make out my self to them in formes of worships which joy and comfort you shal now have and thou shal know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer the mighty God of Jacob for brass thou shalt have gold and for Iron silver instead of outward forms thou shalt have the pure injoyment of I the Lord of host in spirit and I wil make such a worke amongst you now that instead of giving oppressours to be your officers I wil give you such that shal be peace-makers and I wil make your officers or exacters over you now to be righteous nay there shal be none any longer for to be officers one over another but you shal be all alike for as the master is so shal be the man as the mistriss so shal be the maid as the buyer so shal be the seller even all alike and none greater then other but what one hath shal be the others for I wil now make all things new for violence shal be no more heard with in thy borders but thou shall call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise even thou ö Sion that shal be gathered together in Iudea and in those places thereabouts which by reason of the greatness of thy company I wil enlarge thy borders for I the Lord of host wil be your wals and your gates and wil be salvation to you for to keep and preserve you from all your enemies The Sun shal no more be thy light by day neither for brightness shal the Moon give light to thee but the Lord shal be unto thee an everlasting light thy God thy glory the sun shal no more go down neither shal the Moon withdraw her self for the Lord shal be even I the Lord of the everlasting light and I thy God thy glory and the daies of thy mourning sha be ended Whereas thou hast bin sorrowing up and down and hast I gone out of one country into the other mourning and weeping and so hast found no comfort now these shal all pass from thee and thou shalt weep no more ö Sion for the Lord hath founded thee ö Sion and wil be your King for ever even your light life joy and glory even your All and all so that thou shal not have need of outward ordinances either one or the other but I wil be a Sun and a Moon for to give thee light and for to make thee see though it hath a long time been neither light nor dark neither day nor night but now in the evening there shal be light even in these last days light shal now shine in such a perfect and clear manner that it shal be known to be light for I the Lord of host wil be sun-light and moon-light and wil be day and so indeed it wil be very glorious when I the Lord of host wil never leave them nor forsake them but wil be alwaies with them even never withdrawing light from them but alwaies making it for to encrease and grow and multiply it self til it comes to be seven fold more light then formerly there hath bin and until the weakest and feeblest that are among you be as David and David as the Angel of God even as God this shal be the estate and condition of you ö Sion whom I wil gather together to Ierusalem and so wil make you the praise of the whole earth even the very weakest of or among you shal know as much and have as much knowledge as David had and shal be in as great favour as David was with I the Lord of host who hath commanded the writer hereof to write it as my wil and not as his wil because I have purposed to appear so bright and in such a glorious manner to them making them partakers of my glory that they shal have as much knowledge as David and they shal be even as Angels of God yea even Angels and shal know as much of God even of I the Lord of host that they shal all be taught of I their God and shal have no need of teachers to teach them for I wil be their teacher and instructer and so wil guide them in the way of truth and from it they shal not err neither shal slip aside as now they do but they shal al of them be kept upright by my power and I wil not let them slip aside from me but wil uphold them with my right hand wil carry them in my bosom and so wil make them to rest in me as their only joy even in I the Lord of host thy people also shal al be righteous they shal inherite the Land for ever the branch of my planting the workes of my hands that I may be glorified even thee ö Iudea whom I have given to my Saints for to inherit and wil bring al my sons and daughters up by degrees to thee for to inherit and be there even my choice and peculiar ones to be brought up to Ierusalem the place which I have chosen for to make my name glorious for I wil make them appear to be the branch of my planting and so they shal al be righteous and not any one that shal be wicked shal be suffered to be there no hypocrite or dissembler or any one that worketh abominable mischief or speaketh lies shal be there no for it is my house and place where I have chosen to dwel even in my Saints and I wil now fulfil the prophesie there shal be no more a Canaanite in the house of the Lord for ever but all shal be righteous and glorious shining as so many stars in the Firmament and glistering so clear and so bright that al the spectators shal be dasled for mine shal be as Angels for knowledge and glory and power for in deed they shal be my Angels for a little one shal become a thousand and a smal one a strong nation I the Lord wil hasten it 〈◊〉 its time even in those poor and dispised ones who are but smal and little in comparison of the multitudes that are so great even these poor and smal ones shal encrease and grow even those who have now the breaking forth of light in them in this Nation of England which we were at the first but one even that one that had light made out to him as concerning his going to Ierusalem even that one shal become a great Nation and a glorious Nation even the joy and praise of the whole earth which I the Lord wil hasten in my own time which now wil be very shortly sing and shout ö daughter of Ierusalem sing aloud ö daughter of Sion for behold thy King the holy one of Israel is in the midst of thee and thou shalt see evil no more but now shal go with joy and rejoycing and with gladness of heart to Sion singing and leaping for joy to the mountain of the house of the Lord which shal be in Iudea and there shal sing and dance with the tabret and pipe and so shal have all kind of musick and mirth and thou shalt see sorrow no more but weeping shall now be hid from thine eys for I have called thee by a new name and so have given thee a new name for thou shalt no longer be termed desolate and forsaken but thou shal be called the place where I the Lord of host delights to dwell for as soon as Sion travelled she brought forth and was delivered of a man child who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such a thing that a nation should be born at once but now as I live 〈◊〉 the Lord of host it shall come to pass for I will give them a new name which none shall know but them that have it My name changed from GEORGE FOSTER to JACOB ISRAEL FOSTER FINIS
aforesaid thus as the tree was digged up by the roots even so as this tree represents all powers so will I root up all powers even I the Lord of host the root and foundation of all powers for the present are set up by the power and strength of men in all Nations It being the good pleasure of I the Lord of host that it should be so and so by the strength and might of men the mankind that are made all of one mold and clay destroy one another which arises from a fleshly domineering and Esau's power that would raign over their fellow creatures which power assoon as one is subdued another takes place and will do so still but the time comes and the set time of I the All of all things is to be at an end and when the fulness of these dayes shall be expired and accomplished then one power shall not destroy another to set himself in power to rule over his fellow creatures no but that power shall destroy all powers besides my selfe as honour and riches shall be destroyed and so the root destroyed that I the Lord of host may be all and in all And the word of the Lord came again saying behold and lo I saw men and women runnnig together and every one said save my god save my god as if men and women had each of them a god which god must now be destroyed and I looked to see what their gods were that there was such running up and down to save them and loe I saw one company and their gods were gold and silver but this god was destroyed and another company made houses and another made their lands but these gods I saw destroyed another made their pride and honour but these gods were destroyed also and so one after another they were all destroyed even all those things which men and women have run a whoring after must be destroyed and brought to nothing and I said Lord what meaneth the people to call these their gods and my excellent majestie at whose bright appearing all things besides himself must be destroyed who will now suddenly appear to make men weep and houl for the miseries that are now a coming upon them said on this manner as followeth they call these their gods because they have set their hearts more upon these things then upon me and have with all eagernesse run after these things but I at my appearing destroys them all and so will take from earthly creatures those things wherein they have put most trust and confidence in and will destroy them in their sight even their gods of silver and gold and will make them throw away their pictures And again the word of the Lord said behold and loe I saw a company of men with their hands upon their loynes weeping and wayling crying out for help and I said Lord what meaneth these to be so feeble and to stand as they do crying for help and my eternal God said these men represent all my enemies and all my Saints enemies as they stand with their hands on their loines crying for help it showes that I the Lord of host have stricken them with fear and terror even I have taken their strength from them and they shall become as weak as water even so weak that one shall slay a 100. and a 100. slay 10000. for all their strength was taken from them so that I am confident 1. wil make nothing to slay 1000 if it doth please God to bring his enemies in such a condition which prophesie I look to see fulfilled in the year of redemtion of the creation from bondage which wil be a year of Jubilee and this Jubilee is at hand for I the Lord of host comes and wil not tarry but will arise like a man of war tearing and devouring in sunder al my enemies and wil consum them by the breath of my nostrils they shal not be able to stand for I will tread trample on them in the fierceness of my wrath wil make them come bowing down to the soals of the feet of my saints wil give the strength glory honor to my Saints and they shal rejoice and sing for ever ever And the word of the Lord came again saying behold what dost thou now see and lo I beheld a woman gloriously arrayed with a Scepter in her hand and she had a maid to wait upon her and I said Lord what meaneth this and my God the most high Jehovah answered me and said this woman represents the sons and daughters of Sion and as you saw her with a Scepter in her hand it denotes unto you that she hath power and strength over all her enemies and so is a conqueror over them all and so hath them in subjection be her enemies great or small more or less so then the time is now a comming that Sion shal rejoyce and be glad and shall sing for joy of heart when her enemies shall stand a far off and weep for bitternesse of spirit and as you saw her gloriously arrayed it shewes that the sons and daughters of Sion shall have of the best they shall eat and drink of the best and wear of the best not that they shall have the others which are those whom God in love doth not make out himself unto in bondage slavery and so deprive them of the outward creatures no but they shal have the use of the creation as to have their fil with food and al necessaries belonging to the body so they shal in this sense be their servants as is shewed by the maid waiting on the woman And presently after I saw one in glory with an army following him and he cut down his enemies a pace and left none to oppose him and of a sudden I saw all his enemies destroyed for this form of glory is the mighty God that is now risen to take vengeance on his enemies and to make them his foot-stool and his armies are his ministring spirits by which he will confound all the glory honour and strength of men yea even bring to nothing all the glory and powers of all fleshly powers how high soever they be lifted up for alas poor flesh what art thou now in my hands I am now risen to judge thee to burn thee up and so to bring thy flesh to nothing yea I will not leave thee root or branch for there shall not be son or nephew but I even I the mighty Jehovah will make a short worke for I will work and who art thou that shall hinder me from doing my purpose Therefore rejoyce and sing for joy of heart for behold I come even I thy king ô Sion shout shout and spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet and say my God raignes even thy holy King of Sion therefore sing aloud and let the high praises of God be in thy mouth and a sharp two-edged sword in thy hand and so execute
also make such a work in all the earth that oppression shal cease amongst them even those that are not brought into my love and favour shal live and be quiet one with the other and shal have all things common but for my Saints which have right to the tree of life and so enter in through the gates into the citty shal not be twain but shal be all one both of one heart and one minde for I the Lord of host wil preach to them and they shal hear me preach and shal learn knowof me even so much that they shal see and know that they possess all things and enjoy all things and so have all things at command for this tree of life is my self which if a man eats of he shall live for ever and also this tree of life is in the City which City may be taken two waies either mystical or literal mystically the Saints makes one City literally it is the Jerusalem where my sons and daughters shal be gathered together the gates of this City is my power which all must be indued with before they can enter into it for the tree of life is my self which will be there for ever keeping of them my sons and daughters alwaies in a continual supply so that they shal have no want of anything but the riches of the Gentils shal be brought into this City even into this new Ierusalem whose children shal be all righteous and nothing but righteousness shal dwel there nothing but the pure chosen vessels of my love shal be there even with singing dancing shal they come thither and leaping for joy for the Lord hath founded Sion and the poor of the people shal trust in it O Sion shout shout and sing for joy for all people shall tremble and quake for fear of thee even for fear of thy most excellent King I the mighty Iehovah that dwels in thee and I wil make thee to be famous and thee to be desired far among all people this word shout shewes abundance of joy joy unspeakable in thee shout and be glad nothing but rejoyce and sing let sorrow and sighing and whatsoever hath formerly troubled thee be now turned into joy and gladness I tel thee that thou shalt be made the praise of the whole earth even thou O Sion that hath bin scattered and driven into all nations here and there one but now I have founded Sion even thee O Sion wherein I do delight to dwel and will bring thee into my own place even into a Canaan of rest from all thy hateful enemies so that thou shalt no longer be here and thereon no but I wil bring you all together both Iews and Gentiles and I wil make you to be both one rejoycing in you and wil be married to you and you shal be my spouse and my wife who shal alwaies be feeding on the tree of life and so I wil make you live for ever for all my joy and delight shal be in you and I wil be your tower and rock and wals and salvation for you and in that day you shal say we have a strong City salvation will God appoint for wals and bullwarks even a free universal liberty from all sorts of enemies both within and without and nothing but joy and love all being knit together in love rejoycing in love heaving so strong a City and all manner of precious things being there even such a City and place for delight that there shal be none like it in the world for nothing but joy wil I give you and wil make you for to rejoyce in me your King of glory and you shal be as so many Kings and Princes that shal reigne here on earth every one of you no less then a King that shal have all nations in subjection to you by my mighty power which I wil manifest in you I wil make you to break the nations in peices like potters vessels even into shivers shalt thou dash all thine enemies whether they be Turk or Pope or any other Countries for all shal become as weak as water I in the midst of you wil shew my self to be strong and powerful even so strong that I wil make all nations to be silent and sit stil and let you alone and instead of making wars against you they shall beat their swords and spears and their weapons of war into pruning hooks and the nations shall not learn war any more but I wil make them say come let us go up to Sion and they will teach us their waies O what a bundance of glory wil I give unto thee O Sion that nations far and near shal come up to thee to be taught of thee and indeed they shall have great need for I wil empty all other teachings of men and all shal be barren so that there shal be no perfect rest but to those that come to Sion where I the Lord of host wil be the a lone teacher and wil make them all to know me even from the least to the greatest not only know me and cal me God because of my power being seen in that I have made the heavens and the earth for this knowledge of me all men have yet they are ignorant of what I am which my people that dwel in Sion shal know they shal see me in my glory and know me what and where I be they shal see me every where and know that I am in every thing and that the whole world is but a garment to cover me from the visible sight of men and thus wil I appear in my people gathering them together where I wil manifest my self unto them and raise them from the dead even all Israel from this death of sin and corcuption and wil make them to be partakers of the second resurrection on which the first death shall have no power and so all Israel even the whole house of Israel shal be gathered together in righteousness and in truth and they shal glory and rejoyce in me even in mount Sion yea even the place where my son Jesus was transfigured and changed so that his raiment became white and glistering and the two Apostles seeing of him in this condition said it is good to be here for the glory that was seen there which was but a resemblance of my gathering my people to Sion and so making them to be as one and when I had so gathered them together in the last daies there to make my glory shine in a more lustrious and glorious manner then ever I did when my son Jesus was on the earth for his being transfigured and shining so bright shews forth abundance of light and glory that shal be manifested to you now in these last daies for as soon as he was in garments that were white and glistering it shewes that I wil appear to be a light and a more excellent light to you then yet I have bin for the glory was so great