kingdom1 which stands in righteousness1 peace1 joy in the ,holy ,ghost1 over ,satan and his power1 and all unrighteousness4 ,so all ye subjects to ,christ's kingdom of peace1 if ye want wisdom1 or knowledge1 life1 or salvation1 ,christ is the treasure2 feel ,him the treasure among you4 ,and all1 as ye have received ,christ1 walk in him1 in whom ye have peace2 who bruises the head of the serpent1 the author of all strife1 distraction1 and confusion3 yea1 you have peace with ,god1 and one with another1 though the trouble be from the world and the world's spirit4 8,therefore1 my dear ,friends1 brethren and sisters1 love one another with the love that is of ,god shed in your hearts2 that ye may bear the marks of ,christ's disciples1 and it may appear that ,christ is in you1 and ye in ,him2 so that ,god ,almighty may be glorified among you4 ,whatever ye do1 let it be done in the name of ,jesus1 to the praise of ,god the ,father1 keeping in unity in the ,holy ,spirit of ,god1 which was before the unholy spirit was3 which ,holy ,spirit is your bond of peace1 yea1 the ,holy ,king of kings' and ,lord of lords' peace4 ,and in this holy1 pure ,spirit is your eternal unity and fellowship2 in which ye serve and worship the ,god of ,truth1 who is over all1 blessed for ever1 ,amen4 ,so the ,lord guide you all with his ,word of patience1 life1 power1 and wisdom1 in all your actions1 lives1 conversations1 and meetings1 to ,god's glory4 ,my love to you all in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom all things were made1 and who is over all1 the ,first and the ,last40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #ith of the #dth ,month1 #afha4 ,about this time ,i had occasion to go to several of the judges' chambers upon a suit about tithes4 ,for my wife and ,i and several other ,friends1 were sued in ,cartmel-,wapentake ,court in ,lancashire1 for small tithes1 and we had demurred to the jurisdiction of that court4 ,whereupon the plaintiff prosecuted us in the ,exchequer ,court at ,westminster1 where they run us up to a writ of rebellion1 for not answering the bill upon oath2 and got an order of court to the sergeant1 to take me and my wife into custody4 ,this was a little before the ,yearly ,meeting1 at which time it was thought they would have taken me up2 and according to outward appearance1 it was likely1 and very easy for him to have done it1 lodging at the places where ,i used to do1 and being very public in meetings4 ,but the ,lord's power was over them1 and restrained them2 so that they did not take me4 ,yet understanding there was a warrant out against me1 as soon as the ,yearly ,meeting was over1 ,i took ,william ,mead with me1 and went to several of the judges' chambers1 to speak with them about it2 and to let them understand both the state of the case1 and the ground and reason of our refusing to pay tithes4 ,the first ,i went to was ,judge ,gregory1 to whom ,i tendered mine and my wife's answer to the plaintiff's bill2 in which was set forth1 that she had lived three and forty years at ,swarthmore1 and in all that time there had been no tithe paid or demanded3 and an old man1 who had long been a tithe-gatherer1 had made affidavit1 that he never gathered tithe at ,swarthmore-,hall in ,judge ,fell's time1 or since4 ,there were many particulars in our answer1 but it would not be accepted without an oath4 ,i told the judge that both tithe and swearing among ,christians came from the ,pope1 and it was matter of conscience to us not to pay tithes1 nor to swear2 for ,christ bid his disciples1 who had freely received1 give freely2 and he commanded them 8not to swear at all40 ,the judge said1 there was tithe paid in ,england before ,popery was3 ,i asked him by what law or statute they were paid then2 but he was silent4 ,then ,i told him1 there were eight poor men brought up to ,london out of the ,north about two hundred miles for small tithes1 and one of them had no family but himself and his wife1 and kept no living creature but a cat4 ,i asked him also1 whether they could take a man and his wife1 and imprison them both for small tithes1 and so destroy a family2 and if they could1 ,i desired to know by what law3 he did not answer me1 but only said1 8that was a hard case40 ,when ,i found there was no help to be had there1 we left him1 and went to ,judge ,montague's chamber2 and with him ,i had much discourse concerning tithes4 ,whereupon he sent for our adversary's attorney2 and when he came ,i offered him our answer4 ,he said1 if we would pay the charges of the court1 and be bound to stand trial1 and abide the judgment of the court1 we should not have the oath tendered to us4 ,i told him that they had brought those charges upon us1 by requiring us to put in our answer upon oath2 which they knew before we could not do for conscience' sake2 and as we could not pay any tithe nor swear1 so neither should we pay any of their charges4 ,upon this he would not receive our answer4 ,so we went from thence to ,judge ,atkyns's chamber1 and he being busy1 we gave our answers and our reasons against tithes and swearing to his clerk2 but neither could we find any encouragement from him to expect redress there4 ,wherefore leaving him we went to one of the most noted counsellors1 and showed him the state of our case and our answers3 he was very civil to us1 and said1 8this way of proceeding against us was somewhat like an inquisition40 ,a few days after1 those eight poor ,friends that were brought up so far out of the ,north1 appeared before the judges2 and the ,lord was with them1 and his power was over the court1 so that the ,friends were not committed to the ,fleet4 ,our cause was put off till the next term 7called ,michaelmas71 and then it was brought before the four judges again4 ,then ,william ,mead told the judges that ,i had engaged not to meddle with my wife's estate4 ,the judges could hardly believe that any man would do so3 whereupon he showed them the writing under my hand and seal1 at which they wondered4 ,then two of the judges and some of the lawyers stood up1 and pleaded for me1 that ,i was not liable to the tithes3 but the other two judges and divers lawyers1 pressed earnestly to have me sequestered2 alleging that ,i was a public man4 ,at length they prevailed with one of the other two judges to join with them2 and then they granted a sequestration against me and my wife together4 ,thereupon1 by advice of counsel1 we moved for a limitation1 which was granted1 and that much defeated our adversary's design in suing out the sequestration2 for this limited the plaintiff to take no more than was proved4 ,one of the judges1 ,baron ,weston1 was very bitter1 and broke forth in a great rage against me in the open court2 but shortly after he died4 ,after the ,yearly ,meeting1 ,i tarried about a month in ,london2 and then went into ,,sussex1 to visit ,friends there1 amongst whom ,i had many large and very precious meetings in divers parts of that county4 ,yet ,i spent not much time now in ,sussex1 but returned pretty soon to ,,london1 whither ,i felt drawings in spirit2 and had very good service for the ,lord there1 both in public meetings and amongst ,friends4 ,when ,i had tarried some time in ,london1 ,i went to ,,edmonton2 thence into ,,buckinghamshire1 where ,i visited ,friends at several meetings in that county3 and then went by ,,henley to ,,reading1 where ,i tarried several meetings4 ,i went no farther westward at this time than to ,,oare1 where ,i had a very large meeting2 after which1 striking through the edge of ,,oxfordshire1 ,i had a large and very precious meeting at ,,warborough1 in which the glory of the ,lord shone over all4 ,many ,friends came to it out of ,berkshire1 ,buckinghamshire1 and ,hampshire4 ,thence ,i passed to ,,ilmer in the vale of ,buckinghamshire1 where we had a glorious meeting2 and the day following ,i returned to ,mary ,penington's1 visiting the men's and women's monthly meetings at ,,hunger-,,hill1 and some other meetings thereabouts2 and then passed to ,,watford1 where was a marriage of two ,friends1 at which ,i was present4 ,a very large meeting we had on that occasion1 and the ,lord's power was over all4 ,i went from ,watford to ,,longford in ,,middlesex1 visiting ,friends at ,,uxbridge in the way4 ,at ,longford we had a large meeting on ,first-day1 and the presence of the ,lord was preciously felt amongst us2 blessed be his name6 ,i passed from ,longford to ,,kingston1 visiting ,friends as ,i went1 at ,,staines and ,,sunbury4 ,at ,kingston ,i abode with ,friends two meetings1 wherein we were sweetly refreshed together in the ,lord4 ,passing thence towards ,london1 ,i had a very precious meeting at ,,wandsworth3 then crossing over to ,,hammersmith1 ,i had a good meeting there1 which was larger on account of a burial2 and there being openness in the people1 ,i had a fine opportunity to open the way of truth amongst them4 ,after ,i was come to ,,london1 ,i was moved to write the following paper1 concerning that spirit which had led some1 who professed truth1 into strife and division1 and to oppose the way and work of the ,lord3-- 8,,friends1 8,you that keep your habitations in the truth1 that is over all1 see that it is the same spirit that leads the back-sliders and apostates now1 from the spiritual fellowship and unity of ,god's people1 and the church of ,christ1 that led ,adam and ,eve from ,god1 and the ,jews from ,god and his law1 to rebel against his ,spirit4 ,this spirit is the same that was in the world1 which got into the ,jews1 when they were gone from the ,spirit of ,god2 and then they turned against ,god and his prophets1 and against ,christ and his apostles4 ,this spirit led them to be as bad as ,pilate1 or worse4 ,the enmity or adversary got within them against the truth1 and them that walked in it1 and the ,spirit of the ,lord2 so that they killed and destroyed the ,just4 ,this was the spirit of the devil1 the destroyer1 who sought not only to destroy the truth1 but the order of it1 and them that walked in it1 when true ,christianity was planted among the possessors of the light1 grace1 and truth1 and the holy gospel faith and ,spirit1 who enjoyed ,christ in their hearts4 ,but when some began to err from the ,spirit and faith1 to hate the light1 disobey the gospel1 turn the grace of ,god into wantonness1 walk despitefully against the ,spirit of ,grace1 turn from the truth1 crucify to themselves ,christ afresh1 and put him to open shame2 these were they1 that let in the spirit of the world2 who held the form of godliness1 but denied the power thereof2 and troubled the churches in the apostles' days4 ,when the spirit of ,satan had got into such1 they were more troublesome to the church than the open persecutors that were without3 these got into the assemblies to deceive the hearts of the simple1 having the good words1 fair speeches1 and sheep's clothing4 ,paul1 ,peter1 ,john1 ,jude1 and ,james had much to do with such1 to keep them from troubling the church of ,christ2 for they are out of the light1 power1 and ,spirit2 therefore the apostles of ,christ exhorted the saints to keep to the ,word of life within2 to the anointing2 to the grace1 truth1 and ,holy ,spirit in their hearts4 ,this foul spirit will profess all the ,scriptures in words2 but by the ,spirit of ,god1 which is holy1 this spirit is tried1 and its fruits4 ,so the apostates went from the power and ,spirit of ,god1 and turned against the prophets1 and the martyrs of ,jesus2 and became the whore1 whose cup all nations drank of4 ,the dragon with his tail threw down many of the stars1 and would have devoured the woman with his flood2 but the woman1 the true church1 was preserved2 for the gates of hell cannot prevail against her2 and then the dragon made war with her seed4 ,so the dragon1 the whore1 the beast1 and false prophets1 all made war against the ,lamb and the saints2 but the ,lamb and the saints will overcome them all1 and will have the victory4 8,and now the everlasting gospel is preached again to all nations1 tongues1 and peoples2 and many are gathered into the gospel1 the power of ,god1 are turned to the light1 which is the life in ,christ1 are grafted into him1 and are come to walk in the order of the new covenant of light and life1 in the gospel of peace and salvation4 ,the same spirit that opposed the apostles and the churches in their days1 opposes now2 yea1 it is the same that opposed ,christ1 and disdained him1 that disdaineth ,god's servants now4 ,the same that opposed the prophets1 and rebelled against ,moses1 opposes and rebels against ,god's servants and people now4 ,it is the same dark1 blind1 disobedient1 faithless1 wilful1 jealous spirit1 that persecutes some with the hands1 and others with the tongue4 ,it is the same spirit of enmity1 the adversary and destroyer1 that tempted ,adam and ,eve to disobey ,god1 and deceived them2 which deceived the ,jews and tempted them1 and deceived all those that went from the church in the apostles' days4 ,and it is the same spirit that is now going about sometimes like a roaring lion1 sometimes like a twisting serpent to tempt1 to deceive1 and to devour1 in those who have fair speeches1 good words1 and sheep's clothing1 in a form of godliness1 and under pretence of light and liberty1 but who deny the power thereof1 and inwardly are ravening wolves2 and if it were possible1 they would deceive the very elect4 ,but the elect are in the covenant of light and life1 and in the power of ,god over them1 and in ,christ1 who will grind them to pieces2 and will slay all his enemies with his spiritual sword1 who will not have him to rule over1 or in them4 8,in ,christ all his people have rest and peace1 who is their sanctuary over all storms and tempests4 ,in ,christ1 the sanctuary1 no deceiver nor destroyer can come2 for he is a place of sweet rest and safety4 ,hallelujah6 praise the ,lord for his sanctuary4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,sufferings continuing severe upon ,friends at ,,london1 ,i found my service lay mostly there2 wherefore ,i went but little out of town1 and not far2 being frequent at the most public meetings1 to encourage ,friends1 both by word and example1 to stand fast in the testimony to which ,god has called them4 ,at other times ,i went about from house to house1 visiting ,friends that had their goods taken away for their testimony to truth4 ,and because the wicked informers were grown very audacious1 by reason that they had too much countenance and encouragement from some justices1 who1 trusting wholly to their information1 proceeded against ,friends without hearing them2 whereby many were made to suffer1 not only contrary to right1 but even contrary to law also2 ,i advised with some ,friends about it2 and we drew up a paper1 which was delivered to most of the magistrates in and about the city2 which was as follows3-- 8,whereas informers have obtained warrants of some justices of peace1 who have convicted many of us without a hearing1 or once summoning us to appear before them2 by which proceedings many have had their goods seized and taken away1 being generally fined ten pounds each for an unknown speaker2 and some of those persons so fined1 have not been at the meetings they were fined for2 and the speaker notwithstanding has himself been fined for the same meeting1 the same day the others were fined for the unknown speaker4 ,by this the justices may see the wickedness of these informers1 by whose false oaths we have been convicted for an unknown preacher1 when the preacher has been both known and fined4 ,also in their swearing such persons to have been at such a meeting such a day1 when indeed they1 whom they have so sworn against1 have not been at that meeting4 ,by which proceedings several families of the king's peaceable subjects are likely to be ruined1 if a speedy stop be not put thereunto4 8,therefore we hope and desire1 that you1 the king's justices1 for the time to come1 when any informers shall come to any of you with information against any of us1 will summon such as are accused to appear before you1 and hear us and our accusers face to face2 that none for the time to come may suffer for that they are not guilty of4 ,for ,pilate the governor heard ,christ and his accusers1 face to face1 before he condemned him1 7,john xix47 ,the council and chief priests heard ,stephen and his accusers1 with the witnesses that were brought against him1 face to face1 before they condemned him1 7,acts vii47 ,the ,roman captain heard ,paul and his accusers face to face 7,acts xxiii47 ,felix the governor heard ,paul1 and ,ananias the high priest1 and the elders that accused ,paul1 face to face 7,acts xxiv47 ,and when the high priests and chief of the ,jews accused ,paul to ,festus1 he heard ,paul and his accusers1 and them that witnessed against him1 face to face 7,acts xxv47 ,doth the law of ,god1 or did the ,roman law1 or doth the law of the land judge any man1 before he and his accusers1 and they that witness against him1 be heard face to face80 ,this somewhat moderated the justices2 and after this several ,friends1 that had been illegally prosecuted and fined1 entered their appeals2 and upon trial were acquitted1 and the informers cast3 which was a great discouragement to the informers1 and some relief to ,friends4 ,a little before the time for choosing new sheriffs for the city1 they who put up to be chosen desiring our ,friends to give their voices for them1 ,i wrote a few lines1 tending to discover what spirit they were of1 and how they stood affected to true liberty2 and it was by way of inquiry1 thus3-- 8,do any here in ,london1 who stand to be chosen sheriffs1 own that ,christ1 that was crucified without the gates of ,jerusalem1 to be the light of the world1 that #8enlightens every man that cometh into the world1' who saith1 #8,believe in the light1 that ye may become children of light8' ,are any of you against persecuting people for their religion and worship of ,god in spirit and in truth1 as ,christ commandeth8 ,for ,christ1 said1 #8,i am not of this world1 nor my kingdom2' therefore he doth not uphold his spiritual worship and pure religion with worldly and carnal weapons4 ,christ said1 #8,swear not at all2' and his apostle ,james saith the same2 but will not you force us to swear1 and so to break ,christ's and his apostle's commands1 in putting oaths to us8 ,christ saith to his apostles1 #8,freely ye have received1 freely give4' ,will not you force us to give tithes and maintenance to such teachers as we know ,god hath not sent8 ,shall we be free to serve and worship ,god1 and keep his and his ,son's commands1 if we give our voices freely for you8 ,for we are unwilling to give our voices for such as will imprison and persecute us1 and spoil our goods40 ,but whatever they were that stood to be chosen1 ,i observed heat and strife in the spirits of the people that were to choose2 wherefore ,i wrote a few lines to be spread amongst them1 directed thus3-- 8,to the ,people who are choosing ,sheriffs in ,london40 8,,people1--,all keep in the gentle and peaceable wisdom of ,god1 which is above all that which is earthly1 sensual1 and devilish2 and live in that love of ,god that is not puffed up1 nor is unseemly2 which envieth not1 but beareth and endureth all things4 ,in this love ye will seek the good and peace of all1 and the hurt of no man4 ,keep out of all heats1 and be not hot-headed2 but be cool and gentle1 that your ,christian moderation may appear to all men2 for the ,lord is at hand1 who beholds all men's words1 thoughts1 and actions1 and will reward every one according to his works2 and what every man soweth1 that shall he reap40 ,now ,i had some inclination to go into the country to a meeting1 but hearing that there would be a bustle at our meetings1 and feeling a great disquietness in people's spirits in the city about choosing sheriffs1 it was upon me to stay in the city1 and go to the meeting in ,gracechurch ,street upon the ,first-day of the week4 ,william ,penn went with me1 and spoke2 and while he was declaring the truth to the people1 a constable came in with his great staff1 and bid him give over1 and come down2 but he continued1 declaring truth in the power of ,god4 ,after a while the constable drew back1 and when ,william ,penn had done1 ,i stood up1 and declared to the people 8the everlasting gospel1 which was preached in the apostles' days1 and to ,abraham2 and which the church in the apostles' days received1 and came to be heirs of4 ,this gospel1 ,i declared1 was sent from heaven by the ,holy ,ghost in the apostles' days1 and is so now2 and was not of man1 neither by man2 but by the revelation of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,and now this gospel is preached again 7as ,john saw1 and said it should be7 to all nations1 tongues1 and people2 and all people now are to hear ,christ the prophet1 in this his gospel of the new covenant4 ,for as ,moses said1 #8,like unto me will ,god raise up a prophet1 and ,him shall ye hear in all things2' so1 said ,i1 this prophet1 ,christ1 is come1 and all the ,jews in spirit1 the true believing ,christians in the light1 who have the law of ,god written in their hearts1 and put into their minds1 are to hear ,christ in his gospel1 new testament1 and new covenant1 which is the law of the spirit of life in ,christ ,jesus1 who bruises the serpent's head 7which is the head of enmity71 and makes free from the law of sin and death4 ,i showed1 that all whom ,christ quickens and makes alive1 he makes to sit together in the heavenly places in himself4 ,so that they do not wander up and down1 like the fool's eye1 in the corners of the earth2 nor are their eyes abroad in the world1 to sit down in the world's invented seats of religion2 but they sit together in ,him1 as the saints did in the apostles' days4 ,so ,christ was and is their treasure of wisdom1 life1 knowledge and salvation40 ,as ,i was thus speaking1 two constables came in with their great staves1 and bid me give over speaking and come down2 but1 feeling the power of the ,lord with me1 ,i spoke on therein1 both to the constables and to the people4 ,to the constables ,i declared1 8that we were a peaceable people1 who meet to wait upon ,god1 and worship him in spirit and in truth2 and therefore they needed not to come with their staves amongst us1 who were met in a peaceable manner1 desiring and seeking the good and salvation of all people40 ,then turning my speech to the people again1 ,i declared what further was upon me to them2 and while ,i was speaking the constables drew out towards the door2 and the soldiers stood with their muskets in the yard4 ,when ,i had done speaking1 ,i kneeled down and prayed1 desiring the ,lord to open the eyes and hearts of all people1 both high and low1 that their minds might be turned to ,god by his ,holy ,spirit2 that he might be glorified in all and over all4 ,after prayer the meeting rose1 and ,friends passed away2 the constables being come in again1 but without the soldiers3 and indeed1 both they and the soldiers carried themselves civilly4 ,william ,penn and ,i went into a room hard by1 as we used to do1 and many ,friends went with us2 and lest the constables should think we would shun them1 a ,friend went down and told them1 that if they would have anything with us1 they might come where we were1 if they pleased4 ,one of them came to us soon after1 but without his staff2 which he chose to do1 that he might not be observed2 for he said1 the people told him he busied himself more than he needed4 ,we desired to see his warrant2 and therein we found1 that the informer was one ,hilton1 a ,north-countryman1 who was reputed to be a ,baptist4 ,the constable was asked1 whether he would arrest us by his warrant on that day2 it being the ,first-day of the week1 which in their law was called the ,lord's day2 he said1 he thought he could not4 ,he told us also1 that he had charged the informer to come along with him to the meeting1 but he had run away from him4 ,we showed the constable that both he and we were clear2 yet to free him from all fear of danger1 we were free to go to the alderman that granted the warrant4 ,then a ,friend that was present said1 he would go with the constable to speak with the alderman2 which they did1 and came presently back again1 the alderman being gone from home4 ,seeing the constable in a strait1 and finding him to be a tender man1 we bid him fix an hour to come to us again1 or send for us1 and we would come to him4 ,so he appointed five in the afternoon2 but neither came1 nor sent for us2 and a ,friend meeting him afterwards in the evening1 the constable told him1 he thought it would come to nothing1 and therefore did not look after us4 ,so the ,lord's power was over all2 to him be the glory6 ,on the ,fourth-day following1 it was upon me to go to ,gracechurch ,street meeting again2 for ,i had heard that they would come to break it up that day4 ,the neighbours1 it seems1 were informed so2 a justice had granted a warrant for that purpose1 and the constable told a ,friend1 that ,hilton the informer had been with him about it4 ,the constable would have had the informer to go with him to the meeting1 but he would not2 but would have the constable to go without him2 whether that put the constable by1 ,i know not2 but he did not come4 ,i was in a travail of spirit in the power of ,god1 and was moved in it to go to the meeting2 and the ,lord's power chained all down4 ,though they threatened to bring the red coats1 none came1 nor was there any disturbance2 but a glorious1 powerful meeting it was1 and very peaceable4 ,glory1 honour1 and praises be to the ,lord over all for ever4 ,amen6 ,during the time ,i thus abode at ,london1 as ,i had leisure between meetings1 and from other public services1 ,i wrote divers books and papers1 some of which were printed1 and others spread about in manuscript4 ,of these1 one was directed 8,to the bishops and others1 that stirred up persecution2 to show them from the ,holy ,scriptures that they did not walk therein according to the royal law1 #8to love their neighbour as themselves1 and to do to others as they would be done unto4'0 ,another was1 8,to all the several sorts of professed ,christians1 as well ,protestants as ,papists1 whose religion and worship stand in outward observances and ceremonies2 pressing them from those words of the apostle ,paul to the ,galatians1 chap4 v4 ver4 #b-d1 #8,behold1 ,i ,paul say unto you1 that if ye be circumcised1 ,christ shall profit you nothing4 ,for ,i testify again to every man that is circumcised1 that he is a debtor to the whole law4 ,christ is become of no effect unto you1 whosoever of you are justified by the law2 ye are fallen from grace1' to consider whether they1 being gone back into legal observations and shadowy ceremonies 7in upholding tithes1 offerings1 first-fruits1 priests' garments1 outward altars1 temples1 lamps1 lights1 c41 and in observing days1 months1 times1 years1 with many other things commanded by the law71 were not gone into the same state that the ,galatians were running into2 and so were fallen from grace1 and become debtors to do the whole law40 ,another was1 8,to direct and turn all people to the ,spirit of ,god1 that they might thereby receive a right understanding1 and be able to distinguish between right and wrong1 truth and error2 that under pretence of punishing evil-doers1 they might not themselves do evil in persecuting the righteous40 ,that paper1 being short1 is here inserted3-- 8,the ,spirit of ,god1 which he hath poured upon all1 giveth an understanding to all who are led by it2 and to those who do not quench the motions of it1 it giveth knowledge and understanding to distinguish good from evil1 light from darkness1 ,christ from antichrist1 the old testament or covenant from the new1 the old way from the new and living way2 the sheep and lambs from the goats and wolves2 the worship of ,god1 which ,christ set up above sixteen hundred years ago1 from the dragon's and beast's worship2 and all them that worship the works of men's hands1 and the will-worshippers1 from them that worship ,god in his ,spirit and in his truth1 in which ,god's people worship him2 which worship is over all false worships and worshippers4 ,they who believe in the light1 which is the life in ,christ1 become the children of light1 and are the lambs of ,jesus4 ,these lambs follow the ,lamb of ,god1 that taketh away the sins of the world2 and they will not follow the hirelings1 nor the strangers1 to be led into strange ways1 doctrines1 religions1 worships1 and churches2 for the lambs of ,christ follow ,christ1 the ,lamb of ,god1 and know his heavenly voice4 ,they know also1 that they who are without ,christ are dogs and wolves1 adulterers1 idolaters1 liars1 and unbelievers1 who would devour the lambs2 but these are in the hand of the ,lord1 which is his power1 that is over all4 ,such do good in his power unto all2 for they have the mind of ,christ1 who would have all to come to the knowledge of the truth1 and be saved4 ,they that do good to all1 do hurt to none2 for that spirit that doth hurt to any1 is not of ,god2 but that spirit which doth good to all1 and especially to the household of faith1 is of ,god4 ,christ came not to destroy men's lives1 but to save them3 it is the devil that is the destroyer of men's lives about religion1 that corrupts men1 and makes them deaf and blind to the things of ,god1 and to halt out of ,god's way4 ,they that obey the evil one and forsake the ,lord1 such the destroyer doth destroy2 but ,christ destroys that destroyer2 and in ,christ all have life40 ,g4 ,f4 ,i wrote another paper also concerning meditation1 delight1 exercise1 and study2 showing from the ,scriptures of truth1 what the true ,christians ought to meditate upon1 and to exercise their minds in2 what they should take delight in1 and what they should study to do4 ,for in these things1 not the profane and loose people only1 but even the great professors of religion are very much mistaken2 taking delight in earthly1 fading1 perishing things2 whereas they ought to meditate on heavenly things1 delight in the law of ,god after the inward man1 and exercise themselves to have always 8a conscience void of offence towards ,god1 and towards men10 as the apostle ,paul did4 ,as sufferings continued very sore and heavy upon ,friends1 not only in the city but in most parts of the nation1 ,i drew up a paper to be presented to the king2 setting forth our grievances1 and desiring redress from him in those particular cases which ,i understood were in his power4 ,but not having relief from him1 it came upon me to write an epistle to ,friends1 to encourage them in their sufferings1 that they might bear with patience the many exercises that were brought upon them1 both from the outward magistrates1 and by false brethren and apostates1 whose wicked books and filthy slanders grieved the upright-hearted4 ,this epistle ,i wrote at ,,dalston1 whither ,i went to visit an ancient ,friend that lay sick3-- 8,friends and brethren in ,christ ,jesus1 whom the ,lord hath called and gathered into himself1 in him abide2 for without him ye can do nothing1 and through him ye can do all things4 ,he is your strength and support in all your trials1 temptations1 imprisonments1 and sufferings1 who for ,christ's sake are accounted as sheep for the slaughter3 in all these things we are more than conquerors1 through ,christ who hath loved us4 ,and therefore1 ,friends1 though you suffer by the outward powers1 ye know that the prophets1 ,christ1 and the apostles1 suffered by the unconverted4 ,and though ye suffer by false brethren and false apostates for a time1 and by their filthy books and tongues2 whose tongues indeed are become no slander1 let them speak1 write1 or print what they will2 for the sober people even of the world hardly regard it3 it is well they have manifested themselves to the world1 that their folly may proceed no farther4 ,though1 to the utmost of their power1 they have showed their wicked intent1 to stir up the magistrates1 professors1 and profane against us1 and to speak evil of the way of truth1 ,god's judgments will overtake them1 and come upon them1 as sure as they have come upon those that are gone before them4 ,let their pretence be ever so high1 mark their end2 for they will fall like untimely figs1 and wither like the grass upon the top of the house4 ,though they may seem to flourish1 and make a boast and a noise for a time1 yet the ,seed is on the head of such1 and will grind them to powder2 which ,seed bruises the serpent's head4 ,therefore in this ,seed1 ,christ1 who is your sanctuary1 rest1 peace1 and quiet habitation1 who is the ,first and the ,last1 and over all1 in ,him walk2 for the ,lord taketh pleasure in his people that are faithful1 that serve and worship him4 ,therefore let the saints be joyful in glory2 and the ,god of peace1 #8the ,god of all grace1 who hath called us into his eternal glory by ,jesus ,christ1 after that ye have suffered a while1 make you perfect1 stablish1 strengthen1 settle you4' ,cast all your care upon the ,lord1 for he careth for you4 8,and1 dearly beloved1 think it not strange concerning the fiery trial that is to try you1 as though some strange thing had happened unto you2 for it is better1 if the will of ,god be so1 that ye suffer for well-doing1 than for evil-doing3 and rejoice1 inasmuch as ye are made partakers of ,christ's sufferings4 ,wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of ,god1 commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing1 as unto a faithful ,creator2 for unto you is given1 in the behalf of ,christ1 not only to believe in him1 but also to suffer for his sake4 ,so it is given1 or is a gift from ,christ1 to suffer for his name2 and therefore rejoice1 inasmuch as ye are made partakers of ,christ's sufferings4 ,if ye be reproached1 or evil spoken of for the name of ,christ1 happy are ye2 for the spirit of glory and of ,god resteth upon you3 on their part he is evil spoken of1 but on your part he is glorified4 ,therefore1 if any suffer as ,christians1 let them not be ashamed2 but let them glorify ,god on this behalf2 though now for a season ye are in sufferings1 and trials1 and temptations1 that the trial of your faith1 being much more precious than that of gold1 which perishes1 though it be tried with fire1 may be found unto praise1 honour1 and glory1 who are kept by the power of ,god1 through faith1 unto salvation4 ,therefore mind your ,keeper1 wherever ye are1 or what sufferings soever ye be in2 and mind the example of the apostle1 how he suffered trouble as an evil-doer unto bonds4 ,but the ,word of ,god is not bound1 which is everlasting and endures for ever2 and they who are in that which is not everlasting1 and doth not endure for ever1 cannot bind the ,word4 ,the apostle said1 ,i endure all things for the elect's sake1 that they may also obtain the salvation1 which is in ,christ ,jesus1 with eternal glory 7mark1 with eternal glory74 ,and if we suffer with ,christ1 we shall reign with ,christ1 who abide faithful4 8,therefore strive not about words to no profit1 but shun profane and vain babblings1 for they will increase unto more ungodliness2 that ye may be vessels of honour1 sanctified and meet for ,christ your ,master's use1 and prepared unto every good work4 ,follow after righteousness1 godliness1 faith1 love1 patience1 and meekness4 ,fight the good fight of faith with your heavenly weapons2 which faith is victory 7or gives victory7 by which ye lay hold on eternal life1 and have access unto ,god1 #8who will render to every man according to his deeds2 to them who1 by patient continuing in well-doing1 seek for glory1 and honour1 and immortality1 eternal life2 but unto them that are contentious1 and do not obey the truth1 but obey unrighteousness1 indignation and wrath1 tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil2 but glory1 honour1 and peace to every man that worketh good4' ,christ said to his disciples1 #8,if the world hate you1 ye know that it hated me before it hated you4 ,if ye were of the world1 the world would love its own2 but because ye are not of the world1 but ,i have chosen you out of the world1 therefore the world hateth you4' ,and1 #8,if they have persecuted me1 they will also persecute you4' ,and ,john1 in his general epistle to the church1 saith1 #8,marvel not1 my brethren1 if the world hate you4 ,we know that we have passed from death unto life1 because we love the brethren4' ,and ,christ1 in his prayer to his ,father1 saith of his followers1 #8,as thou hast sent me into the world1 even so have ,i also sent them into the world2 and the glory which thou gavest me ,i have given them1 that they may be one1 even as we are one4' ,and1 therefore1 all ye that know ,god and ,jesus ,christ1 whom to know is eternal life1 and are partakers of his glory1 keep the testimony of ,jesus1 and be valiant for his truth upon earth1 that ye may be all settled upon ,christ1 the rock and foundation40 ,g4,f4 ,dalston1 the #crd of the #hth ,month1 #afhb4 ,i made but little stay at ,dalston1 but returned to ,,london1 where ,i continued most part of the winter1 labouring in the service of truth amongst ,friends2 save that ,i was a little while at ,kingston1 in the #ajth month of this year1 where ,i wrote a book1 setting forth 8,the state of the birth temporal1 and the birth spiritual2 and the duty and state of a child1 youth1 young men1 aged men1 and fathers in the truth10 c4 ,but ,i stayed not long at ,kingston1 for the heat of persecution still continuing1 ,i felt my service to be chiefly at ,london2 where our meetings were for the most part disturbed and broken up1 or ,friends were forced to meet without doors1 being kept out of their meeting-houses by the officers4 ,yet sometimes1 beyond expectation1 we got a quiet and peaceable meeting in the houses4 ,one time ,i intended to go a mile or two out of town1 to visit a ,friend that was not well2 but hearing that the king had sent to the mayor to put the laws in execution against ,dissenters1 and that the magistrates thereupon intended to nail up the meeting-house doors1 ,i had not freedom to go out of town1 but was moved to go to the meeting in ,gracechurch ,street2 and notwithstanding all the threats1 a great meeting it was1 and very quiet2 the glory of the ,lord shone over all4 ,the same week ,i went to the meeting at ,,the ,,peel in ,john's ,street2 and the sessions were holden the same day at ,hicks's-,hall4 ,i went to ,the ,peel in the morning2 and ,william ,mead being to appear at the sessions-house for not going to the steeple-house worship1 came once or twice from ,hicks's-,hall to me at ,the ,peel2 which some ill-minded people observing1 went and informed the justices at the bench1 that he was gone to a meeting at ,the ,peel4 ,whereupon the justices sent a messenger to see if there was a meeting2 but this being in the forenoon1 there was none2 so the messenger1 when he had looked about1 went back and told them4 ,then others informed the justices that there would be one there in the afternoon2 whereupon they sent for the chief constable1 and asked him 8why he suffered a meeting to be at ,the ,peel1 so near him80 ,he told them1 8he did not know of any meeting there40 ,they asked him1 8how he could not know1 and live so near it80 ,he said1 8he was never there in his life1 and did not know that there was a meeting there40 ,they would have persuaded him that he must needs know of it2 but he standing steadfast in the denial of it1 they said1 8they should take order to have it looked after in the afternoon40 ,but a multitude of business coming before them at the sessions1 when dinner time came1 they hastened to it1 without giving order1 and when they came to the bench again after dinner1 the ,lord put it out of their minds1 so that they sent no officer4 ,the meeting was quiet1 beginning and ending in peace2 and a blessed one we had1 the ,lord's presence being preciously amongst us4 ,many ,friends had a concern upon their minds1 when they saw me come into the meeting1 lest ,i should be taken2 but ,i was freely given up to suffer1 if it was the ,lord's will1 before ,i went to the meeting2 and had nothing in my mind concerning it but the ,lord's glory4 ,i do believe the ,lord put it out of their minds1 that they should not send to break up our meeting that day4 ,yet the ,first-day after1 three or four justices 7as ,i heard7 came to ,the ,peel1 and put ,friends out of their meeting there1 and kept them out2 and inquired for ,william ,mead1#ef but he was not there4 ,that day ,i was moved to go to ,,gracechurch ,,street meeting2 and it was expected that the officers would come to break it up1 or keep ,friends out2 and many hundreds of people came to see what would be done to us4 ,but the officers came not2 so we were in peace and quietness2 and many of the people that came to look on1 stayed all the time2 and a glorious1 precious meeting we had2 for the ,lord's presence was plentifully amongst us1 and his power came over all2 glory to his name for ever1 who is over all6 ,i had seen the mayor's printed speech for putting the laws in execution against ,dissenters2 and it was much in my mind that we should draw up a paper to send to the mayor and aldermen1 to clear ourselves from being such1 as those laws were made against2 and to set forth our peaceable behaviour both towards the king and the government4 ,accordingly a paper was drawn up and signed1 and delivered to the mayor2 copies of which were also delivered to the aldermen1 and the bishop of ,london1 who generally took it kindly1 and were civil to the ,friends that delivered it4 ,about this time ,i was moved to write the few lines following to ,friends3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,feel the power of ,god in you all1 and over all1 and by it let your hearts be united to one another1 and to the ,lord ,god who hath gathered you to himself1 by his power and ,spirit1 to be a people to serve and worship him4 ,so that you may all strive to excel one another in virtue1 and in that love that beareth all things1 and edifieth the body of ,christ1 the body of the second ,adam4 ,for the body of old ,adam in the fall is full of malice1 envy1 and vice4 ,therefore you1 that are called out of old ,adam in the fall1 and have put on ,christ1 the second ,adam1 that never fell1 walk in ,him1 who is the treasure of life1 wisdom1 and knowledge1 in whom ye have peace with ,god1 who is the ,first and the ,last1 the ,beginning and the ,ending4 ,so let all be gathered up to ,god1 into ,him who reconcileth all things in one1 both things in heaven and things on earth2 who is the faithful and true witness in male and female4 ,in ,him sit down1 who is above the subtle foxes in their holes1 and the fowls of the air in their nests2 ,i say1 sit down in ,christ1 who hath no place among them to lay his head2 ,he is your rest4 ,so in him is my love to you all10 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #bjth of the #aath ,month1 #afhb4 ,not long after this1 ,i received an account by letter1 from some ,friends1 that were prisoners at ,denbigh1 in ,wales1 that many ,friends there were under great sufferings1 for the testimony of a good conscience4 ,in the tender sense whereof ,i was moved1 in the love of ,god1 to visit them with a few lines1 as a word of consolation to them in their sufferings2 and of exhortation1 to stand fast in the testimony committed to them1 after this manner3-- 8,dear suffering lambs for the name and command of ,jesus3 be valiant for his truth1 and faithful1 and ye will feel the presence of ,christ with you4 ,look at ,him1 who suffered for you1 who hath bought you1 and will feed you2 who saith1 #8,be of good comfort1 ,i have overcome the world2' who destroys the devil and his works1 and bruises the serpent's head4 ,i say1 look at ,christ1 your sanctuary1 in whom ye have rest and peace4 ,to you it is given not only to believe1 but to suffer for his name's sake4 ,they that will live godly in ,christ ,jesus1 shall suffer persecution by the ungodly professors of ,christ ,jesus1 who live out of him4 ,therefore be valiant for ,god's truth upon the earth1 and look above that spirit that makes you suffer1 up to ,christ1 who was before it was1 and will be when it is gone4 ,consider all the prophets1 ,christ1 and his apostles1 who suffered1 and were persecuted2 but they were never persecuted as true men1 but as deceivers1 and yet true4 ,christ is the same to-day as he was yesterday2 a rock and foundation for your age and generation1 for you to build upon4 8,i have written concerning you 7since ,i heard your letter7 to ,friends in ,cheshire to visit you1 understanding that you belong to their quarterly meeting2 and therefore ,i desire that some ,friends of your county would go1 and lay your suffering condition before the monthly or quarterly meeting in ,cheshire4 ,i have written likewise to ,richard ,davies1#eg that some of that side may go and visit you1 and see what your condition is4 ,my love is to you in the ,lord1 who is your alone support40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #bgth of the #aath ,month1 #afhb4 ,now because the magistrates were many of them unwilling to have fines laid upon meeting-houses1 they kept ,friends out in many places1 setting officers and guards of soldiers at the doors and passages2 yet sometimes ,friends were fined for speaking or praying1 though it was abroad4 ,one ,first-day it was upon me to go to ,devonshire ,house meeting in the afternoon2 and because ,i had heard ,friends were kept out there that morning 7as they were that day at most meetings about the city71 ,i went sooner1 and got into the yard before the soldiers came to guard the passages2 but the constables were there before me1 and stood in the doorway with their staves4 ,i asked them to let me go in2 they said1 8they could not1 nor durst not2 for they were commanded the contrary1 and were sorry for it40 ,i told them ,i would not press upon them3 so ,i stood by1 and they were very civil4 ,i stood till ,i was weary1 and then one gave me a stool to sit down on2 and after a while the power of the ,lord began to spring up among ,friends1 and one began to speak4 ,the constables soon forbade him1 and said he should not speak2 and he not stopping1 they began to be wroth4 ,but ,i gently laid my hand upon one of the constables1 and wished him to let him alone2 the constable did so1 and was quiet2 and the man did not speak long4 ,after he had done1 ,i was moved to stand up and speak2 and in my declaration1 ,i said1 8they need not come against us with swords and staves1 for we were a peaceable people2 and had nothing in our hearts but goodwill to the king and magistrates1 and to all people upon the earth4 ,we did not meet1 under pretence of religion1 to plot and contrive against the government1 or to raise insurrections2 but to worship ,god in ,spirit and in truth4 ,we had ,christ to be our ,bishop1 ,priest1 and ,shepherd to feed us1 and oversee us1 and he ruled in our hearts2 so we could all sit in silence1 enjoying our teacher2 so to ,christ1 their ,bishop and ,shepherd1 ,i recommended them all40 ,i then sat down2 and after a while ,i was moved to pray1 and the power of the ,lord was over all2 and the people1 the constables1 and soldiers1 put off their hats4 ,when the meeting was done1 and ,friends began to pass away1 the constable put off his hat1 and desired the ,lord to bless us2 for the power of the ,lord was over him and the people1 and kept them under4 ,after this ,i went up and down1 visiting ,friends at their houses1 who had their goods taken from them for worshipping ,god4 ,we took an account of what had been taken from them2 and some ,friends met together about it1 and drew up the case of the sufferings of our ,friends in writing1 and gave it to the justices at their petty sessions4 ,whereupon they made an order1 8that the officers should not sell the goods of ,friends which they had in their hands1 but keep them until the next sessions20 which gave some discouragement to the informers1 and put a little stop to their proceedings4 ,next ,first-day it was upon me to go to the meeting at the ,,savoy2 and by the time it was gathered the beadle came in2 and after him the wild people like a sea2 but the ,lord's power chained them all4 ,the ,spirit of the ,lord went through and over all1 and they were quiet1 and we had a glorious1 peaceable meeting2 blessed be the ,lord for his unspeakable goodness4 ,this was in the #abth month1 #afhb4 ,in the #ast month1 #afhc1 ,i went to ,,kingston-,,upon-,,thames2 and it being then a time of persecution1 as ,i went to the meeting1 ,i met the chief constable1 who had been at the meeting-place1 and had set watchmen there to keep us out2 yet he was pretty civil1 and the watchmen let ,friends have a couple of forms out1 to sit upon in the highway2 so we met together there1 and a very precious meeting we had2 for the refreshing presence of the ,lord was with us1 in which we parted in peace4 ,having visited and encouraged ,friends there1 ,i returned to ,,london1 and went to the meeting at the ,bull-and-,mouth1 where the constables with their watchmen kept a guard1 to keep ,friends out of the house4 ,so we met in the street2 and when any ,friend spoke1 the officers and watchmen made a great bustle to pull him down1 and take him into custody4 ,after some other ,friends had spoken1 it was upon me to speak2 and ,i said1 8,heaven is ,god's throne1 and earth is his footstool2 and will ye not let us stand upon ,god's footstool to worship1 and serve the living ,god80 ,while ,i spoke they were quiet2 and after ,i had cleared myself1 we broke up our meeting in peace4 ,this was on the ,sixth-day of the week4 ,on the ,first-day following ,i was moved to go to the meeting at ,,gracechurch ,,street4 ,when ,i came there1 ,i found a guard set at the entrance in ,lombard ,street1 and another at the gate in ,gracechurch ,street1 to keep ,friends out of the meeting-place2 so we had to meet in the street4 ,after some time ,i got a chair1 stood up on it1 and spoke largely to the people1 8opening the principles of truth to them1 and declaring many weighty truths concerning magistracy1 and concerning the ,lord's prayer40 ,there were1 besides ,friends1 a great multitude of people1 and amongst them many professors2 all was very quiet2 for the ,lord's power was over all1 and in his time we broke up our meeting1 and departed in peace4 ,the next day ,i went to ,,guildford in ,,surrey2 and having visited ,friends there1 passed to ,,worminghurst in ,,sussex1 where ,i had a very blessed meeting among ,friends1 free from disturbance4 ,while ,i was there1 ,james ,claypole1 of ,london 7who was there with his wife also17 was suddenly taken ill with so violent a fit of the stone1 that he could neither stand nor lie2 but1 through the extremity of pain1 cried out4 ,when ,i heard it1 ,i was much exercised in spirit for him2 and went to him4 ,after ,i had spoken a few words to him1 to turn his mind inward1 ,i was moved to lay my hand upon him1 and prayed the ,lord to rebuke his infirmity4 ,as ,i laid my hand on him1 the ,lord's power went through him2 and through faith in that power he had speedy ease1 so that he quickly fell into a sleep4 ,when he awoke1 he was so relieved and well1 that next day he rode with me five-and-twenty miles in a coach2 though he used formerly 7as he said7 to lie sometimes two weeks1 sometimes a month1 in one of those fits4 ,but the ,lord was entreated for him1 and by his power soon gave him ease at this time2 blessed and praised be his holy name therefor6 ,after ,i had had some meetings in ,sussex and ,surrey1 and had visited ,friends thereaway1 ,i returned to ,london by ,,kingston1 where ,i had a meeting on the #ast of the #bnd month1 being ,first-day4 ,we were kept out of the meetinghouse by a constable and watchmen1 as before1 and so were obliged to meet in the highway4 ,but it being the monthly meeting day1 and many people being there1 the meeting was pretty large1 and very quiet2 and the ,lord's blessed presence was amongst us2 blessed be his name for ever6 ,being come to ,,london1 ,i went to the meeting at ,,wheeler ,,street1 near ,spitalfields1 which that day proved very large2 and a glorious1 blessed time it was2 for the ,lord's power and truth were over all1 and many deep and weighty things were opened to the people1 to their great satisfaction4 ,i tarried in and near ,london1 visiting ,friends' meetings1 and labouring in the service of the gospel1 till the ,yearly ,meeting came on1 which began on the #bhth of the #crd month4 ,it was a time of great sufferings2 and much concerned ,i was1 lest ,friends that came up out of the country on the church's service1 should be taken and imprisoned at ,london4 ,but the ,lord was with us2 his power preserved us1 and gave us a sweet and blessed opportunity to wait upon him1 to be refreshed together in him1 and to perform his services for his truth and people for which we met4 ,as it was a time of great persecution1 and we understood that in most counties ,friends were under great sufferings1 either by imprisonments or spoiling of goods1 or both1 a concern was weightily upon me lest any ,friends that were sufferers1 especially such as were traders and dealers in the world1 should hazard the losing of other men's goods or estates through their sufferings4 ,wherefore1 as the thing opened in me1 ,i drew up an epistle of caution to ,friends in that case1 which ,i communicated to the ,yearly ,meeting2 and from thence it was sent forth among ,friends throughout the nation2 a copy of which here follows3-- 8,dear ,friends and brethren in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is your only sanctuary in this day of storm and persecution1 spoiling of goods1 and imprisonments6 ,let every one's eye be unto him1 who has all power in heaven and in earth given unto him2 so that none can touch a hair of your head1 nor you1 nor anything ye have1 except it be permitted or suffered in this day1 to try his people1 whether their minds be with the ,lord1 or in outward things4 ,dear ,friends1 take care that all your offerings be free1 and of your own1 that has cost you something2 so that ye may not offer of that which is another man's1 or that which ye are entrusted withal and not your own1 or fatherless' or widows' estates2 but all such things settle and establish in their places4 8,you may remember many years ago1 in a time of great persecution1 divers ,friends1 who were traders1 shop-keepers and others1 had the concerns of widows and fatherless1 and other people's estates in their hands4 ,and when a great suffering1 persecution1 and spoiling of goods came upon ,friends1 especial care was taken that all might offer up to the ,lord in their sufferings what was really their own1 and not any other people's estates or goods which they had in their hands2 and that they might not offer up another body's1 but that which they had bought and paid for1 or were able to pay for4 ,afterwards several letters came out of the country to the meeting at ,london1 from ,friends that had goods of the shopkeepers at ,london upon credit1 which they had not paid for2 who wrote to their creditors whom they had their goods of1 entreating them to take their goods again4 ,and some ,friends came to ,london themselves1 and treated with their creditors1 letting them understand #8that they lay liable to have all that they had taken from them2' and told them1 #8they would not have any man to suffer by them3 neither would they by suffering offer up anything but what was really their own1 or what they were able to pay for4' ,upon which several took their goods again4 ,this wrought a very good savour in the hearts of many people1 when they saw such a righteous1 just1 and honest principle in ,friends1 that would not make any suffer for their testimony2 but what they did suffer for the testimony of ,jesus should be really and truly their own1 not other people's4 ,in this they owed nothing to any1 but love4 ,so in this every man and woman stands in the free offering1 a free people1 whether it be spiritual or temporal1 which is their own2 and in that they wrong no man1 neither inwardly1 nor outwardly4 ,ornan said unto ,david1 #8,i give thee the threshing-floor1 c41 and the oxen for burnt-offerings1 and the threshing instruments for wood1 and the wheat for the meat-offering2 ,i give it all4' ,but king ,david said unto ,ornan1 #8,nay1 but ,i will verily buy it for the full price2 for ,i will not take that which is thine for the ,lord1 nor offer burnt-offerings without cost1' #a ,chron4 xxi4 #bb1 c4 ,so it should be his own2 and so should it be every man's that offers4 ,you may see here that ,david would not accept of another man's gift for an offering to the ,lord2 he would not offer up that which cost him nothing2 but what should be really his own1 ,psal4 cxii4 #e4 #8,a good man 444 will guide his affairs with discretion4' 8,let this be read in your monthly and quarterly men's and women's meetings40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #bnd of the #dth ,month1 #afhc4 ----- ,footnote #ef3 ,william ,mead is often mentioned in these pages2 and his trial1 along with ,william ,penn1 is alluded to in a previous note4 ,of his life and ministry we have much less account than of most others of note in his day4 ,george ,fox sometimes calls him his son1 he having married ,sarah1 a daughter of ,judge ,fell2 ,george ,fox's wife being her mother4 ,before his joining ,friends1 ,william ,mead appears to have been a captain in the army4 ,in his remarks in court on the term1 vi et armis1 during his trial1 he observes1 8,time was when ,i had freedom to use a carnal weapon1 and then ,i thought ,i feared no man2 but now ,i fear the living ,god1 and dare not make use thereof1 nor hurt any man40 ,he died #agac1 aged eighty-six4 ,footnote #eg3 ,richard ,davies--some account of whose life1 written by himself1 was published after his decease1 and a third edition of the volume in #agga--was convinced of the truth about the year #afeg4 ,he resided in ,montgomeryshire2 and his life contains an interesting account of the first spreading of truth in ,wales4 ,richard ,davies was a faithful minister of the gospel1 endued with spiritual gifts1 and serviceable in the exercise thereof in the churches of ,christ2 sound in doctrine1 and exemplary in conversation4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 #afhc-afhe4--;,a salutation of love to ,friends1 designed to stir up the pure mind--an epistle to ,friends commending them to ,christ1 the rock and sure foundation--an epistle of counsel to ,friends--,george ,fox taken from a meeting and examined by a magistrate1 but soon released--writes an epistle to the faithful to beware of a seducing spirit--after the ,yearly ,meeting sails for ,holland1 and lands at the ,briel--attends the ,yearly ,meeting at ,amsterdam--writes to ,galenus ,abrahams1 a ,mennonist or ,baptist1 who1 seven years before1 bid him 8keep his eyes off him40 for he said 8they pierced him10 but now he was become very loving and tender1 as well as his family--,george ,fox returns to ,england--writes to the ,duke of ,holstein an able defence of women's preaching--writes an epistle of counsel to ,friends--advises with1 and assists them in1 drawing up an account of sufferings1 which is printed and spread amongst ,parliament-men--writes a caution to ,friends1 to keep out of the world's spirit c4--and a warning against pride and excess in apparel4 ,some time after the ,yearly ,meeting ,i went down to ,,kingston-,,upon-,,thames to visit ,friends there2 and while ,i was there it came upon me to write the following epistle to ,friends in general1 as a salutation of love1 and to stir up the pure mind in them3-- 8,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 8,who are turned from darkness to light1 and from the power of ,satan to ,god1 who are believers in the light1 which is the life in ,christ1 and are become children of the light and of the day2--who are grafted into ,christ1 the second ,adam1 the ,lord from heaven1 and are gathered in the name of ,jesus1 in whom ye have salvation1 and not in any other name under the whole heaven4 ,for ,christ ,jesus saith1 #8,where two or three are gathered together in my name1 there am ,i in the midst of them1' ,matt4 xviii4 #bj4 ,so you being gathered in the name of ,jesus1 he is in the midst of you1 a ,saviour1 a ,mediator1 a ,prophet1 a ,shepherd1 a ,bishop1 a ,leader1 a ,counsellor1 the ,captain of your salvation1 who bruises the serpent's head1 and destroys the devil and his works4 ,therefore1 brethren in ,christ ,jesus1 exhort one another daily1 while it is called to-day1 lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin4 ,for you are made partakers of ,christ1 if ye hold fast the beginning of your confidence stedfast to the end1 ,heb4 iii4 #ad4 ,therefore hear ,christ's voice1 for he is in the midst of you a teacher4 8,take heed1 lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living ,god1 as there is in too many in this day of provocation and temptation4 ,while it is to-day hear his voice1 and let us consider one another1 to provoke unto love and to good works4 ,let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering 7for he is faithful that hath promised and hath called you71 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together1 as the manner of some is2 7mark7 as the manner of some is1 that did and do forsake the assembling of themselves together3 but exhorting one another1 and so much the more as you see the day of light appearing4 ,for if we sin wilfully1 after we have received the knowledge of the truth1 there remains no more sacrifice for sins2 but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation1 which shall devour the adversaries1 ,heb4 x4 8,and therefore it is good not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together1 but exhort one another daily2 for ,christ is in the midst of his people a teacher1 and a prophet1 who saith1 #8,learn of me2 the way1 the truth1 and the life4' ,we being many1 are one body in ,christ1 gathered in his name1 and everyone members one of another4 ,having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given us1 whether they be prophecy1 let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith2 and let those that minister1 wait on their ministry2 those that be teachers1 on their teaching2 and him that exhorteth1 on exhortation2 he that giveth1 let him do it with simplicity2 and he that ruleth1 with diligence2 and he that showeth mercy1 is to do it with cheerfulness4 ,abhor that which is evil2 cleave to that which is good4 ,be kindly affectioned one towards another1 with brotherly love1 in honour preferring one another4 ,rejoice in hope2 be patient in tribulations2 be not overcome with evil1 but overcome evil with good2 and1 if it be possible1 as much as lieth in you1 live peaceably with all men1 ,rom4 xii4 ,this is and was the practice of the church of ,christ4 ,and now the ,god of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing1 that ye may abound in hope1 through the power of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,i myself also am persuaded of you1 my brethren1 that ye also are full of goodness1 filled with all knowledge1 and are able also to admonish one another1 ,rom4 xv4 #ac1 #ad4 ,here the church of ,christ1 in which ,he was in the midst a teacher and the head of the church1 were and are able through him to admonish one another4 ,let the peace of ,god rule in your hearts1 to which ye are also called into one body1 to wit1 of ,christ4 ,let the word of ,christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom1 teaching and admonishing one another1 c41 ,col4 iii4 ,whatsoever ye do1 in word or deed1 do all in the name of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 giving thanks to ,god and the ,father by him3 and above all things put on charity1 which is the bond of perfectness4 8,the apostle said to ,timothy1 #8,be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our ,lord1 nor of me1 his prisoner2 but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel1 according to the power of ,god1 who hath saved us1 and called us with a holy calling2 not according to our works1 but according to his own purpose and grace1 which was given us in ,christ ,jesus before the world began1' #b ,tim4 i4 #h1 #i4 ,it concerns every one not to be ashamed of the testimony of our ,lord1 who hath called them by his grace2 and not to be ashamed of any of ,christ's prisoners1 and afflicted ones for ,christ's and his gospel's sake1 who abolishes death1 and brings life and immortality to light through his gospel3 you that believe in the light1 know it4 8,peter saith1 in his general epistle to the church of ,christ1 #8,as every man' 7mark1 every man7 #8hath received the gift1 so minister the same one to another1 as good stewards of the manifold grace of ,god4 ,if any man speak1 let him speak as the oracles of ,god1 not of men2 if any man minister1 let him do it as of the ability which ,god gives1 not of the ability of men's arts and sciences1 that ,god in all things may be glorified through ,jesus ,christ1' c4 ,for these gifts and grace come from ,jesus into the hearts of the members of his church1 whom he is in the midst of4 ,and if any man suffer as a ,christian1 let him not be ashamed2 but let him glorify ,god1 c4 ,every true ,christian hath the presence of ,christ1 who hath all power in heaven and in earth given him1 to support him with his power1 light1 and life4 ,christ saith to his believers1 #8,beware of men1 for they will deliver you up to the councils1 and they will scourge you in the synagogues1 and you shall be brought before governors and kings for my name's sake1 for a testimony against them and the ,gentiles4 ,but when they deliver you up1 take no thought how or what ye shall speak2 for it shall be given you in the same hour what ye shall speak3 for it is not you that speak1 but the ,spirit of your ,father that speaketh in you4 ,and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake3 but he that endureth to the end1 shall be saved4 ,the disciple is not above his ,master1 nor the servant above his lord2 it is enough for the disciple that he be as his ,master1 and the servant as his lord3 for if they have called the master of the house ,beelzebub1 what will they do to his servant8 ,fear not them which kill the body1 but are not able to kill the soul1 c4 ,a sparrow shall not fall to the ground without your heavenly ,father1 c4 ,the hairs of your head are all numbered2 ye are of more value than many sparrows4 ,whosoever therefore shall confess me before men1 him will ,i confess also before my ,father who is in heaven2 but whosoever shall deny me before men1 him will ,i also deny before my ,father who is in heaven4 ,and whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words1 of him shall the ,son of ,man be ashamed1' c41 ,matt4 x4 ,and again ,christ saith1 #8,whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation1 of him also shall the ,son of ,man be ashamed1 when he comes in the glory of his ,father with his holy angels1' ,mark viii4 #ch4 8,and ,christ saith to his disciples1 #8,he that receiveth you receiveth me2 and he that receiveth me1 receiveth him that sent me3 he that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward2 and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man1 shall receive a righteous man's reward4 ,and whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only1 in the name of a disciple1 verily ,i say unto you1 he shall in no wise lose his reward4' ,matt4 x4 #dj-db4 ,here ye may see how ,christ encourages his disciples1 and them that receive them4 ,and ,john saith1 #8,among the chief rulers of the ,jews many believed in ,christ2 but because of the ,pharisees1 they did not confess him1 lest they should be put out of the synagogue1' ,john xii4 #db4 ,too many such believers there are now-a-days1 who dare not confess ,christ1 lest they should lose the favour of men4 ,but ,christ encouraged the faithful disciples1 and told them they would put them out of their synagogues2 yea1 that the time should come1 that whosoever killed them would think they did ,god service3 ,and #8these things1' said he1 #8will they do unto you1 because they have not known the ,father1 nor me4 ,but these things have ,i told you1 that when the time shall come1 ye may remember that ,i told you of them1' ,jo hn xvi4 #b-d4 ,here we may see what ,christ told his disciples should come to pass to them4 ,and ,saul before he was converted1 compelled the ,christians to blaspheme1 and make havoc of the church of ,christ1 ,acts viii4 and chap4 xxii4 and xxvi4 ,and did not the beast in the ,revelations compel both small and great to worship him and his image8 ,and did not all worship it1 but they who had their names written in the ,lamb's book of life8 ,did not ,nebuchadnezzar set up an image sixty cubits high1 and six cubits broad8 ,and did not he cause a herald to cry aloud #8,it is commanded that all people1 nations1 and languages fall down1 and worship the golden image that ,nebuchadnezzar hath set up2 and whoso falleth not down1 and worshippeth1 shall the same hour be cast into the midst of the fiery furnace8' ,and were not ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 cast into the furnace8 ,dan4 iii4 ,but ,god delivered them4 8,therefore it is good to be faithful to ,god and his worship in ,spirit and in truth4 ,the ,jews agreed that if any man should confess ,christ1 he should be put out of their synagogue1 ,john ix4 #bb4 ,so it was for ,christ's sake they were excommunicated out of their synagogues4 ,but as it is written1 #8,behold1 ,i lay in ,zion a stumbling-stone1 and a rock of offence2 and whoso believes on him1 shall not be ashamed4' ,so ,christ is a stumbling-block and a rock of offence to all the unbelievers in the light1 which is the life in ,christ1 whether they be ,jews1 ,christians1 or ,gentiles4 ,the ,jews believed ,christ was to come1 from the ,scriptures2 and the ,christians believe he is come by the ,scriptures2 but do not believe in the light1 as ,christ commands1 and so do not become children of the light4 ,therefore ye that are believers in the light1 and are become children of light1 walk in ,christ1 your way1 life1 and salvation40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston1 the #eth ,month1 #afhc4 ,before ,i left ,kingston1 something further opened in me1 which ,i was moved to write1 and send amongst ,friends2 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,my love is to all in the holy ,seed1 that reigns over all4 ,and my desire is1 that every one1 both male and female1 may feel the ,seed ,christ in you1 which is heir of the promise of life eternal1 that ye may all grow up in ,christ ,jesus your head1 and be built upon ,him1 the rock and foundation that ,god hath laid1 which stands sure over all rocks and foundations in the world2--that ye may eat and drink of this spiritual rock1 the spiritual water and food2 so that ye may truly and inwardly say1 that your rock and foundation1 your bread and water of life1 is from heaven1 and your bread and water is sure2 and that ye know his voice that feeds you1 and leads you into the pastures of life1 which are always fresh and green4 ,in this1 your affections are set on things that are above1 seeking that which comes down from above1 where ,christ sits at the right hand of ,god1 making intercession for you2 who is your ,mediator1 making peace between ,god and you2 who is your heavenly ,bishop to oversee you1 that ye keep in his light1 life1 and power1 and do not go astray from his heavenly fold and pasture1 that ,he your ,shepherd may feed you therein2 who is your ,prophet1 to open to you the fulfilling of the promises and prophecies1 himself being the substance2 that ye may live in him1 and he in you1 yea1 and reign in your hearts1 there to exercise his offices1 his prophetical1 priestly1 and kingly office1 who is heavenly and spiritual2--that ye may know the three that bear witness in the earth1 the ,spirit1 the ,water1 and the ,blood1 which is the life of ,christ1 which cleanseth from all sin2 the ,water that washes and refreshes you2 and the ,spirit that baptizes and circumcises you1 and leads you into all truth2 that ye may come all to drink into one ,spirit1 and keep the unity of the ,spirit1 which is the bond of the heavenly peace4 ,so being led by the ,spirit of ,god1 ye are his sons and daughters1 and by his ,spirit will come to know the three that bear witness in heaven1 the ,father1 the ,word1 and the ,holy ,ghost4 ,these are the three witnesses that are in heaven1 that bear record of all things2 for he is ,god in heaven1 and ,god in the earth4 8,therefore ,i desire1 that ye may all feel his love shed in your hearts1 and in it live 7above the love of the world1 which is enmity71 and in that you will keep in the excellent way4 ,for love edifies the body of ,christ1 builds his church up1 and keeps out of the enmity1 for it is above it1 and brings and keeps all in true humanity1 and in the true divinity2 to be courteous1 kind1 and tender1 one towards another1 and to show forth the nature of ,christ1 and true ,christianity in all your lives and conversations2 that the blessings of the ,lord may rest upon you1 as ye all live in the seed of the gospel1 the seed of the kingdom of ,god1 in which all nations are blessed4 ,in that ye will all have a care of ,god's glory4 ,there is the hill or mountain1 where the light shines to the answering the witness of ,god in all2 and the salt that is a good savour to the witness of ,god in the hearts of all2 and that savour being kept in1 the salt doth not come under the feet of men4 8,so my love to you all in ,christ ,jesus1 whom ,god hath given to be a sanctuary for all his people1 who is from above and not of this world1 in whom you have life1 peace and salvation4 ,in ,him1 ,god ,almighty keep and preserve you all to his glory4 ,amen4 ,as you live in the peaceable truth of ,god1 it keeps you under1 and within1 his protection2 but they that make a profession of the ,scriptures of truth1 and yet live out of the truth1 in the spirit of strife1 unquietness1 and discontent1 in a contriving1 plotting1 ravenous1 destroying spirit1 which is of the devil1 and not of ,god1 that spirit is judged out of the truth1 and to be of him1 in whom there is no truth1 whose portion is in the lake1 and in the fire that burns40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston1 the #bgth of the #eth ,month1 #afhc4 ,having visited ,friends at and about ,kingston1 ,i returned to ,,london2 for it being a suffering time with ,friends there1 ,i had not freedom to be long from the city4 ,i went to the meeting at ,,the ,,peel1 which but a little before the justices and constables had broken up1 and had carried themselves very roughly2 but that day it was in the house and quiet2 and a glorious meeting it was1 blessed be the ,lord4 ,on the ,first-day following ,i went to the meeting at ,,gracechurch ,,street4 ,when ,i came there1 ,i found three constables in the meeting-house1 who kept ,friends out2 so we met in the court4 ,after ,i had been some time there1 ,i stood up and spoke to the people1 and continued speaking some time4 ,then one of the constables came1 and took hold of my hand1 and said1 8,i must come down40 ,i desired him to be patient1 and went on speaking to the people2 but after a little time1 he pulled me down1 and had me into the meeting-house4 ,i asked them if they were not weary of this work4 ,one of them said1 8indeed they were40 ,they let me go into the widow ,foster's house1 which joined to the meeting house1 where ,i stayed1 being hot4 ,when the meeting was ended1 for one prayed after ,i was taken away1 the constables asked some ,friends1 8which of them would pass their words that ,i should appear1 if they should be questioned about me02 but ,friends telling them1 they need not require that1 for ,i was a man well known in the city1 to be one that would neither fly1 nor shrink2 they went away1 and ,i heard no further of it4 ,the same week ,i was at the meeting at the ,,savoy1 which used to be kept out and disturbed2 but that day it was within doors and peaceable2 and a precious time it was4 ,the ,first-day after1 it was upon me to go to the meeting at ,,westminster1 where there used to be great disturbances2 but there also the meeting was within doors1 that day1 and very large4 ,the ,lord's power was over all1 and kept all quiet and still2 for though many loose spirits were there1 yet they were bound down by the power and ,spirit of the ,lord1 that they could not get up to make disturbance4 ,about this time ,i was moved to write the following epistle3-- 8,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 8,who have received the peaceable truth1 let the fruits of its peaceableness and of your quiet spirit appear in all your meetings1 and in all your words and actions2 for he that inhabits eternity dwells with a humble heart1 he gives grace to the humble1 and resisteth the proud4 ,heaven is his throne and the earth ye walk upon is his footstool2 happy are ye that see and know him that is invisible4 ,and now1 ,friends1 let all things be done in your meetings1 and otherwise1 in love1 without strife or vainglory4 ,for love fulfils the law1 love overcomes1 and edifies the body of ,christ4 ,there is neither self nor envy in love1 neither is it puffed up2 but abides and bears all things4 ,see that this love of ,god have the sway in you all and over you all4 8,christ saith1 #8,blessed are the poor in spirit2 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven4 ,blessed are they that mourn2 for they shall be comforted4 ,blessed are the meek2 for they shall inherit the earth4 ,blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness2 for they shall be filled4 ,blessed are the merciful2 for they shall obtain mercy4 ,blessed are the pure in heart2 for they shall see ,god4 ,blessed are the peace-makers2 for they shall be called the children of ,god4 ,blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness' sake2 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven4 ,blessed are ye1 when men shall revile you1 and persecute you1 and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake4 ,rejoice and be exceeding glad2 for great is your reward in heaven2 for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you4' 8,now ,friends1 here is a great deal in these words2 and all must be in these states and conditions1 if they have these blessings4 ,the children of ,god are peace-makers1 and strive to make peace in the truth2 and to live in peace with all men1 if it be possible4 ,so live in peace and good-will to all men2 which good-will is both for their sanctification and salvation4 ,and1 ,friends1 consider1 the wisdom of ,god1 which is from above1 is pure1 peaceable1 gentle1 and easy to be entreated1 full of mercy and good fruits1 without partiality and without hypocrisy4 ,dear ,friends1 let this pure1 peaceable1 gentle wisdom1 that is from above1 that is easy to be entreated1 and is full of mercy and good fruits1 be exercised and practised in all the true churches of ,christ1 so that wisdom may be justified of her children4 ,for the works of the flesh1 or fleshly spirit1 are hatred1 variance1 wrath1 strife1 envyings1 drunkenness1 revellings1 adultery1 fornication1 lasciviousness1 uncleanness1 c41 and they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of ,god4 ,but the fruits of the ,spirit of ,god are love1 joy1 peace1 long-suffering1 gentleness1 goodness1 faith1 meekness1 temperance1 c4 ,so1 dear ,friends and brethren1 strive to exceed one another1 and all people upon the earth1 in humility1 meekness1 gentleness1 temperance1 love1 patience1 pureness1 and in mercy2 then ye will show forth the fruits of the ,spirit of ,god1 and of his heavenly wisdom that is from above4 ,in this1 wisdom will be justified of her children2 ye will be the salt of the earth1 the light of the world set on a hill1 that cannot be hid2 and your moderation will appear to all men4 ,be ye just and righteous1 faithful and true in all your words1 dealings1 and conversations1 so that ye may answer the truth in all people2 for ,christ saith1 his ,father is glorified by such as bring forth fruits1 when men do see their good works2 for he that doeth righteousness1 is accepted with ,god4 ,and he that dwells in love1 dwells in ,god2 for love is his habitation4 ,let that be the habitation of every one that hath received the truth2 for if it be not1 such do not dwell in ,god1 let them profess what they will4 ,therefore my desire is1 that all you who have received ,christ1 the ,seed1 which bruises the serpent's head1 may walk in ,him1 your sanctuary1 life1 and salvation1 your rest and peace4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #adth of the #fth ,month1 #afhc4 ,i continued yet at ,,london1 labouring in the work and service of the ,lord both in and out of meetings2 sometimes visiting ,friends in prison for the testimony of ,jesus1 encouraging them in their sufferings1 and exhorting them to stand faithful and steadfast in the testimony1 which the ,lord had committed to them to bear2 sometimes also visiting those that were sick and weak in body1 or troubled in mind1 helping to bear up their spirits from sinking under their infirmities4 ,sometimes our meetings were quiet and peaceable2 sometimes they were disturbed and broken up by the officers4 ,one ,first-day it was upon me to go to the meeting at the ,,savoy1 which was large2 for many professors and sober people were there4 ,the ,lord opened many precious1 weighty things in me to the people1 which ,i declared amongst them1 and 8directed them to the ,spirit of ,god in themselves1 which the ,lord had given them a measure of2 that all by the ,spirit might understand the ,scriptures1 which were given forth from the ,spirit of ,god2 and that by the ,spirit of ,god1 they might know ,god1 and ,christ whom ,god hath sent2 whom to know is eternal life2 and that by the ,spirit1 they might all come into ,christ1 and know ,him to be their sanctuary1 who destroys the devil1 the destroyer1 and his works1 and bruises the serpent's head4 ,for ,christ was a sanctuary to them1 to whom he was a ,saviour1 whom he saved from the destroyer4 ,and ,christ did baptize them with the ,holy ,ghost and with fire1 and did thoroughly purge his floor1 and burn up their chaff with unquenchable fire2 this is1 sin and corruption1 which is got into man by transgression2 but ,christ gathereth his wheat into his garner4 ,so all that are baptized with ,christ's baptism1 their wheat is in ,god's garner2 and no spoiler can get into ,god's garner to meddle with the wheat there1 though they may be permitted to meddle with the outward goods10 c4 ,as ,i was speaking in the power of the ,lord1 and the people were greatly affected therewith1 suddenly the constables1 with the rude people1 came in like a sea4 ,one of the constables said to me1 8,come down20 and he laid hands on me4 ,i asked him1 8,art thou a ,christian8 ,we are ,christians40 ,he had hold of my hand1 and was very fierce to pluck me down2 but ,i stood still1 and spoke a few words to the people2 desiring of the ,lord that the blessings of ,god might rest upon them all4 ,the constable still called upon me to come down1 and at length plucked me down1 and bid another man with a staff take me1 and carry me to prison4 ,that man led me to another officer's house1 who was more civil2 and after a while they brought in four ,friends more1 whom they had taken4 ,i was very weary and in a great perspiration2 and several ,friends hearing where ,i was1 came to me in the constable's house2 but ,i bid them all go their ways1 lest the constables and informers should stop them4 ,after a while the constables led us almost a mile to a justice1 who was a fierce1 passionate man2 who1 after he had asked me my name1 and his clerk had taken it in writing1 upon the constable's informing him that 8,i preached in the meeting10 said in an angry manner1 8,do not you know1 that it is contrary to the king's laws to preach in such conventicles1 contrary to the ,liturgy of the ,church of ,england80 ,there was present one ---- ,shad 7a wicked informer1 who was said to have broken jail at ,coventry1 and to have been burned in the hand at ,london17 who hearing the justice speak so to me1 stepped up to him1 and told him1 8that he had convicted them on the ,act of the #bbnd of ,king ,charles the ,second40 8,what6 you convict them80 said the justice2 8,yes10 said ,shad1 8,i have convicted them1 and you must convict them too upon that ,act40 ,with that the justice was angry with him1 and said1 8,you teach me6 what are you8 ,i'll convict them of a riot40 ,the informer hearing that1 and seeing the justice angry1 went away in a fret2 so he was disappointed of his purpose4 ,i thought he would have sworn somebody against me1 whereupon ,i said1 8,let no man swear against me1 for it is my principle #8not to swear2' and therefore ,i would not have any man swear against me40 ,the justice thereupon asked me1 8,if ,i did not preach in the meeting20 ,i told him1 8,i confessed what ,god and ,christ had done for my soul1 and praised ,god2 and ,i thought ,i might have done that in the streets1 and in all places1 viz41 praise ,god and confess ,christ ,jesus2 and this ,i was not ashamed to confess4 ,neither was this contrary to the ,liturgy of the ,church of ,england40 ,the justice said1 8the laws were against such meetings as were contrary to the ,liturgy of the ,church of ,england40 ,i said1 8,i knew no such laws against our meetings2 but if he meant that ,act that was made against such as met to plot1 contrive1 and raise insurrections against the king1 we were no such people1 but abhorred all such actions2 and bore true love and good-will to the king1 and to all men upon the earth40 ,the justice then asked me1 8if ,i had been in orders20 ,i told him1 8,no40 ,then he took his law-books and searched for laws against us2 bidding his clerk take the names of the rest in the mean time3 but when he could find no other law against us1 the clerk swore the constable against us4 ,some of the ,friends bid the constable 8take heed what he swore1 lest he were perjured2 for he took them in the entry1 and not in the meeting40 ,yet the constable1 being an ill man1 swore 8that they were in the meeting40 ,however1 the justice said1 8seeing there was but one witness1 he would discharge the rest2 but he would send me to ,newgate1 and ,i might preach there40 ,i asked him1 8,if it stood with his conscience to send me to ,newgate for praising ,god1 and for confessing ,christ ,jesus80 ,he cried1 8,conscience6 conscience60 but ,i felt my words touched his conscience4 ,he bid the constable take me away1 and he would make a mittimus to send me to prison when he had dined4 ,i told him1 8,i desired his peace1 and the good of his family1 and that they might be kept in the fear of the ,lord20 so ,i passed away4 ,and as we went the constable took some ,friends' word1 that ,i should come to his house the next morning by eight4 ,accordingly ,i went with those ,friends2 and then the constable told us1 that he went to the justice for the mittimus after he had dined1 and he bid him come again after the evening service2 which he did2 and then the justice told him he might let me go4 8,so10 said the constable1 8you are discharged40 ,i blamed the constable for turning informer1 and swearing against us2 and he said he would do so no more4 ,next day the justice meeting with ,gilbert ,latey1 asked him1 8if he would pay twenty pounds for ,george ,fox's fine40 ,he said1 8,no40 8,then10 said the justice1 8,i am disappointed2 for being but a lodger ,i cannot come by his fine1 and he having been brought before me1 and being of ability himself1 ,i cannot lay his fine on any other40 ,after ,i was discharged1 ,i went into the city4 ,the same week the sessions coming on1 where many ,friends were concerned1 some as prisoners1 and some on trials of appeal upon the conventicle act1 ,i went to a ,friend's house not far off1 that ,i might be in readiness to assist them with counsel1 or otherwise1 as occasion should offer2 and ,i found service in it4 ,but as my spirit was concerned on behalf of ,friends1 with respect to their outward sufferings by the persecutors without2 so an exercise also came weightily upon me at this time1 in the sense ,i had of the mischievous working of that adulterated spirit1 which1 being gone out from the heavenly unity1 and having drawn out some that professed truth into enmity and opposition against ,friends1 endeavoured to trouble the church of ,christ with their janglings and contention4 ,and as a further discovery of the working of that seducing spirit1 and a warning to all ,friends to beware of it1 ,i was moved to write the following epistle3-- 8,to all the elect faithful1 called1 and chosen of ,god1 the flock and heritage of ,god1 who have been acquainted with the dealings of the ,lord1 and have kept your habitations in his life1 power1 and truth1 being built upon the holy1 heavenly rock and foundation1 ,christ ,jesus1 who was the foundation of the prophets and apostles2 which foundation stands sure4 8,many foundations have been laid since the apostles' days1 by such as have gone from ,christ1 the true and sure ,foundation2 but their foundations have proved rotten1 and come to nought2 and they themselves have come to loss4 ,many1 since the day of ,christ and the truth hath appeared in this nation1 have had some openings and sights1 and come among us for a time2 and then gone out from us again2 these have been the comers and goers1 like those in the apostles' days4 ,such had an outward profession of the truth1 and have gone from the true foundation1 ,christ ,jesus1 and so from the heavenly society and unity of the saints in light4 ,then they set up foundations of their own2 and having a form of godliness1 but out of the power thereof1 out of the order thereof1 such have turned to janglings and vain disputings4 ,this sort of spirit you have been acquainted with1 who have kept your habitations in ,christ ,jesus1 the ,first and the ,last4 8,and you are not insensible of the scurrilous and filthy books of lies and defamations1 which have been spread abroad in this nation1 and beyond the seas1 against the faithful4 ,it is very well that the ,lord hath suffered them to publish their own shame in print1 that truth's enemies may be discovered2 that their fruits and spirits have appeared and manifested themselves both in print and otherwise4 ,and ,i do believe1 that the ,lord will yet suffer this spirit so to publish its fruits1 its shame and nakedness1 to professor and profane1 and to all sober1 moderate1 and innocent people1 that its shame and nakedness shall more fully appear4 ,though for a time it hath been hid and covered with the fig-leaves of an outward profession1 and sometimes with fawning and flattering words1 as at other times1 it hath discovered itself by rough1 lying1 and defaming words2 yet the ,lord ,god will blast all such vain talkers1 that do not walk in the order of life1 truth1 and the gospel4 8,therefore1 ye that are faithful1 stand fast in the liberty wherewith ,christ hath made you free in his government4 ,it is upon his shoulders2 he bears it up2 of the increase of it1 and of its peace1 there is no end4 ,for all quarellers against his order and government are not in him1 nor in his heavenly1 spiritual government and peace4 ,therefore1 ye faithful ones1 who have stood the trial through many persecutions1 imprisonments1 spoilings of goods2 you know that there is a crown of glory laid up for you4 ,you that suffer with ,christ1 shall reign with him in his kingdom of glory2 ye that die with ,christ1 shall live with him in eternal life1 in the world that hath no end1 who have gone through the sufferings without1 and within1 by false brethren1 by comers and goers1 that have caused the way of truth to be evil spoken of1 and have been the persecutors of the faithful with their tongues2 and by printing and publishing their lying1 defaming books against the faithful1 these have stirred up the magistrates and priests who were willing to get any occasion to speak evil of the right way1 and precious truth of ,christ1 by which his people are made free2 it would have been better for such had they never been born4 ,but ,god hath brought them to light1 and their fruits and ravenous spirits are seen1 savoured1 and known2 who are become ,judases1 and sons of perdition1 to betray ,christ now within 7where he is made manifest7 to the priests1 magistrates1 and profane1 as ,judas betrayed ,christ without to the priests and ,pilate2 though some of the magistrates and sober people see their envy and folly1 and that they have more malice than matter against the faithful4 ,but the ,lord will consume this ,judas1 or son of perdition4 ,the ,lord will consume him with the ,spirit of his mouth1 and destroy him with the brightness of his coming4 ,so let all the faithful look unto the ,lord4 ,and let the wicked son of perdition know1 though he may be got as high as ,judas without 7who was partaker of the ministry with the apostles17 #8the ,lord will consume him with the ,spirit of his mouth1 and destroy him with the brightness of his coming4' ,that is his portion4 ,the brightness of the ,lord will destroy him1 and the ,spirit of his mouth will consume him4 ,and when he is destroyed and consumed1 there will not be a son of perdition to betray ,christ in his people1 and his people that live and walk in ,christ1 who hath all power in heaven 7mark1 in heaven7 and in earth given to him2 and with his holy and glorious power he limits and orders2 so that nothing shall be done against his people1 but what is suffered for their trial and their good1 neither by apostates1 persecutors with the tongue1 ,judases1 sons of perdition to betray1 or the outward powers to imprison1 or spoil goods2 all these are limited by ,christ's power1 who hath all power in heaven and in earth given to him4 ,every one's faith is to stand in him and his power1 and rejoice in his power1 and see the increase of his righteous1 holy1 heavenly1 spiritual1 peaceable government1 in which the glorious1 holy order of life is lived and walked in1 by all his sons and daughters4 ,in his ,spirit is the holy unity and bond of peace2 though ye be absent in body one from another1 yet all joying and rejoicing1 being present in his ,spirit1 and beholding in the same ,spirit your spiritual order1 unity1 and fellowship1 and the steadfastness of your faith in ,christ ,jesus1 who is steadfast for ever1 the ,first and the ,last1 whose presence is among his people1 and who is their head4 ,here is heavenly ,sion known1 and heavenly ,jerusalem1 and the innumerable company of angels 7which are spirits7 and the spirits of the just men made perfect4 ,here is the general assembly1 and a general1 heavenly1 holy1 and spiritual joy and rejoicing1 lauding and praising the ,lord ,god ,almighty1 and the ,lamb1 that lives for evermore4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #adth of the #hth ,month1 #afhc4 8,read this in your assemblies amongst the faithful40 ,i tarried a little in ,,london1 visiting ,friends and meetings1 and labouring in the work of the ,lord there4 ,and being on a ,first-day at the ,bull-and-,mouth1 where the meeting had long been kept out1 it was that day in the house peaceable and large2 the people were so affected with the truth1 and refreshed with the powerful presence of the ,lord1 that when it was ended they were loth to go away4 ,after some time1 having several things upon me to write1 ,i went to ,,kingston1 that ,i might be free from interruptions4 ,when ,i came there1 ,i understood the officers had been very rude at the meeting1 abusing ,friends1 and had driven them out of the meeting-place1 and very abusive they continued to be for some time4 ,whilst ,i was there ,i wrote a little book 7printed soon after17 entitled1 8,the ,saints' heavenly and spiritual worship1 unity1 and communion1 c41 wherein is set forth what the true gospel worship is1 and in what the true unity and communion of the saints stands2 with a discovery of those that were gone from this holy unity and communion1 and were turned against the saints1 that abode therein40 ,when ,i had finished the services for which ,i went thither1 and had visited the ,friends1 ,i returned to ,,london1 and visited most of the meetings in and about the city4 ,afterwards ,i went to visit a ,friend in ,,essex2 and returning by ,,dalston1 made some stay at the widow ,stot's1 where ,i wrote an epistle to ,friends1 declaring the word of the ,lord to them1 which may be read amongst my other printed books4 ,i came from ,dalston to ,,london1 and next day was sent for in haste to my son ,rous's at ,,kingston1 whose daughter1 ,margaret1 lay very sick1 and had a desire to see me4 ,i tarried now at ,kingston about a week1 and then returned to ,,london2 where ,i continued for the most part of the winter and the spring following1 until the general meeting in #afhd1 save that ,i went once as far as ,enfield1 to visit ,friends thereabouts4 ,in this time ,i ceased not to labour in the work of the ,lord1 being frequent at meetings1 and visiting ,friends that were prisoners1 or that were sick2 and in writing books for the spreading of truth1 and opening the understandings of the people to receive it4#eh ,the ,yearly ,meeting was in the #crd month4 ,a blessed weighty one it was1 wherein ,friends were sweetly refreshed together2 for the ,lord was with us1 and opened his heavenly treasures amongst us4 ,and though it was a time of great difficulty and danger1 by reason of informers and persecuting magistrates1 yet the ,lord was a defence and place of safety to his people4 ,now had ,i drawings in ,spirit to go into ,holland1 to visit the ,seed of ,god there4 ,and as soon as the ,yearly ,meeting was over ,i prepared for my journey4 ,there went with me from ,london ,alexander ,parker1 ,george ,watts1 and ,nathaniel ,brassey1 who also had drawings into that country4 ,we took coach the #cast of the #crd month1 #afhd1 and got to ,,colchester that night4 ,next day being ,first-day1 we went to the meeting there2 and though there was no notice given of my coming1 yet our being there was presently spread over the town1 and in several places in the country at seven and ten miles distance2 so that abundance of ,friends came in double-horsed1 which made the meeting very large4 ,i had a concern and travail in my mind1 lest this great gathering should have stirred up the town1 and been more than the magistrates could well bear2 but it was very quiet and peaceable1 and a glorious meeting we had1 to the settling and stablishing of ,friends both in town and country2 for the ,lord's power was over all2 blessed be his name for ever6 ,truly the ,lord's power and presence was beyond words2 for ,i was but weak to go into a meeting1 and my face 7by reason of a cold ,i had taken7 was sore2 but ,god manifested his strength in us and with us1 and all was well3 the ,lord have the glory for evermore for his supporting power4 ,after the meeting1 ,i think above a hundred ,friends of the town and country came to see me at ,john ,furly's1 and very glad we were to see one another1 and greatly refreshed together1 being filled with the love and riches of the ,lord2 blessed be his name for ever6 ,we tarried at ,colchester two days more2 which we spent in visiting ,friends1 both at their meetings for business and at their houses4 ,then early in the morning of ,fourth-day we took coach for ,harwich1 where we met ,william ,bingley1 and ,samuel ,waldenfield1 who went over with us4 ,about eight at night we went on board the packet1 ,richard ,gray master2 but by reason of contrary winds it was one in the morning before we sailed4 ,we had a very good passage2 and about five in the afternoon next day we landed at the ,,briel in ,,holland1 where we stayed that night4 ,early next morning we went to ,,rotterdam1 where we abode some days4 ,the day after we came to ,rotterdam1 one ,wilbert ,frouzen1 a burgomaster1 and kinsman of ,aarent ,sunneman's1 hearing ,i was there1 invited me to his country house1 having a desire to speak with me about some business1 relating to ,aarent ,sunneman's daughters4 ,i took ,george ,watts with me1 and a brother of ,aarent ,sunneman's had us thither4 ,the burgomaster received us very kindly1 and was very glad to see me2 and entering into discourse about his kinsman's daughters1 ,i found he was apprehensive that1 their father being dead1 and having left them considerable portions1 they might be stolen and married to their disadvantage4 ,wherefore ,i told him1 8that it was our principle and practice1 that none should marry amongst us unless they had a certificate of the consent of their relations or guardians2 for it was our ,christian care to watch over and look after all young people that came among us2 especially those whose natural relations were dead4 ,and as for his kinsman's daughters1 we should take care that nothing should be offered to them but what should be agreeable to truth and righteousness1 and that they might be preserved in the fear of ,god1 according to their father's mind40 ,this seemed to give him great satisfaction4 ,while ,i was with him there came many great people to me1 and 8,i exhorted them all to keep in the fear of ,god1 and to mind his good ,spirit in them1 to keep their minds to the ,lord40 ,after ,i had stayed two or three hours1 and had conversed with him on several things1 ,i took my leave of him1 and he very kindly sent me to ,rotterdam in his chariot4 ,next day being ,first-day1 we were at the meeting at ,rotterdam1 which was pretty large1 and declared to them by an interpreter4 ,the day following ,alderman ,gaul came to speak with me1 with whom we had much discourse about religious matters2 he seemed to be well satisfied1 and was very tender4 ,several other persons of account had intended to come to speak with me that day1 but being hindered by extraordinary business 7as ,i understood71 they came not4 ,we went next day to ,,amsterdam1 where we had a large and very precious meeting4 ,in the afternoon ,i was at another meeting with ,friends there1 about business4 ,there is a ,yearly ,meeting at ,amsterdam for the ,friends of ,holland and ,germany1 c41 which begun now on the #hth of the #dth month1 and ended on the #abth4 ,here we had a fine opportunity of seeing ,friends from many parts1 and of being refreshed together in the love of ,god4 ,after this meeting1 before those that came out of the several provinces were gone1 we had a meeting with some particular ,friends1 about the places and countries into which we who came out of ,england in the work of the ministry were to travel2 and to enquire who among them were suitable persons to go along with us for interpreters4 ,when this was concluded on1 ,william ,bingley#ei and ,samuel ,waldenfield#fj took shipping for ,friesland1 with ,jacob ,claus1 their interpreter4 ,alexander ,parker and ,george ,watts remained with me4 ,we tarried a few days longer at ,amsterdam1 where ,i had further service4 ,before ,i left ,i went to visit one1 ,galenus ,abrahams1 a teacher of chief note among the ,mennonites1 or ,baptists4 ,i had been with him when ,i was in ,holland about seven years before2 and ,william ,penn and ,george ,keith had disputes with him4 ,he was then very high and shy1 so that he would not let me touch him1 nor look upon him 7by his good will71 but bid me 8keep my eyes off him1 for10 he said1 8they pierced him40 ,but now he was very loving and tender1 and confessed in some measure to truth2 his wife also and daughter were tender and kind1 and we parted from them very lovingly4 ,feeling our spirits drawn towards ,friesland1 ,alexander ,parker1 ,george ,watts1 and ,i1 having ,john ,claus of ,amsterdam with us for our interpreter1 took shipping1 and having sailed nine or ten leagues1 we left the ship1 and travelled through ,friesland1 sometimes by boat1 sometimes by waggon1 visiting ,friends and tender people in the towns and villages where we came2 having one or two meetings in a day4 ,after we had been at ,,leuwarden1 we passed by ,,franeker to ,,harlingen in ,west ,friesland1 which was the furthest place we went to that way4 ,and having been six days from ,amsterdam1 and had very good service in that time1 visiting ,friends and publishing truth amongst the people1 we took ship at ,harlingen for ,amsterdam on the #bfth of #dth month1 and arrived there that night4 ,the ,first-day following we were at the meeting at ,,amsterdam1 which was very large and precious4 ,many of the people were there1 their teachers1 and some great persons also4 ,they seemed very attentive1 and a good opportunity we all had1 one after another1 to declare the word of the ,lord and open the way of truth amongst them1 ,john ,claus interpreting for us4 ,i tarried next day at ,amsterdam2 but ,george ,watts went to a burial at ,haarlem1 attended by many hundreds of people1 amongst whom he had a good opportunity1 and came back at night to us4 ,the day following we went by boat to ,,osan-,,overton in ,,waterland1 and thence1 in another small boat1 about a league over a small river1 where we passed over and by a hundred bridges1 and so went to ,,landsmeer to a ,friend's house whose name was ,timon ,peters2 where we had a very good meeting4 ,we returned to ,,amsterdam that night1 and were at the meeting there next day4 ,many were at this meeting besides ,friends1 and among the rest1 the great ,baptist teacher1 ,galenus1 who was very attentive to the testimony of the truth1 and when it was over1 came and got me by the hand very lovingly4 ,we went next day by boat to ,,alkmaar1 about eight leagues from ,amsterdam1 passing through ,,sardam1 the great town of ship-carpenters1 and several other towns in the way4 ,at ,alkmaar1 which is a pretty city1 we stayed1 and had a meeting next day at ,william ,williams's4 ,there were besides ,friends many very sober people at this meeting1 who were very attentive to the testimonies of truth1 that were borne both by ,alexander ,parker1 ,george ,watts1 and myself1 ,john ,claus being our interpreter4 ,this was on a sixth day1 and on the seventh we returned to ,,amsterdam1 being willing to be at the meeting at ,amsterdam on ,first-day1 because it was likely to be the last we should have there4 ,accordingly we were at it1 and a very large and open meeting it was4 ,many great persons were at it1 some earls1 we were told1 with their attendants1 out of ,germany1 who were very grave and sober1 and the everlasting gospel was preached unto them4 ,after this we took leave of the ,friends of ,amsterdam2 and next morning departed thence to ,,haarlem1 where we had a meeting at a ,friend's house1 whose name is ,abraham ,frondenberg4 ,great numbers of people were at this meeting1 and of great service it was4 ,after it a watchmaker of ,amsterdam1 who1 with his wife1 attended it1 desired to speak with me concerning religion4 ,i had much discourse with him1 and both he and his wife were very low and tender1 received with gladness what ,i spoke to them1 and seemed well satisfied when they went away4 ,we went next day to ,,rotterdam1 where we tarried two meetings2 and on the #afth of the #eth month went to the ,,briel1 to take ship for ,england4 ,about four in the afternoon we went on board the packet1 ,william ,sherman master1 and set sail from the ,briel4 ,but when we had gone over the ,maese about a league1 we cast anchor at a place called the ,,pitt1 because it is near to the sands1 where we stayed till about four next morning2 when1 having a pretty fair wind1 and the tide with us1 we weighed anchor1 and by four next day were within five leagues of ,harwich1 over against ,aldborough ,castle2 but the wind falling short1 and the tide being weak1 it was one in the afternoon before we came so near to ,,harwich that boats could come to receive the passengers and goods4 ,there were on board about forty passengers in all2 ,english1 ,scotch1 ,dutch1 ,french1 ,spanish1 ,flemish1 and some ,jews4 ,i spent a day with ,friends at ,harwich1 while ,alexander ,parker and ,george ,watts went by water to visit ,friends at ,ipswich1 and returned at night4 ,next morning early we all took coach for ,colchester1 and were at the meeting there1 which was large and peaceable2 after it1 we travelled to ,,witham1 and lodged there that night4 ,next day1 ,william ,mead meeting us on the way at ,,hare ,,street1 ,i went with him to his house1 the other ,friends going on for ,london4 ,here1 being weak with travel and continual exercise1 ,i spent some time to rest myself1 and recover my health2 visiting in the mean time the ,friends in that part of the country1 as ,i was able to get abroad4#fa ,when ,i was a little recovered1 ,i went to ,,enfield1 visiting ,friends there and thereabouts2 and so to ,,dalston to see the widow ,stot2 and thence to ,,london1 some ,friends being come over from ,new ,jersey in ,america1 about business1 which ,i was desired to be present at4 ,it was the latter end of the summer when ,i came to ,,london1 where ,i stayed the winter following2 saving that once or twice1 my wife being in town with me1 ,i went with her to her son ,rous's at ,kingston4 ,and though my body was very weak2 yet ,i was in continual service1 either in public meetings1 when ,i was able to bear them1 or in particular business amongst ,friends1 and visiting those that were sufferers for truth1 either by imprisonment or loss of goods4 ,many things also in this time ,i wrote1 some for the press1 and some for particular service2 as letters to the ,king of ,denmark and ,duke of ,holstein1 on behalf of ,friends that were sufferers in their dominions2 of the latter1 the following is a copy3-- 8,for the ,duke of ,holstein1 whom ,i entreat1 in the love of ,god1 to read over this1 which is sent in love to him4 8,i understand that formerly1 by some evil-minded persons1 it was reported to thee1 when ,elizabeth ,hendricks came to ,frederickstadt to visit the people called ,quakers1 that it was a scandal to the ,christian religion1 that a woman should be suffered to preach in a public assembly religiously gathered together1 c4 ,upon which thou gave forth an order to the rulers of ,frederickstadt1 #8to make the said people leave that place forthwith1 or to send them away4' ,but the said rulers being ,arminians1 and they1 or their fathers1 having come to live there1 as a persecuted people in ,holland1 not much above threescore years ago1 made answer to the duke1 #8they were not willing to persecute others for conscience' sake1 who had looked upon persecution on that account in their own case as antichristian1' c4 ,but after that1 the people of ,god1 in scorn called ,quakers1 wrote unto thee1 ,o duke1 from ,frederickstadt2 and since that time they have had their liberty1 and their meetings peaceable1 to serve and worship ,god almost these twenty years at ,frederickstadt1 and thereabouts1 freely without any molestation2 which liberty they have acknowledged as a great favour and kindness from thee4 8,and now1 ,o duke1 thou professing ,christianity from the great and mighty name of ,christ ,jesus1 who is ,king of kings and ,lord of lords1 and the ,holy ,scriptures of truth of the ,old and ,new ,testament1 do not you use many women's words in your service and worship out of the ,old and ,new ,testament8 ,the apostle saith1 #8,let your women keep silence in the churches2' and that1 #8he did not permit a woman to speak1 but to be under obedience2 and if she will learn anything1 to ask her husband at home2 for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church4' ,and #a ,tim4 ii4 #aa1 #ab4 #8,women are to learn in silence and not suffered to teach1 nor to usurp authority over the man1 but to be in silence4' #a ,cor4 xiv4 #cd4 ,now1 here the duke may see1 what sort of women were to be in silence and in subjection1 whom the law commands to be silent1 and not to usurp authority over the man1 nor to speak in the church2 these were unruly women4 ,in the same chapter he commands women #8not to plait or broider their hair1 nor to wear gold1 pearls1 or costly array4' ,these things were forbidden by the apostle2 and such women as wear such things1 are to learn in silence and to be subject1 and not to usurp authority over the men2 for it is a shame for such to speak in the church4 ,but do not such women as these1 that wear gold and silver1 and pearls and gaudy apparel1 or costly array1 and plait and broider their hair1 speak in your church1 when your priest sets them to sing psalms8 ,do they not speak when they sing psalms8 ,consider this1 ,o duke6 ,yet you say1 #8your women must keep silence in the church1 and must not speak in the church2' but when they sing psalms in your churches1 are they then silent8 ,though the apostle forbids such women before-mentioned to speak in the church1 yet in another place the apostle encourages the good or holy women to be teachers of good things1 as in ,tit4 ii4 #c1 #d4 ,the apostle said1 #8,i entreat thee1 true yoke-fellow1 help those women which laboured with me in the gospel1 and with other my fellow-labourers1 whose names are written in the book of life4' ,here he owns these holy women1 and encourages them1 which laboured with him in the gospel1 and did not forbid them2 ,phil4 iv4 #b1 #c4 ,he likewise commends ,phbe unto the church of the ,romans1 calls her #8a servant unto the church of ,cenchrea1' sends his epistle by her to the ,romans from ,corinth1 and desires the church at ,rome #8to receive her in the ,lord as becometh saints3' and to #8assist her in whatsoever business she had need of2 for she had been a succourer of many and of himself also4' ,and he said1 #8,greet ,priscilla and ,aquila1 my helpers in ,christ ,jesus1 who have for my life laid down their own necks2 unto whom not only ,i give thanks1 but also all the churches of the ,gentiles4' ,now here the duke may see these were good1 holy women1 whom the apostle did not forbid speaking1 ,rom4 xvi4 #a-d1 but commended them4 ,and ,priscilla and ,aquila instructed and expounded unto ,apollos the way of ,god more perfectly1 ,acts xviii4 #bf4 ,so here ,priscilla was an instructor as well as ,aquila2 which holy women the apostle doth not forbid4 ,neither did the apostle forbid ,philip's four daughters1 which were virgins1 to prophesy4 ,women might pray and prophesy in the church1 #a ,cor4 xi4 #e4 8,the apostles showed to the ,jews the fulfilling of ,joel's prophecy2 that in the last days ,god would pour of his ,spirit upon all flesh1 and their sons and daughters1 servants and handmaids1 should prophesy with the ,spirit of ,god4 ,so the apostle encourages daughters and handmaids to prophesy as well as sons2 and if they do prophesy1 they must speak to the church or people1 ,joel ii4 #bh2 ,acts ii4 #ag1 #ah4 ,did not ,miriam the prophetess sing unto the ,lord1 and all the women with her1 when the ,lord had delivered the children of ,israel from ,pharaoh8 ,did not she praise the ,lord1 and prophesy in the congregation of the children of ,israel8 and was not this in the church8 ,exod4 xv4 #ba4 ,moses and ,aaron did not forbid her prophesying or speaking2 but ,moses said1 #8would ,god all the ,lord's people were prophets6' and the ,lord's people are women as well as men4 ,deborah was a judge and a prophetess2 and do not you make use of ,deborah's and ,miriam's words in your service and worship8 ,see 7,judg4 v4 #a-ca7 ,deborah's large speech or song4 ,barak did not forbid her1 nor any of the ,jewish priests4 ,did not she make this speech or song in the congregation or church of ,israel8 ,in the book of ,ruth there are good speeches of those good women1 which were not forbidden4 ,hannah prayed in the temple before ,eli1 and the ,lord answered her prayer4 ,see what a speech ,hannah makes1 and a praising of ,god1 before ,eli the high-priest1 who did not forbid her1 #a ,sam4 ii4 #a-aj4 ,josiah the king sent his priest with several others1 to ask counsel of ,huldah the prophetess1 who dwelt at ,jerusalem in the college1 #b ,kings1 xxii4 #ad2 #b ,chron4 xxxiv4 #bb4 ,so here the king and his priests did not despise the counsel of this prophetess2 and she prophesied to the congregation of ,israel1 as may be seen in these chapters4 8,and in ,luke i4 #da-ee1 see what a godly speech ,elizabeth made to ,mary1 and what a large godly speech ,mary made also4 ,mary said1 #8that the ,lord did regard the low estate of his handmaid1' c4 ,and do you not make use in your worship and service of ,mary's and ,elizabeth's words from ,luke i4 #da-ee1 in your churches1 and yet forbid women's speaking in your churches8 ,yet all sorts of women speak in your churches1 when they sing1 and say ,amen4 ,in ,luke ii4 there was ,anna the prophetess1 a widow of about fourscore and four years2 who departed not from the temple1 but served ,god with fasting and prayer night and day4 ,did not she confess ,christ ,jesus in the temple1 and give thanks to the ,lord1 and #8speak of ,christ to all that looked for redemption in ,jerusalem8' ,luke ii4 #cf-ch4 ,so such holy women were not forbidden to speak in the church1 neither in the law nor gospel4 ,was it not ,mary ,magdalene and other women that first preached ,christ's resurrection to the apostles8 ,the woman indeed 7namely1 ,eve7 was first in transgression2 and so they were women that first preached the resurrection of ,christ ,jesus2 for ,christ said to ,mary1 c4 #8,go to my brethren1 and say unto them1 ,i ascend unto my ,father and to your ,father1 and to my ,god and to your ,god1' ,john xx4 #ag4 ,and ,luke xxiv4 #aj1 it was ,mary ,magdalene and ,joanna1 and ,mary the mother of ,james1 and other women that were with them1 who told the apostles1 #8that ,christ was risen from the dead1 and their words and these women's words1 were as idle tales to the apostles1 and they believed them not1' ibid4 ver4 #aa4 ,and ver4 #bb1 #8,certain women also of our company made us astonished1' they said3 so here it may be seen1 that the women's preaching the resurrection of ,christ did astonish the apostles4 ,christ sent these women to preach his resurrection2 so it is no shame for such women to preach ,christ ,jesus2 neither are they to be silent when ,christ sends them4 ,the apostle says1 #8,every tongue shall confess to ,god1' ,rom4 xiv4 #aa2 and #8,every tongue shall confess that ,jesus ,christ is ,lord1 to the glory of ,god the ,father1' ,phil4 ii4 #aa4 ,so here it is clear1 that women must confess ,christ as well as men1 if every tongue must confess4 ,and the apostle saith1 #8,there is neither male nor female2 for ye are all one in ,christ ,jesus1' ,gal4 iii4 #bh4 8,and whereas it is said1 #8,women must ask their husbands at home1' c41 the duke knows very well virgins have no husbands1 nor widows2 for ,anna the prophetess was a widow2 and if ,christ be the husband1 men must ask counsel of him at home as well as women1 before they teach4 ,and set the case1 that a ,turk's wife should be a ,christian1 or a ,papist's wife should be a ,lutheran1 or a ,calvinist1 must they ask and learn of their husbands at home1 before they confess ,christ ,jesus in the congregation of the ,lord8 ,their counsel will be to them to turn ,turks or ,papists4 8,i entreat the duke to consider these things4 ,i entreat him to mind ,god's grace and truth in his heart that is come by ,jesus2 that by his ,spirit of grace and truth he may come to serve and worship ,god in his spirit and truth2 so that he may serve the living eternal ,god that made him1 in his generation1 and have his peace in ,christ1 that the world cannot take away4 ,and ,i do desire his good1 peace1 and prosperity in this world1 and his eternal comfort and happiness in the world that is everlasting4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 #bfth of the #hth ,month1 #afhd4 ,besides the foregoing1 ,i wrote also epistles to ,friends2 of one of which the following is a copy3-- 8,friends and ,brethren in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 in whom you have all life1 peace1 and salvation2 walk in ,him1 who is your heavenly ,rock and ,foundation1 that stands sure1 who hath all power in heaven and earth given unto him4 ,so his power is over all4 ,let your faith stand in his power1 which is over all from everlasting to everlasting1 over the devil and his power2 that in the holy1 heavenly wisdom of ,god1 ye may be preserved and kept to ,god's glory1 out of all snares and temptations2 so that ,god's wisdom may be justified of all his children in this day of his power1 and they all may be faithful1 serving and worshipping ,god in his ,spirit and truth1 and valiant for it upon the earth4 8,for1 as the apostle saith1 #8,they that believe are entered into their rest1 and have ceased from their own works1 as ,god did from his4' ,now this rest is an eternal rest in ,christ1 the eternal ,son of ,god1 in whom every true believer hath everlasting life in ,christ ,jesus1 their rest and everlasting day4 ,for ,christ the ,rest bruiseth the serpent's head1 and through death destroyeth death1 and the devil1 the power of death1 and his works4 ,he is the ,eternal ,rest1 that giveth eternal life to his sheep4 ,christ fulfilleth the prophets1 and all the figures1 shadows1 and ceremonies1 as in the ,old ,testament2 and all the promises are yea and amen in ,christ1 who was the ,eternal ,rest to all true believers in the apostles' days1 and ever since1 and is so now4 ,christ is the beginning and the ending1 the first and the last1 who is ascended above all principalities1 powers1 thrones1 and dominions1 that he might fill all things4 ,for #8by ,jesus ,christ all things were made and created1 whether they be things in heaven1 or things in the earth2' and he is the ,eternal ,rest4 ,they that believe are entered into ,christ1 their ,eternal ,rest1 in whom they have eternal life and peace with ,god4 ,wherefore ,i say again1 in ,him who is your ,rest1 live and abide2 for in ,him ye are happy1 and his blessings will rest upon you4 ,god ,almighty keep and preserve you all1 his true believers1 in ,christ your ,rest and ,peace this day4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #ahth of the #abth ,month1 #afhd-e4 ,about a month after ,i got a little out of ,london1 visiting ,friends1 at ,,south ,,street1 ,,ford ,,green1 and ,,enfield1 where ,i had meetings4 ,afterwards ,i went to ,,waltham ,,abbey1 and was at the meeting there on a ,first-day1 which was very large and peaceable4 ,then returning through ,,enfield and ,,edmonton ,,side1 ,i came back to ,,london in the #crd ,month1 to advise with and assist ,friends1 in laying their sufferings before the ,parliament then sitting4 ,we drew up a short account thereof1 which we caused to be printed and spread among the ,parliament-men4 ,the ,yearly ,meeting coming on1 ,i was much concerned for the ,friends that came up to it out of the country1 lest they should meet with any trouble or disturbance in their passages up or down2 and the rather1 because about that time a great bustle arose in the nation on the ,duke of ,monmouth's landing in the ,west4 ,but the ,lord1 according to his wonted goodness1 was graciously pleased to preserve ,friends in safety1 gave us a blessed opportunity to meet together in peace and quietness1 and accompanied our meeting with his living1 refreshing presence2 blessed for ever be his holy name6 ,now1 considering the hurries that were in the nation1 it came upon me1 at the close of this meeting1 to write a few lines to ,friends1 8to caution all to keep out of the spirit of the world1 in which the trouble is1 and to dwell in the peaceable truth20 as follows3-- 8,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 8,whom the ,lord hath called and chosen in ,christ ,jesus1 your ,life and ,salvation1 in whom ye have all rest and peace with ,god2 the ,lord ,god by his mighty power1 which is over all1 hath preserved and supported you to this day1 to be a peculiar1 holy people to himself1 so that by his eternal ,spirit and power ye might be all kept out of the world2 for in the world is trouble4 ,and now1 in this great day of the ,lord ,god ,almighty1 he is shaking the heavens and the earth of outward professions1 their elements are in a heat1 their sun and their moon are darkened1 the stars falling1 and the mountains and hills shaking and tottering1 as it was among the ,jews in the day of ,christ's appearing4 ,therefore1 dear ,friends and brethren1 dwell in the ,seed1 ,christ ,jesus1 the ,rock and ,foundation1 that cannot be shaken2 that ye may see with the light and ,spirit of ,christ1 that ye are as fixed stars in the firmament of ,god's power2 and in this his power and light1 you will see over all the wandering stars1 the clouds without water1 and trees without fruit4 ,that which may be shaken1 will be shaken2 as will all they that are wandered from the firmament of ,god's power4 8,dear ,friends and brethren1 you that are redeemed from the death and fall of ,adam1 by ,christ the second ,adam1 in ,him ye have life1 rest1 and peace2 for ,christ saith1 #8,in me ye shall have peace2 but in the world trouble4' ,and the apostle saith1 #8,they that believe are entered into their ,rest1' namely1 ,christ1 who hath overcome the world1 who bruiseth the serpent's head1 destroys the devil and his works1 and fulfils the types1 figures1 and shadows of the ,old ,testament and the prophets2 in whom the promises are yea and amen2 who is the first and the last1 the beginning and the ending--the ,eternal ,rest4 ,so keep and walk in ,christ1 your ,rest1 every one that have received him4 8,and now1 dear ,friends and brethren1 whatever bustlings and trouble1 tumults and outrages1 quarrels and strife1 arise in the world1 keep out of them all2 concern not yourselves with them3 but keep in the ,lord's power and peaceable truth1 that is over all such things2 in which power ye seek the peace and good of all men4 ,live in the love which ,god hath shed abroad in your hearts through ,christ ,jesus2 in which nothing is able to separate you from ,god and ,christ1 neither outward sufferings1 persecutions1 nor any outward thing1 that is below and without2 nor to hinder or break your heavenly fellowship in the light1 gospel1 and ,spirit of ,christ2 nor your holy communion in the ,holy ,ghost1 that proceeds from the ,father and the ,son1 and which leads you into all truth4 ,in this ,holy ,ghost1 in which is your holy communion1 that proceeds from the ,father and the ,son1 you have fellowship with the ,father and the ,son1 and one with another4 ,this is it which links and joins ,christ's church or body together1 to ,him the heavenly and spiritual head1 and in unity in his ,spirit1 which is the bond of peace1 to all his church and living members1 in whom they have eternal rest and peace in ,christ1 and with ,god everlasting1 who is to be blessed and praised for ever4 ,amen4 8,dear ,friends1 forsake not the assembling of yourselves together1 who are gathered in the name of ,jesus1 who is your prophet1 whom ,god hath raised up in the ,new ,testament1 to be heard in all things2 who opens to you1 and no man can shut2 and shuts1 and no man can open2 who is your ,priest1 made higher than the heavens by the power of an endless life1 by whom you are made a royal priesthood1 to offer up to ,god spiritual sacrifice2 who is the ,bishop of your souls1 to oversee you1 that ye do not go astray from ,god2 who is the good ,shepherd1 that hath laid down his life for his sheep2 and they hear his voice1 and follow him1 and he gives them eternal life4 8,and now1 dear ,friends and brethren1 abide in ,christ1 the vine1 that ye may bring forth fruit to the glory of ,god4 ,and as every one hath received ,christ1 walk in ,him1 who is not of the world1 that lies in wickedness2 so that ye may be preserved out of the vain fashions and customs of the world1 which satisfy the lust of the eye1 the lust of the flesh1 and the pride of life1 which are not of the ,father1 but of the world that passes away4 ,whoever joins to that which is not of the ,father1 or encourages it1 draws the mind from ,god the ,father1 and the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,therefore let ,christ rule in your hearts1 that your minds1 souls1 and spirits may be kept out of the vanities of the world1 in their words1 ways1 and actions1 that ye may be a peculiar people1 zealous of good works1 serving the ,lord through ,jesus ,christ1 to the praise and glory of ,god2 that by the ,word of his grace your words may be gracious1 and in your lives and conversations ye may show forth righteousness1 holiness1 and godliness2 that so ,god ,almighty may be glorified in you all1 and through you all1 who is above all1 blessed and praised for ever4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #aath of the #dth ,month1 #afhe4 ,several other letters also ,i wrote at this time to ,friends in divers foreign countries1 from whom ,i had received letters about the affairs of truth4 ,which when ,i had despatched1 the ,yearly ,meeting being over1 and country ,friends for the most part being gone1 ,i got a little way out of town2 being much spent with the heat of the weather1 throngs in meetings1 and continual business4 ,i went at first to ,,south ,,street1 where ,i abode some days4 ,and among other services ,i had there1 a great sense entered me of the growth and increase of pride1 vanity1 and excess in apparel2 and that not only amongst the people of the world1 but too much also amongst some that came among us1 and seemed to make profession of the truth4 ,in the sense ,i had of the evil thereof1 it came upon me to give forth the following1 as a reproof and check thereunto3--#fb 8,the apostle ,peter saith 7in #a ,pet4 iii47 of the women's adorning2 #8,let it not be 7mark1 let it not be2 this is a positive prohibition7 that outward adorning of plaiting the hair1 and of wearing of gold1 or of putting on of apparel2 but let it be the hidden man of the heart1 in that which is not corruptible1 even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit1 which is in the sight of ,god of great price2 for after this manner in the old time the holy women also1 who trusted in ,god1 adorned themselves4' 8,here ye may see what is the ornament of the holy women1 which was in the sight of ,god of great price1 and which the holy women1 who trusted in ,god1 adorned themselves with4 ,but the unholy women1 that trust not in ,god1 their ornament is not a meek and a quiet spirit2 they adorn themselves with plaiting the hair1 putting on of apparel1 and wearing of gold2 which is forbidden by the apostle in his general epistle to the church of ,christ1 the true ,christians4 8,and the apostle saith 7#a ,tim4 ii4 #i1 #aj71 #8,in like manner also1 that women adorn themselves in modest apparel1 with shamefacedness and sobriety2 not with broidered hair1 or gold1 or pearls1 or costly array1 but 7which becometh women professing godliness7 with good works4' 8,here ye may see what the women were not to adorn themselves with1 who professed godliness2 they were not to adorn themselves with broidered hair1 nor gold1 nor pearls1 nor costly array2 for this was not looked upon to be modest apparel for holy women1 that professed godliness and good works4 ,but this adorning or apparel is for the immodest1 unshamefaced1 unsober women1 that profess not godliness1 neither follow those good works that ,god commands4 ,therefore it doth not become men and women who profess true ,christianity and godliness to be adorned with gold1 or chains1 or pearls1 or costly array2 or with broidered hair2 for these things are for the lust of the eye1 the lust of the flesh1 and the pride of life1 which are not of the ,father4 ,all holy men and women are to mind that which is more precious than gold2 who are #8redeemed not with corruptible things1 as silver and gold1 from your vain conversation2 but with the precious blood of ,christ1 as of a ,lamb without blemish and without spot4 ,therefore as obedient children to ,god1 not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in your ignorance2 but as he which hath called you is holy1 so be ye holy in all manner of conversation1' #a ,pet4 i4 #ad1 #ae4 8,christ saith1 #8,the life is more than meat1 and the body is more than raiment1' ,luke xii4 #bc4 8,i read of a 8wise moral philosopher1 who1 meeting a woman with her neck and breast bare1 laid his hand upon her1 and said1 #8,woman1 wilt thou sell this flesh8' and she replying1 ,no2 #8,then pray1' said he1 #8shut up thy shop2'0 7meaning her bare breasts and neck74 ,so they were looked upon as harlots1 that went with their necks1 breasts1 and backs bare1 and not modest people1 even among the moral heathens4 ,therefore they that profess the knowledge of true ,christianity1 should be ashamed of such things4 ,you may see a book written by the very ,papists1 and another by ,richard ,baxter the ,presbyterian1 against bare breasts and bare backs4 ,they that were but in an outward profession1 declared against such things2 therefore they who are in the possession of truth and true ,christianity1 should be ashamed of such things4 ,read1 ,i pray you1 the third of ,isaiah1 and there see how that holy prophet was grieved with the foolish women's vain attire1 and how he was sent by the ,lord to reprove them4 ,envious1 persecuting ,jezebel's attired head and bravery1 like a painted harlot out of the truth1 did not keep her from the judgments of ,god1 when the ,lord stirred up ,jehu against her4 ,doth not pride go before a fall1 and a haughty mind before destruction8 ,god resisteth the proud1 and giveth grace to the humble4 ,solomon saith1 #8,the ,lord will destroy the house of the proud1' ,prov4 xv4 #be4 #8,for the day of the ,lord shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty1 c41 and he shall be brought low1' ,isa4 ii4 #ab1 and ,mal4 iv4 ,therefore take heed of calling the proud happy2 for #8the ,lord will scatter the proud in the imaginations of their own hearts1 and exalt them of low degree4' ,and you may read in the ,revelations 7chap4 xvii4 #d1 and xviii4 #af71 of the false church1 how she was outwardly decked1 but full of abomination1 and came to a downfall at last4 ,therefore it is good for all that profess the truth1 to use this world as not abusing it2 for the fashion of this world passeth away2 but the ,word of the ,lord endureth for ever4 #8,the ,lord taketh pleasure in his people1 he will beautify the meek with salvation1' ,psa4 cxlix4 #d4 ,all that know the truth as it is in ,jesus1 are to be beautified and clothed with this salvation1 which salvation is a strong wall or a bulwark against that spirit1 that would lead you further into the fall from ,god1 into those things which the fallen man and woman delight in1 and beautify or adorn themselves with4 ,therefore1 all that profess the truth1 be circumspect1 sincere1 and fervent1 following the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not of this world2 in whom ye have life and peace with ,god40 ,g4 ,f4 ,south-street1 the #bdth of the #dth ,month1 #afhe4 ----- ,footnote #eh3 ,frequent mention being made by ,george ,fox of his being engaged with his pen on behalf of the truth1 it may be well to apprize the reader that these volumes contain only a very small portion of his writings4 ,many others of his works were collected and printed in #agjf1 forming a large volume1 entitled1 ,gospel ,truth ,demonstrated1 in a collection of ,doctrinal ,books1 given forth by that faithful minister of ,jesus ,christ1 ,george ,fox1 c4 ,this collection consists of above #ajjj folio pages1 comprising about #afj pieces1 the dates from #afec-afhi4 ,in addition to treatises in explanation or defence of the principles and doctrines taught by ,george ,fox1 this volume contains many others of a more extended character4 ,there are three addressed to the ,jews2 and papers in behalf of the doctrine of the gospel1 and against persecution1 to be delivered to the following rulers3--,the ,great ,turk1 the magistrates of ,malta1 the ,emperor of ,austria1 the ,kings of ,france and ,spain1 the ,pope1 and the ,emperor of ,china4 ,and in #afhh1 ,sultan ,mahomet ,,iv4 having sent a defiance to the ,emperor ,leopold in his ,christian character1 threatening to ruin him1 and pursue his crucified ,god1 ,george ,fox wrote a ,reply to this public document2 warning the ,turk to fear the great ,god that made him and all things1 and showing him out of their ,koran1 that the founder of their religion wrote more respectfully of ,christ3 whom he then proceeds to set forth to the notice of the ,sultan by citations from the ,scriptures4 ,in the books and treatises forming the above collection1 the doctrine of our blessed ,lord1 and those matters essential to salvation and true ,christianity1 are plainly asserted and fully demonstrated according to the ,scriptures4 ,for although he gave preference to the ,holy ,spirit 7as all true spiritual ,christians do71 yet his true love to1 and sincere esteem of1 the ,holy ,scriptures 7as being given by ,divine inspiration71 is clearly manifest2 #ast1 ,in his frequent advice to ,friends to keep to ,scripture language1 terms1 words1 and doctrines1 as taught by the ,holy ,ghost1 in matters of faith1 religion1 controversy1 and conversation2 and not to be imposed upon and drawn into unscriptural terms1 invented by men in their human wisdom4 #bnd1 ,in his great industry in searching the ,scriptures1 and frequently quoting1 reciting1 aptly applying and opening the same in his writings1 as appears in the above-named work4 ,he truly testified1 both in his ministry and writings1 of ,christ ,jesus1 his power1 and coming1 in the flesh and in the spirit4 ,he was both for the sacred history and mystery of ,christ revealed according to the ,scripture testimonies of him1 respecting his sufferings without1 the work of his power within1 and his kingdom and glory2 and1 under his guidance1 he faithfully warred against the spirit of ,antichrist and persecution--against the false church--the corruptions of the world1 its deceit and hypocrisy1 under all professions4 ,footnote #ei3 ,william ,bingley became a minister among ,friends while residing in ,yorkshire1 and visited ,ireland in #afge and in #afhb4 ,he settled in ,london as a stuff merchant when in the meridian of life2 and in #afhd accompanied ,samuel ,waldenfield on an apostolic journey in ,holland and the ,netherlands4 ,he was one of the ,friends who preached at the funeral of ,george ,fox1 in #afij-ia2 and he appears to have paid religious visits to different parts of ,great ,britain at various periods4 ,he died in ,london in #agad1 aged #fd years4 ,footnote #fj3 ,samuel ,waldenfield1 born at ,edmondsbury1 in ,suffolk1 in #afeb1 was religiously inclined in his youth1 and a hearer of the ,independents4 ,but becoming convinced of the principles of truth1 as held by ,friends1 about the year #afgj1 he came forth a powerful preacher of the word of life2 and1 with the ,lord's blessing on his labours1 many were convinced of the truth1 and turned from darkness to light1 and from the power of ,satan unto ,god1 and were as the seals of his ministry4 ,in #afhd he married1 and settled in ,london1 continuing faithful and diligent in the work he was called unto2 and suffered for his testimony by imprisonment1 c4 ,his travels on gospel service1 to the year #agjj were near #dj1jjj miles1 which were also1 subsequently1 very considerable4 ,samuel ,waldenfield is spoken of as being very considerate of the poor1 humble1 and merciful1 and as an elder worthy of double honour4 ,he was a bright ornament to our religion in his conversation1 gaining great reputation to truth and ,friends among rich and poor4 ,he was ill about two months before his decease1 during which time he uttered many expressions worthy of being noted4 ,he died in great peace in #agae4--,see ,piety ,promoted1 vol4 ii41 pp4 #bdh-beb4 ,footnote #fa3 ,after returning from his last visit to ,holland1 ,george ,fox did not travel far from ,london1 his usual residence during the latter part of his life4 ,his health had been gradually declining for some years1 in consequence of his many and grievous imprisonments1 and the great fatigue of body and mind1 occasioned by his long travels for the promotion of the cause of truth1 and by his incessant labours in 8defence of the gospel0 against the clamour and opposition of apostate brethren1 and the unfounded imputations of others1 decidedly hostile to the truth as it is in ,jesus4 ,his solicitude1 however1 to promote the welfare of the ,society1 and procure relief to his ,friends under suffering1 both at home and abroad1 remained undiminished4 ,in the course of his declining state1 he wrote many epistles to his friends1 some of sympathy and consolation1 to encourage and strengthen them in their deep sufferings2 others of counsel1 exhortation1 and reproof1 8stirring up the pure mind by way of remembrance10 and labouring to build them up in the most holy faith2 and1 on all occasions1 seeking not his own honour1 but the honour of ,god only1 and the edification of his church and people4 ,footnote #fb3 ,those ,christians whose experience enters most deeply into the spiritual nature of the gospel dispensation1 will find that it leads them into simplicity as regards their outward appearance4 ,the practice in the primitive church1 as regards 8outward adorning10 is thus spoken of by ,coleman1 in his ,antiquities of the ,christian ,church3-- 8,nothing may appear more purely a matter of indifference than the fashion and colour of dress2 and yet1 in the circumstances of the primitive ,christians1 articles of that nature did acquire such an importance that they gradually fell into a style of clothing peculiar to themselves4 ,not that they affected any singularities in their personal appearance1 for their habiliments were made and worn in the ordinary fashion of the time and place3 and ,christians1 whether found in the high1 the middle1 or the lower ranks1 were accustomed to equip themselves in a manner suited to the decencies of the state or profession to which they belonged2 but1 looking to the moral influence of dress1 and desirous of avoiding everything that might minister to vanity1 or lead the wearer to forget1 in attending to the outward man1 the ornament of a #8meek and quiet spirit1' they studiously rejected all finery as unbecoming the humility of their character1 and confined themselves to a suit of apparel1 remarkable not so much for the plainness of the material as for the absence of all superfluous ornament4 ,everything gaudy or sumptuous1 that partook of the costly stuffs or the crimson dyes that suited the luxurious taste of the times1 was discountenanced by the spiritually-minded followers of ,christ4 ,the same simplicity reigned throughout their domestic establishments2 and even those of their number who were persons of rank and opulence1 chose to content themselves with such things as were recommended by their utility rather than their elegance1 and calculated to answer the purposes of necessity and comfort1 rather than to gratify #8the lust of the eye1 and the pride of life4' ,and however refined or exquisite the taste1 which1 through education and the habits of society1 any of them had acquired1 they learned to subject it to the higher principle of denying themselves to everything that tended too much to captivate the senses1 and increase their love to a world1 the fashion whereof1 they thought1 was soon to pass away40 ,the remarks of ,john ,wesley on simplicity in dress are excellent1 but too long to be quoted here4 ,he says that 8following the fashions of the world is directly at war with the spirit of the gospel40 ,see ,select ,miscellanies1 vol4 v41 p4 #bhh1 for ,wesley's views on this subject2 also of ,t4 ,kempis1 and others4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 #afhe-afhf4--;,george ,fox tarries in ,london1 labouring in the service of ,truth--removes to ,epping on account of his health--writes an epistle to ,friends--returns to ,london--writes a paper concerning order in the ,church of ,god--and a warning to backsliders--assists in distributing money raised for sufferers by ,friends in ,ireland--writes an epistle to the king of ,poland1 on behalf of ,friends of ,dantzic1 who suffer imprisonment for conscience' sake--a paper concerning judging--looks diligently after ,friends' sufferings in ,london1 and obtains a general release of prisoners--writes an epistle to ,friends1 many having been recently liberated from prison--another on a similar occasion--an epistle to ,friends to keep in the unity in the ,truth--another to remind them of the evidence and seal they had received of their meetings for discipline having been set up in the power and spirit of ,god--a paper concerning the state of the true ,church--a paper respecting the 8falling away0 foretold by the apostle ,paul1 #b ,thess4 ii4 #c--;a paper showing how the ,lord1 in all ages1 called the righteous out from amongst the wicked1 before he destroyed the latter4 ,after ,i had been some weeks at ,south ,street and ,enfield1 in which time ,i had several meetings with ,friends1 ,i returned to ,,london4 ,amongst other services ,i found there1 one was to assist ,friends in drawing up a testimony to clear our ,friends from being concerned in the late rebellion in the ,west1 and from all plots against the government3 which was delivered to the chief justice1 who was then going down into the ,west with commission to try prisoners4 ,i tarried some time in ,london1 visiting meetings1 and labouring among ,friends in the service of truth4 ,but finding my health much impaired for the want of fresh air1 ,i went to ,charles ,bathurst's country-house at ,,epping-,,forest1 where ,i stayed a few days4 ,while ,i was there it came upon me to write the following epistle to ,friends3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,who are called1 chosen1 and faithful in this day of trial1 temptations1 and sufferings1 whom the ,lord by his right hand hath upholden in all your sufferings 7and some to death7 for the ,lord and his truth's sake4 ,christ saith1 #8,be of good cheer1 ,i have overcome the world2 in me ye have peace2 but in the world ye have trouble4' ,the children of the ,seed1 who are heirs of the kingdom1 know this is true4 ,and though ye have trials by false brethren1 ,judases and sons of perdition1 that are got into the temple of ,god1 and exalted above all that is called ,god1 whom the ,lord will destroy with the breath of his mouth1 and the brightness of his coming3 and though ye be tried by powers or principalities1 yet there is nothing able to separate you from the love of ,god1 which ye have in ,christ ,jesus4 ,in that love dwell1 which bears all things and fulfils the law2 in which edify one another1 and be courteous1 kind1 and humble2 for to such ,god giveth his grace plentifully1 and such he teacheth4 ,and pray in the ,holy ,ghost1 which proceeds from the ,father and the ,son2 in it keep your holy communion1 and unity in the ,spirit1 the bond of peace1 which is the king of kings' heavenly peace4 ,in that you are all bound to good behaviour1 to keep peace among yourselves1 to seek the peace of all men2 and to show forth the heavenly1 gentle1 and peaceable wisdom to all1 in righteousness and truth1 answering the good in all people in your lives and conversations 7for the ,lord is glorified in your bringing forth spiritual fruit71 that ye may eye and behold the ,lord in all your actions2 that his blessings ye may all feel to rest upon you4 8,whether ye be the ,lord's prisoners for his name and truth's sake1 or at liberty1 in all things labour to be content1 for that is a continual feast2 and let no trouble move you2 then ye will be as ,mount ,sion1 that cannot be removed4 ,in all things exercise the word of patience1 which word will sanctify all things to you4 ,study to be quiet1 and do the ,lord's business that he requires of you1 and your own1 in truth and righteousness3 and whatsoever ye do1 let it be done to the praise and glory of ,god in the name of ,jesus ,christ4 ,all they that make ,god's people suffer1 make the ,seed suffer in their own particulars1 and imprison the ,just there4 ,such will not visit the ,seed in themselves1 but cast it into prison in others1 and not visit it in prison4 ,you may read that ,christ saith1 such must go into everlasting punishment4 ,that is a sad punishment and prison4 ,all such as become apostates and backsliders1 that crucify to themselves ,christ afresh1 put him to open shame1 and trample under feet the blood of the ,son of ,god1 by which they were cleansed1 and then come to be unclean2 such grieve1 vex1 quench1 and rebel against1 the ,spirit of ,god in themselves2 and then rebel against them that walk in it4 ,such are unfaithful to ,god and man1 and are enemies to every good work and service of ,god3 but their end will be according to their works2 who are like unto the earth1 that hath often received rain1 but brings forth briars and thorns1 which are to be rejected1 and are for the fire4 8,therefore1 dear ,friends1 in all your sufferings feel the ,lord's eternal arm and power1 which hath supported you to this day1 and will to the end1 as your faith stands in it1 and as you are settled upon the rock and foundation ,christ ,jesus1 that cannot be removed2 in whom ye have life and peace with ,god4 ,the ,lord ,god ,almighty in him give you dominion1 and preserve you all to his glory2 that in all your sufferings ye may feel his presence3 and that when ye have finished your testimony1 ye may receive the crown of glory1 which ,god hath laid up for them that fear and serve him4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,the #aeth of the #gth ,month1 #afhe4 ,having spent about a week in the country1 ,i returned to ,,london1 where ,i continued about two months1 visiting meetings1 and labouring to get relief for ,friends from their sufferings1 which yet lay heavy upon them in many parts of the nation4 ,several papers also ,i wrote relating to the service of truth1 one of which was concerning order in the church of ,god1 which some that were gone out of the unity of ,friends much opposed4 ,it was as follows3-- 8,among all societies1 families1 or nations of people in the world1 there exists some sort of order4 ,there was the order of ,aaron in the ,old ,testament2 and the order of ,melchizedeck before that1 after whose order ,christ ,jesus came2 and he did not despise that order4 ,god is a ,god of order in his whole creation1 and in his church3 and all believers in the light1 the life in ,christ1 that pass from death to life1 are in the order of the ,holy ,spirit1 power1 light1 life1 and government of ,christ ,jesus1 of the increase whereof there is no end4 ,this is a mystery to all those disorderly people1 who have written and printed so much against the order which the ,lord's power and ,spirit hath brought forth among his people4 ,and you that cry so much against order1 is it not manifest that you are gone into a land of darkness1 and of the shadow of death1 into disorder1 and where the light is as darkness8 ,is not this your condition seen by all them that live and walk in the truth1 whose conversations are according to the gospel of life and salvation8 8,the devil1 ,satan1 dragon1 the first and second beast1 the whore and false prophets1 and their worshippers and followers1 are all out of the truth1 abode not in it1 nor in the order of it2 and the truth is over them all4 ,in ,salem is ,god's tabernacle2 and his tabernacle is in ,shiloh2 these are far beyond the tabernacles of ,ham4 7,ps4 lxxvi4 and lxxviii474 8,all the figures and shadows were and are comprehended in time2 but ,christ the substance is the beginning and the ending4 ,and all trials1 troubles1 persecutions1 and temptations1 came up in time2 but the ,lord's power which is everlasting1 is over all such things2 in which is safety4 8,the black world of darkness lieth in wickedness1 and by its wisdom knoweth not ,god1 that made the world and all things therein2 for the god of the world and prince of the air ruleth in the hearts of all that disobey the living ,god that made them4 ,so the ,god of this wicked world hath blinded the eyes of the infidels or heathen2 so that by their wisdom they know not the living ,god4 8,in the ,old ,testament the ,lord said1 #8,with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt4' 7,lev4 ii4 #ac474 ,and ,christ saith in his new covenant1 #8,every one shall be salted with fire1 and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt4 ,salt is good2 but if the salt have lost its saltness1 wherewith will you season it8 ,have salt in yourselves2 and have peace one with another1' ,mark ix4 #di1 #ej4 8,we have received the earnest of the ,spirit1 which is the earnest of the inheritance1 that fadeth not away4 ,for ,god poureth out of his ,spirit upon all flesh4 ,it is ,god's ,spirit which is above our natural spirit1 by which alone we do not know ,god2 for it is by the ,spirit of ,god that we know the things of ,god4 ,and the ,spirit of ,god doth witness to our souls and spirits1 that this ,spirit of ,god is the earnest of an eternal inheritance4 #8,god opens his people's ears to discipline1 and commands that they turn from iniquity4 ,if they obey and serve him1 they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasures2 but if they obey not1 they shall perish by the sword1 and they shall die without knowledge1' ,job xxxvi4 #aj-ab4 ,so the disobedient that do not turn from their iniquity have not this prosperity and pleasure1 but die without the knowledge of ,god2 and their ears are shut to this discipline1 which ,god opens to his people40 ,g4 ,f4 ,when ,i had been about two months in ,london1 ,i was sent for to my son ,rous's at ,,kingston1 to visit a daughter of his1 who at that time lay very sick2 but recovered4 ,whilst ,i stayed there ,i had several meetings with ,friends2 and returning by ,,hammersmith1 stayed the ,first-day meeting there1 which was large and peaceable4 ,having visited ,friends thereabouts1 ,i came back to ,,london again1 being very intent upon the business of getting redress for suffering ,friends4 ,in this and other services ,i continued at ,london1 till the latter end of the #aath month2 save that ,i went to visit an ancient ,friend at ,,bethnal-,,green1 with whom ,i tarried three or four days4 ,while ,i was there1 ,i was much exercised in the sense of the enemy's working1 to draw from the holy way of truth into a false liberty1 and so into the world's ways and worships again4 ,and the example of the backsliding ,jews coming before me1 ,i was moved to write the following as a warning to all such3-- 8,you may see1 when the ,jews rebelled against the good ,spirit of ,god1 which he gave to instruct them1 they forsook him and his law1 way1 and worship1 and went a whoring after ,balaam's ways1 and became like the wild ass's colt1 snuffing up the wind1 as in ,jer4 ii4 #bd4 ,and in ,jer4 iii41 see how ,judah played the harlot under every green tree1 and upon every high mountain3 and therefore the ,lord divorced ,judah1 as he had divorced ,israel1 when she forsook his way and followed the ways of the heathen4 ,though the ,lord had fed them to the full1 yet they forsook him1 #8they committed adultery1 and assembled themselves together in harlots' houses1' ,jer4 v4 #g4 #8,and with their whoredom they defiled the land1 and committed adultery with stocks and stones1' ,jer4 iii4 #i4 ,here you may see1 when they forsook the living eternal ,god1 they followed the religions and worships of other nations1 whose gods were made of stocks and stones1 which the ,jews worshipped1 and committed adultery withal4 ,when they forsook the living ,god1 and his way and worship1 they forsook the worship at the temple at ,jerusalem1 and followed the heathen's worships in the mountains and fields2 so it was called adultery and whoredom to join with other religions and forsake ,god2 as in ,jer4 xiii4 #bg4 8,and now1 if the children of ,new ,jerusalem that is above1 should forsake the worship that ,christ in his ,new ,testament set up 7which is in ,spirit and in truth7 and follow the worships of nations1 which men have set up1 will not they that do so1 commit adultery with them1 in forsaking ,god's worship1 and ,christ1 the new and living way8 8,in ,jer4 xliv41 ye may see how the children of ,judah provoked the ,lord against them1 by worshipping the works of their own hands1 and following the gods of the land of ,egypt4 ,in this they committed adultery1 forsaking the living ,god1 their husband1 and his worship2 and there ye may see ,god's judgments pronounced against them to their destruction4 ,and what will become of those that forsake the worship in ,spirit and in truth1 which ,christ set up1 and worship the works of their own hands in spiritual ,egypt1 and follow spiritual ,egypt's will-worship1 which they invented8 ,may not this be called whoredom in them that forsake ,christ1 the new and living way1 his pure religion1 and his worship1 that he hath set up8 ,and they that forsake the ,lord's way1 and his worship that he set up1 and follow the world's ways and worships that they set up1 do not they1 whose way they follow1 become at last their enemies8 as in ,lam4 i4 ,see how the ,jews forsook the ,lord's way and worship1 and doted on their lovers 7the ,assyrians1 c47 and with all their idols they were defiled2 and how they did not leave the whoredoms brought from ,egypt1 and how they were polluted with the ,babylonians' bed2 as ye may read in ,ezek4 xxiii4 ,when they forsook the ,lord1 his way and worship1 and followed the way and worship of the heathen2 then it was said they went a whoring after other lovers1 and committed adultery with them4 8,ye may see in ,ezek4 xvi4 the state of the ,jews was likened unto that of their sister ,sodom1 and how they had played the harlot with the ,assyrians1 and committed fornication with the ,egyptians1 and had increased their whoredoms in following their abominable idols4 ,and therefore the ,lord carried away the two tribes that forsook him into ,babylon2 as you may see in ,ezek4 xvii4 #bj4 ,and they that forsake ,christ1 the new and living ,way1 and the worship of ,god in ,spirit and in truth1 which ,christ set up in his ,new ,testament1 go into captivity in spiritual ,babylon4 8,in ,hosea ii41 see how he discovers the whoredoms and idolatry of the ,jews1 who forsook the ,lord1 and compares them to a harlot4 ,and in chap1 viii41 the destruction threatened against the ,jews1 for their impiety and idolatry4 ,in chap4 ix4 also1 the distress and captivity of the ,jews is threatened for their sins and idolatry4 ,and again they are reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry1 ,hos4 x4 ,this was for forsaking the ,lord and his way1 and following the ways of their own inventions1 and the ways of the heathen4 8,doth not ,isaiah say1 #8,that the ,lord would visit ,tyre1 and that she should commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth2' and therefore the ,lord threatened destruction upon her1 chap1 xxiii4 ,and in chap4 lvii4 see how the ,lord reproved the ,jews for their whorish idolatry1 and said1 #8,upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed2 even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifices4 ,thou hast enlarged thy bed1 and made a covenant with them2 thou lovedst their bed1 where thou sawest it4' ,this was a joining to the heathen's religions1 altars1 and sacrifices1 and a forsaking of the ,lord's altar and sacrifices1 which he commanded in the law2 and therefore that was committing whoredom with the heathen1 and going into their beds from the living ,god that made them4 ,and now in the ,new ,testament ,god having #8poured his ,spirit upon all flesh1' that by his ,spirit all might come to be #8a royal priesthood1 to offer up spiritual sacrifices to ,god by ,jesus ,christ2' all that err from the ,spirit of ,god and rebel against it1 are not like to offer spiritual sacrifices to ,god2 the sacrifice of such ,god doth not accept1 no more than he did that of the heathens1 or of the ,jews1 who rebelled against his good ,spirit1 that he gave to instruct them4 8,and ye may see in the xviith1 xviiith1 and xixth chapters of the ,revelations1 the punishment of the great whore1 ,babylon1 the mother of harlots2 and the victory of the ,lamb1 and how he calleth ,god's people out of ,babylon2 for #8in her was found the blood of the prophets1 and of the saints1 and of all that were slain upon the earth4' ,there ye may read her judgment and her downfall4 ,this whore are they1 that are whored from the ,spirit of ,god1 and so from ,god and from his holy worship in spirit and in truth1 from the pure1 undefiled religion1 that keeps from the spots of the world1 and from the new and living way1 ,christ ,jesus2 these are whored from the ,spirit of ,god into false religions1 ways1 and worships1 and so have corrupted the earth with her abominations4 ,but her judgment and downfall are seen1 over whom ,christ hath the victory2 and the marriage of the ,lamb is come1 glory to the ,lord for ever6 ,and ,god's pure religion1 and pure worship in ,spirit and in truth1 ,christ hath set up1 as it was in the apostles' days4 ,hallelujah60 ,g4 ,f4 ,i soon returned to ,,london1 but made no long stay there1 my body not being able to bear the closeness of the city long together4 ,while ,i was in town1 besides the usual services of visiting ,friends1 and looking after their sufferings to get them eased1 ,i assisted ,friends of the city in distributing certain sums of money1 which our ,friends of ,ireland had charitably and very liberally raised1 and sent over for the relief of their brethren1 who suffered for the testimony of a good conscience2 which money was distributed amongst poor1 suffering ,friends in the several counties1 in proportion as we understood their need4 ,before ,i left the city1 ,i heard of a great doctor lately come from ,poland2 whom ,i invited to my lodging1 and had much discourse with him4 ,after ,i had informed myself by him of such things as ,i had a desire to know1 ,i wrote a letter to the ,king of ,poland on behalf of ,friends at ,dantzic1 who had long been under grievous sufferings4 ,a copy whereof follows3-- 8,to ,john the ,third1 ,king of ,poland1 ,grand ,duke of ,lithuania1 ,russia1 and ,prussia1 ,defender of the city of ,dantzic1 c4 ,concerning the innocent and afflicted people1 in scorn called ,quakers1 who are now fed with bread and water in ,bridewell of the aforesaid city1 under close confinement1 where their friends1 wives1 and children1 are hardly suffered to come to see them4 8,o ,,king6 8,the magistrates of the city of ,dantzic say1 that it is thy order and command1 that these innocent and afflicted people should suffer such oppression4 ,now this punishment is inflicted upon them only because they come together in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 their ,redeemer and ,saviour1 who died for their sins1 and is risen from the dead for their justification2 who is their ,prophet1 whom ,god hath raised up like unto ,moses2 whom they ought to hear in all things in this day of the gospel and new covenant2 who went astray like scattered sheep1 but now are returned to the chief ,shepherd and ,bishop of their souls1 #a ,pet4 ii4 #be4 #8,who has given his life for his sheep1 and they hear his voice and follow him2' who leads them into his #8pastures of life1' ,john x4 8,now1 ,o ,king6 ,i understand that thou openly professest ,christianity1 and the great and mighty name of ,jesus ,christ1 who is ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords1 to whom is given all power in heaven and in earth1 who rules all nations with a rod of iron4 ,therefore1 ,o king1 it seems hard to us1 that any who openly confess ,christ ,jesus 7yea1 the magistrates of ,dantzic do the same17 should inflict those punishments upon an innocent and harmless people1 by reason of their tender conscience1 only because they come together to serve and worship the ,eternal ,god1 who made them1 in ,spirit and in truth2 which worship ,christ ,jesus set up sixteen hundred years ago2 as we read in ,john iv4 #bc1 #bd4 8,i beseech the king1 that he would consider1 whether ,christ in the ,new ,testament1 ever gave such a command to his apostles1 that they should shut up any in prison1 and feed them with bread and water1 who were not conformable in every particular to their religion1 faith1 and worship8 ,where did the apostles exercise such things in the true church after ,christ's ascension8 ,is not this the doctrine of ,christ and the apostles1 that his followers should #8love their enemies1 and pray for them that hate them and persecute and despitefully use them8' 7,matt1 v47 8,is it not a shame to ,christendom among the ,turks and others1 that one ,christian should persecute another for the doctrine of faith1 worship1 and religion8 ,they cannot prove that ,christ ever gave them such a command1 whom they profess to be their ,lord and ,master4 ,for ,christ says that his believers and followers should #8love one another1' and by this they should be known to be his disciples4 ,and did not ,christ reprove those who would have #8fire to come down from heaven1' to destroy them who would not receive him8 and did not he tell them1 #8they did not know what spirit they were of8' ,have all who have persecuted men1 or taken away their lives1 because they would not receive their religion1 known what spirit they were or are of8 ,is it not good for all to know1 by the ,spirit of ,christ1 what spirit they are of8 ,for the apostle says1 ,rom4 viii4 #i1 #8,if any man have not the ,spirit of ,christ1 he is none of his4' ,and #b ,cor4 x4 #d1 #8,the weapons of our warfare are not carnal1 but spiritual1' c4 ,and #8,we wrestle not against flesh and blood1 but against spiritual wickedness1' c4 ,thus we see1 that the fight of the first ,christians1 and their weapons in the days of the apostles1 were spiritual4 8,now would not the king and the magistrates of ,dantzic think it contrary to their consciences1 it they should be forced by the ,turk to his religion8 ,would it not in like manner seem hard to the magistrates of ,dantzic1 and contrary to their consciences1 if they should be forced to the religion of the ,king of ,poland8 or to the ,king of ,poland1 if he should be compelled to the religion of the magistrates of ,dantzic8 ,and if they would not be subject thereunto1 that then they should be banished from their wives and families1 and out of their native country1 or otherwise be fed with bread and water under strict confinement8 8,therefore we beseech the king with all ,christian humility1 and the magistrates1 that they would order their proceedings in this matter according to the royal law of ,god1 which is1 #8to do unto others as they would have others do unto them1' and #8to love their neighbour as themselves4' ,for we have this charity1 that we hope and believe1 that the ,king of ,poland and his people1 with the magistrates of ,dantzic1 own the writings of the ,new ,testament1 as well as of the ,old2 and therefore we beseech the king and magistrates to take heed1 that their work of imprisoning an innocent people1 for nothing but their meeting together1 in tenderness of conscience1 to serve and worship ,god1 their ,creator1 may not be contrary and opposite to the royal law of ,god1 and to the glorious and everlasting gospel of truth4 8,we desire the king1 in ,christian love1 earnestly and weightily to consider these things1 and to give order to set the innocent prisoners1 our friends1 called ,quakers1 at liberty from their strict confinement in ,dantzic2 that they may have freedom to serve and worship the ,living ,god in ,spirit and in truth1 to go home to their habitations1 and follow their trades and calling1 to maintain their wives1 children1 and families4 ,and we believe that the king1 in doing such a noble1 glorious1 yea ,christian work1 will not go unrewarded from the ,great ,god who made him1 whom we serve and worship1 who has the hearts of kings1 and their lives and length of days in his hands4 8,from him who desires that the king and all his ministers may be preserved in the fear of ,god1 and receive his ,word of wisdom1 by which all things were made and created2 that by it he may come to order all things to the glory of ,god1 which ,god has put under his hand3 that both he and they may enjoy the comforts and blessings of the ,lord in this life1 and in that which is to come1 life eternal4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #ajth of the #crd ,month1 commonly called ,may1 #afhd4 8,postscript4--,the king may please to consider1 that his and all men's consciences are the prerogative of ,god40 ,after this ,i went to ,,enfield1 where1 and in the country around1 several ,friends had country-houses1 amongst whom ,i tarried some time1 visiting and being visited by ,friends1 and having meetings with them4 ,several things ,i wrote in this time1 relating to the service of truth2 one was 8,concerning judging30 for some1 who had departed from the truth1 were so afraid of its judgment1 that they made it much of their business to cry out against judging4 ,wherefore ,i wrote a paper1 proving by the ,scriptures of truth1 that the church of ,christ has power and ability to judge those that profess to be of it1 not only with respect to outward things relating to this world1 but with respect to religious matters also4 ,a copy of which follows3-- 8,,concerning ,,judging4 8#8,the natural man receiveth not the things of the ,spirit of ,god1 for they are foolishness to him1 neither can he know them1 because they are spiritually discerned2 but he that is spiritual judgeth all things 7mark all things72 yet he himself is judged of no man1' #a ,cor4 ii4 #ad1 #ae4 ,so the natural man cannot judge of those things he receives not1 for they are foolishness to him2 but he is comprehended by the spiritual man1 and his foolishness1 and is judged1 though he cannot judge the spiritual man4 8#8,do not ye judge them that are within8' saith the apostle 7this power the church had1 and hath17 #8therefore put away from amongst yourselves that wicked person4' ,did not this wicked person1 think you1 profess and plead for liberty for his wickedness1 and his freedom1 as he was a ,christian1 who was looked upon as a member of the church8 8,the apostle saith1 #8,for ,i verily1 as absent in body1 yet present in spirit1 have judged already1 as though ,i were present1 concerning him that hath done this wicked deed1' #a ,cor4 v4 #c1 #ab4 ,here the apostle judged1 though afar off1 and set up judgment in the church against false liberty1 under what pretence soever it was4 8,and the apostle saith1 #8,dare any of you1 having a matter against a brother1 go to law before the unjust1 and not before the saints8' ,here the saints1 the church1 are to judge of things amongst themselves1 and not for the unjust to judge of their matters4 #8,do ye not know the saints shall judge the world8' ,so the saints are to judge the unjust1 and not the unjust to judge their matters4 8,and farther1 the apostle saith1 #8,if the world shall be judged by you 7to wit1 the saints17 are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters amongst you8' 8,it is thus clear that the saints have a judgment given them of ,christ1 by his power and ,spirit1 light and wisdom1 to judge the world1 and not to carry their matters before the unjust1 but to judge of them amongst themselves2 and if they carry them before the unjust1 they show their unworthiness of the saints' judgment4 8,again1 #8,know ye not that we shall judge angels8 7and angels are spirits7 how much more things which pertain to this life8' 8#8,if ye then have judgment of things pertaining to this life1 set them up to judge who are least esteemed in the church1' #a ,cor4 vi4 #d4 ,here it is clear the church of ,christ has a judgment in the power and ,spirit of ,god1 not only to judge in things that pertain to this life1 but also to judge of things between brethren1 without brother going to law with brother before unbelievers2 which was a fault1 and to be judged1 if they did so4 8,but also the saints have a judgment to judge angels that kept not their habitations2 and the world4 ,as in ,jude1 #8,he judged the angels that kept not their habitations1 their first state4' ,did not he judge in divine matters here8 ,he judged the state of ,cain1 and ,balaam1 and ,core1 and such ,christians as were in their steps1 and were gone as far as they1 though they professed themselves ,christians8 ,here again he judged in divine matters2 and of their states and beings1 who stood in the divine principle1 and who were fallen from it4 8,the apostle saith1 #8,try the spirits1 and believe not every spirit1' #a ,john iv4 ,here again was a judgment in divine matters2 and he judged such as went out from them2 these1 whilst they were with them1 had sight of things and openings2 but when they went from them they went from the anointing2 and therefore he exhorts the saints to keep to the anointing4 ,such as went from them that had the anointing1 came to be the seducers and false prophets that went into the world4 8,john had a judgment to try sacrifices1 and distinguished ,cain's from ,abel's2 and1 by the ,spirit of ,god1 knew which ,god accepted1 and which he did not accept1 #a ,john iii4 #ab4 ,paul judged and tried such messengers and apostles1 and transformers of themselves like to the apostles of ,christ2 and would have the church to try such1 and have the same judgment that he had1 #b ,cor4 xi4 8,the apostle ,peter judged ,ananias and ,sapphira1 and the thoughts of ,simon ,magus1 who would have been a worker of miracles for money4 ,was not all this judgment in divine matters8 ,and the apostle ,paul judged the preachers of circumcision1 both in the ,romans and ,galatians4 ,for it was the faith and liberty of those preachers to preach up circumcision1 though it was a wrong faith4 ,did not the apostle here again judge in divine matters8 8,james judged in matters of faith1 and manifested the living faith from the dead one4 ,he also judged in matters of religion1 the vain from the pure religion1 and distinguished them4 8,paul judged of the false brethren1 that would spy out the liberty of the true2 to whom he would give no place by subjection1 no1 not for an hour1 that the truth of the gospel might continue with the saints2 as in ,gal4 ii4 ,did not the apostle here judge in divine matters8 and he judged concerning the matters of the gospel when some came to pervert them with another gospel1 and said1 #8,the gospel which ,i received is not of man1 neither was ,i taught it1 but by the revelation of ,jesus ,christ1' ,gal4 i4 #ab4 ,so here was a judgment to distinguish the gospel of ,christ from all other gospels1 which were accursed1 which are after man1 received and taught of man1 and not by the revelation of ,jesus ,christ1 ,gal4 i4 ,and he had a judgment to know1 #8who made the gospel chargeable1 and who kept it without charge4' 8,he set up a judgment in the church that the believers should not be unequally yoked2 and to see when men had a communion in the light1 and when they had it in the darkness2 when with ,christ1 and when with ,baal2 with the believer and unbeliever2 with the temple of ,god and with idols3 as in #b ,cor4 vi4 ,did he not set up a clear judgment here in divine matters in the church8 8,and the apostle judged such libertines as through their knowledge could sit at meat in the idol's temple2 who through their knowledge and liberty caused the weak brother to perish1 for whom ,christ died4 ,these1 it is like1 did profess it was their faith and their liberty2 yet they did not keep in the unity of the true faith1 but went about to destroy it1 #a ,cor4 viii4 8,peter gives judgment upon the angels that sinned1 and were cast down into hell2 upon the state of the old world1 and of ,sodom1 and the state of the false prophets then amongst them1 that could speak great swelling words of vanity2 and whilst they promised them liberty1 they themselves were the servants of corruption4 ,and had not ,peter here a judgment in divine matters8 ,these were such whose work was to bring into bondage1 and these were like the dog and sow that were washed2 which shows that they have been washed1 but were turned into the mire again4 ,the apostle ,paul had a judgment upon such as1 with their fair words and men's wisdom1 deceived the hearts of the simple2 and upon such as #8served not the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 but their own bellies1 and were enemies to the cross of ,christ4' ,he had a judgment and discerning who lived in the cross of ,christ1 and who did not2 and exhorted all to live in the cross of ,christ1 the righteous power of ,god1 that slew all deceit1 and the deeds of the old man1 agreeably to ,christ's words1 #8,he that will be my disciple1 must take up his cross and follow me4' ,was not here a judgment again in divine matters1 of such as walked in the divine power1 and such as did not8 8,christ sets up a judgment in his seven churches1 and commends them that did keep in his judgment1 and had tried them which said1 #8they were apostles1' who might pretend they were sent of ,god and ,christ1 and were not2 but the church of ,christ had found them liars4 ,christ commended this judgment of the church of ,ephesus1 because they had #8not borne with them that were evil1 but had tried those false apostles3' and ,christ commends this church1 for they had #8hated the deeds of the ,nicolaitanes1 which he also hated3' and had not these ,nicolaitanes sprung from ,nicolas1 one of the deacons8 and were not these become a sect of ,christians8 though they might talk and preach of ,christ1 yet ,christ hated their doctrine4 8,christ saith to the church of ,smyrna1 #8,i know the blasphemy of them which say they are ,jews1 and are not1 but are of the synagogue of ,satan4' ,so the church is to have a judgment upon these blasphemers1 and to distinguish the ,jews in the ,spirit from such as are not1 but of the synagogue of ,satan4 8,to the church in ,pergamos ,christ saith1 #8,i have a few things against thee1 because thou hast there them that hold the doctrines of ,balaam1' c41 and #8also them that hold the doctrine of the ,nicolaitanes1 which thing ,i hate4' ,now1 these that held the doctrine of ,balaam1 and the doctrine of the ,nicolaitanes1 were got into the church1 and might look upon themselves to be high ,christians1 and take great liberty to go into ,balaam's doctrine1 and ,nicolas's doctrine1 which was hated by ,christ2 but the church was to keep a spiritual and divine judgment upon the heads of all these4 8,to the church of ,thyatira1 saith ,christ1 #8,i have a few things against thee1 because thou sufferest the woman ,jezebel to teach1 which seduces my people1' c4 ,here was a suffering1 which should have been a judgment by ,christ's ,spirit1 upon that ,jezebel1 which was erred from his ,spirit1 and so from ,christ4 ,such as these were high preachers4 ,and is not the church to beware of suffering such now1 lest they come under the reproof of ,christ1 for not passing judgment against the false teacher and seducer8 8,the church of ,sardis #8had a name to live1 but was dead1 and her works were not found perfect before ,god4' ,there is a judgment to be set up in the church1 to judge all imperfect works1 and such as would have a name1 but not the nature2 a name to live1 but are dead4 ,all the members of ,christ's church must be in ,christ1 living members1 and live to his name4 ,this church had a few names that had not defiled their garments1 that did walk in white2 but such as have a name to live1 but are dead1 whilst they are in the dead state1 cannot walk in white1 nor judge in divine matters4 #8,behold1' saith ,christ1 #8,i will make them of the synagogue of ,satan1 which say they are ,jews1 and are not1 but do lie2 behold1 ,i will make them to come1 and to worship before thy feet1 and to know that ,i have loved thee1' ,rev4 iii4 #i4 8,and to the church of ,laodicea1 that was #8neither cold nor hot1' but lukewarm2 #8,i would thou wert cold or hot3 ,i will spew thee out of my mouth1 because thou saidst thou wast rich1 and wanted nothing2 when thou wast wretched1 miserable1 poor1 blind1 and naked4' ,now this was for want of living in the ,power and ,spirit of ,christ4 ,these could talk of high experiences1 and great enjoyments1 but were naked1 miserable1 and blind2 so lived not in the power1 and ,spirit1 the light1 and righteousness of ,christ1 by which they might be clothed1 and have the eternal riches4 ,so the church of ,christ had a spiritual judgment given to them that are faithful in his power1 and ,spirit1 and light1 to judge of temporal things1 and the things of this life2 and to judge of eternal and divine things and states2 of angels and wicked men1 and such as go from truth2 and of the states of election and reprobation2 yea1 and of the devils who are out of truth2 these being in ,christ ,jesus1 who is the ,first and ,last1 from whom they have the eternal judgment1 to judge eternal1 spiritual1 and divine things2 and in this ,word of power and wisdom1 by which all things were made1 and by which all things are upheld1 to order all things to ,god's glory1 and to judge of all things in righteousness4 8,the apostle judged1 and set up a judgment in the church1 of gifts1 of prophecies1 of mysteries1 of faith1 and of giving the body to be burned1 and of giving goods to the poor1 and of speaking with tongues of men and angels2 and yet1 if they had not love1 all this was nothing1 but as a sounding brass and tinkling cymbal4 ,therefore they are to be tried by the fruits of the good ,spirit1 which is love4 ,so here the apostle not only judged himself in divine things1 but set up a judgment in the church in those spiritual and divine matters4 8,the apostle ,james judges of fountains1 and of fig-trees1 of the wisdom from below1 and of the wisdom from above1 and of the fruits of both1 ,james iii4 ,and ,paul judged in divine matters when he said1 #8,the ,spirit spake expressly1 that in the latter times some should depart from the faith1' #a ,tim4 iv4 ,and he judged in divine matters1 when he judged all those teachers that were high-minded1 and had got the form of godliness1 but denied the power2 and termed them like unto ,jannes and ,jambres1 who withstood ,moses1 coming out of outward ,egypt2 as these with their form of godliness1 oppose ,christ and his power1 that brings them out of spiritual ,egypt now4 ,was not he a judge here in divine matters1 who judged such as had gotten the form of godliness1 but denied the divine power8 #b ,tim4 iii4 8,when the apostle said1 #8the priesthood of ,aaron was changed1 and the law was changed1 and the commandment disannulled1 that gave them their tithes1' did not he judge here in divine and spiritual matters8 and was not the law spiritual1 which served till the ,seed came8 8,did not the apostle judge in divine and spiritual matters1 in the sixth of the ,hebrews1 where he saith1 #8,let us go on to perfection1 not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works1 and of faith towards ,god1 and of the doctrine of baptisms1 and of laying on of hands1 and of the resurrection of the dead1 and of eternal judgment3 and this will we do1 if ,god permit1' c4 ,and does not the apostle judge here1 #8that it was impossible for those who were once enlightened1 and tasted of the heavenly gift1 and were partakers of the ,holy ,ghost1 and had tasted of the good word of ,god1 and of the power of the world to come1 if they shall fall away1 to renew them again unto repentance2 seeing they crucify to themselves the ,son of ,god afresh1 and put him to open shame8' ,heb4 vi4 ,were not these spiritual1 eternal1 and divine matters and states1 that the apostle judged of8 and have not the saints the same judgment given unto them in the same ,spirit8 ,have not the apostles and the church a spiritual judgment to judge of prophets1 mysteries1 faith1 apostles1 angels1 the world1 and the devil8 ,and is not this judgment given them of ,god in divine matters1 besides the judgment given them in matters pertaining unto this life8 8,and had not they judgment to discern the true gospel from the false8 and all such as had a profession of the form1 and did not live in the power8 and such as spoke the things of ,god1 in the words that man's wisdom did teach8 which things of ,god were not to be spoken in the words which man's wisdom taught1 but in the words which the ,holy ,ghost taught4 ,therefore did not the apostle exhort to know the power1 and that their faith might stand in the power of ,god8 for the kingdom of ,god stands not in word but in power4 8,had not all the prophets a divine judgment to judge in divine matters8 as ,jeremiah1 when he judged the prophets4 ,ezekiel also judged all such as came with a pretence of the ,word of the ,lord1 using their tongues1 and saying1 #8,thus saith the ,lord1 when the ,lord never spoke unto them2' as in ,jer4 xxiii4 ,exek4 xiii41 and many other places might be instanced4 ,did not he judge ,hananiah1 who prophesied falsely8 and did not this ,hananiah pretend to speak the ,word of the ,lord to the priests and people8 as in ,jer4 xxviii4 8,did not ,isaiah judge in divine matters1 when he judged the watchmen and the shepherds8 ,isa4 lvi4 ,did not ,micah judge in divine and spiritual matters when he said1 #8he was full of power by the spirit of the ,lord1 and of judgment8' ,did not he judge of priests1 prophets1 and judges1 though they would lean upon the ,lord1 and say1 #8,is not the ,lord amongst us1 and no evil can come unto us2' yet did not he let them see their states and conditions1 and divide the precious from the vile8 ,mic4 iii4 ,and so the rest of the prophets4 ,you may see they judged for ,god in his divine matters1 #8who served him1 and who served him not2 and who lived in truth1 and who not2' and likewise the apostles4 ,and this divine1 spiritual1 and heavenly judgment was given of ,god to his holy men and women4 8,they that judge in ,god's divine matters1 must live in his divine ,spirit1 power1 and light now1 as they did then2 which spiritual and divine judgment ,christ has given to his church1 the living stones1 and living members1 that make up his spiritual household2 to try ,jews1 apostles1 and prophets2 to try faiths and religions1 trees and fruits1 shepherds and teachers2 and to try spirits4 ,so the living members have a living1 divine judgment in the church of ,christ1 which he is the ,head of1 the ,judge of all4 8,nay1 the church has a power given them1 which is farther than a judgment3 for what they #8bind on earth1 is bound in heaven by the power of ,god3 and what they loose on earth is loosed in heaven by the power of ,god4' ,this power has ,christ given to his living members1 the church40 ,g4 ,f4 to ,friends4 ,the #bjth of the #abth ,month1 #afhe-f4 ,i came back to ,,london in the #ast month1 #afhf1 and set myself with all diligence to look after ,friends' sufferings1 from which we had now some hopes of getting relief4 ,the sessions came on in the #bnd month at ,hicks's ,hall1 where many ,friends had appeals to be tried2 with whom ,i was from day to day1 to advise and see that no opportunity were slipped1 nor advantage lost2 and they generally succeeded well4 ,soon after also the king was pleased1 upon our often laying our sufferings before him1 to give order for the 8releasing of all prisoners for conscience' sake that were in his power to discharge40 ,whereby the prison-doors were opened1 and many hundreds of ,friends1 some of whom had been long in prison1 were set at liberty4 ,some of them1 who had for many years been restrained in bonds1 came now up to the ,yearly ,meeting1 which was in the #crd month this year4 ,this caused great joy to ,friends1 to see our ancient1 faithful brethren1 again at liberty in the ,lord's work1 after their long confinement4 ,and indeed a precious meeting we had2 the refreshing presence of the ,lord appearing plentifully with us and amongst us4 ,after the meeting ,i was moved to write a few lines1 to be sent amongst ,friends3 the tenor whereof was thus3-- 8,,dear ,,friends1 8,my love is to you all in the holy ,seed1 ,christ ,jesus1 that bruises the serpent's head1 and destroys the devil and his works2 and who hath all power in heaven and in earth given him4 ,let every one's faith stand in ,him1 and in his power1 who is the author and finisher of your faith4 ,and now for you1 who have been partakers of his power1 and are sensible of it in this day of his power1 that is over darkness and its power2 by whose power the hearts of the king and rulers have been opened1 and your outward prison-doors set open for your liberty1 my desires are1 that all may be preserved in humility and thankfulness1 in the sense of the mercies of the ,lord2 and live in the peaceable truth1 that is over all2 that ye may answer ,god's grace1 and his light and ,spirit in all1 in a righteous1 godly life and conversation4 ,let none be lifted up by their outward liberty1 neither let any be cast down by suffering for ,christ's sake2 but all live in the ,seed 7which is as wheat7 which is not shaken1 nor blown away by the winds and storms1 as the chaff is4 ,which ,seed of life none below can make higher or lower2 for the children of the ,seed are the children of the everlasting1 unchangeable kingdom of ,christ and ,god4 ,in ,christ ,jesus1 whom ,god hath given you for a sanctuary1 ,god almighty keep you1 in whom ye have life everlasting1 and wisdom from above1 which is pure1 peaceable1 gentle1 and easy to be entreated1 full of mercy and good fruits2 that all now may be exercised in1 and may practise this wisdom in holy lives and conversations2 so that this wisdom may be justified of all her children1 and they exercised and preserved in it in this day of the power of ,christ1 in which all his people are made a willing people1 to serve and worship ,god in ,righteousness and holiness1 in ,spirit and in truth4 8,let none abuse the power of the ,lord1 nor grieve his ,spirit1 by which you are sealed1 and kept to the day of salvation and redemption2 but always exercise yourselves to have #8a good conscience1 void of offence towards ,god and towards all men1' being exercised in holiness1 godliness1 and righteousness2 and in the truth1 and in the love of it4 ,all study to be approved unto ,god in innocency1 virtue1 simplicity1 and faithfulness1 labouring and studying to be quiet in the will of ,god4 #8,and whatsoever ye do in word or deed1 do all in the name of the ,lord ,jesus2 giving thanks to ,god the ,father by him2' that he who is over all1 may have the praise for all his mercies and blessings1 with which he hath refreshed his people1 and by his eternal arm and power hath kept and preserved them to this day2 glory to his name over all for ever4 ,amen6 8,christ hath called you by his grace into one body1 to him the holy ,head2 therefore live in charity1 and in the love of ,god1 which is the bond of perfectness in his body4 ,this love edifies the body of ,christ2 which body and all his members are knit together1 and increased with the increase of ,god1 from whom they receive nourishment4 ,for by one ,spirit we are all baptised into one body1 and have been made all to drink into one ,spirit1 in which ,spirit the body and all its members have fellowship with ,christ1 the head1 and one with another4 ,the unity of this ,holy ,spirit is the bond of peace of all the living members of ,christ ,jesus1 of which he is the spiritual ,head1 ,rock1 and ,foundation4 ,in the midst of his church of living members1 ,christ exercises his spiritual prophetical office1 to open to them the mysteries of his kingdom4 ,he is a spiritual ,bishop to oversee them1 that they do not go astray from the living ,god that made them2 a ,shepherd that feeds them with bread and water of life from heaven2 and none is able to pluck his sheep out of his hands4 ,he is a ,priest that died for them1 sanctifies them1 and presents them to ,god2 who ruleth in their hearts by the divine faith1 which he is the author and finisher of4 ,his living members praise ,god through ,jesus ,christ1 in whom they have life and salvation1 who reconciles them to ,god1 that they can say they have #8peace with ,god through ,jesus ,christ2' and so praise ,god through him that was dead1 and is alive again1 who reigns over all1 and liveth for evermore1 blessed for ever2 ,hallelujah4 ,amen6 8,greet one another with a holy kiss of charity4 ,love or charity beareth all things1 believeth all things1 hopeth all things1 endureth all things4 ,it envieth not1 vaunteth not itself1 is not puffed up1 nor doth it behave itself unseemly4 ,it rejoices not in iniquity1 but rejoices in the truth4 ,charity is not easily provoked1 and thinks no evil1 but suffereth long and is kind4 ,charity never faileth4 ,i say1 greet one another with this holy kiss of charity1 and peace be with you all1 that are in ,christ ,jesus1 your life and salvation40 ,g4 ,f4 ,the #cjth of the #crd ,month1 #afhf4 ,i remained most part of this year in ,,london1 save that sometimes ,i got out to ,,bethnal-,,green for a night or two1 or as far as ,,enfield and thereabouts amongst ,friends1 and once or twice to ,,chiswick1 where an ancient ,friend had set up a school for the educating of ,friends' children2 in all which places ,i found service for the ,lord4 ,at ,,london1 ,i spent my time amongst ,friends1 either in public meetings 7as the ,lord drew me7 or visiting those that were not well1 and in looking after the sufferings of ,friends4 ,for though many were released out of prisons1 yet some remained prisoners still for tithes1 c41 and sufferings of several sorts lay heavy on ,friends in many places4 ,yet inasmuch as many ,friends1 that had been prisoners1 were now set at liberty1 ,i felt a concern upon me1 that none might look too much at man1 but might eye the ,lord therein1 from whom deliverance comes4 ,wherefore ,i wrote an epistle to them1 as follows3-- 8,,friends1 8,the ,lord1 by his eternal power1 hath opened the heart of the king to open the prison doors1 by which about fifteen or sixteen hundred are set at liberty1 and hath given a check to the informers2 so that in many places our meetings are pretty quiet4 ,my desires are1 that both liberty and sufferings may be sanctified to his people1 that ,friends may prize the mercies of the ,lord in all things1 and to him be thankful1 who stilleth the raging waves of the seas1 allayeth the storms and tempests1 and maketh a calm4 ,therefore it is good to trust in the ,lord1 and cast your care upon him1 who careth for you4 ,for when ye were in jails and prisons1 the ,lord did1 by his eternal arm and power1 uphold you1 and sanctified them to you 7and unto some he made them as a sanctuary71 and tried his people as in a furnace of affliction1 both in prisons and spoiling of goods4 ,in all this the ,lord was with his people1 and taught them to know that #8the earth is the ,lord's and the fulness thereof2' and that he was in all places2 #8who crowneth the year with his goodness1' ,psal4 lxv4 ,therefore let all ,god's people be diligent1 and careful to keep the camp of ,god holy1 pure1 and clean1 and to serve ,god and ,christ1 and one another in the glorious1 peaceable gospel of life and salvation1 which glory shines over ,god's camp2 and his great ,prophet1 ,bishop1 and ,shepherd is among1 or in the midst of them1 exercising his heavenly offices in them2 so that you his people may rejoice in ,christ ,jesus1 through whom you have peace with ,god4 ,for he that destroyeth the devil and his work1 and bruises the serpent's head1 is all ,god's people's heavenly ,foundation and ,rock to build upon2 which was the holy prophets' and apostles' ,rock in days past1 and is now the ,rock of our age2 which ,rock and ,foundation of ,god standeth sure4 ,upon this the ,lord ,god establish all his people4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,london1 the #beth of the #gth ,month1 #afhf4 ,divers other epistles and papers ,i wrote this year2 one of which was an exhortation 8to ,friends to keep in unity in the truth1 in which there is no division nor separation20 it was thus3-- 8,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren ,,in ,,the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 8,in whom ye have all peace and life1 and in whom there is no division1 schism1 rent1 strife1 nor separation2 for ,christ is not divided3 there can be no separation in the truth1 nor in the light1 grace1 faith1 and ,holy ,ghost1 but unity1 fellowship1 and communion4 ,for the devil was the first that went out of the truth1 separated from it1 and tempted man and woman to disobey ,god1 and to go from the truth into a false liberty1 to do that which ,god forbade4 ,so it is the serpent now that leads men and women into a false liberty1 even the ,god of the world1 from which man and woman must be separated by the truth2 that ,christ the ,truth may make them free1 and then they are free indeed4 ,then they are to stand fast in that liberty1 in which ,christ hath made them free1 and in ,him there is no division1 schism1 rent1 or separation2 but peace1 life1 and reconciliation to ,god1 and to one another4 ,so in ,christ1 male and female are all one2 for whether they be male or female1 ,jew or ,gentile1 bond or free1 they are all one in ,christ4 ,and there can be no schism1 rent1 or division in ,him2 nor in the worship of ,god1 in his ,holy ,spirit and truth2 nor in the pure and undefiled religion1 that keeps from the spots of the world2 nor in the love of ,god that beareth and endureth all things2 nor in the ,word of ,god's grace1 for it is pure and endureth for ever4 8,many1 you see1 have lost the ,word of patience and the ,word of wisdom1 that is pure1 and peaceable1 and gentle1 and easy to be entreated3 then they run into the wisdom that is below1 that is #8earthly1 sensual1 and devilish1' and very uneasy to be entreated4 ,they go from the love of ,god that beareth all things1 endureth all things1 thinketh no evil1 and doth not behave itself unseemly3 then they cannot bear1 but grow brittle1 and are easily provoked1 run into unseemly things1 and are in that1 that vaunteth itself1 are puffed up1 rash1 heady1 high-minded1 and fierce1 and become as sounding brass1 or a tinkling cymbal2 but this is contrary to the nature of the love of ,god4 ,therefore1 dear ,friends and brethren1 dwell in the love of ,god2 for they who dwell in love1 dwell in ,god1 and ,god in them4 ,keep in the ,word of wisdom1 that is gentle1 pure1 and peaceable1 and in the ,word of patience1 that endureth and beareth all things2 which ,word of patience the devil1 and the world1 and all his instruments can never wear out2 it will wear them all out2 for it was before they were1 and will be1 when they are gone1 the pure1 holy ,word of ,god1 by which all ,god's children are born again1 feed on the milk thereof1 and live and grow by it4 ,my desires are1 that ye may all be of one heart1 mind1 soul1 and spirit in ,christ ,jesus4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,soon after this1 finding those apostates1 whom the enemy had drawn out into division and separation from ,friends1 continued their clamour and opposition against our monthly1 quarterly1 and yearly meetings1 it came upon me to write another short epistle to ,friends1 to put them in mind of the 8evidence and seal they had received in themselves by the ,spirit of the ,lord1 that those meetings were of the ,lord1 and accepted by him10 that so they might not be shaken by the adversaries4 ,i wrote as follows3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends ,,in ,,the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ6 8,all you1 that are gathered in his holy name1 know1 that your meetings for worship1 your quarterly1 monthly and other meetings are set up by the power and ,spirit of the ,lord ,god1 and witnessed by his ,spirit and power in your hearts2 and by the ,spirit and power of the ,lord ,god they are established to you1 and in the power and ,spirit of the ,lord ,god you are established in them4 ,the ,lord ,god hath with his ,spirit sealed to you1 that your meetings are of his ordering and gathering1 and he hath owned them1 by honouring you with his blessed presence in them2 and you have had great experience of his furnishing you with his wisdom1 life1 and power1 and heavenly riches from his treasure and fountain1 by which many thanks and praises have been returned in your meetings to his holy1 glorious name4 ,he hath sealed your meetings by his ,spirit to you1 and that your gathering together hath been by the ,lord1 to ,christ his ,son1 and in his name3 and not by man4 ,so the ,lord hath the glory and praise of them and in them1 who hath upheld you and them1 by the arm of his power1 against all opposers and backsliders1 and their slanderous books and tongues4 ,for the ,lord's power and ,seed doth reign over them all1 in which he doth preserve his sons and daughters to his glory1 by his eternal arm and power1 in his work and service1 as a willing people in the day of his power1 without being weary or fainting1 but strong in the ,lord1 and valiant for his glorious name and precious truth1 and his pure religion2 that ye may serve the ,lord in ,christ ,jesus1 your ,rock and ,foundation1 in your age and generation4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #crd of #aath ,month1 #afhf-g4 ,a little after it came upon me to write something concerning the state of the true church1 and of the true members thereof1 as follows3-- 8,concerning the ,church of ,christ being clothed with the ,sun1 and having the ,moon under her feet4 8,they are living members1 living stones1 built up a spiritual household1 children of the promise1 and of the ,seed and flesh of ,christ2 and as the apostle saith1 #8,flesh of his flesh1 and bone of his bone4' ,they are the good seed1 the children of the everlasting kingdom written in heaven2 and have put on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,they sit together in heavenly places in ,christ1 are clothed with the ,sun of ,righteousness1 ,christ ,jesus1 and have the moon under their feet1 as ,rev4 xii4 ,so all changeable things1 that are in the world1 all changeable religions1 worships1 ways1 fellowships1 churches1 and teachers in the world1 are as the moon2 for the moon changes1 but the sun doth not change4 ,the ,sun of ,righteousness never changeth1 nor goes down2 but all the ways1 religions1 worships1 fellowships of the world1 and the teachers thereof1 change like the moon4 8,the true church1 which ,christ is the head of1 which is in ,god1 the ,father1 is called #8the pillar and ground of truth1' whose conversation is in heaven2 this church is clothed with the ,sun1 ,christ ,jesus1 her head1 who doth not change1 and hath all changeable things under her feet4 ,these are the living members1 born again of the ,immortal ,seed1 by the ,word of ,god1 who feed upon the immortal milk1 and live and grow by it4 ,such are the new creatures in ,christ ,jesus1 who makes all things new1 and sees the old things pass away4 ,his church and all his members1 which are clothed with the ,sun1 their worship is in ,spirit1 and in truth1 which doth not change2 which truth the devil1 the foul1 unclean spirit1 is out of1 and cannot get into this worship in ,spirit and in truth4 ,their religion is pure and undefiled before ,god1 that keeps from the spots of the world1 c41 and their way is the new and living way1 ,christ ,jesus4 ,so the church of ,christ1 that is clothed with the ,sun1 that hath the moon and all changeable religions and ways under her feet1 hath an unchangeable worship1 religion1 and way1 an unchangeable ,rock and ,foundation1 ,christ ,jesus1 and an unchangeable ,high ,priest2 and so are children of the ,new ,testament1 and in the everlasting ,covenant of ,light and ,life4 8,now all1 that profess the ,scriptures both of the ,new and ,old ,testament1 and are not in ,christ ,jesus1 the apostle tells them1 they are #8reprobates1 if ,christ be not in them4' ,therefore these1 that are not in ,christ1 cannot be clothed with ,christ1 the ,sun of ,righteousness1 that never changes4 ,they are under the changeable moon1 in the world1 in the changeable things1 changeable religions1 ways1 worships1 teachers1 rocks1 and foundations4 ,but ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 and ,sun of ,righteousness1 doth not change2 in whom his people are gathered1 and sit together in heavenly places in him1 clothed with ,christ ,jesus1 the ,sun1 who is the mountain1 that filleth the whole earth with his divine power and light4 ,so all his people see him1 and feel him both by sea and land4 ,he is in all places of the earth1 felt and seen of all his4 ,and ,christ ,jesus saith to the outward professors1 the ,jews1 #8,i am from above1' ye are from below1 #8ye are of this world4' ,so their religions1 worships1 ways1 teachers1 faiths1 beliefs1 and creeds are made by men1 and are below1 of this world that changeth like the moon4 ,you may see their religions1 ways1 worships1 and teachers1 are all changeable1 like the moon2 but ,christ1 the ,sun1 with which the church is clothed1 doth not change1 nor his church2 for they are spiritually minded1 and their way1 worship1 and religion is spiritual1 from ,christ1 who is from above1 and not of this world4 ,christ hath redeemed his people from the world1 and its changeable rudiments1 elements1 and old things1 and from its changeable teachers1 faiths1 and beliefs4 ,for ,christ is the author and finisher of his church's faith1 who is from above1 and saith1 #8,believe in the light1 that ye may become children of light2' and it is given them not only to believe1 but to suffer for his name4 ,so this faith and belief is above all faiths and beliefs1 which change1 like the moon4 ,god's people are a holy nation1 a peculiar people1 a spiritual household1 and royal priesthood1 offering up spiritual sacrifice to ,god1 by ,jesus ,christ2 and are zealous of righteous1 godly1 good works2 and their zeal is for that which is of ,god1 against the evil which is not of ,god4 8,christ took upon him the seed of ,abraham2 he doth not say1 the corrupt seed of the ,gentiles3 so1 according to the flesh1 he was of the holy seed of ,abraham and of ,david2 and his holy body and blood was an offering and a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world1 as a lamb without blemish1 whose flesh saw no corruption4 ,by the one offering of himself in the ,new ,testament or ,new ,covenant1 he has put an end to all the offerings and sacrifices amongst the ,jews in the ,old ,testament4 ,christ1 the holy ,seed1 was crucified1 dead1 and buried1 according to the flesh1 and raised again the third day2 and his flesh saw no corruption4 ,though he was crucified in the flesh1 yet he was quickened again by the ,spirit1 and is alive1 and liveth for evermore2 he hath all power in heaven and in earth given to him1 and reigneth over all2 and is the one ,mediator between ,god and man1 even the man ,christ ,jesus4 8,christ said1 #8,he gave his flesh for the life of the world3' and the apostle says1 #8,his flesh saw no corruption3' so that which saw no corruption he gave for the life of the corrupt world1 to bring them out of corruption4 ,christ said again1 #8,he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life3 for my flesh is meat indeed1 and my blood is drink indeed4 ,and he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me1 and ,i in him4' ,he that eats not his flesh and drinks not his blood1 which is the life of the flesh1 hath not eternal life4 ,as the apostle saith1 all died in ,adam2 then all are dead4 ,now all coming spiritually to eat the flesh of ,christ1 the second ,adam1 and drink his blood1 his blood and flesh gives all the dead in ,adam1 life1 and quickens them out of their sins and trespasses1 in which they were dead2 so they come to sit together in heavenly places in ,christ ,jesus1 living members of the church of ,christ1 that he is the head of2 are clothed with the ,sun of ,righteousness1 the ,son of ,god1 that never changes1 and have the changeable moon under their feet1 and all changeable1 worldly things and inventions1 and works of men's hands4 ,these see the people1 how they change from one worship to another1 from one religion to another1 from one way to another1 and from one church to another2 and yet their hearts are not changed4 ,the letter of ,scripture is read by the ,christians like the ,jews2 but the mystery is hid3 they have the sheep's clothing1 the outside1 but are inwardly ravened from the ,spirit1 which should bring them into the ,lamb's and ,sheep's nature4 ,the ,scripture saith1 #8,all the uncircumcised must go down into the pit3' and therefore all must be circumcised with the ,spirit of ,god1 which puts off the body of death1 and sins of the flesh1 that came into man and woman by their disobedience1 and transgressing of ,god's commands4 ,i say1 all must be circumcised with the ,spirit1 which puts off the body of death and sins of the flesh1 before they come up into ,christ1 their ,rest1 that never fell1 and be clothed with ,him1 the ,sun of ,righteousness40 ,g4 ,f4 ,towards the latter end of this year ,i went to ,,kingston to visit ,friends there2 and stayed some time at my son ,rous's4 ,i wrote there a paper concerning 8the falling away0 foretold by the apostle ,paul1 #b ,thess4 ii4 #c1 as follows3-- 8,the apostle saith that there must be #8a falling away' first1 before the wicked one1 that man of sin1 the son of perdition1 be revealed1 which betrayeth ,christ within1 as the son of perdition betrayed ,christ without2 and they that betray ,christ within1 crucify to themselves ,christ afresh1 and put him to open shame4 ,before the apostles died1 this man of sin1 the son of perdition1 was revealed3 for they saw antichrist come1 and false prophets1 false apostles1 and deceivers come1 having a form of godliness1 but denying the power thereof4 ,they saw the wolves dressed in the sheep's clothing1 and such as went in ,cain's1 ,korah's1 and ,balaam's way1 and ,jezebel's2 and the whore of ,babylon1 the whore of confusion1 the mother of harlots1 and such as were enemies to the cross of ,christ1 that served not the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 but their own bellies4 ,these ,christ saw should come1 and said1 #8,if it were possible1 they should deceive the elect2' and commanded his followers not to go after them4 ,the apostle said1 #8,turn away from such2' and ,christ and his apostles warned the church of ,christ of such4 8,and now1 in this day of ,christ and his gospel1 after the long night of apostasy from the light1 grace1 truth1 life1 and ,spirit of ,christ ,jesus1 the son of perdition1 the wicked one1 the man of sin1 is revealed again2 and the inwardly ravening wolves in sheep's clothing1 and the spirit of ,cain1 ,korah1 ,balaam1 ,jezebel1 the antichrists1 false prophets1 and false apostles1 and such as are enemies to the cross of ,christ1 who serve not the ,lord ,jesus1 but their own bellies2 and crucify ,christ to themselves1 and put him to open shame4 ,this spirit have we seen in this gospel-day of ,christ2 but ,christ will consume them with the ,spirit of his mouth1 and destroy them with the brightness of his coming4 ,but ,god's people1 whom he hath chosen unto salvation in ,christ from the beginning1 #8through sanctification of the ,spirit and belief of the truth1' stand stedfast in ,christ ,jesus2 and are thankful to ,god1 by and through his ,son1 their rock and salvation1 who is their happiness and eternal inheritance4 8,the apostle saith1 #8,ye were as sheep going astray2 but are now returned to the ,shepherd and ,bishop of your souls4' ,so when people are returned to ,christ1 their ,shepherd1 they know his voice1 and follow him2 and are returned to the ,bishop of their souls3 then they believe in him1 and receive wisdom and understanding from him1 who is from above1 heavenly and spiritual4 ,then they act like spiritual and holy men and women2 and come to be members of the church of ,christ4 ,then a spiritual care cometh upon the elders in ,christ1 that all the members walk in ,christ1 in his light1 grace1 ,spirit1 and truth1 that they may adorn their profession of ,christ2 and see that all walk in the order of the ,holy ,spirit1 and the everlasting gospel of peace1 life1 and salvation4 ,this order keeps out of confusion2 for the gospel of peace1 the power of ,god1 was before confusion was4 ,and all the heirs of the gospel are heirs of its order1 and are in this gospel1 which brings life and immortality to light in them2 by which all may see their work and service in it1 to look after the poor1 widows1 and fatherless1 and to see that nothing be lacking2 and that all honour the ,lord in their lives and conversations4 8,when the whole house of ,israel were in their graves and sepulchres1 and were called #8the scattered dry bones1' yet they could speak1 and say1 #8their bones were dry1 their hope was lost1' or they were without hope1 #8and they were cut off4' ,they were alive outwardly1 and could speak outwardly4 ,so that which is called ,christendom may very well be called #8the scattered dry bones1' and they may be said to be in their graves and sepulchres1 dead from the heavenly breath of life1 the ,spirit and ,word of life1 that gathereth to ,god4 ,though they can speak1 and are alive outwardly1 yet they remain in the congregations or churches of the dead1 that want the virtue of life4 ,for the ,jews1 whom ,god poured his ,spirit upon1 and gave them his law1 when they rebelled against the ,spirit of ,god1 and turned from ,god and his law1 came to be dry scattered bones1 and were turned into their graves and sepulchres4 ,so ,christendom1 that is turned from the grace1 truth1 and light of ,christ1 and the ,spirit1 that ,god poureth upon all flesh1 they are become the scattered dry bones1 are in their graves and sepulchres1 and are the congregations or churches of the dead1 though they can speak1 and are alive outwardly4 8,christ saith1 #8,i am come that they might have life1 and that they might have it more abundantly4' ,he gave his flesh for the life of the world4 ,and he saith1 #8,i am the resurrection and the life'2 and1 #8,i am the way1 the truth1 and the life2 no man cometh unto the ,father but by me4' ,christ is the quickening ,spirit4 ,all being dead in ,adam1 are to be quickened and made alive by ,christ1 the second ,adam4 ,and when they are quickened and made alive by him1 they meet together in the name of ,jesus ,christ their ,saviour1 who died for their sins1 and is risen for their justification2 who was dead and is alive again1 and liveth for evermore4 ,all whom he hath quickened and made alive 7even all the living7 meet in the name of ,jesus1 who is alive1 and ,he1 their living ,prophet1 ,shepherd1 and ,bishop1 is in the midst of them2 and is their living ,rock and ,foundation1 and a living ,mediator between them and the living ,god4 ,so the living praise the living ,god through ,jesus ,christ1 through whom they have peace with ,god4 ,all the living have rest in ,christ1 their life4 ,he is their sanctification1 their righteousness1 their treasure of wisdom1 knowledge1 and understanding1 which is spiritual and heavenly4 ,he is the spiritual tree and root1 which all the believers in the light1 the life in ,christ1 that pass from the death in ,adam to the life in ,christ1 and overcome the world1 and are born of ,god1 are grafted into2 even ,christ1 the heavenly tree1 which beareth all the spiritual branches or grafts4 ,these meet in his name1 are gathered in him1 and sit together in heavenly places in ,christ ,jesus1 their life1 who hath quickened and made them alive4 ,so all the living worship the living ,god in his ,holy ,spirit and truth1 in which they live and walk4 ,into this worship1 the foul1 unclean spirit1 the devil1 cannot get2 for the ,holy ,spirit and truth is over him1 and he is out of it4 ,this is the standing worship1 which ,christ set up in his new covenant4 ,and they that are quickened by ,christ are the living stones1 living members1 and spiritual household and church1 or congregation of ,christ1 who is the living head and husband4 ,they that are made alive by ,christ are a living church1 have a living head1 and are come from the congregations or churches of the dead in ,adam1 where death and destruction talk of ,god1 and of his prophets and apostles1 in their wisdom that is below1 earthly and devilish2 in the knowledge that is brutish1 and in the understanding that comes to naught4 ,for what they know is natural1 by their natural tongues1 arts1 sciences2 in which they corrupt themselves4 ,this is the state of the dead in ,adam3 but the quickened1 they that are made alive by ,christ1 discern between the living and the dead40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston-upon-,thames1 the #abth ,month1 #afhf-g4 ,while ,i was at ,kingston1 ,i wrote also another paper1 showing 8that the ,lord1 in all ages1 called the righteous out from amongst the wicked1 before he destroyed them20 after this manner3-- 8,noah and his family were called into the ark1 before the old world was destroyed with the flood4 ,and all the faithful generation1 that lived before1 were taken away1 and died in the faith1 before that flood of destruction came upon the wicked old world4 8,the ,lord called ,lot out of ,sodom1 before he destroyed and consumed it1 and the wicked there4 8,christ said1 #8,it cannot be that a prophet perish out of ,jerusalem3' and he said1 #8,o ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 which killest the prophets1 and stonest them that are sent unto thee1 how often would ,i have gathered thy children together1 as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings6 and ye would not1' ,luke xiii4 #cc1 #cd4 ,and he said to the ,jews1 #8,therefore also said the wisdom of ,god1 ,i will send them prophets and apostles1 and some of them they shall slay and persecute2 that the blood of all the prophets1 which was shed from the foundation of the world1 may be required of this generation2 from the blood of ,abel1 unto the blood of ,zacharias1 which perished between the altar and the temple4 ,verily1 ,i say unto you1 it shall be required of this generation1' ,luke xi4 #di-ea4 ,and he said to the ,jews1 #8,behold your house is left unto you desolate1' ,matt4 xxiii4 #cd1 c4 ,christ told his disciples1 that the temple at ,jerusalem should be thrown down1 and there should not be one stone left upon another1 that should not be thrown down1 ,matt4 xxiv4 #b4 ,also1 that he must go to ,jerusalem1 and #8suffer many things of the ,jews1 elders1 and chief priests1 and be killed1 and raised again the third day1' ,matt4 xvi4 #ba4 ,and ,christ said1 #8,when ye shall see ,jerusalem compassed with armies1 then know the desolation thereof is nigh4' ,he foretold1 that the ,jews should fall by the edge of the sword1 and should be led away #8captive into all nations2 and ,jerusalem should be trodden down of the ,gentiles1' ,luke xxi4 #bj1 #bd4 8,here you may see1 how ,jerusalem was often warned by ,christ1 and how often he would have #8gathered them1 but they would not1' before they were scattered over or into all nations1 their houses left desolate1 and their temple and ,jerusalem besieged with armies1 destroyed1 and thrown down4 ,and though the disciples and apostles of ,christ did meet1 with the elders and church1 at ,jerusalem1 after ,christ was risen1 yet ,eusebius reports in his ,ecclesiastical ,history1 that the ,christians at ,jerusalem had a vision1 or a revelation to depart out of ,jerusalem4 ,being forewarned also by ,christ1 that when they should see ,jerusalem compassed with armies1 its desolation was nigh2 and that the temple should be thrown down1 and not one stone left upon another2 it is said1 that the ,christians did depart out of bloody ,jerusalem1 before it and the temple were destroyed by ,titus1 the emperor1 who besieged it with his armies4 ,he was of the ,gentiles1 and destroyed the temple and ,jerusalem1 as ,christ had fore-spoken to his disciples1 because of the wickedness of the ,jews1 and the innocent blood that they had shed in it4 ,so the ,lord called his people out of bloody ,jerusalem1 before he destroyed it4 8,and it is said1 that ,titus destroyed the temple and ,jerusalem about forty-two years after ,christ was crucified1 and risen again2 and that with so great a destruction1 that the ,jews never built the city again1 nor the temple 7as ,sodom was never built again1 nor the cities of the old world47 ,but the ,jews for above these thousand years have been1 and are a scattered people in all nations to this day2 and ,christ 7whom they crucified7 and his doctrine1 is preached1 and set over them2 and the ,gentiles1 whom they hated1 have received1 and do receive him and his doctrine1 and praise ,god for it through ,jesus ,christ4 ,amen4 8,god called his people out of ,egypt1 after he had poured out his ten plagues upon the ,egyptians2 when he had destroyed the first-born of ,egypt1 then the ,lord brought his people out of ,egypt4 ,and after the ,lord had clearly brought his people out1 he destroyed ,pharaoh1 and all his hosts and chariots4 8,john says1 he heard a voice1 saying1 #8,come out of her1 my people1 7to wit1 out of ,babylon1 the false church71 that ye be not partakers of her sins1 and that ye receive not of her plagues2 for her sins have reached to heaven1 and ,god hath remembered her iniquities1' ,rev4 xviii4 #d1 #e1 ,here ye may see that ,god called his people out of spiritual ,babylon1 before he destroyed her1 and cast her down1 to be utterly burnt with fire1 ver4 #h1 #i1 #ba4 8,was not ,nebuchadnezzar's empire thrown down and ended by ,cyrus and ,darius1 who were of the seed of the ,medes1 before ,cyrus and ,darius gave forth their proclamation for all the ,jews to go into their own land1 out of ,babylon's captivity8 ,and was there not a prophecy of ,cyrus1 #8that he should subdue nations1 and that the ,lord would loose the loins of kings before him1 and break in pieces the gates of brass1 and cut in sunder the bars of iron1 and open the two-leaved gates2 and that the gates should not be shut8' ,and the ,lord said1 #8,this is for ,jacob1 my servant's sake1 and for ,israel mine elect1' ,isa4 xlv4 ,was not this fulfilled in ,cyrus's and ,darius's time8 ,for did not then the ,jews go out of captivity into their own land1 ,ezra i4 #b-d2 vi4 #a1 #ab2 ,isa4 xliv4 #bh2 xlv4 #ac4 ,was not this prophecy of ,isaiah fulfilled when the children of ,israel came out of ,babylon8 ,were not the ,assyrians1 that carried away the ten tribes1 subdued8 and the ,babylonians1 that carried away the two tribes1 were they not subdued in the days of ,cyrus and ,darius1 in whose days the #8loins of kings were loosed1 and the two-leaved gates of brass and iron were opened8' and had not ,israel and ,jacob their liberty by them in their days1 to go into their own land8 8,and here in ,england1 was it not observed1 that most of the honest and sober people were turned out of the army1 and their commissions1 offices1 and places taken from them1 because they could not join with others in their cruelty and persecuting8 ,and others laid down their commissions themselves1 and came out from amongst those persecutors1 before they were overthrown and brought to confusion4 ,all that are wise1 see these things1 and learn by such examples and way-marks to shun such bogs4 ,the righteous are safe1 that keep in ,christ1 their everlasting sanctuary1 that changes not in whom they have rest and peace with ,god4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston1 the #bith of the #abth ,month1 #afhf-g4 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 #afhf-afhg4--,the first and the second ,adam compared--the two seeds distinguished--,george ,fox is daily exercised in ,london in services relating to the church1 visiting the sick or afflicted1 and writing in defence of ,truth1 or refuting error--true prayer distinguished from the practice of the ,papists--visits his son-in-law1 ,william ,mead--a distinction between the true offering1 and sacrifice1 and the false1 under the old and new covenant--a general toleration and liberty being now granted1 ,george ,fox writes a word of counsel and caution to ,friends1 to walk circumspectly in a time of liberty--how redemption by ,christ is known and witnessed--repentance must precede the reception of the gospel1 baptism1 c4--a paper showing wherein ,god's people are to be like him--the right way to ,christ--the kingdom of ,god is to be measurably known in this life--,george ,fox is benefited by being three months in the country--has much service in ,london again--at ,kingston writes a paper1 showing how the ,jews1 by disobedience1 lost the ,holy ,city and the ,holy ,land1 designed as a warning to ,christians--everlasting life through1 and in1 ,christ1 to be received and witnessed in this life--the stone cut out of the mountain signifies the kingdom and power of ,christ--a miscellaneous paper1 being a collection of ,scripture passages respecting regeneration1 sanctification1 c4 ,while ,i was at ,kingston1 one day1 as ,i was meditating on the things of ,god1 some particular observations arose in my mind1 ,concerning the first1 and the second or last ,adam4 ,as that-- 8,the first man ,adam was made on the sixth day of the week2 and ,christ1 the second ,adam1 was crucified on the sixth day of the week4 8,the first ,adam was betrayed by the serpent in the garden of ,eden2 ,christ our ,saviour1 the second ,adam1 was betrayed by ,judas in a garden near ,jerusalem4 8,christ arose from the dead on the ,first-day of the week2 and they that believe on him are entered into ,christ1 their ,rest2 the ,christians meet together to worship ,god on the ,first-day of the week2 and on the ,first-day of the week it was that ,god said1 #8,let there be light1 and there was light4' ,the ,jews' rest was on the seventh-day of the week1 which was given to them as a sign of the eternal rest of the ,lord1 sanctifying them1 after they came out of the land of ,egypt2 for before that time the ,lord had not given to man and woman his outward ,sabbath-day to keep1 neither in the old world1 nor after in ,abraham's time1 nor in ,isaac's1 nor in ,jacob's time2 until the ,jews came out of ,egypt to ,mount ,sinai in the wilderness4 ,then the ,lord gave the law and his ,sabbath1 as a sign in the old covenant1 of ,christ the ,eternal ,rest1 in the new covenant2 and they that believe do enter into ,christ1 their ,rest4 8,adam1 the first man1 is the root from whence we all spring naturally2 and ,christ is called the last1 or second ,adam1 because he is the beginning and root of all that are spiritual4 8,the first ,adam was made a living soul2 and ,christ1 the last ,adam1 is a quickening spirit4 8,christ by the grace of ,god tasted death for every man1 that they might all come into favour with ,god2 and that every tongue should confess1 that #8,jesus ,christ is ,lord1 to the glory of ,god the ,father4'0 ,i wrote also a paper there1 ,concerning the two seeds1 distinguishing the seed wherein the blessing is received1 from the seed which the curse remains upon4 ,of which the following is a copy3-- 8,the ,lord said to ,abraham1 #8,in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed1' ,gen4 xxii4 #ah4 #8,and thy seed shall be as the stars of heaven1 and as the sand1 which is upon the sea-shore1 and as the dust of the earth1 that cannot be numbered1' chap4 xiii4 #af2 xv4 #e2 xxii4 #ag4 ,in this seed all nations and families of the earth are blessed2 but not in the seed of evil-doers and of falsehood1 nor in the seed of the adulterer and the whore1 ,isa4 i4 #d1 and lvii4 #c1 #d2 #8for the seed of the wicked shall be cut off1' saith the ,lord1 ,psal4 xxxvii4 #bh4 ,the ,lord said to ,david1 #8,that his seed should endure for ever1' ,psal4 lxxxix4 #cf4 ,and again it is said1 ,psal4 cii4 #bh1 #8,the children of thy servants shall continue1 and their seed shall be established before thee4' ,here is a distinction between the two seeds2 for the seed of evil-doers1 of the adulterer1 and of the wicked1 shall be cut off2 and so it is not blessed4 ,but ,christ bruises the head of the serpent1 and his seed which he soweth in them1 that disobey and transgress ,god's command1 and rebel against ,god's good ,spirit4 ,this wicked seed of the serpent is cursed1 and is an enemy to the ,seed in whom all are blessed2 but ,christ bruises the head of this cursed seed of enmity1 and destroys the devil and his works2 and in his seed all are blessed1 and all are in unity in this seed4 ,all the children of the seed are the children of the kingdom of ,god1 and of ,christ1 and are blessed with faithful ,abraham4 ,whoever are of the saving1 divine1 precious faith1 are of ,abraham1 walk in the steps of the seed and faith of ,abraham1 and are blessed with him1 yea1 of all nations1 and all the families of the earth4 8,and the ,lord said to ,abraham1 #8,thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs1 and shall serve them2 and they shall afflict them four hundred years2 and that nation whom they shall serve1 will ,i judge2 and afterwards shall they 7to wit1 ,god's seed7 come out with great substance1' ,gen4 xv4 #ac1 #ad4 ,here ye may see1 that which afflicts ,god's seed1 he will judge1 and did judge2 for he destroyed the firstborn of ,pharaoh1 and overthrew him and his host4 8,a holy man said1 #8,except the ,lord of ,sabaoth had left us a seed or remnant1 we had been as ,sodom1' c41 that is1 destroyed4 ,but in the ,seed1 which destroys the devil and his works1 and bruises the head of the serpent and his seed1 are all nations and families of the earth blessed4 8,christ1 according to the flesh1 was of ,abraham and of ,david1 for he took not on him the nature of angels1 but the seed of ,abraham1 in which seed all nations and families of the earth are blessed4 ,so they that are of his seed1 are of the generation of ,christ2 are #8flesh of his flesh1 and bone of his bone4' ,now1 all nations and families of the earth must be in this holy ,seed1 if they have the blessings and are blessed4 ,and #8out of the mouth of this ,seed's seed shall not ,god's word depart2' but shall remain and abide in the mouth of this ,seed's seed1 in which they are blessed1 ,isa4 lix4 #ba4 ,so it is not the first-birth's talking of the words of ,christ1 the ,seed1 in whose mouth the word of ,god doth not abide2 that makes an outward profession1 like the ,jews who killed and persecuted the prophets1 and crucified ,christ1 the ,seed1 and substance of the law and prophets1 which the ,jews professed in words1 but they denied ,christ1 the ,seed and ,life4 ,and all ,christians 7so called7 that profess the ,scriptures in words1 and are not in the ,seed1 ,christ1 are in the confusion1 and are like the ,jews2 and so1 neither ,jews nor ,christians are blessed1 except they be in ,christ1 the ,seed of ,life4 8,but though ,christ is said to be of the ,seed of ,david1 and of ,abraham1 as his generation is declared by ,matthew and ,luke2 yet ,christ was not born of the will of the flesh1 nor of the will of man1 but of ,god4 ,for he was conceived by the ,holy ,ghost1 born of the ,virgin1 and supposed to be son of ,joseph1 but was the ,son of ,god4 ,his name was called ,jesus1 because he should #8save his people from their sins2' and ,emmanuel1 ,god with us4 ,christ took not upon him the nature of angels1 but the seed of ,abraham 7as ,i said before7 and so #8was made of the seed of ,david according to the flesh2 and declared to be the ,son of ,god with power1 according to the ,spirit of holiness1 by the resurrection from the dead1' ,rom4 i4 #d4 ,so the generation of ,christ is a mystery4 ,christ saw his ,seed or ,word grow up in his disciples2 and #8,christ in you1 the hope of glory1' the apostle calls #8,the mystery1 which hath been hid from ages and generations2 but now is made manifest to the saints1' or sanctified ones1 ,col4 i4 #bf1 #bg4 #8,whom we preach2 warning every man1 and teaching every man in all wisdom1 that we may present every man perfect in ,christ ,jesus1' ver4 #bh4 ,for in ,christ1 the second ,adam1 all are made perfect and complete2 and in ,adam in the fall1 all are deformed and made imperfect2 so out of ,christ all mankind are imperfect and deformed3 let them paint1 and dress themselves with the sheep's clothing1 with the form of godliness1 of the prophets'1 and ,christ's1 and his apostles' words ever so much2 yet if ,christ be not in them1 they are incomplete1 imperfect1 deformed1 reprobates4 ,but the apostle tells the church of ,christ1 #8,ye are complete in ,christ1 which is the head of all principality and power1' ,col4 ii4 #aj 7for he hath all power in heaven and in earth given to him1 ,matt1 xxviii4 #ah74 ,so all the saints are made perfect and complete in ,christ ,jesus2 blessed be the ,lord ,god over all for ever1 through ,jesus ,christ4 ,amen1 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,kingston1 the #aeth of the #ast ,month1 #afhf-g4 ,quickly after this ,i returned to ,,london1 and continued there a month in the service of the ,lord2 being daily exercised either in public meetings1 or more particular services relating to the church of ,christ2 as visiting such as were sick or afflicted1 and writing books or papers for the spreading of truth1 or refuting of error4 ,as it was a time of general liberty1 the ,papists appeared more open in their worship than formerly2 and many unsettled people going to view them at it1 a great talk there was of their praying to saints1 and by beads1 c41 whereupon ,i wrote a short paper concerning prayer2 as follows3-- 8,,christ ,,jesus1 when he taught his disciples to pray1 said unto them1 #8,when ye pray1 say1 ,our ,father1 which art in heaven1 hallowed be thy name1' c4 ,christ doth not say1 that they should pray to ,mary1 the mother of ,christ2 nor doth he say1 that they should pray to angels1 or to saints1 that were dead4 ,christ did not teach them to pray to the dead1 nor for the dead3 neither did ,christ or his apostles teach the believers to pray by beads1 nor to sing by outward organs2 but the apostle said he would sing and pray in the ,spirit2 #8for the ,spirit itself maketh intercession2 and the ,lord1 that searcheth the heart1 knoweth the mind of the ,spirit4' 8,to take counsel of the dead1 was forbidden by the law of ,god2 they were to take counsel of the ,lord4 ,and he hath given ,christ in the new covenant1 in his gospel-day1 to be a counsellor and a leader to all believers in his light4 ,men are not to run to the dead for the living2 for the law and testimony of ,god forbids it4 ,those ,jews that refused the running waters of ,shiloh1 the floods and waters of the ,assyrians and ,babylonians came over them1 and carried them into captivity2 and they that refuse the waters of ,christ1 are overflowed with the flood of the world1 that lieth in wickedness4 ,they that asked counsel of stocks and stones1 were in the spirit of error and whoredom2 they were gone a whoring from ,god4 ,hos4 iv4 #ab4 ,and they that joined themselves to ,baal-,peor1 and ate the sacrifices of the dead1 provoked the ,lord's anger1 and brought the ,lord's displeasure upon them1 ,psal4 cvi4 #bh1 #bi4 ,so here ye may see1 the sacrifices of the dead were forbidden4 ,the living know that they shall die1 but the dead know not anything1 neither have they any more a reward2 for the memory of them is forgotten1 ,eccl3 ix4 #e4 #8,woe to the rebellious children1 saith the ,lord1 that take counsel1 but not of me2 and that cover with a covering1 but not of my ,spirit1 that they may add sin to sin1'0 ,isa4 xxx4 #a4 ,g4 ,f4 ,when ,i had stayed about a month in ,london1 ,i got out of town again2 for by reason of the many hardships ,i had undergone in imprisonments1 and other sufferings for truth's sake1 my body was grown so infirm and weak1 that ,i could not bear the closeness of the city long together2 but was obliged to go a little into the country1 for the benefit of the fresh air4 ,at this time ,i went with my son-in-law ,william ,mead1 to his country-house called ,,gooses in ,,essex1 where ,i stayed about two weeks2 and among other services ,i had there1 ,i wrote the following paper3-- 8,a ,distinction between the ,true ,offering and ,sacrifice1 and the ,false1 in the ,old and ,new ,covenant4 8,the ,lord saith1 #8,he that sacrificeth to any god1 save unto the ,lord only1 he shall be utterly destroyed4' ,exod4 xxii4 #bj4 ,so no god is to be minded1 nor sacrificed to1 but the ,lord ,god3 it is death to sacrifice to any other god1 save the ,lord4 ,the ,lord saith also1 #8,thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread4' ,exod4 xxiii4 #ah4 ,so that sour1 heavy leaven1 must not be offered with the ,lord's sacrifice4 ,again the ,lord saith1 #8,thou shalt not build an altar of hewn stone3 for if thou lift up thy tool upon it1 thou hast polluted it1' ,exod4 xx4 #be4 ,therefore have a care of polluting the altar with your own tools1 you that profess to offer the spiritual sacrifice4 8,jonah said1 #8he would sacrifice unto the ,lord with the voice of thanksgiving1' when he was in the fish's belly2 and there he prayed unto the ,lord1 ,jonah ii4 ,for ,jonah in the whale's belly had no lambs1 nor rams1 nor outward sacrifices to offer4 8,the ,lord forbids his people to sacrifice with harlots1 ,hos4 iv4 #ad4 ,and the ,lord forbids his people to offer sacrifice of the blind1 lame1 sick1 or that which was deformed1 or had any blemish2 as in ,mal4 i4 and many other places4 ,so they that offer spiritual sacrifice1 must not offer the blind1 lame1 blemished1 or deformed sacrifice to ,god4 8,the scribe saith unto ,christ1 #8,to love ,god with all the heart1 and with all the understanding1 and with all the soul1 and with all the strength1 and to love his neighbour as himself1 is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices1' ,mark xii4 #cc4 ,and when ,jesus saw that he answered discreetly1 he said unto him #8,thou art not far from the kingdom of ,god1' v4 #cd4 ,to love ,god1 and their neighbour as themselves1 was more than whole burnt offerings and sacrifices in the time of the law2 therefore all offerings and sacrifices in the time of the gospel1 if there be not love to ,god1 and to their neighbour as themselves1 avail nothing4 8,david said1 #8,let them sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving1 and declare his works with rejoicing1' ,psal4 cvii4 #bb4 ,these are the sacrifices that the ,lord requires of his people1 more than outward sacrifices4 ,david said1 #8,let my prayer be set forth before thee1 as incense2 and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice1' ,psal4 cxli4 #b4 ,here ,david looks upon his prayer to the ,lord1 and the lifting up of his hands to him1 to be accepted with the ,lord1 as much as the outward incense1 and the outward evening sacrifice4 ,again ,david says1 #8,the sacrifices of ,god are a broken spirit2 a broken and a contrite heart1 ,o ,god1 thou wilt not despise1' ,psal4 li4 #ag4 ,see also ,isa4 lvii4 #ae2 lxvi4 #b4 ,these are the sacrifices that ,david said ,god would accept1 and not despise2 which are beyond the unbroken spirit1 and uncontrite heart1 with outward offerings and sacrifices4 8,the adversaries of the ,jews would have joined with them towards the building of the temple1 saying unto them1 #8,let us build with you1 for we seek your ,god1 as ye do2 and we do sacrifice unto him4' ,but the ,jews refused them1 and said1 #8,you have nothing to do with us1 to build a house unto our ,god1' ,ezra iv4 #b1 #c4 ,here ye may see that ,god's people refused their building with them1 and their sacrifice4 ,solomon saith1 #8,the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the ,lord1' ,prov4 xv4 #h4 ,see also ,isa4 i4 #aa3 lxvi4 #c4 ,solomon also saith1 #8,better is a dry morsel1 and quietness therewith1 than a house full of sacrifices with strife1' ,prov4 xvii4 #a4 ,now let all the people consider1 what good your house full of sacrifices doth with strife1 when a dry morsel and quietness therewith is better8 ,consider1 all people1 if ye live in wickedness1 your sacrifice is an abomination to the ,lord4 8,again1 ,solomon speaking of the sacrifice of fools1 saith1 #8,they consider not that they do evil1' ,eccl4 v4 #a4 ,fools are such as do not walk in the ,spirit of ,god1 or begin in the ,spirit1 and end in the flesh1 like the foolish ,galatians2 for the ,spirit of ,god is the ,spirit of wisdom and understanding1 and cannot join with the sacrifices of the dead1 nor of the fools1 nor of the wicked whose sacrifice is abominable2 who grieve and quench the ,spirit of ,god2 by which the spiritual and righteous offer up spiritual sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ4 8,the apostle ,paul said1 he was the #8minister of ,jesus ,christ to the ,gentiles1 ministering the gospel of ,god1 that the offering up of the ,gentiles might be acceptable1 being sanctified by the ,holy ,ghost1' ,rom4 xv4 #af4 ,so ye may see1 that all the acceptable offerings and sacrifices to ,god must be sanctified by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,the same apostle saith to the ,corinthians1 #8,ye are bought with a price2 therefore glorify ,god in your body1 and in your spirit1 which are ,god's1' ,i ,cor4 vi4 #bj4 ,and to the ,romans he saith1 #8,i beseech you1 brethren1 by the mercies of ,god1 that you present your bodies a living sacrifice1 holy1 acceptable unto ,god1 which is your reasonable service1' ,rom4 xii4 #a4 ,this is the duty of all true ,christians4 8,peter also saith1 in his general epistle to the ,church of ,christ1 #8,ye also1 as lively stones1 are built up a spiritual house1 a holy priesthood1 to offer up spiritual sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ1' ,i ,pet4 ii4 #e4 ,so every man and woman must come to the ,spirit of ,god in their own hearts1 if they offer up spiritual sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ4 ,for as ,christ saith1 #8,every sacrifice shall be salted with salt1' ,mark ix4 #di4 ,and in the ,old ,testament ye may see1 all their outward offerings they were to season with salt1 ,lev4 ii4 #ac1 a type and figure of ,christ1 who gave himself for us1 an offering and a sacrifice to ,god1 for a sweet-smelling savour1 ,eph4 v4 #b4 ,therefore all his people must be baptized with the ,holy ,ghost and with fire1 that they may be salted with fire1 and every sacrifice salted with salt1 with the ,spirit of grace that is poured upon all2 so that they may offer up this spiritual sacrifice1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ4 8,samuel said to king ,saul1 #8,hath the ,lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices1 as in obeying the voice of the ,lord8 behold1 to obey is better than sacrifice1 and to hearken than the fat of rams1' ,i ,sam4 xv4 #bb4 ,so ye may see1 all offerings and sacrifices are nothing1 if there be not a hearkening to the ,lord in his ,spirit1 and an obeying of his voice4 ,christ told the ,jews1 that were outward sacrificers1 that he would have mercy1 and not sacrifice2 and bid them #8,go and learn what that meaneth1'0 ,matt4 ix4 #ac4 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #bhth of the #bnd ,month1 #afhg4 ,the beginning of the #crd month ,i returned to ,,london1 and continued there till after the ,yearly ,meeting1 which began on the #afth of the same1 and was very large1 ,friends having more freedom to come up out of the counties to it1 by reason of the general toleration and liberty now granted4 ,the meeting lasted several days2 and at the close thereof it was upon me to write the following lines1 to be dispersed amongst ,friends everywhere1 as--8,a word of counsel and caution to them to walk circumspectly in this time of liberty30-- 8,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 ,,in ,,the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 8,the ,lord1 by his eternal arm and power1 having supported you in all your sufferings1 and great spoiling of goods1 and tedious imprisonments1 only for serving and worshipping the living ,god that made you2 who gave up wife and children1 and goods1 and suffered the spoil of them1 and imprisonment for his truth and name's sake2--the ,lord1 by his infinite power and mercy1 having been pleased to open the king's heart towards you1 by which you are set at liberty from jails1 and the spoilers of your goods are stopped1 whereby ye may follow your callings1 confess ,christ ,jesus1 and call him ,lord by the ,holy ,ghost1 in your assemblies and meetings1 without being cast into jails1 or having your goods spoiled2 a great concern lies upon me from the ,lord to write unto you1 dear brethren1 that none may abuse this liberty1 nor the mercies of the ,lord1 but prize them2 for there is great danger in time of liberty1 of getting up into ease1 looseness1 and false liberty4 ,and now1 seeing that ye have not the outward persecutors to war with in sufferings1 with the spiritual weapons keep down that which would not be subject to ,christ2 that ,he1 the ,holy ,one1 may reign in your hearts2 that your lives1 conversations1 and words1 may preach righteousness and truth2 that ye may all show forth good ensamples of true believers in ,christ1 in virtue and holiness1 answering that which may be known of ,god in all people1 that ye are the sons and daughters of ,god2 standing fast in that righteous1 holy liberty in ,christ1 the just and holy ,one1 that has made you free1 over the loose or false2 shunning vain disputes1 and foolish questions of men of corrupt minds2 for the serpent was the first questioner of ,eve1 who drew her and ,adam out of the truth4 8,therefore as ye have received ,christ1 live and walk in ,him1 who bruises the serpent's head1 who is your safe sanctuary1 in whom ye have election1 reconciliation1 and peace with ,god4 ,therefore live in the peace which ye have from ,christ1 which is not of this world2 be at peace one with another1 and seek the peace of all men in ,christ ,jesus2 for blessed are the peacemakers4 ,labour to exercise a good conscience towards ,god1 in obedience to him in what he requires2 and in doing to all men the thing that is just and honest2 in your conversations and words1 giving no offence to ,jew or ,gentile1 nor to the church of ,god4 ,so ye may be as a city set on ,god's ,sion-hill1 which cannot be hid2 and may be lights to the dark world1 that they may see your good fruits and glorify your ,father1 which is in heaven2 for he is glorified in your bringing forth good fruits1 as ye abide in ,christ1 the vine1 in this his day of life1 power1 and light1 that shines over all4 ,therefore all you that believe in the light1 walk in the light1 as children of the light1 and of ,christ's everlasting day2 that in the light ye may have fellowship with the ,father and the ,son1 and one with another2 keeping in the unity of his ,holy ,spirit1 in the bond of his holy peace1 in his church that he is head of4 ,my desire is1 that ,god's wisdom everywhere may be justified of her children1 and that it may be showed forth in meekness and in the fear of the ,lord in this his day4 ,amen40 ,g4 ,f4 ,by that time the ,yearly ,meeting was over1 ,i was very much wearied and spent2 wherefore1 about a week after the meeting1 ,i got out of town to a ,friend's house a little beyond ,,edmonton1 where1 and at ,,south ,,street1 ,i abode some time1 and had meetings amongst ,friends there2 and at ,,winchmore-,,hill and ,,bury ,,street4 ,and having my mind continually exercised in the things of ,god1 the sense of his infinite goodness and mercy to mankind in visiting them after they had transgressed and rebelled against him1 and providing a way and means for their return to him again1 was very much upon me1 and in the opening of the ,spirit of truth ,i wrote the following paper on that subject3-- 8,god1 who made all mankind1 though they have transgressed his commands and laws1 rebelled against him1 hated his light1 grieved his ,spirit1 and walked despitefully against his ,spirit of grace2 ,god1 who is merciful1 would yet have all to be saved1 and come to the knowledge of the truth4 ,all that come to the knowledge of the truth must know it in their inward parts2 ,i say1 all that know and find the grace and truth which comes by ,jesus1 do know and find it in their hearts4 ,and such find the hidden man of the heart1 the pearl1 the leaven1 the lost piece of silver1 and the kingdom of heaven within4 ,for until they come to the light and truth in their hearts1 all are strangers to these things1--are in ,adam1 in the fall from the image of ,god1 and from his light1 power1 ,spirit1 and kingdom4 ,but ,christ that never fell1 brings man and woman that follow him again to know these things1 to know the truth1 and ,him the ,saviour1 and brings them into his image1 and his everlasting kingdom4 8,the devil1 who is out of the truth1 tempted man and woman to disobey ,god2 and so drew them into the fall from the truth4 ,it is the devil that hath stopped men's eyes1 ears1 and hearts from the truth1 who is called the god of the world1 who hath blinded the eyes of infidels1 or heathen4 ,but ,christ1 who bruises the serpent's head1 and destroys the devil and his works1 doth open men's hearts1 eyes1 and ears4 ,he is their ,saviour and ,redeemer1 and giveth life eternal to his people that obey him and his truth4 ,blessed be the ,lord for ever through ,jesus ,christ1 who hath tasted death for all men1 to bring them out of the death of ,adam2 who is a propitiation for the sins of the whole world1 and gave himself a ransom for all1 to be testified of in due time4 ,for as by ,adam's transgression and disobedience death and condemnation came upon all1 so by ,christ's obedience unto death1 justification of life is come upon all2 and he that believeth in ,christ hath eternal life2 but he that doth not is condemned already4 ,but ,god would have all men to be saved1 and come unto the knowledge of the truth as it is in ,jesus1 who is their ,saviour2 and in him there is no condemnation40 ,g4 ,f4 ,after ,i had been a while here1 ,i went to a monthly meeting at ,,enfield1 and thence with some ,friends to ,,hertford2 where ,i stayed three or four days1 visiting ,friends both at their public meetings on ,first-day1 and at their quarterly meetings of men and women2 and good service for the ,lord ,i had amongst them4 ,then passing to ,,waltham ,,abbey1 ,i had a very good meeting with ,friends there2 and next day went thence to another place1 to compose a difference1 which1 for want of a right understanding of each other1 had happened between some ,friends4 ,i returned to ,waltham that night2 and next day went with some ,friends to ,william ,mead's house1 in ,,essex4 ,here ,i stayed some weeks1 yet was not idle1 but often visited the meetings thereabouts2 as at ,,wanstead1 ,,barking1 and at ,john ,harding's4 ,between meeting and meeting ,i wrote many things for the spreading of truth1 and for the opening of people's understandings to receive it4 ,one was a paper proving1 from the ,scriptures1 that people must repent before they can receive the gospel1 and the ,holy ,spirit1 and the kingdom of ,god1 or be baptized2 after this manner3-- 8,john the ,baptist came preaching in the wilderness of ,judea1 saying1 #8,repent ye3 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand1' ,matt4 iii4 #b4 ,and when ,john the ,baptist was cast into prison1 ,mark says1 ',that ,jesus came into ,galilee1 preaching the gospel of the kingdom of ,god1 and saying1 ,the time is fulfilled1 and the kingdom of ,god is at hand3 ,repent ye1 and believe the gospel1' ,mark i4 #ad1 #ae4 ,matthew also says1 #8,from that time ,jesus began to preach1 and to say1 ,repent1 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand1' ,matt4 iv4 #ag4 ,and when ,christ sent forth his twelve disciples1 two and two1 they went out and preached that men should repent1 ,mark vi4 #ab4 ,christ said to the ,jews1 #8,except ye repent1 ye shall all likewise perish1' ,luke xiii4 #c1 #e4 ,when the publicans and sinners came to hear ,christ1 and the ,pharisees and ,scribes murmured saying1 #8,this man receiveth sinners and eateth with them1' ,luke xv4 #a1 #b1 ,christ reproved them by a parable1 and then told them1 #8,joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth1 more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance1' ver4 #g1 adding1 #8,there is joy in the presence of the angels of ,god over one sinner that repenteth1' ver4 #aj4 ,christ1 after he was risen1 said unto his disciples1 #8,that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations1 beginning at ,jerusalem1' ,luke xxiv4 #dg4 ,peter said unto the ,jews1 #8,repent and be baptized1 every one of you1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 for the remission of sins2 and ye shall receive the gift of the ,holy ,ghost1' ,acts ii4 #ch4 ,and ,paul said1 #8,the times of this ignorance ,god winked at2 but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent1' ,acts xvii4 #cj4 ,simon ,magus was called to repentance1 if he had regarded it1 ,acts viii4 #bb4 ,and the apostle ,paul preached at ,damascus1 and at ,jerusalem1 and throughout all the coasts of ,judea1 and then to the ,gentiles 7turning them from darkness to the light of ,christ1 and from the power of ,satan to ,god17 that they should #8repent and turn to ,god1 and do works meet for repentance1' ,acts xxvi4 #bj4 8,here ye may see that people must repent before they believe1 and are baptized1 and before they receive the ,holy ,ghost1 and the kingdom of ,god4 ,they must repent of their vain life and conversation before they receive the gospel1 be turned from darkness to the light of ,christ1 and from the power of ,satan unto ,god1 before they receive his ,holy ,spirit1 and his gospel of life and salvation4 ,the ,lord commands all men everywhere to repent1 and do works meet for repentance4 ,they must show forth that their lives and conversations are changed1 and that they serve ,god in newness of life1 with new tongues and new hearts40 ,g4 ,f4 ,gooses1 the #fth ,month1 #afhg4 ,another short paper ,i wrote about the same time1 showing wherein ,god's people should be like unto him4 ,it was thus3-- 8,god is righteous2 and he would have his people to be righteous1 and to do righteously4 ,god is holy2 and he would have his people holy1 and to do holily4 ,god is just2 and he would have his people to be just1 and to do justly to all4 ,god is light2 and his children must walk in his light4 ,god is an eternal1 infinite ,spirit2 and his children must walk in the ,spirit4 ,god is merciful2 and he would have his people to be merciful4 ,god's sun shines upon the good and the bad1 and he causes the rain to fall upon the evil and the good2 so should his people do good unto all4 ,god is love2 and they that dwell in love1 dwell in ,god4 ,love worketh no ill to his neighbour3 therefore #8love is the fulfilling of the law1' ,rom4 xiii4 #aj4 ,the apostle says1 #8,all the law is fulfilled in one word1 even in this2 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself1' ,gal4 v4 #ad4 #8,as the ,father hath loved me1 so ,i have loved you2 continue ye in my love1' ,john xv4 #i4 ,this should be the practice of all ,god's people40 ,g4 ,f4 ,gooses1 the #fth ,month1 #afhg4 ,and because most people would confess1 that ,god's people should be thus1 but few know how to come to this state2 therefore in the openings of the ,spirit of truth ,i wrote another short paper1 directing to 8,the right way and means1 whereby people might come unto ,christ1 and so be made like unto ,god40 ,thus3-- 8,christ saith1 #8,i am the way1 the truth1 and the life2 no man cometh unto the ,father1 but by me1' ,john xiv4 #f4 ,and again1 #8,no man can come to me1 except the ,father1 which hath sent me1 draw him1' ,john vi4 #dd4 ,now1 what is the means by which ,god doth draw people to his ,son1 but by his ,holy ,spirit1 who #8poureth out of his ,spirit upon all flesh4' ,by this ,holy ,spirit1 the holy and righteous ,god doth draw people from their unrighteousness and unholiness1 to ,christ1 the righteous and holy ,one1 the great ,prophet in his ,new ,covenant and ,new ,testament1 whom ,moses in the ,old ,covenant and ,testament said1 ,god would raise up1 like unto him1 and whom people should #8hear in all things3 and they that would not hear him1 should be cut off4' 8,they that do not hear the ,son of ,god1 the great ,prophet1 do not mind the drawing of the ,father by his ,holy ,spirit to his ,son2 but to them that mind the drawings of the good ,spirit of the ,father to his ,son1 the ,spirit giveth understanding to know ,god and ,jesus ,christ1 which is eternal life4 ,then they know that ,jesus ,christ is the way1 the truth1 and the life1 and that none can come unto ,god but by and through his ,son1 who is their ,shepherd to feed them in his pastures and springs of life2 and his sheep know his holy voice1 in whom there was no sin1 and in whose mouth there was no guile2 and a hireling they will not hear1 for he careth not for the sheep2 for they are not the hireling's1 but ,christ's1 who hath laid down his life for his sheep4 8,he that robs and steals his neighbour's words1 that climbeth up another way1 and entereth not by the door1 is a thief and a robber2 but ,christ is the door into his sheepfold1 for his sheep to enter in by4 ,they know that ,christ is the ,bishop of their souls1 to see that they do not go astray from ,god1 nor out of his pastures of life2 they know that ,christ is their ,mediator1 and makes their peace with ,god2 and they know that ,christ is their ,high-priest1 made higher than the heavens1 and hath died for their sins1 doth cleanse them with his blood1 is risen for their justification2 and is able to the utmost to save all that come to ,god by him40 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #fth ,month1 #afhg4 ,before ,i left this place1 ,i wrote another paper1 to show1 by many instances from the ,holy ,scriptures1 that the kingdom of ,god1 which most people talk of at a distance1 and refer altogether to another life1 is in some measure to be known and entered into in this life2 but that none can know an entrance thereinto1 but such as are regenerated and born again4 ,of which paper the following is a copy3-- 8,christ saith1 #8,except a man be born again1 he cannot see the kingdom of ,god1' ,john iii4 #c4 #8,that which is born of the flesh1 is flesh2 and that which is born of the ,spirit1 is spirit1' ver4 #f4 ,so1 #8except a man be born of water and of the ,spirit1 he cannot enter into the kingdom of ,god1' ver4 #e4 ,and ,john1 writing to the seven churches in ,asia1 calls himself their brother1 and companion in tribulation1 and in the kingdom and patience of ,jesus ,christ1 ,rev4 i4 #i4 ,here you may see1 that ,john was in the kingdom2 so he was born again3 for he not only saw the kingdom1 but was in it4 8,and ,john saith1 #8,behold1 what manner of love the ,father hath bestowed upon us1 that we should be called the sons of ,god2 therefore the world knoweth us not1 because it knew him not1' #a ,john iii4 #a4 #8,beloved1 now are we the sons of ,god1' ver4 #b4 #8,if ye know that he is righteous1 ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him1' chap4 ii4 #bi4 #8,whosoever is born of ,god1 doth not commit sin2 for his seed remaineth in him1 and he cannot sin1 because he is born of ,god1' chap4 iii4 #i4 ,again ,john saith1 #8,let us love one another2 for love is of ,god2 and every one that loveth1 is born of ,god1 and knoweth ,god4 ,he that loveth not1 knoweth not ,god2 for ,god is love1' chap4 iv4 #g1 #h4 #8,whosoever believeth that ,jesus is the ,christ1 is born of ,god1' chap4 v4 #a4 ,and1 #8,whosoever is born of ,god1 overcometh the world2 and this is the victory that overcometh the world1 even our faith1' ver4 #d4 ,were not these1 that were born of ,god1 in the kingdom of ,god8 ,and seeing ,john says1 every one that doeth righteousness1 is born of ,god1 do not such see the kingdom of ,god that stands in righteousness1 and enter into it8 8,peter1 in his first general epistle to the church of ,christ1 saith1 #8,as new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the ,word1 that ye may grow thereby1' #a ,pet4 ii4 #b4 ,and he tells them they were a chosen generation1 a royal priesthood1 a holy nation1 a peculiar people2 that they should show forth the praises of ,him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light1 ver4 #i4 ,and that1 as lively stones1 they were built up a spiritual house1 a holy priesthood1 to offer up spiritual sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ1 ver4 #e4 ,did not these new-born babes1 these lively stones1 spiritual household1 royal priesthood1 holy nation1 and chosen generation1 who were called out of darkness into ,christ's marvellous light1 see1 and enter into his holy kingdom1 being heirs of the same8 who were born again1 not of corruptible seed1 but of incorruptible1 by the ,word of ,god1 which liveth and abideth for ever1 #a ,pet4 i4 #bc4 ,and had these not an entrance ministered to them into the everlasting kingdom of our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ8 8,james1 in his general epistle to the church of ,christ1 says1 #8,hath not ,god chosen the poor of this world1 to be rich in faith1 and heirs of the kingdom1 which he hath promised to them that love him8' ,james ii4 #e4 ,the apostle ,paul says1 #8,god sent forth his ,son1 made of a woman1 c41 to redeem them that were under the law2 that we might receive the adoption of sons2 and because ye are sons1 ,god hath sent forth the ,spirit of his ,son into your hearts1 crying1 ,abba1 ,father4 ,wherefore thou art no more a servant1 but a son2 and if a son1 then an heir of ,god through ,christ1' ,gal4 iv4 #d-g4 ,the same apostle says1 #8,as many as are led by the ,spirit of ,god1 they are the sons of ,god2' and tells the saints at ,rome1 #8,ye have received the spirit of adoption1 whereby we cry1 ,abba1 ,father4 ,the ,spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit1 that we are the children of ,god2 and if children1 then heirs2 heirs of ,god1 and joint-heirs with ,christ2 if so be we suffer with him1 that we may be also glorified together 7namely1 with ,christ71' ,rom4 viii4 #ad-ag4 ,now seeing they are the sons of ,god that are led by the ,spirit of ,god1 and the ,spirit beareth witness unto their spirit1 that they are the children of ,god1 and heirs of ,god1 and joint-heirs with ,christ1 are not all these children of ,god heirs of the righteous1 glorious1 kingdom of ,god8 and do they not see it1 and enter into it8 8,the ,lord saith in ,hosea i4 #aj1 #8,where it was said unto them1 ,ye are not my people2 there it shall be said unto them1 ,ye are the sons of the living ,god4' ,did not this relate to the gospel-days of the new covenant8 see ,rom4 ix4 #bf4 ,and what the ,lord said by the prophet ,jeremiah1 chap4 xxxi4 #a1 the apostle applies to the gospel-days1 and says1 #8,be ye separate1 saith the ,lord1 and touch not the unclean thing2 and ,i will receive you1 and will be a ,father unto you1 and ye shall be my sons and daughters1 saith the ,lord ,almighty1' #b ,cor4 vi4 #ah4 ,are not these the children that see1 and enter into the righteous kingdom of ,god1 that separate from that which is unclean1 and touch it not8 8,the ,lord saith also by ,isaiah1 #8,i will say to the north1 ,give up2 and to the south1 ,keep not back2 bring my sons from far1 and my daughters from the ends of the earth8' ,isa4 xliii4 #f4 ,then does not he bring them to his kingdom of glory1 that stands in righteousness1 and peace1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost8 8,the ,lord said to ,job1 #8,when the morning stars sang together1 and all the sons of ,god shouted for joy1' ,job xxxviii4 #g1 where did these sons of ,god shout for joy8 ,was it not in his kingdom of glory8 8,christ saith1 #8,the least in the kingdom of ,god is greater than ,john1' ,luke vii4 #bh4 ,and in chap4 xvi4 #af1 he says1 #8,the law and the prophets were until ,john3 since that time 7viz41 since the law1 and the prophets1 and ,john7 the kingdom of ,god is preached1 and every man presseth into it4' 8#8,the good seed are the children of the kingdom1' ,matt4 xiii4 #ch4 ,and #8the righteous shall shine forth as the sun1 in the kingdom of their ,father1' ver4 #dc4 ,christ said unto his disciples1 #8,unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of ,god1' ,mark iv4 #aa4 ,and ,christ lifted up his eyes upon his disciples1 and said1 #8,blessed be ye poor3 for yours is the kingdom of ,god1' ,luke vi4 #bj4 ,and the apostles preached the kingdom of ,god4 ,these were born again3 that saw and knew the kingdom of ,god1 and preached it4 8,christ said to his disciples1 #8,fear not1 little flock1 for it is your ,father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom1' ,luke xii4 #cb4 ,and1 #8,i appoint unto you a kingdom1' said ,christ1 #8as my ,father hath appointed unto me1' chap4 xxii4 #bi4 ,the ,lord said1 #8,he that overcometh1 shall inherit all things3 and ,i will be his ,god1 and he shall be my son1' ,rev4 xxi4 #g4 ,and ,john saith1 #8,i have written unto you1 young men1 because ye are strong1 and the ,word of ,god abideth in you1 and ye have overcome the wicked one1' #a ,john ii4 #ad4 ,and ,christ1 by whom are all things1 is said #8to bring many sons to glory1' ,heb4 ii4 #aj4 8,christ said1 #8,woe unto you1 scribes and ,pharisees1 hypocrites2 for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men2 for ye neither go in yourselves1 neither suffer them that are entering1 to go in1' ,matt4 xxiii4 #ac4 ,he also said1 #8,woe unto you1 lawyers2 for you have taken away the key of knowledge2 ye enter not in yourselves2 and them that were entering in ye hindered1' ,luke xi4 #eb4 ,christ gives unto his children the key of the kingdom1 his ,spirit2 but the scribes1 and the ,pharisees1 and the lawyers1 great professors1 who were erred from the ,spirit1 like the great professors in our age that scoff at the ,spirit1 and draw people from the ,spirit of ,god within1 these shut up the kingdom from men1 and draw people from the key of knowledge1 and the key of the kingdom4 #8,for no man knows the things of ,god1 but by the ,spirit of ,god2 for the things of ,god are spiritually discerned4' ,so the ,spirit is the key1 by which the kingdom of ,god1 and the things of ,god1 are revealed and discerned1 and known1 according to #a ,cor4 ii4 #aj1 #aa1 #ac1 #ad4 ,the apostle names some in his epistle to the ,colossians1 and says1 #8,these are my fellow-workers unto the kingdom of ,god1' ,col4 iv4 #aa4 ,and he tells that church1 that #8,god hath delivered us from the power of darkness1 and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear ,son1' chap4 i4 #ac4 ,so ye may see these were born again1 that were translated into the kingdom of ,christ1 and were fellow-workers unto the kingdom of ,god4 8,christ exhorts his disciples to love and to do good1 that they might be the children of their ,father which is in heaven1 ,matt4 v4 #de4 ,he bids them be perfect1 even as their ,father which is in heaven1 is perfect2 ver4 #dh4 ,the apostle saith to the church at ,philippi1 #8,that ye may be blameless and harmless1 the sons of ,god1 without rebuke1 in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation1 amongst whom ye shine as lights in the world1 holding forth the word of life1' c41 ,phil4 ii4 #ae1 #af4 ,and writing to the church of the ,thessalonians1 he puts them in mind how he had exhorted them that they would #8walk worthy of ,god1 who had called them into his kingdom and glory1' #a ,thess4 ii4 #ab4 8,the ,lord had promised by the prophet ,joel1 that he would #8pour out his ,spirit upon all flesh1' and that #8sons and daughters should prophesy1 old men should dream dreams1 and young men see visions1' ,joel ii4 #bh4 ,now the cause that sons and daughters1 handmaids1 servants1 young men1 and old men1 have not these heavenly visions1 dreams1 and prophecies1 is1 because they are erred from the ,spirit of ,god1 which he poureth upon them3 but as many as are led by the ,spirit of ,god1 are the sons of ,god4 8,john saith1 ,christ was the #8true light1 which lighteth every man that cometh into the world1' ,john i4 #i2 and that #8,as many as received him1 to them gave he power to become the sons of ,god2' ver4 #ab1 #8which were born1 not of blood1 nor of the will of the flesh1 nor of the will of man1 but of ,god1' ver4 #ac4 ,now1 the reason why people do not become the sons of ,god1 is because they do not receive ,christ4 ,the ,jews1 the great professors1 who had the promises1 prophecies1 figures1 and shadows of him1 would not receive him when he came4 ,and now the priests and high professors of ,christ1 are so far from receiving the light of ,christ1 and believing in it1 that they hate the light1 and scoff at it1 calling it a natural conscience2 and some1 ,jack-in-the-lantern4 ,such are not like to become the sons of ,god1 nor to see the glorious kingdom of ,christ1 which stands in righteousness1 peace1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost4 ,for the light that shines in the heart1 gives #8the light of the knowledge of the glory of ,god in the face of ,christ ,jesus4' ,they that do not receive ,christ ,jesus1 but hate his light 7which is the life in him7 and yet profess him in words1 neither know the children of the light1 nor true fellowship in the light1 nor the kingdom of ,god1 that stands in righteousness1 peace1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost2 but by the light they are condemned4 #8,and this is the condemnation1 that light is come into the world1 and men love darkness rather than light1 because their deeds are evil4 ,for every one that doeth evil1 hateth the light1 neither cometh to the light1 lest his deeds should be reproved1' ,john iii4 #ai1 #bj4 ,but the children of the light1 that walk in the light1 come to heavenly ,jerusalem1 and to the city of the living ,god1 to the innumerable company of angels1 and to the general assembly and church of the first-born1 that are written in heaven1 and can sing ,hallelujah60 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #bnd of the #gth ,month1 #afhg4 ,having been more than a quarter of a year in the country1 ,i returned to ,,london1 somewhat better in health than formerly1 having received much benefit by the country air4 ,and it being now a time of general liberty1 and great openness amongst the people1 ,i had much service for the ,lord in the city2 being almost daily at public meetings1 and frequently taken up in visiting ,friends that were sick1 and in other services of the church4 ,i continued at ,london about three months2 and then finding my strength much spent1 with continual labouring in the work of the ,lord1 and my body much stopped for want of fresh air1 ,i went down to my son ,rous's1 by ,,kingston1 where ,i abode some time1 and visited ,friends at ,kingston4 ,while ,i was there1 it came upon me to write a paper concerning the ,jews1 showing 8how by their disobedience and rebellion1 they lost the holy city and land40 ,by which example the professed ,christians may see what they are to expect1 if they continue to disobey and provoke the ,lord4 ,the copy here follows3-- 8,the ,lord gave the ,jews in the ,old ,testament the land of ,canaan1 and they built the temple at ,jerusalem to worship in4 ,it was called #8the holy temple2' and ,jerusalem was called #8the holy city2' and ,canaan #8the holy land4' ,but when the ,jews rebelled against the good ,spirit1 which ,god gave to instruct them1 rebelled against his law1 set up idols and images1 and defiled the land and the city1 the ,lord sent his prophets to cry against them1 to bring them back again to his ,spirit1 and to his law1 and so to ,god1 to serve and worship him1 that they might not worship images and idols1 the works of their own hands4 ,but instead of hearkening to ,god's prophets1 they persecuted them1 and at last killed his ,son ,christ ,jesus1 and persecuted his apostles4 ,but ,christ told the ,jews1 that both their city and temple should be laid waste1 and they should be scattered over all nations3 and it was so4 ,titus the ,roman emperor came and took ,jerusalem1 and destroyed the city and temple2 which was a day of vengeance upon the ,jews for all their idolatries and their wickedness1 and for the innocent blood they had shed1 both in the city and country2 and they were driven out of their own city and land1 and scattered over all nations4 ,the ,jews have never had power to obtain the land since1 nor to build ,jerusalem1 nor the temple2 but the ,turk hath both the land of ,canaan1 and that which is called #8the city of ,jerusalem4' 8,now1 the ,turk neither makes images1 nor worships images2 and so it is a just hand of the ,lord1 that he should be over the persecuting1 idolatrous ,jews1 so that they cannot defile the land of ,canaan now with images and idols1 for the ,turk hath it1 who neither makes images1 nor idols1 nor worships them4 ,the ,jews must never hope1 believe1 nor expect1 that ever they shall go again into the land of ,canaan1 to set up an outward worship at ,jerusalem1 and there for their priests to offer outward sacrifices of rams1 sheep1 and heifers1 c41 for burnt-offerings2 for ,christ1 the one offering1 hath offered himself once for all1 and by this one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified4 8,and ,christ hath changed the priesthood of ,aaron1 that offered sacrifices1 that was made after the power of a carnal commandment2 but ,christ was made after the power of an endless life1 a ,priest for ever1 who is holy1 harmless1 separate from sinners1 and made higher than the heavens4 ,this is the ,priest that gives power to all that receive him1 to become the sons and daughters of ,god3 and ,jerusalem that is above1 is the mother of all the sons and daughters of ,god1 and is free2 but ,jerusalem that is below1 is in bondage with her children4 ,they that are the children of ,jerusalem that is above1 do not look down at ,jerusalem that is below2 but they look at ,jerusalem that is above1 which is their mother4 ,christ said1 #8,neither at outward ,jerusalem1 nor in the mountain of ,samaria1 should ,god be worshipped2 but ,god should be worshipped in ,spirit and in truth2 for he is a ,spirit1 and such he seeks to worship him1' ,john iv4 ,this is the worship that ,christ set up above sixteen hundred years ago2 and therefore the idolatrous ,jews must never think to offer their outward offerings and sacrifices1 nor set up their outward worship at ,jerusalem1 in the holy land of ,canaan more4 ,for ,christ1 by the offering up of himself once for all1 for the sins of the whole world1 hath ended all the ,jews' offerings1 and changed the priesthood1 and the law by which it was made2 and hath blotted out the handwriting of ordinances1 which commanded both priests and offerings2 and triumphed1 over them4 ,so he is the offering and sacrifice of all the children of the ,new ,testament1 and ,new ,covenant1 and heavenly ,new ,jerusalem1 that is above4 ,he is their ,prophet that openeth to them2 their ,shepherd that feeds them2 their ,bishop that oversees them2 and ,priest that died for their sins1 and is risen for their justification2--who sanctifies and presents them to ,god4 ,he is the one ,mediator between ,god and man1 even the ,man ,christ ,jesus40 ,g4 ,f4 ,kingston1 the #ith of the #ajth ,month1 #afhg4 ,after this ,i went to ,,guildford to visit ,friends there1 and stayed three days with them2 having a large and very good meeting there on ,first-day4 ,after which ,i came back to ,,kingston again1 and tarried about two weeks longer1 visiting ,friends1 and having meetings amongst them1 both at their public meeting-house and in their families4 ,many things ,i wrote while ,i was at ,kingston2 among which was the following3-- 8#8,god so loved the world1 that he gave his only begotten ,son1 that whosoever believeth in him1 shall not perish 7mark1 not perish17 but have everlasting life1' ,john iii4 #af4 ,again1 he saith1 #8,he that believeth on the ,son of ,god1 hath 7mark1 hath7 everlasting life1' ver4 #cf4 ,so these believers have everlasting life while they are upon the earth4 ,and #8,he that believeth on ,christ is not condemned2 but he that believeth not1 is condemned already1 and the wrath of ,god abideth on him4' ,and1 #8,he that heareth ,christ's word1 and believeth on ,god that sent him1 hath 7mark1 hath7 everlasting life1 and shall not come into condemnation1 but is passed from death1' the death in the first ,adam1 #8unto life1' the life in ,christ1 the second ,adam1 ,john v4 #bd4 ,and that meat which ,christ doth give1 endureth unto everlasting life1 as in ,john vi4 #bg4 ,and the water that ,christ doth give1 shall be in him that drinks it1 #8a well of water springing up into everlasting life1' ,john iv4 #ad4 8,christ said to the ,jews1 #8,search the ,scriptures1 for in them ye think ye have eternal life2 and they are they which testify of me2 and ye will not come to me1 that ye might have life1' ,john v4 #ci1 #dj4 ,here ye may see eternal life is to be found in ,christ1 and not in the ,scriptures1 which testify of ,him1 the ,life4 ,christ's sheep that hear his voice1 know and follow him2 he gives them eternal life1 and they shall not perish1 neither shall any pluck them out of his hand4 ,they shall not pluck ,christ's sheep1 to whom he hath given eternal life1 out of his hand4 ,christ said to ,martha1 #8,i am the resurrection and the life2 he that believeth in me1 though he were dead 7mark1 though he were dead7 yet shall he live2 7mark1 live1 though he were dead27 and whosoever liveth1 and believeth in me1 shall never die4 ,believest thou this8 ,martha said1 ,yea1 ,lord1' ,john xi4 #bg4 ,this is the true and substantial belief1 which they that believe1 shall not perish1 but have everlasting life4 ,john saith1 #8,this is the record1 that ,god hath given to us eternal life2 and this life is in his ,son1' #a ,john v4 #aa4 #8,the life was manifested1 and we have seen it and bear witness1 and show unto you that eternal life1 which was with the ,father1 and was manifested unto us1' #a ,john i4 #b4 ,so these were the believers that had eternal life in the ,son of ,god1 and showed it unto others4 #8,he that hath the ,son hath life1' says ,john1 #8and he that hath not the ,son of ,god1 hath not life1' #a ,john v4 #ab4 ,christ says1 #8,every one that hath forsaken houses1 or brethren1 or sisters1 or father1 or mother1 or wife1 or children1 or lands1 for my name's sake1 shall receive an hundred fold1 and shall inherit everlasting life1' ,matt4 xix4 #bi4 8,the wicked that do not receive ,christ1 shall go into everlasting punishment2 but the righteous into eternal life4 ,the true servants of ,god have their fruits unto holiness1 and their end is everlasting life2 for #8the wages of sin is death3 but the gift of ,god is eternal life1 through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord4' ,such have a building of ,god1 a house not made with hands1 eternal in the heavens4 ,therefore ,i desire that ,god's people may endure all things1 that they may obtain this salvation1 which is in ,jesus ,christ1 with eternal glory4 ,for ,christ being made perfect1 became the ,author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him4 ,this eternal salvation is above an external salvation2 for they come to receive an eternal inheritance1 and live in the possession of the everlasting gospel of joy1 comfort1 peace1 and salvation1 having everlasting life in ,christ ,jesus40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston1 the #fth of the #aath ,month1 #afhg4 ,another paper ,i wrote there1 concerning the ,stone spoken of by ,daniel1 chap4 ii41 which became a great mountain1 and filled the whole earth2 showing 8that thereby was set forth the kingdom and power of ,christ30-- 8,when ,christ1 the ,stone1 that became a great mountain1 and filled the whole earth1 had broken to pieces the head of gold1 and the breast of silver1 and the belly of brass1 and the legs of iron1 and the feet part iron part clay 7which were the four monarchies1 to wit1 the ,babylonian and ,mede1 the ,persian1 the ,grecian1 and the ,roman71 and had ended the outward ,jews' typical kingdom2 ,daniel saith1 #8in the days of these kings shall the ,god of heaven set up a kingdom1 which shall never be destroyed1' ,dan4 ii4 #dd4 ,christ saith1 #8,all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth1' ,matt4 xxviii4 #ah4 ,and1 #8,my kingdom is not of this world1' ,john xviii4 #cf4 #8,christ is the image of the invisible ,god1 the ,firstborn of every creature4 ,for by him were all things created1 that are in heaven1 and that are in earth1 visible and invisible1 whether they be thrones1 or dominions1 or principalities1 or powers12 all things were created by him1 and for him2 and he is before all things1 and by him all things consist1' ,col4 i4 #ae-ag4 8,here ye may see1 all things consist by ,jesus ,christ1 and all things were created by ,christ1 and for him1 whether they be things in heaven1 or things in earth1 visible or invisible1 they were created by him and for him2 yea1 thrones1 dominions1 principalities1 and powers1 these were all created by him and for him4 ,so ,christ #8is ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords1' ,rev4 xix4 #af4 ,and the #8,prince of the kings of the earth1' chap4 i4 #e4 ,out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword1 with which he shall smite the nations1 and he shall rule them with a rod of iron2 as the vessel of a potter1 shall they be dashed in pieces1 who do not obey him1 the ,king of kings and ,lord of lords4 ,this is ,christ1 who said1 #8,i am ,alpha and ,omega1 the ,beginning and the ,ending1 the ,first and the ,last2' so he is over all nations1 and above them all4 ,we must understand this rod of iron1 by which ,christ rules the nations1 is a figurative speech of ,christ1 who is ascended into heaven1 and is at the right hand of ,god4 ,all power in heaven and in earth is given unto him1 and all things were created by him and for him2 so then they are ,christ's1 and he hath power over all things1 for all are his4 ,so1 as the ,scripture saith1 #8,by me kings reign1 and princes decree justice1' ,prov4 viii4 #ae4 ,but if they abuse his power1 and do not do justice1 as is decreed by ,christ1 the ,king of kings and ,lord of lords1 the ,first and the ,last1 they must feel and know the weight of his rod of iron1 by which he will rule such as abuse his power4 ,that is decreed by ,him1 who hath all power in heaven and in earth given to him1 and rules in the kingdoms of men40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston1 the #aath ,month1 #afhg4 ,several other things ,i wrote while at ,,kingston2 for my spirit being continually exercised towards ,god1 ,i had many precious openings of divine matters2 and divers portions of ,scripture1 both in the ,old ,testament and in the ,new1 relating to a state of regeneration1 and sanctification1 c41 were brought to my remembrance by the ,holy ,spirit2 some of which ,i committed to writing1 as follows-- 8,they that touched the dead were unclean1 and were to be cleansed by the water of purification1 ,num4 xix4 ,and they who touch the dead doctrines or faiths1 and let them in1 burden the pure1 defile1 and make themselves unclean1 until the spring of the water of the ,word do arise1 and wash and cleanse them2 for all the dead in ,adam in the fall are unclean1 and they must be washed by ,christ1 in his blood1 and water of life1 who quickens and makes alive40 8,a dwarf might not come near to offer upon ,god's altar2 but he might eat of the holy bread1 that he might grow1 ,lev4 xxi4 #bj1 c4 ,so the new-born babes may eat of the milk of the ,word1 that they may grow thereby and increase4 ,he that had any blemish might not come near to offer upon ,god's altar2 neither might anything be offered upon ,god's altar that had any blemish1 or was unclean1 ,lev4 xxi4 ,and it is said1 #8,the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment1 nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous1' ,psal4 i4 #e4 ,but #8,god standeth in the congregation of the mighty1'0 ,psal4 lxxxii4 #a4 8,the camp of ,god was to be kept clean and holy4 ,that which was unclean1 or defiled1 was to be kept out of ,god's camp in the old ,testament4 ,and in the ,new ,testament all that is defiled and unclean must be kept out of ,god's kingdom1 the new and heavenly ,jerusalem1 that is from above4 ,all was to pass through the fire 7even of those things that would bear the fire71 and to be purified by fire and water1 before the people might come into ,god's camp1 ,num4 xxxi4 ,so all must be circumcised and baptized with the ,holy ,ghost and with fire1 and be cleansed with the blood of ,christ1 and washed with the water of the ,word before they come into the kingdom of ,god1 and into heavenly ,jerusalem40 8,the apostle ,paul says1 #8,we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved1 we have a building of ,god1 a house not made with hands1 eternal in the heavens4 ,for in this we groan1 earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house1 which is from heaven1 that mortality might be swallowed up of life1' #b ,cor4 v4 #a1 #b1 #d4 ,here is 7,,we in the earthly house of this tabernacle7 which 7,,we7 are they that have received ,christ1 and are become the sons of ,god1 new creatures1 and children of the light1 that believe in ,christ's light2 who have an eternal house in the heavens1 where mortality is swallowed up of life1 in which house from heaven they will not groan40 8,peter said1 #8,i think it meet1 as long as ,i am in this tabernacle1 to stir you up by putting you in remembrance1 knowing that shortly ,i must put off this my tabernacle1 even as our ,lord ,jesus ,christ hath showed me1' #b ,pet4 i4 #ac1 #ad4 ,so ,peter knew he must put off this tabernacle shortly2 but as long as he was in it he stirred up the saints to their duty in holiness1 that they might remember it after he was deceased40 8,the apostle ,paul says1 #8,the first man is of the earth1 earthy1' 7mark1 earthy71 #a ,cor4 xv4 #dg4 #8,and as we have borne the image of the earthy1 we shall also bear the image of the heavenly' 7mark1 the heavenly71 ver4 #dj4 ,and1 #8,we have this treasure in earthen vessels1' c41 #b ,cor4 iv4 #g4 #8,nevertheless ,i live1' said he1 #8yet not ,i1 but ,christ liveth in me1' ,gal4 ii4 #bj1 who is the life of all ,god's people40 8,christ said to the ,jews1 #8,that the dead are raised1 even ,moses showed at the bush1 when he calleth the ,lord the ,god of ,abraham1 and the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob3 for he is not the ,god of the dead1 but of the living2 for all live unto him1' ,luke xx4 #cg1 #ch4 ,so1 #8,none of us liveth to himself1 and no man dieth to himself2 for whether we live1 we live unto the ,lord2 and whether we die1 we die unto the ,lord4 ,whether we live1 therefore1 or die1 we are the ,lord's4 ,for to this end ,christ both died1 and rose1 and revived1 that he might be ,lord both of the dead and living1' ,rom4 xiv4 #g-i4 ,for all died in ,adam2 and ,christ1 by the grace of ,god1 tasted death for every man1 that they might come out of the death in ,adam1 to the eternal life in ,jesus ,christ1 who is also a quickening ,spirit2 for as in ,adam all died1 even so in ,christ shall all be made alive4 ,so ,christ that died and rose again is ,lord both of the living and of the dead3 for the living live to the ,lord1 and die in him1 and are blessed40 8,all ,christendom say they believe in ,god and in ,christ1 and that they believe ,moses and the prophets1 and preach ,christ1 ,moses1 and the prophets2 so their words and writings are preached and printed2 and ye say ye believe them4 ,but what life do ye live8 ,are ye through the law dead to the law1 that ye may live unto ,god8 ,are ye crucified with ,christ8 and doth ,christ live in you8 ,is the life that ye now live in the flesh by the faith of the ,son of ,god2 and ye do not live1 but ,christ liveth in you1 who gave himself for you8 ,is this your present life8 for the just live by the faith which ,christ is the author and finisher of3 by which holy1 divine1 and precious faith they have victory over that which is vile1 unholy1 and not divine2 and in this faith they please ,god1 and have access to ,god and his ,son1 who fulfilleth the law and the prophets4 ,for the law and the prophets were until ,john2 and since that the kingdom of ,god hath been preached1 and men press into it3 and the least in the kingdom of ,god is greater than ,john1 though he was the greatest prophet born of a woman4 ,see whether ye are in the kingdom that stands in peace1 and righteousness1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost1 or not4 8,christ1 #8who is the image of the invisible ,god1 the firstborn of every creature1 was before any creature2 for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth1 visible or invisible1 whether they be thrones or dominions1 principalities or powers1 all things were created by him and for him2 he was before all things1 and by him all things consist3 and he is the head of the body1 the church1 who is the beginning1 the firstborn from the dead4' ,so here ye may see that all things were made by ,christ ,jesus1 and created for him1 and by him all things consist and have their being1 who is the firstborn from the dead1 and dieth no more4 ,it pleased the ,father that in him all fulness should dwell2 and by ,christ to reconcile all things unto himself1 whether they be things in heaven1 or things in the earth4 #8,in him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge1' who is the head of all principality and power2 for #8all power in heaven and in earth is given to him1' the first-born of every creature1 and the firstborn from the dead1 who liveth for evermore in his power over all2 the ,lamb slain from the foundation of the world4 ,while the world's spirit rules in men's hearts1 they do not know ,christ1 nor the beginning nor ending of the work of ,god4 8,christ was outwardly crucified and slain without the gates of ,jerusalem by the disobedient ,jews2 and they that hate the light of ,christ1 disobey his gospel1 quench his ,spirit1 and are erred from his faith1 crucify to themselves ,christ afresh4 ,so ,adam and ,eve1 and their children that disobeyed ,god1 did slay the ,lamb2 and the blind ,jews1 that disobeyed ,god1 crucified ,christ ,jesus2 and the outward ,christians1 that live and walk not in ,christ1 but in sin and evil1 though they make an outward profession of ,christ1 yet crucify to themselves ,christ afresh4 ,but as to ,christ himself1 he is #8ascended far above all principalities1 thrones1 powers1 and dominions1' so that they cannot put him to death or crucify him any more as to himself3 but what the killers1 crucifiers1 and persecutors do now upon the earth1 is against ,christ1 as in themselves1 and in his members2 as ,christ said to ,saul1 #8,why persecutest thou me1' ,acts ix4 #d4 ,for what is done to his members ,christ takes as done to himself1 ,matt4 xxv4 #dj1 #de4 ,and they that did not visit ,christ1 but persecuted him in his members1 persecuted ,christ in themselves first40 8,the serpent1 that enemy to man and woman1 the destroyer1 the god of the world and prince of the air1 that ruleth in the hearts of the disobedient1 got in by disobedience4 ,but ,christ bruises his head1 breaks his power to pieces1 and destroys the devil and his works2 and through death destroys death1 and the devil1 the power of death4 ,so ,christ1 the light and life1 hath all power in heaven and in earth1 and openeth the prison-doors1 and the eyes of the blind1 and takes captive him that hath led into captivity1 and gives gifts unto men4 ,so ,christ binds the strong man of sin1 spoils his goods1 and casts him out2 hallelujah6 ,for the strong man of sin is the god of the world1 and his house is the whole world1 that lieth in wickedness4 ,and this god of the world hath kept his house1 and his goods have been in peace1 until a stronger than he comes and binds and casts him out2 and then destroys him and his goods4 ,so ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 who is stronger than the devil1 having destroyed the devil and his works1 setteth up his own house4 ,all the believers in the light are the children of light1 are of the ,son of ,god's spiritual house1 and the ,son of ,god is over his house for evermore3 glory to ,god in the highest1 through ,jesus ,christ4 ,amen40 8,god spoke by the mouth of all his holy prophets concerning ,christ ,jesus1 his ,son1 the ,holy ,one2 so they were holy men1 and not unholy1 that ,god spoke by4 ,therefore all that name the name of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ are to depart from iniquity40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston-upon-,thames1 the #aath ,month1 #afhg4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 #afhg-afij4--;,george ,fox continues to have service in ,london and the neighbourhood--writes a paper respecting the gospel and the seed2 being also an incentive to diligence--a general epistle to ,friends1 forewarning them of an approaching storm--,moses and ,christ both faithful under their respective dispensations--,christ is on his throne--,george ,fox's health declining1 he visits ,william ,mead again for a few weeks--the world's teachers and the emptiness of their teaching--those who turn people from the inward manifestation of ,christ in the heart1 remove them from the heavenly landmark1 and bring a curse on themselves--the prophets1 apostles1 and holy men of old were husbandmen and tradesmen1 unlike the world's teachers--the vanity of being too much busied with1 and spending the time in1 hearing and telling news--though still declining1 ,george ,fox attends at the ,parliament-house many days on behalf of his ,friends--writes to ,peter ,hendricks1 and to ,friends at ,dantzic1 to strengthen and comfort them under their sufferings--to the magistrates and priests at ,dantzic1 showing the evil of persecution1 and persuading to ,christian moderation--an appendix to the ,yearly ,meeting's epistle--an epistle to the ,northern ,yearly ,meeting to be held at ,york--,george ,fox's health still impaired--writes an epistle to ,friends in ,barbadoes--to ,friends in ,pennsylvania1 and other parts of ,america--to all that profess the truth of ,god2 being a warning to the young against the world's fashions1 and to the old against going into the earthly things--,christ is the 8,ensign10 prophesied of by ,isaiah--an appendix to the ,yearly ,meeting's epistle--an epistle to ,friends in the ministry--to ,friends in the ministry gone to ,america--to suffering ,friends in ,ireland--death of ,george ,fox in #afij--;epistle written with his hand and found sealed up--some account of the interment4 ,i returned to ,london towards the latter end of the #aath month1 #afhg1 visiting ,friends in the way at ,,chiswick1 and at ,,hammersmith1 where ,i had two meetings1 one on a ,first-day1 the other upon the occasion of a marriage there1 at which there were many people of other denominations1 amongst whom ,i had a very seasonable opportunity of opening the way of truth4 ,being come to ,,london1 ,i visited ,friends' meetings in and about the city1 as the ,lord led me1 in whose service ,i continued labouring in the city until the middle of the first month1 #afhg-h4 ,at which time ,i went down towards ,,enfield1 and visited ,friends there and thereabouts1 and at ,,barnet1 ,,waltham ,,abbey1 and other places1 where ,i had many meetings1 and very good service2 in which ,i spent several weeks4 ,i then returned to ,,london1 where ,i continued labouring in the work of the gospel1 till after the ,yearly ,meeting1 which this year was about the beginning of the fourth month4 ,a precious meeting it was2 and a very refreshing season ,friends had together1 the ,lord vouchsafing to honour our assemblies with his living and glorious presence in a very plentiful manner4 ,at the conclusion of the meeting ,i felt a concern upon my spirit to give forth the following paper1 to be dispersed amongst ,friends3-- 8,all you believers in the light1 that are become children of the light1 walk as children of the light1 and of the day of ,christ2 as a city set on a hill1 that cannot be hid4 ,let your light shine1 that people may see your good works1 and glorify your ,father1 which is in heaven4 ,for a good tree bringeth forth good fruit2 therefore be ye trees of righteousness1 the planting of the ,lord1 having fruits unto holiness2 and then your end will be everlasting life4 ,such are the wells and cisterns1 that hold the living water1 which springs up in them to eternal life4 ,ye may all drink water out of your own cisterns1 running water out of your own wells2 and eat every one of his own fig-tree1 and of his own vine3 having salt every one in yourselves1 to season every one's sacrifice1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ2 and like unto the wise virgins1 that have oil in their lamps1 follow the ,lamb1 and enter in with the bridegroom4 ,now is the time to labour1 while it is day 7yea1 the day of ,christ71 to stir up every one's pure mind1 and the gift of ,god that is in them2 and to improve your talents1 that ,christ hath bestowed upon you1 that ye may profit2 and to walk every one according to the measure that ,christ hath given you2 for #8the manifestation of the ,spirit of ,god is given to every one to profit withal4' 8,consider what you have profited in spiritual and heavenly things1 with the heavenly ,spirit of ,god4 ,be not like the wicked and slothful1 that hid his talent1 from whom it was taken1 and he cast into utter darkness4 ,a dwarf1 or one that had any blemish1 was not to come nigh to offer upon ,god's altar2 therefore mind the word of wisdom1 to keep you out of that which will corrupt and blemish you2 and that ye may grow in grace1 and in faith1 and in the knowledge of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 and feeding upon the milk of the word1 may grow by it1 that ye may not be dwarfs2 and so offer your spiritual sacrifice upon ,god's holy altar4 ,for the field or vineyard of the slothful grows over with thorns and nettles1 and his walls go down4 ,such are they that are not diligent in the ,spirit of ,god1 and the power1 which is the wall1 a sure fence4 ,the ,spirit of ,god will weed all thorns1 thistles1 and nettles1 out of the vineyard of the heart4 8,and you1 that are keepers of others' vineyards1 see that you keep your own vineyard clean with the ,spirit and power of ,christ4 ,sanctify yourselves1 and sanctify the ,lord in your hearts1 that ye may be a holy people to the ,lord1 who saith1 #8,be ye holy1 for ,i am holy3' that ye may be the holy members of the church of ,christ1 that is clothed with the sun1 and hath the moon under her feet2 the changeable world with all her changeable worships1 religions1 churches1 and teachers4 ,be ye new and heavenly ,jerusalem's children3 for new and heavenly ,jerusalem1 that is above1 is the mother of all the children of light1 and that are born of the ,spirit4 ,these are they that have been persecuted1 and have suffered by the false church1 mystery ,babylon1 the mother of harlots4 8,and now1 all heavenly ,jerusalem's and ,sion's children1 that are from above1 labour in the gospel1 the power of ,god1 and the ,seed1 in which all nations1 and all the families of the earth are blessed3 which ,seed1 ,christ1 bruises the serpent's head1 and destroys the devil and his works1 and overcomes the whore1 the false church1 the beast1 and the false prophet4 ,he takes away the curse1 and the veil that is spread over all nations1 and over all the families of the earth2 and brings the blessing upon all 7if they will receive it7 saying1 #8,in thy seed shall all nations and all the families of the earth be blessed4' ,this is the gospel of ,god preached to ,abraham1 before ,moses wrote his five books1 and was preached in the apostles' days1 and is now preached again2 which brings life and immortality to light2 and is the gospel of peace1 life1 and salvation1 to every one that believes it4 ,so all nations1 and all the families of the earth1 must be in ,christ1 the ,seed1 if they be blessed1 and be partakers of the blessing in the ,seed4 8,this gospel was revealed by ,christ unto his apostles1 who preached it2 which is not of man1 nor from man4 ,now1 ,god and ,christ hath revealed the same gospel unto me1 and many others in this age 7,i say1 the gospel and the ,seed1 in which all nations and families of the earth are blessed27 in which gospel ,i have laboured1 and do labour1 that all may come into this blessed ,seed1 ,christ1 who bruises the head of the serpent1 that in it they might have peace with ,god4 ,this everlasting gospel is preached again to them that dwell upon the earth2 and they that believe it1 and receive it1 receive the blessing1 the peace1 joy1 and comfort of it2 and the stability in it1 and the life and immortality1 which it brings to light in them and to them4 ,such can praise the everlasting ,god in his everlasting gospel4 8,and ,friends1 all seek the peace and good of all in ,christ3 for truth makes no ,cains1 ,korahs1 ,balaams1 nor ,judases2 for they come to be such that go out of the peaceable truth4 ,therefore walk in the peaceable truth1 and speak the truth in the love of it1 as it is in ,jesus40 ,g4 ,f4 ,some time after the ,yearly ,meeting1 ,i went to my son ,mead's house1 in ,,essex1 and abode there some weeks2 often visiting ,friends' meetings near1 and sometimes at ,barking4 ,after ,i had been a while there1 ,i went to visit ,friends at ,,waltham ,,abbey1 ,,hoddesdon1 ,,enfield1 ,,south ,,street1 ,,ford ,,green1 and ,,winchmore ,,hill2 where ,i had several very serviceable meetings1 the ,lord opening many deep and weighty things through me1 for informing the understandings of inquirers1 building up those that were gathered into the truth1 and establishing them therein4 ,in the #gth month ,i returned to ,london1 having been near three months in the country for my health's sake1 which was very much impaired2 so that ,i was hardly able to stay in a meeting the whole time2 and often after a meeting had to lie down on a bed4 ,yet did not my weakness of body take me off from the service of the ,lord1 but ,i continued to labour in and out of meetings1 in his work1 as he gave me opportunity and ability4 ,i had not been long in ,london before a great weight came upon me1 and a sight the ,lord gave me of the great bustles and troubles1 revolution and change1 which soon after came to pass4 ,in the sense whereof1 and in the movings of the ,spirit of the ,lord1 ,i wrote 8,a general epistle to ,friends1 to forewarn them of the approaching storm1 that they might all retire to the ,lord1 in whom safety is20 as follows3-- 8,my dear ,friends and brethren everywhere1 who have received the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and to whom he has given power to become his sons and daughters2 in ,him ye have life and peace1 and in his everlasting kingdom1 that is established and cannot be shaken1 but is over all the world1 and stands in his power1 and in righteousness1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost1 into which no unrighteousness1 nor the foul1 unclean spirit of the devil in his instruments can enter4 ,therefore1 dear ,friends and brethren1 every one in the faith of ,jesus1 stand in ,his power1 who has all power in heaven and in earth given to him1 and will #8rule the nations with his rod of iron1 and dash them to pieces1 like a potter's vessel1' that are not subject and obedient to his power2 whose voice will shake the heavens and the earth1 that that which may be shaken may be removed1 and that which cannot be shaken may appear4 ,stand in ,him2 and all things shall work together for good to them that love him4 8,and now1 dear ,friends and brethren1 though these waves1 and storms1 and tempests be in the world1 yet you may all appear the harmless and innocent lambs of ,christ1 walking in his peaceable truth1 keeping in the ,word of power1 wisdom1 and patience2 and this ,word will keep you in the day of trials and temptations1 that will come upon the whole world1 to try them that dwell upon the earth4 ,for the ,word of ,god was before the world1 and all things were made by it2 it is a tried ,word1 which gave all ,god's people in all ages wisdom1 power1 and patience4 ,therefore let your dwelling and walking be in ,christ ,jesus1 who is called the ,word of ,god2 and in his power1 which is over all4 ,set your affections on things that are above1 where ,christ sits at the right hand of ,god 7mark17 on those things which are above1 where ,christ sits2 not on those things that are below1 which will change1 and pass away4 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god1 who by his eternal arm and power hath gathered a people to himself2 and hath preserved his faithful to himself through many troubles1 trials1 and temptations2 his power and ,seed1 ,christ1 is over all1 and in ,him ye have life and peace with ,god4 ,therefore in ,him all stand1 and see your salvation1 who is the ,first and ,last1 the ,amen4 ,god ,almighty preserve and keep you all in ,him1 your ark and sanctuary2 in ,him you are safe over all floods1 storms1 and tempests2 for ,he was before they were1 and will be when they are all gone40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #agth of the #hth ,month1 #afhh4 ,about this time great exercise and weights came upon me 7as had usually done before the great revolutions and changes of government17 and my strength departed from me2 so that ,i reeled1 and was ready to fall1 as ,i went along the streets4 ,at length ,i could not go abroad at all1 ,i was so weak1 for some time1 till ,i felt the power of the ,lord to spring over all1 and had received an assurance from him1 that he would preserve his faithful people to himself through all4 ,in the time that ,i kept within1 ,i wrote a paper1 showing1 how 8,moses1 as a servant1 was faithful in all his house1 in the ,old ,testament2 and ,christ1 as a ,son1 is over his house1 in the ,new ,testament40 8,the house of ,israel was called ,god's ,vineyard1 in ,isa4 v4 #g1 and all the ,israelites were called the house of ,israel4 ,israel signifies #8a prince with ,god1 and a prevailer with men1' ,gen4 xxxii4 #bh4 ,when ,peter preached ,christ to the house of ,israel1 he said1 #8,let all the house of ,israel know assuredly1 that ,god hath made the same ,jesus1 whom ye have crucified1 both ,lord and ,christ1' ,acts ii4 #cf4 ,so they were all called the house of ,israel4 ,and it is said1 #8,moses was faithful in all his house 7to wit1 this house of ,israel71 as a servant1 for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after2 but ,christ1 as a son1 over his own house1 which house are we1 if we hold fast the confidence1 and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end1' ,heb4 iii4 #e1 #f4 ,here it is manifest1 that ,moses was faithful in all his house1 as a servant1 viz41 in the house of ,israel1 in the ,old ,testament2 but ,christ ,jesus1 the ,son of ,god1 is over his house in his new ,testament and ,covenant2 and all his true believers are of his house4 8,the apostle tells the ,ephesians 7who were the church of ,christ17 #8,they were fellow-citizens with the saints1 and of the household of ,god1' ,eph4 ii4 #ai4 ,and the saints are called #8the household of faith1' ,gal4 vi4 #aj4 ,peter in his general epistle tells the church of ,christ1 they were #8a chosen generation1 a royal priesthood1 a holy nation1 a peculiar people1' #a ,pet4 ii4 #i4 ,and that as lively stones1 they were built up #8a spiritual house1 an holy priesthood1 to offer up spiritual sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ1' ver4 #e4 ,the apostle says to the church of ,christ at ,corinth1 #8,if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved1 we have a building of ,god1 a house not made with hands1 eternal in the heavens1' #b ,cor4 v4 #a4 ,and ,christ said to his disciples1 #8,let not your hearts be troubled2 ye believe in ,god1 believe also in me4 ,in my ,father's house are many mansions 7a mansion is a dwelling1 or abiding place27 if it were not so1 ,i would have told you2 ,i go to prepare a place for you4 ,and if ,i go and prepare a place for you1 ,i will come again1 and receive you unto myself1 that where ,i am1 there ye may be also1' ,john xiv4 #a-c4 ,the ,psalmist saith1 #8,those that be planted in the house of the ,lord1 shall flourish in the courts of our ,god2 they shall bring forth fruit in old age2 they shall be fat and flourishing1' ,psal4 xcii4 #ac1 #ad4 ,again1 #8,holiness becomes thine house1 ,o ,lord1 for ever1' ,psal4 xciii4 #e4 8,isaiah also said by way of prophecy1 #8,it shall come to pass in the last days1 that the mountain of the ,lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains1 and shall be exalted above the hills1 and all nations shall flow unto it1' ,isa4 ii4 #b4 ,is not that a great house8 ,is not this mountain1 ,christ1 who is over his house in the ,new ,testament and ,new ,covenant8 ,to this mountain and house all the children of the ,new ,testament and ,new ,covenant flow in these latter days1 so that it is come to pass1 which was prophesied of by ,isaiah2 for he said1 #8,many people shall go and say1 ,come ye1 and let us go up to the mountain of the ,lord1 to the house of the ,god of ,jacob1 and he will teach us of his ways1 and we will walk in his paths2 for out of ,zion shall go forth the law1 and the word of the ,lord from ,jerusalem4 ,and he shall judge among the nations1 and shall rebuke many people2 and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares1 and their spears into pruning-hooks2 nation shall not lift up sword against nation1 neither shall they learn war any more4 ,o house of ,jacob1 come ye1 and let us walk in the light of the ,lord1' ver4 #c-e4 ,here ye may see1 they that come to the mountain of the house of ,god1 and to ,god's teaching1 must walk in the light of the ,lord2 yea the house of ,jacob4 ,jacob signifies a supplanter2 he supplanted profane ,esau1 who is hated1 and ,jacob is loved4 8,now these two births must be known within2 and they that walk in the light of the ,lord1 and come to ,christ1 the mountain of the house of the ,lord1 established above all mountains and hills1 break their swords into ploughshares1 and their spears into pruning-hooks2 and in ,christ1 this mountain and house of the ,lord1 there are no spears1 nor swords to hurt one another withal4 ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 is over his house and great family1 the children of the light1 that believe in it1 and walk in it1 the children of the day of ,christ1 his holy and royal priesthood1 that offer up spiritual sacrifice to ,god by him4 ,all such are of ,christ's 7the spiritual man's7 house1 who are born of ,god1 and led by his ,spirit2 they are of the ,lord of lords1 and ,king of kings' house and family1 which he is over2 and are of the household of the holy1 divine1 pure1 and precious faith1 which ,christ is the author and finisher of4 ,and they that are of the ,son's house1 are pure1 righteous1 and holy1 and can do nothing against the truth1 but for it1 in their words1 lives1 and conversations2 and so are a chosen generation1 a holy nation1 a peculiar people1 that they should show forth the praise of ,him1 who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous light4 ,these are ,christ's lively stones1 that build up a spiritual house1 which ,he 7,christ1 the spiritual man1 the ,king of kings1 and ,lord of lords7 is over40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #ajth ,month1 #afhh4 ,some time after this1 my body continuing weak1 ,i went down with my son ,mead to his house in ,,essex1 where ,i stayed some weeks4 ,in which time ,i wrote many things relating to the service of truth1 of which some were printed soon after1 others were spread abroad in manuscript2 and amongst other things1 a few lines to this purpose3-- 8,that while men are contending for thrones here below1 ,christ is on his throne1 and all his holy angels are about him2 who is the ,beginning and the ,ending1 the ,first and the ,last1 over all4 ,and that the ,lord will make way and room for himself1 and for them that are born of his ,spirit1 who are heavenly ,jerusalem's children1 to come home to their free mother40 ,a few words also ,i wrote concerning the world's teachers1 and the emptiness of their teaching4 ,which were thus3-- 8,doth not all that1 which is called ,christendom1 live in talking of ,christ's1 and of the apostles' and prophets' words1 and the letter of the ,scriptures8 ,and do not their priests minister the letter1 with their own conceptions thereupon1 for money1 though the ,holy ,scriptures were freely given forth from ,god and ,christ1 and his prophets and apostles8 ,yet the apostle says1 #8,the letter killeth2 but the ,spirit giveth life1' #b ,cor4 iii4 #f4 ,the ministers of the ,new ,testament are not ministers of the letter1 but of the ,spirit2 and they sow to the ,spirit1 and of the ,spirit reap life eternal4 ,but people spending time about old authors1 and talking of them1 and of the outward letter1 this doth not feed their souls4 ,for talking of victuals and clothes1 doth not clothe the body1 nor feed it4 ,no more are their souls and spirits fed and clothed1 except they have the bread and water of life from heaven to feed them1 and the righteousness of ,christ to clothe them4 ,talking of outward things and spiritual things1 and not having them1 may starve both their bodies and their souls4 ,therefore1 quench not the ,spirit of ,god1 which will lead to be diligent in all things40 ,with this ,i wrote another short paper1 showing the hurt they did1 and the danger they run into1 who turned people from the inward manifestation of ,christ in the heart3-- 8,the ,jews were commanded by the law of ,god1 #8,not to remove the outward land-mark1' ,deut4 xix4 #ad4 ,they that did so1 or that caused the blind to wander1 were cursed in the ,old ,covenant1 ,deut4 xxvii4 #ag4 ,in the ,new ,covenant the apostle saith1 #8,let him be accursed1 that preacheth any other gospel than that which he had preached1' ,gal4 i4 #h4 ,now the gospel that he preached1 was #8,the power of ,god unto salvation1 to every one that believeth1' ,rom4 i4 #af4 ,and the gospel that was preached to ,abraham was1 #8,that in his seed all nations1 and all the families of the earth should be blessed4' ,and in order to bring men to this blessed state1 ,god poureth out of his ,spirit upon all flesh2 and ,christ doth enlighten every one that cometh into the world2 and the grace of ,god1 which bringeth salvation1 hath appeared unto all men1 and teacheth ,christians1 the true believers in ,christ2 and ,god doth write his law in the true ,christians' hearts1 and putteth it in their minds1 that they may #8all know the ,lord1 from the greatest to the least2' and he giveth his word in their hearts to obey and do1 and the anointing within them2 so that they need not any man to teach them1 but as the anointing doth teach them4 8,now all such as turn people from the ,light1 ,spirit1 ,grace1 ,word1 and ,anointing within1 remove them from their heavenly landmark of their eternal inheritance1 and make them blind2 and cause the blind to wander from the living way to their eternal house in the heavens1 and from the new and heavenly ,jerusalem4 ,so they are cursed1 that cause the blind to wander out of their way1 and to remove them from their heavenly landmark40 ,g4 ,f4 ,i wrote also a paper to show1 by instances from the ,scriptures1 that 8many of the holy men and prophets of ,god1 and of the apostles of ,christ1 were husbandmen and tradesmen20 by which people might see how unlike to them the world's teachers now are3-- 8,righteous ,abel was a shepherd1 #8a keeper of sheep1' ,gen4 iv4 #b4 ,noah was a husbandman2 and he was a #8just man1 and perfect in his generation1 and walked with ,god1' ,gen4 ix4 #bj2 vi4 #i4 ,abraham1 the father of the faithful1 was a husbandman1 and had great flocks of cattle2 and just ,lot was a husbandman1 and had great flocks and herds1 ,gen4 xiii4 ,isaac also was a husbandman1 and had great #8flocks and herds of cattle1 and great store of corn1' ,gen xxvi4 #ab1 #ad4 ,and the promise was with ,isaac2 for the ,lord said to ,abraham1 #8,in ,isaac shall thy seed be called1' ,gen4 xxi4 #ab4 ,jacob was a husbandman1 and his sons keepers of flocks of cattle1 ,gen4 xlvi4 #cb1 #cd1 and ,god loved ,jacob4 ,moses kept sheep1 ,exod4 iii4 #a1 and the ,lord spake to him when he was keeping sheep1 ver4 #d1 and sent him to ,pharaoh1 to bring ,god's people1 or sheep1 out of ,egypt4 ,and by the hand and power of the ,lord1 he and ,aaron his brother brought them out of ,egypt1 a land of anguish1 bondage1 darkness1 and perplexity4 ,and ,moses kept the ,lord's people1 or sheep1 forty years in the wilderness2 a meek shepherd of ,god he was1 and kept his great flock of sheep3 though some of them were scabbed with the leprosy of contention and murmuring1 and were destroyed in the wilderness4 8,david 7though he afterwards came to be a king7 was a keeper of his father's sheep in the wilderness1 #a ,sam4 xvii4 #ae1 #bh4 ,and the ,lord ,god called him from the sheepcotes to feed his sheep1 the house of ,israel1 and to defend them from the spiritual wolves1 bears1 and lions2 and he did it to purpose1 who was a man after ,god's own heart4 8,elisha was a ploughman1 #a ,kings xix4 #ai4 ,he was called from the plough1 to teach ,god's people1 the children of ,israel1 to plough up the fallow ground of their hearts1 that they might bring forth seed and fruits to ,god1 their ,creator4 8,the word of the ,lord came to ,amos1 when he was among the herdsmen of ,tekoa1 ,amos i4 #a4 ,and ,amaziah1 the priest of ,bethel1 said to ,amos1 #8,prophesy not again any more at ,bethel2 for it is the king's chapel1 and it is the king's court1' chap4 vii4 #ac4 ,then answered ,amos1 and said to ,amaziah1 #8,i was no prophet1 neither was ,i a prophet's son2 but ,i was a herdsman1 and a gatherer of sycamore-fruit2 and the ,lord took me1 as ,i followed the flock4 ,and the ,lord said unto me1 ,go1 prophesy unto my people ,israel1' ver4 #ad1 #ae4 ,here ye may see1 how the ,lord made use of a poor man1 and how he called him from following the outward flock1 and from gathering outward fruits1 to gather his fruits1 and to follow his people or flock1 the children of ,israel4 8,christ called ,peter and ,andrew his brother1 when they were fishing1 and casting their net into the sea 7for they were fishers27 #8and he said unto them1 ,follow me1 and ,i will make you fishers of men1' ,matt4 iv4 #ah1 #ai4 ,christ likewise called ,james and ,john his brother1 when they were #8in a ship1 with ,zebedee1 their father1 mending their nets2 and they immediately left the ship1 and their father1 and followed him1' ver4 #ba1 #bb4 ,he gave them power 7a net that will hold1 and not want mending71 and made them fishers of men1 to fish them out of the great sea1 the world of wickedness4 ,we read1 that when ,peter1 ,thomas1 ,nathanael1 the sons of ,zebedee1 and other disciples1 went a fishing together1 and that night caught nothing1 in the morning ,jesus appeared to them and said1 #8,cast the net on the right side of the ship1 and ye shall find2' and they did so1 and caught so great a multitude1 that they were not able to draw them to shore4 ,when thereupon one of the other disciples said unto ,peter1 #8,it is the ,lord1' ,peter hearing that it was the ,lord1 #8girded his fisher's coat unto him1' ,john xxi4 #b-g4 ,this was after ,christ was risen4 ,so here ye may see1 ,peter had not laid aside his fisher's coat all the while that he had been preaching before ,christ's death4 8#8,jesus saw ,matthew sitting at the receipt of custom1 and he said unto him1 ,follow me2 and he arose and followed him1' ,matt4 ix4 #i4 ,and ,christ employed ,matthew to gather his people1 that were scattered from ,god2 another manner of treasure than the outward custom of the ,romans4 ,luke was a physician1 whom ,christ made a physician spiritual2 which was better than outward4 8,paul was a tent-maker2 and being one of the same craft with ,aquila and ,priscilla1 he abode with them at ,corinth1 and wrought 7for by their occupation they were tent-makers71 ,acts xviii4 #c40 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #ast ,month1 #afhh-i4 ,it was now a time of much talk2 and people busied their minds and spent their time too much in hearing and telling news4 ,to show them the vanity thereof1 and to draw them from it1 ,i wrote the following lines3-- 8,in the low region1 in the airy life1 all news is uncertain2 there nothing is stable2 but in the higher region1 in the kingdom of ,christ1 there all things are stable and sure1 and the news always good and certain4 ,for ,christ1 who hath all power in heaven and in earth given unto him1 ruleth in the kingdoms of men2 and he1 who doth inherit the heathen1 and possess the utmost parts of the earth with his divine power and light1 rules all nations with his rod of iron1 and dashes them to pieces like a potter's vessel1 the vessels of dishonour1 and the leaky vessels1 that will not hold his living water2 and he doth preserve his elect vessels of mercy and honour4 ,his power is certain1 and changes not1 by which he removes the mountains and hills1 and shakes the heavens and the earth4 ,leaky1 dishonourable vessels1 the hills and mountains1 and the old heavens and the earth1 are all to be shaken1 and removed1 and broken to pieces1 though they do not see it1 nor him that doth it2 but his elect and faithful both see it and know him1 and his power1 that cannot be shaken1 and which changeth not40 ,g4,f4 ,the #eth of #ast ,month1 #afhh-i4 ,about the middle of the first month1 #afhh-i1 ,i went to ,,london1 the parliament then sitting1 and engaged about the bill for indulgence4 ,though ,i was weak in body1 and not well able to stir about1 yet so great a concern was upon my spirit on behalf of truth and ,friends1 that ,i attended continually for many days1 with other ,friends1 at the parliament-house1 labouring with the members1 that the thing might be done comprehensively and effectually4 ,in this1 and other services1 ,i continued till towards the end of the second month1 when1 being much spent with continual labour1 ,i got out of town for a little while as far as ,,southgate and thereabouts4 ,while ,i was there ,i wrote a letter to ,peter ,hendricks1 a ,friend at ,amsterdam1 in which ,i enclosed an epistle to the ,friends at ,dantzic1 who at this time were under great persecution4 ,and as ,i wrote to encourage and strengthen them in their testimony1 and comfort them in their sufferings for the truth1 so also ,i wrote a paper to their persecutors1 the magistrates of ,dantzic1 laying before them the evil of persecution1 and persuading them to ,christian moderation1 and 8to do unto others in matters of religion as they would be done unto40 ,which papers were as follows3-- 8,to ,peter ,hendricks at ,amsterdam1 and to ,friends at ,dantzic who are under persecution4 8,,dear ,,friend ,p4 ,h4 8,with my love to thee and thy wife1 ,j4 ,claus1 and ,j4 ,roeloffs1 and all the rest of ,friends everywhere in ,christ ,jesus1 who reigns over all4 ,i am glad to hear that ,friends are well everywhere1 except at ,dantzic2 and that you were so diligent in spreading my papers to the strengthening of ,friends4 ,i have lately printed the life of ,william ,caton1 but have not made a collection of his books4 ,i think to send some of them to you1 which you may translate and print1 if you will2 they may be serviceable among ,friends1 especially them that knew him4#fc 8,concerning the dear ,friends at ,dantzic1 whom the ,lord hath supported by his eternal arm and power to this day2 ,i hope by the same arm and power he will support them1 and in it they will feel his blessed presence with them in all their sufferings2 who is over the cruelty of their persecutors1 who will hardly let them breathe outwardly or inwardly in the common air of their native soil4 ,which shows both their immorality1 inhumanity1 and unchristianity1 and that they want the counsel of a ,gamaliel amongst them2 whose actions are below the law of ,god1 to #8do unto others as they would have others to do unto them3' ,god will not bless the doings of such4 ,i desire1 however1 that ,friends may mind the ,lord's power1 that is over all2 be valiant for his truth1 and keep upon their rock and foundation1 ,christ ,jesus1 that stands sure in this time of the heat of persecution1 which is so hot upon you1 that they will not suffer you to have so much as your houses to work and sleep in1 nor to meet1 nor serve ,god in4 ,the ,lord beholds all such actors and their actions4 ,therefore look over all to ,him1 who is able to deal with them and reward them according to their works4 ,god ,almighty preserve you all in ,christ ,jesus1 in whom you have rest1 life1 and peace4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,southgate1 the #bhth of the #bnd ,month1 #afhi4 8,to the ,magistrates of ,dantzic3--,christian ,shroder1 ,president of the ,council1 and ,emanuel ,dilger1 ,n4 ,gadecken1 and ,n4 ,fraterus1 ,deputies of the ,council1 and the rest of the ,magistrates and ,priests4 8,we have seen your order1 and your breathing out persecution against that little flock1 the lambs of ,christ1 that live under your jurisdiction in the city of ,dantzic2 and that you have imprisoned and banished two by the hangman out of the government of your city2 and others you threatened to do the same to1 with great punishment1 if they return4 ,likewise you threaten those with punishment they rent their houses of1 if they let them have them either to live in1 or meet in to serve and worship the ,lord that made them4 ,truly ,i am heartily sorry for both your magistrates and priests1 that go under the name of ,christians1 and show such immoral1 inhuman1 and unchristian actions1 below the royal law of ,god1 which is1 to #8do to others as you would have them do unto you4' ,for would you think it was moral1 human1 or ,christian1 or according to the law of ,god1 if the king of ,poland1 who is of another religion than you1 should banish you out of your city by the hangman and call you murderers of souls8 ,could you say1 but this was according to the law of ,god1 #8to do unto you as you have done unto others8' 8,but if you say that you have the sword1 the horn1 and the power2 blessed be the ,lord that hath shortened your sword1 your power1 and your horn1 that it reaches no further than your jurisdiction at ,dantzic2 and you do not know how long ,god may suffer you to have your horn1 your power and your sword4 ,we are sure you have not the mind1 nor the ,spirit of ,christ2 and the apostle saith1 #8,they that have not the ,spirit of ,christ are none of his1' ,rom4 viii4 ,and ,christ bids ,peter #8put up his sword3' they that draw the sword concerning him1 to defend him and his worship and faith1 should perish with the sword4 ,peter and the apostles never drew the outward sword after2 but said their weapons were spiritual1 not carnal2 and they did not wrestle with flesh and blood4 ,christ never gave any such command1 that they should banish any by the hangmen that were not of their religion1 and would not receive it4 8,are not you worse than the ,turks1 who let many religions be in their country1 yea1 ,christians1 and to meet peaceably8 ,yea1 the ,turkish patroons let our ,friends that were captives meet together at ,algiers1 and said1 #8it was good so to do4' ,you are worse than those barbarous people at ,sallee who do not profess ,christianity1 for you profess ,christ in words1 but in works deny him4 ,and did you ever find1 either in ,scripture or history1 that any persecutors prospered long8 ,you are worse than they are in the ,mogul's country1 who1 they say1 permits sixty religions in his dominions3 and many others might be mentioned1 all of whom you exceed in your cruelty and persecution of ,god's people1 only for meeting together in the name of ,jesus1 and serving and worshipping ,god1 their ,creator4 ,no1 they must not breathe their natural air1 neither natural nor spiritual1 in your dominions4 ,i pray1 where had you these commands from8 ,neither from ,christ nor his apostles4 ,do not you profess the ,scriptures of the ,new ,testament to be your rule8 ,but1 ,i pray you1 what ,scripture have you for this practice8 ,it is good for you to be humble1 to do justly1 and love mercy2 call home your banished ones1 and love and cherish them3 yea1 though they were your enemies1 you are to obey the command of ,christ1 and love them4 ,i wonder how you and your wives and families can sleep quietly in your beds1 that do such cruel actions1 without thinking the #8,lord may do to you the same6' ,you cannot be without sense and feeling1 except you be given over to reprobation1 and your consciences seared with a hot iron4 ,but ,christian charity hopes that you are not all in that state2 but that there may be some relenting or consideration of your actions among some of you1 either according to the law of ,god1 or his gospel4 8,from him that desires your temporal and eternal good and salvation1 and not destruction4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,middlesex1 the #bhth of the #bnd ,month1 #afhi4 8,peter1 thou mayest translate this into high ,dutch1 and send them2 and you may print it1 if you will1 and send it abroad2 and translate that part of the letter that is to ,friends into high ,dutch1 and send it to them40 ,having stayed in the country about three weeks1 ,i returned to ,,london a little before the ,yearly ,meeting1 which was in the third month this year1 and was a very solemn1 weighty meeting2 the ,lord1 as formerly1 visiting his people1 and honouring the assembly with his glorious presence1 to the great satisfaction and comfort of ,friends4 ,after the business was over1 it was upon me to add a few lines to the ,epistle which went from the meeting to ,friends1 after this manner3-- 8,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren1 8,who have known the ,lord's eternal arm and power1 that hath preserved you upon the heavenly rock and foundation1 and hath built your house upon it2 you have known many winds1 tempests1 and storms1 that have risen out of that sea where the beast rose2 and many raging storms that have risen by apostates of several sorts2 but the ,seed that bruises the serpent's head1 and is the foundation of ,god's people1 stands sure4 ,dear ,friends and brethren1 though there be great shakings in the world1 the ,lord's power is over all1 and his kingdom cannot be shaken4 ,therefore all ye children of ,god1 children of the light1 and heirs of his kingdom1 a joyful1 peaceable habitation keep in2 keeping out of all the contentions and disputes about things below4 ,lay hand on no man1 nor nothing suddenly1 lest they should be puffed up with that which fades1 and so come to loss3 but mind the ,lord's power1 that keeps open your heavenly eye1 to see things present and to come2 and in that ye will see and handle the word of life4 8,dear ,friends everywhere1 have power over your own spirits4 ,as ,god hath blessed you with his outward things1 have a care of trusting in them1 or falling into difference one with another about these outward things that are below1 which will pass away4 ,but all live in the love of ,god1 and in that live in peace with ,god1 and one with another4 ,follow the works of charity1 and overcome evil with good to all2 for what good have all the tinklers done1 with their cymbals and sounding brass8 ,they always bred confusion1 and never did good in any age2 tinkling with their cymbals1 and sounding with their brass1 to draw out the simple to follow them4 ,therefore1 it is good for all the children of ,god to keep in their possession of life1 and in the love of ,god1 that is everlasting4 8,as for all the tumults of the world1 and the apostates from the truth1 the ,lord's power is over them all1 and ,christ reigns2 and the ,lord saith1 #8,no weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper1' ,isa4 liv4 #ag4 ,now1 ,friends1 you are not insensible how many weapons have been formed against us1 who are the sons and daughters of ,god2 and the ,lord hath restrained them according to his promise2 they have not prospered4 ,the ,lord said1 #8,every tongue that shall rise up in judgment against thee1 thou shalt condemn3' so ,god hath given such a power to his children1 to condemn all the tongues that shall rise up in judgment against them1 and this is the heritage of the servants of the ,lord2 #8their righteousness is of me1 saith the ,lord4' ,you are not insensible of the many tongues that have risen up against us in judgment1 yea1 of apostates and profane4 ,but in and with the truth1 the power of ,god1 according to the promise of ,god1 #8,every tongue that riseth against thee1 thou shalt condemn4' ,it is not one tongue only thou shalt condemn1 but #8every tongue that shall rise up in judgment against thee1 thou shalt condemn4' ,the ,lord giveth this power to his servants and children1 to judge the evil tongues2 and he doth restrain the weapons formed against them1 so that they shall not prosper against his children that he hath begotten4 ,praises and honour be to his holy name for ever6 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,soon after this1 the ,yearly ,meeting began at ,york2 which because of the largeness of that county1 and for the conveniency of ,friends in the northern parts1 had for some years been held there4 ,and inasmuch as there had been some hurt done in that place1 by some that were gone out of the unity of ,friends1 it was upon me to write a few lines to that meeting1 8to exhort them to keep in the pure1 heavenly love1 which brings into1 and keeps in1 the true unity40 ,which was thus3-- 8,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren ,,in ,,christ ,,jesus1 8,whom the ,lord by his eternal arm and power hath preserved to this day1 all walk in the power and ,spirit of ,god1 that is over all1 in love and unity2 for love overcomes1 builds up1 and unites all the members of ,christ to him the ,head4 ,love keeps out of all strife1 and is of ,god4 ,love1 or charity1 never fails1 but keeps the mind above all outward things1 and strife about outward things4 ,it overcomes evil1 and casts out all false fears4 ,it is of ,god1 and unites all the hearts of his people together in the heavenly joy1 concord1 and unity4 ,the ,god of love preserve you all1 and establish you in ,christ ,jesus1 your life and salvation1 in whom ye have all peace with ,god4 ,so walk in him1 that ye may be ordered in his peaceable1 heavenly wisdom1 to the glory of ,god1 and the comfort one of another4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #bgth of the #crd ,month1 #afhi4 ,being much wearied and spent with many large meetings1 and much business with ,friends1 during the time of the ,yearly ,meeting1 and finding my health much impaired thereby1 ,i went out of town with my daughter ,rous1 to their country-house near ,,kingston1 and tarried there most of the remaining part of the summer4 ,in which time ,i sometimes visited ,friends at ,kingston1 and wrote divers things for the service of truth and ,friends4 ,one was an epistle to ,friends in ,barbadoes2 as follows3-- 8,to all ,friends in ,barbadoes1 that are convinced of ,god's truth40 8,my desires are that ye may live and walk in his peaceable truth1 and show forth that ye are children of the light and of the truth2 for the heavenly1 gentle1 and peaceable wisdom is justified of her children4 ,but debate1 strife1 wilfulness1 and laying open one another's nakedness and weakness1 is not the practice of heavenly wisdom's children 7but of ,ham's17 nor from the ,spirit of ,christ2 neither such as bite and tear one another2 that is from a devouring spirit1 not from the ,spirit of ,jesus1 which covers that which is uncomely1 and can forgive4 8,now1 my ,friends1 you profess that truth which is beyond all the world's ways2 therefore see that you excel them in the heavenly1 gentle wisdom1 that is easy to be entreated2 for the wisdom of the world is not easy to be entreated2 and sometimes will not be entreated at all4 ,pray see you excel the world in wisdom1 in virtue1 in kindness1 in love that is over hatred1 in meekness and humility1 in sobriety1 civility1 and modesty1 in temperance and patience1 and in all morality and humanity1 which will not act anything below men or unmanly4 ,show forth true ,christianity1 and that ye are the converted and translated believers in ,christ1 dwelling in the love of ,god1 that beareth all things1 endureth all things1 is not puffed up1 and envies not4 ,for they that are out of this love of ,god and ,christian charity1 are nothing1 but as a tinkling cymbal and as sounding brass1 and are discontented1 murmurers1 and complainers1 full of doubts1 questions1 and false jealousies4 ,keep that spirit out of the camp of ,god2 for do not you read in the ,scriptures1 both of the ,new and ,old ,testament1 that the end of such was misery8 ,therefore1 in the love of ,god1 build up one another2 for love edifies the body of ,christ1 and he commands his believers to love enemies1 and to love one another2 by this they are known to be the disciples of ,christ4 ,but to live in envy1 strife1 and hatred1 is a mark they are no disciples of ,christ2 #8,for he that loveth not his brother1 abides in death2 and whosoever hates his brother1 is a murderer3 and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him4 ,but they that love the brethren1 are passed from death to life1' #a ,john iii4 #ad1 #ae4 ,and1 #8if a man say1 ,i love ,god1 and hateth his brother1 he is a liar3 for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen1 how can he love ,god whom he hath not seen8 ,and this commandment have we from ,god1 that he who loveth ,god1 love his brother also1' chap4 iv4 #bj1 #ba4 #8,therefore1 love one another2' for love is of ,god1 and hatred is of the devil2 and every one that loveth is born of ,god1 and knows ,god4 ,all are children of ,god by creation2 therefore in that state they are to love their neighbours as themselves2 and to do unto all men as they would have them do unto them4 8,secondly1 ,god poureth his ,spirit upon all flesh 7or all men and women27 all that are led by the ,spirit of ,god are the sons of ,god1 heirs of ,god1 and joint-heirs with ,christ2 and are in fellowship in the everlasting gospel2 and in unity in the ,spirit1 the bond of peace4 ,they that go out of this unity1 out of the bond of peace1 and do not keep it1 break the ,king of king's peace2 but they that keep in the unity1 and fellowship in the ,spirit1 and walk in the light1 have fellowship one with another1 and with the ,father and the ,son4 ,it is not everyone that talks of the light1 of the word1 of righteousness1 of ,christ1 and of ,god1 but he that #8doeth the will of ,god4' ,therefore1 my ,friends1 strive to excel one another in love1 in virtue1 in good life and conversation2 and strive all to be of one mind1 heart1 and judgment in the ,spirit of ,god2 for in ,christ all are one1 and are in peace with him4 ,the ,lord ,god ,almighty preserve you in him1 your rock and foundation1 that is heavenly and stands sure2 that ye may be valiant for the truth upon earth1 for the ,lord and his glorious name2 that ye may all serve him in your generation1 and in his new creation in ,christ ,jesus4 ,amen4 8,and now1 that you are come into so much favour with the magistrates and powers1 that they let you serve the office of constable1 c41 without swearing or taking any oaths1 hereby ,christ's doctrine and command1 and his apostle's is set up4 ,therefore1 ,i desire1 that you may double your diligence in your offices1 in doing that which is just1 and true1 and righteous2 so that ye may excel and exceed all that are tied or bound by oaths to perform their offices2 and you can do it upon your ,yea and ,nay2 so say1 and so do2 according to ,christ's doctrine and command4 ,for ,adam and ,eve1 by disobeying the command of ,god1 fell under condemnation2 and they that disobey the command of ,christ1 in taking oaths and swearing1 go into evil and fall into condemnation1 ,matt4 v42 ,james v4 ,my love in the ,lord is to you all40 ,g4,f4 ,kingston-upon-,thames1 the #ajth of the #eth ,month1 #afhi4 ,i stayed at ,kingston till the beginning of the seventh month1 where not only ,friends came to visit me1 but some considerable people of the world1 with whom ,i discoursed about the things of ,god4 ,then leaving ,kingston1 ,i went to ,,london by water1 visiting ,friends as ,i went1 and taking ,,hammersmith meeting in my way4 ,having recovered some strength by being in the country1 when ,i was come to ,,london1 ,i went from meeting to meeting1 labouring diligently in the work of the ,lord1 and opening the divine mysteries of the heavenly things1 as ,god by his ,spirit opened them in me4 ,but ,i found my body would not long bear the city2 wherefore1 when ,i had travelled amongst ,friends there about a month1 ,i went to ,,tottenham-,,high-,,cross1 and thence to ,edward ,mann's country-house near ,,winchmore-,,hill1 and to ,,enfield1 spending three weeks among ,friends thereabouts2 and had meetings at all those places4 ,then1 being a little refreshed with being in the country1 ,i went back to ,,london2 where ,i tarried1 labouring in the work of the ministry1 till the middle of the ninth month2 at which time ,i went down with my son ,mead to his house in ,,essex1 and abode there all the winter4 ,during which ,i stirred not much abroad1 unless it were sometimes to the meeting1 to which that family belonged1 which was about half-a-mile from thence2 but ,i had meetings often in the house with the family1 and those ,friends that came thither4 ,many things also ,i wrote1 while ,i was there2 some of which follow4 ,one was an epistle to the quarterly and yearly meetings of ,friends in ,pennsylvania1 ,new ,england1 ,virginia1 ,maryland1 the ,jerseys1 ,carolina and other plantations in ,america4 ,which was thus3-- 8,,my ,,dear ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren ,,in ,,the ,,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 8,who1 by believing in his light1 are become children of his light and of his day2 my desires are1 that you may all walk in the light and in the day1 and keep the feast of ,christ our passover1 who is sacrificed for us1 not with old leaven1 neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness2 but let all that be purged out1 that ye may be a new lump1 keeping the feast of ,christ our passover1 with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth4 ,let no leavened bread be found in your houses1 nor in your meetings1 nor in the camp of ,god1 or household of faith1 which are the household of ,christ2 but all that old leaven1 which makes people's hearts sour1 and burn one against another1 must be purged out of the camp of ,god1 and kept out4 ,for the feast of ,christ our passover1 must be kept in the ,new ,covenant1 with his heavenly unleavened bread of life4 ,the ,jews' feast in the ,old ,testament was kept with outward1 unleavened bread2 and now in the ,new ,testament1 in the gospel day1 our feast is to be kept with the heavenly1 unleavened bread of sincerity and truth4 8,therefore1 ,friends1 ,i desire you seriously to consider and to keep this feast1 which the apostle directed the church of ,christ to keep4 ,do you not see ,christendom1 so called1 keep their feasts with the leavened bread of malice and wickedness8 which makes them so sour1 and their hearts so burn one against another1 that they have destroyed1 or do destroy one another about religion4 ,therefore1 all live in the love of ,god1 which keeps above the love of the world1 so that none of your hearts may be choked or surfeited with these outward things1 or with the cares of the world1 which will pass away2 but mind ye the world and the life that is without end1 that ye may be heirs of it4 8,and ,friends1 you should strive to excel all1 both professor and profane1 in morality1 humanity1 and ,christianity1 modesty1 sobriety1 and moderation1 and in a good1 godly1 righteous life and conversation1 showing forth the fruits of the ,spirit1 and that you are the children of the living ,god1 children of the light1 and of the day1 and not of the night4 ,and serve ,god in newness of life2 for it is the life1 and a living and walking in the truth1 that must answer the witness of ,god in all people2 that #8they1 seeing your good works1 may glorify our ,father1 which is in heaven4' ,therefore1 be valiant for ,god's holy1 pure truth1 and spread it abroad1 among both professors and profane1 and the ,indians4 8,and you should write over once a year1 from all your yearly meetings to the yearly meeting here1 concerning your diligence in the truth1 and of its spreading1 and of people's receiving it1 both professors and profane1 and the ,indians2 and concerning the peace of the church of ,christ amongst yourselves4 ,for1 blessed be the ,lord1 truth gains ground in these parts1 and many are made very loving to ,friends1 and the ,lord's power and seed is over all2 in which ,god ,almighty keep all his people to his glory4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #bhth of the #aath ,month1 #afhi4 ,while ,i was in the city1 ,i had a concern upon my spirit with respect to a twofold danger that attended some who professed truth3 one was of young people's running into the fashions of the world2 and the other was of old people's going into earthly things4 ,and that concern coming now again weightily upon me1 ,i was moved to give forth the following paper1 as a reproof to such1 and an exhortation and warning to all ,friends to beware of1 and keep out of those snares3-- 8,to all that profess the ,truth of ,god40 8,my desires are1 that you may walk in humility in it4 ,for when the ,lord first called me forth1 he let me see1 that young people grew up together in vanity and the fashions of the world2 and old people went downwards into the earth1 raking it together2 and to both these ,i was to be a stranger4 ,and now1 ,friends1 ,i see too many young people that profess the truth1 grow up into the fashions of the world1 and too many parents indulge them2 and amongst the elder1 some are going downwards1 and raking after the earth4 ,therefore take heed1 that you are not making your graves1 while you are alive outwardly1 and loading yourselves with thick clay 7,hab4 ii4 #f74 ,for if you have not power over the earthly spirit1 and that which leadeth into a vain mind1 and the fashions of the world1 and into the earth1 though you have often had the rain fall upon your fields1 you will but bring forth thistles1 briars1 and thorns1 which are for the fire4 ,such will become brittle1 peevish1 fretful spirits1 that will not abide the heavenly doctrine1 the admonitions1 exhortations1 and reproofs of the ,holy ,ghost1 or heavenly ,spirit of ,god2 which would bring you to be conformable to the death of ,christ1 and to his image1 that ye might have fellowship with him in his resurrection4 ,therefore it is good for all to bow to the name of ,jesus1 their ,saviour1 that all may confess him to the glory of ,god1 the ,father4 8,for ,i have had a concern upon me1 in a sense of the danger of young people's going into the fashions of the world1 and old people's going into earthly things1 and many going into a loose and false liberty1 till at last they go quite out into the spirit of the world1 as some have done4 ,the house of such hath been built upon the sand of the sea-shore1 not upon ,christ1 the ,rock1 that they are so soon in the world again1 under a pretence of liberty of conscience4 ,but it is not a pure conscience1 nor in the ,spirit of ,god1 nor in ,christ ,jesus2 for in the liberty in the ,spirit there is the unity1 which is the bond of peace2 and all are one in ,christ ,jesus1 in whom is the true liberty3 and this is not of the world2 for ,he is not of the world4 ,therefore all are to stand fast in ,him1 as they have received ,him2 for in ,him there is peace1 who is the ,prince of ,peace2 but in the world there is trouble4 ,for the spirit of the world is a troublesome spirit2 but the ,spirit of ,christ is a peaceable ,spirit2 in which ,god ,almighty preserve all the faithful4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #ast of the #bnd ,month1 #afij4 ,another paper ,i wrote while ,i was here1 8concerning the ,ensign1 which ,isaiah prophesied the ,lord should set up for the ,gentiles10 which ,i showed was ,christ4 ,of which follows a copy3-- 8,the ,lord saith1 #8,they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain2 for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the ,lord1 as the waters cover the sea1' ,isa4 xi4 #i4 #8,and in that day there shall be a root of ,jesse1 which shall stand for an ,ensign of the people2 to it shall the ,gentiles seek1 and his rest shall be glorious1' ver4 #aj4 #8,and he shall reign over the ,gentiles1 and in him shall the ,gentiles trust1' ,rom4 xv4 #ab4 ,this ,ensign is ,christ1 who was prophesied of by the prophet2 which prophecy the apostle1 who was a minister to the ,gentiles1 showeth was fulfilled in the ,new ,testament4 ,and in this day of ,christ1 ,isaiah saith1 #8,the ,lord shall set his hand again the second time1 to recover the remnant of his people1 which shall be left1 from ,assyria and from ,egypt1' c4 #8,and he shall set up an ,ensign for the nations1 and shall assemble the outcasts of ,israel1 and gather together the dispersed of ,judah from the four corners of the earth1' ver4 #aa1 #ab4 ,this is in the day of ,christ1 and his gospel of life and salvation1 which is preached to every creature under heaven2 who #8enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world1' both ,jews and ,gentiles2 that by his heavenly1 divine light1 they may see ,christ1 their ,ensign1 and ,captain of their salvation2 so ,christ is one ,ensign both to the ,jews and ,gentiles4 8,isaiah saith1 #8,the ,redeemer shall come to ,sion1' c41 ,isa4 lix4 #bj4 ,and1 #8,this is my covenant with them1 saith the ,lord1 my ,spirit1 that is upon thee 7to wit1 ,christ71 and my words1 which ,i have put in thy mouth1 shall not depart out of thy mouth1 nor out of the mouth of thy seed1 nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed1 saith the ,lord1 from henceforth and for ever1' ver4 #ba4 #8,arise1 shine1 for thy light is come1 and the glory of the ,lord is risen upon thee1' chap4 lx4 #a4 #8,and the ,gentiles shall come to thy light1' ver4 #c4 #8,and the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee1' ver4 #e 7the sea is the world74 #8,the ,lord shall be thy everlasting light1' ver4 #bj4 ,and1 #8,thou shalt call thy walls1 ,salvation1 and thy gates1 ,praise1' ver4 #ah4 ,and the ,lord saith1 #8,i will make the place of my feet glorious1' ver4 #ac4 #8,heaven is his throne1 and the earth is his footstool1' chap4 lxvi4 #a4 #8,and he that puts his trust in me1 saith the ,lord1 shall possess the land1 and shall inherit my holy mountain1' chap4 lvii4 #ac4 ,which mountain is established above all the mountains and hills1 ,isa4 ii4 #b4 ,the ,lord saith 7speaking of ,christ71 #8,i have put my spirit upon him1 he shall bring forth judgment to the ,gentiles1' ,isa xlii4 #a4 ,and he saith of him1 #8,i will give thee for a covenant of the people1 for a light of the ,gentiles2 to open the blind eyes1 to bring out the prisoners from the prison1 and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house4 ,i am the ,lord1 that is my name1 and my glory will ,i not give to another1 neither my praise to graven images1' ver4 #f-h4 ,so ,christ the ,light is come1 and the glory of the ,lord is risen2 and the ,gentiles are come to the ,light of ,christ4 ,this prophecy of ,isaiah concerning ,christ1 many of the ,gentiles witness fulfilled1 that #8,salvation is come to the ,gentiles1' ,rom4 xi4 #aa4 ,god gave his glory to his ,son2 and ,christ saith1 #8,the glory which thou gavest me1 ,i have given them 7namely1 his believers and followers71 that they may be one1 even as we are one1' ,john xvii4 #bb4 8,now here you may see1 the promises and prophecies are fulfilled in ,christ ,jesus1 whom ,god hath given for an ,ensign both to the ,jews and ,gentiles1 and the ,captain of their salvation2 and he doth enlighten every one that cometh into the world2 that with his heavenly1 divine light1 they might see ,christ1 the ,lord from heaven1 their ,captain and ,ensign1 and trust in ,him1 their ,conqueror1 who bruises the serpent's head1 and destroys the devil and his works2 and ,christ and his followers overcome the dragon1 beast1 and false prophet4 ,therefore all ,jews1 ,gentiles1 and ,christians1 that come to believe in ,christ1 are to stand to their ,ensign1 ,christ2 who is also the ,captain of their salvation1 above all ensigns and captains below2 for he is from above2 therefore all are to trust in him2 for he is certain and able to save to the utmost1 c4 ,he is the same ,ensign and ,captain to-day that he was yesterday1 and so for ever1 the ,first and the ,last1 the ,beginning and the ,ending1 the ,lord of all lords1 and ,king of all kings upon the earth2 and there is nothing certain to be trusted in below ,christ ,jesus1 who is from above4 8,you see in the ,scriptures there were many ways and religions among the heathen1 as there were many sects among the ,jews when ,christ came2 and now there are many sects or religions among the ,christians1 who believe from the ,scriptures that #8he is come1' as the ,jews believed #8he was to come4' ,but they that close their eyes1 and stop their ears to the ,light of ,christ1 are not likely to see ,christ1 who hath enlightened them1 to be their ,ensign and the ,captain of their salvation1 that see not with the heavenly eye1 nor hear with the heavenly ear1 to see and hear their heavenly ,ensign and ,captain of their salvation1 to convert and heal them2 that they might follow him1 and be of his holy camp1 his heavenly soldiers1 to whom he gives spiritual arms and armour1 the helmet of salvation1 the breastplate of righteousness1 the armour of light1 and the shield of faith 7which will quench all the fiery darts of ,satan1 and give victory71 and the sword of the ,spirit1 the ,word of ,god1 which shall cut1 hammer down1 and burn up all the strongholds of ,satan4 ,also he clothed his soldiers with fine linen1 white and clean1 his righteousness1 and shoeth them with the everlasting gospel of peace1 the power of ,god2 which clothes and shoes will never wax old4 ,and all that are shod with the everlasting gospel1 the power of ,god1 will never wax old1 but will stand all storms and tempests in the world4 ,they that are shod with the gospel1 the power of ,god1 can in it tread upon serpents1 vipers1 and scorpions1 and all the venomous beasts upon the earth1 and all the thorns1 briars1 brambles1 thistles1 and sharp rocks and mountains1 and never be hurt1 nor ever wear out their shoes2 but their feet are always beautiful upon the mountains4 ,moses1 a captain1 the servant of the ,lord1 said unto the people of ,israel1 #8,i have led you forty years in the wilderness2 your clothes are not waxen old upon you1 and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot1' ,deut4 xxix4 #e4 ,here ye may see the ,jews in the ,old ,testament1 their clothes and their shoes did not wax old2 so they who are ,christ's followers1 whom he shoeth with his everlasting gospel of peace1 clothes with his fine linen1 his righteousness1 and arms with his arms and armour1 are clothed1 shod1 and armed1 with that which will never decay1 or wax old1 never canker1 or rust1 corrupt1 or grow blunt4 8,now1 all 7whether ,christians1 or ,jews1 or ,gentiles7 that hate the ,light of ,christ1 and close their eyes and stop their ears to it1 are not likely to see ,christ1 their ,ensign1 and ,captain of their salvation2 but are blind4 ,as no outward captain would enlist a company of blind and deaf men1 and clothe and arm them with outward armour2 so such as are blind and deaf1 whose eyes are closed1 and ears stopped to the heavenly ,light of ,christ1 he is not likely to clothe them with his fine linen1 and arm them with his heavenly and spiritual armour2 neither are they like to be heavenly and spiritually disciplined1 to see and know his holy1 spiritual1 living camp1 nor to follow him1 while they are deaf and blind1 and hate his ,light1 which is the ,life in ,christ4 ,for it is the ,light that shines in the heart1 which gives the knowledge of the glory of ,god in the face of ,christ ,jesus2 who is the ,ensign and ,captain of men's salvation1 and who hath brought1 and doth bring many sons unto glory2 praises1 honour1 and glory be unto the ,lord over all1 who liveth for ever4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,gooses1 the #adth of the #bnd ,month1 #afij4 ,a week after this ,i returned to ,,london2 and after a little stay there went to visit ,friends at ,,kingston1 where ,i stayed not long2 but came back to ,,london1 and remained there in the ,lord's work till after the ,yearly ,meeting1 which was in the fourth month this year2 in which the wonted goodness of the ,lord was witnessed1 his blessed presence enjoyed1 and his heavenly power livingly felt1 opening the hearts of his people unto him1 and his divine treasures of life and wisdom in and unto them2 whereby many useful and necessary things1 relating to the safety of ,friends and to the honour and prosperity of truth1 were weightily treated of1 and unanimously concluded4 ,after the meeting ,i wrote the following paper to ,friends1 to be added to the epistle which from the ,yearly ,meeting was sent into the several counties3-- 8,all ,friends everywhere1 that are alive to ,god through ,jesus ,christ1 and are living members of ,christ1 the holy ,head1 be still2 and stand still in the ,lord's camp of holiness and righteousness2 and therein see the salvation of ,god1 and your eternal life1 rest1 and peace4 ,in it you may feel and see the ,lord's power is over all2 and how the ,lord is at work in his power1 ruling the nations with his rod of iron1 and breaking 7in the nations7 the old leaky vessels and cisterns to pieces1 like the potter's vessels1 that will not hold his living water2 who are erred from his ,spirit4 8,but blessed be the ,lord ,god of heaven and earth1 who1 by his eternal arm and power hath settled all his people upon the living1 holy rock and foundation1 that stands sure2 whom he hath drawn by his ,spirit to his ,son1 and gathered into the name of ,jesus ,christ1 his only begotten ,son1 full of grace and truth2 who hath all power in heaven and in earth given to him2 whose name is above every name under the whole heaven2 and all his living members know there is no salvation given by any other name than by the name of ,jesus4 ,he1 their salvation and their living head1 is felt in the midst of them in his light1 life1 ,spirit1 grace1 and truth1 and his word of patience1 wisdom1 and power2 who is his people's prophet1 that ,god hath raised up in his ,new ,testament and ,covenant1 to open to them2 and their living ,shepherd1 that hath purchased1 redeemed1 and bought them with his precious blood4 8,christ1 the living ,one1 feeds his living sheep in his pastures of life1 and they know their living ,shepherd's voice with his living bread and water1 and follow him2 and will not follow any of the world's hirelings1 nor thieves1 nor robbers1 nor climbers1 that are without ,christ1 the door4 ,christ's living children likewise know him1 the bishop of their souls1 to oversee them with his heavenly and spiritual eye1 that they may be preserved in his fold of life1 and go no more forth4 ,they also know ,christ1 their holy priest1 that by the grace of ,god tasted death for them1 and for every man1 and is a propitiation for their sins2 and not for theirs only1 but for the sins of the whole world3 and by the one offering up of himself he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified4 8,such a ,high-priest becomes ,christ's sheep in his ,new ,covenant and ,testament1 who is holy1 harmless1 and separate from sinners1 and is made higher than the heavens2 who is not made a priest after the order of ,aaron1 with his tithes1 offerings1 c41 but makes an end of all those things1 having abolished them2 and is made a ,high-priest after the power of an endless life1 who ever liveth to make intercession for his people3 and is able to save to the uttermost all that come to ,god through him4 ,he is the one holy ,mediator between ,god and man2 who sanctifies his people1 his church1 that he is head of1 and presents them to ,god without spot1 or wrinkle1 or blemish1 or any such thing2 and makes them a holy1 royal priesthood1 to offer up spiritual1 holy sacrifices1 acceptable to ,god by ,jesus ,christ1 who is ,king of all kings1 and ,lord of all lords in the earth2 so a holy1 heavenly ,king1 who hath all power in heaven and in earth given to him2 and rules in all the hearts of his sheep and lambs1 by his holy1 divine1 precious faith1 that is held in all the pure consciences of his people3 of which holy faith ,christ1 the holy ,one1 is the author and finisher4 ,by this holy faith all the just live3 in which divine and precious faith all the just and holy ones have unity2 by it they quench all the fiery darts of ,satan1 have access to the pure ,god1 and in it please him4 8,christ1 who is set on the right hand of the throne of the ,majesty in heaven1 in his ,new ,testament and ,new ,covenant1 is the minister of the sanctuary and true tabernacle which the ,lord hath pitched1 and not man4 ,therefore all the lambs and sheep of ,christ must feel this holy ,minister in their temple and sanctuary1 who ministers spiritual1 holy1 and heavenly things to them in their sanctuary and tabernacle4 ,for all the tabernacles and sanctuaries that are built or pitched by man1 men make ministers for them2 and such ministers are of men and by men1 with their worldly sanctuaries and tabernacles of men's pitching1 by men's hands4 8,and now1 dear ,friends and brethren everywhere that are of the flock of ,christ2 ,christ our passover is sacrificed for us4 ,therefore let us all keep this heavenly feast of our passover in his ,new ,testament and ,covenant1 not with old leaven1 neither of malice nor wickedness2 but let all that be purged out1 with the sour1 old leavened bread1 that all may become a new lump2 and so keep this heavenly feast of ,christ1 our heavenly ,passover1 with the unleavened bread 7mark1 with the unleavened bread7 of sincerity and truth4 ,my desires are1 that all the flock of ,christ everywhere may keep this heavenly feast of ,christ1 our heavenly passover1 with his heavenly1 unleavened bread of sincerity and truth4 ,amen40 ,g4,f4 ,i stayed in town three weeks or a month after the ,yearly ,meeting2 and then went to ,,tottenham-,,high-,,cross1 where was a meeting on ,first-day1 which ,i was at2 and then went to ,edward ,mann's house1 at ,,ford-,,green1 near ,winchmore-,hill2 and on the ,first-day following to the meeting at ,,enfield1 where the ,lord gave me many precious openings to declare to the people4 ,afterwards moving amongst ,friends thereabouts1 ,i visited the meetings at ,,cheshunt1 ,,waltham ,,abbey1 ,,enfield1 ,,tottenham1 and ,,winchmore-,,hill1 frequently2 the ,lord being with me1 and opening many deep and weighty truths1 divine and heavenly mysteries to his people1 through me1 to their great refreshment1 and my joy4 ,after some time ,i went to ,,hertford1 to visit ,friends there2 and was at their meeting on a ,first-day4 ,and having something more particular upon me to the ancient ,friends of that place1 ,i had a meeting with some of them the next day1 and imparted what the ,lord had given me for them4 ,then passing to ,,ware1 ,i made a little stay amongst ,friends there1 and was at their meeting4 ,after which1 returning1 amongst ,friends about ,,edmonton side and ,,tottenham1 and taking meetings as ,i went1 ,i came back to ,,london the end of the seventh month4 ,i remained at ,london till the beginning of the ninth month1 being continually exercised in the work of the ,lord1 either in public meetings1 opening the way of truth to people1 and building up and establishing ,friends therein1 or in other services relating to the church of ,god4 ,for the parliament now sitting1 and having a bill before them concerning oaths1 and another concerning clandestine marriages1 several ,friends attended the house1 to get those bills so worded1 that they might not be hurtful to ,friends4 ,in this service ,i also assisted1 attending on the parliament1 and discoursing the matter with several of the members4 ,having stayed more than a month in ,london1 and much spent myself in these services1 ,i went to ,,tottenham2 and some time after to ,,ford-,,green2 at which places ,i continued several weeks1 visiting ,friends' meetings round about there1 at ,,tottenham1 ,,enfield1 and ,,winchmore-,,hill4 ,in this time several things came upon me to write2 one was 8,an epistle to ,friends in the ministry40 8,all ,friends in the ministry everywhere1 to whom ,god hath given a gift of the ministry1 and who travel up and down in it1 do not #8hide your talent1 nor put your light under a bushel1 nor cumber or entangle yourselves with the affairs of this world4' ,for the natural soldiers are not to cumber themselves with the world1 much less the soldiers of ,christ1 who are not of this world2 but are to mind the riches and glory of the world that is everlasting4 ,therefore1 stir up the gift of ,god in you1 and improve it2 do not sit down1 ,demas-like1 and embrace this present world1 that will have an end2 lest ye become idolaters4 ,be valiant for ,god's truth upon the earth1 and spread it abroad in the day-light of ,christ1 you who have sought the kingdom of ,god1 and the righteousness thereof1 and have received it1 and preached it2 which #8stands in righteousness1 and peace1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost4' 8,as able ministers of the ,spirit sow to the ,spirit1 that of the ,spirit ye may reap life everlasting4 ,go on in the ,spirit1 ploughing with it in the purifying hope2 and thrashing1 with the power and ,spirit of ,god1 the wheat out of the chaff of corruption1 in the same hope4 ,for he that looks back from the spiritual plough into the world1 is not fit for the spiritual and everlasting kingdom of ,god2 and is not likely to press into it1 as the faithful do4 ,therefore you that are awakened to righteousness1 and to the knowledge of the truth1 keep yourselves awakened in it2 then the enemy cannot sow his tares in your field2 for truth and righteousness is over him1 and before he was4 ,my desires are1 that all may fulfil their ministry1 that the ,lord ,jesus ,christ hath committed to them2 and then by the blood 7or life7 and testimony of ,jesus you will overcome the enemy that opposes it1 within and without4 8,all ,all you that preach the truth1 do it as it is in ,jesus1 in love3 and all that are believers in ,jesus1 and receivers of him1 he gives them power to become the sons of ,god1 and joint-heirs with ,christ2 whom he calleth brethren2 and he gives them the water of life1 which shall be a well in them1 springing up as a river to eternal life1 that they may water the spiritual plants of the living ,god4 ,so that all may be spiritual planters1 and spiritual waterers2 and may see with the spiritual eye the everlasting1 eternal ,god over all1 to give the increase1 who is the infinite fountain4 ,my desires are1 that you may be kept out of all the beggarly elements of the world1 which are below the spiritual region1 to ,christ1 the ,head2 and may hold ,him1 who bruiseth the head of enmity1 and was before it was2 that ye may all be united together in love1 in your ,head1 ,christ1 and be ordered by his heavenly1 gentle1 peaceable wisdom1 to the glory of ,god4 ,for all that be in ,christ1 are in love1 peace1 and unity4 ,in ,him they are strong1 and in a full persuasion2 and in ,him1 who is the first and the last1 they are in a heavenly resolution and confidence for ,god's everlasting honour and glory4 ,amen4 8,from him1 who is translated into the kingdom of his dear ,son1 with all his saints1 a heavenly salutation4 ,salute one another with a holy kiss of charity1 that never faileth40 ,g4,f4 ,ford-,green1 the #beth of the #ith ,month1 #afij4 ,another epistle ,i wrote soon after1 more particularly to the ,friends in the ministry that were gone into ,america2 after this manner3-- 8,dear ,friends and ,brethren1 ,ministers1 ,exhorters1 and ,admonishers1 that are gone into ,america and the islands thereaway4 ,stir up the gift of ,god in you1 and the pure mind1 and improve your talents1 that ye may be the light of the world1 a city set upon a hill1 that cannot be hid4 ,let your light shine among the ,indians1 the ,blacks1 and the ,whites1 that ye may answer the truth in them1 and bring them to the standard and ensign1 that ,god hath set up1 ,christ ,jesus4 ,for from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same1 ,god's name shall be great among the ,gentiles2 and in every temple1 or sanctified heart1 incense shall be offered up to ,god's name4 8,and have salt in yourselves1 that ye may be the salt of the earth1 that ye may salt it2 that it may be preserved from corruption and putrefaction2 so that all sacrifices offered up to the ,lord may be seasoned1 and be a good savour to ,god4 ,all grow in the faith and grace of ,christ1 that ye may not be like dwarfs1 for a dwarf shall not come near to offer upon ,god's altar2 though he may eat of ,god's bread1 that he may grow by it4 ,and ,friends1 be not negligent1 but keep up your negroes' meetings and your family meetings2 and have meetings with the ,indian kings1 and their councils and subjects everywhere1 and with others4 ,bring them all to the baptizing and circumcising ,spirit1 by which they may know ,god1 and serve and worship ,him4 ,and all take heed of having your minds in earthly things1 coveting and striving for them2 for to be carnally minded brings death1 and covetousness is idolatry4 ,there is too much strife and contention about that idol1 which makes too many go out of the sense and fear of ,god2 so that some have lost morality1 humanity1 and true ,christian charity4 8,o therefore1 be awakened to righteousness1 and keep awakened3 for the enemy soweth his tares1 while men and women sleep in carelessness1 and security4 ,therefore so many slothful ones go in their filthy rags1 and have not the fine linen1 the righteousness of ,christ2 but are straggling1 and ploughing with their ox and their ass1 in their woollen and linen garments1 mixed stuff1 feeding upon torn food that dieth of itself1 and drinking of the dregs of their old bottle1 and eating the sour1 leavened bread1 which makes their hearts burn one against another4 ,but all are to keep the feast of ,christ1 our passover1 with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth4 ,this unleavened bread of life from heaven1 makes all hearts and souls glad and joyful1 lightsome and cheerful1 to serve and love ,god1 and to love1 and serve one another in the peaceable truth1 and to keep in the unity of ,god's ,spirit1 which is the bond of peace4 ,in this love and peace1 ,god ,almighty keep and preserve all his people1 and make them valiant for his truth upon the earth1 to spread it abroad in doctrine1 good life and conversation4 ,amen4 8,all the members of ,christ have need one of another4 ,for the foot hath need of the hand1 and the hand of the foot2 the ear hath need of the eye1 and the eye of the ear4 ,so that all the members are serviceable in the body1 which ,christ is the head of2 and the head sees their service4 ,therefore1 let none despise the least member4 8,have a care to keep down that greedy1 earthly mind1 that raveneth and coveteth after the riches and things of this world1 lest ye fall into the low region1 like the ,gentiles or heathen1 and so lose the kingdom of ,god1 that is everlasting2 but seek that first1 and ,god knows what things ye have need of2 who takes care for all1 both in heaven and in the earth3 thanks be unto ,god for his unspeakable gifts1 both temporal and spiritual40 ,g4 ,f4 ,tottenham1 the #aath of the #ajth ,month1 #afij4 ,not long after ,i returned to ,,london1 and was almost daily with ,friends at meetings4 ,when ,i had been near two weeks in town1 the sense of the great hardships and sore sufferings that ,friends had been and were under in ,ireland1#fd coming with great weight upon me1 ,i was moved to write the following epistle1 as a word of consolation unto them3-- 8,dear ,friends and ,brethren in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 whom the ,lord by his eternal arm and power hath upheld through your great sufferings1 exercises1 trials1 and hardships 7more1 ,i believe1 than can be uttered71 up and down that nation1 which ,i am very sensible of2 and the rest of the faithful ,friends1 who have been partakers with you in your sufferings2 and who cannot but suffer with the ,lord's people that suffer4 ,my confidence hath been in the ,lord1 that he would and will support you in all your sufferings2 and that he would preserve all the faithful in his wisdom1 that they might give no just occasion to one nor other to make them suffer2 and if you did suffer wrongfully1 or unjustly1 that the righteous ,god would assist and uphold you2 and reward them according to their works1 that oppressed or wronged you4 8,and now my desire is unto the ,lord1 that in the same holy and heavenly wisdom1 ye may all be preserved to the end of your days1 to the glory of ,god1 minding ,his supporting hand and power1 who is ,god ,all-sufficient1 to strengthen1 help1 and refresh1 in time of need4 ,let none forget the ,lord's mercies and kindnesses1 which endure for ever2 but always live in the sense of them4 ,and truly1 ,friends1 when ,i consider the thing1 it is the great mercy of the ,lord1 that ye have not been all swallowed up1 seeing with what spirits ye have been compassed about4 ,but the ,lord carrieth his lambs in his arms1 and they are as tender to him as the apple of his eye2 and his power is his hedge about his vineyard of heavenly plants4 8,therefore it is good for all his children1 to be given up to the ,lord with their minds and souls1 hearts and spirits1 who is a faithful keeper1 that never slumbers nor sleeps2 but is able to preserve and keep you1 and to save to the utmost2 and none can hurt so much as a hair of your heads1 except he suffer it1 to try you2 for he upholds all things1 in heaven and in earth1 by the ,word of his power2 all things were made by ,christ1 and by him all things consist 7mark1 consist71 whether they be visible or invisible1 c4 ,so he hath power over all2 for all power in heaven and in earth is given to him2 and to you that have received him1 he hath given power to become the sons and daughters of ,god2 so living members of ,christ1 the living head1 grafted into ,him1 in whom ye have eternal life4 ,christ1 the ,seed1 reigns1 and his power is over all2 who bruises the serpent's head1 and destroys the devil and his works1 and was before he was4 ,so all of you live and walk in ,christ ,jesus2 that nothing may be between you and ,god1 but ,christ1 in whom ye have salvation1 life1 rest1 and peace with ,god4 8,as for the affairs of truth in this land and abroad1 ,i hear that in ,holland and ,germany and thereaway1 ,friends are in love1 unity1 and peace2 and in ,jamaica1 ,barbadoes1 ,nevis1 ,antigua1 ,maryland1 and ,new ,england1 ,i hear nothing but ,friends are in unity and peace4 ,the ,lord preserve them all1 out of the world 7in which there is trouble71 in ,christ ,jesus1 in whom there is peace1 life1 love1 and unity4 ,amen4 ,my love in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ to all ,friends everywhere in your land1 as though ,i named them40 ,g4,f4 ,london1 the #ajth of the #aath ,month1 #afij4 ---------------------------- ,thus1 reader1 thou hast had some account of the life and travels1 labours1 sufferings1 and manifold trials and exercises of this holy man of ,god1 from his youth to almost the time of his death1 of which himself kept a journal2 out of which the foregoing sheets were transcribed4 ,it remains that an account be added of the time1 place1 and manner of his death and burial1 which were thus3-- ,the day after he had written the foregoing epistle to ,friends in ,ireland1 he went to the meeting at ,gracechurch ,street1 which was large1 being the ,first-day of the week2 and the ,lord enabled him to preach the truth fully and effectually1 opening many deep and weighty things with great power and clearness4 ,after which having prayed1 and the meeting being ended1 he went to ,henry ,goldney's1 in ,white-,hart-,court1 near the meeting-house2 and some ,friends going with him there1 he told them 8he thought he felt the cold strike to his heart1 as he came out of the meeting20 8yet10 he added1 8,i am glad ,i was here2 now ,i am clear1 ,i am fully clear40 ,as soon as the ,friends withdrew1 he lay down upon a bed 7as he sometimes used to do1 through weariness after meeting17 but soon rose again2 and in a little time lay down again1 complaining still of cold4 ,and his strength sensibly decaying1 he was soon obliged to go into bed2 where he lay in much contentment and peace1 and very sensible to the last4 ,and as1 in the whole course of his life1 his spirit1 in the universal love of ,god1 was bent upon the exalting of truth and righteousness1 and the making known the way thereof to the nations and people afar off2 so now1 in the time of his outward weakness1 his mind was intent upon1 and 7as it were7 wholly taken up with that2 and some particular ,friends he sent for1 to whom he expressed his mind and desire for the spreading of ,friends' books1 and truth thereby in the world4 ,divers ,friends came to visit him in his illness2 to some of whom he said1 8,all is well2 the ,seed of ,god reigns over all1 and over death itself4 ,and though10 said he1 8,i am weak in body1 yet the power of ,god is over all1 and the ,seed reigns over all disorderly spirits40 ,thus lying in a heavenly frame of mind1 his spirit wholly exercised towards the ,lord1 he grew weaker and weaker in his natural strength2 and on the third day of the week1 between the hours of nine and ten in the evening1 he quietly departed this life in peace1 and sweetly fell asleep in the ,lord1 whose blessed truth he had livingly and powerfully preached in the meeting but two days before4 ,thus ended he his day in his faithful testimony1 in perfect love and unity with his brethren1 and in peace and good-will to all men1 on the #acth of the #aath ,month old style1 #afij1 being in the #fgth year of his age4 ,after the death of ,george ,fox1 an epistle was found written with his own hand1 and left sealed up1 with this superscription2 8,not to be opened before the time02 that is1 not till after his decease4 ,when it was opened1 it was found to be addressed to ,friends1 and to all the ,children of ,god1 in all places in the world4 ,it was afterwards printed1 and is inserted in the ,appendix to this ,journal4 ,on the day appointed for the interment of ,george ,fox1 a very great concourse of ,friends1 and others1 assembled at the meeting-house in ,white-,hart-,court1 near ,gracechurch ,street1 about the middle of the day1 to attend his body to the grave4 ,the meeting held about two hours with great and heavenly solemnity1 manifestly attended with the ,lord's blessed presence and glorious power2 in which divers living testimonies were given1 from a lively remembrance and sense of the blessed ministry of this dear and ancient servant of the ,lord1 his early entering into the ,lord's work at the breaking forth of this gospel-day1 his innocent life1 long and great travels1 and unwearied labours of love in the everlasting gospel1 for the turning and gathering of many thousands from darkness to the light of ,christ ,jesus1 the foundation of true faith2 the manifold sufferings1 afflictions1 and oppositions1 which he met withal for his faithful testimony1 both from his open adversaries1 and from false brethren2 and his preservations1 deliverances1 and dominion in1 out of1 and over them all1 by the power of ,god2 to whom the glory and honour always was by him1 and is1 and always ought to be by all1 ascribed4 ,after the meeting was ended1 his body was borne by ,friends1 and accompanied by very great numbers1 to ,friends' burying-ground1 near ,bunhill-,fields2 where1 after a solemn waiting upon the ,lord1 and several living testimonies borne1 recommending the company to the guidance and protection of that ,divine ,spirit and power1 by which this holy man of ,god had been raised up1 furnished1 supported1 and preserved1 to the end of his day1 his body was committed to the earth2 but his memorial shall remain1 and be everlastingly blessed among the righteous4 ----- ,footnote #fc3 ,william ,caton1 whose service was much in ,holland1 died at ,amsterdam in #affe4 ,he was one of the earliest associates of ,george ,fox1 being convinced by him in #afeb1 and is often mentioned in the earlier part of this ,journal4 ,he was not only a literary man1 but zealous for religion2 and being of a courteous and affable disposition1 was in general esteem4 ,when about fourteen years of age he went to reside in ,judge ,fell's family at ,swarthmore ,hall1 as a companion for his son1 sharing with him1 both in instruction and recreation4 ,he was very early inclined to religion1 and1 as he grew in years1 he advanced in godliness4 ,after joining ,friends1 he travelled considerably as a gospel minister1 and underwent many sufferings for ,christ's sake4 ,at ,maidstone1 in #afed1 he and another ,friend were stripped1 their necks and arms put in the stocks1 and1 in that condition1 they were desperately whipped4 ,at ,yarmouth he was1 with seven other ,friends1 taken from a religious meeting on the first day of the week1 and confined six months in prison4 ,a valuable collection of letters of early ,friends was met with at ,swarthmore some years ago1 written nearly throughout by ,william ,caton1 and appears to have been intended by him for publication4 ,it has a title page1 dated ,swarthmore1 #bcrd of #fth ,month1 #afei2 and a preface signed by himself1 dated #gth of #bnd ,month1 #affj4 ,the life of ,caton1 ,george ,fox mentions as having been printed1 was re-published in #ahci1 by ,john ,barclay1 forming one of the ,select ,series1 to which the reader is referred for further particulars4 ,footnote #fd3 ,the sufferings of ,friends in ,ireland at this time were very great4 ,the havoc and spoil they underwent were enormous1 as related by the historians ,sewell and ,rutty1 and more minutely by ,besse1 in his ,collection of ,sufferings1 to which allusion has been made before1 and to which the reader is now finally referred4 ,the loss sustained by ,friends from persecution in a single year 7#afhi7 was estimated at #ajj1jjj1 many being deprived of all their substance4 ,great numbers were immured for years in prison1 and many died there for ,christ's sake4 ,others when there was a prospect of their being released1 because they could not satisfy the unjust demand of fees1 as having done no wrong 7thus bravely1 though passively1 asserting their ,christian liberty17 were either detained or stripped of their clothes1 and turned out4 ,surrounded as they were with perils on every hand1 they placed their confidence in ,divine protection2 and in the worst times of trial1 when not in prison1 they kept up their meetings for worship1 as well as discipline2 collected at the latter the accounts of the sufferings of their members1 and took what care they could for their relief4 ,,appendix2 ,,containing ,,testimony ,,of ,,margaret ,,fox ,,respecting ,,her ,,husband ,,george ,,fox4 ,,testimony ,,of ,,some ,,of ,,the ,,author',s ,,relations4 ,,testimony ,,from ,,the ,,morning ,,meeting ,,in ,,london4 ,,testimony ,,of ,,thomas ,,ellwood4 ,,an ,,epistle ,,of ,,george ,,fox1 ,,found ,,after ,,his ,,death ,,sealed ,,up1 ,,addressed ,,to ,,the ,,children ,,of ,,god ,,everywhere4 ,,the ,,appearance ,,of ,,the ,,lord',s ,,everlasting ,,truth1 ,,and ,,its ,,breaking ,,forth ,,again ,,in ,,his ,,eternal ,,power1 ,,in ,,this ,,our ,,day ,,and ,,age1 ,,in ,,england4 ,a ,,chronological ,,register ,,of ,,the ,,places ,,visited ,,by ,,the ,,author4 ,,texts ,,of ,,scripture ,,occurring ,,in ,,this ,,journal4 ,,particulars ,,of ,,the ,,various ,,editions ,,of ,,george ,,fox',s ,,journal1 ,,etc4 ,,testimony ,,of ,,margaret ,,fox1 ,,concerning ,,her ,,late ,,husband ,,george ,,fox2 ,,with ,a ,,brief ,,account ,,of ,,some ,,of ,,his ,,travels1 ,,sufferings1 ,,and ,,hardships ,,endured ,,for ,,the ,,truth',s ,,sake4 -------------- ,it having pleased ,almighty ,god to take away my dear husband out of this evil1 troublesome world1 who was not a man thereof1 being chosen out of it2 who had his life and being in another region1 and whose testimony was against the world1 that the deeds thereof were evil1 and therefore the world hated him3 so ,i am now to give in my account and testimony for him1 whom the ,lord hath taken unto his blessed kingdom and glory4 ,and it is before me from the ,lord1 and in my view1 to give a relation1 and leave upon record the dealings of the ,lord with us from the beginning4 ,he was the instrument in the hand of the ,lord in this present age1 which he made use of to send forth into the world1 to preach the everlasting gospel1 which had been hid from many ages and generations2 the ,lord revealed it unto him1 and made him open that new and living way1 that leads to life eternal1 when he was but a youth1 and a stripling4 ,and when he declared it in his own country of ,leicestershire1 and in ,derbyshire1 ,nottinghamshire1 and ,warwickshire1 his declaration being against the hireling priests and their practices1 it raised a great fury and opposition amongst the priests and people against him2 yet there were always some that owned him in several places2 but very few that stood firm to him when persecution came on him4 ,he and one other were put in prison at ,derby1 but the other declined1 and left him in prison there1 where he continued almost a whole year2 and when he was released out of prison1 he went on with his testimony abroad1 and was put in prison again at ,nottingham2 and there he continued a while1 and after was released again4 ,he then travelled on into ,yorkshire1 and passed up and down that great county1 and several received him1 as ,william ,dewsbury1 ,richard ,farnsworth1 ,thomas ,aldam1 and others1 who all came to be faithful ministers of the ,spirit for the ,lord4 ,he continued in that country1 and travelled through ,holderness and the ,wolds1 and abundance were convinced3 and several were brought to prison at ,york for their testimony to the truth1 both men and women3 so that we heard of such a people that were risen1 and we did very much inquire after them4 ,and after a while he travelled up farther towards the ,dales in ,yorkshire1 as ,wensleydale1 and ,sedbergh2 and amongst the hills1 dales1 and mountains he came on1 and convinced many of the eternal ,truth4 ,in the year #afeb it pleased the ,lord to draw him towards us2 so he came on from ,sedbergh1 and so to ,westmorland1 as ,firbank ,chapel1 where ,john ,blakelin came with him2 and so on to ,preston1 ,grayrigg1 ,kendal1 ,underbarrow1 ,poolbank1 ,cartmel1 and ,stavely2 and so on to ,swarthmore1 my dwelling-house whither he brought the blessed tidings of the everlasting gospel1 which ,i1 and many hundreds in these parts1 have cause to praise the ,lord for4 ,my then husband1 ,thomas ,fell1 was not at home at that time1 but gone to the ,welsh circuit1 being one of the judges of assize2 and our house being a place open to entertain ministers and religious people at1 one of ,,george ,,fox',s friends brought him hither1 where he stayed all night4 ,the next day being a lecture1 or a fast-day1 he went to ,ulverstone steeple-house1 but came not in till people were gathered2 ,i and my children had been a long time there before4 ,and when they were singing before the sermon1 he came in2 and when they had done singing1 he stood up upon a seat or form1 and desired that he might have liberty to speak2 and he that was in the pulpit said he might4 ,and the first words that he spoke were as followeth3 8,he is not a ,jew that is one outward2 neither is that circumcision which is outward2 but he is a ,jew that is one inward2 and that is circumcision which is of the heart40 ,and so he went on1 and said1 how that ,christ was the ,light of the world1 and lighteth every man that cometh into the world2 and that by this light they might be gathered to ,god1 c4 ,i stood up in my pew and wondered at his doctrine2 for ,i had never heard such before4 ,and then he went on1 and opened the ,scriptures1 and said1 8the ,scriptures were the prophets' words1 and ,christ's and the apostles' words1 and what1 as they spoke1 they enjoyed and possessed1 and had it from the ,lord30 and said1 8then what had any to do with the ,scriptures1 but as they came to the ,spirit that gave them forth8 ,you will say1 ,christ saith this1 and the apostles say this2 but what canst thou say8 ,art thou a child of ,light1 and hast thou walked in the ,light1 and what thou speakest1 is it inwardly from ,god80 c4 ,this opened me so1 that it cut me to the heart2 and then ,i saw clearly we were all wrong4 ,so ,i sat down in my pew again1 and cried bitterly3 and ,i cried in my spirit1 to the ,lord1 8,we are all thieves2 we are all thieves2 we have taken the ,scriptures in words1 and know nothing of them in ourselves40 ,so that served me1 that ,i cannot well tell what he spoke afterwards2 but he went on in declaring against the false prophets1 and priests1 and deceivers of the people4 ,and there was one ,john ,sawrey1 a justice of peace1 and a professor1 that bid the churchwarden take him away2 and he laid his hands on him several times1 and took them off again1 and let him alone2 and then after a while he gave over1 and came to our house again that night4 ,and he spoke in the family amongst the servants1 and they were all generally convinced2 as ,william ,caton1 ,thomas ,salthouse1 ,mary ,askew1 ,anne ,clayton1 and several other servants4 ,and ,i was struck into such a sadness1 ,i knew not what to do1 my husband being from home4 ,i saw it was the truth1 and ,i could not deny it2 and ,i did as the apostle saith1 8,i received the truth in the love of it30 and it was opened to me so clear1 that ,i had never a tittle in my heart against it2 but ,i desired the ,lord that ,i might be kept in it2 and then ,i desired no greater portion4 ,then he went on to ,dalton1 ,aldingham1 ,dendron1 and ,rampside chapels and steeple-houses1 and several places up and down1 and the people followed him mightily2 and abundance were convinced1 and saw that what he spoke was truth2 but the priests were all in a rage4 ,about two weeks after1 ,james ,naylor and ,richard ,farnsworth followed him1 and inquired him out1 till they came to ,swarthmore1 and there stayed a while with me at our house1 and did me much good1 for ,i was under great heaviness and judgment4 ,but the power of the ,lord entered upon me within about two weeks that he came2 and about three weeks' end my husband came home2 and many were in a mighty rage4 ,and a deal of the captains and great ones of the country went to meet my then husband as he was coming home1 and informed him 8that a great disaster was befallen amongst his family1 and that they were witches2 and that they had taken us out of our religion3 and that he might either set them away1 or all the country would be undone40 ,but no weapon formed against the ,lord shall prosper1 as you may see hereafter4 ,so my husband came home greatly offended3 and any may think what a condition ,i was like to be in1 that either ,i must displease my husband1 or offend ,god2 for he was very much troubled with us all in the house and family1 they had so prepossessed him against us4 ,but ,james ,naylor and ,richard ,farnsworth were both then at our house1 and ,i desired them to come and speak to him1 and so they did1 very moderately and wisely2 but he was at first displeased with them1 till they told him they came in love and goodwill to his house4 ,and after that he had heard them speak a while1 he was better satisfied2 and they offered as if they would go away2 but ,i desired them to stay1 and not to go away yet1 for ,george ,fox will come this evening4 ,and ,i would have had my husband to have heard them all1 and satisfied himself farther about them3 because they had so prepossessed him against them of such dangerous1 fearful things1 in his coming first home4 ,and then he was pretty moderate and quiet2 and his dinner being ready1 he went to it2 and ,i went in1 and sat me down by him4 ,and whilst ,i was sitting1 the power of the ,lord seized upon me3 and he was struck with amazement1 and knew not what to think2 but was quiet and still4 ,and the children were all quiet and still1 and grown sober1 and could not play on their music that they were learning3 and all these things made him quiet and still4 ,at night ,george ,fox came3 and after supper my husband was sitting in the parlour1 and ,i asked him1 if ,george ,fox might come in2 and he said1 ,yes4 ,so ,george came in without any compliment1 and walked into the room1 and began to speak presently2 and the family1 and ,james ,naylor1 and ,richard ,farnsworth came all in3 and he spoke very excellently as ever ,i heard him1 and opened ,christ's and the apostles' practices1 which they were in1 in their day4 ,and he opened the night of apostasy since the apostles' days1 and laid open the priests and their practices in the apostasy2 that if all ,england had been there1 ,i thought they could not have denied the truth of those things4 ,and so my husband came to see clearly the truth of what he spoke1 and was very quiet that night1 said no more and went to bed4 ,the next morning came ,lampitt1 priest of ,ulverstone1 and got my husband into the garden1 and spoke much to him there2 but my husband had seen so much the night before1 that the priest got little entrance upon him4 ,and when the priest ,lampitt was come into the house1 ,george spoke sharply to him1 and asked him 8when ,god spoke to him1 and called him to go and preach to the people80 but after a while the priest went away3 this was on a ,sixth day of the week1 about the ,fifth month1 #afeb4 ,and at our house divers ,friends were speaking one to another1 how there were several convinced hereaways2 and we could not tell where to get a meeting2 my husband also being present1 he overheard1 and said of his own accord1 8,you may meet here1 if you will20 and that was the first meeting we had that he offered of his own accord4 ,and then notice was given that day and the next to ,friends1 and there was a good large meeting on the day'1 which was the first meeting that was at ,swarthmore2 and so continued there a meeting from #afeb till #afij4 ,and my husband went that day to the steeple-house1 and none with him but his clerk and his groom that rode with him2 and the priest and people were all fearfully troubled3 but praised be the ,lord1 they never got their wills upon us to this day4 ,after a few weeks ,george went to ,ulverstone steeple-house again1 and the said ,justice ,sawrey1 with others1 set the rude rabble upon him2 and they beat him so that he fell down as in a swoon1 and was sore bruised and blackened in his body1 and on his head and arms4 ,then my husband was not at home2 but when he came home he was displeased that they should do so2 and spoke to ,justice ,sawrey1 and said it was against law to make riots4 ,and after that he was sore beat and stoned at ,walney till he fell down2 and also at ,dalton was he sore beat and abused2 so that he had very hard usage in divers places in those parts4 ,and then when a meeting was settled there1 he went again into ,westmorland1 and settled meetings there2 and there was a great convincement1 and abundance of brave ministers came out thereaways1 as ,john ,camm1 ,john ,audland1 ,francis ,howgill1 ,edward ,burrough1 ,miles ,halhead1 and ,john ,blakelin1 with divers others4 ,he also went over the sands to ,lancaster1 and ,yealand1 and ,kellet1 where ,robert ,widders1 ,richard ,hubberthorn1 and ,john ,lawson1 with many others1 were convinced4 ,and about that time he was in those parts1 many priests and professors rose up1 and falsely accused him of blasphemy1 and did endeavour to take away his life2 and got people to swear at a sessions at ,lancaster that he had spoken blasphemy4 ,but my then husband and ,colonel ,west1 having had some sight and knowledge of the truth1 withstood the two persecuting justices1 ,john ,sawrey and ,thompson1 and brought him off1 and cleared him2 for indeed he was innocent4 ,and after the sessions there was a great meeting in the town of ,lancaster2 and many of the town's-people came in1 and many were convinced4 ,and thus he was up and down about ,lancaster1 ,yealand1 ,westmorland1 and some parts of ,yorkshire1 and our parts above one year2 in which time there were above twenty-four ministers brought forth1 that were ready to go with their testimony of the ,eternal ,truth unto the world2 and soon after ,francis ,howgill and ,john ,camm went to speak to ,oliver ,cromwell4 ,in the year #afec1 ,george's drawings were into ,cumberland1 by ,millom1 ,lamplugh1 ,embleton1 and ,brigham1 ,pardshaw and ,cockermouth1 where at or near ,embleton he had a dispute with some priests1 as ,larkham and ,benson2 but chiefly with ,john ,wilkinson1 a preacher at ,embleton and ,brigham1 who was afterwards convinced1 and owned the ,truth1 and was a serviceable minister both in ,england1 ,ireland1 and ,scotland4 ,then he went to ,coldbeck and several places1 till he came to ,carlisle1 and went to their steeple-house2 there they beat and abused him1 and had him before the magistrates1 who examined him1 and put him in prison in the common jail among the thieves4 ,at the assizes was one ,anthony ,pearson1 who had been a justice of peace1 and was convinced at ,appleby 7when he was upon the bench7 by ,james ,naylor and ,francis ,howgill1 who were then prisoners there1 and brought before him2 so ,anthony ,pearson spoke to the justices at ,carlisle1 he being acquainted with them1 having married his wife out of ,cumberland2 and after a while they released him4 ,afterwards he went into several parts of ,cumberland1 and many were convinced1 and owned the ,truth2 and he gathered and settled meetings there amongst them1 and up and down in several parts in the ,north4 ,in the year #afed1 he went southward to his own country of ,leicestershire1 visiting ,friends4 ,and then ,colonel ,hacker sent him to ,oliver ,cromwell2 and after having been kept prisoner a while1 he was brought before ,oliver1 and released4 ,he then stayed a while1 visiting ,friends in ,london1 and the meetings therein2 and so passed westward to ,bristol and visited ,friends there4 ,he afterwards went into ,cornwall1 where they put him in prison at ,launceston1 and one ,edward ,pyot with him1 where he had a bad1 long imprisonment4 ,when he was released1 he passed into many parts of that county of ,cornwall1 and settled meetings there4 ,then he travelled through many counties1 visiting ,friends and settling meetings all along2 and so came into the ,north1 and to ,swarthmore1 and to ,cumberland4 ,and so for ,scotland he passed in the year #afeg1 and there went with him ,robert ,widders1 ,james ,lancaster1 ,john ,grave1 and others4 ,he travelled through many places in that nation1 as ,douglas1 ,heads1 ,hamilton1 ,glasgow1 and to ,edinburgh1 where they took him1 and carried him before ,general ,monk and the council1 and examined him1 and asked him his business into that nation2 who answered1 he came to visit the seed of ,god4 ,and after they had threatened him1 and charged him to depart their nation of ,scotland1 they let him go4 ,then he went to ,linlithgow1 and ,stirling1 and ,johnstone1 and many places1 visiting the people2 and several were convinced4 ,and after he had stayed a pretty while1 and settled some meetings1 he returned into ,northumberland1 and into the bishopric of ,durham1 visiting ,friends and settling meetings as he went2 and then returned back again to ,swarthmore1 and stayed amongst ,friends a while1 and so returned south again4 ,in #afeh1 ,judge ,fell died4 ,in #affj he came out of the ,south into the ,north1 and had a great general meeting about ,balby in ,yorkshire2 and so came on1 visiting ,friends in many places1 till he came to ,swarthmore again4 ,and ,king ,charles then being come in1 the justices sent out warrants1 and took him at ,swarthmore1 charging him in their warrants1 that he drew away the king's liege people1 to the endangering the embruing the nation in blood2 and sent him prisoner to ,lancaster castle4 ,and ,i having a great family1 and he being taken in my house1 ,i was moved of the ,lord to go to the king at ,whitehall2 and took with me a declaration1 and an information of our principles1 and a long time1 and much ado ,i had1 to get to him4 ,but at last1 when ,i got to him1 ,i told him if he was guilty of those things1 ,i was guilty1 for he was taken in my house2 and ,i gave him the paper of our principles1 and desired that he would set him at liberty1 as he had promised that none should suffer for tender consciences2 and we were of tender consciences1 and desired nothing but the liberty of our consciences4 ,then with much ado1 after he had been kept prisoner near half a year at ,lancaster1 we got a habeas corpus1 and removed him to the king's bench1 where he was released4 ,and then would ,i gladly have come home to my great family1 but was bound in my spirit1 and could not have freedom to get away for a whole year4 ,the king had promised me several times that we should have our liberty1 but then the ,monarchy-men rose2 and then came the great and general imprisonment of ,friends the nation through2 and so could ,i not have freedom nor liberty to come home1 till we had got a general proclamation for all our ,friends' liberty4 ,then ,i had freedom and peace to come home4 ,in #affc he came ,north again1 and to ,swarthmore4 ,then they sent out warrants1 and took him again2 and had him to ,holker before the justices1 who tendered him the oath of allegiance1 and sent him prisoner to ,lancaster castle4 ,and about a month after1 the justices sent for me also out of my house1 and tendered me the oath1 and sent me prisoner to ,lancaster4 ,and the next assizes they again tendered the oath of allegiance and supremacy to us both1 and premunired me2 but they had missed the date1 and other things in the indictment1 and so it was quashed2 but they tendered him the oath again1 and kept him prisoner a year and a half at ,lancaster castle4 ,and then they sent him to ,scarbro' castle in ,yorkshire1 where they kept him prisoner close under the soldiers much of a year and a half1 so that a ,friend could scarcely have spoken to him2 yet after that1 it pleased the ,lord that he was released2 but ,i continued in prison1 and a prisoner four years at that time2 and an order was procured from the council1 whereby ,i was set at liberty4 ,and in that time ,i went down into ,cornwall with my son and daughter ,lower1 and came back by ,london to the ,yearly ,meeting2 and there ,i met with him again2 and then he told me the time was drawing on towards our marriage1 but he might first go into ,ireland4 ,and a little before this time was he prisoner in his own country at ,leicester for a while1 and then released4 ,so into ,ireland he went1 and ,i went into ,kent and ,sussex1 and came back to ,london again2 and afterwards ,i went to the ,west1 towards ,bristol1 in #affi1 and there ,i stayed till he came over from ,ireland1 which was eleven years after my former husband's decease4 ,in ,ireland he had had a great service for the ,lord and his eternal truth1 amongst ,friends and many people there1 but escaped many dangers1 and times of being taken prisoner1 they having laid in wait aforehand for him in many places4 ,and then he being returned1 at ,bristol he declared his intentions of marriage2 and there also was our marriage solemnized4 ,within ten days after ,i came homewards1 but my husband stayed up and down in the countries amongst ,friends1 visiting them4 ,soon after ,i came home1 there came another order from the council to cast me into prison again2 and the sheriff of ,lancashire sent his bailiff1 and pulled me out of my own house1 and had me prisoner to ,lancaster castle 7upon the old premunire71 where ,i continued a whole year1 and most part of that time was ,i sick and weakly2 my husband also was weak and sickly at that time4 ,after a while he recovered1 and went about to get me out of prison1 and a discharge at last was got under the great seal2 and so ,i was set at liberty4 ,then ,i was to go up to ,london again1 for my husband was intending for ,america4 ,he was full two years away1 before he came back again into ,england2 and having arrived at ,bristol1 he came thence to ,london1 intending to come to the middle of the nation with me2 but when we came into some parts of ,worcestershire1 they got there information of him2 and one ,justice ,parker1 by his warrant1 sent him and my son ,lower to ,worcester jail4 ,the justices there tendered him the oath1 and premunired him1 but released my son ,lower1 who stayed with him most of the time he was prisoner there4 ,after some time he fell sick1 in a long1 lingering sickness1 and many times was very ill2 so they writ to me from ,london1 that if ,i would see him alive1 ,i might go to him2 which accordingly ,i did4 ,after ,i had tarried seventeen weeks with him at ,worcester1 and no discharge likely to be obtained for him1 ,i went up to ,london1 and wrote to the king an account of his long imprisonment1 and how he was taken in his travel homewards1 and that he was weak and sick1 and not likely to live if they kept him long there4 ,i went with it to ,whitehall myself1 where ,i met with the king and gave him the paper2 and he said1 ,i must go to the chancellor1 he could do nothing in it4 ,then ,i wrote also to the lord chancellor1 and went to his house1 gave him my paper1 and spoke to him1 that the king had left it wholly to him2 and if he did not take pity and release him out of that prison1 ,i feared he would end his days there4 ,the ,lord ,chancellor ,finch was a very tender man1 and spoke to the judge1 who gave out an habeas corpus presently4 ,when we got it we sent it down to ,worcester1 and they would not part with him at first1 but said he was premunired1 and was not to go out on that manner4 ,then we were forced to go to ,judge ,north1 and to the attorney-general1 and we got another order1 and sent down from them2 and with much ado1 and great labour and industry of ,william ,mead and other friends1 we got him up to ,london1 where he appeared in ,westminster ,hall at the king's bench1 before ,judge ,hale1 who was a very honest1 tender man2 and he knew they had imprisoned him but in envy4 ,so that which they had against him was read1 and our counsel pleaded that he was taken up in his travel and journey4 ,and there was but a little said till he was acquitted4 ,this was the last prison that he was in1 being freed by the court of king's bench4 ,when he was at liberty he recovered again2 and then ,i was very desirous to go home with him1 which we did4 ,this was the first time that he came to ,swarthmore after we were married2 and he stayed here much of two years1 and then went to ,london again to the ,yearly ,meeting2 and after a while went into ,holland1 and some parts of ,germany1 where he stayed a pretty while1 and then returned to ,london again at the next ,yearly ,meeting4 ,and after he had stayed a while in and about ,london1 he came into the ,north to ,swarthmore again1 and stayed that time near two years2 and then he grew weakly1 being troubled with pains and aches1 having had many sore and long travels1 beatings1 and hard imprisonments4 ,but after some time he rode to ,york1 and so passed on through ,nottinghamshire and several counties1 visiting ,friends1 till he came to ,london to the ,yearly ,meeting1 and stayed there1 and thereaways1 till he finished his course1 and laid down his head in peace4 ,and though the ,lord had provided an outward habitation for him1 yet he was not willing to stay at it1 because it was so remote and far from ,london1 where his service most lay4 ,and my concern for ,god1 and his holy eternal truth1 was then in the ,north1 where ,god had placed and set me1 and likewise for the ordering and governing of my children and family2 so that we were very willing both of us1 to live apart for some years on ,god's account1 and his truth's service1 and to deny ourselves of that comfort which we might have had in being together1 for the sake and service of the ,lord and his truth4 ,and if any took occasion1 or judged hard of us because of that1 the ,lord will judge them2 for we were innocent4 ,and for my own part1 ,i was willing to take many long journeys1 for taking away all occasion of evil thoughts2 and though ,i lived two hundred miles from ,london1 yet have ,i been nine times there1 upon the ,lord and his truth's account2 and of all the times that ,i was at ,london1 this last was most comfortable1 that the ,lord was pleased to give me strength and ability to travel that great journey1 being seventy-six years of age1 to see my dear husband1 who was better in his health and strength than many times ,i had seen him before4 ,i look upon it1 that the ,lord's special hand was in it1 that ,i should go then1 for he lived but about half a year after ,i left him2 which makes me admire the wisdom and goodness of ,god1 in ordering my journey at that time4 ,and now he hath finished his course1 and his testimony1 and is entered into his eternal rest and felicity4 ,i trust in the same powerful ,god1 that his holy arm and power will carry me through1 whatever he hath yet for me to do2 and that he will be my strength and support1 and the bearer up of my head unto the end1 and in the end4 ,for ,i know his faithfulness and goodness1 and ,i have experience of his love2 to whom be glory and powerful dominion for ever4 ,amen4 ,m4,f4 ,,testimony ,,of ,,some ,,of ,,the ,,author',s ,,relations4 ,neither days nor length of time with us can wear out the memory of our dear and honoured father1 ,george ,fox1 whom the ,lord hath taken to himself4 ,and though his earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved1 and mortality put off1 yet we believe he has a 8building with ,god eternally in the heavens1 and is entered into rest10 as a reward to those great labours1 hard sufferings1 and sore trials he patiently endured for ,god and his truth4 ,of which truth he was made an able minister1 and one1 if not the first promulgator of it in our age2 who1 though of no great literature1 nor seeming much learned1 as to the outward 7being hid from the wisdom of this world71 yet he had the tongue of the learned1 and could speak a word in due season to the conditions and capacities of most1 especially to them that were weary1 and wanted soul's rest2 being deep in the divine mysteries of the kingdom of ,god4 ,and the word of life and salvation through him reached unto many souls1 whereby many were convinced of their great duty of inward retiring to wait upon ,god2 and as they became diligent in the performance of that service1 were also raised up to be preachers of the same everlasting gospel of peace and glad tidings to others2 who are as seals to his ministry both in this and other nations1 and may possibly give a more full account thereof4 ,howbeit we knowing his unwearied diligence1 not sparing1 but spending himself in the work and service whereunto he was chosen and called of ,god1 could not but give this short testimony of his faithfulness therein1 and likewise of his tender love and care towards us2 who1 as a tender father to his children 7in which capacity we stood1 being so related to him71 never failed to give us his wholesome counsel and advice4 ,and not only so1 but1 as a father in ,christ1 he took care of the whole family and household of faith1 which the ,lord had made him an eminent overseer of1 and endued him with an excellent spirit of wisdom and understanding1 to propose and direct such helps and advantages to the well-ordering and establishing of affairs and government in the church1 as now are found very serviceable thereunto2 and have greatly disappointed and prevented the false1 loose1 and libertine spirit of some who1 to their own confusion1 have endeavoured1 by separation and division1 to disturb the church's peace4 ,and although many of that sort have at sundry times shot their poisonous darts at him1 publicly in print1 and privately other ways1 yet he has been always preserved by the heavenly power of ,god1 out of the reach of their envy1 and all perils and difficulties that attended on their account2 who1 as a fixed star in the firmament of ,god's power1 did constantly abide1 and held his integrity to the last1 being of a sweet1 savoury life2 and as to conversation1 kept his garments clean3 and though outwardly dead1 yet he liveth1 and his memory is right precious unto us2 as it is and will be to all that abide in the love of truth1 and have not declined the way of it4 ,for he was one of the ,lord's worthies1 valiant for the truth upon earth1 not turning his back in the day of battle2 but his bow still abiding in its strength1 he1 through many hardships1 brought gladness and refreshment to ,israel's camp1 being assisted by the might of that power that always put the armies of aliens and enemies to flight4 ,and now having finished his course1 he is removed from us into a glorious state of immortality and bliss1 and is gathered unto the ,lord as a shock of corn in its full season1 and to that habitation of safety where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest4 ,,john ,,rous1 ,,margaret ,,rous1 ,,william ,,mead1 ,,sarah ,,mead1 ,,thomas ,,lower1 ,,mary ,,lower1 ,,william ,,ingram1 ,,susanna ,,ingram1 ,,daniel ,,abraham1 ,,rachel ,,abraham1 ,,abraham ,,morrice1 ,,isabel ,,morrice4 ------------------------------------ ,,an ,,epistle ,,by ,,way ,,of ,,testimony1 ,,to ,,friends ,,and ,,brethren ,,of ,,the ,,monthly ,,and ,,quarterly ,,meetings ,,in ,,england1 ,,wales1 ,,and ,,elsewhere1 ,,concerning ,,the ,,decease ,,of ,,our ,,faithful ,,brother1 ,,george ,,fox4 ,from our ,second-day's ,morning-,meeting in ,london1 the #bfth of #aath ,month1 #afij4 ,dear and truly beloved friends1 brethren and sisters in ,christ ,jesus1 our blessed ,lord and ,saviour1 we sincerely and tenderly salute you all in his free and tender love wherewith he hath graciously visited us1 and largely shed it abroad in our hearts and souls1 to our own unspeakable comfort and consolation1 and towards his whole heritage and royal offspring2 blessed be his pure and powerful name forevermore4 ,and our souls do truly and fervently desire1 and breathe unto the ,god of all our mercies1 that you all may be preserved1 and kept truly faithful and diligent in his work and service1 according to your heavenly calling and endowments with his light1 grace1 and truth1 unto the end of your days2 as being livingly engaged thereby all your appointed time to serve him1 and to wait till your change come2 that none may neglect that true improvement of your times and talents1 that ,god has afforded you here1 for your eternal advantage hereafter1 in that inheritance and life immortal that never fades away4 ,and that the whole flock and heritage of ,christ ,jesus1 which he has purchased and bought for himself with a price incorruptible1 may always be so preserved in his own pure love and life1 as to grow1 increase1 and prosper in the same2 and thereby be kept in love1 unity1 and peace with one another1 as becomes his faithful and true followers1 is that which our very hearts and souls desire1 being often truly comforted and enlarged in the living sense and feeling of the increase and aboundings thereof1 among faithful friends and brethren4 ,and1 dear brethren and sisters1 unto this our tender salutation we are concerned1 in brotherly love and true tender-heartedness1 to add and impart unto you some account of the decease of our dear and elder brother in ,christ1 namely1 ,his and ,his church's true and faithful servant and minister1 ,george ,fox2 whom it hath pleased the ,lord to take unto himself1 as he hath divers others of his faithful servants and ministers of late time2 who have faithfully served out their generation1 and finished their testimony and course with joy and peace4 ,howbeit1 ,o dear brethren and friends6 that so many worthies in ,israel1 and serviceable instruments in the ,lord's hand1 are of late taken away and removed from us so soon one after another1 appears a dispensation that deeply and sorrowfully affects us1 and many more whose hearts are upright and tender towards ,god1 and one to another in the truth4 ,the consideration of the depth1 weight1 and meaning thereof is very weighty upon our spirits1 though their precious life and testimony live with us1 as being of that same body1 united to one head1 even ,christ ,jesus2 in which we still1 and hope ever shall1 have secret comfort and union with them1 whom the ,lord has removed and taken to himself1 out of their earthly tabernacles and houses into1 their heavenly and everlasting mansions4 ,this our said dear brother1 ,george ,fox1 was enabled1 by the ,lord's power1 to preach the truth fully and effectually in our public meeting in ,white-,hart ,court1 by ,gracechurch ,street1 ,london1 on the #aath day of this instant #aath month1 #afij3 after which he said1 8,i am glad ,i was here2 now ,i am clear1 ,i am fully clear40 ,then he was the same day taken with some illness or indisposition of body more than usual2 and continued weak in body for two days after1 at our friend ,henry ,goldney's house1 in the same court1 close by the meeting-house1 in much contentment and peace1 and very sensible to the last4 ,in which time he mentioned some divers ,friends1 and sent for some in particular2 to whom he expressed his mind for the spreading of ,friends' books and truth in the world1 and through the nations thereof2 as his spirit in the ,lord's love and power was universally set and bent for truth and righteousness1 and the making known the way thereof to the nations and people afar off3 signifying also to some ,friends1 8,that all is well2 and the ,seed of ,god reigns over all1 and over death itself3 that though he was weak in body1 yet that the power of ,god is over all1 and the ,seed reigns over all disorderly spirits20 which were his wonted sensible expressions1 being in the living faith and sense thereof1 which he kept to the end4 ,and on the #acth instant1 between the ninth and tenth hour in the night1 he quietly departed this life in peace2 being two days after the ,lord enabled him to publish and preach the blessed truth in the meeting as aforesaid4 ,so that he clearly and evidently ended his days in his faithful testimony1 in perfect love and unity with his brethren1 and peace and good-will to all men2 being about sixty and six years of age 7as we understand7 when he departed this life4 ,and on the #afth of this instant1 being the day appointed for his funeral1 a very great concourse of ,friends and people assembled at our meeting-house in ,white-,hart ,court aforesaid1 about the mid-day1 in order to attend his body to our burying-place1 near ,bunhill-,fields1 to be interred1 as ,friends' last office of love and respect due on that account4 ,the meeting was held about two hours1 with great and heavenly solemnity1 manifestly attended with the ,lord's blessed power and presence2 and divers living testimonies given1 from a lively remembrance and sense of this his dear ancient servant1 his blessed ministry and testimony of the breaking forth of this gospel-day2 his innocent life1 long and great travels1 and labours of love in the everlasting gospel1 for the turning and gathering many thousands from darkness to the light of ,christ ,jesus1 the foundation of true faith2 also of his manifold sufferings1 afflictions1 and oppositions1 which he met withal for his faithful testimony1 both from his open adversaries and false brethren2 and his preservations1 dominion1 and deliverances out of them all by the power of ,god2 to whom the glory and honour was and is ascribed1 in raising up and preserving this his faithful witness and minister to the end of his days2 whose blessed memorial will everlastingly remain4 ,he loved truth and righteousness1 and bore faithful testimony against deceit and falsehood1 and the mystery of iniquity2 and often1 of late time especially1 warned ,friends against covetousness1 earthly-mindedness1 against getting into the earth1 and into a brittle spirit2 and the younger sort1 against looseness and pride of life1 c4 ,a few days before he died1 he had a great concern upon his mind concerning some in whom the ,lord's power was working1 to lead them into a ministry and testimony to his truth2 who1 through their too much entangling themselves in the things of this world1 did make themselves unready to answer the call and leadings of the power of ,god1 and hurt the gift that was bestowed upon them1 and did not take that regard to their service and ministry as they ought2 and mentioned the apostle's exhortation to ,timothy1 to 8take heed to his ministry1 and to show himself approved10 c43 and expressed his grief concerning such as preferred their own business before the ,lord's business1 and sought the advancing worldly concerns before the concerns of truth3 and concluded with a tender and fatherly exhortation to all to whom ,god had imparted of his heavenly treasure1 that they would improve it faithfully1 and be diligent in the ,lord's work1 that the earth might be sown with the seed of the kingdom1 and ,god's harvest might be minded by those whom he had called and enabled to labour therein3 and that such would commit the care of their outward concerns to the ,lord1 who would care for them1 and give a blessing to them4 ,however1 this is not mentioned to encourage any to run unsent1 or without being called of ,god4 ,many are living witnesses that the ,lord raised him up by his power1 to proclaim his mighty day to the nations1 and made him an effectual instrument in our day to turn many from darkness to light1 and from ,satan's power to ,god2 and freely to suffer and bear all reproaches1 and the manifold persecutions1 bufferings1 halings1 stonings1 imprisonments1 and cruelties1 that were in the beginning1 and for some time inflicted on him and others1 for the name of ,christ ,jesus4 ,he was in his testimony as a fixed star in the firmament of ,god's power1 where all that be truly wise1 and that turn many to righteousness1 shall shine as the brightness of the firmament1 and as the stars1 for ever and ever4 ,he knew and preached the mystery of ,christ revealed1 the life and substance1 and the power of godliness1 above all shadows and forms4 ,the ,lord endued him with a hidden wisdom and life4 ,he loved peace1 and earnestly laboured for universal love1 unity1 peace1 and good order in the churches of ,christ2 and wherever he met with the contrary1 it was his great grief and burthen4 ,he was greatly for the encouragement of faithful labourers in the ,lord's work2 and it was a great offence and grief to him to have their testimony weakened1 or labours slighted1 through prejudice in any professing truth4 ,and inasmuch as the ,lord suffered him not to be delivered up to the will of his enemies and persecutors1 who often heretofore breathed out cruelty against him1 and designed his destruction2 but in his good pleasure so fairly and quietly took him away in his own time1 when his testimony was so blessedly finished1 and his work accomplished3 this is all remarkable1 and worthy of serious and due observation1 as being by a special and ,divine ,providence and wisdom of ,god2 to whom we ascribe the glory of all1 and not unto man or creatures4 ,though we must needs allow1 and own1 that good report and due esteem1 which faithful elders1 ministers1 and servants of ,god and ,christ have by faith obtained1 to the praise of that blessed ,power1 that upheld them in every age in their day2 many whereof are even of late taken away from the evil to come1 and are at rest in the ,lord1 out of the reach of all envy and persecution1 where the wicked cannot trouble them any more4 ,and we must patiently bear our parting with them1 and our loss and sorrow on that account1 with respect to their unspeakable gain2 yet how can we avoid being deeply affected with sadness of spirit1 and brokenness of heart1 under the sense and consideration of such loss and revolutions1 which we have cause to believe are ominous of calamities to the wicked world1 though of good to the righteous8 ,did the death of plain upright ,jacob1 namely1 ,israel 7who was as a prince of ,god71 so deeply affect both his own children and kindred1 as that they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation for him2 and even the ,egyptians also1 that they bewailed him seventy days8 and the death of ,moses so deeply affect the children of ,israel1 as that they 8did weep and mourn for him in the plain of ,moab thirty days80 and the death of ,stephen1 that faithful martyr of ,jesus1 so deeply affect certain men1 fearing ,god1 as 8that they made great lamentation for him80 and the apostle ,paul1 when taking his leave of the elders of the church of ,ephesus1 and telling them1 8they should see his face no more80 ,if this did so deeply affect them1 that they 8wept all abundantly1 sorrowing most of all for these words1 that they should see his face no more20 with many more of this kind2 how then can we otherwise choose1 but be deeply affected with sorrow and sadness of heart1 though not as those who have no hope1 when so many of our ancient1 dear1 and faithful brethren1 with whom we have had much sweet society1 are removed from us one after another8 7,we pray ,god raise up and increase more such67 ,yet must we all contentedly submit to the good pleasure and wisdom of the ,lord our ,god in all these things2 who taketh away1 and none can hinder him1 nor may any say unto him1 ,what doest thou8 ,yet we have cause to bless the ,lord that he hath of late raised1 and is raising up1 more to publish his name in the earth4 ,and we that yet remain have but a short time to stay after them that are gone2 but we shall be gone to them also4 ,the ,lord ,god of life keep us all faithful in his holy truth1 love1 unity1 and life1 to the end4 ,he hath a great work still to bring forth in the earth1 and great things to bring to pass1 in order to make way for truth and righteousness to take place therein2 and that his seed may come forth and be gathered1 and the power and kingdom of our ,god and of his ,christ made known and exalted in the earth1 unto the ends thereof4 ,dear ,friends and brethren1 be faithful till death1 that a crown of life you may obtain4 ,all dwell in the love of ,god in ,christ ,jesus1 in union and peace in him2 to whom we tenderly commit you to keep and strengthen you1 bless and preserve you1 to the end of your days4 ,in whose dear and tender love we remain1 ,your dear friends and brethren1 ,,stephen ,,crisp1 ,,nicholas ,,gates1 ,,daniel ,,monro1 ,,geo4 ,,whitehead1 ,,francis ,,stamper1 ,,john ,,heywood1 ,,fra4 ,,camfield1 ,,john ,,vaughton1 ,,george ,,bowles1 ,,james ,,park1 ,,gilbert ,,latey1 ,,william ,,robinson1 ,,john ,,elson1 ,,charles ,,marshall1 ,,william ,,bingley1 ,,peter ,,price1 ,,rich4 ,,needham1 ,,john ,,butcher1 ,,john ,,field1 ,,james ,,martin1 ,,benjamin ,,antrobus4 ,,john ,,edridge1 ,these names are since added1 at the desire of the persons following3-- ,,amb4 ,,rigg1 ,,sam4 ,,goodaker1 ,,william ,,fallowfield4 ,p4,s4--,before his death he wrote a little paper1 desiring all ,friends1 everywhere1 that used to write to him about the sufferings and affairs of ,friends in their several countries1 should henceforth write to their several correspondents in ,london1 to be communicated to the ,second-day's meeting1 to take care that they be answered4 ,,thomas ,,ellwood',s ,,account ,,of ,,that ,,eminent ,,and ,,honourable ,,servant ,,of ,,the ,,lord1 ,,george ,,fox4#fe ,this holy man was raised up by ,god in an extraordinary manner1 for an extraordinary work1 even to awaken the sleeping world1 by proclaiming the mighty day of the ,lord to the nations1 and publishing again the everlasting gospel to the inhabitants of the earth1 after the long and dismal night of apostasy and darkness4 ,for this work the ,lord began to prepare him by many and various trials and exercises from his very childhood2 and having fitted and furnished him for it1 he called him into it very young1 and made him instrumental1 by the effectual working of the ,holy ,ghost1 through his ministry1 to call many others into the same work1 and to turn many thousands from darkness to the light of ,christ1 and from the power of ,satan unto ,god4 ,i knew him not till the year #affj2 from that time to the time of his death ,i knew him well1 conversed with him often1 observed him much1 loved him dearly1 and honoured him truly2 and upon good experience can say1 he was indeed a heavenly-minded man1 zealous for the name of the ,lord1 and preferred the honour of ,god before all things4 ,he was valiant for the truth1 bold in asserting it1 patient in suffering for it1 unwearied in labouring in it1 steady in his testimony to it2 immovable as a rock4 ,deep he was in divine knowledge1 clear in opening heavenly mysteries1 plain and powerful in preaching1 fervent in prayer4 ,he was richly endued with heavenly wisdom1 quick in discerning1 sound in judgment1 able and ready in giving1 discreet in keeping counsel2 a lover of righteousness1 an encourager of virtue1 justice1 temperance1 meekness1 purity1 chastity1 modesty1 humility1 charity1 and self-denial in all1 both by word and example4 ,graceful he was in countenance1 manly in personage1 grave in gesture1 courteous in conversation1 weighty in communication1 instructive in discourse1 free from affectation in speech or carriage2 a severe reprover of hard and obstinate sinners2 a mild and gentle admonisher of such as were tender1 and sensible of their failings2 not apt to resent personal wrongs2 easy to forgive injuries2 but zealously earnest1 where the honour of ,god1 the prosperity of truth1 the peace of the church1 were concerned2 very tender1 compassionate1 and pitiful he was to all that were under any sort of affliction2 full of brotherly love1 full of fatherly care2 for1 indeed1 the care of the churches of ,christ was daily upon him1 the prosperity and peace whereof he studiously sought4 ,beloved he was of ,god2 beloved of ,god's people2 and 7which was not the least part of his honour7 the common butt of all apostates' envy2 whose good1 notwithstanding1 he earnestly sought4 ,he lived to see the desire of his soul1 the spreading of that blessed principle of divine light1 through many of the ,european nations1 and not a few of the ,american islands and provinces1 and the gathering many thousands into an establishment therein2 which the ,lord vouchsafed him the honour to be the first effectual publisher of1 in this latter age of the world4 ,and having fought a good fight1 finished his course1 and kept the faith1 his righteous soul1 freed from the earthly tabernacle1 in which he had led an exemplary life of holiness1 was translated into those heavenly mansions1 where ,christ our ,lord went to prepare a place for his2 there to possess that glorious crown of righteousness1 which is laid up for1 and shall be given by the ,lord the righteous judge to all them that love his appearance4 ,ages to come and people yet unborn shall call him blessed1 and bless the ,lord for raising him up4 ,and blessed shall we also be1 if we so walk1 as we had him for an example2 for whom this ,testimony lives in my heart1 8,he lived and died the ,,servant of the ,,lord40 ,t4,e4 ----- ,footnote #fe3 7,it was ,thomas ,ellwood who first transcribed this ,journal for the press4 ,see note at p4 #baa1 ,seventh ,edition1 vol4 ii47 ,,an ,,epistle ,,of ,,george ,,fox',s1 ,,written ,,with ,,his ,,own ,,hand1 ,,and ,,left ,,sealed ,,up ,,with ,,this ,,superscription1 ,,viz41 8,,not ,,to ,,be ,,opened ,,before ,,the ,,time20 ,,which ,,after ,,his ,,decease ,,being ,,opened1 ,,was ,,thought ,,meet ,,to ,,be ,,printed1 ,,viz43-- 8,for the ,yearly and ,second-day's ,meeting in ,london1 and to all the ,children of ,god in all places in the world4 ,by and from ,g4,f4 8,this for all the children of ,god everywhere1 who are led by his ,spirit1 and walk in his ,light1 in which they have life1 unity1 and fellowship with the ,father1 and the ,son1 and one with another4 8,keep all your meetings in the name of the ,lord ,jesus1 that be gathered in his name by his ,light1 ,grace1 ,truth1 ,power1 and ,spirit2 by which you will feel his blessed and refreshing presence among you1 and in you1 to your comfort1 and ,god's glory4 8,and now1 ,friends1 all your meetings1 both men's and women's1 monthly1 quarterly1 and yearly1 c41 were set up by the power1 and ,spirit1 and wisdom of ,god3 and in them you know1 that you have felt his power1 and ,spirit1 and wisdom1 and blessed refreshing presence among you1 and in you1 to his praise and glory1 and your comfort2 so that you have been #8a city set on a hill1 that cannot be hid4' 8,and although many loose and unruly spirits have risen betimes to oppose you and them1 in print and other ways1 you have seen how they have come to nought4 ,the ,lord hath blasted them1 brought their deeds to light and made them manifest to be trees without fruit1 wells without water1 wandering stars from the firmament of ,god's power1 and raging waves of the sea1 casting up their mire and dirt2 and many of them are like the dog turned to his old vomit1 and the sow that was washed1 turned again to the mire4 ,this hath been the condition of many1 ,god knoweth1 and his people6 8,therefore all stand steadfast in ,christ ,jesus1 your ,head1 in whom you are all one1 male and female1 and know ,his government1 of the increase of whose government and peace there shall be no end2 but there will be an end of the devil's1 and of all that are out of ,christ1 who oppose it and him1 whose judgment doth not linger1 and their damnation doth not slumber4 ,therefore in ,god and ,christ's light1 life1 ,spirit1 and power1 live and walk1 that is over all 7and the seed of it7 in love1 in innocency1 and simplicity4 ,in righteousness and holiness dwell1 and in his power and ,holy ,ghost1 in which ,god's kingdom doth stand4 ,all children of ,new and ,heavenly ,jerusalem1 that is from above1 and is free1 with all her holy1 spiritual children1 to her keep your eyes4 8,as for this spirit of rebellion and opposition1 that hath risen formerly and lately1 it is out of the kingdom of ,god and ,heavenly ,jerusalem2 and is for judgment and condemnation1 with all its books1 words1 and works4 ,therefore ,friends are to live and walk in the power and ,spirit of ,god1 that is over it1 and in the ,seed1 that will bruise and break it to pieces4 ,in which ,seed you have joy and peace with ,god1 and power and authority to judge it2 and your unity is in the power and ,spirit of ,god1 that doth judge it3 all ,god's witnesses in his tabernacle go out against it1 and always have and will4 8,let no man live to self1 but to the ,lord1 as they will die in him2 and seek the peace of the church of ,christ1 and the peace of all men in him3 for #8blessed are the peace-makers4' ,dwell in the pure1 peaceable1 heavenly wisdom of ,god1 that is gentle1 and easy to be entreated1 that is full of mercy2 all striving to be of one mind1 heart1 soul1 and judgment in ,christ1 having ,his mind and ,spirit dwelling in you1 building up one another in the love of ,god1 which doth edify the body of ,christ1 his church1 who is the holy ,head thereof4 ,glory to ,god through ,christ1 in this age and all other ages1 who is the ,rock and ,foundation1 the ,emmanuel1 ,god with us1 ,amen1 over all1 the ,beginning and the ,ending4 ,in ,him live and walk1 in whom you have life eternal2 in whom you will feel me1 and ,i you4 8,all children of ,new ,jerusalem1 that descends from above1 the holy city1 which the ,lord and the ,lamb is the light of1 and is the temple2 in it they are born again of the ,spirit2 so ,jerusalem that is above1 is the mother of them that are born of the ,spirit4 ,they that come1 and are come to heavenly ,jerusalem1 receive ,christ2 and he giveth them power to become the sons of ,god1 and they are born again of the ,spirit2 so ,jerusalem that is above is their mother4 ,such come to heavenly ,mount ,sion1 and the innumerable company of angels1 to the spirits of just men made perfect2 and to the church of the ,living ,god written in heaven1 and have the name of ,god1 and of the city of ,god1 written upon them4 ,so here is a new mother1 that bringeth forth a heavenly and spiritual generation4 8,there is no schism1 no division1 no contention1 nor strife1 in heavenly ,jerusalem1 nor in the body of ,christ1 which is made up of living stones1 a spiritual house4 ,christ is not divided1 for in ,him there is peace4 ,christ saith1 #8,in me you have peace4' ,and ,he is from above1 and not of this world2 but in the world below1 in the spirit of it1 there is trouble3 therefore keep in ,christ1 and walk in ,him4 ,amen4 8,jerusalem was the mother of all true ,christians before the apostasy2 and since the outward ,christians are broken into many sects1 they have got many mothers3 but all they that are come out of the apostasy by the power and ,spirit of ,christ1 ,jerusalem that is above1 is their mother 7and none below her71 who doth nourish all her spiritual children40 ,g4,f4 ,this epistle was read at the ,yearly ,meeting in ,london1 #afia4 ---------------------------- ,,the ,,appearance ,,of ,,the ,,lord',s ,,everlasting ,,truth1 ,,and ,,its ,,breaking ,,forth ,,again ,,in ,,his ,,eternal ,,power1 ,,in ,,this ,,our ,,day ,,and ,,age ,,in ,,england-- ,wherein the ,lord's mighty power and word of life hath been richly and freely preached1 to the gathering of many into reconciliation with ,god by it2 to the exaltation and glory of the great ,god1 through the bringing forth of the heavenly and spiritual fruits1 from such as have been gathered by his eternal light1 power1 and ,spirit1 unto himself4 ,and by the sowing to the ,spirit in the hearts of people1 life eternal hath been reaped2 that the flocks have been gathered1 which have the milk of the word plenteously2 that the riches of the word have flourished1 and mightily abounded2 and ,god's heavenly plough with his spiritual men hath gone on cheerfully1 to the overturning the fallow ground of the hearts1 that had not borne heavenly fruit to ,god4 ,and ,god's heavenly thrashers with his heavenly flail1 have with joy and delight thrashed out the chaff1 and the corruptions1 that have been a-top of ,god's seed and wheat in man and woman4 ,and thus have they thrashed in hope1 and are made partakers of their hope1 through which ,god's seed is come into his garner4 ,o6 the unutterable glory1 and the inexpressible excellency of the everlasting glorious truth1 gospel1 and word of life1 that the infinite1 invisible1 and wise ,god 7who is over all71 hath revealed and manifested6 ,and how have the professors1 priests1 and powers risen up in opposition against his children1 that are born of the immortal ,seed by the word of ,god6 ,and1 ,o6 how great have the persecutions1 and reproaches1 and spoiling of goods been1 that have been executed upon them6 ,but notwithstanding these sufferings from such as have touched them1 and do touch them1 which are as dear to ,god as the apple of his eye1 how hath the ,lord manifested himself to stand by them1 in overthrowing powers1 priests1 and states6 ,what changes have there been since #afdd1 and #afej1 and #afeb6 ,how have the jails been filled since then in this nation with the heirs of life1 ,god's chosen ones1 who had no helper in the earth but the ,lord and his ,christ6 ,so that truth's faithful witnesses were scarcely to be found1 but in jails and prisons1 where the righteous were numbered among the transgressors2 who had neither staff nor bag from man1 but the staff1 the bread of life1 and the bag that holds the treasure that waxes not old4 ,but the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that sent them forth1 was their exceeding great supporter and upholder by his eternal power and ,spirit1 both then and now4 ,g4,f4 ,a ,,chronological ,,register ,,of ,,the ,,places ,,visited ,,by ,,the ,,author4 #afdc4--,vol4 ,i4 ,he leaves home and goes to ,lutterworth1 ,northampton1 ,newport-,pagnell4 #afdd4 ,barnet1 ,london1 ,returns home--goes to ,coventry1 ,returns home--goes to ,mancetter4 #afde and #afdf4 ,tamworth1 ,coventry and other places4 #afdg4 ,derbyshire1 ,leicestershire1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,lancashire1 ,dukinfield1 ,manchester1 ,broughton4 #afdh4 ,nottingham1 ,mansfield1 ,derbyshire1 ,leicestershire1 ,warwickshire1 ,leicester1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,vale of ,beavor1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,mansfield1 ,eaton1 near ,derby1 ,mansfield1 ,nottingham1 ,clawson1 in ,vale of ,beavor4 #afdi4 ,nottingham1 imprisoned1 ,mansfield-,woodhouse1 ,leicestershire1 ,barrow1 ,bagworth1 ,coventry1 ,atherstone1 ,market-,bosworth1 ,leicestershire1 ,twy-,cross1 ,derbyshire1 ,chesterfield1 ,kidsey-,park4 #afej4 ,derby1 imprisoned a year4 #afea4 ,leicestershire1 ,burton-on-,trent1 ,bushel-,house1 ,lichfield1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,mansfield1 ,derbyshire1 ,yorkshire1 ,doncaster1 ,balby1 ,wakefield1 ,selby1 ,beverley1 ,cranswick1 ,york1 ,burraby1 ,cleveland1 ,staithes1 ,whitby1 ,scarbro'1 ,malton1 ,pickering1 ,the ,moors1 ,cranswick1 ,holderness1 ,oram supposed ,ottringham1 ,patrington1 ,hull1 ,balby1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,lincolnshire1 ,gainsbro'1 ,yorkshire1 ,warmsworth1 ,balby1 ,doncaster1 ,tickhill1 ,balby4 #afeb4 ,wakefield1 ,hightown1 ,bradford1 ,pendle-,hill1 ,wensleydale1 ,hawes1 ,grisdale1 ,dent1 ,sedbergh1 ,firbank ,chapel1 ,preston-,patrick1 ,kendal1 ,underbarrow1 ,crook1 ,newton in ,cartmel1 ,lyndale1 ,ulverstone1 ,swarthmore1 ,aldingham1 ,rampside1 ,swarthmore1 ,dalton1 ,isle of ,walney1 ,swarthmore1 ,baycliff1 ,gleaston1 ,swarthmore1 ,westmorland1 ,kendal1 ,grisdale1 ,swarthmore1 ,underbarrow1 ,kellet1 ,lancaster1 ,kendal1 ,underbarrow1 ,swarthmore1 ,ulverstone1 ,swarthmore1 ,westmorland1 ,crossland1 ,lancashire1 ,ulverstone1 ,swarthmore1 ,isle of ,walney1 ,cockan1 ,swarthmore1 ,yealand1 ,lancaster1 ,kellet1 ,justice ,west's1 ,swarthmore1 ,westmorland1 ,grayrig1 ,cartmel4 #afec4 ,swarthmore1 ,gleaston1 ,lancashire1 ,swarthmore1 ,arnside1 ,cumberland1 ,col4 ,west's1 ,swarthmore1 ,cumberland1 ,bootle1 ,nr4 ,cockermouth1 ,millom-in-,bootle1 ,cockermouth1 ,brigham1 ,coldbeck1 ,carlisle1 imprisoned1 ,coldbeck1 ,westmorland1 ,strickland-,head1 ,swarthmore1 ,coldbeck1 ,wigton1 ,bishoprick1 ,northumberland1 ,derwent-,water1 ,hexham1 ,gilsland1 ,cumberland1 ,langlands1 ,brigham4 #afed4 ,swarthmore1 ,lancaster1 ,halifax1 ,t4 ,taylor's 7,brighouse71 ,synderhill-,green ,yorkshire1 ,holderness1 ,thos4 ,taylor's 7,brighouse71 ,balby1 ,lincolnshire1 ,derbyshire1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,skegby1 ,kidsey-,park1 ,peak ,country1 ,derbyshire1 ,swannington1 ,twy-,cross1 ,warwickshire1 ,drayton1 ,swannington1 ,leicester1 ,whetstone1 ,harborough1 ,london1 ,theobald's1 near ,waltham1 ,whitehall1 ,bedfordshire4 #afee4 ,luton 7,john ,crook's71 ,london1 ,kent1 ,rochester1 ,cranbrook1 ,rye1 ,romney1 ,dover1 ,canterbury1 ,cranbrook1 ,sussex1 ,horsham1 ,steyning1 ,reading1 ,london1 ,essex1 ,coggeshall1 ,colchester1 ,ipswich1 ,mendlesham1 ,norfolk1 ,norwich1 ,yarmouth1 ,lynn1 ,sutton1 near ,isle of ,ely1 ,cambridge1 ,bishop-,stortford1 ,hertford1 ,london1 ,bedfordshire1 ,northamptonshire1 ,wellingborough1 ,leicestershire1 ,whetstone1 ,sileby1 ,drayton1 ,baddesley1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,derbyshire1 ,warwickshire1 ,worcestershire1 ,birmingham1 ,chattan1 ,evesham1 ,worcester1 ,tewkesbury1 ,warwick1 ,coventry1 ,dun-,cow1 ,leicestershire1 ,baddesley1 ,swannington1 ,higham1 ,northamptonshire1 ,bedfordshire1 ,baldock1 ,market ,street1 ,alban's1 ,london1 ,ryegate1 ,binscomb1 in ,godalming1 ,horsham ,park1 ,arundel1 ,chichester1 ,portsmouth1 ,ringwood1 ,poole1 ,southampton1 ,dorchester1 ,weymouth1 ,honiton1 ,topsham1 ,totness1 ,plymouth1 ,cornwall1 ,menheniot1 ,penryn1 ,helstone1 ,market-,jew1 ,ives1 where he ,edward ,pyot are taken into custody and imprisoned in ,launceston jail about eight months4 #afef4 ,humphrey ,lower's1 ,loveday ,hambley's1 ,thos4 ,mounce's1 ,launceston1 ,oakhampton1 ,exeter1 ,collumpton1 ,taunton1 ,puddimore1 ,j4 ,dander's1 ,bristol1 ,e4 ,pyot's1 ,slaughterford1 ,n4 ,crisp's1 ,marlbro'1 ,newbury1 ,reading1 ,kingston-on-,thames1 ,london1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,northamptonshire1 ,notts1 ,lincolnshire1 ,huntingdonshire1 ,cambridgeshire1 ,fen ,country1 ,crowland1 ,boston 7,lincolnshire71 ,yorkshire1 ,holderness1 ,leicestershire1 ,staffordshire1 ,worcestershire1 ,warwickshire1 ,edge-,hill1 ,warwick1 ,bagley1 ,gloucestershire1 ,oxford1 ,col4 ,grimes's1 ,nat4 ,crisp's1 ,cirencester1 ,evesham1 ,london1 ,kent1 ,sussex1 ,surrey1 ,farnham1 ,basingstoke1 ,bridport1 ,portsmouth4 #afeg4 ,poole1 ,ringwood1 ,weymouth1 ,dorchester1 ,lyme1 ,exeter1 ,bristol1 ,wales1 ,the ,slone1 ,cardiff1 ,swansea1 ,brecknock1 ,pontemoil1 ,shrewsbury1 ,wm4 ,gandy's 7,cheshire71 ,wales1 ,montgomeryshire1 ,radnorshire1 ,leominster1 ,tenby1 ,pembrokeshire1 ,pembroke1 ,haverford-west1 ,dolgelly1 ,caernarvon1 ,beaumaris1 ,near ,wrexham1 ,flintshire1 ,wrexham1 and through every ,county in ,wales1 ,west ,chester1 ,liverpool1 ,richard ,cubban's1 ,malpas1 ,manchester1 ,preston1 ,lancaster1 ,kellet1 ,sands-,side1 ,swarthmore1 ,westmorland1 ,john ,audland's1 ,kendal1 ,strickland-,head1 ,cumberland1 ,gilsland1 ,carlisle1 ,abbey-,holm1 ,langlands1 ,pardshaw-,crag1 ,scotland1 ,dumfries1 ,douglas1 ,heads1 ,badcow1 ,highlands1 ,heads1 ,badcow1 ,garshore1 ,linlithgow1 ,edinburgh1 ,leith1 ,edinburgh1 ,heads1 ,glasgow1 ,badcow1 ,highlands1 ,stirling1 ,burnt ,island1 ,johnstons1 ,leith1 ,edinburgh1 ,johnstons1 ,edinburgh1 ,dunbar1 ,berwick1 ,morpeth1 ,newcastle1 ,northumberland1 ,bishoprick1 ,city of ,durham1 ,a4 ,pearson's1 ,cleveland1 ,hull1 ,pontefract1 ,g4 ,watkinson's1 ,scale-,house1 ,swarthmore1 ,yorkshire1 ,cheshire1 ,derbyshire4 #afeh4 ,nottinghamshire ,nottingham1 ,warwickshire1 ,northamptonshire1 ,leicestershire1 ,bedfordshire1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,hampton-,court1 ,kingston1 ,isaac ,penington's ,london1 ,essex1 ,london1 ,twickenham1 ,reading4 #afei4 ,london1 ,essex1 ,suffolk1 ,norfolk1 ,norwich1 ,huntingdonshire1 ,cambridgeshire1 ,london1 ,surrey1 ,sussex1 ,hampshire1 ,dorsetshire1 ,ringwood1 ,poole1 ,dorchester1 ,somersetshire1 ,devonshire1 ,plymouth1 ,cornwall4 #affj4 ,land's ,end1 ,horse-,bridge1 ,devonshire1 ,somersetshire1 ,bristol1 ,olveston1 ,nailsworth1 ,nat4 ,crisp's1 ,gloucester1 ,col4 ,grimes's1 ,tewkesbury1 ,worcester1 ,baddesley1 ,drayton1 ,twy-,cross1 ,swannington1 ,derbyshire1 ,derby1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,synderhill-,green1 ,yorkshire1 ,balby1 ,warmsworth1 ,barton-,abbey1 ,thos4 ,taylor's 7,brighthouse71 ,skipton1 ,lancaster1 ,r4 ,widder's 7,kellet71 ,arnside1 ,kellet1 ,swarthmore1 apprehended and imprisoned in ,lancaster jail--an ,habeas ,corpus is sent down and he is liberated on parole--he visits ,swarthmore1 ,lancaster1 ,preston1 ,wm4 ,gandy's 7,cheshire71 ,staffordshire1 ,a4 ,bickley's ,warwickshire1 ,nuneaton1 ,london1 appears to the writ1 and is liberated by the ,king4 #affa4--,visits ,essex1 ,colchester1 ,coggeshall1 ,london4 #affb4 ,bristol1 ,wiltshire1 ,berkshire1 ,london1 ,leicestershire1 ,skegby1 ,barnet-,hills1 ,swannington1 ,leicester1 imprisoned1 but soon liberated4 ,swannington1 ,twy-cross1 ,warwickshire1 ,northamptonshire1 ,bedfordshire1 ,london1 ,essex1 ,norfolk1 ,norwich1 ,sutton1 ,cambridgeshire1 ,little-,port1 ,isle of ,ely1 ,lincolnshire1 ,huntingdonshire4 ,fen ,country1 ,lynn4 #affc4--,vol4 ,,ii4 ,norfolk1 ,suffolk1 ,essex1 ,hertfordshire1 ,london1 ,kent1 ,ashford1 ,cranbrook1 ,tenterden1 ,newick1 ,hampshire1 ,southampton1 ,pouner1 ,wiltshire1 ,dorsetshire1 ,topsham1 ,totness1 ,kingsbridge1 ,plymouth1 ,cornwall1 ,falmouth1 ,penryn1 ,helstone1 ,land's ,end1 ,redruth1 ,truro1 ,stoke1 ,horse ,bridge1 ,devonshire1 ,tiverton1 ,collumpton1 ,wellington1 ,taunton1 ,street1 ,puddimore1 ,bristol1 ,slaughterford 7,wilts71 ,gloucestershire1 ,herefordshire1 ,hereford1 ,radnorshire1 ,wales1 ,shropshire1 ,warwickshire1 ,derbyshire1 ,staffordshire1 ,whitehaugh1 ,peak ,country1 ,synderhill-,green1 ,holderness1 ,scarbro'1 ,whitby1 ,malton1 ,york1 ,boroughbridge1 ,bishoprick1 ,stainmoor1 ,yorkshire1 ,sedbergh1 ,westmorland1 ,lancashire1 ,swarthmore1 ,arnside1 ,kellet1 ,underbarrow1 ,grayrig1 ,sedbergh1 ,strickland-,head1 ,northumberland1 ,derwent-,water1 ,cumberland1 ,wigton1 ,pardshaw-,crag1 ,westmorland1 ,keswick1 ,cartmel1 ,swarthmore1 ,kirby-,hall1 ,swarthmore1 ,holker-,hall1 ,swarthmore1 ,lancaster1 imprisoned4 #affd and #affe4 ,removed to ,scarbro' ,castle4 #afff4 ,liberated by the ,king1 after being incarcerated nearly #c years--he then goes ,to ,whitby1 ,burlington1 ,oram1 ,marmaduke ,stor's1 ,grace ,barwick's1 ,richard ,shipton's1 ,malton1 ,hull1 ,howden-,dyke1 ,york1 ,geo4 ,watkinson's1 ,thos4 ,taylor 7,brighouse71 ,synderhill-,green1 ,derbyshire1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,skegby1 ,mansfield1 ,nottingham1 ,leicester1 ,sileby1 ,john ,penford's1 ,warwick1 ,baddesley1 ,northamptonshire1 ,bedfordshire1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,oxfordshire1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,reading1 ,wiltshire1 ,bristol1 ,nat4 ,crisp's1 ,london1 ,essex1 ,suffolk1 ,norfolk1 ,huntingdonshire1 ,bedfordshire1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,lincolnshire1 ,nottinghamshire4 #affg4 ,leicestershire1 ,warwickshire1 ,derbyshire1 ,peak-,hills1 ,staffordshire1 ,cheshire1 ,lancashire1 ,sankey1 near ,warrington1 ,jane ,milner's 7,cheshire71 ,shropshire1 ,wales1 ,denbighshire1 ,montgomeryshire1 ,merionethshire1 ,shropshire1 ,worcestershire1 ,pashur1 ,worcester1 ,droitwich1 ,shrewsbury1 ,radnorshire1 ,herefordshire1 ,monmouthshire1 ,ross1 ,gloucestershire1 ,bristol1 ,wiltshire1 ,london1 ,hertfordshire1 ,baldock1 ,waltham1 ,shacklewell1 ,london1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,weston1 ,north-,newton1 near ,banbury1 ,gloucestershire1 ,monmouthshire4 #affh4 ,swansea1 ,mumbles1 ,cardiff1 ,newport1 ,shipton1 ,forest of ,dean1 ,olveston1 ,irb's ,court1 ,somerset1 ,portishead1 ,minehead1 ,barnstaple1 ,appledore1 ,stratton1 ,truro1 ,land's ,end1 ,tregangeeves1 ,devonshire1 ,plymouth1 ,kingsbridge1 ,topsham1 ,membury1 ,ilchester1 ,puddimore1 ,somersetshire1 ,dorsetshire1 ,southampton1 ,hampshire1 ,farnham1 ,surrey1 ,sussex1 ,kent1 ,london4 #affi4 ,surrey1 ,sussex1 ,warwick1 ,birmingham1 ,baddesley1 ,nottingham1 ,balby1 ,york1 ,whitby1 ,scarbro'1 ,through ,yorkshire1 ,wolds1 ,holderness1 ,thos4 ,taylor's 7,brighouse71 ,eldreth1 ,staffordshire1 ,cheshire1 ,wm4 ,barnes's 7,sankey71 ,liverpool1 ,ireland1 ,dublin1 ,new-,garden1 ,bandon-,bridge1 ,land's ,end1 ,bandon1 ,cork1 ,dublin1 ,liverpool1 ,lancashire1 ,cheshire1 ,gloucestershire1 ,nailsworth1 ,bristol1 ,olveston1 ,wiltshire1 ,berkshire1 ,oxfordshire1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,london1 ,essex1 ,hertfordshire1 ,cambridgeshire1 ,huntingdonshire1 ,leicestershire1 ,derbyshire1 ,warwickshire1 ,london4 #afgj4 ,middlesex1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,oxfordshire1 ,reading1 ,banghurst 7,hants71 ,berkshire1 ,surrey1 ,guildford1 ,sussex1 ,kent1 ,deal1 ,canterbury1 ,isle of ,sheppy1 ,rochester1 ,gravesend1 ,essex1 ,hornchurch1 ,stratford1 ,gerrard ,roberts's1 ,enfield4 #afga4 ,gerrard ,roberts's1 ,shacklewell1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,gravesend1 ,downs1 ,deal1 sails for ,barbadoes1 ,jamaica4 #afgb4 ,maryland1 ,long ,island1 ,rhode ,island1 ,providence1 ,narraganset1 ,shelter ,island1 ,long ,island1 ,east ,jersey1 ,maryland1 ,virginia1 ,carolina1 ,virginia1 ,maryland4 #afgc4 ,old ,england1 ,shirehampton1 ,bristol1 ,gloucestershire1 ,wiltshire1 ,slaughterford1 ,marlborough1 ,oare1 ,hampshire1 ,oxfordshire1 ,reading1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,kingston-on-,thames1 ,london1 ,essex1 ,middlesex1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,surrey1 ,kingston1 ,london1 ,hendon1 ,rickmansworth1 ,aylesbury1 ,adderbury1 ,worcestershire1 ,armscott1 ,sent to ,worcester jail1 detained nearly fourteen months2 at length liberated by proclamation4 #afgd4 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,london1 ,dunstable4 #afge4 ,newport-,pagnell1 ,northampton1 ,cossall1 ,warrington1 ,preston1 ,lancashire1 ,swarthmore4 #afgf4 ,this year he remained at ,swarthmore4 #afgg4 ,poolbank 7,westmorland71 ,camsgill1 ,brigflatts1 ,sedbergh1 ,garsdale1 ,wensleydale1 ,counterside1 ,scarr-,house in ,langstroth-,dale1 ,bishopdale1 ,middleham1 ,barton1 ,bedale1 ,northallerton1 ,burrowby1 ,york1 ,tadcaster1 ,knottingley1 ,doncaster1 ,balby1 ,ballowfield1 ,stainsby1 ,skegby1 ,nottingham1 ,wimeswold1 ,sileby1 ,leicester1 ,knighton1 ,swannington1 ,hartshorn1 ,baddesley1 ,whittington1 ,hartshill1 ,dingley1 ,adingworth1 ,northampton1 ,olney1 ,turvey1 ,kempston1 ,ampthill1 ,bullock's-,hill1 ,luton1 ,market-,street1 ,kensworth1 ,alban's1 ,south-,mims1 ,barnet1 ,gutterhedge1 ,highgate1 ,london1 ,sussex1 ,surrey1 ,worminghurst1 ,worplesdon1 ,kingston1 ,london1 ,colchester1 ,harwich1--sails for ,holland-lands at ,briel1--goes to ,rotterdam1 ,delft1 ,leyden1 ,haarlem1 ,amsterdam1 ,buyckslote1 ,purmerend1 ,alkmaar1 ,hoorn1 ,enckhuysen1 ,friesland1 ,workum1 ,harlingen1 ,leeuwarden1 ,dockum1 ,strobus1 ,groningen1 ,appingdalem1 ,delfziel1 ,embden1 ,leer1 ,strikehuysen1 ,deteren1 ,apen1 ,oldenburg1 ,delmenhorst1 ,bremen1 ,overdeland1 ,fisherholder1 ,closeterseven1 ,buxtehude1 ,hamburg1 ,elmshorn1 ,itzehoe1 ,hogenhorn1 ,frederickstadt1 ,hamburg1 ,bormer-,haven1 ,bremen1 ,keby1 ,oldenburgh1 ,leer1 ,embden1 ,delfziel1 ,groningen1 ,strobus1 ,dockum1 ,leeuwarden1 ,anderigo1 ,gardick1 ,leeuwarden1 ,franeker1 ,harlingen1 ,amsterdam1 ,landsmeer1 ,amsterdam1 ,haarlem1 ,amsterdam1 ,leyden1 ,hague1 ,delft1 ,rotterdam1 ,briel1--sails for ,england1 lands at ,harwich1--goes to ,colchester1 ,halstead1 ,braintree1 ,felstead1 ,saling1 ,chelmsford1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,amersham1 ,hunger-,hill1 ,jordans1 ,hedgerly1 ,wycombe1 ,turville-,heath1 ,wycombe1 ,henley1 ,corsham1 ,reading1 ,berkshire1 ,wiltshire1 ,bristol1 ,winterbourne1 ,sudbury1 ,tedbury1 ,nailsworth1 ,finchcomb1 ,nailsworth4 #afgh4 ,cirencester1 ,crown-,allins1 ,cheltenham1 ,stoke-,orchard1 ,tewkesbury1 ,worcester1 ,pershore1 ,evesham1 ,ragley1 ,stratford1 ,lamcote1 ,armscott1 ,oxfordshire1 ,sibford1 ,north-,newton1 ,banbury1 ,adderbury1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,long-,crendon1 ,ilmer1 ,mendle1 ,weston1 ,cholesbury1 ,chesham1 ,isaac ,penington's1 ,hertfordshire1 ,chorleywood1 ,watford1 ,hemel-,hempstead1 ,market-,street1 ,luton1 ,alban's1 ,south-,mims1 ,barnet1 ,hendon1 ,london1 ,hertford1 ,rabley-,heath1 ,stevenage1 ,baldock1 ,hitchin1 ,ashwell1 ,bedfordshire1 ,huntingdon1 ,ives1 ,northamptonshire1 ,great-,bowden1 ,saddington1 ,wigston1 ,knighton1 ,leicester1 ,sileby1 ,swannington1 ,warwickshire1 ,staffordshire1 ,monyash1 ,yorkshire1 ,hill1 ,kellet1 ,arnside1 ,swarthmore1 where he remained about a year4 #afhj4 ,westmorland1 ,lancashire1 ,yorkshire1 ,york1 ,barton1 ,nottinghamshire1 ,derbyshire1 ,leicestershire1 ,warwickshire1 ,warwick1 ,southam1 ,radway1 ,north-,newton1 ,banbury1 ,gloucestershire1 ,northamptonshire1 ,biddlesden1 ,lillingston-,lovel1 ,bugbrook1 ,stony-,stratford1 ,bedfordshire1 ,dunstable1 ,market-,street1 ,alban's1 ,mims1 ,barnet1 ,gutterhedge1 ,london1 ,surrey1 ,sussex1 ,kingston1 ,worplesdon1 ,guildford1 ,esher1 ,capel1 ,patchgate1 ,worminghurst1 ,bletchington1 ,horsham1 ,ifield1 ,reigate1 ,gatton1 ,kingston1 ,hammersmith1 ,battersea1 ,wandsworth1 ,kensington1 ,hendon1 ,london1 ,edmonton1 ,hertford1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,edmonton1 ,shacklewell1 ,london4 #afha4 ,kingston-on-,thames1 ,london1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,flamstead-,heath1 ,edmonton1 ,enfield1 ,winchmore-,hill1 ,london1 ,sussex1 ,london1 ,edmonton1 ,buckinghamshire1 ,henley1 ,reading1 ,oare1 ,oxfordshire1 ,warborough1 ,ilmer1 ,mary ,penington's1 ,hunger-,hill1 ,watford1 ,uxbridge1 ,longford1 ,staines1 ,sunbury1 ,kingston1 ,wandsworth1 ,hammersmith1 ,london4 #afhb4 ,dalston1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,london4 #afhc4 ,kingston-on-,thames1 ,london1 ,guildford1 ,worminghurst1 ,sussex1 ,surrey1 ,kingston1 ,london1 ,kingston-on-,thames1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,london1 ,essex1 ,dalston1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,london1 ,enfield1 ,london4 #afhd4 ,colchester1 ,harwich--sails for ,briel in ,holland1 ,rotterdam1 ,amsterdam1 ,friesland1 ,leeuwarden1 ,franeker1 ,harlingen1 ,amsterdam1 ,osan-over1 ,landsmeer1 ,amsterdam1 ,sardam1 ,alkmaar1 ,amsterdam1 ,haarlem1 ,rotterdam1 ,briel--sails for ,harwich1 ,colchester1 ,witham1 ,hare ,street1 ,william ,mead's1 ,enfield1 ,dalston1 ,london4 #afhe4 ,south ,street1 ,ford-,green1 ,enfield1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,enfield1 ,edmonton-,side1 ,london1 ,south ,street1 ,enfield1 ,london1 ,epping ,forest1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,hammersmith1 ,london1 ,bethnal-,green1 ,london1 ,enfield4 #afhf4 ,london1 ,bethnal-,green1 ,enfield1 ,chiswick1 ,london1 ,kingston4 #afhg4 ,london1 ,gooses 7,essex71 ,london1 ,edmonton1 ,south-,street1 ,winchmore-,hill1 ,bury-,street1 ,enfield1 ,hertford1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,gooses 7,w4 ,mead's71 ,wanstead1 ,barking1 ,john ,harding's1 ,gooses1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,guildford1 ,kingston1 ,chiswick1 ,hammersmith1 ,london1 #afhh4 ,enfield1 ,barnet1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,london1 ,gooses1 ,barking1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,hoddesdon1 ,enfield1 ,south-,street1 ,ford-,green1 ,winchmore-,hill1 ,london1 ,gooses4 #afhi4 ,london1 ,southgate1 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,hammersmith1 ,london1 ,tottenham-,high-,cross1 ,winchmore-,hill1 ,enfield1 ,london1 ,gooses4 #afij4 ,london1 ,kingston1 ,tottenham-,high-,cross1 ,ford-,green1 ,enfield1 ,cheshunt1 ,waltham-,abbey1 ,enfield1 ,tottenham1 ,winchmore-,hill1 ,hertford1 ,ware1 ,edmonton1 ,tottenham1 ,london1 ,tottenham1 ,ford-,green1 ,tottenham1 ,enfield1 ,winchmore-,hill1 ,ford-,green1 ,london1 where he died the #acth of #aath ,month1 #afij1 in his #fgth year4 ,,texts ,,of ,,scripture4 ,,occurring ,,in ,,this ,,journal4 ,,old ,,testament4 ,ch4 ,ver4 ,reference4 ,genesis4 #d #b1 ii4 #dhj4 #d #g1 i4 #cee4 #f #i1 ii4 #dhj4 #i #bj1 ii4 #dhj4 #ac -- ii4 #dhj4 #ac #af1 ii4 #ddg4 #ae #e1 ii4 #ddg4 #ae #ac1 #ad1 ii4 #ddh4 #ba #ab1 ii4 #dha4 #bb #ag1 #ah1 ii4 #ddg4 #bf #ab1 #ad1 ii4 #dha4 #cb #bh1 ii4 #dgg4 #df #cb1 #cd1 ii4 #dha4 ,exodus4 #c #a1 #d1 ii4 #dha4 #ad #ac1 i4 #cee4 #ae #ba1 ii4 #djf4 #bj #a1 ii4 #aeg4 #bj #be1 ii4 #dea4 #bb #bj1 ii4 #dej4 #bc #ah1 ii4 #dea4 ,leviticus4 #b #ac1 ii4 #dah1 #deb4 #ba -- ii4 #dfh4 ,numbers4 #ai -- ii4 #dfh4 #ca -- ii4 #dfi4 ,deuteronomy4 #ai #ad1 ii4 #dhj4 #bg #ag1 ii4 #dhj4 #bi #e1 ii4 #dif4 ,judges4 #e #a-ca1 ii4 #djf4 #a ,samuel4 #b #aj1 ii4 #djf4 #ae #bb1 ii4 #dec4 #ag #ae1 #bh1 ii4 #dha4 #a ,kings4 #ai #ai1 ii4 #dha4 #b ,kings4 #bb #ad1 ii4 #djf4 #b 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#ai -- ii4 #dba4 #ai #af1 ii4 #dfg4 #ba #g1 ii4 #dfa4 #bb #ah1 ii4 #aeg4 ,,particulars ,,of ,,the ,,english ,,editions ,,of ,,the ,,journal ,,of ,,george ,,fox4 ,a4--,,first ,,edition1 #afid4--8;,a ,,journal or ,historical ,account of the ,life1 ,travels1 ,sufferings1 ,christian ,experiences and ,labour of ,love in the ,work of the ,ministry1 of that ,ancient1 ,eminent and ,faithful ,servant of ,,jesus ,,christ1 ,george ,fox2 ,who departed this ,life in great ,peace with the ,,lord1 the #acth of the #aath ,month1 #afij4 ,the ,first ,volume40,a ,footnote ,a3 ,the ,second ,vol4 was a ,collection of ,epistles1 etc41 published by ,tace ,sowle1 #afih4 ,dan4 #ab4 #c4--8;,and they that turn many to ,righteousness1 shall shine as the ,stars for ever and ever40 ,verse #d4--8,many shall run to and fro2 and ,knowledge shall be ,encreased40 #b ,tim4 #b4 #ab4--8;,if we suffer1 we shall also reign with him2 7i4e4 with ,christ407 ,,london3 ,printed for ,thomas ,northcott1 in ,george-,yard in ,lombard-,street1 ,m ,,dc ,,xciv4 ,folio4 ,preface #dh pp41 ,testimonies pp4 i-xviii1 ,journal pp4 #a-bjj1 #bja99-bhh991 #ahi-fcb1 and #af pages of ,tables4 ,total number of pages #gif4 ,the ,tables are 7i47 ,names of ,countries1 etc42 7ii47 ,names of ,friends1 etc42 7iii47 ,subject ,matters2 7iv47 ,catalogue of ,epistles4 ,this edition was edited by ,thomas ,ellwood and published with and without the ,preface by ,wm4 ,penn 7printed by ,tace ,sowle1 #afid74 ,most of the copies of this edition extant contain a reprint of pages #cji1 #caj1 which was inserted by request1 in place of the original leaf1 soon after publication of the volume4 ,a circular with proposals for reprinting the ,journal1 issued in #agjh1 states that it was 8out of ,print1 and very ,scarce these ,four or ,five ,years past1 ,advanced to1 and sold for #bjs4 per ,book1 whereas the first ,price was but #acs40 ,b4--,,second ,,edition4--7,but not so called on title page71 #agji4 ,same title as ,a4 ,,london3 ,printed and ,sold by ,j4 ,sowle in ,white-,hart-,court in ,gracious-street1 #agji4 ,in two parts1 #hvo41 pt4 i41 pp4 lxxii1 #eib41 pt4 ii41 pp4 #ehj and #cf pages of ,tables as in ,a4 ,the above-mentioned1 #dto4 circular of 8,proposals for ,re-printing the ,journal10 etc41 states that the ,journal would be put to the press when the number of subscribers amounted to #ejj1 and that the price would be ,seven ,shillings and ,sixpence to subscribers1,b 8bound in ,calves ,leather40 ,the volumes were to be 8about the bigness of ,r4 ,barclay's ,apology10 and the text 8,corrected from some ,mistakes which passed in the former ,impression40 ,footnote ,b3 ,the advertised price was ,ten ,shillings4 ,c4--,,third ,,edition1 #agfe4--,same title as ,a1 but omitting date of death1 and part of ,scripture quotations4 8,the ,third ,edition corrected40 ,,london3 ,printed by ,w4 ,,richardson and ,s4 ,,clark4 ,sold by ,,luke ,,hinde in ,george-,yard1 ,lombard-,street1 and the ,booksellers in ,london and ,westminster4 ,m4,,dcc4,,lxv4 ,folio1 pp4 lix41 #fgi and #bg pages of ,indexes as in ,a4 ,corrected by ,joseph ,phipps2 and in which a large number of unnecessary words no longer appear4 ,it is supposed that the following folio circular1 though undated1 refers to this edition1 8,proposals for ,printing by ,subscription1 in one ,volume in ,folio1 a ,new ,edition of the ,journal 444 of 444 ,george ,fox4 444 ,the ,conditions3 ,i4 ,the ,book will contain upwards of ,two ,hundred ,sheets1 and shall be printed on a fine ,paper1 and with a curious new ,letter of this ,size4 ,,ii4 ,the ,price to the ,subscribers will be twelve ,shillings per ,book in ,sheets1 fourteen ,shillings in half-binding1 or sixteen ,shillings neatly bound in ,calves ,leather and letter'd on the ,back4 ,but in case the ,number subscrib'd for should exceed one ,thousand1 then the ,subscribers shall have an ,abatement of one ,shilling per ,book4 ,,iii4 ,four ,shillings per ,book are to be paid at the ,time of subscribing1 and the ,remainder on the ,delivery4 ,subscriptions are taken in by ,,luke ,,hinde1 in ,george-,yard1 ,lombard-,street1 ,london2 of whom ,proposals may be had40 ,d4--,,fourth ,,edition4--,not known as an ,english edition1 but see under 8,american ,editions40 ,e4--,,fifth ,,edition 7but not so called on title page7 #ahbg4--,same title as ,a4 ,london3 ,printed by ,w4 ,phillips1 ,george ,yard1 ,lombard ,street1 #ahbg1 from the ,first ,edition1 printed for ,thomas ,northcott1 in ,george ,yard1 in ,lombard ,street1 #afid4 ,in two volumes large #hvo41 vol4 i4 pp4 lxxiv4 #ge-ejf2 vol4 ii4 pp4 #deb and #ce pages of ,tables as in ,a4 ,price ,twenty-four ,shillings4 ,f4--,,sixth ,,edition1 #ahcf4--,same title as ,a1 with addition of 8,sixth ,edition--in two ,volumes40 ,,leeds3 ,printed by ,anthony ,pickard4 ,m ,,dccc ,,xxxvi4 ,small #hvo41 vol4 i41 pp4 ,i4-,,viii41 i4-lxxxii41 #hc-eef2 vol4 ii41 pp4 #dhh and #ge pages of ,addenda and ,indexes4 ,printed for ,joshua ,kaye and ,george ,north ,tatham1 ,leeds4 ,edition of #e1jjj copies1 sold at six shillings per copy4 ,contains ,advertisement by the ,editors1 who state it was collated with the first and third editions4 ,special work seems to have been done on the ,indexes1 which include ,texts of ,scripture1 ,chronological ,arrangement1 etc4 ,g4--,,seventh ,,edition1 #aheb4--,title1 8,journal of ,george ,fox2 being an ,historical ,account of the ,life1 444 as ,a4 ,seventh ,edition--in two ,volumes1 with ,notes ,biographical and ,historical1 etc41 by ,wilson ,armistead40 ,,london3 ,w4 and ,f4 ,g4 ,cash 7late ,gilpin71 ,bishopsgate ,street1 444 ,m ,,dccclii4 #hvo41 vol4 i41 pp4 xiv41 #dji2 vol4 ii41 pp4 ix41 #ced1 and #eh pages of ,appendix and ,indexes1 but omission of ,catalogue of ,epistles1 etc4 ,printed by ,w4 ,g4 ,blackie and ,co41 ,villafield1 ,glasgow1 from ,f4 ,for the first time divided into chapters and supplied with ,introduction and ,table of ,contents4 ,price five shillings4 ,h4#a4--;,,eighth 7and ,bi-,centenary7 ,,edition1 #ahia4--,title as ,g1 but omitting part of ,scripture quotation4 8,eighth 7and ,bi-,centenary7 ,edition1 in two volumes40 ,,london3 ,friends' ,tract ,association2 ,edward ,hicks1 ,junr41 ,publisher1 #ad1 ,bishopsgate ,street ,without1 #ahia4 #hvo41 vol4 i41 pp4 lxii41 #ecg2 vol4 ii41 pp4 xvi41 #ejg1 and #fa pages of ,appendix and ,indexes as ,g4 ,carefully collated with the earliest editions2 and in other respects a reprint of ,g4 ,favouring circumstances occurring about the time of the two-hundredth anniversary of the death of ,george ,fox1 by the gift of two ,friends deceased1 and assistance from others1 these volumes were produced at much less cost to purchasers than would otherwise have been the case4 ,the whole was printed and stereotyped by ,headley ,brothers1 ,ashford1 ,kent2 and conducted through the press under the joint supervision of ,daniel ,pickard1 the revising editor1 and of ,frederick ,goodall ,cash1 ,hon4 ,secretary of ,friends' ,tract ,association1 ,london4 ,price five shillings net4 #ejj copies were printed1 and sold at five shillings each4 ,h4#b4--;,,eighth ,,edition1 reprinted #aija4--,title1 8,the ,journal of ,george ,fox2 being an ,historical ,account of his ,life1 ,travels1 ,sufferings1 and ,christian ,experiences4 ,in two volumes40 ,published for the ,friends' ,tract ,association1 by ,headley ,brothers1 #ad1 ,bishopsgate ,street ,without1 ,london1 ,e4,c41 #aija4 #hvo4 vol4 i41 pp4 lxxii41 #ecg1 vol4 ii41 pp4 xvi41 #ejg1 #ca pages of ,appendix as ,h4#a1 and #ej pages of ,particulars of ,editions1 and ,indexes4 ,the text of this is reprinted by ,headley ,brothers1 ,ashford1 ,kent1 from the stereo plates of ,h4#a4 slightly corrected1 and has been furnished with greatly extended ,index to ,persons and ,places1 further particulars of previous editions and a ,map1 compiled by ,norman ,penney1 ,hon4 ,sec4 of ,friends' ,tract ,association4 #ejj copies were printed4 ,price per copy five shillings net1 including the map six shillings and sixpence net4 ,,note4--,an abridged edition of ,the ,journal1 under the title 8,the ,autobiography of ,george ,fox10 edited1 with ,introduction1 by ,henry ,stanley ,newman1 was published in ,london and ,leominster #ahhf4 #dto4 pp4 xxxii1 #djf and #af pages of ,index4 ,,particulars ,,of ,,the ,,american ,,editions ,,of ,,the ,,journal ,,of ,,george ,,fox4 ---------------------------- #a4--;,,fourth ,,edition1 #ahjj4--,title as ,c1 but without ,scripture quotation4 8,fourth ,edition in two ,volumes40 ,new ,york3 ,printed by ,isaac ,collins1 ,no4 #ahi1 ,pearl ,street1 #ahjj4 ,large #hvo4 ,it is possible that this1 the first ,american edition1 was styled 8,fourth ,edition10 in sequence to the 8,third ,edition10 published in ,england4 #b4--;,,fifth ,,edition1 #ahjh4--,title as ,c4 8,the ,fifth ,edition1 corrected4 ,in two volumes40 ,philadelphia4 ,printed for ,b4 and ,t4 ,kite1 ,no4 #bj1 ,north ,third ,street4 ,fry and ,kammerer1 ,printers1 #ahjh4 ,large #hvo41 vol4 i41 pp4 #edb1 vol4 ii41 pp4 #dhe and ,index4 ,this edition rightly follows the ,fourth 7,american7 ,edition1 as 8,the ,fifth ,edition10 but it was apparently not reckoned for1 when the ,english edition of #ahcf was styled the 8,sixth ,edition40 #c4--;,,another ,,edition1 #ahca4--,title as ,c4 8,corrected by the first edition40 ,in two volumes1 forming vols4 i4 and ii4 of ,the ,works of ,george ,fox 7in #h vols474 ,philadelphia3 ,marcus ,t4 ,c4 ,gould1 ,no4 #f1 ,north ,eighth ,street2 ,new ,york3 ,isaac ,t4 ,hopper1 ,no4 #dbj1 ,pearl ,street4 ,j4 ,harding1 ,printer1#ff #ahca4 ,large #hvo41 vol4 i41 pp4 #dcg1 vol4 ii41 pp4 #chd and #i pages of ,index4 #d4--,,stereotype ,,edition1 no date4 ,title as ,c1 but incorrect reference to 8,dan4 xii4 #a40 ,philadelphia3 ,published at ,friends' ,book ,store1 ,no4 #hd1 ,mulberry ,street4 ,large #hvo41 pp4 liv41 #ffb and #aj pages of ,index4 ,from a ,minute of the ,meeting for ,sufferings of ,philadelphia ,yearly ,meeting1 under date of #abmo4 #be1 #ahcb1 it seems that the stereotype plates of the ,journal were so nearly completed that the ,treasurer of the ,yearly ,meeting was authorised to pay for same1 and in the following #dth month1 a bill passed the ,meeting for ,sufferings for printing #ejj copies of same4 ,many of above particulars have been kindly supplied by ,morgan ,bunting1 ,george ,j4 ,scattergood1 and ,wm4 ,c4 ,cowperthwaite1 of ,philadelphia4 ----- ,footnote #ff3 ,the second volume has 8,thomas ,b4 ,town and ,co41 ,printers40 ,,index ,i4 ,,persons ,,and ,,places4 ------- ,names of ,persons directly connected with ,g4 ,fox1 and of ,places visited by him1 appear in capital letters4 ,names of ,persons and ,places indirectly mentioned in ,the ,journal appear in small letters2 indirect references are also preceded by the word 8mentioned40 ,names preceded by a 99 have footnotes respecting them1 the pages on which such footnotes occur being given in italic letters4 ,words within represent additional information not to be found in ,the ,journal4 --------------------- ,,abbey ,,holm1 i4 #cib4 99,aberdeen1 ii4 #bcc1 #bcd4 ,,abraham1 ,,daniel1 step son-in-law of ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #eba4 ,,abraham1 ,,rachel1 wife of ,d4 ,abraham1 ii4 #eba4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,rachel4 99,,abrahams1 ,,galenus1 noted ,baptist of ,amsterdam1 disputes with ,friends1 ii4 #caj2 visited by ,g4 ,fox1 and partly convinced1 ii4 #dja1 #djb4 ,,acton1 i4 #ae4 ,,adderbury1 ii4 #bjd1 #cai4 ,,adingworth ,,arthingworth1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,alban',s ,,st41 i4 #bei2 ii4 #bfj1 #cai1 #cde4 ,,aldam1 ,,john1 convinced1 i4 xlv4 99,,aldam1 ,,thomas1 convinced1 ii4 #eaa2 with ,g4 ,fox at ,warmsworth steeplehouse1 i4 #ajc1 #ajf2 visits a ,knight in ,derbyshire1 i4 #aih2 visits ,london1 i4 #bac2 visits1 with ,anthony ,pearson1 the jails of ,england1 i4 #ddf2 rends his cap as a sign1 i4 #ddf4 ,aldborough ,castle1 ii4 #djc4 ,,aldingham1 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #abj1 ii4 #eac4 ,alexandria1 i4 #eah4 99,algiers1 captives at1 ii4 #cdf1 #dhf4 ,,algiers1 ,,dey of1 written to1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,alkmaar1 ii4 #bgc1 #djb2 ,friends of1 with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bfh4 ,,allendale4 ,see ,,hutchinson1 ,,hugh4 ,,america1 i4 xlviii1 #cch1 ii4 #ada-aif1 #eag2 written to1 i4 #a1 ii4 #ih1 #bcd1 #cde1 #dia1 #eja1 #ejb2 ,truth springs up1 ii4 #bea1 #ebg2 ,friends of1 visit ,london1 ii4 #djd2 mentioned1 ii4 #acc4 ,,amersham1 ii4 #cae4 ,,amoroca ,,river1 ii4 #aia4 ,,ampthill1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,amsterdam1 ii4 #bfg-bgb1 #bhd1 #bij1 #bia1 #bib1 #djj1 #djb2 meetings for discipline settled1 ii4 #bfh1 #bij1 #cba1 #djj2 letters written here1 ii4 #bfh1 #bgj1 #bhe1 #bhf1 #bhh1 #bib1 #bie1 #bih2 ,jews would not receive visit1 ii4 #caa2 mentioned1 ii4 #bgc1 #bgi1 #bhb1 #bhc1 #bhg1 #caj1 #cac1 #cbf1 #dja1 #djb1 #dhc4 ,,anamessic1 ii4 #aib4 ,,anamessic ,,river1 ii4 #aia4 ,,anderigo1 ii4 #bhb4 ,,andries1 ,,cornelius1 ,friend1 of ,groningen1 sufferer at ,embden1 ii4 #bhb4 ,,anglesea1 ,,earl ,,of1 letter respecting ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment at ,lancaster1 ii4 #ef4 ,angrogna ,protestants persecuted1 i4 #dcd4 ,antigua1 visited by ,thomas ,briggs and ,william ,edmundson4 ii4 #aec2 ,truth prospers1 ii4 #cba1 #ejd4 ,,antrobus1 ,,benj4 of ,london1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,appingdalem1 ii4 #bge4 99,,appleby1 i4 xlviii2 ,jas4 ,naylor and ,francis ,howgill imprisoned here1 i4 #aac1 #abh1 #adb4 ,,appledore1 ii4 #id4 ,,apen1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,archer1 ,,judge1 marriage trial at ,nottingham1 i4 #ebj2 prmunires ,friends at ,exeter1 ii4 #id2 letter from ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #id4 ,,arminians dispute with ,friends1 i4 #eaf4 ,,armscott1 meeting in ,john ,halford's barn1 ii4 #bjd2 ,g4 ,fox sent hence to ,worcester jail1 ii4 #bje1 #cai4 ,see ,,crowder1 ,,dr4 ,,arnside1 i4 #aeh1 ii4 #cce2 general meeting here1 i4 #dgj1 ii4 #ae4 ,,arundel1 i4 #bfj4 ,,ashburnham1 ,,john1 constable1 of ,ulverstone1 i4 #dgb2 judgment on his wife1 ii4 #gc4 ,ashfield1 ,col4 ,richard1 justice1 of ,scotland and ,staines1 convinced1 i4 #djd4 ,,ashford 7,kent71 ii4 #a4 ,,ashgrove4 ,see ,,fry ,,william4 ,,ashley1 ,,john1 friendly lawyer1 ii4 #bbd4 ,,ashwell1 ii4 #ccb4 ,,askew1 ,,mary1 convinced at ,swarthmore1 ii4 #eac4 ,,atherstone1 chapel visited1 i4 #dh2 dispute with several priests1 i4 #bja-bjf4 ,atherton1 ,godfrey1 sent with letter to ,countess of ,derby1 ii4 #be4 ,atherton1 ,oliver1 father of above1 imprisoned for tithes by ,countess of ,derby1 died in prison1 body carried to ,ormskirk for interment1 ii4 #be1 #bf4 ,atkins ,atkinson1 ,christopher1 dishonoured ,truth at ,norwich1 but afterwards repented1 i4 #bcc4 ,,atkinson1 ,,thomas1 ,friend1 of ,cartmel1 ii4 #ai4 ,,atkyns1 ,,judge1 his clerk visited respecting tithes1 ii4 #ceg4 99,,audland1 ,,john1 preacher at ,firbank ,chapel1 i4 #aac2 visited by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aae1 #abb2 comes out in the ministry1 i4 xlv1 #abh1 ii4 #eae1 and travels to ,bristol1 i4 #aij2 attends general meeting at ,swannington1 i4 #aii2 bids ,paul ,gwin repent1 i4 #ccj2 general meeting at his house1 i4 #cia4 ,,audland1 ,,ann1 wife of ,j4 ,audland1 her house visited by constables after ,g4 ,fox's departure1 ii4 #ae4 ,,aylesbury1 ii4 #ij1 #bjd4 ,,badcow1 i4 #cid2 mentioned1 i4 #cig1 #djd4 ,,baddesley 7,,bagley71 i4 #bea1 #bef1 #beh1 #cce1 #dfg1 ii4 #gi1 #ajd1 #bei4 ,,bagworth1 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #dg4 ,,baily1 ,,charles1 turns aside from ,truth1 i4 #ejf4 99,,baily1 ,,wm41 ,baptist teacher convinced1 i4 #bfa2 in ,barbadoes1 ii4 #aei4 ,baker1 ,daniel1 travels for ,smyrna1 forsakes ,truth1 i4 #eah4 99,,baker1 ,,richard1 ,friend1 of ,biddlesden1 visited1 ii4 #cdd4 ,,balby1 i4 #aja1 #ajd1 #aje1 #aig1 ii4 #ajd1 #bei2 ,richard ,farnsworth and others convinced here1 i4 #gi2 yearly meeting held here1 i4 #dgf-dfi1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,baldock1 ii4 #hi1 #ccb2 sick woman visited and convinced here1 i4 #beh2 ,,baldock1 ----1 ,baptist1 and his wife convinced1 i4 #beh4 ,,ball1 ,,richard1 of ,whittington1 visited1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,ball1 ,,nathaniel1 ministering ,friend1 of ,north ,newton1 visited1 ii4 #ia1 #cdd4 ,,ballowfield i4 #aie1 ii4 #bei4 99,,banbury1 i4 #gi1 ii4 #ia1 #cai1 #cdd4 ,,bandon ,,bridge1 mayor's wife convinced here1 ii4 #aji2 ,g4 ,fox sees a vision1 ii4 #aji4 ,,banghurst ,,baughurst1 ii4 #abi4 ,,baptists come into contact with ,friends1 i4 #ai1 #be1 #df1 #fi1 #ajh1 #aff1 #afh1 #agi1 #bab1 #bbh1 #bbi1 #bca1 #bea1 #bed1 #beh1 #bfa1 #bfc1 #cii1 #djj1 #dji1 #eaf1 ii4 #ajc1 #abe1 #bjc1 #bfi1 #bgh2 they persecute ,friends1 i4 #aii1 #bea1 #cad1 #ecj2 ii4 #fd4 ,see ,,abrahams2 ,,baily1 ,,wm42 ,,baldock2 ,,bennet1 ,,colonel2 ,,brown1 ,,capt42 ,,fisher1 ,,samuel2 ,,gritton2 ,,gwin2 ,,hilton2 ,,jones1 ,,rice2 ,,oates2 ,,packer2 ,,pickering2 ,,wiggan4 ,,barbadoes1 ,paul ,gwin met here1 i4 #ccj1 ii4 #aeb2 ,friends banished to1 ii4 #fh2 ,friends here written to1 ii4 #ih1 #cde1 #dhi2 visited1 ii4 #add-aei2 letters written here1 ii4 #ade1 #adg1 #aej1 #aei2 mentioned1 ii4 #aec1 #afh1 #agb1 #agf1 #aij1 #aic2 ,friends prosper1 ii4 #cba1 #ejd2 ,church order established1 ii4 #adh4 ,,barbadoes1 ,,governor ,,of1 visited1 ii4 #aeb1 #aeh2 letter to him1 ii4 #aee4 99,,barclay1 ,,robert1 disputes with students of ,aberdeen1 ii4 #bcc2 travels with ,g4 ,fox in ,holland1 ii4 #bff1 #bfh1 #bfi2 returns to ,england1 ii4 #bhe4 ,,barking1 ii4 #def1 #dge4 ,,barnes1 ,,wm41 meetings held in his house near ,warrington1 ii4 #hb1 #ajf1 #aad4 ,,barnet1 ii4 #bfa1 #cai1 #cde1 #dgc2 spiritual exercises here1 i4 #c1 #d4 ,,barnet ,,bardon ,,hills1 i4 #ebi1 #ecj4 ,,barnstaple1 persecution here of ,friends on returning from sea1 ii4 #id2 mayor written to1 ii4 #id4 ,,barrow 7,leics471 i4 #df1 #dg2 mentioned1 i4 #ebi4 ,,barton1 ,,col4 ,,nathaniel1 justice and preacher1 signs mittimus committing ,g4 ,fox to ,derby ,house of ,correction1 i4 #ea2 letters written to him and other justices1 i4 #ec1 #ed1 #fe1 #gc4 ,,barton ,,burton1 7,lincs471 ii4 #cdd4 ,,barton1 7,yorks471 ii4 #bef4 ,,barton ,,abbey1 i4 #dfi4 ,see ,,monk ,,bretton4 ,,barwick1 ,,grace1 general meeting at her house at ,kelk in ,yorkshire1 ii4 #ge4 ,,basford4 ,see ,,hammersley1 ,,thos4 ,,basingstoke1 i4 #ceg4 ,,bateman1 ,,miles1 disputing at his house at ,underbarrow1 i4 #aaf2 large meeting at his house1 with headings of ,g4 ,fox's address there1 i4 #abe4 ,,bathurst1 ,,charles1 his country house at ,epping ,forest visited for rest and air1 ii4 #dae1 and letter written there1 ii4 #dae4 ,,battersea1 ii4 #cdf4 ,battledore1 ,the1 written1 published1 and presented1 i4 #eac4 ,,batts1 ,,nathaniel1 captain1 ex-governor of ,roanoke1 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,carolina and asks about a woman in ,cumberland who was said to have been healed by ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ahd4 ,,baxe1 ,,richard1 meeting at his house at ,capel in ,sussex1 ii4 #acj4 ,baxter1 ,richard1 ,presbyterian1 book by1 referred to1 ii4 #dad4 ,,baycliff ,,beckliff1 i4 #aba2 ,leonard ,fell and others convinced here1 i4 #aba4 99,,beard1 ,,nicholas of ,rottingdean1 convinced1 i4 #bcj4 ,,beaton1 ,,wm41 large meetings at his house at ,puddimore1 i4 #cbh1 ii4 #ie2 general meeting1 ii4 #ab4 ,,beaumaris1 visited with ,john-ap-,john1 i4 #cgh2 letter to the magistrates1 i4 #cha4 ,,beaumont1 ,,lord1 and soldiers arrest ,g4 ,fox at ,swannington and send him to prison at ,leicester4 i4 #ecj-ece4 ,,beavor ,,belvoir1 ,,vale ,,of1 many convinced1 ,g4 ,fox's spiritual exercises during some weeks' stay1 i4 #bf1 and his various 8openings0 here1 i4 #bi4 ,,beckerings ,,park4 ,see ,,crook1 ,,john4 ,,bedale1 ii4 #bef4 99,,bedfordshire1 i4 #bbe1 #bej1 #beh1 #dag1 #ecf1 ii4 #gi1 #ha1 #bfj1 #cai1 #ccb1 #cde2 magistrates enraged1 i4 #bbf4 ,,bennet1 ,,col41 ,baptist teacher1 owner of ,launceston ,castle1 i4 #bhd2 releases ,g4 ,fox and fellow-prisoners1 i4 #cba1 #cbe4 ,,bennett1 ,,gervase1 justice1 signs ,g4 ,fox's committal to ,derby ,house of ,correction1 i4 #ea2 written to1 i4 #eb1 #ed2 first uses the term ,quaker1 i4 #eh2 strikes ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #fb2 presses him for a soldier1 i4 #gb4 ,,bennett1 ,,priest1 of ,cartmel1 i4 #abf1 #aeg4 ,,benson1 ,,francis1 of ,westmorland1 visited1 ii4 #ag4 99,,benson1 ,,gervase1 justice1 meeting with separated people at his house1 i4 #aab2 other meetings1 i4 #abb2 his convincement1 i4 #aci1 #adb2 protects ,friends1 i4 #aef2 mentioned1 i4 #aeh1 #aga2 his wife visits ,g4 ,fox at ,carlisle jail1 she later suffers imprisonment at ,york1 i4 #agb2 he writes with ,anthony ,pearson to ,carlisle justices1 respecting ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #agg4 ,,benson1 ,,priest1 of ,cumberland1 ,g4 ,fox disputes with1 ii4 #eae4 ,,bentham1 cruel treatment of ,g4 ,fox here1 ii4 #ef1 #eg4 ,,berkshire1 i4 #ebh1 ii4 #aai1 #acj1 #cag2 monthly meetings settled1 ii4 #ig2 record of a trial1 ii4 #ajc2 mentioned1 ii4 #ceh4 ,,berwick1 i4 #dac4 ,,bethnal ,,green1 ii4 #dcd2 ancient ,friend visited1 ii4 #dai2 paper written here1 ii4 #dai4 ,,beverley1 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #hj2 account thereof given by noted woman of the place1 i4 #ha4 ,,bewley1 ,,george1 was darkened through visit to ,blanch ,pope at ,loo1 but again became serviceable1 ii4 #g4 ,,bewley1 ,,thomas1 visited at his house near ,caldbeck1 i4 #aff1 #agi1 #ahj2 a general meeting at his house1 ii4 #ae4 ,,bickliff ,,brickley1 ,,anthony1 great meeting at his house in ,warwickshire1 i4 #bjj2 visited1 i4 #dhd4 ,,biddlesden 7,bucks471 large meeting at an old abbey house1 attended by many ,friends1 ii4 #cdd4 99,,billing1 ,,edward1 of ,leith1 his wife's curious action1 i4 #cii2 she is convinced and reunited to her husband1 i4 #cii2 mentioned1 i4 #djf4 ,,billing1 ,,grace1 convinced during visit to ,g4 ,fox and ,e4 ,pyot in ,launceston prison1 i4 #cae4 ,bindlas1 ,sir ,robert1 his servants abuse ,friends1 i4 #adf4 99,,bingley1 ,,wm41 accompanies ,g4 ,fox and party to ,holland1 ii4 #cih2 visits ,friesland with ,s4 ,waldenfield1 ii4 #djj2 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,binscombe1 in ,godalming1 meeting held here1 i4 #bfj4 ,,birdet1 ----1 great meeting in his house1 i4 #ie4 ,,birkenhead1 ,,sir ,,john1 master of requests1 obtains an order for ,g4 ,fox's release from ,scarbro' ,castle1 ii4 #fi4 ,,birkhead1 ,,abraham1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahb4 ,,birkhead1 ,,sergeant1 meeting at his house at ,twickenham1 i4 #ddb4 ,,birmingham1 ii4 #ajd2 several convinced at a meeting here1 i4 #beb4 99,,bishop1 ,,george1 captain1 of ,bristol1 at a meeting at ,reading1 i4 #bca2 interview with the mayor of ,bristol1 i4 #dfb2 author of ,new ,england ,judged1 i4 #eab4 ,,bishopdale1 ii4 #bef4 ,,bishoprick4 ,see ,,durham 7,county74 ,,bishop-,,stortford1 i4 #bcg4 ,,blackmore1 ,,major1 his soldiers sent to apprehend ,g4 ,fox1 but miss him1 i4 #cfj4 ,,black ,,rock1 ii4 #ajg4 99,,blakelin1 ,,john1 of ,drawell in ,sedbergh1 a kinsman of his visited1 i4 #aaa2 at ,firbank ,chapel1 i4 #aac1 ii4 #eab2 visited1 i4 #abb1 ii4 #ae1 #bee1 #bef2 comes out in the ministry1 ii4 #eae2 reads a paper by ,g4 ,fox to one ,otway when ill1 i4 #cia4 ,,bletchington ,,bletchingley1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,block ,,island1 ii4 #agb4 ,,bodmin1 i4 #bgj1 #bhd2 ,g4 ,fox and ,e4 ,pyot conveyed hither on the way to ,launceston prison1 incident at the inn1 i4 #bga4 ,bohemia1 persecutions in1 i4 #dcd4 ,,bohemia ,,river1 ii4 #afe1 #agh4 99,bolton1 i4 #bjg1 ii4 #cb4 ,,bolton1 ,,john1 and his wife attend a meeting at ,binscombe through frost and snow1 i4 #bfj4 ,,bond1 ,,nicholas1 discourses with a ,jesuit1 i4 #dbh4 ,,bond1 ,,thomas1 a prisoner at ,yarmouth1 i4 #bcc4 ,bonner1 ,bishop1 ii4 #ea4 ,,bonner',s ,,creek1 ii4 #ahd1 #ahf4 ,booth1 ,george1 insurrectionist1 i4 #dej4 ,,bootle1 steeplehouse visited1 and rough treatment received1 i4 #aei1 #afa4 ,,bormer-,,haven1 ii4 #bhj4 ,,boroughbridge1 ii4 #ad4 ,borwick1 ii4 #gb4 ,boston 7,america71 i4 #eji1 ii4 #aij4 ,,boston 7,lincs471 i4 #ccd4 ,,bottomley ,,bauthumley1 ,,jacob1 a great ,ranter1 i4 #aii4 ,,bousfield1 ,,major1 visited in the ,dales1 i4 #aaa4 ,,bowden1 ,,great1 ii4 #ccb4 ,,bowles1 ,,george of ,chalfont ,st4 ,giles1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,bowles ,,edward1 priest1 spoken to in ,york ,minster1 i4 #hc4 ,,boyes1 ,,priest1 of the ,moors1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #id4 ,,bradden1 ,,captain1 guards ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston1 i4 #bgb1 #bgc2 converses with him1 i4 #bgi4 ,,bradford1 i4 #ajh4 ,,bradford1 ----1 cousin of ,g4 ,fox1 invites him to drink beer1 i4 #c4 ,,bradford1 ,,captain1 his house in ,yorkshire visited1 i4 #aie4 ,,bradshaw1 ,,judge1 favourable to ,friends1 i4 xlvi1 #abc4 ,,braintree1 ii4 #cad4 ,,braithwaite1 ,,john1 reporter1 convinced at ,newton in ,cartmel1 i4 #aah4 ,,brassey1 ,,nathaniel1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to ,holland1 ii4 #cig4 ,,brecknock1 an uproar owing to preaching of ,thomas ,holmes and ,john-ap-,john1 i4 #cfa4 ,,bremen1 ii4 #bgf1 #cej2 spiritual travail at1 ii4 #bha4 ,,brickley1 ,,anthony4 ,see ,,bickliff1 ,,anthony4 ,,bridge-,,town1 general meeting here1 attended by many and influential people1 ii4 #aeb4 ,,bridport1 i4 #ceh4 ,,briel1 ,,the1 ii4 #cab1 #cac1 #cih1 #djc2 mentioned1 ii4 #bff4 ,,brierlie1 ,,james1 visited at his home at ,olney1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,brigflats1 great concourse at a meeting here1 ii4 #bef4 99,,briggs1 ,,thomas1 convinced1 i4 #adj2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox into ,kent and other counties1 ii4 #a1 #b1 #aj1 to ,ireland1 ii4 #ajg1 #aad1 into ,hampshire1 etc41 ii4 #abi1 to ,america1 ii4 #ada2 is taken ill in ,barbadoes1 ii4 #aec2 where he remains a while1 ii4 #aei4 ,,brigham1 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #afd1 #ahd1 ii4 #eae4 ,,bristol1 i4 #cbh1 #cbi1 #ccj1 #cfj1 #dfb1 #ebg4 ii4 #ab1 #gi1 #hg1 #aag1 #aie1 #aih1 #cag1 #eag1 #eah2 visited by ,j4 ,camm and ,j4 ,audland1 i4 #aij2 home of ,e4 ,pyot near here1 i4 #aii1 #bfa1 #bgg1 #cag1 #cbh1 #dfc1 #ebg1 #ebh1 and of ,g4 ,bishop1 i4 #bca1 #eab2 mentioned1 i4 #cja1 #cbg1 #cbi1 #dgi1 #ebi1 ii4 #ic1 #bji1 #bai1 #eag2 its mayor1 i4 #dfb4 ,,bristol ,,harbour1 ii4 #aig4 ,see ,,kings ,,road4 ,,britland1 ,,priest1 of ,chesterfield1 partly convinced1 i4 #di4 ,,broadstreet1 ,,simon1 magistrate1 of ,new ,england1 visited in ,england1 i4 #eaa4 ,bromby1 ,thomas1 sufferer in ,lincoln prison1 i4 #bbe4 ,,broughton 7,leics471 great meeting of ,baptists here1 i4 #ai4 ,,brown1 ----1 prophesies of ,g4 ,fox and others on his death bed1 i4 #bj4 ,,brown1 ,,captain1 a ,baptist1 of ,barrow1 his wife convinced1 his fear for her1 his own late convincement1 i4 #ebi4 ,,brown1 ,,john1 of ,weston1 men's monthly meetings established at his house1 ii4 #ij4 ,,brown1 ,,richard1 visited1 ii4 #id4 ,,brownists1 meet with ,friends1 i4 #eaf1 ii4 #bfi4 ,,buckinghamshire1 i4 #ccc1 #ddj1 ii4 #gi1 #ij1 #aai1 #abh1 #bjc1 #bfj1 #cae1 #cag1 #cai1 #cdd1 #ceh4 ,,bugbrook1 ii4 #cdd4 ,,bullocks ,,hill ,,pulloxhill1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,bull ,,and ,,mouth1 ,,the1 ii4 #cgf1 #cie4 ,,bunhill ,,fields1 ii4 #ejg1 #ebc4 ,,burlington 7,yorks471 ii4 #ge4 ,,burntisland1 i4 #djf4 99,,burnyeat1 ,,john1 convinced1 i4 xlv2 arrested in ,london1 ii4 #abd2 meets with and accompanies ,g4 ,fox and party in ,america1 ii4 #afc1 #afd2 travels in ,new ,england and ,rhode ,island1 ii4 #afi-aga2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox and others to ,william ,penn's at ,worminghurst1 and with ,g4 ,fox answers a book by ,roger ,williams1 ii4 #bfd4 ,,burraby 7,,burrowby71 i4 #hd1 ii4 #bef-beh4 99,,burrough1 ,,edward1 reasonings with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aaf2 begins his ministry1 i4 xlv1 #abh1 ii4 #eae2 travels to ,london1 i4 #aij1 #beh2 attends a general meeting at ,swannington1 i4 #aii2 discourses with a ,jesuit1 i4 #dbh2 interviews ,charles ,,ii respecting the persecutions in ,new ,england1 i4 #ejg2 decease1 and ,g4 ,fox's letter respecting it1 i4 #ecf4 ,,burton1 ,,justice1 is too late with a warrant to arrest ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #dfg4 ,,burton1 ,,priest1 of ,sedbergh1 written to1 i4 #aee4 ,see ,,sedbergh4 ,,burton-,,on-,,trent1 i4 #gg4 ,,bury ,,street1 ii4 #dee4 ,,bushel-,,house1 i4 #gg4 ,,bushel1 ,t41 ,ranter1 his vision of ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #hg4 ,,butcher1 ,,john1 ,signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,buxtehude1 ii4 #bgg4 ,,buyckslote1 ii4 #bgc4 ,,budock4 ,see ,,hodges1 ,f4 8 ,,caerleon4 ,see ,,slone1 ,,the4 ,,caernarvon1 i4 #cgh4 99,,caldbeck1 i4 #aff1 ii4 #eae2 steeplehouse visited1 and ,robert ,widders ill treated1 i4 #agi4 ,,calvinists1 dispute with ,friends1 i4 #eaf4 ,,cambridge1 education at ,university does not make ministers of ,christ1 i4 #g1 #aa1 #chf2 students molest ,friends1 i4 #bcf2 the mayor and his wife friendly1 i4 #bcf1 #bcg1 #ejc1 #ecf1 also the ex-mayor and his wife1 i4 #ecf4 ,,cambridgeshire1 i4 #ccd1 #dec1 #ecf1 ii4 #abj4 ,,camelford1 ,,priest1 of ,newton in ,cartmel1 his chapel visited1 i4 #aag4 ,,camfield1 ,,francis1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 99,,camm1 ,,john1 comes out as a minister1 i4 xlv1 #abh1 ii4 #eae2 interview with ,cromwell1 ii4 #eae2 travels to ,bristol1 i4 #aij2 meets ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bef1 #cce4 99,,camm1 ,,thomas1 visited at his home at ,camsgill1 ii4 #bee4 ,,camsgill1 ii4 #bee4 ,canaries1 ,the1 ii4 #add4 ,,cannon1 ,,richard1 of ,london1 appeals for ,g4 ,fox's liberation from ,worcester jail1 ii4 #bag4 ,,canterbury1 i4 #bbi1 ii4 #acj2 the ,bishop's opinion of ,the ,battledore1 i4 #eac4 ,,capel1 ii4 #acj #cdf4 ,,capernwray4 ,see ,,leper1 ,,thomas4 ,,cardiff1 ii4 #ib2 a justice friendly1 i4 #cfj4 ,,carlisle1 i4 #aei1 #afb1 #cib2 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned here1 i4 #aff-agh1 #ahd1 #ahi1 ii4 #eae2 jailers' cruelty1 i4 #aga1 #agi2 ,robert ,widders imprisoned here1 i4 #agi2 ,robert ,huntingdon visits the steeplehouse1 i4 #ejc2 ,musgrave deputy-governor1 ii4 #af4 ,,carlisle ,,bay1 illness at ,richard ,forstall's near here1 ii4 #ade4 ,,carolina1 ii4 #ahc1 #ahd1 #ahf2 mentioned1 ii4 #ahg2 epistle sent to1 ii4 #dia2 governor friendly1 ii4 #ahe4 ,,carter-,,ford1 i4 #dgb4 ,,cartmel1 ii4 #eab2 ,priest ,bennett's steeplehouse visited1 i4 #aeg2 meeting at ,james ,taylor's1 ii4 #ag2 home of ,thomas ,atkinson1 ii4 #ai2 mentioned1 i4 #aag1 ii4 #cee4 ,,cartwright1 ,,john1 informed against at ,droitwich for speaking a few words before supper at a ,friend's house1 ii4 #acc2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox and others to ,america1 ii4 #ada2 visits ,jamaica1 ii4 #aec1 #aei1 ,new ,england1 ii4 #afd1 #afh1 #agj1 ,rhode ,island1 ii4 #aga1 ,virginia1 and ,barbadoes1 ii4 #aic4 ,,cary1 ,,robert1 meeting at his house in ,plymouth1 i4 #bfd4 ,,castle-,,green4 ,see ,,launceston4 99,,caton1 ,,william1 convinced at ,swarthmore1 ii4 #eac2 travels in ,kent1 i4 #bbg2 his ,journal and other writings1 i4 #bbg1 ii4 #dhd2 mentioned1 i4 xlv4 ,,ceely1 ,,peter1 major and justice1 of ,cornwall1 apprehends ,g4 ,fox1 ,edward ,pyot1 and ,wm4 ,salt1 and commits them to ,launceston jail1 i4 #bfg-bga1 #bgf1 #bhd1 #dgf2 his mittimus1 i4 #bgg2 his conduct at the trial1 i4 #bgf-bhj1 #bic1 #bif1 #dgf4 ,,chamberlain1 ,,colonel1 of ,barbadoes1 visits ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ade1 #adf4 ,,charing ,,cross1 i4 #dhe2 imprisonment at the ,mermaid here1 i4 #bji1 #baa1 #bac1 #bcd4 ,charles ,i41 many of his judges executed1 i4 #dhe1 #ejj4 ,,charles ,,ii4 7the ,restoration71 i4 #bgf1 #dad1 #dde1 #dgf1 #dgi1 #dij1 #ejj1 #ejc1 #ejd1 #eje1 #eji1 ii4 #c1 #i1 #bj1 #bg1 #ej1 #ff1 #bjf1 #baj1 #bac1 #bai1 #bbj1 #bbb1 #bea1 #beb1 #bec1 #bed1 #cia1 #eaf2 ,friends not opposed to him1 i4 #dgf2 though no plotters on his behalf1 i4 #dde1 #dih1 #ecd1 ii4 #c1 #bj1 #fa1 #baj1 #bba2 he orders ,g4 ,fox's release from imprisonment at ,lancaster1 i4 #dhg1 ii4 #c2 orders ,friends' release1 i4 #dij1 #ejj1 ii4 #cc1 #abj1 #adj2 visited by ,margaret ,fell and her daughters1 i4 #dic1 #ejj1 ii4 #abj1 #bbh1 #eaf2 and by ,thos4 ,moor1 i4 #ejj2 by ,edward ,burrough1 i4 #ejg2 by ,r4 ,hubberthorn1 i4 #dij2 ,friends present an address1 i4 #did1 #eba1 ii4 #bbe2 he grants a warrant for travel1 i4 #eag2 stops persecution in ,new ,england1 i4 #ejg1 #eaj2 receives a copy of ,the ,battledore1 i4 #eac1 and other papers1 ii4 #bj1 #bde1 #cfh4 ,see ,,james ,,ii4 ,,charles1 ,,thomas1 visited at his house at ,adingworth1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,chattan 8 ,,charlton1 i4 #beb4 ,,chelmsford1 meeting here attended by many ,friend-prisoners1 ii4 #cad4 ,,cheltenham1 ii4 #cah4 ,,chepstow4 ,see ,,shipton4 ,,chesham1 ii4 #cai4 ,,cheshire1 i4 #cfc1 #daf1 #dhd1 ii4 #hc1 #ajf1 #aad2 general men's meetings1 ii4 #hb1 #cgd2 mentioned1 i4 #dej2 ,friends written to1 ii4 #cgd4 ,,cheshunt1 ii4 #dii4 ,,chester1 i4 #chj2 mentioned1 i4 #ejc4 ,,chester1 ,,edward1 of ,dunstable1 visited1 ii4 #cde4 ,,chester ,,river1 ii4 #afe1 #agh4 ,,chesterfield1 i4 #di2 mentioned1 ii4 #gh4 ,,chetham1 ,,george1 sheriff of ,lancaster1 his return to ,charles ,,ii4 re ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment1 i4 #dhg4 99,,chevers1 ,,sarah1 imprisoned in the ,inquisition at ,malta with ,katherine ,evans1 and released1 i4 #ebd1 #ebf4 ,,chichester1 i4 #bfj4 ,china1 ,friends attempt to reach1 i4 #eag4 ,,chiswick1 ii4 #dgb2 ,friends' school here1 ii4 #dcd4 ,,cholesbury1 ii4 #cai4 ,,chorleywood1 ii4 #cai4 ,,chowan ,,river1 ii4 #ahd4 ,see ,,macocomocock ,,river4 ,,christiana ,,river1 ii4 #agg4 ,,cirencester1 i4 #cce1 ii4 #cah4 ,,claus1 ,,jacob1 accompanies ,friends to ,friesland as interpreter1 ii4 #djj4 ,,claus1 ,,john1 of ,amsterdam1 interpreter1 ii4 #bfg1 #bgd1 #dja1 #djb2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox and others in ,holland1 ii4 #bgc1 #bge1 #bgf1 #bhd2 visits a ,baptist teacher1 ii4 #bgh2 letters from ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #cbf1 #dhc2 his father-in-law's home at ,embden visited1 ii4 #bgf1 #bha4 ,,clawson1 i4 #bi2 mentioned1 i4 #aid4 ,,claypole1 ,,james1 of ,london1 remarkable recovery from illness1 ii4 #cgg4 99,,claypole1 ,,lady1 written to1 i4 #dcb4 ,,clayton1 ,,anne1 convinced at ,swarthmore1 ii4 #eac4 ,,cleveland1 i4 #hd1 #dae1 ii4 #hc2 ,friends of1 i4 #hd1 ii4 #beh4 ,,cliffs1 ,,the1 ii4 #aie2 general meeting held here1 ii4 #afd2 and monthly meetings1 ii4 #afd1 #aij2 another meeting held1 attended by people of upper rank1 ii4 #ahc4 ,,closterseven1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,coale1 ,,hezekiah1 of ,winterbourne1 visited1 ii4 #cag4 99,,coale1 ,,wm41 of ,maryland1 people of quality attend meeting at his house1 ii4 #ahb4 ,,cobb1 ----1 ,ranter1 visits ,g4 ,fox at ,charing ,cross1 i4 #bab4 ,,cobb1 ,,sir ,,francis1 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,scarborough ,castle1 ii4 #eh2 asked to assist in ,g4 ,fox's release1 ii4 #ff4 ,,cock1 ----1 offers ,g4 ,fox tobacco at ,kendal1 i4 #aaf4 ,,cockan1 meeting here where ,g4 ,fox was threatened with a pistol1 i4 #acd4 ,,cockermouth1 notable meetings in steeplehouses here1 i4 #afa1 #afc1 ii4 #eae4 ,,coggeshall1 meeting of #b1jjj people1 i4 #bca2 priest convinced near1 i4 #eah4 ,,colburn1 ,,captain1 justice1 of ,maryland1 visited1 ii4 #aia4 99,,colchester1 i4 #bcb1 #eah1 ii4 #bfe1 #cac1 #cad1 #cig1 #cih1 #djc2 mentioned1 i4 #agb1 #agc1 ii4 #cac4 ,see ,,furly1 ,,benj42 ,,tallcoat1 ,,wm4 ,,cole1 ----1 of ,chattan1 assists a convinced ,independent preacher1 i4 #beb2 large meeting at his house1 i4 #beb4 ,,collumpton1 i4 #cbh1 ii4 #aj1 #ab4 ,,committee ,,of ,,safety1 i4 #dch1 #ddc1 #dej1 #dih1 ii4 #bea4 ,,common-,,prayer-,,men1 meeting of1 attended by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #be2 mentioned1 i4 #ie1 ii4 #aaf4 ,,coney ,,island1 ii4 #agd4 ,connecticut1 ii4 #aga4 99,,conway1 ,,lady1 visited at ,ragley1 ii4 #cai4 ,,cooper1 ,,edward1 of ,northampton1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,corbet1 ,,thomas1 counsellor1 of ,london1 successfully defends ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bbi4 ,,cork1 ridden through despite the mayor's four warrants1 ii4 #aji4 ,,cornwall1 i4 #bfe1 #deh1 ii4 #f1 #i1 #aj1 #id1 #eaf2 ,truth spreads in1 i4 #bhe1 #cja1 #cei1 #dfa1 ii4 #d2 mentioned1 i4 #cbf1 ii4 #gi1 #ia1 #bje1 #bjg1 #bji2 ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment in1 i4 #bfe-cbb1 #dgf1 ii4 #d1 #eaf2 wreckers written to1 i4 #deh4 ,,corsham ,,causham1 ii4 #cag4 ,,cossall1 ii4 #bcc2 girl reported well in answer to ,g4 ,fox's prayer1 ii4 #bcc4 ,,cossali ,,coleshill1 ii4 #bjg4 99,costrop1 ,richard1 moved to go towards ,china1 dies on shipboard1 i4 #eje1 #eag1 #eah4 ,cotton1 ,arthur of ,plymouth and ,colchester1 assists ,friends1 prisoners on board ship1 ii4 #fh4 ,,counterside1 ii4 #bef4 ,,covell1 ,,richard1 his ship captured by the ,dutch1 ii4 #aie4 ,,coventry1 i4 #e1 #f1 #g1 #dg1 #bef2 mentioned1 ii4 #cia4 ,,cradock1 ,,dr41 priest1 of ,coventry1 visited1 i4 #f2 disputes with ,g4 ,fox in ,scarboro' ,castle1 ii4 #fc4 ,,cranbrook1 i4 #bbg1 #bbi1 ii4 #b4 ,,cranes ,,island1 ii4 #ahj4 ,,cranswick1 i4 #ha1 #ie4 ,,craston1 ,,thomas1 justice1 written to at ,carlisle1 i4 #agd4 ,,craven1 ,,robert1 ex-sheriff of ,lincoln1 follows ,g4 ,fox to ,london1 i4 #bac2 is with him in ,cambridgeshire1 i4 #ccd4 ,see ,lincoln4 ,creed1 ii4 #bje4 ,,crickatrough1 ii4 #ahh4 ,,crisp ,,crips1 ,,nathaniel1 ex-justice1 meetings at his house at ,tedbury1 i4 #cca1 #cce1 #dff1 ii4 #cah2 visited1 ii4 #gi2 monthly meetings settled1 ii4 #hg4 ,,crisp1 ,,stephen1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 99,,cromwell1 ,,oliver1 ,protector1 mentioned1 i4 #fh1 #aeh1 #ahi1 #bjg1 #bac1 #bae1 #bdh1 #bea1 #bgf1 #bgg1 #bhe1 #cfc1 #dcd1 #dch1 #dec1 #dge1 #dij1 #ejj1 #ejd1 ii4 #bea2 ,g4 ,fox sent to him1 i4 #bjh1 ii4 #bj1 #eae1 and released1 ii4 #c1 #baj1 #eae2 their interviews1 i4 xlviii1 #baj1 #bcd1 #ccb1 #ccc1 #dja1 #dcb1 #ddj1 #dgf2 addressed by letter1 i4 #bji1 #bbc1 #bdf1 #bfh1 #bhd1 #cfc1 #dca1 #dcb1 #dde1 #ddf1 ii4 #bde2 grants liberty of conscience1 i4 #bee1 #bib2 favourable to ,friends1 i4 #bhd1 #cah1 #ccc2 ,friends suffer under ,commonwealth1 i4 #dij1 #ebb1 ii4 #bea1 #beb2 warned by ,lady ,margaret ,hambleton1 i4 #cid2 interviewed by ,j4 ,camm and ,f4 ,howgill1 ii4 #eae2 he is petitioned against ,friends1 i4 #cih1 ii4 #gb2 he refuses to release ,friends from prison1 i4 #ddf2 his death1 i4 #dda1 #ddg4 ,,cromwell1 ,,richard1 ,protector1 mentioned1 i4 #dda1 #dij1 #ebb2 ,friends petitioned against1 ii4 #gb2 addressed by letter1 ii4 #bde4 99,,crook1 ,,john1 ex-justice1 of ,luton and ,beckerings ,park1 meetings at his house1 i4 #bbe2 also a general yearly meeting1 i4 #dah-dbg2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bbf1 #bcg1 #bed1 and visited by him1 ii4 #cai4 ,,crook1 i4 #aag4 ,,crossland 8,,crosthwaite1 i4 #abh4 ,,crosslands1 ,,sir ,,jordan1 governor of ,scarborough ,castle1 visits ,g4 ,fox there1 ii4 #eh2 discharges him1 ii4 #gj2 receives visit from him1 ii4 #aje4 ,see ,,scarborough4 ,,crouch1 ,,edward1 of ,stevenage1 visited1 ii4 #chb4 ,,crowder1 ,,dr41 priest of ,armscott1 threatens ,thos4 ,lower with an action for defamation1 ii4 #baa2 disputes with ,geo4 ,fox in ,worcester jail1 ii4 #bab4 ,,crowland1 a very rude place1 i4 #ccd4 ,,crown-,,allins ,,colne 7,,sr47 ,,alwyns1 ii4 #cah4 ,,cubban ,,cubham1 ,,richard1 visited1 and his wife convinced1 i4 #cha2 imprisoned for tithes1 ii4 #bf2 dispute with ,major ,wiggan1 ii4 #ce4 ,,cumberland1 i4 #aei1 #ahj1 #ahb1 #cib1 ii4 #af1 #eae1 #eaf2 ,truth springs up1 i4 #ahc1 ii4 #bea2 mentioned1 i4 #agc1 #dgj1 ii4 #bj2 ,friends addressed by letter1 ii4 #hc2 woman said to be healed by ,g4 ,fox's prayers1 ii4 #ahd2 steeplehouses deserted1 i4 #cib4 ,,cummins1 ,,thomas1 requests of jailer of ,lancaster jail a copy of ,g4 ,fox's mittimus1 i4 #dge4 99,,curtis1 ,,thomas1 of ,reading1 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,launceston jail1 i4 #cbf2 has service in ,cornwall1 i4 #cbf2 travels with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ceh1 #dga4 99,,curtis1 ,,ann1 wife of ,t4 ,curtis1 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,launceston jail1 i4 #cbf2 and in ,lancaster ,castle1 i4 #dgi2 her father1 i4 #cbf1 #dgi4 ,,dales1 ,,the 7,yorks471 i4 #aaj1 #aaa1 ii4 #eab4 ,,dalston1 epistles written here1 ii4 #cfh1 #cif2 widow ,stot visited1 ii4 #cif1 #djd4 ,,dalton1 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #aba1 ii4 #eac1 #ead4 ,,dander1 ,,john1 meetings at his house at ,hollowtrow1 in ,somersetshire1 i4 #cbh1 ii4 #ab4 ,dantzic1 magistrates written to1 ii4 #bcd1 #dhe1 and referred to1 ii4 #bhg1 #cba1 #dbb1 #dbd1 #dhc2 ,friends written to1 ii4 #bhf1 #dhc2 ,friends of1 ii4 #bfh1 #cba1 #dbb1 #dhd2 mentioned1 ii4 #cja1 #cbf1 #cej4 ,,darcy1 ,,lady ,,abigail1 convinced1 ii4 #hf2 speaks to ,g4 ,fox about her husband1 ---- ,pocock1 ii4 #hf4 ,,dark-,,house1 ,lancaster jail1 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned here1 i4 #dgd1 #dgi4 ,d',,aubigny1 ,,lord1 visited respecting imprisonment of ,k4 ,evans and ,s4 ,chevers in ,malta1 i4 #ebd4 ,,davenport1 ,,captain1 of ,johnstons1 visited1 and becomes loving to ,friends1 i4 #dji4 99,,davies1 ,,richard1 of ,welchpool1 assists ,g4 ,fox in ,worcester imprisonment1 ii4 #bbi2 written to1 ii4 #cgd4 ,,deal1 ii4 #acj1 #adb4 ,,dean1 ,,forest ,,of1 ii4 #ib4 ,,delaware1 high-sheriff of1 at ,g4 ,fox's meeting1 ii4 #agh4 ,,delaware ,,bay1 ii4 #agf1 #agg4 ,,delaware ,,river1 ii4 #afe4 ,,delft1 ii4 #bfg1 #caa4 ,,delfziel1 ii4 #bge1 #bhb4 ,,delmanhorst1 ii4 #bgf4 ,denbigh1 suffering ,friends written to1 ii4 #cgd4 ,,denbighshire1 ii4 #hc4 ,,dendron1 steeplehouse visited1 ii4 #eac4 ,,denmark1 ,,king ,,of1 ii4 #bgg1 #caa2 written to1 ii4 #djd4 ,,dennis1 ,,colonel1 meeting at his house in ,norfolk1 i4 #dec4 ,,dent1 i4 #aaa4 ,,derby1 i4 #dfg2 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned in ,house of ,correction and common jail1 i4 xlviii1 #ej-gg #ij1 #dfg1 #ebc1 ii4 #c1 #bj1 #baj1 #eaa1 and is visited by various persons there1 i4 #ef1 #eh #fb1 #fg1 #fi1 #gj1 #hj2 jailer of1 i4 #eg1 convinced1 i4 #dfg1 #ebc2 ,see ,,sharman1 ,,thos42 letters written here1 i4 #eb-ff1 #gj-gf2 mentioned1 i4 #bg1 #eh1 #ebd4 ,derby1 ,countess of1 imprisons ,friends for tithes1 ii4 #be1 #bf4 ,,derbyshire1 i4 #i1 #be1 #bg1 #di1 #gi1 #aig1 #aii1 #beb1 #daf1 #dfg1 ii4 #ac1 #ad1 #gh1 #hb1 #abj1 #bei1 #cdd1 #eaa2 ,truth springs up1 ii4 #bea2 mentioned1 i4 #ecj4 ,,derwent-,,water1 i4 #aha1 ii4 #ae2 8the tall white old man10 aged #abb years1 mentioned1 ii4 #ae4 ,,desborough1 ,,major-,,general1 officer concerned with ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment at ,launceston1 i4 #bgj1 #cah-cba4 ,,deteren1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,devonshire1 ,truth spreads in1 i4 #cja1 #deh1 #dfa1 ii4 #f1 #aj1 #id2 mentioned1 i4 #cja1 #cjb1 #cei4 ,,devonshire ,,house1 ii4 #cge4 ,,dewes1 ,,colonel1 impressed with the ,truth1 in ,america1 ii4 #ahc4 99,,dewsbury1 ,,wm41 convinced1 with his wife1 i4 #gi1 ii4 #eaa2 his suffering1 i4 #agi2 visited in ,northampton prison1 i4 #bji2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bfj2 meets him in ,warwickshire1 ii4 #cai1 #cdd2 mentioned1 i4 xlv1 #ajf4 ,,dickinson1 ,,james1 convinced1 i4 #aag1 #abb4 ,,dilger1 ,,emanuel1 magistrate1 of ,dantzic1 written to1 ii4 #dhe4 ,,dingley1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,dixon1 ,,alexander1 meeting at his house at ,grayrigg1 i4 #aef4 ,,dockum1 ii4 #bge1 #bhb4 ,,dodgson1 ,,richard1 chief-constable1 his death1 ii4 #gc4 ,,doily1 ,,bray1 of ,adderbury1 visited1 ii4 #bjd1 #bjf4 ,,dolgelly1 i4 #cgf4 ,,dolobran4 ,see ,,lloyd1 ,,chas4 ,,doncaster1 i4 #gi1 #ajd1 ii4 #bei4 99,,doomsdale1 ,launceston jail1 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned here1 i4 #bhb1 #bhc1 #bhd1 #bhf1 #cah4 ,,dorchester1 i4 #bfa1 #cei1 #deg4 ,,dorsetshire1 i4 #def1 ii4 #f2 ,truth spreads1 i4 #cja2 men's monthly meetings settled1 ii4 #ie4 ,,douglas1 i4 #cid1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,dove1 ,,lieut41 meeting at his house1 i4 #dad4 ,,dover1 i4 #bbi1 ii4 #adb2 governor of the ,castle mentioned1 ii4 #bed4 ,,dowes1 ,,sybrand1 of ,leeuwarden1 visited1 ii4 #bge1 #bhb4 ,,downer1 ,,ann1 of ,london1 serviceable to ,g4 ,fox in ,launceston jail1 i4 #bhc4 ,,downing1 ,e41 of ,edinburgh1 clerk of the ,council1 i4 #djj4 ,,downs1 ,,the1 ii4 #ada1 #adb4 ,,drakes1 ,,john1 of ,barbadoes1 his marriage proposals thwarted by ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #adf4 ,,draper1 ,,henry1 justice1 of ,bishoprick1 i4 #ahj1 ii4 #ad4 ,,drawell1 ii4 #ae1 #bee1 #bef4 ,,drayton-,,in-,,the-,,clay1 ,g4 ,fox's birthplace1 i4 #a1 #e1 #bjj1 #bea1 #bgg1 #dfg4 ,,droitwich1 ii4 #hd2 mentioned1 ii4 #acc4 ,,drury1 ,,captain1 takes ,g4 ,fox to ,london from ,leicester1 i4 #bjh-baa4 ,,dry ,,elizabeth1 ,,widow1 cares for ,g4 ,fox in illness1 at ,enfield1 ii4 #acb4 ,,dry1 ,,thomas1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox in ,suffolk and ,norfolk1 ii4 #hj4 ,,dublin1 ii4 #ajh1 #aac4 ,,dukinfield1 i4 #ah4 ,,dumfries1 i4 #cid4 ,,dunbar1 i4 #daj-dab4 ,,duncan1 ,,robert1 ,friend1 of ,mendlesham1 i4 #bcc1 ii4 #bfe4 ,,dun-,,cow ,,dunchurch1 i4 #bee1 #bef4 ,,dunk1 ,,captain1 convinced in ,kent1 i4 #bbg4 ,dunkirk1 i4 #bbh4 ,,dunstable1 ii4 #bcc1 #cde4 ,,durham 7,county71 i4 #ahj1 #dad1 ii4 #ad1 #hc1 #eaf2 ,truth springs up1 i4 #ahc1 ii4 #bea2 mentioned1 ii4 #bj1 #beh4 ,,durham 7,city71 i4 #dad1 #dae1 ii4 #gc4 ,,east ,,friesland1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,east ,,jersey1 ii4 #aff1 #age4 ,,easton1 ,,nicholas1 governor of ,rhode ,island1 visited1 ii4 #afh4 ,,eaton1 i4 #bg4 ,,eccles1 ,,solomon1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to ,america1 ii4 #ada1 #aei2 left at ,jamaica1 ii4 #afj2 returns to ,boston and banished to ,barbadoes1 ii4 #aij4 ,,edge-,,hill1 i4 #cce4 ,,edinburgh1 i4 #cii1 #djj1 #djh1 #daj2 ,g4 ,fox called before the ,council and banished from ,scotland1 i4 #djj1 ii4 #eaf2 ,council written to1 i4 #djb2 mentioned1 i4 #cih1 #djj4 ,,edmonton1 ii4 #cdf1 #cdh1 #ced1 #ceh1 #dji1 #ded1 #ejj2 ,christopher ,taylor's school here1 ii4 #cdf1 #cdh4 ,,edmundson1 ,,john1 of ,maryland1 visited1 ii4 #agh1 #agi4 99,,edmundson1 ,,william1 of ,ireland1 meets ,g4 ,fox in ,warwickshire1 i4 #bef2 accompanies him to ,america1 ii4 #ada2 visits ,antigua and ,nevis1 ii4 #aec2 ,jamaica1 ii4 #aei2 ,virginia1 ii4 #afd2 ,shelter ,island1 ii4 #agc2 ,rhode ,island and ,new ,england1 ii4 #aij2 returns to ,ireland1 ii4 #aij4 ,,edridge1 ,,john1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,edwards1 ,,edward1 with ,g4 ,fox in ,wales1 i4 #cge4 ,egypt1 i4 #ahi1 #eah4 ,,eldreth ,,eldroth1 ii4 #aje4 99,,elizabeth1 ,princess of the ,rhine1 addressed by letter from ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bfi2 her reply1 ii4 #bgb4 99,,ellis1 ,,john1 of ,land's ,end1 at a meeting at ,exeter1 i4 #cei2 meeting at his house1 ii4 #h4 99,,ellwood1 ,,thomas1 of ,hunger-,hill1 a disturbed men's meeting at his house1 ii4 #cae2 meeting appointed for the opposers1 ii4 #cae2 his account of ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebf4 ,,elmshorn1 ii4 #bgg4 ,,elson1 ,,john1 of ,the ,peel1 meetings at his house1 ii4 #bcc1 #cde2 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,ely1 ,,isle ,,of1 i4 #bcf1 #ecf4 99,,embden1 ii4 #bge1 #bha2 ,friends sufferings here1 ii4 #bge1 #bhb1 #cja1 #cba2 magistrates and priests written to1 ii4 #cja2 mentioned1 ii4 #bfh1 #bgf2 home of ,john ,claus's father-in-law1 ii4 #bge1 #bgf1 #bha1 #bhb4 ,,embleton1 ii4 #eae4 ,,ems ,,river1 ii4 #bge1 #bgf4 ,,enckhuysen1 ii4 #bgc4 ,endicott1 ,john1 governor of ,new ,england1 i4 #eji1 #eaj4 ,,enfield1 ii4 #ced1 #cif1 #djc1 #dji1 #dae1 #dcd1 #def1 #dgc1 #dge1 #dia1 #dii1 #ejj2 suffering winter spent here at ,widow ,dry's1 ii4 #acb-ach2 letters and papers written here1 ii4 #acd1 #acg1 #cif1 #dbd4 ,,england1 passim4 ,,episcopalians1 dispute with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #eaf4 ,,epping ,,forest1 ii4 #dae4 ,,esher1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,essex1 i4 #bca1 #dda1 #dea1 #eah1 #ecf1 ii4 #a1 #hj1 #abj1 #aca1 #bjc1 #cad1 #cif1 #dej1 #def1 #dge1 #dgi1 #dia2 mentioned1 i4 #agb4 ,,europe1 ,kings and rulers of1 written to1 i4 #bbb2 ,truth spreads in1 ii4 #ebf4 99,,evans1 ,,katherine1 imprisoned at ,malta with ,sarah ,chevers1 and released1 i4 #ebd1 #ebf4 ,,evesham1 i4 #bec1 #cce1 ii4 #cai2 mentioned1 ii4 #bbh4 ,,exeter1 i4 #cbg2 ,thomas ,rawlinson imprisoned here1 i4 #cja2 also ,james ,naylor and others1 one of whom died1 i4 #cbg1 and two sailor-,friends1 one of whom died1 ii4 #id2 general warrant issued1 i4 #cjd2 general meeting here1 i4 #cei4 ,,eyder1 ,,river1 ii4 #bgh4 ,,fairfax1 ,,lady1 widow1 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,scarborough ,castle1 ii4 #fb4 ,,falconbridge1 ,,lord1 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,scarborough ,castle1 ii4 #fa4 ,,falkner ,,island1 ii4 #agc4 ,,fallowfield1 ,,william1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,falmouth1 i4 #bfh1 ii4 #g4 ,,familists1 dispute with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #eaf4 ,,farnham1 i4 #ceg1 ii4 #if4 99,,farnsworth1 ,,richard1 convinced at ,balby1 i4 #gi1 ii4 #eaa2 meets ,g4 ,fox again in ,yorkshire1 i4 #ajf1 #ajh1 at ,swarthmore1 i4 #abc1 ii4 #eac1 #ead1 and ,drayton1 i4 #bjj2 declares ,truth in a steeplehouse1 i4 #ajg1 with ,g4 ,fox in ,wensleydale1 i4 #aaj2 mentioned1 i4 xlv4 ,,fauks 7,,fox71 ,,thomas1 ,friend1 of ,derbyshire1 with ,g4 ,fox in ,leicestershire1 i4 #ecj4 ,,fell1 ,,thomas1 justice of the ,welsh circuit1 of ,swarthmore1 i4 #aah1 #acg1 #ada1 #adc1 #aeh1 #chc1 #dgb1 ii4 #cef1 #eab1 #eac1 #eae2 favourable to ,friends1 i4 xlvi1 #abb1 #abg1 #acf1 #aci2 a meeting at his house many years1 i4 #abc1 ii4 #ah1 #ead2 daughters unnamed1 i4 #bca2 his death1 ii4 #eaf1 #eag4 99,,fell1 ,,margaret1 wife of ,judge ,fell1 of ,swarthmore1 her convincement1 i4 #aai1 #aba1 ii4 #eab2 mentioned1 i1 xlvi1 #abb1 #acf1 #bjh1 #dga1 #dgb1 ii4 #ba1 #eaf2 her letter to ,lancaster magistrates respecting ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #dgh2 interviews with ,charles ,,ii1 i4 #dgi1 #dic1 #ejj1 ii4 #eaf2 meets ,g4 ,fox in ,cornwall1 ii4 #f1 #eag1 at ,bristol1 ii4 #ab1 near ,warrington1 ii4 #hc1 and at ,bristol1 where they are married1 ii4 #aag1 #aah1 #eag2 at ,holker ,hall1 ii4 #ai2 imprisoned four years at ,lancaster1 ii4 #bi1 #dd1 #de1 #dg1 #hc1 #eag1 and praemunired1 ii4 #ec1 #eag4 ,see ,,fox1 ,,margaret4 ,,fell1 ,,george1 son of ,judge ,fell1 ill-treated near ,ulverstone1 i4 #acb4 99,,fell1 ,,margaret1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 ii4 #aih4 ,see ,,rous1 ,,margaret4 99,,fell1 ,,bridget1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 ii4 #aih4 99,,fell1 ,,isabel1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 ii4 #aih4 ,see ,,yeomans1 ,,isabel2 ,,morrice1 ,,isabel4 ,,fell1 ,,sarah1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 convinced1 i4 #aba2 interview with ,charles ,,ii1 on her mother's behalf1 ii4 #abj1 #adj2 mentioned1 ii4 #f1 #ab1 #aih1 #bcc4 ,see ,,mead1 ,,sarah4 99,,fell1 ,,mary1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 ii4 #f1 #ab1 #aih4 ,see ,,lower1 ,,mary4 99,,fell1 ,,susan1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 ii4 #aih1 #bcc4 ,see ,,ingram1 ,,susanna4 99,,fell1 ,,rachel1 daughter of ,margaret ,fell1 with her mother accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #aih1 #bjc1 #bjd1 #bjg1 #bji1 #bai1 #bef4 ,see ,,abraham1 ,,rachel4 99,fell1 ,henry1 ,friend1 of ,lancashire1 ill-treated by soldiers1 i4 #dia2 travels abroad1 i4 #eag1 #eah4 99,,fell1 ,,leonard1 convinced at ,baycliff1 i4 #aba2 meets ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #f1 #bcc2 and travels with him1 i4 #ece1 ii4 #ae1 #af1 #hc1 #ajd1 #bef1 #bfj4 ,,felstead1 ii4 #cad4 ,,fen ,,country1 i4 #ccd1 #ecg4 ,,field1 ,,john1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,fifth-,,monarchy ,,men1 their rising the cause of ,friends' severe persecution1 i4 #cad1 #dij1 #dic1 #ejj1 #eje1 #eaf1 #eai1 ii4 #ajc1 #eaf2 written to1 i4 #eaf1 #eag4 ,finch1 ,lord ,chancellor1 interviewed by ,m4 ,fox in ,london1 ii4 #eah4 ,,finchcomb 8 ,,stinchcomb1 quarterly meeting held here1 ii4 #cah4 ,,firbank ,,chapel1 meeting of above a thousand people here1 and many convinced1 i4 #aac1 ii4 #eab4 ,,fisher1 ,,martha1 with another1 speaks to ,chas4 ,,ii4 respecting ,m4 ,fox's imprisonment1 ii4 #adj4 99,,fisher1 ,,samuel1 ,baptist preacher1 convinced1 as also his wife1 i4 #bbg2 travels in the ministry1 i4 #bbh1 #bbi4 ,,fisherholder1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,fisher',s ,,island1 ii4 #agb4 ,,flamstead ,,heath1 ii4 #ced4 ,fleetwood1 ,charles general1 warned by ,lady ,m4 ,hambleton1 i4 #cid4 ,,fleming1 ,,justice ,,daniel1 offers #e for apprehension of ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ag1 #bb2 commits ,m4 ,fell to jail1 ii4 #bi2 a violent persecutor1 ii4 #bi2 written to by ,friends in ,lancaster jail1 ii4 #bi2 and by ,g4 ,fox separately1 ii4 #cc2 death of his wife1 ii4 #cd1 #gb4 ,fleming1 ,francis1 attacked by servants of ,sir ,robert ,bindlas1 i4 #adf4 ,,fletcher1 ----4 convinced in ,cumberland1 ii4 #af4 ,,flintshire1 i4 #chj4 ,,florida1 ,,gulf ,,of1 ii4 #afa4 ,,floyd1 ,,morgan1 priest of ,wrexham1 his messengers1 sent to enquire about ,friends1 convinced1 i4 #ahh2 character of his people1 i4 #chj4 ,,flushing1 ii4 #afg1 #agd4 ,,ford ,,green1 ii4 #dji1 #dge1 #dii1 #ejj2 letter written here1 ii4 #eja4 ,,forest ,,of ,,dean1 ii4 #ib4 ,,forstall1 ,,richard1 merchant1 of ,barbadoes1 ,g4 ,fox ill three weeks at his house1 ii4 #ade4 ,,forster1 ,,thomas1 captain of the ,industry1 in which ,g4 ,fox and companions sailed to ,america1 ii4 #ada4 ,,foster1 ,,judge1 ,lord ,chief ,justice1 ,g4 ,fox appears before him at ,westminster1 i4 #dhe4 ,,foster1 ,,lieutenant1 visited1 i4 #daj4 ,,foster1 ,,widow1 of ,gracechuroh ,street1 visited1 ii4 #chg4 ,,fox1 ,,captain1 governor of ,pendennis ,castle1 i4 #bfi1 #bgj2 ordered by the ,protector to enquire into conduct of soldiers towards ,friends1 i4 #bhd2 visits ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cad4 ,,fox1 ,,christopher1 father of ,g4 ,fox1 i4 xliv1 #a1 #aj1 #bje4 ,,fox1 ,,mary1 mother of ,g4 ,fox1 i4 xliv1 #a1 #aj2 proposed visit by ,g4 ,fox interrupted by his imprisonment1 ii4 #bjg1 #baf2 her death1 ii4 #baf4 ,see ,,lago1 ,,mary4 99,,fox1 ,,george1 his birth1 #afbd1 i4 xliv1 #a2 parentage1 i4 xliv1 #a2 relations1 i4 #a1 #c1 #d1 #aj1 #fb1 #fi1 #bjj1 #bje1 #bjf1 #dfg1 ii4 #gi2 early spiritual experiences1 i4 #b1 #c1 #ba2 travels to obtain spiritual help #afdc1 i4 #c-aa2 realises whence true help comes1 i4 #aa2 travels in the ,midlands1 #afdg1 i4 #ah-gi2 imprisoned at ,nottingham for some months1 #afdi1 i4 #dc-de1 ii4 #eaa2 and at ,derby for a year1 #afej-ea1 i4 xlviii1 #ej-gg1 ii4 #eaa2 refuses to bear arms1 i4 #fh2 visits ,lichfield1 i4 xlviii1 #gg2 travels in the ,north of ,england1 #afea-eb1 i4 xlv1 #gi-aja1 #ajb-aah1 ii4 #eaa2 first visit to ,swarthmore1 #afeb1 i4 #aah1 ii4 #eab1 #ead2 trial at ,lancaster ,sessions1 i4 #acg-adb2 some months in ,carlisle jail1 #afec1 i4 #afi-agi1 ii4 #eae2 resumes work in the ,north1 i4 #agi-aig2 sixty ministers raised up1 #afed1 i4 #aij2 visits his home and the ,midlands1 i4 #aig-bjg1 ii4 #eae2 is arrested by ,col4 ,hacker1 and taken to ,london1 i4 #bjg-bji1 ii4 #eae2 first interview with ,cromwell1 who liberates him1 i4 xlviii1 #baj1 #baa2 travels into ,south and ,west1 i4 #bei2 arrested in ,cornwall and imprisoned about #h months in ,launceston jail1 #affe-ef1 i4 xlviii1 #bfg-cbb1 ii4 #eaf2 travels ,northward1 on liberation1 i4 #cbe-ccb2 second interview with ,cromwell1 i4 #ccb2 continuous travels over ,england and ,wales and return to ,london1 i4 #ccc-cce2 journeys to the ,south and ,west and through ,wales to ,swarthmore1 #afeg1 i4 #ceg-chc1 ii4 #eaf2 visits ,scotland1 i4 xlviii1 #cic-dac1 ii4 #eaf2 attends a yearly meeting at ,john ,crook's in ,bedfordshire1 i4 #dah-dbg2 third interview with ,cromwell1 #afeh1 who dies shortly afterwards1 i4 #ddj2 travels through many counties1 i4 #dea-dga2 attends a yearly meeting at ,balby1 i4 #dfg1 ii4 #eaf2 and general meetings at ,skipton and ,arnside1 i4 #dfi1 #dgj2 committed to ,lancaster ,castle1 i4 #dgd-dhd1 #ejg1 ii4 #eaf2 ordered to appear in ,london and liberated after #bj weeks' imprisonment1 #affj1 i4 #dhd-dhh2 work in ,london1 i4 #dhi-ebf2 journey to ,bristol1 i4 #ebg2 and thence ,northward with brief detention in ,leicester jail1 i4 #ecb-ece1 ii4 #eag2 return to ,london1 i4 #ecf2 travels to the ,west and through ,wales to the ,north1 ii4 #a-ah2 summoned before the magistrates at ,holker ,hall1 #affc1 ii4 #ai-ba1 #eag2 and to the ,sessions at ,lancaster1 ii4 #bb1 #bc2 committed to ,lancaster jail1 where he remains a year and a half1 ii4 #bc-db1 #eag2 removed to ,scarborough ,castle and endures over a year's imprisonment there1 #affe-ff1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #db-gc1 #eag2 returns to ,london on liberation to find the city in ruins after the fire1 ii4 #gi2 travels through the nation to recommend the setting up of ,monthly ,meetings1 ii4 #hj-ajf2 visit to ,ireland1 #affi1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #ajg-aad1 #eag2 marriage with ,margaret ,fell at ,bristol1 #affi1 ii4 #aag1 #aah1 #eag2 sails for ,america1 #afga1 ii4 #ada2 letter to the ,governor of ,barbadoes1 ii4 #aee-aeh2 returns after extensive travels1 #afgc1 ii4 #aih1 #eah2 arrested on the way to the ,north of ,england1 and sent to ,worcester jail1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #bjd-bac1 #eah2 removed to ,london1 ii4 #bac-bae2 and back to ,worcester1 ii4 #bae-bba2 removed again to ,london and attends ,yearly ,meeting1 ii4 #bba2 and is sent back again to ,worcester1 where illness overtakes him1 ii4 #bba-bbi2 removed once more to ,london and liberated after #ad months' partial imprisonment1 #afgd_/e1 ii4 #bbi-bca1 #eah2 visits the ,north and remains about two years at ,swarthmore1 much occupied writing books and papers1 ii4 #bcb-bee1 #eah2 again in ,london1 #afgg1 ii4 #bfa1 #eah2 several months' visit to ,holland and ,germany1 #afgg1 ii4 #bfd-cac1 #eah2 visit of two of his companions to the ,princess ,elizabeth1 ii4 #bfi-bgb2 frequent journeying after return to ,england1 ii4 #cae-cce2 spends a year in the ,north1 ii4 #cce-cdc1 #eah2 returns to ,london1 ii4 #cdc-eai2 pays another visit to ,holland1 #afhd1 ii4 #cig-djc2 much occupied in and round ,london1 with short stays in the country on health's account1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #djc-eje2 declining health1 ii4 #djc1 #djd1 #dab1 #dac1 #dba1 #dej1 #dfc1 #dge-dgg1 #dgi1 #dhc1 #dhi1 #dia1 #eah1 see next col42 writes many letters and papers1 ii4 #cif1 #ddi2 last short illness1 ii4 #eje1 #ebb2 death and burial1 #afij_/a1 i4 #a1 ii4 #eje1 #eah1 #eba-ebc2 ,testimonies concerning him1 ii4 #eaa-ebg4 99,,fox1 ,,george1 his fasts1 i4 #aj1 #adb1 #aeh2 his 8openings10 i4 #h1 #i1 #aa-af1 #ai-bd1 #bf1 #bh1 #bi1 #cd-cg2 his discernment of spirits1 i4 #ae1 #ba1 #afe1 #aff1 ii4 #ic1 #aca1 #afh2 his temptations1 i4 #d1 #i1 #ab1 #ad1 #ai1 #bj1 #bf2 his visions1 i4 xlv1 #ajf1 #aji1 #cia1 #ebh1 ii4 #aji2 his foresight1 i4 #ajb1 #aji1 #aaj1 #aeh1 #cgf1 #dab1 #dde1 #dec1 #ejg2 he hears an inward voice1 i4 #c1 #aa1 #ac1 #bj1 #bf1 #ce1 #dg1 #fa1 #ajh1 #aai2 is charged with blasphemy1 i4 #ea1 #aja1 #acg1 #afi1 #deb1 ii4 #eae2 but denies that he is ,christ1 i4 #ea1 #aja1 #ajb2 his power in prayer1 i4 xlvii1 #bd1 #di1 #bab1 #ccj1 #cgc1 ii4 #ach1 #ahd1 #bcc1 #cgf2 his warnings1 i4 #bg1 #ci1 #di1 #eb-ef1 #fb-ff1 #gf1 #gh1 #ih1 #ii1 #aja1 #bbc1 #bfh1 #cjh1 ii4 #da1 #db1 #ic1 #acg2 cruelties inflicted on him1 i4 #ci1 #de1 #fb1 #hd1 #ajc1 #aje1 #acb1 #acd1 #acf1 #afj1 #aga1 #ahj1 #bfh1 #dgb1 ii4 #ea1 #fi2 his forgiveness for injuries1 i4 #fc1 #ih1 #ii1 #aje1 #acc1 #acf1 #afj1 #bji1 #dhi1 #dig1 #eab1 ii4 #gj1 #abe2 his narrow escapes from injury or arrest1 i4 #hh1 #ajh1 #acd-acf1 #afa1 #bec1 #cfj1 #dbg1 #dff1 #dfg1 #ebh1 ii4 #d1 #e1 #ac1 #ae1 #ag1 #gg1 #hd1 #adc2 his personal appearance and manner1 i4 #hi1 #ih1 #afg1 #agb1 #bad1 #bfd1 #bfh1 #chj1 #dgc1 ii4 #bh1 #dja1 #ebf2 his bodily weakness and illness1 ii4 #ea1 #ed1 #ef-eh1 #gi1 #aca1 #acb1 #ade-aeb1 #bbg1 #bcj1 #bcd1 #bfa1 #eah1 see previous col4 99,,fox1 ,,margaret1 wife of ,g4 ,fox1 returns home after marriage1 ii4 #aah1 #eag2 imprisoned for a year at ,lancaster1 ii4 #abj1 #adj2 released by order of ,chas4 ,,ii41 ii4 #abj1 #adj1 #eag2 letters from ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #abj1 #aba1 #ada1 #aei1 #afj1 #aih1 #bjf1 #beh1 #cad1 #cbj2 visits ,g4 ,fox in ,london1 ii4 #ada1 #djd1 #eag1 in ,bristol1 ii4 #aih1 at ,kingston1 ii4 #bjc1 #djd1 in ,worcester1 ii4 #bbe1 #eah2 her long separations from ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #eai2 daughters unnamed1 ii4 #aih1 #eai2 travels with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bjd1 #bji1 #bai1 #bef2 interview with ,chas4 ,,ii41 ,lord ,chancellor ,finch1 and ,judge ,north1 respecting ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment1 ii4 #bbh1 #eah2 sued for tithes1 ii4 #cee2 her ,testimony to her husband1 ii4 #eaa-eai4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,margaret4 ,,fox1 ,,john1 ,presbyterian priest1 of ,mansfield1 ,wiltshire1 taken for ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #aae2 creates a disturbance1 ii4 #aba4 ,,fox1 ,,john1 of ,wimeswold1 visited1 ii4 #bei4 ,,fox1 ,,thomas4 ,see ,,fauks1 ,,thomas4 ,,france1 ,,king ,,of1 letter to1 i4 #bbb4 ,,franeker1 ii4 #bhc1 #dja4 ,,fraterus1 ,n41 magistrate1 of ,dantzic1 written to1 ii4 #dhe4 ,,frecheville1 ,,lord1 commandant of horse in charge of ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #eg4 ,,frederickstadt1 ii4 #bgh2 business meetings established here1 ii4 #bfh2 ,friends of1 their proposed banishment1 ii4 #bfh2 mentioned1 ii4 #djd1 #dje4 ,,fretwell1 ,,ellen1 prophecies respecting her persecutor1 ii4 #gh4 ,,fretwell1 ,,john1 of ,stainsby1 committed with ,g4 ,fox to ,derby ,house of ,correction1 i4 #ea ii4 #eaa4 ,,fretwell1 ,,ralph1 judge1 of ,barbadoes1 convinced1 ii4 #aeb4 ,,fretwell1 ,,samuel1 of ,hartshorn1 visited and a meeting held1 ii4 #bei4 ,,friesland1 ii4 #bgc1 #bgd1 #bge1 #bgf1 #bhb1 #caj1 #dja2 mentioned1 ii4 #cbf1 #djj4 ,,friezen ,,seas1 ,,the1 ii4 #bgc4 ,frith1 ,susan1 of ,chesterfield1 warns a justice of ,derbyshire1 ii4 #gh4 ,,frizby1 ,,james1 justice1 of ,america1 ii4 #aha4 ,,frondenberg1 ,,abraham1 ,friend1 of ,haarlem1 ii4 #djb4 ,,frouzen1 ,,wilbert1 burgomaster of ,rotterdam1 ii4 #cii4 ,,fry ,,william1 of ,ashgrove1 ,wiltshire1 visited and meeting held at his house1 ii4 #e4 99,,fuce1 ,,joseph1 ensign1 met at ,lynn1 i4 #bce1 #bcf4 ,,furly1 ,,benj41 of ,colchester and ,rotterdam1 joint-compiler of ,the ,battledore1 i4 #eac2 met and accompanied ,g4 ,fox and party on visit to ,holland1 ii4 #bff-caj2 interpreter1 ii4 #bfg1 #bfi4 ,,furly1 ,,john1 of ,colchester1 visited and meeting held1 ii4 #bfe1 #cih2 he and his brother accompany ,g4 ,fox and party to ,holland1 ii4 #bff4 ,,gadecken1 ,n41 magistrate of ,dantzic written to1 ii4 #dhe4 ,,gainsborough1 uproar1 and opposition1 i4 #aja4 ,,gamboll1 ,,thomas1 of ,bullocks ,hill1 visited1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,gandy1 ,,william1 of ,cheshire1 large meetings at his house1 i4 #cfc1 #dhd2 visited1 ii4 #aad1 #bcc4 ,,gardick1 ii4 #bhb4 ,,gardner',s ,,island1 ii4 #agb4 ,garland1 ,widow1 prisoner at ,kendal1 ii4 #ee4 ,,garsdale1 ii4 #bef4 ,,garshore1 outline of discourse here1 i4 #cid4 ,garstang1 ii4 #be1 #bf4 ,,gateshead1 i4 #dad4 ,,gates1 ,,nicholas of ,alton1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,gatton1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,gaul1 ,,alderman1 visits ,g4 ,fox at ,rotterdam1 ii4 #cii4 ,,geary1 ,,john1 of ,america1 meeting at his house1 ii4 #ahi2 visited1 ii4 #aij4 ,,germany1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #eah2 mentioned1 ii4 #cbe1 #cej2 ,friends of1 ii4 #bfh1 #caj1 #djj1 #ejd2 emperor of1 ii4 #bib2 priest of1 ii4 #bib2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #bfd1 #bfi1 #bgf1 #bgi1 #bha1 #bhd1 #caj4 ,,gerrard1 ,,lord1 orders ,g4 ,fox's liberation at ,whitehall1 i4 #dib4 ,,gibb1 ,,henry1 of ,pashur1 general men's and monthly meetings at his house1 ii4 #hc4 ,,giggleswick1 ii4 #eg4 ,gilpin ,john1 among ,friends at ,kendal for a short time1 i4 #ahh4 ,,gilsland1 discussion with a priest1 i4 #ahb2 a meeting here1 i4 #cib4 ,,glasgow1 i4 #djd1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,gleaston1 meeting in a chapel near1 i4 #abb2 another meeting1 i4 #aeh4 ,,gloucester1 meeting here and escape from some soldiers1 i4 #dff2 breviat of sufferings delivered to judges at ,assizes1 ii4 #cah4 ,,gloucestershire1 i4 #cce1 ii4 #ac1 #hg1 #ia1 #aad1 #bjb1 #cag1 #cdd2 mentioned1 ii4 #aba4 ,,glynne1 ,,john1 ,chief ,justice1 discourses with ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston regarding hats1 i4 #bgb2 ,g4 ,fox writes to him1 i4 #bhg4 ,,godalming1 i4 #bfj4 ,,goldney1 ,,henry1 ,g4 ,fox dies at his house in ,white-,hart-,court1 i4 l1 ii4 #eje1 #ebb4 ,goldsmith1 ,ralph1 a ,friend1 captain of ship1 carries ,charles ,,ii4's mandamus to ,new ,england1 i4 #eji4 ,,goodaker1 ,,sam41 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 99,,goodyear1 ,,thomas1 of ,yorkshire1 convinced1 i4 #gi1 #ajf4 ,,gooses1 ,wm4 ,mead's ,essex home1 ii4 #djc1 #dej1 #def1 #dge1 #dgi1 #dia2 letters and papers written here1 ii4 #dej1 #def1 #deg1 #deh1 #dei1 #dgi-dhc1 #dia-dig4 ,,gouldney1 ,,thomas1 interview with the mayor of ,bristol1 i4 #dfb4 ,,governor',s ,,island1 ii4 #agd4 ,see ,,natton ,,island4 ,,gracechurch ,,street1 ii4 #abc1 #abg1 #ach1 #bfa1 #cad1 #cai1 #cde1 #cfc1 #cff1 #cga1 #cgb1 #cgg1 #chg1 #eje1 #ejf1 #ebb4 99,,gratton1 ,,john1 visited at ,monyash1 ii4 #ccd4 ,,grave1 ,,john1 with ,g4 ,fox in ,scotland1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,gravesend1 ii4 #aca1 #ada1 #adb4 ,,gravesend 7,america71 ii4 #afg1 #agd4 ,,gray1 ,,richard1 master of vessel taking ,g4 ,fox and others to ,holland1 ii4 #cih4 ,,grayrigg1 i4 #aef1 ii4 #ae1 #eab4 ,,great ,,bay1 ii4 #ahj4 ,,great ,,bowden1 ii4 #ccb4 ,,green ,,agnes1 ,,widow1 of ,high ,town1 opposes ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ajh4 ,,green1 ,,thomas1 assists ,g4 ,fox during imprisonment at ,lancaster1 i4 #dge4 ,,gregory1 ,,judge1 visited at his chambers1 ii4 #cef4 ,,grimes1 ,,colonel1 large meetings at his house1 i4 #cce1 #dff4 ,,grisdale1 i4 #aaa1 #abb4 ,,gritton1 ----1 ex-,baptist1 dispute with ,g4 ,fox and others1 i4 #bbf4 ,,groningen1 ii4 #bge1 #bhb4 ,,groningland1 ii4 #bge4 ,,guildford1 ii4 #acj1 #cdf1 #cgg1 #dfe4 ,,gull',s ,,island1 ii4 #agb4 ,,gutterhedge ,,guttershedge1 ii4 #bfa1 #cde4 ,,gwin1 ,,paul1 ,baptist1 of ,bristol1 and afterwards of ,barbadoes1 opposes ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cbi1 #ccj1 ii4 #aeb4 ,,haarlem1 ii4 #bfg1 #djb2 mentioned1 ii4 #bfh1 #bia1 #bib1 #dja4 ,,hacker1 ,,colonel1 troopers of his regiment arrest ,g4 ,fox at ,whetstone 7or ,leicester71 i4 #bjg1 and near ,london1 i4 #ddj2 his discourse with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bjg1 #bjh2 he sends him to ,cromwell1 i4 #bjh1 #ejj1 #ecd1 ii4 #c1 #bj1 #eae2 his wife and his marshal convinced1 i4 #bea2 his son1 ---- ,needham1 i4 #bjg1 #bji2 his death1 i4 #bjh1 #ejj4 ,haggert1 ,judge1 of ,bristol1 his wife convinced1 i4 #cja4 ,,hague1 ,,the1 ii4 #caa4 ,,hains1 ,,rowland1 priest1 of ,hunnington1 accompanies ,justice ,parker1 in arrest of ,g4 ,fox at ,armscott1 ii4 #bje1 #bjf4 ,,hale1 ,,chief ,,justice1 liberates ,g4 ,fox1 at ,king's ,bench1 ii4 #bbi1 #bcj1 #eah4 ,,halford1 ,,john1 of ,armscott1 ,g4 ,fox and ,t4 ,lower arrested at his house1 ii4 #bjd1 #bjf4 99,halhead1 ,miles1 comes forth in the ministry1 i4 #abi1 ii4 #eae4 ,,halifax1 i4 #ahi2 mentioned1 i4 #aie1 #aif4 ,,halstead1 ii4 #cad4 ,,halton1 ,priest ,whitehead visited here1 i4 #abd4 ,,hambery1 ,,richard1 of ,pontemoil1 meeting held at his house1 i4 #cfb2 with his wife accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ia4 ,,hambleton1 ,,lady ,,margaret1 convinced1 i4 #cid2 warns ,cromwell and ,fleetwood of the day of the ,lord1 i4 #cid4 ,,hambley1 ,,loveday1 aunt of ,thomas ,lower1 i4 #cae2 visited1 i4 #cbf2 general meetings at her house1 ii4 #g1 #id4 ,,hamborow1 ,,richard4 ,see ,,hambery1 ,,richard4 ,,hamburg1 ii4 #bgg1 #bgi2 ,friends of1 ii4 #bfh2 woman here acknowledges her error in ,john ,perrot's time1 ii4 #bgg2 ,g4 ,fox writes ,a ,warning to the city1 ii4 #bib1 #bie1 and a book in answer to the priests1 ii4 #cja4 ,,hamilton1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,hammersley1 ,,thomas of ,basford1 ,staffs41 a meeting with ,ranters1 i4 #aih2 allowed to serve as foreman of a jury without an oath1 and verdict commended1 i4 #aii2 general men's meeting1 ii4 #hb4 ,,hammersmith1 ii4 #cdf1 #cei1 #dai1 #dgb1 #dia4 ,,hampshire1 i4 #def1 ii4 #c1 #ie1 #abi1 #bjc2 mentioned1 ii4 #ceh2 magistrate and people addressed in a paper1 ii4 #if4 ,,hampton ,,court1 ,protector visited here1 i4 #ddj4 ,,handcock1 ,,edward1 of ,menheriot1 meeting at his house1 i4 #bfe4 ,,harborough1 i4 #bji4 ,,harding1 ,,john1 meeting at his house in ,essex1 ii4 #def4 ,,hardy1 ,,under-,,jailer1 of ,lancaster1 rude and cruel man1 i4 #dgd4 ,,hare ,,street1 ii4 #djc4 ,,harlingen1 ii4 #bgc1 #bhc1 #dja2 epistle written here1 ii4 #cja-caj2 mentioned1 ii4 #bhb1 #bhd4 ,,harris1 ,,george1 at his house in ,dorset men's monthly meetings settled1 ii4 #ie4 ,,harris1 ,,jailer1 of ,worcester1 ii4 #bbh4 ,,hartis1 ,,george1 of ,oram1 visited1 i4 #if4 ,,hartshill1 ii4 #bfj4 ,hartshorn1 ,hugh1 upholsterer of ,london1 ii4 #aff4 ,,hartshorn1 ,,richard1 of ,america1 brother of last named1 visited1 ii4 #aff1 #age4 ,,hartshorn1 ii4 #bei4 ,,harvey1 ----1 a servant of ,cromwell1 i4 #baj1 #ddj4 ,,harwich1 ii4 #bfe1 #bff1 #cac1 #cih1 #djc4 ,,harwood1 ,,robert1 of ,maryland1 visited1 ii4 #agh4 ,,hastings1 ,,lord1 writes to ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ece4 ,,hatton',s ,,island1 ii4 #ahj4 ,,haverford ,,west1 i4 #cgc2 mentioned1 ii4 #ia4 ,,hawes 81 i4 #aaj4 ,,hawkins1 ,,george1 of ,stoke1 visited1 ii4 #i4 ,,hayley1 ,,widow1 of ,gutterhedge1 visited1 ii4 #bfa1 #cde4 ,,heads1 i4 #cid1 #djd1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,hedgerley1 ii4 #cae4 ,,hellen1 ,,joseph1 disowned for the matter of ,blanch ,pope at ,loo1 ii4 #g4 ,,helston1 i4 #bfe1 ii4 #g4 ,,hemel-,,hempstead1 ii4 #cai4 ,,hempen-,,sarmer1 ,,lake ,,of1 ii4 #bhb4 ,,hendon1 ii4 #bjd1 #bfa1 #cai1 #cde1 #cdf4 ,,hendricks1 ,,elizabeth1 visits ,friends at ,frederickstadt1 ii4 #djd4 ,,hendricks1 ,,peter1 ,friend1 of ,amsterdam1 with ,g4 ,fox in ,holland1 ii4 #bia2 letters from ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #cbf1 #dhc1 #dhf2 his wife1 ii4 #dhc4 ,,henley1 ii4 #cag1 #ceh4 ,,hereford1 ii4 #ac4 ,,herefordshire1 ii4 #ac1 #he1 #hg4 ,,hertford1 i4 #bcg1 ii4 #ccj1 #cdg1 #def1 #dii2 letters written here1 ii4 #cca1 #ccb4 ,,hertfordshire1 i4 #beh1 ii4 #a1 #hi1 #abj1 #bjd1 #cai4 ,,hewes1 ,priest1 of ,plymouth1 his prayer against toleration1 i4 #ejd2 removal at ,restoration i4 #eje4 ,,hexham1 i4 #aha1 #ahb4 ,,heywood1 ,,john1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,hicks's ,hall1 ,sessions held here1 ii4 #cga4 ,,higham1 i4 #beh4 ,,highgate1 ii4 #bcc1 #bfa4 ,,highlands1 ,,the1 i4 #cid1 #dje4 ,,high-,,town in ,liversedge1 i4 #ajh4 ,,hiley ,,hely1 ,,joan of ,bristol1 visited1 i4 #ebh4 ,,hill1 ,,john1 ,english ,friend1 meets ,g4 ,fox at ,hamburg1 ii4 #bgi1 and travels with him1 ii4 #bhj1 #bha1 #bhb4 ,,hill1 ,,the1 ii4 #ccd4 ,,hilton1 ,,informer1 ii4 #cfe1 #cff4 ,,hitchin1 ii4 #cbb4 ,,hoddesdon1 ii4 #dge4 ,,hodges1 ,,francis1 of ,budock in ,cornwall1 visited1 ii4 #g4 ,hodgson1 ,dr41 informed of a plot1 ii4 #bj4 ,,hodgson1 ,,peter1 of ,scarbro1 visited1 ii4 #gd4 ,,hoghenhorn1 ii4 #bgh4 99,,holder1 ,,christopher1 visits ,long ,island1 ii4 #agd4 ,,holderness1 i4 #if1 #aie1 #cce1 #dae1 ii4 #ad1 #aje1 #eab4 ,,holes ,,sergeant1 ,g4 ,fox removed to his house for awhile1 during ,derby imprisonment1 i4 #gb4 ,,holker ,,hall1 residence of ,justice ,parker1 i4 #dge2 private justices' meeting here1 ii4 #ah2 ,g4 ,fox's interview with the justices1 ii4 #ai-ba1 #gb1 #eag4 ,,holland1 ,friends travel in1 i4 #ahi1 #bbh1 #eag2 ,friends of1 ii4 #bfc1 #bfg1 #bfh1 #cbj1 #djj1 #ejd2 mentioned1 ii4 #ed1 #fi1 #djd4 ,g4 ,fox sends letters thither1 ii4 #ih1 #cde1 and visits the country1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #bfd-cac1 #dja1 #eah1 and again1 ii4 #cig-djc4 ,hollingworth1 ,ralph1 priest of ,phillingham1 persecutor for tithes1 i4 #bbd4 ,,hollowtrow4 ,see ,,dander1 ,,john4 99,,holmes1 ,,thomas1 travels into ,wales as a minister1 i4 #aij2 meets ,g4 ,fox there1 i4 #cfa2 mentioned1 i4 xlv4 ,,holstein1 ,,duke ,,of1 persecutor of ,friends1 ii4 #bgh1 #djd2 written to by ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #djd4 ,,honiton1 i4 #bfc4 99,,hookes1 ,,ellis1 draws up account of ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment at ,scarborough1 ii4 #fi4 ,,hoorn1 ii4 #bgc4 99,,hooton1 ,,elizabeth1 of ,nottingham1 meets ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #i2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox and party to ,america1 ii4 #ada1 #aei2 her sudden death in ,jamaica1 ii4 #afj4 ,hornby ,castle1 i4 #dgi4 ,,hornchurch1 ii4 #aca4 ,,horse-,,bridge1 i4 #dfa1 ii4 #aj4 ,,horsham1 i4 #bbi1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,horsham ,,park1 i4 #bfj4 ,horsleydown1 ii4 #acb4 ,,hotham1 ,,justice1 of ,yorkshire1 a well-wisher of ,friends1 i4 #ha1 #ii1 ii4 #aje2 visited1 i4 #ha1 #ie1 #abc1 ii4 #aje4 99,howard1 ,luke1 of ,dover1 convinced1 i4 #bbi4 ,,howden-,,dyke1 ii4 #gf4 99,,howgill1 ,,francis1 meets with ,g4 ,fox at a fair1 i4 #aab1 and at ,firbank ,chapel1 i4 #aac2 imprisoned in ,appleby jail1 i4 #abh2 commences as a minister1 i4 xlv1 #abh1 ii4 #eae2 visits ,friends in ,cumberland1 i4 #ahc2 his work in ,london1 i4 #aij2 travels from ,bristol to great meeting in ,leicestershire1 i4 #aii2 with ,g4 ,fox at ,swarthmore1 #ii1 i4 #dga2 interview with ,cromwell1 ii4 #eae4 ,,howsigoe1 ,,thomas1 ,independent preacher near ,cranbrook1 convinced1 i4 #bbg4 ,,hubbersty1 ,,miles1 of ,underbarrow1 meets ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aag2 travels as a minister1 i4 #abi4 ,,hubbersty1 ,,stephen1 meets ,g4 ,fox at ,underbarrow1 i4 #aag4 99,,hubberthorn1 ,,richard1 convinced1 ii4 #eae2 comes out as a minister1 i4 xlv1 #abi2 persecuted1 i4 #adf2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #adg1 #bcc1 #bcg1 #dhe1 #dhf1 #dic1 #eba2 travels toward ,norwich1 i4 #aij1 #dec2 his interview with ,charles ,,ii1 i4 #dij4 ,,hull1 i4 #aja1 #dae1 ii4 #gf4 ,,hull1 ,,john1 goes to ,america with ,g4 ,fox and others1 ii4 #ada4 ,,hull1 ,,priest1 referred to in ,g4 ,fox's paper re ,cornish wreckers1 i4 #dfj4 ,,humber1 ,river1 i4 #cce4 ,,hunger ,,hill1 ii4 #cae1 #ceh4 ,,hunger ,,river1 ii4 #aib4 ,hunnington1 ii4 #bje1 #bjf4 ,,hunter1 ,,jailer1 of ,lancaster1 persecutor1 ii4 #ef1 #gc2 his untimely end1 ii4 #gc4 ,huntingdon1 i4 #bcf2 the mayor visits ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ccd1 #ecg4 ,huntingdon1 ,robert1 appears in ,carlisle steeplehouse as a sign1 i4 #ejc4 ,,huntingdonshire1 i4 #bcc1 #ccd1 #dec1 #ecf1 ii4 #ha1 #abj1 #ccb4 ,,hutchinson1 ,,hugh1 ,friend in the ministry1 of ,allendale ,northumberland1 visited1 ii4 #ae4 ,,hutchinson1 ,,james of ,knockballymaher1 ,g4 ,fox's discourse at his house in ,ireland1 ii4 #aab4 ,,hutton1 ,,thomas1 visited1 i4 #acf4 ,,hyde ,,park1 i4 #ccb4 ,,ifield1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,ilchester1 men's monthly meeting settled here1 ii4 #ie4 ,,ilmer1 ii4 #cai1 #ceh4 99,,independents1 come into contact with ,friends1 i4 #be1 #ij1 #baa1 #bcb1 #bcd1 #bej1 #beb1 #cgf1 #cig1 #ddc1 #ejc1 #ejg1 #eaf1 ii4 #fd1 #ha1 #ajc4 ,see ,,howsigoe2 ,,naylor2 ,,robinson1 ,,andrew4 99,,indians1 their ,emperor1 ,empress and ,kings1 etc41 attend meetings in ,america1 ii4 #aeh1 #afd1 #afe1 #aff1 #agb1 #agh1 #ahc1 #ahe1 #ahf1 #ahi1 #aic1 #aid1 #ejb4 ,,informers1 ii4 #af1 #abd1 #acc1 #cfa4 ,see ,,hilton2 ,,knipe1 ,w42 ,,shad4 ,,ingram1 ,,william1 stepson-in-law of ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #eba4 ,,ingram1 ,,susanna1 wife of ,w4 ,ingram1 ii4 #eba4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,susan4 99,inquisition1 in ,rome1 ,friends preserved from1 i4 #ahi1 #bbi2 in ,malta1 ,friends imprisoned in1 i4 #ebd4 ,,ipswich1 i4 #bcb2 inhabitants written to1 i4 #bcb2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #djc4 ,,irb',s ,,job',s1 ,,jubb',s ,,court1 ii4 #ic4 99,,ireland1 ,friends of1 ii4 #beg1 #cba1 #dba2 visited by ,friends1 i4 #ahi2 ,friends written to by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #beg1 ii4 #ih1 #ejc2 ,friends' sufferings1 i4 #dcb1 #dcd1 ii4 #ejc2 mentioned1 i4 l1 #beg1 ii4 #aab1 #aij2 ,truth springs up1 ii4 #bea2 visited by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #ajg-aad1 #aag1 #eag2 rulers addressed by letter1 ii4 #cea4 ,,isle ,,of ,,ely1 i4 #bcf1 #ecf4 ,,isle ,,of ,,sheppey1 ii4 #acj4 ,italy1 visited by ,friends1 i4 #ahi1 #bbh4 ,,itzehoe1 ii4 #bgg4 ,,ives ,,st41 7,hunts71 ii4 #ccb4 ,,ives ,,st41 7,cornwall71 i4 #bfg2 ,g4 ,fox and others apprehended here1 i4 #bfg1 #bgg4 ,,jackson1 ,,henry1 meeting at his house in ,yorkshire1 ii4 #aje4 ,,jackus1 ,,priest1 opposes ,g4 ,fox at ,lancaster1 i4 #ach1 #ada2 mentioned1 i4 #adj4 ,,jacobs1 ,,hessel1 of ,harlingen in ,friesland1 ii4 #bgd1 #bhc1 #bhd4 ,,jamaica1 ,friends banished hither1 ii4 #fh2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #aec1 #aei1 #afb1 #aij1 by ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #aei-afb2 mentioned1 i4 #djf1 ii4 #afj2 governor of1 ii4 #afj2 ,truth prospers here1 ii4 #afj1 #ejd4 ,jamaica 7,long ,island71 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #agd4 ,james ,i41 quoted1 ii4 #cbc4 ,,james ,,ii41 releases ,friends from prison1 ii4 #dca4 ,,jay1 ,,john1 planter of ,barbadoes1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #agb2 his injury and remarkable recovery1 ii4 #agf4 ,,jenkin1 ,,walter1 justice1 of ,wales1 convinced1 i4 #bea2 meets ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cfb2 meeting at his house1 ii4 #hg4 ,,jersey 7,america71 ii4 #agd2 written to1 ii4 #dia4 ,,jersey1 ,,east1 ii4 #aff1 #age4 ,,jersey1 ,new1 ,friends of1 ii4 #age1 #djd2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #aij4 ,,jersey1 ,,west1 ii4 #aff4 ,,jesuits1 disputes with ,g4 ,fox and others in ,london1 i4 #dbg-dca1 #eae1 ii4 #ajh4 ,see ,,papists4 ,,jews1 come into contact with ,friends1 ii4 #bgh1 #caa2 mentioned1 i4 #af1 #cig1 ii4 #bg1 #fd1 #acf1 #bjd1 #bia1 #djc1 #dbh1 #deg1 #dfb-dga4 ,,joblin1 ,,jailer1 of ,durham1 persecutor4 cut off1 ii4 #gc4 ,,john1 ,,john ,,ap ----1 sent from ,wrexham to inquire concerning ,g4 ,fox1 and is convinced1 i4 #ahh2 travels with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cfa1 #cfh1 #cgb-cha1 ii4 #ib2 his imprisonment1 i4 #cgh1 #cha4 ,,johnson1 ,,richard1 of ,liverpool1 visited1 ii4 #aad4 ,,johnstons ,,perth1 ,g4 ,fox and others banished the town1 i4 #djf2 re-visited by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #dji1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,jones1 ,,attorney1 defended ,g4 ,fox1 at ,court of ,king's ,bench1 ii4 #bad4 ,,jones1 ,,james1 ,friend and justice1 of ,america1 visited1 ii4 #aib4 ,,jones1 ,,rice1 of ,nottingham1 ex-,baptist and ,ranter1 opposes ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aid1 #daf2 his fall1 i4 #dag4 ,,jordans1 ii4 #cae4 99,,jose1 ,,nicholas of ,sennyn1 convinced at ,lands ,end1 i4 #deh1 ii4 #h4 ,,keat1 ,,capt41 takes ,g4 ,fox and ,e4 ,pyot to ,launceston1 i4 #bfi2 abuses his prisoners1 i4 #bgj1 #bhd2 his kinsman's conduct1 i4 #bhd4 ,,keby1 ii4 #bha4 ,,keith1 ,,george1 dispute at ,aberdeen1 ii4 #bcc2 his wife and he with others go with ,g4 ,fox to ,holland1 ii4 #bff1 #bfh1 #bfi1 #cac1 #dja2 travels in ,germany1 ii4 #bfi1 #caj2 further mention of his wife1 ii4 #bfi1 #bgb1 #bhe4 ,,kelk4 ,see ,,barwick1 ,,grace4 ,,kellet1 i4 #abd1 ii4 #cce1 #eae2 mentioned1 i4 #adb4 ,,kellett1 ,,priest1 a persecutor1 i4 #bd1 #be4 ,,kempston1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,kendal1 i4 #aae1 #abe1 #aef1 ii4 #eab2 warrant awaits ,g4 ,fox here1 i4 #cib2 mentioned1 i4 #abb1 #ahh1 ii4 #ag1 #ee1 #bef4 ,,kensington1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,kensworth1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,kent1 i4 #bbg1 #ceg1 ii4 #a1 #ig1 #acj2 account of a ,kentish woman1 ii4 #fj2 mentioned1 ii4 #eag4 ,,kent ,,island1 ii4 #ahj1 #aid4 ,,kentish ,,shore1 ii4 #agh4 ,,keswick1 ii4 #af4 ,,kidsey 7,,kidsley7 ,,park1 i4 #ej1 #aih4 ,,killam1 ,,john1 large yearly meeting in his orchard at ,balby1 i4 #dfg4 ,,king',s ,,bench1 ,g4 ,fox's trials here1 i4 #dhf1 ii4 #bac-bae1 #bba1 #bbi1 #eah2 mentioned1 i4 #dhj1 #dhe4 ,,kings ,,road1 ii4 #aie4 ,see ,,bristol ,,harbour4 ,,kingsbridge1 i4 #bfd1 ii4 #f1 #ie4 ,,kingston-,,on-,,thames1 i4 #ccb1 #ddj1 ii4 #gi1 #ada1 #bjc1 #bjd1 #bjf1 #bcb1 #bfd1 #cae1 #cde1 #cdf1 #cei1 #cgf1 #cgh1 #chg1 #djd1 #dah1 #ddf1 #dia1 #dig2 papers written here1 ii4 #cae1 #cde1 #cej1 #cga1 #cha1 #che1 #cif1 #ddj1 #ddc1 #ddg1 #dfc1 #dfe1 #dfg1 #dfh1 #dhi4 ,,kirby1 ,,william1 colonel1 of ,kirby ,hall1 visited1 ii4 #ag2 interrupts a meeting at ,swarthmore1 ii4 #bb2 visits ,g4 ,fox there1 ii4 #bcd2 judgment on him noted1 ii4 #gc1 #gg1 #ajf2 concerned in imprisonment of ,g4 ,fox at ,lancaster and ,scarborough1 ii4 #bd1 #dd1 #de1 #ea1 #ee1 #ef1 #gg2 mentioned1 ii4 #ah1 #bi1 #aba1 #acb4 ,,kirby-,,hall1 ii4 #ag4 ,,klassen1 ,,dirick1 ,friend1 of ,haarlem1 ii4 #bib4 ,,knighton1 ii4 #bei1 #ccb4 ,,knipe1 ,,john1 cruel treatment of ,g4 ,fox1 judgment noted1 i4 #aah4 ,,knipe1 ,,william1 informer1 ii4 #ai2 judgment noted1 ii4 #gc4 ,,knockballymaher4 ,see ,,hutchinson1 ,,james4 ,,knottingley1 ii4 #bei4 ,,lago1 ,,mary1 afterwards ,fox1 mother of ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #a4 ,see ,,fox1 ,,mary4 ,,lambert ,,john1 general1 i4 #dej1 #dfi4 ,,lamboll1 ,,george1 of ,reading1 meeting in his orchard1 i4 #bcj4 ,,lamcote1 ii4 #cai4 ,,lampitt1 ,,wm41 priest1 of ,ulverstone1 discourses with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aah1 #aai1 #acj1 ii4 #ead2 opposes his teaching1 i4 #abb1 #abf1 #acj1 #aca1 ii4 #ead2 mentioned1 i4 #acd2 ,g4 ,fox writes to him and his people1 i4 #adi1 #aeb1 #aec2 his false prophecies and his death1 ii4 #bed4 ,,lamplugh1 ii4 #eae4 ,,lancashire1 i4 #aag1 #acj1 #aeh1 ii4 #ad1 #hb1 #aad1 #cce1 #cdc2 fasting woman visited1 i4 #ah2 mentioned1 i4 #aji1 #dhf1 ii4 #bb1 #fd1 #gc1 #hc1 #cee2 ,friends in1 i4 #afa1 #chc1 #dgj2 ,truth springs up1 i4 #ahc1 ii4 #bea4 ,,lancaster1 i4 #abd1 #adb1 #adc1 #ahi1 #chc1 #dgj1 #dhd1 ii4 #bcc1 #eae2 mentioned1 i4 #acf1 #ada1 #chb1 ii4 #ba1 #aba2 ,g4 ,fox at the ,sessions and ,assizes1 i4 #acg1 #adj1 #adc1 #dhj1 ii4 #bb1 #bf1 #ci1 #db1 #ea1 #eae1 #eag2 mayor of the town1 i4 #aci2 under-sheriff1 ii4 #gc1 #bcc2 ,g4 ,fox in the jail1 i4 #dgc-dhd1 #dhg1 #dhh1 #ejg1 #eac1 ii4 #bc-ef1 #ei1 #fg1 #ga1 #gg1 #baf1 #bcc1 #eaf1 #eag2 in which he writes papers1 i4 #dge1 #dgi1 #dha1 #dhb1 #dhc1 ii4 #bi1 #cc1 #cf1 #da1 #db1 #ed2 ,m4 ,fell and other ,friends in the jail1 ii4 #bi1 #dd1 #abj1 #eag4 99,,lancaster1 ,,james1 of ,walney ,island1 convinced1 i4 #aba2 visited1 i4 #aba1 #ace2 travels with ,g4 ,fox in ,england1 i4 #afa1 #afb1 ii4 #bcc1 in ,scotland1 i4 #djf1 ii4 #eaf1 in ,ireland1 ii4 #ajg1 #aad1 in ,america1 ii4 #ada1 #agb1 #aih2 visits ,jamaica1 ii4 #aec1 #aei1 and ,new ,england1 ii4 #afd1 and elsewhere1 ii4 #afh1 #agj1 #agd2 his wife's opposition to ,g4 ,fox1 and convincement1 i4 #ace1 #acf4 ,,landsmeer1 ii4 #bhh1 #djb2 mentioned1 ii4 #cjg4 ,,lands ,,end1 i4 #deh1 ii4 #h1 #id2 the seven parishes of1 written to1 i4 #bff2 mentioned1 i4 #cei1 #deh4 ,,lands ,,end 7,ireland71 ii4 #aji4 ,,langlands1 i4 #ahb1 #cib4 ,,langstroth-,,dale1 ii4 #bef4 ,,larkham ,,george1 ,,priest1 of ,cockermouth1 discourses with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #afc1 ii4 #eae4 99,,latey1 ,,gilbert1 asked by a justice to pay ,g4 ,fox's fine1 ii4 #cib2 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe2 mentioned1 i4 #ajc4 ,,launceston1 i4 #cbf2 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned here1 i4 xlviii1 #bfi-cbc1 #cbg1 #cce1 #cdc1 ii4 #eaf2 papers written here1 i4 #bgc1 #cjb1 #cjd1 #cjh1 #cae1 #cai1 #cbc1 #cbd2 cruelties of jailer1 i4 #bhb1 #bhc1 and his punishment1 i4 #cah2 the mayor1 i4 #cjb2 mentioned1 i4 #bhe1 ii4 #i4 99,,lawrence1 ,,captain ,,john of ,wramplingham1 ,norfolk1 i4 #bcc-bce1 #ecf4 ,,lawson1 ,,john1 of ,lancaster1 visited1 i4 #abd2 convinced1 ii4 #eae2 mentioned1 i4 #adj4 ,,lawson1 ,,thomas1 priest1 of ,rampside1 convinced1 i4 #abj2 visited1 i4 #acf4 ,,lawson1 ,,wilfred1 high-sheriff1 urges ,g4 ,fox's death at ,carlisle ,assizes1 i4 #afi4 ,,laythes1 ,,thomas1 of ,westmorland1 visited1 ii4 #ag4 ,,ledger1 ,,alderman1 of ,newcastle1 visited1 i4 #dac1 #dad4 ,,leek1 ,,john1 of ,selby in ,yorkshire1 convinced by visit to ,g4 ,fox in ,derby prison1 i4 #hj2 visited1 i4 #hj4 ,,leer1 ii4 #bgf1 #bha4 ,,leeuwarden1 ii4 #bgd1 #bge1 #bhb1 #bhc1 #dja2 mentioned1 ii4 #bhd4 ,leeward ,islands1 visited by several ,friends1 ii4 #aij4 ,leghorn1 visited by ,s4 ,fisher1 i4 #bbh4 ,,leicester1 i4 #be1 ii4 #gi1 #bei1 #ccb2 ,g4 ,fox taken hence to ,london1 i4 #bjg1 #bji1 #bea1 #ejj1 ii4 #baj2 imprisoned with others here1 i4 #eca-ece1 ii4 #eag2 mentioned1 i4 #aii1 #bad4 ,,leicestershire1 i4 #d1 #i1 #ai1 #be1 #bi1 #df1 #di1 #gg1 #aii1 #bjj1 #bea1 #bef1 #cce1 #dag1 #dfg1 #ebi1 #ecj1 ii4 #gi1 #hb1 #abj1 #aba1 #bei1 #ccb1 #cdd2 ,g4 ,fox's native county1 i4 #a1 #bgg1 ii4 #bjg1 #eaa1 #eae2 ,truth springs up1 ii4 #bea4 ,,leith1 much convincement here1 i4 #cii2 visited again1 i4 #djh4 ,,lenthal1 ,,sir ,,john1 ,,kt41 marshal of ,king's ,bench1 i4 #dhh4 ,,leominster1 great meeting in a field1 i4 #cfi-cga2 mentioned1 ii4 #he4 ,,leper1 ,,thomas1 meeting at his house at ,capernwray1 i4 #ade4 ,,leyden1 ii4 #bfg1 #caj2 mentioned1 ii4 #caa4 ,,lichfield1 a woe pronounced against it1 i4 xlviii1 #gg2 ,christians martyred here1 i4 #gh4 ,,lidcott1 ,,col41 his wife convinced at ,leith1 i4 #cii4 ,light1 ,john1 ,friend of ,plymouth1 assists ,friends imprisoned on ship board1 ii4 #fh4 ,,lillingston-,,lovel1 ii4 #cdd4 ,lincoln1 sheriff convinced1 i4 #aig2 and with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aig1 #bac1ccd1 ii4 #ha2 mentioned1 i4 #bbe4 ,see ,,craven1 ,,morrice4 ,,lincolnshire1 i4 #aja1 #aig1 #ccc1 #ecf1 ii4 #ha1 #cdd2 convincement in1 i4 #ajb1 #aig1 #ccc4 ,,lindley1 ,,isaac1 letter to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #aje2 visited in ,yorkshire1 ii4 #beg4 ,line1 ,john1 constable1 judgement on him for persecution1 ii4 #e4 ,,lingard1 ,,capt41 meeting at his house in ,derbyshire1 ii4 #ac1 #ad4 ,,linlithgow1 ii4 #eaf2 inn keeper's wife convinced1 i4 #cii4 ,,little ,,choptank ,,river1 ii4 #aic4 99,little ,ease1 hole in a rock in ,chester prison1 ,richard ,sale imprisoned here1 i4 #ejc1 #ejd4 ,,little ,,port1 i4 #ecf4 ,,liverpool1 i4 #cha1 ii4 #ajg1 #aad4 ,,lloyd1 ,,charles1 general men's meeting at his house at ,dolobran1 in ,wales1 ii4 #hc4 99,,lodge1 ,,robert1 convinced1 i4 xlv2 travels with ,g4 ,fox in ,ireland1 ii4 #ajg1 #aad1 and ,yorkshire1 ii4 #beg1 #beh4 ,,lombard ,,street1 meeting near1 i4 l4 99,,london1 i4 #d1 #bac1 #bbe1 #bbg1 #bca1 #bcg1 #bej1 #bei1 #ccb1 #ccc1 #cce1 #cdc1 #cef1 #dbg1 #dca1 #dda1 #ddb1 #ddg1 #dea1 #dec1 #def1 #eah1 #eai1 #ebh1 #ecf1 ii4 #a1 #gi1 #hg1 #hh1 #hi1 #ij1 #ig1 #ii1 #ajd1 #abj1 #aba1 #ach1 #bjc1 #bjd1 #bba1 #bcb1 #bfa1 #bfc1 #cad1 #cae1 #cai1 #cbf1 #cde1 #cdf1 #cdh1 #ced1 #ceh1 #cei1 #cff1 #cga1 #cgf1 #cgh1 #chg1 #chi1 #cie1 #cif1 #djd1 #dae1 #dag1 #dba1 #dca1 #ddi1 #dej1 #dfc1 #dgb1 #dge1 #dhc1 #dhf1 #dig1 #ejj1 #ejc1 #eje1 #eag1 #eah1 #eai2 ,g4 ,fox brought hither from ,leicester1 i4 #bji1 #dgf1 #ejj1 #ecd1 ii4 #c2 removed hither from ,lancaster1 i4 #dhc1 #dhe1 ii4 #eaf1 leaves for ,america1 ii4 #ada1 for ,holland1 ii4 #bfd1 #cig1 brought up from ,worcester1 ii4 #bac1 #bbi1 #bcj1 and returned hither1 ii4 #bad1 #bae1 #bbd1 #bcj1 #eah2 mentioned1 i4 #afj1 #agd1 #bjh1 #cha1 #dad1 #dgi1 #dhj1 #ece1 ii4 #ag1 #ah1 #ff1 #if1 #abg1 #ada1 #adf1 #bje1 #bjg1 #bjh1 #bji1 #bbb1 #bbd1 #bbi1 #cef1 #cfb1 #cia2 ,friends visit the city1 i4 #aij1 #bac1 #bcg1 #cbh1 #ddc1 #dgh1 ii4 #fi1 #ada1 #bbh2 convincement here1 i4 #bae1 #bbg1 #bcg1 #bei1 #eai1 ii4 #ajd1 #bea2 ,friends of the city1 i4 #aii1 #bfj1 #bgg1 #bhc1 ii4 #cc1 #fg1 #hj1 #abh1 #aca1 #acb1 #aff1 #aii1 #bae1 #bag1 #bec1 #bfa1 #bfe1 #cce1 #cfa1 #cga2 99,fire of1 foreseen1 i4 #dec1 ii4 #ed1 #gj1 #ga1 #gi1 #if2 99the ,plague1 ii4 #cd1 #fg2 ,papers1 etc41 written here1 i4 #did1 #ebf1 ii4 #aai1 #abc1 #cbj1 #cba1 #cbg1 #ced1 #cei1 #cfa-cfc1 #cff1 #cfg1 #cgc1 #cgd1 #cgi1 #chh1 #cic1 #djd1 #djh1 #dji1 #daa1 #dag1 #dbb1 #dcb-ddj1 #ddi1 #dec1 #dgc1 #dge1 #dgg1 #dhg1 #dhh1 #dig1 #ejc2 ,bishop receives copy of ,the ,battledore1 i4 #eac2 ,yearly ,meeting held1 ii4 #bba1 #bce1 #bdd1 #bfc1 #cbj1 #ccg1 #cde1 #ced1 #cef1 #ceh1 #cgh1 #cha1 #cig1 #dji1 #dcb1 #dec1 #dgc1 #dhf1 #dhh1 #dig1 #eag1 #eah1 #eai1 #ebg1 #ebi1 see ,,yearly ,,meetings4 ,,long-,,crendon1 ii4 #cai4 ,,long ,,island1 ii4 #aff1 #afg1 #agc2 mentioned1 ii4 #agd4 ,,long1 ,,richard1 of ,america1 visited1 ii4 #ahi4 ,,longford1 ii4 #cei4 ,loo1 mentioned1 ii4 #g4 ,love1 ,john1 ,friend1 died in prison at ,rome1 i4 #ejf4 99,,lower1 ,,humphrey1 ex-justice1 visits ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston1 and is convinced1 i4 #bhj2 visited1 i4 #cbe1 ii4 #f1 #i1 #id2 mentioned1 i4 #cei4 99,,lower1 ,,thomas1 stepson-in-law of ,g4 ,fox1 convinced by visit to ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston1 i4 #cad2 nephew of ,l4 ,hambley1 i4 #cae2 at a meeting at ,exeter1 i4 #cei2 assists ,friends imprisoned on ship-board1 ii4 #fh2 with ,g4 ,fox in ,cornwall1 i4 #dfa1 ii4 #aj1 #eag1 in ,bristol1 ii4 #gi1 #aih1 on his journey north1 and imprisonment at ,worcester1 ii4 #bjd-bac1 #bai1 #bbe1 #eah1 and at ,lancaster and ,swarthmore1 ii4 #bcc2 mentioned1 ii4 #eba4 99,,lower1 ,,mary1 wife of ,t4 ,lower1 interview with ,charles ,,ii1 ii4 #abj1 #aba1 #adj2 mentioned1 ii4 #aih1 #bjd1 #bjg1 #bcc1 #eag1 #eba4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,mary4 ,lower1 ,dr41 brother of ,thomas ,lower1 physician to ,charles ,,ii1 assists ,friends1 ii4 #bjh4 ,lucerne1 mentioned1 i4 #dcd4 ,,lugmer1 ,,lake1 ii4 #bhb4 ,,luneberg1 ,,duke ,,of1 his country visited1 ii4 #bhj4 ,,lutherans1 dispute with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #eaf4 ,,luton1 i4 #bbe1 ii4 #bfj1 #cai4 ,,lutterworth1 i4 #c4 ,,lyme1 i4 #cei4 ,,lyndal1 i4 #aah4 ,,lyne1 ,,col41 of ,barbadoes1 his love for ,friends1 ii4 #aec4 ,,lynn1 ,g4 ,fox apprehended on the way to1 but liberated1 i4 #bcc2 visited1 i4 #bce1 #bcf1 #ecg4 ,,macham1 ,,priest1 visited1 i4 #f4 ,,mackum1 ii4 #bgc4 ,,macocomocock ,,river1 ii4 #ahd4 ,see ,,chowan ,,river4 ,,maese1 ,,the1 ii4 #djc4 ,maidstone1 mentioned1 i4 #bbg4 ,,mallet1 ,,thomas1 judge1 visited at his chamber1 orders ,g4 ,fox's liberation1 i4 #dhe-dhh4 ,,malpas1 i4 #cha4 ,malta1 visited by ,s4 ,chevers and ,k4 ,evans1 i4 #ebd4 ,see ,melita4 ,,malton1 i4 #hi1 #ij1 ii4 #ad1 #eh1 #ge4 ,,mancetter1 ancient priest visited1 i4 #e4 ,,manchester1 i4 #ah2 rude people oppose1 i4 #cha1 #chb4 ,,mann1 ,,edward1 of ,bishopsgate ,st41 ,london1 mentioned1 ii4 #bad2 his country house at ,ford ,green visited1 ii4 #dia1 #dii4 ,see ,,ford ,,green4 ,manningford8 ,see ,mansfield1 ,wiltshire4 ,,manokin1 ii4 #aia4 ,,manokin ,,river1 ii4 #aia4 ,,mansfield1 i4 #bd1 #gi1 ii4 #gh2 steeplehouses visited1 i4 #bj1 #bg2 mentioned1 i4 #ea1 #aid4 ,,mansfield-,,woodhouse1 distracted woman spoken to here1 i4 #de2 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #de4 ,mansfield 8 ,marshfield1 ,glos41 or 8 ,manningford1 ,wilts41 ,john ,fox priest here1 ii4 #aae1 #aaf1 #aba4 ,,maratick ,,river4 ,see ,,roanoke ,,river4 ,,marazion1 i4 #bfe4 ,see ,,market ,,jew4 ,marcellinus1 ,pope of ,rome1 not infallible1 ii4 #ei4 ,,market ,,bosworth1 i4 #dh4 ,,market ,,jew1 ,g4 ,fox and ,g4 ,pyot called before mayor and high sheriff1 i4 #bfe2 paper written here1 i4 #bff4 ,,market ,,street1 i4 #bei1 ii4 #bfj1 #cai1 #cde4 ,,marlborough1 i4 #cca1 ii4 #bjc4 99,,marsh ,,marche1 ,,richard1 ,,esquire1 serviceable to ,g4 ,fox and ,friends1 i4 #dhe1 #dhf1 #dhg1 #dia1 #dib1 ii4 #ff1 #fi1 #ajj1 #ajb1 #ajc4 ,,marshall1 ,,charles1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,marshall1 ,,priest1 of ,lancaster1 spokesman against ,g4 ,fox at ,sessions1 i4 #acg1 #ach4 ,,marshall1 ,,priest1 of ,wakefield1 slanders ,g4 ,fox4 i4 #ajg4 ,marshfield8 ,see ,mansfield1 ,wiltshire4 ,,martin1 ,,james1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,maryland1 ii4 #afj1 #afb1 #afc1 #agf1 #ahc1 #ahh2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #afc1 #agc1 #agh2 ,friends of1 ii4 #afc1 #agi1 #aid1 #aie1 #ejd2 written to1 ii4 #dia4 ,,maylin1 ,,bartholomew1 of ,wiltshire1 visited1 ii4 #bjc4 ,,mayor1 ,,john1 of ,america1 ii4 #aij4 99,,mead1 ,,william1 stepson-in-law of ,g4 ,fox1 famous trial1 ii4 #abg2 visited at house at ,highgate1 ii4 #bfa2 with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #cef1 #ceg1 #djc2 visited at ,gooses in ,essex1 ii4 #djc1 #dej1 #def1 #dge1 #dgi1 #dia2 mentioned1 ii4 #cga1 #cgb1 #eah1 #eba4 ,,mead1 ,,sarah1 wife of ,w4 ,mead1 mentioned1 ii4 #eba4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,sarah4 ,melita1 mentioned1 i4 #deh1 #dei4 ,see ,malta4 ,,membury1 ii4 #ie4 ,,mendle ,,meadle1 ii4 #cai4 ,,mendlesham1 i4 #bcc4 ,,menheriot1 i4 #bfe4 ,,merionethshire1 ii4 #hc4 ,,mermaid ,,inn1 ,,the1 i4 #bji-bac1 #bcd4 ,,merrick1 ,,james1 of ,ross1 visited1 ii4 #hg4 ,mevis4 ,see ,nevis4 ,,michael',s ,,river1 8,,st410 ii4 #afe1 #agh4 ,see ,,miles ,,river4 ,,middleham1 ii4 #bef4 ,,middlesex1 ii4 #abh1 #bjc1 #bjd1 #bfa1 #cde1 #cei2 mentioned1 ii4 #ajb1 #dhf4 ,,middleton1 ,,sir ,,george1 justice1 of ,leighton ,hall1 ,westmorland1 his servants abuse ,friends1 i4 #dga2 questions ,g4 ,fox at ,holker ,hall1 ii4 #ai-ba4 ,,middletown1 ii4 #aff1 #agf4 ,,middletown ,,harbour1 ii4 #age1 #agf4 ,,miers1 ,,elizabeth1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox and party to ,america1 ii4 #ada4 ,mile ,end1 ,friends of1 i4 #ejf4 ,,miles ,,river1 ii4 #afe1 #agh4 ,see 8,,st40 ,,michael',s ,,river4 ,,milford ,,haven 7,america71 ii4 #ahi4 ,,millom-,,in-,,bootle1 i4 #afa1 ii4 #eae4 ,,milner1 ,,james of ,lancashire1 his defection and return1 i4 #aeh4 ,,milner1 ,,jane1 of ,cheshire1 ii4 #hc4 ,,mims1 ,,south1 ii4 #bfa1 #cai1 #cde4 ,,minehead1 general meeting of ,somersetshire ,friends near here1 a cheat discovered1 ii4 #ic1 #id2 letter written here1 ii4 #ic4 ,,monk1 ,,george1 general1 mentioned1 i4 #dec2 he restrains his soldiers from disturbing ,friends1 i4 #dfe2 ,g4 ,fox before him at ,edinburgh1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,monk ,,bretton1 i4 #dfi4 ,see ,,barton ,,abbey4 ,monmouth1 ,duke of1 lands in the ,west1 ii4 #dji4 ,,monmouthshire1 ii4 #hg1 #ia4 ,,monro1 ,,daniel1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,montague1 ,,judge1 discourse with ,g4 ,fox concerning tithes1 ii4 #ceg4 ,,montague1 ,,lady1 convinced in ,yorkshire1 i4 #aie2 visited1 ii4 #gf4 ,,montgomeryshire1 i4 #cfg1 ii4 #hc4 ,,monyash1 ii4 #ccd4 ,,moor1 ,,john1 of ,eldreth1 very large meeting at his house1 ii4 #aje4 ,,moor1 ,,richard1 surgeon1 of ,shrewsbury1 assaulted1 ii4 #hd4 99,,moore1 ,,thomas1 justice1 visited at ,hartswood near ,ryegate1 i4 #bfj2 often interviews ,charles ,,ii4 on ,friends' behalf1 i4 #ejj1 ii4 #bbh4 ,,moors1 ,,the1 meeting in the steeplehouse here1 i4 #id4 ,,moorfields1 ii4 #abd4 ,,morice1 ,,lewis1 colonel1 of ,barbadoes1 at a meeting1 ii4 #aeb2 visited1 ii4 #aec2 travels with ,friends1 ii4 #aec4 ,,morpeth1 i4 #dac4 ,,morrice1 ,,abraham of ,lincoln1 stepson-in-law of ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #eba4 ,,morrice1 ,,isabel1 wife of ,a4 ,morrice1 ii4 #eba4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,isabel2 ,,yeomans1 ,,isabel4 ,,morrice1 ,,paul1 ,friend1 guided ,g4 ,fox through ,cork1 ii4 #aji4 ,,morris1 ,,wm41 signs ,charles ,,ii'smandamus to ,new ,england1 i4 #eaa4 ,,mounce 7,,mount1 ,,mouncey71 ,,thos41 at a meeting at ,menheriot1 i4 #bfe2 general meeting for ,cornwall held at his house1 i4 #cbf2 visited1 ii4 #f1 #i4 ,,mount1 ,,constable1 of ,ulverstone1 his opposition1 i4 #dgb1 #dgc2 his death1 ii4 #gc4 ,,muggletonians1 dispute with ,friends1 i4 #eaf4 ,,mumbles1 ii4 #ia4 ,munster1 ,bishop of1 his country travelled in1 ii4 #bgf2 its inhabitants1 ii4 #bgg4 ,,musgrave1 ,,deputy ,,governor of ,carlisle1 a severe man1 ii4 #af4 ,,myer1 ,,richard1 his defection1 i4 #aeh2 suddenly cured of lame arm1 at ,arnside1 i4 #aei2 his disobedience and death1 i4 #aei4 ,,nailsworth1 i4 #dff1 ii4 #aad1 #cah4 ,,nancemond1 ii4 #ahc2 mentioned ii4 #ahi4 ,,narraganset1 great meeting1 at a justice's house here1 ii4 #aga2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #aga4 ,,natton ,,island1 ii4 #agd4 ,see ,,governor',s ,,island4 99,,naylor1 ,,james1 ,independent1 of ,wakefield1 convinced1 i4 #gi1 #ajg2 mentioned1 i4 xlv1 ii4 #eae2 meets ,g4 ,fox in ,yorkshire1 i4 #ajf1 at ,swarthmore1 i4 #abc1 ii4 #eac1 #ead1 in ,walney ,island where cruelly treated1 i4 #acd-acf1 at ,lancaster ,sessions of which he writes an account1 i4 #adj-adb1 in ,london1 i4 #bcg1 #bei1 in ,derbyshire where he disputes with priests1 i4 #beb1 at ,exeter1 i4 #cbg2 imprisoned in ,appleby jail1 i4 #abh1 and ,exeter1 i4 #cbg2 his defection1 i4 #bei1 #cbg1 #cdc1 #cfj1 ii4 #bcf2 and return to ,truth1 i4 #cbh4 ,,needham1 ----1 son of ,col4 ,hacker1 speaks against ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bjg1 #bji4 ,,needham1 ,,richard1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,nevis1 ,friends banished to1 ii4 #fh2 attempted visit by ,friends1 ii4 #aec2 the governor a persecutor1 ii4 #aec2 ,friends of1 ii4 #cba1 #ejd2 written to1 ii4 #bcd4 ,,new ,,amsterdam1 ii4 #agg4 ,see ,,newcastle 7,america74 99,,new ,,england1 persecutions of ,friends here1 i4 #dci1 #ejf1 #ejg1 #eab1 ii4 #cad1 #cae2 visited by ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #afe1 and other ,friends1 ii4 #afd1 #agj1 #aga1 #aij2 written to1 ii4 #bcd1 #bfd1 #dia2 yearly meeting held1 ii4 #afh1 #dia2 mentioned1 ii4 #aia2 ,friends of1 ii4 #cba1 #dia1 #ejd4 ,,new ,,garden1 ii4 #aji4 ,new ,jersey1 ,friends of1 ii4 #age1 #djd2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #aij4 ,new ,york1 visited by ,william ,edmundson1 ii4 #agc2 ,friends of1 ii4 #agd4 ,,newbury1 i4 #ccb4 ,,newcastle ,,on ,,tyne1 i4 #dac2 priests disturbed and write against ,friends1 i4 #ahh1 #dac1 #dad4 ,,newcastle 7,america71 ii4 #afe1 #agg4 ,see ,,new ,,amsterdam4 ,,newick1 ii4 #c4 ,,newport 7,mon471 ii4 #ib4 99,,newport1 ,,earl ,,of1 ,friends dispute with ,jesuits at his house1 i4 #dbg4 ,,newport ,,pagnell1 i4 #c1 ii4 #bcc4 ,,newton ,,newington1 ,,north1 ii4 #ia1 #cai1 #cdd4 ,,newton ,,in ,,cartmel1 i4 #aag4 ,,newton1 ,,nathaniel1 of ,hartshill1 visited1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,nicholas1 ,,sir ,,edward1 ,,kt41 signs ,charles ,,ii's order for ,g4 ,fox's release from ,lancaster jail1 i4 #dhh4 99,,nicholson1 ,,joseph1 of ,bootle1 visited1 i4 #afj1 #afa4 ,,nieson1 ,,gertrude ,,dirick1 of ,amsterdam1 meetings at her house1 ii4 #bfh1 #bib2 visits the ,princess ,elizabeth1 ii4 #bgb2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #bhd1 #caj2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bia1 #cac2 her children1 ii4 #cac2 acts as interpreter1 ii4 #bia4 99,nimeguen1 ambassadors gathered here written to1 ii4 #bih4 ,,norfolk1 i4 #bcc1 #dea1 #dec1 #ecf1 ii4 #a1 #hj4 ,north1 ,judge1 interviewed by ,m4 ,fox in ,london1 ii4 #eah4 ,,north ,,carolina1 ii4 #ahf4 ,,north ,,holland1 ii4 #bgc4 ,,north ,,newton ,,north ,,newington1 ii4 #ia1 #cai1 #cdd4 ,,northallerton1 ii4 #bef4 ,,northampton1 i4 #c1 #bji1 ii4 #bcc1 #bfj4 ,,northamptonshire1 i4 #bej1 #beh1 #ccc1 #dag1 #ecf1 ii4 #gi1 #ccb1 #cdd4 ,,northumberland1 i4 #aha1 #dad1 ii4 #ae1 #hc1 #eaf2 ,truth springs up1 i4 #ahc1 ii4 #bea4 99,,norwich1 i4 #bcc1 #ecf2 mentioned1 i4 #bce2 the ,mayor issues a warrant to arrest ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #dea2 large meeting here1 i4 #dea2 visited by ,friends1 i4 #aij1 #dec4 ,,nottingham1 i4 #bi1 #daf1 ii4 #gh1 #ajd1 #bei2 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #db2 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned and brought before mayor and others1 i4 #dc-de1 ii4 #eaa2 the head sheriff friendly1 i4 #dc1 ii4 #gh1 #bei1 ,see ,,reckless1 ,,john2 ,baptist soldier of the town visits ,g4 ,fox in ,derby dungeon1 i4 #fi2 mentioned1 i4 #aid1 #ebj4 ,,nottinghamshire1 i4 #i1 #bf1 #gi1 #aja1 #aih1 #bea1 #ccc1 #daf1 #dfg1 #dfi1 ii4 #gh1 #ha1 #bei1 #cdd1 #eaa1 #eai2 ,g4 ,fox's 8openings0 here1 i4 #ai1 #bc1 #bf2 ,truth springs up1 ii4 #bea2 mentioned1 i4 #ea4 ,,nuneaton1 ,priest of1 dead1 i4 #bea2 meeting at the house of a priest's widow1 i4 #dhd4 ,,oare1 ii4 #bjc1 #ceh4 ,,oates ,,samuel1 ,baptist teacher meets ,g4 ,fox at ,barrow1 i4 #df4 ,,okington 7,,oakhampton71 i4 #cbf2 the mayor1 i4 #cbf4 ,,oldenburg1 burnt down1 ii4 #bgf1 #bha2 ,a ,warning to the city written1 ii4 #bib4 ,,oldenburg1 ,,earl ,,of1 met1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,olney1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,olveston1 i4 #dff1 ii4 #ic1 #aah4 ,,oram ,,ulrome1 i4 #if1 ii4 #ge4 ,orange1 ,prince of1 his court at the ,hague1 ii4 #caa2 former ,prince quoted1 ii4 #cbc4 ,ormskirk1 ii4 #be1 #bf4 ,,osan-,,overton1 ii4 #dja4 ,,osburn1 ,,william1 colonel1 of ,scotland1 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cic1 #cii2 visited in the ,highlands1 i4 #cid1 #djd1 #dje4 ,,otway1 ----1 disturbs a meeting at ,john ,audland's1 i4 #cia4 ,otway1 ,sir ,john1 by ,charles ,,ii's command orders release of ,margaret ,fox1 ii4 #abj4 ,,oustwick4 ,see ,,storr1 ,m4 ,,overdeland1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,overkirk1 ii4 #bfg4 ,,overton1 ,,col41 visited in ,yorkshire1 i4 #ih4 ,,owen1 ,,dr4 ,,john1 vice-chancellor of ,oxford1 with ,cromwell at ,whitehall1 i4 #ccb4 99,,oxford1 i4 #cce2 education at ,university does not make ministers of ,christ1 i4 #g1 #aa1 #chf2 vice-chancellor of1 i4 #ccb2 mentioned1 i4 #ajf1 #abg4 ,,oxfordshire1 ii4 #gi1 #ia1 #aai1 #abh1 #bjc1 #bjd1 #bjf1 #cag1 #cai1 #cdd1 #ceh4 ,,oyster ,,bay1 ii4 #afg1 #afh1 #agc1 #agd2 ,friends here1 ii4 #aff4 ,pachyn1 ,thomas1 dragged out of bed to prison where he died1 i4 #dic4 ,,packer1 ,,col41 ,baptist and justice1 of ,theobalds1 visits ,g4 ,fox in prison at ,charing ,cross1 i4 #bab4 ,,pagan ,,creek1 ii4 #ahd4 ,palatinate1 ,friends of the1 ii4 #bfh4 ,,pall ,,mall1 i4 #dij1 #dia4 99,,papists1 their contact with ,friends1 i4 #g1 #hd1 #aca1 #agf1 #ahi1 #bbi1 #eae1 #eaf1 ii4 #ei1 #fj1 #ajj-ajb1 #ajh1 #ahc1 #bjd1 #dad1 #ddi4 ,see ,d',,aubigny2 ,,jesuits2 ,,pope1 ,,the4 ,,pardshaw ,,crag1 i4 #cic1 ii4 #af1 #eae4 ,,park1 ,,james1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 99,,parker1 ,,alexander1 with ,g4 ,fox1 in ,leicestershire1 i4 #bjg1 in ,london1 i4 #bac1 ,bedfordshire1 i4 #bbf1 ,cambridgeshire1 i4 #ccd1 ,scotland1 i4 #djf-daj1 ,bristol1 i4 #ebg1 ii4 #hg1 ,isle of ,sheppey1 ii4 #aca1 ,holland1 ii4 #cig-djc2 mentioned1 i4 xlv4 ,,parker1 ,,henry1 justice1 of ,evesham1 arrests ,g4 ,fox at ,armscott and commits him to ,worcester jail1 ii4 #bjd2 his dealings with him there1 ii4 #bjd-bbj1 #bbh1 #eah4 ,,parliament1 ,,little1 writes to ,carlisle respecting ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment1 i4 #agd4 ,,parliament1 ,,long1 its dissolution foretold by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aeh2 mentioned1 i4 #dch1 ii4 #bea4 99,,parnell1 ,,james1 his convincement1 ministry and death1 i4 #agb1 #agc1 #bcb2 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bja1 #bcb4 ,,parnell1 ,,thomas of ,ripton ,regis1 visited1 i4 #ecg4 ,,pashur1 ii4 #hc4 ,see ,,pershore4 ,,patchgate1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,patching1 ,,thomas1 of ,binscombe1 visited1 i4 #bfj4 ,,patrington1 town in uproar1 i4 #if-ajj4 ,,pattison1 ,,george1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to ,america1 ii4 #ada1 #aei1 #afb1 #afd1 #afe1 #agb1 and ,jamaica1 ii4 #aec1 #aei2 visits ,new ,england1 ii4 #agj4 ,,patuxent1 ii4 #ahc1 #aij1 #aie4 ,,patuxent ,,river1 ii4 #afb1 #ahc1 #ahi4 ,,paul1 ,,william1 of ,frederickstadt1 visited1 ii4 #bgh4 ,,pawaw1 ,indian priest1 ii4 #ahf4 ,,peak ,,country1 i4 #i1 #aih1 ii4 #ad1 #hb4 99,,pearson1 ,,anthony1 justice1 visited1 i4 #if1 #aha1 #dae2 convinced1 i4 #aei1 ii4 #eae2 with ,g4 ,fox in ,cumberland1 i4 #aei1 and ,northumberland1 i4 #dac2 writes to justices respecting ,g4 ,fox's imprisonment at ,carlisle1 i4 #agj1 #agg2 refused permission to visit ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #aga1 #agg2 visits the dungeon1 i4 #agh2 obtains lists of ,friends in various jails1 i4 #ddf2 his wife1 i4 #aei1 ii4 #eae4 ,,pearson1 ,,thomas1 of ,pool ,bank1 visited1 ii4 #bee4 ,,pearson1 ,,william1 visited near ,wigton1 ii4 #af4 ,,peel1 ,,the1 meeting attended here by ,g4 ,fox and others1 ii4 #cde1 #cga1 #cgb1 #chg4 ,,pembroke1 i4 #cgc4 ,,pembrokeshire1 i4 #cgc4 ,pendennis ,castle1 ,captain ,fox governor1 i4 #bfi1 #bgj1 #bhd1 #cad4 ,,pendle-,,hill1 mounted and vision seen1 i4 xlv1 #aji2 spring near1 i4 #aji4 ,,penford1 ,,john1 visited in ,leicestershire1 ii4 #gi4 99,,penington1 ,,isaac1 visited in ,bucks41 i4 #ddj1 ii4 #cai2 imprisoned at ,reading1 ii4 #abh1 #abi4 ,,penington1 ,,mary1 visited1 ii4 #ceh4 99,,penn1 ,,wm41 his famous trial1 ii4 #abg2 with ,g4 ,fox in ,bristol1 ii4 #aii1 in ,surrey1 ii4 #bfd1 in ,holland1 ii4 #bff1 #bfg1 #bfh1 #bfi1 #bhc1 #cac1 #dja1 in ,london1 ii4 #cfc1 #cfe2 visited1 ii4 #bjd1 #bfc1 #bfd2 travels in ,germany1 etc41 ii4 #bhc1 #bhd1 #caj1 #caa2 his ,preface to ,g4 ,fox's ,journal1 i4 xix-lxii4 ,pennsylvania1 epistle written to ,friends of1 ii4 #dia4 ,pennyman1 ,john1 his slanderous paper1 ii4 #aed4 ,,penryn1 i4 #bfe1 ii4 #g4 99,,perrot1 ,,john1 prisoner in ,rome1 i4 #ejf2 his apostacy1 i4 #eai1 ii4 #db1 #hj1 #bcf1 #bgg2 papers written respecting him1 i4 #eai1 ii4 #db4 ,,pershore1 ii4 #cai4 ,see ,,pashur4 ,,perth4 ,see ,,johnstons4 ,,peters1 ,,hugh1 a chaplain of the ,protector1 refers to ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bhe4 ,,peters1 ,,timon1 ,friend1 of ,landsmeer1 visited1 ii4 #djb4 ,phillingham1 i4 #bbd4 ,,phillips ,,elizabeth1 ,,widow1 of ,devonshire1 visited1 ii4 #id4 ,,pickering1 large meeting with priests and professors1 i4 #ia1 #ic4 ,,pickering1 ----1 ,baptist1 of ,london1 uncle of ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #d4 ,,pitt1 ,,the1 ii4 #djc4 ,,pittaway 7,,pitway71 ,,edward1 ,friend1 of near ,evesham1 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bec2 secures ,g4 ,fox's greater liberty at ,worcester1 ii4 #bbh4 ,,plymouth1 i4 #bfd1 #deh1 ii4 #f1 #id2 mentioned1 i4 #ejd1 ii4 #fh1 #fi2 ,friends of1 i4 #cac1 #cbf1 #cfj1 #eje1 ii4 #id4 ,see ,,light1 ,,john4 ,,pocock1 ----1 ,presbyterian1 of ,london1 husband of ,lady ,abigail ,darcy1 ii4 #hf4 ,,point ,,comfort1 ii4 #ahh4 ,,point ,,judith1 ii4 #agb4 ,,poland1 i4 #dcd2 a doctor from1 discourses with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bib1 #dbb4 ,,poland1 ,,king ,,of1 letters written to1 ii4 #cba1 #cbf1 #dbb2 mentioned1 ii4 #bhg1 #dhe4 ,,pollexfen1 ,,henry of ,west ,alvington1 justice1 imprisoned1 i4 #cjb2 visited1 ii4 #f2 at a general meeting at ,exeter1 i4 #cei4 ,,pontefract1 i4 #daf4 ,,pontemoil1 i4 #cfb4 ,,pool ,,bank1 ii4 #bee1 #eab4 ,,pool1 ,,captain1 of ,burntisland1 visited1 wife and he convinced1 i4 #djf4 ,,poole1 i4 #bfa1 #cei1 #def2 ,friends of1 ii4 #c4 ,pope1 ,blanch1 of ,loo1 a ,ranter1 visited by ,james ,hellen and ,george ,bewley to their hurt1 ii4 #g4 ,,pope1 ,,the1 written to1 i4 #bbb2 book respecting1 i4 #eah2 mentioned1 i4 #dce1 ii4 #dc1 #ajj1 #aja1 #baj1 #baf1 #bbj1 #bba1 #bbg1 #cef4 ,,porter1 ,,henry1 mayor and justice1 arrests ,g4 ,fox at ,swarthmore1 i4 #dga2 has him before him1 i4 #dgc2 commits him to ,lancaster jail1 i4 #dgd-dgi1 #dhg1 #dhh2 his fear for himself and family1 i4 #dhi2 on the bench at ,lancaster ,sessions1 ii4 #bb1 #gb2 his death1 ii4 #gb4 ,,porter1 ,,john1 visited1 in ,america1 ii4 #ahh4 ,,porter1 ,,justice1 visited in ,cornwall1 ii4 #f4 ,,portishead1 ii4 #ic4 ,,portsmouth1 i4 #bfj1 #cei4 ,,potomac ,,river1 ii4 #ahi4 ,,pouner1 ii4 #c1 #d4 99,,presbyterians1 their contact with ,friends1 i4 #be1 #baa1 #bej1 #cig1 #djd1 #ejc1 #eaf1 ii4 #fd1 #he1 #hf1 #abe4 ,see ,baxter2 ,,fox1 ,,john2 ,,pocock2 ,,simpson1 ,,justice2 ,,wilkinson1 ,,william4 ,prester ,john1 his country 8,malabar1 ,friends attempt to reach1 i4 #eag4 ,,preston1 i4 #chb1 #dhd1 ii4 #bcc2 mentioned1 ii4 #be4 ,,preston ,,patrick1 i4 #aae1 ii4 #eab4 ,,preston1 ,,james1 ,friend1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahc1 #ahi1 #aij4 ,,preston1 ,,thomas1 justice1 of ,holker ,hall1 grants a warrant to arrest ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ah2 questions ,g4 ,fox when before him at ,holker ,hall1 ii4 #ai2 commits ,m4 ,fell to prison1 ii4 #bi2 his death1 ii4 #gb2 his wife abusive1 i4 #dge4 ,,price1 ,,peter1 justice1 of ,radnorshire1 convinced1 i4 #bea2 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,providence1 ii4 #agj4 ,,puddimore1 i4 #cbh1 ii4 #ab1 #ie4 ,,pulloxhill4 ,see ,,bullocks ,,hill4 ,,purfoy1 ,,col41 ,nathaniel ,stevens speaks to him of ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #dh4 ,,purgatory1 bad boggy place in ,america1 ii4 #age4 ,,purmerend1 ii4 #bgc4 ,,pursloe1 ,,capt41 of ,cranswick1 visited1 i4 #ha1 #ie2 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to steeple-house1 i4 #ha-hc4 ,,pyot1 ,,edward1 ex-captain of ,bristol1 attends a meeting at ,swannington1 i4 #aii2 travels with ,g4 ,fox in the west1 i4 #bfa1 #bfc2 is ill and healed1 i4 #bfd2 discourse with the mayor and alderman of ,market-,jew1 i4 #bff2 hailed before ,major ,ceely1 i4 #bfg2 arrested with ,g4 ,fox and imprisoned at ,launceston1 i4 #bfg-cbb1 ii4 #eaf2 his letters to ,chief ,justice ,glynn1 i4 #bhg-cjj1 and to ,major-,gen4 ,desborough1 i4 #cah2 visited by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cbh1 #ccj1 #dfc1 #dff1 #ebg1 #ebh2 travels with him1 i4 #ccj1 #ccb1 #ccc2 interview with the ,mayor of ,bristol1 i4 #dfb2 his wife's present to him1 i4 #cag1 #cbf4 ,,quince',s ,,island1 ii4 #ahi4 ,,rabley ,,heath1 ii4 #ccb4 ,,radnorshire1 ii4 #ac1 #hd2 immense meeting here1 i4 #cfg4 ,see ,,price1 ,,peter4 ,,radway1 ii4 #cdd4 ,,ragley1 ii4 #cai4 ,,rampside1 chapel visited1 i4 #abj1 ii4 #eac4 ,,ranters1 come in contact with ,friends1 i4 #dg1 #dh1 #he-hg1 #aie1 #aih1 #aii1 #bab1 #bca1 #bfc1 #eaf1 #eai1 ii4 #ie1 #if1 #agj4 ,see ,,bottomley2 ,,bushel2 ,,cobb2 ,,jones1 ,,rice2 ,pope1 ,b42 ,,salmon4 ,rantzow1 ,earl of1 monument to1 ii4 #bgg4 ,,rappahannock ,,river1 ii4 #ahi4 ,,rawlins1 ,j41 letter to1 ii4 #cbf4 ,,rawlinson1 ,,justice1 chairman of magistrates at ,holker ,hall1 ii4 #ai1 #bb1 #bc2 his death1 ii4 #gb4 ,,rawlinson1 ,,thomas1 visits ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston1 is robbed1 and imprisoned at ,exeter1 i4 #cja2 with ,g4 ,fox in ,scotland1 i4 #dji4 99,,reading1 i4 #bcj1 #ccb1 ii4 #gi1 #abh1 #bjc1 #cag1 #ceh2 an alderman of1 convinced1 i4 #cbf2 ,g4 ,fox's exercise of mind here1 i4 #ddd-ddg1 #dfg1 #dhi2 ,friends here1 i4 #def1 #dgi1 #ecd1 ii4 #abh1 #cag4 ,,reckless1 ,,john1 sheriff of ,nottingham1 visited1 i4 #dc1 ii4 #gh1 #bei2 his restitution for injury1 i4 #dd2 his wife1 i4 #dc4 ,see ,,nottingham4 ,,reconow ,,creek1 ii4 #aid4 ,,redruth1 i4 #bfh1 ii4 #h4 ,,reeves1 ,,capt41 visited in ,hampshire1 ii4 #ie4 ,,reigate 7,,ryegate71 i4 #bfj1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,rhode ,,island1 yearly meeting held here during ,g4 ,fox's visit1 ii4 #afh2 ,friends of1 ii4 #afh1 #afi2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #aga1 #agf1 #aij2 mentioned1 ii4 #aga1 #agb1 #agd4 ,,richardson1 ,,richard1 with ,g4 ,fox at ,swarthmore1 i4 #dga4 ,,richmond1 ----1 of ,durham1 visited1 ii4 #ad4 ,,rickmansworth1 ii4 #bjd4 ,,rigg1 ,,ambrose1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,ringwood1 i4 #bfj1 #cei1 #def2 mentioned1 ii4 #c1 #d4 ,,ripan1 ,,major1 mayor of ,lancaster1 convinced1 i4 #aci4 ,,ripton ,,regis4 ,see ,,parnell1 ,,thos4 ,roanoke1 visited by ,wm4 ,edmundson1 ii4 #agc2 governor of1 ii4 #ahd4 ,,roanoke ,,river1 ii4 #ahe4 99,,roberts1 ,,gerrard1 of ,london1 with ,g4 ,fox at ,warwick1 i4 #bee1 ,bristol1 ii4 #aii1 and ,worcester1 ii4 #bae2 dispute with ,papists at his house1 i4 #eae2 visited1 i4 #eae1 ii4 #abg1 #acb1 #ach4 99,robertson1 ,thos41 imprisoned at ,kendal for tithes1 ii4 #ee4 ,,robinson1 ,,andrew1 of ,scotland1 an ,independent1 his convincement1 i4 #cih4 ,,robinson1 ,,colonel1 justice1 of ,cornwall1 opposes ,friends1 his tragic death1 ii4 #i4 ,,robinson1 ,,george1 of ,burrowby1 visited1 ii4 #bef4 ,,robinson1 ,,justice1 chairman of ,sessions at ,pickering1 visited1 i4 #ib1 #ie1 #abc1 ii4 #gf4 ,,robinson1 ,,richard1 of ,counterside1 i4 #aaa1 #abb1 ii4 #bef4 99,robinson1 ,william1 put to death in ,new ,england1 i4 #ejg1 #eaa2 his father1 i4 #eaa4 ,,robinson1 ,,william1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,rochester1 i4 #bbg1 ii4 #aca4 ,,roeloffs1 ,,john1 interpreter1 of ,holland1 ii4 #bhe1 #dhc4 99,rome1 visited by ,friends1 i4 #bbh1 #bbi1 #ejf4 ,,romney1 i4 #bbg4 ,,roper1 ,,lieutenant1 of ,yorkshire1 visited1 i4 #ajf4 ,,roper1 ,,richard1 convinced at ,cartmel1 i4 #aeh4 ,,ross41 ii4 #hg4 ,,rotterdam1 ii4 #bfg1 #caa1 #cii1 #djc2 ,friends of1 ii4 #bff-bfh1 #cab1 #cac1 #cbf2 papers written here1 ii4 #caa4 99,,rous1 ,,john1 stepson-in-law of ,g4 ,fox1 travels with him1 ii4 #aca1 #ada1 #ade1 #aii2 mentioned1 ii4 #abj1 #aca1 #ade1 #aei1 #eba2 visited at ,kingston1 ii4 #ada1 #bjf1 #cif1 #djd1 #dah1 #ddj1 #dfc1 #dhi4 99,,rous1 ,,margaret1 wife of ,john ,rous1 ii4 #abj1 #aih1 #dhi1 #eba2 her daughter unnamed1 ii4 #dah4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,margaret4 ,,rous1 ,,margaret1 daughter of ,j4 and ,m4 ,rous1 visited1 ii4 #cif4 99,,rous1 ,,thomas1 of ,barbadoes1 father of ,john ,rous1 ii4 #ade1 #adh1 #aeb1 #aeh4 ,,rouse1 ,,colonel1 justice1 visits ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston1 i4 #bha1 #bhb1 and at ,truro1 ii4 #h4 ,,rush1 ,,john1 of ,kempston1 ,bedfordshire1 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #beh1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,rye1 i4 #bbg2 its mayor1 i4 #bbg4 ,rye 7,america71 ii4 #agd4 ,,ryegate 7,,reigate71 i4 #bfj1 ii4 #cdf4 ,,saddington1 ii4 #ccb4 99,,sale1 ,,richard1 constable of near ,chester1 convinced1 carries a lantern and candle as a sign1 his imprisonment and death1 i4 #ejc1 #ejd4 ,,saling1 ii4 #cad4 ,,salisbury1 ,,earl ,,of1 his son visits ,g4 ,fox at ,worcester1 ii4 #bbe4 ,sallee1 ii4 #adb1 #dhf4 ,,salmon1 ,,joseph1 ,ranter1 visited in prison at ,coventry1 i4 #dh4 ,,salt1 ,,wm41 of ,london1 imprisoned with ,g4 ,fox at ,launceston1 i4 #bgg4 99,,salthouse1 ,,thomas1 convinced at ,swarthmore1 i4 xlv1 ii4 #eac2 meets ,g4 ,fox in ,devonshire1 ii4 #f4 ,,sand-,,side1 i4 #chc4 ,,sands1 ,,the1 i4 #chc1 #dgc1 ii4 #ad1 #ag1 #bcc1 #eae4 ,,sands1 ,,adam1 of ,ulverstone1 an opposer1 written to1 i4 #aec2 his death1 i4 #aed4 ,,sands1 ,,capt41 visited1 his opposition1 i4 #abb1 #abc2 his wife and son1 i4 #aah4 ,,sands1 ,,colonel1 writes to justices concerning ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #bjh4 ,,sardam1 ii4 #djb4 ,,sassafras ,,river1 ii4 #afe1 #agh4 ,,saunders1 ,,mary1 a ,friend1 of ,cromwell's household1 i4 #ccb4 ,savile1 ,henry1 of ,charles ,,ii4's bed-chamber1 assists in release of ,t4 ,lower from ,worcester1 ii4 #bjh4 ,savoy1 ,conference1 i4 #dda4 ,savoy1 ,duke of1 persecutor1 i4 #dcd4 ,,savoy1 meeting house here1 ii4 #cgf1 #chg1 #cij4 ,,sawrey1 ,,john1 justice1 of ,ulverstone1 his opposition to ,friends1 i4 #abj1 #abb1 #abc1 #aca1 #acb1 #acf1 #acg1 #aci1 #ada1 #adi1 ii4 #eac1 #ead1 #eae2 written to1 i4 #adg2 his death1 i4 #adi4 ,,scafe1 ,,philip1 ex-priest1 convinced1 with ,g4 ,fox in ,yorkshire1 i4 #hf1 ii4 #ge2 mentioned1 i4 #hh4 99,,scalehouse1 i4 #daf1 #dah4 ,,scarborough1 i4 #hi1 ii4 #ad2 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned in the castle1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #eh-gj1 #gc1 #gd1 #gg1 #bcc1 #eag2 the governor1 ii4 #eh1 #gj1 #aje1 see ,,crosslands1 ,,sir ,,jordan4 ,,scarhouse1 ii4 #bef4 ,,scotland1 i4 xlviii1 #cic-dac1 #dfi2 ,g4 ,fox's banishment1 i4 #dja2 priests formulate curses1 i4 #cif2 mentioned1 i4 #ahj1 ii4 #cea2 ,friends of1 i4 #dab1 ii4 #hc1 #ih1 #bcc1 #bea1 #bfc1 #cde2 visited by ,friends1 i4 #ahi1 #bae1 #cih4 ,,scott1 ,,joseph1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahe4 ,,sedbergh1 ii4 #ad1 #ae1 #bee1 #bef1 #eab2 ,friends of1 i4 #aaj1 #aab2 the priest of1 i4 #aee1 see ,,burton1 ,,priest4 99,,seekers1 come in contact with ,friends1 i4 #ddc1 #eaf1 ii4 #bfi4 ,,selby1 i4 #hj4 ,,severn 7,america71 ii4 #ahb4 99,,shacklewell1 girls' school1 ii4 #hi1 #ach1 #cdh4 ,,shad ,,gabriel1 ,,informer1 at a meeting at the ,savoy1 ii4 #cij2 his career1 ii4 #cia4 ,,sharman1 ,,thomas1 ex-jailer of ,derby1 convinced1 writes to ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ebc4 ,see ,,derby4 ,,sharp1 ,,peter1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahc4 ,shattock1 ,samuel1 ,friend1 of ,new ,england1 king's messenger1 i4 #eji4 ,,shaw1 ,,wm41 of ,the ,hill1 ,yorkshire1 visited1 ii4 #ccd4 ,,shelter ,,island1 ii4 #aga-agc4 ,,sheppey1 ,,isle ,,of1 ii4 #acj4 ,,sherman1 ,,wm41 master of vessel bringing ,g4 ,fox and others from ,holland1 ii4 #djc4 ,,shipton ,,chepstow1 ii4 #ib4 ,,shipton1 ,,richard1 of ,yorkshire1 visited1 ii4 #ge1 #aje4 ,,shirehampton1 ii4 #aih4 ,,shrewsbury1 i4 #cfb1 ii4 #hd4 ,,shrewsbury 7,america71 ii4 #age4 ,,shroder1 ,,christian1 magistrate of ,dantzic1 written to1 ii4 #dhe4 ,,shropshire1 ii4 #ac1 #hc4 ,,sibford1 ii4 #cai4 ,,sidon1 ,,henry1 of ,baddesley1 visited1 ii4 #bei4 ,,sileby1 i4 #bea1 ii4 #gi1 #bei1 #ccb4 ,,simcock1 ,,john1 visited1 ii4 #bcc4 ,,simpson1 ,,justice1 ,presbyterian1 chairman of ,sessions at ,worcester1 ii4 #bji1 #baa1 #bab2 his son tried for murder1 ii4 #bbd4 ,,simpson1 ,,william4 ,see ,,sympson1 ,,william4 ,,skegby1 i4 #aih1 #dfi1 #ebi1 ii4 #gh1 #bei4 99,,skipton1 general meeting here1 i4 #dah1 #dfi4 ,,slaughterford1 i4 #ccj1 ii4 #ac2 some opposition to women's meetings1 ii4 #bjb1 #bjc4 ,,slone1 ,,the 8,,caerleon1 i4 #cfj4 ,,smethick1 i4 #bfh4 ,see ,,falmouth4 ,,smith1 ,,hugh1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahd1 #ahf4 99,,smith1 ,,humphrey1 ex-priest1 visited in ,evesham prison1 i4 #bec4 99,,smith1 ,,stephen1 of ,worplesdon1 near ,guildford1 ii4 #acj1 #bjc1 #bfd2 his sufferings1 ii4 #bfd2 with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #cah4 99,,smith1 ,,william1 of ,sileby1 i4 #bea1 ii4 #ha1 #bei2 meets ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ecj1 #ecb2 his sufferings1 ii4 #ha4 ,smithfield1 i4 #dda4 ,smyrna1 i4 #eah4 ,,snead1 ,,richard1 visited near ,bristol1 ii4 #cag2 with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #cah4 ,,socinians1 meet with ,friends1 i4 #eaf1 ii4 #bjc1 #bfi4 ,somerset ,house1 suggested purchase as a meeting house1 i4 #dde4 ,,somersetshire1 i4 #deg1 #deh1 #dfa2 ,truth spreads in1 i4 #cja2 general meetings held1 ii4 #ab1 #ic1 #ie4 ,,sommertown 7,,somerton71 ii4 #ahd1 #ahg4 ,,sound1 ,,the 7,america71 ii4 #agb1 #agc4 ,,south ,,mims1 ii4 #bfa1 #cai1 #cde4 ,,south ,,street1 ii4 #dji1 #dab1 #dae1 #ded1 #dge2 paper written here1 ii4 #dab4 ,,southam1 ii4 #cdd4 ,,southampton1 i4 #bfa1 ii4 #c1 #ie4 ,,southgate1 ii4 #dhc2 papers written here1 ii4 #dhc1 #dhe4 99,southwark1 ,friends' sufferings in1 i4 #bbi1 ii4 #bec4 ,,spain1 ,,king ,,of1 letter to1 i4 #bbb2 ambassador of1 i4 #dbg4 ,,speed1 ,,thomas1 interview with the mayor of ,bristol1 i4 #dfb4 ,,spencer1 ,,justice1 at ,lancaster ,sessions1 ii4 #bb4 ,,spitalfields1 ii4 #cgh4 ,,stacey1 ,,thomas1 of ,ballowfield1 visited1 i4 #aie1 ii4 #bei4 ,,staffordshire1 i4 #cce1 #dhd1 ii4 #ac1 #hb1 #ajf1 #ccc2 paper written here1 ii4 #ccc4 ,,staines1 ii4 #cei4 ,,stainmoor1 ii4 #ad4 ,,stainsby1 ii4 #bei2 mentioned1 i4 #ea4 ,,staithes1 meeting with ,ranters1 i4 #hf4 ,,stamper1 ,,francis1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 ,,stanley1 ,,john1 of ,warwickshire1 visited1 ii4 #cai4 ,,starling1 ,,samuel1 mayor of ,london1 persecutor1 ii4 #abe1 #abg4 ,,staten ,,island1 ii4 #age4 ,,stavely1 ii4 #eab4 ,,stephens1 ,,wm41 visited in ,america1 ii4 #aic1 #aid4 ,,stevenage1 ii4 #ccb4 ,,stevens 7,,stephens71 ,,nathaniel1 priest of ,drayton1 visits ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #e2 meets him at ,market ,bosworth1 i4 #dh1 and at ,drayton1 i4 #bjj-bjf2 mentioned1 i4 #g1 #h1 #bjh4 ,,steyning1 i4 #bbi4 ,,stinchcomb4 ,see ,,finchcomb4 ,,stirling1 i4 #dje1 ii4 #eaf4 ,,stoddard1 ,,amor1 captain1 convinced1 i4 #bd2 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #bcb1 #bcc1 #bcf1 #bee1 #ccd2 visited by ,g4 ,fox at ,enfield1 ii4 #acb2 his death1 ii4 #acb4 ,,stoke1 ii4 #i4 ,,stoke ,,orchard1 ii4 #cah4 ,,stony ,,stratford1 ii4 #cdd4 ,,stooks1 ,,justice1 stops a warrant against ,g4 ,fox at ,marlborough1 i4 #cca4 ,,storr1 ,,marmaduke1 visited in ,northampton prison1 i4 #bji2 visited at ,oustwick1 ii4 #ge4 99,,story1 ,,john1 the schismatic1 met at ,hertford1 ii4 #cdg2 mentioned1 ii4 #bhe4 ,,stot ,,mary1 ,,widow1 of ,dalston1 visited1 ii4 #cif1 #djd4 ,,stratford 7,essex71 ii4 #aca4 ,,stratford 7,warwickshire71 ii4 #cai4 ,,stratton1 ii4 #id4 ,,street1 ii4 #ab4 ,,street1 ,,judge1 chairman of ,quarter ,sessions at ,worcester1 ii4 #bai-bbd4 ,,strickland ,,head1 i4 #ahj1 #cib1 ii4 #ae4 ,,strikehuysen1 ii4 #bgf4 ,,strobus1 ii4 #bge1 #bhb4 ,,stroude1 ,,george1 counseller for ,g4 ,fox in ,london1 ii4 #bac1 #bad4 99,,stubbs1 ,,john1 ex-soldier1 convinced1 i4 xlv1 #ahi2 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ebg1 #ebi1 ii4 #ajg1 #aca1 #ada2 his travels1 i4 #ahi1 #bbg1 #bbi1 #eag1 #eah1 ii4 #aad1 #aei1 #afh1 #agj1 #aij2 his sufferings1 ii4 #cj1 #ca2 his family1 ii4 #cj2 joint compiler of ,the ,battledore1 i4 #eac4 ,,stubbs1 ,,thomas1 with ,g4 ,fox at ,brigham1 i4 #ahd4 ,,studholm1 ,,cuthbert1 justice1 written to1 i4 #agd4 ,,sudbury ,,sodbury1 ii4 #cah4 ,,suffolk1 i4 #bcc1 #dea1 ii4 #a1 #hj4 ,,sunbury1 ii4 #cei4 ,,sunneman1 ,,aarent1 visited in ,holland respecting his daughters1 ii4 #cii4 ,,surrey1 i4 #bfj1 #ceg1 #def1 ii4 #ajd1 #acj1 #bjc1 #bfd1 #cde1 #cgg1 #cgh2 ,friends of1 plundered1 ii4 #if1 #bfd2 men's meetings settled1 ii4 #ig4 ,,sussex1 i4 #bbi1 #ceg1 #def1 ii4 #c1 #ig1 #ajd1 #acj1 #bfc1 #cde1 #ceh1 #cgg2 mentioned1 ii4 #eag2 men's meetings settled1 ii4 #ig4 ,,sutton1 i4 #bcf1 #ecf4 ,,swan ,,island1 ii4 #ahj4 99,,swannington1 i4 #aii1 #bjg1 #beh1 #dfg1 #ecj1 #ece1 ii4 #bei1 #ccb2 general meeting here1 i4 #aii1 #dfi4 ,,swansea1 i4 #cfj1 ii4 #ia4 ,,swarthmore1 i4 #aah1 #aba1 #abb1 #abf1 #acd1 #acf1 #adg1 #aeh1 #aff1 #ahj1 #ahi1 #chc1 #cia1 #daf1 #dga1 #dhd1 ii4 #ad1 #ag1 #ah1 #ba1 #bb1 #bcc1 #bcd-bee1 #cce-cdc1 #eab1 #eaf-eah2 papers written here1 i4 #adg1 #adi1 #aej1 #aeb-aee1 #chd-cia1 ii4 #bcd-bed1 #cce-cdc2 mentioned1 i4 #aei1 #aff1 ii4 #cef1 #eac4 ,sweden1 ii4 #bgg4 99,,sympson1 ,,william1 goes naked and barefoot as a sign1 i4 #ejb2 mentioned1 i4 xlv1 #eje4 99,,synderhill-,,green1 i4 #ahi1 #aie1 #dfg1 ii4 #ad1 #gg4 ,,tadcaster1 ii4 #beh1 #bei4 ,,tallcoat1 ,,william of ,colchester1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to ,holland1 ii4 #bff4 ,,tamworth1 priest visited here1 i4 #f4 ,,tatham1 ,,priest1 written to1 i4 #aed4 ,,taunton1 i4 #cbh1 ii4 #ab4 99,,taylor1 ,,christopher1 brother of ,thomas ,taylor1 of ,skipton1 convinced1 i4 #abi1 visited at his school1 at ,edmonton1 ii4 #cdf1 #cdh2 papers written at his house1 ii4 #cdh4 ,,taylor1 ,,james1 of ,newton in ,cartmel1 visited1 i4 #aag1 ii4 #ag4 99,,taylor1 ,,john1 of ,york1 visited1 ii4 #beg2 letter written at his house1 ii4 #beh4 99,,taylor1 ,,thomas1 priest1 of ,skipton1 convinced at ,swarthmore1 i4 #abg2 travels with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #abh1 #bja1 #cfi1 #cga2 mentioned1 i4 xlv1 #abi1 #dfi1 ii4 #aje 84 ,,taylor1 ,,thomas1 captain1 visited near ,halifax1 i4 #ahi1 #aie1 #aif1 ii4 #gg1 #aje 84 ,,taylor1 ,,thomas1 of ,america1 visited1 ii4 #aid4 ,,teage1 ,,thomas1 of ,cornwall1 ii4 #g4 ,,tedbury1 ii4 #cah4 ,,tenby1 i4 #cga2 the mayor of1 and his wife1 and others1 i4 #cga1 #cgb2 ,friends of1 ii4 #ia4 ,,tennant1 ----1 of the ,dales1 convinced1 i4 #aaa4 ,,tennant1 ,,widow1 of ,scarhouse1 visited1 ii4 #bef4 ,,tenterden1 ,g4 ,fox's detention here1 ii4 #b1 #c4 ,,tewkesbury1 i4 #bed1 #bef1 #dff1 ii4 #cah4 ,thames1 ,river1 ii4 #agi4 ,,theobalds1 i4 #bab1 #bac4 ,,thomas1 ,,margaret1 preaches at ,bristol1 i4 #ebg4 ,,thompson1 ,,justice1 of ,lancaster1 grants a warrant against ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #acf1 #acg1 #aci1 ii4 #eae4 ,,thurston1 ,,thomas1 visited1 in ,america1 ii4 #aid4 99,,tickell1 ,,hugh1 visited1 near ,keswick1 ii4 #af4 ,,tickhill1 steeple house visited1 i4 #ajd4 ,,tinicum1 ,,upper1 ii4 #agg4 ,,tiverton1 ii4 #aj4 ,toldervey1 ,john1 of ,london1 his convincement1 defection and return1 i4 #bei4 ,,tombs ,,john1 ,,priest1 of ,leominster1 argues with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #cfi-cga4 ,,topsham1 i4 #bfc1 ii4 #f1 #ie4 ,,totness1 i4 #bfd4 ii4 #f4 ,,tottenham1 ii4 #dia1 #dii1 #ejj1 #ejc2 epistle written here1 ii4 #eja4 ,,townsend1 ,,priest1 at ,g4 ,fox's meeting1 at ,norwich1 i4 #dea4 ,,tredhaven ,,third ,,haven ,,creek1 ii4 #afe1 #agi1 #aid4 ,tredington1 ii4 #bje1 #bai1 #bbb4 ,,tregangeeves1 ii4 #id4 ,,trelawny1 ,,elizabeth1 of ,plymouth daughter of ,sir ,john ,trelawny1 ,bart41 convinced1 i4 #bfe1 #cac1 #cfj4 ,,trent1 i4 #aja1 ii4 #ha4 ,,tripe1 ,,nicholas1 of ,kingsbridge1 convinced1 with his wife1 i4 #bfd4 ,,truro1 ii4 #h1 #id4 ,turkey1 ii4 #cjf4 ,turks1 referred to1 ii4 #bg1 #ec1 #fd1 #add1 #bia1 #cjf1 #cjg1 #dfd1 #dhe4 ,,turner1 ,,judge1 on circuit1 at ,lancaster1 ii4 #bf2 ,g4 ,fox before him at ,lancaster1 ii4 #db1 #ea1 and at ,worcester1 ii4 #baf4 ,,turvey1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,turville-,,heath1 ii4 #cae4 ,,twickenham1 i4 #ddb4 ,,twisden1 ,,judge1 ,g4 ,fox before him at ,westminster1 i4 #dhf1 at ,lancaster1 ii4 #bf1 #bi1 and again at ,lancaster1 ii4 #db1 #ea-ec4 ,,twittey1 ----1 ,clerk of the ,peace1 at ,worcester1 ii4 #bbd4 ,,two ,,horse ,,races 7,america71 ii4 #agb4 ,,twycross1 several visited here1 i4 #di1 #bjj1 #dfg1 #ecf4 ,tyburn1 i4 #bji4 ,tynemouth ,castle1 ii4 #eg2 its governor visits ,g4 ,fox1 at ,scarborough1 ii4 #fa4 ,,ulrome4 ,see ,,oram4 ,,ulverstone1 i4 #aah1 #aai1 #acj1 #acc1 #dga2 steeple house visited1 i4 #abf1 #aca1 ii4 #eab1 #ead2 priest and people written to1 i4 #adi1 #aej1 #aeb1 #aec2 mentioned1 ii4 #bcd1 #bed1 #ead4 ,,underbarrow1 i4 #aaf1 #aag1 #abd1 #abe1 ii4 #ae1 #eab4 ,,upper ,,tinicum1 ii4 #agg4 ,,uxbridge1 ii4 #cei4 ,,vale ,,of ,,beavor1 i4 #bf1 #bi4 ,see ,,beavor1 ,,vale ,,of4 ,,vandewall1 ,,john1 visited at ,harwich1 ii4 #bff4 99,vane ,sir1 ,henry1 ,friends brought before him1 in ,london1 i4 #ddc4 ,,vaughton1 ,,john1 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 99,vice1 ,the1 cell in ,norwich ,castle1 ,friends imprisoned here1 i4 #ecf4 ,,virginia1 ii4 #ahc1 #ahh2 ,friends written to1 ii4 #dia2 mentioned4 ii4 #afc1 #ahi1 #aie2 visited by ,friends1 ii4 #afd1 #agc1 #aic4 ,,wakefield1 i4 #gi2 steeple house visited1 i4 #ajg4 99,,waldenfield1 ,,samuel1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to ,holland1 ii4 #cih2 goes to ,friesland1 ii4 #djj4 99,,wales1 i4 #cfj1 #cfb1 #cfc1 #cfg1 #cga1 #chj1 #cha1 ii4 #ac1 #hc1 #ib2 visited by ,friends1 i4 #adj1 #aij2 ,friends of1 i4 #bea1 #cja1 #cfb1 ii4 #cgd1 written to1 ii4 #cgd2 mentioned1 i4 #ahh1 ii4 #eba4 ,,walney ,,island1 i4 #aba1 #acd1 ii4 #ead2 mentioned1 i4 #acf4 ,walters1 ,thomas1 of ,bolton1 imprisoned1 ii4 #cb4 99,,waltham ,,abbey1 i4 #bac1 ii4 #hi1 #cdh1 #ced1 #dji1 #def1 #dgc1 #dge1 #dii2 boys' school1 ii4 #hi2 mentioned1 i4 #bab4 ,,wandsworth1 ii4 #cdf1 #cei4 ,,wanstead1 ii4 #def4 ,,wapping1 ii4 #ada4 ,,warborough1 ii4 #ceh4 ,,ward1 ,,captain1 convinced1 i4 #aac2 imprisoned1 ii4 #ee4 ,,ware1 ii4 #ejj4 ,,warmsworth1 i4 #dfi2 steeplehouse visited1 i4 #ajb2 priest obtains warrant against ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #ajf4 ,,warrington1 ii4 #hb1 #ajf1 #bcc4 ,,warwick1 i4 #bed-bef1 #cce1 ii4 #cdd2 ,friends in prison visited1 ii4 #gi1 #ajd4 ,,warwickshire1 i4 #e1 #be1 #bjj1 #beb1 #bef1 #cce1 #dag1 #dhd1 #ecf1 ii4 #ac1 #hb1 #abj1 #bjg1 #bei1 #cai1 #ccc1 #cdd1 #eaa2 mentioned1 ii4 #bje1 #bjf2 ,truth springs up1 ii4 #bea4 ,,waterland1 ii4 #bhh1 #dja2 mentioned1 ii4 #cjg4 ,,watford1 ii4 #cai1 #ceh4 99,,watkins1 ,,morgan1 meets ,g4 ,fox in ,radnorshire1 i4 #cfh4 ,,watkinson1 ,,george1 ex-justice of ,pontefract1 visited1 i4 #daf1 ii4 #gf4 ,,watts1 ,,george1 accompanies ,g4 ,fox to ,holland1 ii4 #bff1 #cig-djc2 visits ,ipswich1 ii4 #djc4 ,,welch1 ,,wm41 his wife convinced at ,leith1 i4 #cii4 ,welchpool1 ii4 #bbi4 ,,wellingborough1 i4 #bej4 ,,wellington 7,somerset71 ii4 #aj4 ,,wells1 ,,william1 of ,knighton1 visited1 ii4 #bei4 ,,wennington1 ,,miles1 of ,cumberland1 visited1 i4 #aei4 ,,wensleydale1 i4 #aaj1 ii4 #bef1 #eab4 ,,west1 ,,colonel1 justice1 on the bench at ,lancaster ,sessions1 i4 #ach1 #aci1 #ada1 ii4 #bb2 favourable to ,friends1 i4 #ach1 #aci1 #adc1 #aei1 #chc1 ii4 #eae2 clerk of ,assize at ,lancaster1 i4 #adc2 coroner1 i4 #adg2 meets ,g4 ,fox privately1 i4 #adf1 #aei1 #chc1 ii4 #ba4 ,,west1 ,,matthew1 justice1 of ,borwick1 on bench1 at ,lancaster ,sessions1 ii4 #bb1 #gb2 his death1 ii4 #gb4 ,,west ,,alvington4 ,see ,,pollexfen1 ,,henry4 ,,west ,,chester4 ,see ,,chester4 ,,west ,,friesland1 ii4 #dja4 ,,west ,,jersey1 ii4 #aff4 ,west ,riding1 i4 #ajf4 ,,western ,,shore1 ii4 #ahb4 ,,westminster1 i4 xlviii1 ii41 #cef1 #chg1 #eah4 ,,westmorland1 i4 #aac1 #abb1 #abe1 #abh1 #acj1 #aef1 #ahj1 #cia1 ii4 #ad1 #af1 #ag1 #bee1 #cce1 #cdc1 #eab1 #eae2 ,friends of1 i4 #chc1 #dgj2 papers sent to1 ii4 #bj1 #hc1 #bce2 ,truth springs up1 i4 #ahc1 ii4 #bea2 mentioned1 i4 #aci1 #agc1 ii4 #bb1 #ccb4 ,,weston1 ,,baron1 of ,london1 his bitterness towards ,g4 ,fox1 and death1 ii4 #ceh4 ,,weston 7,bucks471 ii4 #ij1 #cai4 ,,weymouth1 peaceable meeting here1 i4 #bfb1 #cei4 ,,wheeler ,,street1 ,meeting attended1 ii4 #cgh4 ,,whetstone1 ,g4 ,fox arrested here1 i4 #bjg1 #bea2 several convinced here1 i4 #bea4 ,,whispool1 ii4 #bhb4 ,,whitby1 i4 #hi1 ii4 #ad1 #ge1 #aje4 ,,whitehall1 ,cromwell visited here1 i4 #baj1 #bac1 #bad1 #ccb2 mentioned1 i4 #dhh1 #dij1 #dib1 #eaj1 ii4 #eaf1 #eah4 ,,white-,,hart-,,court1 i4 l1 ii4 #eje1 #ebb4 ,,whitehaugh1 ii4 #ac4 99,,whitehead1 ,,george1 visits ,norwich1 i4 #aij1 #dec1 #ecf2 with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #aca1 #cbj1 #ccb2 signs ,testimony to ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ebe4 99,,whitehead1 ,,john1 with ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ad1 #beh2 assists in release of ,g4 ,fox from ,scarborough ,castle1 ii4 #fi1 and carries the order for it to him1 ii4 #gj4 ,,whitehead1 ,,priest1 his steeplehouse at ,halton visited1 i4 #abd4 ,,whittington1 ii4 #bfj4 ,,wicomico1 ,,river1 ii4 #aib4 99,,widders1 ,,robert1 of ,kellet1 convinced1 i4 xlv1 ii4 #eae2 visited1 i4 #abd1 #ade1 #adf1 #chc1 #dgj1 #dga1 ii4 #ae1 #cce2 with ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #agi1 #cic1 #dje1 #djf1 #dji1 #daj1 #dhe1 #dhf1 ii4 #aj1 #eg1 #hc1 #ada1 #aei1 #afd1 #afe1 #agj1 #agb1 #aic1 #aih1 #bee1 #eaf2 imprisoned in ,carlisle1 i4 #agi2 his wife1 ii4 #bee4 ,,wiggan1 ,,major1 reproved by ,g4 ,fox in ,london1 i4 #ddb2 ,baptist preacher1 imprisoned with ,g4 ,fox at ,lancaster1 ii4 #cd2 his doings1 ii4 #cd-cf2 death of his wife and himself1 ii4 #cd4 ,,wigston1 ii4 #ccb4 ,,wigton1 i4 #ahj1 ii4 #af4 ,,wilcock1 ,,henry1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #agh4 ,,wild1 ,,judge1 ,g4 ,fox before him in ,london1 ii4 #bac1 #bbi2 appealed to on his behalf1 ii4 #bbe4 ,,wild1 ,,major1 of ,worcester1 a persecutor1 ii4 #hd4 99,,wilkinson1 ,,john1 priest1 of ,cumberland1 his steeplehouses visited1 i4 #afa1 #afc1 #afd1 #ahd2 his convincement and death1 i4 #cib1 #cic1 ii4 #eae4 99,,wilkinson1 ,,john1 the schismatic1 i4 #cib1 ii4 #bhe4 ,,wilkinson1 ,,wm41 a ,presbyterian1 challenges ,g4 ,fox to fight in ,scarborough ,castle1 ii4 #fg2 is cut off1 ii4 #fg4 ,,williams1 ,,ex-,,captain1 ,friend1 of ,stratford1 ,g4 ,fox ill at his house1 ii4 #aca4 ,,williams1 ,,roger1 priest1 of ,new ,england1 writes against ,friends1 ii4 #bfd2 is answered1 ii4 #bfd4 ,,williams1 ,,wm41 ,friend1 of ,alkmaar1 visited1 ii4 #bgc1 #djb4 ,,willoughby ,,point1 ii4 #ahh4 99,,wilson1 ,,george1 ,friend1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #aha4 99,,wilson1 ,,wm41 prisoner in ,lancaster1 ii4 #cj1 #ca4 ,,wiltshire1 i4 #cca1 #ebh1 ii4 #e1 #f1 #ac1 #gi1 #hg1 #aai2 mentioned1 ii4 #aae1 #aaf1 #aba1 #bjb1 #cag4 ,,wimeswold1 ii4 #bei4 ,winchester1 ii4 #if4 ,,winchmore ,,hill1 ii4 #ced1 #dee1 #dge1 #dia1 #dii1 #ejj4 ,,windham1 ,,judge1 speaks against ,g4 ,fox at ,lancaster ,assizes and issues a warrant1 i4 #adc4 ,,windsor1 ,,lord1 lord lieutenant of ,worcestershire1 written to1 ii4 #bjf-bjh4 ,,winsmore1 ,,dr41 justice1 of ,america1 convinced and visited1 ii4 #aic4 ,,winterbourne1 ii4 #cag4 ,,winthrop1 ,,governor1 of ,new ,england1 visited in ,england1 i4 #eab2 mentioned1 ii4 #agd4 ,,witham1 ii4 #djc4 ,,witty1 ,,dr41 visits ,g4 ,fox1 in ,scarborough ,castle1 ii4 #fa4 ,,wolds1 ,,the1 i4 #hi1 ii4 #aje1 #eab4 ,,worcester1 i4 #bec1 #dff1 ii4 #hd1 #cah2 ,g4 ,fox imprisoned in the jail1 i4 xlviii1 ii4 #bjf-bac1 #bae-bbj1 #bba-bbi1 #bcd1 #cah1 #eah1 where he writes papers1 ii4 #bcj1 #bca2 mentioned1 ii4 #c1 #bje1 #baj1 #bab1 #bac1 #bad1 #bbb1 #bbd4 ,,worcestershire1 i4 #beb1 #cce1 ii4 #hc1 #bjd2 mentioned1 ii4 #bje1 #bjf4 ,,workum1 ii4 #bgc4 ,,worminghurst1 ii4 #bfd1 #cdf1 #cgg4 ,,worplesdon1 ii4 #bfd1 #cdf4 ,,wramplingham1 i4 #bcc1 #bce1 #ecf4 ,see ,,lawrence1 ,,capt4 ,,wrexham1 i4 #chj2 mentioned1 i4 #ahh4 ,,wrey1 ,,sir ,,john1 of ,lincolnshire1 and his wife convinced1 i4 #aig2 they attend another of ,g4 ,fox's meetings1 i4 #ccd4 ,,wrey1 ,,sir ,,richard1 of ,lincolnshire1 convinced1 i4 #aig2 his wife and he attend another of ,g4 ,fox's meetings1 when his wife 8 is convinced1 i4 #ccd2 he departs from ,truth1 i4 #aig4 ,,wright1 ,,widow1 ,friend1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahc1 #ahg4 ,,wycombe1 ii4 #cae1 #caf4 ,,wye 7,america71 ii4 #aid4 ,,wye ,,river1 ii4 #afe4 ,,yarmouth1 i4 #bcc4 ,,yarrow1 ,,william1 visited in ,america1 ii4 #ahd4 ,,yealand1 i4 #acf1 ii4 #eae2 ,friends of1 i4 #dga4 99,,yearly ,,meetings1 i4 #dah1 #dfi1 #dia4 ,see ,,balby2 ,,crook1 ,,john2 ,,london2 ,,rhode ,,island2 ,,york4 99,,yeomans1 ,,isabel1 of ,bristol1 daughter of ,m4 ,fell1 meets ,g4 ,fox at ,bristol1 ii4 #aag1 #aih2 travels with him in ,holland1 ii4 #bff1 #bfi1 #bhb1 #bhe2 delivers ,g4 ,fox's letter to the ,princess ,elizabeth1 ii4 #bfi4 ,see ,,fell1 ,,isabel2 ,,morrice1 ,,isabel4 ,,yeoman1 ,,william1 of ,irb's ,court1 visited1 ii4 #ic4 ,,york1 ii4 #ad1 #eg1 #gf1 #ajd1 #aje1 #beg1 #beh1 #eai2 cathedral visited1 i4 #hc2 ,friends in1 i4 #abd1 #agb1 ii4 #cdc1 #cdd1 #dhh1 #eab2 yearly meetings here1 ii4 #dhh2 letter written here1 ii4 #beh2 mentioned1 i4 #ajf1 #aei1 #aie1 #aif4 99,,yorkshire1 i4 #gi1 #ajb1 #abc1 #aie1 #cce1 #dae1 #daf1 #dfg1 ii4 #ad1 #bc1 #aje1 #cce1 #cdc1 #eaa1 #eae1 #eaf1 #eag2 ,truth springs up1 i4 #ahc1 ii4 #bea2 ,friends of1 i4 #beb1 ii4 #cc1 #ajd1 #ccd2 mentioned1 i4 #ajf1 ii4 #bj1 #bc1 #cc1 #fd4 ,york1 ,duke of1 his presence saves ,henry ,fell from death1 i4 #dia4 ,young1 ,peter1 told of the doings of ,presbyterians in ,herefordshire1 ii4 #hf4 ,,index ,,ii4 ,,principal ,,subjects4 ,adam1 the first and second1 compared1 ii4 #ddf2 his state before the fall1 attainable1 i4 #bh1 #cdf2 his innocency1 a higher state than1 even a state in ,christ1 attainable1 i4 #bh1 #dai1 ii4 #acf1 #bjj1 #bah1 #bci2 his perfection1 a doctrine not endured by professors1 i4 #cd4 ,antichrists and false ,prophets1 discovered1 etc41 i4 #ia1 #afj1 #cad1 #ccf1 ii4 #daf1 #ddj1 #dhg4 ,apostacy1 entered since the ,apostles' days1 i4 #cch4 ,apostates and ,professors1 have ,scriptures in the form1 but not in the power or ,spirit1 i4 #aa1 #aji2 are censorious judges1 ii4 #ccj4 ,apostles and ,prophets1 the power and ,spirit of1 attainable now1 i4 #cd1 #bfb1 #dbh1 #eae1 ii4 #aec2 were husbandmen and tradesmen1 ii4 #dhj1 #dha4 ,apparel1 pride therein testified against1 ii4 #dab4 ,apprentices1 recommended to be put forth1 ii4 #aai4 ,atheists1 confounded1 i4 #bf4 ,backsliders1 their state1 ii4 #bde2 they return and condemn their actions1 i4 #cbh1 ii4 #g1 #hj1 #id1 #afd1 #bjb1 #bjc4 99,banishment of ,friends1 ii4 #fh1 #fi1 #bhb1 #dhe4 ,baptism of the ,spirit1 i4 #cdj1 #cdb4 ,baptism in water1 i4 #df1 #bfb1 #cdj2 why permitted to some of the early ,christians1 i4 #cdj4 ,battledore1 ,the1 a short account of it1 i4 #eac1 ii4 #ai4 ,believers1 are horn of ,god1 and are freed from sin1 i4 #g1 #ef2 are taught by the ,anointing1 i4 #g1 #ei1 #cjg1 #ccf1 ii4 #bga2 enjoy everlasting life on earth1 ii4 #dff4 ,bible4 ,see ,scriptures4 ,bigamy1 disowned1 ii4 #ahe4 ,birth1 the first and second1 distinguished1 i4 #bjj2 the true one is persecuted1 but does not persecute1 i4 #cjh1 ii4 #cje4 ,blind and deaf men1 not enlisted as soldiers1 either outwardly or inwardly1 ii4 #dif4 ,blind1 not received for sacrifice1 ii4 #bdh4 ,blood of ,christ1 seen spiritually1 i4 #bd1 #dcj2 professors will only have it without them1 i4 #bd4 ,body and blood of ,christ1 i4 #cdj1 #dbi4 ,body of death and sin1 not the outward body1 i4 #aha4 ,burial grounds1 recommended to be provided1 ii4 #adi4 ,capital punishments for small matters1 testified against1 i4 #gj1 #gb4 ,ceremonies1 ,jewish and ,heathenish1 to be departed from1 i4 #cg1 #ic2 why permitted for a time under the ,gospel1 i4 #cdj4 ,christ1 of the seed of ,abraham and the ,son of ,god1 i4 #bed2 his name is called 8,the ,word of ,god10 i4 #cjf2 his outward appearance1 acknowledged1 i4 #fi2 he died for all men1 i4 #cf1 #ebf1 ii4 #acf1 #ahf2 is the ,ensign1 prophesied of by ,isaiah1 ii4 #did-dig2 his coming1 reign1 and kingdom in the heart1 i4 #cad1 ii4 #bbe4 99,christ within1 recommended to1 i4 #ej1 #ajb1 #ajd1 #ajh1 #afa1 #afg1 #cce1 #cda1 #dah2 known by the ,spirit1 i4 #ea1 #abh1 ii4 #deh2 speaks in man by his ,spirit1 i4 #ajb1 #aaj1 ii4 #bja2 is preached in his ,saints1 i4 #agg2 revealed in us1 is our ,hope1 i4 #ab2 is the ,inward ,teacher1 i4 #ei1 #ha1 #hb1 #he1 #hg1 #ia1 #aja1 #ajd1 #ajg1 #aji1 #aaj1 #aab1 #aad1 #aae1 #aba1 #abe1 #afa1 #afb1 #afd1 #afg1 #bcb1 #bfb1 #bfe1 #cca1 #cgh1 ii4 #agb1 #aii1 #bjj1 #bja1 #bid1 see ,god teaches2 enlightens all men1 i4 #cj1 #cd1 #aea1 #afe1 #agc1 #aic1 #bjg1 #bbc1 #bda1 #bdd1 #bgd1 #cjc1 #cej1 #cec1 #cef1 #cfi1 #cie1 #dcg1 #ebf1 ii4 #cd1 #fa1 #fb1 #aab1 #acf1 #ahe2 the ,saviour of all who believe in him1 i4 #aaj1 ii4 #aab2 his generation is not known by man's wit1 study1 or reading history in his own will1 ii4 #bia2 cuts off the entail of ,satan1 i4 #chi2 faith in and worship of1 above all historical and man-made faiths and worships1 ii4 #ccf2 a state in him that never fell1 attainable1 i4 #bh1 #dai1 ii4 #acf1 #bjj1 #bah1 #bci2 his speaking since his ascension1 denied by professors1 ii4 #bjj1 #bja2 the belief of ,friends in1 stated1 ii4 #aec1 #aee1 #bjj2 his power owned1 and exercised1 i4 #bdb1 #beh1 #bha1 #cji1 #ccc1 #cce1 #cdd1 #che2 his cry on the cross1 i4 #e2 his life trampled on by professors1 i4 #bj4 ,christening of children1 an anti-,scriptural practice1 i4 #cg1 ii4 #ajj4 99,church1 what it is1 i4 #bj1 #be1 #ii1 #aab1 #aca1 #ahb1 ii4 #fe1 #dcg2 is in ,god1 i4 #cde4 ,church order1 supported1 ii4 #dag4 ,circumcision1 etc41 permitted to some of the early ,christians1 and why1 i4 #cdj4 ,cloisters and ,monasteries anti-,scriptural1 i4 #dbh4 ,condemnation comes through unbelief1 ii4 #aab4 ,conscience is the book out of which man is judged1 i4 #dcg4 99,conventicles1 seditious1 disclaimed1 ii4 #aba4 ,crooked ways1 in man's heart1 i4 #af4 ,cross of ,christ is the power of ,god1 i4 #ah1 #aia1 #cab1 #cde4 ,crosses and ,images denied1 i4 #cg4 ,days and ,times not to be observed now1 i4 #cdj1 ii4 #bjd4 ,deceivers1 who are the greatest1 i4 #cj1 ii4 #bdf4 ,declaration against plots and fighting1 i4 #did4 ,see ,,charles ,,ii4 ,devil1 not made by ,god1 i4 #bca1 ii4 #g4 ,differences1 how to be terminated1 ii4 #ccc4 ,disputes1 with priests and professors1 i4 #be1 #hf-hh1 #aaf1 #aai1 #acj1 #afj1 #aha1 #ahb1 #ahd1 #bjj-bjf1 #beb1 #bhe1 #cfi1 #cgf1 ii4 #fj1 #fb1 #ahe1 #bab1 #bag4 ,dreams1 distinguished and explained1 i4 #i4 ,drinking of healths1 testified against1 i4 #bc4 ,drinking to excess1 reproved1 i4 #ci1 #ccd1 #dei4 ,dwarfs1 not to offer on ,god's altar1 but may eat of the holy bread1 ii4 #dfh1 #dgc1 #ejb4 ,election is in ,christ1 i4 #bfc1 ii4 #aac4 ,election and ,reprobation1 owned and explained1 i4 #ib1 ii4 #aac2 unconditional1 priests' doctrine thereof denied1 i4 #cid1 ii4 #aac4 ,evil thoughts1 how subdued1 i4 #eh4 ,evil natures described1 they are within1 i4 #ei1 ii4 #ace4 ,faith1 stands in the power of ,god and not in man1 ii4 #bcf1 #bci2 its powerful operation and effect1 ii4 #bcf2 stays the mind and gives access to ,god1 i4 #ae1 #cig2 in it there is no schism1 ii4 #bch2 without sin1 and gives victory over it1 i4 #cig4 ,fall1 the1 state of man therein1 opened1 i4 #cb1 #abe1 #cde1 ii4 #acf4 ,false ,prophets and ,antichrists1 their marks1 i4 #ia1 #afj1 #cad1 #ccf1 ii4 #daf1 #ddj1 #dhg4 ,false ,liberty1 judged by the ,spirit1 ii4 #cbi1 #dag4 ,fashions of the world denounced1 i4 #ch1 #bai1 ii4 #dab1 #dic4 ,fasts1 the true and false distinguished1 i4 #cfc1 #dce1 ii4 #cjc-cje4 ,flesh1 the1 wars against the spirit1 i4 #ah4 99,friends1 their belief in ,christ and concerning the ,scriptures stated1 ii4 #aee2 excommunicated1 i4 #djd1 ii4 #fd1 #fe2 prosper through their integrity1 i4 #ahf2 kept out of their meeting-houses1 ii4 #acb1 #cge-cgg1 #chg2 their meeting-houses pulled down1 ii4 #acb2 offer to lie in prison for one another1 i4 #bdh1 #cah1 #dci2 prophesied against1 i4 #acd1 #ahe1 #aid1 ii4 #bed2 their faithfulness is said by some to have preserved the nation from debauchery1 ii4 #acd4 ,god1 has given all a measure of his ,spirit1 i4 #aej1 ii4 #cd1 #bag1 #dah2 teaches his people himself1 i4 #dh1 #hb1 #hd1 #aah1 #abj1 #abe1 #aej1 #aeb1 #baa1 ii4 #bha1 see ,christ the ,inward ,teacher2 his people are to be like him1 in what respects1 ii4 #deh2 his kingdom1 measurably witnessed in this life1 ii4 #dei2 his infinite love1 i4 #ad4 ,god and ,christ1 dwell in the heart1 i4 #h1 #ia2 are known by the ,spirit1 i4 #ab1 #abh1 #ach1 #afe1 #bce1 #bfe1 ii4 #bib1 #deh2 are not known by study or philosophy1 but by revelation in mental silence1 i4 #ab1 #bf1 ii4 #bib4 ,good works do not of themselves bring salvation1 but the grace of ,god1 ii4 #aja4 ,gospel1 not the four books of the ,evangelists1 i4 #cej1 ii4 #i4 ,grace of ,god1 teaches those who turn to it1 i4 #ce1 #hb1 #bdi1 #cca1 #ebf1 ii4 #i1 #aa1 #ce1 #aae4 ,grace and ,truth1 are in the heart1 i4 #ce1 #cca1 #ccf1 ii4 #cei1 #djh1 #dee2 are universal and saving1 i4 #cf1 #cca1 #ebf1 ii4 #i1 #cd1 #fa1 #aja1 #acf4 ,groans of the flesh and spirit1 discerned and distinguished1 i4 #ae4 ,hat1 keeping it on in public prayer testified against1 i4 #eai4 ,hat-honour1 denied1 i4 #ch1 #ib1 #bgb1 #bge1 #bhe1 #bij1 #ceg1 #dja1 #ddc1 #dhe1 ii4 #bb1 #bg1 #cjf2 ,friends suffer for refusing to give it1 i4 #ch1 #ci1 #ahe1 #bgb1 #bhj1 #cac1 #cgb1 #dji1 #ded1 #eja1 ii4 #cjg4 ,hirelings1 testified against1 i4 #db1 #ge1 #ic1 #bjb1 #bjc1 #bjg1 #bde4 ,honour1 the true and false1 distinguished1 i4 #ch1 #cjb1 ii4 #bb4 ,imposition denounced1 yet practised by schismatics1 ii4 #cbh4 99,imprisonment of ,friends1 for not swearing1 i4 #ajf1 #bdg1 #eba1 #ebc1 ii4 #bc1 #bd1 #cj1 #id2 for refusing to pay tithes1 and for going to steeple-houses1 i4 #bbd1 #ejc1 ii4 #be2 for preaching in the streets1 i4 #cgc1 #cgh2 for attending meetings1 ii4 #bd2 for opening their shops on the world's fast-days and holidays1 ii4 #bjd2 for offences not specified1 i4 #agb1 #dic1 #ebb1 ii4 #fg1 #abh1 #bhb1 #cad1 #ccg1 #cgd1 #cgh2 on a praemunire illegal1 i4 #bba2 deaths in prison1 i4 #agc1 #bcb1 #cbg1 #ejd1 #ebb1 #ebf1 ii4 #be1 #cc1 #fg1 #id1 #bec4 ,see ,steeplehouses2 ,streets and ,markets4 ,jerusalem1 ,new1 what it is1 ii4 #ace4 ,judging1 i4 #cde1 #dbb1 #dbe1 ii4 #cbi1 #dbe-dca1 #dhg4 99,judgments1 pronounced against persons and places1 i4 #gf1 #gh1 #ajb1 #adg1 #aec1 ii4 #gh2 overtake persecutors1 i4 #ajb1 #aah1 #acf1 #adi1 #aed1 #ahi1 #aif1 #aig1 #bji1 #baa1 #cah1 #cia1 #cih1 #djh1 #dag1 #deg1 #deh1 #dfi1 #dge1 #eaa1 #eab1 ii4 #e1 #i1 #bf1 #cc1 #cd1 #eg1 #fg1 #fh1 #gb1 #gc1 #gg1 #gh1 #if1 #acc1 #adg1 #bbd1 #cad1 #ceh4 ,knowledge1 spiritual1 learned within1 i4 #aj2 spiritual and fleshly1 distinguished1 i4 #aa4 ,law1 the1 its types and shadows only known by the ,spirit1 i4 #cc2 what it is1 its operation and effect1 i4 #ae1 #af1 #bc2 is written in the heart1 i4 #bdf1 #cdi1 #cee1 ii4 #bgj2 is distinguished from the ,gospel1 i4 #af1 #ag4 ,liberty of conscience granted generally1 ii4 #dec4 ,light and ,darkness1 how seen1 i4 #ai4 ,light1 the1 obedience thereto1 recommended1 i4 #fe2 is the ,law1 the ,power1 and the image of ,god1 i4 #aic2 is the ,covenant1 i4 #aid2 is a ,reprover1 i4 #cec1 #cef1 ii4 #ahe2 is a ,judge1 i4 #ahg1 #bdb1 #bfg1 #bgd1 #cdg1 #cff1 #djh1 #dfj1 ii4 #dfb2 is a ,guide and ,leader1 i4 #ahg1 #dce2 is the ,life in ,christ the ,word1 i4 #ccc1 #cgg1 #cig1 ii4 #ce1 #dff1 #dig2 gives an understanding of the things of the kingdom1 i4 #ahg2 gives a sight and sense of inward mysteries1 i4 #ad1 #ahg1 #bdb1 #bed1 #cfb1 #dcc2 gives victory over sin1 i4 #dcc2 gives the knowledge of the true fast1 i4 #cfe1 #cff2 comes from ,christ1 i4 #bed1 #cba2 convinces and converts1 i4 #fe1 #aib2 manifests ,christ in his various offices1 i4 #afe2 shows us our evil deeds and our ,saviour1 i4 #aba1 #afe1 #bfg2 brings out of the evil state1 i4 #fj2 manifests that which is for judgment1 i4 #cfg2 in it ,god is felt revealing his secrets1 and inspiring the mind1 i4 #cdg2 by it ,christ is seen1 i4 #aia1 #bed1 #cjc1 #daa2 without it none come to ,christ1 i4 #cjd2 being felt1 ,christ is felt1 i4 #bbc2 those who hate it set up hirelings and idol-temples1 i4 #aea2 they who walk in it come to ,god's teaching1 i4 #af2 they who love it are taught of ,god1 i4 #aea2 they who oppose it are apostates1 i4 #cdg2 believers in it believe in the everlasting covenant1 i4 #aia2 believers in it come to the life of ,moses and the ,prophets1 i4 #aia2 none are ,god's people who are not baptised into this principle1 i4 #cf1 #cdh4 ,light1 the1 within1 is the ,light of ,christ1 i4 #chd2 is the way to ,god1 i4 #cf2 its power and efficacy1 i4 #chd1 #che2 leads to salvation and the day-star1 i4 #cig4 ,light1 the1 of ,christ1 directed to1 i4 #ig1 #abd1 #abf1 #ahb1 #bjd1 #bac1 #bch1 #bed1 #bfd1 #bfe1 #ccf1 #cfh1 #cgh1 #cgi1 #djh1 #daa1 #dba1 #dcf1 #dcg1 #dfj2 shows ,christ to be a ,redeemer1 and ,saviour1 and ,way to ,god1 i4 #aaj2 gives a sight and sense of sin1 i4 #ig1 #aba1 #aea1 #cjc1 #cgi2 makes all things manifest1 i4 #ae1 #ag1 #bge1 #cjc2 is not the natural conscience1 or a natural created light1 i4 #ccc1 #cgj1 #cgg1 ii4 #ce1 #dfc2 its universality denied by professors1 i4 #cej1 ii4 #cd2 in the conscience1 a doctrine not endured by priests and professors but derided by them1 i4 #bjd1 #bed1 ii4 #dfc2 they who believe in it are in the ,election1 i4 #cif4 ,longevity1 instances of1 ii4 #ae1 #ge4 99,marriage1 by a priest1 anti-,scriptural1 ii4 #fe1 #ge2 the principle and practice of ,friends relative thereto stated1 ii4 #cii2 of ,friends1 their mode sanctioned by ,scripture examples1 ii4 #ge2 attended by ,g4 ,fox1 ii4 #ge1 #agj2 of ,friends1 the regulations of the ,society thereon1 ii4 #hh1 #hi1 #acg1 #adh1 #adi1 #bej1 #cii2 of ,friends1 questioned at ,nottingham ,assizes1 but declared valid1 i4 #ebj4 ,meal time1 few words spoken at1 informed against1 ii4 #acc4 ,see ,,cartwright1 ,,john4 ,meditation1 how it ought to be exercised1 ii4 #cfh4 ,meetings of ,friends1 held and settled1 i4 #bg1 #bi1 #abc1 #bfe1 #cgc1 #djd4 99,meetings for ,discipline1 established in ,london and throughout the nation1 i4 #dfi1 #dgj1 ii4 #hj1 #ig1 #afd1 #bdg1 #bgi1 #bhc2 the order and good results thereof1 ii4 #ij1 #ig2 their settlement opposed by some1 ii4 #ha1 #bjb1 #bdh1 #bea1 #cae-cah1 #cbg1 #cca1 #cdg1 #dcf4 ,ministers of ,christ1 preach freely1 i4 #da1 #ia1 #ic1 #bja1 #bbc1 #cci1 ii4 #fe2 not necessarily made at colleges1 i4 #g1 #aa1 #cg1 #dh1 #chf1 #dad1 #dae1 #dhj-dhb2 must have his ,spirit1 i4 #ag2 advice respecting public opposition to1 i4 #cde4 ,ministers1 tried and ejected by ,commonwealth1 i4 #bbc1 ii4 #hf2 ejected by ,charles ,,ii41 i4 #ejd4 ,ministry1 the true and false distinguished1 i4 #ag4 ,miracles1 outward1 i4 #de1 #df1 #di1 #acc1 #aei1 #beb1 #bee1 #beh1 ii4 #agf1 #agi1 #ahd1 #aib1 #bcc1 #cgg4 ,moses and ,christ1 compared1 ii4 #dgg4 ,natures of creatures1 seen1 i4 #ai1 #bh1 #abe4 99,negroes1 exhorted to diligence1 etc41 and counselled not to rebel1 ii4 #adi1 #aeg1 #aeh2 to be instructed and in due time liberated1 ii4 #aeg1 #aeh1 #ejb4 ,news1 people are too much busied therewith1 ii4 #dhb4 ,oaths4 ,see ,swearing4 ,obedience1 known in the ,light1 i4 #chd2 to that which convicts of evil1 recommended1 i4 #fe2 to the grace of ,god1 the way to receive salvation1 ii4 #i1 #aja2 keeps in the ,lord's fear1 i4 #fe2 of faith1 destroys imaginations and temptations1 i4 #fa4 ,offering1 the true and false1 distinguished1 ii4 #dej4 ,parable of the talents1 commented on1 i4 #cec4 ,peace1 the first step thereto is to stand still in the ,light1 i4 #aba1 #dcb4 ,perfection in ,christ1 ii4 #bah1 #ddi2 in this life attainable1 i4 #aha1 #aic1 #dai1 #dfe1 ii4 #bah2 in this life denied by priests and professors to be attainable1 i4 #ai1 #cd1 #ej1 #ea1 #ef1 #gd1 #aha1 #dfe1 ii4 #bah4 ,persecution1 judged and exposed1 i4 #adg1 #adi1 #bhg-cjc1 #ccd1 #chg1 #djc1 #dcd1 #dha1 #ebb1 #ebf1 ii4 #bd-cd1 #fe1 #fi1 #acb1 #bjd1 #bha1 #cad1 #cbj1 #cgd-cgf1 #chg4 ,pleasure and ,wantonness denied1 i4 #cbc-cbe4 ,plots1 denied and declared against1 i4 #ddh1 #dic-ejj1 ii4 #baf1 #cdh1 #dae4 ,see ,,charles ,,ii4 ,popularity1 that which leads to it1 denied1 ii4 #bcf4 ,powers of the earth1 not to be meddled with by ,friends1 i4 #dbf4 ,power of the ,lord makes priests and professors tremble1 i4 #hi4 ,prayer1 in man's will denied1 i4 #bd2 true1 defined1 i4 #bje1 #cij1 ii4 #cjc2 false1 how discerned1 i4 #ae1 #bje2 in the ,spirit1 approved1 i4 #cg1 ii4 #ddi1 #dej4 ,priests1 declared against1 i4 #ia1 #bjj-bjf1 #baj1 #bbc2 their state opened1 i4 #bi1 #aaf2 are miserable comforters1 i4 #e1 #f2 their objections answered1 i4 #ccf-cdc2 are ,friends' chief persecutors1 i4 #dh1 #acg1 #adg1 #ejd1 ii4 #baa2 make a ,church faith1 which is answered by ,g4 ,fox1 i4 #dda1 see ,savoy1 ,conference2 sell the ,scriptures1 i4 #da1 #aad2 pray by a form1 i4 #bje2 hunt after a fallen benefice1 i4 #bea2 no other trade comparable to theirs1 i4 #da2 cannot separate spirit and letter1 i4 #ada2 reproved by the populace1 i4 #aci2 oppose toleration1 i4 #eje2 likened to the ,pharisees and ,jews of old for their persecutions1 etc41 i4 #bae-bai2 cannot endure the doctrine of the ,light1 i4 #bed1 ii4 #dfc4 ,see ,disputes4 99,prison1 life in1 i4 #bhc1 #ejd1 #eba1 #ebd4 ,prisoners in jail1 learn wickedness of each other1 i4 #ga2 more speedy justice to them recommended1 i4 #ga4 ,professions1 the three learned ones1 opened1 i4 #bi4 ,prophecy by women concerning ,chas4 ,,ii4 and parliament1 i4 #dde1 #ddf4 ,see ,,aldam1 ,,thomas2 ,,baptists2 ,,brown1 ---2 ,,fifth-,,monarchy ,,men2 ,,fox1 ,g4 99,quakers1 a nickname1 i4 #aje1 #baa1 #bdb1 #cdc1 #dgf2 first called so by ,justice ,bennet1 i4 #eh2 the children of ,light1 i4 #eja2 not a ,sect1 but dwell in the power of ,god1 i4 #bdb1 #dgf4 ,quaking and trembling1 i4 #bc1 #aje1 #abf1 #afh1 #bch1 #eja4 ,registers and ,records recommended to be kept1 ii4 #adi4 ,revelation1 immediate and objective1 not ceased1 i4 #cd4 ,riches warned against1 ii4 #dic4 ,righteousness1 attainable in this life1 i4 #b4 ,sabbath-day1 i4 #cig1 #dad1 ii4 #cjf4 ,sacrament of the ,supper 7so-called7 not a ,christian ordinance1 i4 #cdj-cdb #dbi4 ,saints have power to judge in the ,church1 ii4 #cbg-ccj4 ,sanctification1 how effected1 i4 #ej4 99,schools for ,friends' children1 ii4 #hi1 #ach1 #bjc1 #cdf1 #cdh1 #dcd4 ,see ,,chiswick1 ,,edmonton1 ,,shacklewell1 ,,waltham ,,abbey4 ,scriptures1 known by the ,spirit1 i4 #cc1 #cd1 #abh1 #ach1 #afb1 #afe1 #bce1 #cfb1 #cgg1 ii4 #bag2 profitable to the man of ,god1 but not to the man of sin1 i4 #cdi2 not the 8more sure word of prophecy10 i4 #dc2 not the only rule of life1 ii4 #bag2 not 8,the ,word10 nor 8,the ,word of ,god10 i4 #aef1 #aeg1 #cjf2 may be called 8the words of ,god10 i4 #aef1 #aeg1 ii4 #aeg2 confirm the ,spirit's convictions1 i4 #cgf2 give not the knowledge of ,god or ,christ1 without the revelation of the ,spirit1 i4 #ab1 #aji2 possessed by professors and apostates in form1 but not in spirit or power1 i4 #aa1 #aji2 how read and understood by professors1 i4 #cb1 ii4 #ddj2 given forth by the ,light1 i4 #agd2 eternal life is not in them1 but in ,christ1 ii4 #dff2 the belief of ,friends respecting them1 set forth1 i4 #aca1 ii4 #aef2 ,bible used by ,friends when preaching1 i4 #bac1 #cgf1 #djg1 #ddc1 #eca4 ,sect-makers1 they who deny universal grace are such1 ii4 #aja2 love popularity1 ii4 #bcf4 ,seed1 the1 is ,christ1 i4 #aib1 #dah1 #dbj1 #dfh2 crucified in professors1 i4 #dde2 is to be felt within1 i4 #dah1 #dbj2 bruises the head of the ,serpent1 i4 #aij1 #cdc-cde1 ii4 #cce2 the promise is to it1 and not to the law of the first covenant1 ii4 #cce4 ,seeds1 the two1 distinguished1 ii4 #ddg4 ,seeds-men of the flesh1 and of the ,spirit1 distinguished1 i4 #chg4 99,separation1 warned against1 i4 #eai2 appears in the ,church1 ii4 #db1 #hj1 #afg1 #bdh1 #bfh1 #bhd1 #bhh1 #cae1 #cag1 #cbg1 #cca1 #cdg1 #cfh1 #cfi1 #cic1 #dce4 ,serpent1 the1 speaks in man1 i4 #ba1 #daf2 is the false teacher1 ii4 #aii4 ,seven states explained1 i4 #dai4 ,shadows and figures1 not given till after the fall1 i4 #dfc2 not understood without the ,spirit1 i4 #cc4 ,signs to rulers1 priests1 and people1 i4 #ddf1 #dfi1 #ejb1 #ejc1 ii4 #ee1 #ga1 #aca4 ,silence1 in it the ,lord speaks1 i4 #fa1 #ccf1 #deb1 ii4 #bib2 of thoughts1 desires1 and imaginations recommended1 i4 #dcb4 ,sin and ,imperfection1 pleaded for by professors1 i4 #ai2 in true believers is departed from1 i4 #ea1 #ef2 its power1 as well as its guilt1 taken away by ,christ1 i4 #ea1 #ddb4 ,singing in the ,spirit1 approved1 i4 #cg1 #agb1 #djf1 #dgc1 ii4 #aaa2 by outward organs1 not taught by ,christ1 ii4 #dej4 ,slanders against ,friends1 i4 #gj1 #ajb1 #ajg1 #abb1 #aef1 #bjf1 #bad1 #bcd1 #bej1 #ceg1 #dac1 #dif1 ii4 #gf1 #hf1 #aed1 #aeh4 99,sirrah1 a term of contempt1 ii4 #bh1 #cf4 ,slavery4 ,see ,negroes4 99,soldiers1 disbanded for refusing to swear1 i4 #ahi2 their cruelty to ,friends1 i4 #djh1 #dfb1 #dfc1 #dfe2 convinced1 i4 #fg1 #abi #afc1 #afg1 #ahi1 #bca #bce1 #bef #bfc1 #bhg1 #cbh1 #cii1 #daj1 #ebi1 ii4 #aca1 see ,,benson1 ,,gervase2 ,,bishop2 ,,stubbs2 ,,fuce2 ,,pyot2 ,,edmundson2 ,,hubberthorne2 ,,brown1 ,,capt42 ,,williams2 mentioned1 i4 #fh1 #aga4 ,spirit1 the1 in the inward parts1 i4 #cee1 ii4 #bha2 given to us by measure1 but to ,christ without measure1 i4 #cea2 tries opinions1 religions1 and judgments1 i4 #dc2 is still poured out on the ,church1 i4 #dbh4 ,spirit1 the1 of ,god1 directed unto1 i4 #ia1 #id1 #aja1 #aad1 #abh1 #afb1 #afd1 #bac1 #ccj1 #cca1 #cgg1 ii4 #ba1 #bgg2 gives the true fellowship1 i4 #ach2 the primary and universal rule1 ii4 #bag2 gives the knowledge of good and evil1 ii4 #cfg2 gives a knowledge of the things of ,god1 ii4 #dah4 ,spirit1 the1 of ,christ1 is the ,quakers' principle1 its operation and effect defined1 ii4 #bbe1 #bbf4 ,spirit1 the1 of ,truth1 leads into all ,truth1 i4 #bcf1 ii4 #ce2 is a reprover1 ii4 #ce4 99,sports1 ,diversions1 and vain ,amusements testified against1 i4 #ci #dj1 #cba1 #cbc-cbe4 ,states1 ,three1 and ,three ,teachers explained1 ii4 #aii4 99,steeplehouses1 idolized1 i4 #bj1 #ia1 #ic2 not the ,church nor the ,temple1 i4 #ii1 #aab1 ii4 #fd2 their sites not holier than other ground1 i4 #ic1 #aab1 #aae4 99,steeple-houses and ,chapels1 the ,truth preached in them by ,friends1 i4 #be1 #bg1 #db1 #de1 #dg1 #dh1 #hj1 #hb1 #hc1 #he1 #hf1 #hi1 #ij1 #ic1 #ih1 #ii1 #aja1 #ajb #ajd1 #aje1 #ajg1 #ajh1 #aaj1 #aab1 #aac1 #aag1 #aah1 #abj1 #aba1 #abb1 #abd1 #abf1 #abh1 #acj1 #aff1 #afh1 #agi1 #bbf1 #bhe1 #chf1 #daj1 #dbe4 ,streets and ,markets1 ,truth declared in them1 i4 #dd1 #fb1 #gi1 #if1 #aji1 #abd1 #abe1 #acj1 #afg1 #cfa1 #cgc1 #cge-cgi1 #chf1 #djg1 #daj1 #eca1 ii4 #cge4 99,sufferings of ,friends1 i4 #agi1 #ahj1 #bdf1 #bdg1 #bdh1 #cja1 #cjb1 #chf1 #chg1 #ddb1 #ddc1 #dic1 #eja1 #ejc1 #ejf1 #ebj1 #eba1 #ebd1 #ecj1 #ecd1 ii4 #af1 #bd-bf1 #bi1 #cj1 #ca1 #cc1 #fi1 #gh1 #hd1 #id1 #ig1 #acj1 #acb1 #bea-bed1 #bfc1 #bhb1 #cad1 #cdh1 #cfa1 #cgd-cgh1 #dec4 ,see ,hat-honour2 ,imprisonments4 ,sufferings of ,christ1 the ,prophets1 and ,apostles were outward1 as well as inward1 i4 #fi4 ,swearing1 judicial1 proscribed1 i4 #ahi1 #bdf1 #bdg1 #bgc1 #bhj1 #eba1 #ecd1 ii4 #bc1 #bg1 #bi1 #db-ej1 #fc1 #id1 #bji1 #baf1 #bbg1 #ceg2 a ,friend acts as foreman of a jury without an oath1 i4 #aii1 see ,,hammersley1 ,,thos42 declaration offered in lieu of oath1 ii4 #bba2 ,friends dispossessed of copyhold lands1 i4 #ddf4 ,temple where ,god dwells1 what it is1 and what it is not1 i4 #h1 #ia1 #aca1 #ahb1 #bjg4 ,temptations1 how destroyed1 i4 #fa2 not to be looked at1 but the ,light which discovers them1 i4 #dcc4 8,thou0 and 8,thee10 to a single person enjoined and practised1 i4 #ch1 #hc1 #ahe1 #eac1 ii4 #fb4 ,see ,sufferings4 ,tithes1 testified against1 i4 #ic1 #agf1 #bdh1 #cch1 #cci1 ii4 #fe1 #bfb1 #cee2 abolished under the ,gospel1 i4 #agf1 #bjj1 #cch1 #cci1 ii4 #fe2 impropriate1 given up by ,friends1 i4 #agi4 ,see ,sufferings4 ,unjust dealing testified against1 i4 #ci4 ,waiting1 recommended1 i4 #ac1 #ae1 #he1 #aab1 #ahg1 #ahh1 #aic1 #deb2 in the ,light recommended1 i4 #bdb1 #che1 #dbe1 #dcg4 99,war denied and testified against1 i4 #fh1 #gb1 #bji1 #ddh1 #dej1 #did1 ii4 #bih4 ,wisdom1 the true and the false1 distinguished1 i4 #chh2 is received in the ,light1 i4 #aib4 ,witness of ,god1 is in the heart1 i4 #bdd4 99,women's preaching defended1 i4 #i1 ii4 #dje4 ,women's meetings1 their settlement opposed1 ii4 #bjb1 #bjc1 #bdh-bej1 #cag4 ,works of the flesh and of the ,spirit1 distinguished1 i4 #ag4 ,worship1 the true declared1 i4 #ead2 the world's renounced1 i4 #cg2 of the beast and dragon1 set up in the apostacy1 i4 #cch4 ,yea and ,nay1 to be kept to1 i4 #b1 #afg1 #ahf1 ii4 #di1 #ea1 #bbg4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,transcriber's ,note ,the handling of hyphenation of compound words across line breaks is governed by the frequency with which they are hyphenated midline4 #8,steeple-house' is nearly always hyphenated in midline1 and the few outliers that were not have been corrected4 #8,steeplehouse' occurs consistently in the ,index4 ,the punctuation of the various indexes had a number of lapses1 which have been corrected with no further notice here4 ,as one can see from the list below1 the printer was not consistent in the use of the opening quote mark in long1 multi-paragraph passages4 ,there were also a number of occasions where a closing quote mark either was missing or illogically added4 ,on rarer occasions1 a single quote was employed matching a double quote 7and vice versa74 ,these have been added where missing1 removed where they were deemed spurious1 and corrected where appropriate4 ,a remark at #ajc4ae reads more logically if a nested1 single-quoted phrase 7#8whether they can swear in any other case1 as for their cow or horse2'4447 is closed after #8horse'1 rather than two lines later at #ajc4ag1 7444bear witness to the truth4'074 ,at #dbi4ab1 a close paraphrase of ,rev4 #af-ag1 is mispunctuated4 ,the passage is best #8fixed' by removing the single quote before #8wretched1 pitiful444'4 ,at #dcj4i a single quote appears to have been misplaced 7and turned74 ,so 7444tithes1 #8did4447 makes more sense as 7444tithes1' did44474 ,also amended3 #bj4ac 8,nay10 7added72 #bj4cg time40 7added72 #bc4bj 8,i 7added72 #cg4f 8_/#8,if 7replaced72 #aja4aj ,god1' 7added72 #adh4ba evil30_/' 7replaced72 #aeg4ad 8_/#8,because 7replaced72 #aei4ad 8,my 7added72 #aei4ae 8,to 7added72 #aii4bj teachers40 7added72 #bac4cj 8,the 7added72 #bac4ca #8habeas 7added72 #beh4df him40 7added72 #bhf4c 8,dear 7added72 #bhh4i style40 7removed72 #bid4ci condemnation1' 7added72 #bif4cj 8,friends 7added72 #cbc4ca all0_/' 7replaced72 #cbe4ce word4' 7removed72 #cee4bc 8,therefore1 7added72 #cdb4bf 8,my 7added72 #cfc4e all20_/' 7replaced72 #cgj4ag 8,therefore 7added72 #cgj4dd one40_/' 7replaced72 #cgc4bc 8,dear 7added72 #chd4de 8_/#8,it 7replaced72 #che4aa ashamed4' 7added72 #chg4be me0 7add--probable72 #chh4f #8_/8,who 7replaced72 #dje4bj silence4' 7added72 #dab4b 8,i read 7added72 #dad4f shop2'0 7added72 #dad4df ,god4'_/0 7replaced72 #dbe4ag #8therefore 7added72 #dde4aj land1' 7removed72 #def4be #8,the 7removed72 #dfi4bd me1' 7added72 #dhj4ba least20_/' 7replaced72 #dia4da #8,and 7added72 #die4ca 8,now 7added72 #dif4dc 8,now 7added72 #eja4c 8,as 7added72 #eja4ai 8,all 7added74 ,at #cif4aj1 the title of a #8small book'1 8,the ,saints' heavenly and spiritual worship1 unity1 and communion1 c41 wherein44401 ends after a lengthy subtitle beginning with #8wherein'4 ,the use of #8c4' could seen as an ellision of the title1 with the remaining text simply a description4 ,modern references replace the #8c4' with ellipses1 and end there4 ,at #djf4bh1 a closing quote has no opening4 ,however1 rhe entire phrase is a close paraphrase of ,joel ii4 #bh1 and the quote has been removed4 ,at #efd4ea1 an index reference for ,francis ,howgill includes page number without an indication of volume3 #8with ,g4 ,fox at ,swarthmore1 #ii1 i4 #dga'4 ,howgill is not mentioned on page #ii of either volume4 ,at #eij4ad1 the index entry for #8,sufferings' refers the reader to a topic 7#8,imprisonments'7 which does not exist4 ,at #ehj4cg1 an asterisk was added 799,vice1 ,the1 4447 to denote that one of the references is to a footnote in ,volume ,i4 ,when an index topic references footnotes1 the page number is italicized4 ,the following starred page references3 7#efj4de7 ii4 #aih1 7#efe4aj7 ii4 #aff1 7#egg4ae7 i4 #adi1 7#ehi4aa7 i4 #aga1 7#eij4i7 i4 #ecj1 refer to a page where there is no relevant footnote1 but the topic may be mentioned in the text itself4 ,at #ehi4i1 an index topic for #8,soldiers'1 includes a reference to #8,edmundson'4 ,there are two ,edmundsons1 ,john and ,william1 neither of whom are characterized as ex-soldiers1 unlike the others in the list4 ,other errors1 deemed most likely to be the printer's1 have been corrected1 and are noted here4 ,the references are to the page and line in the original4 #cf4db in his ,dictionary1 vix_/z4 ,replaced4 #eh4bc where ,i had neither ,inserted4 #ff4ad to get money out of me8_/1 ,probable4 #hg4c ,,monmouthshire4_/1 ,replaced4 #hi4ad may h_/b referred to ,replaced4 #hi4cc the friends of both4_/1 ,replaced4 #ia4bj we passed over the hills ,restored4 #ajd4be where on ,first _/-day we had ,replaced4 #adc4i he would tack about too ,added4 #bji4e ended his speee_/ch ,replaced4 #bca4b 8,we love none but ourselves4'1_/0 ,replaced4 #bei4cj had a meetit_/ng there ,replaced4 #bfj4bi was pretty large and peaceable4 ,added4 #bgb4bh ,postscript4 ,inserted4 #cad4cd that were not ,friends41 ,replaced #cbb4bc not their work1 but the angels1'_/'1 ,transposed4 #cgh4cj imprisoned at ,london4 ,added4 #chj4i ,i give thee the ther_/reshing-floor ,tranposed4 #djf4ca ,acts ii1_/4 #ag1 #ah4 ,replaced4 #dac4da exquisite ,inserted4 #dea4bj the blind1 f_/lame1 blemished1 or deformed ,replaced4 #dfh4f ,prov1_/4 viii4 #ae4 ,replaced4 #dgf4cc preserved his1 faithful to himself ,removed4 #dgg4dd where ,i am4_/1 there ye may be also ,replaced4 #dfi4cb 8_/#8,we have this treasure in earthen ,replaced4 vessels1' #ead4bd on the ,first _/-day ,replaced4 #egf4c lantern and candle as a sign1 ,added4 #eha4bc with ,g4 ,fox at ,lance_/aster ,replaced4 #ehd4cg o_/in him ,replaced4