be on the contrary shine hold forth the glory of me your creator and redeemer who have ransomed you from the hands of them that were stronger then you shine and let my glory be seen upon you for they shal be afraid of you that hate you shine ye therefore and be like so many stars that shines in the Firmament and glister like so many as the only people that are redeemed from death to light for thy light is come I am your life and light and by being absent from you your condition was a condition of death and darkness and you were compassed about with abundance of sorrow by being scattered abroad in the world but I who am your life and light even I the mighty God of Jacob am now risen to bring you into your own country even together ö daughter of Sion shout and rejoyce and cry aloud Sing and make merry and be glad in your King who am now Risen with mighty power for to bring you into your own land therefore rejoyce and sing for thy light is come Sion that vvas scattered abroad but now shal be gathered into your own country even into Judea for the glory of the Lord is risen upon you even my glory is risen upon thee for to bring thee out of a strange country and as Pilgrims and sojourners into your country there for to make my glory and light shine and rest upon thee for the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee even upon thee ö captive daughter of Sion for to make you see and know that I have purposed to bring you into your own country once again and there to make thee the praise of the whole earth and the earth to see and know my power by which I do things saith I the Lord of host who hath caused my glory for to arise upon thee for you have now a more surer word of prophesie to which you do well to take heed as to a light that shineth in a darke place until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts this was given to the church in that age who was to observe the word of the Apostles then and at that time they being but babes and children so had a rule for to walk by which rule the Apostle bids them take heed unto that they walke by it for how long even saith the same Apostle until the day break until there be some further appearance of light a more glorious dispensation then now is and the day star in your harts that is until you do see know God dwelling in you and so do see know Christ who is the bright and morning star to be one with the Father Son holy Ghost but one God dwelling in you who is your life and strength and so to see this God in love to be your All and in all and the very life of all things til then you being weake have had need of a writen rule to walke by but now you have no longer need of any thing to walk by no not the Scripture to walk by for I even your King and Lord wil be unto you Scripture and Law and rule and ways and formes of worships yea I wil be all arise and shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee even my glory shall now shine upon thee for to make thee the praise of the whole earth and the joy of all the nations arise and shine for behold darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people arise shine your condition wil and shal be happy saith I the Lord of host who hath made my glory to shine upon you even upon you ö Sion whom I wil gather into Judea from amongst other people but I wil tel you one thing even you whom I do gather up into Judea for behold this darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people even when you shal see light and walk in light and have light to be your guide and have my glory shining upon you even then shal others the earth be covered with darkness for there shal be no clear light and sun shining upon the earth even upon those that come not up to worship me the Lord of host in Jerusalem but instead of light there shal be darkness and instead of breaking forth of light there shal be a mist and a cloud that shal overspread it self for a while so that they that go not up to Jerusalem shal not have that clear light neither shal they see and know that glory which I wil and shal make out to you ö Sion for you ö Sion shal eat and drink and be ful and have the bread of life and water of life when they that come not up shal be in want and shal be hungry when Sion shal be ful for I wil take away all their food even their formes and wayes of worship and wil utterly destroy them and bring them to nothing for these things as forms of worship have they had some comfort in using them but I wil leave these dispensations wherein I have formerly appeared and wil make darkness cover the earth in this sence for I wil deprive them of all their formes and Church governments for I wil forsake them and they shal receive no benefit by them even darkness shal cover them that they shal not see light in them even gross darkness even such a darkness wil and shal light upon poor creatures that walke by forms and so think to be carried to heaven upon the sholders of their Priests but darkness yea such darkness that both Priest and people shal be amased for they shal be driven out of their common-road and so shal be forced to seek a new way even this darkness shal light upon those that are malicious and ful of envy and so would of a sudden destroy their fellow creatures darkness wil and shal overcome such for though they preach and pray yet al wil not save them but that they must be destroyed and brought to nothing for saith the Lord of host darkness shall cover the earth there wil be no clear sight of God and no clear sight of my way for they shal not come to my knowledge and so to the enjoyment of me here or in any place but where Sion shal be gathered together even my people whom I have raised from the dead and so wil bring them up to Sion at Ierusalem the City where formerly I dwelt which is in Judea and there I wil make them shine and be the glory of the whole earth and after this first resurrection that they shal have for to be raised from a condition of death and slavery into a condition of joy and life where the Second death shal have no power over them for this is the resurrection wherein I wil set you free from all death and you shal dy no more for I wil be your life and you
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
my ovvn povver bring my vvife vvhich are the Jevvs and Gentils vvhom I have chosen into Judea and so wil set them above all hils even upon the proud hil and they shal rule over the proud hil-flesh and fleshlyness even over al the nations and all the greatness of the earth shal be as nothing in my sight in comparison of them even my chosen ones whom I have purposed for to bring out of the countries where now they be under their enemies and so wil free them from their oppressors and so they shal be by my mighty power brought into a Canaan of rest again I the eternal God even the infinite Iehovah by whom all things subsist and have a being and I only am the life of all things therefore be ye not now as you was before in bondage to weak and beggerly elements and so to be led about by the tradition and rudiments of this world which shal perish and come to nothing but arise and shine for thy light is come and the glory of I the Lord of host is risen upon thee arise from all those foolish things even from all things that you have lived in below me arise I say from out of the dust of the earth and from that darkness which ye have formerly lain in arise I say from all death and sin and from every thing that hath kept thee at a distance from me and arise from all and every one of thy enemies whom I have stricken with fear and with terror and whom I have made to be afraid arise I say even ye O Jewes who are by nature the true olive branches and once were broken off because of unbeliefe that the Gentiles might be grafted in arise I say from that unbeliefe to believe on me yea I say thou shalt be grafted in again notwithstanding the unbelief and hardness of heart and though thou hast bin as a woman grieved in spirit and forsaken having lost thy first husband yet thou shalt now be found again and instead of mourning and garments of sackcloth I wil cloath thee with joy and gladness of heart and thou shalt mourne no more for the daies of the mourning shall be at an end and instead of garments of sackcloth I wil adorne thee with ornaments and with jewels even the best and chiefest among all the rich treasures that can be found thou shalt be adorned with for I do bid thee arise from all former troubles and sorrows whatsoever thou hast bin subject unto even from all manner of slavery as being servants and subject to the pleasures of Kings and other great men yea from the Pope and Turke arise saith the Lord of host for thy redeemer cometh that shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob even all those things that you in my absent have busied your selves about shal now be destroyed and all yea whatsoever it is must now by my bright appearing be brought to nothing and confounded that I the Lord of host may be all things therefore arise from death yea every thing that you have bin acted in arise from them for the time of the resurrection is now come that you shal be raised from a condition of sorrow and trouble and slavery and death it self into a condition of joy and gladness of heart and of life it self whereas formerly you have bin at the command of men and so they have had their wils of you it shal no longer be so with you now in this day of the resurrection but on the contrary you shal instead of being their servants and at their commands becom lords over them and they shal withall their treasures come bowing and bending unto you such is the alteration that I wil now make here on earth to redeem you out of the hands of your cruel enemies and to bring you into my promised land the place where formerly I did make out my glory and my name to your Fathers of old which was the people whom I did chuse out of all nations and so did bring them into that Land where I did make my power and my name known which was but a type of that glory which I wil now make known unto you to my chosen servants the Gentils whom I wil bring with you into this place where I the Lord of host doth intend to hold forth my glory in a more powerful manner then ever I have done as yet and in a far more glorious manifestation of my self then ever I have done as yet even in so clear a discovery of my self to you whom I wil bring up into the place of my glory and the place where I wil make my self known and as formerly all were subject to my servant David who was King of the Jewes even so shal all people be subject to you whom I have appointed to bring into Judea for this is your resurrection I wil now raise you from all sorrow and trouble and so wil set you free from all your enemies and wil make you the praise of the whole earth and al the nations shal see and know that I have chosen Judea to be the place of my rest where I wil make my stocks to ly down at noon dayes even in the heat of the misery of the nation wil I make the Jewes and the Gentils whom I wil bring up by my mighty power shal ly down and be at rest and so be in quietness and so wil cause the work of righteousness to increase and it shal take effect and the fwork of rightousness shal be quietness and assurance for ever for or my people even for you O lewes and Gentils whom I wil bring up into Judea and my people shal dwel in peaceable and quiet habitations even in such peace and quietness after this first resurrection that al your enemies shal be destroyed from you and shal not be suffered to come to you or against you by no meanes for there shal not be a Canaanite in my house even in this city Jerusalem or in the limits of your abode but I the Lord of host wil destroy them al that you may be at rest and so enjoy me without any let or hinderance at al for wil I graft thee into the vine again and so wil raise thee up to thy former condition even to be my peculiar and choice ones to whom I wil make out my self in a glorious dispensation and manifestation of my love and favour once again so that I wil make all thy sorrovvs to be forgotten by reason of so glorious an enjoyment of me vvho am the Alpha and Omega and hath novv raised you up from from the dead and from a condition of darkness into light Arise and not only arise but shine make it appear by your condition that you are not only risen from the dead but you have also light come into you therefore shine and be not so dark as you have bin when you were dead and in your enemies hands no but