held at although Westbury

tho' all communication was for-
bidden under pain of death. Being somewhat doubtful
of the propriety of this risqueing his life, he was confirmed
by a dream, in which he saw and heard the Persons who
should trouble him for this act of religious duty threatening
what they would do to him: but he was assured that they
should not have power to hurt him, and received directions
how to conduct himself, and even what to say when
they should question him. Singular as it may appear
the latter was couched in the following verses:
O mortal Men! your ways and works consider,
Sleep not in death least there you be forever
Awake! and stand upright, that you restor'd maybe
Both from your sins and evils great, with all iniquity.
Ye Cedars tall, and Oaks, so strong, tho' towred up on high,
The fire is kindled at your root, come down before you die.
When he was afterward had before the Committee of Safety
he boldly addressed them in these words, If I have done any
thing worthy of death or of bonds I am ready to an-
swer for it. They seemed at a loss to begin with him,
which gave him an opportunity to ask them if he should
tell them his dream. They said he might, and he re-