make my Love to be known for as much as I have heard them and my Heart loveth them for evermore Amen But as Slanders encreased more and more we were again stirr'd up and encourag'd in this manner Peace be with you Fear not for my Mercy shall never be removed from you neither my Love shall at all cease for it surpasseth every breadth and every heighth so exceeding great is it wherefore it 's fit that it should make it self seen and heard in all Corners and in all Places for it is therefore risen very richly upon you and advanceth forward in Might And I say once more that when I shall come and do a new thing and deliver the Prisoners of Sion then this Love shall shine forth and be revealed with power Be not then afraid O my Zion nor be thou cast down O my Ephraim for thy Towers shall be built up and I will beget my self in thee Be joyful therefore since all my Prophetical Words I maintain and do according to my Everlasting Purpose For this cause shout for Joy O Daughter of Sion And play thou Ephraim in the Cymbals and Dances Shout for Joy ye Heavens the Work of my Hands and let all the Sons of God give a lusty shout yea all those that call upon my Name and all those that are faint and cast down let them be joyful for the Glorious Day of my Appearance in which I will together with all the Faithful both those who live and those who are faln asleep Reign Triumphantly over my Enemies This is what I wait for now be ye therefore joyful for my coming For Lo I come and rule with Might in that Kingdom and no Body dare resist me for it is the Day of my Marriage wherein I will drink with you of the new Fruit of the Kingdom Wherefore rejoice ye and sing aloud for this is my Word of Truth XXIII 1. Our mutual Love encreased and we became one Heart and one Soul With this Brotherly Love these Friends were stirred up to come and speak with us yet they could not do it without they were certain it was God's Will Which having waited to know they receiv'd according to their desire this gracious Answer Make your selves ready to go along in Simplicity and Silence to my Faithful Servants whom I love I will be with you and my Love shall guide you Be ye therefore of one Mind in the Spirit and go thither in Charity for as much as ye now know my holy Will Live contentedly and fear not for I fight for you and my Truth is your Defence and Buckler 2. This brought us Joy and Blessing Our House too like that heretofore of Obed-Edom was blest in such wise that being far from wanting any thing we were from their Presence laden as it were with Divine Blessings succeeding one another and especially with many gracious Testimonies by which the LORD animated us after this manner I the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob declare to thee the Truth and Hope in which the Fathers have hoped Yea yea I witness it even I the true and faithful Witness the First-born from the Dead that thou maist bear witness of the Truth of my Kingdom for it is a true Kingdom a Kingdom nigh at hand to you Yea yea it is certain I come suddenly Turn ye neither to the right nor to the left all ye who know my Truth and rejoice in the Faith I embrace you all with my Love and I say Be ye happy and praise my Name 3. And soon afterward we receiv'd also this Holy Revelation from the Riches of his Goodness Dear Friends whom I have brought together and whom I have sanctified to my self Peace be with you My Countenance is over you and the Light of it shines upon you in much Love Arise therefore lift up your Voice to me in my Praise Be not terrified for I am in the midst of you and lead you according to my Hearts desire Be ye of one Mind and hold fast one to another for I am with you and bless you for ever I greet you all with my Love and press you to my Breast and declare to you that the Light is risen and the Dawn of the Glorious Bridal Day begins to spread The Bride rejoices for the Nuptial Day the Turtle Dove lets her self be heard the Day breaks forth the Morning Star gets up the Children of the Father make merry together and my Bride is full of Joy and to her a Golden Shield is given to defend her against the Darkness which also breaks forth in its Fog The Dragon Arms himself with those who belong to him why should I not then Arm my Bride and let her see what she is to enjoy The Day-break must go before and Antichrist must behold how the Light rises up against his Darkness Cry therefore aloud for Joy ye blessed for you shall be gloriously Armed against the Wicked for I am your King who Conquer the Kingdom I come suddenly Amen XXIV 1. My Wife in the Humility of her Heart and in Faith besought the Lord by the Elect Maid that he would reveal in what Church we are at present since according to His own Explication the Seven Churches in the Revelation do set forth Seven successive Periodical Communities To which Prayer the Lord was pleased to Answer thus Peace be with thee How should I be displeased with thee that thou speakest before me For I am very Charitable toward thee Hear then my Word thou little Dove Lo the Church of Laodicea fighteth powerfully against the Beast and that of Philadelphia in which you are at present ends gloriously with Spirit and Power in the Believers And this Church shall compleat that which I have chosen and to it shall be the Gathering together of the Peoples that Believe This I witness that thou maist in like manner witness that it is true Farewel 2. Upon the Thirtieth of March MDCXCI there came this following dear Testimony Peace Happiness and Salvation be with you O ye Elect whom I have taken up into my Eternal Communion whom I my self have for my pleasure hallowed in my Eyes Give ear then ye beloved and blessed of me The Bride is for my pleasure Everlastingly hallowed and is in each one singly by me purified and preserved Happy are ye who live in this present day All that have been Rebellious must return to their Duty and all that have gone astray will I bring home again with Joy But as for the Virgins they are pure they are cleansed and set apart they are Redeemed to be my First-fruits that so they may be the first to open the Matrix therefore are they nearest to me for they are Redeemed from among Men they are the Sap and the Balm which gets vigorously above the Old and breaks the Matrix in the New-birth And these being made Perfect who among the Daughters shall be liken'd unto them She the Virgin Bride shall be a Lioness and
it not to be wondred at if it be again permitted to Triumph against His Second Appearance in the Glory of the Father Neither doth the Breaking in of Spiritual Delusion any more than that of Sadducism make against what I aim at but very much for it Both the one and the other have been Foretold and therefore we cannot look for something Better without we look for This too But the great Variety of Spirits ought no more than the Variety of Religious Opinions or the Difference of Human Reasonings to discourage any Lover of Truth from the Searching into so Great and Instantaneous a Concern as this And as one who truly Honours God will not be afraid of the Imputation of Atheism or of being counted to be of no Religion at all in that he cannot acknowledge every thing to be His Word which the Glosses of Men would make to be so So neither on the other side will he be frighten'd with a Fools Cap or the Charge of Enthusiasm so as to be asham'd to own the Pure Teachings of the Spirit of Christ which in all Times entring into Holy Souls makes them Friends of God and Prophets Whereas indeed as nothing is more opposite to Atheism than the true Knowledge of Nature so is nothing more contrary to Enthusiastick Madness than the true Inspiration of the Divine Wisdom and nothing so widely distant from Phansie whatever some Unexperienc'd Persons may imagine as that Real and Sensible Communion with God which our Spirits and Souls are capable of arriving to even in This Life And let those who justly think nothing to be more Derogatory to the Divine Majesty than to be always crying out The Word of the Lord Or The Finger of the Lord Take heed on the other side lest they be found among those who go about to oppose the Revelations he is pleas'd to give of himself In these several ways is our good God Awakening Men to the Knowledge of his Glory and of the Future Times in the Appearance of Jesus by his Living Power in their Hearts while the Adversary that knows he has but a little time longer to rage is using all means to lull 'em Asleep or to make 'em Frantick All sorts of People all Religions and Parties bespeak as much wonderful Providences and strange Revolutions and Alterations of this last Age and this Island particularly for Fifty Years past confirm as much These are General Considerations and there are some others also which your Astrological and Cabalistical Heads give some heed to which I purposely omit But there are some more Particular ones First as for the Blessed Instrument of these Revelations there are all the Indications of Truth and Sincerity that can reasonably be requir'd in such a Case I reckon it a very good proof of the Truth of the Christian Religion that those who first deliver'd it to the World were Persons that could not but be well inform'd of the Truth of what they declar'd and could have no Temptation to Publish it but all manner of Temptations to suppress and conceal it Whence it is to me no bad Proof of the Reality of this Matter if the Principal Instrument her self with several others about her must needs be suppos'd to have had all the Moral Assurances of this Fact whether it be a True Inspiration or a False Delusion and if a True Inspiration not only Moral but also Divine Assurances of the Truth of this intimate Communion with the Spirit of God And if besides there can't be any one Reason produc'd that should tempt this Person to invent and send abroad a Falshood or Heap of Falshoods of this Nature and if there be many Reasons to the contrary the Proof is still stronger Now thus it is here at the very first view to any one that but considers Her Condition and Quality in the World the Reputation of the Family and the Improbability if not Impossibility of her not being discover'd supposing it a meer contrivance to deceive Which has been abundantly confirm'd by Experience both before and since the First Publication of This Letter I also reckon it a very great Proof of the Truth of a Thing if it comes certainly from One that has little Ability to Contrive it and less to Promote it And indeed nothing tends more to the Glory of God than to make use of Weak Instruments that so nothing may be attributed to them but all to Him who is a God that loves out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings to perfect his Praise and to begin Meanly that he may accomplish his Work more Gloriously according to Section XIII This is a mighty Confirmation of the Gospel of the Blessed Jesus and I do not see why it should not be also of the Spirit of the same Jesus speaking In and By the Mouth of this Elect Virgin It also mightily encreases the Credibility of a Matter if it be confirm'd by Persons either in different Times or Places of whom there is no Reason to suppose that they have had any Communication together or Knowledge of one another Wherefore if it appear that several Things deliver'd by this Person do most exactly concur and agree even after a very Nice Examination with what has been before predicted by a Succession of Prophets and Inspir'd Persons in several Ages whose Authority is also allow'd by us and if there be no reason to suppose that she can have had those Notices from them it must follow that she must either have receiv'd what she has deliver'd from the same Hand as they did or else that she must have been instructed by One that was perfectly skill'd in their Writings to believe which we have nothing but simple Conjecture against many Reasons to the contrary Therefore if the Authority of the one be good the Authority of the other must be so too And we cannot Deny one but we must Deny both Besides if there be not only with all the Prophets of the People of God but also with several others who were Strangers to his Written Law an Harmony as to the Main Things contain'd in This Book concerning the Glorious Days of the Future Golden Period the Authority is still stronger And if the Consent be remarkable in some less heeded Particulars it is yet more wonderful and not to be slighted And tho' they all should have been no more Sanctified or Regenerated than Balaam and should have Prophesy'd no otherwise than He or Caiaphas it 's so far from weakening that it strengthens their Evidence In as much as the Favourable Testimony of an Enemy goes beyond that of a Friend Further still if in the same Time at very distant Places there has been found to be as by Letters from Switzerland and other remote Parts has been witness'd such an Agreement as could not possibly proceed but either from a Divine or Humane Communication and there be all the Marks of the One and none at all of the Other it 's a mighty
upon an high Throne in Raiment white as Snow with a goodly Crown on his Head having in one hand a Scepter and in the other a Sword Who spoke thus Look on me I am the Husband of all Widows and the Father of all Orphans I will judge their right for I know it for their misery is come up before me and nothing is hidden from me Wherefore Afflictest thou thy self Cast thy Confidence upon me For I will visit the Daughter of Sion and the Sackcloth that is upon her I will take off and the Ashes that cover her head I will throw away and will anoint her head with the Oyl of gladness I will cure her Wounds and bind up her Sores Mine Arm shall become strong For I am resolved to help her and to place her upon Pillars of Marble She shall be set upon a Pedestal of Gold and shall Triumph even in this Age. Her Countenance shall be bright and her Heart fill'd with Mirth and her Victory shall last to the Children and Childrens Children And think not that this shall be long before it come to pass See! behold thou knowest not as I know The time is not long The time is not long Then also an Angel sounded with his Trumpet these words The time is not long After that she had seen God the FATHER in the Clouds whose Face she could well distinguish she was thereupon wholy carried out of her self and heard these words I am your God and you are the Sheep of my Pasture You are my People which I have chosen before many Thousand my Glory shall be suddenly Published For this end remain stedfast in the Faith XVI This pass'd in the Fifteenth year of her Age and from that time to this present day our Saviour has been pleas'd to manifest himself very gloriously to her and by her and has confirm'd her in her Soul and fully Assur'd her that this was not from Melancholy or the Devil but that it was the Son of God himself who spoke with her as one Friend speaks with another Friend And she firmly believes that God has determin'd some great matter over the World that he will shew his mercy to his Servants and his wrath to his Enemies and will bring forth his SION to the Astonishment of the whole Earth I will produce here some of those Testimonies or Divine Manifestations which amongst several Hundred have been given since the Year MDCXXXVIII to this present MDCXCI from the riches of his Mercy to Mankind XVII 1. In that which follows HE manifests forth his holy Love towards his Well-beloved ones by assuring them that he will free them from the burden of the Cross and do something great in their behalf Dearest Souls behold I beseech you in what manner my Soul longs and pants after you that your Souls may be one with me that we may become one Heart one Spirit one Soul For I desire to dwell in you to govern in you to work in you whom I have always loved whom I have drawn to me and for whom I have deliver'd up my self to the Death being made for you a sacrifice of Propitiation Wherefore should I not then love you after that you are thus made righteous by my Blood And therefore lift up your heads rejoyce cry aloud and Sing with a mighty Noise for he who hath delivered you from everlasting Death and shall deliver you from the burthen of the Cross even he will pass before you in Glory and perform great things for you For I am the Lord and who shall hinder me Who shall say to me What dost thou Am I not the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob a Powerful Lord over Sin Death the Devil and Hell 2. The Bridegroom assures his Bride that she being cloathed with his Righteousness and with the Garments of Salvation is well pleasing to the Father for His sake My Love thou fair one thou lovely and charming Shepherdess how amiable art thou in my Heavenly Father's Sight then when I am united with thee then when I put on thee my righteousness as a Robe and adorn thee with the Gold-work of Faith and Gird thee with the Girdle of Truth and Crown thee with the Palm-Branches of Praise O art thou not then indeed a beautiful Shepherdess O how lovely how charming art thou among the Thorns Thine Eyes have overcome me their Rays have wounded my heart for as the fair Morning Star they Sparkle and are more glittering then the goodliest Splendour For in them shine forth the works that are the delight of my Soul Now in all that is sacred nothing can be loved but what is without all spot and blame And now therefore my sweet Shepherdess since thou appearest so comely in the Garments of Salvatiton thou art not only well pleasing to my Father but also to me thy Shepherd thy Companion thy Bridegroom thy Brother and thy most trusty and fast Friend who shall love thee and cherish thee for all Eternity 3. The King tells the Daughter of Sion that her Guilt of Blood shall be taken from her and that she shall be deliver'd out of Captivity All Hail Dear Friends rejoice ye and be glad for the happy Day cometh that is prepared for you Yea the Hour cometh in which I approach more near to you and in which I fill you with Joy The time is come that I glorify thee the Daughter of SION and make thee again O Virgin to be Holy For thou O Israel art hitherto gone astray and art blind Nevertheless thy Sight shall be restored to thee when that Innocent Blood which thou hast pulled down upon thy self and upon thy Children shall be taken off But now I say unto you Be merry O Daughter of SION for I will bring thee forth out of the Prison of Tribulation and thy Wounds I will cleanse and will dress them with the Oyl of Grace with the sweet heavenly Unction I will anoint thee and thou shalt know that I am thy God who have Created thee redeemed thee and sanctified thee 4. HE assures her that the Joyful Visitation of Grace will come when her Warfare shall be finished and the time of her Reprobation passed over Thou Ephraim my Elect fear not for I am with thee Quit not the Faith for I am thy God Be Vigilant and Slumber not for behold there cometh the time of the Visitation in which I will make Roses to grow upon the dry Thorns of affliction and in which I will again moisten the dead Trunk that it may sprout forth and spread it self as the King's Crown be pleasant to the Eye as the Lilly white as the Snow splendid as Justice in her Pomp. The time of Desolation is passed over Upon thee O Daughter shall Garments be put as at the first and thy Rags shall be taken from thee thine Head shall be anointed with Oil and the Veil of thy Virginity shall be restored again to thee thou shalt put off Mourning thou shalt be
had then some Conversations concerning the Conversion of Israel and the Kingdom of Christ For this Person happening afterward to Travel through the Town in which dwelt the Widow with her Daughters was informed by some Friends how there was in that Town a Godly Family in which a young Maiden had by particular Illumination received very much from God concerning the Future Grace and Restoration of the Tribes of Israel As the said Person writ this to us withal adding that all this Agreed with what we had been discoursing together we resolved in the Name of God to write to the said young Gentlevvoman from whom we received such an Answer as wonderfully heartned us and gave us presently to see that it must be an higher Hand that guided her's in writing XXI As therefore we knew not yet any thing of these Heavenly Testimonies or of the manner in which the Lord gave and dictated them he was pleas'd to comfort and lift us up who were wearied and tired and despised before the World for having believed and witnessed his Kingdom by a dear Kingdom Testimony which was sent us upon October the 20th of the Year MDCXC by this B. Maid which here follows I the Spirit of Love I the Truth of Jesus Christ do in the Spirit witness and declare that ye my dear Friends do stand in the Truth In which being firmly grounded be sure to hold fast the trust of my Love and I who am the Hope of Israel will bring you forth safe notwithstanding all the oppositions of the Incredulous for I am a Strong Castle wherein ye may securely dwell And the more simple ye grow so much the greater delight do I take that ye may see deeper and deeper into my Mysteries which I will reveal to those that are of a Contrite Heart and will lay open to the Simple in the Faith In this latter time I will declare my Wonders I say it who am the Lord of Faith Jesus Christ to you my beloved having Loved you from the beginning of your Life It is I who bind up what is Sore and heal what is Wounded for I am Love and whosoever remains in Love dwells in God and the Father dwells in him Dear Friends Farewel I have witnessed this in the Spirit from the abundance of the Love which I bear towards you Amen Reading then this Divine Exhortation Encouragement of which we had no manner of doubt we fell upon our Knees giving thanks for it and directing our Vows to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of Sacrificing up to him our whole Life of placing our confidence in him preferably to all Men and of declaring abroad his holy Truth Hereupon we resolved to be acquainted with such dear Friends of God and accordingly we parted hence on the Third of November and arrived there on the Sixth of the same in the Evening where we saw in them much more then we could have before believed and were immediately convinced of the Divinity of the Matter And for as much as they had not hitherto observed in the Holy Scripture that which the Lord had spoken to them as God had made it knovvn to us by his Spirit and also for as much as there vvere also some things contained in those Divine Testimonies vvhich they had received vvhich they did not as yet understand and as vve confer'd one vvith another of the Gift vvhich vve had received from God vve vvere mightily comforted together We my Wife and I for that we saw how that which we had Comprehended and found out in the Prophets and in the Apocalypse concerning future things vvas not according to our ovvn Fancy but in the Truth according to the Sense of God And they for that by our Instructions they came to knovv hovv that vvhat the Lord had given them after an Extraordinary manner had been before conceived by the Spirit of God in the Writings of the Prophets and Apostles XXII We vvere then also mightily refresh'd by our dear Lord and Saviour vvho during this Intervievv vvas Graciously pleased to give us this follovving Testimony Be ye joyful be ye joyful ye vvho knovv my Name and have my Love for I will do great things for you Therefore be ye chearful Look and observe well for I am here I go in to the Work Be ye affectionate be filled with Joy and with Psalms of Praise Verily I say unto you the Hour cometh and is now come in which I judge according to Truth and Righteousness I am Christ the Lord who have Compassion over dear Sion and over Ephraim my Beloved I have brought you together with a Blessing and am in the midst of you I am the Light and the Love and I delight to abide with you I have said it unto you but who is there that can discover that which is my Intention Amen I have said it unto you Now according as the Lord who both knows all things and can make all things subservient to his Will had said it so it came to pass While by his Marvellous and holy Conduct we have now had with us this dear Family for these Nine Months past which we had not at our first Meeting any reason to hope for and have according to his Will been by wonderful steps brought to dwell together So upon the Tenth day of November we parted thence with Joy and were led home in Peace But as soon we were return'd the Slanders began afresh to be reviv'd against us but we took new strength from all the Benefits which we had received from the Lord and one day we had this Encouragement given us Peace be with you ye Blessed here am I your loving Saviour your dearest Friend and Brother whose Everlasting Love and Faithfulness cannot be bounded for my Love is flaming and my Heart is all on fire But ye do not yet conceive my Love it is so very great O be glad O cry aloud and sing O praise ye and magnifie my Name for my Right shall get the Victory and my Truth shall be made great It shall arise and spread like the break of the Morning Rejoice ye in my help ye who are driven out I run after you to bring you back to lead you home unto me I who speak it am Christ the Lord. Believe only and hold fast to me and then let not your Hearts be troubled for I will make my Name to be great and my Statutes I will cause to be received Ye are those whom I love confess ye therefore that I am the Lord from Everlasting who lye not that I should be slack to fulfil the Word of my Promise And I would that every one should be converted and live My Hand is not shortened my Faithful Mercy hath no end and my Love grows not cold O Sing with a joyful Melody for my Hour is come and the Day of the Bridegroom is at hand Love ye one another and live happily To your upright Friends in the Truth
from this moment she shall be dear to her Father Jacob is dear to him that begat him and Benjamin above the rest beloved by his Father A Thousand are the most Beloved and â—hey that are chosen out before the â—est in the Love are a Thousand which cannot be numbred Be ye but more simple O my beloved so shall ye understand me and learn my Wisdom Live but well I am with my Love in the midst of you and by my Truth I knit you fast together Peace be with you 3. Concerning this matter it pleased him in kindness to let us understand more by speaking to us afterward by the same Instrument in this wise Peace be with you all that are set apart whom I love Happiness Salvation and Might be with you Blessed are ye who believe and who keep me in the Purity of Truth Come now my little Lambs leap ye upon Mount Sion Come ye Servants of God gather your selves together under my Wings and let every one that will take strength from me to overcome the Beast and his Mark. Look ye inwardly into my Truth and observe it for I will do many Signs to the end that Men may understand that I am the LORD The Hundred Forty and Four Thousand is a great Number and they are from the beginning Redeemed from among Men that they might be the First that are Hallowed unto the Lord who are accordingly from the beginning made Holy to Me and for a Testimony are they offered up unto Me. Great is the Mystery Mark it well These are Virgins for they have received the Name of my Virginity and sing the Song which no Body is able to learn but themselves They come therefore to me upon Mount Sion and are there Sealed for a Witness over all the Sects before that they can come along with me to the Judgment But who is able to know in what manner they shall come They are found True in these last Times lo they come in the very last time Herewith observe well the manifestation of the Two Witnesses and behold how I order all things wisely I have been and now I come again in Glory to rule over mine Enemies that I may root them out and destroy their Memory Lo when I come and move the Earth then shall the Mystery break forth Be watchful lift up your Heads for ye know not yet what ye shall be till that I come to the Glory And then when I shall descend in this Glory with all the Elect ye shall all sing a New Song Live well ye Blessed Ones I will give you my Spirit who shall make the Mystery clear to you according as I do mean it XXV 1. Concerning the First Resurrection which is to be in the Time of the Two Great Witnesses shortly after the expiring of the Twelve Hundred and Threescore Days Which Resurrection the Lord assures us in this following Testimony to be Corporeal and Real and not only Spiritual and Figurative as some do imagine Dear Friend I thy Faithful Saviour greet thee Thou understandest my Truth how that the Righteous are to stand with me in the Judgment and that both in Body and Soul They come likewise with the Two Witnesses as an Army that is well ordered and that is adorned with my Strength Then shall they Execute Justice in my Might and through it possess the Kingdom For they are the Children of the First Resurrection and they shall lift up my Name and my Judgments 2. Again the Lord said The Dead shall Rise again in like manner as I am Risen and shall Reign with me in Paradise But the Jews shall receive their Promise here upon the Earth according to my Everlasting Truth I having prepared it for them and given it unto them XXVI 1. Some time after this we having now receiv'd such abundant Conviction of the Loving-kindness and Graciousness of the Lord it was deem'd not unfit to propose to Him in the Faith this Question viz. How that passage Luke 21.25 And there shall be Signs in the Sun and in the Moon and in the Stars ought to be understood whether Litterally or Mystically The Answer was what follows Amen I say unto thee there shall be many Signs in the Heavens For Nature shall be moved and shall be driven into a disorderly heap till that in the end there shall be obtained a Rest through the means of my Almighty Word even in Nature it self And thus those who would appear as the bright Stars in their own Knowledge shall with Nature be shaken for as much as they are under Nature And these shall in great disorder drive one another into Wrath Cruelty Murder and such like And so shall they tumble down and be darkened And then shall the Peace-makers and the Meek the Child-like and the Simple be satisfied and shall enter into Glory 2. Upon the same Day which was the Seventh of May the Lord was also pleas'd to Reveal how by the Beast was to be understood Antichrist by the Whore the Popedom and by the Two-horned Beast the Romish Clergy and those that are like to them And that the great City or Mystical Babylon is Rome as also some Mysteries concerning the Tribe of DAN Dear J n I the Everlasting Truth the Beginner and Finisher of the Kingdom Jesus Christ do say unto thee that thou hast rightly comprehended the Whore the Beast and the great City for it is I that have made thee to comprehend them And many shall comprehend this matter and shall find out yet herein more Wisdom for I am the Truth and I will reveal the same even unto Infants Wherefore be not afraid ye blessed for the time cometh when it shall be declared openly and shall be preached in the House-tops Yea Amen I have said it Even the Lord the Lord. Now concerning DAN he is a wicked Serpent a corrupt Generation that leadeth only unto Darkness for all wickedness shall meet together in him and from him shall the Man of Sin be revealed Therefore not any out of him are Sealed for they are Vipers and none of the First-born are found amongst them but they are all hardened and abominable out of many Nations Languages and Tongues My Spirit shall now lead you into all Truth and guide you still as little Children in Simplicity and I will surround you with my Brightness in such a manner as you may see into my very Heart how it danceth for Joy As for those of the Tribe of Dan who do stand in the Judaism they shall also be Converted but not all of them For as many as belong to the Beast will presently turn back to him and will receive his Mark. XXVII 1. In this manner our Gracious God and Father in Christ hath frequently visited us with Testimonies of this kind And then especially when I was under great Apprehensions from the Threatnings of Enemies by reason of a Book that was Published concerning the Kingdom of Christ I was richly Comforted with these
thy self be not asham'd For I my self will do good unto thee and thou shalt be greatly honoured in my presence As I live it must needs be that all that is Paradisiacal be again restored and all that I have spoken be fulfilled Who is there that knoweth the Glory of my Bride then when I shall effectually Espouse her or rather when the Espousals shall be published And in like manner as I was manifested in the Flesh to Die for you so must the Blessed * This was the Name of the Mother of this Elect Maid who deceased the Fourth of August this very Year 1691. with these Words in her Mouth Death is become a Jest Gerdrude re-receive her Promise when that which is Paradisiacal shall come when the Lambs shall leap on Mount Lebanon and shall wait upon the Marriage Verily I say unto you all things must be fulfilled through the Seventh Number And that which I say to you at this time you understand not but the Hour cometh in which ye shall understand it Be joyful and couragious for I am the LORD and I will not suffer you to perish When therefore the Hour shall come that it shall be required of you confess and deny not for I my self will have it to be declared Be ye then at rest looking up to my Goodness 2. Now behold just at this very instant there comes hither a certain Clergy man who spreads it abroad among diverse Persons that a Prophetess was here The Rumour of which coming to the Ears of the Senate they sent their Secretary to me to take my Examinations upon this Head I answer'd That though I did not pretend to make her pass for a Prophetess she had receiv'd from God great and extraordinary Gifts which I would make no difficulty to discover to them if it were desir'd requesting in the mean time the favour that they would let me know the Person who had advis'd them of these things Hereupon the matter was variously discours'd and the Calumnies being very many one of which was that she had a Spirit of Divination in her it pleas'd the most Righteous God upon the Eleventh of the same Month to vindicate her in these Words Shout for joy O ye Nations And be ye joyful O ye Heavens For to vindicate I am risen up yea to vindicate my Daughter Sion I will destroy the Blood of the Dragon from the Face of the Earth for my Wrath is kindled and who is there that can withhold me The Foundations upon which he standeth shall be shaken when I awake up As for his Boils and his Wounds behold they shall find no Cure there shall not be any hope left of healing them Wherefore I say as I live I will utterly destroy him and will cast out his Skull to be devoured by the Dogs Have Courage then O Daughter of Sion in all Afflictions for thou shalt suffer for my Name sake and shalt be rejected and despised But rejoice thou and be of good Heart for the Light shall be divided from the Darkness and I the LORD will become to thee a sure Habitation and a strong Rock Yea Amen! My Wonders must be revealed and it must be done so Wherefore lift up your Heads and be without fear for I am in the midst of you Yea Amen XXX As upon the Sixteenth of August it fell out that One in Preaching out of the Second Chapter of the Prophet Joel did not clear him up according to the Sense and Meaning of the Holy Ghost but maintain'd that God would give no more such extraordinary Revelations to Mankind one of our Friends that was then present being much troubled at this Explication was desirous that the Lord our Saviour who had hitherto witness'd so much favour and condescension towards us would be pleas'd himself to declare the true Intent of that passage and to give us his Divine Instruction upon it And accordingly the next day He vouchsaf'd to open the Prophet's Meaning and at the same time to let us see his Wrath against those who give such Prevaricating Explications to his Prophesies I the GOD of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the God of Sion will bring out of Mount Sion Deliverance to my Ephraim who is the Child of my Love Verily as I live the Fire of my Wrath is kindled and I am Zealous for the sake of my Word They imagine Lies and their Heart is filled with meer Abomination But I come suddenly O deceitful Generation that I may spew you out for you are a deadly Poyson and that I may make you a Desolation say I the LORD even the LORD Observe then dear Sion that the Total Accomplishment of my Word written by Joel is yet to come For my Spirit cometh then upon all Flesh in a greater measure than that in which it came upon my Apostles which was no more than as it were a foretaste of what is yet to be And then was the fulfilling of it published in that manner that it is yet to be done when even Sucking Children shall receive the Spirit to such a degree as not only to see Visions but also to interpret them Then shall such a Faith appear as by it greater Works shall be wrought than those which I have wrought And when one saith to the Mountain be thou lifted up and be thou cast into the Sea it shall be done accordingly And then will I shew such Signs as ye have not yet seen and such as never yet have been in the former Times before you What should I speak to the Winds or let my Words be without effect No far be it from me But those who make my Word to lye and who will not suffer it to abide in its strength must come to perdition Wo to you who Preach but your Imaginations Let every one take good heed to that which he doth For I am the LORD and will maintain my Word But whosoever would blacken it or would apply it to his unclean Brutish Thoughts may find it an hard matter to contest with me For I roar as a Lion against every Abomination and I break forth as Smoke out of the Forest to dry up the false Cedars which without are very beautiful but within are filled with the Abominations of Dogs Wherefore I have a loathing unto them and will dreadfully come upon them and will root them out and will cast them into the deep of the Bottomless Pit where is weeping and gnashing of Teeth But thou O my Sion and Ephraim my Beloved fear not for I am thy Friend and I am with thee Amen XXXI Soon after this the Elect Maid that she might set in order her Domestick Affairs upon the Death of her Mother parted from me being accompanied with her Sister In the mean while a Report was rais'd how it was I my self that had spoken by this Maid and had made use of God's Name to give a colour to that which I pretended to establish for a Divine Truth which
an appearance of Godliness as if it were possible the very Elect would be deceived by them For they have Tokens of Perfection making to themselves a Glory of true Humility notwithstanding which there is nothing in them but Deceit and Abomination As I live I will destroy them for they Prophesie by their own Spirit with which the Starry Spirit is intermixed and bring forth many Wise Sayings and say I am he I am he believe me for here is Immanuel Christ is in me he speaks by me But all this is meer deceit they are Lies and Fallen Spirits Yet be not afraid ye Lambs who hear my Voice for ye shall be preserved against the Hour of Temptation for to Babes is the Mystery discovered and that which is Foolish and that which is Simple before the World is that which I have prepared for my self And the Simple tread securely and that which is Nothing I have chosen and unto little Children is given the Heavenly Wisdom to the end they may put to shame that which is lifted up in the Carnal Sense and that which is little may put that which is exalted underneath it Be not then afraid ye Lambs for unto you is given the true Wisdom to the end ye may be certain and able to discern for ye have the pure Ointment and the Spirit of Truth whereby ye may know all the secret Pleasures and become certain Take heed for the False Spirit is now in all States though not so powerfully as he shall be Judge now my Fathers and Brethren beloved in Christ a true Judgment in the Eyes of God I earnestly beseech you for the Universal Love of the Truth and to the Publick Confession of the Holy Wonders of God to send me as soon as may be your Theological Answer May the Lord JESUS to whom this Matter appertains be powerful with his Spirit in your Spirit May he defend you with his Mighty Arm against all the Gainsayers of his Holy Truth and Crown you in the Day of the Resurrection of the Righteous with Everlasting Glory Amen I remain Your c. Most Obliged to Love and Prayer J. W. P. The Postscript IT having pleas'd our Good God and Saviour by several Testimonies of the same kind and Revelations given to Persons in many Places and of all Sorts and Ranks as Rich and Poor Noble and Plebeian Learned and Unlearned Men and Women Young and Old hidden from the World but known to God to confirm what he has Reveal'd by his Spirit in this Blessed Lady I beseech you Country-men and Brethren from the Deep Centre of Love to hearken to this one Sealing Testimony which some few Years since flow'd from the Vnity of the same Spirit to One in This Nation I heard a Voice saying Great silence in Heaven for half an Hour Then there was a great Gathering together of many Saints and Angels before the Throne and they seem'd in great Consultation And He that sate on the Throne appear'd in great Glory with a glorious Crown on his Head Then I heard a Voice saying Arise my Servant that art to go forth with the Everlasting Gospel for I am coming forth with Ten Thousands of my Saints to Judge the Earth Pray and cry aloud that Judgment may not break out in the House of the Lord Say Spare thy People O Lord and deliver thy Heritage and let them not be consumed with the Wicked Mourn O my People betwixt the Porch and the Altar so may ye prevent the Judgment that is coming forth Behold I will put a Key into the Hand of my Servant that is to go forth with the Everlasting Gospel which will unlock the Heavens and bring down a Blessing upon my People Sing O ye Heavens and rejoice O ye Saints that live upon the Earth For I will deliver you from the Adversaries by the mighty Hand of my Power Fast and Pray and your Cries shall be heard and your Tears shall be shut up into my Bottle for a Memorial before me And such as rise up against you shall fall before you And I saw a Rainbow about the Throne and the Voice said This shall be a Covenant betwixt me and my People Then I heard a great Voice saying I will come forth with Power and will scatter such as rise up against the Everlasting Gospel Arise arise my Servant and put on my Strength and come forth For I am coming to do great things upon the Earth Howl ye Wicked for I will pour out my Spirit on my Servants and on my Handmaids and they shall Prophesie and their Prophesies shall come to pass Prepare your Hearts O ye Saints to meet your God and I will fill your Hearts full of Joy and Rejoicing For it is given to you to sing the Song of Praises and Thansgivings Then shall the Daughters of Sion be fill'd with Praises and Songs of Deliverance For behold the King cometh with Triumph and Victory and the Voice of the LORD shall be heard through the Earth Then I beheld Four Cherubims clapping their Hands together and crying Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabbaoth Heaven and Earth are full of thy Glory Then I beheld a Glorious Throne in the midst of Mount Sion and Twenty Four Elders round about the Throne and they threw down their Crowns saying Amen Amen so be it FINIS