the forty and two month that are spoken of shall be at an end for these forty two months are a certain time saith the Lord of hosts that I have suffered my self to be hid and my glory hid from the Temple but now the set time is at an end and my light and glory shall shine and as you see the lamps burning and none put them out So will I appear burning up flesh and sin and none shall hinder me from doing my work saith the Lord of hosts that will reign in mount Sion for ever And again the the word of the Lord came unto me saying what seest thou now And I beheld and saw the Moon and the Sun and the Heavens and the Stars and at length I saw them turned into bloud and they fell from the place that they were in and fell to the earth and I saw a company of Swine and Dogs lick them up they being like unto bloud and with their falling upon the earth the earth was changed And I said Lord what is this Sun and Moon and Heaven and Stars which is changed into blood is it the material Sun that gives light by day and the Moon that give light by night And the Heaven the Heaven that fouls fly in and my eternall God within me said No but by these is meant other things as the Moone is a borrowed Light from the Sunne and not a perfect Light it selfe so by the Moone is meant outward Ordinances that People have and are under by which they have received some Glympse of Light but not the Light it selfe by the Sun is meant a more glorious Dispensation of outward Ordinances or Ordinances in a more higher Nature As the one being a Baptizing of Infants and so they in this Dispensation fetch Light from Creatures or from the Men of this World which seemingly have light but have not So the other which is of a more higher Nature as the Baptizing of Believers is a Sun-light as they call it and so the Baptisme-way of Baptizing Believers and breaking of Bread together is a way wherein according to the Scriptures they seeme to be more like the Sunne than the other but yet is not the way which I approve of saith the Lord of Hosts and the Heaven is the Heaven of outward Dispensations and Formes and wayes of Worships Governments and Rules to walke by that so long as People living under these and do observe punctually to fulfill these as the observing the Sabbath Day Praying and Preaching and going to Church as they call it and others meeting in private Places as they thinke fit to meet in and so to heare a Man speake something of God this is Heaven which People live in and meant by this Vision saith the Lord of Hosts and the Starres is their professions of God according to the severall Dispensations they are under and so this Heaven and the Starres therein and the Sunne and Moone mentioned in Scriptures turned into bloud is meant all outward Administrations as Formes Governments and Rules and wayes of Worships which have been as lights that People have seen something of God in and so have seen God at a distance from them are now changed from light to bloud and so are fallen from their places that they may no longer be as lights and by the Dogges and Swine licking them up is nothing else but a totall Distinction of them that they may never be more and the People may from hencefortb loath them and see me the Lord of Host to be all and in all for my great and notable Day which these shall be turned into bloud my coming to my sonnes and daughters and so judging all these things in them and making of them darknesse is the Earth that they fell upon and was changed and the Dogs and Swines as is set forth by them a totall fall of Worships by licking up the bloud so by them is set forth the most greatest and most wickedst Men which have by their power set up these things a change in them that they shall no longer do so any more but shall become new for I have taken their power from them and they are become new saith the Lord of Hosts and as thou seest a new Heaven and a new Sunne and Moon in the place of the former and a new earth is but the fulfilling of Prophesies that have a long tine since been spoken of and now are come to passe this new Heaven is the enjoyment of me they living in me and I in them so they shall have no need of Heaven of Ordinances or wayes to walk by but I will be their light both Sun and Moon and so that they shall have no need of these lights to walk by but I will be the glory of them and as you see former things passed away and all things become new it is the passing away of the Sun Moon Stars and Heaven which are outward Administrations and Formes of Worships Teachers of Men that I the Lord of Host may be both Heaven Sun Moon Stars and Teacher to and in them that they may hear a voice saying this is the way wallk in it and the new earth is a change of Men which have had power over their fellow Creatures and did desire to have so that they may be accounted great but this was not an Earth wherein Righteousnesse dwelt and so must pass away that there may be a new one which new one is an alteration or change of Mens mindes that as they have desired a superiority and have strived to cozen and cheat others for to make themselves great they shall no longer strive for these but instead of them shall humble and abase themselves and throw away their Idols of Gold and Silver their money I mean which they have made gods of to them that have none that there may be equality and universality all injoying the fruit of the Earth saith the Lord of Host who hath commanded the Writer hereof to write it as my will and not his that so all things may become now and there may be an Earth wherein Righteousnesse shall dwell And again the word of the most high came unto me saying behold behold what seest thou now and low I beheld something almost in the fashion of an house but it was not an house and I said Lord what is this and my God said it is a tabernacle and as you saw one with a Crown of gold goe into it it was I the Lord that went into it and I said is this the tabernacle of God that is said to be with men and the Lord said it is and this tabernacle is my people wherein I will dwell and as he had a Crown of gold that went into it it betokens a victory that I have taken it to be my possession and as soon as I was in it you saw flames of fire burn up the gold pearles and precious stones and the wood hay and stubble and
North and South and they held the winde in their hands that it could no longer blow upon the earth or Sea and I said Lord what meaneth these foure men to do thus as they do and my excellent Majestie the Lord of hosts said these foure men are my sons and daughters in whom I have spread my selfe through out the world And by the wind which they hold in their hands that it should blow no more upon the earth or Sea is meant all outward formes or wayes of worship which of one kind or other have bin in all places set up by men but now I have taken their power from them and have given it to the Saints and by my bright appearing in them they shall not suffer any formes or wayes of worship to be set up And again the Lord said behold behold what seest thou now and I beheld a Throne and one that set thereon before whose face heaven and earth fled away and there was no place for them and I said what is meant by this Throne and the Lord said by this Throne is meant my sons and daughters and as you saw one that sat thereon t is I the Lord of hosts whoâ—… rule and reigne in my sons and daughters and they are my temple and house wherein I dwell and by the heaven and earth that fled away is meant all earthly powers Governments and formes and wayes of worship all outward administrations which by the appearing of me the God of Gods shall be consumed and burned up that they may never be more but that I the God of Gods may appear to be their teacher and ordinances and so all and in all and so my Covenant of grace spoken off by Jeremiah my son be fulfilled you shall not need to say know the Lord so they shall know me from the least to the greatest and that other Prophesie ye shall be taught of God And on the seventh day of February The word of the Lord came unto me and said behold behold what seest thou and loe I beheld and there appeared a table and a cloth laid upon it and trenchers and napkins upon it and stooles pulled out for men to fit upon them and one cried with a loud voyce come all ye fowls of the heavens to the supper of the great God and presently there were dishes of all sorts of meat set upon the table and after this I saw three froggs creeping up and down and at length they entred into Kings and Lords and great men and presently they gathered themselves together and their armies and I said Lord what is the meaning of this Table and of the things that are there on and my God said the table is the earth and the things thereon being of all sorts represent all things in the earth and I said what is he that makes the supper and calls all the foules of the heaven to come to it and my eternall God within me said it is I the Lord of hosts that make this supper and invite the foules to it and I said what foules and the Lord said by foules you must understand my sons and daughters who live in the heavenly injoyment of me and they have all sorts of things here to supper I even the flesh of Kings and Lords and mighty men and captaines and of all both small and great bond and free it shewes that the day is now a coming that they shall have the full injoyment of all creatures and so shall inherit all things the flesh of Kings and great men which they eat is the wayes of worships and formes of governments which they have set up their eating of them shewes a final consumation of them as that they shall be consumed and never be more the three froggs that went into the King and great men of the earth are the spirits of devills which is the proud flesh domineering over the spirit of God so ruling in their hearts maks them raise armies of men gather their forces together to resist the appearing or coming of me saith the Lord of hosts And thus through the pride of their hearts and loftinesse of their spirits they gather Gog and Magog together to compasse the Saints round But I said what is meant by Gog and Magog and the Lord said by Gog and Magog is meant all the wisdome power and strength of proud flesh which the great and wise men of the earth have invented as their power on one side and their false wayes of worships and formes of governments on the other side and Lawes which they have made to make the Saints and people submit unto are the great armies that compasse the Saints round or make war with me saith God But you see fire come out of heaven and burne them up so by the bright appearing of me saith the Lord of hosts shall all the enemies of my Saints which have deceived them be consumed and burnâ—d up as formes and governments and wayes of worships that they may be no longer deceived by them and I beheld the Devil that had deceived them and I did at length see him thrown into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone there to be tormented with the false Prophet day and night and I said what is meant by the Devil thrown into the fire and my God said by the Devil is meant all the wisdome cunningnesse and craftinesse of proud flesh which hath invented formes and wayes of worships to deceive the people they are all now burnt up and consumed by the fire of my jealousie saith the Lord of hosts and are to be day and night tormented by me That is all proud flesh and false Prophets which is the wisdome of the flesh shall from day to day and from night to night be under my wrath and afraid to looke me in the face and so by my appearing saith the Lord of hosts who am a consuming fire shall they be tormented who all flesh and filthinesse the power and wisdome of men Gog and Magog that I the Lord of hosts may be all in all For this lake of fire is my wâ—ath saith God into which I have judged and sentenced proud flesh that opposes me and throwne it that so I may consume proud flesh and bring it to nothing And againe the Word of the Lord came unto me saying what seest thou now and I looked and presently I saw a great City which to me did appear to be very gallant as if there were none like it and I said Lord what meaneth this City or what City is this and my Eternall God within me said this great City is spirituall Sodom and Egypt where the Son of God was crucified and I said Christ was crucified at Jerusalem though he was saith the Lord of hosts put to death by the Jewes yet he was also crucified in Sodome and Egypt that is the Lawes and formes and customes of the Jewes is Sodome and Egypt because their Lawes and formes did slay
brought in This is that voice which hath already shoke the earth but yet once more saith my excellent Majesty who doth most gloriously shin in me that he wil shake not only the earth again but the heavens also for it is not the worke of God onely to destroy the earthly powers and to bring them to nothing though he will do it but he will also destroy the heavenly powers even that welfavoured harlot even those that thinke themselves to be Iews and are not as well Independency and Baptisme way as he hath done Episcopacy and Presbyterie and so to bring all flesh in to confusion and to destroy the wisdome of man that he alone may be exalted and then wil the lord make a way in the wildernesse and pathes in the desarts for to give water unto his people And when the Lord hath done this great work as he will do to cause the poor creatures as think themseves as lights and stars and have taught otheres to be nothing but in confusion then will they appear to be the wilderness and desarts barren and empty and that nothing will satisfie them but the powring of the spirit from on high which is no other but God appearing in them and making himself known to them that he dwels in them which dwelling in them will be as water of life unto them and so will the Prophesies be fulfilled I will do a new thing which new thing will be the depriving of the creature of all his selfe-righteousnesse or holineste and will make him to say in the Lord have I righteousnesse which righteousnesse will be God alone appearing to be the old way and so will make them hear a voice behind them saying this is the old way walke in it O the abundance of joy that is contained in these words O it is the unspeakable Ioy which the Apostle mentions to hear God Preaching and speaking to us yea in us what a deale of labour will this save poor creatures this will stay them from running to broken cisterns that can hold no water this will take them off from Idolizing Priests when the voice of God speaks in us behould this is the mysterie that is to be made manifest to the sons of Sion in these later dayes Christ in them the hope of glory that so in seeing God in them and they to be in God are the new jerusalem that is com out of heauen and so are the guests of that joyful wedding hearing those joyful wâ—rds the mariage of the Lamb is ready and so loose themselves to be married to the eternal God and they to be the Lambs wife and so by the power of the eternal God dwelling in them they overcome and do inherit all things by being brought into the injoyment of God and so inherit all things in God for God being theirs all things are theirs whether things present or things to come so that they shall now see weeping and sorrow to be fled away and so to go with everlasting songs to Sion in singing and dancing to the house of the Lord Beloved this is that feast of fat things upon the mountaine wine upon the leaves even God the eternall King dwelling and manifestling himselfe to you as he hath done to me whereby I see by the excellent Majestie the eternal God in me that crooked wayes are now made streight and rough places made smooth high places made low and low places made high flesh brought to nothing and God to be all and in all all my life joy and strength and so no longer to labour and travell with child but to bring forth or declare that this eternall God is in me and that he hath manifested himselfe unro me in a more extraordinary manner then ever before he did which extraordinary manner was as followeth As I lay awake in my bed between three and foure a clock in the morning Ian. 14. 1650. the Lord caused me to heare a pleasant fit of musick or melody which musick made me much admire being so early in the morning and one being with me I would faine have asked him if he heard or knew where it was But as J was thinking to know where it was I was taken in a strange manner with trembling shaking burning and groaning which made the party which lay with me much wonder and speak to me but J could not make him any answer And after J had lain trembling and groaning being full of paine within and without for halfe an houre and upwards J began to have abundance of inward joy and consolation even so full of joy was J that I was not able to containe my selfe or expresse that comfort I had within me but J did at length break forth in laughter so heartily that I scarce ever laughed so heartily before and did utter these words the Lord of hosts is come and the most joyfull day that ever came is now and no joy like unto this joy and then afterwards was J taken with trembling and Groaned as I did before and then afterwards I brake forth with laughing and thus I did for foure times in the morning useing the same expressions as J did at first all this while beholding nothing with my outward eyes for they were shut up that J could scarce open them but beheld a glorious object within mee which made me much rejoyce and so I continued sometimes rejoycing within my selfe and sometimes full of trouble untill about twelve a clock at noon And then was I taken in the same manner as before and had three more fits and in the last of the three I being filled more with joy then in any of the rest J lifted up my hands and cryed out the Lord of hosts is come And it is done it is done being so filled with joy as if it was the most joyfulls newes which ever came to me which since I have found it to be and that never no joy was like this joy to me if I may speake the truth and lie not And afterwards I passed the day and night sometimes being full of joy and somtimes full of sorrow and the next day being thursday J passed that with joy and went to bed finding my self prittie well satisfied but not quite satisfied and slept a while but awaked about 2. a clock and being awake I was much troubled in my self and perplexed in my minde but at length I heard a voice within me saying heare my voice and I cried out who art thou that I should heare and I was answered with these words I am the Lord of hosts the holy one of Israel and I was presently yea of an instant taken with shaking and groaning and being tormented in my minde I then heard a voice saying to me I am now come to torment thee to consume and burn thee up to nothing and I did then apprehend a bundance of miserie and sorrow crying out I was in hel presently I was as ful of joy in apprehending a
glorious God within me which made me as much rejoyce laugh within my self as if I had bin in no miserie at all yea though I was in hel among all the Devils I cryed out sorrow and sighing shall flie away Some 5 or 6. of these fits in my miserie I cryed out I was in hel In my joy I cryed out the Lord of hosts is come and sorrow and sighing will now flie away and that the Lord of hosts will not shake the earth but the heavens also These fits being over there did appear to me four black horses all in harnesse drawing and tugging as if they had bin in a cart that was set and strived harder then ordinary to get out And I said Lord what is the meaning of this sighing and groaning untill I had an answer and I was answered that these do represent the powers of the world that do oppose God in his people all powers that they are now ready to be drawn in pieces and these being vanished There appeared four horses al' read and I said Lord what is the meaning of this and the Lord said these do represent all powers to be in blood readie to be strangled and these being gone there appeared 4. pale horses like unto death for J looked much upon them for they looked very pale yet not withstanding they did brance up and down and kept a vaporing about But presently death seized upon them and I beheld till I saw all powers throwne down and covered in the earth that they should rise no more And after these 4. pale horses were covered under the earth there appeared one white horse without spot or staine and one upon him all in glory having a sword in his hand and he rid from East to West from North to South and he said the kingdomes of this world are becom the kingdoms of the Lord he doth raign Isaid Lord what doth this mean and the Lord said That I the eternall God will appeare so glorious in my people to the burning up of flesh and sin that they shall appear Conquerours and Kings and I the Lord God am and will appear to be all and in all to my people And as he prances from East to West from North to South without any let or hinderance so shall my people live in the injoyment of me and nothing shall make them afraid and a little while after I beheld an Angell coming from God and haveing in his hand abook and it was open And he came to me and bid me put forth my hand and take it and eat it and I did put forth my hand and did take it and I said Lord what means this and my God said that this is a testimonie or a seal to you that I am come to you and have put my law in your heart and have writ it in your inward parts and you shall sin no more and I was made to bow seven times to this Angell and my father said even so shall all flesh bow to me in my people and as the book was open in his hand it shews that the mysterie which hath bin his is now to be made manifest and the everlasting Gospel to be preached And on the thurseday morning between 5. and 6. a clok I was taken with trembling and horror and was strook dead for a while so as I drew no breath at all and at length I heard a great roaring of waters which made a great noise and when I came to my selfe I groaned and sighed and said Lord what means this noise and my excellent majestie which dwell in me said that as you heare the roaring of waters and none is able to still the noise so shall my people even my sons come with singing and rejoycing to Sion and none shall make them weep any more hearing of this I was much taken with joy even overcome with joy and continued full of joy I was taken as I was before and my breath being gone from me again I lay as dead for awhile And did at length see a company of men and women standing upon Sion having harpes and made musick and then came some others and they danced and there was one more glorious then the rest in the midst of them And I beheld till he that was in the midst of them did go into them all and they became all as one And on Friday morning about five or six a clock I was taken with horrour and feare and was much perplexed in my selfe in mind and at length J heard a voice saying heare me and observe what I say and write That as I have tormented and plagued thee so will I torment plague all powers besides my selfe And J said Lord wilt thou torment and destroy this Parliament and the Lord said J will destroy and consume and bring to nothing the Parliament all power that have exercised cruelty upon my people will give the glory and honour and strength of Kingdomes to my people that there may be universall liberty and freedom and will make the Wolfe and the Lamb lie down together and be at peace one with another and as you did see a white horse and one upon him all in glory the night before last night with a sword in his hand riding from East to West and from North to South and none to oppose him and none to help him but that he did destroy all his enemies himselfe So I will even by my own power and by my spirit bring to nothing all the glory honour and power of all fleshly powers that J alone may be and none besides me And J said Lord how long will it be first and the Lord said in a very little while and J will overturne overturne overturne and will appear in my Temple to the effecting of mine own work And on the 25. of January in the night J was taken in the same manner as before but only my fit of trouble was lesn'd and my fit of laughter more then any J had before and after my mirth was over J was caused to lie still And J heard a voice of very great waters which made me greeve within my selfe untill I had an answer what they should meane or what the noise should signifie And at length my God within me told me that the waters doth signifie the persons of Sion singing and rejoycing in Sion and as the noise of the waters was great so should the joy and gladnesse of Sion be great and as I heard a noise and did not know from whence it came so should their joy and gladnesse come from God within them and not from Creature objects And I said Lord they rejoyce and sing allready but my eternall God within me told me that their joy now is mixt with sorrow and so is not perfect joy But they shall ere long be brought into a full enjoyment of me and then shall cease from sorrow And presently after J beheld two
those that were lower then the middle sort and made them all Equall and cryed out epqualitie equalitie in that I have now made all men alike and he lifted up his hands to heaven and did sweare by him that liveth for evermore time should be no longer and so did thrust his sword into his scabberd again And I said Lord who is this that makes all alike and my glorious God within me said that I the Lord of hosts have done this and I said without any instruments Lord and the Lord said no but by instruments which I have chosen to do this strange work which shall cut down all powers even the Parliament and I said Lord shall the Parliament raise forces against thy instruments to fight with them and the Lord said they shall but they shall be destroyed by Fair. whom I have made choice of and his Army and whereas he cryed time shall be no longer and so put up his sword into his sheath againe the meaning is that when the time appointed is come all visible powers shall cease and I alone will be all and in all both King and Parliament and Governor and then wars shall cease And as you see him make all alike so will I destroy some and burne and consume others and be as a terror to the rest that there shall be none greater or richer then others And I said how long will it be first and the Lord said in a very little while it shall come to passe but wait thou upon me and thou shalt know upon this I desired of my God that if he had judged me worthy to reveale this vision to me and that it shall come to passe and that it was from the Lord of hosts I might have some token that I may know it to be from God and my God said within me That I should be presently shooke as if I should be shoock to pieces as a token that he had made choice of me to reveale this vision and the rest to and that it should surely come to passe which token proved true for I was presently shoaken even so much that two men which were in the roome with me that I desired to lie upon me or hold me from shaking which they did could not keep me from shaking But before this fit came on me one houre and halfe or such a matter I saw a company of men and women singing and dancing giving away their money one unto the other and my God within me told me that these were my sons and daughters that were come to Sion and that he had now wiped all teares from their eyes and that self-seeking is now ended with them and instead of it there shall be universal lvoe or a communitie like unto the communitie of his Saints mentioned in the Acts whereupon I was forced for my owne rest to give away that little money I had about me which thing others shall be made to do hereafter Againe the word of the Lord came unto me saying about one a clock on the 6. day of February Behold behold what dost thou now see and lo I beheld an Army of men with their drums beating and their colours flying and they were upon their march And I beheld till there came one to their General being all glorious and gave the General a sword and said take this sword for with it shalt thou beat down all thine enemies and I said Lord what is this Generals name and the Lord said his name is Fairfax the Army that are with him are my instruments whom I have stirred up to hate the oppression covetousnesse and crueltie of the Parliament And whereas thou seest one give him asword It is I the Lord of hosts that have given him power to beat down all those that are coming to fight wiâ—h him and presently I beheld another Army of men coming to fight with them and I said Lord who doth this Army fight for and the Lord of hosts said they fight for the Parliament and the Lord said I stiâ—red him up to oppose the Parliament bâ—cause they have exercised crueltie upon my people and I beheld so long that at length I did see both these meet together and did fight and I beheld some now and then dropped down of Fair. his men but they fell apace on the other side but at length Fair. horse routed the oâ—her horse and followed some of them in pursuit and some of them came and fell upon the foot and at length broke in amongst them and routed them and tooke the General and killed him and so had the field And I said Lord wilt thou also destroy the Parliament and the Lord said he would do it for saith the Lord I will now â—urne Leveller and will level mountaines and hills and will make them equall with low places and vallies that there may be universality And I said how long will it be first and the Lord said in a very little while and it shall come to passe and I said Lord shall I go to the Generall and tell him of it and the Lord said I should go but should stay a little longer first And saith the Lord whereas I said when I shewed thee this vision at the first that thou shouldest have no rest untill thou hadst done it so I have troubled thee ever since day by day and will till thou hast done it but thou shalt stay a little longer and wait upon me and that thou maist know I the Lord of Hosts the mighty God of Jacob by whom thou livest â—ovest hast thy being hath done this Thou shalt be presently taken in a shaking fit that thou maist know I have made choice of thee which fit of shaking came on me as soone as the words were ended which terrified my flesh but my Spirit rejoyced within me for joy And in a little while after the Lord within me said behold behold what seest thou now and lo I saw the heavens roleld up together as a Scroul and figges fall off the figg-tree before they were ripe and I said Lord what is meant by the heavens rolling thus together as a scroule and the Lord said by the heavens is meant all outward administrations or forms of worship preaching and baptizing and I saw one throw the srcoule into the fire and it was consumed so saith the Lord shall all outward heavens be burned up and the figg tree is the Parliament in this nation and it represents all powers which are a bringing forth some young figgs which are some new formes or wayes of worship or a doing some new thing but before they can bring them to perfection the day of the Lord overtakes them and shakes them and causes the figgs to fall off before they be ripe and so I the Lord destroy the things that men would do And the Lord again said behold what seest thou now and lo I beheld foure men stand upon the foure corners of the earth which is East West
presently the Tabernacle that stood upon a foundation had none but hung onely by the power of him that went into it this glold pearles precious stones wood hay stuble which was burnt up are all manner of outward administrations that ever were or is now at present as formes and lawes and Governments and rules of worships to walke by which in one kinde or other have been highly esteemed of all sorts of men according to the dispensation they have been under and though they have laid Christ for a foundation yet these hath been in one sort or other the work which they have built upon which work is to passe under the fire for the Apostle says every mans work shall be tryed by fire and if any mans works suffer loss it will be by burning yet he shall be saved so as by fire which fire is my self even I the Lord of hosts appearing in this tabernacle spoken of which as soon as I did appear or entred in all was consumed and burnt up all the most glorious dispensations and formes of worships which in my absence they have received comfort from though all these outward administrations are consumed yet the creatures remained saved by fire that is by my self saith the Lord of hosts who am a consuming fire and as you see the temple as soon as these outward things gold silver wood hay stubble were consumed It had no foundation but was held up onely by the power of him that was in it between the heaven and the earth so this is the ultimate end of my burning up all the formes and waies of worships and rules of men that they may see that they have not had me to be their foundation for if they had and had built right upon it the drosse would have been burnt from it and they would have stood fast and not have been removed which now thou seest they are and have no foundation their worships and wayes being taken from them they fall if I by my own power do not hold them mp but I have to this end destroyed them all and routed them of their forces that they may now stand by my power alone and see me to be their lives and their all and in all that I would have them no longer receive comfort from streams but from me their fountain of life as thou heards me say I was a Alpha Omeg they that overcom shal inherit al things I wil be their God they shal be my people if nothing else but a declaration that I am all and in all and he that over comes must be by my power who am the all of all things that he doth overcome some flesh and Divell and so by his overcoming he shall inherit all things he shall inherit me or enjoy me the Lord of host and I will in love communicate my self unto him and by injoying me he shall injoy all things for all the beasts of the field and all the houses and lands and mony in the world is mine saith the Lord of host so shall they be my sons and daughters and they shall have a full injoyment of them all for as I made Adam Lord over all creatures and made all creatures to be for the use of Adam and Adam so long as he stood he did injoy them all so will I now saith the Lord of hosis recover my wool and my flax and redeem the creation from bondage and make such a work in the earth by my bright appearing that the rich misers shall howle and weep for depriving my sons and daughters of the outward creatures and their rusty gold and silver shall so much rise up in their consciences that they shall no longer sayts theirs but it s the Lords and so shall suffer my people and all other poor creatures that want the outward goods of this world to have what they please that there may be universal love saith the Lord of host And the word of the Lord came againe unto me saying what seest thou now and lo I beheld seaven men and each of them had a trumpet and one of them seven sounded his Trumpet and the rest did not and as soon as he had done sounding there appeared one with a booke open in his hand and lifted up his hands to heaven and did swear by him that liveth for ever time should be no longer but now the mystry of God is finished as he hath declared by the voice of his former Apostles And I said Lord who be these Trumpeters and my eternal God within me said these be my sons which have from time to time sounded an alarum to the world as you see but one sound and the rest did not It shewes that they that did not had sounded already That is they according to their light have preached and spoken against Antichrist and have given Antichrist warning of what the seventh was to sound but now the seventh sounds the mistery of God is finished that is a great and glorious discovery of light is now made manifest more thensever hath been by the appearing of one saith the Lord of host which makes my sons and daughters know the mistery which hath been hid and so crie a loud that time shal be no longer not onely crie but through their knowledge swear by God that liveth for evermore time shall be no longer And I said Lord what is this mistery that hath been hid and now is made manifest and God said this mystery is my owne selfe making out of my self to be all and in all and that I doe not dwell in a place afar off that is onely Heaven and onely there but that my dwelling place is now in my Temples which Temples are my sons and danghters and that I who am the life and fulnesse of all things have been always the life of all creatures and the life of man and have been in man but not knowne to bee there but have beene covered under the clods of proud flesh but now the day of my appearing is come that proud flesh shall be destroyed and all that have kept the creature from looking after me the Lord of Host within them but have caused the creature to look after mee afar off But now by my bright appearing the book which thou seest in the Angels hands being open will cause the mystery to be known that I am in all men and the life of all men for this book is the mystery which mystery is I the Lord of host and as the book is opened so I the Lord of Host have made my self by my coming to judge proud flesh to be God in all men manifesting my self in love to my sons and daughters and appear in wrath to mine enemies And I said Lord what is meant that time shall be no longer is it judgement a dissolation of the world or that time shall be no longer to them that thou hast manifested this mystery to or that time shall
thing in his hand which I did not know till I asked God And then it was told me it was a vial and he poured it forth upon great men As Kings and Parliaments and all sorts of men and on the beast that comes out of the bottomlesse pit and on the Locust and on the scarlet colloured whore that is decked with all manner of precious things and they all became dead and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to God and I said Lord what is the meaning that but one of them powred forth his vial and the Lord said that the rest had powred forth their vials had tormented the men of the earth already but this one that powres forth his vial now doth not onely torment but destroy the men of the earth and I said Lord wilt thou take their lives from them that they shall be no longer and my God said I I will take from them that which hath bin their life but yet I will not take from all of them their natural life but from Kings and Parliaments great men I will take from them their power which they have had and they shall instead of haveing power become humble and submissive and be as lowly as the poor for this vial is my wrath that shal burne and consume all fleshly powers and as he that powres it forth is more glorious then the rest it shewes my sons daughters shall have more glorious discoveries and manifestations of me their God dweling in them saith Lord of host and through the fulnesse they have of me I being in them they shall now say time shall be no longer and I said Lord what is the meaning of the bottomlesse pit and the Lord said by the bottomlesse pit is meant the heart of man and by the beast that riseth out of it is not meant the Pope and Emperours but is meant all the wisedome of the proud flesh that hath and doth stil invent all the wicked actions of men that have murdered the Saints as formes and governments and from this bottomlesse pit ariseth threatnings and malicious words even such there is hatcht within it as a man is never able to know from whence they come or whether they go For the putting to death of Saints is first contrived here in this pit which I the Lord of host doth say is the heart of man and then according as they have invented how and after what manner they shall put them to death they put their power in execution to do it and by the Locusts is meant the Priests for as Locucts destroyes and devours the fruits of the earth so have these Priests from time to time been the chief actors and setters on of the Kings and great men of the earth for to make Lawes for them to worship God by as they call it and so poor creatures have been deluded by them to worship something but they nor the Priests knew not what instead of me saith the Lord of host and so haue destroyed the earth thaâ— is their bodies and being Spiritual Merchants they have not onely destroyed the bodies of men but have also made Merchandize of the souls of nem and all this they have done pretending they did preach to bring them to heaven when indeed they rather did the things that was a cause of ignorance and darkness by telling them they were the ministers of God sent to Preach and that none was to preach but they and so did keep them from the enjoyment of me saith the Lord of hosts and to throw them into hell so their preaching of me was more for their fat Benefices then to bring souls to me as they made it appear to bee for if at any time any did out-strip them or did doe something tending to the setting forth the glory of me or had some discoveries of me and so would teach for nothing they must be heriticks and so must he cut off and thus these priest-like Locust have devoured men and kept them in bondage by their philosophy and cuning craftinesse but time shall be no more And the woman which thou faw'st arayed with all manner of precious things is the whore of Babylon and her Scarlet Colloured cloathes and precious things sets forth her formes and wayes of worships decked with outward zeale of professions so that they seem to the eye of men to be my way saith the Lord of host for she being so gloriously arayed sets forth all outward administrations of what sort soever but time shall be no longer for the vials of my wrath is now powered forth upon them all and they shal all be consumed and brought to nothing and all these outward administrations which seem'd before to have life shal now be slaine and appeare to be dead that I alone may be all and in all such is the worke that I wil now do that those that shall be left alive shall be affrighted and give glory to me for the remnant were affrighted and they gave glory to God these of the earthly powers as Kings and Lords and of all sorts of men that doth escape with their lives as they be not taken away shal give glory to me some of them by being purified and my sons and some of them by bringing their riches to my sons and daughters for those that know not me I will be a terror to them and will make them throw away their Idols of Gold and Silver and in so doing they shall glorifie mee and I said are these that powred forth thy vials Angels that are invisible or be there no Angels but thy servants and sons here below and the Lord said that they that power forth my vials are my sons and my sons are Angels and ministring spirits they are Angels and the Angels mentioned in Scriptures are no other but my sons and daughters and those two Angels that came to Lot in Sodome where two men but because I made them my messengers they were called Angels and the Angel that smote the Assyrians and slew so many thousands Was a man whom I appointed to do that work and so was called an Angel of the Lord because he did my will saith the Lord of hosts and for those that think Angels are invisible spirits and so cannot be seen and so doth likewise think that I am in a place above the skies called heaven and so think I have invisible Angels to keep me company are out of the way and have missed of the mistery which I will now make manifest saith the Lord of host The word of the Lord came unto me saying behold behold what seest thou now And loe I beheld a woman cloathed with white and black spots upon her Gown and I beheld and there came one with fire and laid it upon her cloathes and the fire burned all her cloathes and upon her brest were knots of several ribons but they were all consumed and so I saw her naked stript of all but presently he
that burned her cloathes and she was not hurt in her body brought her cloathes again to put on her all white without spot and she to my thinking was then far more glorious then she was before and I said Lord what woman is this And my eternal King said it was his Church and as she was in white it did shew that she did apprehend her self to be clean by Christ as she had black spots it doth shew that she is not so pure as to be free from imperfection and as she had knots of several ribons on her breast it doth shew that she the Church hath several outward ordinances or dispensations formes by which she doth worship me saith the Lord of Hosts but as you saw one came with fire and burnt all her cloathes and all her ribons and yet did not hurt her body it shews that I the Lord of host who am a consuming fire will burn all her dross or consume all fleshliness and dross from my people or Church and so will strip her naked of all her administrations and outward ordinances and Church-fellowships and pastors and teachers and of all though it seems never so glorious And as you saw he that burned up her cloaths bring her new cloaths to put on all white without spot or wrinkle it shews that I the Lord of hosts after I have burned up and consumed all the flesh and fleshliness of my Church as all her outward ordinances and dispensations as formes of worships and all her pastors and teachers and Church-fellow-ships and so they striped her naked of all that then I will new cloath her that she shall the Church appear far more glorious then ever she was before for when she is thus striped of all and is naked in her own apprehensions she shall be cloathed with the Sunne mentioned in the Revelations and the Moon shall be under her feet this Son is my righteousness which will make her the Church all in white as you see the woman after she had lost all was cloathed in white and all outward Ordinances represented by the Moon under her feet that when my church is stripped of all outward excellencies then shall I appear to be excellent as to be her pastor and teacher and ordinances and so her all and in all and then shall she be more free and at more liberty when these shall be taken from her then she hath been yet for then my Church shall not run after men and so go gadding about for food but shall quickly rest her self contented with me the bread of life and so shall worship me in spirit and in truth and so my Church shall be compacted of living stones that the prophesie may be fulfilled there shall not be a Cananite in the house of the Lord any more but she shal now wholly throw away that which shee hath highly esteemed of as outward means which hath been but streams which have flown from me who am the fulness of all things and shall now wait onely to hear the voice within her saying this is the way walk in it and so heard this voice which voice is I the Lord of hosts speaking in her she shall have more satisfaction and rest in her spirit then ever she has had as yet for she thus waiting upon me shall speak the pure language which none shall have but those my sons and daughters that I make out my self unto for the effect of this language which is the spirit of me will cause all difference and confusion to end that some shall no longer worship me the Lord of hosts one way and some another way but being possest of me and hearing me teaching in them I will make them all to serve me with one consent which cannot be so long as they worship me in several forms therefore do I this saith the Lord of hosts to strip my people of all forms that some might not run one way and some another but that all may serve me in one way which way is onely to wait on me saith the Lord of hosts who wil bring it suddenly to pass And as thou sawest one bring a book and it was sealed and he that brought it opened it and gave it her in her hand this book is the mistery of mee which is now to be finished and as you see it was sealed up it shews that this mistery which is I the Lord of hosts in my people have been hid and none hath been able to look into it but as he that opened it and gave it to her doth shew that though it hath been hid yet I the Lord of hosts will now open it and make it known to all my sons and daughters as the woman doth represent by having it open in her hand and when they shall see this mistery I the Lord of hosts to be in them then shall they know how to worship me which will be without ordinances or forms only waiting for me to teach them and no longer to wait upon the teaching of man for man hath teached them to look for me in heaven or that I do dwell in heaven in a place above the skies but they know not where not teaching them to look for me within them where they now in waiting upon me shall know that I do dwell saith the Lord of hosts And again the word of the Lord came unto me saying behold behold what doest thou now see and loe I beheld a beast that had upon his head one horn and he continied pushing until there came one and cut him down and burned his body and I said Lord what beast is this And my eternal Majesty the King of eternal glory within me said this beast is that beast with one horn mentioned in Daniel and yet is the same beast mentioned in the Revelations That made an Image like unto the former beast that had a wound and did live which caused all both small and great bond and free to receive a mark in their foreheads or in their right hand that they might live and have a being amongst them but here is wisdom let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of man and his number is six hundred threescore and six And I said Lord what doth this Beast represent That proceedeth from the Kings and doth think to change laws and times and had power given him until a time and times and dividing of times And my eternal God within me said that this beast is the Parliament who have their poewr by reason the 10 horns are cut down that is by reason Kingly power as the name of it is cut off with the late King that was beheaded and likewise these formes of worships as the Episcopal Government for matter of rules of worships to walk by as to do as the Bishops was pleased to have people do they are all cut down by the Parliament which the beast as thou sawest did set forth
one and removed this house and set it upon that great mountain as was by it and I saw men and women come from East West North and South to this house and I said Lord whose house is this and my God and Father said it is my house and the Sion spoken of in Scripture and as you see it carried by one and set upon the top of a great mountaine it shewes that I the Lord of host have removed sorrow away from Sion by my owne power and this mountain that you see the house set upon is but the fulfilling of the Sciptures that the Lords house shall be set above all mountaines for this mountain which you see is set an is the powers of the world and by its being set on it shewes that it is above them above great mountaines which are great men as have had the power but now have not and the mountaine being under it it shewes that great men have not power over Sion as they have had but are rather Sions foot-stoole and so bend to the soles of Gods feet in Sion and I said Lord is this house Sion and the place that thy sons and daughters shall come out of all Notions to and the Lord said this is Sion or it doth represent Sion and by people coming to it out of all Countries it shews that I the Lord of host have people in all Countries and this house doth onely shew by standing in a place as you see it doth the place that my sons and daughters shall make merry in and where they meet together if two or three of them they shall be Sion and they shall come to Sion with everlasting joy upon their heads and sorrow shall flie away for their going to Sion with joy and rejoycing and their singing in the height of Sion and making musick as they go to Sion is not their going to one place to worship but they are glorying and rejoycing in me because those that formerly were their enemies are now cut down so that they may speak of me without any fear for a Law shall go forth of Sion which Sion is my Church and the Law is my self that they shall declare and speak abroad for all the enemies as Antichrist and the beast and the Whore and forms and governments and rules of men being destroyed there shall be now no other law then what shall come forth of Sion I will now appear to be teacher and Law and rules and worships and all in all and this Sion are my Church or sons and daughters unto whom I have made forth my self and appeared now by manifesting my self unto them that I dwell in them and am a Law in them and unto this Sion shall people say come let us go up to the house of the Lord and he will teach us his wayes the God of grace will be our teacher and instructer and when he teaches us we shall have no need of men to teach us for he will write his Law in our hearts and in our inward parts and we shall sin no more and I said Lord shall there be no Law or formes to walk by as hath been formerly And the Lord said there shall be no other law but I my self will be all the Law and if any offend me I my self will terrifie him and not man for I will be a terror to them that know not me and a joy to them that know me and when I have thus set my house upon the top of all mountains then shall war cease and then shall stony hearts be taken out of men and instead of them they shall have hearts of flesh and so I will saith the Lord make men to beat their swords into Plousheers and their spears into pruning hookes and the nation shall not learn War any more for when I have taken the power from great men and likewise their self interest that so he that laboured all the day and he that laboured but one hour in the vinyard had both wages alike so it shall be that they that have strived for honour and greatness and have laid up baggs of Gold and Silver for five or two or twenty or thirty fourty yeers together shall have no more then he that hath not laid up any thing at all or else hath laid up but a very little but in one yeer and whereas he that had wrought in the heat of the day did murmur and thought it harsh that he should have no more then he that worketh but one hour the Lord of the vinyard told him it was his own he might chuse whether he would give any thing or no and what I do give thee I do it out of mine own free will for all is mine saith the Lord of hosts all the beasts of the field and all the riches of the world is mine and not thine and though I have lent thee them and thou having not made a right use of them I take them from thee and give them to thy fellow creatures for their use as well as thine for when thou hadest these things as I have now taken from thee thou madst them but instruments of cruelty to thy fellow creatures and so did not use this world as if thou used it not but used this world as if thou shouldest never part from it but I have taken these things from thee that thou shouldest use this world as if thou used it not for the fashion of this world passeth away and all things shall now become new and these your Idols of gold and silver I will be such a terror to you that if you do not throw them away ye shall be consumed in my wrath Now I arise to shake terribly the earth and I will do this my act my strange act as to make the low and poor equal with the rich that they may every one sit under his own vine and none make him afraid but all enjoying the fruits of the earth and so no longer to work for others or others to have the benefit of their labours but every man shall now enjoy the fruits of his own labour and if any be servants it shall be those that know not me saith the Lord of hosts Thus will I stain the pride and glory of man and will bring down the haughtiness of menand will lay low the mountaines and will exalt the vallies and then both oppressors and oppressions shall cease that the creation may be restored from bondage and this is the time of the restitution of all things whom the heavens must retain but the time being now come that the heavens cannot retain me any longer therefore I come for to restore all things and the creature man from slavery and bondage into the liberty of my sons that they may now no longer be in subjection to their fellow creatures but shall now see themselves to be equal with them and the fat swine to be but men whose breath is in their nostrils that I may
appear to be all and in all that so universal freedom may be in your streets and nothing but peace within your borders that righteousness may now cover the earth and the emnity of all creatures be taken away that the ground may now be freed from the curse and the earth bring forth her increase that I alone may be and none besides me saith the Lord of Hosts who is the life of all creatures And again the word of the Lord came unto me saying Son of Man behold behold and loe I looked and there appeared Chariots in Heaven runing up and down and I told them and there were seven of them and one that led them about and was before them cried with a loud voice to them that were in the Chariots come let us go down and destroy the earth before this yeer be at an end and I beheld that he that said so drew his sword and gave it to a man and said goe thou and do the worke of the Lord and I will be with thee and thou shalt prosper And I said Lord what meanes these Charriots there being seven of them and the Lord said the Charriots set forth those whom I have appointed to do my worke and there being seven of them shewes a perfect and compleat number that shall accomplish and do all my pleasure and one being before shewes that I the Lord of host have stirred them up and will lead them on and be with them and as thou seest them in heaven it shewes that I have retained them in my favour and one with them it shews that I have been kept in heaven until the time of the restitution of all things or I have not made my name known and whereas he cried come let us go down and destroy the earth before this year is at an end it shewes the time of restitution is now at hand that I the Lord of host will recover my wooll and flax my glory and honour and I thus appearing earthly powers which robbed me must be destroyed and I said Lord by earthly powers do you mean the Parliament and by the year do you mean a year as we call it as from Jan. to January and the Lord said by the earth is meant the Parliament which shall be destroyed and as he said before the year is at an end is meant that the Parliament shall be destroyed and brought to nothing before January next and so the year to be a year as you account yeares and some of them I will bring into me to be in my favour and others shall be devoured in my wroth for I will make a short worke on the earth and as thou sawest one that drew his sword being before them he doth represent me and as he gave his sword away to that man that stood by him and said take this sword and do my work It shewes that I have made choice of a man to lead my Instruments on to do all my pleasure and whereas he gave him the sword and bid him prosper so I will by my own power in you by you effect my strange work and I said Lord what man is this whom thou hast given thy sword to and the Lord said it is him whom I have chosen and stirred up to do my worke as I have allreadie decleared to you and the set time or the Longest time of the being of the Parliament is but sixe hundred threescore and six daies as I have shewn to thee allready And the Lord within me that hath shewn me these things told me that for the truth of what I had seen had reveal'd as that the Parliament should be brought to nothing in such a short time he the Lord of host within me when he revealed it to me and commanded me to write it and told me as soon I had done writing of it I should be taken in a shaking fit which proved very true and it came upon me as soon as I had done writing of it before I could speake to them as was with me or before I could rise from the stoole I sat on in which fit of shaking I was by a power taken off the stoole and lifted up though one did strive to hold me down whereby I see it is the Lords time to confound all things besides himself that he may have the glory of all and he onely be honoured unto which I say amen amen And again the word of the Lord came unto me saying behold behold what seest thou now and loe I beheld a bush about seven foot high all on fire and I said Lord what meaneth this bush to be of a flame and not to consume and the Lord said by this bush is set forth my people and by the fire is set sorth I the Lord of host as the bush was all on fire so will I be a fire to my Church as the bush was not consumed but rather more fresher so will I burne away the dross and filthinesse of my Church and make them more pure then ever they were and as the bush stood still so will I by my burning away their filth make them the Church stand still and wait upon me and so make them leave of running after any outward teacher or outward meanes by which they have received some comforts as from streames but will make them to come unto me the fountain where they shall have their filland be satisfied and as I did in old time appear to Moses my servant in a burning bush so have I appeared to thee now in a burning bush and as I sent Moses to Pharoah to tell him I will have my people out of the Land and so Redeem them from their bondage and slaverie so my time is now at hand that I will Redeem my sons and daughters from their heavie Task-masters as the powers of this world but as Pharoah was so envious against my people as to gather an army to follow them for to destroy them ye read that instead of destroying my people they were all drowned in the red Sea even so all those that will not grant my sons and daughters freedome and libertie as to enjoy the fruits of the earth that they may glorifie me shall have their hearts hardned to war against them but as I appeared for Moses and the children of Israel and gave them deliverance So will I now appear against all those that appear against me the Lord of host or against my people and will destroy them and consume them that they may never be more for I have spoken and it shall surely come to Passe for I will do all my pleasure saith the Lord of host And again the word of the Lord came unto me saying behold this man and see what he doth and loe I beheld a man in gay cloathes and he had a bagge in his hand and he put his other hand and tooke al the mony that was in it and threw it about so long as any