Lucretia Clare, one of extraordinary piety and meekness, my particular acquaintance, received the gift of exhortation at the age of sixteen or seventeen: she made admirable discourses to the assemblies. Having a long time laboured in God's vineyard, she had a command by inspiration to withdraw to Geneva. She was convoyed thither in safety by Divine Providence, through a sea of dangers, where she died three years after, to the great affliction of all that knew her. But her end was so glorious and happy, that those who lamented her could not, however, but testify a joy for the endless felicity of that select servant of God.

Durand Fage declared, on the 25th of January, 1706-7, at London, and signed the same.

BEING born at Aubais in Languedoc, before I left that country, which was in anno 1705, I saw many infants under agitations, and speaking by inspiration; of whom the youngest, I remember distinctly, was a girl of five years old, in the village of St. Maurice, near Yousy.

In the month of July 1702, was the first religious meeting I was at, which was held in a field near St. Laurence de Gouse, by night, wherein

were many lights. A girl of eleven years old, who could not read, and on all other occasions was a sheepish child, was seized there with inspiration, having some little agitations of body, and especially of the breast. It surprised and affected me to see with what freedom and boldness she spoke, with a shrill and loud voice; saying first," Fall down, ye people of God! prostrate yourselves humbly before him; and let our trust be in the name of the Lord!" Continuing, then, a pretty long prayer, and afterwards an exhortation, that lasted about threequarters of an hour, speaking good French, as I am certain this little girl could not do of herself, no more than she could have spoken those admirable good things that came from her. Those among us who had the gift properly of exhortation had not their speech interrupted with gulpings, as others, except only in the beginnings of their discourses; after that there was such a readiness of utterance, it was easily discernible that their mouth was but the organ of a superior power. This poor girl was the child of one Dumas, of the village of Manably: she had been put into the prison by her own father, because of her inspirations; whence she escaped, and hid herself at St. Laurence de Gouse, which was almost all Protestants, that hid her from house to house, and maintained her.

The Visions of Christ. Kotterus, compiled by Johannes Comenius, (printed 1664), concerning the ruin of the Roman empire, and destruction of Babylon.

On the 11th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1616, there first of all appeared an angel in the shape of a man to Kotterus, as he was going forth, and said unto him, "Friend, stay a little ; I must deliver something to you, which you must declare to the ecclesiastical and civil magistrates." Kotterus being amazed at this summons, and knowing not what to say, the angel proceeded, and told him, that the anger of God was kindled against mankind, and that in fury he hastened to inflict punishment on them, unless they repented; and above all things he would punish them for their pride and impurity, and for the contempt of God, and of his word. Having spoke these words, the angel vanished from his sight; but five days afterwards he appeared to him again, and repeated the same things; adding,

The lion of the tribe of Judah shall roar against the whore of Babylon. Behold she is now falling, but is not yet fallen, but presently shall fall. O thou cold, thou thirsty, and presumptuous city! it is not the height nor the

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strength of thy walls shall defend thee; but they shall fall with thee. O, thou cold and deceitful city, who thinkest thou standest sure! behold the time is coming when thou shalt totter, and thy horrid lies, and false perverting of the scriptures, and thy great impurities, shall come to light; for the scripture shall discover thy spiritual fornication.

O you kings, you princes, and potentates, who do flatter her, and drink the wine of her impurities, and partake of the cup of her blasphemies, you are all like unto her that leads you on, hypocrites! brothers by name, but the eclipsers of the truth of God. Behold, the dry and withered tree of the east begins to shoot forth her leaves, and her blushing knots; but the tree of the north doth stand unmoved.

Behold, the lion* of the north begins to rouse himself, and two other of the same colour do follow him, who will pluck up that tree in the south, root and branch. O that thou hadst known the day of thy visitation! but glory be to him, who alone worketh wonders.

The spirit, on the next day returning, repeated the same words; and added, Those hundred and forty-seven weeks are three weeks of the year of jubilee, in which a great mystery is compre

* This, in Daut's Prophecy, is declared to be a Charles of Sweden.

hended, and pertaineth only to those that are extraordinarily illuminated; but be not thou inquisitive after it, but look only to those things. which are commanded thee.

After a little silence, the angel proceeded, O Babylon! fair but painted, and destitute of a true foundation; false is thy doctrine, false thy life, and evil thy works. Two and forty months shall quickly now be expired; and the three days, with half a day, shall come to an end; and the spirit of life shall return into those, whom thou, O wicked Babylon, hast murdered; and the five months of thy judgments will quickly be accomplished.

Go into Paradise, and behold the disobedience of Adam; consider and behold the wicked works of the old world, who refused to submit themselves to the government of the spirit of God; examine the scriptures, and behold Sodom, Pharaoh, and Jerusalem; and you shall find that far greater sins are now committed against God. Adam died, the old world was overwhelmed in the flood, and others were punished for their iniquities: and shall not God now strike Rome? Consider what Daniel, Christ, and John, spake of these times, that such a tribulation should come, as was never in the world before. It hath been told you, that God will punish with fire, sword, and pestilence; and it hath been told you, that in the last days there will be a great