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 ſimile was given me, of two buſhes growing ſo cloſe together, that the one could not be diſcerned from the other, until they were cut down and drawn aſunder.
19. Upon ſabbath about cock crewing, I was awakened out of ſleep with a ſharp rebuke, thus, How often ſhall I rebuke thee, for concealing the deſolating ſtroke coming upon the land, which I laid before thee ſo often, for which thou haft 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 diſcorered to them what I laid 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 my 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 to me, I know the reaſon thou art ſo loth to tell my rebukes, it is becauſe of reports and country talk, for I hear it is the report of ſome, that what thou ſpake it was wrong; but this generation fhall know whether it was right or wrong ſpoken, but thou muttered it as men do gear thief-ſtolen, which durſt not be avowed, but remember, Him that confeſſeth me before men, him will I confeſs before my Father who 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.
21. Jan. 13. At night, being awake, I was inſtantly caſt into a deep ſleep, and it was ſaid unto me, I have caſt thee into a trance to diſcover things unto thee; and
