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thoughts about you, but I ſhall explain myſelf to you. Both the good and the bad angels have ſtated times of rendezvous, and the principal angels, who have the charge either of towns, cities or kingdoms, not to mention particular perſons, villages and families, and all that is tranſacted in theſe ſeveral parts of the country, are there made open, and at their re-encounter on each ſide, every thing is told, as in your pariſh, in milns, kilns, and ſmithies, only with this difference, that many things falſe are talked at the living re-encounters, but nothing but what is exact truth is ſaid or told among the dead; only I muſt obſerve to you, that as I am credibly informed, ſeveral of the inferior bad angels, or ſouls of the wicked men departed, have told many things that they have done, and when a more intelligent ſpirit is ſent out upon enquiry, and the report of the former ſeeming doubtful, he brings in a contrary report, and makes it appear truth; the former fates very ill. Nevertheleſs, their regard to truth prevents it; for while they obſerve the truth, they do their buſineſs, and keep their ſtation, for God is truth.
Ogil. So much truth being among the good angels, I am apt to think that lies and falſehood will be as much in vogue among the bad,
Cool. A groſs miſtake, and it is not the alone miſtake which the living folks fall under, with reſpect to the other world, for the caſe plainly is this, an ill man will not stick at any falſehood to promote his deſign, ſo, as little will an evil foul departed, ftand at any thing that can make himſelf ſucceſsful; but in making report, he muſt tell the truth, or woe be to him; but beſides their monthly, quarterly, or yearly meetings, or whatever they be, departed ſouls acquainted, may take a trip to ſee one another yearly, weekly, daily, or oftener if they pleaſe. Thus then I anſwer your queſtion that you vas ſo much concerned about, for my information was from no leſs than three perſons, viz. Andrew Aikman, who attends Thurſton's family; Janies Corbat, who aits upon Mr Paton, for the time, who was then
