are not spoken in vain Now if you would ask me what God I do â—orship my answer is A measure of the same light which shines unto you which is one in the male and in the female and thus we as it s written know whom we worship and declare John 4. 2â— him unto you that you may know him for he is not far from every one of us now that which may be known of him in the particular is manifest within them For to every one is the manifestation of the spirit given to profit withall and that is the spirit of the Lord that convinceth you of sin I have written John 16. 8â— this because I have reasoned with many that have granted that they ought to be lead by the spirit of God But said they to me there be many false spirits and how shall we know the spirit of God from the spirit of Errour Now as I have said to them so I say to all That which makes manifest sin unto man and reproves him for it that is the spirit of God therefore obey and follow it for the devils knoweth the voyce of Christ but followeth him not be you not like them for the Lords spirit will not alwayes strive with man awake to righteousnesse and sin not and dishonour no longer the profession of a Christian in saying you cannot in this world be free from sinning when in very deed you will not come to Christ it 's written he is able to save to the uttermost all them that come Heb. 7. 25. unto God by him will you give the Scripture the lye and dishonour the Lord O you foolish and unwise how long will you hate knowledge and delight in folly Now to conclude let not the unclean spirits within you deceive you in perswading any that I have written or given this forth because I would be advanced or because I hate any I tell you nay it is because I fear the Lord who would reprove me if I should Levit. 19. 17. Psal 50. 18. suffer sin upon my brother and not reprove him or if seeing a thief I consent to him Here followeth in love a general Epistle to all Saints who are the Remnant of Jacob in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord and as showers upon grasse Elect according to the foreknowledge of God through obedience to the truth and sanctification of the spirit Grace mercy and peace be multiplyed amongst you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ Brethren know certainly that although we be weak in Christ as he was in the dayes of his flesh in the Father yet our life is hid with Christ in God and when Christ who is our life shall appear then shall we appear with him in glory now we are the Sons of God but we know not what we shall be but this we know we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is and every one that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure and know it is not onely given to us to believe on his name the light but also to suffer for it that your faith might be more pure then Gold that 's tryed in the fire for it 's no strange thing to suffer for the Lord for it hath accompanied our brethren which was in the World before us and our suffering for the Lord is an evident token we are of God and to them under whom and by whom we suffer it is a token evident that they are not of God And now brethren the day of our Redemption draweth nigh be faithful to the death and valliant for the truth upon Earth in this day of Zions controversie against Babylon for the Lord is with us and the shout of a King is amongst us and goeth before us to make War in Righteousesse and to thresh the Nations and to stain the glory of all flesh and to bring in contempt all the honourable of the Earth that so the great Whore which hath corrupted the Earth may be consumed and it 's in order to the remainingdispensations which is to come to wit the filling of the Earth with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters do cover the Sea that so the unclean spirits may passe no more through the Land but be bound for so they shall be for a thousand years for the Nations shall not be deceived under the Rule and Reign of Christ who shall Reign in Righteousnesse and Rule in Judgment after the Redemption of the body of our brethren the servants of God who are yet asleep in Jesus at which time we shall be changed to wit the body and so as i'ts written they without us should not be made perfect for as by one offering all that are sanctified are made perfect for ever even so at one season in a moment in the Twinckling of an eye shall they be raised and we changed and meet the Lord our Root the off-spring of David the bright and morning Starre who is one with that within us and not another Lord but another manifestation of the same Lord for there are differences of Ministrations but the same Lord yesterday to day and for ever and now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace in which we stand which is able to build us up and to give us an inheritance amongst all them that are sanctified by faith in him Farewell A warning from Zion to the Inhabitants of the Earth and to the Virgins that sleeps and slumbers Awake from sleep ye slumbring men for night on you long time hath bin the mid-night cry is a near at hand and Christ shall Reign over all Lands in Righteousnesse for to set free Zion from her Captivity Awake from sleep and slumber then you Virgins all in number ten your Lamps prepare with Oyl to trimme that you with him may enter in he is the Sabbath of the Lord where we do rest with one accord and longs for you for to come in that you with us may to him sing Halleluja to him is our song for unto him it doth belong who have raised us from death's State to Reign with him that did us make And now farewell to worldly joy which formerly did us annoy and Captivate us time hath bin when we rejoyc'd and liv'd in sin then death did Reign which now is fled before him which is now our head the Lord of glory is his name it s on our hearts to spread his fame that darkness may flye quite away that light over all may bear the sway for darknesse it his time hath had and Babylon hath made men mad the Prophet false and Beast also shall now alive into lake go for Christ must Reign then all give place for evil shall flye from his face Why will you dye O Sons of men or where 's the place to purge from sin or where 's the thing that will you save from sin when
you are laid in grave as you do dye so shall you rise the dead in sin cannot him praise a woeful day for you 't will be who from your sins are not set free O take my counsel I you pray and turn to the light the true way which in you is as he hath bin the thing that doth reprove for sin but if you will not turned bee yet of your blood now am I free who am a witnesse for truths sake that he would save you from the lake but force you he will not for why to him that way is Tyranny his ways are equal and in love to all for he doth all reprove that is his witnesse and 't will stand for it is greater then that of John the works he doth is a signe he would you save he is so kind And thus of you my leave I take who have written this for your sake with this my prayer for you all who yet are living in the Fall O Father dear in Christ appear to them that sin annoyes That they with me may be set free to praise thy name with joyes Written by R. W. and sent from the Devizes in love for the use of all Since the writing of this before mentioned I was pressed in spirit to write this following that men might learn and know that Zion and her Converts are two for matter before they are married and when they are married or given unto the Lord they are one in you with him but not in time of being for they was made and begotten in time Here followeth the Testimony of him that is come unto Mount Zion shewing what it is singly considered before God did light it or man is joyned to it written for the use of all those that asketh the way to Zion with their faces thitherward Mount Zion or the heavenly Jerusalem for matter is spirit but not the spirit of God or Christ for Zion or Jerusalem â—â—a 14. 32. Heb. 11. 10. is founded or made and the maker of it is God Now that which is founded or made had a beginning therefore not made of God but by God for if it had been made of God or of the divine nature Christ then no part of it could have been defiled Now the spirit that is found in mankind is part of it to wit Zion as the body of mankind is part of the Earth so that the spirit in man by mankind is not begotten but gave and found in man by God as it is written yet had he the residue Mal. 2. 15. Eccles 12. of the spirit as saith Malachi Now the spirit of man may be defiled but the divine spirit cannot therefore saith the Apostle the wicked toucheth him not So then Jerusalem that is above which is free is the mother of mens spirits and the Zech. 12. 1. spirit in mankind that giveth life to his body is the daughter Psal 85. 5â— of Zion which is one for matter before defiled or when it s purged and brought again into a Virgin state therefore every one that is begotten by the word of God and born again is begotten in and born of the spirit and so as it 's written of Zion its true to wit that this and that man was born in her †Mark that which is borâ— in Zion is thaâ— which was born and thaâ— was man foâ— the divine nature was not begotten again but maâ— was begot anâ— born again and that in Zion Again if it should be manâ— spirits that 's begotten again and given unto the Lord then 〈◊〉 would be shâ— that 's given unto the Lord but now its hâ— that is giveâ— unto the Lordâ— Isa 33. 14â— Num. 5. 2â— 12 14. for he is born in a measure of the same now a measure of the same in a particular is called by the name of the same without him which cannot be comprehended by a particular man For example the measure of Christ in man is called Christ now all the Sons of men cannot contain him for he is the expresse Image of his Fathers person incomprehensible above all and through all the life of the spirit in us that gives life to our body now before any man can be born again his mind must be purged which will not be except it be turned to the light in him and he abide its purging which is done by Judgment and burning therefore the Hypocrite will not keep his mind to the light because it is a fire but cryeth out when his minde is in Zion to wit his spirit Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings and so flyeth the Judgment of the Gospel by which the Saints are Judgâ—d and purged Now untill the minde and conscience and spirit of a man be purged it cannot enter into its Mother Zion but is shut out without the City Miriam when Leprous and the Lepers of Israel is its figures Now that which separates between the clean and the unclean is the Lord who is a fire round about Zion or Jerusalem which is free from sin A song of Zion gave forth by a son of Zion that men might know the gates of Zion which the Lord loveth more then all the dwellings of Jacob. 1 The glory of the Lord is come on Zion it doth shine The brightnesse of it doth surmount the Sun for it 's divine 2 Which makes my mother for to beâ— most glorious in his sight And all her Children holy ones which is the Lords delight 3 Upon her head there is a Crown that will not fade nor swerve Most glorious for to behold for it is of Twelve Starrs 4 And underneath her feet there is a moon sometime doth shine Which into blood turned shall be for it was not divine 5 But in Zion the Lord will dwell for he hath chosen she A wall of fire round about to her the Lord will be 6 If that her new name you will know and of her children dear When she on earth is manifest 't will be The Lord is there 7 Within this City safety is from sorrow death and pain On it the heat of Sun lights not nor on it cometh rain 8 Though it no Ravenous beast doth passe as Lyon Wolfe and Bear So that in her all safe they are there is no cause of fear 9 Her waters clear as Crystal glasse most lovely to behold Her street is rich and glorious for it is of fine Gold 10 No Ship in her doth passe with sayle nor gallion with ores The Merchants of great Babylon cometh not near her shores 11 A tree of life within her is most lovely is his root Whose leaves are green continually bearing twelve manner fruit 12 For healing of the Nations are the leaves of this tree To give knowledge of salvation to all he is so free 13 Most glorious things are spoken of the City of our God But how may man now enter in to setle his abode 14 There is no way but by the gates the wall
is very high Your minds to him turned must be or else without must lye 15 Where 's he that I to him may come and Zions gates to know He is within manifesting to thee thy sins he shews 16 Your spirits it is Zions gates where knocked long hath him O lift it up and He to you will suddenly come in 17 Then in your spirits will He be to you a hope again And then with he you shall he free in Zion to remain 18 For he will open unto you the gate of righteousnesse Through which the righteous Nation have entred into rest 19 And thus in love I have you shewn the way to Zion's hill The City of solemnity where the Lord God doth dwell 20 That so without you may not be amongst those unclean beasts And where the wine presse trod shall be so there will be no rest Concerning the Mount of Olives which stands before Jerusalem which shall cleave in the midst and be removed this Testimony I gives of it The mount before Jerusalem spoken of by Zechariah is a Mistery of iniquity not created by God but gendred by mens Zech. 14. 4. joyning unto the Serpent which mount stands before their spirits as the mount Olives did before Jerusalem on the East thereof whereon stands their idol gods which they have set up in their hearts Now mount Olivet is alluded to by the Prophet because upon mount Olivet stood the idol gods of Solomons strange wives and therefore it was called the mount of Corruption †Mount Olivet mentioned or mount of Corruption is one in Ranke with Hagar and mount Sinai and the mount before Jerubbabel which is a mystery of iniquity in which Satan moveth which shall become a Plain be removed and consumed Deut. 23. 3. 1 Sam. 15. 3. as you may read 2 Kings 23. 13. but in the margin it s rendered the mount Olivet Now when the feet of the Lord which is power shall stand upon it it will cleave in midst in which day the light shall not be clear nor dark So it is with every one untill they can discern between their spirit and the divine nature and then the mountain that stands before Jerubbabel to wit the mystery of iniquity in mankind shall become a plain and be removed and consumed by the spirit of the Lord and the brightnesse of his coming in all his and then as it is written the Lord my God shall come and all his Saints with thee and Reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before his antients gloriously but mount Sinai or Hagar shall be cast out with her Children and shall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord in ten generations for ever but shall be utterly destroyed from under heaven Amaleck is its figure Now for this cause is and was the Gospel preached to wit for the consummation of iniquity and by it shall it be destroyed If thou ask me what the everlasting Gospel is I answer the glorious light in the World it hath been preached under differing names or sounds which I shall if God permit in my next book informe the Reader with A song of my beloved to my beloved which is within the Vaile song by her that was barren in the I le of the sea Isa 24. 15. 1 My Mother is a Queen most bright and I her daughter dear Beloved of the Lord of life who of me taketh care 2 A wall unto my Mother is the Lord who keeps from sin So that in freedom she 's preserv'd though Captive I have been 3 And then I was in prison strong where I defil'd have been But now I am purged again and am made a Virgin 4 Come my beloved unto me for welcome thou shalt be For thou hast done for me great things and by thee I am free 5 From death and sin by thee my Love and now am thine by right For thou hast bought me with a price and me redeem'd with light 6 I have Redeem'd thee let me go and I will come again For comely now thou art to me and I le with thee remain 7 I will not let thee go my love come now thou into me That so a Child now I may have an Heir that is free 8 A Virgin I am made by thee known unto thee in light O that I had a Son by thee who art in glory bright 9 I will return to thee my dove and thou shalt have a Son According to the time of life what 's sayd it shalt be done 10 Shall she that barren was now bear Yea thou shalt bear by me A Child an Heir which is free in which thousands shall be 11 Behold a Virgin is with child Emanuel is his Name A King of Zion is this Child Now I will spread his fame 12 And I will sing unto my King which wonders great hath wrought For he to me have done great things a Child for me he got 13 I barren was and did not bear in prison was I strong By the Children of Babylon they have opprest me long 14 Rejoyce now thou that barren was and praises to him sing For he to thee and thy Children will great deliverance bring 15 Lift up your heads you holy ones Redemption draweth near Your life which hid in God hath been will suddenly appear 16 For now a Nation shall appear which have been much in scorn O who have heard of such a thing in one day to be born 17 No sooner Zion travelled which hath been long in pain But all her Children she brings forth with her King for to Reign 18 A goodly sight is it to see the King with all his Taryn For they in white all cloath'd shall be and shall on the Earth Reign 19 Both Zion and her Children dear for maried they shall be And then Zion unto her Sons a City may you see 20 A Heaven new and Earth also the Lord will have remain For he to it married will be and he in it will Reign 21 Why should it seem incredible Prophets have it foretold And in the faith of it have dyed the Holy men of old Neverthelesse when the son of man cometh shall he find Luke 18. 〈◊〉 faith on Earth But he that 's fallen from the faith of Gods Elect may say this following Inscription Within this Temple 1 Cor. 6. 1◠Rev. 12. 17 Prov. 5. 1◠Mala. 2. 14 lyeth a woman bereaved of her life my mother companion of the Covenant the wife Beware of the errour mentioned in 2 Tim. 2. 18. Written the 22 of the 8 month 1658. in love to all For the foundations of the Earth shall be shoken and their Cedar works uncovered and their Gods famished Zeph. 2. And men shall worship the living God who is to be praysed for ever and ever Amen Reader the wayes of the Lord which is invisible have been figured forth by visiable dispensations under differing administrations but now the time is neere that the Sons of God shall appear Rom. 8. 19 Mat. 13. 43. Luk. 13. 28◠in a visible manifestation to be seen by their enemies in the Kingdome of their Father This following Question I do propose in love to them whom it concerns to consider of it Q. What is that that the ministery of the Gospel quickens◠the seed of God in man or the spirit of man or man in the spirit of his minde I do in this way proceed for truths sake because I have been denyed to be reasoned with concerning things delivered that 's questionable Again beware of accusing the Apostle Paul falsely you who in your printing and preaching saith that he to wit Paul desired to know nothing among the Corinthians save Jesus Christ and him crucified now he saith no such thing but he then knowing that all that live in pleasure and wanton upon earth kills the just therefore saith I brethren when I came unto you determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified for he determined before he came unto them that they crucified unto themselves the Son of God FINIS