To this discourse of _Muggletons_, our Brother the Quaker making some angry reply, in contradicting what he had said, _Muggleton_ did for that cause presently pronounce the sentence of Damnation, alledging that he was of the Seed of the Devil. Thus, said the _Quaker_, though _Reeve_ said he was not of the Seed of the Devil; yet _Muggleton_, his fellow-Prophet, said he was, and therefore proceeded against him to damnation. Now whether he be damned or saved, judge you: And therefore, said he, I think it matters not much what he says, because they thus contradict one another. And thus we parted, and I concluded, that as it was no great matter what _Muggleton_ said or did; so there was no great heed to be taken with what was, or should be said or done by the _Quakers_: I believing and knowing that what _Muggleton_ had said of them as to their humours, and falling from _Ranting_ to _Quaking_, and such like particulars, to be true; though I believed him, and all other Factions to be alike deluded and mistaken in the general. And, continued he, though this _Muggletons_ opinions and Doctrine be thus strange, and he a very inconsiderable unlearned fellow, being by Profession a Taylor; yet he hath gained many to his belief, who give him much respect; but he takes no money of them, onely he gets his writings printed, and distributing them among his people, they pay him for them: but in the main, he works at his Trade for a lively-hood: and he hath, as well as the _Quakers_, suffered Imprisonment, but hath been released and favoured, as I have heard, by some persons of Honour, who are well-willers to him. Thus did the Drugster discourse of the Factions, and we with him did hope and conclude, that since there was no greater a growth in faction, there having been no new ones for some years last past, that it was more then probable that they would consume and moulder away of themselves. The forenoon being spent wholly in the large Narrative of the Adventures of my now fellow-Companions and Guests, and the most of the afternoon in this Discourse, it was time now to think of parting; and they being mindful of the entertainment they were to give me the next day on board of their Ship, being out of my house furnished with some necessary provisions, all parted from me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- CHAP. XXXIII. _He is treated by the Travellers on board of their Ship, where he sees the two women-Travellers: he invites and entertains them at his house; where upon enquiry and discourse, he discovers the two Women to be of his acquaintance when in_ England.