(56) comeinge forth in white raiment: & a mighty meetinge
there was & is to this day: neere Sedbarr w.^ch I gathered in ye name
of Jesus
And in ye weeke day: there was a great feare for hirei[ng]
*seruants:* & I went to ye faire & declared through
ye faire ye day of ye Lorde: & after I had donne
I went Into ye steeplehouse yarde: & most of
ye people of ye faire came to mee & abundans
of preists & proffessors: & there I declared ye euerlastinge

                    Lorde & y^e                     for seuerall houres

truth of ye ʌ worde of liffe : ʌ & y^t ye Ld & X^t Jesus
was come to teach his people himselfe & to
bringe y:^m of all ye worlds ways & teachers to X^t
there way to God: & layde open all there teachers
& sett vppe ye true teacher X^t Jesus: & how they was
Judged by ye prophetts X^t & ye Apostles & to
bringe y.^m off ye temples made with hands y.^t they
y^mselues might know they was ye temples of God
& neuer a preist had powr to open h his mouth
butt at last a Capt: said why woulde I not goe
Into ye churche (& I saide vnto him I denyed there
church:) for y.^tt was not a fitt place to preache in
hee said
& there stoode vpp a seperate preacher one ffrancis Howgill
y^t had not seene mee before: & soe hee begane
to dispute with ye Captaine but hee helde his
peace: & then saide ff: H: this man speakes
with authority & not as ye scribes: & soe I
opned to ye people y^t: y^t: grounde & house was noe
& y^t house was not y^e: church; butt y^e: people w.^ch X^t is y^e: heade offe
holyor then another place: ʌ & soe after a while
y^t I had made a stand amongst ye people: ye
preists came vppe to mee & I warned y.^m to
repent. & one of y:^m saide I was madd: & soe

coming forth in white raiment; and a mighty meeting
there was and is to this day near Sedbergh which I gathered in the name
of Jesus.
And in the weekday there was a great fair for hiri[ng]
*servants;* and I went to the fair and declared through
the fair the day of the Lord; and after I had done
I went into the steeplehouse yard, and most of
the people of the faire came to me, and abundance
of priests and professors; and there I declared the everlasting
truth of the Lord and word of life for several hours,
and that the Lord and Christ Jesus
was come to teach his people himself, and to
bring them off all the world’s ways and teachers to Christ
their way to God; and laid open all their teachers
and set up the true teacher Christ Jesus; and how they was
judged by the prophets, Christ, and the Apostles; and to
bring them off the temples made with hands, that they
themselves might know they was the temples of God,
and never a priest had power to open his mouth.
But at last a Captain said, why would I not go
into the church? (and I said unto him I denied their
church), for ‘that was a fit place to preach in ’,
he said.
And there stood up a Separate preacher, one Francis Howgill,
that had not seen me before; and so he began
to dispute with the Captain, but he held his
peace. And then said Francis Howgill, 'This man speaks
with authority and not as the scribes'. And so I
opened to the people that that ground and house was no
holier than another place; and that house was not the church, but the people, which Christ is the head of; and so after a while
that I had made a stand amongst the people, the
priests came up to me, and I warned them to
repent. And one of them said I was mad; and so