LORD himself and no other who could speak so by this Blessed Lady as He that is only Powerful to reveal his Wonders in the Hearts of Men to His own Praise XXVIII Neither must we pass over what the Lord with great Faithfulness and Love Answer'd to a certain Godly Doctor but who was of the Reform'd Religion and a mighty Defender of Particularism who having hop'd to Convince others of that Opinion was himself well satisfied to find the Truth touching Particular Grace and Predestination This then is the Answer that he receiv'd from the Lord. Peace be with thee Hear now my Word with a simple child-like Heart Behold I the Lord even the Lord JEHOVAH who upon the Cherubim and Seraphim am seated who am from Everlasting and who bring you forth in my Everlasting Love How should I whose Compassion is Everlasting and Unconfined make a Culling out of some before others Far be this from my Great and Universal Mercy Lo when my Heart was moved and my Bowels yearned within me then broke forth the Fire of Love and passed in the same instant over All Men that were fallen in Adam And there was no Preference of Any for I bear them All in my Womb even in my Mercy as if they were but One yea as if they were but One cold and lifeless Burden Then did my Love break forth and I became Flesh and gave my self for them and quickned them all with my Blood throughout and loosened them from the cold Darkness For they were before me but as One and I chose not Any but suffered my Love to go forth over All. Whosoever then cleaveth not to me turneth to the Darkness and his Destruction is not from me I am not guilty of it Who can sound out the Extent of my Love and of my Mercy Which is infinitely greater than you either know or understand Wherefore forget that which is behind namely all impertinent Curiosity for my Faithfulness and my Love surpass all Understanding And follow thou me as a little Child and so shalt thou live For he that feareth me and doth that which is righteous is well-pleasing in my sight Behold thou little Worm of Jacob I JESUS CHRIST the Faithful and the True do answer thee in all Mildness and Love for I am the Love Behold what is it that should cause me to do more for the Salvation of one than for that of another Far be it from my Faithfulness to do so For as to Adam the Law was given that he should not eat of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil but at the same time the will of doing it was not taken from him so that if he had remained in Simplicity and not followed his Appetite in eating of this Tree he should have continued before me in Innocence whereas through disobedience eating against the Commandment he fell into Darkness In like manner all Mankind that are fallen in him are under the same Circumstances They have Light and Darkness set before them and besides this they have my Spirit the Spirit of Truth that unperceivably and after an hidden manner inviteth them and driveth them for I will not the Death of a Sinner but that every one be Converted and Live It doth not yet openly appear how I am gracious to Call and to lead with power the whole World out of the Fall in as much as my Love is over all every where and is alike to all Men. Whosoever therefore will not be Converted to the Light but letteth himself be surprized by the Serpent the same is separated from me and I watch over that Person for Judgment And if so it happen that there remain in such some good thing of mine that shall be for a Witness against him Be thou well assured that into a Soul which is so impure I do not enter For after that I have caused my Grace to take care of him and he receiveth me not neither heareth my Call unto his Soul to return from his Fallen Estate I say unto such let him that is Wicked be Wicked still as unto him that is Righteous let him be Righteous still Thus it is in very truth As for thy self be thou doing good and walking in Simplicity as becometh a well-instructed Child For many Errours and many Divisions shall yet spring forth from these haughty Spirits of Reason but the Children of the Simple shall be preserved and then shall the Mystery be unvailed and they shall be One in Me. XXIX 1. Now notwithstanding that we had so many Great Things before us which God was pleas'd to bestow upon us in much abundance from the Fountain of his Love and Mercy we did not communicate them to any one unless it were to some intimate Friends in whose Secresie we could confide As being very far from seeking by this means to gain our selves a Name And the B. Maid her self with her Family kept this Miracle of God conceal'd for the space of Twelve Years Neither had it to this very day been ever made Publick had not the bringing it forth been affected by others and in a wonderful manner For Persons began to be inquisitive about what should be the meaning of the Visits which we received from so many Persons of Quality And there ran a Report up and down that there was in my House a Maid that had the Falling-sickness and could Vanish The Original of which Report was probably this That this Elect Maid had upon Whitmonday receiv'd so great an Elevation of the Spirit that for more than half an Hour we beholding her Face all the while as the Face of an Angel she continually prais'd the LORD and directed us to him as to him that was only worthy to receive Praise and Honour Then we were in Doubt Whether we ought to hide all that God had done to us Or whether we ought if it were demanded of us plainly and roundly to averr the Truth Which difficulty press'd us the more in that it so happen'd that about this time my Brethren of the Clergy were afresh extreamly busied in the Controversie of Christ's Reign As we were therefore considering what was best for us to do in this Case we receiv'd upon the Ninth of August this Answer from the Lord. Peace be with you O ye that are troubled I have turned my Face to you that I may be gracious unto you Be not then afraid for my Thoughts to you-ward are peaceable If you be quiet and wait in patience you will come to see into my Wisdom Verily I say unto you a great Mercy is shewn you And when the Hour shall come it shall be made all manifest that you may behold how wisely I have acted Yea nothing that I have spoken to you shall be in vain Lo I have said nothing to you in vain Believe this For it must be that every thing yet come to pass and be accomplished according to my holy Design O thou Bashful one that withdrawest
upon an high Throne in Raiment white as Snow with a goodly Crown on his Head having in one hand a Scepter and in the other a Sword Who spoke thus Look on me I am the Husband of all Widows and the Father of all Orphans I will judge their right for I know it for their misery is come up before me and nothing is hidden from me Wherefore Afflictest thou thy self Cast thy Confidence upon me For I will visit the Daughter of Sion and the Sackcloth that is upon her I will take off and the Ashes that cover her head I will throw away and will anoint her head with the Oyl of gladness I will cure her Wounds and bind up her Sores Mine Arm shall become strong For I am resolved to help her and to place her upon Pillars of Marble She shall be set upon a Pedestal of Gold and shall Triumph even in this Age. Her Countenance shall be bright and her Heart fill'd with Mirth and her Victory shall last to the Children and Childrens Children And think not that this shall be long before it come to pass See! behold thou knowest not as I know The time is not long The time is not long Then also an Angel sounded with his Trumpet these words The time is not long After that she had seen God the FATHER in the Clouds whose Face she could well distinguish she was thereupon wholy carried out of her self and heard these words I am your God and you are the Sheep of my Pasture You are my People which I have chosen before many Thousand my Glory shall be suddenly Published For this end remain stedfast in the Faith XVI This pass'd in the Fifteenth year of her Age and from that time to this present day our Saviour has been pleas'd to manifest himself very gloriously to her and by her and has confirm'd her in her Soul and fully Assur'd her that this was not from Melancholy or the Devil but that it was the Son of God himself who spoke with her as one Friend speaks with another Friend And she firmly believes that God has determin'd some great matter over the World that he will shew his mercy to his Servants and his wrath to his Enemies and will bring forth his SION to the Astonishment of the whole Earth I will produce here some of those Testimonies or Divine Manifestations which amongst several Hundred have been given since the Year MDCXXXVIII to this present MDCXCI from the riches of his Mercy to Mankind XVII 1. In that which follows HE manifests forth his holy Love towards his Well-beloved ones by assuring them that he will free them from the burden of the Cross and do something great in their behalf Dearest Souls behold I beseech you in what manner my Soul longs and pants after you that your Souls may be one with me that we may become one Heart one Spirit one Soul For I desire to dwell in you to govern in you to work in you whom I have always loved whom I have drawn to me and for whom I have deliver'd up my self to the Death being made for you a sacrifice of Propitiation Wherefore should I not then love you after that you are thus made righteous by my Blood And therefore lift up your heads rejoyce cry aloud and Sing with a mighty Noise for he who hath delivered you from everlasting Death and shall deliver you from the burthen of the Cross even he will pass before you in Glory and perform great things for you For I am the Lord and who shall hinder me Who shall say to me What dost thou Am I not the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob a Powerful Lord over Sin Death the Devil and Hell 2. The Bridegroom assures his Bride that she being cloathed with his Righteousness and with the Garments of Salvation is well pleasing to the Father for His sake My Love thou fair one thou lovely and charming Shepherdess how amiable art thou in my Heavenly Father's Sight then when I am united with thee then when I put on thee my righteousness as a Robe and adorn thee with the Gold-work of Faith and Gird thee with the Girdle of Truth and Crown thee with the Palm-Branches of Praise O art thou not then indeed a beautiful Shepherdess O how lovely how charming art thou among the Thorns Thine Eyes have overcome me their Rays have wounded my heart for as the fair Morning Star they Sparkle and are more glittering then the goodliest Splendour For in them shine forth the works that are the delight of my Soul Now in all that is sacred nothing can be loved but what is without all spot and blame And now therefore my sweet Shepherdess since thou appearest so comely in the Garments of Salvatiton thou art not only well pleasing to my Father but also to me thy Shepherd thy Companion thy Bridegroom thy Brother and thy most trusty and fast Friend who shall love thee and cherish thee for all Eternity 3. The King tells the Daughter of Sion that her Guilt of Blood shall be taken from her and that she shall be deliver'd out of Captivity All Hail Dear Friends rejoice ye and be glad for the happy Day cometh that is prepared for you Yea the Hour cometh in which I approach more near to you and in which I fill you with Joy The time is come that I glorify thee the Daughter of SION and make thee again O Virgin to be Holy For thou O Israel art hitherto gone astray and art blind Nevertheless thy Sight shall be restored to thee when that Innocent Blood which thou hast pulled down upon thy self and upon thy Children shall be taken off But now I say unto you Be merry O Daughter of SION for I will bring thee forth out of the Prison of Tribulation and thy Wounds I will cleanse and will dress them with the Oyl of Grace with the sweet heavenly Unction I will anoint thee and thou shalt know that I am thy God who have Created thee redeemed thee and sanctified thee 4. HE assures her that the Joyful Visitation of Grace will come when her Warfare shall be finished and the time of her Reprobation passed over Thou Ephraim my Elect fear not for I am with thee Quit not the Faith for I am thy God Be Vigilant and Slumber not for behold there cometh the time of the Visitation in which I will make Roses to grow upon the dry Thorns of affliction and in which I will again moisten the dead Trunk that it may sprout forth and spread it self as the King's Crown be pleasant to the Eye as the Lilly white as the Snow splendid as Justice in her Pomp. The time of Desolation is passed over Upon thee O Daughter shall Garments be put as at the first and thy Rags shall be taken from thee thine Head shall be anointed with Oil and the Veil of thy Virginity shall be restored again to thee thou shalt put off Mourning thou shalt be
thy Refuge and thy strong Rock I say Amen! 15. A very lovely Consolation for Judah and Israel with a Comfortable word to the First-born of Joy in their Posterity Hope in the Lord O Israel shout for joy O Judah for the Lord hath looked upon thee in kindness He shall make thee to rejoyce O thou First-born in thy Posterity I am He that hath said it But to whom is my secret known and who is there that understandeth my meaning Nevertheless the Deep shall utter forth the praises of my Righteousness and the Clouds shall declare my Truth Dear Children be not afraid for I am the Truth Abide in my Truth and what is there that can disturb you Unto you I am All in All. He that loveth me hath Everlasting Life and is Justified in me through the power of Faith Cry aloud lift up your Voices for I am a wonderful God one who levelleth the Mountains and pulleth up Men from the Deep of the Earth Be at peace my dear Sion Waver not my Child Behold in thine hands I have signed thee I am a God of thy Name a Keeper of Israel a Friend of Sion a Benefactor of Ephraim Trouble not your selves dear Friends for no Evil shall be able to reach you and as for what you undertake it shall prosper for I will set your Feet in a large place XVIII All these Testimonies and many more were given by God to this Blessed Maid before I had any manner of Acquaintance with Her Upon the Evidence of which she is so Convinced of the Divinity of this matter that not withstanding all the Contradiction and Opposition of Men she doth without the least mixture of Doubt or Fear believe in pure Simplicity and Child-like Confidence that whatever the Lord hath told or shall according to the expectation of her Faith hereafter tell her shall be punctually fulfil'd both in Her and in others She knows in whom she Believes and understands to distinguish between the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Errour with a clear Eye She bears with those who are not as yet able to own in her the Lord's Work but withal she believes that if they be of upright Hearts they will not be swift to pass Sentance upon Her as also that as many as are Enlighten'd by the Divine Light will be capable to feel that to be from God which God has bestow'd upon her But in bearing thus with the weak she permits not her self to be made Weak And so far is she from being disturb'd at the Blasphemous Sentence of the Unbelievers that she prays for them that God would not therefore on a sudden bring them into Judgment as might justly be fear'd but that he would in mercy delay it who is a God using terribly to punish the Blasphemy of imputing that to the Devil which proceeds from the Holy Ghost She says and maintains No body can make me doubtful of that which I have seen and heard No body knows the New Name but he that receives it None but the Spirit of Man which is in him knows what is in Man even so the things of God are not known to any save to the Spirit of God Now we have received not the Spirit of the World but the Spirit of God that we might be able to know what is given us of God With this one Testimony of the Holy Spirit She overthrows all the Objections made against her from Without which for the most part come from those who cleave too much to the Flesh Notwithstanding all which she trusts that in the end God will manifest His Work so as all the World may own that it is even He himself who hath witnessed all these Words by Her XIX But that you may understand the Method in which these Revelations pass and how this B. Maid doth not see with her Gross and Corporeal Eyes or hear with her Corporeal Ears but doth see and hear the Lord in Spirit and how she doth from time to time write down from his sweet Mouth the Words which she thus hears I will here import a Testimony which was given her on the Twelfth on November in the Year MDCLXXXVIII The LORD himself dictating the same as she wrote to the end that if any were desirous to be inform'd concerning the manner of the Revelation she might be able to answer them in His own Words Which are these Peace be with you the Friends of Our JESUS the Saints Blessed and Beloved I speak with you as one Friend Speaks with another I speak at this time with the Mouth of Truth that I may be heard yet not outwardly by the Bodily but inwardly by the Spiritual Ear which is a Thousand times more delicate then the Outward one I speak to you by my self as true God and true Man and cause my self to be seen not by the Eyes of the Body but by the Internal Eyes the Eyes of the Spirit of such a Spirit naturally as is united and betrothed most strictly to me And this manner of Sight is real tho' it be hidden and subtil This I know will seem strange to you who do not yet understand my Mysteries and my Wonders Yet I tell it you that you may be able to discourse of it properly according to my Inspiration For so and by this means have I spoken to you all those sweet Words which you have hitherto written I have this further in love to speak and say to you Rejoyce ye for your great Glory and Honour since you are rendred so bright through my Righteousness as to become white as the Snow to be cleansed and purged from all Sin yea to be one Heart with me and to be my Temple and Holy Habitation Keep now the House of your Heart clean and let it be mine neither suffer your corrupt sinful Will nor the Love of the Creatures to Lord it therein So will I sink down very deeply into you and then will arise up again in you and such a purifying will I make within you that you shall praise me both with Heart and Mouth My dear little Children rejoice ye for my sake and be of good Courage for I am with you Lay your selves now to rest in my Holy Will and pursue it that I may make you the Instruments of my Graces and Gifts XX. But as the Divinity of this Affair hath been witnessed particularly to some Friends so hath it been to my Wife and Me. For after that God had before this even while we were yet in Holstein made known to us not by such high and extraordinary Revelatiosn but by his Spirit in his Word the great Promise made to Israel in Scripture and the Mystery of his Kingdom and that we for the sake of this had suffered a great deal it pleased him to let us have for about a Year since the knowledge of this Gentle vvoman of whom we had not then heard any thing by the means of a devout Person with whom we
had to this time been so generally spoken against doing herein as Numa Pompilius with his Goddess Aegeria to make the People of Rome receive that which he himself spake through her As this was said to a Person of great Quality he answer'd as I have been inform'd That the Cheat might easily be discover'd by Writing to this Maid who was then in a Place which was near Four and Twenty German Miles remote from me and proposing to her some Questions in a Letter that should be Seal'd desiring her to send the same back again Seal'd and together with it an Answer This was accordingly done and there came an Answer in few days to this Person of Quality who was at that time not so far distant as I was Whence the Conclusion is evident that it could not be me but that it must be an higher Hand that spake thro' her The Answer is this Peace be with thee hear my Word O my Servant Behold I am the Spring of Life and no Body cometh to me but whom the Father draweth Therefore give heed to my Word I purifie and sanctifie every one for they are every one in the Father And I finish my Work above all Reason and I replenish every thing with Beauty for I am the Light of the World I go forth in Sanctification over all in all the Depths and Breadths and have no respect for Persons but my Love is spread abroad as a Covering over Seeds and Seeds over (a) Births Generations to Generations In all Mysterious Deeps my Love passeth forth over all For who is he that can sound out my Ways and my Wisdom Behold I the God of Heaven and Earth go forth in all my Doings and no Body can comprehend them I see well thy Writings and even the depths of thine Heart For before me every thing is discovered and laid open Therefore comprehend thou well my Word and acknowledge my Wisdom according to my meaning Behold I JEHOVAH have said it who am made manifest and am about to Judge the World I come upon the Wings of the Cherubims no Body can comprehend me or know me but he that is humbled before me What is it therefore that thou keepest in thy Mind as though thou didst comprehend it Verily verily I say unto thee even I the Lord the Lord that the time cometh when it shall be said Thou shalt know my Name according to my Counsel and my Meaning I will do it my self in thee Thou whom I will form unto me that thou mayest be in me shalt be mine Instrument And many Spirits I do bind together in one and do teach by my Arm the Divine Generation to Fight I have loved thee from all time my Sion and dear Ephraim Be strong as a Lion of Judah and come from the North. I know it and all things are manifest before me but thou knowest not as yet that which I have now spoken unto thee And it is a strange saying to thee and it must be so till that my Hour is come Go then in Peace Thou needest not to know any more at present stand thou only quiet in my Meekness and Patience and be firmly grounded in my Love which endureth for ever and resist me not For I am the LORD who am with thee and who leave thee not alone Be then of good Courage and live well yea Amen We also receiv'd from the same Place an Encouragement not to conceal the Truth which had been entrusted to us but to publish the same to the end that it might be Openly Confess'd and Own'd As I live saith the LORD even I the LORD do say it Return again ye Children of Men And to the Islands I say Fly before my presence and to the Rocks be ye Opened As I sit upon the Cherubim and the Seraphim and rule over all Kings so verily will I make an end of Edom and will root out the Whore of Babel She shall eat her self all her Abomination and all the Storms of her Fury shall fall upon her own Head For she sitteth and lurketh privily upon all the Borders that she may destroy (b) Mode my Manner which I have bestowed upon my Daughter of Sion to instruct her how to lift up her Eyes toward me and to serve me with all Faithfulness Sit still a little while with patience For behold I come unto thee suddenly whom I preserve as the Apple of mine Eye and I anoint thy Head with Precious Oyl for thou art mine He that hath begun let him remain with the Truth And he that hath opened his Mouth let him finish it and not be silent for the perverseness is grown very great But mine Arm is made more powerful yet and my Truth overcometh Watch now and Believe for the Hour is come Display the Banners give a mighty shout and magnifie my Name for I am in the midst of you Yea. Amen! Be not fearful but couragious For I am your Help and Victory At the same time she also sent us from the Place whither she was gone that which had between Four and Five Years before been dictated to her by the LORD upon the XXth Chapter of the Revelations which has been already Inserted in the XIth Section And I can say in the presence of God that before this time I had never seen it with mine Eyes or known in what words it was conceiv'd although she had made some mention in her Mother's Life-time of her having had for a good while such a Manifestation given her XXXII Now as this Elect Maid was upon her Journey to return hither and some Persons of High Quality in the World that had been acquainted with her Sister that was dead and long heard of the Grace which God had conferr'd upon her were very desirous to see her we going out some Miles to meet her were obliged to pass by that very Place where these Persons then were And being by them invited we went along with Her and her Sisters to them and gave them an account of what Extraordinary Gifts God had bestowed upon Her and how wonderfully he is pleas'd to reveal himself in this last Age. Although there were here some Gainsayers yet God left us not without a Blessing For as there arose a great desire to be satisfied whether God whose Mercy is so highly extoll'd in the Holy Scriptures did everlastingly and without distinction reject the Heathen and all such either among the Jews or Christians as are in a False Religion And it being ask'd Whether this Question might be propos'd to the Lord it was done so accordingly And this was the Answer which came As Heaven is prepared by my Might and by my Will as I am from Everlasting and in me is no Beginning or End Besides what I beget as it were in my self and make a Beginning and an End so true is this my Word which in Meekness and Long-suffering I do speak It is well-pleasing and it is my holy Counsel and