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
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
especially to the Human Soul are Resolved The Angelical World or a Treatise concerning the Angelical Principle with the Inhabitants thereof and God in this Principle The Dark Fire World or a Treatise concerning the Hellish Principle with the Inhabitants and Wonders and God manifeâ—…ting himself in this Principle A Treatise concerning the Incarnation of JESUS CHRIST Wherein all the Present Controversies in this Particulaâ—… are Discussed by a Lover of Truth who desires to hold the Just Ballance with the Even Weight A Discourse concerning the Spirit of Eternity in its First Being 〈◊〉 or Spiritual Discoveries Experimental Discoveries concerning 〈◊〉 of Natures of Essences of Tinctures of Bodies of Persons and of Spirits Solomon's PORCH OR THE Beautiful Gate of Wisdom's Temple A POEM Introductory to the Philadelphian Age. WHEN Sinful Man first left the Blissful Seat Outcast forlorn from all that 's Good or Great From Virgin-Purity and Virgin-Love â—…anisht and Doom'd round the curst Earth to rove â—…n Bestial Image vile the Fiend within â—…ossession took without the Beast was seen God's Temple wasted lay His Image bright Thick-veild in black Egyptian Shades of Night That Glorious Sâ—…inah which Erst did shine â—…n His clear Soul the once All-beauteous Shrine â—…he Seat and Mansion of th' Eternal Trine How is it â—…ed its finest Gold how dim â—…ts Stoâ—…es pour'd out its Precious â—…rim â—…cular no more all clouded lies â—…here Demons now their Oracles disguise â—…rom Heights of Bliss to Deeper Woes he fell â—…ll falling sinking still down tow'rds the Abyss of Hell â—…his cou'dâ—… thou not behold Almighty Love 〈◊〉 Compassions dear thy tender Bowels move â—…ty and Mercy move The Heavenly Bride 〈◊〉 torn from Her new Lover's side Her Bridegroom cou'd not thus forgo Her Eyes In Pearly Dews distilling as he Dies One parting Glance She threw Fast hold it took And stopt him sinking Caus'd him back to look Repentant Deeper then the Heavenly Ray Wing'd with Loves Fires more piercing makes its way God's Light and Love conjoyn'd e're long to dwell Within him in the blest Immanuel Till then content in Tabernacles low show And Temples made with Hands some gleams of God to They Travel hand in hand thro every Age In poor Disguise and humble Pilgrimage With only Types of Rest at every greater Stage One glorious King the Virgin did descry Enamour'd courted entertained her high She staid a while all Blessings round her fly He would have had his Deitess enshrin'd With Earth's Magnificence in one combin'd A glorious Temple structure rends the Skie The World's Amazement little in her Eye Departing yet this Favour high We deign Said She be Thine a Type of our Returning Reign This House a Draught in Miniature shall be Of an Eternal Temple Rais'd by Me. This Revolution finisht on they go Now Downwards back again to Scenes of Woo Thro' Deaths still conquering Death where e're they caâ—… Pierce deeper and take faster hold of Man Till in the Virgin meek she found abode More chast and Lodg'd in her the Infant God Here by the O're-shadowings of the Heav'nly Dove She unlocks the Centre of Eternal Love Here Light and Love but scattered in the Earth Till now unite their Beams and to a Birth Proceeding one bless Humane Offspring Crown With Godhead-Power Whose Kingdoms vast Renowâ—… Through Infamy Anguish and Death must Rise A bleeding Victor a Triumphant Sacrifice Here a true Living Temple they enjoy'd Delighted Rested in which though destroyfd In outward frame the Grave could not with-hold From rising Glorious brighter far ten Thousand-fold Hail Sion s Joy her precious Corner-stone The Heavenly Salems true Foundation The God the Man the Virgin all in One. The Builders thee refus'd but thou the Head Supream and we 're thy happy Members made Strictly compacted into one the whole One Body in thee one Heart one Life one Soul â—…re long i th' next great Revolution When the fair Virgin Pilgrims Stage is done Her Travails ended and her Garland won A Temple Glory of Living Stones to rise Whose Base shall fill the Earth whose Head the Skies Love yet can't triumph here without its Mate Till Light and Beauty too become Incorporate Thus still disguis'd to this great Stage they speed Contented still to suffer grieve and bleed Bleed in their Members dear Through all they move Up Hill to Triumphs hasting Now the Dove Assistant powerful joyns in each pure Soul Oreshadowing Christ to form Spight of controul From Daemons malice or fierce Tyrants hate God's Image Light and Life they here create Still spreading Tincturing deep till all 's Divine And Christ in ev'ry â—…eature ev'ry line Appearing shall ev'n Here through Soul and Body shine In vain Hell's Obstacies and Bars oppose Each Seal the Conquerors as they pass disclose The Last Now Opening when the Spirits Day Its Powers uninterrupted shall Display See see the Virgin sends a Previous Ray. From thy dark Cell now great Bohemius rise Tutor to Sages Mad to th' Worldly wise Wisdom's first distant Phosphor to whose sight Internal Natures Ground all naked bright Unveils all Worlds appear Heavens spread their Light Early thou risest Glorious but in Clouds Thick set not sent to th' Vulgar nor the Learned Crouds Of Reasons Orb too Low none thee descry None but the well purg'd Mystick Eagle-Eye Of some few Anchorete Elected Mâ—…gi Here all past Sages veil and disappear Ev'n Mallebranch beads beneath his Weighty Character To Thee resign'd and t is but just for He Draws all from one small Rivulet of Thee Fountain of Science Art and Mystery Where Stagyrite Hermes Plato all combine De Carte in evr'y Page and Boyle in ev'ry Line And yet Alone by Eminence The Divine By whom advis'd the Firstling Flocks small Band Prepare well Trim their Lamps and ready stand ' Midst whom for pious Zeal and forward Carâ—… Great Pordage with thy Generous File appear Adventrous Worthies set i th' Forlorn Hope With Hell's outragious Malice first to Cope Furious the Dragon storms all methods tries Ev'n by false Magick dark incrept To crush the Royal Infant Spirits rise But on they charge undaunted strive and Pray Believe Watch Bleed and Travel force a way For entrance and foretast the Glorious Day As th' Dark breaks loose still the Light World 's display'd By th' Virgins Magick Wand the cursed Fiends are laid Pure Spirit breath's New Senses open flye They see and all with joynt Assent Hail Great Bohemius cry All 's True we bear thee Record Hail to thee Fountain of Science Art and Mystery At last Great Hero throw off thy undress Speak condescend familiar Now no less A Cherub-Seraph towring flaming high Is sent thy Veil to rend thy Gordian Knot to untye Commander sole of all the Graceful Charms That flow in Language Passion Harmony Attempered just In summ Second â—…o Thee The Wondrous Taylor now Revolves again Ardent Seraphick and with tenfold Fires Thunder and Fire and Love compose the Name How should it then not breath Harmonious Powers Or
then in all former Ministrations whatever Oh now then to my Call and Cry within you take special Recognizance it is my Elijah's Voice that the Way of the Holy Ghost might be made plain and strait Take heed no Lyon or Wolf so much as once set their Foot on it Make your Watch still strong for slimy muddy Pits are on each hand the great Levia than there doth under Water lie waiting to see if here you do set your Feet awry For this subtle Serpent doth well know hereby all former and present Prophecyes will be prolonged if not cut off So that if by any means he could Ingulf you within this noisome Pit where all devouring Fish of Prey do lie which still would be eating out your Belief and Confidence in what do's lie beyond the Border of the Senses he will not fail to do so Because it is not for the gross but for the pure and immaculate Eye only to espy those Celestial Glories Whereof not only to the Sight I do here you my beloved Lambs invite but come I say and tast what in my upper Banquetting-House is to be found to which ye yet so high never ascended where the Ghostly Body upon the Crystalline Sea is set But stay yet ye must and ye must it not touch with unwashen Hands with strong scented Oil your Finger must drop while in this Dish ye them dip to give proof ye are a prepared Guest who have put on the Bridegroom your Robe this will be your Tickets Testimony that right you have to eat of this choice Mess which only for the Bride and Bridegroom are set forth Though with many sweet and pleasant Fruits I have out of my Paradisical Garden you fed and with the Spirit of the Vine I have your Thirsts often satisfied yet none like or to be compared to this Therefore it is reserved as the strong Meat which only those that are come to ripe and perfect Age can bear thereof to eat Therefore go thy way and be comforted that ye are entred into Love's Eternal Calendar and may assuredly of this last and great Gift partake as ye shall in the bright Temple grow reaching to the full Stature of your Jesus To which Coming fear not but your Father will equally dispence the Holy Ghost as his free Benevolence Grow grow get up to this high Nativity with all speed The Most High hath great need of such worthy high Disciplined Spirits to go forth bearing the Heavenly Trophy and Banner of Glory which may take away fallen Nature's reproach How much will it be the joy of Wisdom your Mother to see you come up through all Tribulations to inherit the Antient and Royal Seat near unto that Great King your Prince and Personal Saviour through the introducing of his pure Spirit and Nature without which ye never had been capable of so high a Calling as to have fellowship with him not only in the Knowledge but in the joint Possession without any defraud as ye shall see impartially when this Ghostly-Dove with her Cherubin-Wing doth with all Power upon you rest so as no more from you ever to flye or withdraw O run hard still cry knock and call I will assure thee from the Word of a God it shall abundantly answer to all A Memorandum March the 13th 1675 6. FRom the 6th of this present to the 13th I have been exercised in great Conflicts upon and through a sudden surprize upon the mortal part of my Companion and Fellow-Labourer in that Paradisical Husbandry he being smote and struck as with a Leviathian Dart upon his Animal and Vital Spirit the first time was on the Monday being abroad upon his returning home which went over again The next Day about the same time a Feaver took him and in great Violence ceased on his Heart and so he wrestled a good space of time in great Anguish which so affected me that I drew in and awakned a great Travel for his escape from these Sorrows of Death which had so ceased upon him I having had some warning of an imminent Danger and Peril which I saw the Night before he was first affâ—…cted and came down to advertise him hereof before he went from home As thus there was a deep Pit with great Swelling Waters under which the subâ—…il Levia than with his outstretched Jaws did lie to grasp in such as near there did walk Now the Doctor with my self being that way to pass I heard a word uttered Be ware come not too near it is a dangerous place Upon which I watchful was and took good heed and avoided it that the Doctor might not therein be ingulphed but draw off with all speed Which did predict there was some Danger nigh this being the Pit of Death as by the effect thereof soon did shew it self But the mighty Jehovah hereunto a Counter-check did give to reverse what the destroying Angel was upon executing For this second assault was very grievous being upon Tuesday which did abide on his vital Spirits from 4 in the Afternon till 10 at Night In which interim a Daniel's Spirit did come down which in us did Pray with mighty fervency winged up by Faith as knowing that in this ascending Power stood our help For after I had ceased and the Doctor began to Pray I saw a bright Star dance about his Bed and a Word came with it unto me I have heard and I will deliver for my own Name sake out of the present Jaws of Death This was a signal Evidence that Saving Health was near and that in this Hour of Exercise Jesus with his Healing Vertue would appear which soon after was witnessed So the Pains for that time were asswaged and he slept that Night and the next Day had respite So as we did hope this Storm was gone over But on Wednesday Night he found himself ill again So together we did seek the Lord for his Counsel whether or no he might venture upon some outward means to help to remove that violent Humour which by that strong Leviathan would have grasped away his Life For without permission from the Court and College of our Spiritual Physicians we dared not to adventure because we had committed the whole Cure of this deadly Wound to those All-healing Soveraign Powers While then we were supplicating and soliciting to know the Mind of Wisdom â—…erein this Word came It is suffered â—…n condescention to the instability of â—…our Faith however by Grace the corruptible Drugs shall be changed in their Constitution and Quality for else they in this case could not be available For know that my secret Medicine must be the Preparative Then after this the Doctor was free to take a Powder which gave him two or three Vomits and Purgations On Thursday Morning after which he was very cheerful and thought himself to be eased of his weight and talon which had so terrified him but after he had Dined it beset him again more fiercely and violently then at
a fruitful Womb always bringing forth that which may grow up to the Ghostly Fountain-Body To which giving heed thou mayst at the Mouth thereof set and draw up Water of Life I say of Life abundantly Fourthly Oh then love to live within thine own Fountain which is blessed desire not to taste of any other which may be Salt or Sweet or of a Mixed property Fifthly Wait upon the Effusion of this rising Sanctuary-River which will run till it become broad all over Which is the right and true covering of the Spirit Under this no evil surmisings can dwell all of that Nature hereout will be expelled at the opening Source of the holy Ghost Sixthly This is the true and everlasting Sign that shall no more be worn out nor be cut off but it shall be a sure Nail fastened within for the more signaâ—… and lasting Impression That thou maysâ—… see all shadowy Ministrations of little use and service to the Substantial thing Which will grow from the pure rarified Mind that hath got victory from superfluous Thoughts from which do thou divide and then another Spirit within thee will reside Seventhly Having considered thus the Immutability and Unchangableness of this substantial Thing growing from the pure Mind and of all the Thoughts therefrom arising and also considering the great Mutability and Instability of whatever groweth and proceedeth from the Imagination it remaineth that thou wholly divide and seperate thy self from every vain superfluous mutable and Imaginary Thought looking up only to receive such Idea's into thee as are Solid Necessary Immutable and Spiritual According to which thou art to try examine and prove whatever would enter into thy Heart and accordingly to Acquit or Reject them if thou wouldst remember to keep a true and perfect Sabbath unto thy Lord rising in his Spirit from all that is Earthly Elementary and Imaginary September the 6th 1676. My Friend being at Prayer my Spirit ardently joyning therewith This Word in the Heavenly Orb was spoke What shall be done for these diligent Seekers and Heaven-violaters who for the Kingdom thus persue Upon which Word pausing and finding that within my self to Echo hereunto I waited to hear what Answer would follow hereupon I then in my Spirit saw there was a demurr or consultation thereupon but had not at that time any positive Answer from the Lord. September the 7th 1676. In the Night I awaked upon some Voice that was uttered but could not remember what it spake And then I saw a Book that was opened of an unknown Print that I could not read it which also passed out of sight Then was this Word sounded forth Here are the Children of the Bride-Chamber who to me do cry for stronger Meat they have weaned themselves from the nutriment of the Breast telling me they can digest Spiritual Flesh. Then was let down a Charger to me with a Lamb that had been slain and the Word said Take hereof and eat this is Paschal Meat Then said I Lord not so this is raw and undressed who can feed hereof Then this was drawn up and behold one as in the Figure and Stature of a Man but not in a fleshly Image only the fashion of a Man all bright as the Body of Heaven for clearness out of his Mouth went a white Mist or Breath having seven Pipes or conveying Powers one of each side and another at the Navel where somewhat was as the Form of a Belly but all after a very lustrous manner Out of his Mouth went forth pure Breath and Air then out of the Pipes that were fixed on the Breasts sprouted Milk Then from the Heart went forth Streams of Blood and upon one side grew out a Branch bearing Olive-Berries then a Stalk which did bear some kind of large solid Grain Then on the other side from the Navel-Pipe did spring clear Crystal-Water After this manner did this Spiritual Body appear and said to me Draw near for this is the great Day of the Feast where the Spiritual Body doth convey it self in variety Here is high spirited Blood and Flesh for the strong in Spirit to digest Whoever can on this my Body feed Of no perishing thing he will have need September the 8th 1676. The Interpretation of the former Vision The Representation of this former Conveying Body of my Lord Jesus did not only affect my in-seeing Eye but by it I found my Life-Spirit fed succoured and strengthned The very sucking down these Spiritual Sweets as compounded all at one draught had their operative Power for some hours after And again this Morning they did plentifully give out themselves after the manner of a Conduit that hath many Pipes at once springing yet all in their Order and as soon as one stops another opens Oh who can of these deep Manifestations judge but such as are overtaken with these Golden Floods that from the glorified Body do thus open for the nourishing up of every part till we answer hereunto in a perfect lustrious Body like to like Which my Spirit prayed vigorously for seeking also to have a clear understanding of this Vision waiting in great and pure awe for my Immanuel to give me his Mind herein Who said to me By this is shewn thee what the Counsel of the Trinity hath determined to do for you that have out-grown the Child's Food Here are new and fresh sprouting Powers which will make my imbreathed Spirit grow into a Body As a Nazarite it is to be who must wait continually hereupon and must be under a restraint so as only to take in what these Pipes shall give forth that so the pure Crystalline thing may live in you which will Leaven you throughout Whereby the Most High and wonderful Consubstantiation will be effected to the glory of the New Creation Then I further queried about the Book and the Lamb which was first presented to feed upon It was said as to the Book though opened none could it read because we were not come to such a growth of understanding as being such as are newly weaned from the Breast Then it was opened to me concerning the Lamb that it was the Dying Dispensation which did go before the rising Living Body which quickens and brings to Life again as it is written I am the Lamb slain that is risen and do live to feed my Flock for evermore from that Body wherein is the chiefest store Then it was revealed to me that the Book which I saw opened was and still should have been sealed up had not the Lamb in me over Death prevailed but now the Seals are undone and it is given to the Redeemed for to look into it though not learned yet high enough to comprehend those great and wonderful things which are reserved for the full grown Spirit Who understands all of the high Tongue and Seraphick Canaan Language in which we shall be taught as we are strong and have aptness of Ability to take in from this sevenfold Fountain-spring of which
Concerns to be brought before me and administred unto as occasion requires by this Life-Breath which I have so secretly infused Where-ever I bestow this Gift it gives a sufficiency from it self to do and act all that is above and beyond a Creaturely Power For it is of an Eternal Almightiness proceeding from the Father of Spirits who generateth what is like himself essentially into me the First Born of this Second Creation That henceforth the Power of Donation might rest with the Principal Head to pass and convey my self in Spirlt And I see the way of Holiness made for this pure inspiring thing to walk in which must find an Habitation suitable to its own Purity that so all may be at an agreement Then in mutual Loves and Joys my Spirit conversant is and will take in the Sence of all the Grievances and report them unto me Who now have all that is the Father's infinite Stock of Life to enrich with Wisdom Honour and Dignity at my pleasure I long and wait to have it drawn out from me therefore now make use of this all-searching Spirit whom thou mayst make a Friend of that may advance thee to a high estate even in this present time wherein thou art spinning out as others Times Mortality which hitherto hath brought forth very little of this Life's Treasury No eminent thing hath yet been wrought for to illustrate and make me shine through the Cloudy Body where through I would manifest again the Name Jesus Come O thou Complainent rise out of thy fainting disponding Bed and stir up this Gift which is with you work and keep Pace with it All must be broght to pass by the diligent Hand of this Spirit uniting with thy Spirit and thy Spirit with this Spirit who will work all in all in thee September the 23d 1676. Being in deep Meditations I was saying in my self Oh that I were beloved of my Jesus with that Love with which he loved John To whom he did appear so as it is written by which his Spirit was drawn to hear and see those wonderful things that are to us reported of Ah Lord why wilt thou not give me to lie as near thy Heart as he and as close at thy Feet as the beloved Mary that I may drink in every Word which falleth down from thy precious Lips out from which are the very Issues of Life While I was thus pleading and invocating there was presented a Triangle-Heart clear as Crystal that you might see through them linked thus 1. The Heart of Love 2. The Heart of Joy 3. The Heart of Peace 4. The Heart of the Bride 5. 5. 5. The Golden Chain with Seven Links 6. 6. 6. The Communications of the Hearts 1. 2. 3. to the Heart 4. Then heard I this Word Here is place for a Pure Heart within this Triangle Heart of the Deity for to joyn Then I saw another Heart within the Circle to spring with many more which were still generated herefrom all White and Crystalline but they were without the Chain this only one was within Then I enquired what Heart this was which was so nearly admitted It was Answered It is that Heart which through mighty ardent strong force of Love hath broken through and got into this Secret Enclosure Where it hath great opportunity and advantage to search and know what from this threefold Heart doth flow Which have their several diffusions according to their Titles The first was under the denomination of Love The Second was Joy The Third Peace All which agreed to empty themselves forth upon this other Heart which had pressed in for Shelter And what-ever Heart can abide within this Circle may attract strong infusing Powers that are all pure and vital to act in the Triangle-Might From this Idea I had great and full Confirmation that the Heart of the Trinity was most free and ready to embrace and receive them who of one Spirit and Heart were together fixed to break through the Golden Chain so as none might be nearer to the Heart of the Trinity then such who have rent and divided from all Creaturely Hearts that so they might know what from this Triangle-Heart of Love Joy and Peace doth ever flow September the 24th 1676. This Morning I was much upon the Consideration when I should begin to work in the Name Jesus as I did believe in it and had Promises from it Now this was all in my Eye to have the Spirit manifested for Activity For I know this only would be profitable as it refers to the Glory of the Most High when Works do express the working Source that is opened from the Deity Being with my God very urgent on this matter according to the impulse upon me from the Expediency that I saw for the Life to work out this way in variety according to the measure of the Gift of the operation of the Power This Word of Counsel and Caution sprang Oh thou whom I see restless and tossed to and fro in thy Mind no rest thou art indeed to find till thou comest to the working Mines For there is the Tryal and Probation who can be skill'd to work in the Furnace of an hot burning Sphear which is not remote but very near Henceforth know O thou fluttering Dove-Spirit that I have not left thee without a weighty and rich Talent which is in thine own Custody though it lieth deep with a threfold Cover upon it which must be unfolded before thou canst see this precious thing The first is the gross dark Mould of this Earthly Climate which is very stifling to this pure thing The second is the strong binding Reason that lieth as a Mountain weight upon it The third is the low natural Senses which multiply as the Sand upon the Sea-shore flowing in to stop and discourage thee from this great Attempt and worthy Service Which if once fully set upon with a Resolution to go through these Three Removes thou wilt then come to the Golden Wedge which will make thee great rich and mighty in the pure Ghostly working Property I your Jesus do tell you faithfully where the subject matter doth lie to work upon Your Complaint hitherto hath been to me as if I had carried away all the Stock and Treasury and ingrossed it to my own proper use or reserved it only for you till you had slipped out of the Body But know it is otherwise do but knit and joyn all your Force and Power with my deep Fathoming Spirit which is given to you and he will find and also work out what concerns your Freedom and Investment to the high and self-same dignified Glory with me Hither towards ye have indeed prayed and sought and believed and hoped but ye have not wrought in the Furnace where this Golden Wedge is to be all melted down to run into every part of your Body as the Life-Blood doth in your Veins Then you will know that unquenchable and fixed Efflux of the Spirit that will
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
a greater Portion Be not afraid to sink down into the Spirit 's Pool or Pot of Oyl that is within the House of thy Heart It was Elisha's Spirit that entred in or else the Oyl had never run so free So do ye likewise with your Spirits Descend where this spring of Blood doth so deeply run which will be of such rich Merchandize as it will make all of this Creation-traffick to be of no validity Observe with all heedfulness the track and way of the Spirit in its own Eternal Ground Follow hard venture to pass through every Region whether in Darkness or in Light loose not this your Leader out of sight Who will certainly bring you to the Oily Flood which meeting with the flaming Juniper-Wood will send forth such sparkling Powers and miraculous Glories as may plainly declare the Spirit of that one Elisha is risen October the 12th 1676. This greatly beloved Spirit and Comforter sent from my dear Lord Jesus coming now to be known by Name Power and Virtue through a more free and intimate way of converse had hereby forestall'd all other taking off all delight and pleasure saving in himself alone I knowing that with him were all the Secrets of the Bridegroom and that no other besides him could give me to understand the high and deep Concerns relating to the Kingdom which by my Jesus are now in agitation Therefore who by us is to be prized like to this Visitant that can give such a true account how Matters and Things there do succeed during the time of our Exile Who so ready and officious is as he to find out for us the grand Mystery of the Knowledge of the Deity which doth lie hidden in pure Nature's Ground And though it is so nigh to us yet without this Unction Light we might have look'd long enough and never have understood or espied any thing of this Glory But now he is become our Friend and Counsellor and doth bring us glad-Tydings from the Heavenly Quire-Whence this Morning he proposed this Question to me Dost thou believe I am the very only and true Discloser of the Father's Will who designs to bring thee into the New Jerusalem to see there the Lord Jesus in all his Princely Dignity If satisfied thou art herein then wholly rest upon me as thy sufficient Stay and Guide then press I say into me Who am the All-flaming Stream with whom mingling thy self thy Natural Property shall be so alter'd as thou wilt be able to pierce into the very Body of the Deity which is my dwelling-place Where I am careful to fix together with my self such who are given me in charge by him who hath great regard for you and hath Commissioned me to demand and ask of you who have made such Love-acknowledgements whether or no ye can leave and forget all whatever is so affecting to the sensitive Eye and without much debate to fly away with me to Mount Sion For there the perfect in Spirit do rest from all Cares Labours and Strife for that is a City free Oh now take leave of this imbondaged state and trust to me for what your Lot shall be in that lovely Land Where into now venture through all the cross Streams of Rationality as valiant Worthies resolved throughly to follow me who cannot live in this Region but only for your sake I am sent from above but with no intent to abide long here beneath only to cloath you Essentially upon as a Bride to enter in with me where ye shall see no more Evil and though in the World yet so separated from it as those who are no more of it Read and see a full discharge brought down by me if ye can receive it then it will be your everlasting Liberty October the 16th 1676. This Word also opened and cryed in me Who shall see that one Day that shall be lengthened out to Thousands of Years It is the Spirit 's day in which none can live but such who are entred into the very Body of the Spirit that can bear the Light of the Temple-Glory within the Holy City The Light of this Day is of that excessive Burning that it will scorch up every Covering which is not of the Spirit Therefore ye who have prayed to see this New Creation-Day consider what you must suffer first to come upon your vile corruptible Body which must be fashioned in this pure Spirit 's property Which by its Golden Flood may wash and wast away the muddy part with all that contemptible covering of Clay which in this Day of Burning can in no wise be able to stay Now then know the Time and Season of this my Spirit 's Visitation and be subject to every transforming Power Which worketh yet by degrees till it hath brought thee unto a solid Body as refining into that Clarity that the sevenfold Sun ye may plainly see in its strength of Glory without a Vail upon your Face Do not say How shall this be brought to pass seeing I am a piece of brittle Mortality subject to an universal Creaturely malady nothing differing from what I see expire Daily These are the thoughts which do arise in thee out of Fear and Spiritual Modesty But thy Humility must be the only Foundation for the Spirit of Faith to rise and effect what may be done in order to the rising of this everlasting Day of the Spirit 's cloathing Body of Light Which Oh thou Shunamite shall make thee all fair and give thee acceptance in my sight October the 18th 1676. O! the resistency that the Spirit of Reason did raise pleading Impossibility that ever gross earthliness should be so covered over and impregnated with a Ghostly Body generated and consubstantiated from that one Eternal Element so as to hide the now appearing frail piece of Mortality The Spirit of Prophecy in me which opened and declared of these things which were to come to pass in us said If hereunto we could set our Seal of Beiief and give place to the Spirit of Truth they could not fail of their accomplishment But if Faith over Reason did not get Victory the Amen did testifie the Spirit would be too weak to bring forth such a miraculous Body for himself organically in every part to the fulfilling of the great Mystery which has been so often and largely predicted of Here I had renewed subject matter for Prayer that our Faith might not fail earnestly invocating that the holy Breath might fill up our Sails here withal continually Upon this I did see in Vision A Covering let down upon me of all wrought Gold enterwoven with Scarlet-coloured Silk so as it looked wonderful rich to my Eye Which I viewed with great marvel attending the Word of Signification which thus opened in me saying This is the Workmanship of the Spirit Who hath only Wisdom and Skill to inlay the weighty Gold and work it in with the Silk to make it thus lustrous as thou seest But herein lieth a greater
15. 26. were thus opened to me Here is a stock of Life to be given out in an absolute way of propriety but to whom is it but to the Royal Birth of such as are born into the Spirit Whereof ye who through strong travail are hither come are to be fellow-sharers in this Life with God the Son But ye are yet but young and do not understand what this Life will extend unto if preserved choicely you shall find in it the the root of that matter to work upon which is sufficient to create and translate according to the will and skill of thiâ—… Life-Operator Which derives a Power out of its own free Birth-center which hath no dependency out of its own Being Call to remembrance that saying Man is become like one of us and he would still have exercised the same authority as a God had the evil been only known and eschewed for which end Jesus hath sent his redeeming Spirit to clear off all your old Accounts as being found in the Debt-Book of Sin and also to convince you there is no necessity that you should run one Mite more upon that score ye being born of a free estate of Righteousness of your own which now you are charged to expend upon For in the time of Ignorance before you came to know what was sown in your Ground ye might be more excused But now I have revealed where doth lie the rich Revenues of the all-sufficiency ye need neither seek ask or borrow did you know â—…ow to stir up and awaken your own Magia Through which all wherein you have been taught must throughly â—…e wrought as the mighty Engineer to bring forth what hath lain under the Vail of Faith and Hope Plunge plunge â—…et deeper in within the Circle-Birth of â—…his pure thing October the 25th 1676. As I was considering of this Discoursive Opening of the Spirit it was immediately confirmed to me by a presentation after this manner The Word said Behold the Idea of another Paradisical Sphear I saw a Tree spring suddenly out of a great River with three laden great Branches then sprang divers more young Plants all sprouting from the Veins or Strings from this one Tree Each one with no more then three Branches but of different growths Some new budded others bearing Flowers in order to Fruits others grown to palpable Fruit. All round about this one Tree Upon which it was said to me These are as so many Gods which are ascended out of the Earth to replenish that which lay void and desolate Here each one hath and is growing up in a Life of Subsistency and Almighty Soveraignty deriving all this Power and Might from the Tree of Life Which sheds its Kernel-Seed into this River for such is the Nature of this Thron-River that it no sooner falls in but it springeth immediately into this threefold Form of the Deity O stagger not neither be confounded at this for except ye had been born again of this Water and Tree of Life that sheds the Golden Seed of the Spirit ye should never have known the existency of a Life-Soveâ—…aignty Therefore to you not only the â—…ight and Spring of Understanding is â—…iven but the everlasting Life-Line from his Tree doth run free because you have â—…rned in your Spirits and hearkened to â—…y Inspirations But remember your â—…ife hath many subtle treacherous â—…riends that pretend to it that will say â—…s Peter did far be it to thee to give up â—…e loss of all the old Life and only rest â—…bsist and alone depend on this But â—…ow this is but the tempting Voice of â—…e Serpent as in the days of Eve by â—…hose Fall be thou aware And now â—…hile ye are but Infants suck and draw â—…ightily from this Tree of Life and you â—…ill soon grow to be strong to have this â—…se trusted in your own management â—…o you whose Ears are so open to hear â—…e I do greatly delight to commune with â—…ou that if by any means I might encourage you to hold out and not slide back from my Precepts Which will assuredly entrust you in all Zion heights and Spirit depths of unfathomed Treasury Now haste haste to your covering Strength of Glory your Nazarite Hair while abiding in this Paradisical Sphear will soon grow upon you that so therein may be your defence from all Philistines Powers Now then in Jehovah Magnanimity abide with me his Spirit evermore to dwell and be So Amen dear Lord I pray thee October the 26th 1676. Being met together to attend the Manifestation of the Spirit by which we might profit each other in the Afternoon as the Dr. was praying this Word came to me Make use of the present Opportunity when ye have the King at the Banquet then is the time to prefer your Request Upon which waâ—… brought to my remembrance the wise Pâ—…licy of Esther to King Ahasuerus Which that Night was more opened enlarged and applied for our present and further Peace Joy and Encouragement to follow on to know the whole Counsel of our God concerning us who now revealeth all Secrets by the Spirit who presented Mordecai in the Person of himself being left to him as Orphans The whole trust care and charge being cast upon this faithful Mordecai to bring us up to that degree of Humility Meekness Courage Zeal of Life and to all sweet Spiritual Disposition of Mind that the King the Father might greatly desire us for herein consisteth our Beauty and Comliness which is so taking Vashti was refused because of Arrogancy and Disobedience but Esther finds favour being mild and pliable yielding to her Guardians Commands though to the peril of her Life So assuredly said this Comforter Be ye but wise and obedient to me who will put you upon nothing but what I do fore-see will arise for your great promotion and considerable advantage as ye my dictates shall obey Who do make use of this History of the Scripture yet that my Mind may be more easily understood you not being able to bear nor understand me in my own Tongue till further learned For which I am come down to your understanding through the Skreen of the Letter October the 27th 1676. Now this Morning it was set before me according to the Example of Esther that for a certain time it was expedient that we should sanctifie our selves by a true Fast in pure Abstinency from their Assembly-Feasts 2dly From tasting any thing that is ministred from this gross Element but to draw apart from all keeping our Internal part from being defiled shutting up from all reminding only the overturn of Haman's device That great subtle Adversary that had laid the Plot against the new introduced Life to cut it off before the King had put Honour upon it to bring it through the City-Royal upon his own Eagle-Body of Power Now seeing the malicious design of the Serpent with all his Confederacy was gone very far in this matter there was no other way to reverse the
trust to hath already upon it the Foundation-Seal being already named which cannot be obliterated without it be by yielding to thy daily renewed subtilties Which as in the day of Eve so again thou wouldst be prevalent storming high so much as thou seest the Day grow nigh of overturning the Babylonish Captivity Much contest I had of this kind both sleeping and waking One thing more I remember was his charge that he some proof would see of the Father's Almightiness from his Birth in us With that I roused up my Faith and said that thou mayst wilt unto thy perpetual downfal therefore away depart with all thy Wiles from me For I will no more give Ear to the underminings of such a Serpentine Spirit who would circumvent me in the process of my New Birth after the manner of Jesus After this I fell into Sleep again towards the Morning then I felt such bitter Agonies in my outward Man as if my Life had been just parting asunder and throws and pains as if my Back had been cleaving in two which awaked me And I was amazed when I came unto my self that I found all was so well with me for I perceived the Evil One had beleagered me in his dark Magick but could neither hurt me in Mind or Body The watchful Eye of my Jesus being vigilant to preserve me from his Fury December the 6th 1676. After this Conflict I waited to understand the meaning of this terrible on-set upon me and it was thus spoken in me Satan hath desired to winnow thee and watched his opportunity to surprize thee while the Animal Life was reposed and might he have been permitted he would certainly have undermined the Virgin Birth by overthrowing thy Faith Which is the very Life-pulse of this Birth for if that stop the Life soon grows weak therefore still maintain and keep up that Faith which is the material matter of this Birth that the Evil One hunts to destroy For could he make void Faith he well knows that is the very Basis of the New Creation-building and thereby would throw down all what ever hath been wrought Consider oh ye upon whom this Probation time is come which will be the Birth growing that you carefully provide and gird on this defensive Weapon oyling it well that no rust on it at any time be found As it is given you to believe so mind to stir up this Gift in you remembring what all precious Faith hath done in this World through the very mortal Case Nay as ye read the very Visible Creation was brought about by the Word of Faith and can be no otherwise Restored to its first primary Purity Liberty and Glory but through the rising Life of Faith Of which the Serpent's subtilty broke the Golden Chain and cut that Silver Cord which held up the Paradisical Creation by introducing his Temptation into Adam Who hereby broke his Faith and Covenant with his God Now then by one Man's disobedience to the Faith all became faithless by which then it was impossible to retain the similitude of God for hereby he lost the use of the most holy generating property and brought forth strange Births as ye at this day do find the sad effects thereof But now yet once again an open Birth-Door is set for Wisdom's Life-Seed to enter in at which shall bring forth a new Creation store much excelling all the Births that have gone before To which good thing so much prophesyed of give great heed Marvel noâ—… that the accursed Serpent's Seed is so enraged night and day his Venom to let out it is because he suspects thou art designed for some eminent use through that principal Birth that may be a means to ransome many out of Turkish thrall Therefore at this Animal Life he did strike by his wounding Dart but I thy Jesus stood with Faith the Weapon Balsom nigh thee to heal And will not fail thee still to guard against his Wiles keep but my Faith and from it do not shrink And so give charge to such as engage with you upon the same account and you will see certainly the issue of that Birth that shall most perfectly restore the fallen Creation in your selves and others in such a way as yet no late President hath been since Immanuel's Birth did descend December the 7th 1676. In the Night season after some rising Ejaculations had ascended and I falling into a Sleep I was suddenly awaked as if some Person had been in the Bed with me Which in some kind of fear I rose up to see but saw nothing so lying still in the consideration a little while I felt sensibly a Hand all over-spread upon me with an influence of great Heat at which I marvelled what it should signifie Then this Word spake saying Fear not this Hand is stretched out for to encompass the Birth and by the Heat to fix the Life's impregnancy that it might be past the Dragon's power any more for to slay Who cannot cease to watch it with an Evil Eye for which cause I have overshadowed thee with my Airy Body which may bring forth accordingly as Faith shall operate in its own Mystery which is the great thing whereby the Paradâ—…sical World shall spring again without toil and care For this cannot be until such a Birth be brought forth that hath all Faith to go forth with all Power as without guilt of Sin for that quencheth the Seal of Love and Bird-limes the Wings of Faith which is also a twisting Cord to bind down its Eagle-Body but it is able to free it self from all that brought it under the bondage of Evil. Now this renewing Birth set your Minds fully upon for it will be to you the Noah that will comfort you by restoring a New World from which the Curse will fly I your Jesus must abide in my Heavenly Reservatory till this Birth in you grow ripe for it is the Elias that will come in another and more perfect Ministration then ever yet hath been that must prepare for the Coming of me your Lord from Heaven Who left this Work to be accomplished by the Buth of the Holy Ghost which was to bring forth the most perfect Restoration that so you might come to know Elias track through the burning Chariot for Translation It will certainly fall upon the Lot of some one or other that are hereunto predestinated to bring forth this mighty Elias in Spirit as the first born in Wisdom's Day to go before and overturn and make ready for my absolute Reign yet to be in the Earth in order to the New Jerusalem descending Glory Therefore take heed be circumspect believing this Birth for to see wing up your Faith and Pray and travel mightily that ye may be those Worthy Ones to bear a Living Testimony for me For a great and weighty Government will be entrusted with you when Wisdom's Birth shall be fully ripened for a much more glorious state then that of Solomon shall be
established upon the Ghostly Nativity Instead of a Terrestrial there shall be a Celestial greatness of Dominion from this Birth-Lily springing that hath like the two Witnesses been long slain in the Seed and buried over with Earth so as forgotten in the World But now expect the raising of them up in each of you who shall stand as Olive-Trees before me still naturally flowing out with your Golden Oyl it shall not be as formerly by way of Gifts now and then but this Fatness and Olive-Sweetness shall spring out of your own Root being hereinto fully changed Then will you know the constant and fixed state and no more want your Eternal Bride and Mate December the 9th 1676. A mighty Saying was ecchoed to me brought forth out of the Counsel-deep pronouncing it should be our Lot to live by the Sword and Bow of Might by which Jacob of old took great Spoil out of the Hand of the Amorite Which was thus opened unto me that this Word came to me to let me understand that our Blessing and Portion would come in by meer Conquest For thus said the Holy and True Behold and see here is the Gift that I give to you as a Father's Blessing which is the Sword of my Spirit and the Conquering Bow whose Arrows are all of Gold with these expect ye must get your Living and also bring into me your God your worthy Prey Now therefore gird on this Sword that is so richly oiled with the purest of Unction and go forth all prosperously It is not only a defensive Weapon but it will cut down and destroy and resist every Balaam Spirit which standeth in your way None ever was possessed of this Sword but that strong Potent Will-Spirit that knew the Way to the Golden Pool of Oyl there still to bath it whenever occasion is for it to burnish and display The sight hereof will cause all about you to stand in fear and awe when they shall see you are so God-like armed with strength of Power which is so commandable that all resistency will fly away against it Oh this is that Spirit Weapon which makes riddance first within thy self it will suffer no Amorite or Cananite near its Borders to dwell But Gideon-like make havock hew and cut down every Grove where false Worships hath by blind Zeal been set up But verily the Day is near for the Sword of the Lord in Gideon's Hand to appear which will make a quick riddance in the Earth The Lamp of my Spirit in your Earthen Pitchers is now seated though the time hath not yet been for them to shine out by reason that the Olive-matter of the Holy Ghost is not yet come to that Perfection to sound forth the Trumpet for the total Victory over all Centers and Worlds which shall certainly be conquered by this out-going Birth But while this is perfecting here is Conquering Work that ye may not sit idle but now to go on every day somewhat to effect Therefore another Weapon is given into your management which is my Covenant Rain-Bow which will be to you of great consequence if you have skill rightly for to use it The use of an Eagle Eye that may this great Birth-mark espy Here lieth the grand deep-sighted Wisdom to shoot forth such a Golden Shaft as may hit and thereby make way for Wisdom's first-born to come forth through sending out this mighty Arrow of all precious Faith Nothing like this you will find will be of travelling force to help you out in your Births Agonies which upon you will come before you can imbrace this Ghostly Body imbodied with a Soul and Spirit That will spring all a new from the creating Word imbodied in a corporeal shape Which for a time shall remain a high degree of Wonder For to see the Ghostly Power to send forth through contemptible Humanity that high scented Breath of Air which may be felt tasted and smelt with whom it is resident Then this Question in me arose Ah my Lord when shall these Powers be set awork so as the doubtful in Heart may somewhat hereof see and we thereby from all upbraidings be set free I was thus answered The Day is not to be put far off for now is the acceptible time for Salvation to be wrought There is conquering work still to be done within the Flaming Sword must cut down every Briery Root and burn up every Thorny Thought which do near this Lily Birth spring and vanquish all vaporous Clouds that thicken the Heavenly Air with all the gross Animal Life of Sense which is the greatest of Impediments It is that Esau that holds Faith's Birth by the Heel that it might not break forth Therefore in the strength of Jacob's Angel do you strongly wrestle for by his Sword and Bow you must make your way and Conquest gain that so you may command both the Heaven and earthly store For Heirs of all Worlds ye will be then gird up and go forth all armed the munition of the Spirit is with you so as nothing can harm you who carry the precious and essential Root of Life in you Even now while but in it its Younglings day it is yet it will be a defence of Glory that now and then will sparkle through by which it may be known that in you is intombed a Precious Stone a White Stone that hath the Virgin 's Name engraven on it which must be for the Lamb a Spouse and Bride Therefore the Cry of the Spirit is Prepare make ready and Pray fervently for your Everlasting Birth-Door to open that the Heir of Glory may enter therethrough Even so let it be December the 10th 1676. The sweet living Pool this Night was mightily opened and stirred by the holy driving Spirit that brought choice and super-eminent good things out of the high Kingdom 's store saying also to me Come tast and see how you like the Heavenly Country-Fruit that is ripened from that unmixed Element Draw up unto my Table for you shall sit with me after the manner of a Spirit and eat such things as are set before you For I your Lord must take special care to feed and nourish those that are with Young with the highest of Birth degrees And indeed I did according to this Salutation find a sweet and pleasant tast to my Spiritual Appetite and a satisfying fulness Hereupon followed an occasioned great enlargement of Soul-magnifying in Prayer which at this time was more then usual mingled with an oily Incense Which feeling I took all advantage to put forward for the holy Birth-issue in each other who were noted in the Life-Book as was at this season asserted to me with many other Words of signal Favour that so we might have no cause to repent our Choice in being professed Traders for Wisdom's Merchandize which would turn to that account that we should not be ashamed of though now for it under disrepute as not understood or known but God will reveal us in his