9.  This I seemed to hear Him say, and to see Him do, and besides, to hear Him shouting to His people, which once were few and scattered and miserable, and have now become many, and compact enough and enviable, Go through Go through, etc.  This passage refers to the restoration of the churches to the orthodox by Theodosius, Jan. 10, a.d. 381. My gates Isai. lxii. 10. and be ye enlarged.  Must you always be in trouble and dwell in tents, while those who vex you rejoice exceedingly?  And to the presiding Angels, for I believe, as John teaches me in his Revelation, that each Church has its guardian, Rev. ii. 1. Prepare ye the way of My people, and cast away the stones from the way, Isai. lxii. 10. that there may be no stumblingblock or hindrance for the people Ib. lvii. 14. in the divine road and entrance, now, to the temples made with hands, Acts vii. 48. but soon after, to Jerusalem above, Gal. iv. 26. and the Holy of holies there, Heb. ix. 3, 24. which will, I know, be the end of suffering and struggle to those who here bravely travel on the way.  Among whom are ye also called to be Saints, Rom. i. 6. a people of possession, a royal priesthood, 1 Pet. ii. 9. the most excellent portion of the Lord, a whole river from a drop, a heavenly lamp from a spark, a tree from a grain of mustard seed, S. Matt. xiii. 21. on which the birds come and lodge.