E. GEE. Spirit, and held forth Christ in the Spirit. These men," says he, " are nearest to Zion, yet are they not come into it. For as every prophet shall one day be ashamed of his vision; yea prophesy itself shall fail ; so it is manifest these men are of a dark and deeper speech than can be easily under- stood ; therefore it is not Zion.". It is related by Ludlow, that when news was brought of Cromwell's death, Mr. Sterry stood up, and desired those about him not to be troubled. " For," said he, " this is good news : because, if he was of great use to the people of God when he was amongst us, now he will be much more so, being ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of Jesus Christ, there to intercede for us, and to be mindful of us on all occasions."-t This, if true, was flattery or phrenzy in perfection. EDWARD GEE, A. M.--This pious man was born at Banbury in Oxfordshire, in the year 1613, and educated .firstat Newton school, near Manchester, then in Brazen-nose college, Oxford. About the year 1636 he became chaplain to Dr. Parr, bishop of Soder and Man, and minister at some place in Lancashire. Upon the commencementof the civil war, he espoused the cause of the parliament; took the covenant, and, for his great activity in promoting the holy cause, as Wood in derision calls it, he became rector of the rich living of Eccleston, in the same county.t He was assistant to the commissioners of Lancashire for ejecting ignorant and scandalous ministers and schoolmasters. " This worthy puritan, during his last sickness, laboured under the painful assaults of Satan. After enjoying the sweetest consolations, the enemy was suffered to :.coma against him like au armed man, grievously tempting him to despair of his own salvation. But, by the help of God, he was enabled to resistthe enemy, and to say unto him, "Away with thee, away with thee, thou accuser of the brethren: God confound thee." On one of these occasions, observes Mr. Gee, " I was in a most woeful condition; and it was muchworse with my, soul than any pangs of death. I was so full of horror that I was ready to tumble off my bed into the grave, yea, into the pit of hell. And I was the more full of horror, because I, had before .spoken so much of my Erbery's Testimony, p. 69. t Neal's Puritans, vol. i3, p, 398. t Wood's Atherne Oxon. vol. ii. p. 169.
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