| wks osha New Atlantis. 
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we now fee before oureyes is thy Finger, and atruc Mi- | 
jracle. And forafinuch as'we learn in our Books, thattbou 
| never worke/t eA iracles but toa Divine and excellent End, | 
| (for the Laws of Nature, are thine own Laws, and thou’ 
exceede/E them not but upon good caufe) we mo% humbly be. 
feech thee to profper this great 8 ign, and to give us the Inter. 
pretation, and ufe of it in mercy, which thou doft iin fomne part 
[ecretly promife, by fending it unto us. adic 
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_. © When he had made his Prayer, he prefently found the Boat he was 
‘in, moveable andunbound, whereas all the reit remained {till fat ; and 
“taking that for an aflucance of leave to approach, he caufed the Boat tobe 
‘<¢oftly, and with filence, rowed towards the Pilar; but ere he cameneac it; 
< the Pillar and Crof of Light brake up, and ca‘t it felf abroad, as it were, into 
<q Firmament of many Scars; waich alfo vanifhedfoonafter, and there was | 
€ norhingleftro be feen butafnall Ark or Cheft of Cedar, dry, andnot wet 
< at all with Water, though it {wan ; and in chefore-end of it, which was 
«towardshim, grew a {mall green Branch of Palm. And when the Wite- 
«man had taken it with allreverence intohis Boar, it openedofitfelf, and 
“ there was foundinita Book and a Letter, both weitten infine Parchment, | 
«and wrapped in Sindons of Linnen, The Book contained all the Canonical 
< Books of the Old and New Teflament, according as you-havethem, (for we 
«know well what the Charches with youreceive;) andthe 4pocaljpfe it fell, 
} «and fome other Books of the New Teflament, ‘which were not.at that time 
« written, were neverthelefsin the Book. And for the Letter, it wasinthefe | 
.« words, : 
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\q Bartholomew, a Servant of the Higheft, and 
‘f Apoftleof ESUS CHRIST, waswarn- 
‘ed by an Angel that appeared to me ina 
|Vifion of Glory, that I should commit this 
‘\eArk to the Flouds of the Sea. Therefore I 
|do teftifie and declare untothat People, where 
‘\GOD shall ordain this 4k to come to Land, 
|that in the fame day is come untothem Salva- 
|tion, and Peace, and Good Will from the 
FATHER, andfromthe LORD FESUS. 
Low “ There was alfo in both thefe Writings , as well the Book as the 
“ Letter, wrought a great Miracle, conform to that of the Apoftles in the 
. | Original Gift of Tongues. For there being arthat time in this Land Aebrews, 
* Perfians, aad Indians, befides the Natives, every one read upon the Book 
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