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when I put the Prophecy of the Bishop's death in his hand, after disputing with me for some time, concerning the smallness of it and its being trifling, he asked me again, why I did not prove my Writings? I told him I could not, unless the clergy would come forward. He said, if you cannot get them, get others; getsix Jews and six Gentiles; I do not care who you get, as long as you bring forward your Writing, and I will meet with any. I told him if I acted deceitfully, I must be the greatest impostor upon earth. He answered, in Mrs.Taylor's presence, do not mention an impostor; for you are not a bit of an impostor, nor do not act like one. I then put the events of another year in his hands. When I told him Mr. Leach said my writings were from the devil, he said do not mention the devil, there is not in your writings a word that I have seen likely to come from the devil; and when I went and told him Sir-Egerton Leigh said they came from the devil, he laughed at him for a fool, and said, "Is this the great Sir Egerton Leigh? is this the man that is advertised in the newspapers? strange ideas indeed, to say your writings are from the devil!" He assured me they were not from the devil; and he came out after me, when I was going away, to beg that I would not distress my mind, but make myself easy, for my writings were never from the devil; then I knew they must be from the Lord. Another time I met him in his own church, as I had appointed to meet him there, when he stopped and talked with me, after the people were gone out; he said, "he had not one doubt, but what my writings were from the Lord, and he believed me the WONDROUS WOMAN mentioned in the Bible; and if the Lord had a work for him and me to do, in due time he would do it; but wished me to make myself easy for the present." When I told him I was going to Bristol, he, to prevent my going there, went to Chancellor Nutcombe's, and begged they

would come forward to pass their judgment; but they refused giving any. After I was in Bristol, he ordered my friends to write to me, to have me come home, and he would try to bring forward other ministers, if those that were chosen would not come forward. I returned home, when he told me to come to his house, which I did. He then asked me, "if I would stand to the letter my Brother had sent him, to give up to the judgment of twelve ?" I said, "yes, sir, to the judgment of twelve I'll give up the whole." He said," then I should give in the names to him, of those who would come, and put a cross to those who refused." I put down the twelve names, and I went to six or seven of them, and they all promised to come. Mr. Pomeroy tried the clergy, but could not bring one forward with himself. He then told me," he could not compel men; and if I would not give up to the six that would come forward, my writings must abide to be proved." I told him, I would not give up to eleven men, without the twelve, for that was the command of the LORD unto me. He said, "then the writings must abide longer;" but when he saw the Harvests of the 1799, and 1800, and I was complaining the clergy would not come forward, he blamed them equally with me; and said, "you may write for everlasting; you may talk for everlasting; you may preach for everlasting; but nothing will move them till fatal judgments come upon them."

When my Writings went out in the world, I sent to five ministers. Mr. Pomeroy ordered my Writings to be opened in the presence of witnesses, (and one of the witnesses is here present,) I was ordered to have every leaf written upon, before I had any of my writings copied off. Then I took out what was put in print, copied one part, and sent it to Mr. Pomeroy, and wrote to the five clergymen to go to Mr. Pomeroy's house, and pass their judgment upon them; but if the clergy kept silence for seven

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days, it would be fatal to me if I did not let them go out in the world; but if they met together in the seven days, and proved the writings to be not from the Lord, they s..ould not go out in the world. Mr. Pomeroy met one of the ministers and intreated him. to come to his house, and bring his uncle with him, and he would send for me, when he would shew them the writings that I had sent him; but the minister refused. Mr. Pomeroy had the writings in his hand seven days. I then told him they must go out in the world, and fatal judgments would fall upon me if they did not. Mr. Pomeroy gave the writings into my hand, and confessed he could not persuade me to run that fatal hazard. My writings went out in the world in 1801; then my Sister Carter wrote to Mr. Pomeroy, and begged he would read a letter to me that she had sent to him, as I could not read her hand-writing. Mr. Pomeroy sent for me and read her letter, she saying my Writings were from the devil. I said it was as false as her saying we should have no war in 1792, nor any dearth. He said, it was as wild random talking as Sir Egerton Leigh's; and we must wait to see the event of the Harvest, which was put in his hand. The harvest came perfect as the letter was put in his hands. Then I sent him some of the letters which the clergymen had sent me, and I told him they were coming down to prove the Writings. He said he should be very glad to see them, and prove the Writings with them. I said if they were not from the Lord, I would not let them come so far. He said do let them come down, for if it be of God, they may be the saving of the nation; if it be not of God, yon will never be convinced of it till your writings are proved; so let them come: And in my heart I was determined they should come. I then was ordered to write to them to print their letters received from me, which they did. When these Books came to Exeter, I was ordered to send one to Mr. Pome

roy; but when he found his name was in print, the jealousy of his honour alarmed his soul; he thought he should be mocked by an unbelieving world, as the disciples were mocked of old. This he could not bear; in rage he sent for me, Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Jones, to come to his house; he abused me for ingratitude, in putting his name in print; as he had told me before, he would do any thing for me, if I did not print his name. I said I should not; neither did I; but I was ordered they should print the Letters as they were sent; and I told him it was the command of the LORD. He hastily answered, it was the command of the devil, that is to print his name; and he turned me from the Sacrament. I then was strongly influenced to say, his name should be blotted out of the Book before Christmas, that they came to prove the writings; and if they were proved not of God, his name should stand blotted out for ever; but if they were proved to be of God, his name should go out after Christmas. In this manner I wrote to my friends, who began to blot out his name, as I had done; and Mr. Bruce wrote him a letter, that they were blotting out his name, by his desire. He then came to Mr. Taylor's again, and brought back the ticket for the Sacrament, and -begged Mrs. Taylor to give it to me; and said, there was no one in his church he should be more happy to give the Sacrament to than to me. I was ordered to go again; and was told before, if he returned the ticket to invite me to come, I should go. The summer before this, when he gave the tickets, he was giving exhortations to the people that came for them in the church; but when I came up, he said, "I need not tell you your duty, for you know it already." But when his name was put in print, he thought I was departing from it; but after he returned the ticket, and I had been at the Sacrament, the Christmas day, the gentlemen after came to Exeter, and I desired them to write to Mr. Pomeroy.

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The clergymen wrote accordingly, and he sent back a letter, that he should be happy to see the gentleman at his house by four o'clock the next day, if we would all promise never to put his name in print any more. I was in the house when the letter came, and told them that that request could not be complied with; but they might say they should be happy to see him upon any other terms to dispute the matter. When this answer was sent to Mr. Pomeroy, he sent his servant the next day to me, to desire me to come to his house. I went immediately to Mr. Taylor's, and desired the clergymen to go with me. The Rev. Mr. Foley and I went before. When he saw Mr. Foley with me he began to tremble, and said he did not send for the clergymen; he sent for me to come alone. I told him I did not like to come alone, but wished to clear up all before them. He then desired Mr. Foley and me to sit down, which we did. Soon after the Rev. Stanhope Bruce and the Rev. Mr. Webster knocked at the door; the servant let them in, and told him there were two more clergymen at the door. He then trembled like an aspen leaf; his legs shook under him as though he could scarce stand, and looked about him as if he would have gone through the wall; and said, "I can't see them, I can't; I am not prepared for them, I am not; I did not send for them, I only sent for you; and I did not think you would have brought thein with you." I said, I brought them to have the truth cleared up. For some time he kept the gentlemen in the passage, till shame made him ask them to come in; and said, "Do not stay in the passage, gentlemen." They then disputed from whence the Writings came. Foley and Mr. Bruce assured him they were from the Lord. He said he did not dispute it, only intreated they would not put his name in print. They said they would not put that conversation then in print, but I promised him nothing; so as they can

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