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favoured me so far as to fee it accomplished; fo that I 1735. now wholly intended to leave trading by Sea, the which I never inclined to, only on a Principle of Juftice; for I was fully refolved in my Mind, that my Creditors fhould be paid their juft Debts, though I might lofe my Life in the Purfuit of it, about which I had no anxious Guilt, becaufe I never was extravagant nor indolent, but met with divers Cafualties by Fire and Water; by the latter I loft many Hundreds of Pounds for feveral Years together; and I would perfuade all in their Undertaking for a Livelihood in this World, to be fure to have an Eye to divine Providence, who will not fuffer us (if we do well) nor fo much as a Sparrow to fall to the Ground, without he think it beft for us, he knowing what is for our Good better than we know ourselves. Thus when I had paid my Debts, and in a good Degree fettled my Affairs, I vifited feveral of my Relations, as at Kingfworth, Stains, Guildford, &c. had a Meeting at Market-Street, and one at Guildford, another at Stains, and one at Longford; in all which I had fome Service, and my Re lations were joyful to fee me once more, having never expected to fee me again; and when I had vifited Meetings in and about London, I went towards the North, in order to vifit fome Places where I had never been, and fome that I had been at. The Number of Meetings, and the Names of the Places where I had Meetings (while I was this Time in England) are as follows: While I was in and about London, I was at eighteen Meetings in that great City, at two of which I was with May Drummond, a virtuous young Woman, who hath a good Gift in the Miniftry, and had a gracious Opportunity of declaring her Convincement to our noble Queen Carolina (our great King George's royal Confort.) The kind Treatment, and good Reception, he had with the Queen, fpread fo in City and Country, that many Thousands Rocked to hear her, and more of the Gentry and Nobility, than ever was T known

1735. known before, to our Meetings. I had some private Converfation with her, which put me in mind of the Apostle's Exhortation, where he advifeth the primitive Chriftians, that their Words be few and favoury, and that they should be feafoned with Grace, for this great Reason, that they might adminifter Grace to the Hearers; and truly I thought there was the Influence of Grace in her Conduct and Converfation, whom I pray God to preserve in Christ to the End.

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I had a Meeting at the House of my Brother with Edmonton. his Scholars at Edmonton, and alfo with his Family and divers of our Relations, which fome of us may have Occafion to Remember. We had feven Meetings at Tottenham, Tottenham, at fundry times, and four at Hartford; I Hartford. travelled to Hitching, from thence to Baldock, and then Baldock, to Stadtfold, and Abwell. The 7th of the Eighth Month (being the third Day of the Week) to Royston, 4th to Ives, 5th to Huntington, 6th to Ramsey. First Day, being the 12th of the Month, we had a Meeting at a fmall Town named Finding, and the fame Welling Day, in the Evening, had a large Meeting at Wellinborough. Northamp borough, in Northamptonshire. The 14th, being 3d Day of the Week, we had a Meeting at Northampton, 4th Day at Braybrook, 5th Day at Okeham, in the County Town of Rutland, 6th Day at Long-Clackfon; and first Notting Day, being the 19th of the Month, I was at a large and ham. open Meeting at Nottingham, where were many PeoMansfield, ple, not of our Society, who were very fober; 3d Day Chefer- had a Meeting at Fairnsfield, 4th Day at Mansfield, Stockport. 5th at Chesterfield, in Derbyshire; from whence we went

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over the Moors and Mountains, Benjamin Bangs, the younger, accompanying me, who came on purpose from Stockport to be my Companion and Guide thither: His Company was both pleafant and profitable to me in that Hill Country, thro' which we travelled to Stockport, where we had three Meetings, and where I met with my dear, worthy old Friend, Benjamin Bangs when we met, we embraced each other in Arms of Christian

Christian Love, having not feen one another for many 1735. Years, with whom I ftay'd four Days. This worthy Friend, though upwards of Fourfcore Years of Age, went with me to Manchester, where we had two Meetings, and then I went back with him to his House. He was a Man of extraordinary Character, and well beloved, he being a Pillar in the Church of Chrift.

When at Manchester, I went to vifit a Friend newly cut for the Stone, who had a Stone taken out of him, the Measure of which I faw, and had the Stone in my Hand; it was nine Inches about, and three Inches over. Before I went out of thofe Parts, he was well enough to ride home, which was near an hundrrd Miles; he was chearful as well as thankful.

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From Stockport I went to Macclesfield, to Jofeph Maceles Hobfon's, where I met with Joshua Toft, and his Bro- field. ther, two choice Minifters of Jefus Chrift, of whose Company I was glad, though at that Time I was very low and poor in my Spirit. We had two Meetings here; on the 2d of the Ninth Month, being first Day, I was at a large Meeting at Morley, and, in the Evening at the Meeting at John Leigh's, at both which Morley. Meetings there were many People, not of our Society, who were very ftill, and fome were broken into Tenderness. From Morley I went to Penketh, where we had Penketh. a large, folid Meeting, and had an Evening-meeting at Warrington, where I met with many Brethren and Warrington Sifters, who fincerely love our Lord Jefus Chrift, with whom I was refresh'd, particularly at Gilbert Thompson's, and Lawrence Calen's. From Warrington I went to Langtree, Preston and Clifton, where I had Langtree. Meetings, and fo went on to Lancaster. I went to Preton, &c. Wray, in order to vifit my old Shipmate Elizabeth Lancaster. Rawlinfon (whofe Son Hutton Rawlinfon went with me) When I came to Wray, they defired me to have a Meeting with them; and though there was little Notice, yet we had a large Meeting, divers Neighbours coming in, and Chrift was preached to them freely; this

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1735. was the 10th, in the Evening, and fecond Day of the Week. Third-day I went to Kendal, and, in the Evening, with very little Notice, we met with feveral Hundreds of People, Friends and others; it was a Surprize to me, I expecting but a few, because of the Shortnefs of Time; but I acknowledge it was a pleafant Surprize, to fee the Willingness and Readiness of the People to hear the Gospel preached. Friends here are a great People, and well beloved and esteemed by their Neighbours, and live in much Love and Unity. The fourth Day many Friends came to fee me from divers Parts, I giving them fome Notice that I defigned no farther Northward, and haft'ning to get ready to go to America, betimes in the Spring; having been from home near two Years; wherefore divers of my Friends, fome of whom who had been at Sea with me, met me here. We rejoiced to fee one another, and, after a large and good Meeting, we took a folemn Farewell, divers of us never expecting to fee each other any more.

In this Journey and Travel I endeavour to be (as much as I well could) at fuch Meetings as I had never been at before, and because I was fhort in this Vifit to my Friends, fome were not fo well pleafed; but my Call was moft to the American Shore, where I thought my Service moftly lay, and in order to return I fet my Face toward London, and expected to meet with my Friend and Brother in Chrift, Ifaac Pickerell, in Chefire, who defigned to accompany me towards the Lancaster South; wherefore I went from Kendal to Lancaster, and was at Penketh on a first Day, being the 16th of the Ninth Month, which Meeting was large and folid; after this Meeting we went to Sutton, where I met with Ifaac Fickerell; alfo with our antient Friend James Dickinson, and Chriftopher Wilson, a choice young Man, his Fellow-labourer. We had Meetings at Sutton, Newtown Newtown, Chester and Shrewsbury: James Dickinson, was about four-fcore Years of Age, and yet held out in Travels to Admiration, and was lively in preaching the

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Gofpel; He is a worthy Elder, of whofe Company I 1735. was joyful; at Shrewsbury we parted, and Ifaac and I Colebrook. went to Colebrook, where, on a Firft-day, we had a folid, Sturbridge. good Meeting; from thence we went to Sturbridge, and Bloomf after having a Meeting there, we had another at Broomf grove, and fo went on to Worcester, where we had divers Worcester. large and folemn Meetings; we lodged at John Corbin's, who was very kind to us, as alfo were his hopeful Children, and in great Love and Unity we both met and parted. From Worcester, we went to Evesham, Evesham. where we had two Meetings, and from thence to Od- Oddington dington, and had a large Evening-meeting; the People (who were mostly of other Societies) were very fober, and gave good Attention; this was the Fourth-day of the Week; Fifth day we had a Meeting at Chalbury, Chalbury. and a tender Time with a Friend very weak at Walling- Walling. ford, who expreffed his Satisfaction and Thankfulness ford. for the Vifit; his Children were very tenderly affected alfo. The good Lord, the great Phyfician of Value, was with us, and his balfamick Grace was at that Time fhed abroad in our Hearts. From Wallingford, we went to Reading, where my good Companion and Fel- Reading: low Traveller Ifaac Pickerell dwelt; we were lovingly received by our Friends; I ftay'd here and refled feveral Days, and had feveral fatisfactory Meetings with Friends, they being a large People, living much in Love and Good-will; here Samuel Thornton, of Edmonton, my Kinfman, and Ifaac Brown, my Wife's Son, came to fee me from London. From Reading, Maiden Ifaac Pickerell accompanied me to Maidenhead, and bead to Jordan's, at both which Places we had Meetings. Jordan's The Houfe and Burying ground at Jordan's, are kept in the neatest order I ever faw, in which Ground lies. the Bones of divers worthy Friends, Ifaac Penington, William Penn, Thomas Ellwood, George Bowles, and their Wives, as I remember; this Meeting is often it not mostly kept in Silence, yet feveral have been convinced there through the Grace of God, and the Power

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