⟨an⟩d had ſteel harneſſing from head to foot, he replied, ⟨th⟩is is to tell you that he is a man able for all that op⟨po⟩ſe him, and needs neither hilt nor bar, to cut down ⟨th⟩is generation and ſave a remnant, Then I anſwered I ⟨ca⟩nnot ſee how a man, with ſuch a ſword, and in ſuch ⟨a⟩ rage as he ſeems to be, can ſave a remnant, to which ⟨it⟩ was replied, I will let thee ſee that preſently, then I ⟨ſa⟩w at a diſtance from me as it had been a company of ⟨m⟩en, and he ſaid there is a company of men, and the man ⟨wi⟩th the ſword had one ſon in the company, upon which ⟨I⟩ ſaw the man begin and cut down the company with ⟨th⟩e ſword, and none eſcaped till he came to his own ſon, ⟨an⟩d as he was fetching a ſtroke at him he did not run ⟨a⟩way nor deſiſt, but graſped him in his arms, and cried, ⟨B⟩e merciful father, I am your own ſon, and when he ⟨he⟩ard the voice of his ſon, he let the ſword fall till the ⟨po⟩int ſtuck in the ground and never touched him, then ⟨I⟩ heard as if the one had ſaid to the other? How can ⟨w⟩e believe ſuch warnings as theſe ſpoken by ſuch a man, when it is reported by men of great ſkill that he is out ⟨of⟩ order and of a light brain? The other anſwered, I ⟨am⟩ the root and offspring of David, the bright morning ⟨ſt⟩ar, I hold the ſeven ſtars in my right hand, who dare ⟨ſa⟩y unto me what doeſt thou? And when I have a warn⟨i⟩ng to give I chooſe whom I pleaſe to give forth my ⟨w⟩arning, if my warnings bear not my ſeal, and be not ⟨r⟩ecording to my word, they quarrel it, but they are not ⟨co⟩ncerned with the commiſſioner, what condition he be ⟨in⟩, that is nothing to you, and you have no more an⟨ſw⟩er to expect from me at this time.
48. Upon Friday following, I was warned by a voice, ⟨th⟩at he was preparing a ſacrifice in the Iſlands of Britain ⟨an⟩d Ireland, particularly in the Highlands of Scotland, ⟨th⟩en I heard one ſaying, O that this generation, both ⟨m⟩en and women, would believe this and lay it to heart, ⟨w⟩hat a time this will be when they ſhall be awakened ⟨ou⟩t of their ſleep, and poſſibly ſee nothing but their ⟨ne⟩ighbours houſes all in a flame if not their own. This ⟨I⟩ have laid before you in the name of the Lord.
49. In 1736, in the viſion of light, I thought I was ⟨in⟩ a pleaſant field, and there appeared unto me a man
