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4. me, be not a afraid of that great army, for thou ſhalt them no more. I had not moved my feet ſeven yar till I ſaw that army fall to the ground, as if they had been all ſtruck with one ſtone Then returned the viſion light, which ſaid, now I have let thee ſee that great army of 266 000 all fall to the ground.

A memorable inſtance not to be forgot, but to be a memorial of my return to the poor Church of Scotland, for his return shall yet be great in this land, for I will have more ado with Antichrist in my church, for I will give him a stroke, and the report thereof ſhall be heard thro't whole world.

9 At another time, as I was viewing the viſion of light I perceived one coming down with a great ax in his right hand, and turning himself upon a step, he set his one foot higher than the other, and the hand with the ax on his right knee, and swore with an oath by him that liveth forever and ever; yea, ere long, Britain shall know what my commission with the ax: but let' not that trouble the for thou ſhalt not see it.

10. That at another time, I heard at a great distance above me, as it had been ore making a great moan, an another ſaying, what aileth the child, to make ſuch moan? The child said, we will all be ruined, for our church is filled full of superstition, and damnable heresies it was anſwered, that reeds not trouble thee, thou has nothing to do with that, it lies at the door of ministers, let them see to that; the child anſwered, we sustain the pain and the loſs, for we will all be herried, for our church is full of thieves and robbers.

11. At another time, lying upon my bed waking, there appeared to me, the likeneſs of a woman with, a ghoſtly countenance, which palied with a great motion by my bed stock to the other fide of the house, and looking at me with an angry visage, clapping her hands together, ſeveral times at me, and I overheard her, as talking with another, and came over the ſame diſcourſe I had with another perſon that Thurſday before, and ſaid to the other, he hath made all the honeſt people that they cannot bear his name named, and others to mock and have him, in derision, which will