believe thyſelf; but theſe that will not believe, I will ⟨t⟩read as mire in the ſtreets, which ſhall be accompliſhed ⟨i⟩n a few years. I had alſo in clear letters laid before me, Fight and overcome; three times repeated. And ⟨a⟩nother ſaid, What ſhall we do? To whom it was replied, He that will not fight, ſhall not overcome.
31. Feb. 17. Near ſun-ſetting, I was ſurprized with a great light, and while I ſat beholding it, one appeared ⟨t⟩o me, ſaying, I will tell thee the meaning of the light, ⟨it⟩ is to let the world ſee, it is not by natural light all theſe things are revealed to thee; for I have taken away the ⟨l⟩eſſer light, and given thee the greater inſtead thereof: ⟨I⟩ have found thee faithful in proclaiming my commiſ⟨ſ⟩ions, which hath been withſtood by ſome in the place; but be they great or ſmall that withſtand thee, go thou on in fulfilling the name of a commiſſioner, leſt I call thee by a more dreadful name, and as thou haſt diſcovered great things, I will ſhew thee greater things, which ⟨t⟩hou ſhalt deliver alſo. That ſame night I was awak⟨e⟩ned from my ſleep with a great light; I ſaw, as if the clouds had been open, and in a bright cloud, I heard a voice, ſaying, Glory be to our God, that is our God upon the throne, and to the Lamb which hath taken ⟨u⟩nto thee thy great power, and hath reigned, who hath ⟨j⟩udged the great whore that ſitteth on many waters, which hath made the kings of the earth drunk, with the wine of her fornication, as ſhe hath made them drunk with ⟨t⟩he cup, ſo I will make all the kingdoms of the world with the blood of her deſtruction. And I heard another ⟨ſ⟩ay, Thou haſt rightly judged her, for ſhe delighted in ⟨t⟩he blood of thy ſervants, and thou haſt given her blood ⟨t⟩o drink. Then I heard a great lamentation, mourning, and crying, to which, while I liſtened, it was ſaid, I will ⟨t⟩ell thee what that great cry meaneth, it is the deſtruction of theſe who received the mark of the beaſt on their right-⟨h⟩and and foreheads. Then there appeared to me a vaſt ⟨fi⟩eld of ſlain men, which none could number, and their ⟨b⟩lood running upon the earth. Then I ſaw as it were a ⟨t⟩hrone erected in heaven, and on it, one like unto the ⟨S⟩on of man, clothed with a garment down to his feet, ⟨a⟩nd girt about the paps with a golden girdle, ſaying, Re-
