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Stone fall ſuddenly, ſo will I bring this Stroke upon the Land, in ſuch a Suddent, as if it had come out of the Clouds: But the Generation will not believe it, till it come to the very Door.

I was asked, What I ſaw more? I anſwer'd, I ſee a Throne. It was anſwered, The Lord hath erected a Throne; for the Lord hath ſaid, He will come down to ſee if the Sins of this Land be according to the Cry thereof; if it be, he will know it: For he is about to execute his Wrath upon the Land for many Sins; particularly for the Breach of Covenant between Man and Man, between Nation and Nation, and perſonal Covenants, and Covenants at my Table; but eſpecially the Solemn League and Covenant of Scotland, which was made in my Name; for the which I will pour out my Wrath upon this Land: But a Remnant ſhall eſcape, for this End, left the Enemy mock and ſay, Is this the Reward of your Prayers, and Faſtings, and Communions, and Niceties, which ye have obſerved? ſince it fares with you now, as it fares with us.

An Apparition of a Man, who ſaid, he had no great Commiſſion at the Time, only he ſaid The Devil had taken his Journey abroad, to ſtir up the Inſtruments, who were to recompliſh the deſolating Stroke. At another Time, it was laid before me. That it was a Token ofJudg-