ty, I can break them all without the ſtroke of a ſword: and for as low as they think my intereſt in this land is, I will let them ſee, that I have a party that will appear againſt them, whoſe armies I will make to proſper.
36. March 22. There appeared a man walking by me, and I asked where he was going? He anſwered, Aſk a bleſſing for this land, before the ſtorm and clo⟨ud⟩ break upon it, which is juſt at the breaking. Another anſwered and ſaid, It is well done, for there will be need for it, for before the ſtorm be at an end, there ſhall be many broken planks and boards among us. And paſſing by again, he was aſked, Whither he was going? he anſwered, He was going to beg the Spirit of God to this land and miniſters, for it was withdrawn at the time. Then he paſſed by me again, and had like a piece of a broken pitcher in his hand; and being aſked what he was going to do with it, he replied, He was going to make it new again: The other anſwered, It was never known that any old broken pitcher or pot was made new! but he paſſing on, returned immediately with it whole in his hand, and ſaid, This is to let you ſee, that altho’ they ſhould break all my church to ſhivers, I can renew it again. Then it was ſaid, All that is good, but that doth not ſatisfy us, if thou return not thyſelf again, He anſwered, I will certainly return; for I will be brought back by the wreſtlings and prayers of the ſaints.
37. March 24. It was ſaid to me, I have laid before thee many ſimiles which were thought ſtrange. I will tell thee another ſtrange ſimile, concerning the men who depend on the world for their ſhelter in the enſuing ſtroke: I compare the world to an old rent mantle, which a man taketh about him, in a ſtormy day, he draws it up to cover his head, and his feet are all bare, and when he wraps his hands in it to cover himſelf before, it is riven all behind, and his back is all bare, it is ſo narrow, let him do what he will, there is more bare than covered.
38. March 26. About the middle of the day, I ſaw, in a viſion, a man of a very high ſtature and angry countenance, ſaying, That this land and people had wronged him of his name and title, which pertained to him, as ſupreme head of the church, in that they had nicknamed
