been entertained in discourse before, withdrew himself from the place where he then stood: and another Angel went out to meet him, and re∣ceive his commands.
4. To whom this was that, which the great Angel gave first in charge. Make hast, saith he, and deliver this Prophesie to that young man, (Zachariah, the young Prophet) and say. Ie∣rusalem shall be once again so populous, that many of her Citizens shall be fain to inhabite in the suburbs, and in the little villages all about them, because neither they, nor their cattle, and other wealth shall be able to be conteined within the walls. (In all which Jerusalem shall be but a type of a greater accesse of true converts to the Church of God, which is the true Jerusalem, the mother of us all.)
5. And to this Ierusalem (and to that which is figured by it) will I be like a wall of fire round about her (to defend her from all outward assaults) And within the Citie, I will be a glory to her in the many, and miraculous expressions of my power, and Majestie.
6. You therefore that account your selves in the number of the children of Israel, and are yet in the land of your captivity. Come, O come quickly to us out of those Northern cli∣mates, saith the Lord. For I will dilate and extend your habitations towards the four winds