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Rh and forward, treading upon the higheſt places; And as I live faith the Lord, the houſe of Eli ſhall not eſcape, i.e. The great one ſhall not be paſt for their greatneſs, nor the poor for his poverty, and that for the following reaſons. The great ones were concerned in the making of theſe covenants, and the poor alſo; and it ſhall be found that the great, ones were concerned in breaking of them, and the poor likewiſe, and both were concerned in the blood of thoſe, who teſtified againſt them breaking and burning of theſe covenants.

7 I was at another time allowed to proclaim a commiſſion, withal ſaying, there were miniſters in the place, and a ſet of judicious men and Chriſtians, who were more fit than I, who is both blind and lame: to which I was anſwered as it were wihh an angry countenance, I have laid thee there for ſeven years on that bed, for that end I have kept thee, which thou wilt not believe; and if thou continue in refuſing, I will ſhow thee examples both from scripture and experience, that I have done to ſuch as would not believe Then came to my remembrance, what he that done to the unbelieving lord at the gate of Samaria. Then be preſented the commiſſion to me, go and proclaim a ſacrifice in Bozrah which will come upon the land of dumea, which is thee, O' wretched Scotland For I will call the fowls of the air and the beaſts of the fill to eat the flesh of kings, of captains, and of great ones, who have ſhed the blood of my ſervants, that testified againſt the breaking of theſe covenants, for I am wounded in my members by this generation, and nothing will heal that wound but a plaiter of the blood of theſe that wounded same; which plaiſter I am about to make up ſhortly.

8. And at another time I perceived a great army, betwixt Girvan and Ayr, ail in black, and obſerved a moving to wards the land. Again I perceived another army of foot, that came and took up their ground, and they ſtood, each of them upon their own ground: and as I was muſter ing and looking with great concern upon them, I ſaw one all in white, who ſaid, let that not trouble thee, I will build thee a ſure houſe, better than that of ſons and daughters, faith the Lord. Then I heard another saying unto