in white ſhining raiment, ſaying unto me, What ſeeſ⟨t⟩ thou? I anſwered, A buſh full of branches and bloſſom⟨s.⟩ Then he bade me draw near, and lo! in a moment it all withered and decayed, except the heart of the buſh⟨:⟩ I ſtood ſtill till the buſh was cut down by the root a⟨s⟩ with a ſcythe, at which I wept ſore. But, in a little time I behold a buſh ſpring up out of the heart of the ſtock, far more beautiful and glorious than the fir⟨ſt,⟩ then I aſked him the meaning, he anſwered, The fir⟨ſt⟩ buſh thou ſaweſt is the preſent degenerated apoſtatize⟨d⟩ church of Scotland, which I will ſweep away in min⟨e⟩ anger; and whereas thou ſaweſt a buſh ſpring up fro⟨m⟩ the root of the former buſh, this is the remnant that ⟨I⟩ have reſerved to myſelf in the deſolating ſtroke which ſhall be the ſeed of my church, whoſe purity, beauty and glory ſhall be ſo great, that the very hills and mountains ſhall ring with the report thereof. Amen.
I Earneſtly deſire all who ſhall either hear of, or ſhal⟨l⟩ have occaſion to read what has been diſcovered to me, an⟨d⟩ I, in obedience to the command given me, have communicated to others from firſt to laſt, according as it is revealed i⟨n⟩ theſe few pages. That they receive them not as the produ⟨ct⟩ of my own contrivance, or invention from lightneſs of brai⟨n⟩ or melancholy, as ſome have taken the liberty to forge; fo⟨r⟩ I declare, That notwithſtanding of my blindness for ſo long a time, I am ripe in my memory and judgement, and I am fully aſſured of the way they were delivered unto me. ⟨I⟩ atteſt that I received them with ſuch power as I cannot expreſs; and that I do not offer to impoſe upon the preſen⟨t⟩ generation, I dare appeal with confidence unto God, ⟨to⟩ whom I muſt shortly give an account of my receivings an⟨d⟩ diſcoveries, and not to any man.
GLASGOW, Printed by J. & M. ROBERTSON.
Saltmarket, 1799.
