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ſaw a man as with a drawn ſword in his hand, who ſaid, I am come down to take peace from the earth and to proclaim war againſt Antichriſt, &c. by Michael and his angels with this ſword, with which I have given him one ſtroke already, And I heard another angel crying with a loud voice, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils; Rev. xiv. 8. &c. For Antichriſt hath aſſumed to himſelf a name of being Chriſt's Vicar, which is Chriſt's equal: whereas I have no equal neither will have any man have that name on earth. I will root out Antichriſt, and it ſhall be with him as with the world at the laſt day, when I ſhall diſſolve it into nothing, it ſhall never take root again, which I will ſhortly accompliſh.
30. Feb. 11. While I lay upon my bed, about two of the clock afternoon, the viſion of light appeared ſo great, that I thought there was no houſe above me, only clothes, and I heard a voice ſaying, As I am in heaven, and thou upon earth lying upon thy bed, I will give this generation a ſtroke that all the doctors on earth cannot cure. Then I apprehended a man walking by me with a ſeal in his hand, and he ſtood ſtill, and lifted up his right hand, and ſwore by him that liveth for ever and ever, That he had often foretold, but they would not believe, but mocked at all the warnings; neither wilt thou believe thyſelf; but theſe that will not believe I will tread as mire in the ſtreets, which ſhall be accompliſhed in a few years. I had alſo in clear letters laid before me, Fight and overcome, three times repeated. And another 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 to 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 leſſer light and given thee the greater inſtead thereof; I have found thee faithful in proclaiming my commiſſions, 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 a thou has diſcovered great things, I will shew thee greater things which thou shall deliver alſo.That
