of Israel? Now as touching intercession being made in heaven, it is plain from Revelation vi. 9-I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held ; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also, and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Here, it is plain that the petition was made in heaven, by the souls of those who had been slain for obeying the word of God; and in heaven the answer was given. Now we must consider who were slain for the word of God: many of the prophets were slain, through the unbelief of mankind, in their days; the apostles were slain for the testimony they held of the Son of God; since then the martyrs were slain, by the malice of the Romans, who set up their power to rob God of honour, that men should come to them for pardon, and not look unto him that was slain for their Salvation and Redemption; because it is written, there is no other name given under heaven, whereby a sinner can be saved, but in and through Jesus Christ; and for this faith the martyrs were slain. And let men mark what follows: when the Lord cometh to avenge their blood on them that dwell upon the earth, then all these powers must be destroyed; and at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things in earth. And now let us mark the Revelation further, and come to the 1st chapter"I am HE that liveth, and was dead; and behold I am alive for evermore: And have the keys of hell and of death: I am the first and the last: Write the things which thou seest, and the things which shall be hereafter He that overcometh and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: As the

vessel of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: Even as I received of my Father I will give him: He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment: And I will not blot his name out of the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels: I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth: Behold I come quickly: Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man, take thy crown from thee: Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go no more out: And I will write upon him the name of my God, the name of the city, which is the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, from my God; and I will write upon him my new name: As many as I love I rebuke and chastise: Be zealous therefore and repent: Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will go in to him, and sup with him, and he with ME." Now if men discern these chapters in the Revelation, they must plainly discern how the Spirit is speaking of the church triumphant in heaven, and the church militant here on earth; and these two churches must be united together, in one heart, one mind, and one spirit, to give honour to God, and to the Lamb that sitteth upon the throne for ever and ever; and unto them power is to be given to destroy the enemies of God and the Lamb. But this power I do not look upon as being with the Sword of War; I look upon this as the Sword of the Spirit, that the Lord will answer the petitions and their prayers, to the destruction of evil, that God may be all in all; that all the earth may praise his name on earth below, as the saints and angels praise him in heaven. And it is plain, from the Scriptures, that intercession will be made in heaven, by the church triumphant, as well as on earth, by the church militant; therefore he that denieth the intercession of the saints in

heaven must deny the Scriptures of truth: And the saints in heaven will rejoice with those on earth, say-. ing, "We give thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned, and hast given reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." Now, from this chapter, we may plainly discern what will be said in heaven and earth, in one united spirit together; because it is said, there were great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever; and they fell upon their faces and worshipped God." So it is plain, the saints in heaven will rejoice with the saints on earth, to seethe kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our God and our Saviour says, there is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth. This proves that there is knowledge in heaven, and rejoicing in heaven, to see men turn from the evil of their ways, that they may be converted and brought to God: and we may hear from Dives, how he lamented the fatal end of his brethren; and he wished to make intercession for them after his death, though he never tried to make intercession for himself in his life, as he had no knowledge of what his evil would bring him to, before he came to the place of torment. Therefore as these knowledges come after death so greatly to saint and sinner, which is only seen but through a veil before, but then they see face to face; we have nothing to marvel at of man's making intercession with saints in glory before the Lord, of what his soul eagerly longed for; and though the veil had darkened his eyes, yet death broke off that veil and if the Beast alluded to a Lion, and the Lion made intercession with the Saints to the LAMB

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there cannot be a clearer Scripture than that is explained to me.

Now I shall come to the singular manner how this happened of Mr. Bruce, and the Rev. Stanhope Bruce his Father, who was the first that wrote to me, after my books went out in the world, and he wrote in a strength of faith, truly convinced that the calling was God; after that the son joined in strength of faith with his father and the other believers, who had written to me. As soon as my writings were gone out into the world, I was ordered to mark the ministers who wrote to me; for they were the men chosen of God to join the twelve to prove my writings; now as three ministers and four others had written in a singular manner, and Mr. Bruce was one of them, with his father, I was ordered to write to these men, to come at the end of the year and judge of the writings; then we must observe that Mr. Basil Bruce was to come, with his father and the other five; after I had written to him, you must observe the vision, which he sent me, that he thought an angel approached him in human shape with dignity aud grace, and instantly infused a degree of extacy and confidence, as he saith"Through my whole fra ne, beyond the power of language to express: I felt as it were transported from misery to felicity, from earth to heaven; the angel assured me, in terms the most distinct and forcible, that the wickedness, presumption, and apostacy of mankind had reached the highest heavens ; and that the long suspended wrath of God was now pouring forth upon the earth."

Here we see his vision, in what manner he thought the angel conversed with him, and what a change he thought was in him, to be transported from earth to heaven. In answer to his coming to judge of my writings, he saith, "I joyfully accept the arduous station to which it hath pleased God to call me, prostrating myself before the Throne of Grace, im

ploring with all humility his Spirit to direct my trembling steps, and guide my weak judgment. Oh, that I may be wise, and have my lamp trimmed! for I know that the midnight hour approacheth, when there will be a sudden cry, Behold the Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him: trusting in confidence in the love of God to clothe me in a wedding garment, that I may go up rejoicing to the marriage feast!" Here he wrote as though influenced by the Spirit that shewed him the vision; as though he should be transported from earth to heaven, to be a clear judge; and he further adds, that his prayer is to God to free the woman, and cast all on Satan's head, that arch enemy of the human race. His vision and letters were of a singular nature, when we consider the end, that when the time was near at hand, for him to come with his father and others, to judge of the writings, here on earth, that he should be prevented coming by death; for as soon as he began to waver in his faith, and was sinking, like Peter, we have every reason to believe his vision was fulfilled: and in a singular manner came the whole, as Mr. Bruce wrote to me, just before the time was arrived, that they were to come to Exeter, that Mr. Wilson wished to come with them. I was ordered to return this answer, that if Mr. Wilson wished to come he should; but then one of the others would fall; for there would be no more than seven come. Soon after receiving this letter, Mr. Basil Bruce began to fall in faith, and was immediately taken ill, so Mr. Wilson came in his stead to make up the seven; two days after they had been at Exeter, the Rev. Stanhope Bruce received a letter that his son died the night they left London; and as the ministers at Exeter, to whom I had been writing, refused to come forward with them to judge of the writings, I was ordered not to have the seals broken at that time; but all my writings to be given into their hands, to be judged at a future time, in