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He prayes God to defend him and guide him in the Cruc Religion, reading two or three hours m the holj Bihliy after this amongft many other divine Dreams and Vifioniy he once in his fleep feemed to hear the voice e/Ge^ij faying to him,! will fave thy Soul, I am he that before appeared unto theej fince doth the Spirit every day knock at his Doorc about three or four a Clock in the morning : he rifing there appea- red a Child of faireftaturCj very comely and gave hima bookwhich hekeepeth very well, yet lettcth many fee it that can prevaile with him, this book is full of Divine things, fuchlnever red or heard of, another time his Candle did fall down upon the ground and went out, and there appeared before him fomthing about the bigneffe of a Nut, round and (hining and made a noyfe, he ftrived to cake it up, but it turned like Quick- filver, fo that he could not handle it.
Many Gentlemen have been in his Company when he hath been pulled by the coat as they have feen, but could not fee who did it, fometimeshis Gloves lying atone end of the Table have beea brought and given him, but they fee the Gloves as they thought come thcmfelves.
Another time being with fome Merchants at Din- ner, that were ftrangers to this Spirit, and were abafhed when they heard the noife, and faw no^ thing, prefcntly a Paper was given the Gentleman, he read it, and fo did others, it was that he fliould ferve God and fear nothing, for the enemies of his f* ather which hated him, (houldall furely die, and fo (hould all that fought to do him hurt, and to be alTured he named fuch a man, and faid he fhall die fuch a day, as he did 5 another (hould die fuch a day, and he diedalfo 5 the Merchants were ftrucken with
fear^
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fear, but he bid them be of good CoUrage, there, was no hurt towards them, and the better to afliir^ them of it, told the truth of all the whole mac-
ter.
Ever iince,this fpirit hath been alwaies with hint, and by fomefenfiblc lignc did ever advertife him of things, as by ftriking his right Ear^, if he did not well, ifotherwife his left 5 if any danger, he was foretold of it.
When he began to praife God in Ffaltfts^ and to declare his MervelousAfts, that he was prcfcntly raifedand ftrcngthened with a fpiritual andfuper- natural power.
That he daily beggM of God^that he would teach him his fVilly his L^w^ and hhTrtitby and that he fet one day of the week a part) for reading the Scripture 2ind Meditation^ with finging of P/tf/>»i, all the day in his Houfe 5 but that in his ordinary Converfatt- "on he is fufficiently werry, if he like his Company, and of a cheerful minde ; if he talked of any vaiti thing or indifcreetly, would offer to difcoVer any fecrec, is forbidden , or if he at any time would difcoveranyimfpiredfecrer, he was forthwith ad- moniOied thereof in his Eare ; And every morning called to prayer. Since he often goes to meet the holy company at certain times, and they make re^ folution of all their Aftions.
He gives Almesfecretly, and the more Almes he beftowes, the more profperous he is, he dares not commit any known fault, this Gentleman hath by the providence of God beendircfted through manV Eminent dangers, even thofe that fought his Lift
died.
At another time when he was in very great dan* der, upon the afcendent comming to the body of
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