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Second day [no hour given], — There will be a great voice in the firmament. 

 The earth nill le moved from its place [earthquakes, S 1]. The gates of 

 Heaven will be opened in the firmament from the East. The smoke of a 

 great fire will burst through the gates of Heaven, and will cover the entire 

 sky till evening. There will he fear and tremhling in the ivorld. 



Third day. Third hour. — There will be a great voice in Heaven. The 

 abysses of the earth will groan from the four corners of the icorld. The wings 

 of the firmament will be closed [^reading operientur. This seems to correspond 

 to the passage in S about the Lord checking the circuit of the elements]. 

 All the air nill be filed with columns of smoke. Tirere will be an evil stench of 

 sulphur until the tenth hour. Me7i will say, "We deem the end is near, that we 

 may perish " (S 4) . 



Fourth day. First hour. — The abyss on the East of the earth (?) vjill 

 become liqtdd (S 3), and will bellow. [Or, according to another reading, the 

 earth on the East speaks, and the abysses groan.] 'J'hen the entire earth will 

 be moved [by wailing, S] by the virtue of the earth. In that day the idols 

 [adornamenta, another reading is idolas] of the nations will fall (S 8). All the 

 buildings of the earth ivill be moved (S 7) by the virtue of the earth. 



Fifth day. Sixth hour. — A great thtonder in Heaven, aud the virtues of 

 light. The disk of the sun will be obsciored [reading operietur]. There will 

 be great darkness till evening. The air will be sad tvithout sun or moon. The 

 stars will cease from their viinistering. In that day all peoples will see it so> 

 as in a bag (?), and they will despise the life of this age. 



Sixth day. Fourth hour. — There will be a great voice in Heaven. I'he 

 firmament vjill be split from the East to the West, and the angels will look 

 through the aperture at the earth. All men will see the hosts of angels, and 

 will fly to the tombs to hide themselves from the sight of the holy angels, and 

 will say, " Would that the earth might open, and swallow us up." [Here 

 follows in Bihlmeyer's text a long interpolated passage. Christ comes. At 

 His coming the fire which encloses Paradise will be released. (Is the passage 

 in S 6 dealing with the angels in the flame based on this ?) It is an ever- 

 lasting fire, which consumes the earth and all the elements of the world. 

 The spirits and souls come forth from Paradise, and return to their bodies, 

 and each will say, " Here was placed my body." When their voice is lieard 

 the earth will be moved (S 7), and by the virtue of the earth there is movement 

 over the mountains (S 7), and the rocks are s/dit (S 3) from below, 'i'he bodies 

 of the dead are raised, and are clad in garments made of a cloud of light. For 

 a cloud descends from the higher kingdom of Heaven, and surrounds 

 with its beauty all the souls that believe in Christ. Then they are clad with 

 it, and go rejoicing to Heaven. P>ut it is important to note that in one of 



