John Audland's blasphemous letter to George Fox, spelt and pointed according to the original, which is referred to, and partly quoted, sect. viii. p. 122.
DEARE and presious one in whome my life is bound up and my strenth in thee stands, by thy breathings I am nurished and refreshed: and by thee my strenth is renewed: blessed art thow for Ever more: and blessed are all they that Enjoy thee: life and strenth comes from thee holy one: and thow art the blessed of the lord for Ever more, dear dear reach unto mee, that I may be strenthened, to stand in the mighty power and dread of the lord, for the sarvisse is very great, my travell and burthen was never, soe as now since I saw thee: but dayly doe I find thy Presence with me, which doth exceeding Preserve mee; for I cannot reane but in thy presence and power: pray for me that I may stand in thy dread for Ever more: deare my deare brother John Cam hath been Exceeding sicke and he is very weake I can say little of his recovery as yet his wife is with him she is deare and pre ciously keept; their deare love is to thee, oh reach through all in thy mighty power to him this bearer can declare to thee of the work this way: Jo. Wilkinson and Jo. Storey is heare, their love is dearly to thee: deare harte there is one thinge that lies upon me: I shall lay it before thee: as tuching thy comeing into Wiltshire: I was there at Justice Stoks house: and his famaley is all prety loveing and convinced: and he is a sober wise man and there is honesty in him which will stand: and there is a pretey people that way: it hath laid Exceed ingly upon me these 3 days of thy beeing at that place: I know not such another place in all the counterey: for thee: dear: I was much wounded to know that thow was in such a rude place and suffers soe amongst them: and this was I moved to lay before thee: and great is my disere that it may be soe: the place is about 20 miles from brestol in wiltshire one mile from chipenam a markete towne Justice: stocks house, Jo: Cam tould me that the Justice he was with was a very Loving and prety man: this bearer was there he can declare to thee more: but oh that thou weare but at that place I mention: it is free and suteable for frends coming to thee: it lies much upon mee: and if thow find moveings strike over thither I shall say no more of it: the worke is great heare away pray for us all that in thy Power we may abide for Evermore: I am thyme begoten and nurished by thee and in thy Power am I preserved glory unto thee holy one for ever:
John Audland.
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