he falls into the bottomlefs pit with the beaft and false prophet. But thou, whofe eye is kept carefully fingle and attentive to the light, fhalt witnefs> thy whole body to be full of light, and fhalt journey forward fafely, until thou arriveft at that city: that needs not the light of the fun nor the moon, for the Lord God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Amen.

Fifth-day 2d. After a comfortable family vifit where one lay fick, I rode to Philadelphia, in order to attend the approaching quarterly meeting, and vifited a few families to a good degree of comfort.

Sixth-day third. I went to fee two or three families, but have felt very different from that opennefs, freedom, cheerfulness, and fatisfaction, which I felt in a good degree when here before. I thought far lefs of having fufficient time now than when I firft came; but, alas! there is fcarce any comparifon; wherever I go my load goes with me, and I cannot yet throw it off. But all tends to confirm and affure me that it is not of man, nor by man, nor yet by outward obfervation. So I wait in patience.

7th-day 4th.-I am going presently to the felect quarterly meeting. O Lord my God, be with me ; keep me low; keep me humble; keep me alfo faithful and attentive to thy divine movings, whether in filence or utterance; for I know that without thee I can do nothing rightly.-I attended the above-mentioned felect meeting, and felt great weight and exercise attend, me; but, finking down to the pure gift, I was after a little time raised up, in Truth's dominion, to ease my mind among my brethren and fifters of: this meeting, after which I was drawn forth in fupplication, and the meeting ended to folid fatisfac

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Firft-day 5th. In the forenoon I attended Market-Street meeting, and foon feeling a very weighty concern refting on my fpirit, I ftood up in the fresh openings of life, and began to express what I had in commiffion; but keeping carefully to the divine guide, I foon felt all to be shut up again, whereupon I immediately fat down, rejoicing that I was preferved from proclaiming without life, what just before was opened in the life: fo I fat quite eafy, being delivered from the great weight and exercife which I had felt, until towards the end of the meeting, and after another friend had well declared the truth among us, I again ftood up and very fully cleared my mind. I left this meeting in true joy of heart, and rejoiced in the Lord my gracious Preferver, who is learning me to depend on and attend to his buttings as well as his openings and this is the only way of fafety. In the afternoon I went to the Bank meeting, and had good open fervice, and though in a fhort, I hope comfortable testimony, to a living remnant prefent. I attended in the evening at Market-Street meeting. It is a very large house, and was now greatly crowded:-I was quite filent.

Second-day 6th. Attended the quarterly meeting for worship and difcipline. In the firft I had a fhort open teftimony, after which our friend John Storer had a good open time, to our edification and comfort. In the meeting for church difcipline, I was fhut up in filence and mourning.-There was recommended down from the yearly meeting, a renewed care and exertion for the prefervation and recovery of the young and rifing generation, who are many of them greatly departed from primitive plainnefs and fimplicity. My fpirit was bowed in fympathy and union with a few tribulated fouls, who mourn the defolation of Sion, and ufe their honeft endeavours for her restoration. One remark of dear John Storer I cannot well omit to infert

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here: He faid, in the meeting for business, that he never knew any one to grow and profper in religion, who was negligent as to the attendance of religious meetings. Now I with this folid remark, founded on impartial obfervation, may have its proper effect, to the quickening of all who heard or who may here read it, to the diligent discharge of that great and important duty.

Third-day 7th. I had good open service at the youths meeting at Market-Street houfe. It was a large folid meeting, and I laid things clofe home to negligent parents; but to the honeft, faithful labourers, as well as to the tender youth among them, the language of confolation and encouragement flowed fweetly and freely, I hope to the refreshment of fome of their fouls. In the afternoon there was a meeting for the negroes; it was not to me a very lively meeting, yet was in degree owned and favour- ed, and feveral teftimonies were borne, among which I was not wholly excused; and I believe my exercise might be of fome little ufe to the poor blacks, although I felt very weak, and Truth rofe not into much dominion; but my mind was quiet in the Lord.

Fourth-day 8th. I went to the felect quarterly meeting at Abington, and fat through the fame under great exercise, but near the clofe my way opened, and I was enabled to ditcharge myself.

Fifth-day 9th. This day came on the quarterly meeting for worship and discipline, which was large, and livingly favoured with the flowings of life in the ministry, and the labours of fome concerned brethren for the good of Sion; in the meeting for difcipline. I had good open fervice on divers important fubjects, particularly the guarded education, overfight, and nurture of our youth.

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Sixth day 10th: Attended the youths meeting; it was large and favoured with the ownings of life, and with divers living teftimonies-1 was filent and well fatisfied.

Seventh-day 11th. I got to the felect quarterly meeting at Concord, where, as at Abington, I was quite shut up, until near the end of this day's fitting of faid meeting; but life then arifing, I ftood up in the opening thereof, had great fatisfaction in my labours among them, moftly in a way of encouragement, but not without fome cautions and admonitions as things opened.

Firft-day 12th. I rode to the meeting at Birmingham, through which I fat filent and refigned. 2d-day 13th, went back to Concord to the quarterly meeting, and was therein fhut up from words through the meetings for worship and church difcipline; as alfo the next day at the youths meeting and adjournment of the felect meeting; but our friend John Storer had excellent fervice both days.

Fourth-day 15th. I was at Wilmington monthly meeting, and quite filent through the whole thereof it being a low time with me, though divers Friends feemed to be favoured.-5th-day 16th, quite filent again at Kennet monthly meeting until towards the end of their bufinefs, when I was concerned to point them to the life in the transactions of church affairs.-6th-day, 17th, I went to Bradford monthly meeting held at Caln, and fat filent, except towards the end of the last meeting. I fpake a few words of the danger of a forward miniflry. 7th-day; 18th, I attended the felect quarterly meeting at London-Grove, for the western quarter.— Here, through laborious travail in the deeps, life fo far arofe as to enable me to eafe my mind in degree.

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First-day, 19th. I was at New-Garden meeting, in which I was filent. After meeting went homewith my dear friend William Jackson, who had, a few years paft, been very acceptably in our country on a religious vifit.-2d-day, 20th, I attended the quarterly meeting at London-Grove, being ftill fhut up in filence.-3d-day, 21ft, attended the youths meeting, the adjournment of the quarterly and the select meetings, in all which I had not a word to say. Oh! I was now, and moftly for a week past, abased as in the duft-I could fee no way to go forward; nor yet could I go homeward-and though this diftreffing difpenfation is upon me while I write thefe lines, yet through the experience I have already had, my faith fails not; but I have an unfhaken confidence that all does and will work for good, and for my enlargement, in the Lord's time; but I find patience exceedingly neceffary: for thus to be fhut up a week or two weeks at a time, and feel in great degree deftitute of divine enjoyment, is very trying; and to feel it altogether out of our own power to help ourselves out of this trying state, brings the creature very low and humble; but, bleffed be the Lord, he never has failed to arife in his own time, and to deliver my foul from all trouble; and I firmly believe he will, if I keep in the patience, give the new fong of praise to his eternal.

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4th-day, 22d.-Attended their mid-week meeting at London-Grove, where my tongue, as it were, ftill clave to the roof of my mouth, while Mary Hufbands was much favoured and enabled to lift up her voice like the fong of an angel.5th-day, 23d, I went to New-Garden meeting, and was ftill clofed up in filence.-6th-day, 24th, I went to Nottingham in Maryland, with fome Friends who were appointed by the quarterly meet