an appearance of Godliness as if it were possible the very Elect would be deceived by them For they have Tokens of Perfection making to themselves a Glory of true Humility notwithstanding which there is nothing in them but Deceit and Abomination As I live I will destroy them for they Prophesie by their own Spirit with which the Starry Spirit is intermixed and bring forth many Wise Sayings and say I am he I am he believe me for here is Immanuel Christ is in me he speaks by me But all this is meer deceit they are Lies and Fallen Spirits Yet be not afraid ye Lambs who hear my Voice for ye shall be preserved against the Hour of Temptation for to Babes is the Mystery discovered and that which is Foolish and that which is Simple before the World is that which I have prepared for my self And the Simple tread securely and that which is Nothing I have chosen and unto little Children is given the Heavenly Wisdom to the end they may put to shame that which is lifted up in the Carnal Sense and that which is little may put that which is exalted underneath it Be not then afraid ye Lambs for unto you is given the true Wisdom to the end ye may be certain and able to discern for ye have the pure Ointment and the Spirit of Truth whereby ye may know all the secret Pleasures and become certain Take heed for the False Spirit is now in all States though not so powerfully as he shall be Judge now my Fathers and Brethren beloved in Christ a true Judgment in the Eyes of God I earnestly beseech you for the Universal Love of the Truth and to the Publick Confession of the Holy Wonders of God to send me as soon as may be your Theological Answer May the Lord JESUS to whom this Matter appertains be powerful with his Spirit in your Spirit May he defend you with his Mighty Arm against all the Gainsayers of his Holy Truth and Crown you in the Day of the Resurrection of the Righteous with Everlasting Glory Amen I remain Your c. Most Obliged to Love and Prayer J. W. P. The Postscript IT having pleas'd our Good God and Saviour by several Testimonies of the same kind and Revelations given to Persons in many Places and of all Sorts and Ranks as Rich and Poor Noble and Plebeian Learned and Unlearned Men and Women Young and Old hidden from the World but known to God to confirm what he has Reveal'd by his Spirit in this Blessed Lady I beseech you Country-men and Brethren from the Deep Centre of Love to hearken to this one Sealing Testimony which some few Years since flow'd from the Vnity of the same Spirit to One in This Nation I heard a Voice saying Great silence in Heaven for half an Hour Then there was a great Gathering together of many Saints and Angels before the Throne and they seem'd in great Consultation And He that sate on the Throne appear'd in great Glory with a glorious Crown on his Head Then I heard a Voice saying Arise my Servant that art to go forth with the Everlasting Gospel for I am coming forth with Ten Thousands of my Saints to Judge the Earth Pray and cry aloud that Judgment may not break out in the House of the Lord Say Spare thy People O Lord and deliver thy Heritage and let them not be consumed with the Wicked Mourn O my People betwixt the Porch and the Altar so may ye prevent the Judgment that is coming forth Behold I will put a Key into the Hand of my Servant that is to go forth with the Everlasting Gospel which will unlock the Heavens and bring down a Blessing upon my People Sing O ye Heavens and rejoice O ye Saints that live upon the Earth For I will deliver you from the Adversaries by the mighty Hand of my Power Fast and Pray and your Cries shall be heard and your Tears shall be shut up into my Bottle for a Memorial before me And such as rise up against you shall fall before you And I saw a Rainbow about the Throne and the Voice said This shall be a Covenant betwixt me and my People Then I heard a great Voice saying I will come forth with Power and will scatter such as rise up against the Everlasting Gospel Arise arise my Servant and put on my Strength and come forth For I am coming to do great things upon the Earth Howl ye Wicked for I will pour out my Spirit on my Servants and on my Handmaids and they shall Prophesie and their Prophesies shall come to pass Prepare your Hearts O ye Saints to meet your God and I will fill your Hearts full of Joy and Rejoicing For it is given to you to sing the Song of Praises and Thansgivings Then shall the Daughters of Sion be fill'd with Praises and Songs of Deliverance For behold the King cometh with Triumph and Victory and the Voice of the LORD shall be heard through the Earth Then I beheld Four Cherubims clapping their Hands together and crying Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabbaoth Heaven and Earth are full of thy Glory Then I beheld a Glorious Throne in the midst of Mount Sion and Twenty Four Elders round about the Throne and they threw down their Crowns saying Amen Amen so be it FINIS
can this Revelation be from the Devil which hath destroy'd in her the Devil's Work and brought her to Christ Q. III. Since this Spirit who reveals himself in her calls himself the Spirit of Jesus Christ and witnesses that he who speaks by her is the Lord Jehovah the Tri-Vn God who Created Heaven and Earth the God of Israel how should it be possible for Satan so to disguise himself in the form of an Angel of Light as to give himself the Name of Jehovah at which he cannot but tremble Q. IV. Since that this Person has from her Childhood receiv'd some Revelations of diverse great Mysteries hidden in the Scripture which were not before known to us and which by reason of their Profoundness were not understood even by her self and which notwithstanding do all shew so goodly an Harmony Likewise since that she knows not at all times how to write about such Matters but then only when she is call'd by God and hears his Voice And since also that some Particulars have been foretold by her which have really come to pass accordingly I desire to be Answer'd whether such things as these can ever proceed from a strong Imagination or from a natural Subtilty of Spirit of which yet there is nothing to be found in this dear Person as all those who knew her can testifie And whether though it may be without difficulty consented to that the Depths of Phansie of the Devil and of his Deceivableness cannot be all found out by us it must 〈◊〉 be also confess'd that God will reveal these Depths and Heights of Satan and of Reason to his Children by the Spirit which he hath given them which searcheth the Deep Things of God to the end they may be able clearly to discern that which is the Fault of a strong Impression from that which is the Effect of God's Spirit XLII 1. Before I conclude I cannot forbear to inform you my Dear Fathers and Brethren in Christ that such abominable Lies and Slanders have been publish'd against Us and Her by the Father of Lies and his Instruments as we could never have believ'd it had been possible if we had not been sufficiently convinc'd of the Power of Darkness which at this present rules in the World in the midst of those who Name themselves Christians We then call'd to Mind what the Lord had already upon the 17th of June foretold us which was that there should arise great and abominable Mistakes the which ought not therefore to appear strange to us but rather to caution us that we may profit thereby and be satisfy'd that the Word and Testimony which have been given are True in as much as they are so entirely accomplish'd Whereas if we had been of the World we had been prais'd of it and that every one might have spoken well of us we needed to have done no more but to have express'd our Doubt whether these Revelations or Testimonies were so Divine as that we could be certain of their being so This then is that Revelation which the Lord gave for a Testimony to us Peace be with you my Elect Again I speak unto you O ye that are Blessed to the end I may quicken you and that ye be not wearied in Patience and Stedfastness Give ear now unto my kind Word which in holy Love I communicate to you Be ye elevated all ye Children of my Father who loveth you and become strong in my Might to the end ye may cleave stedfastly and immoveably to me and depart not from me For there will come abominable Lies and gross Mistakes Consider it for I have told it you to the end ye may remain stedfast in my Truth and well-grounded in the Faith so as to depart neither to the Right Hand nor to the Left Let not any fear now overtake you neither be at all disquieted for I the LORD who am above the Heaven of all Heavens am with you as a mighty Warriour who go before you and suffer you not to be destroy'd if you trust in Me and remain with me If so ye are faithful to Me I am your strong Defence and your Castle And who is he that shall surprize you if ye are founded upon Me As for the Evil-dealers that seek after you they shall be broken in pieces and shall fall heavily But ye shall be made to rejoice in my great Help Amen 2. Not long after this we were Comforted by the Lord in like manner as one is comforted and elevated by one's Mother Hear my Word O Israel and thou Judah that art blessed of me give good attention unto it Lo I come suddenly Mistake not move thou not thy foot that thou mayest not fall For mine Arm shall lead Thee and unto thee shall my Truth be made manifest At the Seventh Hour I will sanctifie my Virgin and will bring forth her Glory which I give to her for a Refreshment before the Rising of the Sun Be but of good Heart my chosen Ones without all manner of fear for I have made a Covenant with you that ye shall remain before Me And now I Swear to you yea I JEHOVAH the Lord of Hosts Swear to you that for you I will set my Righteousness against all the High Things which are lifted up against me that am in you and my Loving-kindness shall guide you and my powerful Arm likewise shall be with you This is the Covenant that I make with the Servants and the Handmaids of Jacob. So verily as the Heaven is prepared by my Almighty Word so keep I my Covenant with my Lambs who shall leap after me upon Mount Gilead and upon Mount Sion my Fortress Yea I have said it For I am the Lord the LORD who rule over the Cherubim and Seraphim the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob who have bruised the Serpent's Head Yea Amen Should we not then be Secure and of a good Heart since the Lord God of Israel our Saviour thus Comforted us and assur'd us of his Protection It 's no matter then how this appears in the sight of the World as if we were forsaken by him and as if to us who have plac'd our confidence in Him rather than in Man all these sweet and powerful Promises should not have their Accomplishment We know notwithstanding with the utmost and greatest Certainty that we shall not perish but shall Conquer for that he hath loved us Hallelujah 3. Lastly upon the 30th of November there came to us the following Word in which the Lord explains to us what is the meaning of that passage Mat. 24.23 Lo here is Christ lo there is Christ And he says That the false Bastard Spirit is already come into all States and will yet come with more abominable Lying Wonders The Warning is word for word this I the Lord LORD Jesus Christ He that is True do warn you that you take heed to your selves for there are coming such False Christs that are disguised and have such
which you have receiv'd not only be able to judge Rightly concerning the Divine Original of These Revelations but there shall also a most large Blessing a singular Encrease of Living Knowledge and a most certain and most plentiful Enjoyment of the Love and of the Peace of God flow down upon you in abundance Farewel and as the Glory of God requires use Them to your Salvation and Happiness Glory be to God Alone A LETTER To Some DIVINES Whether God doth any more reveal himself by the means of Divine Apparitions c Grace Peace Light and Wisdom from God the FATHER through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Right Reverend and Worthy Fathers and Brethren in Christ I. SInce God in these our Times has done great Things on a young Lady worthy of admiration to all the World therefore thought I my self obliged in Conscience to give you a Relation of this Matter as exact as is possible requesting you to impart to me what you shall judge of this Affair as Christians and in the Fear of God And indeed the Worth and Excellence of the Subject requires that you refuse me not this Favour II. A Daughter of a very Honourable Family was Born in the Year MDCLXXII in the Month of November who is now Nineteen Years old the Seventh Child of her Parents who from her Infancy has been of a good Humour having neither Melancholy nor Subtilty in her Temper as all those can witness who have conversed with her Who must grant that there is in her something that is Innocent without any disguise and that there needs no more but only to look on her to perceive something that cannot be expressed of Great and Singular in her very Face Notwithstanding these high Qualities she is yet so Humble and Submissive as if she had them not She Sacrifices them all to Him from whom she has receiv'd them and to whom alone that Honour is due so that I am bold to say in the Presence of God that I have never seen so Humble an Heart endow'd with so rare Perfections and I believe the Ages which are past can hardly bring a Parallel III. As she was Seven Years old without having ever pray'd for any such high Matters she received from God a most Particular Favour One day being with her Mother who then according to her Custom made her Family to perform their common Devotions she saw in the midst of her Prayer a Person clad all in Glory and of most wonderful Beauty making up towards her with a great deal of kindness who had a Golden Shield before his Breast and whose Face was full of Light This she discover'd the very same moment to her Elder Sister who not regarding it let it pass IV. After which this lovely Conversation of her Saviour encreasing according as she advanced in Years it fell out that one day at Dinner her Sisters telling one another in the presence of their Mother what they had Dream'd the Night before she said to them that she indeed had not any Dreams at all but that the Saviour of the World whom she beheld to regard her with a very gracious look had in this wise expresly spoken to her I am JESVS CHRIST who am wounded for thee I will betroth my self to thee for evermore and will remain thy Bridegroom Adding that after this he had promis'd to send her his Angel to gather up her Tears when she should be Afflicted Which punctually came to pass when weeping one time for the grief which a Fit of a Feaver had caused she saw an Angel gathering up her Tears in a Golden Vial with a Conceit of most Majestick Musick which struck her Ears being for certain all the while Awake V. This happened about her Ninth Year but in the following Years the Lord manifested himself to her still more Gloriously every day For one time as she was according to her Custom before God in Prayer she perceiv'd an Hand to be laid upon her Head and this Voice uttered Cast thy Burthen upon the Lord Hope in him and he shall do thee good She receiv'd these Words in Faith which prov'd to her afterward a Sure Comfort on all Occasions VI. A little while after this being all alone in her Prayer she saw again the same Person that she had seen before but in greater Majesty and Glory drawing near to her as if it were to embrace her It is true that at the first this gave her some little Dread but He the Saviour who is the strength of the weak did in such wise strengthen her that her Spirit being quite fill'd with Love all Fear was driven out VII When she was now about Twelve Years old the Lord shewed her the whole Course or Representation of his Passion in like manner as it had been exhibited in the Year MDCXXV to Christiern IV. King of Denmark in the Castle of Rosenbourg She had also besides this about the same time many Divine Openings and Revelations of mighty Importance which at present cannot be here all particulariz'd But this is not to be omitted that she once appeared to her self to be cloathed in a white Robe and to become very great And many Stars in the Heavens she beheld casting their Rays upon her Body by which means it was rendred very Luminous and Glorious Now asking the Lord what might be the meaning of all this she receiv'd for an Answer that these were only Glances of his Favour to her At the same time she heard a Voice above the Clouds which repeated three several times these words Fear God and keep his Commandments Fear God and keep his Commandments Let all the World fear God and keep his Commandments This being ended she saw CHRIST surrounded with a great multitude of Saints in white Robes and Crowns of Gold on their Heads which they took off and cast at his Feet and prostrating themselves sung To thee O Lamb of God be the honour and the praise for ever and ever VIII This lovely and sweet Saviour presented himself once to her saying Be not afraid Thou art my Love my Fair one my Dearest my Queen and I am thy Friend thy King and Shepherd I will not forsake thee nor neglect thee Be at rest and fear nothing I strengthen thee and uphold thee I will not take away that which I have given thee For hereto I have ordained thee from all Eternity HE also at other times witness'd the same to others whom she was oblig'd to write to in these words I am revealed in the Spirit to a Maid whose Mother is a Widow IX Another time JESUS CHRIST appeared to her in this manner His Blood sparkling like Rubies ran down from his most holy Head the little Wounds in his Face being laid open glitter'd very much from his Hands and Feet stream'd forth bright Blood and a very shining Chrystalline Water HE spoke to her these words which she noted down at that very time Come my Dove and rest in my Heart for
my Heart is thy Chamber to sleep in and my Wounds thy Bed to rest in My Life is thine my Glory is thine I am thine and will remain thine Again HE said Walk before me and be good Serve me faithfully and follow me I will enflame thy Heart with a lively burning Devotion and with the Light of my Grace Thy Prayers shall be as perfume before me and I will answer them Thou art my dear Child my precious Child my most lovely Child and I am thy God thy Fortress thy Life and thy Light X. As this blessed Creature was favour'd with these and many other Refreshments by CHRIST her Well-beloved she was at the same time exposed like S. Paul to the pinchings and buffettings of the Devil For at diverse times she has seen in â—…ll day Satan present himself before her in the shape of a Black with bâ—â—â—…ng Eyes and an horrible Face being attended with other Devils who together with him endeavouring to lay word on her were not able but after having a little terrify'd her were driven away by the holy Angels whom God had sent for her defence and rescue Aâ—â—â—… the Devil appear'd to her one day with a Coffin making a shew of casting her into it when no sooner had she â—â—â—…'d upon God to help her by saying 〈◊〉 â—herefore is the Son of God revealed 〈…〉 destroy the Works of the Deâ—â—… 〈◊〉 at these words became as so mâ—â—â— flaming Scourges which were 〈…〉 to her Eyes and forced the 〈…〉 â—…ave her XI In the same Year it pleas'd the Great GOD to give her an Opening out of the holy Revelation especially out of the xxth and xxist of the said Book Which I here subjoin that you may judge whether it be possible that this could be produced by the Phansy or by any Faculty of the Soul in a Child so young as this The Manifestations which the LORD dictated Verbatim and gâ—â—… 〈◊〉 her Pen in setting down when she was hardly able to Write or Spell and which she keeps by her in the Original are these word for word I will go forth within a little while and will bind the Devil in such a manner that he shall not be able to fly any more in the Air nor to seduce Mankind and then I will come upon the 〈…〉 God and Man with the holy Câ—â—… JERUALEM and will Judge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will and my dear Christians 〈…〉 appoint Judges and my Glory 〈…〉 â—â—…nd them and in my Brâ—â—… 〈…〉 they shine I will givâ—â—… 〈…〉 Power to Teach and to Reprove and I will give them such a Spirit as I have given to those who are Beheaded for my Name Such a Spirit shall rest double upon all of them and they shall reign with me a Thousand Years and I will give them great power to bring in the Ignorant that so there may be one Shepherd and one Fold The Wicked Dead shall not live again till the Thousand Years be expired and then they shall be raised to Judgment So shall all the Blessed be in the Kingdom and I will descend with all the Faithful and Elect Souls and will keep Heaven as it were with the Children of Men. I will also preserve Christianity for a Thousand Years so as it may during that time â—â—â—…ease till that the Number be 〈…〉 When therefore these Thousand Years shall be finished I will be no longer with Christendom after thâ—…â—â—…nner but will go unto the Father into the wide Eternity together with the Elect leaving here the JERVSALEM-Christendom And I will 〈◊〉 Satan to come forth that he may seduce the People that are hardned which shall remain which are Gog and Magog And these shall be gathered together in Battel against the Christians who are my holy People But I will then cause Fire to fall from Heaven and will destroy them utterly and bring them to an End And I will raise all the Dead and will make an end of this World and the Faithful who shall then be alive I will transform and will sentence the Good and the Wicked XII As now her Mother saw and read so many Revelations she became impatient to be satisfied whence they did proceed and being of the Opinion that she could not 〈…〉 than to impart the same to 〈◊〉 â—â—â—…essor she took this Resolution 〈◊〉 discover'd to him the whole Affa◠〈◊〉 he exhorted her to stand upon 〈◊〉 â—â—…ard considering how the Devil could transform himself into an Angel of Light and other like Advices he gave her As therefore the Mother with her Daughters were troubled at this and in great Affliction throwing themselves on their Knees before Christ pray'd him that he would reveal to them whether that which the Priest had said was true or whether it was he himself the true Saviour JESUS CHRIST the Son of the Living God who had overcome the Devil and bruis'd the Serpent's Head And in case it were He who had hitherto appear'd to this Child that he would continue to speak to her as before But if not that he would put the Devil to silence XIII Then the Kind Saviour accepting their Prayer made Answer in this wise I am the Son of God who have bruised the Head of the Serpent and not he who seduced Adam and Eve in the form of an * This agrees with Patrick's Annot. Gen. c. 3. Angel of Light I do not Counsel what is good against my own Will as doth Satan I who speak with you am that God who governeth and reigneth over the Cherubim and the Seraphim But I see your weak Faith how you waver and suffer your selves to be shaken by a little Gust However I have patience with you and will make you mine Elect ones in the Furnace of Tribulation And what I have begun thus meanly I will gloriously accomplish Whereas Satan beginneth always gloriously and endeth pitifully XIV HE also said Many Preachers who ought to enlarge the Gates that I the King of Glory should come in do stop them up wherefore these not being worthy I will chuse my self some who shall do this in the Joy of their Hearts I tell you now I the SON of God who have chosen you out to be my People and Heritage that I will make you undoubted Heirs in the Kingdom of my FATHER and will exalt you very high for evermore I have now established you fast by means of my faithful Temptation for ye may at this time well believe that I am the true CHRIST from whom the Devils fly away XV. She after this saw CHRIST in the Clouds speaking these Words Behold I march upon the wings of the Wind the Lord of Hosts is my Name I am the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob and also your God too who will make you come forth to my Honour Therefore be not faint in the Faith for I will avenge mine Honour with a mighty hand and will not keep silence in my Cause Moreover she saw God the Father in Heaven seated
led out of the Path of Affliction and upon thy Forehead shall be set Palms of Praise so that thou shalt rejoice as a Bird that is escaped from the hands of the Fowler Thus shall it be done to thee O Daughter of Sion 5. HE also foretells how the Edomites for being the Enemies of the Israelits shall be punished when at the same time it shall go well with Sion and she shall be set off in the finest Gold Mine heart is full of Kindness and Love And that yours may be in like manner so joyn your selves unto me so shall ye be made Perfect Be ye Friendly shewing kindness towards all Men so shall ye be well pleasing to me Daughter of SION I have now covered thy Face so that thou art forced to sit as a Blind beggar by the Way-side and to be trod upon by all the World as her at whom all People are ashamed and thy Relations are like the Children of Edom. But be glad O my Daughter of Sion it shall be well with thee again Thy Face which is covered shall appear fair and bright and shall shine as transparent Gold Thou shalt anoint thy head with Oil to refresh thee thou shalt be no more in the Way-side for an Aversion but for an Admiration to all so that all the World shall say it is the LORD who hath done after this manner for it is glorious and it hath not hitherto been ever done so But ye who have reviled the Daughter of SION how will it go with you when that you shall drink of this Cup in your turn and that your Iniquities shall be discovered With thee O SION it shall go well and of thy Sins there shall no mention be made But with thee O Daughter of Edom it shall go very bad say I the Lord of Sabaoth for thy Sins shall be brought into remembrance before me 6. Israel's Future Faith is here represented as Present O how lovely art thou my Dearest How doth thy Faith shine How doth thy goodness sparkle How noble is thy Manner How Friendly and Charming are thine Eyes Come and take the rest of my Beauty to thee Come quickly come for in Friendship I will receive thee thou most lovely amongst the Children of Men. And after that thou shalt have received from me as much Spiritual Beauty as thou wilt come also and take thy Earthly recompense Arise Arise O Daughter of Sion for I will come and visit thee I will raise thee up that art in the dust Make thy self ready in a moment for I will build thee up O thou that art thrown down I will return again towards thee and remain with thee until I lead thee into my Father's House I will Crown thee with Blessings and make thy Face joyful Wherefore be of good heart for this shall happen to thee in a time that thou dost not think of And cast thou upon me all thy Cares for I will bear them Lock thou up thy restless heart in my sweet Love and verily I say unto thee thou shalt not miss of my certain help Amen! 7. HE fortells a Delightful time which shall preceede and be as it were an Image of the Millennial Reign Be not troubled my dear Sheep neither be ye sad Hang not down your Heads but lift them up in my Strength and know ye that your Deliverance is nigh for the Hour is now come and the time of Affliction is passed over the Day of Grace appointed for all those that are Called breaketh forth for the last Evening-light shall shine which imperfect Splendour of the Evening shall out-do the Sun-beams at noon She shall be Adorned in Purple and most fine Gold in the Evening of the World there shall breathe a mild Gale Men upon the Earth shall be at Unity yet not all and both great and small know me and shall pierce deeply into my Wisdom But notwithstanding this shall be put as a Type or Shadow of the Millennial Kingdom Wherefore be glad cleave fast to me live well and above all things have Faith 8. A Prophecy that the Reubenites shall be destroy'd in their Posterity Verily Verily I say unto thee my dearest Daughter Sion that the Lord who hath made Heaven and Earth is purposed and hath firmly resolved that he will gather together all the faint-hearted and bashful all those that are oppressed and humbled in shor all those that are upright in the service of me Unto these will I the Lord be Gracious and the old Reubenites who shall seek to destroy them I will destroy those only of them excepted who shal be found of an upright heart whom I will gather to the rest and they shall dwell together for evermore all those whom I shall have brought into one Body and they shall have but one Name that is that they are Christians Wherefore rejoyce always in me give thanks to my Name be Single-hearted be Merciful be Upright Fare ye well 9. How Levi also shall not escape Be thou joyful O my dear Sion and thou Ephraim my beloved give a great Shout for a Gracious Visitation shall now return upon thee and the Light of my Holy Gospel I will cause thee to see clearly But If thou wilt not receive it behold I have whet my Sword and stretched out my Bow and made it ready with a deadly Arrow that I may strike thee Dead in the twinckling of an Eye For as many as receive it I will also receive and will be merciful to but as many as are self-willed and stiff-necked I will scatter before my Face and chastize with heavy Stripes both Reuben and Levi and all that belong to them As for those who remain mine in great mercy will I come unto them Amen! 10. How that a Glimmering to the Kingdom of Glory is appeared to witness to the fore-running Day-break And how that for this reason the Dragon in his Members rageth against the Children of Light upon whom God will pour forth abundantly the streams of his Spirit Be ye joyful O my dearest Sheep and hearken ye to my Voice for my Voice cryeth aloud Hearken ye to the sound of the Trumpet and come ye here to me Skip O ye Lambs upon the little Hills of God have a good chear be merry for God's City shall be built in the days of goodness Laugh Sing aloud Clap your hands for my Foot is set upon the Bottomless pit to keep the Dragon down that he may not Spit out his deadly Poison while he beholds the Dawn of the Glorious Kingdom now beginning in which his Head shall be Bruised and his Power Shaken But afterward through my Indulgence he shall Spit forth his Serpentine Poison amongst my Chosen ones yet with this difference that they shall have reciv'd Power and Strength to resist him And this shall be a Sign to them that they shall cause Fire to fall from Heaven and Consume the Ungodly however they shall be wrongfully treated and persecuted but shall not
words Look here my Brother it is I who do it that I may accomplish it even so as I have purposed to do it And if I be thy Tower and thy Fortress who is he that can offend thee For this reason set up now thy Standard in my Name for I will destroy them when I awake up but I will be with thee and with thee will I fight against the Enemies yea yea it is I who do it therefore be thou joyful in my strength and let nothing hinder thee from doing it for I am the Lord thy God who accomplish this thing my self Amen 2. As the Calumnies yet more and more encreased against me I received still further Comfort of which this word of Testimony that follows is an Instance Be not wearied in patience thou blessed One even as I am not wearied However as for the Implacable them I will cast out into Darkness But have thou a good Courage and be not faint in the Profession of my Truth for one Day thou shalt be Victorious and having obtained a glorious Conquest shalt then Feed upon the Fruits of thy Labour Therefore be thou refreshed in my strength which shall be given to thee in abundance 3. In the same Month I received of the Lord another powerful witness proceeding from the freeness of his Grace which pierced me into the Soul and Spirit yea into the Marrow and Bones as may easily be imagined by any one who shall but-weigh the Circumstances which accompanied the same my Wife and I in Company with the Blessed Maid and with her Mother and Sisters whom we could not leave alone in the House took a Journey to Lubeck to set in order all my Affairs in which by the Decease of my Father from hence by reason of my holy Function I left my Wife and these good Friends at Lubeck and returned Hither by Post I arrived here upon Sunday and the very same Evening at Six a Clock I was filled with such a Divine Joy that came upon me as an Armed Man as in all my Life I had never felt the like though my dear Heavenly Father by the sweet Call of his Mouth has oftentimes put into me Life and Gladness In this Joy I had a Fore-taste of the Glory of the World to come and saw in a Moment that which God hath prepared for those that Love him by the means whereof my Heart was so Enlarged that I thought my self strong enough to throw down Walls and Pillars but there happening to be some Strangers then at the Table I concealed this Joy as much as ever I could till that it was impossible to hide it longer and then I began with a Voice of Jubilee to Sing Sion heard the Watchmen Sing Her Heart inflam'd with Joy does spring She wakes she rises strait and hastes away Her Friend comes down in Glory Bright Rich full of Grace of Truth and Might Her Morning dawns her Star proclaims the Day Come now Celestial Crown Dear Jesu God's Eternal Son Hosanna Into the Joyful Court we follow all And Celebrate with Dance and Festival The Happy Nuptial Day Hallelujah The same a little Paraphras'd Hark hark from Salem's Tow'rs the Watchmen sing The signal of the long-expected King And Sion's Courts with loud Hosanna's ring See how with eager Joy all Hearts around Tremble and dance to the Melodious Sound She shakes her from the Dust she flies all Gay To meet or to prevent the Glorious Day In solemn Pomp her Joy from Heav'n descends Him mighty Truth and ev'ry Grace attends She sees her beauteous Morning-star arise And bright Aurora Purpling round the Skies Now come Dear Glorious Crown Lord Jesu come And lead us to our long lost wisht for Home We into the Inmost Court all follow Thee The Glorious Happy still Eternity Or thus according to the Letter Sion heard the Watchmen sing Her Heart springeth for Joy She awaketh and riseth up presently Her Joy cometh down from Heaven Gloriously In Grace strong in Truth mighty Her Light breaketh out her Star is risen Now come dear Crown Lord Jesu the Son of God Hosannah We all follow into the Joyful Court and keep the Supper 4. My whole Family observ'd this Joy in me with Astonishment and my Son's Tutor said There must certainly some Great Thing have passed at Lubeck at this very time and that we were now in the Communion of Their Joy This Adventure the next Day I sent by the Ordinary Post to my Dear Wife and the very same Day being Monday she writ also to me by a good Friend what had passed with them at Lubeck in that very same Hour when I was seiz'd with so extraordinary a Joy Which Letter I broke open in the presence of Two Pious Young Ladies who were come thither from Staden on purpose to Visit this Dear B. Maid And having but a Minute before related to them that which had happen'd to me upon the Sunday Evening I read to them these words of the said Letter Child prithee write to me how thou didst find Thy self upon Sunday at Six a Clock in the Afternoon and whether thou didst not then feel in thy Heart a certain Joy For about that time the Lord spake to Thee with so much Affection and so stirr'd thee up as is not by me expressible Of which thou maist best judge from the Testimony that is here sent thee 5. Which I afterward read and is as follows Courage my Elect one Make haste and meet me for I am risen up to come toward thee yea toward thee and therefore come I so lovingly that I may knit my self unto thee For mine Heart is wounded therefore am I so enflamed and therefore am I so very Zealous for thy sake Receive then my Living Breath and Burn thou so that the Fire of it may give a loud and crackling noise And let thy Zeal be such that the Flame of it may break violently forth For I come leaping upon thee on a sudden and I throw down the Mountains with the Voice of my Coming Yea yea Amen! Amen! I am JEHOVAH the Lord. 6. Having read this I was mightily surpriz'd and letting the Two Young Ladies read it themselves they were much Astonish'd at it and Magnify'd God who deals thus wonderfully with his Children As this now for my own part gave me perfect Satisfaction that my dear Saviour was resolv'd by thus raising my Heart in the very same Hour wherein he gave me this Animating Word at the distance of Ten German Miles from hence to Convince me as it accordingly did of the Truth of this Divine Testimony in such a manner as I might not hereafter have room for any Doubt of His Words which should be sent to me at any other time So on the other side my Wife with the rest of our Friends at Lubeck were in like manner hereby strengthen'd and by it fully assur'd even to that Degree as it is not possible to be more that it was the
Experience propose to the Lord the Treachery and Abomination of any one else And concluded not to propose to Him any thing but what should proceed from an humble Heart wanting to be satisfied And in this Resolution she hath been Confirm'd by the Lord himself who spake to her in this manner I am Holy therefore let every one that cometh to Ask of me examine himself well whether he be likewise of a clean Heart And if not let him not think that I should visit him in my Word to Answer him For this end hold thou to Me for I will not that thy Righteous Soul should be importuned by the impure Wretches of this World Go out from their Abominations and receive not any thing at all from them For I am the LORD Nay even those who love Me if they come not to me in a Child-like and Humble Heart they shall not be heard by me Let every one that dareth to lift up his Eyes toward me come himself to me with his Heart and not by Letter and I will answer him willingly and will not shut him out I go before in Love For hitherto have I spoken in patience but they would make an ill use of it and would make thee to sin without thy knowledge Break then the Cords and suffer not thy self to be bound and take nothing from them but only from such as are true-hearted and humble Such will I hear when they complain and will answer when they enquire not out of Curiosity Now although the Lord will not Answer such Curious Enquirers and She Sanctify'd and Purify'd in the Blood of Christ will not admit of such like Questions yet nevertheless He was the very same day so Good as to give us that which follows Courage My SION thou dear Shulamite shalt now go suddenly forth out of Babylon I will give to thee the Wings of Righteousness that thou mayest fly away from the Abomination of Babel Thou shalt have no Communion with her that so thou mayest not be polluted For I will have thee to be clean and without Spot I will cloath thee with the Saphir and will Crown thee with Righteousness For thou hast been rudely treated and thy Wounds have been very bad but now it is all over For the Vine beginneth to put forth its Branches and I take pleasure in my Bride for she is become lovely in my Eyes Therefore will I deck her with Light and Glory without measure and she shall find that I deal kindly with her Let then the Babylonian Wicked insult over you with all their might Be ye not dismayed hereat I am your Buckler your Defence and your Armour and with Justice I cover you as with a Garment I the LORD am arming my self to fight for you with a Mighty Arm For now is the time that Light and Darkness must be separated from each other that so SION may dwell before Me. And verily the Cherubs with Thrones and Principalities are in Array to Fight for Sion against Babel But take this in a right Sense The Battel is for the sake of Sion's Spirit that her Cause may be strengthn'd and made certain and that there may be a Separation from the Works of Babel For this end it is time that ye watch and stand upon your Guards Night and Day For I come and do sound all the Depths And therefore I witness thus and will witness in all Languages and Tongues and will pour out my Spirit largely and adorn my Bride as to the Marriage-feast yea as to the Triumph She shall cry aloud for Joy and magnifie my Name aforehand When all this shall be transacted before in the Spirit then shall the Decree or Curse come forth against Babel And Sion shall then be as an Armed Man and I as a Roaring Lion against Babel and all her Abominations And then shall the Jdugment be revealed and come forth Wo to you ye Earthly-minded Men when I come Of whom is that saying true That I shall not find Faith upon the Earth But Blessed are the Simple and the Children for unto such doth the Kingdom belong Therefore be still rest in humility and fear not for I am before you Again I say Blessed are the little Children for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Yea yea Amen! say I the Lord of Lords the God and Saviour in the Spirit of these Children Wherefore study that you may become like to them and so shall ye be made all Light Rejoice ye for the Victory is to Sion XXXV Before I consider the Questions I shall from some Passages of holy Scripture succinctly prove that God never declar'd it to be his Will that there should be no more Apparitions or Revelations after our Saviours Ascension but that on the contrary he hath given express Promises in his Word that before the Dreadful Day of the Lord he will send forth his Scribes Learned in the Kingdom of Heaven his Wisemen and Prophets for a Warning to the World and for an Encouragement to his Faithful Servants Neither have we any room for Doubt as to the Divinity of these Visions and Revelations if once it appear that the Lord according to his holy Purpose and Will doth really and according to the Rules laid down by Mr. Fabricius Superintendent-General of Pomerania in his Discourse * De Probatione Visionum of the Trial of Visions give to his Children in all Ages of the Church such Manifestations as these Of which the said Author has Collected together a great number of Examples from Approv'd Fathers Doctors and other Writers XXXVI That God therefore will for that he may if he will I suppose there is no Divine will deny grant such like Apparitions and extraordinary Revelations I prove first from the Prophet Joel Chap. 2. of which take this brief Account Now that the Contents of this Chapter have never yet been Accomplish'd since the time of Joel will be put out of all Dispute The time in which he Prophesied is not express'd but however certain it is that it was before the Captivity of Babylon Let us then see whether the Prophesie contain'd in this Chapter can have had its fulfulling either in the Calamity which the City of Jerusalem and the People of the Jews suffer'd by Nebuchadnezzar or in that other brought upon them by Titus Vespasian Now it is certain by these Verses viz. 1 7 9 and 11. that when this Chapter must have its Accomplishment then Mount Sion must be in a good Estate and the City of Jerusalem with its Temple be standing Moreover in ver 2. a Day which is call'd the Day of the Lord is describ'd as a Day of Darkness and of Gloominess of Clouds and of thick Darkness And this shall herein consist that a mighty and strong People of whom there has not been ever the like neither shall be any more to all Eternity shall come upon Jerusalem as the Morning spread upon the Mountains Now that this cannot be said
of the Babylonish Army namely that it was a People so Mighty as there hath never been the like of them nor ever shall be again in all Generations or to all Eternity will easily be granted by all the World And that this cannot be understood here of the Roman Army is no less evident For those that pretend this Chapter is already fulfill'd must at the same time own that if the Holy Ghost in ver 28. was poured out in the first Pentecost and if the Romans did not Besiege and Destroy Jerusalem but till Forty Years afterward it is impossible that in the Second Verse mention could be made of this Army From the Third Verse to the Ninth the manner in which this Army shall March is describ'd In the Tenth it is said That the Earth shall quake before it the Heavens tremble the Sun and the Moon be dark and the Stars withdraw their shining In the Eleventh the Lord utters his Voice before His Army which shall be very great and strong and shall execute his Word in such wise that this Day of the Lord shall be a Day so great and so terrible that none shall be able to abide it That all this should be done by the Babylonian Army is not probable either from Scripture or from any other Writer and much less by the Roman to which the very Order of the Prophet will not permit us to apply it as hath been already said From the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Verse the Prophet gives Counsel how the Inhabitants of Jerusalem ought to behave themselves and what they ought to do to be exempted from the Calamity Which besides can have no manner of Application to the Babylonian Expedition since it was known out of the Prophet that not only at that time there would not be any Remedy but that the Jews were bound according to God's Will to surrender themselves up to the Babylonians which since they refus'd to do the King together with the Nobles made hereby the Misery to fall heavier upon themselves their City and their People and so drew down upon themselves their own Ruin In the 17th He prosecutes his Counsel by advising the Priests the Ministers of the Lord to weep between the Porch and the Altar and to say Spare thy People O Lord and give not thine Heritage to reproach that the Heathen should rule over them Wherefore wilt thou let it be a By-word amongst the Nations Where is their God Hereupon follows in the 18th Verse till the 27th the Answer of this Prayer namely that God would be Jealous for his Land and pity his People Now it is not found that either the Priests then made such a Prayer betwixt the Porch and the Altar or that the Answer which is here promis'd to such a Prayer did follow The Temple with the whole City of Jerusalem and the Land of Canaan being destroy'd and made desolate Neither did this at all come to pass in the Destruction from the Romans but the Temple was reduc'd to Ashes some Weeks before the City and then there follow'd not any Relief but such a Desolation as endureth yet to this very day Nay the Order which the Prophet observes will not at all permit as hath been said already that the Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans should be apply'd hereto Since that which now follows in the Text must according to the Sentiment of those who believe this Prophesie already fulfill'd have been Forty Years before the Destruction of Jerusalem which nevertheless the Prophet puts after the Calamity which he describes here and which shall come upon Jerusalem For after that this shall be after that Jerusalem shall be Environ'd after that it's Walls shall be Scal'd and after that the Enemies shall be as it were Masters of the City After that the People shall be hereby Converted to the Lord and after that the Priests shall send up to Him their Groans and Supplications and that He shall hear these Groans and these Supplications shall spare his Land and his People shall repel the Enemies and lastly shall cause them to see again and to enjoy much Prosperity then will the Lord after all this pour out his Spirit upon all Flesh and the Sons and the Daughters shall Prophesie c. Now this having not come to pass upon the Babylonian Captivity and Destruction and yet much less upon the Roman and since that which after this Promise happen'd in Pentecost to the Apostles preceeded the latter by many Years it is certain that the Prophetical Text has not hitherto had its Total Accomplishment to this present day but that necessarily the Time wherein it must and shall be accomplish'd is yet to come it being impossible for the Word to Lie And this is also Confirm'd by the Third Chapter whose Coherence with the Second is indissoluble that in those days and in that time when that which is promis'd in the Second Chapter shall be fulfill'd he the Lord shall bring again the Captivity of Judah and Jerusalem In which nevertheless Judah and Jerusalem have since the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon the Day of Pentecost been already more than Sixteen Hundred Years and still are in it Besides there is also express'd such a Promise in the 28th and 29th Verses of the Second Chapter which could not be Accomplish'd in the Apostles seeing that after this the Spirit ought to be pour'd out upon all Flesh in such a manner as that their Sons and Daughters should Prophesie their Old Men should dream Dreams and their Boys should see Visions and that also in those days upon their Men-servants and upon their Maid-servants should the Spirit be poured out Now the Apostles are not all Flesh And much less can it be said of them that they are call'd Sons and Daughters Boys Men-servants and Maid-servants and at the very same time likewise Old Men. It is true that in the First Pentecost of the New Testament there came upon the Apostles that which the Lord hath here promis'd yet this was very far from fulfilling the Prophesie This was only a Beginning and a Foretaste of which the Total Accomplishment is yet to be expected And this is also sufficiently evident from the very words of the Apostle Peter Acts 2.39 that the Promise was to them and to their Children and to all that were afar whom the Lord our God should call Wherefore since the Day here describ'd even the Terrible Day of the Lord is not yet come nor shall come but in the time of the Sixth Seal Rev. 6. And since the effectual Deliverance of God has not according to what has been already prov'd been given upon the Prayers of the Priests in the time of the Captivity of Babylon or of the Destruction of Jerusalem Which Deliverance ought nevertheless to be effected at the same time with the Fact here describ'd by Joel in such a manner that God will appear Jealous for his People and will pity them And in the