terrible in Crystalline Purity whereby we may display the Banners of IEHOVAH as the Sealing Character of the Virgin-Church § 24. Upon all the foregoing enforcing Arguments of the Anointing Power this Word was renewed Happy art thou who is like unto thee before whom a Fiery Law shall go forth which shall not be after Mount Sinai Inscription that could never abolish Sin but this contrariwise shall open as a Spirit-flash of Lightning that shall judge and try burn and consume every rising Motion that from the First Birth of the Earthly Man hath been Therefore observe and cherish this Burning Spring into which suffer all and every part to be plunged thoroughly For this will give witness for it self to be the Tri-Une Baptism § 25. Then was it further revealed that this Fiery Law would be the Fixation of the Vrim and Thummim Which was opened unto me to be a divine sight from a Fire-piercing Eye that could have a deep inward search into the secret things of the Deity and could Prophecy therefrom in a clear Ground as knowing whâ—t is couched in the first Originality bringing forth therefrom according to the Counsel and Pleasure of the Most High Things New and Old even according to the Love-driving of this Fiery Law which is the high binding Law that will most naturally and essentially from all Mount-Sion Inhabitants and from the pure Philadelphian Race of all the Redeemed Holy Ones that are brought out of Babylon to stand upon this Virgin Mount go forth § 26. For it was expressed that this Law was before Sin entred and it should thence again enkindle it self and obliterate in a known Number what the Law of Sin hath defaced of the pure Image And it was also shewn that this Vrim Thummim were only to be appropriated to the Priests of the Melcbizedeck Order that is to such whose Descent is not to be counted or recorded in the Genealogy of the Creation which is under the Lapse but from the Restauration and the Birth which is from the Olive-Root that is ever more consecrated to put on this Breast-plate as the Signal Character of this Holy Function and Heavenly Calling as it was given me to know from the Lord. The Properties of which extend â—o all Clearness of Sight and Soundness of Judgment All which will make for the praise of Him who shall for us this Translâ—tion effect bringing us into the Membership of this most holy Virgin Church and Priesthood § 27. As I was further considering the Refining Work as being the present Business which the Spirit provokes to in order to those greater Things to be revealed and entred upon the Word again thus opened it selfâ— The LORD whose Hand is lifted up sweareth in Truth and Righteousness that from Abraham's Line according to the Spirit there shall arise a most holy Priesthood indeed that must assume the high Prerogative of Priestly Soveraignity which hitherto in this Principle hath never in manifestation bear since the days of the Apostacy It will begin with the Wise and Perfect in Heart from such the Scepter of Dominion shall never depar◠§ 28. Much from the Lord did at the same time â—ill my Temple to utter forth as Four of us were met together to rehearse by way of Prophecy what an approaching time is drawing near When this Word more particularly was given to me That God was coming from Teman and the Holy One from Mount Paran to revive the Work and to make known where the hiding of his Power hath been For a Fiery Law shall proceed out of his Mouth by which he will try all Nâ—tions and divide as under the Everlasting Mountains and make them bow before him § 29. While my Spirit was Exercised upon these Great Things there came before me two Pillars of Fire which at present I only understood to be applicable to our selves who were met together as if signifying that such Pillars as were as burning Lights did become the Temple of God and ought there to be for fixation But the Night following the Lord opened it further unto me and shewed me that they did signifie a more Publick Matter to wit some Eminent Spirits these Two Pillars should be by whom an Entrance or pass would be made into the Secret and Seperated â—â—nctuary where they were to and fixed to give entrance inâ—o such-like seperated Spirits as â—â—emselves who as Flames of â—â—re might minister in the Holy Courts in their Priestly Power § 30. O hereby all this do I â—ee that the Lord is putting all â—hings in order that he may â—ave a true Temple-Body all of light paved with Fire-Sâ—ones of Love For the support of which House or Body he will send forth until he himself shall appear in Person such Pillars â—hat shall be tried as Gold and powerful as the Fire as being so made meet for the Master's use I do see in Wisdom's Glass that the Divine Powers in the Heavens are at Work hereunto very swiftly § 31. As I was still further attentive to hear and see whâ—â— what would be presented beyonâ— the Veil in relation to the Reâ—fiâ—ing Work which is to preâ—pare and make way for the Maâ—nifestation of this Holy Church I did see a round Glass like a Globe and at fiâ—st sight it waâ— all full of Matter that was likâ— putrified Blood black and iâ— coloured Then saw I the Globâ— turned with the Vent downward and it was all discharged of thaâ— corrupt matter Then arose a Spring that filled it again as with Water whâ—ch emptied it self out again And I beheld the Figure of a Heart with an Engraving thereupon within the Globeâ— And I marvelled how it came there and no sight of any Person to put it in and all this was acted as without any visible Hand Further there arose a Golden Liquor in the Globe and â—â—e Heart â—luttered up and down 〈◊〉 it and shined as Gold This â—as a wonderful Presentation â—â—to which my Spirit enquired â—â—d I heard a Voice sound This â—ews what the Oracle will be â—â—at is filled only with the clear â—nd true Uâ—ction there will be rising Spring with all floating â—oy Consider oh my Soul â—hat Wisdom may open for a â—urther Instruction herefrom â—or deep is the Globe of Wonders A Revelation upon the Vision of the Glassy Globe Which was â—hewn me to be the signification of the Oracle in which the New Heart shall be conceived upon which God doth engrave his own Name which from the Foundation of Wisdom and Spring of all Knowledge and deep Understanding do flow § 32. Now it was testified and thus opened unto me that some were Elected for to be fixed Oracles who are to be clarified for this purpose with pure Water from the Glasfy Sea Whos 's Operation should be all forceable to work out the impure Matter of the Bloody Issue which is the Spring of Sin that only can be fully cleansed with this Water-Baptism from the rising Scum of putrified Nature Which once
greatness of an Astral Spirit have ruled as potent and strong But the divine Magus that God will raâ—se shall far out-do all rational Câ—aft and Subtilty so that all must be Tributaries and Servants to the anointed of the Most High This is the Crown that will be â—he certain Reward to them who to these Baptisms do fully arrive § 39. An additional Opening came upon an Objection in my self that was raised upon the clear Oracle Dispensation which was this How we should possibly come to distinguish the true Sound of the Holy Ghost passing through us without being adulterated by contrary Spirits that do dash in before the Globe of Nature come to be all fully refined and the muddy Issue stopped This hath been the ground that hath made such deviation and erring from Truth For the method and manner of God's revealing his Mind is not Now so much by those Local Voices as before the Anointing of the Holy Spiâ—it was given For the Patriarchs and Prophets before Christ's sending down the Holy Ghost had God's Mind delivered unto them by an Express Voice and plainness of Speech which was well understood and known by them to be the express Word of the Lord. And though in those Ages there were false and mixed things that did enter into some who did also reveal true Propheâ—ies from God yet the Event of things did it shew and there God's witness was against them But the very Holy Men of God who were truly inspired from his Mouth were ever more attended with a Signal Power whereby they knew it to be of the Lord As much might be called up from what is recorded in Scripâ—ure â—or to justifie this Truth But to Answer this grand Objection how it may be cleared What iâ— of the Spirit 's true dictate from that which is otherwise for it must be granted that it is rare to fiâ—d that any one hath arrived to that Clarity that nothing of Soil is cast up in the Mind to discolour the Golden Spring of Divine Revelation that does distinctly run Which is discernible by the Spirit of Sound Judgmentâ— that decides and determins all Matters according to the Laws of Christ's Invisible Kingdom which differs and thwarts all of this visible and exteriour judging that Kingdom down For such a superiour wise understanding Spirit doth still survive in some Elected hereunto as in Moses Samuel and Solomon and so all along according to the gift of God thâ—t doth run from Age to Age rising yet more high and eminent as the Most High takes pleasure to dignifie those who are of the right Line of Abraham's Seed to whom the Promise doth belong that there shall never cease to be a Prince upon thâ— Throne to judge in Truth and in Righteousness as God's impartial witness in the Soul Of this Moses and the seventy Elders were a Type upon whom God's spirit of Wisdom did rest for determining of Causes that the People from day to day brought before them So verily it is now applied more Internally to those innumerable generating Essences that within the circumference of the Mind do still rise as matter of Controversie to be decided by the true Judge and Law-giver Who in no wise will be corrupted or byassed but make all to bow according to the Light and Eternal Word of Truth Oh the strange Insurrections of Thoughts as so many Princes that would put in to bear part of the Priesthood and Prophetical Function rushing in as Korah â—athan and Abiram that rose â—p with all their Trains saying Are we not meet to judge equal with the Spirit Why take ye so much upon you are not we Spiritual Why may not our Verdict be heard in the Court of the Lord's Tabernacle This is the Language that may be understood in and among the confused Thoughts that would exâ—lt themselves against the One only Anointed of the Lord in us Who hath the preeminence to draw nigh to hear and to receive from the most Holy in a distinct separated way from all the common thoughts that rise from the sensitive ground that are under all mixed Confusion Which are the intruding Spirits that are to be brought to tryal and hereby it will be made to appear as in the case betwixt Moses and those murmuring Princes the Decision was given God owned and took part with his own meek Spirit in Moses and gave power to send them down alive into the Deep And thus it will be carried on Internally the Lord will raise and magnifie his own true Prophet within us that shall have a peculiar access unto him in the holy Priesthood and go apart from the whole Congregation of thoughts which are denominated for the mixed Multitude Upon which bounds are to be set that they break not in where God calleth his holy anointed One up to commune about â—he Secret Things that are yet furâ—â—er to be revealed in order to the â—â—tling of the Priestly Kingdom in 〈◊〉 â—eaceable Reign of Christ. § 40. For indeed all need there is for this Wise Solomon to sit upon the Throne to judge the many Causes that will arise and still come before him for determination Till such time that all Strife and Commotion from the Astral Spirit shall cease and no more any such evil occurrent shall be To which effect the Spirit 's Reign will bring all unto and every thought that contrarily does stir and yields not up to these Princely Spirits that in Love and Meekness with Truth and Righteousness doe govern all things in the reign of the Soul that is to be reduced to this pure and spiritual stilneâ— for a quiet Habitation in which the Trinity may aâ—â—ee to dwell meeting wiâ—◠〈◊〉 in most excellent Harmâ—â—y that answers to the Eternal Unity of their own Divine Being § 41. This is that Lebâ—non Glory in all its high dâ—grees Which the Spirit of Iesus is driving into from the cursed murmuring Spirits that still would be miâ—â—ng with the Loâ—d's anointed Prophet within us Therefore Authority is to be taken in Iehovah's Name to exclude and throw out what will not suit to the Priestly Government For with that Mosaical Spirit God will only be free with all to tell his Mind and commit his Secrets to All other springing Essences that do fly upward from the imaginary part must be searched tried and judged in the superiour Court by that Unction of God that is abstracted from all stirring strange Essences that would readily give in their Votes to corrupt the pure rising Spring of God's Counsel Which had need to be strongly guarded for Attempts to thrust in may easily be discerned But the cry that I do hear pass through me is to keep the Oracle clear that the Heart of God may always live and move there And for this cause Ioshuah after Moses doth arise to bring us forward and on till we come to possess the choice and rich things that are reserved to this Day in the New Ierusalem Land where our
A MESSAGE TO THE Philadelphian Society Whithersoever dispersed over the whole Earth Together with A CALL to the Several Gathered Churches among Protestants in this Nation of England By I. Lead Isa. 58. 20. Go ye forth of Babylon flee ye from the Chaldeans with a Voice of Singing declare ye tell this utter it even to the End of the Earth LONDON Printed and Sold by I. Bradford in Iewen-Street near Crowder's-Well 1696. THE EDITOR TO THE READER BLessed are the Poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven is not without the greatest Reason prefix'd in the Front of that Heavenly Doctrine which in the Greatness of the Majesty of Love is deliver'd to us by our Blessed Master from the Mountain of Holiness Wherefore the Opposite hereof is most True and there must certainly be a Wo unto those who are Rich in Spirit because theirs cannot be the Kingdom of Heaven But notwithstanding that a Poor Spirit is at this day so much Ridicul'd and is even Proverbially become a Reproach among those who call themselves Christians and Profess themselves the Disciples of IESVS who was so eminently Poor in his Spirit above all the Sons of Adam yet the Wisdom of God which runs counter to that of Man and Charges his Prudence with Folly will have that to be Honour'd which he has Dishonour'd and will have that to be Dishonour'd which he has most of all Honour'd and Prided himself in For that Poverty of Spirit which is the Scorn the Contempt and Offscouring of the World in the Day when God will bind up his Jewels will be made the Glory the Crown and the Kingdom to as many as shall have followed the Steps of their Master in the Regeneration We find that at this time the many Bodies and Societies of the so nominated Religions do all fall in with the Laodiceans saying We are Rich but the True and Faithful Witness may shortly let them see that they are Poor and will cause their Spiritual Merchants to cry out Alas alas in one hour so great Riches are come to nought And then shall the Poor Spirited Philadelphians that are now a despised Handful compared to the rest who have indeed but a little Strength and confess it be known to be the Children of the Kingdom having stood out the Hour of Temptation and kept the Living Word of God not denying his Name Power and Spirit nor taking or bearing it in Vain The true Poverty of spirit is the primary Qualification for reading as of the most Holy Scriptures so also of this little Treatise now given to the World from the Fountain of Love and Peace and is the very Foundation and Corner-stone of the New Creation upon which the most glorious Temple of God is to be built Whereas if we go to any of the Outward Professions that so much cry out the The Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord we shall find them to be of the number of those who esteem themselves increased with spiritual Goods and to â—ave need of nothing This is the Foundation â—nd Corner-stone of Baâ—ylon and of the Conâ—uâ—ion of the Sects â—hich according to the â—entence of the Righteâ—us Iudge must be all â—â—umbled and moulder'd â—â—to pieces that so out â—f this Chaos a beautiâ—â—l Fabrick may arise â—â—ly joined together ceâ—â—ented and compacted â—â—y that which every part supplieth to the Building up or Edifying of it self in the Love And in order to this the Decree is gone forth the Account of which is given in both the Ensuing Messages from the Spirit and Word of Prophecy The Great Angel being now descended with his Measuring Line and having receiv'd a Commission not to leave one Stone â—pon another of any Temple which Man hath â—uilt is measuring out the foundation of the New Temple upon the Gates of which shall be written PHILADELPHIA To the raising up this Temple of the Holy Ghost all the living stones of fire which have been and are seperately prepared are Now called together by the Harmonious Sounds oâ— the seven Spirits of God â— Such as have only a Name to be alive but are dead may not hear these Sounds to call them yet as these shall grow louder it is not despaired but that even the Dead and those that stick most in the lifeless Sardian Constitution shall hear their Voice and be brought into this living glorious structure Yea O God let the Dead hear thy Voice Amen Let the Dead hear thy Voice Amen Hallelujah Let them hear thy sweet Sounds and come with Singing into thy Temple Amen Hallelu-IAH Let thy Voice break the Cedars of Lebanon and the Oaks of Bashan Let it shake the Wilderness and let every one in thy Temple hearing it speak of thy Glory Amen Hallelu-IAH Thou wilt give Strength unto thy People yea unto Philadelphia the Least amongst the Thousands of Iudah wilt thou give Strength Thou wilt Bless thy People with Peace yea even with the Peace of IERVSALEM wilt thou Bless them Hallelu-IAH The Proud wilt thou scatter in the Imaginations of their hearts thou wilt put down the Mighty from their Thrones and wilt exalt the Humble and the Meek yea thou shalt exalt and establish them and they shall be established as Pillars in thy Temple to go no more out Hallelu-JAH Let thy Right Hand do this O God of Glory and let thy Right Arm establish these Pillars in thy House Yea let the very stones of Babylon and even such as have been Pillars in the Temple of Maozim be sanctified and fitted for thy service Let eâ—en those that know not that they are wretched and miserable and poor be brought to Buy of thee the Gold of Ophir which is seven times tried in the Fire that they may be Rich Let those that know not that they are Blind be convinced and made to anoint their Eyes with thy Eye-salve that they may see and obtain the Blessing of the pure in Heart Let those that know not that they are naked having clothed themselves with their own devised Forms be undeceiv'd that they may not take that to be the Covering of thy Spirit which is but a Covering of Fig Leaves that so they may be perswaded to Buy of thee the White Raiment and the Immortal Robe of thy Flesh that the Shame of their Nakedness may not appear Let tyh Priests be clothed with Righteousness and let thy Holy Ones rejoice and sing having put thee on O Lord JESUS Yea let them sing aloud from from the Isles Amen Halleluâ—JAHâ— ADVERTISEMENT WHereas some Things have been Scandalouslyâ— set forth and Printed under the Name of this Authors to the Reproach of Truth and the Dishonour of that which is Holy it is thought fit for the putting a Stop to such Impostures and the Evil which might thence ensue to give a Catalogue of the Books which the Author hath hitherto Published THE Heavenly Cloud or the Ascension Ladder 4 to 1682. p. 40. The Revelation of Revelations an Essay
was as a clear Glass in the first Formation as it came out of the Hand of the Great Creator but now so mudded with strange Mixtures that all Crystalline Beauty of the Globe of Nature is turned into such a swarthy Blackness and Dimness that nothing is left clear for Spiritual Seeing Therefore what hath infinite Grace sought out â—or help and redress for such as â—re known by Name to bear â—hat high and living Fame as the Oracles of which the ever springâ—ng Testimony shall daily renew Therefore they are to be guarded â—nd secured with the outspreadâ—ng Wings of the anointed Cheâ—ubims that may henceforrh â—eep off the mortal Dust which â— stirred and raised by the armâ—d Enemies that do ride pranâ—ng on to cast up Earthly Soil afâ—er those Washings which will â—reatly endanger that which â—â—e holy separating Water of â—ife enters in for clarifying of â—at so Nature may come to be â—fined and made all Crystalline â—r God's own Heart to move in § 33 But caution the Holy â—host hath given to uâ— that as â—e would be partakers of this â—â—gh Ministry as not â—nâ—y to speak but to be in truth thâ— very Oracles of God Theâ— from hence we are given to uâ—derstand that no unclean anâ— polluted Essences must rest wiâ—â— us For the Spirit doth let â—â— know that no mixed Matter caâ— here agree for Christ in Spirâ—â— is demonstrated for this verâ— end so to infuse himself as thâ— true Anointing that he migâ— inwardly cleanse from these groâ— pollutions of Sin through thâ— sending in pure Waters from thâ— dropping Element which is thâ— true foregoing Baptism that Ioâ— the Baptist did figure out 〈◊〉 that Water was Visible and Eâ—â—teriour so this is Invisible aâ— Internally effectual for Salvatioâ— Here the Name IESVS do become all-saving because Water is poured into a Vesâ— to rinse and cleanse it so the Sâ—rit of Christ is poured in as pâ—â—â—â—ming Water for Life renewâ—â—g that nothing of the old â—ent might be felt for to send â—â—rth an evil savour This is 〈◊〉 to be done as not to be liâ—â—le to Dâ—filement after that â—e are baptized with this Water â— Life then no more dead and â—â—trified Flesh is to remain â—his is the Wonder of all Wonâ—ers whereby God will yet â—agnifie his anointed One by â—hom all things are to be reâ—red § 34. Bâ—t an Objection â—â—mes to be answered This is â—â—ch a Washing as is only Figuraâ—â—â—e but not yet in any Actually â—complished for such a durable â—arity as to know nothing â—re of the Rising Scum that â—th make the Spirit of the Soul â—m and dark which the Glassy â—obe do's present the 1st Created Being in but now all thickneâ— with gross earthly Matter Anâ— how this can be clearly discharâ—ged and washed out so as nâ— more to be infected again there withal this altogether is increâ—dible For no such Person yet but the Lord Christ hath beeâ— ever known or recorded oâ— therefore even the Spirit woulâ— never put any upon such Impoâ—â—sibilities to strive and labour foâ— that which in this Life-time caâ— never be reached unto The Holy Word of Trutâ— does now reply and cry Stoâ— oh stop thou whose Voice I dâ— well know to be from a Birth that is of a low Sin rooted being and so willing still to bâ— Only thou art thus far conviâ—â—ced that thy Branches that beâ— evil Fruit are to be croppe off but the Roâ—â— of the Mattâ—â— may be still allow'd But â—gainst this Doctrine the Pure â—nd Just One doth declare who will wink no longer at imperfect Spirits who do rest in the midst of druggy Senses as in an easie Bed out of which they would not be disturbed but would be contented with what is too short and narrow a Covert For noâ—hing of naked Adam may more â—ppear to God's pure Eye For now as in the clear Day the Spirit doth me shew that this â—ndulgence to the Imperfect â—hing hath in all these latter Ages done great wrong and hath been a Let to the coming down of the Lordly Dominion The Old Earth e're this would have been renewed had not this Dâ—sâ—ensation gained upon the whole Creation But this false Covering is rowling away and it â—s given some to believe that Sin shall be found no more when the First and Second Baptisâ—â— shall meet together in the Glaâ—â— Globe which will renew old Nâ—â—ture and will clarifie it to bâ— the Glass of Wonder § 35. But it may be said truâ— it is that such Prophecies therâ— are that relate to a New Creâ—â—tion and the passing away oâ— the Old But the time wheâ— this Mystery will begin to work we cannot foresee For this it is answered Thaâ— this is the very acceptable Day and the true Sign is already giâ—ven the immediate forerunne is already come to baptize with the Water of Life that hence forth we may expect the Baptizing Fire of the Holy Ghost no more Transient as in the Apostoâ—lical time but as a Fixed Powâ—er that may no more depart till it hath swallowed up Sin and Death in Victory § 36. Thus will the Globe of Nature be cleansed with thâ— Fountain-streams from the Eternal Element and then it will be purged with Everlasting Burnings that the Face of all things may be renewed in Nature's Globe as was seen in the Vision A pure Heart floating up and down in its own Golden Oyl that doth issue forth continually from it self as the procession of the Holy Ghost If this was not the very Time for the accomplishment what meaneth the Cry of Elias in Spirit to come to his Baptism in way of preparation for it Of a truth I must bear witness it hath been an uncâ—ssant Cry in the Wilderness of Nature of late Years and hereby I am so convinced of the necessity that now I would gladly suffer my self to be plunged and buried with my Lord in this Baptism which is the true â—inking into Death by which the way of the Kingdom is prepared wherein God in Nature an absolute King Priest and Prophet will come down and appear manifestly to govern and rule thus arbiâ—rarily by his Saints in great Power and Majesty Having no other Rule oâ— Law but the Engraving of God in the cleansed Globe of Eternal Nature so quickned and raised to its ancient degree and matter § 37. Thus it is given me in the Spiriâ—'s Eve to see that all Nations Kingdoms and Languages that shall remain in the old Nature and broken state of what is found in Mortality shall be converted and brought in So many as are numbred in God's Book shall bow to this New Creation-Government and shall come toâ— the Pool of the holy Baptizing of the Water of Life and so agree to wash and be thereby prepared for the All-pleasant Burning Spirit § 38. It was further verifyed That those only who to this perfect degree are come shall receive the opening Key for an absolute Dominion over those parts of the World that in the might and
Consideration nothing can be more grateful to us O my Lord then to have that New and Living Way revealed through which we may come to know after what Manner and Pattern thy Worship now is to be and who also â—he Worshippers are that be required § 15. Now as to this Virgin Church the Lord did shew me how and after what manner it was to be Constituted with the Invalidity of all that which hath been in a Formal Imitation thereof As first in Answer to an Objection which I made How such a Pure Church could possibly be in such a Polluted Region Which was Answered thus While I was plunged into deep Introversion in my Spirit call to remembrance spake the Holy One Abraham the Faithful unto whom I appeared and consider how that he became the first Root of that Visible Church which was Peculiar of all the Earth unto me And farther this observe that the numerous Offspring hereof did proceed from that one Seed for so likewise it will be again God will send out One and Another that shall be after his own Heart who shall be ordained as the principal Pillars of this New Assembly And the mighty Spirit of a CYRVS will be absolutely Required both for the first laying the Foundation thereof and also for supporting it in its progress § 16. Now from hence it was revealed to me that Abraham and Sarah were a Type of that which should be produced and manifested in the last Age of the World according to all the Prophecies that run pointing still to the Glory of Mouâ—t Sion that hath always been expected to be revealed in every Age since Christ. Immediately after Christ's Ascension it was looked for and believed in when the Apostles gathered several Branches relating to such a Church to their Day But this was not fixed for Substance because Corrupted since and so in the Confusion of Babylon as it is at this Day the ruines of which are yet to be raised up and a perfect Temple-Body answerable to the Head-Power Which now the Holy Spirit hath given the true Model of in the Figure of Him who was the Beginning of the Israelitish Church whom God chose and called from out of his own People and from the Land of his Nativity Who in the Spirit of Faith obeyed all and every Requiring of God Upon such a Spirit as this was God will found this Virgin Church who shall be as the First-born out of Wisdom's Womb of which Sarah was a Type who by Faith conceived him of whom came the great Increase as to the making up of a Visible Church Amâ—â—g the Genealogy of which CHRIST was born after the Flesh in which Human Property he was Despised and though he came to his own yet was neither received nor owned by them But now in and from the Spirit of Faith there will be brought forth as from the Dead a New Off-spring and Virgin Generation altogether after the purifying natuâ—e of Faith unto whom CHRIST will Personally appear the second Time a Body being for that purpose thus prepared Him § 15. This I can say I have received from the LORD that this cannot be until such an holy seperated Congregation be found who have absolutely denyed and come out of the Old Birth and all of that Nature's Property into what is of the Spirit of Faith's Property and into Love's Nature Till then it is but a a fruitless expectation to believe the Lord will appear from Heaven before the Church the Bride be found thus ready to receive him Now the approaching Day is near in which He is moving his Fiery Wheels for the finishing of that Mystery the Foundation of which was first laid in Human Property who doth not reveal this great thing by his Spirit that so some one or other may in a sweet sense and Spiritual Emulation hereof be the First-born of Wisdom if possible For a Mother there must be of this Virgin Church that will appear without Evil upon the Mount of Holiness whose Increase will be as great as what did spring out of the Loins of Abraham § 16. That Prophecy is yet to be fulfilled and accomplished which the Beloved Iohn saw Rev. 7. where the Twelve Tribes were first to be sealed before the Angels could hurt or destroy the Earth And as it is written the Number out of eveâ—y Tribe was Twelve Thousand which summed up makes up the Hundred and Forty Four Thousand who with the Lamb shall stand upon the Mount of Sion Now from hence let all be convinced that as yet there is not to be found such a Church as beareth those Characters that are expressed for Sealing Therefore it is time to awake out of this dead sleep and to see where we are in all that fair Appearance in which Church-Forms and Fellowships do yet abide The Lord hath several times both by Vision and Voice shewn me all to be as an empty fruitless Vine much void of the Spirit and Water and Blood of Life And now again hath he set before me such Golden Candlesticks as he himself will walk in the midst of And I have heard this Cry saying Where shall I find Spirits that will go out of the Land of Pollution and walk with God perfectly as did my Faithful Abraham who never stuck at any thing required of him therefore he became Great and Mighty because he believed before he possessed From the same Spirit therefore of Faith Truth and Purity shall the New Covenant be established for an holy Priestly Convocation as the First Covenant was with him according to the Figurative Ceremony of things So where the same Spirit shall spring again they shall substantially bring their Priestly Offerings into the very Holy of Holies because the Mediation is now doing away § 17. O the great Blessing without all controversie that will be doubled upon them who shall put to their Hands to cut the first Stone out of this Mountain-Rock for the Foundation building of this unblemished Church which will be upon a daily Increase till that it come up unto Wisdom's Number Seven who hath built her Temple upon so many Pillars and calleth aloud for every one to come and enter into it And thrice great will be the Blessing of him who is chosen from the Womb to raise up this Temple and to be made such a siâ—gular Instrument in the Hand of his God A mighty Standard will be lifted up to which the Dove Spirits will flock apace and shelter themselves under it The Priestly Trumpets are now going forth to summon in the Children of the Captivity under this glorious Standard of the Great God and Saviour which shall be pitched in the Valley of Decâ—sion Many things further in order hereunto were shewed me and not without great matter of Encouragement unto any such who find their Hearts bent thereunto § 18. Then was it made known unto me that where this united Spirit of Faith and Love did find a fixed Birth in any
Person it should go forth with such an Eminent Breath of Power as daily added to it should be Spirits of like Virgin Purity preparing for those greaâ— Degrees of Sion's Glory Who still look forward after the utmost Redemption out of all that Sorrow and Distress which the Mortal Image is liable to For as the divine Sense shall clear up in them to make them see and feel under what heavy Oppression they are being subjected to the Pharaoh-Spirit of this World which will be throwing heavy weights and imposing servile Works upon them which suffered must be and will be so for a while to provoke and draw out their Cries to the most holy and great High-Priest that so he may be a Saviour of these his seperated Ones after a most miraculous way For therefore he will yet now again as in the days of old shew forth his great Wonders His mighty Hand must be lifted up on high to bring them out of Egypt that figured out this Servile Creation under which each one of Abraham's Seed doth groan A Prophet will the Most High yet raise up who shall delivâ—r his People from all Babylonish Charms by meer force of Spiritual Arms and release them from the Tyranny of that Dark Prince who doth visibly reign all over the World And how must this be bâ—t by the Standard of the Spirit that will in a Moses-like Figure stretch forth the Royal Scepter of an everlasting Throne-Might For the Seed of Abraham must still expect to be under Oppression throughout every Age until the Soveraignty of the Holy Ghost come to be annexed to some holy Souls by which they may be enabled to do the Wonders of IEHOVAH in the sight of their Exactors and Oppressors For by no other way can the Lamb of God set free his chosen Flock whom he hath purchased with his Blood but by raising all the Powers of a God which may go forth in the Birth of That which shall shake the â—ron-Rod over all Nâ—tions Then will the Reign of CHRIST have its beginning in Spirit For before his own distinct and Personal Appearance his Birth of Power will be first brought forth in some chosen Vessel or Vessels as Mâ—ses Ioshua and Aaron were Types anointed to be Heads and Leaders unto the rest to bring them into the Promised Land So likewise the Lord hath expresly revealed and shewn to me That there shall again be raised up Head-Powers such as are to be of great Eminency and Favour with the Trinity whose Dread and Fear shall fall upon all Nations because of the mighty Acting Power of the Holy Ghost which shall rest upon them whereby they shall make way for the Ransomed Ones to return with Joy unto Mount Sion Where the New and Living Priesthood shall according to the Covenant and Law of the Spirit of Life be officâ—ously and effectually performed after a much different manner then the First All Similitudes being too short to reach the Essential Top and highest Degree whâ—ch shall be acted by holy and perfect Spirits within the Walls of the New Ierusalem when it comes down upon the Earth and by them be offered up as a most perfect Sacrifice in the New Temple § 19. For it was given me to understand and know in very Truth that such an holy Order of Priests should be Anointed that was to be what the great High-Priest was in this World Holy Perfect without Guile wholly Born again of a pure Spiritual Nativity without Sin Even such as our Lord might not be ashamed to own as his Priestly Brotherhood He only having the Preeminence of being Anointed with a double Degree yet the Lower Order is to be without Sin that so there may be no exception but all freedom to ascend up to the holy â—phere where God himself will â—ppear in an everlasting Taberâ—acle to talk and give forth his Mind freely unto such as do draw near to him in a Priestly Spirit and Body For the Spirit which hath opened these Secrets did declare that it was expedient 〈◊〉 thus upon this account it should be § 20. First because our Head Prince could not yet descend for that his Bride the Church was not yet ready neither any Temple-Body as yet prepared that is able to bear the Glory of his Personality As God therefore took of the Spirit of Moses and caused it to rest upon Seventy chosen out to bear the Burthen with Moses So verily and in like manner will the same Spirit of our Lord IESVS be given out to Qualifie and Furnish for that high Degree of Spirituâ— Government Which will be puâ— upon some that yet are in a Morâ—tal Figure until another Body be put on them after a Priestly Order Which will be given when they are called up to enter into the most Holy Place of Purity When Power also wâ—â—â— given to them proportionable to that State into which they are called and to the State of that Virgin and Glorious Church which they are chosen and Redeemed from among Men to bear up and support in the Latter Day upon the Earth § 21. Secondly Now because Christ himself is in the Heavens to remain till such a Perfect Church be brought up as hath all those Characters and Marks that the Hundred Forty and Four Thousand are to have He will â—ctuate some by the Ghostly â—ower in an Extraordinary Manâ—er to Officiate as if he himself â—ere upon the Earth This is â—he Great Design that is Now â—ertainly on foot to bind the Miâ—istration of the Spirit withal â—or what else in this unbelieving Age will be of Force or Prevaâ—ency but a Power that may work according to Omnipotenâ—y Which may bear down all â—hat would still keep up the Formality of Things that is to â—e laid desolate § 22. All Oblations and Sacrifices which are weak and imâ—erfect must have their Cessaâ—ion For Pure Worshippers all composed of Life Power and Spirit must now wait upon the Altar for free Entrance into the most Holy Court. For which â—igh and signal Endowments we are pressed to wait that so no going out may be till we be richly furnished with every Gift to credit our High-Priest withal who hath made himself a Debtor to us for it and as we are his Remembrancers he will stand Charged to make full Payment unto us of these Great Things § 23. This only required is on our part to suffer the Spirit of Burning to do upon us the Refining Work fanning us with his Fiery Breath until all be Pure and Clean. For this Burning and Perfuming Oil of the Holy Ghost searching every part within us is the true Consecration for the Everlasting Priesthood that so we may come near to the Holy Being and be acceptable Worshippers before his Throne to Mediate for all these adorning Powers and Gifts that may demonstrate we are in Election to be the Beginning of that Priestly Church that is coming out of the Wilderness like to Pillars of Smoak and Flames of Fire
Lot does stand and will be divided to each one according to their Spiritual Nativity § 42. But it may be further opposed that this doth not take away all matter of objection for in doubt we still are whether there may be found any now since the Apostles Days through whom God doth speak expresly and doth declare without adding or diminishing I Answer according to what is given me to know in the deep Abyss whereinto my Spirit hath been plunged by a strong driving power that hath brought me to an Experience of renewed Revelations and that they are from the true and original ground of Truth And though I cannot father Belief upon others that the unmâ—xed Oyl of the Spirit is infused into a still mind yet where this Uâ—ction doth abide it may well be known and distinguished by the possâ—ssors of it though not so clearly to others but to themselves who live in the light sight feeling hearing and tasting the pleasant Powers that the holy Spirit of Iesus doth bring in And I must in a Spirit of Sobriety and humble Ownment of this Gift of the Word of Life opening and renewing its Witness again as in the Apostolical times which bubling Spring as from a clear and unmixed Fountain I have often experienced the flowing forth and by several Effects have known that it doth come from the true royal Priest and Prophet that is risen up in me who hath set up his Seat of Judgment and beareth now a preâ—ence of Majesty and Power to silence all Flesh and to vanquish from his Throne all those false and treacherous Spirits that would have thrust in for the Priesthood to have prophaned it through those mixed thoughts that do so aptly throng in But now through the long continued Exercises of the spiritual Senses they do know perfectly what is from the true ingrafted Word Which Word speaks distinctly from those common puttings forth of the Rational Root that do so generally spring and readily would mix with the sharp quick and powerful Word of Wisdom But this being grown up as an engrafted Word knows its own true Root and there abiding as the Lord hath said we may expect the fruitfulness thereof as Branches of Righteousness springing from the Tree of Life that is in the midst of the Paradise of God whereby we shall be distinguish'd from all those that grow from any other Root § 43. Thus will the Unction of the true anointed Church which was shewn me in David be discerned from that which is false low and counterfeit which shall in his Spirit go forth generating and multiplying it self continually till all the Antient Prophesies relating to it be fulfilled and the Covenant established with David and with his Spiritual Seed be fully performed For from the Root and Line of Iesse shall the Virgin-Branch spring up and spread forth it self to an innumerable Increase whereupon the Holy Ointment shall most plentifully flow § 44. Now at another time a Cry from the Heavens sounded in my Ears to this effect O thou that art travelling to bring forth the Omnipotent Birth which hath for so long a time staid in the place of Breaking â—orth yet rejoyce in this that thou shalt see the King of Nations that shall be born in the Almightiness of a Godhead Supremacy For true 〈◊〉 is what thou hast said and â—ften complained that no Disâ—atch can be made of the Great â—ork Which only accomplish'd â—an be as Wisdom's First-Born shall â—ome forth upon the Earth apâ—earing no more as an Infant â—ut now coming forth in full â—rown Stature that both a King â—nd a Nation may be born as in â—ne Day Now then lift up thy Head § 45. Nay further the Great â—LOHIM doth say The Eâ—erlasting Womb shall open that herefrom may issue forth Powers â—ndeed that may be expressed â—y Acts and Deeds which all of â—thers though in Regeneration â—orn must far exceed In that 〈◊〉 is a Codeified Matter that will â—uffer no mingling with Earthly â—lements O how strange and â—mazing will this Lordly Birth be who will it live to see This provoked the Virgin Spirit in me to send forth Groans and Cries yet more ardently For that must be the way as it is shewn to me that must unlock this long shut-up Womb that so the meer and pure Acting Ghost may appearâ— and go forth to do greater Works than in the Day of Pentecost For I do tell thee who am thus in pure Virgin Nature to be born again that hereby will be produced a present Redempâ—ion which will dilate it self so generously to Myriads of Angelical Births which shall in the Earth be manifested that so of this sort Saviours upon the Earth may stand and as Priestly Kings rule and govern over the Babylonish Land and also turn the long Captivity of the Tribe of Iudah This may you do as you may and can abide in Me From whence all your Powers must proceed Up therefore and quicken your pace see you not the Morning of this Day begins to clear Therefore blow the Trumpet and charge all true Sion Spirits that do love and long for my Appearance that they with One Heart in pure Unity and Accord do watch and in Ierusalem the City withâ—n wait for the Birth of this Mighty King Postscript § 46. NOw It was further Queried in me since the several Societies and Assemblies link'd together at this Day in seperated Bodies have been all rejected and excepted against by Christ what will be the Signs Tokens and Characters by which this Pure Virgin Church shall be certainly known and distinguished from all other Answ. The first and main sign and Character hereof must be that as this is to be a Pure and Spotless Church so must it be brought forth from the Virgin Womb of Eternal Wisdom and so grow to all the Degrees of Perfection under a strict Law and Discipline which extends it self so far as to abolish the Law of Sin Another Sign is that as it is conceiv'd by the Holy Ghost it will grow up to such a Manifestation as is to give absolute Power according to the Resurrection Life of Christ for that this Church must be agreeable to himself perfected in the Beauty and Strength of Holiness who will not own any that shall be found in any Disparity to him Therefore her Adorning must be with Purity Power and Spiritual Gifts to do and act those worthy things which he did and acted upon the Earth as representing the New Ierusalem State For Spirits that are thus purely begotten and born of God can ascend to the Ierusalem Above where their Head in his great Power and Majesty doth reign and thereby receive such mission to empower these to bring down its Glory upon this Earth having such an Oneness with God and Christ that will open through the Tri-Unity the Wonders of Time that will be acted forth by certain High and Principal Instruments dignified hereunto and make out that their Redemption is perfectly