had to this time been so generally spoken against doing herein as Numa Pompilius with his Goddess Aegeria to make the People of Rome receive that which he himself spake through her As this was said to a Person of great Quality he answer'd as I have been inform'd That the Cheat might easily be discover'd by Writing to this Maid who was then in a Place which was near Four and Twenty German Miles remote from me and proposing to her some Questions in a Letter that should be Seal'd desiring her to send the same back again Seal'd and together with it an Answer This was accordingly done and there came an Answer in few days to this Person of Quality who was at that time not so far distant as I was Whence the Conclusion is evident that it could not be me but that it must be an higher Hand that spake thro' her The Answer is this Peace be with thee hear my Word O my Servant Behold I am the Spring of Life and no Body cometh to me but whom the Father draweth Therefore give heed to my Word I purifie and sanctifie every one for they are every one in the Father And I finish my Work above all Reason and I replenish every thing with Beauty for I am the Light of the World I go forth in Sanctification over all in all the Depths and Breadths and have no respect for Persons but my Love is spread abroad as a Covering over Seeds and Seeds over (a) Births Generations to Generations In all Mysterious Deeps my Love passeth forth over all For who is he that can sound out my Ways and my Wisdom Behold I the God of Heaven and Earth go forth in all my Doings and no Body can comprehend them I see well thy Writings and even the depths of thine Heart For before me every thing is discovered and laid open Therefore comprehend thou well my Word and acknowledge my Wisdom according to my meaning Behold I JEHOVAH have said it who am made manifest and am about to Judge the World I come upon the Wings of the Cherubims no Body can comprehend me or know me but he that is humbled before me What is it therefore that thou keepest in thy Mind as though thou didst comprehend it Verily verily I say unto thee even I the Lord the Lord that the time cometh when it shall be said Thou shalt know my Name according to my Counsel and my Meaning I will do it my self in thee Thou whom I will form unto me that thou mayest be in me shalt be mine Instrument And many Spirits I do bind together in one and do teach by my Arm the Divine Generation to Fight I have loved thee from all time my Sion and dear Ephraim Be strong as a Lion of Judah and come from the North. I know it and all things are manifest before me but thou knowest not as yet that which I have now spoken unto thee And it is a strange saying to thee and it must be so till that my Hour is come Go then in Peace Thou needest not to know any more at present stand thou only quiet in my Meekness and Patience and be firmly grounded in my Love which endureth for ever and resist me not For I am the LORD who am with thee and who leave thee not alone Be then of good Courage and live well yea Amen We also receiv'd from the same Place an Encouragement not to conceal the Truth which had been entrusted to us but to publish the same to the end that it might be Openly Confess'd and Own'd As I live saith the LORD even I the LORD do say it Return again ye Children of Men And to the Islands I say Fly before my presence and to the Rocks be ye Opened As I sit upon the Cherubim and the Seraphim and rule over all Kings so verily will I make an end of Edom and will root out the Whore of Babel She shall eat her self all her Abomination and all the Storms of her Fury shall fall upon her own Head For she sitteth and lurketh privily upon all the Borders that she may destroy (b) Mode my Manner which I have bestowed upon my Daughter of Sion to instruct her how to lift up her Eyes toward me and to serve me with all Faithfulness Sit still a little while with patience For behold I come unto thee suddenly whom I preserve as the Apple of mine Eye and I anoint thy Head with Precious Oyl for thou art mine He that hath begun let him remain with the Truth And he that hath opened his Mouth let him finish it and not be silent for the perverseness is grown very great But mine Arm is made more powerful yet and my Truth overcometh Watch now and Believe for the Hour is come Display the Banners give a mighty shout and magnifie my Name for I am in the midst of you Yea. Amen! Be not fearful but couragious For I am your Help and Victory At the same time she also sent us from the Place whither she was gone that which had between Four and Five Years before been dictated to her by the LORD upon the XXth Chapter of the Revelations which has been already Inserted in the XIth Section And I can say in the presence of God that before this time I had never seen it with mine Eyes or known in what words it was conceiv'd although she had made some mention in her Mother's Life-time of her having had for a good while such a Manifestation given her XXXII Now as this Elect Maid was upon her Journey to return hither and some Persons of High Quality in the World that had been acquainted with her Sister that was dead and long heard of the Grace which God had conferr'd upon her were very desirous to see her we going out some Miles to meet her were obliged to pass by that very Place where these Persons then were And being by them invited we went along with Her and her Sisters to them and gave them an account of what Extraordinary Gifts God had bestowed upon Her and how wonderfully he is pleas'd to reveal himself in this last Age. Although there were here some Gainsayers yet God left us not without a Blessing For as there arose a great desire to be satisfied whether God whose Mercy is so highly extoll'd in the Holy Scriptures did everlastingly and without distinction reject the Heathen and all such either among the Jews or Christians as are in a False Religion And it being ask'd Whether this Question might be propos'd to the Lord it was done so accordingly And this was the Answer which came As Heaven is prepared by my Might and by my Will as I am from Everlasting and in me is no Beginning or End Besides what I beget as it were in my self and make a Beginning and an End so true is this my Word which in Meekness and Long-suffering I do speak It is well-pleasing and it is my holy Counsel and
Deo vocatione ita ut si curriculum Vitae ipsius attente cum cura perlegeris ad plane singularia ipsam a Deo electam co-ordinatam esse fateberis In externa conversatione adversus omnes tam amicos quam inimicos praeprimis eminet blanda ejus cum intima humilitate conjuncta gravitas Et cum multa tela a Satana hactenus experta animus ejus in tam quietum tranquillum gaudii pacis intimae statum est deductus ita ut veluti infans nihil magis anhelet quam ut incorrupto continuo nexu in optimi Patris voluntate tanquam in tutissimis Spiritus Tabernaculis suaviter acquiescere possit Quod si spectes ipsius Revelationes sunt quasi compendium illarum rerum quae in Ecclesia Sionitica hoc futuro tempore sint proditura in publicum Mundi Theatrum Alias illae sunt ex fonte vivo essentiali petitae profundissimae nihilominus tamen primitiae tantum eorum quae sua aetate majori cum abundantia manifestabuntur Pondus Majestatem cum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conjunctam Divinitatem harum Revelationum in ipsa lectione si praemeditatis precibus eam fueris aggressus senties Nec est quod cogites ipsam vel ex libro vel alio rerum divinarum perito tantam tamque profundam hausisse sapientiam sed ex Simplici Majestatico plane Prophetico Stylo imo ex ipsa impletionis experientia ipsam a Spiritu Sancto essentialiter fuisse edoctam certo certius tibi affirmare poteris Hinc est quod earundem prima publicatio in Lingua Germanica non sine larga benedictionis messe hactenus fuerit cum alii honoribus rebus mundanis impliciti ex harum lectione si non penitus mutati tamen ad magis seriam circa Christianismum summe necessariam impendendam curam solicitudinem quam maxime sunt instigati Alii correpti jam tum a Deo in dulcissimo Servatore performati inter legendum ex laetissimo harum Revelationum nuncio ad dulcissimi Vini Spiritualis perceptionem gaudii Celestis sensus sunt deducti Alii Divinitatem harum Revelationum destruendi evertendi molitores confusi ad silentium redacti Alii a contemptu reprehensione refutatione harum Revelationum divinitus avocati repressi ut ita facile pateat quod Testimoniorum circa harum Revelationum cumulus neque hoc neque futuro Tempore unquam tibi deesse poterit Quare ne quaeso illotis Revelationum harum lectionem aggrediare manibus neque praeoccupatis judiciis corruptae rationis scrupulis eas laceres sed cogita spiritualia spiritualiter esse dijudicanda Laborandum hinc tibi praeprimis est orandum ut eo ex quo haustae sunt Revelationes Spiritu vero secundum harum Revelationum Mentem tuam conformandi proposito polleas Quo si fueris instructus vere correptus a Domino non secundum Spiritus accepti illuminationis mensuram tantum Divinitatem harum Revelationum recte dijudicaveris sed benedictio largissima incrementum agnitionis vivificae singulare gaudium amoris pacis Divinae in Te redundabit certissimum uberrimum Vale prout gloria Dei requirit utere hisce salutariter feliciter S. D. G. The same in English THis Virgin is endow'd by God with Singular and very Supernatural Gifts of the Spirit so as even her outward Air and Countenance do sweetly conspire with the Inward Qualifications ofher Soul and Spirit She has obtain'd a Wonderful and most Extraordinary Call from God so that if thou read her Life with Attention and Care thou shalt confess that she is by God Chosen and Ordain'd for Matters altogether Singular In her outward Conversation with all both Friends and Enemies but more especially with these there shines forth in Her a pleasant Gravity in Conjunction with the deepest Humility And tho' hitherto she has experienc'd many of Satan's Darts her Mind is brought into such a quiet and still State of Joy and Peace within that like a little Child she breathes after nothing more than that she may without Mixture and without Interruption sweetly rest in the Will of her most kind Father as in the securest Tabernacle for her Spirit to dwell in Now if you look to Her Revelations they are as it were an Abridgment of those Things which in the SION-Church are to be brought forth both in This and in the Next Age upon the Publick Theatre of the World Besides they are taken from the very Living and Essential Fountain and are most Deep nevertheless they are but the First Fruits of those which shall in greater abundance be publish'd in their proper Season The Weight the Majesty the Heavenliness and the Inspiration of these Revelations you will feel in the very Reading of them if with due Preparation of Prayer you set about it And think not that either from any Book or from any Person skill'd in Divine Matters she has fetch'd this so great and so profound a Wisdom that is in them But from their Plain Majestick and perfectly Prophetical Style yea from the very Experience of their Fulfilling you may with the greatest Certainty maintain that she is Essentially taught by God Hence it is that the First Publishing of 'em in the German Tongue has not hitherto been without a large Harvest of Blessing since some involv'd in the Honours and Affairs of the World have been by the Reading of 'em if not wholly chang'd yet most mightily stir'd up at least to the exerting a more serious Care and Watchfulness about the Christian Religion of the great Necessity of which they are made sensible Others being even then Convinc'd by God and perfectly Transform'd in their most sweet Saviour have by the most Joyful Tidings of these Revelations been Transported as they were Read to taste the most delicious Wine of the Spirit and to have a Sense of the Joy of Heaven Others who have labour'd to destroy and o'rethrow the Divine Authority of these Revelations have been Confounded and put to Silence Others have been in a Miraculous Manner recall'd and withheld from the Contempt Censure and Refutation of ' em From all which it may easily appear that a Cloud of Witnesses both in the Present and Future Age will never be wanting to confirm their Authority Wherefore set not about I beseech you the Reading of These Revelations with unwash'd Hands neither suffer 'em to be Tortur'd with Pre-conceiv'd Notions or the Scruples of Corrupted Reason but consider that Spiritual Things are to be Spiritually discern'd Hence above all you are to Labour and Pray that you may be endued with the same Spirit from which They do proceed and with a Real Purpose of Conforming your Mind according to the Practice of ' em Which when you shall have obtain'd and shall be truly Convinc'd of the Lord then you shall according to that measure of the Spirit and Light
had then some Conversations concerning the Conversion of Israel and the Kingdom of Christ For this Person happening afterward to Travel through the Town in which dwelt the Widow with her Daughters was informed by some Friends how there was in that Town a Godly Family in which a young Maiden had by particular Illumination received very much from God concerning the Future Grace and Restoration of the Tribes of Israel As the said Person writ this to us withal adding that all this Agreed with what we had been discoursing together we resolved in the Name of God to write to the said young Gentlevvoman from whom we received such an Answer as wonderfully heartned us and gave us presently to see that it must be an higher Hand that guided her's in writing XXI As therefore we knew not yet any thing of these Heavenly Testimonies or of the manner in which the Lord gave and dictated them he was pleas'd to comfort and lift us up who were wearied and tired and despised before the World for having believed and witnessed his Kingdom by a dear Kingdom Testimony which was sent us upon October the 20th of the Year MDCXC by this B. Maid which here follows I the Spirit of Love I the Truth of Jesus Christ do in the Spirit witness and declare that ye my dear Friends do stand in the Truth In which being firmly grounded be sure to hold fast the trust of my Love and I who am the Hope of Israel will bring you forth safe notwithstanding all the oppositions of the Incredulous for I am a Strong Castle wherein ye may securely dwell And the more simple ye grow so much the greater delight do I take that ye may see deeper and deeper into my Mysteries which I will reveal to those that are of a Contrite Heart and will lay open to the Simple in the Faith In this latter time I will declare my Wonders I say it who am the Lord of Faith Jesus Christ to you my beloved having Loved you from the beginning of your Life It is I who bind up what is Sore and heal what is Wounded for I am Love and whosoever remains in Love dwells in God and the Father dwells in him Dear Friends Farewel I have witnessed this in the Spirit from the abundance of the Love which I bear towards you Amen Reading then this Divine Exhortation Encouragement of which we had no manner of doubt we fell upon our Knees giving thanks for it and directing our Vows to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of Sacrificing up to him our whole Life of placing our confidence in him preferably to all Men and of declaring abroad his holy Truth Hereupon we resolved to be acquainted with such dear Friends of God and accordingly we parted hence on the Third of November and arrived there on the Sixth of the same in the Evening where we saw in them much more then we could have before believed and were immediately convinced of the Divinity of the Matter And for as much as they had not hitherto observed in the Holy Scripture that which the Lord had spoken to them as God had made it knovvn to us by his Spirit and also for as much as there vvere also some things contained in those Divine Testimonies vvhich they had received vvhich they did not as yet understand and as vve confer'd one vvith another of the Gift vvhich vve had received from God vve vvere mightily comforted together We my Wife and I for that we saw how that which we had Comprehended and found out in the Prophets and in the Apocalypse concerning future things vvas not according to our ovvn Fancy but in the Truth according to the Sense of God And they for that by our Instructions they came to knovv hovv that vvhat the Lord had given them after an Extraordinary manner had been before conceived by the Spirit of God in the Writings of the Prophets and Apostles XXII We vvere then also mightily refresh'd by our dear Lord and Saviour vvho during this Intervievv vvas Graciously pleased to give us this follovving Testimony Be ye joyful be ye joyful ye vvho knovv my Name and have my Love for I will do great things for you Therefore be ye chearful Look and observe well for I am here I go in to the Work Be ye affectionate be filled with Joy and with Psalms of Praise Verily I say unto you the Hour cometh and is now come in which I judge according to Truth and Righteousness I am Christ the Lord who have Compassion over dear Sion and over Ephraim my Beloved I have brought you together with a Blessing and am in the midst of you I am the Light and the Love and I delight to abide with you I have said it unto you but who is there that can discover that which is my Intention Amen I have said it unto you Now according as the Lord who both knows all things and can make all things subservient to his Will had said it so it came to pass While by his Marvellous and holy Conduct we have now had with us this dear Family for these Nine Months past which we had not at our first Meeting any reason to hope for and have according to his Will been by wonderful steps brought to dwell together So upon the Tenth day of November we parted thence with Joy and were led home in Peace But as soon we were return'd the Slanders began afresh to be reviv'd against us but we took new strength from all the Benefits which we had received from the Lord and one day we had this Encouragement given us Peace be with you ye Blessed here am I your loving Saviour your dearest Friend and Brother whose Everlasting Love and Faithfulness cannot be bounded for my Love is flaming and my Heart is all on fire But ye do not yet conceive my Love it is so very great O be glad O cry aloud and sing O praise ye and magnifie my Name for my Right shall get the Victory and my Truth shall be made great It shall arise and spread like the break of the Morning Rejoice ye in my help ye who are driven out I run after you to bring you back to lead you home unto me I who speak it am Christ the Lord. Believe only and hold fast to me and then let not your Hearts be troubled for I will make my Name to be great and my Statutes I will cause to be received Ye are those whom I love confess ye therefore that I am the Lord from Everlasting who lye not that I should be slack to fulfil the Word of my Promise And I would that every one should be converted and live My Hand is not shortened my Faithful Mercy hath no end and my Love grows not cold O Sing with a joyful Melody for my Hour is come and the Day of the Bridegroom is at hand Love ye one another and live happily To your upright Friends in the Truth
it not to be wondred at if it be again permitted to Triumph against His Second Appearance in the Glory of the Father Neither doth the Breaking in of Spiritual Delusion any more than that of Sadducism make against what I aim at but very much for it Both the one and the other have been Foretold and therefore we cannot look for something Better without we look for This too But the great Variety of Spirits ought no more than the Variety of Religious Opinions or the Difference of Human Reasonings to discourage any Lover of Truth from the Searching into so Great and Instantaneous a Concern as this And as one who truly Honours God will not be afraid of the Imputation of Atheism or of being counted to be of no Religion at all in that he cannot acknowledge every thing to be His Word which the Glosses of Men would make to be so So neither on the other side will he be frighten'd with a Fools Cap or the Charge of Enthusiasm so as to be asham'd to own the Pure Teachings of the Spirit of Christ which in all Times entring into Holy Souls makes them Friends of God and Prophets Whereas indeed as nothing is more opposite to Atheism than the true Knowledge of Nature so is nothing more contrary to Enthusiastick Madness than the true Inspiration of the Divine Wisdom and nothing so widely distant from Phansie whatever some Unexperienc'd Persons may imagine as that Real and Sensible Communion with God which our Spirits and Souls are capable of arriving to even in This Life And let those who justly think nothing to be more Derogatory to the Divine Majesty than to be always crying out The Word of the Lord Or The Finger of the Lord Take heed on the other side lest they be found among those who go about to oppose the Revelations he is pleas'd to give of himself In these several ways is our good God Awakening Men to the Knowledge of his Glory and of the Future Times in the Appearance of Jesus by his Living Power in their Hearts while the Adversary that knows he has but a little time longer to rage is using all means to lull 'em Asleep or to make 'em Frantick All sorts of People all Religions and Parties bespeak as much wonderful Providences and strange Revolutions and Alterations of this last Age and this Island particularly for Fifty Years past confirm as much These are General Considerations and there are some others also which your Astrological and Cabalistical Heads give some heed to which I purposely omit But there are some more Particular ones First as for the Blessed Instrument of these Revelations there are all the Indications of Truth and Sincerity that can reasonably be requir'd in such a Case I reckon it a very good proof of the Truth of the Christian Religion that those who first deliver'd it to the World were Persons that could not but be well inform'd of the Truth of what they declar'd and could have no Temptation to Publish it but all manner of Temptations to suppress and conceal it Whence it is to me no bad Proof of the Reality of this Matter if the Principal Instrument her self with several others about her must needs be suppos'd to have had all the Moral Assurances of this Fact whether it be a True Inspiration or a False Delusion and if a True Inspiration not only Moral but also Divine Assurances of the Truth of this intimate Communion with the Spirit of God And if besides there can't be any one Reason produc'd that should tempt this Person to invent and send abroad a Falshood or Heap of Falshoods of this Nature and if there be many Reasons to the contrary the Proof is still stronger Now thus it is here at the very first view to any one that but considers Her Condition and Quality in the World the Reputation of the Family and the Improbability if not Impossibility of her not being discover'd supposing it a meer contrivance to deceive Which has been abundantly confirm'd by Experience both before and since the First Publication of This Letter I also reckon it a very great Proof of the Truth of a Thing if it comes certainly from One that has little Ability to Contrive it and less to Promote it And indeed nothing tends more to the Glory of God than to make use of Weak Instruments that so nothing may be attributed to them but all to Him who is a God that loves out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings to perfect his Praise and to begin Meanly that he may accomplish his Work more Gloriously according to Section XIII This is a mighty Confirmation of the Gospel of the Blessed Jesus and I do not see why it should not be also of the Spirit of the same Jesus speaking In and By the Mouth of this Elect Virgin It also mightily encreases the Credibility of a Matter if it be confirm'd by Persons either in different Times or Places of whom there is no Reason to suppose that they have had any Communication together or Knowledge of one another Wherefore if it appear that several Things deliver'd by this Person do most exactly concur and agree even after a very Nice Examination with what has been before predicted by a Succession of Prophets and Inspir'd Persons in several Ages whose Authority is also allow'd by us and if there be no reason to suppose that she can have had those Notices from them it must follow that she must either have receiv'd what she has deliver'd from the same Hand as they did or else that she must have been instructed by One that was perfectly skill'd in their Writings to believe which we have nothing but simple Conjecture against many Reasons to the contrary Therefore if the Authority of the one be good the Authority of the other must be so too And we cannot Deny one but we must Deny both Besides if there be not only with all the Prophets of the People of God but also with several others who were Strangers to his Written Law an Harmony as to the Main Things contain'd in This Book concerning the Glorious Days of the Future Golden Period the Authority is still stronger And if the Consent be remarkable in some less heeded Particulars it is yet more wonderful and not to be slighted And tho' they all should have been no more Sanctified or Regenerated than Balaam and should have Prophesy'd no otherwise than He or Caiaphas it 's so far from weakening that it strengthens their Evidence In as much as the Favourable Testimony of an Enemy goes beyond that of a Friend Further still if in the same Time at very distant Places there has been found to be as by Letters from Switzerland and other remote Parts has been witness'd such an Agreement as could not possibly proceed but either from a Divine or Humane Communication and there be all the Marks of the One and none at all of the Other it 's a mighty
make my Love to be known for as much as I have heard them and my Heart loveth them for evermore Amen But as Slanders encreased more and more we were again stirr'd up and encourag'd in this manner Peace be with you Fear not for my Mercy shall never be removed from you neither my Love shall at all cease for it surpasseth every breadth and every heighth so exceeding great is it wherefore it 's fit that it should make it self seen and heard in all Corners and in all Places for it is therefore risen very richly upon you and advanceth forward in Might And I say once more that when I shall come and do a new thing and deliver the Prisoners of Sion then this Love shall shine forth and be revealed with power Be not then afraid O my Zion nor be thou cast down O my Ephraim for thy Towers shall be built up and I will beget my self in thee Be joyful therefore since all my Prophetical Words I maintain and do according to my Everlasting Purpose For this cause shout for Joy O Daughter of Sion And play thou Ephraim in the Cymbals and Dances Shout for Joy ye Heavens the Work of my Hands and let all the Sons of God give a lusty shout yea all those that call upon my Name and all those that are faint and cast down let them be joyful for the Glorious Day of my Appearance in which I will together with all the Faithful both those who live and those who are faln asleep Reign Triumphantly over my Enemies This is what I wait for now be ye therefore joyful for my coming For Lo I come and rule with Might in that Kingdom and no Body dare resist me for it is the Day of my Marriage wherein I will drink with you of the new Fruit of the Kingdom Wherefore rejoice ye and sing aloud for this is my Word of Truth XXIII 1. Our mutual Love encreased and we became one Heart and one Soul With this Brotherly Love these Friends were stirred up to come and speak with us yet they could not do it without they were certain it was God's Will Which having waited to know they receiv'd according to their desire this gracious Answer Make your selves ready to go along in Simplicity and Silence to my Faithful Servants whom I love I will be with you and my Love shall guide you Be ye therefore of one Mind in the Spirit and go thither in Charity for as much as ye now know my holy Will Live contentedly and fear not for I fight for you and my Truth is your Defence and Buckler 2. This brought us Joy and Blessing Our House too like that heretofore of Obed-Edom was blest in such wise that being far from wanting any thing we were from their Presence laden as it were with Divine Blessings succeeding one another and especially with many gracious Testimonies by which the LORD animated us after this manner I the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob declare to thee the Truth and Hope in which the Fathers have hoped Yea yea I witness it even I the true and faithful Witness the First-born from the Dead that thou maist bear witness of the Truth of my Kingdom for it is a true Kingdom a Kingdom nigh at hand to you Yea yea it is certain I come suddenly Turn ye neither to the right nor to the left all ye who know my Truth and rejoice in the Faith I embrace you all with my Love and I say Be ye happy and praise my Name 3. And soon afterward we receiv'd also this Holy Revelation from the Riches of his Goodness Dear Friends whom I have brought together and whom I have sanctified to my self Peace be with you My Countenance is over you and the Light of it shines upon you in much Love Arise therefore lift up your Voice to me in my Praise Be not terrified for I am in the midst of you and lead you according to my Hearts desire Be ye of one Mind and hold fast one to another for I am with you and bless you for ever I greet you all with my Love and press you to my Breast and declare to you that the Light is risen and the Dawn of the Glorious Bridal Day begins to spread The Bride rejoices for the Nuptial Day the Turtle Dove lets her self be heard the Day breaks forth the Morning Star gets up the Children of the Father make merry together and my Bride is full of Joy and to her a Golden Shield is given to defend her against the Darkness which also breaks forth in its Fog The Dragon Arms himself with those who belong to him why should I not then Arm my Bride and let her see what she is to enjoy The Day-break must go before and Antichrist must behold how the Light rises up against his Darkness Cry therefore aloud for Joy ye blessed for you shall be gloriously Armed against the Wicked for I am your King who Conquer the Kingdom I come suddenly Amen XXIV 1. My Wife in the Humility of her Heart and in Faith besought the Lord by the Elect Maid that he would reveal in what Church we are at present since according to His own Explication the Seven Churches in the Revelation do set forth Seven successive Periodical Communities To which Prayer the Lord was pleased to Answer thus Peace be with thee How should I be displeased with thee that thou speakest before me For I am very Charitable toward thee Hear then my Word thou little Dove Lo the Church of Laodicea fighteth powerfully against the Beast and that of Philadelphia in which you are at present ends gloriously with Spirit and Power in the Believers And this Church shall compleat that which I have chosen and to it shall be the Gathering together of the Peoples that Believe This I witness that thou maist in like manner witness that it is true Farewel 2. Upon the Thirtieth of March MDCXCI there came this following dear Testimony Peace Happiness and Salvation be with you O ye Elect whom I have taken up into my Eternal Communion whom I my self have for my pleasure hallowed in my Eyes Give ear then ye beloved and blessed of me The Bride is for my pleasure Everlastingly hallowed and is in each one singly by me purified and preserved Happy are ye who live in this present day All that have been Rebellious must return to their Duty and all that have gone astray will I bring home again with Joy But as for the Virgins they are pure they are cleansed and set apart they are Redeemed to be my First-fruits that so they may be the first to open the Matrix therefore are they nearest to me for they are Redeemed from among Men they are the Sap and the Balm which gets vigorously above the Old and breaks the Matrix in the New-birth And these being made Perfect who among the Daughters shall be liken'd unto them She the Virgin Bride shall be a Lioness and
thy self be not asham'd For I my self will do good unto thee and thou shalt be greatly honoured in my presence As I live it must needs be that all that is Paradisiacal be again restored and all that I have spoken be fulfilled Who is there that knoweth the Glory of my Bride then when I shall effectually Espouse her or rather when the Espousals shall be published And in like manner as I was manifested in the Flesh to Die for you so must the Blessed * This was the Name of the Mother of this Elect Maid who deceased the Fourth of August this very Year 1691. with these Words in her Mouth Death is become a Jest Gerdrude re-receive her Promise when that which is Paradisiacal shall come when the Lambs shall leap on Mount Lebanon and shall wait upon the Marriage Verily I say unto you all things must be fulfilled through the Seventh Number And that which I say to you at this time you understand not but the Hour cometh in which ye shall understand it Be joyful and couragious for I am the LORD and I will not suffer you to perish When therefore the Hour shall come that it shall be required of you confess and deny not for I my self will have it to be declared Be ye then at rest looking up to my Goodness 2. Now behold just at this very instant there comes hither a certain Clergy man who spreads it abroad among diverse Persons that a Prophetess was here The Rumour of which coming to the Ears of the Senate they sent their Secretary to me to take my Examinations upon this Head I answer'd That though I did not pretend to make her pass for a Prophetess she had receiv'd from God great and extraordinary Gifts which I would make no difficulty to discover to them if it were desir'd requesting in the mean time the favour that they would let me know the Person who had advis'd them of these things Hereupon the matter was variously discours'd and the Calumnies being very many one of which was that she had a Spirit of Divination in her it pleas'd the most Righteous God upon the Eleventh of the same Month to vindicate her in these Words Shout for joy O ye Nations And be ye joyful O ye Heavens For to vindicate I am risen up yea to vindicate my Daughter Sion I will destroy the Blood of the Dragon from the Face of the Earth for my Wrath is kindled and who is there that can withhold me The Foundations upon which he standeth shall be shaken when I awake up As for his Boils and his Wounds behold they shall find no Cure there shall not be any hope left of healing them Wherefore I say as I live I will utterly destroy him and will cast out his Skull to be devoured by the Dogs Have Courage then O Daughter of Sion in all Afflictions for thou shalt suffer for my Name sake and shalt be rejected and despised But rejoice thou and be of good Heart for the Light shall be divided from the Darkness and I the LORD will become to thee a sure Habitation and a strong Rock Yea Amen! My Wonders must be revealed and it must be done so Wherefore lift up your Heads and be without fear for I am in the midst of you Yea Amen XXX As upon the Sixteenth of August it fell out that One in Preaching out of the Second Chapter of the Prophet Joel did not clear him up according to the Sense and Meaning of the Holy Ghost but maintain'd that God would give no more such extraordinary Revelations to Mankind one of our Friends that was then present being much troubled at this Explication was desirous that the Lord our Saviour who had hitherto witness'd so much favour and condescension towards us would be pleas'd himself to declare the true Intent of that passage and to give us his Divine Instruction upon it And accordingly the next day He vouchsaf'd to open the Prophet's Meaning and at the same time to let us see his Wrath against those who give such Prevaricating Explications to his Prophesies I the GOD of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the God of Sion will bring out of Mount Sion Deliverance to my Ephraim who is the Child of my Love Verily as I live the Fire of my Wrath is kindled and I am Zealous for the sake of my Word They imagine Lies and their Heart is filled with meer Abomination But I come suddenly O deceitful Generation that I may spew you out for you are a deadly Poyson and that I may make you a Desolation say I the LORD even the LORD Observe then dear Sion that the Total Accomplishment of my Word written by Joel is yet to come For my Spirit cometh then upon all Flesh in a greater measure than that in which it came upon my Apostles which was no more than as it were a foretaste of what is yet to be And then was the fulfilling of it published in that manner that it is yet to be done when even Sucking Children shall receive the Spirit to such a degree as not only to see Visions but also to interpret them Then shall such a Faith appear as by it greater Works shall be wrought than those which I have wrought And when one saith to the Mountain be thou lifted up and be thou cast into the Sea it shall be done accordingly And then will I shew such Signs as ye have not yet seen and such as never yet have been in the former Times before you What should I speak to the Winds or let my Words be without effect No far be it from me But those who make my Word to lye and who will not suffer it to abide in its strength must come to perdition Wo to you who Preach but your Imaginations Let every one take good heed to that which he doth For I am the LORD and will maintain my Word But whosoever would blacken it or would apply it to his unclean Brutish Thoughts may find it an hard matter to contest with me For I roar as a Lion against every Abomination and I break forth as Smoke out of the Forest to dry up the false Cedars which without are very beautiful but within are filled with the Abominations of Dogs Wherefore I have a loathing unto them and will dreadfully come upon them and will root them out and will cast them into the deep of the Bottomless Pit where is weeping and gnashing of Teeth But thou O my Sion and Ephraim my Beloved fear not for I am thy Friend and I am with thee Amen XXXI Soon after this the Elect Maid that she might set in order her Domestick Affairs upon the Death of her Mother parted from me being accompanied with her Sister In the mean while a Report was rais'd how it was I my self that had spoken by this Maid and had made use of God's Name to give a colour to that which I pretended to establish for a Divine Truth which
Experience propose to the Lord the Treachery and Abomination of any one else And concluded not to propose to Him any thing but what should proceed from an humble Heart wanting to be satisfied And in this Resolution she hath been Confirm'd by the Lord himself who spake to her in this manner I am Holy therefore let every one that cometh to Ask of me examine himself well whether he be likewise of a clean Heart And if not let him not think that I should visit him in my Word to Answer him For this end hold thou to Me for I will not that thy Righteous Soul should be importuned by the impure Wretches of this World Go out from their Abominations and receive not any thing at all from them For I am the LORD Nay even those who love Me if they come not to me in a Child-like and Humble Heart they shall not be heard by me Let every one that dareth to lift up his Eyes toward me come himself to me with his Heart and not by Letter and I will answer him willingly and will not shut him out I go before in Love For hitherto have I spoken in patience but they would make an ill use of it and would make thee to sin without thy knowledge Break then the Cords and suffer not thy self to be bound and take nothing from them but only from such as are true-hearted and humble Such will I hear when they complain and will answer when they enquire not out of Curiosity Now although the Lord will not Answer such Curious Enquirers and She Sanctify'd and Purify'd in the Blood of Christ will not admit of such like Questions yet nevertheless He was the very same day so Good as to give us that which follows Courage My SION thou dear Shulamite shalt now go suddenly forth out of Babylon I will give to thee the Wings of Righteousness that thou mayest fly away from the Abomination of Babel Thou shalt have no Communion with her that so thou mayest not be polluted For I will have thee to be clean and without Spot I will cloath thee with the Saphir and will Crown thee with Righteousness For thou hast been rudely treated and thy Wounds have been very bad but now it is all over For the Vine beginneth to put forth its Branches and I take pleasure in my Bride for she is become lovely in my Eyes Therefore will I deck her with Light and Glory without measure and she shall find that I deal kindly with her Let then the Babylonian Wicked insult over you with all their might Be ye not dismayed hereat I am your Buckler your Defence and your Armour and with Justice I cover you as with a Garment I the LORD am arming my self to fight for you with a Mighty Arm For now is the time that Light and Darkness must be separated from each other that so SION may dwell before Me. And verily the Cherubs with Thrones and Principalities are in Array to Fight for Sion against Babel But take this in a right Sense The Battel is for the sake of Sion's Spirit that her Cause may be strengthn'd and made certain and that there may be a Separation from the Works of Babel For this end it is time that ye watch and stand upon your Guards Night and Day For I come and do sound all the Depths And therefore I witness thus and will witness in all Languages and Tongues and will pour out my Spirit largely and adorn my Bride as to the Marriage-feast yea as to the Triumph She shall cry aloud for Joy and magnifie my Name aforehand When all this shall be transacted before in the Spirit then shall the Decree or Curse come forth against Babel And Sion shall then be as an Armed Man and I as a Roaring Lion against Babel and all her Abominations And then shall the Jdugment be revealed and come forth Wo to you ye Earthly-minded Men when I come Of whom is that saying true That I shall not find Faith upon the Earth But Blessed are the Simple and the Children for unto such doth the Kingdom belong Therefore be still rest in humility and fear not for I am before you Again I say Blessed are the little Children for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Yea yea Amen! say I the Lord of Lords the God and Saviour in the Spirit of these Children Wherefore study that you may become like to them and so shall ye be made all Light Rejoice ye for the Victory is to Sion XXXV Before I consider the Questions I shall from some Passages of holy Scripture succinctly prove that God never declar'd it to be his Will that there should be no more Apparitions or Revelations after our Saviours Ascension but that on the contrary he hath given express Promises in his Word that before the Dreadful Day of the Lord he will send forth his Scribes Learned in the Kingdom of Heaven his Wisemen and Prophets for a Warning to the World and for an Encouragement to his Faithful Servants Neither have we any room for Doubt as to the Divinity of these Visions and Revelations if once it appear that the Lord according to his holy Purpose and Will doth really and according to the Rules laid down by Mr. Fabricius Superintendent-General of Pomerania in his Discourse * De Probatione Visionum of the Trial of Visions give to his Children in all Ages of the Church such Manifestations as these Of which the said Author has Collected together a great number of Examples from Approv'd Fathers Doctors and other Writers XXXVI That God therefore will for that he may if he will I suppose there is no Divine will deny grant such like Apparitions and extraordinary Revelations I prove first from the Prophet Joel Chap. 2. of which take this brief Account Now that the Contents of this Chapter have never yet been Accomplish'd since the time of Joel will be put out of all Dispute The time in which he Prophesied is not express'd but however certain it is that it was before the Captivity of Babylon Let us then see whether the Prophesie contain'd in this Chapter can have had its fulfulling either in the Calamity which the City of Jerusalem and the People of the Jews suffer'd by Nebuchadnezzar or in that other brought upon them by Titus Vespasian Now it is certain by these Verses viz. 1 7 9 and 11. that when this Chapter must have its Accomplishment then Mount Sion must be in a good Estate and the City of Jerusalem with its Temple be standing Moreover in ver 2. a Day which is call'd the Day of the Lord is describ'd as a Day of Darkness and of Gloominess of Clouds and of thick Darkness And this shall herein consist that a mighty and strong People of whom there has not been ever the like neither shall be any more to all Eternity shall come upon Jerusalem as the Morning spread upon the Mountains Now that this cannot be said
third place since that to this present day the Captivity of Judah and of Jerusalem is not turn'd away nor all the Heathens judged and much less in the Valley of Jehosaphat Joel 3.2 9 10 11 12. which the 14th Chapter of the Revelations compar'd with the Third of this Prophet ver 13. lays down as a thing which ought yet to come And lastly since the 16 17 18 19 20 and 21 Verses are not hitherto in their power executed namely that Jerusalem shall be Holy and that no Stranger shall pass through her any more but that Judah shall abide for ever and Jerusalem from Generations to Generations It is not to be doubted upon all these Considerations but that God will according to his Promise After that time I will pour out my Spirit upon all Flesh cause such Visions Prophesies and Revelations as are here describ'd effectually to be in this Latter Time in like manner as he hath by many Powerful Testimonies witness'd to the same by the Elect Virgin and confirm'd us in the expectation of its future Completion XXXVII In the Holy Revelation of Jesus Christ for this ought to be the Title of that Holy Book according to Chap. 1. where it is said That God gave this Revelation unto Jesus Christ to shew unto his Servants there is also found a clear Argument of God's Will that he will send his Two Witnesses Adorn'd with very many singular Powers true Miracles and consequently many Extraordinary Gifts who shall Prophesie Twelve Hundred and Sixty Days Rev. 11.3 c. This is done in the Fifth Seal in which their Companions and they both at the last when they shall have finish'd their Testimony shall be kill'd and after Three Days and an Half shall truly and bodily rise again to the Terrour of their Enemies and ascend up to Heaven in the Clouds their Enemies beholding them Now that this has not been hitherto Accomplish'd is evident in that the Miracles which are here specify'd as for instance That they should go forth in the Power of Moses and of Elias and cause Fire to fall from Heaven and turn the Waters into Blood and shut Heaven for the space of Three Years and an Half as did Elias Jam. 4. to the end it rain not have not been yet seen Besides the Judgment which follows after the Twelve Hundred and Threescore Days is not yet come which shall be at the Second Wo in the Sixth Trumpet After which shall quickly succeed the Third Wo of the Seven Vials of Wrath being the Seven last Plagues in the Seventh Trumpet and shall make an end of Babylon and of the Enemies of God to the glorious bringing forth of a Better Time of which it is said Now are the Kingdoms of the World become the Kingdoms of the LORD and of his CHRIST And also We give thee thanks O Lord God Almighty who art and wast and art to come because thou hast taken to thy self great Power and Dominion Rev. 11.15 17. Whereas at this time Babylon is standing in its full Vigour therefore the Witnesses are still to come But about the time that Babylon shall be Judg'd the Two Witnesses which are sent by Christ shall before give their Testimony by Prophesies and Miracles according to God's Promise in which his Will is contained That God should do such Miracles as these in the Last Time was both foreseen and believ'd by that dear Man of God Luther who in his Commentary upon the First Book of Moses thus delivers himself (a) Postquam Noah fui diu clamaverunt acccusantes malitiam Mundi ostendit tandem Dominus se quoque illam malitiam videre ulcisci velle Hunc secundum gradum nos quoque Hodie expectamus nec dubium est quin erunt ALIQUI HOMINES quibus revelabitur ista mundi perditio futura Nisi forte ea perditio erit dies novissimus extremum judicium quod sane optamus Et Lat. f. m. 122. a. When Noah and his Sons had a long while Preach'd accusing the Wickedness of the World the Lord at last shews that he also saw the Wickedness and would revenge it This in some Degree we also at this day expect Nor is it to be doubted but that there will be SOME PERSONS to whom this Future Destruction of the World shall be revealed Unless perhaps this Destruction may be the Last Day and the Final Judgment which we indeed do hope And in his Preface upon Amos he says (b) Hic mos est Domino Deo nostro ut quoties insignis aliqua rerum mutatio instat quoties egregium aliquod malum imminet mittat Prophetas suos aut Ministros verbi qui verbum nuncient qui futura mala praedicent ut saltem Aliqui convertantur ad poenitentiam reducantur Tom. III. Jen. Lat. This is the manner with the Lord our God as often as any Signal Revolution is at hand or any notable Evil doth impend to send his Prophets and Ministers of his Word who may Preach the Word and Foretel the Evils that are to come that some at least may be Converted and Call'd to Repentance Also in the German Edition of his Works he hath the (c) Tom. IX Edit Wittemberg Germ. f. m. 268 269 seq Vision concerning the Pope which happen'd in Switzerland to Friar Nicolas Van Felsen and was before written by Charles de Bouillon and he hath made to it a Preface to shew in what manner we ought to make Reflection upon such Signs and Miracles which Christ hath given to the Papacy And do we not also read in the Confession of Ausbourg as in Our Symbolical or Canonical Book the (d) Apolog. Aug. Conf. De Votis Monasticis Prophesie of John of Hilten how that in the Year MDXVI there should come one that should Preach against the Disorder of the Monks which was fulfill'd accordingly in Luther So also the Clergy of Lubeck Hambourg and Lunenburg in their Apology against the Patron of the Revelation of Guthman would not at all declare that they did (e) Part. 1. p. 84 c. 269.297 Simply and Absolutely reject and condemn all Visions and Revelations of these Times Baldwinus confirms the same with these Words (f) Non dubitamus Deum Adhuc nonnullis interdum revelare Futura quae ad Ecclesiae Reipub. statum pertinent in usum hominum annuntianda Comment sup Ep. 1. Tim. 4. p. 251. We do not doubt that God doth yet sometimes reveal to Some Future Things pertaining to Church and State which are to be Declar'd for the Good of Men. There are also other Divines of Authority who assert the same thing whom we omit as being to be found in the aforesaid Fabricius XXXVIII For a Conclusion I shall yet add here one Considerable Testimony which we receiv'd from the Lord by this Blessed Lady this present Year MDCXCI And it is this Dear Friends peace be with you Stir up one another in my Love and give me
thus written against himself Q. III. Whether that passage Luke 16.29 They have Moses and the Prophets c. be an Argument to reject absolutely the Revelations of this Day And whether if this be a true Proof the Apostles themselves ought not to have been suspicious of their own Divine Revelations in as much as they were receiv'd after that Moses and the Prophets were already inserted in the H. Scripture Q. IV. Whence could Abraham Jacob Moses Elias the rest of the Prophets the Apostles and others whom we read of in the Scripture to have had Divine Revelations know infallibly and without danger of being deceiv'd their Revelations to be Divine Particularly how could Abraham who had these Revelations before even one written Word according to which he might examine them had been given Q. V. Whence is it then that you who say that you own for Divine the Word which was given to the aforesaid Holy Men can be assur'd that you are not Mistaken in them Q. VI. Whether if one receive the Holy Scripture for an Infallible Truth there be any reason to reject as Diabolical a Revelation which is in no part contrary to the said Scripture yea which corroborates it and gives Testimony to the same thing with it And whether it be probable that the Devil of whose casting down Destruction and Binding the Scripture bears Record should reveal any thing himself concerning the Approach of the Destruction of his Kingdom Or should do any thing to encourage a Faithful Soul to arm her self against him with the Power of God Q. VII Whether it be not dangerous to look on All Revelation simply as such to be Diabolical at this time And whether this be not an attributing greater Honour to the Devil than to God himself And what one ought to judge concerning those Preachers who being call'd Lutheran and of the Augustane Confession do nevertheless reject publickly in the Pulpit and even upon Common Fame without the least Examination of the Truth decry as Diabolical such as neither Luther or the Augustane Confession have simply rejected As may appear from several Writings of Luther and from the Apology of the Augustane Confession which expresly cites the Visions of one Hiltenius Q. VIII Whether it ought not to be believ'd that when a Soul hath a true Divine Revelation it shall receive also from God an Infallible Token that this Revelation comes from him since St. Paul says We may know the things which are given to us of God 1 Cor. 2.12 And St. John We know that we are of God 1 John 5.19 And likewise We are of God and he that knoweth God heareth us but he that is not of God heareth not us Hereby know we the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Errour 1 John 4.6 Q. IX Whether to say That God will not give to the Soul to whom he Reveals himself some Certain Token of Trial whereby the said Person as some have written may be able to distinguish whether the Inspiration or the Voice which he either in the Spirit or by the Outward Ear doth hear be from God or from the Devil be any ways reconcileable with God's Love for Mankind And whether he would ever have had any Reason to command us to beware of Seducers and False Prophets when according to this Supposition we could not be capable to discern whether the Apparitions were from God or the Devil And how I pray you shall the Two Witnesses whom God according to Rev. 11. will send come one day to be acknowledg'd since the very False Prophets shall do so great Miracles and with so near a resemblance of the Truth Mat. 24.2 Thes 2.9 Rev. 13.13 14 15 c. Q. X. If there be no more any Divine Revelation it may be demanded Why doth God therefore say by Amos That he will do nothing but he revealeth his Secrets unto his Servants the Prophets If it be said That this has been already done I desire to know where are to be found in the Scripture all the Particulars of the Great Acts of God in â—he Last Time Or if they are found is it not certain at least that there are in the same Prophetical Word which is acknowledged for Divine a great many things yet Reserv'd and Seal'd up See Dan. 12.4 Rev. 10.4 so as the Prophets themselves sometimes have not understood what was given to them Dan. 12.8 Since therefore according to the Plain Promise of God Dan. 12.4 Knowledge in the Prophesies shall in the Time of the End be open'd to many I desire to know Whether God shall not according as the time of their Accomplishment draws near give a Revelation to several even of this obscure Word of Prophesie either by a Resolution from the Word it self or from other Extraordinary Testimonies And to this that which is said Rev. 22.10 hath an express Relation Q. XI Whether God who hath always chosen that which is Weak before the World 1 Cor. 1.27 may not also in these Days bestow his Revelations even upon the Weaker Sex And whether all that comes from a Woman should on that account be rejected Since that God Reveal'd himself to Hannah Mary the Daughters of Philip and many others and since that he hath also by Joel expresly promis'd the Particular Gifts of the Spirit to the Handmaidens and to the Daughters which Prophesie has not hitherto in its full extent been Accomplish'd as was prov'd Section XXXVI Q. XII Whether as many as Cavil with these Extraordinary Gifts in the Female Sex do not indeed condemn King Josiah and the High-Priest Hilkiah for having pray'd the Prophetess Huldah to enquire of the Lord concerning the Matter which was then before them And if on the contrary these Great and Holy Men did well where then is the good of speaking so disadvantageously of them at this Day when it is indisputable that God hath to some of this Sex communicated such like Extraordinary Gifts See 2 Chron. 34.20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. XLI In the Third place the Question is concerning this Matter of Fact in Particular Q. 1. Whether it be possible for the Love and Faithfulness of God ever to permit that a Person so Innocent as this Young Lady who never either out of Spiritual Pride or Curiosity desir'd such Graces as these but to whom without desiring they were freely given by God from her very Childhood and who in the whole Course of her Life demonstrates the Sense which she hath of Christ hates the Works of the Devil and every thing that is Wicked and loves God with all her Heart whether I say it be possible for him to suffer that such a Person should be deluded by the Devil by a false Revelation for the space of Twelve Years and should still continue to be deluded Q. II. Since that this Person by the means of this very Grace bestow'd upon her is come to receive Christ Jesus according to Truth and to walk in him how
can this Revelation be from the Devil which hath destroy'd in her the Devil's Work and brought her to Christ Q. III. Since this Spirit who reveals himself in her calls himself the Spirit of Jesus Christ and witnesses that he who speaks by her is the Lord Jehovah the Tri-Vn God who Created Heaven and Earth the God of Israel how should it be possible for Satan so to disguise himself in the form of an Angel of Light as to give himself the Name of Jehovah at which he cannot but tremble Q. IV. Since that this Person has from her Childhood receiv'd some Revelations of diverse great Mysteries hidden in the Scripture which were not before known to us and which by reason of their Profoundness were not understood even by her self and which notwithstanding do all shew so goodly an Harmony Likewise since that she knows not at all times how to write about such Matters but then only when she is call'd by God and hears his Voice And since also that some Particulars have been foretold by her which have really come to pass accordingly I desire to be Answer'd whether such things as these can ever proceed from a strong Imagination or from a natural Subtilty of Spirit of which yet there is nothing to be found in this dear Person as all those who knew her can testifie And whether though it may be without difficulty consented to that the Depths of Phansie of the Devil and of his Deceivableness cannot be all found out by us it must 〈◊〉 be also confess'd that God will reveal these Depths and Heights of Satan and of Reason to his Children by the Spirit which he hath given them which searcheth the Deep Things of God to the end they may be able clearly to discern that which is the Fault of a strong Impression from that which is the Effect of God's Spirit XLII 1. Before I conclude I cannot forbear to inform you my Dear Fathers and Brethren in Christ that such abominable Lies and Slanders have been publish'd against Us and Her by the Father of Lies and his Instruments as we could never have believ'd it had been possible if we had not been sufficiently convinc'd of the Power of Darkness which at this present rules in the World in the midst of those who Name themselves Christians We then call'd to Mind what the Lord had already upon the 17th of June foretold us which was that there should arise great and abominable Mistakes the which ought not therefore to appear strange to us but rather to caution us that we may profit thereby and be satisfy'd that the Word and Testimony which have been given are True in as much as they are so entirely accomplish'd Whereas if we had been of the World we had been prais'd of it and that every one might have spoken well of us we needed to have done no more but to have express'd our Doubt whether these Revelations or Testimonies were so Divine as that we could be certain of their being so This then is that Revelation which the Lord gave for a Testimony to us Peace be with you my Elect Again I speak unto you O ye that are Blessed to the end I may quicken you and that ye be not wearied in Patience and Stedfastness Give ear now unto my kind Word which in holy Love I communicate to you Be ye elevated all ye Children of my Father who loveth you and become strong in my Might to the end ye may cleave stedfastly and immoveably to me and depart not from me For there will come abominable Lies and gross Mistakes Consider it for I have told it you to the end ye may remain stedfast in my Truth and well-grounded in the Faith so as to depart neither to the Right Hand nor to the Left Let not any fear now overtake you neither be at all disquieted for I the LORD who am above the Heaven of all Heavens am with you as a mighty Warriour who go before you and suffer you not to be destroy'd if you trust in Me and remain with me If so ye are faithful to Me I am your strong Defence and your Castle And who is he that shall surprize you if ye are founded upon Me As for the Evil-dealers that seek after you they shall be broken in pieces and shall fall heavily But ye shall be made to rejoice in my great Help Amen 2. Not long after this we were Comforted by the Lord in like manner as one is comforted and elevated by one's Mother Hear my Word O Israel and thou Judah that art blessed of me give good attention unto it Lo I come suddenly Mistake not move thou not thy foot that thou mayest not fall For mine Arm shall lead Thee and unto thee shall my Truth be made manifest At the Seventh Hour I will sanctifie my Virgin and will bring forth her Glory which I give to her for a Refreshment before the Rising of the Sun Be but of good Heart my chosen Ones without all manner of fear for I have made a Covenant with you that ye shall remain before Me And now I Swear to you yea I JEHOVAH the Lord of Hosts Swear to you that for you I will set my Righteousness against all the High Things which are lifted up against me that am in you and my Loving-kindness shall guide you and my powerful Arm likewise shall be with you This is the Covenant that I make with the Servants and the Handmaids of Jacob. So verily as the Heaven is prepared by my Almighty Word so keep I my Covenant with my Lambs who shall leap after me upon Mount Gilead and upon Mount Sion my Fortress Yea I have said it For I am the Lord the LORD who rule over the Cherubim and Seraphim the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob who have bruised the Serpent's Head Yea Amen Should we not then be Secure and of a good Heart since the Lord God of Israel our Saviour thus Comforted us and assur'd us of his Protection It 's no matter then how this appears in the sight of the World as if we were forsaken by him and as if to us who have plac'd our confidence in Him rather than in Man all these sweet and powerful Promises should not have their Accomplishment We know notwithstanding with the utmost and greatest Certainty that we shall not perish but shall Conquer for that he hath loved us Hallelujah 3. Lastly upon the 30th of November there came to us the following Word in which the Lord explains to us what is the meaning of that passage Mat. 24.23 Lo here is Christ lo there is Christ And he says That the false Bastard Spirit is already come into all States and will yet come with more abominable Lying Wonders The Warning is word for word this I the Lord LORD Jesus Christ He that is True do warn you that you take heed to your selves for there are coming such False Christs that are disguised and have such