Page:Strange and remarkable prophecies and predictions of the holy, learned and excellent James Usher, late Archbishop of Armaugh (sic).pdf/8

 to me at the time before-mentioned, not long before his Death, and which I writ down, that ſo great and notable a Prediction might not be loſt and forgotten by myſelf nor others.

This gracious Man repeated the ſame Things in Subſtance to his only Daughter the Lady Ty, and that with many Tears, and much about the ſame Time that he had expreſt what is aforeſaid to me; and which the Lady Tyrril aſſured me of with her own Mouth, to this Purpoſe:

That, opening the Door of his Chamber, ſhe found him with his Eyes lift up to Heaven, and the Tears running apace down his Cheeks; and that he ſeemed to be in an Extaſy, wherein be continued for about Half an Hour, not taking the leaſt Notice of her, tho' ſhe came into the Room: But at laſt, turning to her, he told her, That his Thoughts had been taken up about the Miſeries and PerſcutionsPerſecutions [sic] that were coming upon the Churches of Chriſt, which would be ſo ſharp and bitter, that the contemplation of them had fetched Tears from his Eyes; and that he hoped he ſhould not live to ſee it, but poſſibly ſhe might, for it was even at the Door: Therefore take heed (ſays he) that you be not found ſleeping.

The ſame Things he alſo repeated to the Lady Biſſe Wife to the preſent Lord Chief Baron of Ireland; but with adding this Circumſtance, That, if they brought back the King, it might be delayed a little longer: But (ſaid he) it will ſurely come, therefore be ſure to look that ye be not found unprepared for it.

To conclude in the Words of Dr. Bernard, ſpeaking of this excellent Perſon; "Now, howſoever I am as far from heeding of Prophecies this Way as any, yet with me it is not improbable, that ſo great a Prophet, ſo ſanctified from his Youth, ſo knowing and eminent throughout the univerſal Church, might have at ſome ſpecial Times more than ordinary Motions and Impulſes in doing the Watchman's Part, of giving Warning of Judgments approaching."