<!ommunion 111ttb ~ngels. Book JJ. opened her<yes, but could not tell: Anon fuc arof~ out of B~d, and looking through' , the Box h'ole ( which by a gracious Providence was that night open , though ufually !hut, ((ho £fpicd a fire kindled on fome wood in the noufe, which qttickly would have fet all en a fume, that no way they could have efcapcd with life,butthcy both hallened out of their Chamber, and coming into the houfe, they timoufly quenched the fire, and ad. roiring at Gods Providence in each circumllauce , they returned in fafety to bed, and found tbat reil atld ileep after, which before they could not obtain. , The fame pcrfon ridtng ovcr a deep water,his horfe in the midi! of the flream laid him down under him : Thus man and horfe,both plunged in, the man with much adobdng recovered himftlf and getting thrm1gh, he rode home wet and culd, whichcaH him inroa f evtr, yet i11 time h~ recovered, and bleffed that God, who by the Minil\ry of his Angel<,ddveted him from the danger both of fire and water. ' The fame perfon being at home a DJughter came to vifit him, wllCJ one evening was vny imporlunate to go more early then otdinarily they ufed to bed; her importunity· fo br prevailed, that ptefently tL1ey went toPlayers, and commendin15 thcmfdvcs to Go<j{ for his cuftody, all in the fomily made up the fiairs to fevcullodgings; no fooner w.ere rhey dmpped afleep,but prefetltlya noife, like thunder, awaked them all, he \Vondred, ""d asked his wile if 01e heard the Thunder; who anfwercd, that !ne being !all in bed, was !Carcdy-afkep, but could not tell whether it was a cbp ot Thuudet, or a tall of fome pnt of th< houfc; and rHing out of bed to go to the Chamber where their Daughter ar.dalerva:nt maid lay in two beds, at the f1Hrance into the Chamber, the Da~ghrcr cri– ed, Stay Mother, or J'O" end•ngtr y'mr lift,for I beliEVe tl>e Cbmberf/oor, and Chamber-ad– joylring ir fa~m dowN. By that cacnion 01e rremblmgly lt1yed her foot, and drew back to tell he< Hosband the news; he defired her to go down Hairs into the houfe, light a cmdle,and to fee 1he mauer; but endeavQuring to open the door below into thehoufe, tbepa!fage was llopped, with the Floor of the Chamber. fallen down; •their Daughter, dnOayiuoneof the rwo Chambers,feated over the hou(e, cryed, thJt her Bed ;:rackt, and ihewas afraid to lye in it; thereupon they ad vifed her t<> haften out of it, at 1 d – with the !\.hid to Cteep into a c-orner of the Ch•mber' whi<;h was moll fecure. In the IDGn time, a Cry or Cnll was made through a Cafement for fomc Neighbours help; by this means o. Candle was brought, but no paff1ge b,ing pollible through the doors, the St•ndioa of .a Cafemtnt was cut, and oue came in at the Window with his light, thenit wasfecn how two Chambers over rhe houfe were fuddenly falleu, with all the wci~tof Wood,and Clay, and Furniture above, and that nothing remained unfallen, buraliftleroom cf one Chambn,where the two bed, llo~,wherdn the two women lay. Atlirft view they alll\ood amazed, bur recollcCl:ing rhemiclve<, the two women were by a Ladder fa!ely .brought down from the comer of the fallen Chamber, and being brought into another O>ambcr, rhey took their rei\ rill the morni , g, At day light they ftw their ~oodnful pre[uv!tions, and viewing_ the' circumlhnces, is appeared·: r. If thar night all badnllt gwe to bed before their ordinary rime, th, y had been all fitting iR the houle, whidt then would have fallen upon them, and have ilain them a-11. 2• If his.wife had not then ftayed her ltep, when the Daughter crycd, Stay Mathtr, fl1e had fallen down in– to •he ncatherroom amongf\ rubbilb, and probably had loll her life. 3· If d1o,fe twG beds bad not llood wherein the two women lay when all bdides fell withonecrafh, they had both petifued,efpccially the Daughter with a child in herbelly, being yet but an Em~ bno.lneverycircumltance appeared the Jin15er of God,and the Promife wao minded, He fbaU givehir Angels charge over thee, to k,fep thee in aU thyn>ayt, they jhaU bearthce up in thrir bands, leftrhau dafh thy foot againjl a ftone. Simo" Grin.er.t, a learned and holy man, coming from HeidelbHrge to Spire, was defi-' reus tohtar acertain Preacher in that City, who in his Sermon did then ltt fall Come erro– neoos PI0pofitions of Popi(h DoCl:rine,\.herewithGrin.eut, not being a little offended, £raved fpeedy conference with the Preacber,and laying before him the talfuood and dan– ger cf h1s DoCl:tincs, exhorted him to an abandoning and retraCl:ation of thofe m if– opinions; the Preach<r gave good words ar.d fair femblances to Grutoeut, defiriog far– th<r and more particular conference with him, each imparted to othor their nanies and lodgings, yet inwardly, as being flung with that jull reproof, he relolved a revenge, by pmcunngthe illlprifonmem, and (if he might) the Dtath ot (o fharp a Cenfurer. Gri· n.elfnnifdoubtiog norhing,upon his returnto his lodging,reports the paffages of t~c late conference rothofe who tate at th~ table with hnn,amongll whomMelaullbo 1, being one, he wascalkd out ofthe room !o fpeak with a firanger,newly come into the boufe; going fonh I •
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