this to congeal and mix in its number weight and measure For indeed ambitious I am this choice Drink always to have by me that hereof I may take at pleasure and also give thereof to the Thirsty which in Wisdom's choice are thereof worthy And as I was thus spreading my Requests before the Holy Mercy-Seat within the new raised Tabernacle I heard a Voice from thence speak Anoint every Vessel within my Sanctuary that all may be sublimed and scented with that Ointment which Wisdom hath within thy Tent made Then in this interim I did feel somewhat break and fly as if a bundle had been untied Myrrh and Spikenard more pleasant to the Nostrils could not be then this Somewhat did diffuse it self so richly as if it would dissolve me into its own Balsamick Nature Oh how affected was my Spirit with that Oily Burning upon the Altar upon which the Seven Lamp-Spirits do draw forth Matter to feed upon the Tabernacle needed no other Light then what from hence did shine Thus surrounded in Love's Pavilion I did set refreshed from what here did flow in all throughout me warming This was a good requital for my earnest and all attentive waiting within the Sanctuary not out-departing therein meeting with all satisfying Provision which doth invite our Spirits here to abide till the Spicy Liquor be fully ripe which upon the preparing is against the Great Day of the Feast This made up is of such choice Rarities as may well provoke our Appetites having Intelligence before-hand at what a high rate our Table is to be furnished After the finishing of the Tabernacle-work an order from the Heavenly Court did come forth for a Convocation of a Seven Days separation to be held by us who are called lawfully for to strive to be Masters of the Divine Art according to Wisdom's high Philosophical Rules Therefore in order to the perfecting of this Balsamical Medicine and Restorative Elixer this Counsel further she did to me give forth saying Watch Pray and Wait within the Sanctuary gathering together as in one all the Spicy Powers to make a Perfumed Incense to offer upon the Altar from which Celestial Fire will arise which will make you Pray in the Holy Ghost with flaming Terrour which only will effect the Blessing upon this your so great Undertaking for which uncessant Invocations are breathed forth from the Cloven Tongue rising from the Altar-Fire which is the efficacious Spirit of Prayer that as a Flame inspired through the Ghostly Breath doth mount and pass through all things no Principle can bind or detain it but swiftly it pierceth and prevaileth when the Oily Incense after this manner is mingled with it therefore as ye would Prevailers strong potent and mighty be with your God for to ask and receive let the Flaming Incense still your Advocate be and then your Intercessions of like force will be as those of Moses and Elias in their Day as ye will see now then a set and an appointed time let there be for these Holy Offerings to be brought unto the Altar Draw near ye Holy and Seperated Ones and dedicate it with what is unblemished multiply seven times seven your pure Meat and Drink-Offerings till that you no more conscious are of Sins defilement within this Sanctnary dwelling where forbidden is all Servile-working during the time that this solemn Convocation is celebrating December the 28th 1675. An Understanding was now given to me to know and discern the Root and Seed of that growing Mystical Body into which the Kingdom of God was to descend which would finish and put an end to all imperfect things because it consisted of all Faith Power Purity Wisdom Strength and All-sufficiency to make compleat the comers hereunto that so their might be an absolute Dominion within our selves and a gathering into one Body all Spiritual Ghostly Operations which are of impregnable Force and Might till the Kingdom after this manner shews it self all lieth under the vail of Obscurity and is little perceived or owned in one more than another be they never so intirely Holy till the Deity springs and shoots forth it self into a Body that can naturally act like to its Omnipotent Being without limitation Oh who are hereunto yet come and what are all Attainments till hereunto we have reached our Measuring Line can it dive and search into the deep Abyss of the great Wonders of the Immense Being the whirling Wheel of my Spirit finding no staâ—… for it self in all it had seen known possessed and enjoyed still stretched forth it s expatiated Mind after that which was still in reserve and kept by the strong Rock of the Almightiness to whom with a fresh on-set I resolve to make my Application as not to be put off with any thing less than the Kingdom and Reigning-Power of the Holy Ghost for which I had run thus hard and could not stop the Chariot-Wheel of the high graduated Will which would all Attempts make to grasp in with Love-violence this my fair wise rich and noble Bride well knowing her Dowry was so great as it would do more then ransom meâ—… from all Sins and Earthly-Tributes perfectly to set me free and also Enfeof meâ—… into that Estate to which pertaineth such Lordships and Dominions as are not subject to Times Chance or Fate all which are Motives sufficient indeed to make us press hard this Prize to take We need not murmur or complain that this matchless Dove and Oriental Pearl so hardly is obtained when well considered no less we can conclude her highly worthy the Lamb's Bride and Spouse to be only peculiarly reserved for being the Royal Princess and Queen upon whom the Crown is to be fixed including all Celestial Dignity and Throne-Powers thereby confered to make this Bride all-desirable from which lustrous Presentation of her perfect Comlinesâ—… and Beauty into one Spirit I was all inflamed making complaint bemoaning our selves how we might possibly compass the obtaining this matchless Virgin-Dove for our Spouse and Bride who with her piercing fiery Arrow of Love had us wounded so deep as no Cure throughout the Circumference of this lower Sphere could be found though attempts and proffers numerous was not wanting to beguile and take off our Eye charging highly blaming us for aspiring to love so high far beyond what Reason could judge to be aquivelent with our mean Estate But all this nothing availed or could Wisdom's Lovers pacifie whose Quivers did daily upon us let fly thereby still to attract us more nigh Knot upon Knot through familiar communion was here tied as an assured Pledge that to her kind Intimacies we might arrive as we hard upon this worthy Princess did ply January the 3d. 1675 6. Upon whose Encouraging Aspects and Love-drawings I made my Address in the behalf of my self and that other distressed Lover that allowed I might be to ask so great a Boon as her Royal Self to be ours unitedly Oh dear Sophia how would this repair our
those in whom is found no blemish but beautiful and well favoured and of a wise and understanding Spirit Seek me out such saith the most holy to abide in my Courts Whom upon search having found a Decree is given forth that they be committed to the custody of Melzar the high Guardian Prince of the Eunuchs who shall take the charge and care of these whom I would have the most Eminent in and throughout my whole Realm In order to which a daily portion of the King's Meat and of the same Wine whereof he drunk is assigned for them to be nourished by Well knowing what a fair and comly Body such high Heavenly extracted Food will bring forth to make strong and mighty meet for the King's business Here is a time also prefixed to be kept up to this Diet alone and to abstain and not taste of the low gross Elementary perishing Food which makes lean ill-favoured and blemished who must not come into the Sanctuary of the most High Against such there is a Law to exclude them all from coming near to the pure Majesty Therefore this Provision is made that ye may without exception be trained up under the Prince of Life who himself was a pure Nazarite and Eunuch for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake Who will be to you herein a lively Pattern giving day by day full Meals and Draughts out of the same divining Cup whereof your Lord himself doth drink That so ye may be Spirited with an all-peircing sight to know what is done and acted within the Kingdom of Light Interpreting and revealing such Wonderful things to them which yet remain dark to those who do abide in the dark Cell of this lower World doing such mighty deeds as may make them for to cry out Surely the Gods are come down to dwell in Flesh. This and much more will be your glory if you can for a while be shut up in the Eunuch Reservatory where you may be taught the language that is only spoken amongst the Church of the first born in the heavenly City For you must have a time for the learning hereof and you must entirely mind this Science For it is the great King that will give ability to stand before the eternal King when you can understand and take in through the pure and divine sence all the deep and weighty things Which in and through the high Tongue are in the Seraphick Language only sounded forth Therefore henceforth see it all needful to abide here under the care and tuition of your worthy Prince and Governour the true and faithful Melzar who at the end of the three Years may present you all fair able and wise That when the King comes to prove you with hard Questions ye may not be to seek no more than the beloved Daniel was who was found in all Matters excelling all the Magicianâ—… who stood before him Out of thiâ—… Similitude there is marrow of Life to bâ—… had August the 29th 1676. Being met together this Day as the Doctor was praying there was a suddain glance opened of a Person presenting himself in a way of visit to us looking as one that had some particular care and concern which revived that Scripture I am come into my Garden to see what Fruits appear and how my Spikenard outflows as also the Word spake thus This is the beloved Prince of the Eunuchs After this I felt a full gale of Spirit which breathed forth it self in Prayer all which give a Testimony of our Acceptation and could the Eye of the Spirit stand open we should see our Jesus often circumferring about us August the 30th 1676. About Four of the Clock in the Afternoon my Daughter R. came to me with a Message that there was a Letter came from my Sister Re. to Cousin Rob. Wa. that now there was an opportunity opened for my Redemption out of all Straits and Cares being privately ordered by my Brother to send for me down to her House and so to come to him and to abide during his Life where all things should be provided and need not to have any other dependance All which hearing being pressed upon me with many Arguments to dispatch and close with this present Offer which is I did not then I must expect that all other Relief would be with-held from me No Friend would either pity oâ—… aid me My Daughter laying much to my Charge for slighting such Providences Upon the consideration here of it was said within me Thou art iâ—… a great strait yet nevertheless stand by thy Vow and solemn Engagement where by thou hast given away thy Right a to the disposal of thy self Now thoâ—… art the Lord's who hath given to theâ—… a binding Earnest for to go on forward jointly with thy appointed Mate to thaâ—… Work which this present offer is mucâ—… too low for to retard Then rolled upon me many great anâ—… heavy Weights which would havâ—… pressed down my Faith seeing maâ—… Archers drawing up against me with out-stretched Bows but were prevented For I was immediately taken into Shelter up to the Rock of Strength I found my self as in a moment mounted where then I could charge again upon the subtle Adversary from that Ammunition-Tower which still furnished me with Faiths impregnable Power which soon quelled and allayed the Fury of the raging Oppressor For I found the Captain of the Lord's Host drew near to defend every Shot off from me lifting up his mighty Standard and speaking comfortably saying Hold fast let all go but what I have in charge committed to thee be sure to keep and thou needst not fear any of those Sufferings thou art threatned with Take no thought for while thou art upon my Business I will supply all things needful for I have given order for thy Sustainment Go forward ply your Heavenly Calling with him who to my Heart answers in this very thing also Ye must both look to fill up what is yet behind of the ten days Suffering for the Dragon hath great Rage he well sees how near his Date is out if you be able to stand out this Hour of Temptation which must allow thereby to prove your Fidelity that so ye may come off Conquerors that your Jesus may begin his Reign and put that Power into your Hand that ye shall at pleasure bind and chain up this great Leviathan that so he may no more go forth to hurt destroy or make Wars against the peaceable Government which shall rest upon each one when the great last Trumpet soundeth to call up to worship in the Mountain of Jerusalem Then ye shall see me Eye to Eye which will recompence this Long-suffering and Faith-Warrings against the Dragon and Beast who go into everlasting Perdition malitiously working to allure and plunge those upon whom he can fasten his Temptations but arise shake off all and in his dominion no longer stay Return return oh Shulamite unto thy fair Jerusalem-Mansion there the most Holy will meet thee and
evermore Lord Jesus give thou us in to take September the 10th 1676. This Morning I was in a most deep inward converse with my glorified Jesus putting such weighty Questions to him as I found rise in me one was this saying Ah Lord by what shall I know that it is now thy very self that talks daily with me and that hath unsealed thy Fountain-Body to me for there is somewhat of a greater proof must yet go forth to make thee ownable and Praise-worthy where Contempt hath been poured out Now then what wilt thou for such yet further do and that thy Name may carry all through in Power and Authority according to the Example of thee our dignified Lord. Who will not in thy Redeemed scarce be known till they see the self-same Chariot come down in which thou thy self dost ride with thy Scepter and Crown throughout the created Heavens and Earth and therein to be glorified Oh for this I am pressing because nothing less then this thy great Appearance in us will overturn the Nations within and without Therefore shew us Oh Lord and answer what may make the way more clear and shining to us After these Ejaculations emptied into the Bosom of my Immanuel I saw a pure stream of Golden Colour wave up and down which pierced through me feeling a new kindled Heat from it The Eye of my Spirit saw it as thin as the Mist only as the colour of the Sun-Beams Then said the Word in me What dost thou now see but the Spirit and Breath which giveth Life to the conveying Body which thou didst see Who also shall be the harbinger from me to thee as the living Sign and Witness no greater ye will need It is that deep searching Spirit who will go and come with speed and will take and bring from my Fountain Blessing and give forth as ye shall be able to suck and draw from it as from a pure attractive Will Then shall you know it to be your Comforter and Friend who will for you search out all hidden things which are freely given by Decree This is the Spirit that is appointed to be your Overseer an holy Watcher and to find out if any thing be defective within the Temple of the most holy Body Where he must agitate for the Father and me all those high Affairs which may answer to the bringing in and establishing that desired Kingdom from which the Scepter of Love Power and Righteousness will never depart Because this fiery Mist shall still purifie the Heart and be to it a safe and defensive Guard from the Poysonable Waspish Spirits who move from the Serpent to disquiet this your peaceable dwelling within this circling Breath which from the Deity doth proceed And it is a Gift worthy of all Acceptation in deed as ye may find if you be not to it unkind by oppressing and laying Burthens on it which it cannot bear For it will take no burthen or concern upon it but what may augment the Heavenly growth and flourishing state Where it may dilate the Powers of a Supersensual Faith and Love-mounting-Life and ever of it speak Know you then for what use I do send down this ready swift Messenger not to minister about any thing which is of a worldly Sanctuary or that which worketh after the Traditions of Men in all deceiveableness of Sin whether considered in the more gross or refined part This pure Breath will fly from all Putrefaction and will be detained no longer with you then ye minister what is pleasing to it For as it receives from me to give to you so it expects to bring some pure offering from you that I may have an express of your growth and fruitfulness that so I may not repent the Watering you with this Golden Mist which may Produce a new Face of Covering upon the Earth which will be all invitable to your God and King to walk and delight himself therein finding nothing that may therein offend the Trinity The Spirit seeketh all in which he may present you a meet Habitation for the God of Love and Peace to dwell richly in his own Temple Then fear not but you will excell all Counterfeit Christs for this Spirit of Truth will search out all deep high and mystical things that are of service and use to the Reign of your King Jesus Who is to be exalted over the Earth first in those who close with his Will and Commands Then in the second place this inspiring all-breathing Life highly regard it for it is that noble thing that will not give over searching till it hath found that rich Stone which is the Introduction to the Kingdom September the 14th 1676. The Holy Incense Being in Prayer I saw somewhat like a Cloud or Vapour of Smoke rising turning into a Flame and so ascending upward Then said I Lord what meaneth this Then was replyed This is the Incense which doth scent and perfume thy Supplications All Intercessions are weak and no ways prevalent but as the Spirit entreth the secret Holy Place and doth bring down from that Altar which is fixed between the Cherubs and from thence to let fall a perfuming Coal among the spicy Odours Which are all compounded by the Artificer within the inward Sanctuary who hath the Charge of all the Holy Things Therefore it is such a principal Ointment as none is to be made like to it being so rare pure and sacred that it is not to be poured upon Man's Flesh but it will devour and consume them if they shall but go about to counterfeit the same As it was by those which offered strange Incense before the Lord. Therefore none hath Right hereunto but the most harmless holy and separated who have not defiled themselves with the Dead and creeping things of the Worldly outward Court But know and consider whereunto ye are come upon whom this Spicy Union hath fallen into whose Hand the Golden Vial is given to offer with your Prayers this cloudy pure Incense which is of a most high deified Nature The all-searching Spirit hath found out this sweet perfumed Matter for you that so ye might have success in your Altar-Oblations Oh then now with Joy enter the Tabernacle that is anointed with this perfumed Oil for ye may expect this Golden Incense upon the flaming Altar will have all prevalence Because it is derived from the Everlasting Mountain of Myrrh and Frankincense which is the most precious Fuel for your Offering which must ascend beyond the Sphear of Seraphims to reach the Heart of your great High Priest Who is set over all the lower Priesthood to view and see who in the holy Order of Consecration do keep bringing their Censers to be filled with Fire from those perfuming Coals which can be found no where but in this Altar which are exalted within the Heavens The Spirit taking and scattering these Coals that so the Earth in you may be all a flaming Light burning from this Incense Matter which
Dispensation Which hereby is as the New and best of Wine that hath been reserved for this Last Time Whereby it may be understood that Christ has not forgotten to make good his Promise to renew the Spring of his Spirit by a continued Succession of it And as we see and hear the Fruitfulness of it doth more generally abound and find entertainment in the World by a New Generation of Apostolical Spirits so doth it presage a New Kingdom and State is near approaching Which is Argument enough to provoke all that would be Subjects of this Kingdom which the Lamb has only Right unto to be preparing and making Ready as the First Fruits that they may be Qualified to make up this New Jerusalem-Bride Therefore as my Fellow Denizens of this City which is from Above where-ever ye are hidden whether as Exiles or Captives scattered to and fro I beseech you let your Inward Ear he attentive keeping Watch and Ward in great Calmness and Stillness of Mind Then may ye bear the Love-Calls passing through that Horn which is filled with pure Oil that will gather and draw you into the High Celestial and Spiritual Pasture and Fold where our goodly Tents may be Pitched and of which we may go in and out to that rich Sharon which springs and flowers round about our Kingly Shepherd that so as his Sheep and Lambs we may be gently led from Fountain to Fountain and drink and feed together in the same Harmony and Unity as do the Saints in the Upper Fold so we in this Lower I shall now wind up all with a Cautâ—…n to two Ranks the First shall be to the Unlearned and Ignorant in this Method and Way of the Spirit 's Manifestation Which is that they do forbear Rash and Censorious Judgment upon those Things that are at present above their Reach For as they desire not to be prevented and bereaved of the Great Benefit of Divine Inspiration and the Assistances of the Holy Ghost my Advertisement to such is that they become Simple and Child-like and adventure upon the Conduct and Manifestations of the Holy Spirit then will they find another manner of fruitful Life will in them spring and no reason shall they have to repent for Acquiescing to the Divine Will herein The Second Caution shall be to that sort which are already Initiated into this our Mystick and Supersensual Wisdom that may have with me run deep into the Ocean of what is Mysterious and Wonderful for Knowledge First I must caution you with my self to keep very Low entring into a Self-Annihilation so as a Nothing to be with reference to the Creaturely Being that the All-Deifick Unction may arise as an overflowing Tide and never to think we have obtained by all that we have yet reached to what yet remains of those Immense Treasures which are yet further to be Revealed For there is still a growing Tree of Life that reneweth all Variety of Wisdom as you will in part find by this Present as well as by some Foregoing Books by me Published Thus having given you a true Narrative of the Several Removes and Risings from one Degree to another from Depths to Heights and from Heights again to Depths out of which hath been Brought forth very Marvellous and Wonderful Secrets which it was the pleasure of the Fountain of Spirits to distribute and communicate being such Mysterious Things as haply may be rarely found elsewhere which hath often me astonished that such Unusual and Strange a Method the Spirit should take with me opening such things But it hath been given me to know upon a Diligent Inquiry that there is an Age coming on the like to which hath not yet been to whom these Prophesies and Revelations do belong So that though the Day of my Life is far spent so that I may not see the full Harvest of what is by the Spirit sown here to be reaped yet assured I am that all is reserved for a Glorious Time wherein shall arise a New Generation that clothed upon will be with such a Mantle as is interwoven with Light Wisdom Knowledge and Flaming Power Among which there may be some that I may bear the Memorial of a Mother to as well Natural as Supernatural that may possibly succeed in the same Spirit which I shall pray may be as Wisdom's Key to go on to open in them the Golden Remains which are yet to be brought forth for the promulgation of the Priestly and Prophetical Kingdom upon the Earth So now I shall conclude requesting you as you shall draw in any Light or feel any Refreshment herefrom that you would join with me in Acclamations and Praises to the Antient of Days who hath put into the Hands of a Good-willer to these Divine Mysteries to bring forth into the Publick what might otherwise have been left in Oblivion and Secresie And it is my pecuâ—… Request which I this place leave that the Nâ—…ons may bless and pray for such an Instrument that hath given a Proof of so Universal a Love to All. So that the Fulness of all Blessings and Showers from the Heavenly Powers may 〈◊〉 upon the Impartial and Single-hearted Readers and Good-willers hereof shall be the constant Invocation and Prayer of her who while living in the Body shall never cease to serve all her Fellow-Members in the Gift of God Universally J. Lead THE EDITOR TO THE READER THERE having been a Promise made in the Preface to the Ark of Faith that the Diary of this Author should follow the First Volume of the same is now accordingly Published for an Universal Good For â—…he Author or the Instrument rather â—…ade use of by the Divine Wisdom is known to be of so Universal a Spirit â—…hat nothing less hereby can be designed And howsoever what is herein Deâ—…ivered as well as the Manner of the Deâ—…ivery it self may come to be opposed either on this hand or on that I think I can say that I am more than Morally Assured That the All-wise God hath hereby Ends to bring about which the most Acute and Vulturous Eye of the Greatest Rationalist shall never be able to dive into and that all will serve but to a Fuller Breaking out of the Truth and the Divine Light that True Light which Enlightens every one that comes into the World so far as it is not Resisted and according to the Degree of Purity in the Vessel for the Reception and Reflexion of its Rays This is an Age that thinks it self to excel all that have ever went before it in the Discovery and Improvement of Truths and it cannot be denied but that of these late years Mechanical Knowledge hath been brought up to a very great Height which hath had both its Good and Bad Effects in the World But notwithstanding all the Fancied or Real Light in matters either Physical or Theological which the Present Age doth so much boast of it may perhaps not unfitly enough be said of those of that
things to prove him as any in this Age shall ever be called to or need fear to be tryed withal Many worthy Instances more there are upon Record of such who by this Faith have subdued and conquered whatever withstood them so as nothing was too hard for them who skilled were in the use of this bright flaming Shield which hath for a long time been out of Exercise For of late Age it hath scarcely been known after this manner of working to have been ever used which is in the way of giving Being and Existency to that which is Not. This is the Quintessence and Spirit of Faith the immediate Begotten of the Father that acteth according to the Will and Power of the Omnipotency There is no Sufficiency in any but from this All-sufficiency putting forth Which I advise thee to look up to and wait upon in the serene Stillness and when the Birth is strong enough grown it will shew it self whose Child it is In the mean time hide and conceal it and wrap it up in the Mantle of Love and Patience The Nourishment hereof shall be from that Breast of Wisdom's Word by which it shall still be sustained till it cometh to be a full grown Power and of a perfect Age and then shall the Government upon this Shoulder be laid and both the Inmost and Utmost Bounds of all that which the Heavens and Earth contain shall to this Spirit of Faith bow most voluntarily as rejoycing to see Immanuel's Kingdom arising as the Morning Star out of the East I have now no other Word to give but that thou hold fast and keep the Word of God's Patience enduring all Contradictions rather then denying or shrinking back from this which will crown thee and become thy Glorified Body Be strong then O my Spirit flag not for my Law-giver out of Sion I do see who upon my Earth doth stand with his Love-Fan in his Hand to divide from what can have no consistency with the Trinity in Nature November the 22d 1675. Wisdom's Call and Direction for the Tabernacle Building UPon the New Covenant which was opened and established in me this Word came unto me further Where is the Place for my Testimony to be put except in the Ark and Tabernacle where I only give the witness of my Presence This is the great high and most considerable Work of all therefore thou art noted as also them that are moved and stirred up to join with thee as known by Name to go forward in the framing and fashioning of this goodly Tent for the Presence of the Most Holy to take up in Then cryed the Voice unto me Put your Hands to this curious Work according to the Pattern which Wisdom hath given you At this I said in my Spirit Ah Lord where is the Stuff and Matter to work upon Then replyed the Word of Wisdom Ye shall find all with and in your own Treasure-House into which the Free-will-Offerings are brought therefore be not careful as to that your business is to order and manage the Materials provided to your Hands This put me upon great Importunity for Skill and Understanding for it was a New Work to us and we must obtain a special Gift or we should be non-plus'd in it Then this Word spake to me Am not I with thee who devised the first Tabernacle in the Figure and Shadow and made those two choise Ones wise-hearted for the effecting of that which was but a Worldly Sanctuary Am not I come to give you a wise and understanding Heart Why lean you not upon me for this Ability and Sufficiency Nothing would suffice but Cohabitation with your God and it could no other way be effected but by this New and Living Sanctuary by me framed Therefore as a tender faithful Mother I have not concealed any thing that might throughout accomplish thee for free and mutual Society with thy God and beloved Jesus Now take good notice of what I shall instruct and give Rules for in order to this pure and perfect Tabernacle erecting Which must be a Transcript from what is in the Superior Heavens which the Majesty of Glory fills that the one may come expresly to answer the other and that so the same which bears Record in Heaven may also in thy restored and New Earth bear it where the Everlasting JEHOVAH loveth to be if he may but find a Receptacle suitable for so great so wonderful and so infinite a Security Now then consider to what a choice eminent and worthy Service thou and thy fellow Workmen are called labour that my Stone may spring in you which only can make wise Artists to comprehend the Nature and Manner of this Work first then know here is no less then a Creating Power with which ye must be endued withal before you can make any thing of this Work according to that ancient Prophecy which saith The Lord will CREATE upon every dwelling Place a Tabernacle for a Shadow by Day and it shall be a Flaming Fire by Night Here is the New-Covenant Prediction come to be fulfilled in thy Day that ye may rejoice in that which I create and bring forth in the Birth Power of All-Wisdom which so readily can take out the Pattern in which the High and Lofty One doth inhabit This is not after the manner of a Terrestial Formation by visible Gold Silver Purple Scarlet or Linen which Methaphorically Imaged out the true and real Sanctuary of God's Being which is to be created in thy Internal Part. There the Holy Ark thou must make by me who can extract it Magically casting the Mould from out of that superior and undiscovered Golden Ground which at my Command casteth up all precious Matter for thee to work upon Which unconceivable and unknown must be for no common Eye shall ever this espy it is the peculiar Gift which only doth appertain to those which are called by Name this Holy Thing to ingrave Wonder-working Hereupon my Spirit was as one overturned being appointed to such a Service wherein no Earthly Material Tool or Instrument was to be used For all Wisdom and Understanding from the Rational Terrestrial Man was prohibited and to be wholly laid aside and only the Wisdom which is from above that indeed is Pure was to take place and give Instruction in this great Affair which tended to the settling of the Heavenly Promise through the erecting of this Holy Tabernacle Thus being in a deep plunge and concern in my self how and when to set upon the Work as being pressed out of measure to proceed upon it praying with all Prayer for my self and that other Person nominated in this Work I received this Divine Charge to persist unweariedly without Interruption For that if there were a falling back or but a slacking in either it might stop the Wheel Therefore I was forewarned to be well satisfied in the Spirits that I concurred and united withal lest that should be mutable and not hold out to the finishing
of the Field where the Pearl is found which Field is called Faith's Eternal Ground July the 24th 1676. In the Morning-Watch this was first cast up upon the Shore of my Mind by way of expostulation with my Jesus whom I felt hover over me with throngâ—…ng Powers of Love as an Invitation for Discourse after the manner of a Spirit without the noise of Words This thing 〈◊〉 say was with me to offer in way of Query How it comes to pass that after â—…uch mighty high winged Prayers and â—…trong Gales rushing in through them â—…s I had witnessed but the Night before in such ascending strong Center-Raptures and Powers coming down that yet the Gulph was not shot through That is the parting Principle which still shuts out the Spirit of the Bride from her native home where she may have power of Command to act and bring down what may make for renown to the Virgin Crown while walking up and down in these Earthly Bounds My Spirit took all boldness to know why it should be so fruitless in its Mediatorship now over what it was in foregoing times when Prayer of Faith was as a ready Messenger to fetch in whatever was wanting I did lay hard upon the Mighty One using the same Arguments as Dalilah did with her Sampson how O my Jesus can it be that thou dost love me without thou shewest me aâ—… that is in thy Heart that so I may know where thy great Strength lieth and this by coming thereto as thy loyal Bosom Spouse in whom thy Heart may rest in without any suspicion that ever I will betray so great a Trust if thou wilt but once reveal this secret thing unto me For I desire I seek I look only after this to be united to the Lock of thy Power and Might as a springing Plant from thy Godhead Which will give me all Power to answer to the present state requiring which is made up of nothing but Sin and Self original and Ill Consequences bundled up into innumerable Grievances So that verily I did see the whole visible fallen part of things all putrified unsound unstable weak low and poorly spirited therefore out of this deep sence I could not but cry Help Oh help thou mighty Prince and Saviour nigh For who do see themselves lie in this Golgotha state but are willing to take the Wing of the Everlasting Morning and herefrom fly to the Rock that hath the Clifts of Munition to hide all that are weary of this loathed Place Therefore with unutterable Sighs and Requests I did this our deplorable and defective state beseech my Jesus to read over and to take away the Reproach thereof For I argued with him that if thus Indigent we should still be it would sure reflect upon the Lord our New Covenant-Restorer who nothing was to leave short or imperfect in those for whom he became an Undertaker to his Father to bring them back again After all this on my part by way of Spiritual Parley this Word came unto me saying Arise arise yet and wait Why art thou jealous that Love is wanting or the Arm of my Power abated because I do not tell thee where the hiding of this Lock of Strength is I know I know thy sore Longings of it for to partake with me that it might free thee from the fallen state Which is in such Shame and Derision that thou canst not lift up thy Head with any Confidence because the Accursed Thing is every where in and about this lower Sphear where thy abode is yet for to be in Temptation and Fear but faint not thy Bridegroom is near who will the Shield of Faith anoint with the Oyl of the Holy Ghost which will be Joy unspeakable and full of Glory after all thy heaviness The reason why thy Praying as to matters of so high a Consequence hath wrought so little is because Faith hath been so dry for want of the pouring out from on High the Golden Streams out of the Oily Fountain of the one pure Deity which would make all Prayer mighty and operative when this Balsamick Oyl doth slow from the Fountain-Head July the 26th 1676. As my Spirit was Contemplating after some Breathings forth in Prayer these Words came to me To love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart is more then all Burnt-Offerings and Sacrifices this is that which I prefer above all and to which I do look to in all that draw near to me with Love unfeigned and with a whole Heart transmitted over to me and no part kept back from him that calls for Incorporation of Hearts That so there may be but one Heart of Purity as with thy Jesus in his Humanity This Love is the Box of Spikenard opening therefrom whence thy God smelleth the sweet savour from which the Curse flyeth and will be no more found to hurt blast or destroy the springing Vine about the Walls of thy Mind From which the Wine of the Kingdom will flow to refresh the Heart then shall you find you are not far from the Kingdom that consisteth in Love Joy and Peace Then followed upon this that Scripture about the Ark being sent away by the Philistines It was shewed me it would not abide with the uncircumcised in Spirit but Dagon would be smitten and fall before it For in contrariety the Wrath-Vial opened and though the Philistines thought they had got the Blessing in regard they had heard and known what Victories and Salvations it had wrought yet it became a Curse where they held it in Unrighteousness and in an unhallowed impure Temple setting up other Gods equal and jointly with it which by no means would be endured God will be All or nothing at all to such as would retain his Ark-presence in the mixed unsanctified Mind there is nothing but Gall and Wormwood to be found instead of Sweetness The Ministration therefore that shall be afoot on Earth must be all upon a New Bottom which is figured out by that new Cart that the Ark was put into which represents a new Heart in which the immaculate presence of the Lamb will be retained No unconsecrated Uzzah must take hold thereof but only the Hand of Faith and the Flaming Spirit of Love that yoaked are together as strong and able without more addition of help to bring this to its own place within the Vail and Tabernacle where its Rest is to be For the All-seeing driving Power is with these two Kine upon whom no breach shall be as formerly when the rash Bethshemites that were not purified looked into it July the 26th 1676. Again this Word came to me from the Lord Up stay not here the Ark though in the House of Obed-Edom that is in a Nazarite Heart yea here the Blessing is not ever to rest and abide but it must move forward for there is yet much Land to be possessed which only the Eye within the Ark can spy Therefore be sure still to enquire at it who can tell
secure thee from all beleaguerings hiding thee within the Pavilion of his Power To this oh my Soul do thou enter and for ever rely for here is hiding from the Serpent's Eye August the 31st 1676. Upon these sweet Words of Counsel and Emanations I sprung out in Prayer renewing my Vows formerly made pouring forth the Oyl of Joy and Gladness upon Jacob's Pillar which is the standing Witness betwixt me and Jehovah Nissah Henceforth resolving to adventure only with Jacob's Staff in my Hand finding fresh Power animating my Faith so that I neither feared Famine Nakedness or any Distress that could happen Being resolved to abide where my Lot was cast and to go thro' with my Associate with whom the Spirit of Caleb was to proceed and to go forward unanimously with me till we might reach to the high Calling and Apostolical Power which I felt mightily impulsing to hazard the loss of all reckoning nothing of Validity or worth making Interest for but that which spoken of hath been yet reserved for us in the Everlasting Treasury Whereto upon all accounts I will apply my self for thereout will be given to that Eye which waiteth steadily Which was assured and confirmed to me from that Example of Moses his Hands being held up The Lord said to me if ye will be prevailing Conquerors over your deadly undermining Soul-destroying Foes your Hands of Faith must at no time fall down but when you find them heavy call in Aaron and Hur the Spirit of Prophecy and Prayer which props up and maintains the Affiance still to rest upon the Stone of Strength and Almightiness by which great Conquest and Success will come to be witnessed Thus happy shall ye be in holding out firmly because the Shield of your help shall tread down all strength for you September the 1st 1676. THe Doctor this Morning Praying with me the Word said while he was in Prayer Here is a Ship in full Sail directing to that Prophetical Blessing which was pronounced upon Zebulun whose dweâ—…ing should be at the Haven where all rich freighted Ships should unload themselves September the 3d. 1676. This Morning considering of some Passages which were read to me of a Fore-runner who had wonderful things by Vision revealed unto him with which I was much affected they being so weighty much answering to what I did believe might be brought to pass according to the Spirit of Prophecy who did see into the same Mystery of Christ coming While I was Praying in my self for to see this wonderful Time a Pair of Ballances was put forth by a Hand as out of a Cloud where appeared a great Roll writ upon within and a Golden Ball or Globe These in each Scale were weighed The Golden Globe immediately carried the Scale down and thus it was said Vision is not so weighty as Fruition These Writings are as the Bonds of Obligation but the subsisting thing is from this solid Body which turns Vision into Fruition which set thy Heart chiefly upon September the 4th 1676. After this passed I considered how to be changed into this Globe of unmixed solid matter groaning after the contaction of his Heavenly material thing which in Vision I had seen Then heard I Wisdom's Word to cry within me saying Thy Mind must be cast into a new Mold of Imagination that so thy thoughts may come to answer mine That Scripture being brought to me Let the unrighteous Man forsake his thoughts and turn to his God At this Word I said Oh my Lord who can nullify and put a stop to his own thoughts which is a connexion to his Life For every sight of the Eye and hearing of the Ear doth stir up and awaken these Essences therefore there is no possibility of stopping the current of them but they will run their Course as the Sun Moon and Stars in their Order will Under whose Constellations while we are living such common thoughts wilâ—… arise which though not wholly evil yeâ—… because they are not holy and perfectly good they cannot be according to what proceeds from the Heart of God who would that our Thoughts and Ways should be like unto his This case I presented before my God and my Lord Jesus to be answered September the 5th 1676. Who the next day thus resolved me saying As thou hast desired that great sublime change which is the Transmutation into the pure solid Body so know thou that for the obtaining of this there must of necessity be a superimaginariness from which fanned are all chaffy Cogitations For such is the Man as the Conceptions of his Mind are Now this is only on thy part to do whereby the circulation of profuse Imaginations may be stopped when wisely and foreseeingly thou dost prevent all occasions which administer such hard matter for such a muddy Spring to generate it self into such Multiplicities as generally fill the whole House of the Mind I Jesus do therefore come to be thy anointed Eye that so thou mayst discern the thoughts of thy Heart what to imbrace and what to forsake For know that a thought is a more considerable thing then hitherto ye have understood for their Nature are most subtle swift Spirits who numerate as the Sand upon the Sea-shore so as they make a World invisible in every Creature From whence first come all Wars Insurrections and Mutations these being first inkindled from the Fire-flash which openeth from its own center which divideth it self part into the Evil and part into the Good For so it is now that two Sources are opened in every Creature his Will standing free being redeemed out of the necessity as adhering to the Earthly the treasury of the Heavenly being free to resort to But that part from whence the pure River doth bubble up and spring multipying divine Conception is a very deep Well into which the Will-Spirit doth launch sâ—…nking down into the Depths before it can fetch up those precious Thoughts which work from the Source of all pure Deity They will through an habitual Course so unite as to rise up like an Army of great Might able to put the other to flight Here is the great Conquest to subdue every Thought and first to bring down these high Towers of the imaginary part Demolish but these and you will do your work to purpose Now that ye may be wise to know how to stop this muddy Source observe these following Rules Rules for the Government of the Imagination First Wind out of all occasions which from this World may minister and present fruitless and unnecessary Objects and Things which will kindle Essences according to their empty and profuse Likeness Secondly Keep thy self much within thy Holy Temple and Holy Place of Silence where the Trinity with their whole train delight for to descend with whom being much conversant the sight of the Eye and the hearing of the Ear within this Heavenly Sphear will both beget nourish and maintain pure Cogitations Thirdly Thou wilt see feel and know