faid, he had nothing to object against; but as to the Sacrament, as he called it, because little or nothing had been faid about it, therefore he concluded, we either denied or difufed it; or words to the fame purport. Then I ftood up, and faid, I did not remember that the word Sacrament was in all the Bible; but, I faid, I fuppofe he meant the bread and wine; he answered, he did; I asked him, whether he was of the fame mind the Epifcopal church was of; if not of the fame mind, he might Say fo; for they fay, the bread and wine is an outward and visible fign of an inward and spiritual grace, &c. what faid he to it: he was fome time filent; then I afked him, How long he thought that fign was to continue: He replied, To the end of the world. I anfwered, He did not read in all the Bible, that the Lord had appointed any figure or fign but what was to end in the fubftance, which is to be witnessed and enjoyed in this world, and not put off only to the end or conclufion thereof, as his argument feemed to declare, by his urging, that the fign of that divine fubftance must remain till the end of this world. I asked him, what he could anfwer to that he turned off with only faying, I was too great a fcholar for him, and fo he would not meddle with me. He then was filent, and there being many people, I had a fine opportunity to open to the tender-hearted, and friends prefent, how that was at best but a fign, which the people eat and drank outwardly, in remem brance of Chrift's death until he came, but that I could now prove plenteously from the New Teftament,

that the fubftance, the grace, was come, and urged many proofs out of the Scriptures to the fame purpose: and when I had done, what I had faid fo reached a good-like old man, a Prefbyterian, that he confessed, with tears, he had heard much faid upon that subject, but had never heard it so opened before; and faid, he believed I was in the right. The meeting broke up in a good frame, and friends much rejoiced that truth came over all, and the contentious man was silenced: and when the meeting was over, the goodly old man took me to the door, and asked me, what a man should do in cafe of a folemn league and covenant, he being entered into it: I told him, I needed not to direct him, for he had that in himself which would few him what he should do; for if one should make an agreement or covenant with hell and death, in the time of ignorance and darkness, and now the true light difcovered it to be fo; the fame light which difcovered and manifested it to be wrong, as he was faithful to the fame, would few him how and when to break it, and every other wrong thing; to which light I recommended him, and bid him take heed to it; which, he faid, he hoped he should; and fo I left him with tears on his cheeks, and paffed on.

I omitted one thing which happened in that part of New-England near New York and Long Island, although I was twice backward and forward, yet to be brief in my travels through those countries, intended to make one account ferve, viz. As I was speaking in a meet

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ing, there came a great damp over my fpirit, and in that time came into the meeting feveral men, occafioned by a topping and great man in the world, who had given them an expectation that they fhould hear how he would oppofe the Quakers; but in a fhort time truth rose, and friends generally heard a man fay to this difputant, Why do you not speak? He hushed him with faying, The man is upon the subject which I intend to oppose them with. After fome time the man was put upon again to speak to me, with a Why do you not speak? We heard him say, The man has opened the thing fo as I never heard it before, and I have nothing to fay and to his own, and the wonder of his neighbours, he sat down upon a feat near the door and wept tenderly; fo it was a good time to him, and many more, for the Lord's mighty power was amongst us. And in my return from my journey in the east parts of New England, the fame great man defired me to condescend to have a meeting at his houfe; and after due confideration and approbation of friends, who defired it might be fo, when they knew it was his request, a meeting was appointed, and I heard there were likely to be at it a great many of the higher fort of Prefbyterians of his neighbourhood.

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every thing, fo that I could not find wherein any thing could be amended; and a heavenly meeting it was, without any oppofition; and at the breaking up of the meeting, this tender man, whose heart was broken and opened by the power of truth, faid audibly, His heart and houfe were open to receive me, and fuch as me, let all fay what they would to the contrary. But what the fubject matter was at the first meeting when he came in, I forgot; it was enough that we remembered we had a good and heavenly meeting, and were truly thankful for the fame to him who was the author thereof.

I and fome other friends being in our paffage by water in a veffel bound for Rhode Island, and meeting with high and contrary winds, we' put into a creek some miles distant from Rhode Island, and defired the people to procure us 'fome horfes to ride on, and we would pay them any thing that was reasonable, but hoped they would not make a prey of us, for we were ftrangers, and they ought to do to us as they would be done by, if they were in a strange land, as we were'; and there came up to us a goodly old man, and asked us, what people we were, if we were not Quakers: I told him, we were in fcorn fo called, but we did not much mind names, for there was but little in them. He was a brifk talking man, and faid, There was a man here lately that faid he was à Quaker, and borrowed a horse, and when he was gone fome miles from this place,

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he offered to fell the borse: I know not, said the man, but you are fuch. I returned this anfwer to the reflection; That was a great proof that we were an honest and reputable people where we were known, he might affure himself of that; for when a man is so wicked, as to become a notorious cheat, he will cover himself under the best name he can think of, otherwife he might have faid he was a Baptift, or a Prefbyterian, or an Epifcopalian, and defired you to lend him an horfe; but you mind not thefe names, neither doth the wicked man think he can pass fo well under any of thefe laft, but under the firft; and the reason of it I leave thee to judge. : The old man afked no more questions, but ufed his endeavours to get us horses, and a man and horse to go with us, to have the horses back again, and we were well mounted; but before we fet forward, the old man took me to his house and was very courteous to me, for though we had spoke for fome victuals in as fhort a time as well might be, he invited me to drink, and brought of his apples and beer, which he would have my friends to partake of, for, he said, (and we found it true) it was but a poor inn; I think there was no liquor at it but brandy or rum, and water... ...The old man and I parted very lovingly, and I gave him a piece of money to fhew my gratitude for his civility and good service to us. The people looked upon us as fome great wonder, for I heard one fay, Are these Quakers? well, faid he, they look like other people. How we had been represented, and by whom, it is

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