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ment, but it was in such a beautiful manner that I cannot describe either; it was not broad stone, but more like marble pavement. I thought I was -going along admiring the pavement and the light, when all on a sudden a hail-storm came, and I turned about to go to a house, but in an instant was taken up in the air, and carried along through the storm. I thought the hail came very fast, and I did nor feel the least inconvenience from it.

At last, I was brought to a shed, and carried in under the shed, and let down inside of some pallisades ; I fell upon my face, and thought a little wet dirt came just at my breast, which I thought I should be able to rub off when I was taken out; so I lay contented waiting for the guide to come for me again, which he did, and took me out and carried me through the air to the most beautiful places I ever saw. At last, I perceived myself as it were, sitting in a man's lap, who was in regimentals; both his arms were clasped round me, and he held me fast with both hands. I thought I longed to look at his face, but could not In this manner I thought we were both carried through the air; and at last I thought something jerked me, and I awoke and found myself in my bed, perfectly happy, heavenly, and chearful; and I seemed to feel perfectly well in health.

THE ANSWER OF THE SPIRIT.
"Now this Dream to thee I'll answer,
Of the LIGHT that did appear

In the street where thou wert walking,
Pav'd with every beauty there.
Now from the Dream I shall explain
The Light that thou didst see,
Backward and forward to appear,
In sparkling light to be.

Now from the light behold this sight,
Backward thy Life all trace,

And then thou`lt see like diamonds bright,

It is thy GOD OF GRACE

Has carried thee through thy life of woe,

When darkness there was seen,
Because the other side appcar'd

Unto thee dark and dim.

So in the dark thou wanderest first
In sorrow, grief, and woe,

But now the LIGHT to thee shall burst,

And in it thou shalt go

The hail may come to fall on man,

As it did on the corn ";

But I shall raise thee by My HAND,
And nothing thee shall harm;
But in the shed, where thou wert laid,
The dirt may be at first,
Because by ignorance may be said,

That thou thyself hast cast,
For to declare a lover here

Was of a married man ;

And in that house thou didst repair

To stay by my command.

This thing they'll blame, this thing they'll shame,

The harden'd sons of men;

And harlots bere may now appear

Thy virtue to condemn;

Because they'll say another way→→
"We'd leave the house with speed;
"Herself she surely did betray

"To make a harlot bleed.

"Her virtue there we can't see clear
"In such a house to dwell,

"Where nought but harlots in it were;

"The words must come from hell,
"That bid her stay, we plain do see
This many now will cry;
Therefore my judge and jury's fix'd
To judge the cause of thee.
And from the light behold the sight,
That did to thee appear,
Backward and forward bid them look
To make my Bible clear.
I did ordain this very thing,

And bid thee there to go,
And in the house I bid thee stay,
Though 'twas in grief and woe;
To shew you clear the chapter there,
The prophet that is penn'd,
From hell his wonders ever were,

And there they all must end.

But now from thee, let all men see

The chapter so is plac'd,

The Lamb's Wife must appear to be

Against all hell to burst:

"

Therefore the man thou didst condemn,

Had I not kept thee there,

This alludes to an extraordinary hail-storm, that fell about Malton Moor, in Yorkshire, on the 5th of July, 1804. The hailstones were as large as marbles, and the impetuosity so great, that in two minutes the ground was covered four inches thick. It was accompanied with much thunder and lightning, and the corn within its extensive range was quite destroyed.

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Thou never could'st against him come
To make all mysteries clear;

То

prove to man the time is come
My Bible to fulfil.

For there you see they both do stand,
Now judge things as you will;
The Wife is first, and so she's plac'd,
And there thou first didst go,
And know the sorrows thou exprest
When Wills fill'd thee with woe.
Thou would'st not stay, thou oft didst say,
'Twas 1 that kept thee there:
So in the dirt thou'rt thrown by ME,
If men do mock thee here:
Because 'twas I who dwell on high
Did every step ordain,

To shew the love in Wills did lie,
So like the sons of men.

Like him they love, like him they prove→→→

Pretend to love MY NAME.

But now I'm come to cast the man,
The shadow I'll begin:

The shadow first in man did burst,
And the false prophet there,

As it of Sanders now is plac'd,
Then see my Bible clear:

The Beast with he in hell must be;
Then how can men dispute?

It is to make my Bible clear,

How I shall strike the root.

The shadow first from thee did burst,
With Sanders to begin;

The substance next I now have fix'd

With Satan I shall end.

So from you three the shadow see,
The World I'll place as one;
Because like Wills ten thousands be,
And turn their love to scorn,
By harlots here, that do appear
To take the Devil's part;
For so their malice doth appear,
Till they bring on the sinart.
I tell thee strong upon this land
The hailstones fast will break,
And all their houses on the sand
I tell them now will sink.

Like Marshall here my Shepherds are,
To let them to go on,

Because the truth they will not clear,
To stop the rising storm.

So Wills's wife brought on the strife,
And perjury follow'd there;

Because they judg'd there was no God
In judgment to appear,

That judgment strong is coming on,
And that they'll surely find;

The day to Wills will soon be known,
Then let him see his wife,.

That he carress'd and he so bless'd,
In vice for to appear,

And of his own, when conscience gone,
Let him look back with fear,
And say, "in hell must I now dwell,
"If I do not repent?

Like a trembling jailor let me fall
"Before the pit is shut

To keep me in, in hell to burn

My back's not iron here,

Nor yet of brass my sinews strong,
"In hell for to appear."

So now let him in grief begin,
If he will shun my dart:

And let his wife in sorrow mourn,

If she will shun the smart,
In hell to lie and there to cry,
When all do come too late.
I tell them hasty to repent,
Before the door is shut.

Their honour here they cannot clear;
'Tis well known they have none-
But as I sent thee to the house,
My mercies shall be shewn,
If they'll repent, and now relent,
Of all that they have done;
But if they'll not I'll tell their lot,
Their ruin's hastening on.

So I'll end here, and say no more→
The Type of Wills does stand,
Just as your nation do appear,
For so is all your land."

Now I shall answer thee in plain words of Wills's pretended love to thee, or his real love to thee, as I know the heart of the man. Once it was a real, and a true Christian love-Just so are thousands in the world professing their love to ME, as Wills did to thee; some I know to be real, and some I know to be deceit. But now I am come to strike at the root of all evil, as thou goest to strike the branch in Sanderson; there, their love is turned like Wills's. For they that pretend to love ME fost, now persecute ME most; because they are stirred up by the devil, as Wills was by his wife; and they think they are bound in wedlock to remain with the world, the flesh, and the devil; and they are persecuting of

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ME for putting that evil from them, as Wills persecuted thee for putting Sanderson from him, or telling his crimes that he might do it-So. I compare Wills with the Christian world, that boast of the great love they have for ME; but now I have put them to the trial of their love, they are persecuting ME, as Wills persecuted thee. The adulterous world that persecute thee, is perfectly like Wills's wife, that would sooner have Satan remain than sin to be destroyed So now they may go with their master whom they so highly prize; for I shall now cut off both root and branch, and they may enjoy themselves together. If they think there is pleasure in sin, they shall go where there is nothing else but sin; and let them all own with shame and confusion of face, they have got their deserts. But, unto them that fear MY NAME, and are longing for the KINGDOM of CHRIST to be established, on them shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in HIS WINGS; and they shall grow up as calves in the stall; and tread down the wicked as ashes under their feet: For now I say, with Jehu, "Who is on my side? who? who is it?" These that fear the Lord speak often one to another, that the Lord listened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written and they shall be mine in the day that I make up my jewels; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son, that serveth him; for these are they whom my Bible affirmeth to save That shall say, what hath the Lord said, and what hath he spoken concerning us? These are the people that shall rejoice in the God of their salvation, and shall say with joy, "This is the LORD, we have waited for HIM. And their wailing shall not be in bain in the LORD.

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