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The Pilgrim's Pꝛogreſs
him tell to Chriſtian the reaſon of his ſo doing, So he began, and ſaid: This night as I was in my ſleep,I Dreamed, and behold the Heavens grew exceeding black; alſo it thundred and lightned in moſt fearful wife, that it put me into an Agony. Cor. 15. 1 Theſſ 4. Jude 15. 2 Theſ 1. 8. Joh. 5. 5. 28. Rev 20. 11 12,13,14. Iſ. 26. 21. Mic 7. 7.16, 7 Pſ. 5.1,2,3. Dan 7.10 So I looked up in my Dream, and ſaw the Clouds rack at an unuſual rate; upon which I heard a great ſound of a Trumpet, and ſaw alſo Man ſit upon a Cloud, attended with the thouſands of Heaven; they were all in flaming fire, alſo, the Heavens was on a burning flame. I heard then a voice, ſaying, Ariſe ye Dead, and come to Judgement; and with that,the Rocks rent, the Graves opened, & the Dead that were therein, came forth; ſome of them were exceeding glad, and looked upward; and ſome fought to hide themſelves under the Mountains: Then I ſaw the Man that ſat upon the Cloud, open the Book; and bid the World draw near. Yet there was by reaſon of a Fiery flame that iſſued out and came from before him, a convenient diſtance betwixt him and them, as betwixt the Judge and the Priſoners at the Bar. I heard it alſo proclaimed
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