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lips for this end, that thou may accompliſh the commiſſion I have delivered unto thee; declare thou to this generation, That they ſhall look to the ſouth, and ſee the Spaniſh army great and very cruel; for they ſhall do according to that ſcripture, Amos v. The city that goes out by a thouſand ſhall leave a hundred, and the city that goes out by a hundred ſhall leave ten to the houſe of Iſrael, with the Lord; yet notwithſtanding, I will cauſe my remnant in this land to bathe their ſwords in the blood of Antichriſt. I ſaw in a viſion, that Chriſt’s church muſt go into the furnace, and there be purged, for he will have a pure church, or no church at all, for he will have his church purged from all the defiling errors and ſuperſtitous hereſies which he hath been often brought under by Antichriſtian prelates, for he will have his church and ſpouſe a chaſte bride unto him. Then I ſaw a man coming unto me with a crown in his hand, who ſaid, This is the crown which Chriſt’s church ſhould receive on the day of her eſpouſals unto him, becauſe Antichriſt hath enlarged hell with the ſouls of thoſe whom he hath drawn away with his ſuperſtitious idolatry, I will take unto me my great power and reign, and throw him into the lake of fire, which burneth with fire and brimſtone.

35. March 21. I ſaw a man paſſing by me, who aſked What I ſaw in his hand? I ſaid a crown. Immediately he returned the ſame way, and I ſaw ſomething in his other hand, but could not underſtand what it was, whereupon he anſwered, You have an old tradition in your native land, That the righteous heir to the crown, is commonly known by the ſtar on his ſide, ſo this in my hand is the ſtar thereby I am known to be Heir of my Father’s crown. There is an antichriſtian party, who deſign to rob my Father of his kingdom in this land, and I am my Father’s only Son, the Son of his love, and who hath holden forth to the world; and who is more obliged to ſtand for the intereſt than the Heir? They have defamed my ſpouſe and bride, by calling her a menſtruous woman with whom none may converſe, and who is obliged to own the bride, but the bridegroom? As I live, I will ride my horſe to the girths in the blood of Antichriſt. For as great as their army is, which is combining among the Antichriſtian par-