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lieved Phillips' tale. However, when he came 

 out of gaol, old Phillips owned up to Mr. 

 Sparks that his punishment was just. 



Some few years afterwards, his blasphemy 

 before the magistrates was terribly punished, 

 and his awful wishes fulfilled, showing that the 

 warnings of the Almighty cannot be treated 

 with continuous contempt. " He that har- 

 deneth his neck, being often reproved, shall sud- 

 denly be destroyed, and that without remedy." 



Old Phillips had a curious and terrible 

 dream one night, and it made such an im- 

 pression on him that he related it to his mates 

 in the harvest field next day, for it was harvest- 

 time. They were at work in the field, and at 

 noon they sat down to dinner, when Phillips 

 related his dream. He said he dreamed that 

 he was minding a team of horses and a waggon 

 in the field, carting the harvest ; he described 

 the field and a few of his companions then 

 around him, all of which he saw in a dream. 

 He went on to say that he took hold of one of 

 the horses by the leading rein, was knocked 

 down and killed. 



