faith, they have faſtened their grips ſo that they will not let me go, for the cry of their prayers hath come up before me, and outreacheth the cry of their ſins for which I will make the voice of the prayers of my remnant to be heard in ſuch acclamations of joy, as Shall make the very earth rebound and echo, and the delivery ſo cloſe after the ſtroke, as can hardly be diſcovered, a Smile was given me, of two buſhes growing to cloſe together, that the one could not be diſerent from the other, unil they were cut down and drawn aſunder.
19. Upon Sabbath, about cock-crowing, I was awakened out of ſleep with a ſharp rebuke, thus, how often rebuke thee for concealing the deſolating stroke coming upon the land, which I ſaid before thee ſo often, for which thou haſt brought thyſelf very near that word, he that denieth me before men, him will I deny before my Father which is in heaven: yet I own thee to be faithful, particularly the laſt morning when I ſent two men to thy houſe, thou diſcovered to them what I ſaid before thee; that they may know that it came from me; I own that my remnant have taken hold of me by prayer, that they will not let me go, for which mý remnant will be so great in the land, that houſes to dwell in, or a piece of land will be as ill to get as it is at this day. At the ſame time it was ſaid unto me, I know the reaſon thou art ſo doth to tell my rebuke, it is becauſe of reports and country talk, for I hear it is the report of ſome, that what thou speakest was wrong: but this generation ſhall know whether it was right or wrong ſpoken, but thou muttered it as men do gear thief. stolen, which durst not be avoided, but remember, him that confeſſeth me before men, him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven, and therefore lay forth my commission before the world, let them take it as they will
20. As I ſaid to thee long ago, there was not ſuch a year ſince that when King Uzziah died, as ſhall fall out at This time, and in a few years, which is to let you know that time is my own. No man is to know it further than I pleaſe. I will ſhew particular ſigns to the world of that year coming, but ye ſhall not know when they come, nor the nature of them for they ſhall ſpeak for themſelveſ when they come.
