Government such in the upper Worlds as might be as the Nobles and Principalities of high degree in the Heavenly Court these had Power and Command given them to govern and manage the Affairs of the lower Regions of the Deceased who had reference to them on all occasions For these matters are transacted and agitated in various manners unknown to Mortals according to the manifold Wisdom that is understood there For the increase and bringing all into Subjection and Obedience for the bringing in and perfecting of Christ's Kingdom There For Christ must Reign till all in those Centres be made to know his Superiority Nay the Extent of this Government of the Saints reaches to the Binding and Chaining up of Lucifer and those that are yet under his Iurisdiction Otherwise they would make strange disturbances and commotions by invading of the Priviledges which are above his Sphear This was made known to me in order that I might understand better what was the purpose and design of the great Ierusalem King as to the putting of this lower World into a new Model of Government beyond what has been since Christ's time Hitherto the Diabolical Spirit and the Worldly Spirit have had the Superiority but it has been signified to me that the time of this Reign of the Beast and of the Dragon is very near expiring When Christ will bring down his Court and all Powerful Government here upon Earth And it shall be managed by such as he shall Depute by impowering with his own Spirit expressly by which he will act in them as if they stood in his very Person It was further proposed to me that some who are alive in this present Generation should be Anointed and Seal'd with Power here for and taken into his secret Counsel At first a small known Number but which should dilate and increase till they were Numberless Then was it pronounced in my Ears from the Heavens Blessed are those that are the first Fruits that go forth to enlighten and bear Rule over all the degenerated Plants that are not yet ingrafted into the true Vine § XXIII Then was it queried in me because there was yet so little appearance of this how long it might be before This would come to effect The soft springing Word replied that there was already a seed of Light sown and an united Golden Grain of Faith which would assuredly put forth their Heads that the time of the Lily may be known One full Circle of a thousand Years is already run out and when the full point of the seventh Hundred Year shall be superadded to it then the Thrones and Dominions here below shall begin to bow and stoop to That Reign and Kingdom which shall by the Spirit in meek and Holy Souls be set afoot For knowledge shall have a wonderful encrease so that the Princes and Kings of the Earth shall be taken hold of thereby to promote the Reign of Christ and to throw their Crowne at His Feet And a Solomon's Heart shall revive again whereby hands will be put to Build up such a Temple as shall never be made desolate § XXIV As I was still considering of this great Revolution how it should be brought about there was a Lamp descended from the seven Lamps before the Throne and put into the Hand of a certain Person which did at first sight burn but dimly Then came the Angel of the Love that poured in a Golden Oyl that sent forth a mighty strong Odour which immediately made the Lamp burn with such a Blaze dropping Flakes of Light into the Oyl that caused many more Lamps to spring which made a good part of the Earth look as a bright Heaven Then was it said to me This shall be the fore-runner whereby the Foundation shall be laid for the bright Sun of Righteousness to appear and shine forth in his Temple Body which is his Spouse and Bride who shall not want to be accomplished with all manner of Gifts and Powers much more radiant and great than whatever yet has been known and declared All this is to confirm the Vision of the Mountain of Perazim that open'd towards the four Corners of the Earth and tho' somewhat was for a time to be shut up from the Unworthy yet as this Blessed day shall approach nearer permission is given to make the States of the Deceased in the invisible Regions more publickly manifest For the Seals that are upon the Book of God's wonders must have their Day of breaking open For there is a wake full time in which those that lye in a dead Sleep shall hear the Thunder-cries that are now upon their uttering forth which shall magnifie the Powerful day of the Holy Ghost The visitation of which has been already known to some Which is a binding Law for such as have received of this Unction to stand in a readiness all these Prophetical sayings to obey From which O Lord let not any of thy elected Stones herefrom Swerve But that they may hold fast their Crown in him who is the Yea and Amen Iuly 21. 1698. HEre follows another Manifestation given forth which I did not apprehend at the Writing of the former that it would be so fully and suddenly open'd unto me But an occasion was given hereto by some Queries of a choice and elect Stone sent to me concerning the swallowing up of Mortality in Immortality Whether or no such a time might not be expected wherein this vile Body might know a Translation even in this Life § XXV Which gave me occasion to introvert and sink into the deep Centre of Wisdom where I met with various Discoveries hereupon from that Intelligence that appeared to me in the Figure of a white and bright Dove having three Eyes from each of which went forth sparkling Flames They were placed one on the Breast and one under each Wing Immediately this Word was given out Behold here is the triune Eye Denominated from the Father with the Eternal Wisdom and the Son concurring in the Holy Spirit In whom has been treasured up what is now to be open'd and revealed concerning the great things that are to be brought forth in this latter Age of the World For in whatever Heart and Mind this holy Dove shall find entrance and reception it shall be as the Heavenly Court and Council wherein the divine Wisdom shall unfold the greatest of Secrets as upon the day approaching hereunto they shall be expedient to be known There was a Prophecy run through me in this sense What is to be established for the Foundation structure of the Temple Body is to have each Stone this threefold Eye of the Dove for their seeing and enlivening so that by sending forth these bright Raies they may draw in such Stones as lye yet dead and Buried in the Earth For the chief and elect Stones that are already Cemanted together as in one accord they abide shall generate and multiply Spiritual live Stones numerously So that herefrom may be
asked what this meant and it was answer'd It is a sign of the Covenant of Faith that is confirmed betwixt me and thee and thy Houshold that so ye may be saved from the Iericho Curse that will come upon the Earth which Curse is spread over all this outward Prnciple For there is Confusion and Distress to be read every where and that not only among the Earthly minded but even among the more Enlightned and better Disciplin'd all which carries a direful Face so that no Peace is to be found neither without the Fold or hardly within it but Divisions in every place Therefore this Word of Advertisement is given from the true Natural Mother cautioning you to retire and keep out of both the Outward and the more Refined Societies of Mortals that are not yet redeemed out of the Animal and Sensitive Life Then further it was intimated that our Spirits should fly up by this Scarlet line of Faith which would direct us there where a Door of Heaven is open through which we should pass and have an immediate access to the Father of of our Spirits And accordingly entrance was made by the Spirit 's might that did Mount the Soul up where was sitting the Glory of the Majesty Co-mingled with all variety of Glories that is not to be discribed with the Glorified Person on one side of it and the Princess Wisdom on the other the Court being all filled with Angelical Spirits that waited in all obedience to receive their Commands and moved in and out in that Principle Then was it said to my Spirit This is the Peaccable Region which I know your Spirits do delight greatly to be found in for in the Mortal World where your visible Figures do stand Wars and Confusions are apt to meet upon the outward Part Therefore here is prepared for you quiet Mansions in this City of Refuge which is alotted to be the Dwelling Place for your high-born Spirits to resort unto And know that this Priviledge you shall have above others ascending out of Time into Eternity and descending out of Eternity into Time Whereby ye shall know and understand what is expedient to be known that relates to you in your own Native Kingdom for ye are but Strangers in the Visible World and are not thence to regard at all that which lies in a Changeable State but to trust and confide for what your eternal Patronage shall from that upper World produce which will be Blessings of another kind then what the Earth can give which ye are to rejoice exceedingly in Then said the true Mother of our Spirits ye now know full well where your Treasure is to the which let your Hearts be evermore ascending and taking your residence in Heavenly places with your Iesus § XLIX Then did I enquire How was to be the conveyance of these Blessed Heavenly Stores that so necessary is to shew forth from what descent we come according to our Spiritual Birth To which Answer was made you know the way is only by the Spirits Flight which in the strong Power of Faith you must take from the fulness of the God-head which dwelleth in your Christ the manifold Powers and Gifts that may be for the adorning of that high and holy Calling Your Lord would not be spared in this matter he grudgeth not to give plenteously because it makes for his Honour that his Spouse and Bride especially such as do Represent her should be extraordinarly Dignified and Endowed But the Way for this is to be as a Bucket that goes down deep into a Well so the Spirit of Faith is to ascend into the Heights and then to descend down into the Deeps whereout the excellency of all Massy Treasure must be brought up For it is expedient that when the Spirtual Births are near to the full Age grown up they should come into some possession of the Revenues and Dowries that are alloted to them These are not to live so Poor and Mean as others that have not hereunto attained Therefore ye of This Society are called to be upon your Strict Watch and gird up your strength of Faith hereunto for it is Spiritual Industry that must give the increase of these Celestial Riches consider therefore and know what is the Hope of your High-Calling hereunto for where God has given great manifestations of his Mind and Counsel there he expects they should accordingly pursue to fetch out all of the Weighty Prize § L. Now this high Favour will not only be appropriated to a Peculiar Number but more generally will be extended even to the saving of Nations and Kingdoms from those Calamities and Iudgments that might well be feared and expected by reason of the Violence and Oppressions every where with the Abominations and Spiritual Wickednesses For what Cure else can now be prescribed for the repairing of these Ruines and making up of these Breaches whether they be Spiritual or whether they be Carnal Must it not be by the Rod which shall strike the Rock so that the Waters of the Spirit shall gush forth and overflow for Healing These Waters verily will be for distruction to all that Springs out of the evil Ground of Nature and will overwhelm and drown the Briars and Thorns of the Wildernessed-Earth So on the other side these Holy Waters of the Spirit will Feed Nourish and Strengthen every Birth of Life that hath been conceived by the Spirit till it shall grow up to that Maturity as entrusted it may be with a Kingdom And these are those that shall stand up in this latter Day on the Earth to bless the Nations with the good Things and Treasures out of This Mountain that standeth open to all the four Quarters of the Earth To which there will be a flying as of swift Dromedaries from the North and from the South and from the Rising of the Sun unto the going down of the same For reports will so sound forth every where of the great Powers Goodnesses and Glories of the Majesty of Christ here appearing with his Saints that shall draw together the Scattered and Dispersed that through all the thick Clouds and Darknesses they may break away and make their entrance hereinto § LI. Then it was further shewed to me concerning This Nation that as Light and Knowledge was breaking forth as a mighty Stream upon it so it should still go on further to increase and multiply and many should now run to and fro here for the opening of the Fountains and Deeps of such Blessings as therewithal the whole Earth should be covered and this Land become as a Springing Paradise And no devouring Beast or Hurtful Thing shall abide in it but the Holy People shall be for Bulwarks and a Flaming Wall of Defence to it Which Blessed Day is near at hand for which upon our Watch-Tower we are all charged to stand and to be found in a Readiness to entertain this Ioyful Message with all the Pretious and Weighty things that therein are Prophesied of But here caution is given that all do stand in a ready posture yielding to Wisdom's Divine Discipline who well instructs her Children to be obedient to the Law of Love whereby they will be able to stop that Flying Roll of the Curse which is going forth and to open the Heavens out of which may descend Flying Angels who will proclaim to this Island and to all Nations and Tribes of the Earth the everlasting Gospel of Love Good-Will and Peace whereby all Internal and External Wars may cease Which will open a torrent of boundless Blessings upon the World In the assured Faith of this and all the Prophesies here mention'd let us in Harmonious Concord and Unity wait and agree Amen FINIS THE CONTENTS Sect. 1. A Prospect of the Holy Mountain of PERAZIM and of the Great Earthquake 2. of the Succeeding Transfiguration 3. A Description of the North side of the Mountain and of its Gates 4. The City of SALVATION in the North. 5 6 7 8. A Description of the South-side and of its Gates 9 10 11. A Description of the East-side and of its Courts 12 to 20. A Description of the West-side and of the Mysteries of Seperated Souls 20 21. Of Prophets and Pastors in the Regions of the Dead 22 23 24. The manner of CHRIST's Deputation to his Nazarites and the Enterance of the Kingdom of the LILY. 25 26 27 28. The Restauration of the Patriarchal Longevity and the First Resurrection 29 to 38. A Resolution concerning the Communion Laws and Customs of the Inhabitants of this Mountain and of certain Miraculous Gifts and Powers 38 39 40 41. The Present Preparations for this Kingdoms Appearance 42 43 and 44. The Great Angelical Medicine 45. to the end An Alarm to the Children of the Kingdom and the Covenant of Faith made with them in order to a Great and Glorious Revolution Approaching ERRATA Page 3. line 16. for soundess read soundness p 5 l 10 f impartial r Imperial p 7 l 10 after be add l 18 f desires r desire l 20 after Tradition add Colon. l 24 f these r those p 8 l 14 f last r lost l 17 f Revolution r Renovation p 10 l 29 f layd r lag'd l 30 f that is r that it is p 11 l 4 f the r there p 12 l 4 f the r this p 18 l 4 f Nature-Spring r Nature spring p 22 l 14 f one r ones p 25 l 1 f them r in them ibid f that r that are
THE ASCENT TO THE Mount of Uision Where many Things were shewn CONCERNING I. The First Resurrection II. The State of Separated Souls III. The Patriarchal Life IV. The Kingdom of CHRIST With an Account of the Approaching Blessed State of This Nation Prov. 29. 18. Where there is no Vision the People perish London Printed in the Year 1699. THE PREFACE◠To the Holy Inspired Saints who are made partakers of the Heavenly Gift and Revelation of the Divine Mysteries TO you who under Wisdom's Discipline have been taught and exercised more principally is this little Tract Commended as knowing you are in a deeper Capacity to receive and take in these weighty Treasures of the Kingdom which you will find have been broken up in order to be a sure Foundation in this latter Age. Wherein the Children of the Divine Mysteries shall have their first admittance into this Holy Mount where their Lot shall be to Inherit and Possess those precious things contained therein Which indeed are so Great so Rich so Immense as nothing less than God himself shall your All-filling Substance be still abounding in unmeasurable Degrees as in passive Meekness you do attend and wait in the inward Court where new and fresh Springs of Revelation shall open and make known the Wonders that are now approaching In order whereunto as a forerunner the Spirit of Prophecy has now gone forth to signifi there is a Call to the four Quarters of the Earth the Gates of the Everlasting Mount being set open that whosoever can understand and discorn this time and day of God's great Love-Visitation may now draw near and hear what great Secrets are Publish'd from this Mount of Vision which will not fail to have their fulfilling in and upon such who is the Spirit of Faith essenced are But unto others who are unbelieving it 's not to be marvelled at that they excluded are from all these Royal Perogatives and great Immunities relating to Divine openings and Renemed Manifestations of what has hitherto reserved been in the Wisdom and Counsel of God Wherefore according to the experience of this Author Unmeasurable are the renewed Gifts and Powers hereof And I can not therefore but excite and perswade all into whose hands this may come to keep close to that Anointing which will be an Intelligencer and Opener of the mind of Eternal Wisdom In which as in a clear Glass may be known and seen what is expedient for some in every Age to be acquainted with God not being limited to those foregoing Ages of time in which his mind in the Truth of the Spirit was made known but the line of his Spirit doth still continue and extend it self to an unconfined length till it have fathomed the deepest Deep even GOD himself Now I am not Ignorant of the many Censures that may be passed by the Unlearned who are altogether Strangers to the Spirits Ministration and divine Revelation from such I expect no better Treatment than to be Iudged as one gone from the Traditions generally received especially in the part which treats of the various Regions of Souls Departed it seeming a new Discovery But as to this I shall give no other Satisfaction than that it was discovered from the Central Light and Original Copy wherein the mind of God was made known unto me in these things which are now no longer to be concealed or shut up but are to have their use and service throughout the whole Creation that so none may be disappointed or frustrated of what they expect in a Future State but may strive whilst in the Body to work out their Salvation with fear and trembling As to the third Mystery unfolded in this Treatise to wit the Arrivement to the Patriarchal Age which was before the Flood and is again to be renewed in Righteousness as contrarily that was in Wickedness and Vanity of Mind Christ being to Revive in the Souls of such as shall be counted worthy to Personate his Reign upon the Earth in his own purity For the attainment of which perfect State i◠is necessary there should be length of Days For as it is with a Plant or Tree if cut down before it come to its full growth it cannot being forth Fruit to ripeness even so it is in the New Birth if it reach not to full Maturity or to the stature of a Man in Christ Iesus there will then be a suffering of loss as to what may possibly be brought in time of this Life Wherefore its a great Privilege and Blessing to live to this Good Old Age and such a time as this is now approaching which will figure out the true Bride and Spouse of Christ which shall reach unto a full growth for a Celebration of the Nuptial Day with her Bridegroom Who cannot appear upon the Earth in his Glorified Person till she have thus put on her beautiful Ornaments and made her self ready for his Entertainment that so she may ascend up with him into his own Kingdom and Father's Glory Who will there present her without Spot or Wrinckle These are the Great and Wonderful things the Spirit of Prophesy has renewed as the ground of Faith and Hope to the growing Plants of the New Paradisical Earth who shall grow and flourish being circled with a Wall of Fire So that no prickling Bryars nor rending Thorns which in the wild Forest of degenerated Nature do put forth shall have any power here to invade or break in These are the divine weighty Treasures for a Motive and drawing of such who shall be the first Fruits that are to be Redeemed from out of this vile and worldly Principle to stand with the Lamb in his Glorified State Now what have I more to present unto you who in the same Lineage of Light and Love with me do stand but to make known those great approaching Blessings and Glories which are assigned to be your Portion and Dowry from that great Elohim Who shall all these for you Command as in the Patient Waiting you with me stand till Christ shall set on foot this his all powerful Reign for which let your Prayers with mine Iointly ascend uncessantly in one band of Loves Eternal Unity in which I shall only desire to be known to you by a Newer Name than that of Iane Lead The Ascent to the Mount of Vision May 24. 1698. § I. A S I was recollecting and casting up in my mind the tribulated State of the Nazarite Flock belonging to the great Shepherd I was put upon a supplicating Inquiry how long the Time of this Cloudy day might last And it was Ecchoed in me turn thine Eye into that Central light which may make some discovery by which the Redemption shall appear to be drawing near Then suddenly there descended to my Internal seeing from an high and lofty Sphear a Mountain most Diaphanous so great and large as to cover one quarter of the Earth And round about it were numberless little Hills of a dark Opacous
substance and Lo there was a great Shaking and Trembling as if they were to be moved out of their places § II. Then of a sudden came a Flaming Blast out of this lofty Mountain which enkindled some of these Hills and from them ran circling about the rest Which made a great crackling noise among them Then there was a Voice heard as out of the Mountain Thus a Consumption is determinated upon the dark and dead Mold Then were they changed into a pure white Earth clear and transparent And after this did the Glorified Iesus stand upon the top of this Mount with innumerable Attendants and uttered a mighty Voice of Thunder saying Come behold and see and rejoice O ye Heavens in what I am going to Create an New Then immediately did there spring up in the room of the little Hills certain figurative Bodies first to the number Seven and then by the Multiplication of these to Seven times Seven Then came there several rays of Light from the Glorious Body which did enter into these Figures whereupon it was said the Lord from Heaven is now become a quickening Spirit By which they did stand up and move and walk § III. Then descended the bright Body from the Mountain and became their Leader conducting them to one side of this Mountain which had three Gates with Inscriptions on each of them directing the Inhabitants of the North East and West to enter that should flock hereunto Then several Persons appeared that had past through this Transfiguration and fiery Tryal being come out of great Tribulation some of which were known to me in Spirit and were linked together as so many precious Radiant Stones which the Lord did wear about him as his Girdle and so he entered into a Vaulted place within the Mountain all compacted like unto a City Where a great Body of Ancients did meet and Congratulate these Comers and with the Angel Trumpeters did give great Acclamations and prepared Festival entertainments for them Now the fame of this so went out into all parts of the World that there was a very great Flocking together some out of good Will Love and Zeal to get entrance here others out of envy and derision to have disturbed this peaceable Region upon which the mighty Lord and King of this City raised up a Flaming Wall for it's defence which many did attempt to break through but none could except such as were refined as Gold while others were smitten and driven back § IV. The Inscription upon this City was Salvation For that Saviours it was said were to come forth hence Who were led out by the mighty Prince and Saviour and stood with him upon this Mountain of Perazim Then were given Trumpets into the hands of these Saviours to a certain Number who were first designed to go forth and to call in the Nations from the North and East and West Then was it queried by the Person to whom this was revealed whether such Subordinate Saviours under the great Saviour should appear in this present Generation upon which there was shewn me a Square Golden Table in the Hand of the great High Priest which did contain the Record of so many Persons as Radiant Stones set in it who were nominated hereunto And it was exprest that some of these were to be raised up before this Generation should pass away and others in the succeeding Generations Moreover it was said thereneed to be no enquiry who they are for they will be turn'd into another Spirit after the Similitude of their Head and will be sufficiently manifested in Purity and Power And the Principal characters of these because of the deceivableness of the Times will be the 7 flaming Eyes which shall pierce so deep as to see through all false coverings and to make manifest Truth and soundness of Mind standing clear from all mixtures For it was said this will be the most necessary gift both in this present and in the approaching Age Whereby they may sit as Iudges from the Infallible Urim and Thummim This I was commanded to declare and to make known the mind of the great King and Saviour For that the time of his Kingdoms appearance is at Hand May. 25. 1698 § V. THis Morning the Mountain that descended was set before me again and I was brought in Spirit to the Southside of it where were three Gates at each of which there stood an Angel which gave a call to the Nazarite Flock to enter into one of the Gates which open'd into the Paradisical Land Which was Richly replenisht with all that was pleasant and delightful to satisfie all the divine senses Then it was Queried Whether this might not be a place for Spirits departed out of their gross Bodies And it was answered by the Eternal new Adam that this was prepared for the Inhabitants as yet bearing Corporeal Figures but perfectly refin'd in Spirit and Mind for as there is a Paradise in the Higher Sphear of the Heavens so there is in this lower that answers to it in a Mystical and Spiritual manner where the offspring of a new Generation shall multiply herein from the Eternal Adam and his Virgin Spouse who will have their Children brought up in the Mysteries of all divine Sciences which shall make vastly to differ from the old Adam and Eve's Progeny who are under the Curse of Terrestrial Labour Toil and Sorrow from the which discharged these redeemed ones shall be § VI. Furthermore the Angel of the 2d Gate was commission'd to give a call to those who had a desire to be made skillful in the Theosophical Science and to be exercised in the divine Magia This was nominated to be the Principle of the divine Sophia who uttered her Voice and gave an Invitation to attend upon her Discipline and Counsel and as many as She should find willing and obedient they should possess the Treasures of her Land and thereby should become Stewards to dispense out of that Stock and Store Then through a Perspective Glass were shewn me some Persons that did willingly comply and offer themselves to this Noble and Worthy Employ Some of them as Principal Stones were made known to me To whom She did first give Rules of Faith as the Foundation they were to build upon that so whatever they set their hands to whether it were in inward or in outward Nature accordingly as they should hit the Mark by the Arrow of Faith so the work should be perfectly consummated Motives were multiplyed abundantly to those Magical Children as that hereby they would recover the lost Paradisical dominion and all the Properties and Immunities that would set free the Imbondaged Captivity A call there is for this to all that can make their escape out of the Worldly Principle and can pass through the Flaming Wall Here the glorious Lord will his Banner of Power and Strength spread over them and all sorts of Provision shall meet them Plentifully their cloathing shall be Munition-strength of everlasting
Righteousness § VII Now further there was a Trumpet Cry to the Adept Philosophers that have lain in obscurity in outward Nature and are shut up in it as having no vent to shew forth the Wonders of the Creator To you this Message and Call goes forth from the divine Imperial Wisdom that you make no longer delay nor halts in your way For know the time and season is come in which you are to be made manifest and join'd to those who are internally taught the Theosophical Art For the Tree of Faith hath spread forth its Branches and is ready to cast its Fruit and doth invite you thereof to come and Eat And as divine Artists such a Composition make of the Leaves thereof as may be for Medicine and Healing to all that Obnoxious to Corruption doth lie § VIII The last Gate of this side of the Mountain was the Apostolical Gate which opens into that Centre where the Holy Ghost will rest upon such as are Elected and Chosen hereunto that shall revive the Antient Miraculous Powers in such wise as they shall not be Transient but go forward on to Fixation and perpetual Duration § IX Now the third side of the Mount that lay Eastward was also described to me by the Guardian Angel that kept the 3 Gates that each Gate gave entrance into three several Courts The First was to be filled with Prophets and Prophetesses that were disciplin'd and train'd up there by the great Head Prophet Christ Iesus Who was accompanied with all the Antient Prophets as with Moses and Samuel Elias and all that were from the Foundation of the World to Christ's time Who took a Golden Horn and poured forth a Rich Oily Spikenard upon their Heads that ran down to the Skirts of their Garments of which it was said These are the Anointed of the Lord that shall bear Witness and Declare what is to be made manifest throughout all the approaching Ages of Time which relate to the Kingdom of the Emmanuel § X. The Second Court opened and thereinto desconded the great Melchizedeck with his holy Order Constituting and Ordaining a certain Number to enter upon this Holy Priestly Profession that were Dedicated Consecrated Inaugurated and made Ministers of this New erected Sanctuary and most holy place Where the Essential Furniture not the patterns only but the very Heavenly things themselves did here open and the Priestly intercessions did ascend up in a most Harmonious Celebration of Ioyful Acclamations passing through the high Order of the great Melchizedeck-Priesthood Whose Ministration from Petition was turn'd into a new Language of Triumph and Praises § XI The Account given of the third Court was this The Thrones out of the Heavens descended here and the King of Kings and in the Splendor of his Majesty with numerous Spirits that Crowned were to fill that Court with Princely Powers that were taken out of the two mention'd Courts and certain Numbers out of the two other sides of the Mountains were taken out and Crown'd and received Power and Dominion to Reign with Christ upon the Earth Thus shall the Kingdom of God in his Saints come to be made Manifest and Established so as to overtop all the Kingdoms of the Earth And this came as an Exeitement to wait and Believe and be found in all readiness for the Consummation of this Prophecy § XII On the Fourth side of the Mountain which lay Westward was the great Secrets of the Deceased the various Regions that they were lodged in and the Glorious Mansions that did appertain to such as departed in a high degree of Perfection with all the great Wonders of the great Weight and Glories of Eternity It was told me all of this was to be concealed yet and shut up from the Knowledge of the present Age of Time And was but only peculiar to some that should have a Light and discovery of these Marvelous things as they were capable to take them in Standing in the Passive meekness and pure Faith-expectation for the accomplishment of all what has been here declared For the time may be nearer or further off as we see the gathering into these Holy Courts may be so hasten then we may the Blessed approach of this Rising blissful Day as in the Golden knot of Love we tyed and knit together are Amen May 26. 1698. § XIII THis great Mystery and Secret of the various degrees of the Deceased and seperated Souls which opened on the fourth side of the Mountain being permitted me to disclose to the Worthy and Believing that defires to have so much of the Counsel of God made known as has been revealed herein to such as are weaned from the Mothers Breast of Tradition even to them it is given forth to know what is reserved for the latter Ages of time Now there were shewn to me seven States or Regions which were allotted to the Dead § XIV The first Order I shall mention is of those that have Lived and Died in a most Wicked and Diabolical Spirit without any Change or Repentance Such as Blasphemers Contemners of God Apostates c. These have their places in the Tormenting Anguishing Fire of the dark Luciferian Kingdom where they are to be Punished till the decreed Ages of Ages are expired within those Sphears or Circles Which is dreadful enough to endure to fright all from coming here § XV. The second is of those that have lived in the outward Birth after the Flesh but known nothing of being Born again from out of the Dead and Earthly Image Cleaving to this Worldly Principle and extend their delight and love no farther than to what is Temporary living wholly as without God in the World These have their places in the lower and grosser part of the Airy Region Where tho'they have not much Torment yet on the other hand they have but little rest and such lovers they are of their Bodies that many of them visit their dead Corps and abide sometime with them as finding more ease there than in that other place alotted them § XVI Now a third sort are of that Rank and Order that have been believing in God and Christ and under Conviction of their lost State without him and who have made some progress in the Heavenly Warfare Having gone so far as to live a Sober Rational Life but have come short of that more inward and Spiritual work of Renovation not having reacht to Mortification and self Abnegation but dying much short of it Yet their Mansion is more pleasant being in the upper part of the Airy Region annexed to Paradise Where they want not for Motives and Stirrings up to go on and recover what they omitted and lost while living in the Body § XVII As these Centers were opened and past before me it was much upon me to be informed out of that depth of the Eternal Wisdom that here opened it self what became of all the Children that died either in Infancy or Minority Then the Vision open'd shewing
expected the Reign of our Emmanuel § XXVI The beginning and method of which was thus platform'd out to me as in the Mount was seen in the threefold Court there in Persons so indued and qualified to be Prophets Priests and Kings which are to be laid as the Foundation of that ever Springing Creation that are born into a State of Eternal Generation These shall know length of Days as it was in the Patriarchs before the Flood even to Methusalah's Years This good old Golden Age will presage that Christ has set his Foot to Reign upon the Earth in his Spirit made manifest in his Temple-Body whom he has espoused to himself as his Bride Who will rise and shine in her Ornamental Gifts and Powers Cloathed with that flaming Robe that the Moth of Corruption cannot eat out XXVII So in answer to the Query made by that worthy Person the swallowing up of the outward Body into an immortal Figure of Glory for constant manifestation and duration I do not expect to see till the Lord of Glory himself shall appear then such as are alive at that day shall be transfigured instantly and be made like him for they shall see him as he is Not but that there may be upon some extraordinary occasion a Transfiguration for to give a proof of the verity and possibility of it as in the case of Christ himself but this only transient And further we are to note according as has been seen in the clear Glass of divine Secrets that such of the long-lived Stones as shall reach to the Patriarchal Ages will be found in a more fit capacity to transcend all these Bounds and Limits of numbers of Years by putting on of that Glorified Figure which can never need to fear the diminution and alteration of its Beauty and Perfection as they shall bear up in the unwavering Faith hereof they may hold out till the Personal Glory shall descend while others that may also be Spiritually united in the Temple-Body through doubtfulness and sensible feeling of infirmities with other temptations incident to the Corporeal State may not be able to hold out beyond the Mortal Life but this will no way hinder but that they may maintain their Spiritual Affinity and Fellowship with those others that out-live them in the Body and shall be privileged more particularly to descend with Christ and to rejoice together with them in the Neptial Unity Therefore counsell'd and call'd upon we are to keep up in the Faith and strive hard that so we may attain the Prize and reach the Crown Number each one standing in their Lot as it shall in divine Wisdom be decreed and as the measuring Line of Life shall be stretched out upon them Having no more to do but to watch and wait each one in the inward Court of a pure Mind § XXVIII For the confirmation of these Prophetical Openings there is a Scripture-evidence as a foregoing and more antient Prophecy As Isa. 65. 20 There shall be no more thence an Infant nor an old Man that hath not filled his days for the Child shall dye a Hundred years old but the sinner being an Hundred years old shall be accursed Also verse 20. as the days of a Tree are the days of my People and mine Elect shall long enjoy the Work of their Hands And Isa. 25. 8. He will swallow up Death in Victory and the Lord God shall wipe away Tears from off all faces And lastly that place Rev. 20. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on such the second Death hath no power but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand Years These Scriptures are a plain and evident proof that such a State shall be within the Holy Mountain of the Lord when it comes to be established as has by Vision and Prophecy been hereof declared § XXIX Now it may be asked by what means and after what manner shall this be brought to pass for in present view the highest Saints are subject to Infirmities Diseases and Death True it is so and may continue so to be till Christ who is the Tree of Life shall out of the Ground of renewed Nature Spring Which he will not fail to do in such as are weaned from that forbidden Tree from whence the Curse and Death hath been drawn in which is the old poisoned Root that can only be healed and recovered again to its own Original purity by the Iuice and Sap that is offered most freely for an Effectual Wonderful Transformation for you must know that till there be a perfect State arrived to these two Trees will both be growing in Natures Ground within us and as the Souls propension and feeding is such Fruits it will bring forth This runs Paralel with that Representation Christ gave of himself as the Bread of Life Iohn 6. 50. This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven that a Man may eat thereof and not die and more Emphatically in the next Verse Ifany Man eat of this Bread he shall live for ever So again Verse 58. Not as your Fathers did eat Manna and are dead Now what kind of Eating must this be but the very Quintessential Spirit of Christ the true Tree of Life drawn into the Soul by the strong attraction of Faith and Love § XXX Now in order to the true Participation hereof and attaining to the essentiality of the Resurrection-Life There is a new Institution that has been Commanded and given forth to some that in the Faith and expectation of this great Change have waiting been the Practice hereof being but among a certain Number that have had open'd in them the Mystery of Christ's Resurrection-Life That as hitherto the Solemnization of the dying Lord has been observed under the suffering State of the Church So now upon the new Modification as having the Eye of Faith upon the Resurrection-mark there is a particular Commemoration likewise of his Resurrection not only personally from the Grave but also of his rising in us out of our deadly Mold Celebrating here withal the Marriage-Union as being risen with him from the Dead And this Symbol as it is received Virtually and Powerfully incorporates with and infuses by degrees That which is incorruptible into the outward Body also to make it hold out the Race that it is set to run within the Circle-Reign of our great Immanuel The good influences of this Institution hath been experienc'd in the Partakers hereof as greatly Advantageous for their growth and flourishing towards this translated Life So that it may be well worth joining in a high and holy Communion in this true Love and Resurrection-Feast § XXXI Now if it be inquired where this Reign of Christ in such choice Spirits will first appear It is not limited or confin'd to any Nation or Kingdom but Persons out of all Ranks and Degrees high or low from the Monarch to the meanest of States may come to
already some consummation of this Prophecy For a true Travail has gone forth not by one only in singularity but by many who have been carried into the Spiritual Wilderness in Abstraction and Seperation from all Worldly conversation ascending upon the Eagle-Wing so high as to acquaint themselves with the high Throne Dominions in the Heavenly places that they might behold the patterns there that are to be imitated here below And in this present time it is to be understood that there is an earnest expectation and waiting for that Holy Birth that is ascended for to descend as a rising Star in the pure Virgin-Heart which will pass as Lightning from one to another in Wisdom Power and great Excellency dilating it self as well into what is Visible as Invisible And thus shall the Dominion be given to the Saints of the most High according to that of Daniel Chap. 7. Verse 18. and 27. § XLI Now I shall conclude this Subject with that word of Love-Caution and Command which has been given to my self upon the opening of this Manifestation Which is that ye to whose hands this shall come do not put this time and day afar off But be found in such a Posture and Spiritual habit of mind that you may be prepared and have your Ear open'd to hear the Voice and Sound of the Seventh Angel that goes forth to proclaim that the Kingdoms of this World are become the Kingdoms of the Lord and his Christ. Even so let all Unite with me in Spirit to intercede for the descending of this Holy and pure Reign with Christ in Spirit till he shall appear in his Glorified Person to consummate all that may make for the full Restauration of the whole Creation Even so saith the Spirit and the Bride in him who is the Amen August 30. 1698. § XLII BEing awaked in the Morning not only out of the Natural Sleep but out of that which was more internal there open'd in me an Expostulating Prayer with my Lord for the full Manifestation of that Spirit that might bring forth it self into a Working and Acting Power for silencing of all carnal Reasonings which proceeded from the fleshly Birth Still querying why this Birth of Almighty Strength did stick in the place of breaking forth seeing the Age of time every where call'd for it Then was it Answered me there is That wanting which has not been so clearly conceived and apprehended Therefore in regard of this diligent inquiry made behold now and see both thine own State and the State of others that have travailed in a big Expectation with thee what is pourtraid before the deep discerning Eye which is the divided Tree of Good and Evil. The Root hereof was fixed in a twofold Soil the one part of a dark Earthly mold the other Transparent That which grew up from the former was dead dry and withered bearing no Fruit. In the other part one might see through every Branch springing upwards from the Root such a Crystalline water of Life as gave Nourishment to each part Hence were sent forth heavy Groans because of being burthen'd with the Corrupt and Dead part Then was figured out the perfect Tree of Life that fixt it self by this other And the Fruits thereof by an Angel-Officer were pressed into a large Vessel and emptied forth at the Root of the evil Part which caused it to spring up in various fruitful Powers which put forth from the Root and Essence of the Godhead-being § XLIII This was shewed to me to figure out that in the Original State of Mankind there was nothing of the divided Property known as after his Deviation from the infinite being of Good which follow'd the evil Essences of Sin that brought in Sorrow and Death which could no way be cured but as the Fountain of Love open'd it self in that spark of God which was yet left alive in him springing up with an Oily healing Coagulating and mingling with that Fire-life that did lie as smothered under the Earthly part Which through a warm breathing thereupon from the Tri-une being gave a new Existency to a Divine and Spiritual Life which gradually put forth into every part appertaining to the Soul with it's Bodily Members which is the true and full Regeneration that perfecteth and bringeth forth the new Creation so that the Mortality sinks away into it own Abyss from whence by the Serpents Guile it was stirr'd up and awaken'd So from Christ the Tree of Life over-cloathing the Tree of Death must disappear as the darkness is swallowed up in the Light so Death is swallowed up in Life Fulfilling that saying O Death where is thy Sting O Grave where is thy Victory When the deadly Poison thereof shall be extingushed and the Lord who is the quickning Spirit enter into the Soul and raise himself up to be it s transfigured Body No less than this may be expected when we shall be Glorified with the self same Glory wherewith the Father hath Glorified him having put Christ our Head into a Kingdom of all Power and Dominion For if the first Adam had this Prerogative given to him much more abundantly will the second have it not only appropriated to himself singly but to all that are incorporated into his Life and Nature This must have its Birth-Day brought forth into manifestation in its appointed Season The signs of the near approaching of this Time will be known as a fore-runner in the holy Seed that is sensible of it's great Oppression by the unutterable Groans and Travailing in Pangs of Sorrow till this mighty Lordly Birth of Power shall stretch forth beyond all Weakness and Minority And hereby come to understand to what it is begotten again and who is it's Father as belonging to that Heavenly Family and Progeny to whom all Kingdoms and Worlds do belong Which being once made knowable for beliving in the truth hereof it would call up from all these Terrestrial and inconsiderable Objects and things wherein nothing but Mutation Dissolution and Death can be hoped for For it is the policy of the Prince of Darkness to keep Souls ignorant of their Purchased Dowry and Crown By presenting Terrene and Worldly things to baffle them out of their true Original Pedigree and Right unto the Tree of Life § XLIV Against which a particular Alarm I have heard for Caution and Warning not only to my self but to all those who would not lose that Right that belongeth to the First-born Heirs Who are with me excited to make our Claim to all that has been here mentioned of the Royal Immunities which through overcoming and Conquest gain'd over the Temptations and Insinuations of the divided Tree may each one come to be as Trees of Life Springing from a new Modelled Paradisical Ground Then shall we know what it is to have an eternal Life subsistency in our selves with the true Antidote and all Soveraign Medicine that may run into every part of healing So that while in visible forms we yet
appear the Source from the God of Love will so diffuse himself as to preserve Immortality of Life whereby all the latter Age of Miraculous Wonders and Amazing works shall put forth as Bodily Vehicles are thus fitted and Sanctified by the residing of the Holy Ghost O Blessed will those Souls in a Thousand degrees be that shall live this time to see wherein Redemption shall be compleated fully No Verbal Tongue or Pen can to the utmost Everlasting bounds of this Glorious State be able to express This Watch-word I only give as it was Sounded in me That we rouse up from out of the Sleepy Earth Girding up and stretching forth our Angelical Wings with our Eyes fixed upon the Heavens that they may so open as we may behold and see our Glorious Lord who within that Sphear of Light may descend into our own Essential Heavens By and through which sight we may become Metamorphosed into the self same Glory and with him of our lost Kingdom again be repossest as our Everlasting rest So shall exulting Ioy and Praise throughout all Heavens and Earth be raised to him Who was and is and shall be the Everlasting Elohim § XLV As I was now much exercised in my Spirit about the things relating to the Kingdom of Emmanuel which moved me to supplicate ardently for it's appearance a quiet stillness of my mind I did feel hereupon and this Word came to me be not doubtful for in the Heavens there is a moving Power at hand for the bringing forth of a new Model as it shall be seen according to the similitude presented to the deep seeing mind To which appear'd a vast tract of inclosed Ground The Walls thereof were very high and Splendorous in Light but the Earth at first sight seemed to be but dark Mold but immediately there did rise such a flow and inundation of Chrystalline Waters that no more Earth did appear and in the midst thereof sprung up first a mighty Tree And just at the dividing of the Branches there was a glorious Face transcending far the brightness of the Sun the Branches were laden with such oriental Fruit that shed and disperst it self into this Crystalline Earth which caused a springing up of many Plants round about this Tree And there was a Voice Sounded from this Tree saying Come and see where your shelter and hiding may be Then a twoleaved Gate did open and I with some others known to me were by a Guardian-Angel brought in each one was to know their Lot wherein they were to stand and their proper Tree For as these Plants did Spring and Flourish so it should be an Emblem of the new Created Form which was Christ in us whose Name we are to bear the Lord in Rightcousness Springeth and Liveth here For the overshadowing Tree in the midst should them nourish and feed continually till unto a full grown Stature they should reach This was said to be that inward and secret Fold that no devouring Beast or any thing that was hurtful should hereinto invade For it is the Glorious Lebanon which according to the Prophecy shall have its day for all powerfull Fruitfulness each one sitting under his own Tree shall Eat and abundantly be satisfied So that there shall be no occasion for wandering out For a strong Inclosure here shall be for the Elect Ones to possess great Bliss and Felicity Then it was further hinted to me that a new date of Life here should be known different from those that Scattered are and have not found the way of entrance into this Fold § XLVI The next Morning waiting and considering this Opening it was shewed to me further that all this did but make ready and prepare for Christ to present to his Father the First Fruits of such as he hath fully Redeemed Upon which did open a further Mystery by way of Similitude of a Rock all set with Fire-sparkling Stones by which all the whole Earth was enlighten'd with its Glory And it was signified to me that the Plants I saw in the inclosed Ground when to full Ripeness they did attain they were to be delivered up to the Father by the Lord Christ to be fixed so in God as their Munition-Rock as to be in no danger of being shaken or shattered any more All Impower'd from this Rock of Wonders these Stones shall be so that the Worldly Inhabitants shall be amazed and tremble for fear at the brightness of their Appearance as being the first Fruits the Lamb hath offered up to his Father Blessed are those that shall be counted worthy to be thus taken into God who their Covering Strength Power and Glory to the rest of the Creation for Provocation and Emulation evidenced shall be That they may also know that they must first become little Sprigs and Plants to prepare them for this higher State For none can come here to be fixed till to a Christed Stature they can reach Thus the Kingdom of Christ must have its beginning and increase upon the Earth which must be surrendered up to the Father to make the new Creation compleat In swallowing up all into his own Deified Being and so out of his Eternal Virgin-Womb which he has in himself brings forth distinct Figures in the Image of his own Glory as so many bright numerous Stars out of the everlasting Morning in which there shall be no fear of any Mutation or Change for God will fix himself upon them in the All-fulness of his Deity Creating new Heavens for their Habitual Place of that God that shall never be defaced this will be exulting Ioy when all pure Spirits shall again return to their Everlasting Rest and Dwelling place which is God All in All. One thing Omitted in the former part of this Vision viz That each Plant had the face of the Person whom it was assigned for which darted forth from that Face which was fixed in the middle Tree whereby each one might know their own and lay claim thereto February 25. A Call to the Shunamite to put on the Armour of Light with her Shield of Faith § XLVII AWake Awake O Shunamite lead on lead on the narrow Path of Faith a Track that few have understood but now the Time and Age doth require that this hidden way should be made manifest for great Conquests No carnal Weapon or outward Battelier can compare with these that are to be execised as Divine Archers in the Faith In the Lamb's Battles no noise is to be heard but all Softness and Meekness is by which the Arrows do hit and whereby the great Goliah doth fall so that this Conquest shall appear not to be of Man but God shall here act from the stilness of his own Deep wherein he will manifest himself to be all in all § XLVIII After this there appeared a strait Line of a Scarlet Colour which by an Angel did seem to be fasten'd on the Top of our Habitation and it reached up to the Heavens Then my Spirit
be Subjects of this Kingdom and Dominion It is not the Locality of the Place or Difference of Degree that can hinder the Combination and Entercourse with the first Born from the Dead and with those that are in Ioint-Possession with him in his Kingdom If so then it is no distance that can separate the Spirits of the Church of the first Born here upon this visible Stage But there will be a sense and knowledge of the State and Condition of each other how far removed soever Several instances there are for it both in Antient Records and in present experience hence it is that St. Paul being absent was present in Spirit to the Corinthians beholding their Order Nay further when this Estate shall come to its high Magnitude that the Etherial Body shall penetrate through the Grosser part they may walk upon the Waters or pass through the Doors and be of that swift flight as to out-run the Chariots and Horsemen But all of this we pass over as not knowing the time when this high divine Magia shall be set a work For if the false and dark Magicians can do marvelous things out of their Centres much more then may the Wonders be brought forth out of the true Original and Creating power from the Abyssal Eternity Which will have their time of Reviving again in this new modell'd Reign as God shall move in Nature and Creature in this last Period of time § XXXII Now it remains further to be considered what are the Laws appertaining to this new modell'd State which will not be after the manner of the old Covenant written in Tables of Stone which gave not force nor power for Obedience for that Law being weak through the flesh Christ became the end of it and so is become a fiery Law in the Spirit of Life engraven upon the Mind and Heart there Springing and Rising according to the pure dictate of the Holy Ghost Having reference only to what shall be immediately taught from God as a Fountain still flowing in Now as to the Particular Laws I shall refer to a Book put forth in the Year 1695. Entituled the Laws of Paradise I shall offer at present only what is the Sum of them which is Love to God and Faith in him For this new Creation-State and Life is all founded thereupon and so the Building must be carried on and supported by these two great Pillars from whence may be branched forth the manifold Wisdom that will from the high and Heavenly Court be given out For as it is there so it must be here that the principal Elders in the Love and Faith as they are deputed to bear Rule and Government here so must they have recourse to the King of Kings and his Privy Counsellours and so derive down and give forth what has been confirmed and sealed by Him unto those that are under their Iurisdiction Thus it shall be according to what is mention'd Iob 22. 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be Establisht to thee That is whatever they shall believe for as Springing from the rootlaw of Life Christ in us shall be fully accomplisht and made good Otherwise there could be no maintaining this Soveraignty and Power over the contradictions of Spirits that would still keep up and make opposition by their Traditional Laws Which must be subdued and brought under to these high born Spirits into whose hand the ruling Scepter is given The mighty God confiding in them in their Humility Meekness and great Wisdom for the management of this Trust reposed in them § XXXIII It may further be asked Whether these Children of the Kingdom shall not stand in need of the outward Accommodations as may be meet to supply and support the outward State and how they shall come by them It is answered there will be a requiring of these things but with a very different use of them as in the degenerate Life they take their pleasure and pride in the abuse of them making them as their Mammon God which our Lord does caution us was not to be allowed in a Redeemed State wherein they were to take no thought for these things as the Gentiles did but absolutely to pin our Faith upon the All-sufficiency who will give the Blessing of increase to such as shall make them only as Steps which they set their foot upon that they may with greater freedom be advancing to a higher Sphear as having matters of greater Consequence to mind which are the manifold Affairs that appertain to the Government and Kingdom of Christ which indeed is so considerable as will drink up their whole time so as they will have little leisure to mind Trivial and Transitory things And therefore 't is not to be doubted but such shall have more than enough so that they shall not have only for their own use but also as Stewards to dispense out of God's Stock and Store For this we have not only private experience in manifold Instances hereof for the Building upon this Foundation of Faith but also many Scripture Prophesies that must have their fulfilling which is to be expected in such an Age of time as this is which we have been Treating of which will be the true Solomon's Lily-Day That in the 45 Psalm verse 12. is so considerable I cannot but mention it And the Daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift even the rich among the People shall intreat thy favour Such likewise is that Isa. 61. 5 6. And strangers shall stand and feed your stocks and the Sons of the Alien shall be your Plow-men and your Vine-dresser But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord Men shall call you the Ministers of our God ye shall eat the Riches of the Gentiles and in their Glory shall ye boast your selves By all this you see the high Prerogatives and great Immunities that do belong to the Royal seed and Offspring that into the Priestly Court are taken in as the Anointed ones to Minister in the Holy Tabernacle whose Lot and Portion will not be among the outward Tribes of the Earth but out of the Treasure-house of Faith § XXXIV The day is already come wherein these Prophecies begin to be fulfill'd For there shall be a bringing in from far for it shall be as in Solomons time Materials for the Temple-Glory of this day and the Magnificence of it shall be heaped up and given in in all abundance The Renown of which shall go throughout all quarters of the Earth So that as the Queen of Sheba did then now shall the Kings and Princes and great ones of the Earth both from the East and West North and South come to the Mountain of the Lords House and bring their Glory and Honour into it and highly favoured they may reckon themselves to hear this Ioyful Sound which many in former Ages have desired to hear but have not heard Therefore this gracious Call is all worthy to be taken hold of that