those that are with thee united must fashion your selves unto living only upon what Fruits this Holy Land which is by thee now seen doth afford Therefore did I call thee to come to this Tree of Faith not only it to view but having hit the Mark thereof to feed that so a Spiritual Body may to thee renewed be of an Incorruptible Nature and Kind answerable to the various sorts of Fruits which will restore Nature to its Antient and Vigorous Beauty that hath looked to be altogether withered and consumed § 18. Upon my Further Inquiry at Wisdom's Oracle what might be the Qualities Properties and Natures of these Fruits of Faith and how we might be enabled to take of them having a Right thereto as Natural Denizons that have a Dependence wholly upon what this Heavenly Country of Immanuel doth afford and produce that so we may have no Occasion to look back from whence we come or to be tempted to lust again after Mortal Fruits among the Fallen Spirits From which state we have been called forth to live on this Precious Tree of Faith the several Properties of which I will now open by Name according as they have been to me declared to the end that I and those that with me in the same Spirit cojoined be may here satisfie our whole Internal Appetite and in all Parts and Degrees be made compleat as we shall hereof Magically in our Spirits be able to eat Now the First Quality applicable to this TREE is Magestical Glory the Second is Fathomless Wisdom the Third is an Almightiness of Power the Fourth is Transparency of Light the Fifth is Perfection of Purity the Sixth is Soveraignty of Will the Seventh is an All-excelling Goodness the Eighth is Infinite Natural Knowledge the Ninth is an All-seeing through the Incomprehensible Eye the Tenth is an Essential Generating working Spirit the Eleventh is an Omnipotency of Creation giving New Existences where nothing did visibly appear the Twelfth is Immutability of Love which worketh in and through all these Thus have I given a true Dimension and Description of this Immense and Restaurative Tree springing up from the Seed and Root of Faith which will bring Dead Souls to Life again and do all the Wonders of the New Creation-Church by the Great Philadelphian Worthies when they shall be made to appear On it the First begotten Son of Wisdom did continually feed which made him a God-Man indeed who is not contented of these unknown Sweet to tast alone but cries and calls to his Sister and his Spouse hereof with him to partake that so it may have the same operation and effect on her Godlike to be according to the Pattern of her Lord CHRIST Whose Image lively drawn I may thus see Through Participation of this Spicy Tree § 19. Some considerable time afterward I was again call'd in Spirit to view this Tree of Faith and the Tree now seem'd to be enlightned with a bright Body which appeared standing in the midst of it and it bore all those several mentioned sorts of Fruits being therewith most richly laden but none were yet Ripe or fit for Eating But the Bright Body in the Tree said Go call such as willing are to wait for the Transmuting Power to act forth the Amazing Wonders of a God Let such with thee come and sit under this Tree till the Fruit into Gold ye shall see to be turned Then eat thereof ye shall and Power will be born suddenly to do and act in the Property and Nature of the Holy Ghost For this must Transmute and alter the whole Inward Part for that it will be no less then the Leaven of the Deity it self Whence this hath been frequently repeated to me that this kind of Power which we would have must proceed from a deep Ground and Root which is no less then the Godhead § 20. Also at another time I felt a mighty stirring Life of Faith get up which did overtop all Self-Reasoning whereby I found a Pass for my Spirit to enter nearer still to the Aimed Mark which is the Central Power And while I was in Prayer that my Bow might abide in Strength and that it might also be given to my Fellow Labourers to hold it out with me for Assurance of this there was shewn me the Bow in a Blew Cloud descending and it was put into my Hand All Crystalline the Bow appeared to be with Seven Golden Arrows belonging to it Then was it said to me Arise Arise now put on thy Strength for the Arm of the LORD in thee shall stretch the Bow and make the Arrows fly where the Invincible Power doth lie For the Work shall not be starved for want of Power to feed and strengthen it while two or three do stand in one Spirit knit Therefore to you each one this Bow of Faith is given with the Sevenfold Arrow Try and see whether at the Seventh Attempt it may not the Power hit and all the Twelve Degrees of Faith arrive at Now put thy Hand hereto and be very nimble and quick make the first Onset that those others who aiming are at the same thing with thee may also reach this weighty and worthy Prize That so in the Lord ye may rejoice together in such a goodly Habitation and Golden Tent to celebrate the Praise of Great ELOHIM who hath this Power down sent to display and make way for the Gathering in of his Priestly Flock and Royal Train that shall no longer at the Worldy Spirits Gate knock and wait This came to pass in the 25th of the Month January in the Year MDCXC § 21. After seven Days being upon the First of the next Month the same Vision was renewed to me and I strongly felt the Impulses of the Spirit driving me forward towards the Mark which seemed to stand very fair to be hit as inviting us who in One Faith were knit to try and prove Where our Seven Nazarite Locks of Strength do lie which answer to the Seven Spirits and Powers of the Tri-Un Deity For the Seven Arrows specified in the former Vision do all of this signifie as that these are to be a Guard upon each Arrow according as from the Bow they shall be made to fly For with my Lord I discoursed this matter concerning the Thorough-Pass of these Seven Arrows Querying whether I or any one that principally aim'd at the same thing with me had shot them home to the very Center-Point Then upon this Inquiry the Spirit of my Lord told me that Five of them had already hit the Mark but that two yet remain'd which were to make the grand Breach and Onset where the Rich Prize was to be taken And the Spirit shewed me further what stopped the ascending Might of these two remaining Arrows which was a muddy Gulf that stood in the way which I beheld and it was said That this did signifie the Lake of Self-Reasoning Spirits which the Starry World from Without doth qualifie with what of
never be off on their Knees as to Prayer and watchfulness Then after some large Conference with the Spirit which cannot be brought forth in words There was presented to me in sight a wonderful great Wheel which seemed to spread over the whole Earth the Colour was as a Ruby-Red and it was full of Eyes round the circle of it very piercing Then it was said to me This presents God the Almighty working Wheel of which there is no beginning or end so I saw a living Spirit moving in the Wheel hoisted up as between the Heavens and the Earth then saw I four small Wheels descend out of this one of the same colour and had Eyes also then I enquired Ah Lord tell me what this meaneth And it was answered These are the Charriot-Powers which pass through all things in Centers high and Centers low and to whom these Wheels shall be joined unto they only shall be able to act the great Wonders of time then saw I where they descended and rested for a while and then they went forth and were lifted up by the great Wheel which as a Loadstone drew them up and my Spirit was presently gone to them and presently the Angelical Center stood open and from thence my Spirit was carried by these Wheels into the Apostles Center then into the Son's Center then into the Father's deepest deep of all Centers where I was to center and abide till the Wheels went forth then my Spirit should go with them who would be Eyes to see what way and whither my Spirit was to go do and act for it was said to me Now no Creaturely Will can move here for the Holy Spirit assumeth all Will Power and Act here and then no defeat is to the high holy pure Enterprize which you together in the Faith and Love co-working with these Wheels it shall be as the spreading of the Net aright and casting it to the taking of a worthy and rich Prize so go forward on and prosper February 10. 1694. § 49. This Morning the Vision of the Four Wheels appeared again which moved in the Four Elements each one being carried upward by a Spirit that was as a bright Flash of Lightning The which considering in my Mind with an inquiry hereupon made it was told me That they did represent the working Wheels of Nature that the All-powerful Spirit doth drive upward to reach the One Eternal Element which being touched with it would penetrate through the whole Bodily Man that was made up of the Four Elements Then did I see these Four Elements expire into one great terrible Flaming Wheel that spread it self over the whole Heavens and in the middle of the VVheel there were Seven Eyes § 50. Which I waiting upon was thus opened to me that the gross Earthly Part in the nature of the Four Elements should by the Spirit of Christ who took upon him the Elementary Body so come into ours as to wind them up by a strong Circling Motion as every Part may be so touched as to be tinged with and to partake of the Superiour Properties and Powers of this pure and unmixed Element and so be swallowed up in this Great Governing Wheel that ruleth over all the lower Wheels with all the Planets which thereto do coagulare and work For all by Outward Nature are under their Power and Empire till got free by ascending up to this upper ruling Wheel with its Seven Eyes Concerning which it was told me that they were the Seven Supercelestial Planets or Constellations that did govern and controll all in this lower World and its Planets This is that which will reach to Redemption of the Body § 51. Much more the Spirit of my Lord discoursed me upon this Matter which must be concealed till my Outward Elementary Wheels shall fully expire into the upper and superiour Wheel Only this I may declare for the present time that the upper Flaming Wheel with its Seven Eyes as a Loadstone is drawing mightily some known to me that have been touched therewith And it will not rest in its wheeling Motion till they shall be as to their weak Elementary Life changed into the One Superiour Element whereby the Heavenly Constellations shall predominate over all of these outward Ones which hitherto have reigned over the Elementary Part that yet lieth Unredeemed February the 12th § 52. This Day being much drawn inward in the Spirit of my Mind this word met me Arise and ride upon the Mule of Faith stand over all that is Elementary There is a Thing to be done by some that in the Crown Number do stand who shall the Land of Havilah command but Abraham's High Faith for this must spring February the 14th § 53. VVhile I was in a deep Introversion about this Matter this Word spake in me saying There is a Birth that is upon breaking forth that shall bring the Blessing of mighty Increase to present and succeeding Generations Sarah in her Old Age is near her time of bringing forth the Heir who must possess the good things of the Upper and Neather World Understand thou then what this meaneth the Old Age is an arrivement unto the Mystery of Faith Now excite thou those that are of Good will to encourage themselves with the Hope this good Old Age to see as mighty Hero's in this Faith that so ye may bring forth the Blessing to the weary and oppressed Gird up I say and take heed ye do not falter or turn out of Faith's way then shall ye bring forth a Nation as in One Day § 54. Now as some of us were hereupon waiting together and while one was in Prayer there appeared this Vision from the Light World From the which the Virgin descended and met an ascending Spirit that was pressing and expecting to come up to the Mount Sion Orb unto the Glorious Lord. But there was a stop by the Descent of the Virgin of that Orb who appeared to us in great splendour and congratulated us saying Thus I know whereto ye would in your Spirits have arrived but I am come from your Lord to make known the Thing which ye have long been in travail for And now I do appear to you for this purpose that you may be overshadowed with my Virgin Nature which may be the Womb all sanctified for the conceiving of the Holy Ghost which will be the Lordly Birth in Spirit And as he was brought forth in the Fulness of Time by a single Personal Virgin so now in Plurality in Virgin Spirits to multiply upon the Earth that so Evil Births may sink and dye as these Virgin Births shall rise And therefore to you who in holy Dedication are this Counsel is given Observe from this Day how this Birth in you shall go forward on and therefore watchful each one of you be And after this Saying she cast a wonderful bright shining Ray of Glory as we were sitting together upon each of us § 55. 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for certain is the only thing that will bring the long expected Redemption to its finishing End § 46. After which as from a New Gust the Eternal Word open'd it self Expresly in my Heart's Center informing and declaring the High Prerogative of such a Spirit in whom the Power of Transmutation did lie For in whom ever this comes to be witnessed it is no less then the Seed of the Trinity retained in the pure Matrix of the Virgin Wisdom which driveth forth till it cometh into Transubstantiation Nothing goeth beyond this for as much as it is the Beginning Strength Might and Excellency of the Father of all Spirits who generateth in Nature this High Birth of Power the true Heir of Faith as it did appear in the Immaculate JESVS How great is this Secret and to whom hath it been Revealed or who hath found this Wonderful Stone True it is that in all Ages it hath had its Seekers but none have digged deep enough for it Every Arm for these many Hundred Years hath been too short to reach it Now unto thee who art duly upon the Inquiry and watching for the highly precious Gate to open while thou art knowing in thy self the Invalidity of all other foregoing Births and Powers that yet have been rested upon as if this had been attained to which thou art now pressing to find within the Borders of Immanuel where the Seven Baptizing Pools are to be passed through before this Transmuting Stone comes to its perfection of Colour And though several of them thou hast been plunged into yet know this that there remain Three Which were shewn me to be Blood Oil and Fire The Four that I had passed through were first the Pool of Conviction secondly Repentance thirdly Renovation fourthly passing my Spirit over by pure Dedication By all which I was made meet to enter upon the last Three Baptisms which would finish the whole Mystery of the Incarnation The Bloody Pool is the Dying with JESUS the Offering up thy self through his Spirit to which end the many Lives are to suffer Death without pity or sparing any one of them as they were allied and in concord with the sensitive Root from whence they all do spring haply thou mayest believe thy self to have pass'd through every Death I grant that thou hast done so in thy Will yet art thou not come to an actual open and Triumphant shew hereof perfectly so expiring as to a Total giving up the Ghost of that Birth which was out of the Womb of that which was from the Earth earthly and into which it must be again delivered up through Death Now no more would I have thee to draw any Breath of Life from that Principle which is the Gulf of Seperation but to pass undauntedly through this Pool of Blood which is the Fifth Cirling Pool that surrounds that Wonderful Tree of Faith and Life which thou hast seen § 47. Now having after some Years pressing forward since this last Manifestation passed through these Deaths in a good Degree as hath been witnessed the Lamb having been slain in me gives a Resurrection of a New Life which standeth clearly out of all that is of the Out-Birth and that consisteth of the Astral Reason and Animal Sense which the being dead to gains the wonderful Conquest that maketh way for the being plunged into the Pool of Oil. Which Oil is the Matter and Essence from which the Holy Ghost doth spring Then passing from this to the Pool of Fire which also opens it self from this being a Fiery Seed from the Deity and so coagulating together it makes up a Deified Body which only can be capable to live in the Supercelestial Air of the One Element This we may entitle the Divine Magical Body whose Motions and Operations are all subsisting going forth in pure Acts of Faith For that is the Life that the Risen in Christ are called to to live by alone for as much as by this they are always ascending above the Earth as if they had no more to do with it bringing down by Faith all needful Things out of the Store-house of Heaven while yet they are in Bodies Terrestrial Our Spiritual Merchandizing is only to be upon the Fruits of Faith's Tree which will bring in both for Food and Cloathing abundantly while there is need for it But there is an Age coming as this Tree of Faith grows up in Persons in their inward ground to its full ripeness when the Fruit being eaten thereof Magically will Transfigure the very Elementary Body and give it a Radical Ruby Glory so that Mortality shall be hid in Immortality which is the Garment that may last the Thousand Years Reign of CHRIST and may be said to be the First Resurrection Body whereby Death shall be swallowed up All this will be effected by the Mighty Operation of Faith which subdueth all things to it self and changeth this visible Body into the Likeness of the Glorious Body of our Lord JESUS For when this Faith shall be wrought up to its highest Perfection it will be such a Prospective-Glass through which the Glorified Person of our Lord and the Father in him with the Virgin Wisdom and all the Saints shall so appear before the Spirit 's Eye that according as it is written beholding the Glory of the Lord as in Glass we shall be changed from Glory to Glory for when we see him we shall be made like unto him Thus hath it been shewn to me what the wonderful Effects of Faith shall do in its Time and Age. But it may be said who shall live such an Age as this to see To which I Answer though this be Prophesied in me yet it is not Determinated whether as to my own Particular I may it in my Age of Time see For I rather think that I may pass into Faith's Mystery where with the High VVorthies of Faith who died in the Faith not having received the Promise but seeing it afar off rejoyced in Spirit as I do hoping that others in the succeeding Age or Ages may this Transformation of Bodies know which Joy will be so to me when I into the Heavenly World translated shall be having put on Glorification which I do now already see my Superior Angel in the Mount Sion Kingdom cloathed withal in which my Rest and Satisfaction in assurance hereof do remain not knowing whether it may not be my Lot with the Elders and Worthies of the Faith to descend with CHRIST again upon the Earth to Reign The 4th of January 169 A Continuation of what further hereupon followed § 48. THis divine Opening was with me holding me in converse for some Hours in my Spirit saying Though the staff of Time for an expected deliverance seemeth to be broke yet cast not off the work you are called to abide and stand together in and understand it is the prerogative of God to change Times and Seasons who under no bounds of Time will be that his depending Creatures may