and put on the New Man which is Christ as he saith Put on the Lord Jesus and be cloathed with him But how is the Wedding Garment put on Art thou cloathed with the Day Stars of God with the everlasting Righteousness with the Righteousness of Saints put on changing of Raiment the pure and white linnen the Garment that 's washed of the Lamb which must be without Spot or Stain or Blemish or any such thing So must be every member that belong to the glorious Body of Christ for as he is so are his members all compleat in him this is the spouse the Lambs wife the Bride that hath made her self ready washed and made white in his Blood shining in his glory and in the beauty of Holiness without Spot or Stain or wrinckle or any such thing these are as sheep come up from the washing made pure and white in the blood of the Lamb these have passed through Death and such he will crown with life and dominion over Death and Hell They shall raign and know the thousand years Sabbath the Sabbath of rest as it is said they shall raign with him a thousand years and for ever and ever lasting so blessed is he and they that hath a part in the first Resurrection on whom the second Death shall have no power and I am the Resurrection and the life said Christ and he that believeth in me said Christ shall never die nor see Death And I will raise him in the last day he must be raised in the day in the Light of the Lord which is day Christ is the light they must arise in him I in them and thet in me and he that is in Christ is a new Ceature All old things are passed away and all things become new and he that hath Christ hath crucified the flesh with the lust and affections thereof so they come to be crucified to the World and the World to them so they come to leave their grave clothing behind fallen Adams transgression the sinful lust of die flesh and pride of the world and pomps and vanities thereof that which people have been long a talking of but leaving those things undone which they should have done but the Lord is coming to face die Nations whose face is in his hand and to make known the sayer from the doer but it is he that doth his will shall be justified in that day wherein he will make up his Jewels and him will he spare as a man spareth his only Son that serveth him he that doth my commandments he is my Disciple ye are my Disciples if ye do all whatsoever I command you The harlot like the ture Spouse doth her self adress She stands up perfection she doth profess But God is come and coming her to discover She shall be seen before the day is over Although she sits and rules much like a Queen The day is coming wherein she shall be seen And all flesh hath sinned and come short of the glory of God And all flesh had corruped the way before the Lord And alt hath been Children of wrath and we as well as others Ye all hath been born blind from the Mother Eve Until the Lord Jesus Christ Anointed the Eyes of the Blind with the ointment of his own making or eye Salve by which he hath done the cure as he did to the Blind Man who was born blind and when he was asked how he came to see his answer was this one thing I know whereas I was once blind I now see although the mighty and the learned could not believe saying How could this Man do these Works he being a Sinner thus they condemn the Just one and it is said he could work no Maircles in his own Country for their unbelief sake so they that do believe can now say with the Blind Man whereas I was once blind I now see and this I know is the Maircles he is now a working and a doing that tâ—e Nations may see and be saved And every eye shall see him and the powers of Heaven shall move then shall they see his coming in the Clouds of Heaven with power and with great Glory and we have more than a cloud of Witnesses who have seen his coming in them so these are clouds who have the Rain in them and the wells who have water in them so many as have reserved the spirit of Christ are the clouds in which Christ raineth not the outward clouds seeing he faith we have more then a cloud of witnesses but in men he is coming to raign yea in thousands and ten thousands these are the Armies which are in Heaven that follow the Lamb these are the numberless number which no man could number and John inquired of the Angel what are these and he said these are them that have passed through great tribulation whose garments are made white in the blood of the Lamb and they follow the Lamb which way ever he goeth therefore they were cloathed in white for they were worthy these Sung a new Song that none could learn nor none never can learn but the followers Of the Lamb it is a new Song indeed That none can sing but the holy Seed That through death comes to be freed And have they not all heard ye verily his sound is gone forth into all Lands and his words to the end of the Earth so they heave all hard but they have not all obeyed If ye here and obay then it shall go well with â—ou it s the willing and obedient that shall eat the good of the Land but the disobedient mail dwell in a dry Land they shall be like the heath in the desart that shall not know when good cometh therefore obedience is better then sacrifice and to hearken is better then the fat of Ramms Therefore hear that your souls may live hear what the Spirit and the Bride saith come up hither come up to the mountain of the God of Jacob and he will teach you of his ways and ye shall walk in his paths in the path of peace in which all the ransomed of the Lord walk and all the redeemed who inhabit the holy mountain of his holiness where no destroyer can never come therefore blessed are the undefiled in the way who walk in the way of holiness in the path of peace which leadeth them to that eternal Joy where all the saints in light have their true rest and where they come to profess that year that passeth all understanding whether hath ear heard whether have it entered into the heart of Man neither can it be conceived by any the riches of the love of God the treasures of life the fulness of joy and unspeakable glory that is laid up for all the faithful ones who came to inhabit this holy mountain wherein is the feast of Tabernacles or feast of fat things the wine well refined from the lees So they that dwell in thy house they always will praise thee they
the Lord is gathering all Nations inone place of Worship into his own Spirit the Spirit of Truth as he saith such Worshippers is my Father seeking to worship him and in the beginning of the first creation he said Let the Waters be gathered into one place so the people are the Waters which are to be gathered into one place of Worship And John saw the numberly number that stood upon Mount Sion of all Nations and he saith I heard the sound of many Waters as of a great people with Harps harping with their harps and they sung a new song which none could learn but they that followed he Lamb these were the redeemed of God which were brought home these sung before his Throne who lived for ever who had their Names written in Heaven these Reigned with the Lamb over the Beast and over his power these were sealed with the Seal of God in their foreheads and in their right hand they stood upon the Sea of Glass mingled with fire and John said I hear as it were the sound of a Trumpet it talking with me so all the redemed comes to hear as well as John the sound of the Trumpet it of God sounding from heaven in them that Trumpet sounded clearer and clearer which is the way of the Bridegroom talking with them who are his true Spouse as a man talketh with his friend So they come to the Ministration of the Spirit unto the ministration of Angels he saith Come let us reason together and Abraham reasoned with the Lord and convened with the Lord unto whose house the Angels came and the Lord saith shall I do any thing and hide it from my servant Abraham so all that truly serve the Lord and fear the Lord they are of the faithful Generation of Abraham and shall be accounted to the Lord for a Generation yea his Seed shall serve him the chosen Seed unto whom the promise is so they shall be a numberless number that shall come from the four Winds of the Earth and hasten to the Holy City whose Gates are not shop by day nor by night but yet the unclean cannot enter therein none but the redeemed the washed and purified by the Spirit of Judgment and burning them that do pass through the Rivers of Judgment that do pass through Jordan such enter the good Land and know Judgment brought forth into Victory so the Lamb and the Lyon comes to lie down together and the little child shall lead them so they come to be lead by Christ their leader they are little children in Christ he that would be greatest amongst his Disciples must become as this little child as Christ himself saith so they must be led by him as those little children that cannot go of themselves nor are not able to do any thing without him as he saith unto Peter Once thou girdest thy self and wentest whither thou wouldest but another shall gird thee and thou shalt be led whither thou would not so he leads his into a daily cross and self-denial Christ saith if any man will follow after me and be my Disciple he must first deny himself and take up his daily cross and follow me a cross to the carnal mind which stands in death and enmity to the pure appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ So to be carnally minded is death but to be Spiritually minded is life and peac Sow to the Spirit that you may reap life for if ye sow to the flesh you will reap the wages of sin and death but all that come to the gift of God which is Life and Truth and receive it in the love of it they come to be set free by it and if the Truth set you free then are you free indeed no more children of the Bondwoman but of the Freewoman which brings forth the Heir of life the Son of Righteousness which she comes to be clothed with and to have the Moon under her Feet she is clothed with his Righteousness with the Righteousness of Faith which speaketh on this wise Justification by Jesus Christ Abraham by Faith was justified and his Faith was imputed to him for Righteousness so every one that is a child of Faith they are of Abraham's seed according to promise they feel their Faith speaking to them better things than the bloud of Abel so they grow up in Faith and from Faith to Faith and from strength to strength and so at last they meet with the Lord in Sion where they behold the King in his beauty and these come to say How beautiful are thy Tents O Israel how excellent are the dwellings of Jacobs O Israel who is like to thee a People saved of the Lord and this shall be the Song that shall be heard in the Land of Judea we have a strong City for which God hath appointed salvation for Walls and for Bulworks a City that hath foundations whose Builder and Maker is God The God of Abraham and of Israel Hath caused us in pleasant Tents to dwell Abraham was perfect he was in his Tent when the Angel to him God then had sent Jacob a plain man dwelt in Tents Therefore O Israel hasten in within thy Tent And stand within thy Tent door that the Angels of God thou mayest see come in unto thee When they do glad tidings brings That thou may'st Hallelujah sing for evermore For such redemption is drawing nigh That the redeemed shall sing on high Yea their peace shall so increase They shall make sweet melody So turn into your strong hold ye Prisoners of hope hold fast your Hope Faith and Confidence which Anchors go in him that is the Rock which the Storms never did nor never can nor never shall more that it may be known you are the mans building that the Rain nor Storms could not beat down because it was grounded upon the Rock then you will come to say and experience that Greater is he that is in you than he that is without you or he that is in the World so the Prince of this World cometh to try and to sift your Building but all that are anchored in the Rock in Christ Jesus who did conquer and overcome and was made perfect through suffering so all that are in him shall be made more than Conquerours through his love this is their victory even their Faith by which they overcome the World the Flesh and the Devil so by Faith Noah entred into the Ark which by Faith he had built so all ye that have built this day the Ark of God's Covenant by Faith and are entred into it will have a safe hiding place within the rock an hiding place which is sure for ever and all who are without this who are not so surely builded the Flouds is coming that will wash them away and quite beat down their building such will be seen to be the foolish builders whose house is upon the sands where no foundation can be laid and blessed is that man whose God is
than the honey and the honey-comb this is the new Wine of the Kingdom the fruits of the heavenly wine which the saithfull drink of every day new in the Fathers kingdom and this is the cup of Blessing this is the spiritual Bread and Wine this is the spiritual Supper of the Lord Jesus Christ and this all are to eat of untill the Lord come in them The outward Supper was but a Figure and a Sign of the inward and Spiritual Grace so the inward Spiritual Grace and Heavenly Bread is that which the outward figured out so great is the Mystery of Godliness Christ manifesteth in mortal flesh and these things hath the Lord in his wisdom hid from the wise and the prudent of this world and he hath revealed them unto Babes and sucklings even to new born Babes that are new born Again they that desire the sincere milk of the Word that they may grow thereby but many prophets and wise men desired to see these things but they did not see them therefore the world by its wisdom never came to know God but he that will be truly wise in the things that are of God must first become a fool as to tthe Worlds wisdom and come to a Child-like state My little Children saith the faithfull and true for whom I again travel in birth until Christ be formed in you The figleav'd garment though sewed with a seam It shall not serve to cover the unclean But their nakedness this day will be seen The people walk in clouds and forms They do not seee clear light But the day draws near he will appear And he will shine most bright The Lord of Hosts is coming into the Vineyard this day and to look over it and to look for the fruits thereof and behold saith the Lord of Hosts I planted my Vineyard upon a very fruitfull Mountain I digged a well therein and made a a Wine-press therein I also made a Tower therein all this have I done what more could the Lord of Hosts have done that he hath not done for his Vineyard but he cometh to look for fruit there but behold wild Grapes Grapes some of Sodom and Egypt therefore thus sâ—iâ—h the Lord of Hosts Repent and return and work your first works else Behold I come quickly and lay the Vineyard desolate and take away the Hedge that was about it and let in the Beasts of prey upon it I wil also forbid the clouds that they shall not tain upon it And this is the Lamentation mentation that may be taken up over a great part of the house of Israel who doth bound in their pride as well as other iniquities by which the truth of God comes greatly to suffer by their unrighteous walking who profess the Light and walk in darkness which causeth the people to say All are alike but we say No the workers of Iniquity must bear their burden but the children of the Light and of the day of God they will be clear of the works of Iniquity and of the workers thereof The day of separation is coming although the Seed of Israel was in number as the sand on the Sea-shore yet but a remnant of them shall be saved and let not any think the worse of the precious truth because of the ill carriages of some and the debauchery of some because of the breaking out of theâ—r corruption who never were well wounded nor never came to the sound healing but tins was the complaint of the daughter of Sion her wounds were slightly healed therefore all come to the search how hast thou been wounded have the Dragon had such a wound in his head that he can never be healed more he that will wound the Dragon is come and slay Ahab yea the Angels hand is laying hold of the Dragon the old Serpent called the Devil and all his pride and iniquities shall be slain with him the Lord will search the camp and all shall see what hinders them what Golden wedge is hidden in it and every one must cast lots and chuse to himself Is it I Is it I What sleeper is there for which cause the waves thus beat read within what is hidden within the Vessel is there not a sleeper if there be arise and awake it is high time the God of Heaven is coming to make known who are his own and what is his own and what is not he will cast out the Kingdom of God is like a net that brought up the Fish both good and bad but in the day when he gathereth them into Vessels he shall cast the bad into the Sea again every particular will then be concerned Is it I Is it I am I a wise Virgin have I oyl in my lamp and is my lamp made ready and is it burning for the midnight crie is gone forth behold the Bridegroom cometh every one is concerned for himself seeing my oyl will not serve another nor anothers for me what doth the witness of God say every one must feel this the Spirit of Jesus to justifie him and this is the peace that none can give nor take away so every one must be reconciled unto God through Jesus Christ the reconciler who came to reconcile the World unto himself so all must follow him that reconciler that reconciles the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World he maketh perfect as pertaining to the conscience this is the perfect law of God the covenant which is sure so there is perfection in the light of the Lord God and of the Lamb and he perfect ail that are sanctified and all the works of God are perfect and there are all compleat in him so all must follow the Lord and his leadings and direct guidings who goeth safely on as the measure of grace as he hath received and believed in so they will come to walk by faith which they have in them selves this is the word of saith which was once delivered unto the Saints which word we also preach to the world and to this word the Apostle recommends every one unto the word of his grace which is able to save them lead them guide them and direct them and build them up in the most holy faith and I can say no other thing hut direct all unto the word of faith unto the faithful witness in their own conscience and there to look and wait for the appearance and coming more and more of the Lord Jesus Christ therefore hasten Lord Jesus and come quickly And blessed is he who is found this day having on his Wedding Garment for when the King came and beheld his guests when they were come into the Bride Chamber he looked over them he there 〈◊〉 on who had not on his Wedding Garment he said friend How camest thou hither having not on the Wedding Garment How many this day are got under the profession pretended Friend as he saith How camest thou hither Hast thou put off the Old Man with his deeds