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Rh im by the name of the curſed prelate, and hath given me nother name, which they call, Fanatic. Then there apeared to me another man, of a very comely geſture, ho enquired, Who it was that ſpoke with me? I anſwerd, I cannot tell. He ſaid, I will tell thee, It is Antihriſt, who is diſpleaſed for wronging his name, and then ake thus, Praiſe be to him that rides in heaven, by his ame JAH, his name for ever and ever ſhall endure: and epeated many names which the Lord takes to himſelf: e was ſuch a ſhining geſture, as I cannot venture to exrefs. This I ſaw under the viſion of a great light.

39. That ſame night about ten o’clock, I was awaken out of ſleep, with a ſurpriſing light, as if there had been no houſe above me, but the clouds all in light; and hile I was admiring it, I heard one ſaying to me, Look bout thee, which when I did, I ſaw a great cloud comg from the ſouth, very black and great, it neither ouched the clouds above, nor the earth beneath: then e ſaid, That cloud is a combination of France, Spain, taly and Rome, for ruining Britain and Ireland, I anwered, What ſhall we do in ſuch a dark time of ſuch a reat cloud, which we are not able to reſiſt? he ſaid, Ye uſt do as a man doth that hath a ſwarn of bees which e cannot get commanded: he taketh a veſſel and caſtth water amongſt them, by which he maketh them fall the ground, and ſo they neither ſting nor wrong him, until he putteth them into the ſkape which he hath degned for them. Then I ſaid, What water can we caſt pon ſo great an army that can harm them? He anſwerd, The vengeance of almighty God: To which I anwered, Can we take the water, or command the veneance of almighty God? He replied, You muſt call to God by prayers in faith, for he keeps the cup of veneance in his own hand, and will throw it in among hem, which will make them all fall to the ground like ees, and they ſhall not move until he put them into the lace which he hath prepared for them, which is the ottomleſs pit; there they ſhall ſting his people no more: or the Lord will do with this great army, as a man cutth down his harveſt, when a storm ariſeth he regardeth ither highneſs nor foulneſs, ſo that he cutteth down