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Rh names of the twelve apoſtles and the Lamb, which I ſhowed thee a great while ago. I was aſked again, What feeſt thou? I anſwered, a white throne; and it was replied, "The Lord hath erected a throne upon the earth, for the Lord hath ſaid he will come down, and ſee if the ſins of the land be according to the cry thereof, if not, he will know, for he is about to execute his wrath upon this land, for many ſins, particularly for breach of covenants between man and man, and between nation and nation, and perſonal covenants at his table; but eſpecially the ſolemn league and covenant, which was made in my name, for, which I will pour out my wrath ; but I have remnant which ſhall eſcape, for theſe ends, left the enemy ſhould mock and ſay to them, is this the reward of your prayers, and faſtings, and communions, and all the niceties you have obſerved, ſince it fares with you as with uſ? I have kept you ſo many years blind, that my remannt may underſtand, that it was not diſcovered by any other light. for it is gone abroad among my enemies, That an old blind man that hath lain ſo many years upon his bed, is made to diſcover all theſe ſevrets and deſigns, which makes them aſtoniſhed.

27. Feb. I. About two in the afternoon, being ſurprised with a great light: it was ſaid to me, Muſt I be accountable of my delivers to thee, ſo thou for thy receiving from me, it and before the judgement ſeat of Chriſt, and witneſs thy delivery to this generation. I know thou ſhalt omitted a great part, which thy memory could not contain, for which I do not quarrel thee. take heaven and earth to witneſſ that I am laying before thee the fail of Babylon, and men of Romiſh Antichriſt. I was ſo ſtaken with theſe words, that I made my appeal, that I would conceal nothing that he would keep upon my memory Then I was anſwered, I am preparing a ſacrifice in Babylon which will make the fowls of the air, and beaſts of the field to eat the fleſh, and drink the blood of Antichriſt, according to that pure, Rev. xvi. 1. &e For I have a remnant that will take warning, and leave her ſins, which will escape her judgements, but there is an unaccountable multitude which! I will sweep away in her deſtruction: For thoſe whom the ſword ſhall leave the