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will riſe againſt the houſe of Jeroboam with the ſword He ſaid, "I will tell you good news, our Lord will take a feather out of Antichriſt's wing, which ſhall bring down the Duke of York, and baniſh him out of theſe kingdoms, and will remove the bloody ſword from above the heads of his people: And there will never a man of the name of Stewart ſit upon the throne of Britain after the Duke of York, whoſe reign is now ſhort, for their lechery, treachery, tyranny, and ſhedding the precious blood of the Lord's people: But, oh! black, black, black, will the day be that will come upon Ireland, that they ſhall travail forty miles, and not ſee a reeking houſe, nor hear a cock crow." At this he ſtarted up to his feet, and clapt his hands, and with a raviſhing voice cried aloud, "Glory, glory, to the Lord, that has accepted a bloody ſacrifice of a ſealed teſtimony off Scotland's hand; we have a bloody clout to hold up, the lads that got the bullets thro' their heads the laſt day at Glentrol, their blood has made the clout redder. When our Lord looks upon the bloody clout, he will keep the ſword of his avenging juſtice in the ſheath for a time, but if Scotland ſhall not conſider the merciful day of their viſitation, nor his long ſuffering, patience, and forbearance lead them to repentance, as we fear it will not, but harden them in their ſin, and the greater part turn goſpel-proof and judgment-proof, and wax worſe and worſe, then will the Lord accompliſh all that he has threatened, well-deſerved, foreſeen, and foretold day of vengeance, when he begins he will alſo make an end, eſpecially againſt the houſe of Eli, for the iniquity which they cannot but know." When ended, he, and thoſe that were with him, lay down in the ſheep houſe, and got ſome ſleep: He roſe early, and went up to the burn ſide, and ſtayed long when he came unto then, he did ſing the xxxii. Pſalm,
