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 how St. John attempted to fall down and worſhip the angel who ſaid ſee thou do it not, but worſhip God: Now if John was forbid worſhipping the holy angel, ſhall or can I fall down and worſhip a ſinful prieſt? 'Tis Jeſus has died and ſpilt his blood to pardon my ſins, and make an atonement, and now ſits as an interceſſor at God's right hand: God forbid therefore that I ſhould worſhip any other than the living and true God. Upon which the Romiſh prieſt ſprang from behind the curtain where he had been concealed in the greateſt heat of paſſion imaginable; it ſo affrighted me to ſee a man in ſuch a rage, that I roſe up to go out of his ſight: but it dropped into my mind that there was now an opportunity for God to diſplay his power, and that if the Lord would help me, I would now ſpeak in the vindication of his cauſe. I accordingly ſtepped back; and I really believe that the Lord aſſiſted me in diſcharging my duty at that time; yet notwithſtanding all that was ſaid he accoſted me with rough language, which it is unneceſſary here to repeat At this tine Mr Smith was ſo enraged, I ſaw he would turn me out of his houſe, I therefore went out of my own accord; and I really believe if I ever prayed to God in ny life it was then I had ſtrength from God to talk to them; my tongue ſeemed to be let looſe, and my heart was enlarged;