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A88859	The wars of David, and the peaceable reign of Solomon symbolizing the times of warfare and refreshment of the saints of the most high God, to whom a priestly kingdom is shortly to be given, after the order of Melchisedeck. Set forth in two treatises written by J. Lead: and according to divine ordination publish'd in this present year of jubilee. For the service of all the children of the captivity, now watching and praying in many countries, for the great jubilee of the Lord to begin, and follow upon this very speedily. Containing I. An alarm to the holy warriours to fight the battels of the Lamb. II. The glory of Sharon, in the renovation of nature, introducing the kingdom of Christ in his sealed virgins, redeemed from the earth.	Lead, Jane, 1623-1704.	1700 (1700)	Wing L791A; ESTC R226473	14,453	20

Success may thence be expected and they will have no reason to complain of their Labour being lost Therefore seek to learn this Holy Exercise here Describ'd then Read So shall ye Understand and so shall ye Profit Otherwise there is nothing but may be converted into Venom Even the very Love of God it self is at this Day become a Stumbling Block to many as is well known And if it be Pure from all Self-Interest not seeking its Own but Gods this alone we find is enough to raise the Jealousie of the highest Ecclesiastical Princes and Courts Whence as if there were danger of Loving God too much or of seeking his Glory two Generously the Passions of Men have been carried on against it to that Exorbitant Height though still under the fairest Pretexts as even to Decry it for turning Christianity upside down as well as the World Such is the blindness of Humane Nature even in Good Men as coming without that Preparation of Holy Silence which is requisite and without the Practise of that Exercise here recommended we run into the grossest mistakes of Things and Persons that are Spiritual But if any one shall faithfully practise this Holy Exercise and attend to the Presence of God in his Soul he shall be sure to hear and understand that Heavenly Call and Angelical Summons that is now beginning to go forth over the whole Earth by Witnesses raised up in all Parts to Proclaim the Entrance of the Kingdom of Christ in the Restitution of the Evangelical Spirit and in the Renovation of Nature And Thrice Blessed is he that shall be Obedient to this Call For he shall have a Name Written upon the Foundations of the New Jerusalem and shall be made a Pillar in that Temple which descends from Heaven Fountain of Gardens Vol. III. Part I. p. 151. These are those that shall Fight the Battels of the LAMB and bring him to Reign on and over the Earth So that all Kingdoms and Nations may serve him as appearing in his Saints Isa 59.17 19 20. He put on Righteousness as a Breast-plate and an Helmet of Salvation upon his Head and he put on the Garments of Vengeance for Cloathing and was clad with Zeal as a Cloak When the Enemy shall come in like a Flood the SPIRIT of the LORD shall lift up a Standard against him And the Redeemer shall come to Zion Eph. 6.12 13 14. We wrestle not against Flesh and Blood but against Principalities against Powers against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World against Spiritual Wickednesses in high Places wherefore take unto you the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the Evil Day having done all to stand Stand therefore having your Loins girt about with Truth The CONTENTS of the First Treatise § I. to V. A Signal Deliverance from the Angel of Death being the Preparation and Occasion for the ensuing Divine Manifestation and Alarm with what thereupon did follow both for the Exercise and Encouragement of the Author's Faith V. The ALARM VI. The Manner of the Listing and Calling forth the Soldiers VII The Time of this Call VIII The Persons made choice of IX The Kingdoms of David and Solomon Typical X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Motives for entring upon the Holy War XVII The First Engagement of the Holy Army Part. II. XVIII XIX The General 's Speech and his Instructions to the Soldiers XX XXI XXII XXIII The Alliance and Joining of the two Armies Superiour and Inferiour XXIV A Description of the Descent of the Heavenly Watchers XXV The Third Watch set XXVI Rules prescribed to the Watchers of the Inferiour Army XXVII to XXXIV Motives and Encouragements propos'd to them XXXIV An Universal Call to every one under Heaven to prepare themselves for the Kingdom of Christ which is at hand The Three Orders of them that are call'd XXXV XXXVI The Seven Spirits and Seven Rewards confer'd on those of the Third Order The Conclusion Of the Second Treatise I. II. THE Manifestation of the Rose of Sharon III. The Multiplication of this Rose Or the Garden of Sharon IV. The Threefold Circle and Fence about this Garden described V. The Approach of this Beautiful and Blessed State VI. The Manner and Means of its Introduction VII The Paucity of its Number in which it will begin VIII IX The Interpretation of the Twelve Leaves of this Rose X. The present Budding of this New Plantation XI The Glory and Excellency of Christ's Kingdom hence arising XII An Order to some Elect Persons to Build the Walls of this Glorious Garden with its Palace XIII A Description of the Twelve Foundations thereof XIV The Qualifications of the Builders XV. The Manner of their Incorporation XVI The Wonderful way of Communion betwixt all the Members of this Royal Corporation XVII Their Assemblies and Colledges by a Personal gathering of the dispersed Members XVIII Their manner of Life here and their Redemption from the Earth XIX The Disciplehood of Abraham Planted in this New Plantation XX. The Renovation of the Paradisical Life And the Hidden Fraternity of the Rose of Sharon XXI The Admission of the Inhabitants to the Kings Presence and Favour XXII The Separation required in all to obtain this High Honour XXIII A needful Caution to all the Candidates that would be admitted into this New Sharon XXIV A General Invitation to all Persons to accept and press after the same Part. II. XXV The Manifestation of Wisdoms Cup. XXVI A Particular Invitation to all the Inhabitants of this New Plantation to drink of it XXVII An Interpretation of the Three several sorts of Wine drunk out of it And first of that which appertains to the Priestly Spirit XXVIII Of that which is appropriated to the Prophetical Spirit XXIX Of that which confers the Royal Spirit XXX The New Sharon further Described it s Seven Pools and the Royal Honours and Prerogatives therein to be enjoyed XXXI The Ministers of State that attend the Prince their singular Wisdom and great Power XXXII Their Commission to Proclaim the Time of the Lily XXXIII The Union of the Lily and the Rose and their Royal Generation thence produced XXXIV The Variety in Unity and Unity in Variety within this Blessed Plantation XXXV XXXVI XXXVII The Conclusion being an Address to all sorts of Persons The PRIZE p. 19. A Considerable Relation sent the Author p. 22.

How they are to be Admitted into the Military Roll that this is already open'd in Heaven the Time Place and Persons for the Rendezvous an Observation upon the Continuance and Success of this War all the Soldiers enter into present Pay all that Conquer are to win a Crown how they are dispos'd of that Dye in Battel before their Warfare is accomplish'd the Resurrection of the Spirit of Deborah and Prophecying in the Army the Discovery of Paradise for the Recovery of which the War is undertaken the Heavenly Auxiliaries the Assurance of Victory the Interest of all Parties to join thomselves with this Army a Description of the Auxiliaries riding on White Mules with Censersin their Hands and the effect of their Appearance being the first Pitched Battel After this follows another Alarm to Battel a Prospect and Promise of greater Conquests the Discovery of the New Jerusalem and repeated Encouragements to Fight for it a Letter from the King of this City to the Army the Counter-plotting of the Enemy the Communication of the Two Jerusalems the Allegory of Esther and Mordecai and the wonderful success of the Children of Wisdom how they are assisted by the Four and Twenty Throne-Elders a Gracious Encouragement to Perseverance how they are visited by an Heavenly Host and from then receive Anointed Shields the Three Watches and the great Power that is given in the Third some particular Instructions to the Soldiers and Watchmen the Miraculous manner of the Increase of this Holy Army the Spies to this Army the Seven Spirits of the Lamb his Mark and Seal the Proclamation of the Jubilee the Watch-word Counsels and Cautions to them that would obtain the Benefit of it the Magical Rod of Moses needful to the great approaching Deliverance of the Captives the due Preparation of the Captives in order to partake of the Promised Jubilee the Blessing upon them a Threefold Appeal concerning the Premises to Vnbelievers to Half-Believers and to Believers In the other Treatise are to be observ'd the many and wonderful Rewards of the Conquerors the Mighty Powers of Faith the Blessed Fruits of Love the Magnificent Conversation of distant Spirits the Angelical Generation and Multiplication the Manner and Progress of the Replanting Paradise the Separation from the Earth the Divine Cup which is the Spring of Vnderstanding the Fountain of Wisdom and the Light of Knowledge the Communication of the Priestly Prophetical and Royal Spirit with an Account of the Court of the Prince of Peace and some Observations on his Ministers All is Calculated with a special regard to the New Century now upon its entring And indeed all the Writings of this Author do point at some great Reformation of the Church as very near at the Door but carried on by an Invisible Power and not by the Wisdom or Arm of Flesh And the substance of them all as well as of these two may be reduced to the following plain Propositions viz. 1. That God is no Regarder of persons but that whosoever truly fears him and seeks to do his Will in any Tribe Profession or Religion is accepted by him and that out of all the Tribes Professions and Religions that are at this Day over the whole World he will gather to himself an Holy and Peculiar People to be as the first Fruits of the Kingdom of his SON 2. That the Promise of the Father concerning the Gift of the Holy Spirit was never determin'd to Place or Time But that it was extended Univerfally to as many as should Believe throughout all the Ages of the Church 3. That this Spirit Blows where it lists and is not controlable by the Wisdom or Power of Man 4. That Regeneration in Man is the Work of the Spirit and that Man ought only to cease from the Activity of his own Will therein and to seek to become wholly Passive to the Divine Operation 5. That in the process of Regeneration there is a Conformity to the Blessed JESUS as to the great Exemplar and that the several Degrees hereof are as so many Steps to the Kingdom of GOD. 6. That this Kingdom consists in perfect Righteousness Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost and in the Renovation of the whole Man Spirit Soul and Body 7. That this Kingdom shall comprehend the utmost Ends of the Earth by Virtue of an Everlasting Decree and that Christ as he is the second Adam is the Head and Representative of the whole Humane Nature 8. That not only the Justice but also the Mercy of GOD is over all his Works and that as the one is not confin'd to this short Life so also not the other but that they may both endure for Ever 9. That CHRIST as he is Heir of all Things will lose nothing that is his Right or that the Father hath given him And that therefore of his Kingdom there shall be no End but all Creatures whether in Heaven or in Earth or under the Earth shall be made to submit themselves to him and to bow the Knee 10. That the Times of Restitution are Now about beginning and that there is a Voice at present in the Wilderness Crying That the Kingdom of Heaven upon Earth is at hand And moreover it is to be remark'd in order to a right understanding both of These and of all such Books that they do generally turn upon these Suppositions 1. That beside the Literal Sense of the Scriptures there is frequently a Mystical one also 2. That it is not enough to Believe the Death or Resurrection of Christ without bearing the Marks of them in our selves And 3. That the Operations of the Divine Spirit and the Openings of the Kingdom of Christ are successive and gradual Which being well understood there will be no great difficulty found in the Reading of these or any other Treatises of the same Author This was thought necessary to premise for Caution to the Readers that so they may Apply what they Read to some of those General Propositions or Interpret her by one or other of these Principles and be careful not to wrest the same to their own Condemnation For as it is very dangerous to be impos'd upon in matters of this nature so is it no less dangerous to impose on our selves by perverting any thing from and against the original Design and more dangerous to judge Definitively in a Case that doth not properly fall under our Judicature and Cognisance lest haply we may be found Fighters against the Spirit of God when we think it not All that is here presented is virtually an Appeal to the Soveraign Judge to whom it belongs to Authorize or Condemn that which is sent forth as in his Name And he will not suffer Judgment to be wrested out of his Hands For the Work of every Person shall shortly be made manifest And the Day is at hand which shall declare it by the Revelation of Fire wherein the Children of the Kingdom shall be Purified in the first place And tho'

there will be found among all of these some Hay and Stuble to be burnt up yet the pretious Materials will hereby suffer no loss but will appear so much the more radiant and all that is Establish'd upon the Foundation of the Rock Christ who ceases not still to follow his true Israel in the Wilderness shall abide in the Furnace and overcome the Flames The Consideration of S. Ambrose may be enough I think to strike Terrour into us and to teach us to be sober in Judging Who after having spoken of that Fiery Baptism whereby all Iniquity shall be consum'd and the Righteous shall shine as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father saith Omnes oportet probari c. All must be tried by the Fire whoever desires to return to Paradise All must pass through the Flames whether it be that John the Evangelist whom the Lord so loved as to say concerning him to Peter If I will that he tarry till he come what is that to thee follow thou me Concerning his Death some have doubted concerning his Passage through the Fire we cannot doubt Whether it be that Peter who receiveth the Keys of the Kingdom he must also say we have passed through the Fire He is tried as Silver I shall be tried as Lead till all the Lead do vanish I shall burn And again he saith ' With Fire shall all the Children of Levi be Purified with Fire shall Ezekiel with Fire shall Daniel c be Purified Wo is me if my Work burn and I suffer the loss of my Labour And if the Lord save his Servants they shall be saved by Faith yet so saved as by Fire and if we shall not be burnt up yet we shall be burnt Also he saith farther ' There is onely one who could not feel this Fire even he who is the Righteousness of God Christ Wherefore for as much as the Day of this fiery Trial is at hand which hath been spoken of both by This and by many others of the Antient Holy Fathers and has been also mentioned in many places of the Writings of this our Author let us every one seek to prepare our selves according to the Word of our Lord to watch that this Day overtake us not unawares and to hold out in the Warfare of Faith and Love without wavering And especially to take heed that we judge not that we may not be judged but that we leave judgment to whom judgment belongs who in Righteousness doth Judge and make War and out of whose Mouth goeth a sharp Sword with which he will smite the Nations and rule them with a Rod of Iron who refuse to submit to his Golden Scepter And it is hoped that what is here Deliver'd may be an excitement to some yea to many to prepare themselves accordingly to love the Lord Iesus and to believe the Promise of his coming to live the Life of Faith according to the Pattern in the Mount and to love one another even as he hath loved us that so the Beauty of the Primitive Philadelphia may break forth and the Glory of the Apostolical Jerusalem may shine out in the Spirit and Name of the everlasting Father that all Nations may go up together to the House of the Lord and that this Nation in particular may be as the Garden of Sharon Amen Amen A Short Exercise of the Spiritual Warriours Recommended by an Old Experienc'd Soldier in the Faith who Ended lately the Days of his Warfare in France Here inserted for Direction and Caution to as many as would understand and Read with Profit these ensuing Tracts 1. THat which is the most Holy the most Common and the most Necessary Exercise in the Spiritual Life or Warfare is the Presence of GOD It is to be pleas'd with and to accustom our selves to his Divine Company speaking Humbly and Lovingly Communing with HIM at all Times in every Moment without Rule or Measure especially in the time of Temptations of Sufferings of Aridities of Displeasures and even of Unfaithfulnesses and Falseh●od that so we may immediately recover our selves 2. We must continually endeavour that all our Actions indifferently of what sort soever be a kind of little Conferences and Conversations with GOD yet without Study only as they proceed from the Purity and Singleness of Heart 3. We must perform all our Actions with Weight and Measure without Impetuosity or Precipitation which denote a Wandring Spirit We must Labour gently quietly and love-fully with GOD must pray him to accept our Labour And by this continual Attention to GOD we shall bruise the Head of the Devil and shall make him to let fall his Arms. 4. We ought during our Labour and other Actions yea even in the midst of our Reading and Writing however Spiritual they may be nay moreover while we are at our Outward Devotions and Vocal Prayers to cease and give over for a little Moment and as frequently too as we can to Worship GOD in the Center of our Heart and to get a tast of him tho' by the By and as it were by stealth Since you are not ignorant how GOD is present before you during your Actions how he is in the Ground and Center of your Soul Wherefore then it behoves you from time to time to retire and pause in the midst of your Outward Occupations and also of your Vocal Prayers to adore him inwardly Praise him Pray to him offer him your Heart and give him thanks 5. All these Adorations are to be done through Faith we believing of a Truth that GOD is in our Hearts that he must be Worshipped Loved and Served in Spirit and Truth that he seeth whatever cometh to pass and shall come to pass in us and in all the Creatures that he is Independent from all and that upon which all Created Beings depend that he is Infinite in all kind of Perfections so as by his Infinite Excellency and Soveraign Right of Dominion to deserve all that we are and all that is in Heaven and in Earth whereof he may dispose according to his Good Pleasure both in Time and Eternity And that consequently we owe him in Justice all our Thoughts Words and Deeds 6. We must carefully examine which are the Virtues that are most necessary for us those which are the most difficult to obtain the Sins into which we are most apt to fall and the most frequent and unavoidable Occasions of our falling We ought to have recourse to GGD with an entire Faith and Confidence while we are engag'd in the Combat to abide resolute in the presence of his Divine Majesty to Adore him in Humility to Represent to him our Miseries and Weaknesses and to Beg affectionately the Assistance of his Grace according to the several Circumstances we are then under and the stress of the Battel This Conversation with GOD is in the Center of the Soul where the Soul speaks to GOD Heart to Heart and always in a great and profound Peace which it