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
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
pleasure beyond what Adam though hâ—… had continued in his first Image of Pâ—…rity could not without a remove tâ—… such kind of Felicities as these eveâ—… have reached Now then I say to yoâ—… upon whom this Light hath glanceâ—… keep your constant Pace with it closâ—… and follow hard upon it and doubt noâ—… but it will bring you to that pure Whiâ—… Throne of your everlasting Dove Brides in the Heavenly Cirle to ride June the 1st 1676. AFter the Opening and Interpretation of the Vision of the Globes of Light that moved with me where-ever I went a Voice run through me crying The End of all Things is at hand Watch therefore and Pray Upon which Word I pondered and drew near in my Spirit to that burning Center from which the Voice did go forth where I did further sound the meaning of that Cry which ecchoed still saying Come and see the first created Light begins upon its Eclipse to be For the evil corrupted Birth of Life had sent up such Fumes and Unsavoury Incense as must needs darken the first Heavens and Earth that away they must flee before the New Foundation-City ye can enter into Therefore to thee let it not seem harsh or terrible that an end of all things which came in through Mortality of Time is determined for absolutely despoiled of all false glittering vain Glory and Light must be that City which is only built upon a Sandy Foundation Which hath indeed according as it is written deceived and made drunk all Nations with its adulterated Wine As the Heavenly City is compacted and made up of choice pure polished and living Stones so again is Babylon of dark muddy course and earthly Metals ponderous Bodies Inhabitants that know an higher Sphear Out from which I am with a strong mighty Hand bringing you my Elect Stones therefore up hast out and fly away upon the Wing of my Eagle-Spirit touch tast mingle no more with her Sorceries a new state and place is prepared for you Scorn and deny all her charming Delicacies for Vials of Wrath upon all will be poured out that are in combination with this Harlotry City though it be as a Mountain at present that hath filled the whole World and enticed its Inhabitants with her Whorish Attire yet in one hour all shall blasted Therefore with fear draw off others whom you see yet in her strong-holds do stay that have not their Eyes opened their danger to see in holding such mutual Compliances with that which is so subtle and deceivable Of which cease not to warn them practically as Noah did when he his Ark prepared and went into it then all the World did lie in their Unbelielf which was a Figure of what is now approaching nigh tho' after another method For the second Revelation will now work and an end of all Flesh as Grass is come before the Alpha and the Omega June the 20th 1676. Having suffered for some Space of Time a Protraction of those Emanations and wonted Manifestations that still did meet me in my close and abstracted Attendance upon that sweet Intelligencing Spirit of JESUS it returned now so much the more strongly upon me to remind me of the Work and Calling which my Friend and I had so solemnly put our Hands to even the Plow which prepareth for the Seed of the Kingdom to spring forth through the Spiritual Inclosure Which I well experience is not to be given over until the end of the growth For when all in our Field shall white unto the Harvest be then the Sickle or Sword of the Spirit cometh forth to reap and gather us into the Everlasting Store-house under the Care and Custody of our Fore-runner JESUS From whom I had about this time many Calls and Cautions to strike up the Sail of Faith and to watch against all those subtil Spirits which would break in to cancell the Seals thereof which are the Evidence of what is not at present seen or yet come to be enjoyed Moreover it was shewn me the Danger that we were in this Particular liable to through the least crack or breach upon our Faith's Seal By which alone the Magia worketh and raiseth Powers from that Original Might Upon which Center there is yet such a strong Inclosure as no Creaturely Being can break open because its Signature is compounded and made up of all contrary Properties degenerating wholly from this mighty Engineer of Faith which worketh all through and in the Central Fire of Love O who can here work till fully uncloathed of the gross cloathing of the Animal Sensitive Life so as to reach to this Original Wisdom and Might which was existent in the first Paradisical Adam who lost it by the Sin entering in and can only be regained again through the extinguishment of it and the Dying out therefrom Totally Which gives a full Answer to those Objections which so pestered my Mind and which I Recorded in Writing June the 5th receiving Satisfaction now again herein upon a fresh waiting and inquiry Which after this manner spake in me Thy Queries O searching Spirit are to be resolved by and from the manifold Wisdom with whom all Secrets are hidden until the Spirit of Faith arise to find them out This having Opened during a Remove of the Doctor from the Author was not found in his Copy Whence also the Objections herein referred to upon the 5th of this Month are not to be recovered as neither is whatever else may relate to this matter during this Interval until the last Day of this Month. That which next follows is likewise from the Authors own Hand June the 30th 1676. Wisdom Now as to the Necessity of the Use of all thy Rational Properties it is good in its Kind meet and suitable for the Degenerated Estate to guide and govern the Outward Terrestrial Man as the Head Principality of this Visible Kingdom unto which Wisdom and Scepter all Nations do bow But knowest thou not what it was that withdrew as soon as this awakened and got the Headship Should I open thine Eyes to see all at once what came in hereby thou wouldst not but disdain and quite fall out with thy Rational Man so as never to it to be reconciled again For the Coming in of That was the Going out of the pure Magical Might and Power which should have been retained after the Similitude of God the Creator who designed to Generate Spirits to live in his own Property of Princely Purity and Power to his Honour and not to his and your own Reproach as is now too manifest For alas there is now quite Another Thing gotten in then what was found in the Beginning which Reason protects and is a Wall of Defence about maintaining its Soveraignty without Check or Controll so long as the Beasts Reign is to endure Which shall be put an end to by degrees and first in some chosen Witnesses hereto allotted who after Sion's Freedom do at this time importunately look and weary are
deeper Mystery yet as it both presents Deity and Humanity thus interwoven together To shew how your Humane Will-Spirit must be wrought into this All-deified Spirit which to the ground-form of Silk gives the shine and glory in the variety of Flowers embossed thereupon according to the similitude which to thee was let down with the engraving of the Sacred Name that is that Princely Cloathing upon which is written Salvation Strength and Honour the unparalled Workmanship of the Spirit of Glory that now to you my elected Ones is come to call in the assistance of your Wills to work and joyn with him in all Power and Might till ye come to be inlaid into his Deâ—…fied Being and thus curiously wrought without the least default For not one wry Stich must be found in this Covering but all according to the perfect Rule seen in the Pattern Know I Jesus have sent my Spirit into you to work in Secresie this all-covering Tent. It will be Business enough to keep Pace and to follow the Hands of these working Powers that never will be idle calling still to the Spirit of your Wills to comply and for to hold out with it steadily For this is a Work which must be stuck to it will admit of no Nightslumbering the Furnace is to be kept in a constant heat for the Golden Thread which enterweaves with the Silk is still to be drawn out of the central Fire Oh now ye who have pried after this rich Covering of the Spirit you see whereunto you must give your selves that this all glorious Covering of the Spirit may rise and shine upon you that so ye may enter my Everlasting Courts with Confidence and Joy Where your Bridegroom will greatly rejoyce over you when ye are thus cloathed upon with the bright Body of the holy Sparkling Saphire Into which suffer my Spirit to work you that I may with freedom own receive and enjoy you as my all-lustrous Bride Even so Oh holy One prosper thy Work in us October the 21st 1676. In the Night I had this Representation of a Vine upon a Wall which was very fruitful but not come unto its full ripeness There appeared several sorts of Fruits besides Grapes all springing from the Vine-Root Which while viewing there came a cluster of Caterpillars with black Heads fastening upon the young sprouted Fruit to eat it off in this its Minority At which sight I was much concerned how to prevent the marring of such choice Fruit. After I came to weigh and consider the thing in the Spirit 's understanding the Word of Revelation opened and said This Vision was for caution and warning unto us who were now incorporated into that Vine-Root to bring forth Fruits according to what the Spirit hath sowed and watered so as they begin to consubstantiate into Fruit. Whereunto we coming to this first primary putting forth great danger does attend this new crop of the Spirit though they seem as harmless inconsiderable Worms yet they unconceivably destroy and eat and suck away the very Juice of the Grape leaving only the empty Husk For which cause saith the Spirit I have this warning given lest ye should not be heedful enough of this my painful Husbandry which I have brought forth in you For these little Foxes and crawling Worms are as pernicious to my new planted Nursery as those greater Beasts of Prey Therefore ward and watch keep all Invasions of this kind out when ever they do set upon thee and would assault to snip away my first Fruits Then take to thee speedily the Bucket of Faith and let down into me who will open the Heavens to bring down Showers that shall wash and scatter away these devouring Caterpillers out of thee October the 21st 1676. It was further shewn me as I was in Prayer upon this occasion how our Vineyard might be kept each one from being preyed upon This Word was shot in from the Lord upon me Keep thy Eye upon this new springing Lily sit under the Shadow of it and go not out from it It s fruitfulness will befriend thee when this World with all its fruitfulness shall be as a dry Tree Therefore make it thy only Shelter and Stay for the Essential Power of the Deity floweth forth as the Spirit in thee can draw it forth That then ye may fully scent this Flower of Lise and live upon it day by day then thou needst not wander from the Spirit 's Tent. Who hath sufficiency to keep thee if thou couldst go forward and work with him in this Magia Calling Which divine Skill and Art hath been hid from the whole Creation and a false Craft hath stolen away the Heart universally While this hath been hid under the Seven Seals and none worthy found to break open this deep Magia Ground where that weighty Gold is that will buy out thousands of such drossy Worlds in which all ignorant and earthly Inhabitants do trade But to you that separate and are willing by me to be perswaded to find out that old antient Vocation where neither Curse Sorrow nor Pain do attend which was and is to be renewed again to such as can get free from this Principle and live in defâ—…nce to it as not fearing nor caring evermore to make friendship with it there is a better Store upon the opening unto you To whom I am as a fore-runner upon this account sent to assure you there are such precious things given by the Father into my Hand as ye shall not need to sue to this World for its favour For the time is nigh wherein the now despised shall be described what they are October the 25th 1676. Through the abundant Openings out from the Light of that Day of the Lord encompassing my Intellectual Part filling me as a burning Lamp within shewing still some one thing or other new upon which I cryed and said Ah my God what will all this Knowledge and Light with me amount unto For to know deep and secret things is both sweet and pleasant whether they be for present or future Existency But this is not to be all my Dowry though they are of great use and service yet here I cannot stay neither dare I take up fulness of Joy there is something else yet behind which must fill this Heavenly Body of Light Oh that one weighty Drop that I do see ready to fall off on that bright Saphire Body will be the Birth-Seed that extendeth not only to Will but to perform and do what it sees in the Light When this shall drop the Nature as it stands in the Line of the Fall with the weight thereof shall be broken and dissolved for no patch of Clay upon this Gold is evermore to be seen as it was declared to me Who upon this Expostulation further said and brought this Word with a fresh application unto me saying As the Father hath Life in himself so hath he given the Son to have Life in himself also which Words in John
A FOUNTAIN OF Gardens WATERED by the Rivers of Divine Pleasure And Springing up in all the Variety of Spiritual Plants Blown up by the Pure Breath into A PARADISE Sending forth their Sweet Savours and Strong Odours for Soul-Refreshing P. J. De Loutherbourg By JANE LEAD Cantic 4. 16. Awake O North Wind and come thou South blow upon my Garden that the Spices may flow out let my Beloved come into his Garden and eat his pleasant Fruits Chap. 6. 2. My Beloved is gone down into his Garden to the Beds of Spices to feed in the Gardens and to gather Lillies LONDON Printed and Sold by J. Bradford near Crowder's-Well 1696. A Bundle of Revelations United And to be Dispersed to such as are Impartial Seekers and Unwearied Searchers into the Deep Things of GOD Which are only Knowable to that Holy Spirit that diggeth into the Rich Mines and Treasury of WISDOM Of which the Author hereof was under a Powerful Driving for the Space of about Thirty Years keeping a Private Recollection to her self as they did from Time to Time open and come down as a Burning Shower not knowing whether they should have been made Publick in her Age but thinking rather they might be kept as a Garden Enclosed and as a Fountain Sealed PRovidence having opened a Door unexpectedly through the strong Instigation of an highly Worthy Person truly enobled in the Spirit of his Mind who having had a savour and Relish of some Foregoing Books that had been Printed did make a generous offer to have the Bank and Stock of what the Holy Unction had dropped in brought forth into Manifestation for the Universal Enlightening Leading and Refreshing for the Dove-Flocks belonging to the Great Shepherd to whom such Pastures lie open to be freely fed upon I think my self obliged to Publish for these Ends what can be recovered of the Process and Diary of my Life since I have been under these Love-Visitations from the Spirit of my Lord. The Time being now accomplished wherein the Hour-glass of the Spirit is a second time turned up for the which there is a Call from the New Jerusalem World that all Persons of every Quality Rank and Degree under what Denomination soever they be throughout all Nations Peoples and Languages do give eart and watch every Golden Sand that this Glass doth run that nothing of it may run wast For it is the Morning-Watch and Day-break of the Spirit that is to spread forth its Light and Glory whereby is to be enlightned the Dark Ignorant State of the World who have sat in the Region of Traditional and Literal Knowledge according to the Rational Wisdom of Man which through the Innundation of the Spirit must all be drowned and a New Earth prepared wherein the Sowing of the Spirit is to be with one pure Golden Grain that can admit of no mingling of what is from Man for another Time is now at hand wherein nothing but what is purely taught of God shall abide and stand Therefore as one that hath obtained through Infinite Love and large Grace to be Baptized into this Glorious Manifestation of the Spirit I do beseech and excite all to whom this Journal shall come that they do well observe and take diligent notice of the Method and Way which God took with me in order to the bringing me forward to the Arrivement at the manifold Degrees and Growths which is here in a most simple and undress'd manner brought forth without any Alteration but just as the Spirit was pleased to render it self in its own Cloathing So in obedience to the Call of Wisdom may the same Visitation of Immediate Divine Teaching as a Day-star in your Hearts appear which may your Souls greatly revive and chear Now give me leave to tell you the Beginning of my Way that the Spirit first led me into In the first place then after some Years that I had lived in some good Degree of an Illuminated Knowledge setting under the Visible Teachings of Men that could give no further Light than that they had arrived from others through all of which I traced as a wandring Spirit that could find no Rest but something still I found within my self that did open to draw in from a more pure Air then I could meet without me Whereupon I introverted more into my own Inward Deep where I did meet with that which I could not find elsewhere except it were with such as were brought under the same Dispensation of whom a few Names were made known unto me Wherefore I do give my own Experience that I would have every one that desires to be Sealed with the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation not to take in any Fears Jealousies or Prejudices concerning the Emanations and Manuductions that the Holy Ghost will dispense forth as any shall be found Lovers and Waiters thereupon For I my self found all other Grounds and Pastures dry and barren as a parched Desart until I came to this Fruitful Lebanon where all Variety of sweet scented Flowers did as another Eden flourish pleasantly Which were known and enjoyed by giving up to the Teaching of the Holy Unction which as the Waters of the Sanctuary will never cease springing till they become an Overwhelming River which is the true Baptizing Water of Life This you will find to be true as you seriously apply your self to this Way and Method of God's Immediate Teaching Which then you shall find to open in the Center of your own Soul And this way manifesteth it self in a various Dispensation Sometimes this is by Inspeaking from the Essential Word which giveth its own certain Sound as different Occasions do offer upon a Soul 's waiting thereupon For it would be a very deplorable Case if Christ should leave his Flock and seal up the Fountain of all Future Revelation that is no necessary to be Renewed in every Age of Time Therefore he brings us to lie at the Mouth of this bubling Well of his Spirit for to drink in what is New and Fresh which doth greatly delight the Soul that would otherwise be apt to faint and flag before it come to the end of its Race Wherefore he doth strow our Way witâ—… fragrant Flowers all sweet and pleasant and of many and beautiful Colours as you may observe when you read the Similitudes and Visions which are here Published God many times coming down to unfold himself in this Figurative and Parabolical Yet more Essentially and Deeper above and beyond all Figures and Representations of which I shall give you some account as being under Command not to keep back or shun to declare the whole Purport whereinto I have been carried for the universal Refreshment and Benefit of such who are as meaned Children from every other Breast but that of their Eternal Mother whence all Wisdom and Understanding doth stream forth Intellectually which is the growing Nutriment as it doth pass Radically into the Soul as the Blood doth into the Veins Now here is a
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
Drops of this upon each Metal and they were all immediately transmuted into Lustrous Gold Then I was led to another Place where there was nothing but a Redish Mould cast up and then by the Word of the Power which he spake forth this Earth was changed into Forms after our Human shape but clarified and bright standing up as a great Army And he said These are the Fire-Stones that are to walk in this New Paradisical Region as Glorified Figures like unto such as were here before them Then I Queried how could it possibly be that such Effects could be produced by any that in a Mortal Image did now upon the Earth appear Upon which the Beloved John answered me All this that thou hast seen is possible again to be done by Wisdom's White Tincturing Stone formed within by which the Great Wonders in the last concluding Age of the World shall the grand Revolution make changing what is gross and vile first within and then going further on to Transfigure even that which is without that so according to that saying The Vile Body shall be changed and reduced and brought into the Glorious Liberty whereby it may possess the Kingdom and Dominion with Christ the Glorified Head Then was it said This is the true and faithful Mystery that understood and unveiled hath been to thee for a Foundation of Faith and Hope to Wisdom's Children to look into and to wait for the Formation in themselves of this White Virgin Stone Then may they most freely and easily eat and work and nothing shall them controll as to those worthy Enterprizes and Exploits that are to be wrought which shall distinguish them to be the Sealed of the Living God signed with Power from on High A further Opening of the foregoing Vision given in the same Month of November 1675. THe Word came to me saying The Love-Chain is to be unlinked betwixt God and thee while the Spirit is the only Eternal Matter and Quality whereon thou art to work Therefore fast hold it will take on thee so strongly as to draw and fix thee in the Circumference of the very Immense Love from which the Eternity is seperated and the Curse of the Elements divided and totally taken away O enter enter I say into it This is the Infinite Space that thou hast seen which is beyond the Third Gate This invisible Love-Chain will work thee through the First Gate which so strait and narrow is and so through the other two if thou give it all Length and Breadth within thee to wind thee up swiftly For what is so strong as God's Love for restoring into the desired Fuition of all Plenty and Goodness Therefore be strong and courageous in the Love in the passing through these several Gates and fear not all the Attacks of the Enemy till thou enter in this Blessed Land and be there married to thy Beloved An Expostulation of Wisdom's Pilgrim VVHile I was in my deep Agony a Spirit of Prayer came down which sent up mighty Cries and unutterable Groanings Which as I did most sensibly feel pierced and broke through the Gate of the Eternal Deep So that my Spirit had admittance into the Secret of the pure Deity where I had Audience and free liberty to pour out my Grievances shew my Wounds and who they were that had pierced me Every ones Hand was against me shooting theiâ—… Bitter Arrows adding weight and pressures to her that was bleeding upon the Cross already crying Crucifie Crucifie in Dying let her Dye Now I seeing that I was to tread the Wine-press alone and to encounter the Potent Spirits thâ—… Throne-Princes of Darkness I cried anâ—… was in strong Travel Yet every Paâ—… and Throw did open the Birth of Lifâ—… and gave me entrance into the Holâ—… Place Where I heard first the Eternâ—… Sounds and then after that obtaining the Power to be in a stillness where neither Motion or Thought did stir I was in a smooth calm Water wherein no Dirt or Mire did cast up neither was there the lifting up of any Tool or making any noise to drown the Voice that spake to me in this wise The Voice of the Bridegroom O thou afflicted tossed and forsaken One I will marry thee unto my self Thou art mine be not dismayed Fear none of those things thou art to suffer for the Power and Presence of my Omnipotency shall be with thee Thou must be my tried Stone at which many shall fall and stumble thou hast been refused and set at naught but I will magnifie my Name in thee and yet make it Honourable Only this I require that thou seperate thy self and touch no more unclean Spirits of this World for I can endure no Polluted thing to come before me Therefore holy harmless seperated from Sin and Sinners thou must be then in the holy Priesthood thou shalt wait on me The Answer of the Spirit of the Soul At which I said Lord how can this be For though I have greatly desired this Office to minister about the holy Things that so I might be nigh to thee yet the Worldly Spirit maketh a Challenge to this outward Husk or Body and saith that I am not got out of the reach of its Dominion Hunger and Thirst Heat and Cold do attend the outward Man which do engage its outward Senses for things which are External so that none can live in that pure Abstraction till redeemed out of all Care for the present Body This was that which I bewailed and did plainly ask God if it were not possible for the Eternal Mind and Spirit to supply all Wants to that which were Corporeal without the help of the Spirit of Reason which is King in that Region where the Curse is The Reply of the Bridegroom After a little while of suspending my outward Senses this Answer I obtained That this could not be till there were a Total Death of the Body of Sin referring to that in the seventh of the Romans ver 6. That being Dead wherein we were held fast we should serve in the Newness of Spirit as being discharged from the Law of the first Husband to which we were married after the Law of a Carnal Command Whence we are now free to be Married unto him that is raised from the Dead and so shall become the Lamb's Wife jointured into all the Lands and Possessions that he hath The Eternal Revenues are belonging to her whether Invisible or Visible all Power in Heaven and Earth is committed to her and all things are given to those that are his whether it be Gifts of Prophecy or of Revelation or of Manifestation or of Discerning of Spirits or that high Tongue of the Learned which only speaks from Wisdom's Breath The Preparation of the Second Marriage At which Opening my Spirit even failed within me as desponding ever to get rid of my First Husband without which no Marriage with the Lord from Heaven can be For knowest thou not was it said to me that the
Work for we should be tryed and if we were not perfect in One Accord it could not prosper in our Hand and then it were better to engage singly if not clear and cordial as one Then was brought before me something of a staggering which would be very hurtful if at any time it should in either of us prevail before we obtain the fixation in the Body of the Power for it was shewed me there would not want strong belingrings to weaken our Hands in the Work for the whole stress lay upon following and cleaving to our Guide and keeping to the Paradisical Laws which in the Ministration of the Spirit can only be fulfilled Now these things sinking deep upon my Spirit drew forth many Inquiries and Heart-searchings and Suspitions least the Work should in any wise be impeded for I saw the Dragon upon his violence to snatch at the Birth which made me cry O save it out of his Hands and carry us out of his reach Then Wisdom spake this Word No place out of danger but the Ark and Tabernacle where your Strong Hold is the Sanctuary which is provided foryour Refuge Then did I apply my self to ask how long it should be before we might herewith be invironed that so we might no longer be in Fear and Jepordy It was replyed That it is much in our Power both to hasten or to prolong it there was a possibility of a quick Work to be made of it if we would follow it fully intirely with all Might for it was of that nice difficult curious Nature that every Interruption detarded it God could make a Tabernacle to descend ready finished upon thee but it is his pleasure to give thee the Honour of the Workmanship and Building hereof that thou mayst hear and learn of Wisdom how to form and bring forth this inclosed Tent for the God of Jacob to dwell in Then this Query did rise up further in me But seeing the manner of this curious Work O Wisdom is to be effected by a Spiritual Magician who by a Vertual Power must do all in it how can we be capable hereof till we come to be made such For who can make themselves so sublime and perfect as to reach to so high a degree of Wisdom as is required in this Work Truth it is O impotent Spirit without me thou hast no sufficiency therefore this understand I do not insist or require thee to set upon this Matter of so great Consequence nakedly in thy own strength for then soon an abortive thou wouldst make This doth require as great a Skill and Power as the first Heavens and Earth with all the Hosts that did belong unto them which were generated through the deep Spirit of Wisdom's Understanding So know I do call upon this Original Breath infused from my Essential Power and Life which resleth in the Cell of thy Eternal Mind till it be awakned by my Voice sounding as a Trumpet saying Come forth and gird on thy Spiritual Powers and follow me where thou shalt see in what Holy Affairs and Spiritual Work I will employ thee knowing the Gift of Ability which already is given unto thee which now is required to be stirred up to the utmost sufficiency thereof to join the Chariot of thine Internal Spirit with me and so be the Wheel within mine doing only what you see me do who am risen out of thy deep Central Earth all things anew to create Seven Pillars hewn out in the first place here must be for this Perfect Sanctuary all Crystalline out from that Rock which is the Eternal Jasper-Stone Next is that fine-twined Linnen which for Curtains about this Tent is ordered to be imbroidered by the Golden Thread and wrought by the Needle of my Eternal Spirit In the third place it is to be paved all with Molten Gold from that Everlasting Mountain which thou didst see the Covering also of the same Orential Gold must be All which though Metaphorically I do them thus present to thee yet all shall be accomplished in a perfect Mystery as the Deity shall all over-shadow thee who long hath waited this Tabernacle to see perfected in thee that so the Covenant within the Ark might find a place of Security Here thy God will choose to put his Name only Where nothing must come near that is defiling And therefore appointed are over the Thronely Mercy-Seat flaming Cherubims this Holy Place to guard Whose cry is only Holiness to the Lord Most High who within this Tent defires with thee to dwell and with Power Majesty and Glory it to fill but know that here God will admit none into this seperated Court to come but the High-Priest which hath the Crown of the Anointing Oil therefore consider the wonderful Purity that is required when thou comest near to thy God to inquire who will from between the Flaming Seraphims commune with thee in all Matters and Things in which thou art to receive Commands For now the real sum of all that which is required in this thy approach is purity in the highest degree that can be extracted from that Original Sourse out from which floweth the Golden Streams of All-Holiness which will be found within thy self and in their rising so cleanse and sanctifie them all over as therefrom this Holy Tabernacle will it self form and grow upon thee till it shall have swallowed up all foregoing Tabernacles as Aaton's Rod did devour the rest of the Magicians Powers So know that God will be and live intirely to himself within thee as his perfect Tent enduring no Vessel or Instrument or Spirit to come here but what hath the Inscription of Perfect Holiness upon it For who may here ascend but what can dwell in a Flaming Pillar of Fire and not be consumed and be able to say Evermore let me in this sweet aimable pleasant Fire O God with thee abide till I know nothing within me stirring but the Ark of thy Strength and the Power of thy Omnipotency which will be and is the finishing Glory of thy Sanctuary Where unutterably and perpetually my Spirit may be folded up as in an unknown Reservatory within this Holy Place of Purity In order to the attainment of which Perfect State this Word I heard Abstain thou from all Meats which are offered unto Idols and feed upon nothing which is Common or Unclean which is not purged by the Fire that burneth upon my Altar a true Fast ye are to keep in your Spirits from the gross creeping Things and flying Fowls of Imaginations that are apt to flutter in the Air of your Minds and would feed upon that which is hurtful making ye Infirm and Weak for this Tabernacle-Work For as ye are called and chosen to the Order of the Holy Priesthood there to attend instantly Day and Night maintaining the Fire upon the Altar from the pure Spikenard which is to be made up of all Spices into a perfuming Oil this is thy Service to cast herein Fuel or
Good Upon which no Corrupter ever came or could come or with any of these Springing Essences was ever mingled hereupon By the Serpent no Poysonable Rays were ever here at all scattered it is a Place which ever from his Eye was hid by the Divine Constellations All which Plants here thou dost see from one Seed do after their kind thus multiply in this Variety Now for the Holy Ointment which I would give thee skill to make Go first to that Bed where the pretious Thyme is included and take there seven Handfuls thereof then take the like quantity of the Baulm of Hope and of the Sweet Majoram of Patience according to the same perfect number as the two former To these let there be also added the Spirit of Mints Power the Eye-bright of All-seeing the Rue of Fortitude and the Hyssop of Purity These do thou gather when the Sun-Beams are in their greatest heighth and Influence and extract the Juice out of them and so dissolve it with the Kidney-Fat of a choice Deer that must be slain on purpose for this use This thou wilt know is to be obeyed and yielded to though it be even thy dear Sensitive Life which for this Composition must be dissolved the Death of which is only Serviceable for so Secret an Use. Hereupon a soft gentle Fire from the Altar is to be taken and then diffuse in the Golden Vessel of the pure Humanity and thou shalt see what a fragrant Restorative Ointment this will come to be whereby all Cures shall be wrought Practitionally the Knowledge of this Art being engrafted in thee as a Natural Scyon co-inherent within thy inward parts to transmute and make all that which was of a divided Property to be of one pure and rarified Sort and Constitution as relating to the healing part which through the whole Manhood is to disperse it self to settle all again in its first Primitive Order Then again here is another secret greatly requisite to be learnt as the Spicy Oil which is the Spirit of Spirits extracted and drawn out from the Seven Spirits mentioned the Ingredients to this are deep and worthy of Inquiry which cannot be illustrated but by way of Metaphorical Description which the wise and apt under Wisdom's Manuduction will soon understand for that all the Materials are lying or growing so close about thee within this Physical Garden which may be called the Eflux of the Deity which evaporateth through every Plant and Tree which groweth here from and by which ye may understand the high and precious Quality of whatever you shall a Composition make out Hereupon did arise a Query Whether it might not be as effectual to take of these Plants and Trees as they naturally grow in themselves for an healing Balsom and Liquor for the restoring of Life without mingling them in a Confectionary way To this I was answered thus by the holy and profound Artist that said Through the uniting of many Spirits Powers and Vertues into one sublime Substance there is produced an Almighty Force and Strength which would not be while they continued in their separated Essences but through the Coagulation by the Hand of Wisdom into one Quintessence it would have its vigorous penetration as in the accomplishment hereof ye may witness if ye wax not saint but persevere with all diligence and not be turned aside though you do meet sometime with the Waters of Strife but hold out or all is lost which already is wrought For I would not that either of you who so voluntarily your selves to me have bound should grow weary till I your Work have crowned having chosen you out of my Olive-Ground to sprout that so ye may to each other empty forth what I your Fountain have blessed you with as a fruitful Womb to bring forth even that mighty Lordly Sprout which will make your Heavens and Earth to shout and all the Hosts of them to praise and celebrate the Rising Star from the East therefore with all fear and care go on and persevere till that all things shall be put under him who is born in you the King of Salem against whom great Conspiracies will be but as he in you shall grow up he shall them all defeat through the Crown of this anointing Oil which I am to shew thee how to make First then come with me into my secret Lebanon where the Beds of Spices are and take thee seven Ounces of the Mace of Grace of like quantity of the Spikenard of Love the Camphore of Peace the Heart-cheering Cloves of the Saffron of Joy the Noble Frankincence of all Faith the Myrrh of Triumphant Victory the Casst of a Sound Mind and Perfect Heart Take all these and put them under the grinding Wheel which maintaineth its uncessant working Motion within thee till they come to be an Oily Substance mixed into one perfect Lump then diffuse all in the Juice of the Pomegranat for a certain time adding hereunto the Powder of Gold of Pervilium which is to be mixed with the Magistery of Pearl and the Ruby-Spirit all which close in a pure Crystalline Bottle into which nothing ever before was put and set it constantly under the Sun-shine of thy Heavens for the perfect Clarification thereof Which at the tenth number will attain to the full height of a Life-quickning Spirit Having taken good notice of this Mysterious Receit I lay'd it up in me as a Precious Jewel resolving to follow the Rules of this Intrinsick one and to make an experiment hereof if by any means it might be brought to a Triune Body of such sublimity All which must be wrought in the Tent of the Virgin-Wisdom where no soiling thing must interfere while this Composition is in doing And only Sanctuary Instruments I did see must be used here Having then order to discharge all out of this Celestial Place no Servant which appertained to the old and first Tabernacle I durst to admit for my aid or help or in any service therein to imploy Now all that are to rest within this Place where the Glory of the Majesty does it self unfold with the first Balsam must be anointed thus to me it was declared Oh the great Purity that I did see was required in ministring about these Holy Things it cutteth off quite from all Intermedlings in a putrified Earthly State the Eye so single and clear is through this Ointment purifying it that it cannot bear any more to behold in it self either Spot Blemish or Wrinkle knowing well none else in the Tabernacle of God's Holiness with him can live Therefore in the Oil of Consecration I am appointed for to abide and to drink of this Liquor of Life which suddenly may ready be through the diligent Hand that prepareth it as I do both feel and see which maketh my Spirit so intent hereupon that while the great Artist is at work I know not how my Eye to take off that so I may be able and skilful after the same manner
Loss and recover Honour upon our Disgrace Oh tell us where thy Walks are that our Spirits may thee meet engage we will no other into thy Company to bring but he in us who is thy beloved Emmanuel to whom thou wilt thy Heart impart and thy Secrets all disclose he for us boldly will Oh thou Fairest One thee Woo and solicitate darting back those Love-quivers that may for Languishing Lovers passage find into the deep Abiss of the Eternal Mind where as in a pleasant Grove or Bed of Roses we may sit waiting for the Honey-Dews from thy Lips which so sweetly drop when with us thou dost talk turn away we cannot that Eye by which we have beheld thy Beautiful Perfection Oh Love so strongly thou dost move and work that no Repellings taken notice of are the Celestial Fire makes this Water of Life within us to boil that Love runs over as a bubling Spring into the Fountain from whence it did begin which makes our hopes that this mighty Stream and Tyde will fetch home our Virgin-Dove that with us she may fix and not out more from us depart but abide within the most Holy Bodyfied Ark. Thus I was quickned into a sweet Sense of an Immutable Felicity enjoying while nothing else was suffered to break in to disturb the new seeking Lovers within the Paradise do walk this chast Virgin never is to be seen or spoken with but either here or in her Father's most Kingly Court keeping up to her Princely State and will confer with nothing which is below her self it is in vain for any to make attempts â—…er high Favour to obtain without they can give proof that their descent is equal with the Lamb of God Oh great Mystery Christ in us the true and great Consellor of this Spirit or Wisdom and vertuous Diadem of Glory no Ray or Look of Love will she cast but upon him who is declared to be the Son and Heir of all the Heavens visible and invisible Glory this is the Decree of the most single pure Dove that none might her Descent expect but such as are throughout sprinkled with the high and sacred Blood which all clean and meet do make for the Holy Matron within us to cohabit in free Conference My interiour Mind was to prepare for this Crowning Power upon us to come down to effect what yet lay in the Birth of a Sealing Promise which again was renewed and spake on this wise to the Steward which had the Charge of this great and weighty Matter that is the Spirit of Faith the true Eliezer that only faithful Servant which is to be trusted to take a Wife for the Isaac of the Heavenly Country from among the Paradisical Inhabitants which is of near akin to the Most High God known and alotted according to the Determinate Knowledge of the Father of this blessed Seed to whom the Heirship and all the Promises appertain Therefore be strengthned in Hope through the Hand of Faith which is put under the Thigh for an assured Confirmation that this my trusty Steward will not fail to bring into thy Tent that choice and lovely Rebecca which shall refresh and comfort ye after your days of Sorrow and Mourning which I have seen you both as one Spirit in waiting for the Nuptial Day with this Damsel or Dove of chast Purity Now then give proof of your ardent Desire and Love unto her and dispatch and send away this Messenger of Faith which only will and can be successful in this matter who having the Spirit of Prayer joined with Faith and Prudence which maketh this Undertaking to be prosperous so as not to return empty without this worthy and all precious Prize which will answer to both and all the Joys of your Spirits mutually to inherit her January the 5th 1675 6. From this Word of Instruction I was convinced of the expediency of having conjunction and mixture with the Female Virgin tincture in which I was made to understand what Force Might and Strength lieth couched therein as the Womb which conceiveth and bringeth forth numberless Birth-Powers into a manifest Existence therefore no sooner do's the Shilah grow up which signifies the grown state of Jesus that for him is designed a Spouse Bride that so Male and Female in one pure Virgin-Body might meet together to quicken and raise the dead Essences of the Life which so long have been sunk into its central ground and is not to be awakened but through the uniting Powers of Spiritual Sol and Venus which is after an Hypostatical going into each other mingling Powers according to the Nature and Vertue of the precious Golden Seed which in the divine Matrix is sown as the Materiallity of that most pure Ghostly Body which from hence is begotten and generated as was expresly unfolded unto me that we might know the way and manner of this wonderful propagation the Spirit and Bride From this opening the great necessity was shewn me for the following close this conjucal Band of Marriage-Consummation for effectual operation depending thereupon for the Man-God cannot be without his Virgin-Female which hath the tinctural Deity which is the Glory of the Lamb Wisdom's Bridegroom which when grown up in us to Marriage-state seeketh a Companion that is suitably accomplished with all Divine Perfections for Joy Delight and Increase in the Heavenly Gifts and Powers after the manner of a Divine Celestial co-operation from whence is the ingendring of all pure Births that admission and right have to the Kingdom of Light Joy and Glory In this lieth the great Secret of the new model of Nature again formed and quickned in a bodified Substance far transcending that which is brought forth according to the outward Elements which is for ever remote from the Father of Spirits who hath given charge that no Wife shall be taken for his Isaac out from that strange Birth and Lineage for all bringeth forth according to its Likeness that which is born of Spirit is Essential Mighty and Powerful as the similitude of God Now then saith the Spirit that hath all good will to you which have made out for this high Match for your selves Oh go forward and prosper send forth all your Royal Train to meet your Rebecca at the Wells of Joy and Salvation present her by the Hand of Faith those strong scented Love-Bracelets and Chain for her Neck that may give full Testimony of both your high floated Affections towards her February the 16th 1675 6. The going up from the Low Valley towards SION Hill BEing now cast upon the Crystalline Shore and there ordered to set down and wait for what every Spring-Tide out from this Heavenly Ocean would voluntarily into our out-spread Net cast in which in the Love Fear and Holy awfulness I obeyed resolving to omit no known express of the High Powers in their Orders successively given forth having their tendency for the bringing us through all the Plunges and Labyrinths of the Mortal Sensitive
Life Who like the King of Shion would by no means permit the Circumcised Israel to pass through his Borders and Land peaceably without commencing War to afflictand distress while we are making towards our promised and prepared Mansion-Rest Such kind of Moabites out of their Quarters do arise over us to Monopolize but the wise All-foreseeing Star doth yet go before bidding us follow hard after with flaming Banners out-flying which shall strike Terrour into all contradicting Powers that would us in this our way detain great Offence we must expect to give because we only design a clear Pass and in no one Earthly Village in this low Orb to stay because our New Jerusalem-Bride hath to us cryed Hast come swiftly pass burthen not your selves with any Earthly Trade or Stuff for my pure â—…ubling burning Sea of Glass will bring in all valuable Store excessively Therefore a new Wisdom's Word did spring saying Abide quiet and still under the infolding Rock of most antient and known Power which now provided for your Court is while ye are here appointed to stay bearing and suffering the further cleansing of your Vessels through the rising Springs which here out with mighty force will upon you break in till thus they washed away have all Matter and Mould which made you no whit to differ from those who the in outward Form do walk act and live according to the dictate of the corrupt sensitive Nature Which that ye may be freed and seperated from you are ordered till Times-Number shall be fulfilled by this pure Golden Shore to dwell Do not mistake to think all yet with you is so perfect and compleat as ye need not the burning Streams from this boiling Sea into you to pass Know ye who are yet my Care and Charge had I not hitherto you brought all might have been lost that hitherto hath been wrought For what Conquest could ever have been gained while two Seas permitted were to meet and cast in upon one Ground Therefore a stop to the Earthly angry Sea which foameth from the deep sense of a Quagmire-Center is determined into a restraint and binding up for care is taken for the prevention of this continued Strife and Mutiny which made you in such bitter Conflicts and Soul-Agonies to be tyring out your days with endless Debates from Reasons strong Assaults If once for all you can give up to the force of this strong working Tide of that Spirit whose proceeding is from your God and Jesus and no more put forth your Hand to prop up what this Holy Fire's Breath comes down to burn up and consume If to its Flames ye shall be casting into your Hands shall come those pernicious Incendiaries that would Strife War and Debate within the Gates of that Holy Place of your Minds still promote and maintain Oh now then of fixed Will all of one pure Goblet and Lump without the mixture of any sort of lower Mettalâ—…e Mass let me see you sublimated and wrought into For I would that ye might yet a Praise and a Crown to your Bride be found beyond what the present Age hath sounded or brought forth great Wrestlings and Vauntings by his exalted Spirits out of an unsound Ground and polluted Heavens do put forth as if the true Lily did blossom as from out of a dry Shell and hollow Sands But the Kingdom of thy JESUS is more deep weighty and substantial as ye shall witness in the patient passive process if you shall hold out according to my renewed Revelation which shall attend the Tabernacle Waiters and Inquirers with the spotless Ephod upon you as the separated Oâ—…es to whom my Secrets shall first be made known in and after another manner then the Counterfeit Birth-Talkers make their boast of for a difference I will put among the dry Rods which known shall by their greening and fresh flowering and so shall cause to cease all murmuring and vain Pretendings to my Golden Altar ascending To which none right have to come but such as can bring the blossoming Rods with the Name of JESUS thereon ingraven Also a Golden Ball I do to thee bequeath take it and swallow it down and after a while thou shalt feel it dissolve and out from thee flye it is the Soveraign Composition-Oil which will preserve that which is conceived and brought forth for the donation and manifestation of that Great Day of JESUS his return with the last finishing Power that will put an end to all Travels and Labours Fears and Sorrows Which solid thing is already given only wait for its breaking forth February the 20th 1675 6. Upon this Prophetical Opening and Instruction I felt some of the effects working through all parts of the inward Raised Body and sensibly witnessed by the pure boiling Streams with force coming to make me all clear and uncloyed of what the Salt brinish Sea had troubled and cast in upon me Which till I was thereof ridded and again unladen my Spirit was as in a plunge and Dead Man's Tomb wherefrom nothing but Horâ—…our doth give forth as a dead and unsavoury Gust which no sooner doth the Flood-gate of sense open from this lower Orb but this Suffering upon me doth immediately come for how can two Contraries in one House agree no Peace or Serenity is till that only wise and potent Solomon upon the Throne over all do Reign admitting none but his own Glorified Train Oh when any of a strange Lineage or Nation into this Kingdom after its re-establishing do come how strangely by this Heavenly King are they looked upon Such are the slights and disdains with scattering Powers of terrible Majesty thâ—… nothing belonging to the Spirit of this World and its party will in this Holy Place care to stay though they may and still do present and croud in themselves for disturbance and annoy as lately an offence and grievance of this kind I did meet withal from a high floating Tide of Sence with which strange Nations landed upon my Coast from a contrary Sea who came Balack-like with great Rewards in their Hands to tempt me to leave the Tabernacle of my God and the Parddisical Land to go along with them back again where they told me greaâ—… Possessions might be gained and I nâ—… longer should expose my self to Povertâ—… and Reproach as upon this visible Stage at present appeared such provoking Arguments they hard upon me did plye perswading me no longer to wait within the Ark and Sanctuary of a forelorn Hope as these subtil Spirits termed it All which Floods upon me were pour'd but Jesus my Rock all over covered me so as these Waters of temptation could not sink into me This try'd Stone shun'd not to espouse my Cause and quarrel and plainly told me I should not always Married be with Beasts which out of the Wild Forrest of Nature doth spring the time was hastening when they should chained up and confined be in their own place of Black Darkness as ashamed to come forth when the
set-time is accomplished for the Bridegroom's appearance unto us observing for my forwarning that upon or near the time of such invading and disquieting Spirits conspiracy I am foreshewn it in way of Vision As thus being in the Night season impulsed to breath out some Spiritual Ejaculations falling into a slumber after I found somewhat grasp in upon me and struggle to take away my Life having great Wrath and Indignation against me so as I gave up thinking they would have mastered me and bereaved me of Life but the Holy Watcher was with me and prevented all Designs against me setting at that time a Pavillion Guard of Angels to rescue me from the malitious Power that was by the Spirit of Wisdom to me unfolded Who verified that many should be the evil Eyes that would watch us both and rejoice if they might see our Chariot-Wheels stop and our Hopes overturned Therefore the Cry out and from the Holy Place is Hold out be strong give no place nor quarter to the Beast nor to his Train for your Jesus is coming to take his Kingdom and then you shall over all in like Personality co-jointly with him Reign With these and such manner of initiating Supportations still I found us attended that our Faith might hold out and in our Earth be found when the last Trumpet shall be given for to sound which in our Day we may hear if we can see that in our Ground and Field the fruitful Ear is sprung up and looketh all White and Ruddy for to be taken and laid up with that Fiâ—…t Sheaf that is entred before us Not omitâ—…ing an other forerunning Discovery of the continued War like to be still held against the resolved Pilgrim to its Jerusalem persuing Three Nights after this last Combat I saw a Lamb come up where I was setting in my Chamber and run under my Bed and there followed two Dogs which chased it and would no where let it be quiet So it came out to me as for pity and shelter then I bestirr'd my self to take these two Molesters and at last I conquered and made them cease hunting this innocent Lamb shutting them up Then this chased meek one came and put its Head into my Bosom for Rest after its weariness Much from this was shewed me and I well know is to have its daily Accomplishment and therefore in this way is it manifested for Advertisement unto us who are thus far in the process of Jesus ingaged that we should not by any of these things be terrified or amazed while we see the Trophy of Victory concludes the Hellish Tragedy very comfortably March the 5th 1675 6. THis Ghostly Ministration in the Prepared Tabernacle being all now in my Eye knowing nothing else would glorifie Jesus his Ministry The following Manifestation hereof was after this manner pesented unto me A large Fowl which had hatched two Birds I did in that Figure behold till they were grown to be somewhat fledged and able to look out for Food but not able to encounter the cold Blasts nor the Northen Winds blowing very contrary and sharp upon them which made them shrink for want of fresh shelter while now they were thus driven to and fro the Birds of Prey watched narrowly them to devour But away with speed was sent a fluttering Dove with out-spreading Wings over these to hover to deliver them from the Kites Claws which was just fastening upon the one who was not so strong to run as the other who had got it self immediately under the Dove's Wing for shelter Then sayâ—… I a Hand snatched up the other Bird and put it under the Wing of the Dove who with a swift Flight vanished with them into the Invisible Orb of Light March the 6th 1675 6. This Vision was a plain demonstration of the third and last fixed State of the Holy Ghost who for our succour and relief will come to safe guard and carry us up to our prepared Kingdom as it was revealed to me that all former Ministrations would decrease and unto us cease Though Wisdom did conceive us in her Womb and did bring us forth and so passed us over in our Minority to our Jesus we by him having attained to a more grown State he doth transmit us over to the care and charge of the Holy Ghost where only we shall find winged Power and Shelter and who will be a glorious Banner over us Till which we cannot expect to act impregnantly in the Wonders of the high Eternity who hath therefore given to us a new charge that we may press hard and most vehemently pursue this day of Pentecost Which will bring in Omnipotency to concur and go along with the pure begotten Will. Oh then we shall take scattering Coals of Fire from this Holy Altar-Power which shall introduce a mighty Flaming Breath from the Golden Stone Within that will dissolve melt down and bring forth the clear Temple-Form wherein sits the pure Dove with her Virgin Bride who will soon make back to drive from us the strong force of all violent Tydes that so we may upon all Seas float God like and ride God-like upon the Wing of the Dove out of Visible Nature's Eye Where with Joy we solemnly do each other greet being invited by the Governour of this Holy Feast to set down as joint Conquerors with him to partake of what shall be brought forth in the great Day of the Lamb and Bride meeting together When the New Wine out of the Fountain-Grape shall run down the New Jerusalem Streets when all the Store and Treasure Chambers shall stand open and nothing shall be sealed up more from us Who under the covert Wing of this swift mounting Dove are brought For the which the Spirit of Jesus hath most truly brought us thus far as cauâ—…e we have to hope in that already I do feel something in me to move with a Cry still running through me The Lord your Bridegroom is coming Which Word as a Cordial-draught is given to renew both Strength and Spirit Again as we were waiting together in and upon our Temple-Service this Word came unto me Behold the effect of every Vision is at hand spare not to strengthen your Tabernacle-stakes and to fix your Temple-Pillars for it shall be said from this place Blessed is the high Throne-Glory who must prepare a Seat for this Holy One and strictly watch ye that no unhallowed thing enter in into this separated place For you know not how suddainly the transmuting Ghostly Powers will spring out of its own Eternal Ground Who soon will scent and smell if any of the old leavened and putrified lump there be remaining Therefore the cry so often in thy inward Land doth sound that so no unclean thing may there be found and that all Earthly stuff may be thrown out of it For the Holy Ghost is appointed in this new raised Temple to officiate and all perfect Service to be performed at a higher rate more Seraphick and Purer
Row the first of which is an â—…rald upon which is engraven rich Knowledge or sound Judgment to the understanding of all Spiritual Arts and Sciences whatever The second in this Row iâ—… a Chrysolite a Stone for all clear Revelation engraven upon it are the seven Eyes for its All-seeing nothing is unsearchable to it The third is an Adamant In this Stone lieth Almigâ—…ty Strength great fortitude and power to resist all Batteries and Assaults whatever it is so impregnated with virtual Power The fourth Row the first Stone of it a Jacynth this sparkling Stone can live and subsist in all Fire and can endure the Touch from all these Fire-Stones the engravement upon this is all precious Faith that is the conquerour through the long Patience The second of this Row is a Chalcedony this Stone beareth the engraving of high Joy Peace and Righteousness upon it representing the true Jerusalem-state and the real Reign of Great Solomon The third and last of this Row is the great Top-Stone which is a Chrysoprasus upon which is engraveâ—… the shout of a King for here is Salvaâ—…ion and Victory For the Lord great and mighty hath laid all the Foundation here for a sure Defence In Aaron's Breast-Plate Four Rows of Stones Exod. 28. 27. and Chap. 39. 10. The same Order observed 1 Row 1 Sardius 2 Topaz 3 A Carbuncle 2 row 4 An Emerauld 5 A Saphire 6 A Diamond 3 Row 7 A Ligure 8 An Agare 9 An Amerthyst 4 Row 10 A Beryl 11 An Onyx 12 A Jasper These Twelve Foundation Stones of the New Jerusalem the Order is thus mentioned Rev. 19 20 21. 1 is a Jasper 2 is a Saphire 3 is a Chalcedony 4 is an Emrauld 5 is a Sardonyx 6 is a Sardius 7 is a Chrysolite 8 is a Beryl 9 is a Topaz 10 is a Chrysoprasus 11 is a Jacynth 12 is an Amethyst Nine of these Preciouâ—… Stones are mentioned together Ezek. 28. 13. The Nature of all these Stones are they are all clear bright transparent sparkling from an inâ—…ate Virtue A Topaz or a Carbuncle seem to be one Stone Isâ—… 54. 12. An Agate and Chrysoprasus all one Ezek. 27. 16. A Sardius and Ruby all one 1. The Jasper Stone the nature of it it is clear as Crystal mentioned Rev. 21. 11. and Chap. 4 3. He that sat was to look upon like Jasper 2. The Saphire a transparent Stone mentioned Ezek. 1. 26. and Chap. 10. 1. A Throne as the appearance of a Saphire Stone Also Tob. 13. 16. Jerusalem shall be built with Saphires 3. Stone a Chalcedony I find to be like the Carbuncle 4. An Emrauld Stone mentioned Rev. 4. 3. In sight like unto an Emrauld Also Tob. 13. 16. 5. A Sardonyx Stone it is almost one with a Sardius or Sardine Stone 6. A Sardius or a Sardine Stone it is a transparent Ruby It is mentioned Rev. 4. 3. He that sat was like a Sardine Stone 7. A Chrysolite is a Gem full of Majesty shining throughout with a Golden Lustre 8. A Beryl mentionened Din. 10. 6. His Body like to Beryl Tob. 13. 17. The Streets of Jerusalem shall be paâ—…ed with Beryl 9. A Topaz or Carbuncle mentioned Isa. 54. 12. Thy Gates of Carbuncles Ezek. 28. 13. mentioned also in the Pavement of Jerusalem Tob. 13. 17. 10. A Chrysoprasus or an Agate mentioned Isa. 54. 12. Thy Windows of Agates Mentioned Ezek. 27. 16. there Chrysoprasus and Agate seem to be all one It may well be called the Stone of Ophir in the Prophecy of Old Tobias Chap. 13. 17. 11. A Jacynth or Hyacinth It is of the Royal Purple Colour 12. An Amethyst The Diamond is mentioned Exod. 28. 18. and Chap. 39. 11. and 28. 13. The Ony x-Stone is mentioned Exod. 28. 20. and Chap. 39. 13. J. P. After this follows Wisdoms Call out of this City whence she also with much Majesty descended and gave Rules for the Carrying on of the Great Work and for the bringing down of the said Jerusalem from God which are not to be found either among the Authors Papers or in Dr. P's Copy But may in part be supplied from what was afterward opened in the Treatise of the Eight Worlds April the 6th 1676. A Call to this Searching from out of New-Jerusalem O Thou inquisitive Spirit what is it thou hast seen in my Glass A City which is founded upon a Rock of all Precious Stones The measuring Line is still in the Hand of thy Angel-guide to shew thee further hereinto And now to present the Walls that must be raised upon these twelve Foundations The Line of my Eternal Spirit is squaring all according to Wisdom's Counsel What now thinkest thou are to be the Materials of these Walls but all flaming Seraphims holding Palms of Victory and light glistering Shields in their Hands These are the Walls which shall ever be before me garuished with the bright sparkling Powers of Cherubwork every where engraven by the Pencil of my Spirit Who skilful is to write in Gold the Inscription of the highest Perfection of Holiness round these Walls Nothing out here springing will be but Lillies and blushing Roses which represent the mutual Embraces of the Bridegroom and the Bride Whose Emblems every where within this Holy Place are to be pourtraied as a new formed Image of unchangeable Beauty and Perfection in the room and place of that faded withered couplâ—… who lost their Virgin Purity staining their Bridal Garments so as Paradise could no longer bear them but flâ—…d away from them But behold here is a new state of things opening much more transcendent then the Paradisical Birth and Generation For out of this City will come the true and right Marriage of which the first was but a Type for the Lamb and the Bride will bring forth here a fruitful Off-spring as it is said of this Zion Blessed is the Man that is â—…orn out heâ—…ce Blessed is the Man that is begotten within these Celestial Walls For take notice there is much difference betwixt the Paradisical State and Situation and this of Jerusalem which is encompassed all about with Sâ—…raphick flaming Cherubims There was only One to keep and guard the Tree of Life it lay open and obnoxious to the Invaders as the effects of the Serpent's coming did shew But here Fortitude and Strength 〈◊〉 provided against all Assaults no Destroyer can come here the Walls are so high terrible mighty and strong with their twelve Gates which will open to none but to the Bride and Bridegroom and to their Offspring who have the Name of the City written upon their Foreheads But thou whose Queries are come up before me concerning these Gates why they are recorded to stand Northward and Southward Eastward and Westward and to be all alike no difference and bearing Names upon them Uâ—…to thee I answer As to the first know this City is founded and established upon the top of all Mountains for discovery unto all The rising blazing Glory of it shall
every way so beset him from the Throne-Spirit-Lamps proceeding from God and the Lamb which hath out vied and abased all other Lights which hereat pull themselves in and fall down as not able to abide or contest with this God Essential Light Ah but while with you I am discoursing these things I hear this loud Ecchoing-Cry within Oh when shall we be cloathed upon with this New Jerusalem Light that it may be our Lot within this City to abide or else why is it after this manner so illustrated through the Knowledge and Manifestation of these things Thou dost but sadden out Hearts and multiply our Sorrows till thou takest us in hereunto For how can we love to see that place which we must not come into And look upon thesâ—… Lovely Trees and not yet touch or tâ—… them This doth but sharpen our Spiritual Appetites to make them moâ—… eagerly hunger after them April the 14th 1676. Our Eyes being now pitched upon this choice and only Tree among all Eden's Varieties none here doth please us so as here to stay we do see now somewhat beyond them at a distance Wisdom Therefore ye would have Admission into what I have shewn you or else ye tell me that it had been better to have had it still concealed from you I know yea I know these are your deep Love-arguings for your Zeal to this my House and City of Glory is very great so as you would bring down out hence the first ripe Fruits and I know you are in travel for your Bride Jerusalem to see All which is most acceptable to Wisdom's Spirit who searcheth deeply and will turn up every Fire-Stone to see what yet lieth under Therefore thou that plyest so hard the perfect thing it self for to come to be I asâ—…ure my Hand will not slâ—…ck but will â—…ut it self forth to draw thee forward â—…ill thou through the conquering part â—…hall come Who then shalt challenge by Right this threefold Tree thereof to feed upon then will transmuting work begin Here your Eyes will be open indeed from a virtual strength taken in under the Honey-Dew which upon these Branches lie it may be well said it is the Eye-Salve in truth which enlightneth the Eye that no Secret can from it be hid for it beholdeth every precious thing whether above or beneath But to go on let me answer what I read still within thy Heart who saith O Jesus why am not I brought without further delay here Why hast thou caused my Ear Morning by Morning to hear of those great Immunities if I may not enter upon this rich and stately Inheritance By which I may shew what thou hâ—…st Oh Jesus for me wrought that so all Insidels may be convinced who are in the gain-saying Spirit that a Saviour is risen to carry us through into the Land of Possession For glorified I cannot be till upon Mount Sion my Ransomed Ones with their Victorious Crowns and Palms do stand free Oh this is all I must tell thee a little time more allowed must be for the full conquest to be made I even I am come with my Fire and sifting Fan till I will not leave one Canaanitish Spirit in thy Land This is my present work to subdue and bind all under you I now a busie swift and mighty Agent am for you who have laid your help upon me and have charged me with this great thing to bring it to pass for you Your Hearts and Minds I now require to leave with me as an empty Tent for no more a mixed Family shall there dwell I Wisdom with my own Train will you fill turning all out but my own begotten Fire-sparkling Seed for with nothing else can I evermore agree When this is done ye cannot ye shall not live out of this Sion-Glory April the 15th 1676. The Nazarite Diet. Furthermore I have set forth within thee those Foundation-Stones that are already laid in their fair Colours I the Lord thy Builder and Maker will modelize all anew and will alter the Face of thy Mind by changing and turning the inclination of thy Heart towards this Tree of Life Towards which all thy Desiâ—…e shall be for which cause within thy new Foundation Wall it shall for ever henceforth spring The Root of this high Deified Matter being found from the hour of the Life quickning in Wisdom's Virgin-Womb from which a Body pure and Celestial doth grow rising out of the Tomb where Christ thy Foundation Seed was laid For this Tree of Life is proper for none to feed on but those that have been dead and are alive again For which end thâ—… beloved Paul desired to know nothing but what might bring to this Resurrection-state which would be the undeniable Witness that ye have right to enter and to pass through the flaming Cherubinical-Wall being of the same Sardius and Ruby-Bodies But before you fully this attain you have a Time of allowance granted you for growth and provision to feed upon it suitably for the Younglings state You could not yet be able to bear the strong Powers and Spirits which this Tree of Life doth produce Therefore Butter and Honey Milk and Oyl are your present Portions which are appointed you by Wisdom who well knows what your present reception can carry off and will not overcharge that which is but weak and tender Therefore hath she wisely ordered this Sanctuary-Dyet which is strong enough to nourish this new Birth of Life As 1st with the Milk of all Lovetenderness 2dly Then with the Honey-Dews of Predictions Manuductions and Counsels 3dly With the melting Butter of consolating Joy 4thly With the Oyl of Light which is for the restoring and keeping clearer the Sight that it may be able to look into this City where the Jasper-stone so wonderfully doth shine Now know these kinds of Food will bring you up make you so pure clear and fair as in the Fulness of Time ye shall without restriction Boldly of this strong Life Virtue take Which will a Change to purpose in you make For consider what the Nature and Spirit of this Tree is I shall here present the several Properties of it to wit Power Majesty Wisdom Riches Honour Omnipotency Blessing Salvation Dominion Strength Dignity and Glory All these are given at once to feed upon and to drink in the Juicy Liquor of all these Fruit-Powers What or who can bear it but the strong grown Nazarite that hath been incorruptibly trained up for it After this for the space of Ten Days it is not known what Occurred from the Heavens as not being found Registred by Doctor P. April the 25th 1676. The Bridegroom's Voice The Word in me from Jesus thus spake O ye Jerusalem Waiters by what Gate came ye in and what have you here seen that ye so willing are here to stay Taken thou art with the flaming Eye that thou hast no mind hereout to depart till ye have got another Heart which â—…o where else could be perfectly
clear Then Celestial Food ye shall know through this Virtual Consubstantiation of which none shall have right to partake but the Bridegroom and his Mate Therefore do not think that I am slack in coming for to reap I wait in Long-suffering with you till I become a pure hardned Grain in you and so become Heavenly Bread to satisfie the Life that is born out of the Mystery Whereof you are of the Number appointed to grow up a pure Body for the holy Air to pass through August the 15th 1676. This Word came which was often repeated in me Arise Jonah's Gourd must fail though it was appointed for your succour and shelter for its appointed Season as a Shadow from the Heat Wind and Storm Which was thus made out to me with respect to the present Gospel-Ministration as it stood in divers Services though of the Lord 's own Institution which carries a great force with it consisting of pure and Spiritual Exercises offering up by Prayers and other constant Oblations which have been too short because transient Powers have only opened therefrom wherein hath been some Refreshing yet rest not hear for some better thing is provided for you whose expectation must still run higher looking to obtain that fixed Body that can dwell among the Heavenly Quire going out and in by Commission from your Great King whom only you are to fear and hasten to Then again this secret Word sprung What toil you here Have you not heard that there is a Jubile Year wherein you are called to return to the Land of your Possession to enjoy what is laid up in store which was sown in the sixth Year of your Immanuel who was such a fruitful Grain as thereby ye may obtain a Sabbath of Rest eating of the old Store till the third Year which will renew all things again to that Increase which never yet hath been Also this Scripture was spoken to me Ye shall not go through the Cities of Israel till the Son of Man come again Matth. 10. 23. Which thus opened it self Ye have had many Removes in your Israel Dispensations yet you have not gone through all there is one strong hold that is to be taken Which being enter'd into you will soon see your Son of Man so to appear as ye shall not know him from the Son of the Most High God in Humanity glorious and clear riding upon the Heavenly Sphear Also this Word came unto me The Golden Pot within shall still be filled with Manna it is for the Priest alone to feed thereof within the Holy Place Where the Golden Bowl of Oyl shall also out flow to those that can come near it with their Consecrated Body which scented is with the pure Unction August the 16th 1676. Being very inquisitive with that strong Rock from whence I expected still new Aid Counsel and work of Direction for going forward in the Process with our Jesus till we were entred into the Land of Rest Life and Liberty and it being made now all my Care and Concern to keep journeying on making riddance of all that would hinder our ascending Might In order to the prosecution thereof this Word came to me Knowest thou not that the most principal City is yet to be inhabited by you which can only be entred upon by Conquest Now what less then the Spirit of Courage Might and Valour which did rest upon Othniel will serve you in this matter For the taking of this strong City by Conquest a Reward will be given by faithful Caleb the good Heart who here represents the Eternal God and Father Who engageth to give Achsah who is his only Virgin Daughter unto Othniel who is the Man of War the strong Michael who feareth not but he shall still overcome to whom is given the utmost Ends of the Earth for his Inheritance Moab shall be his Wash-Pot and over Edom the Most High will rule Oh Lord it is most true thy Power and Soveraignty is not to be questioned I know thou canst do all things but what is this to me till this Mighty Man of Valour do arise to bring me into this strong City or the City of Strength wherein will be all our defence Thou hast said Go on to possess what yet remains behind pointing to this Walled Place that is fenced round with Bull works by which we who have often made any Attempts against her here have as often been repelled How and by whom can we make this Enterprize if thou Oh mighty Othniel dost not undertake this for us A necessity there is I do see for thee to assume and to take in us the strong Battel-Ax of Faith's Magnanimity that will force the most Mighty to yield Oh how long must we War before the Bride shall come for to be our own in the New Jerusalem City Ah sweet Jesus speak comfortably to us hereto to whom it hath been said Ye look for her who never can in this Life-time be here enjoyed August the 19th 1676. This Reply was given to me Oh why should ye hearken to any thing that would quench and kill your Faith For Diffidence hath been the grand Stop and Hinderance for how can that possibly be obtained which cannot be believed in By which great Absurdities are committed against the whole Trinity whose Faithfulness and Truth must hereby be nullified and all those Promises made of no effect which are of standing Record But they will not any Credit hereunto give then which nothing more can take off from this further process as who else might have reached to all that hath been predicted had there been but found in any that All-Golden Grain of Faith so strong till it had cast out all Fear and Doubting which makes the true Masculine Spirit that is for the taking of the most weighty Prize that is in the Kingdom of Heaven Who willingly suffereth such noble Violence and would rejoice to be so entred upon If it might find any so resolved in this present time I will assure thee there it no Prohibition against the possession of this Royal thing which I have so often to you propounded Which stands free to yield to them who through Faith's Stratagem can enter through the Gates of this Jerusalem You well know what force will be effectual which I still incite and call upon you to improve summoning in all your Army The Seven Throne-Spirits will be your aid but be sure to set Love's Flaming Streamer and Faith's challenging Banner in the fore-front of all because they are of greatest Potency which will bring a dread with them upon the fearful and unbelieving Spirits because terrible to them is this Army of Banners Who the first Onset will make with and by the sound of our Trumpet which yet hath never been heard to sound For which wait ye till it shall be given into your Hands August the 20th 1676. This Word visited me with a mighty inward Cry Let the old Creature dye and pass away Bury this
be all Virtue and meer Power to work and act according to its sublime Constitution that by virtue of this dissolving Stone will put forth to do marvelous things Which may be revived after a more wonderful way then yet in and through frail Humanity have been existent Oh now then seeing that is made known unto you where the Treasure doth lie and that you have my Spirit not only to espy but to work hand to hand with you mightily Therefore resolve as in one Spirit ever fixed to be to break up that which doth lie upon this Princely thing each one in your selves to whom this Secret is revealed Do not only Pray and wait but War and work together till ye have wrought out this imprisoned Power that may yet be exalted upon the Throne of Sovereignty For verily no better then a violent unjust deposing of your and my Spirits reign hath been Call and engage all Might and Force to recover his Kingdom again that ye may sit in the Place of Judicature and have all Nations come in at your Beck All which by meer Conquest you must effect if to the Crown and Dominion ye seek to get I shall now leave with you this worthy and all desirable Jewel to the courage and liberty of your own potent Will and my Spirit shall not fail to assist you with all its Armoury So that ye may have Victory over that which would still enslave and confine you within the compass of Mortality with all its appertaining Enormities which this Stone upon its breaking through will certainly free you from Now as there is a strong Guard of Rational and Sensitive Spirits which do multiply out of the Earthly Center so be of good chear that this one Spirit shall multiply to the Thousandth Number and stand up as a mighty Army to win the Field where this Golden Mine is reserved As mighty Worthies march ye forward hold out the bloody Cross of Defiance spare nothing which doth plead for the first fallen Creation because nothing of it can subsist with this pure Stone but what is Crysolyte All my dear Jesus hasten this Stone out of this Burning Furnace in my Altar-Heart September the 29th 1676. This Night approaching to Morning great Spiritual Travail came upon me and I was in Soul-heaviness through the sharp Pangs which I was overtaken with For I felt the Birth strong to make way for its deliverance mighty throws of the Spirit did work and I therewith co-working was that if by any means I might embrace the first-born of Might to whom the Throne-Power and Government was to be established While I thought on these things my Spirit thus burst out Ah my Lord I have often been in these strong travelling Cries but yet too feeble am to bring forth that which is to be the Ruler of Nations even he who is to be cloathed with Royal Glory Strength and Majesty to attend the Throne of the Deity who will admit only such dignified Spirits there to resort and dwell who are born again of equal quality within so as it may be no Robbery to derive from thee O God this Fire-Birth which makes the pure Nazarite Whose Proceeding as also Working forth must be from that everlasting Womb of Eternity which does miraculously introduce it self into a poor despicable Corporeity which is not perceived till it cometh to a full grown Body impregnated with Life in every part and so growing till it comes to its full Birth-hour which I did believe was after the manner of a Spirit to be effected For this Word was expresly spoken to me Fear not thou shalt have this same also which shall be caught up and nourished for a certain time and then shall come again to thee For while he is a Babe and in Minority Dangers and Perils will beset him from this envious World Therefore his Birth must be hidden and concealed and there needs to be no Proclamation of it because none but Spiritual Powers and Invisible Hosts were called forth to be privy to this secret Birth Then I beheld till I saw the Virgin who travelled to ascend after the Child being overshadowed by a White Cloud therein wrapped up out of sight freed from all Malice and Despight being kept and for while reserved within the Eternal Circle of Light Then the Voice in me cryed and said Behold that which thou hast seen to ascend out of the Forms of Nature shall again descend in a full grown God-Manhood to accomplish all that hath been predicted and declared by the Spirit who hath searched out the Depths of the Birth of Wisdom Then upon this was revealed and presented to me the Figure of a Lamb all white having Seven Heads upon which were Seven Crowns like Garlands with fresh Roses and Lilies And one riding in the similitude of a Woman cloathed with a Flaming Garment like the Sun for Glory and Brightness with a Cup of Pearl-Royal in her Hand filled full of flaming Liquor of Gold Then the Spirit said This is the Lamb and the Bride which shall the Dragon and the Beast with all his horned Power ride down with all his Mark and Name which the whole World hath worshipped and admired He hath had long his Time to impose strange Laws and Injunctions and hath been in Universally obeyed Whose Sorceries Witchcrafts and Deceits have worn out many Generations who were ignorant of the Depths of this subtle Serpent and who hereby have died short of their Kingly Crown The seducing Prophet perswading them that they were under a necessity of owning this false usurped Power and Authority which so well agreed and answered to the Apostatized Life of Sensuality But oh to you whom I have seen Revolters from this strange King and his Government I the Spirit of Jesus am sent to declare to you the Father's Love and Intent Whose Heart is set to redeem you from all Sins oppressing Tyranny from the World's Spirit and all that is Rudimental I have sought out for such as for my purpose might be who are resolved to deny and throw off all weights and thronging Spirits that would traffick within my Holy Place For assuredly I do of such take special notice who do forsake all this low Oâ—…b for me to follow my new revealed Tracks Then cryed my Spirit since O my Lord I have thus far found Grace in thy sight give me to understand the meaning of this last Representation to wit of the Seven Crowned Lamb with the Effigies of a Woman riding on him So this was opened unto me by the divine Intelligencing Spirit which informed me that the Lamb which I saw with Seven Crowns signified Jesus who yet never assumed his Reigning Power on the Earth for any duration For while he was Personally in the World he was under Suffering and Reproach and ever since he hath been vailed and obscured in his Spirit the Earthly part hath yet been too hard in the Lamb's Warriours But now to any such in whom the Virgin
Bride is come down to travel in the greatness of Strength to bring forth this mighty Birth of the God-like Nature they may expect and look for great things to be produced as the effects of this wonderful Birth Which is caught up to the Throne of God and will not return back till he comes with all full command to give the Seventh Number-Crown and fix it on them to whom he is first to appear conveying most freely and clearly his Soveraignty to them But that which is the most deep thing in the Vision is the great Mystery of the Woman which sate upon the Lamb with a Cup in her Hand Whose Representation is to shew that this is the Virgin of Sion the Mother of the New Jerusalem who is come to divest and lay open the Harlotry Spirit that hath brought in the Abomination of all Idolatry and hath made drunk the several Sects with the Wine of a Luciferian Spirit enchanting all Nations through her Magnificency and Power having the Riches and Honours of this World to give as a Reward to her Worshippers Therefore to countervail and the more highly to excell all that this Princely Virgin the Eternal Wisdom and Power of God hath appeared with the Lamb in the Spirit 's Soveraignty to let thee know she is the only Mother and Bride to whom is given the Cup of Blessing From whence are substantial durable Riches Power Dignity and Soveraignty that shall know no limit or end of Glory and Kingly Dominion and thereof also will be to all Eternity aâ—… encrease Therefore let it not repenâ—… you who have been Lovers and Admirers of this illustrious Stone of Wisdom trust to her expect all from her looking only to her united Power with thâ—… Lamb who will assuredly come in you to Reign For the Anointing Oyl is iâ—… his Horn and the melted Liquor of Gold in the Cup to which you are called to take a full sup then you will know another manner of Reward then all the Enchanting Principle of the Beast and Sin-trimmed Whore can afford who will be all dispoiled as the Lamb and Wisdom in you shall yet more evidently appear to imprint the Mark and Name of the Great Salem Upon whom saith the Spirit of the Bride-Love wait and fix and stir not therefrom for so she will be your Springing Garland October the 2d 1676. SO soon as I awaked in the Morning I was saluted with this Word Turn not away thy Foot but walk in that secret Gallery where my Spirit may with thee commune of the Matters which appertain to the Kingdom Which thou hast prayed for to thy Jesus hoping it may be admitted in thy despiseable form of Mortality Which may accordingly be admitted through the watchful observation of this Inspiring Word which is given to be thy Guide Who gave me Rules of further Instruction upon the occasion of what I was very earnest now in Prayer about saying thus If thou expectest thy God should do somewhat which is extraordinary and eminent for thee then thou must walk answerably with him in a singular way according to the Oily Light of the infused Unction which is come to give the true Knowledge and Insight into that Life-habitation which is hid by the Thicket of the Mortal Principle through which thou art to pass as swift as a Dart not minding or staying in any thing till thou reachest the Mark Which is the Cup wherein the Burning Gold of the Holy Ghost is ready prepared for such as can pass through this World and not be with it touched Then said I Oh my Jesus thou requirest hard things of us who have thought that none for this Prize had out-bid us but now I see ahigher rate upon this Jewel of the Kingdom is set so as I do not Marvel at the great adventure that must be made for it O who can hereto be perswaded that of necessity thus it must be that all we have gotten and enriched our selves with from this accursed Aegypt must be given for the Land of Canaan that so we may come to the City of our Rest to inhabit it with our Kingly Bridegroom Moreover this Word came unto me Shake off all that dismal Widowhood which presents thee still before me in heaviness Ah! Lord said I how can it be otherwise till the white Virgin-Robe and Airy Body be put on me by which I may press through the Clouds to thee Tell me then how I may put off and change that Garment which is so muddy and heavy that I cannot fly with it as a Dove in to the Pavilion of Divine Secresie so ofâ—… as I would For I cannot make any Ascension unto thee but I find great â—…trife to lay aside this upper Garment of Sence and Reason For I know there is no coming unto thee with it it smelleth so of the common shore of this corrupt Earth that nothing is more unsavoury Who then can cure us of this Malady but thee O Lamb of God Who hast the All-transmuting Power That can shift our Garments in one Hour For sure it is a lawful Ambition to be translat ed into that State wherein it may be said here are those who are cloathed with Garments all white shining like the Jasper-Light Then replied the Spirit to me Seeing then thou art only sad for this cause as not being so richly clad as might give thee Confidence to come in and among the great Tabernacle-Assembly in the Heavenly Court to present thy self know that I thy Spirit and Comforter will Merchandize for thee into Wisdom's rich Mines Where the Purple Scarlet and fine Linnen with Gold and precious Stones are for the Sanctuary-cloathing to be found and in Faith's Ship shall be transmitted to thee Which Materials being brought to thee thy Hand with my direction shall work a sparkling Covering that thou mayst appear in it all gloâ—…ous in my most high Court October the 5th 1676. The Love-jealous Eye that is over us surveying and searching out the Evil as well as the Good in all the Circumstances of things appertaining to us was most kind and friendly to foretell us all that might prolong or prevent the making good what is contained and shut up in the Promise of the New Covenant O the sweet gentle Reproofs of the Spirit how acceptable be they when they drive forward and will not let us rest or lodge on this side the Mount of Olives but call up to mind who it is that thereupon doth stand echoing and crying O my Dove what is the cause of thy demur Didst thou not engage that thou wouldst fit out my Bride and make her ready that her Bridegroom might be out of all suspition But her delay makes me conclude she is loath to take too abrupt a leave from the Moabitish Land fearing to displease them as if her Eye was still hankering after some Reward from this Harlotry Vagrant All which is included under the Curse and therefore cannot to my Spouse make any Addition
of Blessing but will seek to dispoil her from her greater more weighty and eminent Riches with her true Honours through the subâ—…le Pretences that all these by her given are provided to gratifie the outward mans Exigencies who hath need of all these things Which smooth Arguments have deluded Multitudes ingulphing them deep into an irrecoverable Pit of Perdition Of which common Snare O ye that are called and culled out to live upon another Fount and Spring take good heed it is for such as you thereof to be aware It is for you not to be here caught but still to go to Jacob's Lot observe therefore and diligently enquire when you are to depart out of Babylon and when the set-time is that your Laban's Service shall expire Now my charge unto you is that when I your Jesus expresly alarm you to take your leave of all and from all things and to make a quick dispatch after me that you linger not out your time with so many Taking of Leaves and long Salutes whereby to express so hard a Come-off from this Evil World For my Spirit will hide nothing from me but doth give a true account how your Mind and Will stands towards me He is that impartial Spirit of Truth who on both sides is faithful who does as well take of yours and snew to me as of mine to you He cannot and will not make any force without the free consent of your own Will nor treat with you any otherwise then by Love's Entreaties and those many considerable Advantages set before your true Spiritual Eye which in this Light of the anointed One ye may spy without defraud or hindrance And as for thee O Shulamite what thinkest thou doth thy God and me more disgust then when my Spirit bringeth this Report to my Ear that thou canst not yet give full credit to thy Espoused Lord and Husband without wavering My Spirit tells me that Love is not grown so perfect yet in thee as to cast out every questioning thought which makes thee so oft in Jeopardy For couldst thou undoubtedly believe in my Faithfulness and highly great and all-sufficent Responsibility to answer to all and what-ever relates to thee as thou standest in thy exiled state I say if in this perswasion my Spirit could thee fix thou wouldst openly decry down the Beast and his great Benefactor who doth sit on him to give Rewards out of the false pernicious Magick Cup and thou wouldst only look to thy own Eternal Dowry from the Hand of her who is all over cloathed with Strength Glory and Majesty thereby to cover those who are lodged in the Bridegroom's Heart True it is ye have not only witnessed a good Confession with your Lips but have also in some degree given the Sealing Proof by bringing out the first ripe Fruits O know ye who are my Garden Plants for what end are all my Golden Dews to you conveyed through my Spirit Are they not that ye may see this fruitful Tree of Life within your own Lebanon to spring both for Food and Healing Whereto ye are brought by that Spirit and Power which is in mine Elect who are given by the Father to be jointsharers with me in the third great and blessed Lot of pure Breath and Heat from the everlasting Deity Even so to us my God do them this infuse richly according to thy Word October the 6th 1676. This Word came to me saying None but my Eunuchs who are seperated and have cut themselves off from all other People can know how to sanctifie to me a Sabbath of Rest whereby they may cease from the toil of their own Hands In this Day their Strength will be to sit still to feel the all-piercing Unction that hath such a high and wonderful slight as to effect all work without cry or noise This I tell thee Oh Soul as a Secret in thy Ear for in this lieth a deep Mystery which is only known where the Train is purely laid running as out of a Spout from the all-flowing God-head into the pure Eunuch Spirit Who hath suffered a dismembring for the Life of Holy Generations sake through the secret unknown way of co-operation and essential contaction by which the holy thing that is of Ghostly Authority comes in this manner existent in and through Nature's frame to get in such who are thus qualified to shine forth as Day-Stars in the Lamb 's Celestial Firmament After the Spirit had revealed this unto me it said Who but such potent and high raised Spirits pointing to some one or other known by Name should be called out to bear his Name and to shine in Wisdom and Power as Lights before the Gentiles that thereby the Sons of Strangers and Aliens may come to joyn themselves to the Day-Spring from on High which though in the Clouds of Mortality yet known may be by the fruitful operation of the Spirit of Jesus which worketh mightily in contradiction to Reason's Eye Reserve your selves therefore still to hallow my great Name in keeping within the Walls upon which the Guardian Cherubims are set for your defence that there ye may keep my Sabbath from polluting no Burthens must there be carried through And so you will know the beginning of my Eternal Rest. October the 7th 1676. Being upon some occasion interrupted in my Spiritual Calling by touching with that which was ungrateful to the pure Spirit of Jesus he told me That he was of that Seraphick Nature that he could not delight to be where any worldly trafficking Spirits did resort having a disgust to what-ever did spring from this fallen accursed Principle And therefore it was agreed that I must keep his Temple-Habitation pure for that no reception must be there but for the Holy Trinity The outward Court where the common Senses flutter up and down is sufficient to take in what is to be considered for the Mortal Man Who also might well be cast upon the Spirits care and firmly relied upon For such in whom this is so shall grow and spring as a Sabbatical Lily without any thought how their Food and Cloathing do come in Ah! upon this my Spirit cryed Lord I have been a long while getting up my Faith to this pitch but cannot come to the degrees of this all-conquering Faith which may thrust out every tittle of an Earthly Confidence Which I well know are as the miry Rushes that have been a stop to this rising Lily which groweth no where but out of Faith's unweedy Soil Thus by way of Expostulation in Prayer I presented what the Spirit shewed to me was short and defective and did impede the success of the Work going on jointly by the Lord's undertakers Who were thus animated and counselled by his Spirit After that I had supplicated and owned the good Hand of God in joyning me to one that had a good degree of Love Courage and Constancy to go forward with a fixed Eye to the Mount of Transfiguring Glory this Word spake to