Then the Soldier having on the Armour of God,
and remembering the Documents given him by the Holy Men, neither
forgetting the Arms of his Spiritual Warfare, called upon the Name of
his pious Redeemer, saying: Jesus Christ have pity upon me.
Whereupon he was so fully deliver'd from the said Flames, that the
least spark of all that great Fire did not appear. The Soldier
perceiving this mighty delivery, became more bold, and resolv'd to
fear no more those whom he saw so easily overcome by calling for the
Assistance of Jesus Christ."
"CHAPTER VI.
"Of the Four Penal Fields to which the Soldier was Dragged.
"Then the Devils leaving this Hall with an hideous Cry, and an horrid
Tumult separated themselves. Some of them dragged the Soldier thro'
a vast Region, that was so dark and obscure, that he cou'd see
nothing but the Devils. There blew a burning Wind in it, which cou'd
scarce be heard, but yet so dry that it seemed to Pierce his Body.
From thence they dragged him towards those bounds of the Earth where
the Sun rises at Midsummer, and being come thither, as unto the end
of the World, they turn'd to the right Hand and extended themselves
over a large Valley towards that part of the Earth where the Sun
rises in the Middle of Winter. Here the Soldier began to hear, at a
distance, the most lamentable Groans and Sighs of a vast Number of
People; and the nearer he drew, the more he heard their doleful
Lamentations.
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