I{~·, Book ll ill9tnifrrntton ot, anti Chap 4.sea.s. ger, the mark whtrcof he carried with him to his grave. Alter this, it plea!td God to raife him up with comfort, ami he became an eminent Profdfor, and was very ze•lo~s for the truth. White· A l(ttle ~efore the. cig,hth perfccution began, God by a Vifion revealed it to Cyprian, faywg ·to !:urn, Be qrmt , and•f ~andcomf>rt,for pe>ce wiUcomt, albeit a littleJlay there i< for a while,f>r that fome remainyettobe proved, and trycd Clatk. 'Iheodarrtr , (or fingin.g a Pf~lm at t~e rrmoving of the body of BabilM, being ap· prehendcd , was exammcd w1th exqulilfe torments , and [o cruelly excruoiated tram mormng till almofi noon, that hardly he efcapcd with life , and being afterwards asked by, h1s frtends , how he could endure Cue~ exueam wrments, faid, That at ,fir]/ he felt form p.,n, bztt aftrrrvardr there flood by hun aY'"ng man. who ar he w.u fwear• ing with t!Jt prin, wiped aw.!>' bir fr>u t, and oft- timer fo rofrejhedhim with cold water wherewitb he war fo delighted, that wbw be war let down from th< l::ng_i;ze,it gricv<d hin; more then before Cl.rk. Whiltfi Aug,nflim was yet a MJnichee , llis Mother Manica had a dream. that fhe was !landing upon a wooden rule, and being very fad , fa w a glorious young mon very joyful, and of a chetrful countenance coming unro her, and that he asked her the eau~ of her fadnefs, ; and when !he had declared, that i.r was by reafon of {(mow that fhe had for her Con, who was th<n in the way'of de!lruction 1 he bid her be of good cheer, and wifhed her to mark and obferve, and that fhe fhould fceher fon robe with her where fhe was,andfo fhe faw ~er fon, handing witli her upon rhe fame rule~ A11· Rem. 13.12, f3, •4· t,rtj/. Conftff./.3• SEer. vur. Experimcuof thir truth, ar to Converfioll• FOr Come experieRces of t'-: Angels contributing to our Converfion. On a time, Attgr<fti;re being in great heavinefs , and deep contrition of heart . cryed out, Ob 1 wh;t is thir? what foffer I tmder the tyranny of fin ? zmlearned men talze heaven b) vio· /ence, and we, with aU our Learning, lye groveling i>tfiefh and blood. After this he had a great conflict ,' for all his pall plea!ures reprefented themfelves before his eyes, fay. ing, Wb.t wilt tho,;, dtpar! from us? and foaU wt be no more witb thee f<r evrr? And then a m~r:;ellous tempe!l of weeping came upon him , [o that he cafi himfdf on the ground under a fig-tree, and gave full [cope to his eyes, which brought forth prelently whole floods of tears; and then behold, he heard a voice, as if it had-been of a Boy or Maid 1\nging and fayin11, toile & lege, to/le & lege; 1a~e HP and read, Tal<! up a.td read : whcref~re reprdling the force of his tears , interpreting , that this Voycc came from heaven'·and was fpoken by Angels, he too~ up the book of Pauls EpiO!es which he had with him', wiih a purpofe to read the lirll Chapter that he fhould find,~nd opehinJl it,hiseyes fixed on thefe words,'Ihe ~tight i<fpem,tbeday is at band,let us tberef>re ea(/ off ihe workJ of dareyefs, and let M put onthe arm,ur of light; let ur wal"._ ho~teftly, ar ill the d;y, not inrioting and drztn/ztnnefi, not in chambrring and wantonnefi, "" ; 11 ftrife and envying, bntpttty eon the Lord Jefor Chrijl, &c· And by tlus means he was con– verted. Attguf/./.8.C011[e!J.co~ z, A woman telling me of her great trouble and grief, and of her long continu· a!\ CC in the pargs of the New· Birth, fhe faid, that fhe heard at Jail a voyce , phinly and cli'fiinctly faying io her as ilie was bewailing het fins,Iftbou'lforget, J'/efirget; lftbou'l forget, I'leforgtt· . A man Jaboming in the pang~ of his New-Birth; began to defpair of Salvation, and at ]aft concluded he {hould be damned; where~pon, plotting and contriving what was .beft to do , he refolved to makeaway himfelf, and not to live any longer: For th~(c t;eafons : 1. Becaufe he conceived, the longer h'e lived, the more aud greater would be his fin. And .2• The more would God by his tin be difhonoured. And 3• The more ~ri!l greater would his torment , proportionably ~a his fin be in the fire of hell: And even now going to the place where he had •ppomted the executtOll and felf– mu~der, there [uddenly"came· into his mind (as if a dart of light had been in)<:Cl:· id ).. this· very word, Wi;Q~nnw1 l on which pon~ering and ruminati11g, he asked him·. - . . !df
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