Mr. Joseph Baker then Preacher in Worcester (a man of unquestionable Prudence and Credit, now with Christ) told me all that I have said of this Woman, and that she had not been at Church of a long time before, and was passing along the Streets, and was suddenly moved to go in to the Church at Lecture time; and that she was struck as aforesaid at the hearing of the Text, and before Sermon was done could hardly forbear crying out in Church; and that she had on the conceit of their strictness fallen in among the Quakers; and been often at their meetings; but hearing them speak against Scriptures and Ministers was troubled, and thought that they spake that which her experience would not suffer her to consent to: and that she was like in these perplexities to fall into great Melancholy, and her body also to be weakened by the troubles of her mind, and that through his motion or persuasion she was desirous to speak with me: I had no reason to deny belief to him: When I came next to his house the Gentle-woman came to me, and he and she together repeated the substance of all this again, and she spake not a syllable against it: And speaking a few words to dissuade her from the Quakers in haste, I never saw her more: The said Mr. Baker told me after of all her sad and Melancholy ⟨p. 181⟩abstinence and weakness, and of Mr. Browne and Mr. Jordane's frequency with her; And shortly after showed me the Book, with Mr. Browns Epistle to it, and told me that which they now thus quarrel with, that Mr. Browne was one of the publishers of it, and was for the doctrine in it. Though I discerned by the Book that she her self was taken with that point. These things I long heard affirmed and confirmed, and never contradicted till this day, and now you hear that the Timing of Mr. Browns Opinion and endeavours, is all that they can say any thing against themselves. And thus much I thought meet to say against their rash occasions on this by-occasion.
Mr. Joseph Baker then Preacher in Worcester (a man of unquestionable Prudence and Credit, now with Christ) told me all that I have said of this Woman, and that she had not been at Church of a long time before, and was passing along the Streets, and was suddenly moved to go in to the Church at Lecture time; and that she was struck as aforesaid at the hearing of the Text, and before Sermon was done could hardly forbear crying out in Church; and that she had on the conceit of their strictness faln in among the Quakers; and been often at their meetings; but hearing them speak against Scriptures and Ministers was troubled, and thought that they spake that which her experience would not suffer her to consent to: and that she was like in these perplexities to fall into great Melancholy, and her body also to be weakened by the troubles of her mind, and that through his motion or perswasion she was desirous to speak with me: I had no reason to deny belief to him: When I came next to his house the Gentle-woman came to me, and he and she together repeated the substance of all this again, and she spake not a syllable against it: And speaking a few words to disswade her from the Quakers in haste, I never saw her more: The said Mr. Baker told me after of all her sad and Melancholy ⟨p. 181⟩abstinence and weakness, and of Mr. Browne and Mr. Jordanes frequency with her; And shortly after shewed me the Book, with Mr. Brownes Epistle to it, and told me that which they now thus quarrel with, that Mr. Browne was one of the publishers of it, and was for the doctrine in it. Though I discerned by the Book that she her self was taken with that point. These things I long heard affirmed and confirmed, and never contradicted till this day, and now you hear that the Timeing of Mr. Brownes Opinion and endeavours, is all that they can say any thing against themselves. And thus much I thought meet to say against their rash occasions on this by-occasion.
