don't think to come off fo, for you difown or deny that 1698. Book. I told her, She was mistaken; and afked, Who told ber fo? Why, faid fhe, our Minifter in bis Pulpit. I replied, That it was a great Abuse upon us, for I bad been trained up from my Childhood in the Reading and Belief of the Scriptures, and my Father and Mother were Friends (that is, Quakers.) She willing to try me further, faid, Did your Father and Mother fuffer you to read the Bible when you were a little Roy? Yes, faid I, and gave me Correction when I was not fo willing to read therein as they would have me. Then, faid the, Our Minister has bely'd you; and fince you fay fo, if it please God, I will go and bear you. She went with us to Meeting; and after it was over (going Home) one afked her, How he would anfwer it to their Minister, for going to Meeting. She replied, It was a Truth fhe had beard, and he would ftand by it through the Grace of Chrift, and need not be afbamed of it (though we are of ourselves but poor weak Creatures.) This Woman was fober and religious, and one of good Report. By the foregoing we may fee how Slanders flow from fome Pulpits; the more is the Shame and Pity! We went on, and preached the Gospel of our Lord Jefus Chrift in that Ability he gave us, with which the People were affected, and would have had us tarried longer, but we could not (although they much importuned us) because we had appointed a Meeting at Oyster River. After we had had several Meetings about Pifcataway and Dover, we went to Hampton, where we had Meetings; and at Hampton. Salisbury we had a large open Meeting, as it was fuppos'd, of about three Hundred People (which was at this Time accounted a great Concourfe of People thereabouts ;) alfo at Jamaica and Haverill we had Meetings, and from thence went to Salem and Lynn again, where we had good Service for Truth, and then to Boston, and had a Meeting at the Meeting-house, and Boften. another at a Friends Houfe in the Evening, at which there Dover. fet. Connecti 1698. there were many People. From Boston I went to vifit Friends about Cape-Cod, till I came again to RhodeIsland. By the Way I met with Aaron Atkinson, who was on a Vifit to Friends in New-England. I had feveral good Opportunities, and powerful Meetings, in those Parts, and Truth wrought a Tenderness in divers at Rhode-Ifland. The Prefence of him, who faid, Where two or three are met in my Name, there am I in the midst of them, being fenfibly witneffed by many; for he was with us of a Truth. From thence I went Narragan round the Narraganset Country, and had Meetings at feveral Places, and was accompanied by John Rodman and William Beackly, thro' Connecticut to Long-Ifland, which is accounted two Hundred Miles. We had one Meeting by the Way, in which Chrift was preached to them, as he is the Light of the World, at a Place where we were told there never was a Friend's Meeting before. I came to Long-Ifland about two Weeks before the General Meeting, and vifited Friends in feveral Places on this Ifland, as at Hampstead, Jerufalem, Jerico, and Bethpage, where there were large Meetings, and much Opennefs among the People, and fome were convinced. We had a Meeting at a Place called Matinicock, where I met with fome of the People called Ranters, who difturbed our Meeting. I may fay as the Apostle Paul (only altering Ephefus to Matinicok) that I fought with Beafts there; and thence I travelled to New-York, where we had two Meetings; from thence we went to the Jerfeys, and there we had several serviceable Meetings that were large; and fo to Penfylva Penfylvania, where there are many very large Meetings of Friends, and the Lord is with his People there, and profpereth them fpiritually and temporally. Here I met with my dear Friend, William Ellis. From Philadelphia, Richard Gove (of that City) and I travelled to Maryland, and vifited Friends on the WeftVirginia. ern Shore, and from thence to Virginia. In Virginia, near James's River, I met with an aged Friend whofe 'Long Iland. New Ferfeys. wa. Name Name was William Porter. He was ninety-two Years 1698. of Age, and had then a Daughter two Years old *. We had several Meetings there amongst Friends and others, many being well fatisfied concerning the Truth, and spoke well of it. And after we had had feveral good and open Meetings in Virginia, we found ourselves clear of America, and in order for our Paffage, we agreed with our Friend F. Johnson, on board the Elizabeth and Mary, to carry us for England. On the 11th of the first Month 1698-9, we were accompanied on board by feveral Friends, who abode 1698-9. with us all Night; and the next Day, being the first Day of the Week, we had a little comfortable Meeting, and then parted in much Love, having the Evidence of the Power of the Almighty with us. We waited for a fair Wind until the 20th of the aforefaid Month, and left the Capes of Virginia that Day, and at Night we got our Ship into a failing Pofture; and I was glad in my Spirit, that I was fetting my Face towards my native Land; and more glad that I was returning with Peace in my Bofom. Oh! the Power and Prefence of him who faid, Go teach all Nations, was sweet to my Soul at that Time, and now in fome Measure I enjoy'd the Fruits of my having laboured in that Ability God had given me. Glory to God, thro' Chrift, who is worthy for ever! The Pretence of God was with us on the great Ocean, and we were ftrengthened through his Goodness wonderfully. We C had * Some Years after I faw him, and he was weeding Indian Corn with a Hoe. He was then about 106 Years of Age, and had apwards of feventy Children, Grand-Children, and Great-GrandChildren. We were divers Friends of us to fee him, and he preached to us a fhort, but very affecting Sermon, which was (as near as I remember) Verbatim thus," Friends, you are come to fee me in the Love of God. God is Love, and those that dwell in "God, dwell in Love. I thank God, I feel his Divine Life every Day and every Night." He lived to fee his above mentoned Daughter married, and died, aged 107 Years. At Sea: 1699. had several good Meetings on board our Ship, and were opened (in the Love of God) to the poor Seamen very largely. When we launched forth into the Deep, we were feveral Ships in Company; but we had been but a little Time at Sea, before we loft Sight of them all. Several Ships paffed by us about a Week after we fail'd; and about this Time we faw a very large Whale, who lifted himself part out of the Water with his Mouth open, which looked like the Entrance of a large Cave: We likewise saw feveral other large Sea Fish, fuch as Grampuffes, Sharks, &c. All which fhew forth the wondrous Works of the Great Creator of all Things. Elizabeth Webb and Elizabeth Lloyd went over with us in this Veffel, both virtuous Women. About two Weeks the Winds were mostly fair for us, in which Time we got finely on our Way; but for above a Week afterwards the Winds were moftly contrary, and the Ship had a great Motion, which caufed fome of us to be Sea-fick, especially Elizabeth Lloyd +(who was but weakly.) One Night our Sailors thought that an Enemy or Pyrate was near us, who fired two Guns, and fo paffed by us, but it being Night, we could not certainly know what fhe was. I rather judged it might be fome Ship in Diftrefs, for we faw one of the Ships that Evening that came out with us, and the next Morning we could fee none at all, and there was hardly any Wind that Night, fo I feared that our Companion had fprung a Leak and founder'd; and when I told our Mafter my Opinion, he faid, he feared the fame likewife. Now for two Weeks Time, or thereabouts, we beat about the Sea, and made little Progrefs. She was the Daughter of Thomas Lloyd, late Deputy-Governor of Penfylvania. She lived and died a virtuous Woman⚫i and, I think, generally beloved by all who were acquainted with her. When the died the was the Wife of Daniel Zachary, Merchant at Bofton, New-England, well known, and much belovec. there, for his Piety and Virtue. grefs. Howbeit we had feveral good Meetings, where 1741. in we gave Glory to God our Saviour; and for ever let it afcend, faith my Soul, to him over all! After At Sea. contrary Winds, about two Weeks, the Wind sprung up Wefterly, and was fair for feveral Days; in which Time we got finely on our Way again, and left the Western Islands about two Days Sail behind us; and then the Wind was contrary again. Contrary Winds are commonly tedious at Sea (but especially to thofe that know not where to stay their Minds) but we being feveral Friends of us on board that were Paffengers, had oftentimes good Meetings feveral Times a Week; and if any of our Ship's Company came to Meeting, they always were fober, and fometimes tender; and truly, God's Love was extended towards them. And when it was not our Meeting Days, we spent not our Time idly, but for the moft Part in Reading the holy Scriptures, and Writing, &c. in which we were at fundry Seasons greatly refreshed, ftrengthened, and comforted. O my Soul! glorify God thy Maker, and Chrift thy Saviour for ever, in the Senfe of his Goodnefs and Mercy, both by Sea and Land, by Night and by Day! After we had been almost seven Weeks at Sea, we thought that we were near the Land, but we founded feveral Days, and found no Bottom, altho' we let out Abundance of Line, I think above 300 Yards. About this Time our Doctor dreamed a Dream, which was to this Effect, himself relating it to me: He faid, "He dreamed that he went on Shore at a "great and fpacious Town, the Buildings whereof were high, and the Streets broad; and as he went "up the Street he faw a large Sign, on which was writ"ten in great golden Letters SHAME. At the Door of the House (to which the Sign belonged) ftood a Woman with a Can in her Hand, who faid unto him, Doctor, will you drink? He reply'd, with "all my Heart, I have not drank any Thing but C 2 "Water |