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
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
me a very pleasant Flowery and delightful Sphear with a wonderful bright Light that covered it as a Firmament and the word said this is the Childrens Sphear and Kingdom It appeared like a little World fill'd up with them from the Womb to the Stature of about 12 Years This was inferiour to Paradise but was appropriated to Wisdom to be under her Government and Dominion who appointed here several ministring Angels to Discipline and Educate them in the Faith of Iesus For being stained with original Sin they were to believe in and receive the Lamb of God as their Redeemer And so by Union with him they become Virgins without Spot or Blemish Hereby it was said that Wisdom did make out her self in the Fathers new-created Wonders in these Children being transplanted out from the Earthly into the Divine and Spiritual Orb of Light § XVIII Now the Three other Regions to wit Paradise Mount-Sion and the New Ierusalem I have already given an account of in the Book of the Eight Worlds I must pronounce Happy and Blessed are they that dye so fitly qualified as immediately to pass through all these before-mention'd Regions that none of them may detain them but that as an Arrow swiftly they may fly into this more high degree of the Paradisical Sphear for they shall not long rest here before their Ascension shall be where they shall see the King of Mount Sion stretching out the Golden Cord that shall draw them up to sit with him upon his Throne which he has prepared for them and so to rise from one Glory to another till in the fullness of the Fathers Glory Christ shall install them jointly with himself The everlasting Gates of the New Ierusalem here open and wide do stand Which properly does belong to the high and lofty Majesty as his Principal Seat or Manision-house Which he will in the concluding part of all Scenes make to descend to fill the whole Creation with the Splendor of it's Glory Even so Amen § XIX But for caution let none think they can reach to these two last degrees at the passing out of the Body but as Christ in them shall come to be grown up in a perfect Stature covering them all over with his divine Nature Which we hope and believe may be wrought out effectually by the same Power that gave a Resurrection to his dead Body and an Ascention to Glorification in the Faith of which we wait and pray for this perfect Day Iune 30. 1698. § XX. I was Considering and Recollecting with my self the manifold Mysteries that among the Dead lay yet hid which in these Ages past were to be concealed and shut up but as the nearer approach is of the finishing of the fulness of Redemption the Word of the Eternal Wisdom has been pleas'd to make known what is beyond the present belief of the World but to the Impartial seekers and Worthy inquirers the secrets that appertain to the States of seperated Souls may be communicated § XXI In the first place we are to consider how these three Ranks of such as have departed this World short of Redemption shall come to recover the Regeneration or Remaining part of the Work which they might possibly have attained in this Life for which end the Mediatorship of Christ was establisht by the Father and continued in the Melchizedeck-Order And as Souls are daily Dying in this imperfect State so Christ is daily renewing the Efficacy of his Blood that must still attone for them It is also further made manifest that the great Saints that are made Kings and Priests as they have Thrones so they have Seats of Iudgment and are also made Saviours with their high Prince and Saviour being of the same Merciful and meek Nature as joined and made one Spirit with him And their intercession with him is of acceptation and efficacy for these their fellow Members that have laâ—'d behind and lost their time either in this Life or in other Centres So that is laid for a Foundation-truth that the great Saints may help the less whether In the higher World or the lower Now as it was queried in my self so it may be by others how those that are departed shall be brought to Repent and believe in Christ for Salvation It was here shewn to me that there were There Prophets Pastors and Teachers that did exercise their Function and Office as well as in these Regions below For it is well to be understood that this Converting and Regenerating work is to go forward on till that which is perfect do so enter into every Member that they come to be in Congruity with their perfect Head who must see the full Fruit of the Travail of his Soul throughout the whole Creation For Christ the Head does not account himself perfect till every Member be co-joined with him Therefore also the high Saints do Sympathize with the groaning Creation because till all are brought in their Ioy cannot be full If it be asked What Scripture is there for this I recommend the same that was open'd to me from the Revelstions Chap. 5. 8. Where the 24 Elders were in Office to receive the Golden Vials of the Prayers of the Saints and to pour them before the Throne Whereby it is implyed that the Prayers of the Saints of a lesser degree may pass through them that are of a higher Then another Scripture I shall superadd is that 1 Cor. 15. 29. Where you find the Living did enter into the Covenant of Baptism for the Dead as being capable of helping them forward in their Process to Christ by Concurrence and Union of Spirits with them And had we more of this Concurrence of Spirits one with another the Kingdom of our Lord had not been so long detained and kept back but a quicker dispatch might have been made but we are in hopes that as the day-Star shall more Universally arise in Hearts this Light shall so spread it self as that the knowledge of these great Mysteries shall find more kind entertainment in the World that lyes Buried in so much Ignorance and Darkness Then there will be less to do in those other Regions because there will not so many dye in an imperfect State and the Kingdom of Satan will be weakened and diminisht thereby who shall not be able to hold his Dominion either in the invisible dark Sphear or the visible Principle I shall now conclude this Point with this Acclamation Rejoice ye Heavens and shout ye lower parts of the Earth for the Lord God Omnipotent is about to do Marvelous things which shall be seen and admired by such as do long for and Love his Appearance Which approaching is still nearer and nearer Even so come Come O Lord in thy Kingdom Power and Glory Amen Iuly 10. 1698. § XXII II was further discovered that the Elders before the Throne did receive Commission from the Supream King and Lord as being his most near Privy Counsellers for to put into Office and
put forth the Golden Leaves for Medicine to themselves Which shall be as a constant Imbalming to render their Bodies durable and Incorruptible O Blessed and highly Marvelous and Wonderful will this great Appearance of Christ in his Saints be in its Time For which it is only required of this Generation that they gird up in the Faith and be found in waiting and Preparation for it § XXXVIII Now I do see in Spirit some Footsteps are already taken in order to this translated State An Election has been hereunto from the Eternal Court and Council in the Heavens for the gathering such as shall be steady Pillars to bear up the Mountain of Holiness upon which shall be written Emmanuel liveth and resteth here But let it be known that this Ascent to the height of this Majestick Reign of Christ and Arrival to this length of Days will not be all at once but rising by Degrees There will be several Signs that will fore-run it The Messengers for this end must go forth to Preach up the Faith and to draw forth an expectation of it in such as shall be Selected hereunto So that there will be some Bright Stars that will rise and go forth as Lightning upon the Earth receiving special Endowments and Spiritual gifts and in an eminent manner the Gift of discerning Spirits piercing into the very thoughts and intent of the Heart As Peter perceived the perverse design of Ananias and Sapphira the Spirit of God within him opening it unto him And so in the same manner will these things be made manifest again For as the World in Age grows old so the Mystery of iniquity will wax greater by putting on and Counterfeiting the very Robe of Christ's Innocency and Truth and also by a breaking forth of the dark Magick as the more true and divine by way of Miraculous Working is coming forth Therefore the Tri une Council in Heaven foreseeing this will raise up such as shall be of quick-sight and sound Iudgment to detect and countermine what would make the true thing questioned and invalued Therefore the Lord will see it necessary to set his own Stamp first for Immaculate purity and next for great Powerfulness to do and act in such a manner as none of the false Magicians shall be able to imitate or stand before them Thus the Lord will move himself step by step And for length of Days at first it may not arrive to above a Hundred Years and so in every Generation there will be an Increase as they grow stronger in Spirit and work themselves more out of the Gross and Elementary Life for there will be skill and understanding given to draw in from the one pure Element And there will also be outward Medicines discovered that have not yet been that will have a wonderful Efficacy for the preserving and fortifying Nature and recovering the lost Paradisical Body There is a Vein of Gold in Eternal Natures Garden that has not yet been pierced into which when the Divine Artists shall be sent forth shall be broken up and run most free as the true Elixir appropriated and reserved for this Age and a Soveraign help and Blessing to the Inhabitants of this new Kingdom Now who would not rejoice to see the Dawnings and first breakin gs forth of this most Wonderful time for which end these Discoveries and Manifestations of the approaching time have been given out through one that has been upon the Watch-Tower Who has received Commission to declare what is here Written for inviting and exciting all the Unbelieving as well as the Believing the Ignorant as well as the Knowing of what Name or Profession soever they be but especially the Philadelphian-Flock that they may all take good notice of the present Season or the Beginning of the Love-Reign Wherein the true Philadelphian-State will be better understood known and established The Foundation whereof is already laid whereby as flaming Stones of Love the Fountain-Heart of God's love they will reach to multiply therefrom as numberless Golden Sands and Drops of Love as Seeds to overspread the Earth For Lovesday shall now bear the Dominion over all the wrathful Properties which shall all sink away as this day of the Lords shall in Mortals Reign § XXXIX One considerable thing I have more to open which is concerning the great Wonder seen in Heaven mentioned by St. Iohn of the Woman Cloathed with the Sun and the Moon under her feet of which there have gone forth many Interpretations and Calculations of the time of her Travail and bringing forth the Man-Child Now as to this it is made manifest that her coming forth out of the Wilderness will signify this great day of Dominion and Power over the Earth as has been here made mention of For there can be no Soveraignty of Rule and Command till she has brought forth that Man-Child that is to Rule the Nations with a Rod of Iron Now this Wilderness-State according to the Spiritual and Mystical sence thereof is to be understood of a quiet Retirement shelter and defence from the fury of the Dragon where she is fed and nourisht with the true Manna and Eternal Word of Life having free entercourse as St. Iohn had in the Isle of Patmos with the superior Heavens for communications and discoveries for such a time and season As also that holy Birth that hath proceeded from her is to remain in the Heavens till the number of Time shall be finished Who shall come forth in the Male strength of a Godhead-might in some Persons both Males and Females that shall be fitly Qualified to bear rule and to manage the Rod of Power according to that Type of the Rod put into Moses hand by which he did all those great Miracles For thus the Regency will be with a Superiority over all the outward Constellations and changeable motions of the Planets all Sublunary things being put under their Feet For the united Number of these High-born Spirits will have their cloathing from that Sun whose fixation is in the one unchangeable Element unto which all other Elements must bow and be made Subject Tho' there will not be wanting after all this attempts by the Satanical Spirit and Kingdom who will encompass and encamp against the Lamb and his Bride But this will be permitted for that end that the Omnipotent Rod put into their hands may be more signally stretched out to break all Combinations and bring to nought all that would deal Treacherously against those whose Persons the God-man hath taken up to magnifie his great Reign and Power in over all Nations of the Earth And so that saying may be made good Micah 4. 8. And thou O Tower of the Flock the strong hold of the Daughter of Sion unto thee shall it come even the first Dominion the Kingdom shall come to the Daughter of Ierusalem § XL. Now 't is given me to declare that this is not only in future expectation but that there has been
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