over fome, who, though he would have gathered them, they would not; that though many fhould come from the east, west, north, and fouth, and fit down with Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of God; yet many who were qutwardly the children of the kingdom would be cast out; that those who die in their fins, where Chrift is gone, they can never come; that fome were never to have forgiveness in this world, nor in that which is to come; that fome would be punished with everlafiing deftruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; that thefe must go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal. And, finally, parting very friendly, he faid he loved us, and wifhed us well; and the company feemed very friendly; fo, taking a hearty farewell of each other, we proceeded on our way.

26th. Rode to Waterbury.-27th, had a meeting there; the people were much unfettled, and too many of them were light; a teftimony to the principle of light and life was borne among them by my companion; and I reproved them for their uncivil behaviour, and teftified the impoffibility of preaching the gofpel in man's time. 28th, we rode to our friend Elijah Steel's, in Cornwall. 29th, attended Friends meeting at Gothen, at the house of our friend Charles Richards. 1ft of 3d month, had an appointed meeting at Gofhen, at our friend Charles Richards, aforefaid; it was a precious open meeting; after which we rode to Canaan, and, 24, to Hudfon, in New York state. 4th, attended Friends meeting there. 7th, the Creek preparative meeting-it was exercifing in the fore-part; Truth reigned over all in the end. 8th, attended Nine Partners preparative meeting The searching power of Truth fet things in close order before them. 9th, took leave of feveral Friends,

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and rode towards home; which, on the 14th day 1 reached, and found all pretty well. In this journey I rode, by the account I kept, 488 miles-a painful exercifing journey it has been; but a good degree of patience was afforded us. 28th, contented in a low state, in our monthly meeting. I am yet weak, Lord help, help my foul, and give it stability.

31ft, I opened in our felect meeting a concern that had been about fourteen years ripening in my mind, to pay a religious vifit to Friends in Europe. My heart had of late been preffingly full of it, as a veffel wanting vent. Friends left me at liberty to move the matter in our monthly meeting, when I might feel the way open for it. They were feelingly dipt into a sense of the travail of my exercised foul, and Truth was prevalent. 4th month 11th, I laid before the meeting for fufferings a treatife I had written on baptifm 25th, opened my concern to make a vifit to Europe in our monthly meeting. 6th month 6th, attended the firft fitting of our yearly meeting, which continued until the 12th. It was a very comfortable yearly meeting; much unity, concord, and love, prevailed throughout. 6th month 27th, in our monthly meeting, I asked for, and obtained, a certificate to pay a finall debt, by a vifit within Salem quarterly meeting, and, 30th, fet out on faid vifit into that quarter, and rode as far as Boston, and, ift-day of the week, and 1ft of 7th month, attended meeting there-filent-the meeting small; yet I hoped Truth's teftimony was hot quite loft among them. May a revival take place, and Truth yet profper there. Rode to Lynn, and, 2d of the month, had a meeting there: the way not very open; but I laboured in weaknefs. There is a number of panting fouls in that place. 3d, had a laborious meeting at Salem; found fome relief. 4th, had a pretty open meeting

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at Newbury. 5th and 6th, was at Almsbury and Seabrook; painfully exercised in both. 7th, 8th,' and 10th, was at Dover, Berwick, and Wyndham, had a good meeting at the last place, and returned to Falmouth. 11th, attended the meeting there; it was a close, searching, laborious time. 12th, had a good, open, rejoicing meeting at Durham, and rode from thence to Bath. 13th, had a very trying meeting there; my mind was deeply fenfible, tho an entire stranger, that there was either a wolf or wolves among us, in fheep's clothing; the which gave me much and long painful, inward labour, and alfo lengthy vocal exescife. The teftimony of the word of life I felt as a flame against antichrift in the temple of God, against likeneffes in religion; forms without substance; words without life and power at length my fpirit was clear and eafy, and after meeting I was informed a man was there, who was a preacher among a people at some distance from Bath, and that he was not a religious, nor even a moral man. Thanks be unto God, who gave us the victory this day.

15th, Was at Vaffelborough; and 16th, at Fairfield, where I had a good open relieving time, having much to declare of the impoffibility of falvation in fin; and I apprehend there was a ftate prefent to whom it was applicable. 17th, rode to Green, and 18th to Falmouth. 19th, had a meeting at Portland in Falmouth, a place that used to be called Cafco-Bay, in a congregational meeting-house, a good open meeting, and in the afternoon at Friends meeting-place. 20th, rode to Berwick; and 21st, attended monthly meeting there; and, 22d, their firft-day meeting. 23d, returned to Falmouth, and, 25th, attended monthly meeting there, was favoured in opening divine truths. 26th, rode to Durham; 27th, favoured in the monthly meeting

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there. 29th, opened in Truth's doctrines at Fal mouth, being their firft-day meeting.

ift of 8th month, had a good meeting at Rochefter, among Friends and others, bleffed be the name of the Lord. 2d, had a meeting at Lee, where, among Friends and others, my mind was much relieved in a close searching teftimony. 3d, was at Epping, and 4th, at Newtown; had laborious fervice in each, but relief in the conclufion. 5th, being firft of the week, I attended the fore and afternoon meetings at Salem; and after a close searching teftimony, left the town relieved in mind, and rode to Lynn-and 6th of the month rode home-having been out about five weeks and a half in this journey, and rode about feven hundred and fifty miles; paffed through many deep, trying, and exercifing feafons; and bleffed the name of the Lord for his holy help, who, in the day of battle, gave me the victory.-9th day of the 8th month, attended our quarterly meeting; it was a favoured time. Dear John and Benjamin Reeve, from Jerfey, attended this meeting.

Having paffed the time fince my return home from the Eastern Quarter at and about home, in the attendance of meetings, and revifion of my journal, fome other writings, and preparing for my European journey, having now obtained certificates from our monthly and quarterly meetings for that purpose, placed my children to fatisfaction, and fettled my outward affairs, am this 26th day of the 11th month, about ready, and expect this day to leave home Lord, thou haft held my hand, and covered my head in many battles-be with me, I pray thee, through all; and keep me from evil. Be with iny dear motherless children; vifit them, I pray thee, by thy holy spirit; lead them in the way of refinement and felf-denial; and, finally, bring them un

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to glory.-Vifit and revifit, blefs and preferve, O Lord my God, I humbly pray thee, all my near re lations and friends; make bare thy Arm for poor New England; and, if it be thy holy will, make thyfelf more livingly known to many within her borders: and haften thy great work over the face of the earth, that nation may ceafe warring with nation, and righteousness cover the earth as water does the fea.