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 for Gods rod is already tooke up, with which God will hortly lah thoe that do not acknowledge his voyce. There are more things for me to write unto you, but eeing my elfe knowes not how to write, I mut have repect unto others whom I doe imploy, and o briefly do conclude. When I hall peak with you face to face, I hall ditinctly unfold all things: in the mean while the grace of our Lord God be with us all. Amen.

2. This Epitle being read, and they looking upon it as being of an unuual Stile, there went to him (but accee was denyed to all others) the Pator of the place, and trange Jeuites, conferring with him face to face, and endeavoured to diwade him from his purpoe: but he remitting any thing of his contancy, did confee, that he was indeed a Lay man, and had no learning: but yet whatoever hee did preach or afterwards hould preach, hee had it not from himelfe, but from the Holy Spirit. For o it is, aid he, as lately I hauehave [sic] written, and often I have aid, that I (after that my abominable fall) did peake a whole yeare in weeping, but at length the Lord Jeus had mercy upon mee, hewed mee his wounds, with which the wound of my concience in a moment was cured, and hee gave mee alo the revelation of the Holy Spirit, and commanded that I hould declare unto others the grace hewed to me, and export them to repentance; which