to her in Clouds and bitter storms of Temptations in Manifestations of light and love in Visions and Revelations of things to come all this is presented to you in the following Narration taken from her own mouth I Am Anna Trapnel the daughter of William Trapnel Shipwright who lived in Poplar in Stepney Parish my father and mother living and dying in the profession of the Lord Jesus my mother died nine years ago the last words she uttered upon her death-bed were these to the Lord for her daughter Lord I Double thy spirit upon my child These words she uttered with much eagerness three times and spoke no more I was trained up to my book and writing I have walked in fellowship with the Church meeting as All-hallows whereof Mr. John Simpson is a Member for the space of about four years I am well known to him and that whole Society also to Mr. Greenhil Preacher at Stepney and most of that society to Mr. Henry Jesse and most of his society to Mr. Venning Preacher at Olaves in Southwark and most of his society to Mr. Knollis and most of his society who have knowledge of me and of my conversation If any desire to be satisfied of it they can give testimony of me and of my walking in times past Seven years ago I being visited with a feaver given over by all for dead the Lord then gave me faith to believe from that Scripture After two days I will revive thee the third day I will raise thee up and thou shale live in my sight which two days were two weeks that I should lye in that feaver and that very time that it took me that very hour it should leave me and I should rise and walk which was accordingly From this time for a whole year after the Lord made use of me for the refreshing of afflicted and tempted ones inwardly and outwardly And when that time was ended I being in my Chamber desired of the Lord to tell me whether I had done that which was of and from himself Reply was thou shalt approve thy heart to God and in that thou hast been faithfull in a little I will make thee an Instrument of much more for particular souls shall not only have benefit by thee but the universality of Saints shall have discoveries of God through thee So upon this I prayed that I might be led by the still waters and honor God secretly being conscious to my self of my own evil heart looking upon my self as the worst of all Gods flock the Lord upon it told me that he would out of the mouth of babes and sucklings perfect his praise then I remained silent waiting with prayer and fasting with many tears before the Lord for whole Sion And upon that day called Whitson-monday which was suddenly after I finding my heart in a very low dead frame much contention and crookedness working in my Spirit I asked of God what was the matter he answered me thus I let thee see what thou art in thy self to keep thee humble I am about to shew thee great things and visions which thou hast been Ignorant of I being thus drawn into my Chamber after this there was a day of thanks giving that I kept with the Church of All-hallows in Limestreet for the Army that was then drawing up towards the City in which I had a little discovery of the presence of the Lord with them in which day I had a glorious Vision of the New Jerusalem which melted me into rivers of tears that I shrunk down in the room and cryed out in my heart Lord what is this it was answered me A discovery of the glorious state of whole Sion in the raign of the Lord Jesus in the midst of them and of it thou shalt have more visions hereafter So then when the day was ended I retired to my Chamber at that time living in the Mineries in Aldgate Parish where I conversed with God by prayer and reading of the Scriptures which were excellently opened to me touching the Proceedings of the Army It was first said to me that they were drawing up toward the City I not knowing any thing of it before and that there was a great hubbub in the City the shops commanded to be shut up Upon this I went down and enquired of the maid of the house whether there was any stir in the City She answered me you confine your self to your Chamber and take no notice of what is done abroad We are commanded said she to shut up our shops and there are great fears amongst the Citizens what will be the issue they know not With that I answered blessed be the Lord that hath made it known to so low a servant as I Then repairing to my Chamber again I looked out at the window where I saw a flag at the end of the street this word I had presently upon it thou seest that flag the flag of defiance is with the Army the King of Salem is on their side he marcheth before them he is the Captain of their Salvation At the other end of the street I looking saw a hill it was Black-heath it was said to me thou seest that hill not one but many hills rising up against Hermon-hill They shall fall down and become Vallies before it It was then said unto me Go into the City and see what is done there where I saw various things from the Lord in Order to his appearance with the Army as I was going hearing of a Trumpeter say to a Citizen these words we have many Consultations about our coming up but nothing yet goes on presently it was said to me the Councels of men shall fall but the Councel of the Lord stands sure and his works shall prosper So repairing home I had many Visions that the Lord was doing great things for this Nation And having fasted nine days nothing coming within my lips I had upon the ninth day this Vision of horns first I saw in the Vision the Army coming in Southwark-way marching through the City with a great deal of silence and quietness and that there should be little or no bloud spilt this was some weeks before their coming in Then broke forth another Vision as to the horns I saw four horns which were four Powers the first was that of the Bishops that I saw was broken in two and thrown aside the second horn more white had joyned to it an head endeavouring to get up a Mount and suddenly it was pushed down and broken to pieces the third horn had many splinters joyned to it like to the scales upon the back of a fish and this was presented to be a Power or a Representative consisting of many Men having fair pretences of love to all under all forms this I saw broken and scattered that not as much as any bit of it was lest As to the fourth horn that was short but full of variety of Colours sparkling red and white it was said
Sun discovers all things that which is thrown up against the Sun that appears most clearly the sun will make you known what you are in secret can you stand it out against the Lord himself let not them that have given up their names to thee be found flighters against thee Shall thine oh Lord be swallowed up Oâ— no thou wilt but hisse and Armies shall comeeven from heaven for thine and then those that do task and seek to lay on the burthens what shall they doe Having uttered these with some other things concerning the new Jerusalem she sung forth the further enlargements of her heart in the song following He that did wait these things to know that penned was within That book concerning thy coming as Potentate and King Oh he did mourn till that the Lamb did come with chearing there And said he would open that book and those seals he would tear Aud lay it wide open before that he might read therein Concerning songs of Hallelu jah which shall fill to the brimme And that he should read there also the downfall of the Whore Of Babylon which sure shall fall and sink within her gore And that he also there should read the downfall of the great God Gog and Magog how they shall go and by Christ down be pluckt And he must read also how thou wouldst search all Nations wide And gather in thy remnant there and others wash with Tide With floods that should rise upon them and make them sink for ever That so thy Sion might thee praise who art that High one rather Then that they should exalt the praise of men and things on earth For they know what thou dost deelare and what thou dost discover And John he read long since thereof concerning the great fall Of those that stood out against him who is the chief of all Oh he read here thou wouldst dry up Euphrates that river And make dry Land for thine to go and thither to appear Before thy Throne where they should be and abide for evermore Therefore John read how that thou the earth again restore None shall hinder them from those wouldst w ch John there did declare Oh a Sea of glasse there chrystal was thrones which none could it compare But oh your standing on the earth on glasse that brittle is Which shall crumble under your seet when that there comeâ— forth this This Sea of glasse which is indeed that where thine thee behold Oh they may look up unto thee and thorow it extoll Thy love that did a book write sweet and many things there in store Of Royalties which should come out and be given more and more Vnto those that deny thy foes and Antichrist also They that go forth to strike at him thou wilt upon them blow Thy spirit upon them shall come forth and Antichrist shall fall Both in person and also too in his coming principall Oh it is Lord then sweet surely to read of such things here And John he mourn'd abundantly that th' mystery might draw near That new Jerusalem above might come down here below And that they might see their High when that forth he doth go Here she ceased and lay silent for the space of some two or three hours untill about eight of the clock in the evening the company being all departed excepting about four or five persons she coughed and being asked by a friend or two with the Relatour how she did with two or three such like questions she answered in a very few words this being the first time the â—elatour had speech with her and suddenly was carried out in singing and after wards in prayer wherein the Relatour left her about ten a clock in the night speaking to God The day following being the 17th day of the Monethand the last day she spake in White Hall she begun with prayer wherein she was very large and amongst many other she uttered the things following Though they speaking of the Souldiers may build Tabernacles and may strengthen their cords yet thou art risen O poore creatures that they should have no heart to hear O Lord they are given up to blindnesse they will refuse to hear they will turn a-and go away Blessed father wilt not thou follow them and shake them Though they may shake off faith and prayer yet they shall not shake off thee oh when the hand-writing is come up in their veins will not their knees smite together They shall see that an evill heart is in them and that godlinesse is another thing than they thought on though they speak of light yet they shall know that they are darknesse for they act nothing but darknesse discover nothing but vilenesse and evill that such creatures should live in a time of so much Mercy and trample them under seet wilt not thou reckon with them Dost not thou reckon with the Nations throughout the whole earth and wilt thou suffer them to go unreckoned with it is not every one that hath a tongue to speak great things of thee that are thy friends for if it were so this Nation would be full of excellent ones oh but their heart is deceitfull When Ananias and Saphira did ly against the Holy Ghost they were struck dead oh but how often have they lyed against the Holy Ghost and yet thou forbearest oh thy servane will not let thee alone till thou risest Up in thy glory and thy Majesty thou wilt make some to rise that are feeble poore low creatures to utter forth against the wise ones of the world oh they have not thy sap thy spirit what ever they pretend Wilt not thou come forth and confound their language Oh! thou wilt say what have you to do to take the name of God in your mouths when you act for your bellies If all thine should hold their peace thou wilt come thy self and appear against them Oh they shall be called the Jeroboams of the earth they have made I srael to sin oh they would not be called Jeroboam but the Israel of God and therefore poore Israel is bowed under them and drawn under their skirts when Ephraim offended in Baal then he died in spirit in the affections of thine oh then they will come off with a great deal of dammage and rust oh that they might now be ashamed now whiles they are peeping in at the crevice let them see their abominations oh take them aside and tell them they ought not to do so let them not go and assume that to them which belongs to God tell them thou wilt make them to mart and seel thy rod for it if they had stooped to the powers before the sin would not have been so great but to stoop to those Powers that have appeared against the Lord Jesus Oh who can be filent and hold their peace at this Thou wilt poure out thy spirit upon sons and daughters and they shall witnesse for thee against them Thine may be Lambes and Sheep meek and lowly yet
Anchor asked me what I thought of this New Representative that was then in choice I answered that I had faith to believe that little good should be done to the Nation by their sitting So after this I had divers Visions at times wherein I saw their breaking up I lying frequently sometimes ten days together sometimes seven sometimes eight days or thereabouts The time I lay ten days was at Hackney at my Kinsmans habitation where the Lord gave me Visions of their breaking up and of the deadness of Gideons spirit towards the work of the Lord shewing me that he was laid aside as to any great matters the Lord having finished the greatest business that he would employ him in And I singing forth their breaking up Colonel Bingham which was one of them being present hearing what I spake as to Gideon and to the rest of the Representative he was pleased as I was told to call it a Prophesie saying that he was glad of that Prophesie of their breaking up for he thought little good would be done by them This Vision I had the third of the seventh moneth called September at Hackney 1653. Then again within one moneth after I had at Mr. Barrats house at Dowgate more visions concerning the breaking of the same Representative and many other Visions I had concerning the Nation And then again about fourteen days before the breaking up of them I had clear discoveries of the departure of those from the house whom I had called the Linsey-wolsey-Party which the Lord said he would not have in his Tabernacle-work But if those whose hearts were upright sat for Temple-work and for the building of that latter house which Christ saith shall be more glorious then that of the former if they come from among them the Lord will make them glorious instruments for himself in those great concernments that he had spoken forth in his word And upon it I saw their coming from them and I sung the Passing-bell between them singing forth another Passing-bell to those that are in present power now Nominating him that was the Chair-man Mr. Rowse the Lord shewing me that his heart was very hypocritical and that he was not for the work of the Lord So that I had many songs and discoveries from the Scripture against him not hearing the least word but that he was a very Godly man as Creatures said But what I had against him it was from the Lord which I spake then in the hearing of many saying though he and the rest of them which are now a Councel said let us separate from that factious Part casting them out with the prayers of Christs poor flock Reporting that God thereby should be glorified according to that Scripture in the last Chapter of Isa But I said God will appear to your comfort and they shall be ashamed This Vision I had at Mr. Marsh's house at Dowgate After this I went home to Hackney and the first week I came home not knowing any thing of the dissolution which was then drawing near I had these Visions First I saw a great Tower and the rooms thereof were like to the Counsel-rooms at Whitehall which I saw strawed thick with Gun-powder And at a little distance I saw a white Tower for whiteness and sparkling glory I never saw any thing to parallel with it and looking into it I beheld many very precious Saints with their eyes fixed toward Heaven their countenances shining as the Sun and neer to them between that white Tower and the other Tower were a great many of the Colonels and Chief of the Army with their Pistols cock'd and lighted Match in their hands beating the fire upon the gunpowder endeavouring to drive it up toward the white Tower but they could not for the fire would not take presently upon this it was said to me whereas thou seest this high Tower whereon the gunpowder is it is a great many of men of the wise and politick grave and judicious so called that are drawing up together and their Wisdom Power and policy is that gunpowder that thou seest and the match and Army-men or the chifest part of the Army that shall assent and joyn with that Tower and gunpowder against the white Tower saying it was not to destroy the white Tower that they were come forth but the factious ones that sat therein Presently this Scripture likened them to those of the Old World that said let us build a Babel that may reach to heaven and God came down and confounded their language so he will do by these that were rising up against the white Tower as it is written in the Proverbs The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower wherein those factious ones as they called them sat in safety and shall be preserved all their days Another Vision I had at the same time of many Oaks with spreading branches full of leaves very great limmed I looking to the root which lay but very little in the ground look't dry as if it were crumbling to dust and above the ground was only a little dry bark on which limmed and spreading Oaks were set a few shrubs which being by were very lovely and green these great Oaks fell suddenly down and cover'd the other presently I saw a very lovely tree for stature compleatness every way not to be paralleld by any thing that ever I saw and before which the great Oaks crumbled to dust and the little shrubs were raised up growing and thriving exceedingly then I desired Scripture to this Vision Reply was in the first of Isaiah it is said They shall be confounded in the Oaks that they have desired And as to that lovely Tree it was declared to me to be the Lord Jesus which I had sometimes seen in the new Ierusalem which is spoken of in the Rev. ult That that Tree was the very same that is there mentioned whose fruit should be very many and beautiful held forth to the Shrubs which they feeding upon should immediately grow up to a lovely Stature which said the Lord to me thou here feest that no sooner doth this Tree appear which represents my Son but immediately those despised Shrubs that the great Oaks endeavored to scatter and hide in their holes they shall come forth and all the Oaks shall crumble into dust this is not by Might nor by Power or Arms but brought in through the pourings out of my Spirit Two nights before the Protector was established I had a glorious sight of a Throne Angels winged flying before the Throne crying Holy holy holy unto the Lord The great One is coming down with terrour to the Enemies and Glory and Deliverance to the sincere and them that walk uprightly hearing of this I broke forth with much Melody singing also Halleluiah Praise and Honour unto thee O Lord will I render with them that thus cry holy Then another Vision followed A great company of Children walking on the Earth a Light shining round about them a
glorious Person in the midst of them speaking these words these will I honour with my raigning presence in the midst of them others shall dye in the Wilderness which Wilderness I will shew thee by and by So that departed A third vision followed wherein I saw great darkness in the Earth and a marvellous dust like a thick smoak ascending upward from the Earth and I beheld at a little distance a great company of Cattel some like Buls and others like Oxen and so lesser their faces and heads like men having each of them a horn on either side their heads For the foremost his Countenance was perfectly like unto Oliver Cromwels and on a suddain there was a great shout of those that followed him he being singled out alone and the foremost and he looking back they bowed unto him and suddenly gave a shout and leaped up from the Earth with a great kind of joy that he was their Supreme and immediately they prompting him and fawning upon him he run at me and as he was neer with his horn to my breast an arm and an hand clasped me round a Voyce said I will be thy safety he run at many precious Saints that stood in the way of him that looked boldly in his face he gave them many pushes scratching them with his horn and driving them into several houses he ran still along till at length there was a great silence and suddenly there broke forth in the Earth great fury coming from the Clouds and they presently were scattered and their horns broken and they tumbled into Graves with that I broke forth and sang praise and the Lord said mark that Scripture Three horns shall arise a fourth shall come out different from the former which shall be more Terror to the Saints then the others that went before though like a Lamb as is spoken of in the Revelation in appearance a Lamb but pushing like a beast being not only one but many and much strength joyned together Thus far it was conceived meet and requisie to represent the spirit and condition of the party Not from thence to borrow the more esteem or belief to the Relation following let that adventure forth upon its own score and stand or fall in that spirit that gave it being But that the truth may shine forth as to the particular state and condition of the Party through that cloud of unchristian condemnings odious censures and black defamations of unsatisfied interested envious and unbelieving persons which are gone forth whereby that in this dispensation which to many that were witnesses of it seems to be the Glory and Beauty of it may be confounded and darkned and the eyes of them that would see be blinded in judgement Now concerning her speaking in Whitehall this account we have to Offer of the state and condition of her spirit in that work which was received from her own lips in the hearing of some then present in answer to the Questions which the Relator moved unto her One Question was asked her some weeks after she left Whitehal and was this What frame of spirit was upon you in uttering those things in Whitehall was it only a spirit of faith that was upon you or was it Vision wrapping up your outward senses in trances so that you had not your senses free to see nor hear nor take notice of the People present She answered I neither saw nor heard nor perceived the noise and distractions of the people but was as one that heard only the voice of God sounding forth unto me besides her own word the effects of a spirit caught up in the Visions of God did abundantly appear in the fixedness and immoveableness of her speech in prayer but more especially in her songs notwithstanding the distractions among the people occasioned by rude spirits that unawares crept in which was observed by many who heard her who seemed to us to be as one whose ears and eyes were locked up that all was to her as a perfect silence Another Question was what moved you to silence at any time when you ceased from speaking was it with you as with other good men Ministers c. who cease at discretion either having no more to say or having spent their strength of body or having wearied the people She answered in these words It was as if the Clouds did open and receive me into them and I was as swallowed up of the Glory of the Lord and could speak no more To give you the Relators observation for the further perswading him of the truth of this He took notice twice in her ceasing from speaking Once she ended with prayer wherein being sweetly and highly raised in her admirings of the glory that she saw she uttered these or like words Oh what brightness what glory what sweetness what splendor which last word she hardly expressed in a full sound and said no more Another time ending with a Song in three or four of the last words in the last verse her voice sunk into her breast that they could not be understood like the words of a man falling asleep Now follows the Relation of so much of her Prayers and Songs as by a very slow hand could be taken for eight days VPon the Tenth day of the Eleventh Moneth 1653. The Relator coming into the Chamber where she lay heard her first making Melody with a spiritual Song which he could not take but in part and that too with such imperfection as he cannot present any account of it to the understanding of others After her Song she without intermission uttered forth her Spirit in prayer wherein among many other she expressed the passages following What is marvellous or can be in the eys of the Lord the resurrection of Jesus was marvellous in our eyes but not with the Lord for nothing could keep down a Jesus thy people could never have come out of their graves had it not been for the Resurrection of Jesus as thou risedst so should they as thou dyedst so should they thou wilt make all things death before them what endeavourings were there to have kept thee in the Grave oh but what fastness what locks what bolts that could keep in a Jesus oh but they thought that the Lord Jesus was but a man they understood not that the Divine Nature was wrapt up in him in the Humane Nature when thy time came the Sepulchre was open and the Lord Jesus came forth with great Power and Majesty oh blessed be the Lord that brought forth the Son the Heir him that was victorious over his enemies so shall there be a Declaration against all things that would keep thine down faith is that Victory how so because faith brings into the bosom and it draws forth the Death and Resurrection of Jesus upon us thou art a bringing forth a great Resurrection Jesus Christ is upon his appearing there are some do think so but they say it is not yet begun God will bring it
Look't on to be such which Would not have taken such a place Your hands forth for to reach Poor Serjeants that were honest men Oh how are you fallen Oh how are you now taken with The vanity of men Oh Serjeants leave off this your work And get some other thing Your pay'l be sweet to follow him Who is your Lord and King Oh bread and water is more sweet Then Reastmeat of this sort Oh meat of herbs betters for you And of better Report You come and crave pardon of them While you dissemble in heart Oh call for pardon from a Christ When to his bar you come And leave those other wayes which will Prove injurious to you The Lord doth hate such practises And he will out them spue Oh keep thy poor Saints that they may Not run away from their Lord Oh let them be contented with Th' morsells thou dost afford Oh that they may not now set hands To engagements that come But rather engage for the Lord Who is the onely Son Oh mind the Saints how engagements Have become to them a snare That others they may not them take But up to thee repair Let them know t is but a short time That men thus shall abide T is but a while that these stormy winds Shall bring forth such great tyde Though winds and waves they boistrous are Yet Christ them will rebuke He will speak to them to abate And they 'l go at his look After she had breathed forth this Song with more enlargement then could be noted by the Relator She proceeded in Prayer which for the press of people crowding and darkning the Chamber could not be taken She continued that day in prayer and singing four or five hours together and was then silent The next day being the eleventh day of the moneth the Relator came in and heard her in prayer wherein she delivered many things some whereof being of publique nature were taken And are presented in the account following Must thy Servant that now is upon the Throne must he now die and go out like a candel Oh that thy servant could mourn day and night for him Oh that he might be recovered out of that vain glorious Counsel out of their Traps and Gins Oh his soul is in bondage he will not hear New Jerusalems Sermons if thou convince him not Oh that he might be laid in thy bosome that he might not refuse to come among thy people Oh that he might hearken to a praying people rather then to a wicked Counsel rather then to a Politique crue about him Father that he might Lord God come out of those Fetters and Chains And then do thou shew him his work and his transgression wherein he hath exceeded and open his eyes to receive instruction He is in Chains by reason of that outward-glory and pomp that is round about him Oh he thinks he is taught by thee thus to go and to act Oh but blessed Lord let thy handmaid intreat thee to perswade him For thy perswasions are more then the perswasions of all the great Doctors and Rabbies that are about him Oh that they also might consider what they do they have been Preachers of free Grace to thy people Let them not now come forth with the voice of Haman but with the voice of Mordecai let them be faithful and say unto him thou art but a man that doth thus let them not joyn with that that thou art breaking in pieces Thou wilt not have thine to sit upon thrones now till all thine shall sit together upon those twelve Thrones Is it not better that he shall pry into the Laws of King Jesus then of those that are about him he little thinks that they would bring him into jeopardie Let him not entertain any upon the account that they are grave wise judicious men But let him look whether Godliness be in them Oh but he will say they are Godly too Oh but let him look at actions whether these actions do speak them Godly Oh this is a day of Jacobs trouble thine looked for refreshment and behold greater trouble they looked for a birth and behold it is yet in travel Many of thy children are put to a stand and know not what to do though he doth repulse them yet let them tell him of his sins and tell him with humility and with tears not as those deluded spirits that go running about the streets and say we have such Visions and Revelations who come out with their great speeches of vengeance and judgement and plagues Oh but thine that come from thee thou givest them Humility Meekness Bowels and Tears Pluck out those of the Counsel that are thy Children tell them that thou dost not love linsey wolsey garments linnen and wollen mixed together neither in the thrones nor in any building or Temple or Concernment of thine It is true Authorities and Powers are by the permission of the most high He gave Commission to the Assyrian to be a rod to Israel till he had accomplished his work upon Mount Sion But here is the difference that was an enemy whom God would destroy with eternal fire and perpetual burning But these come forth as brethren as thy children and therefore thine do not know how to bear it from them Oh it is a grief to the heart that they should smite and grieve thy Saints Besides the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus is at hand all the Monarchies of this world are going down the hill Now is a time that thine should look off from these things and lift up their head for their Redemption draws near Now thou requirest a greater going forth of the Spirit What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation we are not to be for our selves but for Christ Now the treasury is open and every one is to cast into it now all is spread open for all to come to cast in something Oh come forth thou great Builder in thy glory Oh what sheddings of blood have there been in order to this work Let there be days of Glory Hear the voice of thine yea thou dost hear them though thou wouldest have them to wait they shall not be ashamed they that tarry and rest upon thee thou wilt come and lead them with thy sweet spices Oh that the souldiery might now come forth out of their bravery and say shall there be some that shall come up to that glorious building shall they reign in that day and shall we that have gone forth for the Lord thus far come short thereof and be laid aside Oh help them to entreat thee that thou wouldst not spue them out of thy mouth as luke-warm ones nor let them not be cast out of thy Temple Now is a measuring time that thou art measuring thy own Temple not the world but thine own Saints there is a little silence from Trumpets and Battels and now is a time of silence Oh but there is a time of the shooting
make them partakers of glorious Priviledges thou wilt bring them into thy Territories above into thy sweet Walks how wilt thou hang them about with Hony-Suckles not like the hony that is of the earth that is clogging but pure hony that is reviving thy Ezekiels that behold thee by the River Chebar Oh what sights what glories what rivers what springs do they enjoy and yet thy children are affraid to suffer Oh what a spirit of slavish feare hath seized upon thy own children though thou hast said the Lord will be with you in the fires and in the waters yet what pale faces are there amongst thine oh is this to professe Jesus Thou wilt make the whole earth to be thy children and wilt make them to be the honourable ones and yet they will not know nor confider it Oh this is a time not for man to reign but for the Lord Jesus and this voyce sounds out here and there by a Son or a Daughter Oh but when shall all the Sons and all the Children cry for King Jesus the Reason is Because of the infirmities of the flesh and because thine are of a stammering speech and of stuttering tongue but thou hast premised that the time shall come that there shall not be a people of a deeper speech then thy people and they shall not be of a stammering tongue Come O all you Disputants Monarchs Scribes and Rabbies of the world come forth now and let us see what Arguments you can bring forth against the Spirit the pourings forth of it the rising of the Sun of Righteousnesse upon the world against the influences of the heavenly Orion oh you shall be the men that shall be of a stammering lip and of a stuttering tongue Oh what a doubting is there now among thine what disputing what reasoning what they shall doe whether they shall cry up a Man or King Jesus let them take the engagements of Man and lay them under their feet and take the engagement of Jesus and lay that to their heart Let thy servants now be of a publique spirit let them now flie high above the Skies not into vaine conceits vaine speculations and high notions oh but thou callest to an exalting high through Jesus unto thee they that have kept to a crucified Jesus they are thine Oh here are good words great allegories and high expressions oh but they that honour thy Sonne thou wilt honour them they that honour the Son honor the Father Oh they that say they will honour the Father alone and live in the Father alone and lay aside the Son they are deceived thou wilt have them keep within thy bounds and not to stretch the Point beyond the Compasse Oh let thine take a thorow view and not rashly take up any thing Thou wilt have thine try the gold as well as the drosse thou wilt not have thine take up any thing while they know not the life of it Oh But who is he or she that admires the Lord Jesus through all in all and above all He is all in nothing-Creatures the Creature is nothing but thou hast said thou dost great things through nothing Oh that thine were taken with Truth for Truths sake that they would seek into the bottome and goe into the golden Mine and not onely gather up the shavings thereof let them not take up the sparks but the fire it selfe That a poor Creature should subsist without sustenance what a gazing is there at this poor thing while you forget the glory that is in it go into the Marrow what matters it for the bone let them have the Spirits it is no matter for any thing else Oh that thy poor servant should thus long converse with thee and so long sit at thy fire and feele the warmth thereof and so beare testimony against all false fires and all things that are against King Jesus Then she uttered forth this Song the greatest part whereof as much as the Relator could take runs as followeth OH it is that light that burneth bright a flame that is so clear The Soul and tongue yea every part unto thee shal draw near And praiseth his free grace for all and sets out Jesus too Who came forth from the Fathers seat to bring that love unto Which is a fire so hot and which its warmth gives forth most clear Oh it is a fire that is brought forth by him that paid full dear Oh when thy love sent out thy Son he sweetly did reply That he would hasten through the earth and on the Crosse would dye Oh when love did warm his bosome there was no stay at all But the Lord Jesus he did reach forth that which was royal And saith that love had sent him forth to dye for Rebels great That they might come that enemies were unto this Mercy-seat And be did fulfill his great work with courage that was bold That there might come forth unto his that pure and beaten gold Which was for to inrich them that before were poor and mean Who hath bestowed here on them a glory pure and bright Which none can purchase by their worth nor treasure that is here For Free Grace it is to them rich and bids them come full near Where they may have that which will make them rich for evermore And will be alwaies unto them a bright and golden Oare Where no drosse shall at all it reach nor cover it from sight To those that Christ do bring it for who tels them 't is their right And therefore saith receive of him who purchased hath for thee Redemption out of all thy filth and from thy slavery Rather then all Crownes or Palaces wherein you do delight Oh covet more the brightnesse of him which doth make us white Oh 't was indeed great love that such which are so black below Full of the spots of filthinesse that thou shouldst them love so He that was God-man understood the love was in the Father Whom none can see nor can shew forth but he that was his Lustre O thou most deare and only Lord that lookest down below Who in thy love thy Spirit brings forth and it doth on us blow Oh it is it which doth maintaine all vitals that are within Oh it repairs all parts throughout and filleth to the brim Then raising her note she proceeds as followes O King Jesus King Jesus thou in apparrel art rich A Diadem about thy neck and forth it thou dost reach Of thy rich Diademt to thine and of thy Crowns of Pearl And thou sayest unto thy poor Flock Oh I will make you Earls Oh I will make you Potentates and then beleeve my word For it is true sayes Jesus Christ looke into my record And see whether I have not declar'd what you are unto me Also what I am for your sakes and that you shall me see And look into the written Word and there you shall behold How I have beautified and have made you as bright as gold O look
hadst finished thy work and wouldst take thy rest Who was this Rest why Jesus was this Rest from the beginning he was the prepared Rest from the Creation Thou broughtest forth a Seventh-day wherein thou saidst thou restedst and a work wherein thou restedst and all to shew that Jesus Christ is the true Rest who is the true Sabbath-day the prepared Rest the Eternal Rest Oh that there might be no more wallowing in Satans fires and quagmires Oh they do miss of their Rest they do not enter into their true Sabbath they do not see their first-day Let them see Jesus Christ to be the true Rest the true first-day Thou first appeared as the first day to poor contemptible Creatures to poor Women Oh Mary I am thy Rest and she answered Rabboni When thou appearst to be Rest then how do they take thee into their bosom then they see no Peace under the Sun but in thee if he be gone Rest is gone Sabbath is gone Peace is gone that bright day of the Resurrection which is brighter then the rising of the Sun does not then appear When a poor soul knows not what to do temptation weighs them down corruption sinks them they know not what way to turn from Bryars and Thorns Oh then thou appears and gives Rest and makes them go forth with joy and leads them forth with peace and then thou makes all melody before them Tempted souls can tel what it is to enjoy their Maker they can say he is their onely Rest Oh who would not make thee their Rest Thou singledst out a Day because thou knewest mans cruelty and covetousnesse that he would not give rest to Man or Beast but whatis a day if thou in a day wert not the Rest The time will come that the whole Creation shal have a Rest and Redemption which shall abide not for a day but shall continue Lord it is a Fasting day indeed when thou art a Rest when thou commest out with a sparkling rest if thou hadst given a rest in thy Ordinary way that had been very sweet oh but a rest in the Mount with thy selfe a transfiguring Rest among Angels with the brightest sun oh can there be eclipses upon this Sun the Sun of Righteousnesse who is the same and there is no alteration no cloud can cover it Who can mix Water and Oyle together will not the Oyle be always above so thou dear Jesus wilt stil be above upon the top if trouble come thou sayest begone Surely Lord I will make mention of thy Rest for ever thy Rest hath so many Companions with it Peace and Quietnesse and Regulation throughout the whole Man all is put to silence before it Thy Servant wondered at those words the Lord is risen let all the earth keep silence What art thou a coming forth art thou putting a stop to all the Nations of the earth their designs and projects all enemies both by Sea and Land But I will put to silence saith the Lord all enemies within O arise against all inward Enemies and let them be put to silence Let there be no more the voice of the Earth heard in thine thou hast put the earth in thy poor Servant to silence thou hast made thy Heavens to come down into her Earth Whom the Son makes free they are free indeed Oh freedome indeed other freedom what is it a poor freedom but this freedom within is through the resurrection of thee rising in the soul there is such an harmonious company there is such an abundance of thine when thou putest the earth to silence Oh put the earth to silence that so they may come to the glorious stature of the Lord Jesus which none can fathom nor reach the depth thereof Oh that poor creatures might not heare of a Jehovah of Righteousnesse but that they might also receive thee thou sentest down a Ladder to the earth the humane nature of Christ to gather up our Nature to the Divine Oh how did that humane Nature appear at the bottom of the Ladder upon the earth oh what steps did he tread what steps in the Divine Nature to gather up Humane Nature into it thy poor shall lead up to the top you are kept by the mighty power of God unto salvation Oh it is good to walk up that Ladder where there is such precious Aire and such sparkling Stars where there is not only seven daies light but seven thousand such as none can number Oh how can any get near unto thee if they will throw away the Ladder poor hearts they marvellously mistake you cannot come to the Father but by the Son you must take both together therefore this Rest came forth that so there might bee a compleatnesse that there might bee nothing wanting every way what a perfect rest is the Lord Jesus Oh dear Christ dear Christ can any that have taken thee in hear thee vilified couldst not thou keep silence concerning them and can they indure to hear thee contemned to hear thee to be called onely a Form and to cal themselves a Christ How can they chuse but say wee will have a Scripture Christ O dear Rest the declaration of thee is marvellous sweet the Declaration tels of thee that thou art the true rest in the power thereof Here she seemed to have ' over-flowings of joy and delight in spirit and poured out her heart in a Song as follows OH thou art Rest eternal Rest unto thy chiliren dear Yea through the great Creation thou brings thy Rest them near Thou wouldst have all things have a rest that in the earth do breath Yea also a Rest unto Fishes thou dost to them bequeath Oh see and learn of Plants and Trees of Gardens and the Fields A rest there 's from the mighty Lord which he unto them yeelds The Creatures they have rest much more such that have sense breath Their rest is higher then the other cause they are th' Commonwealth That they might be maintained for the Sons of men herein Therefore a rest thou dost provide and quietnesse thou bringst in Calling the earth and all therein to be in silence and To stay from gathering up the field to accommodate the land O what an increase through a rest there is in the wide sea An increase is in every thing brought forth out of the clay O land thou doest through rest come forth with great increase unto Of strength and otherwaies from such that thou bringst men unto What are the birds and cattell there whereon man is fed Thou art a rest to weary man who forth and in is led O shall all things that here do crall and beasts that hang their head Be more in praises to the Lord then those whom Christ is head For they after their kindes doe praise much more then shall ensue When that the Lord makes kindness come thorow all he will renew Love he doth multiply indeed upon the sons of men That he might screw them to the top of his
lust and filthinesse as great wickednesse and enmity yea and greater than were before oh they are all for themselves and Sathan does not he appear in their Feasts in their garments in their locks yea O Gideon when in thy own family there shall be that shall go naked and wanton Oh this is found in thy family David had not such in his family as thou hast so many of these and must thou rule a whole Nation and canst not rule thy own family Oh thou sayest I cannot rule them canst thou not sayes God but I will make thee know what I did to Eli of old because of his sons How can any go and cry out for King Josus if they have him not in their own bosome Oh he is a sealed one and they that are sealed ones can go forth for him Oh Gideon art thou one of those sealed ones Then how beautifull would thy walks be O but he hath taken away thy glory here from among thy people Oh Lord help him to search into his own family let him consider to have such evil doings actings in his own house and shall he be afraid to reprove in his own family Oh then where is his courage will he blinde his eyes and bawlk as to them then he will blinde his eyes as to other things if the Lord Christ doe not raign in his soule he cannot raigne for Christ therefore you doubting Christians have a care that you have courage given into your hearts from the Lord and that the Throne of Christ be set up there before you go out to plead against the Throne of Antichrist and the Devill and wickednesse I hou wilt not have thy son so despised therefore come you mockers your bands shall be made strong you that mock at the goings forth of the spirit of the Lord at the wisdome that comes forth through fools I tell you O ye mockers your bands shall be made strong the bands of filthinesse flesh and carnality made strong upon you Oh is it not better to have the bands of man than to have the Lord put bands upon you Can you break the bands of the Lord from off you O you that have given your strength to the Delilahs of the earth every thing shall overcome you every threed shall bind you every thing shall close your mouths you shall be as weak as water but they that have kept their garments clean they shall have strength and might and they shall stand up for the Lord and shall have liberty Oh but you will say you were free men and we were in bondage oh but if so where are then the works of zeal of love and courage the works of Abraham Abraham was for five righteous ones oh he breathed after such as had deeds not words of righteousnesse oh to be wrapt up in that glorious Royalty to have that compleat garment oh the effects of that are precious quietnesse and assurance for ever Come acquaint your selves with Jehovah You great Professours and Army-men have you not acquaintance with God then all you have is nothing oh do Justice and do it for Justice sake and thou Gideon that hast assumed the highest place to thy self thou art not onely to do Justice thy self but thou art to see Justice done in all places Committees and Judicatures abroad that they may not feed upon the poore thou art not to wallow in pleasures at home but thou art to be labouring for the Lord are these like to be thy Judges that take any into office whomsoever thou art to go forth thou counsel as thou art called go and see that the flock of Christ have Justice done them oh look to the whole Israel to the earth to the whole earth for the earth is theirs and so manifest that you love Justice and Mercy as you would seem to do oh remember Absalom who was of a very fair carriage and of good words take him to thee for thou shalt not have David Absalom he was of a lovely nature that he might steal away the people from his father David oh do not thou bring in that rubbish now that thou hast cast out before they have cryed down the King the Court and such things and how are your tongues now tipt with their language if your hearts had not now turned you aside Oh Gideon in Scotland thou didst read what great things were going forth against Jacob and thou wast afraid that thou wast that Jacob but in the latter end thou didst take in that Jacob was to overcome to be a Conquerour why the Lord sayes if thou be the true Jacob thou wilt do then as he did act and glorifie and sanctifie the Lord he was not for great revenues great increase though the Lord gave him great increase if the Lord gave in to your increase it were well oh but you take it in from the poore and from Gods Israel oh that you would take up Jacobs practice as well as you are willing to take in his comforts when you were in the fields Having added many other things she uttered forth a large song some part and parcells whereof the Relatour as he could understand her words did take and they are as follow Oh you that are Gods diadems wherewith you here do shine Oh you shal sparkle through the world in his most glorious clime Oh Gideon would that I could sing a triumph here for thee Oh would I could behold thy work to be glorious indeed Oh that I could thee trembling see before the truth indeed Oh that thy mouth most willingly On righteousnesse would feed Oh that thou wouldst drink draughts which is pure Wine also That thou wouldst of the truth so pure of that drink and thereby might'st grow Oh that thou wouldst be like to him that was the Ninivites king For to confesse thy sin to God and to abhor thy sin Oh do not rage doe not thou fume when th' art plainly dealt with But rather embrace them then al those that brave it in their silk And tell thee that thou shal do well they do but flatteries speak For be sure the Lord hath said that he will spoil thy Gallantrie Oh he will cut it off from thee therefore do thou come up And beg of him that he should take and with his hand thee pluck Thee from that which displeaseth him that forth it thou mayst go And walk in those regions where thou mayst not feel's heavy blows Oh desire rather a dish of herbs than this thy stalled ox With those rather desire t' sit down that strength may be in thy Locks That no Delilahs so great strange with speeches fair and sweet May take thee from that w ch is true and exceeding compleat O wouldst thou have a chaire of State and have love from a God Oh then cleave unto that which is recorded in his word Let him not imitate those Kings which knew nothing of God They did not regard what they saw or read within thy
word But he hath a great tone thereof he hath his tongue there tipt Oh he hath many Scriptures which come thorow those his lips Oh let not him do as those but other things him show What doth belong unto one that hath overcome his foes It is not his great chaire of State that shall secure from thee When thou Lord pluckest him from thence thou sayes it shall not be Oh the Lord then will say to him he must not have such food Which Queen-mother as they did call did drink up as a floud That swallowed up all in the pulpe shall he such juyce here take Or shall he have such gellies as those whom thou didst for sake And take him Lord and show him it now that he thus begins Acquaint him that these flowings wil increase his flame of sin Oh make him like to wise Agar not too much for to crave Least that he be drawn from the Lord and his glory deprave Poore Gideon I did pray for thee when like Jacob so clean Thou hast been valiant in the field and there thy foes hast flame Oh then the flock of God lov'd thee more than their earthly lives They could have given their all for thee that in the world did rise Their priviledges here below yea all they said oh take So thou wilt keep thy Gideon then and him wilt not forsake Yea Lord thou knowst thy servant did Lord let her life go for The life of that deare one abroad who is a man of War Thy servant said Lord that she would lay a side her interest And plead for him on his sick-bed that he might see the breast Where he should be restor'd to life and walk again on earth And manage the affairs for thine thy servant said Lord pluck Pluck him out of the Canon mouth and out from the sharp spear Oh take him from all musquet shot Oh is not he thy dear Thy servant said further to thee oh raise him from the grave And take away his feaver strong which makes his body rave Thy servant said oh Lord give him Cordials from thy dear self That he may come and drink of thee who art his saving health Thy servant little thought oh Lord when to Worcester he did come Where he did vows promises make for the most blessed Son And for the flock of Jesus Christ he would soon here draw forth But when he came he did forget his Promise and his Oath Oh that he should see such a rout at Worcester that last war And should not mind what he did see from thee who art so rare And when from thence that he did come thy flock about his heels And they reach out their wedge of gold and brought their Then into the City he must come among the great ones there And their great Royalties of food which Lord thou 'l from him tear Oh this food and these dainty things these pleasures him did smother Oh they did darken his spirit when that he was brought over From ruine from that great stroke from red-shanks that were there When that a while he was at home he did forget his tears Oh you great Aldermen and Sheriffs you Lord Mayor also That have been in the City you have Gideon overflown For your entertainments and your baites his spirit have so smoother'd That he cannot go for a Christ whom before he did honour O Aldermen O that you had considered he was flesh You would not have so nourisht him and brought forth your relish Which was a relish to proud flesh which shall crumble to dust For truly it hath in him and you raised up fleshly lust Oh tremble yee therefore for you have roasted meat so dry His Wines you did mingle whereby you have blinded his eyes Much more she uttered in her song which the Relatour could not take the presse and noise of people in the Chamber swallowing the voice of her words that they could not be distinctly understood After which she proceeded to prayer wherein were delivered besides many other the passages following O poore Souldiers take heed that you never draw your sword against the Saints do not smite with your tongue as they did against Jeremiah oh poore souldiers why do you appear against those you have had their breath their tears their prayers do you think they are against you when they would take you out of your quagmires when they tell you you are upon slippery places they would not rest night nor day for you and will you now mock them who are for the designe for the Lord Jesus Will you now speak that against them which you would have bit your tongue in the field rather then to have spoken Do not the hearts of those pitty you that you think are against you If you draw spears against them they will draw nothing but Faith and Christ against you and can you then stand Oh no you will fall backward When they came to seek Jesus and take him they could not look upon him but fell backward Jesus Christ set his face like a flint against his enemies for you that he might take you up and crown you that so you might stand for him Oh the Lyon of the tribe of Judah calls upon you will you not heare the voice of the Lyon do men affright you to make you stoop and bow to them oh here is the voice of the Lyon of the tribe of Judah he will lend you priviledges your golden cups and brave things you have in the earth Oh Lord Jesus come quickly Do thou tell them what a Lyon thou art Oh Lord thou wilt not honour them with the great things thou hast for thine that shall raign with thee Oh that they would repent that they would look with pale faces upon him Thy servant will leave a Testimony within these wals this Palace against them for that they have jeered against the kingdome and raign of Jesus Christ Oh you Serjeants then your hearts shall tremble to put forth your hand against one of the Prophetss or people of the Lord must you Serjeants that have prophesied and prayed with the people of the Lord now put forth your hand against them come Lord Jesus and fill them with trembling and let them rather feed upon crusts than to hold their places under these men Know that the glorious time is coming when that blessed Tribe of Judah shall come in what will become then of the swift motions of your feet where you have run for them that build calves in Bethel Oh when the Glory of that thy People shall appeare what Language shall then come up Oh! you will say if that were coming it were well but will you make no preparation for it If you will not stand up for the deliverance of the People deliverance shall come though we know not from whence If thou art afraid to goe into the Kings Palace thou shalt be ashamed when that day cometh The Lord is bringing about a glorious
they shall be as thou hast said as a young Lyon and shall teare all that rise up against them Oh where is thy voice Lord thou that speakest with a mighty alarum and thy voice breaks the Cedars oh thy voice comes forth with much power oh let that voice come forth concerning Restauration and Generation-work Oh thou hast put a price into the hand of thine and they have no minde to it You shew your selves to be very low the Prophets of old were willing to look to the Lord and he sent siery chariots round about them Oh if thine would go forth who should be able to stand before that wisdome and spirit by which they speak Everlasting burning shall come forth in righteousnesse against you that have put your shoulders to a power that is against the Lord Shall they go about to reare up that which thou hast said fights positively against the crown of the Lord Jesus It is not like the other for them thou hast taken out of the way but oh these have raked up their honour out of the grave If you will have a Resurrection of it again you shall have prayer against you and the voice of the Lord shall come forth against you They think if they could get Nations on their side then they were well enough Oh but thou wilt scatter the Nations thou wilt overturn them and do they think they can hinder thine overturnings Thine can rejoyce though they mourn to see poore Israel cheated and cozened by them the spirit blasphemed by them they can mourn for the sin of the daughter of thy people yet they can rejoyce for new Jerusalem is coming forth through all this Thou wilt go on Lord and strike down all their inventions though they have a great company of great head-pieces together yet a little true wisdome shall break down all their Policy What is all their wisdome if they have not thy feare thy spirit among them Thou hast told them plainly but they cannot abide to heare it that the wisdome of the wise shall perish and thy poore and contemptible ones shall carry on thy work for thee in the world the time is coming that they shall be fruit that they shall bring forth no more fruit for thine They pretend they will doe great things for thee and thine Oh but if the eyes were not blinded they might see the partiality that is in them Here is one no sooner were the Powers put to him but he took them Oh poore creature how hast thou deceived us if thou hast free grace that must be admired indeed in thee oh but thou shalt have no more for he will honour thee any more The people of the Lord cry to the Lord against thee though thou was a sweet perfume and a lovely song to the people of the Lord yet they doe not know how to speak for thee and if all should come forth and own thee yet thy servant will never do it she cannot do it for the work is on foot and it is not men nor Devils can stop it when thine take a view of thy great works in the Nation how thou hast taken away them that made the Nation nauseous and stinking and did build up Babylon shall now refined ones come build up Babylon again oh thy love to thy handmaid wil not let her alone but she must cry unto thee if thou lovest thy Saviour then stand up it is no matter if that be laid aside and cast into the Dungeon There are a great many whose God is their bellie and they are willing to be filent oh but you Saints do you go and speak to such as would shut this open door as is open to the sheep Do you thus requite the Lord who laid down his life for you O Souldiers you said you acted for Christ and his flock oh but your heart is deceived and hath turned you aside Come you mockers you Army-men that are mockers the Lord saith your bonds shall be made strong you do adde to the strength of that promise and vow-breaking which went before you sometimes said let us have the prayers of poore Saints and now you can take turns in your Galleries and say they are yours you have fought for them is it so who gave you your life and fought for you was it not the Lord Jesus it is not yours but the poore's and thy peoples the Lord will cast you out and whereas you were expected to be Oaks full of shelter of fruits and of refreshing Oh but you have beene but blustering Oakes without root without Sappe Oh let thine be ashamed that they have so much looked upon man which to day is and to morrow withers Oh thy people suffer even for their own sin for they have made Idols of men and thou sayst thou wilt not give thy glory to graven Images and now thou wilt make thine to smart for it and to smart a while were it not for thine that they shall be purged and purified to make them ashamed and lay them in the dust to mould them into thy fashion and to take away their sowre leaven were it not for this work thou wouldst make these to crumble ere a day come to an end the Assyrian must be burned when thou hast done thy work upon Mount Sion All you great Ones you shall not at all fare the better for these manifestations of Grace which the Lords people shall have oh that you might be humbled at the last breath was there ever any laden with so many mercies and yet so much tin and dross found in them Oh poor Soldiers your errour was here that while you did strike down the Philistin without you have not been watchful to draw your swords against that that is within here you were not inquisicive and this hath made you to fal so flat and this hath deadned you thou wouldst have thine full of eyes poor Souldiers you have had eyes without but not as those creatures recorded have you had eyes within Lord they can resist the holy one of Israel come can you resist the Lord you may shoot against the creatures mud-walls but can you batter the Towers of the Lord oh poor man wilt thou contend with thy Maker how wilt thou contend against so glorious a King Dost thou think to come with thy brazen face and jeering countenance against the Lord of glory though Christ when he came at first was willing to become weak and to be thrown into the Grave but he will come in flames of fire you Soldiers he will come as the Messenger of his Temple Oh poor creatures this wine of the Earth will enflame your blood but oh that you might have the wine from above then would you be beautified and then would he say well done good faithful servant O thy servant is come neer that Council and thy servant will pray that they might see and hear and be delivered from that great fury that is coming forth
Oh souldiers can you stand against the sword of the Lord that great shield can you pierce the Breastplate that is from on high Oh the Saints are able to fight with you not with material weapons but with the sword of faith and the Spirit oh where is the sword of Goliab that can come and fight against that oh poor Souldiers the Lord hath sent his servant to tell you of your wickedness and to tell you what hath been done in Scotland Ireland and elsewhere if you keep not Chronicles others do the Lord hath written them down and he will bring them forth Thou hast a controversie with all languages and they only that have the language of Canaan shall be taken into thy Canaan and shall have the honey drops there They cannot believe such great things are coming out as the raign of Jesus Christ that thou art staining the pride of all Glory and that thou wilt have no more Monarchies till the Monarchy of Christ come forth it is because they are so much seeking one from another they are so taken up and wrapt up in their own mantles that they have no eyes to look up for Elias his Mantle They have the spirit of Man and the courage of Man but what is all that courage says Elihu I have seen that for all that Ages should teach wisdom and Years give understanding yet you could not bring forth an answer in wisdom to the condition of Iob so I waited for others and was afraid my self to speak untill the Spirit came upon me then I was carried forth to speak beyond my own courage Oh thy Spirit is above the spirit of man thy Spirit informs and teacheth and brings forth new things and declares old things thy Spirit brings forth what the ways of men are it doth declare the great overturnings and disappointments that men shall meet with when thou openest who can shut it is not all their jealousies and surmisings concerning designings and this and the other thing it is not all these things that can stop the pipes of Christ that are golden can you hinder the oyl that runs so sweet Blessed be thy Name for that glorious Priviledge that thine have they are made partakers of thine Annointing and he calls them fellows oh they are poor Mortals that he should call them fellows oh some poor creatures call themselves Christ because of this oneness with Christ they will have no distinguishing thou wilt make them to know that there is a difference between Head and Members there is a wicked Generation that are risen up about this place that do say so that do pretend many spiritual things who are enemies to Jesus others come out more openly others more secretly how are they ready to joyn their evil spirit with the Spirit of the Lord Jesus thy Servant sometimes contended against them neer this place and now she is come to bear a greater testimony against them when thy sweet wine comes forth and thy Spirit is poured out then they being in their false wine oh but it shall never enter into thy treasury where thine are they say they speaking of some rude spirits which came to hear her are one spirit with thy servant but thy servant abhors it through the Spirit of that crucified Jesus This that thou hast now done upon thy servant they will not understand that it is an intimation to them of the pouring out of thy Spirit upon thine own wherein they shall go forth against the world thy servant was one that was simple an Ideot and did not study in such things as these and must thy servant now float upon the mighty and broad waters meaning of the Spirit thou saidst indeed that thy servant should declare in Gath and publish in Askelon They will say the spirit of madness and distraction is upon her and that it is immodesty but thou knowest Lord that it is thy Spirit for thou hast cast thy servant where she would not and hast taken her contrary to all her thoughts surely thou shalt be glorified and advanced by it it is the Lord that comes and enlarges and fils with his Spirit and lays his foundation with precious stones and sparkling colours thy servant would not have any take it in without tryal let them try whether it is from thy Spirit or from what it is Oh thy servant knows it is from thy Spirit let them know that it is so too by the language of it by the Rule through which it comes how is the written Word carried forth in it thy Spirit takes the Scripture all along and sets the soul a swimming therein oh those things that are concealed are made manifest when thy Spirit comes forth oh that they might know what is the true sountain and what is pudled water wilt thou dip them Father in the spiritual Baptism this Baptism of Fire cleanseth Zeal is another thing then a passionate humour where true Zeal is there the flame of the Lord is there is much in nature that may deceive A fine curious nature may seem to be Grace which is not an amiable carriage and good words these are all nature Tell the sons of Issachar that go forth to the work of the Lord what qualifications what manner of conversations should be in them and in the World sutable to such a day as this this is a day wherein thou callest up thine to glorifie thee in the fires or that the names Courtier and King should never come up again and though there be now a finer name yet there is the same thing the same superfluity and vanity as was among the Kings of old they come forth in sheeps clothing you Councel you think you have done well in this but surely the passing-Bell shall ring for you this is the saddest day that ever poor England had formerly their Children had their black patches and naked necks and powdered locks and so it is now Kings must then sit alone and so they do now What David thou whom I have raised up from the lowest of men from the dust wilt thou do this these are crying things that are come up in thine ears oh Lord how can they be fit to Rule and Judge a Nation to reprove sin in a Nation when they cannot Rule and Judge and reprove their own Families they that will not hear of their sins they shall feel of the smart thereof That is the sins they are galled within their Conscience but it was not so with David For when Nathan told him of his sin he struck upon his brest and mourned Though the name of Gideon was upon him speaking of the Supream Magistrate in the field yet now it is taken off from him thou shalt no more be called Valiant because thou canst not be contented with the name of thy righteous ones therefore thy name shall not be long As to the name General thou hast Lord been with him and hast shewed him thy presence But in thy other name
Clergy shall go down And in it have no Interest Oh when those dear streams from on high Come running out so clean They shall not enter into you Who in the dirt have lain But they shall float and spring forth on The grounds that lovely are Oh they shall have the sweet springings From the Lord who is so rare They that would not any bawlk here But openly declare Oh it is they shall come to him Whom nothing can compare For they that Zealous have been for A Christ as Lord and King He will himself open their mouth And make them for to sing Oh therefore come Oh come thou Christ Oh shew thy self now here Oh come come King Jesus declare How thou art drawing near And that thine may from Sodom go And follow thee throughout Thir travels in those pleasant plains Do thou compass about And that flesh may thine flye before That darkness may go out And that King Jesus he may come And there himself set out The Lord is gone forth mightily He all might doth appear Oh come Oh come you enemies The great God for to fear Oh tremble and astonish'd be To hear that he draws on Against you he comes forth apace The Oppressors of the Land Oh he hath said that he will reign Therefore Rulers shall flye Oh he hath said that he 'l cast out The fourth great Monarchy Oh he will shew unto the pure And such that are upright To manifest to these proud walls That now to you are in sight Oh therefore Clergy and you State Nothing at all you shall When that the Lord Christ he doth speak You utterly shall fall What will you do then that have not That wisdom which is good And how will you abide that stroke And that eternal flood Oh how can you then say you stand For those that are Christs flock When that you do so much declare So much for this great Oak Oh can you then stand out and say Oh will you not then stammer To hear the Lord and also to See hit most glorious banner Oh but when he cometh and when You feel his stroke indeed Oh then you shall have no supply To comfort in your need Many of you shall only have The earth to feed therein But you shall have no sights of him Which is that mighty King Oh he will rend you throughout That Lyon which is strong He will you trample under foot Who is my joy and Song Having Sung this Song with some enlargment She breathed forth in Prayer A short account of some things therein you have as follows YOu will say have not our eyes seen this before and have not our ears heard this before Oh but when thou pourest forth by a vessell that is altogether unlikely that any such liquor should enter into it though you that are the Great Ones whom it concerned would not lend your ears yet the Lord hath accomplished his design in this work and thy servant will leave this in the bosom of them that have heard these beatings of thy Spices and have their senses open to feel the smell thereof let thy servant request this of thee that when she is at a distance they would hold up a hand of prayer for her that nothing may betray or enslave her let them pray for the preservation of thy poor worm that she may be delivered from all Satanical delusions and evil beasts thy servant can as sweetly solace her self in thy bosom among the still-waters as upon the great Seas Now any thing is taken for holiness any thing is taken for the shining of the Sun which is but the shining of a Glow-worm these are but the shells and outsides and the storm is coming and where will all these be The Life of vision here is excellent and precious and glorious when it is according to the Scripture and comes from thy Spirit but thine for their life of Faith can forgo vision and live sweetly in that bosom that the Lord Jesus leads them forth unto Vision the body crumbles before it and becomes weak men are mistaken when they think that the great things of God will puff up no the more thou givest of thy self the more they are humbled they that have the flowings of thee are self-denying humility shall make a difference between that which is not and that which is let then thy servant to the end of her dayes be an example to all round about her Having uttered some more words shee concluded for that night with the Song following and therewith finished her testimony she bore in White-hall OH glorious Lord thou dost break forth Vnto thy servant here Oh the glorious shine of the great God Most lovely doth appear Oh the Seal of God is glorious It is a Seal abides Oh it doth seal the soul to thee That art its runing tydes Oh a Seal of the mightie Lord When others are gone there comes The fresh discoveries of that seal Given forth by thee the Son A broad seal sure oh Lord it is Which none can break in sunder Yet is a seal that is within No foe can come it plunder A seal that is not by men here To be melted at all But it is a seal which thou dost keep It never here shall fall Thy servant Lord shall be preserv'd By this thy seal of Love Which over and over thou bringest down From the Eternal Love Oh that all thine may know what t is That so they might up mount To magnifie the Lord their God And give of this Account For who can Lord shew forth but those To whom thou doest it bring Oh who can with language set forth The sealing of their King Oh thou dear Christ first sealed was That sealed One indeed And through the thine they do partake A sealing in their need When they are in great despairings And in great temptations lye Oh then comes forth the seal to them And draws them through the skie Through all Clouds they most swiftly fly Vnto their Saviour great Which bids them welcome unto him And to his Mercy Seat Where they shall see his loving heart And his embracing arms Where they shall be forevermore Take up from all thee harms Herewith she closed having layn in bed eleven dayes and twelve nights together in all or most of which time her weakness of body was such that after she had kept her bed the first two dayes and nights being raised up while her bed was made she was not able to go but as she was carried in a Chair to the fire and was ready to faint in the place though they made hast to make her bed ready for her notwithstanding this weakness after she had kept her bed 11. dayes together without any sustenance at all for the first five dayes and with onely a little toste in small beer once in 24 hours for the rest of the time she rose up in the morning and the same day travelled on foot from White-Hall to Hackny and back to Mark-Lane in London in health and strength FINIS