me a very pleasant Flowery and delightful Sphear with a wonderful bright Light that covered it as a Firmament and the word said this is the Childrens Sphear and Kingdom It appeared like a little World fill'd up with them from the Womb to the Stature of about 12 Years This was inferiour to Paradise but was appropriated to Wisdom to be under her Government and Dominion who appointed here several ministring Angels to Discipline and Educate them in the Faith of Iesus For being stained with original Sin they were to believe in and receive the Lamb of God as their Redeemer And so by Union with him they become Virgins without Spot or Blemish Hereby it was said that Wisdom did make out her self in the Fathers new-created Wonders in these Children being transplanted out from the Earthly into the Divine and Spiritual Orb of Light § XVIII Now the Three other Regions to wit Paradise Mount-Sion and the New Ierusalem I have already given an account of in the Book of the Eight Worlds I must pronounce Happy and Blessed are they that dye so fitly qualified as immediately to pass through all these before-mention'd Regions that none of them may detain them but that as an Arrow swiftly they may fly into this more high degree of the Paradisical Sphear for they shall not long rest here before their Ascension shall be where they shall see the King of Mount Sion stretching out the Golden Cord that shall draw them up to sit with him upon his Throne which he has prepared for them and so to rise from one Glory to another till in the fullness of the Fathers Glory Christ shall install them jointly with himself The everlasting Gates of the New Ierusalem here open and wide do stand Which properly does belong to the high and lofty Majesty as his Principal Seat or Manision-house Which he will in the concluding part of all Scenes make to descend to fill the whole Creation with the Splendor of it's Glory Even so Amen § XIX But for caution let none think they can reach to these two last degrees at the passing out of the Body but as Christ in them shall come to be grown up in a perfect Stature covering them all over with his divine Nature Which we hope and believe may be wrought out effectually by the same Power that gave a Resurrection to his dead Body and an Ascention to Glorification in the Faith of which we wait and pray for this perfect Day Iune 30. 1698. § XX. I was Considering and Recollecting with my self the manifold Mysteries that among the Dead lay yet hid which in these Ages past were to be concealed and shut up but as the nearer approach is of the finishing of the fulness of Redemption the Word of the Eternal Wisdom has been pleas'd to make known what is beyond the present belief of the World but to the Impartial seekers and Worthy inquirers the secrets that appertain to the States of seperated Souls may be communicated § XXI In the first place we are to consider how these three Ranks of such as have departed this World short of Redemption shall come to recover the Regeneration or Remaining part of the Work which they might possibly have attained in this Life for which end the Mediatorship of Christ was establisht by the Father and continued in the Melchizedeck-Order And as Souls are daily Dying in this imperfect State so Christ is daily renewing the Efficacy of his Blood that must still attone for them It is also further made manifest that the great Saints that are made Kings and Priests as they have Thrones so they have Seats of Iudgment and are also made Saviours with their high Prince and Saviour being of the same Merciful and meek Nature as joined and made one Spirit with him And their intercession with him is of acceptation and efficacy for these their fellow Members that have laâ—'d behind and lost their time either in this Life or in other Centres So that is laid for a Foundation-truth that the great Saints may help the less whether In the higher World or the lower Now as it was queried in my self so it may be by others how those that are departed shall be brought to Repent and believe in Christ for Salvation It was here shewn to me that there were There Prophets Pastors and Teachers that did exercise their Function and Office as well as in these Regions below For it is well to be understood that this Converting and Regenerating work is to go forward on till that which is perfect do so enter into every Member that they come to be in Congruity with their perfect Head who must see the full Fruit of the Travail of his Soul throughout the whole Creation For Christ the Head does not account himself perfect till every Member be co-joined with him Therefore also the high Saints do Sympathize with the groaning Creation because till all are brought in their Ioy cannot be full If it be asked What Scripture is there for this I recommend the same that was open'd to me from the Revelstions Chap. 5. 8. Where the 24 Elders were in Office to receive the Golden Vials of the Prayers of the Saints and to pour them before the Throne Whereby it is implyed that the Prayers of the Saints of a lesser degree may pass through them that are of a higher Then another Scripture I shall superadd is that 1 Cor. 15. 29. Where you find the Living did enter into the Covenant of Baptism for the Dead as being capable of helping them forward in their Process to Christ by Concurrence and Union of Spirits with them And had we more of this Concurrence of Spirits one with another the Kingdom of our Lord had not been so long detained and kept back but a quicker dispatch might have been made but we are in hopes that as the day-Star shall more Universally arise in Hearts this Light shall so spread it self as that the knowledge of these great Mysteries shall find more kind entertainment in the World that lyes Buried in so much Ignorance and Darkness Then there will be less to do in those other Regions because there will not so many dye in an imperfect State and the Kingdom of Satan will be weakened and diminisht thereby who shall not be able to hold his Dominion either in the invisible dark Sphear or the visible Principle I shall now conclude this Point with this Acclamation Rejoice ye Heavens and shout ye lower parts of the Earth for the Lord God Omnipotent is about to do Marvelous things which shall be seen and admired by such as do long for and Love his Appearance Which approaching is still nearer and nearer Even so come Come O Lord in thy Kingdom Power and Glory Amen Iuly 10. 1698. § XXII II was further discovered that the Elders before the Throne did receive Commission from the Supream King and Lord as being his most near Privy Counsellers for to put into Office and
appear the Source from the God of Love will so diffuse himself as to preserve Immortality of Life whereby all the latter Age of Miraculous Wonders and Amazing works shall put forth as Bodily Vehicles are thus fitted and Sanctified by the residing of the Holy Ghost O Blessed will those Souls in a Thousand degrees be that shall live this time to see wherein Redemption shall be compleated fully No Verbal Tongue or Pen can to the utmost Everlasting bounds of this Glorious State be able to express This Watch-word I only give as it was Sounded in me That we rouse up from out of the Sleepy Earth Girding up and stretching forth our Angelical Wings with our Eyes fixed upon the Heavens that they may so open as we may behold and see our Glorious Lord who within that Sphear of Light may descend into our own Essential Heavens By and through which sight we may become Metamorphosed into the self same Glory and with him of our lost Kingdom again be repossest as our Everlasting rest So shall exulting Ioy and Praise throughout all Heavens and Earth be raised to him Who was and is and shall be the Everlasting Elohim § XLV As I was now much exercised in my Spirit about the things relating to the Kingdom of Emmanuel which moved me to supplicate ardently for it's appearance a quiet stillness of my mind I did feel hereupon and this Word came to me be not doubtful for in the Heavens there is a moving Power at hand for the bringing forth of a new Model as it shall be seen according to the similitude presented to the deep seeing mind To which appear'd a vast tract of inclosed Ground The Walls thereof were very high and Splendorous in Light but the Earth at first sight seemed to be but dark Mold but immediately there did rise such a flow and inundation of Chrystalline Waters that no more Earth did appear and in the midst thereof sprung up first a mighty Tree And just at the dividing of the Branches there was a glorious Face transcending far the brightness of the Sun the Branches were laden with such oriental Fruit that shed and disperst it self into this Crystalline Earth which caused a springing up of many Plants round about this Tree And there was a Voice Sounded from this Tree saying Come and see where your shelter and hiding may be Then a twoleaved Gate did open and I with some others known to me were by a Guardian-Angel brought in each one was to know their Lot wherein they were to stand and their proper Tree For as these Plants did Spring and Flourish so it should be an Emblem of the new Created Form which was Christ in us whose Name we are to bear the Lord in Rightcousness Springeth and Liveth here For the overshadowing Tree in the midst should them nourish and feed continually till unto a full grown Stature they should reach This was said to be that inward and secret Fold that no devouring Beast or any thing that was hurtful should hereinto invade For it is the Glorious Lebanon which according to the Prophecy shall have its day for all powerfull Fruitfulness each one sitting under his own Tree shall Eat and abundantly be satisfied So that there shall be no occasion for wandering out For a strong Inclosure here shall be for the Elect Ones to possess great Bliss and Felicity Then it was further hinted to me that a new date of Life here should be known different from those that Scattered are and have not found the way of entrance into this Fold § XLVI The next Morning waiting and considering this Opening it was shewed to me further that all this did but make ready and prepare for Christ to present to his Father the First Fruits of such as he hath fully Redeemed Upon which did open a further Mystery by way of Similitude of a Rock all set with Fire-sparkling Stones by which all the whole Earth was enlighten'd with its Glory And it was signified to me that the Plants I saw in the inclosed Ground when to full Ripeness they did attain they were to be delivered up to the Father by the Lord Christ to be fixed so in God as their Munition-Rock as to be in no danger of being shaken or shattered any more All Impower'd from this Rock of Wonders these Stones shall be so that the Worldly Inhabitants shall be amazed and tremble for fear at the brightness of their Appearance as being the first Fruits the Lamb hath offered up to his Father Blessed are those that shall be counted worthy to be thus taken into God who their Covering Strength Power and Glory to the rest of the Creation for Provocation and Emulation evidenced shall be That they may also know that they must first become little Sprigs and Plants to prepare them for this higher State For none can come here to be fixed till to a Christed Stature they can reach Thus the Kingdom of Christ must have its beginning and increase upon the Earth which must be surrendered up to the Father to make the new Creation compleat In swallowing up all into his own Deified Being and so out of his Eternal Virgin-Womb which he has in himself brings forth distinct Figures in the Image of his own Glory as so many bright numerous Stars out of the everlasting Morning in which there shall be no fear of any Mutation or Change for God will fix himself upon them in the All-fulness of his Deity Creating new Heavens for their Habitual Place of that God that shall never be defaced this will be exulting Ioy when all pure Spirits shall again return to their Everlasting Rest and Dwelling place which is God All in All. One thing Omitted in the former part of this Vision viz That each Plant had the face of the Person whom it was assigned for which darted forth from that Face which was fixed in the middle Tree whereby each one might know their own and lay claim thereto February 25. A Call to the Shunamite to put on the Armour of Light with her Shield of Faith § XLVII AWake Awake O Shunamite lead on lead on the narrow Path of Faith a Track that few have understood but now the Time and Age doth require that this hidden way should be made manifest for great Conquests No carnal Weapon or outward Battelier can compare with these that are to be execised as Divine Archers in the Faith In the Lamb's Battles no noise is to be heard but all Softness and Meekness is by which the Arrows do hit and whereby the great Goliah doth fall so that this Conquest shall appear not to be of Man but God shall here act from the stilness of his own Deep wherein he will manifest himself to be all in all § XLVIII After this there appeared a strait Line of a Scarlet Colour which by an Angel did seem to be fasten'd on the Top of our Habitation and it reached up to the Heavens Then my Spirit
Righteousness § VII Now further there was a Trumpet Cry to the Adept Philosophers that have lain in obscurity in outward Nature and are shut up in it as having no vent to shew forth the Wonders of the Creator To you this Message and Call goes forth from the divine Imperial Wisdom that you make no longer delay nor halts in your way For know the time and season is come in which you are to be made manifest and join'd to those who are internally taught the Theosophical Art For the Tree of Faith hath spread forth its Branches and is ready to cast its Fruit and doth invite you thereof to come and Eat And as divine Artists such a Composition make of the Leaves thereof as may be for Medicine and Healing to all that Obnoxious to Corruption doth lie § VIII The last Gate of this side of the Mountain was the Apostolical Gate which opens into that Centre where the Holy Ghost will rest upon such as are Elected and Chosen hereunto that shall revive the Antient Miraculous Powers in such wise as they shall not be Transient but go forward on to Fixation and perpetual Duration § IX Now the third side of the Mount that lay Eastward was also described to me by the Guardian Angel that kept the 3 Gates that each Gate gave entrance into three several Courts The First was to be filled with Prophets and Prophetesses that were disciplin'd and train'd up there by the great Head Prophet Christ Iesus Who was accompanied with all the Antient Prophets as with Moses and Samuel Elias and all that were from the Foundation of the World to Christ's time Who took a Golden Horn and poured forth a Rich Oily Spikenard upon their Heads that ran down to the Skirts of their Garments of which it was said These are the Anointed of the Lord that shall bear Witness and Declare what is to be made manifest throughout all the approaching Ages of Time which relate to the Kingdom of the Emmanuel § X. The Second Court opened and thereinto desconded the great Melchizedeck with his holy Order Constituting and Ordaining a certain Number to enter upon this Holy Priestly Profession that were Dedicated Consecrated Inaugurated and made Ministers of this New erected Sanctuary and most holy place Where the Essential Furniture not the patterns only but the very Heavenly things themselves did here open and the Priestly intercessions did ascend up in a most Harmonious Celebration of Ioyful Acclamations passing through the high Order of the great Melchizedeck-Priesthood Whose Ministration from Petition was turn'd into a new Language of Triumph and Praises § XI The Account given of the third Court was this The Thrones out of the Heavens descended here and the King of Kings and in the Splendor of his Majesty with numerous Spirits that Crowned were to fill that Court with Princely Powers that were taken out of the two mention'd Courts and certain Numbers out of the two other sides of the Mountains were taken out and Crown'd and received Power and Dominion to Reign with Christ upon the Earth Thus shall the Kingdom of God in his Saints come to be made Manifest and Established so as to overtop all the Kingdoms of the Earth And this came as an Exeitement to wait and Believe and be found in all readiness for the Consummation of this Prophecy § XII On the Fourth side of the Mountain which lay Westward was the great Secrets of the Deceased the various Regions that they were lodged in and the Glorious Mansions that did appertain to such as departed in a high degree of Perfection with all the great Wonders of the great Weight and Glories of Eternity It was told me all of this was to be concealed yet and shut up from the Knowledge of the present Age of Time And was but only peculiar to some that should have a Light and discovery of these Marvelous things as they were capable to take them in Standing in the Passive meekness and pure Faith-expectation for the accomplishment of all what has been here declared For the time may be nearer or further off as we see the gathering into these Holy Courts may be so hasten then we may the Blessed approach of this Rising blissful Day as in the Golden knot of Love we tyed and knit together are Amen May 26. 1698. § XIII THis great Mystery and Secret of the various degrees of the Deceased and seperated Souls which opened on the fourth side of the Mountain being permitted me to disclose to the Worthy and Believing that defires to have so much of the Counsel of God made known as has been revealed herein to such as are weaned from the Mothers Breast of Tradition even to them it is given forth to know what is reserved for the latter Ages of time Now there were shewn to me seven States or Regions which were allotted to the Dead § XIV The first Order I shall mention is of those that have Lived and Died in a most Wicked and Diabolical Spirit without any Change or Repentance Such as Blasphemers Contemners of God Apostates c. These have their places in the Tormenting Anguishing Fire of the dark Luciferian Kingdom where they are to be Punished till the decreed Ages of Ages are expired within those Sphears or Circles Which is dreadful enough to endure to fright all from coming here § XV. The second is of those that have lived in the outward Birth after the Flesh but known nothing of being Born again from out of the Dead and Earthly Image Cleaving to this Worldly Principle and extend their delight and love no farther than to what is Temporary living wholly as without God in the World These have their places in the lower and grosser part of the Airy Region Where tho'they have not much Torment yet on the other hand they have but little rest and such lovers they are of their Bodies that many of them visit their dead Corps and abide sometime with them as finding more ease there than in that other place alotted them § XVI Now a third sort are of that Rank and Order that have been believing in God and Christ and under Conviction of their lost State without him and who have made some progress in the Heavenly Warfare Having gone so far as to live a Sober Rational Life but have come short of that more inward and Spiritual work of Renovation not having reacht to Mortification and self Abnegation but dying much short of it Yet their Mansion is more pleasant being in the upper part of the Airy Region annexed to Paradise Where they want not for Motives and Stirrings up to go on and recover what they omitted and lost while living in the Body § XVII As these Centers were opened and past before me it was much upon me to be informed out of that depth of the Eternal Wisdom that here opened it self what became of all the Children that died either in Infancy or Minority Then the Vision open'd shewing
Government such in the upper Worlds as might be as the Nobles and Principalities of high degree in the Heavenly Court these had Power and Command given them to govern and manage the Affairs of the lower Regions of the Deceased who had reference to them on all occasions For these matters are transacted and agitated in various manners unknown to Mortals according to the manifold Wisdom that is understood there For the increase and bringing all into Subjection and Obedience for the bringing in and perfecting of Christ's Kingdom There For Christ must Reign till all in those Centres be made to know his Superiority Nay the Extent of this Government of the Saints reaches to the Binding and Chaining up of Lucifer and those that are yet under his Iurisdiction Otherwise they would make strange disturbances and commotions by invading of the Priviledges which are above his Sphear This was made known to me in order that I might understand better what was the purpose and design of the great Ierusalem King as to the putting of this lower World into a new Model of Government beyond what has been since Christ's time Hitherto the Diabolical Spirit and the Worldly Spirit have had the Superiority but it has been signified to me that the time of this Reign of the Beast and of the Dragon is very near expiring When Christ will bring down his Court and all Powerful Government here upon Earth And it shall be managed by such as he shall Depute by impowering with his own Spirit expressly by which he will act in them as if they stood in his very Person It was further proposed to me that some who are alive in this present Generation should be Anointed and Seal'd with Power here for and taken into his secret Counsel At first a small known Number but which should dilate and increase till they were Numberless Then was it pronounced in my Ears from the Heavens Blessed are those that are the first Fruits that go forth to enlighten and bear Rule over all the degenerated Plants that are not yet ingrafted into the true Vine § XXIII Then was it queried in me because there was yet so little appearance of this how long it might be before This would come to effect The soft springing Word replied that there was already a seed of Light sown and an united Golden Grain of Faith which would assuredly put forth their Heads that the time of the Lily may be known One full Circle of a thousand Years is already run out and when the full point of the seventh Hundred Year shall be superadded to it then the Thrones and Dominions here below shall begin to bow and stoop to That Reign and Kingdom which shall by the Spirit in meek and Holy Souls be set afoot For knowledge shall have a wonderful encrease so that the Princes and Kings of the Earth shall be taken hold of thereby to promote the Reign of Christ and to throw their Crowne at His Feet And a Solomon's Heart shall revive again whereby hands will be put to Build up such a Temple as shall never be made desolate § XXIV As I was still considering of this great Revolution how it should be brought about there was a Lamp descended from the seven Lamps before the Throne and put into the Hand of a certain Person which did at first sight burn but dimly Then came the Angel of the Love that poured in a Golden Oyl that sent forth a mighty strong Odour which immediately made the Lamp burn with such a Blaze dropping Flakes of Light into the Oyl that caused many more Lamps to spring which made a good part of the Earth look as a bright Heaven Then was it said to me This shall be the fore-runner whereby the Foundation shall be laid for the bright Sun of Righteousness to appear and shine forth in his Temple Body which is his Spouse and Bride who shall not want to be accomplished with all manner of Gifts and Powers much more radiant and great than whatever yet has been known and declared All this is to confirm the Vision of the Mountain of Perazim that open'd towards the four Corners of the Earth and tho' somewhat was for a time to be shut up from the Unworthy yet as this Blessed day shall approach nearer permission is given to make the States of the Deceased in the invisible Regions more publickly manifest For the Seals that are upon the Book of God's wonders must have their Day of breaking open For there is a wake full time in which those that lye in a dead Sleep shall hear the Thunder-cries that are now upon their uttering forth which shall magnifie the Powerful day of the Holy Ghost The visitation of which has been already known to some Which is a binding Law for such as have received of this Unction to stand in a readiness all these Prophetical sayings to obey From which O Lord let not any of thy elected Stones herefrom Swerve But that they may hold fast their Crown in him who is the Yea and Amen Iuly 21. 1698. HEre follows another Manifestation given forth which I did not apprehend at the Writing of the former that it would be so fully and suddenly open'd unto me But an occasion was given hereto by some Queries of a choice and elect Stone sent to me concerning the swallowing up of Mortality in Immortality Whether or no such a time might not be expected wherein this vile Body might know a Translation even in this Life § XXV Which gave me occasion to introvert and sink into the deep Centre of Wisdom where I met with various Discoveries hereupon from that Intelligence that appeared to me in the Figure of a white and bright Dove having three Eyes from each of which went forth sparkling Flames They were placed one on the Breast and one under each Wing Immediately this Word was given out Behold here is the triune Eye Denominated from the Father with the Eternal Wisdom and the Son concurring in the Holy Spirit In whom has been treasured up what is now to be open'd and revealed concerning the great things that are to be brought forth in this latter Age of the World For in whatever Heart and Mind this holy Dove shall find entrance and reception it shall be as the Heavenly Court and Council wherein the divine Wisdom shall unfold the greatest of Secrets as upon the day approaching hereunto they shall be expedient to be known There was a Prophecy run through me in this sense What is to be established for the Foundation structure of the Temple Body is to have each Stone this threefold Eye of the Dove for their seeing and enlivening so that by sending forth these bright Raies they may draw in such Stones as lye yet dead and Buried in the Earth For the chief and elect Stones that are already Cemanted together as in one accord they abide shall generate and multiply Spiritual live Stones numerously So that herefrom may be
put forth the Golden Leaves for Medicine to themselves Which shall be as a constant Imbalming to render their Bodies durable and Incorruptible O Blessed and highly Marvelous and Wonderful will this great Appearance of Christ in his Saints be in its Time For which it is only required of this Generation that they gird up in the Faith and be found in waiting and Preparation for it § XXXVIII Now I do see in Spirit some Footsteps are already taken in order to this translated State An Election has been hereunto from the Eternal Court and Council in the Heavens for the gathering such as shall be steady Pillars to bear up the Mountain of Holiness upon which shall be written Emmanuel liveth and resteth here But let it be known that this Ascent to the height of this Majestick Reign of Christ and Arrival to this length of Days will not be all at once but rising by Degrees There will be several Signs that will fore-run it The Messengers for this end must go forth to Preach up the Faith and to draw forth an expectation of it in such as shall be Selected hereunto So that there will be some Bright Stars that will rise and go forth as Lightning upon the Earth receiving special Endowments and Spiritual gifts and in an eminent manner the Gift of discerning Spirits piercing into the very thoughts and intent of the Heart As Peter perceived the perverse design of Ananias and Sapphira the Spirit of God within him opening it unto him And so in the same manner will these things be made manifest again For as the World in Age grows old so the Mystery of iniquity will wax greater by putting on and Counterfeiting the very Robe of Christ's Innocency and Truth and also by a breaking forth of the dark Magick as the more true and divine by way of Miraculous Working is coming forth Therefore the Tri une Council in Heaven foreseeing this will raise up such as shall be of quick-sight and sound Iudgment to detect and countermine what would make the true thing questioned and invalued Therefore the Lord will see it necessary to set his own Stamp first for Immaculate purity and next for great Powerfulness to do and act in such a manner as none of the false Magicians shall be able to imitate or stand before them Thus the Lord will move himself step by step And for length of Days at first it may not arrive to above a Hundred Years and so in every Generation there will be an Increase as they grow stronger in Spirit and work themselves more out of the Gross and Elementary Life for there will be skill and understanding given to draw in from the one pure Element And there will also be outward Medicines discovered that have not yet been that will have a wonderful Efficacy for the preserving and fortifying Nature and recovering the lost Paradisical Body There is a Vein of Gold in Eternal Natures Garden that has not yet been pierced into which when the Divine Artists shall be sent forth shall be broken up and run most free as the true Elixir appropriated and reserved for this Age and a Soveraign help and Blessing to the Inhabitants of this new Kingdom Now who would not rejoice to see the Dawnings and first breakin gs forth of this most Wonderful time for which end these Discoveries and Manifestations of the approaching time have been given out through one that has been upon the Watch-Tower Who has received Commission to declare what is here Written for inviting and exciting all the Unbelieving as well as the Believing the Ignorant as well as the Knowing of what Name or Profession soever they be but especially the Philadelphian-Flock that they may all take good notice of the present Season or the Beginning of the Love-Reign Wherein the true Philadelphian-State will be better understood known and established The Foundation whereof is already laid whereby as flaming Stones of Love the Fountain-Heart of God's love they will reach to multiply therefrom as numberless Golden Sands and Drops of Love as Seeds to overspread the Earth For Lovesday shall now bear the Dominion over all the wrathful Properties which shall all sink away as this day of the Lords shall in Mortals Reign § XXXIX One considerable thing I have more to open which is concerning the great Wonder seen in Heaven mentioned by St. Iohn of the Woman Cloathed with the Sun and the Moon under her feet of which there have gone forth many Interpretations and Calculations of the time of her Travail and bringing forth the Man-Child Now as to this it is made manifest that her coming forth out of the Wilderness will signify this great day of Dominion and Power over the Earth as has been here made mention of For there can be no Soveraignty of Rule and Command till she has brought forth that Man-Child that is to Rule the Nations with a Rod of Iron Now this Wilderness-State according to the Spiritual and Mystical sence thereof is to be understood of a quiet Retirement shelter and defence from the fury of the Dragon where she is fed and nourisht with the true Manna and Eternal Word of Life having free entercourse as St. Iohn had in the Isle of Patmos with the superior Heavens for communications and discoveries for such a time and season As also that holy Birth that hath proceeded from her is to remain in the Heavens till the number of Time shall be finished Who shall come forth in the Male strength of a Godhead-might in some Persons both Males and Females that shall be fitly Qualified to bear rule and to manage the Rod of Power according to that Type of the Rod put into Moses hand by which he did all those great Miracles For thus the Regency will be with a Superiority over all the outward Constellations and changeable motions of the Planets all Sublunary things being put under their Feet For the united Number of these High-born Spirits will have their cloathing from that Sun whose fixation is in the one unchangeable Element unto which all other Elements must bow and be made Subject Tho' there will not be wanting after all this attempts by the Satanical Spirit and Kingdom who will encompass and encamp against the Lamb and his Bride But this will be permitted for that end that the Omnipotent Rod put into their hands may be more signally stretched out to break all Combinations and bring to nought all that would deal Treacherously against those whose Persons the God-man hath taken up to magnifie his great Reign and Power in over all Nations of the Earth And so that saying may be made good Micah 4. 8. And thou O Tower of the Flock the strong hold of the Daughter of Sion unto thee shall it come even the first Dominion the Kingdom shall come to the Daughter of Ierusalem § XL. Now 't is given me to declare that this is not only in future expectation but that there has been
asked what this meant and it was answer'd It is a sign of the Covenant of Faith that is confirmed betwixt me and thee and thy Houshold that so ye may be saved from the Iericho Curse that will come upon the Earth which Curse is spread over all this outward Prnciple For there is Confusion and Distress to be read every where and that not only among the Earthly minded but even among the more Enlightned and better Disciplin'd all which carries a direful Face so that no Peace is to be found neither without the Fold or hardly within it but Divisions in every place Therefore this Word of Advertisement is given from the true Natural Mother cautioning you to retire and keep out of both the Outward and the more Refined Societies of Mortals that are not yet redeemed out of the Animal and Sensitive Life Then further it was intimated that our Spirits should fly up by this Scarlet line of Faith which would direct us there where a Door of Heaven is open through which we should pass and have an immediate access to the Father of of our Spirits And accordingly entrance was made by the Spirit 's might that did Mount the Soul up where was sitting the Glory of the Majesty Co-mingled with all variety of Glories that is not to be discribed with the Glorified Person on one side of it and the Princess Wisdom on the other the Court being all filled with Angelical Spirits that waited in all obedience to receive their Commands and moved in and out in that Principle Then was it said to my Spirit This is the Peaccable Region which I know your Spirits do delight greatly to be found in for in the Mortal World where your visible Figures do stand Wars and Confusions are apt to meet upon the outward Part Therefore here is prepared for you quiet Mansions in this City of Refuge which is alotted to be the Dwelling Place for your high-born Spirits to resort unto And know that this Priviledge you shall have above others ascending out of Time into Eternity and descending out of Eternity into Time Whereby ye shall know and understand what is expedient to be known that relates to you in your own Native Kingdom for ye are but Strangers in the Visible World and are not thence to regard at all that which lies in a Changeable State but to trust and confide for what your eternal Patronage shall from that upper World produce which will be Blessings of another kind then what the Earth can give which ye are to rejoice exceedingly in Then said the true Mother of our Spirits ye now know full well where your Treasure is to the which let your Hearts be evermore ascending and taking your residence in Heavenly places with your Iesus § XLIX Then did I enquire How was to be the conveyance of these Blessed Heavenly Stores that so necessary is to shew forth from what descent we come according to our Spiritual Birth To which Answer was made you know the way is only by the Spirits Flight which in the strong Power of Faith you must take from the fulness of the God-head which dwelleth in your Christ the manifold Powers and Gifts that may be for the adorning of that high and holy Calling Your Lord would not be spared in this matter he grudgeth not to give plenteously because it makes for his Honour that his Spouse and Bride especially such as do Represent her should be extraordinarly Dignified and Endowed But the Way for this is to be as a Bucket that goes down deep into a Well so the Spirit of Faith is to ascend into the Heights and then to descend down into the Deeps whereout the excellency of all Massy Treasure must be brought up For it is expedient that when the Spirtual Births are near to the full Age grown up they should come into some possession of the Revenues and Dowries that are alloted to them These are not to live so Poor and Mean as others that have not hereunto attained Therefore ye of This Society are called to be upon your Strict Watch and gird up your strength of Faith hereunto for it is Spiritual Industry that must give the increase of these Celestial Riches consider therefore and know what is the Hope of your High-Calling hereunto for where God has given great manifestations of his Mind and Counsel there he expects they should accordingly pursue to fetch out all of the Weighty Prize § L. Now this high Favour will not only be appropriated to a Peculiar Number but more generally will be extended even to the saving of Nations and Kingdoms from those Calamities and Iudgments that might well be feared and expected by reason of the Violence and Oppressions every where with the Abominations and Spiritual Wickednesses For what Cure else can now be prescribed for the repairing of these Ruines and making up of these Breaches whether they be Spiritual or whether they be Carnal Must it not be by the Rod which shall strike the Rock so that the Waters of the Spirit shall gush forth and overflow for Healing These Waters verily will be for distruction to all that Springs out of the evil Ground of Nature and will overwhelm and drown the Briars and Thorns of the Wildernessed-Earth So on the other side these Holy Waters of the Spirit will Feed Nourish and Strengthen every Birth of Life that hath been conceived by the Spirit till it shall grow up to that Maturity as entrusted it may be with a Kingdom And these are those that shall stand up in this latter Day on the Earth to bless the Nations with the good Things and Treasures out of This Mountain that standeth open to all the four Quarters of the Earth To which there will be a flying as of swift Dromedaries from the North and from the South and from the Rising of the Sun unto the going down of the same For reports will so sound forth every where of the great Powers Goodnesses and Glories of the Majesty of Christ here appearing with his Saints that shall draw together the Scattered and Dispersed that through all the thick Clouds and Darknesses they may break away and make their entrance hereinto § LI. Then it was further shewed to me concerning This Nation that as Light and Knowledge was breaking forth as a mighty Stream upon it so it should still go on further to increase and multiply and many should now run to and fro here for the opening of the Fountains and Deeps of such Blessings as therewithal the whole Earth should be covered and this Land become as a Springing Paradise And no devouring Beast or Hurtful Thing shall abide in it but the Holy People shall be for Bulwarks and a Flaming Wall of Defence to it Which Blessed Day is near at hand for which upon our Watch-Tower we are all charged to stand and to be found in a Readiness to entertain this Ioyful Message with all the Pretious and Weighty things that therein are Prophesied of But here caution is given that all do stand in a ready posture yielding to Wisdom's Divine Discipline who well instructs her Children to be obedient to the Law of Love whereby they will be able to stop that Flying Roll of the Curse which is going forth and to open the Heavens out of which may descend Flying Angels who will proclaim to this Island and to all Nations and Tribes of the Earth the everlasting Gospel of Love Good-Will and Peace whereby all Internal and External Wars may cease Which will open a torrent of boundless Blessings upon the World In the assured Faith of this and all the Prophesies here mention'd let us in Harmonious Concord and Unity wait and agree Amen FINIS THE CONTENTS Sect. 1. A Prospect of the Holy Mountain of PERAZIM and of the Great Earthquake 2. of the Succeeding Transfiguration 3. A Description of the North side of the Mountain and of its Gates 4. The City of SALVATION in the North. 5 6 7 8. A Description of the South-side and of its Gates 9 10 11. A Description of the East-side and of its Courts 12 to 20. A Description of the West-side and of the Mysteries of Seperated Souls 20 21. Of Prophets and Pastors in the Regions of the Dead 22 23 24. The manner of CHRIST's Deputation to his Nazarites and the Enterance of the Kingdom of the LILY. 25 26 27 28. The Restauration of the Patriarchal Longevity and the First Resurrection 29 to 38. A Resolution concerning the Communion Laws and Customs of the Inhabitants of this Mountain and of certain Miraculous Gifts and Powers 38 39 40 41. The Present Preparations for this Kingdoms Appearance 42 43 and 44. The Great Angelical Medicine 45. to the end An Alarm to the Children of the Kingdom and the Covenant of Faith made with them in order to a Great and Glorious Revolution Approaching ERRATA Page 3. line 16. for soundess read soundness p 5 l 10 f impartial r Imperial p 7 l 10 after be add l 18 f desires r desire l 20 after Tradition add Colon. l 24 f these r those p 8 l 14 f last r lost l 17 f Revolution r Renovation p 10 l 29 f layd r lag'd l 30 f that is r that it is p 11 l 4 f the r there p 12 l 4 f the r this p 18 l 4 f Nature-Spring r Nature spring p 22 l 14 f one r ones p 25 l 1 f them r in them ibid f that r that are