appeared to men in dreams, so have inferior spirits, and we have examples of this too in the scripture, Matt. i. 20. "While he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream." And again, Matt. ii. 13. Behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying:" And a third time it is repeated: "The angel came again to him in Egypt." ver. 19 of the same chapter: When Herod was dead, "Behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt."

I will for once suppose, that no man need desire any farther evidence than these, for the relation of the thing itself; we may bring it down from hence, by just parallels, to matters within our own reach; experience will furnish us with particular passages sufficient; and some account I shall give you within the compass of aur own times, such as come within the verge of my own knowledge, or of the knowledge of such as I have good reason to give credit to. I believe a variety will be acceptable, and much more useful than a bare repeating of what others have said. If I find it needful to quote what others have published, you shall have it justly marked as a quotation, that you may search for the truth in its original.

Before I come to quotation, or to collection of story, 'tis needful to observe, that as it has pleased God to appear in this manner, and to cause angels to appear also in the same manner, and upon special occasions, so I make no question but the devil often appears in dreams too; and I might give but too many examples of it, as particularly one in the scripture.

It is apparent that God gave Satan a kind of general license to afflict Job, only not to kill him: with such a terrible commission, it might be expected that the devil would fall upon him with the utmost fury he was capable of, or allowed to take; he ruined his fortunes, reduced him to misery, murdered his children, tormented him with boils and sores; in short, left him nothing but poisherds, and an ill wife to relieve him as he had worried him, to use a modern phrase, within an inch of his life, he followed him in the night with apparition, lest he should recruit nature with rest, and be a little refreshed with sleep. Job himself complains of it, Job. vii. 14. "Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me with visions." Not that God appeared to Job in any frightful or terrible form; but the devil, to whom God was pleased to give a liberty of afflicting Job, took that liberty, and exerted his malice to the utmost of his power. We are not indeed told what methods the devil took to scare and terrify that poor distressed sufferer; but as he can shew us nothing uglier, and more frightful than himself, so it is very likely he appeared to him in person, and that in the most surprising manner possible,

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go to sleep and still he heard the vision say, or thought he heard it say, turn out and look abroad.

He lay in this uneasiness near two hours; but at last it increased so upon him, that he could lie no longer, but got up, put on his watch gown, and comes out upon the quarter deck; there he found his second mate walking about, and the boatswain upon the fore-castle, the night fine and clear, a fair wind, and all well as before.

The mate wondering to see him, at first did not know him: but calling, Who's there? the captain answered, and the mate returns, Who, the captain! what's the matter, Sir?

Says the captain, I don't know; but I have been very uneasy these two hours, and some body, or my own fancy, bid me turn out, and look abroad, though I know not what can be the meaning of it.

There can be nothing in it, but some dream, says the mate.
Says the captain, How does the ship cape?

South-west by South, says the mate; fair for the coast, and the wind east by north.

That's all very good, says the captain; and so after some other usual questions, he turned about to go back to his cabin; when, as if it had been somebody that stood by him had spoke, it came into his mind like a voice, "Heave the lead, heave the lead." Upon this he turns again to his second mate: Mate, says the you heave the lead? what water had you? captain, when did About an hour ago, says the mate sixty fathom.

Heave again, says the captain.

There's no matter of occasion, sir, says the mate; but if you please it shall be done.

I dont know says the captain, 'tis needless indeed, I think, and so was going away again; but was, as it were, forced to turn back as before, and says to the mate, I know not what ails me, but I cannot be easy; come, call a hand aft and heave the lead.

Accordingly a hand was called, and the lead being cast or heaved, as they call it, they had ground at eleven fathom.

This surprised them all, but much more when at the next cast, it came up seven fathom.

Upon this the captain in a fright bade them put the helm a-lee, and about ship. all hands being ordered to back the sails, as is usual in such cases.

The proper orders being obeyed, the ship stayed presently, and came about; and when she was about, before the sails filled, she had but four fathoms and a half water under her stern; as soon as she filled and stood off, they had seven fathom again, and at the next cast eleven fathom, and so on to twenty fathom: so he stood off to seaward all the rest of the watch, to get into

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retary of state to prosecute him at law: this obliged him to resolve to leave the kingdom, and in the mean time to conceal himself with more exactness; the government having issued out a proclamation for apprehending him, with a reward to the person who should discover where he was, so as he might be taken.

In order to conceal himself more effectually, he left his lodging where he had been hid for some time, and removed to Barnet, on the edge of Hertfordshire; intending as soon as he had settled some family affairs, to go away north, into Scotland; but before he went away, he was obliged to come once more to London, to sign some writings for the securing some estate, which it was feared might be seized by outlaw, if the prosecution had gone on so far.

The night before he had appointed to come to London, as above, being in bed with one Mr. RD, he dreamed that he was in his lodgings in London, where he had been concealed as above, and in his dream he saw two men come to the door who said they were messengers, and produced a warrant from the secretary of state to apprehend him, and that accordingly they seized upon and took him.

The vision surprised and waked him, and he waked Mr. D, his brother-in-law, who was in bed with him, and told him the dream, and what a surprise he was in about it. Mr. D, seeing it was but a dream, advised him to give no heed to it, but compose himself, and go to sleep again; which he did.

As soon as he was fast asleep again, he was waked with the same dream exactly as before; and he waked his brother again, as before this disturbed them both very much; but being heavy to sleep, they both went to sleep again, and dreamed no more. It is to be observed, that he saw the very men that apprehended him, their countenances, clothes. weapons, &c. and described them in the morning to his said brother D-in all the par

ticulars.

However, the call to go to London being as he thought urgent, he got ready in the morning to set off, resolving to stay but one day, and then set forward for Scotland. Accordingly, he went for London in the morning, and, that he might not be known, walked it on foot; that so he might go by more private ways over Enfield Chase, and so to Southgate, Hornsey, &c.

All the way he walked, his mind was heavy and oppressed, and he frequently said to his brother, who walked with him, that he was certain he was going to London to be surprised; and so strong was the foreboding impression upon his mind, that he, once stopt at Hornsey, and endeavoured to get a lodging, intending to send his brother to London, to see if any thing had happened there, and to give him notice.