Gloria laus jubilatio sit Deo nostro altissimo Domino Dominantium Regi Regum immortali Amen ✚ Pragae Januarii 21. Monday Mane hora 9½ Δ Oratione Dominica aliis precibus ad Deum fusis pro ejus gratia auxilio per fideles fous Ministros nostros conatus promovendos c. E. K. Here he is Δ Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini cujus nomen sanctificetur exaltetur 〈◊〉 in aevum per omnes gentes .... Remember that you are flesh and by your works deserve nothing at Gods hands Now then if you be man then are you of earth earthy But according to your similitude grafted in the image of God in his Sonne Jesus you are heavenly But behold God is opposite unto you and his spirit 〈◊〉 not unto you in that you are flesh in that you are earth in that you are filthy in that you are the children of Satan and that therefore take part with him against Christ anointed of the Lord. E. K. He is out of sight now Now if you be opposite or more contrary to the image of him which dwelleth in you if you dwell in him what do yee here why presume you to enter within the Doores of him to whom you are an adversary Herein you shew your ignorance and the lumpishnesse of your fragility in that you seek of him unto whom you are odious or crave the bread which is due and necessary for his children and servants But hear my voice Petentibus dat sed petentibus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sed non alienis Notwithstanding of his mercy and for that he knew before the beginning of all worlds the 〈◊〉 of your vessels and remembring that you have been of his houshold mercifully he hath hitherto 〈◊〉 at you and at your presumption and fed you with that bread which is not the bread of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 now considering that you continue in your wickednesse continue in your rebellion against his Majesty and fight 〈◊〉 under his banner which is accursed he taketh his bread from you shutteth up his Doores against you warneth his servants against you and is become a fire-brand of wrath against you But here you will say were not we of those number unto whom he made a promise you were so But upon condition That if you would bridle your tongues from 〈◊〉 evil and become wholly his But you are neither his nor bridle your tongues but speak 〈◊〉 before the Lord and the Messengers of his light and covenant Therefore are you not inheritors of his promise Behold while the grapes grew and the corn ripeneth God did expect your return for no hour is unacceptable unto him But now the harvest commeth that the corn must be cut down and the grapes pressed you are not as you said you would be nor as you promised Therefore are you excluded for in the vineyard there commeth no strangers nor in this harvest commeth any hirelings for it is not the harvest of man Δ Now either fulfill your promise and return from the multitude of your sinnes or murmur not though you be shut out of Doores The earth of it self bringeth forth nothing for it is the lump and excrement of darknesse whose bowels are a 〈◊〉 lake But where the heavens yield and the Sunne poureth down his force she openeth her self and becommeth spongy receiving mixture to generation and so is exalted above her self and bringeth forth to the use of man Even so the Body when it lyeth in the puddle and hotchpotch of his earthly filthinesse and darknesse making himself equal with beasts whose dignity is not but in their use E. K. Now he is here again ..... Two things you have to be instructedin in Rlodnr and in the Law of Coition and Mixture The first is the instrument working and drawing things together of one nature The second is the bonnds and termes wherein every mixture consisteth and beyond the which it cannot go The first of 4 parts every part conteining conteineth his conteined double The first is Tepens this teacheth the rest These two things can I open unto you in two revolutions which is but one dayes work But now I cease to open any more unto you till I see the favour of God more open unto you After 7 dayes I will come again until then I neither am nor speak Δ The mercies of God be upon us now and ever Amen ✚ Pragae Jesus Mercy Monday Januarii 28. Mane hora 10 ferè Oratione Dominica aliis pro misericordia divina fusis precibus extemporandis After diverse pitiful complaints of our frailty and calling for favour grace and mercy he appeared ..... Let the heavens prepare themselves to hear the earth scatter her self before my voice for I am the Trumpet of the Highest and the piercing Spirit dispersed into all creatures which are from the beginning in God and made to his glory and the use of man-kind that in man he might be glorified Give ear therefore gird up your garments and seatter your hair abroad before the Lord which is glorified in me and through whom I speak and these are my words Harden not your hearts against the Lord neither exalt your selves above him that hath created you But humble your selves and consider you are flesh mortal transitory and full of sinne My brethren my brethren sinne and flesh appear not before the Lord neither such as are sinners and fleshly vessels apt or fit for the Lord to dwell in Understand what the Lord is and how great he is a Judg to the wicked great and terrible a father to the holy and sincere just full of mercy and loving kindnesse If you now therefore be holy and put on the garments of Innocency and walk before him in righteousnesse Then look to have the reward of Children Then look for his fatherly mercies and loving kindnesse Then then rejoyce at the garments of glory prepared for you But if you seek him in judgment and stir him up to wrath and anger if you cause him to call the terrible thunders provided for the wicke about him in the most furious flames of his indignation to gather you together like whirl Winds if you draw his holy Angel from you and spoil you of your armes if he sit down upon the mouth of vengeance and arm himself with righteousnesse against your wickednesse Then look for the horrible and unspeakable reward of the wicked and the consuming fire of Justice sharper then the two-edged sword Who hath stood before the Lord in Justice or who dare quarrel with the highest What flesh hath seen the Lord in his Majestie or can appear before him as righteous Tear your selves therefore in pieces and fall down before the Lord worship him as a father and become his children for his Judgments my brethren are terrible and his wrath is without measure Many wayes you are bound and tyed unto God As by discipline you learn But three special
here appeared and would have snatched at the stone what was it and who sent it Gab. ..... It is a wicked power which the Kings Enchanters have sent amongst you but be hath his reward for returning Δ. What was his intent I beseech you and I marvel that his Enchanters were able to detect any of our doings to the King Gab ..... The King knoweth not your doings Δ. I beseech you as concerning the 48 leaves being commanded to be bound and to be silvered what if I caused seven white leaves to be bound before and seven behinde for the more aptnesse for the binding Gab. ..... Vse thine own judgement God will appear no more unto you untill you take your journey Δ. We believe The Lord will perform his promises Gab. ..... According to your faith be it unto you E. K. Now he hath pulled a white Curtain about the stone and the stone is dark Δ. Semper laudetur qui Trinus unus est Omnipotens sempiternus Amen Wednesday Junii 20. à Meridie 1584. Cracoviae Δ. It is first to be noted that this morning early to E. K. lying in his bed and awake appeared a Vision in manner as followeth One standing by h s beds head who patted him on the head gently to make him the more vigilant He seemed to be cloathed with feathers strangely wreathed about him all over c. There appeared to him E. K. four very fair Castles standing in the four parts of the world out of which he heard the sound of a Trumpet Then seemed out of every Castle a cloath to be thrown on the ground of more then the breadth of a Table-cloath Out of that in the East the cloath seemed to be red which was cast Out of that in the South the cloath seemed white Out of that in the West the cloath seemed green with great knops on it Out of that in the North spread or thrown out from the gate under foot the cloath seemed to be very black Out of every Gate then issued one Trumpeter whose Trumpets were of strange form wreathed and growing bigger and bigger toward the end After the Trumpeter followed three 〈◊〉 bearers After them six ancient men with white beards and staves in their hands Then followed a comely man with very much Apparel on his back his Robe having a long train After him came five men carrying up of his train Then followed one great Crosse and about that four lesser Crosses These Crosses had on them each of them ten like men their faces distinctly appearing on the four parts of the Crosse all over After the Crosses followed 16 white Creatures And after them an infinite number seemed to issue and to spread themselves orderly in a compasse almost before the four foresaid Castles Upon which Vision declared unto me I straight way set down a Note of it trusting in God that it did signific good After noon as E. K. sat by me he felt on his head some strange moving whereby he deemed that some spiritual Creature did visit him and as we were continuing together and I had red to E. K. some rare matter out of Ignatius Epistles Policarpus and Martialis some of the Sacrament and some of the Crosse a voyce answered and said That it is true that the sign of the Crosse is of great force and vertue After this the spiritual Creature seemed to E. K. to be very heavy on his right shoulder as he sat by me in my study And as E. K. considered the numbers of such as he had numbred to passe out of the four Gates it is to wit 1.3.6.1.5 The spiritual Creature said the number 16. is a perfect number consisting of 1.3 6.1 and 5. He said further more God the father is a standing Pillar Δ. Upon which word I asked him if I should write such matter as he was to speak And he answered to E. K. at his right ear ..... If thou 〈◊〉 Δ. His voyce was much like unto a mans voyce not base nor hollow ..... Divided with a straight line is one and two Δ. What is to be divided with a straight line ..... The Pillar Δ. In the name of Jesus who art thou ..... The servant of God Δ. Art thou sent from God with good tydings or message ..... What I am he knoweth of whom I bear witnesse Δ. What is your name either as you are notified among the blessed Angels or called by of any mortal man If you be of Verity and so of Charity you cannot mislike my speeches E. K. He sayeth nothing Δ. Belike he is not sent unto us by God for if he were he would do his message ..... I am AVE Δ. This AVE is one ex filiis filiorum of whose order Rocle is vide sup lib. 2. 4. Δ. If you be AVE In the name of Jesus say that all wicked Angels are justly condemned and that by the mercy of God in the merits of Christ mankind elect is to be saved Ave. ..... The visitation of God is twofold 1. In respect of his secret will and purpose and in particularity And in that he hath 2 sealed us with the good will of mankind to their comfort But if I be a scandal to the word then am I not of righteousnesse But my righteousnesse is of the world Therefore That I visit you of my self can be no offence Those that are and die in wickednesse are dishonourable and far from the mercies of God For it is written I am a God to the living Therefore do I dishonour them such I say as are wicked The mercies of God which is the true Manna comforteth the comforted and giveth hope of amendment of such as run astray are sinners and may return Therefore I say The mercies of God which is the Fountain and sweetnesse of the love of God is a thing most blessed most holy most to be desired in Heaven and Earth and of me the creature and servant of God to be reverently spoken of and required For it is the food wherewith we live even the very bread wherewith we are rejoyced Thus much thou hast required Δ. I did so for so is his Justice against the impenitent and his mercies to his Elect testified truely Ave. ..... Have patience I will return after a few moments Δ. Hereupon in the mean space we considered the premises and liked very well of the scandal or offence avoiding Because it was lastly Junii 18 said God will appear no more to you until you take your journey And secondly he answered my request of God his Justice against the wicked Angels and also of his mercies towards mankind Δ. About a quarter of an hour after there seemed a thing to come again on E.K. his right shoulder and as before he caused his shoulder to be very warm where it lighted on Δ. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini Hallelujah E. K. Amen Ave. ..... The place is sanctified Δ. Sanctus Sanctus
came And that which hath offended in nothing shall be a second opposite from God and out of God which shall have continuance world without end And it shall be alwayes vexed the Spirit of God mediating not of the substance or purenesse of God or of his Spirit but with the self-same Nothing out of which God created all things Seeing therefore that the Will of God which is his Image separating Nothing from eternity in time made all things being the work of six dayes But I teach you a Mystery All things that through God are moved to the Center by the Spirit of God which is the center of the Godhead are not after the world after the consummation of the world as Angels and the blessed souls are not to be reckoned with that Nothing But are of God because they dwell in him of whom it is said There they shall not need the Sun nor the Moon the Lamb himself shall be their light and a shining lamp for ever Note here that the Trinity first second and third totally not moved but by himself in himself time bringing forth all things according to his Word made all things except Man For why when all things had pleased him not because they were but because by the Word the Image of himself and wherein he is delighte they were made he made man as the Scripture teacheth you how by the Spirit of God in Moses that he should injoy and use the benefit of all this something proceeding from nothing in the Creatures of God in their kind that in him God might be glorified not onely in this world which is your earth vail of misery but also and chiefly that the memory of his exceeding and great mercy omnipotency might remain before him in heaven in the image of man and the most excellent Creatures world without end E. K. Now he is faln into ashes again as before E. K. Now he standeth up again as before ..... Here is the making of man to be considered for of the most excellentest dignified and 〈◊〉 part of Nothing distributed as it were approaching neer unto God God made the Soul of man as a thing knit or tied in the convex of his own Sphere not taking part with Nothing materially but with Nothing Immortal The Soul was made spiritual and increasing wherein the Philosophers the wise men of this world are deceived and hath been a secret shut up in the Book of Esdras not fit for the world For even as flesh by conjunction and commixtion of likelihoods proper in their own nature to bring forth the 〈◊〉 of himself so doth the most execllentest part of man taking part with the vicinity of God and so 〈◊〉 moving bring forth after the manner of eternity every living soul the Spirit of God conjoyned with the 〈◊〉 working with him in his infinity 〈◊〉 in the beginning God hath not numbred 〈◊〉 all souls that shall enter into those vessels or other part But the matter material in himself he knoweth and hath limited beyond the which there cannot be Therefore it is conteined in Number Not that it is 〈◊〉 in Number to be numbred but within the proportion of number conteined in the knowledg of 〈◊〉 Christ taking 〈◊〉 with man and so to be numbred Adam fell 〈◊〉 God his Commandment and therefore was his soul darkened bare and naked because he wanted the beauty and excellency of Gods Spirit wherein he dignified him and made him like unto himself being a living soul. He was cast out and now casteth off misery wanting the knowledge of those things for the which he was created Now God the image of his Father grieved at the fall of man and moved with pity vouchsafed because of the excellency of man to enter into man being before 〈◊〉 into this part of nothing into man Not that he would beautifie himself with any thing that man had But that Become man begotten of the Holy Ghost he might as you know by the Scriptures make man acceptable again with God his Father God himself with God in unity for 〈◊〉 and Terrour is God the Father Mercy and love is God the Son Wisdome and knowledge is God the Holy ghost He since 〈◊〉 became man put not on the flesh of man to become a lyar but that the flesh of man might be full of the spirit of truth and understanding E. K. Now he is faln again into ashes E. K. Now he is up again And so receive forgivenesse of sins and be at one with God which is to say in his favour taking hold in God not as created and from Creation sinful by fall But by ransonse and redemption as bought and made free in Jesus Christ which offered up the Sacrifice of frankincense gold and myrrh of true propitiation for the quick and the dead Now my brethren give good ear what I say unto you The wisdome of the Father in love created and made man dignifying him and exalting him as the Lord and Master over all Creatures mortal But how by Plasmation For it is written Let us make man Here thou seest also the Scripture saith that God took of the Earth Mark this word and consider it when I shall apply it Now if this power if this Plasmating if this Taking which was the Word become man perfect man then followeth it that man was and is God creating and created If therefore this conjunction or knitting together of God and man bear the image of him in excellency and power which created all things and by whom this Nothing was spread abroad and had form in his parts then followeth it that the self-same God and Man being truth speaking of himself unto his Disciples saying This is my body E. K. Now he is fallen again in ashes E. K. Now he is up again ..... Read Δ I read Now my brethren give good ear c. E. K. Now he holdeth up his hands ..... did in breaking of bread which signifieth the earth in taking it signified the power of making and his own Office and breaking it before his Disciples according to the secret sense of mans soul then being yet alive give himself in the bread and in breaking unto his Disciples as the sense of his word spoken E K. He speaketh that I understand not ..... did import and truly signifie himself his 〈◊〉 body to suffer and suffered in that in him in his Godhead and wisdome before the worlds it was so his very true body and very true blood But notwithstanding 〈◊〉 Consider of this E. K. He is gone Δ Blessed be E. K. Now he is here again ..... Mark here for whom and unto whom Christ took and brake bread also took the Chalice and called it his blood of the New Testament which shall be given Here you see that in faith and Sacramentally it was given unto his Disciples there which was also to be given upon the Crosse for the redemption of man kind for else
it Gab. .... Fiant omnia ad laudem Dei My doings are of no such regard What I have done be it done so that your additions be to the honour of God it is sufficient The effect of his prayer is greater then is the form The former is greater then the forming That is to say he that hath formed it is mightier then any virtue wherein it is formed Wheresoever therefore the mind formeth it with you with perfect humility and consent there is also the former As formed of him therefore I leave you to the end of his workmanship which continually formeth all things according to his own fashion Sins .... Your sins have banished me from saying those things I would Δ. O cleanse our hearts and wash away our sins amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea a peccato meo munda me Gab. .... Sins are never washed away or forgotten with the highest but with such as are sorry and also make satisfaction O Lord full sorry I am for my sins and what satisfaction is ... required I would gladly know Gab. .... The offence was not thine Every one must satisfie or else he shall be damned Δ. Good Lord expound to us the mystery of satisfaction Gab. .... When the Soul offendeth and is consenting to wickednesse he is then to make a spiritual satisfaction which is the end and perfect fruit of Contrition For those that are truely Contrite do truely satisfie Another satisfaction there is which is external This satisfaction is to be made for sins committed against thy Neighbour For if thou offend thy Neighbour and do him wrong or take any thing from him by fraud or violence it is a great sin For this thou canst never be Contrite if thou make not satisfaction not onely confessing it but in satisfying his desire that is offended and that with sorrow This is true Doctrine and shall never be overthrown by the spirits of false invention which indeed is the first eye unto the Devil If you may offend your brother and be therefore accursed How much more shall you be accursed when you offend the messager of him that is your Father Behold he sayeth not I have once done amisse God be mercifull to you that his mercies might be the greater upon you Be mindfull of my sayings Δ. Deus misereatur nostri benidicat nobis Cor mundum Creet in nobis spiritum rectum ponat in proecordiis nostris Amen 1583. Wednesday Junii 26. Hora 9½ praesente D. Alberto Lasky Δ. As we were together in my study and I standing at my Desk There appeared to E. K. a round Globe of white smoak over my head Thereupon I perceived the presence of some good spiritual Creature and straight way appeared the good Angel I. L. Δ. I said Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini igitur nobis est gratus laudis adventus I. L. Et quid tu dicis ad E. K. Loquutus est E. K. Si bonus es lucis spiritus bene venisti I. L. I. L. Et bene tibi fiet E. K. He hath a besome in his hand E. K. What will you do with this besomei Δ. Quid cum tua scopa decrevisti facere I. L. Secundum Dei beneplacitum E. K. Here cometh a big tall creature forma humana quae facile non possit discerni oculi ejus videantur esse duo Carbunculi Lucentes mirabiliter micantes Caput ejus videtur aureum os videtur valde largum esse Caput videtur mobile quasi ab humeris separabile totum reliquum Corpus videtur esse marmor quasi Vox ..... Fecisti tu E. K. he said so to IL. IL. ..... Feci Decedite in Oratorium nam magna hic dicenda sunt Qui decedent I L. Princeps tu Bow down thy knees brother and here what I do say To E. K. he spake Magnus ille ..... Filioli hominum quid vultis Δ. Cupimus mundari à peccatis illuminari sapientia divina ad ejus honorem E. K. Est lumen quoddam in Aere ipse osculatur lumen illud IL. ..... 〈◊〉 Propitius esto mihi peccatori K E. Propitius esto mihi peccatori O Deus crescit jam Corpusistius magni in immensum quantum quod non possit facile discerni Mag. ..... Filii hominum quid vultis Δ. Sapientiam veram Mag. ..... O vos pueri filii hominum quid vultis Δ. Sapientiam in Deo propter Deum veram Mag. ..... Audite quia Justus verus sum inquit Dominus Vos nihil impium iniquum vel injustum suscipite Nam quaecunque feceritis mala vel negligentia vel inscitia vel contemptu vel etiam nimia superstitione sunt Sicut Scriptum est potestate tradita spiritibus mendacibus ut vexarent bonos dum affligerent malos Sed dixit Deus Deus sum quidem vester qui Spiritum Sanctum non aufero a vobis Nam estis quos per potentiam confirmabo meam Nolite igitur Cacomagi Cum perversis fieri qui inaniter rebus Idolis hujus mundi potentiam ascribunt meam Sed Credite perseveranter ad finem usque fidem habete quia per me omnia mundana superat sigillum subjiciet Daemones voluntati vestrae Daemones sub regionibus permanentes inclusi Lunaribus Angeli mei non sunt Sed Caelestes Sancti veri boni Nonne vos homines mortales non sine peccato Cui voluntatem liberam simul peccare permissi ut intelligendo exinde malum me Deum vestrum agnoscatis vos Audite igitur Audite filii mei ..... Calamitatem totius terrae omniumque viventium praedico Bella erunt undique horrenda tristissima Et peribit ad tertiam usque partem gladio fame Terra Erunt caedes multorum penè omnium Principum interitus Terrae motus quales non ab initio mundi Terrestris Daemonis Turcae viz. Imperii ruina Nam sic constitui E. K. Nunc respcit vos Δ. A. L. and I were in my Oratory Stephanus Poloniensis miserrine in bello jugulatus Cadet Iterum dico Stephanus Poloniensis Rex miserrime in bello jugulatus cadet Vocabant te iterum respicit Alb. Lasky ad Regnum Principes quem etiam ego Poloniae Moldaviae populi mei Ducem regem constituero Tunc attinges desideratam metam non errabis a Scopo Quia ego sum Deus tuus docebo te utilia vera Et dabo tibi Angelos meos adjutores comites etiam ad secretum quodlibet mundi Vigilato Orato Igitur Pius esto donec venerit potestas mea in te supra vos Interum sigillate quae vidistis me in publicum producite E. K. Now he shaketh he seemeth to turn his head about his shoulders E. K. Nunc accipit ensem percutit nubes crucem
of rags hanging at the top of it The rags seemed of Woollen and Linnen Cloath like a bundle of Rags gathered out of a Taylers shop The sword stood upright in a manner but leaning from E. K. his face though it seemed to smite at E. K. A voyce So be it O Lord for thon art mighty Be it so unto them For they have embraced an Harlot and have forgotten thy jealousie E. K. The svvord shaketh mightily Many are the Harlots that svvarm upon the earth and innumerable are their Children and such as they foster Their revvard is ready E. K. The sword now shaketh again mightily ..... He that entreth into the house of the wicked is defiled but he that consenteth with an Harlot is accursed He that delighteth in her secrets shall be stabbed And Leprosie shall dwell in his house for ever Δ. O Lord I trust this respecteth none of us in common sense to be understood ..... He that delighteth in light loveth not himself but desireth the love of him that illuminateth But thus saith God I will not dally with you Neither shall you handle me as you have done For your Horedom is wilfull and your vanities worse But this I leave amongst you that you shall know that I am righteous For he that despiseth me is accursed and unto him that dissembleth my fashion are miseries without number So unto them that enterinto the house of blasphemy is vengeance ready at hand Δ. O Lord what is this Man is but earth where the heavens dwell neither are the works of man acceptable but with righteousnesse E. K. There appeareth a man with a Bible about his neck like a Doctor and he standeth miserably in fire And so likewise appeared divers other with Bibles about their necks and they in fire likewise Still come flames from the earth and encrease the flames of these men about them There appeareth and endlesse ... me most terrible with fire and other most hideous shews .... They be suddenly gone away And all these men be now no more in sight A voyce Happy are those that see and can remember Blessed are those that hear and are not forgetfull Δ. These words and shews O Jesu make evident what ..... E. K. All is gone except the sword which standeth in a Cloud and there cometh a hand and setteth a seal upon the sword A voyce I brought you from iniquity to the intent you might be purified But the more I cleanse you the more you are defiled ..... I have offered of old and it shall be told I have promised and it shall be performed You have not kept my Commandments And therefore you shall be plagued He that goeth out of the way shall receive the reward of errour For stragglers are spotted people And none can be blessed but such as dwell in the Tabernacle of righteousnesse But behold I will tell it unto you but with greater hardnesse And I will make you know me before I visit you in kindnesse For thus sayeth Sathan Lo they erre still Do Justice for thy glory sake They enter into the houses of Idols And laugh with blasphemers They are silent when thy name is blasphemed Deal with them as a God or else thou art not righteous Therefore be free from Sathan that he may praise your righteousnesse Yea that he may say as he hath said Let me touch them Vntill then I will be just I will not forget this wickednesse till you be made clean For behold I have sealed it and therefore it must be finished For what is sealed of me cometh to passe Δ. A voyce He that dissembleth the image of Christ is a liar Δ. ..... Now cometh a grave man all cloathed in white with a Mytre upon his head ..... The God of peace is a comforting Medicine to such as delight in him The peace of the world is the image of God God and man which is Jesus Christ the son of the living God Which knit with the father in the spirit of truth proceeding from them both ..... everlasting will opened his mercies to his Apostles replenishing them fully and mightily with the will of the father to the comfort of the world Which made messagers thereof have delivered to the Church full and perfect Statutes as the Will of him whereunto she is united and married to be kept inviolable and without transgression This Will Covenant or Decree sealed unto the end of the world in the number of the faithfull whosoever breaketh or dissembleth is accursed or damned Therefore saith the word of God unto you You have run astray you have entred into the houses of Idols I have brought you from fire but you are entred into flames And why Because you defile your selves with the wickednesse of deceivers Whose images you saw affirmatively though not verily Continually overwhelmed with daily and inextinguible flames Continuing even so long as their errour is exalted Yea even in the professors thereof to their eternal damnation For as Christ and his Doctrine is light and truth So seem the impositions of Sathan to agree or take unto themselves shapes or likenesses of the true image of him that saveth Whereby he trusteth in himself under the colour of meeknesse into the companie of the faithfull Devouring their Souls with ravening dissembling and false likelyhoods of truth unable to be decided by man Happie are those that believe them not For he even he it is that is a liar and is oldest in deceit But as the father is eternal So is the son eternal which eternity of the father and the son is the holy Ghost eternal proceeding equally as the finger of God and spirit of truth to the general workmanship of Gods determination knit together three Persons E. K. He maketh a great reverent cursie in this omnipotency by spiritual illumination and through the holy Ghost delivered unto the Apostles as the pledge of God his mercie and promise is alwayes certainly linked joyned and engraffed into the society of those that fulfill the will of the highest perfectly and without errour whose strength shall continue and glorie branch out even unto the end of this world and beginning of comfort Therefore believe For the spirit of truth worketh wonders raiseth the dead and hath power to forgive sins Through the power of him unto whom it is ma ..... For as Christ hath all power in heaven and in earth delivered ..... So hath he delivered all power in heaven and earth to his true Church Therefore she cannot erre For where power is without measure errour hath no number Believe not therefore those that lie saying The Church of God is infected with errours For the offences of few are not counted errour but unrighteousnesse Neither can the stragling feet of a few drunken bring infamy to the whole house Δ. ..... It lieth not in my power to deliver you or reconcile you from death and Hell The tormentry and filthinesse of the world and the wrath of God But
It may be undetermined I will also see whether you be strong inwardly or privily rotten For with the world your weaknesse is great Whosoever overcometh shall rejoyce But I will be a God in my Covenant and will hold on my promise Fight therefore as it becometh you and cast off the world Make flesh subject and strangle your Adversary For unto such belongeth the entrance into my Chambers and the use of my will as the Horn of my glorie For it is written light dwelleth not in darknesse Neither hath darknesse comprehended any light For darknesse is the Cave of errour and the reward of sinners Thus sayeth he which beholdeth your sorrows And it is a fight for many daies which appeareth neither in the one nor in the other nor giveth he answer untill the end E. K. There is one come in like a Ghost and he taketh all the hangings away which beautified the place like to Curtains Now all the sides of the stone are darkish and the Cloud standeth in the very middle thereof Now the bands seem brighter then ..... because the place is so darkish Δ. O Lord many daies Combat is assigned us And forasmuch as Militia est vita hominis super Terram we are now in a great uncertainty of our Combat ending E. K. There standeth the number of 40. upon a great Labell and nothing else Δ. This 40. O Lord what betok eneth it dayes weeks or years Well Whatsoever it be Blessed be the name of the Highest Our God King and Father E. K. Δ. E. K. Now is one come in very brave like a Preacher I take him to be an evil one Δ. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini E. K. He saith nothing Not so much as Amen ..... Are you so foolish to think that the power of God will descend into so base a place E. K. The power of God descending descendeth to beautifie the place And whatsoever he beautifieth he doth it mercifully And so through his mercy he descendeth among us that put our trust in his mercies ..... It is true But unto those that are righteous Δ. Christ his coming hath been to save sinners His conversation was among sinners halt lame blinde and diseased So likewise Now our frailty or impurity will not exclude his presence or the Ministery of his faithfull Angels ..... What in this base manner Δ. Do you mislike the manner ..... Can any that hath any drop of wisdom like it Δ. Are you wise ..... Or else I could not see thy imperfections Δ. Which be they Accuse me ..... What greater imperfection then to imagine much more believe that the Angels of God will or may descend into so filthie a place as this corruptible stone is Considering the clearnesse and bignesse of the aire or the places that are prepared in mans bodie for such entrances Δ. Who causeth thee to come here ..... Thy folly Δ. Art thou good or bad ..... I am good or else I could not see the bad Δ. Ergo thou art a lyar for thou sayd'st No good Angel would or might come here into this stone Δ. Thus will God be glorified against wicked Satan and his Ministers His fetch was very subtile As To bring in doubt all the Actions performed in this ftone What canst thou answer E. K. He sayeth nothing Neither can he say any thing He seemeth to be a very foolish Devil Δ. Mendacem oportet esse memorem Now be packing hence ..... I will abide here Δ. Where God will permit thee there mayest thou be But we will as now cease And we thank God highly of this comfort and victory We beseech him that we may as prosperously overcome all other Diabolical assaults or sophistical or untrue perswafions and all his Temptations Amen Glory Honour power and praise be to our Almighty and living God the Lord of Hosts Jehovah now and ever Amen Saturday Novemb. 23. à Meridie hora 1½ Lubek E. K. Here appeareth the same bad one sitting who last appeared The Cloud with the sword appeareth at last with two wreaths on one side and two on the other spirally This Creature taketh the cloudy pillar and throweth it from him divers times He sayeth Call as long as thou wilt I will keep thee for seeing any more sights here Δ. Or Lord attend unto thy glory Attend unto thy honour regard the arrogancy of this Luciferine brag against thy younglings expressed Δ. And of the Lord Alb. Laskie c. ..... He shall come to destruction as thou and thine to miserable beggery Because he hath consented to them that are Ministers of iniquity spirits of falshood E. K. He looketh on a bare book when he saith thus ..... The power of God entreth into the Soul of man and doth visit the Chambers of his understanding openeth his will with power The spirits of darknesse are ready for every place and can deceive saying This is of God Vnto these you have 〈◊〉 and have sworn it as a Covenant between God and you But I am come from God and am entred indeed and will make you hungry in your own foolishnesse that you may become wise None hath entred here with power but I. And I will tarry here And I will be a wall betwixt you and your imaginations and betwixt those that have tempted you and your weaknesse For thou hast called upon God and he hath heard thee and I am he that sayeth so unto thee ..... Laws of salvation are ready follow them The way into darknesse is wide and easie and where light is it encreaseth joy Be thou therefore warned by me Nay I have said Δ. Thou hast said here That thou art God is that true For thou hast said Thou hast called upon God and he hath hard thee And I am he that sayeth so unto thee ..... I see thee And thy wisdom is nothing Make of me what thou canst I am the messager of God ..... Avoid darknesse avoid darknesse avoid darknesse E. K. He plucketh down violently in the stone the Clouds and all becometh light in the stone ..... Ly here with thy fellows Those that are of wisdom let them understand Δ. O Sapientia patris aeterni illumina mentes nostras ut tibi serviamus in sanctitate Justitia toto vitae nostrae tempore Amen ..... Carmathar a Knight of the Rhodes was thirteen years deceived with one that appeared as he thought in glorie wisdom in the image of Christ. Antony was beguiled in divers wayes The Prophets Apostles have doubted in many things But because they faithfully believed they were not rejected Their hope became fruitfull and they blessed with understanding from above If so be also you repent and be sorry in that you have yielded unto the instruments of wickednesse and follow on as they your fathers have done you shall also become wise But I say unto you That which you have consented unto is amisse and false worse then errour it self For where have you tasted anie
Man in his Creation being made an Innocent was also authorised and made partaker of the Power and Spirit of God whereby he not onely did know all things under his Creation and spoke of them properly naming them as they were but also was partaker of our presence and society yea a speaker of the mysteries of God yea with God himself so that in innocency the power of his partakers with God and us his good Angles was exalted and so became holy in the sight of God until that Coronzon for so is the true name of that mighty Devil envying his felicity and perceiving that the substance of his lesser part was frail and unperfect in respect of his pure 〈…〉 sse began to assail him and so prevailed that offending so became accursed in the sight of God and so lost the Garden of felicity the judgement of his understanding but not utterly 〈◊〉 favour of God and was driven forth as your Scriptures record unto the Earth which was covered with brambles where being as dumb and not able to speak he began to learn of necessity the Language which thou E. K. callest 1 Hebrew and yet not that 2 Hebrew amongst you in the which he uttered and delivered to his posterity the nearest knowledge he had of God his Creatures and from his own self divided his speech into three parts twelve three and seven the number whereof remaineth but the true forms and pronuntiations want and therefore is not of that force that it was in his own dignity much lesse to be compared with this that we deliver which Adam verily spake in innocency and was never uttered nor disclosed to man since till now wherein the power of God must work and wisdom in her true kind be delivered which are not to be spoken of in any other thing neither to be talked of with mans imaginations for as this Work and Gift is of God which is all power so doth he open it in a tongue of power to the intent that the proportions may agree in themselves for it is written Wisdom sitteth upon an Hill and beholdeth the four Winds and girdeth her self together as the brightnesse of the morning which is visited with a few and dwelleth alone as though she were a Widow Thus you see there the Necessity of this Tongue The Excellency of it And the Cause why it is preferred before that which you call Hebrew For it is written Every lesse consentesh to his greater I trust this is sufficient E. K. As concerning the power What is it Gab. ...... What it is that it is for the knowledge of it may lead you to error Δ. This answer offended greatly E. K. and thereupon he left off and would receive no more at their hands God make him patient and a favourer of this Action as soon as it is needful that he should be Δ. Laudetur magnificetur extollatur nomen Jesu Christi in omne aevum Amen Note on Tuesday after Noon circa horam quartam as we two sat together E. K. said that he thought upon the matter Et quod jam vellet duas horas mihi concedere singulis diebus ad recipienda illa quae illi tradere vellent Ego autem illi maximo Deo gratias egi quia hanc esse mutationem dextra excelsi factam verè judicavi nam ante prandium rigidissimus erat in contraria opinione sententia Wensday Cracoviae Aprilis 25 Mane hora 7. The Vail appeared as at first almost After half an hour Gabriel and Nalvage appeared after my manifold prayers and discourses Δ. Two keyes we have received by the mercy of the Highest and your ministers the rest we attend according to the merciful will of the Highest Gab. ...... Move not from your places for the place is holy Δ. Shew a token O Lord when thy will is whereby to perswade thy merciful dealings with us and the presence of thy faithful Ministers Δ. The frame of the Stone gave a crickling no hand touching it or otherwise any mortal or worldly thing moving it I heard it very certainly and to E. K. it seemed the sound of a bunch of keyes as if they had quickly been shaken and strongly E. K. Gabriel fitteth and Nalvage standeth Gab. ...... My Brethren he arken to my voice for I am the true servant of the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the dignity whereof is sufficient both for the verity of the Doctrine and the confirmation and perswasion of your mindes for as God is the Father of the Faithful so he sheweth himself unto the faithful whereby you may prove the great comfort and consolation that you may justly gather of the mercies of God as touching your Election For at what time hath God appeared unto the unrighteous or where do you read that ever he visited the reprobate For the reprobate hath no visitation but in the rod of Justice But you may rise up among your selves saying lo we are froward we want faith True it is the acts of faith but not the roots of faith But I say unto you that the power of God in his Election is the Basis of mans purity and acceptation But here there is a Caveat That man imagining his Predestination and perfect Election justifieth not himself for wheresoever this is found or this Doctrine preached amongst you either simply in man or publickly in Congregation it is the sure sign and token of their perpetual ignorance and confusion For the Will and Power of God belongeth not to our measure for it was the cause of rebellion amongst us much lesse among men which are fighting yet for the Glory of their reward Behold it is a sin in him that judgeth of his brothers Conscience Much more is it a threefold error to form the imaginations of sin by whose imaginations they are Be not proud therefore of the gifts of God but become humble Neither justifie your self in respect that this is the word of God delivered unto you for your own selves But the more you receive be the more thankful and the more you be in the strength of God the more use you the purenesse of humility Of whom it is said Behold my Spirit hath entred yea into my servants and they are become humble and meek in the sight of men But if we be the servants of the God of Abraham then are we the spirits of truth and understanding for our faith is dignified in the sight of the heavens and we are become mighty in the power of the Almighty Therefore ought we to be believed Now if you will confesse your selves to be the children of Abraham then must you also accept of our Doctrine For the meat whereby Abraham lived is the same food we minister unto you of whom it is said He believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousnesse Even so do you that you also may be righteous wherein do you differ from Abraham Were you not
answered with the first words I spoke to day Δ. Deo Opt. Max. sit omnis honor laus Gloria nunc semper Amen Thursday Maii. 24. Δ. Because E. K. came not according as it was bidden yesterday to follow the Action I went to his Study door and knocked for him And I requested him to come and he refused so to do and gave me a short and resolute answer That he would never more have to do with these Actions I asked him the reason why He would give none But earnestly denied to proceed I told him that his words yesternight that he could not this day deale did very much grieve me c. whereof he made small account So I went into my Study again and committed the Cause to God After half an hour and lesse he came speedily out of his Study and brought in his hand one Volume of Cornelius Agrippa his works and in one Chapter of that Book he read the names of Countries and Provinces collected out of Ptolomeus as the Author there noteth Whereupon he inferred that our spiritual Instructors were 〈◊〉 to give us a description of the World taken out of other Books and therefore he would have no more to do with them I replied and said I am very glad that you have a Book of your own wherein these Geographical names are expressed such as for the most part our Instructors had delivered unto us and that according to the Tenor and form of my request to him so to have them expressed for 〈◊〉 more perfect information by those known names to understand those 91 unknown and unheard of names of seven letters every one whereby they our Instructors I mean are very greatly to be thanked and to be deemed in all reasonable mens judgements most friendly and far from cosenage or abusing of us And farther I said that I my self had here set down on a paper all the 91 names together orderly as we received them and that I had here brought the description Geographical of the whole earthly Globe and also Pomponius Mela set forth in English with the Chartes thereunto belonging fairly described by hand To the intent he might see the verity of their words yesterday delivered unto us for the performance of my request made to them on Tuesday last in this form of words as the Book hath it recorded thus Δ. As you gave us a taste or warning of Italia and Britania so if it be thought good to you we are desirous to understand of the rest the Application to such names as we understand Whereby you may perceive said I to E. K. how your reason is marvellously confounded by your wilful phantasie For so much as wherein you would find fault in our spiritual Instructors doings Therein they have done that which I requested them as appeareth and that to the intent of known Countries we might understand which Angels had the government for such purposes as occasion might offer or require our practices to be tryed in This quoth I is to grosse your error and to wilful your wrangling But I do in narrower points peruse and consider their words and doings In which though sometimes my writings after your declaration hath been amended by them yet the occasion of miswritting for the most part hath been either in your misreporting what you saw and heard or in my wrong hearing or writing and sometime by the spiritual present correcting of my writing and sometime longer after c. But for all this E. K. remained of his wilful intent and so departed to his Study again And I committed God his Cause into his own hands care and ordering as may be best for his honour and glory So be it Monday Maii 28. hora 10½ ante meridiem Δ. I said the Lords Prayer E. K. Here appeareth nothing but the clear Stone Now there appeareth a white circle more than usual it is as it were a white smoak very large comprehending all the heavens in manner having as it were the breadth of my finger in the circumference or border of it Δ. After this an hour and an half after divers our discourses of my Wife her speeches and usage toward E. K. c. E. K. Here appeareth one like him in the green that appeared last day the Etymologie of whose name is Dic illis and his name Mapsama Δ. In the name of Jesus and for the honour of Jesus we beseech you to deliver the verity of your message Maps ..... He liveth and he saith Arise up and say unto them How many times have I opened my armes to embrace you How oft have I wept over you as a father But you are still stiff-necked and disobedient children Lo I cease yet and will not impute this wickednesse unto you Δ. O blessed God blessed God blessed God of mercies Maps ..... Because my promises may be notwithstanding that the sons of men may not say such a day cometh in the Bridegroom nor at such a time shall the Lilly spring Let the day that I will visit you in be unknown unto you E. K. I thought you would say so Map ..... But this you shall do utter part ..... Bind up together 48 leaves whose skin shall bear Silver Whose Perimeter shall be 〈◊〉 30 inches in length 8 in breadth 7. Δ. Do you require it to be parchment or paper Map ..... I have said Δ. What shall I then do after I have caused 48 leaves to be bound Map ..... This done rise up and perform your Journey as you are commexded Δ. I have heard onely of the binding of the book Mean you after the binding of the book that this journey shall be entred into Map ..... I Δ. What shall I do with the book after I have bound it E. K. I will answer for him .... burn it Map ..... The fourteenth day of your rest even this Table-Cloath and none other shall be spread for a Banket E. K. He pointeth to this Diaper Table-Cloath Whereunto you shall invite the Angels of the Lord In the middest of the Table lay down the book and go forth make also the doors after you That the heavens may justifie your faith and you may be comforted For man is not worthy to write that shall be written neither shall there be found many worthy to open that book I have entered already into the Emperours heart But it may be he will become wilfull If he do a hundred and twelve dayes remain and he is not For I have cut down the banks the waters may rush out that there may be a sudden alteration In this now time When I warn you you shall return But you please me much if you believe If time govern not my providence repine not but let my providence govern time Look neither for the Sun nor Moon but be ready alwayes For whom I finde apt shall be made 〈◊〉 And to him that is barren shall there be little
you a Seal yet secret and not known Δ. Zach. 13. Et erit dies una quae nota est Domino c. Behold now cometh that day that is known unto the Lord himself wherein the Kingdoms of the earth shall begin to fall that they may perceive how they have run astray and how weak they are in the triumph of their pompe And now out of Hierusalem out of the Church of God and of his Son Christ shall passe out and flow the water of life That the sayings of the Angels and Spirit of the Lord may be verified upon the face of the earth spoken by his annointed Zachary Now shall those dayes open themselves which are the dayes of vengeance Now Now shall these woes that have been spoken of and sealed burst out to the confusion of the wicked and the establishment of his Kingdom which is annointed Behold I teach thee Those that inhabit the holy City and usurp the authority of the Highest are called in remembrance before the Lord and they shall be scattered like unto the mighty hail that the spirits of the North have gathered against the day of revenge They are become proud and think there is no God They are stiff-necked for they are the 〈◊〉 of wickedness Lo in the dayes of Rodolph shall this come to passe of whom the Lord hath said If he hear me and believe my words I will place Thee Δ unto him as a mighty rock I will open unto thee Δ for his instructions and safeguard to come my determinations in hand and lo to come And when he hath wiped away his darknesse and offence of his soul I will appear unto him to the terrour of all Nations For I rejoyce when I exalt such as are weak And when I help the comfortlesse am I magnified Δ. Thanks honour and glory is due to thee O our God Uriel ..... And behold the day of this visitation and of the execution of my judgements is at hand And lo I open unto you another Seal Because I have said unto you I am true and just In the year eighty eight shall you see the Sun move contrary to his course The Stars encrease their light and some of them fall from heaven Then shall the Rivers run blood Then shall the wo be unto women with child Then shall the time come to passe that this Prophesie shall be known For lo the Lord hath prepared his Prophet and he shall descend from the Heavens as it is written by Malachiah the Prophet Behold I will send before that day not that day I spoke of but the great day of the Lord Elias again amongst you In the mean season will I be mercifull unto Rodolph and will bring into his house such as shall be skilfull unto whom I will give my spirit to work Gold Silver and the Ornaments of his house And he shall perceive that I blesse him In that I have tied him to my Garments If he hear thee not Behold I have one in store Yea such an one as cleaveth unto Justice Man is but a Reed that is shaken with every winde The pride of Kings is as the beauty of a Peacock See how they run all astray See how they tempt the spirits of righteousnesse Lo as I have said unto thee I reserve that wicked King not that I will be mercifull unto him But that he shall shortly perish with an eternal scourge And now hear me what I say unto thee Hereafter see thou tempt me not Neither look for my presence after this order But for great causes For lo this is the end of Teaching Now cometh in the time of warning and of counsel Δ. Will you give me leave to speak Uriel ..... Say Δ. I trust it shall not offend God at any time to call for Uriel his light in matters dark to us and above our capacity Also in Enoch his Tables understanding and enjoying we are to require help of instruction at Ave and so of other points and Doctrines already begun we are to require their help who have begun with us c. Uriel ..... As far as the Lord hath suffered you to enter into his Garden Even so far I say Taste and eat Δ. The entrance yet we have not but the manner to enter The perfect practise is the best entrance Uriel ..... Man speaketh not with thee wherefore dost thou wrast the Lord All things that are delivered thee are plain Δ. Lord I do thus speak to be perfectly instructed in what sense your words are to be understood when you said This is the end of teaching Δ. Vriel or perhaps in the name of God Uriel ..... Thou hast called upon me and I have heard thee Thou hast desired comfort and I have comforted thee Thou hast the spirit of choice Be it sufficient unto thee that the Garden of the Lord is open unto thee where there is no hunger nor thirst but a filling spirit a comforter †What care is it unto me if the Kings of the earth say Lo this is not of me Lo this is not of the highest Δ. Ex Dei lumine Uriel ..... Behold I am the light and servant of God Blessed are those which believe and are made partakers in this Testimony by the which you are become Prophets and are sanctified for the coming of the Lord. But lo why do I speak unto you who have defiled your selves I will take up those things that I have and will be gone Lo blessed is he that giveth ear unto the Lord. E. K. Now all is vanished away and he is disappeared Wheele Eagle Citie and all c. Δ. All laud thanks honour and glory be to the eternal Almighty most just Judge and mercifull father our God the God of Heaven and earth whom of his infinite goodnesse we beseech to have mercy upon us and to purifie our hearts and consciences granting us humble contrition and sincere confession of our transgressions and iniquities whatsoever Amen Note While I was thus requesting God E. K. made a vow of penance during his life in token of hearty sorrowfulnesse for his fault in that dayes action noted never to eat his supper or evening meal on Saturdayes during his life wherein I beseech the highest to regard his inward intent and his continual memory of the Lord his mercies in sparing him when he most had offended him Δ. Deo Nostro vero vivo omnipotenti eterno sit omnis Honor Laus Benedictio nunc in perpeturm Amen Wednesday September 5. NOTE Δ. The morning of this Wednesday before I prepared my self for the former action I sent Emericus with two Letters to be delivered the one to the Spanish Ambassadour giving him thanks for his honourable dealing with the Emperours Majesty in my behalf and the other to the Noble Octavius Spinola thanking him likewise and requiring his instruction or
But I say give ear unto my words For I will sift the dust and finde out the Pearle that of a long time hath lyen trodden under the feet I will come again E. K. He is gone Δ. We read over the premisses and so expected the rest E. K. He is again here Uriel ..... Now let us joyn these things together All flesh offendeth and is a lyar Who therefore shall be saved or escape eternal damnation He it is I sa that when he hath lyed and spoken against the truth doth not frowardly drown'd and keep down his sin in silence For lying meriteth the vengeance of the Trinity But he that is wilfully froward sealeth up his own damnation For this cause my brethre and to the intent that the mercies of God might alwayes be ready for sinners hath he provided the light and comfort of his spirit left as a continual workman in the Church and spouse of Christ. I teach you briefly that he whosoever opening his mouth against the spirit of truth and with wilfull frowardnesse continueth in his lying without reconciliation to the Church sinneth against the holy Ghost and shall be damned eternally I come again E. K. He is gone E. K. He is here again Uriel ..... Be now therefore admonished I say be warned And considering you be sinners acknowledge your offences least in the end your sin be against the holy Ghost and so not to be forgiven But herein they erre with you that expound the Scriptures saying that man sinneth and cannot be forgiven because he sinneth against the holy Ghost I teach you my brethren that there is no sin against God but it is against the holy Ghost If so be in the end it be shut up with wilfull silence Whensoever therefore you have offended acknowledge I say your sins before God and his Angels That God may forgive you and the Angels bear witnesse of your forgivenesse and shut not up your sins in froward silence If thou commit adultry if thou blaspheme the name of God if thou be a lyar yea if thou speak against the truth yea if thou say there is no God as the foolish do Despair not saying I have sinned against the holy Ghost because I am a sinner and a blasphemer of the name of God because I have spoken and opened my mouth against the spirit of truth But go unto the Church which is governed by the spirit of God and there with hearty and open confession disclose and make plain thy offences that the holy Ghost may bear witnesse in the spouse and Church of Christ That thou hast not sinned against him to eternal death Because thou art not drowned in froward silence For although God bear witnesse of repentance Although he hear and open his ears yet consider also he hath hands and must untye those bonds wherewith you are bound What are the hands of God but his spirit wherewith he maketh and created all things Therefore when thou hast cried out and art sorry endeavour thy self also to be lifted up by the hands of God Learn a similitude in Christ which signifying the power of his Church commanded the offender to go and wash himself and so he was whole I speak this for thy E.K. instruction I say also unto thee E.K. Go and wash thy self For thou art a lyar thou art a drunkard And therefore thou art a sinner And if thou persevere and shadow thy sins with wilfull silence frowardly then sealest thou thy self with the second brand and canst not be forgiven because thou sinnest against the Ghost Ananias fell down at the feet of Peter not onely for that he lyed but because after his offence he was wilfully silent Here thou mayest consider the greatnesse of God his mysteries and secrets of his will and of favour that he stretcheth out unto thee in mercy for thou art a Childe and must ascend and must become a man The rest after you are refreshed Δ. We went to Dinner to our Host his house Δ. Thanks honour glory and praise be unto the Almighty Trinity now and ever Amen Δ. After we had been at Dinner they read over the premisses and considered them quietly E. K. Here he is Δ. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the highest to whom be all honour and glory Amen Uriel ..... Lo Lo Lo I sa which of you hath an eye that seeth not no the world the vanity and folly of worldlings and such as are choked with the mildew of vanity and worldly promotion For thus sayeth the Lord wherein could I shew my self more either unto this age or unto this Emperour then with rebuking him for his sins from Heaven Who is able to promise more or to perform assureder then I which lighten and make all things Yet they believe not 〈◊〉 they rejoyce in their own folly and despise me yea because they despise thee whom I have sent with my word unto them Δ. Is despised of Rud and Curtz E. K. Well thus sayeth the Lord they have despised their own Garlands and have trodden their food under feet They have rent their Robes in pieces and have cast them into the waves They are become masterlisse Dogs for I have forsaken them And lo Rodolph I will scatter thy bones and thy head shall be devided in many pieces I will bring in thy enemies over all thy Kingdoms and for thy sake shall many thousands perish He also that thinketh himself wise if he dye a natural death then say I am not neither that I live with my people But because thou hast done that which I commanded thee and hast not forgot my name Lo I will plant thee my self and thou shalt grow and out of thee shall spring a mighty and a terrible sword whose Hilts shall be as the Carbuncle and edge like unto the sting of a Dragon and I will not suffer thee to fall neither shall thine enemies ride upon thee Truely truely thou shalt know I am with thee But be patient for Satan hunteth hard after thee Thou shalt have alwayes a * prick even unto thy last grave But therein shall thy faith be exalted and thy reward great ..... I come again E. K. He is gone E. K. Here he is again Uriel ..... Lo for thy labour I will reward thee And so it shall be Behold I had determined to have rooted out the English people to have made a wildernesse and desart of it to have filled it with many strange people and to have tied the sword to it perpetually Δ. This is no contradiction for thus this wildernesse and filling is to be understood But Δ. The filling of it with strangers should have been for the conquest and in a manner razing or defacing of all Cities Towns and Castles and so to have brought it to a wildernesse and desart But Lo I will give thee that land onely for thy sake it shall not
Holy Art Gebofal which is not as the Philosophers have written The first step supernatural but it is the first supernatural step naturally limited unto the 48 Gates of Wisdom where your holy Book beginneth The last is the speaking with God as Moses did which is infinite All the rest have proper limits wherein they are conteined But understand that hoc opus unum receiveth Multiplication and dignification by ascension through all the rest that are limited according to their proper qualities Of this knowledg I have laid a sure foundation have taught what it is and the instrument wherewithal and whereby it is The manner of proceeding and her Basis. So that there wanteth nothing but the simple and easie unknitting of those things that are wrapped not with the bands of it self but with the obscurity and caliginous Cloud of your own ignorance But if the Cloud be in you then by your own help and consent it must be removed Δ By the favour and help of the Highest we trust the Cloud shall be removed ..... Take heed therefore you lift not up your selves in mind presuming against reason whereby you are knit together and the will of God whereby you are taught obedience For pride is hateful before God and to be in love with your selves is the greatest ignorance Shall a dark selter brag or boast of her beauty because she receiveth light and cleernesse by a Candle brought into or shining into her No more canst thou E. K. for the ripennesse of thy wit and understanding is through the presence of us and our illumination But if we depart thou shalt become a dark seller and shall think too well of thy self in vain Matter wanteth amongst you the fire cannot continue but when you bring more Wood you shall have more fire I will not visit you again until the seventh day Δ Deo nostro Omnipotenti Sempiterno vero vivo sit omnis Laus Decor Gloria gratiarum actio nunc semper Amen ✚ Pragae February 5. Tuesday Mane horam circiter 10. Δ Orationibus finitis specialiter pro misericordia divina super nos tres A L. E. K. Δ ad ejus honorem laudem gloriam E. K. He is here now Δ Gloria patri c. Wo be unto the World for the hath appeared before the Lord unpure Wo be unto the Sonnes of men for they are the dwelling places of the beast Wo be untothe seed of the earth and unto the seed within her for she is touched with fire from on high and is trod under the feet of the Highest Who is he that girdeth his 〈◊〉 unto him or what is he that is ready for the battel such as have 〈◊〉 the Lord and are run astray and hath placed himself with the scornful Great sorrow is at hand unto all flesh the 〈◊〉 shall be 〈◊〉 down and the streets shall bear 〈◊〉 or them For there 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 proclaimed in Heaven and the God of Hosts hath put on his armour and is become a fire of warth Now commeth the time that such as so 〈◊〉 God shall fall down Headlong and such as have been lifted up runne astray and down willfully Happy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that endureth and 〈◊〉 a Labourer before the Lord for he shall enter into his holy 〈◊〉 and had be crowned with the Victory Such as God covered they 〈◊〉 from him yea such as serve at his Tables become his enemies What therefore hall I say I make 〈◊〉 but I reap it not I build but I enjoy not Δ 〈◊〉 to us O God and help our 〈◊〉 purge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and create a clean heart 〈◊〉 c. ..... 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an his heard but he that is 〈◊〉 entreth For into the Sanctuary of the Lord no unclean thing commeth for being cleansed they enter He that is a 〈◊〉 or an Apostle or a 〈◊〉 called by the mouth of the Lord and so seperated from the rest let 〈◊〉 do his duty First that he make himself clean before the Lord And then may he hear and sit in judgment against the impure and unjust and may see the works and wonders of the Lord in his holy place E. K. He is gone Δ After 〈◊〉 we had 〈◊〉 together I fell to this Prayer Δ O 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heard our conferences discourses and resolutions O God be our 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 gnances of purposes so as it may appear that thou art the merciful Father the almighty and living God the 〈◊〉 of all things being and that thy promises made in mercy and favour shall not with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be overthrown or hindred Manifest thy power and glory to us herein that thy Prphectes may come to light to the end and purpose thy Wisdom and power may work thy own honor and glory So be it E. K. Now sir where are you ..... Here I am the servant of God 〈◊〉 vestrum 〈◊〉 est hujus negotii minister Alter Puer 〈◊〉 ad unpleat minister ministerium Puer autem humili se ministerio Understand that Δ 〈◊〉 or the old 〈◊〉 told us of a man naked who cloathed himself with leaves and of a child and a 〈◊〉 c. Anno 1584. Aprilis 21. Cracoviae Hear my counsel and follow it Wonderful and great are the secrets and judgments of Gods determinations to come which are all ready leased and 〈◊〉 into your bosome They are great and true and are like unto the Rainbow which the Sunne maketh by the aptnesse of the matter and place that sheweth it self suddenly and many behold it So shall the harvest of this Doctrine when the Vial is runne and the World receiveth disposition shew himself wonderful and terrible to all Nations But if the matter agree not with the weaknesse of your understanding and palpable blindnesse Repine not neither murmur But pray that you may have the spirit of God to understand and that your eyes may be opened The Prophet Δ saw but his boy did not But the Prophet praying the boyes eyes were opened These mysteries are delivered and taught to a Minister apt for them through the Grace and foreknowledg of God wherein ho hath blessed thee d ee Vnto thee is 〈◊〉 the dignity of this mans vessel which ministreth unto thee as a servant He therefore is not part of the labour but part of thy knowledge Kelley True it is that this rain falleth out at thy request But lo thou art let into the garden and art preferred before all others as a gatherer that the wonders of the Lord may be finished in his House Therefore seeing thou art let in as a servant not as a JVDG lay Judgment aside and do thy duty So shall it come to passe that the minister through thee shall be satisfied as through the labour of a necessary and thou through thee satisfied shalt be satisfied also In the mean season gather thy self together fear God truly and humbly go
authority you can do nothing Therefore if your authority be not why take you upon you the doings of the Church which it is one thing to seek to understand the Scriptures and an other thing to teach the Scriptures according to his understanding for he that teacheth teacheth by Authority but if he have no Authority he is an Usurper My brethren remember your selves and consider you are Children you are not vestri juris but alieni Therefore do nothing that is of your selves But follow as good childre the steps of your Mother which Mother is a pure Virgin and is alwayes instructed with the wisdom of the Comforter What meat she shall give unto you her Children and how she shall bring you up and instruct you Simplicity is much worth and obedience is a Garland before the Lord. But Curiosity is the Devil Have you not read That the bread of the holy ones is not to be cast unto ` Dogs Look unto your selves whether you be Dogs or no. See if your life be holy your doings straight and just your patience manisold your affliction great for the Lord if you find not your selves so you are not Children If you be not Children you are not Sonnes if you be not Sonnes you have no Mother if you have no Mother you are Dogs you are devourers of the bread of Children currish senselesse and against God Enter therefore into judgment with your selves Consider you are created by God Consider you are redecmed by God Consider also you are also left to the spiritual tuition and comfort of God which God hath made of you a Congregation a holy and sanctified fellowship feeding alwayes as brethren together under his wings and at his Lable which feedeth you with the bread of life and understanding with the body and bloud of Jesus Christ the Sonne of the Living God With understanding that you may know the will of your Father which is in Heaven and knowing him be obedient which is the conclusion of your vocation Shake not off therefore the yoke of Obedience least you put away also the Cup of understanding and so know not the will of your Father But my thinketh you are starved your guts are shrunk up your bones and sinewes are withered What is the cause thereof When received you the bread of the Lord When received you nourishment O you of little faith and lesse understanding you erre and runne astray you are blind you follow not the will of your Father Return Return and say within your selves O eternal God and loving Father great is thy care and mercy over us which being led astray with Satan and the spirit of darknesse hast brought us home which being blind hast set open before our eyes our eyes also opened the true path and line of understanding Happy are we whom thou lovest so deerly and unto whom the care of our health is so dear We will therefore praise thy Name and return from our errors we will acknowledg our sinnes and follow thy Commandements for thou O Lord art onely just and true and thy mercy is everlasting Thy Lawes are sweet and thy love and kindnesse mighty amongst us Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Zebaoth all honour praise and glory be nnto thee for ever Δ Amen ..... After a while I return again E. K. He is gone Δ Note I read the premisses to Fr. Pucci in Latin which seemed to us to be wonderfully pithy and to the purpose c. E. K. He is here againe URIEL ..... Francis Pucci give ear vnto my word Stay a while Δ Hereupon Fr. Pucci did kneel on both his knees URIEL ..... True it is that as thy spirit moved thee so God hath called thee to the partaking and understanding of his will to be fulfilled in punishment and wrath against the falshood and deceit of the earth And therefore hath God in his great love and exceeding mercy called thee away from the Sonnes of the accursed and from the way of unrighteousnesse wherein if thou follow him in simplicity of Conscience and righteousnesse the works of faith thou shalt be confirmed for I say unto thee I will power my vengeance upon the whole Earth and I will chasten her in her iniquity and in the middest of her pride I will throw her down head-long and she shall triumph no more And because thou hast humbled thy self my spirit shall be with thee and thou shalt understand And this wicked Monster that sitteth in the Holy Temple and sinneth against the Highest shall be thrown down head-long with his pride And he shall be chastised and corrected with the mouth of you two For at the house of the Lord Judgment must begin And the rebelling sonne must be scourged before the wicked servant be punished Fear not I will put 〈◊〉 your words strength and power And if he hear you not but stretch forth his hands against you I will rain fire and brimstone from Heaven and his dwelling places shall sink And the Lake that shall remain shall bear witnesse against him for evermore Lift up thy heart therefore and despise the World Fight with her manfully and be not overcome Moreover acknowledg thy sinnes and fly unto the Lord. Seek out his House and eat of his bread for thou hast much need of it The seeds that thou hath sown abroad gather up again least thou be punished for the sins of thy Brethren Thy Soule standeth deare before the Lord which is the cause that he hath mercy upon thee which saith unto thee If thou be obedient before the Lord follow the instructions and discipline of the holy Ghost and do the works of righteousness and Charity my Spirit shall rest upon thee I have said K. E. He is gone Δ I read over the last parcel in Latine to Francis Pucci after he had in very penitent sort thanked God confessed himself an offender as he was here noted c. E. K. He is here again URIEL ..... Your Penance and Devotion premised The blessing of God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost in his everlasting truth and light comfort you blesse you and be merciful unto you Δ Amen URIEL ..... Extingue lumen Nam decedo Δ Deo nostro Omnipotenti aeterno Lucis Veritatis Authori sit omnis laus gratia actio honor gloria nunc sine fine Amen Anno 1585 Augusti 6 PRAGAE Actionis Puccianae posterior pars Videns E. K. nubem jam recessisse conspexit ut supra URIELIS caput quasi in 〈◊〉 alium vidit Angelum cujus pars inferior nube ignea continebatur Capitis veri capilli circa hameros sparsi orachia nuda apparebant Dextra autem Librum tenebat quadrata figura tegmine quasi ignito 〈◊〉 colore velatim Foliorum verò exterior margo albicans erat Septem retinaculis quasi totidem seris clausus esse liber videbatur Atque super retinaculorum ora sigilla quasi aurea impressa
o d x z I a p a n l I 600 a x t I r v a s t r I m r g o a n n q a c r a r 624 ..... The black Cross is right and needeth no mending But thus much I do to let thee understand that thou mayest consider thy self to be a man And beneath this understanding unless thou submit all into the hands of God for his sake who else leaving you all naked provideth in his creatures to his own glory ..... Cara tibi uxor carior tibi sapientia charissimis tibi ego sum Electus tremis hesitando peccas Noli igitur ad genium carmen sapere sed obtempera mihi ductor enim tuus sum autor spiritus omnium Hec omnia à me sunt licita vobis ..... I admonish you as the children of God to consider your vocation and the love of God towards you and not to prefer your reason before the wisdome of the highest whose mercy is so great towards you That you are chosen from the number of men to walk with him and to understand his mysteries and with all to execute his justice and praise throughout the Nations and people of the earth Consider that if he finde you obstinate the plagues of haynous sinners and contemners of the gifts of God shall fall upon you to your great overthrow This is the last time of your trial Therefore shew your selves lovers of him that hath led you and covered you with a mighty shield Or shortly look for the reward of such as have contemned the Wisdome and Majesty of the Highest I Raphael counsel you to make a Covenant with the Highest and to esteem his wings more then your own lives Δ. When E. K. had brought me these things I greatly rejoyced in spirit and was utterly resolved to obey this new Doctrine to us peculiarly of all people of the world enjoyned And after some little discourse and conference hereof we went to bed this 20. 20. day of April at night Aprilis 21. Δ. Thus am I resolved O Almighty God as concerning the case so hard to flesh and blood to be resolved in thus And thus I desire that we all four might with one minde and consent offer and present unto thee this writing as a Vow Promise and Covenant if it so please thy divine majesty to accept it WEE four whose heads appeared under one Chrystalline Crown in one pillar united and inclosed do most humbly and heartily thank thee O Almighty God our Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier for all thy mercies and benefits hitherto received in our persons and in them that appertain unto us And at this present do faithfully and sincerely confess and acknowledge that thy profound wisdome in this most new and strange doctrine among Christians propounded commended and enjoyned unto us four only is above our humane reason and Christian profession to like of For that in outward shew of words it seemeth to us expresly to be contrary to the purity and chastity which of us and all Christians thy followers is exactly required Notwithstanding we will herein captivate and tread under-foot all our humane timorous doubting of any inconvenience which shall or may fall upon us or follow us in this world or in the world to come in respect or by reason of our imbracing of this Doctrine listened unto of us as delivered from our true and living God the Creator of heaven and earth who only hath the true original power and Authority of sins releasing and discharging And whose pardoning and not imputing of fin unto us through our lively faith in the most worthy merit and precious blood of the Lamb Immaculate shed for us is and shall be our justification and salvation We therefore according to blessed Raphael his counsel last given most humbly and sincerely require thy Divine Majesty to accept this our Covenant with thee for that thy merciful promises made unto us may be to us performed and thy divine purposes in us and by us may be furthered and advanced and fulfilled That as we acknowledge thy divine wisdome and grace offered unto us in this thy last mystical Admonishment And dost most earnestly will us to accept the same as lawful and just with thee Which Admonishment standeth upon two parts That is to wit upon our true Christian charity spiritual between us four and also upon the Matrimonial licence and liberty indifferently among us four to be used So we the same four which hereunto will subscribe covenant with thy Divine Majesty upon the two principal respects before rehearsed truly and unfainedly to accept and perform henceforward amongst us four in word thought and deed Christian charity and perfect friendship and all that belongeth thereto And as for the Matrimonial-like licence and liberty we accept and allow of it and promise unto thee O our God to fulfill the same in such sort as the godly are permitted to fulfill and have been by divers testimonies commended for and by Divine doctrine willed to fulfill in Matrimonial conversation whensoever thy motions and allurements Matrimonial-like shall draw and perswade any couple of us Beseeching thee as thou art the onely true Almighty and Everlasting God Creator of Heaven and Earth Thou wilt in thy infinite mercies not impute it unto us for sin blindness rashness or presumption being not accepted done or performed upon carnal lust or wanton concupiscence But by the way of Abraham-like faith and obedience unto thee our God our Leader Teacher Protector and Justifier now and for ever And hereunto we call the holy Heavens to be witnesses for thy honour and glory O Almighty God and our discharge now and for ever Amen I Edward Kelly by good and provident according to the Laws and ordinances of God determination and consideration in these former Actions that is to say appearings shews made and voyces uttered by the within named in this Book and the rest whatsoever Spirits have from the beginning thereof which at large by the Records appeareth not only doubted and disliked their insinuations and doctrine uttered but also divers and sundry times as coveting to eschew and avoid the danger and inconvenience that might either by them their selves or the drift of their doctrine ensue or to my indamagement divers wayes happen sought to depart from the exercises thereof and withal boldly as the servant of the Son of God inveighed against them urging them to depart or render better reason of their unknown and uncredible words and speeches delivered and withall often and sundry times friendly exhorted the Right Worshipful Master JOHN d ee the chief follower thereof as also in the Records appeareth to regard his souls health the good proceeding of his wordly credit which through Europe is great the better maintenance to come of his wife and children to beware of them and withall to give them over wherein although I friendly and brotherly laboured my labour seemed to be lost and counsel of him