Dr. Bouram's Prophesie of Months, signify­ing what shall happen in the Year 1696, and 97. to the general Amazement of all Mankind in divers places.

Another by the same Astrologer.

An antient friend of his asking him, a­mongst other discourse, what he thought of a persecution of the church, of which he had heard some so earnestly speake? to which the Astrologer feeling reply'd, that such a Persecution was to come upon the church of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as like­wise upon all the protestants of Europe, & that he might certainly expect it, to which the Gentleman answered, that he believed the civil wars might have terminated the Prediction, to which he answered, no, for that it should be by the Papists, saying, Fool not your self, for I tell you, all that you [Page 8] have yet seen, has been but a beginning of sorrow, to what is yet to come upon the Protestant Churches of Christ, who will, e're long fall under a sharper Persecution than has been ever yet upon them, and a Worshipper in the temple for Christ will measure those that profess his Name, and call themselves his people, & the outward worshippers he will leave out to be trodden down by the Gentiles, the outward court, says he, is the Formal Christian, whose re­ligion lies in performing the out-side duty of Christianity, without having inward Life and power of Faith & love, uniting them to Christ, & those God will leave to be trodden down & swept away by the Geotiles. but the worshippers within the temple, are those who indeed worship God in spirit and in truth, whose souls are made his temples, and he is honoured and adored in the most inward thoughts of their hearts and sacrsfice their lusts and vile affections, yea, & their own wills to him; and these God will hide, whilst the Evil be over-past, and this shall be one great difference between this last & all other proceeding Persecutions, for in the former the most Eminent ministers & pious Christi­ans [Page 9] did suffer most, but in this last Perse­cution they should be preserved of God as a seed, to partake of that glory which shall immediately after come upon the church, even as soon as the storm is blown over; for as it shall be the sharpest, so it shall be the shortest p [...]rs [...]i [...] [...] & shall only take away the gross Hypo­crites, and formal Professors, but the true Spiritual believers shall be preserved till the dreadful Calamity cease.

This famous Astrologer did likewise predict the Destruction of a great many Cities & towns in France.

‘That William of Nassaw, King of Great Britain, should sail over into his territory of France, & should make a great Con­quest there, & reduce his Rebellious subjects intirely to his Obedience, and that James Stuart (the late Monarch, for not walking in the ways of his Father) should be taken prisoner, & so remain for six months, & then fall sick & dye. But yet the wars among the European Princes would not be ended for one year after, till another great person was sub­dued, [Page 10] which shall be looking over a Ca­stle-wall, and a shot shall take him thro' the head, and then the Castle shall be surrendred upon terms, and all other places that stood out should immediatly surrender; so that then England, Scot­ [...] [...] the nations that God will delight in, and bless them with peace for many years.’

Another strange and wonderful Prophesie.

IT is not unknown to most who are pleased to take cognizance of wonders and strange miracles, which this present age doth frequently represent, that of late years we have been exceedingly astonisht at several (to us strange and seldom heard of) much to be admired wonders But now prepare your ears to hear the most amazing and most unparalel'd miracle that ever England was made sensible of, or I think the whole world was ever made acquainted with; nay, so wonderfully strange, and seemingly impossible to be true, that though it be attested with ma­nifold assertions it cannot lodge in the breast of the incredulous, as an unquesti­onable [Page 11] verity. But to proceed to the mat­ter intended, and not too much to dero­gate from my designed business, let this inform the most doubtful & unbelieving Reader, that there is lately an account Tent from Flanders of the strange manner of the coming of one man into a City of Germany eminently known by many tra­vellers, to be one of the Cities not lest ac­counted of in Germany, this person of such an age (as he says he is) no less to be ad­mired for his great age, than for his strange kind of Prophesies, which he dai­ly parts with; and his manner of coming into the City, which we are informed was invisible; but to come to particulars, this person doth affirm, that his age is greater than ere was heard of, for he doth say he is above two hundred and fifty year old; and says that he hath the spirit of truth in him; with many other assertions, no less full of wonder than that you have al­ready heard of in the preceeding lines: His manner of apparel is no less to be ad­mired than his manner of discourse, of such habit as we are informed he doth wear, was never seen by mortal eyes, his De­portment is also very strange, for he [Page 12] walks up and down the City, preaching and admoning to serious Repentance, and giving admirable advice to the people to forsake their iniquities, & to return from their evil ways, For (says he) the wrath of [...]. He also adds, that the City of Rome is a second Sodom; and that the transgressions of the people have ascended up to the Heavens, and approached the ears of the Almighty and that nothing can preserve them from approaching misery, but speedy and un­feigned Repentance; without which, he doth assert, and in three years the City shall be utterly destroyed and consumed by fire: by our last advice we are infor­med that this man had continued there for the space of eight days, preaching a­bout the City: the Magistrates being of­fended at his Doctrine, have forbid him to preach; but he took no more notice of it than to return this answer, that he was sent from God to move the people to Repen­tance, and to abandon those iniquities, which if not deserted, would doubtlesly pull down ven­geance upon them in a short time. After this order was given for his confinement; which being performed, he was frequently [Page 13] visited by several Jesuites, who discoursed with him in several tongues, namely, the Latin, Hebrew, and Caldean, wherein he was exquisitely perfect. He also acknow­ledges that he knows well such as live loose and wicked lives He is not over curious in his Dyet, [...] [...] cate and general food is nothing but dry bread; and his strongest drink is water only. He prophesies of many strange things, and the time when all the wicked­ness in the world should have an end, & every one shall serve the Lord and wor­ship the God of Heaven; then nation shall no more rise against nation, nor Kingdom against Kingdom, all the world shall be at peace: being asked by some of the amazing people, whose astonish­ments were as great as his answers strange How long it would be before this blessed day would come? his reply was absolute, & about the 1699 should certainly be the end of all wickedness in the world: all Nations shall live in the fear of the Lord, all the world shall be at peace. His strange and unknown coming into this City was admired by all; at last he was examined by the Magistrates from whence [Page 14] he came: he answered, that he came from a place called Galadiam in Damas, a City of Gallilea, and a messenger of the Almigh­ty, sent to preach Repentance to the sinful world. but the Jesuits not at all pleas­ [...] [...] Discourse, have pr [...]v [...]y perswaded their magistrates to condescend to what they so earnestly Requested, which is, that he is very well acquainted with what shall be his Porti­on, and what shall become of him; and that he looked upon it altogether unne­cessary to be so loaded with questions but did acknowledge that he was very desi­rous to see the Pope, and so without any difficulty and with great ease, breaking out into a passion, he filled the Spectators with astonishment, as Report of the won­ders will certainly fill with amazement, all those to whom this matter shall be communicated.

He also Prophesied as here follows.

A Certain Prince as Religious as a Turk, shall overspread that Peoples territories, and War & Desolation will be occasioned by the unruly Nobility, [Page 15] who by their Civil Dissentions shall oc­casion the Ruin of the French monarcy? and if you would know near the time of this great mutation, it shall be when a certain King called William is twice made a King, and a Duke of Florence turns Pro­testant, this Prophesie seems to hint at the present juncture, though written so many years since, in consideration the English & Scotish Nation have unanimous­ly proclaimed & submitting their crowns to William Henry his present majesty; so that he may be said twice to be made a King.