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3 90 <*A true Relation of Dr. Dee his ABionsprith sprits >&c.

A promise coJane her chil-dren*

Of Necessity.

Note,

One storm isyet to come.

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Huic fexuiscilicet mulie-bri.

JfHim ata di-vina.

Nefcimtts quis

nobifem lo-quitur.

He that hath his House inhemmed with 4 Ditch , which is deep and swelled with water mttfineeds make a Bridge over, that he may be at liberty , else is he a Prisoner unto the waters , but >Jhe want Wood, and have no shift to enter into the fields , is it not Wifdome to break, Dining Ta-bles, and to set himself free ; why cryefi thou unto me ; Be bo Id, let thy House yeeld, and the cove-ring of thy body give place to the necessity of hunger,Behold ,God suffereth his Elect & chosen vessel*oftentimes to be without Mansion or apparel:But,lose feedeth the Sparrows, but I will not reprehendthee, because thy foul is frail, but be faithful and obedient, and that truly , as thou art yoked : Be-hold,! have blessed thy Children, and os thy seed and bones will 1 build anew, and they shall haveHouses, and shall be f?rved of such as the people salute, frying, hail Oklafier. Be thou patient andfull of repentance, and do that thou hast to do, and not that thou hast done, For, lo,mercy is withthee, and well shall come unto thee.

Behold,the Scourge is with you, and of necejsuy you mufi be tempted, that your Faith may wor-thily be glorified, and that you may be praised in me.

Behold thou seekefi (sounsel of me, I will counsel thee, Beholds would dig for thee , but I shoulddo contrary to my seise, because [have given power, and he that pojsejfeth the earth is againft, me ;But such as I have, I will give thee, and it shall be sufficient, more then thy vessels can hold, orthy dayes can thank me for.

Consider that to morrow commeth not before he be brought in : Neither car.fi thou have un-til thy power come ; But cafi up thy eyes, and hope for better things ", Lo,fince I cannot give theethat thou defirefi , really , yet / bow my head, and so I counsel thee, let thy husband arise and girdhimself together, and let him take his eyes with him, and let him hast out of this place: For mythinks they dissemble ; Lo, let him stand before Steven ,-and let him visit Lasky , peradventttre hefind him not living • But if he live he is dead , there shall you fee that I will relieve thee and do goodunto him , and will bind up the Jawes of the persecutor, that he may go on.

7 hou art aWoman, and thy infirmities follow thee, I counsel not without a cause , neither did Istirre thee up to [peakj But for thy faith I will reward thee: 'But one fiorme is to come, take it p a ~tkntly, thou shalt be the more whiter, and more neerer: Behold, I go before and he that follow ethme doth well unto himself, for I do well unto those that follow me ; Cafi away your murmurringoand sweep your Houses, take heed os Spiders , and of. the whore RatsThis is the firfi time that Ihave answered to this kind in the latter dayes ; Lo,I go.-.

Fs Lord,it was said unto us as a Watch-word, when Stevens Messengers should come for us, thatthen we should go. N ow his Messengers are not yet come, &c.

...... If the Bridegroom invite thee himself, what needefi thou his servant.

Ft> Now is the difficulty for money greater, for if we had tarried together, lefse money wouldhave served then now it will do, &c.

...... Thou hafi asked counsel, I have counselled thee, if it please thee hear me, it shall be wd

with thee is thou tarry, but much better if thou go ; I have numbred thee, but be not proud, but be-cause shave numbred, diminish not thy ses, least when I find not the number, I find not thee ais <hif thou wilt any thing else, there are, and they can fay unto thee, hut who speaketh with thee c oaknowest not.

E. K. He is gone.

^ Seeing here is macter unlooked for 5 we arc stirred to ask question S not thougnt of before*Therefore,O Lord,fend whom it please thee to us.

A voice ...... Sunt alia bra.

Deo, nostro Omnipotenti sit omnis Laus, Honor,Gloria, &Jubilatio. eAmtn.

-j- Traga.

Wednesday.

27 Martti Mane circa horam 9.

E- K. came to me and asked me the Circle or Copy thereof which was shewed to him a tO**ford, and he had written out, or described by the light that was shewed to him by the spiritual Ct ea ^ture , he intended as he said to shew it to a Jesuit, and to ask his counsel of it, &c. having a» re ^ cmislikingof our spiritual friends, saying, that they were the great Devils-, and so the lesser thatdealt withal before, gave place unto them, &c. Hereupon I told him I would ask our friend* c ° ^sel , before I delivered any thing of theirs to their enemie, &c. He would presently have it j awith great threats most terrible and dangerous to me, he willed me to deliver it strait waye* •** .

jng occupied with writing a letter to the Queens Majestic, said afloon as I had leasure I wouldit him, he said he would tarry my leasure : I told him that would scarce be this seven night, I J*so many letters to write , he thereupon grew in such a rage that he said 1 should not paste onebeyond him before Idid deliver it him.*, at length he rose to shutthe Door of the study u P on ® (I arose and went after him and took him by the shoulders to keep him from the Door , and W»m^called aloud to my folks; Come here (how) here is violence offered unto me, whereupon they caI ? st

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