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
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
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
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
where is thy Victory thy Righteousness thy Zeal thy Love thy Conquest now Will not the Lord shut thee out thou that goest about to shut out the Saints the Lord will shut out thee It is a King not Saints but King Jesus that thou hast sought to shut out hadst not thou better to have died in the field to have fallen in thy Tent then to come into this great Pallace which the Lord will rent from thee Oh that he might be wrung out from among them that he might not seek the living among the dead He seeks to do living actions and says he is not against us but for us How can he do any living things among dead men dead things Does not he confound himself in his own Language do not his actions flye in his face does not his conscience say thou tongue thou saiest not right tell him Lord God though he thinks he is so wise and others about him Yet tell him they are taken in their own wisdom they do not think what a Poison it will become unto them Art thou a rational man a wise and a valiant souldier how can the Commonalty be relieved and thou hast such great things for thy Table Wars shall come out against other Nations and what will you do then for pay Souldiers Oh you old Prophets that you should applaud him and be Chaplains to him I tell you the Lord God will Ecclipse your Glory he will put a stammering speech into you you shall not suck from Gods Wine-cellars the Lord will not bring so much as a taste of his Wine to you You have turned his Wine into water will you sow your downpillows of flesh under his Elbows Hast not thou a great deal to reckon with them for that greatness they have had above all other men he hath now a greater controversie with you then he had before you amended the matter well indeed when you gathered up a Magistracy that might uphold you when you must both fall down into the ditch The Lord hath said That both Prophet and Priest and all that have cleaved together they shall fall You will say why do you call us Priests Indeed thy servant would not call you so it is a grief to her heart but you do their actions and will not you be likened to them You will not hear you will say do you think to contradict us who are wise great Schollars and University-men Yea Lord thou wilt make a poor silly Creature to come out against them because they have acted so sillily and thou Lord wilt now take away their glory out of this Nation You will say you are not to meddle with the Powers but who meddles more then you who have provoked the Magistrate to this and have helped to lead them into the Pit If you were the Daniels of the Lord you would not care for the Kings Portion as you do Oh poor Clergy you have put off the outward badge of Antichrist and you have retained the inward What is become of your Zeal and Exaltations of Christ have you ever a New-Covenant-Sermon to bring to your great Ruler you will mud it before you come the Lord will have it set out in the freeness and fulness and Glory of it in all the tendency and fruits of it Are they like to the Sermons of the Saints formerly to the Apostles Sermons which the Lord Jesus brought forth more of their own heads and fancies are in it then of thy dainties of their flowers then of thine Thou doest not Lord look at the curious decking of the dishes No thou lookest at the meat in it Flowers will soon wither and their fine adornings will come to nothing but the true meat that will abide for ever Lord rowse the poor Clergy thy servant is perswaded some of them are thy dear ones wilt thou bring up them as thy great Alarm to battel Let their Trumpet sound forth not with such an uncertain sound as they do but with a compleat sound that we may prepare to the Battel to stand appear and go forth for the Lord If you bring forth true salt then all unsavory salt shall be discovered by it the unsavory salt now comes in which is fit neither for the Land nor for the dunghill Hear oh house of Israel you Clergy and oh house of the King Why is thy servant come forth in thy Spirit to proclaim your sin and lay open your iniquity and is not this to be considered by you Oh you cannot abide to think it comes from God for then you would tremble they say we will not own it to be from God but from some evil Spirit some Witchcraft some design or hiring of men But oh says God though you would not acknowledge it yet you shall acknowledge it Says the Lord I would have it come against you at your first entring in those of the Clergy that are about you they do not speak plainly and faithfully against you therefore the Lord hath sent a poor handmaid into the Pallace and there she shall declare it and though you will not come your selves yet your Servants shall declare it to you and it shall be left upon the beams and walls of this house against you I have brought my word into thy place thy very Pallace and it shall enter the very walls and hangings thereof against thee and at such a time Lord as now if not now it would not have been suffered For when they had got in their great body then she must not have spoken here that they might see that it is thou Lord that makes a cry to come out against their transgression The Lord would have your Protestations Vows Covenants and Narrrations brought into your Pallace against you this shall be bitterness in your dishes You shall have plenty and fulness but without comfort Here she begun and continued her Song much whereof the Relator did take and was as follows BLessed be thy name oh thou Lord Which wilt break forth herein Thou wilt declare thy glory bright Against all them that sin Enemies shall know their folly great Which Prayer and Songs do show When Songs and Melody come forth Thy wind shall on them blow A wind Lord that shall enter in Into their Pallaces great A blustring wind from the great God A whirlwind that 's compleat That will tear them up by the roots And cast them on the ground Where they no greenness shall have here No sap shall be there found Oh Clergy that you should so wrong And extenuate your joy By bringing forth unto proud man That which God doth not covey Oh that you should so Nurture them And chear them in their sin I tell you that Christ for this will Not make your souls to sing You shall not hear Sions songs so sweet Nor their mirth which draws nigh But when it cometh forth to light You suddenly shall dye Oh when that harmony comes out In the Reign of a Christ Oh then you
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
about another way and another time but the Lord says he will cut short his work in Righteousness thou knowest who are the Babylonians that are now about thine as thou didst to thy people of Old thou wilt come forth speedily thy thoughts are so exceeding high and glorious that none is able to reach them Man cannot bring forth his own thoughts they are so tumultuous and run unto the ends of the Earth oh then what are thy thoughts O Lord though the Enemy begin to jeer them concerning those blessed songs well says God are my people jeered concerning their Excellencies their Songs their Hallelujahs that are of my own making that are before my Throne the Lord cannot endure that these Excellencies of his Saints should be trampled upon which are so perfect so pure how pleasant are the songs of thine when they are brought forth out of the Churches of thine Enemies T is not all the force in the world that can strike one stroak against thine but thou sufferest them to come forth to try thine oh that thine could believe thee for thy breakings of them as well as for thy bindings up all things under the Sun all things before you in you shall work for your good when they come to understand more of the Mysterie and of the entrals of Scripture how will they praise thy Highness The Enemies are strong Satan is strong Instruments are strong Temptations they are strong what Strengths are against thy flock They cannot be without the Lyon and Lyon-like creatures Oh if thy Servants suffer let them not suffer for passion or rash words but as Lambs there is a zeal which is but from Nature a mans own spirit may prompt him to but the zeal of God is accompanied with meekness humility grief for Christ Since thy Handmaid is taken up to walk with thee thy Handmaid always desired that she might be swift to hear slow to speak but now that thou hast taken her up into thy Mount who can keep in the rushing wind who can bind the influences of the Heavenly Orion who can stop thy Spirit It is good to be in the Territories in the Regions where thou walkest before thy Servant oh how glittering and how glorious are they what Sparklings are there Thou hast a great gust to come upon the Earth a great wind that shall shake the trees that now appear upon the Earth that are full of leaves of Profession but they have nothing but outward beauty an outward flourish but thy trees O Lord they are full of Sap A great number of people said oh let our Oaks stand let them not be cut down oh but says the Lord I will make you ashamed in the Oaks that you have chosen and because you will have these Oaks I will now give you other Oaks and what are they A first a second and a * third Power and thou breakest them one after another oh thine own have had a great hand in these things thine have said we will have Oaks and Gardens how have they run too and fro says the Lord now I will give you Gardens but they shall have no springs in them they shall be as dry chapt ground they shall be as the falllow ground what loveliness is there to walk upon fallow ground you shall have stumbling walkings upon them you shall have no green grass in these Gardens what have all the Gardens of the Earth been they have been to thine places of stumbling O thou wilt by these thy strange ways draw up thine into thy upper and nether springs thou hast deceived thy Saints once again about these Gardens let them now run after them no more but be ashamed and abashed we have hankered from mountain to hill we have said salvation is in this hill and in that but let us say so no longer when we shall thus be drawn up to thee then we shall prosper and thou wilt give us Vineyards and Gardens and Trees of thine own which shall abide Thou calledst thy servant to come sometimes neer this place to witness against some who said that the Kingdom was already given up to the Father and contemned the Man Christ but now hast thou sent thy Servant again to witness for thee for the Kingdom of thy Son Having uttered much more in Prayer which the Relator because of the press of people in the Chamber could not take She delivered the further enlargements of her heart in a Song so much whereof as could be taken is presented to you as follows WHen Babylon within the great and tall With tumults shall come down Then that which is without shall fall And be laid flat on ground Oh King Jesus thou art longed for Oh take thy power and raign And let thy children see thy face Which with them shall remain Thy lovely looks will be so bright They will make them to sing They shal bring offerings unto thee And myrrhe unto their King For they know that thou dost delight To hear their panting soul They do rejoyce in thy Marrow And esteem it more then gold Therefore thou hearing their hearts cry Thou sayest Oh wait a while And suddainly thou wilt draw near The worlds glory to spoile Oh you shal have great Rols of writ Concerning Babylons fall And the destruction of the whore Which now seems spiritual Come write down how that Anti-Christ That is so rigid here Shall fall down quite when Christ comes forth Who suddenly will appear Come write down how those sparkling ones Which Antichrist are too Those Notioners Oh do write down How he will make them rue Come write also that great Powers shall From off their thrones be cast Oh the Lord he will batter them Though they mount up so fast Oh write that those great Counsellors That now against Christ agree How Christ will never own at all Nor give them any fee. Write how that Protectors shall go And into graves there lye Let pens make known what is said that They shall expire and die Oh write also that Colonels And Captains they shall down Be not affraid to pen also That Christ will them cast down Because they have not honored God They have not paid their Vows But only blustring Oaks have been Great tall branches and boughs Which have no spirit nor moisture then How can they longer stand Though a while they have active been Yet they must out o' th' Land The Lord will reckon with them all And set their words before They have not brought forth Righteousness Nor relief to the poor Which they said they would chiefly eye But their words do not speak But all unto their own Nets they Do stretch themselves and creep Pen down how all their Gallantry Shall crumblè into dust For the Lord he hath spoken that To dust they vanish must Come Serjeants what wil then you do When your Masters are cast What will become then of your pay Which you run for so fast Oh Serjeants some of you I have
did brag and boast and say They were great Almighties But oh the Mighty which is true Did their might then confound He sunk their ships and slew their men Much treasury he drown'd Oh t' was the great God on that Land A General was before The same Highness did go on seas And did appear much more A Pilot he went in the Ships Stil did remain and staie And turn thē about for this Land Much kindness to convey O he it was that drew them on And fought for us before Oh he it was that broke their masts And humbled the great ships all O he it was that made them run And made them hide their head It was thy strokes oh thou great God That laid their bodies dead Oh t was the Lord himself I 'm sure That stopt the Holland's ships That did maintain our Land-ships when Those Hollanders he split And is not these things for to be Declared and writ down When th' hast on our Nation so shone And them how hast thou crown'd With mercy and deliverance Which is exceeding great The loss of many precious ones And splitting of great ships Oh but the loss of thy dear ones Oh is not that to be Thought on by you that are great ones And of the Soulderie Oh think oh remember these things Oh again call them to mind That you may fresh have Gods goodness And feel his rushing wind That so more of you may be wise Here in this Nation great That so you may no longer stretch Your selves and lye and sleep Our Father wilt thou bring to mind And fasten it on their hearts That they may not themselves that they Harden not to thy smarts Who have been brought along the work By thee the Lord of Glory That they may get up to the Lord And to his territory Oh thou dear General also I would fain have thee to hear The Lord Jesus does speak to thee Oh come therefore and hear Oh hearken unto Christ and hear Let not his sound go forth But oh do thou gently receive What he will thee counsel Do not hearken to vain Spirits Nor to Counsellors great Which wicked are and false ones which Did drive thee to thy seat But hearken to sound words which come From him that is so rich Oh listen what the Lord holds forth And what he thee doth teach That thou shouldst not assume to thee Higher Power then Christ doth give But thou shouldst say unto all Saints Oh come let us here live In honor and great Dignity Which Christ here doth afford Oh let us have one only King Alwaies t'write our Record Oh do not thou aspire for to So high a title have As King or Protector But oh Vnto Christ that do leave Oh let him be advanced and You he will then up raise Oh he will give unto thy soul Most comfortable dayes THerefore Father teach him let him know that he may reign as one of thine Oh is it not a sweet thing to be crowned by thee and that is sweeter then to be crowned by man Oh says Gideon I will not be your King the Lord shall reign over you Oh it is enough for him to be one of thy Kings Oh let him now deny and cast it down and say Without these Dignities and great Titles I will serve the People and Commonalty and then wilt thou say to him thou art my Gideon Let him consider that thine shall rule over all Nations and let him say why may not this be the time that it does draw near Let not him say as they said of old who put the day far from them that the Vision was for many days for a time yet afar off But let them accept of the day and time that thou hast put into their hand The Lord is building his Temple it is no time now for them to build Tabernacles Now thou art upon thy Temple-work shall they be building great Palaces for themselves The Souldiers slight thy handmaid but she matters not they shall and must consider in time they say these are Convulsion-fits and Sickness and diseases that make thy handmaid to be in weakness But oh they know not the pouring forth of thy Spirit for that makes the body to crumble and weakens nature In these extraordinary workings thou intendest to shew what is coming forth hereafter something is a coming forth there is so Lord and oh how does thy handmaid bless thee Having Prayed for and made much mention of the Merchants she Sings the following Hymn to them OH merchants oh turn to the Lord What he to you reports Look into the written word so sure And see what he brings forth Oh do not grieve at losses great Though all your ships do split Oh look to that bottom wherein Cannot come any leak Oh take up now your time for that Which is precious and most sweet And shall be given forth to you That will receive meat Oh Merchants I fain would that you Might have true gold indeed Oh I desire sweet preserves which Christ unto you doth leave The sweet preserves come from the Seas And from those forrain parts Which are made up by those Indians That are so full of Arts. You have your Canded Ginger and Your Preserved Nutmegs too That so you may delight therein And your mouthes overflow But oh there 's canded things indeed Which is covered with Gold There is not such preserves as they Which shall be turned to mould But these preserves continue shall No mouldy skins shall be At all of them But the longer You keep them you shall see They are as fresh and lovely as They were when first he brought They do not loose their tast at all Oh that you would have sought These things indeed as pleasant all That you would feed upon Them which will streng then you always And lead you to mount Sion Oh Merchants cloath your selves with robes Which will never be wore Not that which will to raggs be turn'd Nor that which can be tore But here is Cloathing substantial Oh it is costly too Oh it is white Oh it is that Which Christs blood bought to you That you might be cloathed herewith And herein still may go No nail nor splinter can these tear Nor can remove the show T is glorrious and substantial too And it abides for ever No enemy can rent it from Oh none can it you sever Oh merchants thē lift up your heads Though losses you may have Oh the more of Christ do you now beg Which will make you most brave Oh you that are proud and with stout necks And mincingly do go With your black spots and powdred locks Thinking to make a show And so you go unto those which Are carnal hearts with you But oh the spiritual do see They do hate it and spue They cannot endure your company Oh cover then your skins Remember when that Adam fell He covered was leaves in His nakedness with leavy skins At length must be his
cloaths Oh therefore all you naked ones Oh do not Scripture oppose Oh you that sport it forth with that Which is jesting most vile The Lord himself does to you say That he will you rob and spoil Oh you that think to do that which Is injury to Saints Oh the Lord he draws them more unto His lovely open gates Where he takes them into himself When others are shut out Then Mordecai must be cal'd in Haman must hang without Oh thou dear Lord they chains would do Thine injury therein They cannot for the Lord their God He is their only King Oh sing oh soul that I am fain And do lift up my heart Vnto thy beloved so high VVhich is exceeding great Hallelujah unto Jehovah I will without fear sing Vnto him which creatures al brings forth Oh! thou art the great King That store and plenty art to thine Rivers and streams are there Oh thou dost so much love unfold That does the heart so chear VVhile it sings songs to others and At the mentioning Of the perfumes and costly things VVhich are esteemed dear They must esteem and count them dear That receive from a Christ For it cost his most precious blood To bring forth interest Into these Royalties it was A Saviour led therein Thy going to the grave oh Lord And rising up a King Oh he was willing for to be Crown'd with a thorny one That crowns unto his children might Be brighter then the Sun Oh he was willing to drink gall And vinegar so sharp That so his Saints might drink sweet wine For to revive their heart He willing was that they should with Their spears that then were sharp Run into his own sides that so His children might not feel smart But that water and blood might come For to cleanse and throw out All their defilemets that came whē Man he was driven out Of that old Paradise before A Christ a new one brings Which shall abide for evermore Where thine shall in it sing Oh how greatly then are those Saints Established by thee That hast a rest brought forth to them Where they shall alwaies be Oh it is much more better sure Then Adams state before Oh here is one that is so strong None can it rend nor tore Oh Saints love Christ love him dearly That hath for you thus shown Great dignity and his power Which set you on his Throne Oh Saints rejoyce Oh take your harps Down from your willows now And play your tunes unto the Lord For none shall make you bow Great Babylon it shall not mock Nor injure your sweet songs In the enjoyment of a King That cast out hath those throngs Oh you Saints that Christ tarry on When he hath taught you play His melody shall you sound forth In the sun-shiny day Therefore desire and wrestle too By faith and prayer while The Lord hath brought you forth from al That endeavor you to spoil Oh fear not do not tremble but Go on couragiously Let Prayer let Faith let Zeal go out And through your tongues let flye Oh Prophets all do you speak out With bold courage for him For unto you he shall draw near And appear even when That the rotten walls are thrown down And the great Chaos falls A fabrick then that you shall have That by faith on him calls Oh he will not be slack though men They shift and put you off Yet he will suddenlie relieve And let his Cannons of That shall all forts and bulwarks here All foes that do upstand Shall be laid flat upon the ground And thine shall enter the land O Canaan Saints you are gone into Oh that is the pleasant Land Where you shal eat his grapes most sweet and that in his due time Oh they are fruit that are most sweet they are not rot within They have no blemish in them all he will fill you to the brim You are my Joshua's and are my Calebs that I love And you also do shew to me that you climb up above Oh unto you I now do speak they shall go on apace And enter into Canaans Land and dwel in those sweet rayes Therefore take heed oh Israelites how you do speak and pray Vnto the feeb lest of the flock to keep them from the way Wherein they shall green things behold and milk and hony eate Oh therefore awaken them not do not the sickly beat But like true Calebs do go forth with courage bold and stout And speak well of Gods Canaan which other seek to rent Oh do go tell the goodnesse of the place and might therein The fortifications thereof which are made by our King Oh speak well of your Canaan and of its Bulwarks there Oh tell of its most glistering wals and tell what can compare What rooms what wals what hangings can set forth of what is there What meat drink can be to that which is so sweet and clear I tell you God will take it well when well you do report Concerning his sweet Canaan and his salvation cups Another Hymne OH blessed Lord be thy great Name that Prisoners shall go free Out of the prison-house thou brings redemption comes from thee Oh those that are thine Enemies and Rebels were also Thou hast captiv'd captivity that forthwith they may go Though in that inner prison yet thou sarest oh come you foes For here is redemption spoken by Jesus is broke out Oh come to him though you have been slaves and vassals to sin Yet his Fathers free grace he doth unto your souls eke bring And saith Oh Rebels I came forth that so you might be chang'd And of rebellious made such which shall with Christ ever reign Oh come saith Christ you captives bin that Satan hath held under Oh if you look upon a Christ your foes shal not you plunder That he to his enemys should come and make them his dear friends Calling them not his servants more but choice and onely friends Oh report of your Saviour that is a Prophet too And hath treasures provided with for every moment new Oh speak well of your Saviour which as a King appears Go declare him that is the Lord and wipes away your tears Oh goe forth Saints expresse your love to this dear Jesus Christ Though some may despite show to him yet open wide your eyes Vnto him for to you hee 'l come and also shall to others That with temptations are scorcht and are so full of smothers O that thy Saints that are cleansed would to others the oath Publish of grace goodnesse which in person he breath'd forth Oh notioners they shall go down at the sound of him which Wil not them fail who do him love but he to them will reach His arme for their salvation and puts them in his bosom Though sin and Satan would most fain yet they cannot there come For thou hast hedged thine about and thou hast lackt them in Oh none can fetch and drive them forth from the most mighty King
into the written Word and there drink you of me For I am flagons of Wine and you shall partake of me O sit down at my Table sayes the Lord who is so high And I wil come and fill you and I 'le open wide your eyes That you shall me behold therein in all my Counsels here You shall see how I am the chiefe and your most choycest deare O looke into the written Word and see the blessings there To Servants that doe waite for him that is so high and deare He sayes he wil come forth to them and gird himselfe about And set him down on them about where none shall cast them out O when that Christ he forth doth come at a Servant he doth speake That he will waite upon them while they eate upon his meat He 'l fill their Cups and Flagons too he will say Drinke O friends O drinke O drinke abundantly for oh I will you shend Oh draw draw near says Jesus Christ and come and now reply Oh say unto the loving Lord that up on high you 'l flye You are my rare ones and you are the Darlings that I love Oh come oh come saies Christ the Lord go up with me above Come hither come hither saies Jesus to the Regions that are high Oh draw up to the Mount of God to Jesus Christ on high And you shall see devouring fire upon your enemies But I will be a light to you and up you shall straight rise Oh you shall rise indeed you shall when others they shall down Then you shall be raised up with me when I my selfe shall crown Did they beleeve what in thy word reported is and penn'd down They would not then to men forth run and cry them up and crown Oh if they did beleeve the Lord what he doth them declare Concerning the coming of Christ oh then they would him fear Oh if they did beleeve the Lord what thou dost say to them Concerning that true holinesse which shall appear as then When thou comst out then holinesse abundantly shall flow Sincerity and righteousnesse oh they then up shall go But now here is great transgression in men they are corrupt Oh they are taken with flesh-pots and with their sinful cup. Oh blessed Lord do thou draw near do thou speak to them that Which may now raise them up againe and may lay all flesh flat Having uttered forth this Song as she did all the rest with melodious voice she proceeded to prayer without any intermission somethings wherein were as followes It is not now as it was in times past that a Kingly Progeny should reigne for that was but for a time and then after they should be judged destroyed and taken off and be no more and then should the Kingdome of the Lord Jesus come forth and all the Kingdomes of man throwne downe before it And how has thy Servant disputed declared remonstrated and appeared in the field against Antichrist and how is his language now confounded it was the language of Canaan but now it is the language of Ashdod Oh thy Servant speaking of her selfe must now come forth against the great Rabbies of the world Oh thou knowest that thy Servant hath often wrastled with thee that thou wouldst employ some other but thou hast over-ruled her and hast put her to silence and shall I not be willing to do or suffer thy Will And thou givest strength unto her and bearest up the Spirit of thy servant to go thorow with the Work thy servant is not an enemy to these men thou knowest but a friend Oh it is for thy sake and for thy servants sakes that thy Servant is made a voyce a sound it is a voyce within a voyce anothers voyce even thy voyce through her Thy Servant knew that she was beloved of thee and that she lay in thy bosome from a child and there she might have lived without the condemnings or reproaches of men or of this Generation but since Father thou wilt have it so thy Will be done If the body suffer never so much if it be for thy Selfe thy Saints thy Kingdome it is better for her then to be in her own Habitation and in pleasant Gardens and when thy Servant has done thy work she shall be willing to lock up her selfe in her Closet againe and not to be seen of men Oh Lord thy servant knows there is no selfe in this thing Having further in prayer made mention of the University-learning and the National Clergy as they are called she proceeded unto singing seven or eight of the first verses of the Song could not bee taken by the Relator it being Evening and no light in the Chamber The rest were as follows FOr human Arts and Sciences because you doat on them Therfore the Lord wil others teach whom you count but Lay-men For you have set too high a price upon your Learning here Oh that makes Christ for to come out and from you it to tear Because you have the honour receiv'd so much fleece from Christs flock Therfore now you shal be by Christ oh made a stumbling block Christs Scholars they are perfected with learning from above To them he gives capacity to know his depths of love Oh you because have not kept in within your bound and Sphear Therefore the Lord hath declared he 'l put you in great fear Though learning it be very good when in its place it stands But when it gaddeth forth thereout it looseth its great bands For in the Chimny the fire is useful and precious But when the rasters it doth reach it sets on fire the house And so is Learning when you keep it within its true bound But when you joyne it unto Christ he wil then it confound O you have been so gallant and you have in silken walk'd O you in dainty food have been that hath made you to talk But when that they cease putting in to your wide mouthes that gape O then you 'l cease speaking that which before you did relate Concerning the sweetnesse of Christ your studies had drawn out O Christ I 'me sure he wil you try whether you truly spoke out For your triall wil be when that your Revenues shal goe Then it shal be made manifest whither your wind shal blow But I wel know that those that are true Prophets of the Lord Wil live upon that pay which he declared in his Word And if they 'l trust and venture him O he wil them provide They shal not wait nor be athirst that swim within Christs tide Oh is it not better to have your pay from Iesus Christ Then from those which do rome unto the poore his interest The Lord Christ doth against them speak they shal not long endure The Lord wil set his fire to them and it shal them devour And shal upon them fly about and unto ashes goe And by the flouds it shal be washt flouds shal it over-flow O doe not then O rest not in your
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
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
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