I have seen in my visions two Kings in exile: one of whom shall be recalled, but the other shall die in a foreign land.

As to thee, thou mayst live on yet awhile in fancied security.

But destruction shall suddenly overtake thee.

Thou shalt be stung to death by the serpent thou nourishest in thy bosom." Whatever credit might be attached to them, the Puritan's prophetic forebodings produced, from the manner in which they were delivered, a strong impression upon all his auditors.

Unquestionably the man was in earnest, and spoke like one who believed that a mission had been entrusted to him.