things besides my self so that I wil make my Saints to shine as stars in the Firmament by my bright appearing in them for I the day star being risen in their hearts wil occasion all darkness to vanish away and will make them shine so gloriously by giving them a new name which none shall know but them that have it for I wil make up my Jevvels in that day and wil make them to shine illustriously that I wil make the wicked acknowledge of a truth that God even the eternal God dwels in them and wil now be worshipped in spirit and in truth without forms and rules and ways which hath already been but by my teaching in them I wil make them to give up themselves to me and so to rejoyce in me more then ever they have done as yet I wil fil them with my spirit for I being of as great power as I was of old so that they shall now see and know with cleerness and speak as the spirit moves them and talk as I act in them even in such a sure way as my servants the prophets did of old for my hands are not yet shortned but can do such a work stil as to make my Saints no longer doubt and question what they say but shal surely say the Lord speaketh thus and so shal speake infallible once again and not to doubt as they do now and have formerly for I wil now open that mystery that hath been sealed up with seven seals as a token of darkness yea perfect darkness which mystery wil be opened now the seven last trumpets sound and the last Vial is now a pouring forth which mystery is only God appearing to All in all and I the God even the eternal King taking my power my self as to make all become subject to me and not to formes and so to make my self known that I dwel in men and so wil preach in men and wil cause other preaching which hath been in my offence to cease and I alone wil preach and speak to men and wil tel them this is the way walke in it when they turn to the right hand or to the left hand when they are going astray from me then I wil speak to them for to make them come in the way which I would have them to walke in which if rightly considered wil make my sons and daughters greatly for to rejoice to see their God eie to eie or to hear him speak in them it wil save abundance of trouble as it wil make them leave off runing after broken cisterns that can hold no water and also from runing from mountain to hil and so finding no resting place O saints here is a resting place for you leave off gadding abroad and runing after other lovers for I am your rest and your dwelling and be silent and sit stil and I wil speak in you yea even I wil speak peace to you and no good thing I will withhold from you and I wil shew you where I make my flock to rest and ly down at noon days and where I lead them to the lively fountain of living waters O this place of rest and place where I make my flock to rest is for to bring them up in to me and then they shal finde a Canaan a rest indeed and a river of living water which shal never be drie but alwaies flowing forth with life and nourishing joy and comfort to you that are thus brought up from all creatures and so only wait for the speakings of me the Lord host in you which I wil surely do to the abundance satisfaction of your soules and you shal hear of it and so shal ly down in â—…est when others shal go about to seek rest by outward objects and shal finde none or by looking after outward things and none shal come And I saw a vision wherein is shewed that there shal be gathered out of this land a people that shal go to Jerusalem and also the Iewes that are dispersed in all nations shal be gathered together to go with them and also a remnant of people out of all lands that shal go to Ierusalem that so the saying of the prophet might be fulfilled that all nations shal go and worship at Jerusalem the vision is as followeth There did appear a pair of scales and within each seale a weight one of them being a great deal bigger then the other and it was to me like lead and the other being a little one and like unto silver was too light for the other for a while and so the great one weighed it up and held it for a while up but at length the scales turned and the little weight weighed up the great weight and the great weight fel to the earth and was no more And I beheld that out of this little weight there came men and women and I said Lord what meaneth this scale and the hand that holds them up and the weights in them and my God even the eternal King of glory said the scales signifie the earth in whole the material frame of heaven and of earth and the hand by which the scales were held is shown my power by which I have erected them and so doth stil hold them up from falling down the weights signifie two peoples or two powers the wicked and the Godly or the earthly powers or my power by the great weight is set forth the earthly powers and also wicked men which have had powers and have ruled over my sons and daughters a great while as was shewed thee by weighing up the little weight and so have kept my people in bondage and slavery to one thing or other as to the rudiments of this world and traditions of men but as the scale turned it shewes a turning of things upside down and as the little weight waighed the great one up for as much as by the little one is meant my sons and daughters and made the great one fall to the earth and so to be no longer is shown a destruction of those thieves that were and that which were not is now to come to pass as the powers of the earth and wicked men have ruled over my Saints the time is now come they shal do so no longer but must become subject to my people for the kingdomes of the world shal I now give to my saints and they shal possess them for ever and all the might and majesty and glory and strength of men shal be nothing in my sight for I wil bring down the proud and haughty looks of men and wil lay them low even to the dust that they may no longer be for I will now stain all the pride and glory of man and make man appear to be but dust and of no strength that I the Lord of host may be exalted and so become all the povver and strength of men And whereas thou didst see men women come out of the little weight
in me and so willingly to receive me now I proffer my self to them to be their king and they shal think him now happie that shal come in the name of the Lord and shal crie Hosanna in the highest that is they shal willingly receive instructions from I the Lord of host whom they wait for and whom they do expect daily for to hear of some tha shal say the Lord of host cometh for to redeem them out of all their enemies countries and to bring them into their own Land again which tidings of their returne they shal have from England first and how the God of Iacob wil appear to be their God and so they shal see and know that their redeemer cometh and made himself known to some English men for to bring them word even the Iews that are dispersed about in Holland and Spaine Germany and Italy and how it is the pleasure of I the Lord of host for to put my spirit of courage and valiantness for to make you that are dispersed in these countries as Holland France Spaine Germany Italy gather your selves together and so to meet all of you and these whom I shal send out of England to you for to meet in the year fifty one now a coming on in Italy and I wil be your rock and your strength and wil in cheife be your leader so that you shal not fear what man shal do unto you for I have purposed and it shal surely come to pass that I wil bring you to Ierusalem and not only you but all the rest that are dispersed of you in other countries even for to make you the praise of the whole earth and I wil stir up armies that shal fight for you so that I wil bring you safely into your own countreys and wil make the Gentiles come with their gold and silver to you and you shal be honourable and all your enemies that wil not serve you shal perish for that nation and kingdom that wil not serve thee shal perish yea those nations shal be utterly wasted even the most proudest and stoutest king or governour shal be destroyed even al their armies shal come to nothing for it is my pleasure to bring down the high and mighty one and so to lay him low even wil I not favour any but wil bring them all down to the ground yea I wil bring down that potent enemie that doth so highly exalt himself and he shal come to nothing even the Pose of Rome I mean and before the fifty five years that is now present a coming he shal be destroyed even the Pope of Rome shal lose his life in 1654. and so I the Lord wil make known my power by cutting off great ones and by bringing them to nothing and so wil make them all come bending and bowing to my sons and daughters whom I wil bring to Ierusalem and because it is my pleasure that it should be so I even I the Lord of host wil appear for to confound my enemies and those that have bin enemies to my people the Jews even that proud Turk that rules and domineers now shal be before the year fifty seven consumed destroyed the great head turk shal lose his life in the year 1656 and so there shal never after him nor never any more Pope be but there shal be such alterations and changes that things present and have bin by custome of long standing turned upsides once again that I may make Ierusalem the praise of the whole earth whose gates shal be continually open and shal not be shut day or night that men may bring unto them even unto the new Ierusalem the forces of the Gentiles even such abundance there shal be that shal be brought in for to be your fellows and brethren one and of the same Citty that the places which I formerly gave unto your Fathers for their inheritances shal be enlarged and strangers shal build your Citty even the wals of your Cities even such shal build them up for you that shal not inhabite there and Kings shal minister unto you and shal bring their riches unto you though you shal have no need of any yet it is my pleasure so much to magnifie you that I wil make my self appear to be glorious in you even in the midst of you and wil make people say of a truth that God is in you and so to acknowledge that you are the seed which the Lord hath blessed and so to make them see and know that I the Lord of host am in you even in you all ruling in you and making all your enemies become subject to you But I must tel you that I wil not appear personally for to raign over you and so to give you laws to walk by no but I wil raign in you and I the God of truth wil be in you and I wil teach you how you shal walk by putting my laws in your inward parts and in writing of them in your hearts and so wil speake in you and wil also make you for to worship me in spirit and in truth not in outward formes as now you do for the glory of Lebanon shal come unto thee and the Box tree and the Fir tree shal come together to beautifie the place of my Sanctuary and so to make my feet glorious such is the worke of I the Lord of host that I wil make the very glory of the world be brought to Sion even for to make them glorious and I wil make the place of thy feet glorious ö Sion and all the sons of them the feet that afflicted thee shal come bowing and bending to the soles of thy feet and shal cal thee the Sion the Citty of the Lord the holy one of Israel such a great work wil I do for thee ö Sion that I wil make thee have power over al thy enemies and none shal be able for to oppose thee but all shal be brought to nothing and confounded yea even they shal be in such terror and fear now that they shal submit themselves to thee and cal thee even thee O Sion whom I wil gather to Jerusalem the Citty of the Lord even of I the Lord of host And whereas thou hast bin forsaken so that no man went through thee even thee O Ierusalem that hath been laid wast I wil now of a sudden make thee an eternal excellency a joy of many generations even I wil make thee to be so glorious that thou shalt be the glory and joy of Nations for thou shalt be freed from sorrow and trouble and vexation of spirit and shal live in peace and be at peace rejoicing in I the Lord of host when others shal be troubled and vexed to think that they do not partake of the same glory wherewith I have and wil glorifie thee and thou shalt also suck the milke of the Gentiles even that joy and comfort which formerly they had of me when I did
make out my self to them in formes of worships which joy and comfort you shal now have and thou shal know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer the mighty God of Jacob for brass thou shalt have gold and for Iron silver instead of outward forms thou shalt have the pure injoyment of I the Lord of host in spirit and I wil make such a worke amongst you now that instead of giving oppressours to be your officers I wil give you such that shal be peace-makers and I wil make your officers or exacters over you now to be righteous nay there shal be none any longer for to be officers one over another but you shal be all alike for as the master is so shal be the man as the mistriss so shal be the maid as the buyer so shal be the seller even all alike and none greater then other but what one hath shal be the others for I wil now make all things new for violence shal be no more heard with in thy borders but thou shall call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise even thou ö Sion that shal be gathered together in Iudea and in those places thereabouts which by reason of the greatness of thy company I wil enlarge thy borders for I the Lord of host wil be your wals and your gates and wil be salvation to you for to keep and preserve you from all your enemies The Sun shal no more be thy light by day neither for brightness shal the Moon give light to thee but the Lord shal be unto thee an everlasting light thy God thy glory the sun shal no more go down neither shal the Moon withdraw her self for the Lord shal be even I the Lord of the everlasting light and I thy God thy glory and the daies of thy mourning sha be ended Whereas thou hast bin sorrowing up and down and hast I gone out of one country into the other mourning and weeping and so hast found no comfort now these shal all pass from thee and thou shalt weep no more ö Sion for the Lord hath founded thee ö Sion and wil be your King for ever even your light life joy and glory even your All and all so that thou shal not have need of outward ordinances either one or the other but I wil be a Sun and a Moon for to give thee light and for to make thee see though it hath a long time been neither light nor dark neither day nor night but now in the evening there shal be light even in these last days light shal now shine in such a perfect and clear manner that it shal be known to be light for I the Lord of host wil be sun-light and moon-light and wil be day and so indeed it wil be very glorious when I the Lord of host wil never leave them nor forsake them but wil be alwaies with them even never withdrawing light from them but alwaies making it for to encrease and grow and multiply it self til it comes to be seven fold more light then formerly there hath bin and until the weakest and feeblest that are among you be as David and David as the Angel of God even as God this shal be the estate and condition of you ö Sion whom I wil gather together to Ierusalem and so wil make you the praise of the whole earth even the very weakest of or among you shal know as much and have as much knowledge as David had and shal be in as great favour as David was with I the Lord of host who hath commanded the writer hereof to write it as my wil and not as his wil because I have purposed to appear so bright and in such a glorious manner to them making them partakers of my glory that they shal have as much knowledge as David and they shal be even as Angels of God yea even Angels and shal know as much of God even of I the Lord of host that they shal all be taught of I their God and shal have no need of teachers to teach them for I wil be their teacher and instructer and so wil guide them in the way of truth and from it they shal not err neither shal slip aside as now they do but they shal al of them be kept upright by my power and I wil not let them slip aside from me but wil uphold them with my right hand wil carry them in my bosom and so wil make them to rest in me as their only joy even in I the Lord of host thy people also shal al be righteous they shal inherite the Land for ever the branch of my planting the workes of my hands that I may be glorified even thee ö Iudea whom I have given to my Saints for to inherit and wil bring al my sons and daughters up by degrees to thee for to inherit and be there even my choice and peculiar ones to be brought up to Ierusalem the place which I have chosen for to make my name glorious for I wil make them appear to be the branch of my planting and so they shal al be righteous and not any one that shal be wicked shal be suffered to be there no hypocrite or dissembler or any one that worketh abominable mischief or speaketh lies shal be there no for it is my house and place where I have chosen to dwel even in my Saints and I wil now fulfil the prophesie there shal be no more a Canaanite in the house of the Lord for ever but all shal be righteous and glorious shining as so many stars in the Firmament and glistering so clear and so bright that al the spectators shal be dasled for mine shal be as Angels for knowledge and glory and power for in deed they shal be my Angels for a little one shal become a thousand and a smal one a strong nation I the Lord wil hasten it 〈◊〉 its time even in those poor and dispised ones who are but smal and little in comparison of the multitudes that are so great even these poor and smal ones shal encrease and grow even those who have now the breaking forth of light in them in this Nation of England which we were at the first but one even that one that had light made out to him as concerning his going to Ierusalem even that one shal become a great Nation and a glorious Nation even the joy and praise of the whole earth which I the Lord wil hasten in my own time which now wil be very shortly sing and shout ö daughter of Ierusalem sing aloud ö daughter of Sion for behold thy King the holy one of Israel is in the midst of thee and thou shalt see evil no more but now shal go with joy and rejoycing and with gladness of heart to Sion singing and leaping for joy to the mountain of the house of the Lord which shal be in Iudea and there shal sing and dance with the tabret and pipe and so shal have all kind of musick and mirth and thou shalt see sorrow no more but weeping shall now be hid from thine eys for I have called thee by a new name and so have given thee a new name for thou shalt no longer be termed desolate and forsaken but thou shal be called the place where I the Lord of host delights to dwell for as soon as Sion travelled she brought forth and was delivered of a man child who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such a thing that a nation should be born at once but now as I live 〈◊〉 the Lord of host it shall come to pass for I will give them a new name which none shall know but them that have it My name changed from GEORGE FOSTER to JACOB ISRAEL FOSTER FINIS