be at all concerned at it but they will send out others who must in like manner be treated Notwithstanding which there shall many be made manifest who love me and keep my Word and I will pour out upon them the Streams of the Spirit and all things I will Praise-worthyly and Gloriously accomplish And no body shall hinder me for I am the LORD and will fulfil my Word which hath this long time been spoken Amen It shall come to pass as surely as I the Lord am the Lord. Amen 11. Next follows a Glorious Promise how God's Truth shall break forth like Light so that none shall be able to withstand it and that it shall fall like Fire into the Eyes of the Fools whence dread and trouble shall come upon them Should I not in this time cause my unfathomable Faithfulness and mine Everlasting Love to break forth seeing that the Hour is come Yea my Light shall arise in the Darkness and my Truth shall Shine like the Sun in his full strength for my Statutes I will make to be acknowledged and my Truth will I not suffer to lye hid in obscurity I will do another thing in Israel yea a strange thing will I do which shall drop from the Spirit of Truth and like Fire fall into the Eyes of the Unwise And if they will not receive it Darkness shall seize upon them O slumber not now ye Wise Virgins but stand on your Watch for the Bridegroom cometh Go ye forth with a new noise Praise ye and Magnifie my Name O ye Nations and Armies For the New Jerusalem is about building Be ye then compacted every one to another in the Love taking no thought how it should be for I am with you 12. The following one is a precious Testimony of Christ towards a Person of great Quality being in the Fear of the Lord vvhom He lifts very Graciously up I the Substantial Truth the Everlasting Love do in the Spirit bear vvitness that I am CHRIST the Lord of Belief the Vanquisher of unbelief the Destroyer of doubt the Light of Men the Spring of Life one that is Holy and Righteous who destroyeth the Kingdom of Darkness taketh avvay the Power of Hell and pulleth out the Sting of Sin I am JESUS CHRIST the Lord who do reveal my self and for the Love which I bear to all Men do witness in the Spirit that tho' I do more clearly and more Familiarly reveal my self to some then I do to others as may be seen in Paul and Cephas yet my everlasting Love is the same unto all Men for I respect not the Person of any but whosoever doth well and keepeth my Commandments the same is well-pleasing unto me Wherefore I JESUS the Lord of Life do bear witness that I am revealed after an hidden Spiritual manner in their Spirits because in singleness and oneness I am delighted to Work I am the very same Spirit that bore witness in the Spirit of all the Apostles namely the Spirit of Christ by whose wounds you are healed I am the Eternal Love through whose Glory you stand in the Father's Presence Therefore Sing ye merrily O let Heaven and the Children of God give a shout for joy for my Hour is come in which I gather in my Vintage even them whom my Father hath given me for an everlasting Heritage whom I have purchased to my self through my Cross and Death In which blessed Way as many as are true believers do follow me under my easie Yoak I am the Way of Life whosoever believeth in me hath Life Everlasting and I will dwell in him and he in me to Everlasting Glory Behold here are the Wounds and the Marks of the Nails for a Testimony in the Spirit of this my so burning Love I spread forth my Arms to take in that which is gone astray to hold up that which is feeble to strengthen that which is fearful for I will take my Flock to my Self and feed them for my Heart melteth towards them Why should I not exalt my self in the Sanctuary And why should I not declare my Power in the Hearts of all the Faithful Yea why not in all Speeches and Languages Am not I your Shepherd How then can I any longer see the Confusion of my Flock Give thy Voice O Lord of Heaven my Father and regard the Desolation hereof and behold how all things are neglected and how my true Word which I uttered by my Prophets and my Apostles is looked on as nought For what they do is all Hypocrisy they forsake the Power of the Word and dig themselves out here and there their own Wells whose being is in the outward Work but the Powerful Principles of Faith whose being is in the Inward Ground they deny And therefore is my Wrath kindled and for this end am I come to Judge the Earth But who is there that hath known my meaning And who hath been of my Counsel Nevertheless the Spirit by whom ye are Sealed unto Holiness searcheth all things even the Spirit so richly poured out on you by the Father and by whose means you believe even by his strength for it is he himself who vvorketh Faith in you Be thou then through this Spirit stirred up in Faith my dear M y Dwell thou in me and I will dwell in thee that thou with memaist live everlastingly Believe and so art thou helped for in believing me thou findest all things Be joyful in Hope patient in Affliction take good heed to this I say and live up to it so shall I for ever remain thy faithful Friend and Brother Wrestle with me in the Faith so shalt thou know me for I will come with the Father and the Holy Ghost and we will dwell with thee for the Father loveth thee for my sake and the Comforter the Holy Ghost is with thee In singleness and lowliness of Heart Sing HALLELUJAH This is a Testimony in the Spirit given from the Everlasting Christ Jesus the Conqueror of Death Devils and Hell 13. The Grafting in again of the Olive Branches which were broken off and the breaking off of the Evil Branches and Transplanting them into a wild place Peace be with you dear Children Speak ye now concerning the help out of Sion and rejoice over the Salvation of Israel For the hour is come in which I bring again the Branches of the Olive and regraft them into their Places for that I am the Lord excercising righteousness and stedfast in keeping my Word But as for the Evil and the Hardned them do I again lop off and send away into a wild Place Why speakest thou so loftily O thou profligate one My Justice I will make thee to see for thou hast nothing of thy self but all that thou hast is from meer Grace But be of good Comfort my Ephraim I will provide for thee my dear Daughter and will deliver thee from the Scorners I have said it to thee be joyful henceforward and fear not for I am
thy Refuge and thy strong Rock I say Amen! 15. A very lovely Consolation for Judah and Israel with a Comfortable word to the First-born of Joy in their Posterity Hope in the Lord O Israel shout for joy O Judah for the Lord hath looked upon thee in kindness He shall make thee to rejoyce O thou First-born in thy Posterity I am He that hath said it But to whom is my secret known and who is there that understandeth my meaning Nevertheless the Deep shall utter forth the praises of my Righteousness and the Clouds shall declare my Truth Dear Children be not afraid for I am the Truth Abide in my Truth and what is there that can disturb you Unto you I am All in All. He that loveth me hath Everlasting Life and is Justified in me through the power of Faith Cry aloud lift up your Voices for I am a wonderful God one who levelleth the Mountains and pulleth up Men from the Deep of the Earth Be at peace my dear Sion Waver not my Child Behold in thine hands I have signed thee I am a God of thy Name a Keeper of Israel a Friend of Sion a Benefactor of Ephraim Trouble not your selves dear Friends for no Evil shall be able to reach you and as for what you undertake it shall prosper for I will set your Feet in a large place XVIII All these Testimonies and many more were given by God to this Blessed Maid before I had any manner of Acquaintance with Her Upon the Evidence of which she is so Convinced of the Divinity of this matter that not withstanding all the Contradiction and Opposition of Men she doth without the least mixture of Doubt or Fear believe in pure Simplicity and Child-like Confidence that whatever the Lord hath told or shall according to the expectation of her Faith hereafter tell her shall be punctually fulfil'd both in Her and in others She knows in whom she Believes and understands to distinguish between the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Errour with a clear Eye She bears with those who are not as yet able to own in her the Lord's Work but withal she believes that if they be of upright Hearts they will not be swift to pass Sentance upon Her as also that as many as are Enlighten'd by the Divine Light will be capable to feel that to be from God which God has bestow'd upon her But in bearing thus with the weak she permits not her self to be made Weak And so far is she from being disturb'd at the Blasphemous Sentence of the Unbelievers that she prays for them that God would not therefore on a sudden bring them into Judgment as might justly be fear'd but that he would in mercy delay it who is a God using terribly to punish the Blasphemy of imputing that to the Devil which proceeds from the Holy Ghost She says and maintains No body can make me doubtful of that which I have seen and heard No body knows the New Name but he that receives it None but the Spirit of Man which is in him knows what is in Man even so the things of God are not known to any save to the Spirit of God Now we have received not the Spirit of the World but the Spirit of God that we might be able to know what is given us of God With this one Testimony of the Holy Spirit She overthrows all the Objections made against her from Without which for the most part come from those who cleave too much to the Flesh Notwithstanding all which she trusts that in the end God will manifest His Work so as all the World may own that it is even He himself who hath witnessed all these Words by Her XIX But that you may understand the Method in which these Revelations pass and how this B. Maid doth not see with her Gross and Corporeal Eyes or hear with her Corporeal Ears but doth see and hear the Lord in Spirit and how she doth from time to time write down from his sweet Mouth the Words which she thus hears I will here import a Testimony which was given her on the Twelfth on November in the Year MDCLXXXVIII The LORD himself dictating the same as she wrote to the end that if any were desirous to be inform'd concerning the manner of the Revelation she might be able to answer them in His own Words Which are these Peace be with you the Friends of Our JESUS the Saints Blessed and Beloved I speak with you as one Friend Speaks with another I speak at this time with the Mouth of Truth that I may be heard yet not outwardly by the Bodily but inwardly by the Spiritual Ear which is a Thousand times more delicate then the Outward one I speak to you by my self as true God and true Man and cause my self to be seen not by the Eyes of the Body but by the Internal Eyes the Eyes of the Spirit of such a Spirit naturally as is united and betrothed most strictly to me And this manner of Sight is real tho' it be hidden and subtil This I know will seem strange to you who do not yet understand my Mysteries and my Wonders Yet I tell it you that you may be able to discourse of it properly according to my Inspiration For so and by this means have I spoken to you all those sweet Words which you have hitherto written I have this further in love to speak and say to you Rejoyce ye for your great Glory and Honour since you are rendred so bright through my Righteousness as to become white as the Snow to be cleansed and purged from all Sin yea to be one Heart with me and to be my Temple and Holy Habitation Keep now the House of your Heart clean and let it be mine neither suffer your corrupt sinful Will nor the Love of the Creatures to Lord it therein So will I sink down very deeply into you and then will arise up again in you and such a purifying will I make within you that you shall praise me both with Heart and Mouth My dear little Children rejoice ye for my sake and be of good Courage for I am with you Lay your selves now to rest in my Holy Will and pursue it that I may make you the Instruments of my Graces and Gifts XX. But as the Divinity of this Affair hath been witnessed particularly to some Friends so hath it been to my Wife and Me. For after that God had before this even while we were yet in Holstein made known to us not by such high and extraordinary Revelatiosn but by his Spirit in his Word the great Promise made to Israel in Scripture and the Mystery of his Kingdom and that we for the sake of this had suffered a great deal it pleased him to let us have for about a Year since the knowledge of this Gentle vvoman of whom we had not then heard any thing by the means of a devout Person with whom we
A LETTER To Some DIVINES Concerning the Question Whether GOD since Christ 's Ascension doth any more Reveal himself to Mankind by the means of Divine Apparitions With an Exact Account of what God hath bestowed upon a Noble Maid from her Seventh Year until Now MDCXCI Written Originally in High-Dutch and now set forth in English by the Editor of the LAWS of PARADISE newly Published 1 Cor. 2.16 Who hath known the Mind of the LORD that he may instruct him But we have the Mind of CHRIST LONDON Printed and Sold by John Whitlock in Stationers-Court near Ludgate 1695. TO THE English READER MAny and Vain have been the Pretensions to Inspiration in all Ages of the World even â—o many as to make one almost doubt of the Reality of Any Thing that would be thought to be of that kind If God has had his Prophets the Devil has always had his in much more abundance and he has learnt so well to transform himself into an Angel of Light that it requires perhaps something more than Man to trace out his Windings and pluck off his Vizard Hence it is that some Considering Persons and those as there is reason to believe of Good Intentions have at the end after long Search and Puzlings of their Brain on this Head been tempted to conclude that whatever goes beyond the Reach of the Ordinary Light of Reason or Claims to be deriv'd from an higher Source is Uncertain and altogether Unsatisfactory Whence they have thought it sufficient to observe the Laws of Natural and Moral Religion And for fear they should be Impos'd upon have cut the Knot at once and so without fairly weighing the Arguments on both sides have too hastily decided the Controversie in favour of Human Reason against Divine Revelation Others who are convinc'd of the Corruption and Degeneracy of our Nature the Vncertainty of Human Reasoning and the Imperfect Knowledge which we have at best of the Divine Being or of our own Spirits and Souls have thought it absolutely impossible without the assistance of a more than Ordinary Illumination from Him who is the Fountain of Lights to arrive at any True Discerning in the Concerns of Religion Hence they have determin'd it Necessary and Included in the very Notion of a God which supposes the Care of All that has proceeded from Him that God should send his Prophets Apostles Evangelists and other Inspir'd Teachers to inform us of our Present and Future State so far as is needful for us to know to admonish us of our Duty to keep up in us a Sense of his All-directing Providence and to Foretel and Prepare our Minds for the reception of the various Dispensations of his Love and Justice For the Perfecting of the Saints and for the Building up the Body of Christ that by the means of These we may grow up into Him who is the Head But all this say many among the Great the Wise and the Learned has been sufficiently provided for already God has reveal'd his Holy Will to us in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament the Canon of which is now Seal'd up Christ having abundantly Instructed his Disciples in all that 's Necessary to make Mankind Happy whilst he Convers'd with 'em here Below is now Ascended up on High and speaks no more to us but in that Book which He has left behind for the Ordinary Guidance of his Church until he shall come again in like manner as he was seen to go up He has also forewarned us that in the Latter Days many False Prophets and False Christs should arise who would deceive if it were possible the very Elect. We have Moses and the Prophets yea we have Christ and the Apostles Therefore 't is just that we should cleave to these Alone without looking for any further Revelation or Manifestation from God lest we should come to be Deluded by Dreams and Legends or Tales of Women and to be carry'd about with every Wind or Spirit of Doctrine by the sleights of Men lying in wait to deceive Many instances are produced by them of such as have Knowingly or Ignorantly been the Instruments of Seduction and have drawn in many into a Belief not only of the greatest Extravagances but also of the highest Blasphemies And so many things are truly urg'd concerning the strength of Imagination and the Effects of Religious Melancholly that I do not much wonder at 'em for suspecting all that they hear of Extraordinary Illumination to be no better Notwithstanding which prejudices I have yet met with some few Persons both Abroad and at Home that are neither Fools nor Madmen of whom I do sincerely profess after much Doubting and long Examining that they seem to me assisted in a Special Manner by God for some Great and Glorious Ends which are as yet hid from the World These live in great Humility and Simplicity entire Resignation universal Love and an Heroical Faith that is without Doubting without Fear and as free from Credulity as from either In whom I have beheld the Princely Magnanimity of the Lion mix'd with the Meek Sweetness of the Lamb. With these they go forth Conquering and to Conquer in the Power of God being Dedicated to him and most assuredly Possess'd Enlighten'd and Actuated by Him not living their own Life but His neither speaking their own Words nor doing their own Deeds but letting Him Speak and Act all in them whose Right it is to be All in All of whose Nature they are made Partakers in the New Birth having in 'em the Mind of Christ and being truly the Temples of the Holy Ghost They have their Eyes constantly fix'd upon the Author and Finisher of this Warfare for the sake of whom they not only endure the Cross but what is more to a Brave Spirit despise the Shame They are especially given to the Reading of the Holy Scriptures and they believe the Lives of the Antient Worthies that are there Recorded to be set down for them to Copy and not to give 'em barely an Historical Knowledge of some strange Particulars that are not Now any longer Practicable They say that Moses and the Prophets Christ and the Apostles have all had respect to and prophesy'd of the Times that are approaching very swiftly They expect in these Latter Days to see many False Prophets and False Christs setting up themselves yea that the Great Antichrist shall be reveal'd in the Deceivableness of Lying Wonders But they are not at this at all solicitous or troubled they know on whom they relye they will not mistrust their Heavenly Father as if he would suffer them to be misled who have given up themselves without reserve to be led by Him Let Him do say they with us as he pleases we are no longer our Own but His We know our own Weakness and Inability to Guide our selves and that as we cannot but Err and go Astray whenever we follow the Devices and Desires of our own Hearts let 'em appear
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
Confirmation and we cannot without the highest Affront to that Reason which we pretend so much to but give it to that side which has all the real Characters of Truth and Sincerity when the other has only Phansies and Suspicions to support its Credit But if besides all this God himself has been pleas'd by his Immediate Finger to set his Seal to the Truth of these Revelations and to confirm 'em in a Miraculous Manner as will in part appear by the Account of some Matters of Fact nakedly related in This Letter that are evidently above the Power of Nature then one would think there could be no longer any room for standing out against or even for not surrendring one self up to the Belief of their Divine Original And if all the Marks of True Inspiration be Applicable to These and no Objection has been made to 'em which has not been made to those of the Acknowledg'd Prophets in the Times wherein they liv'd as might be instanc'd at large I know not what more can be desir'd This is left to the Spirits of the Prophets and to the Consideration of all those who profess to believe that sure Word of Prophesie which is the Testimony of JESVS Many Testimonies relating to this Matter might easily be brought were it either Needful or Convenient under the present Circumstances so to do Whence it is thought fit to Publish only One that has been Communicated by an Eye and Ear-witness who made it his Business to be perfectly acquainted with this Matter By all which and by a mighty Cloud who daily bear Testimony hereto and especially by the Two Witnesses of the Old and New Testament there are some who for their own parts dare say that they are fully Convinc'd both as to the Revelations consider'd apart and as to the Blessed Lady whom God has chosen to be the Instrument of ' em Who is not in the decrease at all but still gloriously proceeds as is well known to many in the Increase of this Marvellous Illumination The Sun-beams of the Divine Light and Glory do every day more Throughly and more Intimately Enlighten the Bright Wounds of Jesus do daily more and more purifie Her and in short she is in such a manner prepar'd that if She be call'd out hereafter of the Solitude in which she is at present and be Crown'd with Glory Wisdom and Power it will be no more than what we may reasonably expect It is not to be doubted but that the Spirit will bear Witness that this is Truth to all that will listen to it in the pure stilness of Holy Silence And I am well assur'd that here in England in like manner as it has done in Germany and Holland it must work with great Power on the Souls of many and that God will do something in a little time to awaken the Slumbering Nations But granting there should be nothing at all Divine in this Matter I can't see any Hurt that the Publishing of it to this Nation would be For here is no Encouragement to any Frantick Zeal to set up it self in the Name of the Lord nothing to promote Seditions Strifes and Dissentions but the quite contrary nothing for the Establishing a Sect or Party but frequent and powerful Incitements to Peace Unity and Love of every one Nothing taught but what is highly Agreeable to the Doctrine of Christ and nothing Foretold which a Good Man may not wish for or which as to the Main is not publickly Pray'd for in Most or All the Congregations of Any that are call'd Christians In some of 'em Occasionally in others Constantly As the Conversion of the Jews the Fulness of the Gentiles the Destruction of all Idolatry Superstition Heresie and Schism the Settlement of Peace Truth and Righteousness over the whole Earth that so all that will may come to be Enlighten'd and those that will not but obstinately refuse the Light may be cast out into the outward Darkness the Kingdoms of this World being made the Kingdom of our God and of his Christ and there being One Fold under One Shepherd If then these things be in themselves desirable and to be Pray'd for and have been Pray'd for above these Sixteen Hundred Years we must needs allow that there can't be any Hurt in the Belief of 'em to be near at hand And consequently let this Matter of Fact be never so contestible it can have no Bad Influence either upon the Lives and Actions of Any or upon Publick Affairs But if this Matter be indeed of God God will go along with it Here and those that Fight against it will be found to Fight against God So that if it be of Him it shall stand and Triumph and if it be not of Him none can more Earnestly desire that it may come to Nothing than He who sends it Now abroad to the English Nation for this End that God alone may be Glorify'd and that Truth and Righteousnes may Prevail to the Confusion of Errour and Impiety To which let all the Earth say Amen Hallelujah Come Holy Ghost our Souls inspire And lighten with Celestial Fire Thou the Anointing Spirit c. Form of Ordering of Priests 1 Thes v. 19 20 21. Quench not the Spirit Despise not Prophesyings Prove all things hold fast that which is Good Acts xxii 14 15. The God of our Fathers hath chosen Thee that thou shouldest know his Will and see that Just One and shouldest hear the Voice of his Mouth for thou shalt be his Witness unto all Men of what thou hast Seen and Heard John xiv 21. He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him 1 Cor. ii 10 11 12 13. God hath Revealed them to us by his Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God For who knows the things of a Man save the Spirit of a Man even so the things of God knows none but the Spirit of God Now we have received not the Spirit of the World or of Man but the Spirit of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God Which also we speak not in the words which Man's wisdom teacheth but which the Holy Ghost teacheth comparing Spiritual things with Spiritual And afterward v. 14 15. But the Natural the Animal or Soulish Man receives not the things of the Spirit of God For they are foolishness to him neither can ye know them because they are spiritually discerned But he that is Spiritual discerneth all things yet he himself is discerned of no Man John i. 46. Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth Come and see The Testimony which is referr'd to in the Preface EST illa Virgo singularibus maxime supernaturalibus a Deo ornata donis Spiritus ita ut externus ipsius faciei habitus cum intima animae Spiritus qualitate suaviter respondeat Gaudet mirabili summe extraordinaria a
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
upon an high Throne in Raiment white as Snow with a goodly Crown on his Head having in one hand a Scepter and in the other a Sword Who spoke thus Look on me I am the Husband of all Widows and the Father of all Orphans I will judge their right for I know it for their misery is come up before me and nothing is hidden from me Wherefore Afflictest thou thy self Cast thy Confidence upon me For I will visit the Daughter of Sion and the Sackcloth that is upon her I will take off and the Ashes that cover her head I will throw away and will anoint her head with the Oyl of gladness I will cure her Wounds and bind up her Sores Mine Arm shall become strong For I am resolved to help her and to place her upon Pillars of Marble She shall be set upon a Pedestal of Gold and shall Triumph even in this Age. Her Countenance shall be bright and her Heart fill'd with Mirth and her Victory shall last to the Children and Childrens Children And think not that this shall be long before it come to pass See! behold thou knowest not as I know The time is not long The time is not long Then also an Angel sounded with his Trumpet these words The time is not long After that she had seen God the FATHER in the Clouds whose Face she could well distinguish she was thereupon wholy carried out of her self and heard these words I am your God and you are the Sheep of my Pasture You are my People which I have chosen before many Thousand my Glory shall be suddenly Published For this end remain stedfast in the Faith XVI This pass'd in the Fifteenth year of her Age and from that time to this present day our Saviour has been pleas'd to manifest himself very gloriously to her and by her and has confirm'd her in her Soul and fully Assur'd her that this was not from Melancholy or the Devil but that it was the Son of God himself who spoke with her as one Friend speaks with another Friend And she firmly believes that God has determin'd some great matter over the World that he will shew his mercy to his Servants and his wrath to his Enemies and will bring forth his SION to the Astonishment of the whole Earth I will produce here some of those Testimonies or Divine Manifestations which amongst several Hundred have been given since the Year MDCXXXVIII to this present MDCXCI from the riches of his Mercy to Mankind XVII 1. In that which follows HE manifests forth his holy Love towards his Well-beloved ones by assuring them that he will free them from the burden of the Cross and do something great in their behalf Dearest Souls behold I beseech you in what manner my Soul longs and pants after you that your Souls may be one with me that we may become one Heart one Spirit one Soul For I desire to dwell in you to govern in you to work in you whom I have always loved whom I have drawn to me and for whom I have deliver'd up my self to the Death being made for you a sacrifice of Propitiation Wherefore should I not then love you after that you are thus made righteous by my Blood And therefore lift up your heads rejoyce cry aloud and Sing with a mighty Noise for he who hath delivered you from everlasting Death and shall deliver you from the burthen of the Cross even he will pass before you in Glory and perform great things for you For I am the Lord and who shall hinder me Who shall say to me What dost thou Am I not the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob a Powerful Lord over Sin Death the Devil and Hell 2. The Bridegroom assures his Bride that she being cloathed with his Righteousness and with the Garments of Salvation is well pleasing to the Father for His sake My Love thou fair one thou lovely and charming Shepherdess how amiable art thou in my Heavenly Father's Sight then when I am united with thee then when I put on thee my righteousness as a Robe and adorn thee with the Gold-work of Faith and Gird thee with the Girdle of Truth and Crown thee with the Palm-Branches of Praise O art thou not then indeed a beautiful Shepherdess O how lovely how charming art thou among the Thorns Thine Eyes have overcome me their Rays have wounded my heart for as the fair Morning Star they Sparkle and are more glittering then the goodliest Splendour For in them shine forth the works that are the delight of my Soul Now in all that is sacred nothing can be loved but what is without all spot and blame And now therefore my sweet Shepherdess since thou appearest so comely in the Garments of Salvatiton thou art not only well pleasing to my Father but also to me thy Shepherd thy Companion thy Bridegroom thy Brother and thy most trusty and fast Friend who shall love thee and cherish thee for all Eternity 3. The King tells the Daughter of Sion that her Guilt of Blood shall be taken from her and that she shall be deliver'd out of Captivity All Hail Dear Friends rejoice ye and be glad for the happy Day cometh that is prepared for you Yea the Hour cometh in which I approach more near to you and in which I fill you with Joy The time is come that I glorify thee the Daughter of SION and make thee again O Virgin to be Holy For thou O Israel art hitherto gone astray and art blind Nevertheless thy Sight shall be restored to thee when that Innocent Blood which thou hast pulled down upon thy self and upon thy Children shall be taken off But now I say unto you Be merry O Daughter of SION for I will bring thee forth out of the Prison of Tribulation and thy Wounds I will cleanse and will dress them with the Oyl of Grace with the sweet heavenly Unction I will anoint thee and thou shalt know that I am thy God who have Created thee redeemed thee and sanctified thee 4. HE assures her that the Joyful Visitation of Grace will come when her Warfare shall be finished and the time of her Reprobation passed over Thou Ephraim my Elect fear not for I am with thee Quit not the Faith for I am thy God Be Vigilant and Slumber not for behold there cometh the time of the Visitation in which I will make Roses to grow upon the dry Thorns of affliction and in which I will again moisten the dead Trunk that it may sprout forth and spread it self as the King's Crown be pleasant to the Eye as the Lilly white as the Snow splendid as Justice in her Pomp. The time of Desolation is passed over Upon thee O Daughter shall Garments be put as at the first and thy Rags shall be taken from thee thine Head shall be anointed with Oil and the Veil of thy Virginity shall be restored again to thee thou shalt put off Mourning thou shalt be
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
Will that Men should believe righteously of me even as I have revealed my self in the Scriptures when not drawn aside with one's own Reason but opened with and by the Holy Ghost who is promised to and resteth upon all those that are upright in my sight As for those who Fight against my Truth with pretence of knowing better and trust to the darkness of their own imaginary Reason they go down into darkness be they of whatsoever Religion they will But as many as love me and seek seriously to be sanctified by me not being content to believe outwardly which is without Foundation or to sit still with outward Worships but searching after me in the Ground of their Hearts in Spirit and Truth they find Grace before me and with me in all Generations and in all Religions If so that they do not wittingly and after that they are once convinced deny me the Everlasting Son of the Father For all must go to the Father by me and all must be purified in me for out of me there is nothing of Purity The Ignorant let no Man presume to condemn for who is there to Judge them but I And my Judgment is Righteous and for this cause they are not judged to Everlasting Misery Otherwise my Judgment would not be Righteous Here is the depth of my Secrets All must praise me and be subdued to my Truth and be hallowed and washed thro' me All must be put under me and thro' me be made Righteous in the true acknowledgment that I am the Lord. But how this shall be done and how it shall be accomplished in the very Heathens ye are not yet able to comprehend and therefore I do not explain it to you This is my word and the Testimony of Truth For I the Lord even the Lord JEHOVAH have spoken it who can do beyond all comparison more than ye are able to comprehend Watch for I come XXXIII After some days there came to this B. Maid a Principal Officer who deliver'd to her a Seal'd Letter which he said came from a Person of Quality The Name of whom he told her which afterwards was found to be a meer Falshood and pray'd her to propose the same as from the said Person to the Lord. The Answer was this I the Lord of Hosts who come upon a Cherub who destroy all Falshood and root out all Deceitfulness even I it is who speak here Who is it that persecuteth me And who is it that is not discovered before me I say unto thee Repent Awake for it is high time and I am coming to thee yea I come speedily For my Love and Mercy is great And to such as have a clean Heart free from all filthiness and dead Works I am gracious and hear their Cry Sighs and Moans And Lo this is my Will and the Testimony which I give to every one that whosoever shall lay hold on me with a pure Heart and with a strong Faith the same shall attain to all that remaineth and shall even in all things be able to find it Yea Amen I the LORD even the LORD who speak with my Voice as the Voice of Thunder have witnessed this and spoken this And there is none that can withstand me For I am risen up and do many Signs and Wonders And blessed is that Person who loveth me and keepeth my Commandments for at the end it shall go well with him See that thou mistake me not so as to do any thing that may mislead thee Follow that which is right before me according as I do in thy Conscience witness to thee in the Truth and be godlily-minded and so shalt thou with me be well led and shalt dwell with me in the Light and not be cast out into the Darkness This is enough for thee and I say no more A little while after the aforesaid Officer sent a Letter Seal'd in his own Name which the Blessed Maid receiv'd thinking that he had enquir'd something of the Lord from a remorse of Conscience And this I thought too for as much as he had frequently said to me that he wish'd to discourse with me about God and in what manner one might advance in Piety And hence I could not but conclude that the Lord would give him a gracious Answer But we were struck with a mighty Astonishment when we read the Lord's fierce Answer Which behold I the LORD have in abhorrence the Blood-guilty and the False And he that is Wicked shall not stand before me Therefore take away the Evil from before mine Eyes that this my Word may not become to thee a Terrible Judgment in the Day of my Wrath For I am a consuming Fire The Elect Virgin made a difficulty of sending him presently this dreadful Testimony Whereupon she sent him back his Letter Sealed without having open'd it and wrote to him at the same time that she had receiv'd a very harsh Answer which startled her the which if he desir'd to see he might send for which he did the next day After some few days he came to Visit us and speaking about the matter of the Letter he told us what had been in it which was such a Question as at which he might for ever blush But he confess'd that he had not well done in it However he endeavour'd to excuse himself with this that in the first Letter among other Religions Questions he had demanded something concerning the Word Sacrament which having not been exactly answer'd to he did not think it was the Lord who spake by her And this he said was the Reason why he had put such sort of Questions into the Second Letter which notwithstanding he wish'd he had never done He also confess'd that the First Letter was written by himself and not by a Person of Quality as he had before pretended As we then read over again the First Answer we saw clearly that it agreed exactly to him containing an express mention of Deceit and Falshood as also that one ought not to resist the Lord to whom all things are discover'd and from whom nothing is hid Lastly That he should take care not to be mistaken so to mislead himself nor to do any thing which might not succeed well with him or lead him into Evil. So that in the First the Lord would answer him not to his Questions but to his Heart And in the Last he hath given him very sharp menacing words that so he might not persist to kick against the prickles God grant that these Testimonies may pierce into his Heart that he may be Converted and do true Repentance XXXIV Upon this Encounter the B. Maid became somewhat more reserv'd and resolv'd not to receive for the future any Letter that should be Seal'd from any Person whatsoever since she must do it in doubt and could not know whether it be writ from an Heart that is upright and humbled before God or not She therefore neither would nor could after this unpleasant
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
an appearance of Godliness as if it were possible the very Elect would be deceived by them For they have Tokens of Perfection making to themselves a Glory of true Humility notwithstanding which there is nothing in them but Deceit and Abomination As I live I will destroy them for they Prophesie by their own Spirit with which the Starry Spirit is intermixed and bring forth many Wise Sayings and say I am he I am he believe me for here is Immanuel Christ is in me he speaks by me But all this is meer deceit they are Lies and Fallen Spirits Yet be not afraid ye Lambs who hear my Voice for ye shall be preserved against the Hour of Temptation for to Babes is the Mystery discovered and that which is Foolish and that which is Simple before the World is that which I have prepared for my self And the Simple tread securely and that which is Nothing I have chosen and unto little Children is given the Heavenly Wisdom to the end they may put to shame that which is lifted up in the Carnal Sense and that which is little may put that which is exalted underneath it Be not then afraid ye Lambs for unto you is given the true Wisdom to the end ye may be certain and able to discern for ye have the pure Ointment and the Spirit of Truth whereby ye may know all the secret Pleasures and become certain Take heed for the False Spirit is now in all States though not so powerfully as he shall be Judge now my Fathers and Brethren beloved in Christ a true Judgment in the Eyes of God I earnestly beseech you for the Universal Love of the Truth and to the Publick Confession of the Holy Wonders of God to send me as soon as may be your Theological Answer May the Lord JESUS to whom this Matter appertains be powerful with his Spirit in your Spirit May he defend you with his Mighty Arm against all the Gainsayers of his Holy Truth and Crown you in the Day of the Resurrection of the Righteous with Everlasting Glory Amen I remain Your c. Most Obliged to Love and Prayer J. W. P. The Postscript IT having pleas'd our Good God and Saviour by several Testimonies of the same kind and Revelations given to Persons in many Places and of all Sorts and Ranks as Rich and Poor Noble and Plebeian Learned and Unlearned Men and Women Young and Old hidden from the World but known to God to confirm what he has Reveal'd by his Spirit in this Blessed Lady I beseech you Country-men and Brethren from the Deep Centre of Love to hearken to this one Sealing Testimony which some few Years since flow'd from the Vnity of the same Spirit to One in This Nation I heard a Voice saying Great silence in Heaven for half an Hour Then there was a great Gathering together of many Saints and Angels before the Throne and they seem'd in great Consultation And He that sate on the Throne appear'd in great Glory with a glorious Crown on his Head Then I heard a Voice saying Arise my Servant that art to go forth with the Everlasting Gospel for I am coming forth with Ten Thousands of my Saints to Judge the Earth Pray and cry aloud that Judgment may not break out in the House of the Lord Say Spare thy People O Lord and deliver thy Heritage and let them not be consumed with the Wicked Mourn O my People betwixt the Porch and the Altar so may ye prevent the Judgment that is coming forth Behold I will put a Key into the Hand of my Servant that is to go forth with the Everlasting Gospel which will unlock the Heavens and bring down a Blessing upon my People Sing O ye Heavens and rejoice O ye Saints that live upon the Earth For I will deliver you from the Adversaries by the mighty Hand of my Power Fast and Pray and your Cries shall be heard and your Tears shall be shut up into my Bottle for a Memorial before me And such as rise up against you shall fall before you And I saw a Rainbow about the Throne and the Voice said This shall be a Covenant betwixt me and my People Then I heard a great Voice saying I will come forth with Power and will scatter such as rise up against the Everlasting Gospel Arise arise my Servant and put on my Strength and come forth For I am coming to do great things upon the Earth Howl ye Wicked for I will pour out my Spirit on my Servants and on my Handmaids and they shall Prophesie and their Prophesies shall come to pass Prepare your Hearts O ye Saints to meet your God and I will fill your Hearts full of Joy and Rejoicing For it is given to you to sing the Song of Praises and Thansgivings Then shall the Daughters of Sion be fill'd with Praises and Songs of Deliverance For behold the King cometh with Triumph and Victory and the Voice of the LORD shall be heard through the Earth Then I beheld Four Cherubims clapping their Hands together and crying Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabbaoth Heaven and Earth are full of thy Glory Then I beheld a Glorious Throne in the midst of Mount Sion and Twenty Four Elders round about the Throne and they threw down their Crowns saying Amen Amen so be it FINIS