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him by the name of the curſed prelate, and hath given me another name, which they call, Fanatic. Then there appeared to me another man, of a very comely geſture, who enquired, Who it was that ſpoke with me? I anſwered, I cannot tell. He ſaid, I will tell thee, It is Antichriſt, who is diſpleaſed for wronging his name, and then ſpake thus, Praiſe be to him that rides in heaven, by his name JAH, his name for ever and ever ſhall endure: and repeated many names which the Lord takes to himſelf: he was ſuch a ſhining geſture, as I cannot venture to exprefs. This I ſaw under the viſion of a great light.

39. That ſame night about ten o’clock, I was awakened out of ſleep, with a ſurpriſing light, as if there had been no houſe above me, but the clouds all in light; and while I was admiring it, I heard one ſaying to me, Look about thee, which when I did, I ſaw a great cloud coming from the ſouth, very black and great, it neither touched the clouds above, nor the earth beneath: then he ſaid, That cloud is a combination of France, Spain, Italy and Rome, for ruining Britain and Ireland, I anſwered, What ſhall we do in ſuch a dark time of ſuch a great cloud, which we are not able to reſiſt? he ſaid, Ye muſt do as a man doth that hath a ſwarn of bees which he cannot get commanded: he taketh a veſſel and caſteth water amongſt them, by which he maketh them fall to the ground, and ſo they neither ſting nor wrong him, until he putteth them into the ſkape which he hath deſigned for them. Then I ſaid, What water can we caſt upon ſo great an army that can harm them? He anſwered, The vengeance of almighty God: To which I anſwered, Can we take the water, or command the vengeance of almighty God? He replied, You muſt call to God by prayers in faith, for he keeps the cup of vengeance in his own hand, and will throw it in among them, which will make them all fall to the ground like bees, and they ſhall not move until he put them into the place which he hath prepared for them, which is the bottomleſs pit; there they ſhall ſting his people no more: for the Lord will do with this great army, as a man cutteth down his harveſt, when a storm ariſeth he regardeth neither highneſs nor foulneſs, ſo that he cutteth down