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A visitation of love, sent unto all: that those that do not see, may see, and return out of the fall. By Dorothy White
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D. W. (Dorothy White)
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1684
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Wing W1760; ESTC R222573
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rejoyce with unspeakable Joy full of Glory He filleth the Hungry with good things He hath made a Feast for his Priests and Kings Yea a Feast of Fat Things A Feast within his holy Mountain I have glad-tydings to declare I 'm fill'd with more than I can bear To you I must glad-tidings bring for now 's the pleasant time of Spring I hear such pleasant Melody I tell you now that Summer 's nigh The Turtle 's Voice is heard within our Land His Voice I hear I do it understand I hear him now to sing at home Where Lov 's Fountain's overstown And when the Winter 's gone and past The Redeem'd shall sing Hallelujah at last And to him that overcometh I will give a new Name in the white Stone And none shall know it but him that 't is his own And he shall reign as King and sit upon the Throne And to him that overcometh I will give unto him the Key of David that openeth and none can shut and shutteth and none can open He will give unto them his spirit The Spirit searcherb all Things even the deep Things of God His Spirit speaketh expresly therefore He that hath an Ear to hear let him hear what the Spirit faith and the Bridegroom saith unto the Churches and more especially in the Church of the First Born whose Names are written in Heaven who are come to the Word of God written in their Hearts these must speak as the Spirit gives Utterance there is no limit nor tye to them The Children of the Kingdom are free being born of the Free Spirit and as the Wind bloweth where it listeth and on whom it listeth even so is the Spirit descending as lightuing upon whom he pleaseth there is no time nor place appointed for him how or when or where he shall appear and in whom or by whom he shall speak or he shall not speak seeing the Holy Men of God ought to speak as the Holy Ghost moveth in them and as the Spirit gave them utterance each one particularly as they had received so they ministred of the Manifold Graces of God None is to be tyed up from this for this is the Worshipping God in Spirit neither at this Mountain nor at Jerusalem is the Father worship't but at all times and at all Places the Father of all Spirits is worship't where the Spirit draws and leads them thereto and you have an Ointing which is in you which is able to teach you all things which is Truth the Spirit of Truth the holy anointing of the Father the Son from Heaven whom all are commanded to hear and the Voice that was heard out of the excellent Glory faith on this wise This is my well beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear ye him in all Things He is King and Law-giver High-Priest and Prophet and all that shall refuse to hear him whereever he speaketh they shall be câ—â— off the Mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it He is a Spirit and all must bow and worship him in Spirit yea Angels and Spirits Pincipalities and Powers Dominions and Kingdoms he will rule by the Word of his Eternal Power and when he bringeth his First Begotten into the World he saith Let all the Holy Angels worship Him So there is nothing to be bowed unto but him alone who sitteth upon the Throne so all the Israelites who are so indeed who are born of the holy right Seed they are to follow the Lord fully and the Lamb that leadeth them as Caleb and Joshua did who were the valiant hearted of Israel against whom the Evil Spies cast their Stones Numb 14. They could not enter themselves for the Gyants and the Anakins and the many things that lied in the way but the Faithful full of Faith followed the Lord fully he led them by the right hand he rebuked the Waters and made them at a stand these through Faith became more than Conquerours and conquered Death and obtained the Crown and Râ—surrection and holy Life Say to the Righteous It shall go well with them but wo to the wicked the proud and the Oppressors it shall go ill with them wo unto them that are at ease in Sion this day who are stretching themselves upon their Beds of Ivory and Ease who are drinking their Wine in Bowls these have not considered the Afflictions of Joseph and have not been acquainted with the day of Jacob's Trouble but now their Beds shall be too short to stretch themselves at ease upon their Covering shall be too narrow to hide them under Behold â—hâ—s saith the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel I will kindle a Fire in Siâ—n I will plow Zion as a Field and search Jerusalem as with Candles And blessed are all the wise Virgins who have Oyl in their Lamps whose Lights are burning those who took not only their Lamps the outside Profession but took Oyl with them who were gathered by the Lord into and under the Profession and Form of Christ Jesus not the Out-side Form or Out siâ—e Court but in Spirit and in Life were drawn to the Lord no man can call Jesus Lord but by the Spirit he is the Lord of all the Spiriâ—ual-Worship but not of all the Forms so many Forms many have been making and decking for the Son of God and graving and imâ—giâ—g out but he hath hitherto worked beyond them all he ascended above all Heavens above all the Comprehensions of men and at last shin'd in his Glory and he will agâ—in be lifted up and draw all men after him though the Gazers and Wonderâ—rs do not see his ascending into-the Clouds of Heaven but the single hearted sees it whose Eyes are single to God but those that were garnishing the Sepulchres of the Prophets and the Tombs of the Prophets in the days past they did not know the coming of Christ the Lord neither did they receive him when he camâ— and therefore he saith Blessed are they that shall not be offended in me Behold I lay in Zion for a Stone of Stumbling and a Rock of Offence for the Rising and Falling of many in Israel but a sure Foundation for all that have built upon it an unmoveable Rock which the Persecutors of all sorts shall never be able to move or lift him out of the way That which I have seen and tasted and heard with my ears and my hands have handled of the good Word of God on which all the sincere hearted feed on that grow alive unto God and of the Milk thereof and by it they are nourished as lively Branches growing in the Vine growing in Christ Jesus according to their degree and measure of the Spirit of Grace which they have received such speak as the Spirit gives utterance they speak with the Spirit and with the Understanding they pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding they sing with the Spirit and with the Understanding also as it pleaseth the Spirit to reveal unto them and to
prepare that Offering such are with their eyes unto him to please him as the Eyes of the Maid is to her Mistriss sucâ— are not Men-pleasers neither can they daub with untempered Mortar and the Ax is laid to the Root of the Tree of Corruption and the Fire is burning and undermining all Building and every man's Works shall be tryed by the Eternal Fire and Consumption of God and what work will not indure by the Fire-Consumption and Eternal Judgment shall be burnt up Before him goeth a Consuming Fire â—o burn up his Enemies round about and he will sit as Refiners Fire and as Fuller's Soap and a Purifier of Silver to take away the Dross and the Tin all must feel the Fire burn within their own hearts all that are walking in the right way as saith the true Disciples when Jesus was in the way with them though unknown to them Did not our hearts burn within us So the day of burning of burning like an Oven of Fire and of much Fire many must yet feel and be Baptized with the holy-Holy-Ghost and with Fire and feel the Fan which he hath in his hand to purge away all the Filthiness both of Flesh and Spirit for there is no reprobate Silver nor whited Walls nor painted Sepulchres shall stand but the Lord will thunder out of Zion and utter his Voice out of his Holy Mountain he will shake the Foundations of the Earth and the Heavens also he will overturn until he Reign himself who saith I will set my King upon my holy Hill of Zion And who amongst us shall dwell with everlasting Burning and who shall abide with Devouring Fire behold the day of the Lord cometh that will try all and every one and none will abide the day of his coming but they that have known the DAY of his coming within that have known their Temples washed and cleansed and prepared and made a sit Habitation through the Spirit for the Living God to dwell and walk in them such can say of a truth The Tabernacle of God is with men and Grace and Truth is come by Jesus Christ the Righteous who hath brought with him everlasting Righteousness And this was that the Prophet cryed for Ob send out thy Light and thy Truth that iâ— may lead me to thy Holy Hill of Zion And this is the true Leader the New-Covenant the Law which God said He will write in the Table of their Hearts and I will put my Spirit in their Inward Parts And this is the New-Covenant and the New-Law which the Lord said he would give forth in the last days and the old is to pass away Through the Law came by Moses it was to pass away but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ which was to be increased and his Government should increase and it shall be upon his Shoulders and his Kingdom is to be Established and his Government which is everlasting from generation to generation in all the Line of the Righteous and he is his Church-Governour that Governs his own Church Behold it shall come to pass saith the Lord of Hosts I will raise up the Righteous Branch of David whose King shall bear Rule and prosper of whose Kingdom and Government there shall be no end Yea many shall come from the East and the West the North and South and shall flock as Doves to the Windows of the Ark and shall sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Heavenly Places in Christ Jesus in the Munishonal Rock where their Bread shall be sure and their Water shall not fall and the Inhabitants of the Rock shall sing and shout for Joy for a wiser than Solomon is here and to us he doth appear this is the Prince of our Peace this is our Counsellor the Wonderful the great Jehova The great King and unto him all the Saints Praises shall sing For unto us he will Deliverance bring And of it we have no cause to doubt For he will work and bring it so about That his Enemies at last he will tire out Some say Seal him down others say Make it sure Prepare Watchmen to stand without the Door But his Redeemed he will to Mount Zion bring Where they shall shout for Joy and Praises they shall sing Having their Harps ready in their hand Clothed in white then they shall stand Singing that Song which none shall ever know But they that have the Fountain in them sweetly flow These follow the Lamb wheresoever he doth go Yea through the great Tribulation through the washing of Regeneration Therefore are they crown'd with Life and everlasting Salvation And in God's Rest these come to lye down Where he sets on their Heads an everlasting Crown But wo to the proud Oppressors and Professors of all sorts That are only gathered into Outward Courts I am that I am saith Cry Aloud If any think that God's Spirit they will silent keep You do but dream while you are asleep And when you Work you think that you have done You have it as much to do as when you first begun No more than you can pluck the Sun out of the Firmament When you have all done your Labour is vainly spent God at sundry times and after divers manners in the days that are past he then spake to our Fathers by the Prophets but in these latter days he now speaketh unto us by his own Son whom he hath made Heir of all things by whom also he made the World and laid the Foundations thereof by his Eternal Word and this is one of his Names his Name is called The Word of God And upon his Vesture it is written He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings and By him Kings Reign and Princes decree Justice And all just things come from him and all righteous Laws and Decrees are made by him and there is no Vnrighteousness with him nor in him So in the days that are past the People of the Lord God had a Law-giver outwardly which Law was given from the Lord through his Servant Moses which the People were then under that Dispensation of the Law and obedient thereunto they were then required but that Dispensation is passed away and the Gospel Dispensation is come forth and he is come that fulfilled the Law and the Prophets and putteth an end to all Laws outwardly and only directs and points at the Gospel Dispensation an inward intelligible Teaching with this Saying You have a more surer Word of Prophesy Unto which you do well if you take good heed and go not out from it after any thing that is made or prescribed by the Invention of Man but keep to the anointing the holy Vnction which you have already received of the Father you that have received this let the Word of Life dwell plentifully in you that ingrafted Word which is able to save you lead you guide and direct you move not without it awake not your Beloyed until he please to move and rise in you wait for the coming down of the Angel for the moving and stirring of the Waters and then put forth and not before Behold I send my Angel to testifie these things to the Churches I am the bright and Morning Star the Root and Off-Spring of David The Day-Star is come He maketh his Angels Chariots his Ministers as a Flame of Fire He hath touched their tongues with a Coal from his burning Altar and for Zion's sake such cannot hold their peace and for Jerusalem's sake they cannot cease but their Leader they must obey neither move without him nor go before him these are led by him who is their Captain who leads them forward these cannot go back to the Law nor go back to that which is past we are no more Dâ—bters to the Law but under the teachings of Free Grace so our Eyes are looking forward and eying the Lord who is leading of us to Mount Sion unto the New Jerusalem where Perfection will be known where Hallelujah we shall sing before his Throne who is faithful and true the Alpha and Omega and Beginning and the End Behold I come quickly saith the First and the Last I will give unto every Man a Reward as his Works shall be This was the Harmony the Angels did sing At the Birth of Zion's King And such glad Tydings they did bring Peace on Earth and good Will towards all Men. We knowing the Author of these Things to be one that truly feareth the Lord and also to be of a blameless Life and Conversation could not be satisfied till we had it to the Press The 20th of the 3d. Month 1684. FINIS