The Visions and Revelations of Christopher Kotterus, concerning the ruine of the Ro­man Empire, together with the Pope of Rome.

ON the 11. 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, unlesse they repented; & above all things, he will punish them for their Pride and Impurity, and for the con­tempt of God, and of his Word. Having [Page 28] spoke these words, the Angel vanished from his sight; but five days afterwards he appeared to him again, and repeated the same things.

The second Vision in the year 1619. April 14.

But Kotterus, being overcome by the counsel of some of his friends, who per­swaded him to the contrary, the Angel appeared to him again in the same form as before, and demanded of him, If he had performed what he had commanded him? Kotterus, not knowing what Answer to make, did stand like a dumb man; but the Angel lifting up his eyes to heaven, said, Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy Name O Lord give the glory. And turning to Kotte­rus, he said, Wherefore did you neglect to do as you were commāded? Kotterus his call from God to the fun­ction of a Prophet. hath not Almighty God deserved better at your hands? It is he, who hath created you, redeemed you, and sancti­fied you, and regenerated you to the hope of eternal life. It is he, who for your sake deli­vered up his own Son to death: And do you refuse to speak a word or two for his sake, & to offer up your self an Instrument for the performance of his work? I pronounce unto you, If you do it not, you shall have no quiet [Page 29] in your heart; and moreover, your name shall be blotted out of the Book of Life. Why are you afraid of Men, more light than the whi­spers of leaves blown by the wind, of whom indeed you shall receive a threefold censure? 1. Some of them shall threaten you. 2. Some of them shall admire you. And 3ly. Others shall give no regard unto you. But do you take heed that you lay not such things to your heart.

After this, the Spirit began to inform him, that the face of the present Times was partly cleer, and partly clowdy; Cleer and joyfull, because they are the Times of Grace, in which the light of the Divine Truth, hath shined upon men with so pure a splendour; Cloudy and sorrowful, be­cause men refuse to see this light, and had rather have their hearts darkned with Er­rours and Infidelity. At the last, he pro­nounced; Ʋnlesse that men do earnestly re­solve, and endeavour to amend themselves, GOD will most grievously punish them with Fire, Sword, Famine, and Pestilence. And giving his right hand to Kotterus, he admonished him to put off all Fear, for no evill should come unto him; and af­terwards he added, I will accelerate my [Page 30] word to perform it; and having said so, he vanished away. Koterus being left alone stood still at first, as being lost, in a great amazement: and presently afterwards, looking round about him, he beheld on the one side a Company cloathed in white, singing and rejoycing; and on the other side of him, a Rabble all in black, groaning and howling: and being amazed at this Vision, he made haste to his own house, and on the 9 of August, at a full meeting of the Senate of the City, he declared all these things unto them.

The third Vision, in the year, 1620. Aug. 1.

The Angel that was seen before, did appear unto him again, and demanded of him, If he had dispatched that Errand which was committed to his charge. He made answer that he had; and that he was scor­ned, and laughed at for his pains.

The Angel admonished him to proceed without fear; for he had many more things to reveal unto him, concerning not onely men of an Inferiour Condition, but the King of Bohemia himself. As first, That the Princes of the Empire should not so [Page 31] headily rush into Armes, but rather abstain from the Effusion of Blood. And that God would take the Cause into his own Hands, and revenge the quarrel, by sending a roa­ring Lyon to devour his enemies, that not any foot-step of them should remain.

Eight days afterwards he beheld a Tri­angle lifted above the Earth, and hanging in the Air, from whence he heard three Clocks like to one another in the sound, and every one of them striking eleven. At that time he understood not the mean­ing of it, which was revealed unto him on the 16 of the same moneth following, viz. That in that Triangle, or threefold Dimension, he might behold the most holy Trinity; and by the uniformity of the sound of the three Clocks, he might acknowledge the unity of the Trinity; and that the num­ber of the 11th. Hour did admonish, It was high time to rise from the sleep of sin; because it is the 11th. Hour in which the Master of the Family went forth to hire Labourers into his Vineyard, and that not long after­wards he will sit down to give the wages to his Work-men,

He proceeded; that as the Priests of the Jews, the Scribes and Pharisees were not [Page 32] converted at the miracles and passion of our Saviour; but the hearts of the Gen­tiles were penetrated, so that one of them said, Either God Himself doth suffer, or the end of the World is at hand; and ano­ther seeing him Crucified, did acknow­ledge him to be the Son of God. In the like manner, in the miracles within a short time to be wrought, especially in Ger­many, their hearts shall be neither tou­ched,The great Turk to be converted. nor turned unto God: But a great Monarch of many Kingdoms shall be con­verted; who, abandoning the darknesse of the Gentiles, shall receive the light of the Gospel Having uttered these words, he vanished.

December 1. 1620.

Kotterus having declared that which he was commanded by the Angel to the Ma­gistrates,The Exa­mination of Kotterus, before se­veral Mi­nisters and Pastors. he was referred by them to the Pastors and Ministers of the Church, who conjured him to declare unto them from whence he had these Revelations; whe­ther he had feigned them himself, or re­ceived them from some others, to disperse them abroad under the name of Visions: they advised him to consider thoroughly with himself, what, and how great things [Page 33] they were he undertook, and how horri­ble a Crime he should be guilty of, if any deceit were in it. They propounded to him, unto how great a danger he should expose his Conscience, and pull upon himself the hatred and the anger both of God and Men; and hazard not onely his own life, but the lives of his Wife and Children. He being nothing terrified, nor startled at it, made answer, that he wish­ed All Curses and Imprecations, might fall upon him, if at any time he declared any thing, but that which he had heard and seen, and was commanded to re­veal. That he never had any Revelation in his Sleeps, or Dreams; nor was there any thing feigned by him, a simple and an ignorant man; neither did he ever receive, or hear any thing from any o­ther man; but all things were exhibited to him by Voyce & Vision. But whether this Spirit be good or bad, it lyeth not in his power to discern; and therefore he desired Counsel, and Information of them, whether any thing herein be con­trary to the expresse word of GOD; but-for his part, he did believe, it was a good Spirit.

The fourth Vision, Decemb. 7. 1620.

The Words and Ad­monition of Kotte­rus to the King of Bohemia, at Wrat­tislave On the seventh of Decemb. in the same year, he was commanded by the Spirit, to go to Wrattislaue, and to addresse him­self to the King of Bohemia. Into whose presence being admitted, he acquainted him (three other Princes being then pre­sent with him) with the charge which he had from GOD to deliver to him. He concluded with these three Advices.

First, That he should make known to all his Enemies, how much his heart was in­clined to Peace: To which, if they were refractory, he told him, that God in his own time would raise up a mighty Army from the East against them; which should not be the Army of the King, but the Ar­my of GOD himself.

The second Advice was, That he dili­gently should look to his own safety, and beware of his private Enemies, who do en­deavour to take his life from him.

The third was, That he should often call to mind the Example of the Patriarch Jacob, who had two such Enemies, Laban, and Esau.The Kings answer to him. Which being heard, the King of Bohemia immediately made an­swer; I take the first for a Command, the [Page 35] second for a Caution, and the third for a Mirrour, or a Glass.

The Vision on the 10 of April, 1621.

Kotterus going out of his own House, did feel, as he thought, some hand to touch him on the right side of his Body, and to stay him. And turning his face that way, he beheld a Table triangular, of an azure colour, and three Young-men cloathed in white sitting at it, and hold­ing one another by the hand. Before every one of them was a Tree, about the height of an Ell in length, and on every Tree there was a Rose to be seen; when, behold a Lyons whelp leaping on the Ta­ble (being himself of an azure colour) taking hold of the Tree that stood to­wards the South, did so shake it, that the leaves did fall down with the Rose, and were turned into blood: But the Tree that was planted before the Young-Man in the North, did stand without the least moti­on. The Tree on the East-side did appear at the first to be dry and withered; when, behold on the sodain it did flourish, and a Rose on the bough thereof, began most pleasantly to bud.

The young-Man on the North-side, [Page 39] holding the other on the East by the hand did say unto Kotterus, Give me the fel­lowship of thy Right Hand; and, their hands being joyned together, the young Man on the East said unto him; Be you carefull to write down all these things ex­actly; for a great Mystery is contained in them, which GOD in a singular Vision will reveal unto you. As he spake these words, the Table, with the Trees, did vanish away; the three young men still remaining with Kotterus. And the young man of the North said unto him, Look upon us 3. with circumspection; for one of us shall return to thee again, and shall expound unto you the things which you have seen.

Kotterus made answer to him, Who are you? and was so amazed, that he could not speak one word more. The young Man of the North replyed, We are the Servants of the great and dreadful GOD, but a GOD that is mercifull to you, who maketh his Angels Spirits, and his Mini­sters a flame of Fire. But, do you those things which are commanded, if you will preserve the love of that great GOD. And having spoke these words, they vanished out of his sight.

The Vision on the 1. of June, 1621:

Kotterus on that morning, having ope­ned his window, behold there appeared to him one of those three young Men whom he saw before, sitting at the trian­gular Table, who said unto him, Write down what I shall declare unto thee; for I am He, who sitting before on the North-side of the Table did declare unto thee, That we were the Servants of the Great and dreadful GOD, The Angel admonish­eth Kotte­rus not to be proud of his gifts of Prophecy. but a GOD that is merciful to you. I do therefore exhort you, that you do not exalt your selfe, by reason of these Revelations that are shown unto you; nor think your selfe to be in a higher degree of Respect before GOD, above other men. For GOD respecteth not the persons of Men; but he, who believeth in him, and his Son whom he hath sent, hath everlasting life.

The Lyon of the Tribe of Judah shall roar against the Whore of Babylon. Be­hold,The Pro­phecy a­gainst Rome, for her per­verting of the Scrip­tures. she is now falling, but is not yet fallen, but presently shall fall. Oh thou cold, thou thirsty, and presumptuous City; it is not the height, nor the strength of thy walls shall defend thee, but they shall fall with thee. Oh! thou cold, and deceitful City, who thinkest thou stand­est [Page 41] 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, & 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 [Page 42] in which a great Mystery is comprehend­ed, and pertaineth only to those, that are extraordinarily illuminated; but be not thou inquisitive after it, but look onely to those things, which are commanded thee. Kotterus made answer, I shall be ready and most willing to perform all things, that are commanded me, if I were sure to be believed: for there are but very few, who in these wonders will give any credit unto me. The Spirit made answer, let not that trouble you, the wayes of God are wonderfull.

There was never any made parta­ker of the Thoughts, and the Counsels of the Highest, but they have all been con­founded, who would have examined the wisedome of God; for he is the Lord of Heaven and Earth, and doth all things according to the counsel of his own Wil: Look not thou after them, for they ex­ceed the reach of thy understanding. Cleave fast unto the Word of God, be­lieve the Scriptures, and the Prophets, and hear if thou hast ears to hear. How much (alas) do wilfull men mistake themselves, presuming on their own strength and power, and whispering to one another; [Page 43] there is no need of fear, either from the East, the North, or from the West.The words of the An­gel against the Pope and his Masse.

Behold a Ravening Wolfe hath hid himselfe in the East; and three Lions from the North, are coming with strength, and power, to visit the tyranny and the wick­ednesse of the Son of Perdition, who hath placed himselfe in his Seat, who fills both Heaven and Earth, the Man of Sin and wickednesse, the Fountain of many Ad­versities, the Master of all Corruptions in the Scripture, the Thief and Plunderer of the Honour and Glory of God; who with his own mouth hath spoke, I will not give my glory unto another, neither my worship unto Idols. And, which is worse, who poureth forth his prayers, in the intercession of Saints; and appoin­teth Vigils, good Works, and Masses, for the remission of Sins.

O you corrupt Depravers of the Scrip­tures; in which God hath revealed his Will unto you. There is no Mediator nor Intercessour, but He only, who hath declared himselfe to be so in his Word. Amen, Amen, I say unto you, whatsoever you shall aske of my Father in my Name, he shall give it you. No man, by his own [Page 44] works, hath obtained Heaven nor purcha­sed his own Salvation; which consisteth onely in the pretious Merits, and the Satisfaction of the blood of the Lamb. There is no other Mediator, by whom man may be justified; but he onely, who doth justifie all that believe on him, who doth heal them by his own wounds, and conferreth Life and Salvation both to soul and body.

Do thou adhere to this thy Lord and Saviour: first, as thy Advocate, Interces­sour, and Patron to his Father; who best knoweth thy own necessities, and can send thee a deliverance from them. Second­ly, Adhere unto him as thy Saviour and Redeemer; unto whom all the Prophets, and the Scriptures lead thee, and to no other. Trust thou in God, and rejoyce, in his goodnesse, so shalt thou overcome all temptations; especially, if thou wilt apply thy selfe unto prayer, and the hear­ing of the Word of God: for many false Prophets are gone forth, cloathed in Sheep-skins; whom before, I have descri­bed to thee; who are fraudulent perverters of the Word of God. The Angel having spoke these words, disappeared.

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 evill thy Works. Two and forty months shall quickly now be expired; and the three dayes with halfe a day shall come to an end, and the Spirit of Life shall return into those, whom thou, O wicked, Babloyn hast murdered, and the five months of thy Judgements will quickly be accomplished, and P. and D. shall fall.

Kotterus did here demand of the Angel what was the meaning of the two mystical letters, P. & D. The Angel made answer, P. is the Pope, the Spouse of the Devil, who doth his work for him, heaping Evil upon E­vil, by murders, torments, & cruelties; by Adulteries, Whoredoms, and Idolatry, Rave­ning, Intemperance, and Avarice, and by whatsoever the Devil, her own flesh and blood doth teach her: for behold the Devil walk­eth among the Christians, and the Infidels; helping on the work, as the Wife is the hel­per of her Husband: But this shall continue but for a short season.

Rejoyce therefore and be glad, you who are markt with the character of the Lamb; for behold, another P. D. is coming, but [Page 46] not yet come, and sudainly will come. P. are the horrible Plagues and punishments which suddenly wil fall on this Bridegroom and his Bride. D. is the detonating bolt of Thunder, shot from the hand of GOD, the Lightning leaping from the East, & from the North for behold, the Time, Times, and Half-time, is now almost expired, and the Tramplers shall tread all things under their feet.

Kotterus demanded of the Angel, Who are these Tramplers? To whom the Angel replyed; Besides the Devil, the supream Ad­versary of the Church, there are two others, who shall destroy, and tread down all things. One of them doth not yet know the true God, but he shal know him; for the time is at hand that he shall acknowledg the true GOD, of whom he now is ignorant; and shall accom­plish his Decree against the great Whore sit­ting on the Hills above the Sea, who is ano­ther Trampler upon, and a destroyer of the Church, whose Remembrance it come into the sight of God, to give her a cup of the ex­candescence of his Anger. He cares not for God, neither doth God care for him; for his time is almost past, and will quickly come up unto the Number of 666.

Kotterus again demanded of the Angel, And will there be so great an effusion of Blood? To whom the Angel answered, Yes, For, since Germany is so stubborn, as not to pray to the Almighty to with-draw hi [...] Rod, and heavy Hand held over it, but doth more and more provoke him; and doth so fill up the measure of her sins, that it runs over with the abundance thereof; Therefore there shall be a great Battel, and a great overthrow to the Devil and the Dragon, and a great Sup­per shall be prepared for the fowls of the air. Wo unto Caesar, the Kings, and Princes, the Counts and Barons. Woe unto the Countreys and Cities of the German Em­pire. All these things shall fall upon you; Famine, and Dearth, & War, and effusion of Blood; for, the Condemnation of the great Beast is near and certain. The Angel with the everlasting Gospel hath already flown through the middle of the Earth; Happy be they who shal receive it, nor despise this great treasure, by trampling it under their feet. The Sun of Righteousness shall shine upon them in his full light, and dispel these horri­ble Clouds without any prejudice unto them.

Kotterus interposed again; And shall the faithful be delivered from these great Judg­ments? [Page 48] The Angel answered, Rejoyce, O little Flock, thy Shepherd shall defend thee. You have in the Scriptures, most infallible promises of a certain deliverance. I shall send thee to the writings of the Prophets, and to the words of Christ and his Apostles. Be­hold, Three impure Spirits have gone forth from the mouth of the false Prophet, and the Dragon, of whom beware; and drinking of the springs of living water of Israel, suffer not thy self to be drawn into the filthy lake of Frogs, in which they will be seen onely, and heard in Summer; and croaking together, they neither regard nor fear any one.

Kotterus here began to complain unto the Angel, that no man would believe him; and that by declaring these Revelati­ons unto the world, he was fallen into great poverty, and become a scorn to all men. The Angel made answer to him, Who putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God. Thou hast found great favor in the sight of God. And he who wil be Gods servant, must be­come a reproach unto the world. Behold the time is at hand, when all these things shall be fulfilled. Do not therefore conceal these things, but be careful to perform what is commanded thee.

The Vision, August 25. 1622.

On the five and twentieth of August there appeared the two Angels to Kotte­rus, who spake thus unto him; Kotte­rus, our God observeth the same method which he did on the beginning of the world, he mortifieth before he quick­neth. Undoubtedly you have heard the great sound we have made, and there­fore we are sent as Ambassadors unto you, to inform you of more things to come. Ask what you will of us, and we will inform you. Kotterus replied, I thought I should not have seen you again, and behold I am again surprised. I receive nothing but contempt, and scorns from those to whom I make my addresses, and I conceive that there is not any one will give the least belief unto me. The Angels replied, We exhort thee to make no doubt of those things which God doth manifest by us, and our fel­low-servants. Moses made a doubt of the breaking out of the water from the hard rock, for which he was punished by God, and entred not into the promi­sed [Page 50] Land. Take heed therefore Kotterus, and provoke not the Almighty, lest some punishment fall upon thee also, by incurring the displeasure of the Al­mighty. At these words Kotterus cryed out, Lord Jesus, because I perceive that I neither can nor ought to discharge my self from this great & admirable work, I wholly commit my self to Almighty God, to whom I render all humble thanks, and implore the gift of his holy Spirit; let what will become of my life, or goods, I neither fear, nor care. The Angels said unto him, This afflicteth thee, that what befalleth doth seldom befall any man, but in a short time Eli­as and Daniel will awake from their sleeps, and John also will come forth. Kotterus said, Will Elias and Daniel, and John come again? will they be rai­sed from the dead? The Angels answe­red. It is not so carnally to be under­stood, as if they would rise from the dead, but that God would give his Spi­rit according to that measure which He only wise doth best know, even by us as his Angels and Ambassadors. Daniel understood not till the Angel expounded [Page 51] to him, no more did John till the Angel declared and revealed to him. But the world is now grown so wise, that it thinks it doth not need the Scriptures; and if we should declare unto you any other Gospel, then the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a curse would justly fall upon us, for already it hath been done, and eve­ry day it coms to pass, that by false do­ctrines and counterfeit shows, the Devil doth transform himself into an Angel of Light.

Kotterus proceeded in his discourse with the Angels, and said, They will al­ledge they have Moses & the Prophets, and therefore they will reject both you and me: to whom the Angels answered, It hath been alwayes the custom of the wicked world to despise heavenly things and to esteem things that are earthly to be heavenly; but let them despise them, the Judge of the living and the dead, who sitteth at the right hand of God, whose face we Angels perpetually do be­hold, he will come and judge, and in judgement will condemn those who do not believe in Him; we declare unto you no new doctrine, nor bring unto [Page 52] you any new God, but do refer you to the Scriptures, for there is no comfort without the fountains of Israel. Your own salvation, and the salvation of the whole world is not grounded on Ange­lical revelations N. B. but who shall preserve himself from the uncleanness and infection of sin, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, he shall be saved.

Kotterus addressed himself again unto the Angels,The time in which these won­derful things shall come to pass. and said, There is one thing more, in which I desire to be further satisfied, when & in what time all these things shal be fulfilled. The Angels made answer, When you shall perceive the Heavens and the Earth to be moved with our voices, and the voice only of two shall be heard; when the voices from the East and from the North shall sound both together, then know that all these great things shall come to pass, and follow on one another. Kotterus demanded again of the Angels, If the peace made with the Turk in the East shall still continue? I told you before, that this peace should continue but for half an hour, and afterwards shall be dissolved for ever. Behold an inunda­tion [Page 53] is rolling on, and a great tempest is coming from the North. The ravening Wolf also is coming out of his kennel in the East, who hath sharp teeth and nails, and is swift of foot: he unexpectedly will fall unexpectedly both on the shep­herd and the sheep, and who dares pro­mise security to himself?

O you Kings, you Princes and Poten­tates, the most High doth laugh at your counsels,The trea­ties for peace to come to nothing in the end. and your treaties of peace will come to nothing; for there are no means of peace for you, then was for them of Jerusalem, or for Pharaoh. Kotterus again demanded who was that ravening Wolf, and if he may not be restrained? The Angels made answer, He may with true repentance, and with fervent pray­er. God pronounceth his judgement against a Nation or Kingdom which he intends to destroy and break in pieces: but if that Nation or Kingdom shall tru­ly repent them of their evil ways, God will repent himself of the evil which he intended to bring upon them. Nineveh was to be destroyed within forty days, but the ruin of that great City was pre­vented by the penitence and amendment [Page 54] of the inhabitants. The King did humble himself, not saying as Pharaoh, Who is the Lord that I should hear his voice? and was therefore devoured by the red sea.

The Lion of the tribe of Iudah is he who wageth war against Germany, and he doth mannage it by the Lion of the East, and the Lion of the North, nei­ther doth he want power or means to inflict his punishment, for which he hath many and great causes For the po­wer Secular and Ecclesiastical, which ought to punish the pride, the impuri­ty, and contempt of the word of God, do commit these sins themselves, and the Potentates of the earth do work wickedness, and, which is worse, they run whoring after other Gods, and wallow themselves in all manner of un­cleanness, against the first and second Table. 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, [Page 55] and you shall find, that far greater sins are now committed against God. Adam died, the old world were overwhelmed in the flood, and others were punished for their iniquities, and shall not God now strike Rome and Germany? consi­der what Daniel, Christ and Iohn 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 defect of faith, hope and charity. If Rome and Germany had continued in the light, and not dispised it, such heavy and horrible judgements had never fal­len upon them.

The Reader is to understand, that Kot­terus had these Visions and Revelations for the space of eight years, from the yeae 1616. to the end of the year 1624. There are very many more in number besides these, declaring much horrour to Rome and Germany, &c. and other places where sins do raign, but these may suffice at present.

The Visions and Revelations of Christina Poniatonia. 1627.

Her first Vision was this, which she did commit to writing with her own hand. On the twelfth of November, in the year 1627. on which day my Lady the Baroness having sent me into the Gar­den, [Page 62] I beheld in the Air over the House, a Rod bound like a Broom, the handle whereof was towards the North, and the End of it was towards the South, being affrighted at the sight whereof I did run to call others to look upon it, but pre­sently afterwards it vanished away out of my Eyes, This did much amaze me, and made me very sad and melancholy, insomuch that eight dayes afterward I was visited with a great sickness, and my friends did begin to despair of my re­covery.

Her vision on the Eleventh of December. 1627.

Being in a great Extasie, I conceived that I was to go thorough a narrow way, and to climb up a rock so high, and steep,Christina in a vision lept into heaven. that I was continually afraid I should fall down from whence I came; but being come to the top thereof, I looked round about me if I could see the old man approaching to me; and lifting up my eyes I beheld the Heaven to o­pen, and the old man looking down up­on me, and saying to me, Come up to me: [Page 63] but I answering, Lord, I cannot, He re­plied, Give me your hands. I therefore held out both my hands unto him, and he drew me up from the hill into Hea­ven, and said unto me, Pray thus, O Lord prepare my heart, and all my sen­ses to understand thy wonderful works.

This prayer being ended I beheld a great company, and a large plain in which they stood, so full of light that I could hardly behold it for the glory of it. I demanded therefore of the old man, what spacious and shining place it was: He answered, It is the throne and the Majesty of the living God, attend dili­gently and behold.

And immediately upon those words, there came our of that company a cer­tain young man having wing on his back, who clapping his wings did take an advantage thereby to lift up himself, and flying on high did cry with a loudvoice, O Lord righteous and true, wilt thou suddenly rise to take vengeance on those who with ignominy do obscure the glo­ry of thy name? wilt thou suddenly shine forth in the glory of thy strength to put an end to the sins of the wicked? [Page 64] Arise O Lord, and shew thy self to be that God who wert in Eternity, who remainest in Eternity, and whose years do never fail. Manifest thy self to be that God in whose power is both Hea­ven and Earth, and every living crea­ture, and than whom there is none so faithful as thy self, and thy faithful shall rejoyce in thee, beholding thy strength, and the revenge which thou hast taken of thine and their enemies, saying, Let Jehovah the great God be magnified from generation to generation.

After he had spoken these words, he allighted on the Earth, and stood on his feet again and held his peace; I was a­mazed at this Vision, but the old man said unto me, Observe again. I therefore composed my self to attention. And behold a great wind arose like the loud murmurs of a violent storm; and the thunder roared without ceasing, inso­much that the Heavens did tremble, and I did quake for fear.

Then there appeared a man armed from head to foot, whose head was as fire, and a flame proceeded from his mouth: he came forth, and stood by [Page 65] himself, and one of the company brought him a great sword, and did put it into the right hand of the armed man, say­ing, This is my strength, and this Right hand of my strength shall with this sword destroy all my Adversaries. Be­hold I am prepared, and will come un­expectedly in a day when the wicked shall not think of me, in a day which the ungodly do not know of, and I will render unto every one according to his desert, I will put an end to all ini­quity, and in my wrath I will grinde into powder all unbelievers, and cut off the Name and the memory of them from the land of the living.

But the Angel who did raise himself on his wings before, did again abandon the Earth, and flying through the Air did cry aloud with a great voice, Wo, wo, and again, Wo, wo, and more then wo un­to those who do oppose that most mighty King; Wo unto those who most perfidiously have rebelled against that immortal King, wo unto those who have forsaken this most mighty King, for He hath forsaken them, and will forsake them, when he shall so drive them from [Page 66] him, that they may never see his face in eternity. Having spoke these words he left flying, and did stand again on his feet and held his peace.

When the Armed man again lifted up his voice, and said, I will now hasten my judgement to put it suddenly into execution; but first I will perform a wonderful thing: much evil shall come from the North, and from the East upon all the inhabitants of the earth, that with a sword they shall overcome all those that proudly rebel against me, for my power, and the strength of my arm is with them, to uphold them that they shall not fall, for the heavens shall re­joyce, and the earth be glad, and the Sea shall laugh, and every creature shall be comforted when they shall behold the wonderful power, and the help of the Lord of glory.

Having spoke these words he vanish­ed from my eyes, but he who had wings, and did flie twice before, did flie again, and crying with a loud voice, he said; Rejoyce you righteous in the strength of this mighty King, for now in a short time he will arise to help you, he will [Page 67] multiply the gladness of your hearts with the greatness of his power, he will comfort you, and fill your hearts with abundant joy. Use but a little patience, and be assured that Iehovah the God of Hosts will perform it. Having spoke these words he disappeared, as did all the great company, at which I was struck into a great amazement.

The old man said unto me, go along with me, and I will yet show thee more. I had not gone above four paces, but I beheld a great train of Artillery, and ha­ving demanded what it was, the old man told me it was the fury of the divine wrath to be poured forth shortly upon all those who commit abominations; but the measure is not yet complete, the wickedness of the ungodly is not yet full ripe for vengeance, but the greater is the Divine, the more heavy will be the indignation of his justice.

The Vision on the 13. January, 1628.

The old man having taken me by one hand, and the Lord by another, they did lead me into a pleasant garden, [Page 68] when behold a Lyon came running out from one part of the garden, and other Lyons from other parts, and met toge­ther in one place. They were remark­able in their stature, insomuch that I was greatly afraid; the one of them was of an azure colour, and the other of a red, and in their fore-paw they had great swords, and sharp and long talons, they stood on their hinder feet, and in their fore-feet they did hold their swords.

Look again said the Ancient unto me, I therefore lifted up my eyes, and be­hold, a white Horse of a stupendous bulk, having two heads, and holding in his fore-feet an iron Globe red hot as a coal of fire, his gate was portly and impetu­ous, and he trod on the earth with so much pride, that it trembled under him. Coming near unto the Lyons he began to go but softly, as if he was afraid of them, or had a mind to go back again, but the Lyons stood over against him with great boldness, and sometimes they laid their heads together, as if they whispered something to one another, and yet they did bear a vigilant eye on the Horse; but the Horse drawing near [Page 69] unto the Lyons did throw the fiery globe amongst them, hoping it would so come to pass, that whiles the Lyons were contending for the globe, he might have the opportunity to escape away; but the globe being neglected, the Lyons did set upon the Horse, did first bereave him of his two heads, and afterwards they did tear his body in pieces, and on a sudden they devoured it, and having spoken something again to one another, they threw the Bowl from them.

The Ancient said unto me, Lift up thy eyes again, which I did, and beheld a high and a broad tree standing between the Lyons, and shading them with its boughs. On the top of all the tree I be­held a great Eagle sitting, having two heads, and four wings, and four feet, and two trains; and I heard the Eagle to make a great noise, but I could not un­derstand the meaning of it. I therefore asked of the Ancient, What is the mean­ing of that great noise which the Eagle maketh? he answered, The bird pronoun­ceth these things, Behold I sit on high, being exalted above all others: who is so bold to come unto me, & move me from [Page 70] this high place, none is, none will be so presumptuous. But the Lyons came, and taking hold of the tree with their fore-feet, they did shake it with so much violence, that the Eagle fell down, whom they did tear in pieces, and de­voured him, as they had devoured the Horse.

The Ancient said again unto me, come, and see yet more; and he did lead me to a great broad water, on the bank whereof there stood another great Tree, which did spread its boughs a great way. The Ancient said unto me, behold, and immediately the same Lyons com­ing to the Tree did shake and throw it to the ground, they plucked up the roots of it with their paws, and threw the body, boughs and root, and all into the water, which when they had done, they made the ground level and smooth where the roots were, that there might not be the least appearance where so great a Tree did stand.

The Ancient said to me again, come, and behold the end. I came and saw a stately, great and magnificent building, most richly set forth with all the art that [Page 71] possibly could delight the eye. I asked the old man, what was that specious and stately building; he told me this was that proud and rebellious house, shining without, and glorious, but within full of all manner of impurities, abominati­ons and impieties; it is that great Baby­lon whose ruine doth now draw near, for it is impossible that this house should stand any longer, because her sins and her transgressions are come up to Hea­ven, observe but the doom that doth at­tend it.

Immediately there came again the former Lyons, and with them a third Lyon white as snow, and coming to the house they began to demolish it, and from the foundation to overthrow it, the white Lyon assisting them with all his strength and power, until the whole building did fall down, and was turned into sands, on which the Lyons tramp­ling cried out with a loud voice, Babylon is fallen, it is fallen,The pro­phecy a­gainst the house of Austria. the great house of Austria is fallen; that proud and lofty house is fallen to the ground, neither shall it ever be builded up again. That abominable and tyrannical place is utter­ly [Page 72] destroyed, but not by our power, but by the power of the victorious Lyon of the tribe of Iudah. After this the Lyons departed one from another, one of them this way, and the other another way, and a mighty wind arising did so disperse the sand, that nothing of it was to be seen.

The old man said unto me, Seest thou what hath been done? I answered, Yes Lord, I have seen it, but I beseech thee to instruct me what is meant by the Horse, the Eagle, the Tree, and the House.

Who are they that shall con­tribute to the over­throw of the house of Austria.He answered, By that Horse, that Eagle, that Tree, and that House there is nothing else to be understood but Ferdinando the Emperour, and the Pope, and all that Devillish Anti-Chri­stian Synagogue which now shall sud­denly be cast down and blotted out of memory. The Lyons are the Hungari­an, the Turk, the Tartar, the Swede, the Dane, the Hollander, the English, the French, the Switzer and the Saxon; By these Anti-Christ and Babylon, and the kingdom of Satan shall be utterly overthrown, especially that great house [Page 73] of Austria, which they with all their power were not able to pluck down, were it not for the assistance of the white Lyon of the tribe of Iudah; and you have seen how much he hath contribu­ted to it; he was a defence and a strength to all the rest, that by the virtue of his power they might always overcome.

The Vision on the twentieth of January, 1628.

In the afternoon of that day I fell into an extasie, which continued five hours, and I saw, and heard as followeth. First the Ancient came unto me in a long white rayment, and giving me his right hand, said unto me, My strength and my victory be to thy eternal comfort, and to the eternal ruin and destruction of those who vainly trust in their own greatness. Come along with me, and I will shew thee a wonderful thing, for this day is a chosen day in which I will glorifie my name, and execute what I have decreed; And he said unto me, Be careful that nothing may escape your observation, for my will and my power [Page 74] shall go swiftly like a flame of fire.

Suddenly after these words I beheld a mountain, on the top whereof a man standing did sound his trumpet so loudly that the earth did tremble at the voice thereof. He turned himself as he sound­ed to the four quarters of the world; and the voice of the trumpet was so ar­ticulate, that it might be understood. I heard these words; Gather your selves, gather your selves together, you Nati­ons out of the four quarters of the world to execute that which seemeth good to the glory of the Almighty. And I be­held innumerable troops of horse, and bands of foot-men out of all Nations drawing themselves into two great bo­dies, that were distinguished as much by their language, as by their habits, who in order and equipage of war were mar­tialed into a Battalia one over against another.

The Lord said unto me, Observe them now; and immediately I heard the drums beating, and the trumpets sound­ing; the Lord said unto me, Let us go up yonder hill that we may observe the success of the Battle more distinctly: [Page 75] we therefore came up to the top of the hill, on which I heard the man at the first to sound his trumpet, but the battle was fought beneath us, at the foot of the hill.

The old man said again unto me, This is the Army of the South, the Anti-Chri­stian Army, the Army of the whore, and the Beast, pointing with his finger at the Southern Army, Turning himself to [...]he other Army, he said,By the Eastern Army is alwayes meant the Army of the Turks This is the Army of the East and the North, of which before I have made mention to you. Remember therefore these things which already have been declared, and observe how all things will come to pass according to the prediction. I for a long time did therefore look upon them, till at the last I observed that but few of the Nothern Army remained; the sad sight whereof did wonderfully oppress me, fearing that they would be utterly over­thrown, but the Ancient of Times did comfort me, and said, Behold now help is coming from Sion, from the Throne of my holiness, as often you have heard it promised; the voice of Iehovah doth command me to pronounce it, and his Word to proclaim his works.

Look again, said the old man, and I behold a great Army descending from Heaven, which was commanded by a man in a flame, with a great sword in his hand, and he united himself and his Army to the relicks of the Army of the North. The old man said again unto me, Look up, and observe what is above thee; therefore lifting up my eyes, I beheld a fiery Arm stretched out from the Heavens, which in the hand thereof grasped a fiery sword; I beheld also clouds of smoak waving down, and fal­ling on the Southern Army.

The fight therefore was renewed, and the Southern Army did fall like leaves in Autumn beaten by a violent wind; some few of them remained, to whom the old man gave this imprecation, Descend into the earth, and be you mingled with the dust, you that do work iniquity. Many of the Southern Army after this were slain, and the rest fled, that not one remained of them; but the Northern Army having gained great spoils did re­turn with joy; and the Army from Heaven ascended from whence it de­scended, and the arm and the sword dis­appeared from my eye.

I demanded of the old man or Anci­ent of Times, who were they that com­manded the Nothern Army. He made answer, I will give you a sight of them. And immediately afterwards there ap­peared seven eminent personages, but many more of an inferiour quality, by whom the Northern Army was com­manded. And the old man again said unto me, In my name give them a bene­diction, and declare unto them, that I will make use of their courage and indea­vours, in the restoring of my humbled to his Royal Throne. Let them not dispute which way it shall come to pass, for the King of Kings, who is in Heaven will be assistant to them. The cause is his, and he will crown it with success for the honour of his truth and name; and that the unbelieving world may be amazed at the wonders of his Almighti­ness.

After that I had delivered these words unto them, they all did fall on their faces before the Lord, saying, Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah? Who is so great a God as thou art? Thou art omnipo­tent, thou art glorious, thou art eternal, [Page 78] thou art the only God, and besides thee there is no other. To thee, O God, the Nations do bend their knees: They do now confess thee, who before were ig­norant of thee; for thou only art the only true God, Idols are but the works of mens hands, and perish as if they ne­ver were.

The Vision; January 21. 1628.

The Ancient said again unto me, Come, and follow me; which according­ly I did, and was brought by them into such an extraordinary narrow place, that with much difficulty I at the last passed through it, which no sooner I had done, but an Angel with a leathern strap did ingirdle me so closely that I could not take breath; after which he bound my hands and feet, that I was not able to stir, but indeavouring to rise I fell down again on the ground, where a long time I did lye like a dead person. The Ancient of Times, and the Angels were gone from me, and I being forsa­ken, and in a great distress did cry unto the Lord, Lord help me, Behold my [Page 79] affliction, and make no delay, but raise me up again, I am ready to obey and glorifie thee. Help me O Lord, I am troden down, I am not able to stir. Be­hold thou my contrition, and awake thou O my glory, and raise me a­gain.

I endeavoured again to rise of my self, but I did fall to the ground again, when behold, a great Brightness did inviron me, and I did stand on my feet being loosened from all bonds. On which the Angels appeared to me, of whom I did demand, To what end that was done, that I was driven into so great a strait? I desired to un­derstand why I must be bound by them, and being forsaken to lie like a dead bo­dy? I did beseech them to unfold unto me, if any danger were approching to me.

They made answer, We will expound the reason of it unto you. By that close and narrow way, and your Bonds, and sad lodging, the state in which the Church of Christ is at this present, is re­presented, being so oppressed under the heavy yoke of the proud Pharaohs, the [Page 80] Emperor and the Pope of Rome, so bound, so weakned and forsaken, that she lyeth alone in a corner like a dead Body, having none to help her, or defend her, and being much afflicted, that those who ought to be a Help and comfort to Her, do draw back from Her to follow the multitude, and think that this ignominy thrown upon her, and this calamity which she is in, will be perpetual; they indeavour rather to trample on Her, to disperse Her, and devour Her, then to assist Her. But she not knowing what to do, continually doth humble Her self on the ground before the face of Grace with many tears and groans for Her oppression.

But God will hear Her prayers, and Her Lamentations and complaints will ascend into his Ears; for he gathereth the tears of his servants into his bottles, and numbreth all their sighs. For this saith the Creator, whose Name is Iehovah; For a little time I have for­saken thee, but to return unto thee again with great mercy, and compassion. In a short Indignation I hid my face from thee, but in my everlasting mercy will I [Page 81] visit thee, for the Lord of H [...] hath sworn by his Name, saying, I will have Revenge of all my Enemies, and grind into powder all those that do rebel a­gainst me, which when I have perfor­med, thou shalt be called the City of Righteousness, and my faithfull Sion. I will bring thee forth into the light, and my countenance shall shine upon thee bright as the Sun. All bonds and chains shall then fall from thee, which hardly now will give thee leave to breath; and being delivered from the violence of the wicked, and from the hands of the Op­pressour, thou shalt sing from the bot­tom of thy heart, O most desired time of the most happy Messenger.

The Vision Iune 23. 1628.

I was in an Extasie for the space of three hours, and saw what followeth. The Lord came unto me clothed in such a glorious and shining Robe, that my eyes could hardly indure the splen­dor of it, and not long afterwards fol­lowed the Anti [...] whi [...], before whom there did go the third person, in [Page 82] stature like unto them, but from the Head to the Foot like a Flame of fire.

And the Lord said unto me, Behold this day we come unto thee, to declare unto thee our Distinction in one Es­sence, and in one Equality and power of our Divinity. Thou seest here three di­stinct persons, and yet but one true, un­divided, and immortal God. For the Son dwells in the Father, and the Father in the Son, and the holy Ghost in the Fa­ther and the Son; and thus one God dwelleth in himself, as he hath revealed himself unto you in his most holy word.

The Antient taking me by the hand, said unto me, This day the judgements of the Lord shall be shown unto you, and his power by which he will cast down the proud from their thrones, and exalt the humble in their places. Ob­serve therefore diligently those things which now are to be revealed to you.

The great desolation, to fall on the Em­peror and the Pope.Immediately afterwards I beheld a throne, and Ferdinand the Emperour of Germany siting on it. On the other side I beheld another throne lifted up, [Page 83] and a certaing person sitting on it, and a multitude of men about it; some of which were coming to him, others were going from him, and many humbled themselves at his Feet, and brought sil­ver and gold unto him, and prostrating themselves, they wept and kissed his feet, to whom he gave certain papers, and commanded them to depart.

Having observed these things, I asked the Lord who He was, who had so high an estimation amongst men, that they fell down on their knees to kiss his feet? The Lord made answer to me, This is the whore of Babylon, that cruel Beast, who arrogateth to himself Ecclesiastical and Temporal priority, and would have all things under his jurisdiction. This is the Man who troubled the Earth, and set Kingdom against Kingdom, and brought a desolation upon the world, and compelled all Nations to pay Ho­mage to him. This is that Basilisk of the seed of the Viper; the fiery Dragon flying through the earth, who enforced Kings to obey him, and who with the sparks of fire that came from him did inflame the Nations to fight against one another. [Page 84] This is He who calling himself a shep­herd, was a ravening wolf, a furious Beast, and prodigy. He called him the Vicar of God in his Church, and the head of the Church, when he was indeed the Vicar of Satan, and My capital Ene­my.

This is he who said in his heart, I will ascend into heaven, and exalt my throne above the Stars of God; I will ascend a­bove the height of the clouds, and will be like to the most High; But God hath heard his words, and known his thoughts; therefore the most High could no longer endure it, but rouzed up Him­self in his fury to call to an account this proud violator of his Name, and not to suffer him any more to seduce the Na­tions of the world; for already he hath long enough seduced them with his lies, by taking from them their Gold, and their silver, and returning nothing but empty papers, in which there is not so much as one letter written of the merits of Christe so strongly doth he possess with lies the hearts of those that do believe him.

But O unhappy man, if thou didst but [Page 85] know what this day will produce against thee, thou wilt lament and reproach the hour of thy Nativity. Oh unhappy [...]ole, thy horn shall be taken from thee, and thy arm shall be broken, saith the Lord, thy calamity is neer at hand, and thy destruction treadeth on thy heels, It will now come, it will now come, & now it is come; Lament, and condole him all you that stand by, and you who have known his Name, say, How is the strong staffe broken? how is the beautiful rod discoloured? Howl you Gates! Cry you Cities! for a fire is coming, it is al­ready come upon thee, neither is there any, saith the Lord, that can avert it, or extinguish it. Descend from your glory, Sit down in sackcloth and ashes, you who believed that for ever you should govern in any Nations; for I now will shake the Heavens and move the Earth, Come thou North; make haste, O thou East, be ready at my command. Throw down those proud ones from their thrones, and break their Scepters to peices, for they are polluted with un­righteousness, and cruelty, and with all manner of iniquity,

The Lord said to me again, Look a­bout you with diligence, and I behold two very great personages, coming hastily, the one from the East, the other from the North,The Turk to over­throw the German. Empire. who grapling with the Emperor and the Pope, did over­throw them with so much force, that the Earth trembled at their Fall, and they did tear in pieces the thrones on which they sate, that they did fly into little splinters, but they rolling in the dust did bellow forth their complaints like two Bulls, and cryed out, Righteous art thou O Lord, for thou hast rewarded us according to our works.

At the same time I heard the voice as of many people How hath the Op­pressor ceased? How hath the Tribute rested? God hath broken in pieces the staff of the wicked, and the Scepters of the Tyrants, now doth the Earth re­joyce, now it is quiet; now doth Gladness clap her hands. But the Lord, and the Antient said unto me both at once, Behold now I will cease from my anger, because I have satisfied [Page 87] my word and my counsel. Be silent therefore, O flesh, at the presence of the Lord Jehovah, because he hath done that which is well pleasing to him, and which his justice did decree should be accomplished.

The Lord said to me again Look again, and thou shalt see what thy eyes have long desired to behold; and im­mediately I discovered the Prince that made profession of the Gospel of Christ, who in his posterity did seem to be alive again, at which sight I was affected with much joy, and said, Thou art the Olive tree flourishing in the sight of God, and the Lord said unto him, Come forth out of dust and darkness, for I have beheld the humiliation of my pea­ple; I have observed their sighs; I have heard their prayers, and the bend­ing of their knees have been acceptable to me: But the Prince falling prostrate on his face said, O Lord Jehovah great and righteous, from thee proceeds all honour, and wisdom, and glory; I am thy servant, blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who only doth wonderful things, and blessed be the glory of his [Page 88] name for ever and ever: the whole earth is filled with the majesty of his glory.

The Turk is made the instru­ment of God.After their words the Lord did say unto me, Go unto the East, and tell the North whatsoever they have done on this account will conduce unto their glo­rious memory, and that God will re­ward them, according to whose will all these things were accomplished,

The Vision, February 9. 1628.

After these things I beheld another man with a trumpet in his hand, who turning towards the North,The dreadful devastati­on of the Empire. did found it with so much vigour, that the skies did ring again with the voice thereof, I ask­ed of the Angel, who came unto me with a book in his hand, who it was. And why he did sound his trumpet so loudly? He made answer to me, It is the Angel of God, sent to call the Nations of the North, the East and the West to come against Babylon, for now is the predesti­nated time that Babylon must fall. O how dreadfully shall Babylon be laid waste? How irrecoverably shall Aegypt be de­stroyed? [Page 89] Whosoever passeth this way shall be amazed, and shall weep at the horrour of the ruine of it. Behold the day of her visitation is at hand, and of the wickedness of her inhabitants. And it shall come to pass, that he which flies from the sword shall fall into the pit, and who escapeth from the pit shall fall into the snare, and the valleys shall be filled with the carcasses of the dead.

O how dismal will be the howlings and shreiks of those whom the sword of God shall destroy? They shall cry with a loud voice O thou sword of God, how long will the edge of thy fury continue? Return unto thy scabbard, return, and be at rest: but the sword shall make an­swer; How can I be at test, when the Lord hath commanded me to devour you? Who can turn away his hand that is stretched forth against you? O how many shall be overtaken by his indigna­tion, and fall one upon another? The strong shall fall on the strong, and the mighty on the mighty. Every hand shall grow faint, and their knees shall knock together. This is the reward which shall be given to the enemies of the living [Page 90] God, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

The Vision, February 11. 1628.

Two days afterwards the Lord himself appeared to me, and with him the Angels that brought before the book unto me: I was commanded to read ten leaves in it, which I did, and he shut the book, and departed; but the Lord continued still with me, of whom I desired to know when this destruction of the wicked should come to pass? He made answer to me, Seek not to know, how or when the wicked shall perish, but indeavour to understand when, and how the godly shall be saved: neither rejoyce you that the destruction of the wicked is at hand, but rather weep and lament that the an­ger of God cannot be diverted from there. The house of Austria shall un­doubtedly fall, and the whore of Baby­lon be brought to confusion; for they have trod upon the righteous in their pride of heart, and have vainly imagi­ned [Page 91] there is no God; wherefore God will laugh them to scorn; he will be known amongst them, and the abomina­tions of their own pride shall fall on their own heads.

The Vision, January 23. in the year 1643.

Drabicius in his sleep, seeing a great number of Ministers in Hungary and Po­lonia, that had been banished their coun­treys for their consciences, he prayed to God, being awake, that he would gather them together, and bring them home with comfort to their own Countrey; and immediately afterwards he heard a wonderful voice, and such that he never heard before; Thou desirest to return into thy Countrey, and how dost thou prepare thy self unto it. Thou disconti­nuest the reading of the Scriptures, which are thy guide and thy light, thy solace and thy refuge. I exhort thee therefore to redeem the time lost, and to amend thy life. He no sooner heard these words; but he cryed out, O my God, I acknowledge my iniquity, and blush in thy sight, and in the sight of men. I beseech thee grant unto thy ser­vant to perform those things to which [Page 96] thou hast called and commanded me; I have no strength in my self at all. The voice made answer, I will comfort thee. After this he began to think with him­self, whether he was sleeping or wa­king, and began to feel the bed, and the walls with his hand, and to stir his feet, and move from one side to ano­ther, and he perceived that he was throughly awaked. Not long after­wards he heard the voice again, saying, My time is now come to undertake the defence of my cause, and yours, and to bring you back into your own Land. I have whispered to the East, and to the North to come up, and revenge the injuries of my servants, who cry night and day unto me; Drabicius replied, To whom shall I reveal what thou hast commanded me, it was immediately an­swered, To all thy brethren, the Mini­sters of the word; Drabicius replied again, I shall become but a laughing stock unto them; and I beseech thee O Lord, to pardon me that I presume to speak unto thee, and to be informed, by whom we shall be delivered. [Page 97] delivered; It was answered, The East and the North shall obey my call; I will cause the Turke to come up, and to overthrow Vienna; The Turke to come up and to o­verthrow Vienna. as Jerusalem was overthrowne: For there doth Pharaoh dwell: There my name is trod upon, and my Righteousnesse despised: There, all Impiety and Prophanenesse have increas­ed to the heighth. Wo be unto them! For they have thrown the Scriptures behind their backs, and despised my holy Law. Do you not remember, that Assur was the Rod of my Anger, and the Staffe of my Indignation; as now the House of Austria is: I have broken that, and I will break this; for now the time approacheth. Drabitius replied, What shall be the Condition of us in our own Country? such as it was before? The answer was, That is determined by my Counsell, which you hereafter shall see. The Land, in which you live, shall be horribly laid waste, but a Relique shall be saved.

The Vision, Jan. 31, 1643.

Write, That the time is now come, wherein, I will revenge the offences, given to my Holy Name, and I will [Page 98] bring evill upon the House of Austria to cut it off from the Earth: for she hath given no Ear, to the peaceful counsells of the King of Polonia, who therefore is now angry with her, and shall therefore look upon her a far off, when her destruction approacheth. Drabitius asked, when will this come to passe? It was answered, This day and to morrow, will fill up the measure of her iniquities; and I will bring many great and strong Nations upon the House of Austria, and they shall tread upon Vien­na; as Jerusalem, and Samaria, were trod upon, Vienna to be tram­pled upon, as Jerusa­lem and Samaria. to revenge my quarrell, and to drive away Idolaters, with the false prophets, and to vindicate the injuries offered to Fre­derick, that was King of Bohemia, and to his Progeny, with whom you also have been banished. Drabitius said, and shall the Pro­geny of the King of Bohemia be restored to their Dignity?The Pro­geny of Frederick King of Bohemia to be re­stored to their for­mer Dig­nity. It was answerd, where­fore have I afflicted Germany, but because they did abandon him: and your Land also shall suffer, because they abandoned him. Wo to the Bohemians; Wo to the Selesians; Wo to the Moravians; for now their destruct­on is at hand: and although there be some there, who do know my Name, yet they are [Page 99] wanting who should forewarn them.

The Vision. Feb 14. 1643.

Go tell thy Brothers, and charge them to cry aloud and knock at the doors of my Mercy; for as a Father knoweth the ne­cessity of his Children, and yet will be in­treated by them; so also do I know of what things you stand in need: let them make no doubt of the Power of my mer­cy. Drabitius replied, O Lord God, the words I speak, are suspected, by those to whom I do declare them; for they say, I am deceived, and what I speak, is not the voice of Him, who hath created us, re­deemed, & sanctified us; who spake by the Patriarchs; by his own Son; and by the holy Apostles; but that being seduced my self, I goe about to seduce others. It was answered to me: What I have done heretofore, what I do at this present, and what I will do hereafter, is best known unto my selfe: It is my Counsel, and they are my Judgements, and not the Judge­ments of men, who of necessity are to sub­mit to those things, which I now do, & will performe: for who was he that was before me, & who is he that shall come after me? whom have I need of to teach me, to un­derstand [Page 100] the secrets of all hearts, which no man knoweth better then my self, who am the Maker of the heart, for nothing is hid from me, neither is this thing hidden from me, what Consultations are on foote and what combinations made, to frustrate that which my right hand hath decreed to do with the House of Austria, which I will shake and make to totter with my Judgements.

Go, tell the Prince of Transilvania, that he must desist from his Counsels, and fulfil my decrees to contribute to the Destruction of Babylon with her Idola­ters.An ad­monition to joyn with the Turk, and Tartarian against the House of Austria. Doth he feare to be seduced? Bid him not be deceived, but call to his Assistance, the Turke, the Tartarian, and the Moscovite, or the King of Po­lonia; he shall find that none of them will refuse him, for I will draw those and other Nations to his side, Nations which he hath not known, but whom I know. Drabitius answered, Lord God Jehovah, How shall I execute these things, being but a poor and a contemptible person? and by whom? For these Kings are above me, and I am afraid of them: Answer was made by N. N. &c.

The Vision Feb. 27th. 164 [...].

The word of the Lord came to me again, a little before I fell a sleep; and as soon as I awaked, behold a swift Spirit came out of my mouth, and I trembled all over for fear; and I heard a voyce say­ing to me, and do you doubt also of the truth of these things, which I have reveal­ed to you? The Interpretations of divers other persons are not unknown unto me, but take heed that you be not seduced by any one, for I will repeat what I have said before. The time is now approaching in which I will grind to pieces the House of Pharoah, and utterly overthrow the House of Austria to the performance of which Work, I will call many Nations.

The Vision, Aug 8. 1654.

It shined very light in the morning, when the Lord shewed to Drabitius a great Tub, full of Water; whose Hoops did break, and the water did run out; when (behold) a company of lusty men, running to stop the Vessel, did indeavour to put on new Hoops; but in vain, for the water began to run out more violent­ly, on every side: they therefore lament­ed amongst themselves, they had not looked to it before. Drabitius wondred at them all the while, to see them so vain­ly to lose their labour; and pondering with himselfe what may be the signification of it, the Lord said unto him; Write, I have shewn thee, the Great Tub, into which the Nations of the Earth were ga­thered, and I reduced them into one Spi­rit for the performance of my work, of which the Southern Parts have but little understanding, but they shall be taught by the Western; for behold no Hoops nor bounds of humane capacity, nor all the Counsels of my adversaries shall be any impediment to me: that my Resolutions [Page 112] against Babylon, and the Whore sitting on the Beast, shall not proceed: Behold, how in this Land, they combined and spoke Counsels together, to put a stop to the great work which I have in hand; but all in vain: For my Armies shall break forth upon them like a Deluge, neither shall a­ny man say: How is this done? but onely, THE TIME OF DESTROY­ING, AND ROOTING ƲP, IS COME; which they, who throughout all Europe were afflicted by Antichrist, did earnestly expect. Happy be they, who taking the Plagues out of my hands shall throw them on the wicked and ungodly. You O Kings, Princes, and Commanders of my Army, & you my Ser­vants, the Ministers of my Gospel; Throw your net into the Sea, not onely on the right side of you, to fish for the Jewes, the reliques of the fruites of my Summer, the Remainders of my Vintage; but on the left side, on the Nations of Turkey, and Tartary, Turks and Tartars as well as the Jews to be converted. and other places beyond the Seas; For I have opened my prisons, and healed your wound, that you may be admitted to the Banquet in the House of [Page 113] my Church, where you shall be fed with hid treasures. Happy be they, who according to my Commandment shall give you this food. You are now come within the doors of the times appointed by me. Excellent are the things, and above the reach of your understandings, which I do offer by my witnesses.

The Vision of Drabicius concerning the Jews and Turks.

Drabicius in a Vision beheld a most stately house, in which were many Par­lours, in one whereof sate a Princess ad­mirable for her beauty; and he heard a voice saying to him, My servant, I have shewed you my house on Earth, which is my Spouse the Church. Many rooms in it are yet empty and void of those per­sons which ought to be brought unto it, and those are the Iews and the Turks, and many other paople ignorant of the worship of the true God, and the Gos­pel of the Lord Jesus, who are now all to acknowledge me, and to come within the pales of my beloved Spouse.

The Vision concerning the calling of the Jews, and the Government of the Church after the destruction of the Empire of Germany and the Pope of Rome

The Lord said unto Drabicius, The time is now come that I will renew the face of the Earth, and begin it with the people of the Iews: and it is my will to have their fabulous Books taken from them and burned among all the Nati­ons throughout which I have dispersed them; and that they shall be informed by the Ministers of my Gospel in the ex­ercise of the true Religion, and that those who continue obstinate amongst them shall be put to death without mer­cy.The rules for Ana­baptists. The Anabaptists may be received in­to the Communion of the Church but on this condition, that for the time to come they do not seperate themselves from the body of it, but frequent the con­gregations, and hear there the appointed Pastors, according to the Rite of Aposto­lical succession; for I am the living God, and I will be worshipped with unanimity of heart by all that serve me. I will in­dure [Page 115] no more Sects nor Divisions in the whole world: I will have a Reformati­on amongst the Idolatrous Ministers of the whore, and those that shall be found to be refractory shall be put to death without mercy, for I will not have the least root left of the Papal Doctrine in any Nation. And after the destruction of the Beast, I will that there be but One Order and Government of the Church amongst all Nations, and that the Mini­sters of the Gospel be One in Life and Doctrine, and Rites of Displine, and that the Bishops and Pastors have Wives, and that considerable maintenance in every Church be provided for them, &c.

The chief scope of all these Revelations being to invite men to attend the judge­ments of God in his punishments of the sins of the world, and to be worthy of his mercies, which in this last Age he will pour fourth on all mankind; it will be­come us mutually to admonish one ano­ther to repentance, and to increase our Faith in the promises of God, and to in­flame our mutual charity to pray for one another, & all for all, that we may all be made partakers of so unspeakable a mer­cy: