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UN-PLATONIC FIRES
This night as I was in my sleep, I Dreamed, and behold the Heavens grew exceeding black; also it thundred and lightned in most fearful wise, that it put me into an Agony. So I looked up in my Dream, and saw the Clouds rack at an unusual rate; upon which I heard a great sound of a Trumpet, and saw also a Man sit upon a Cloud, attended with the thousands of Heaven; they were all in flaming fire, also the Heavens was on a burning flame. I heard then a voice, saying, Arise ye Dead, and come to Judgement; and with that, the Rockes rent, the Graves opened, & the Dead that were there-in, came forth; some of them were exceeding glad, and looked upward; and some sought to hide themselves under the Mountains: Then I saw the Man that sat upon the Cloud, open the Book; and bid the World draw near. Yet there was by reason of a Fiery flame that issued out and came from before him, a convenient distance betwixt him and them, as betwixt the Judge and the Prisoners at the Bar. I heard it also proclaimed to them that attended on the Man that sat on the Cloud; Gather together the Tares, the Chaff, and Stubble, and cast them into the burning Lake; and with that the Bottomless pit opened, just whereabout I stood; out of the mouth of which there came in an abundant manner Smoak, and Coals of fire, with hideous noises. It was also said to the same persons; Gather my Wheat into my Garner. And with that I saw many catch't up and carried away into the Clouds …
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- Heaven and Hell in Enlightenment England , pp. 111 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994