THE ASCENT TO THE Mount of Uision Where many Things were shewn CONCERNING I. The First Resurrection II. The State of Separated Souls III. The Patriarchal Life IV. The Kingdom of CHRIST With an Account of the Approaching Blessed State of This Nation Prov. 29. 18. Where there is no Vision the People perish London Printed in the Year 1699. THE PREFACE◠To the Holy Inspired Saints who are made partakers of the Heavenly Gift and Revelation of the Divine Mysteries TO you who under Wisdom's Discipline have been taught and exercised more principally is this little Tract Commended as knowing you are in a deeper Capacity to receive and take in these weighty Treasures of the Kingdom which you will find have been broken up in order to be a sure Foundation in this latter Age. Wherein the Children of the Divine Mysteries shall have their first admittance into this Holy Mount where their Lot shall be to Inherit and Possess those precious things contained therein Which indeed are so Great so Rich so Immense as nothing less than God himself shall your All-filling Substance be still abounding in unmeasurable Degrees as in passive Meekness you do attend and wait in the inward Court where new and fresh Springs of Revelation shall open and make known the Wonders that are now approaching In order whereunto as a forerunner the Spirit of Prophecy has now gone forth to signifi there is a Call to the four Quarters of the Earth the Gates of the Everlasting Mount being set open that whosoever can understand and discorn this time and day of God's great Love-Visitation may now draw near and hear what great Secrets are Publish'd from this Mount of Vision which will not fail to have their fulfilling in and upon such who is the Spirit of Faith essenced are But unto others who are unbelieving it 's not to be marvelled at that they excluded are from all these Royal Perogatives and great Immunities relating to Divine openings and Renemed Manifestations of what has hitherto reserved been in the Wisdom and Counsel of God Wherefore according to the experience of this Author Unmeasurable are the renewed Gifts and Powers hereof And I can not therefore but excite and perswade all into whose hands this may come to keep close to that Anointing which will be an Intelligencer and Opener of the mind of Eternal Wisdom In which as in a clear Glass may be known and seen what is expedient for some in every Age to be acquainted with God not being limited to those foregoing Ages of time in which his mind in the Truth of the Spirit was made known but the line of his Spirit doth still continue and extend it self to an unconfined length till it have fathomed the deepest Deep even GOD himself Now I am not Ignorant of the many Censures that may be passed by the Unlearned who are altogether Strangers to the Spirits Ministration and divine Revelation from such I expect no better Treatment than to be Iudged as one gone from the Traditions generally received especially in the part which treats of the various Regions of Souls Departed it seeming a new Discovery But as to this I shall give no other Satisfaction than that it was discovered from the Central Light and Original Copy wherein the mind of God was made known unto me in these things which are now no longer to be concealed or shut up but are to have their use and service throughout the whole Creation that so none may be disappointed or frustrated of what they expect in a Future State but may strive whilst in the Body to work out their Salvation with fear and trembling As to the third Mystery unfolded in this Treatise to wit the Arrivement to the Patriarchal Age which was before the Flood and is again to be renewed in Righteousness as contrarily that was in Wickedness and Vanity of Mind Christ being to Revive in the Souls of such as shall be counted worthy to Personate his Reign upon the Earth in his own purity For the attainment of which perfect State i◠is necessary there should be length of Days For as it is with a Plant or Tree if cut down before it come to its full growth it cannot being forth Fruit to ripeness even so it is in the New Birth if it reach not to full Maturity or to the stature of a Man in Christ Iesus there will then be a suffering of loss as to what may possibly be brought in time of this Life Wherefore its a great Privilege and Blessing to live to this Good Old Age and such a time as this is now approaching which will figure out the true Bride and Spouse of Christ which shall reach unto a full growth for a Celebration of the Nuptial Day with her Bridegroom Who cannot appear upon the Earth in his Glorified Person till she have thus put on her beautiful Ornaments and made her self ready for his Entertainment that so she may ascend up with him into his own Kingdom and Father's Glory Who will there present her without Spot or Wrinckle These are the Great and Wonderful things the Spirit of Prophesy has renewed as the ground of Faith and Hope to the growing Plants of the New Paradisical Earth who shall grow and flourish being circled with a Wall of Fire So that no prickling Bryars nor rending Thorns which in the wild Forest of degenerated Nature do put forth shall have any power here to invade or break in These are the divine weighty Treasures for a Motive and drawing of such who shall be the first Fruits that are to be Redeemed from out of this vile and worldly Principle to stand with the Lamb in his Glorified State Now what have I more to present unto you who in the same Lineage of Light and Love with me do stand but to make known those great approaching Blessings and Glories which are assigned to be your Portion and Dowry from that great Elohim Who shall all these for you Command as in the Patient Waiting you with me stand till Christ shall set on foot this his all powerful Reign for which let your Prayers with mine Iointly ascend uncessantly in one band of Loves Eternal Unity in which I shall only desire to be known to you by a Newer Name than that of Iane Lead The Ascent to the Mount of Vision May 24. 1698. § I. A S I was recollecting and casting up in my mind the tribulated State of the Nazarite Flock belonging to the great Shepherd I was put upon a supplicating Inquiry how long the Time of this Cloudy day might last And it was Ecchoed in me turn thine Eye into that Central light which may make some discovery by which the Redemption shall appear to be drawing near Then suddenly there descended to my Internal seeing from an high and lofty Sphear a Mountain most Diaphanous so great and large as to cover one quarter of the Earth And round about it were numberless little Hills of a dark Opacous
Righteousness § VII Now further there was a Trumpet Cry to the Adept Philosophers that have lain in obscurity in outward Nature and are shut up in it as having no vent to shew forth the Wonders of the Creator To you this Message and Call goes forth from the divine Imperial Wisdom that you make no longer delay nor halts in your way For know the time and season is come in which you are to be made manifest and join'd to those who are internally taught the Theosophical Art For the Tree of Faith hath spread forth its Branches and is ready to cast its Fruit and doth invite you thereof to come and Eat And as divine Artists such a Composition make of the Leaves thereof as may be for Medicine and Healing to all that Obnoxious to Corruption doth lie § VIII The last Gate of this side of the Mountain was the Apostolical Gate which opens into that Centre where the Holy Ghost will rest upon such as are Elected and Chosen hereunto that shall revive the Antient Miraculous Powers in such wise as they shall not be Transient but go forward on to Fixation and perpetual Duration § IX Now the third side of the Mount that lay Eastward was also described to me by the Guardian Angel that kept the 3 Gates that each Gate gave entrance into three several Courts The First was to be filled with Prophets and Prophetesses that were disciplin'd and train'd up there by the great Head Prophet Christ Iesus Who was accompanied with all the Antient Prophets as with Moses and Samuel Elias and all that were from the Foundation of the World to Christ's time Who took a Golden Horn and poured forth a Rich Oily Spikenard upon their Heads that ran down to the Skirts of their Garments of which it was said These are the Anointed of the Lord that shall bear Witness and Declare what is to be made manifest throughout all the approaching Ages of Time which relate to the Kingdom of the Emmanuel § X. The Second Court opened and thereinto desconded the great Melchizedeck with his holy Order Constituting and Ordaining a certain Number to enter upon this Holy Priestly Profession that were Dedicated Consecrated Inaugurated and made Ministers of this New erected Sanctuary and most holy place Where the Essential Furniture not the patterns only but the very Heavenly things themselves did here open and the Priestly intercessions did ascend up in a most Harmonious Celebration of Ioyful Acclamations passing through the high Order of the great Melchizedeck-Priesthood Whose Ministration from Petition was turn'd into a new Language of Triumph and Praises § XI The Account given of the third Court was this The Thrones out of the Heavens descended here and the King of Kings and in the Splendor of his Majesty with numerous Spirits that Crowned were to fill that Court with Princely Powers that were taken out of the two mention'd Courts and certain Numbers out of the two other sides of the Mountains were taken out and Crown'd and received Power and Dominion to Reign with Christ upon the Earth Thus shall the Kingdom of God in his Saints come to be made Manifest and Established so as to overtop all the Kingdoms of the Earth And this came as an Exeitement to wait and Believe and be found in all readiness for the Consummation of this Prophecy § XII On the Fourth side of the Mountain which lay Westward was the great Secrets of the Deceased the various Regions that they were lodged in and the Glorious Mansions that did appertain to such as departed in a high degree of Perfection with all the great Wonders of the great Weight and Glories of Eternity It was told me all of this was to be concealed yet and shut up from the Knowledge of the present Age of Time And was but only peculiar to some that should have a Light and discovery of these Marvelous things as they were capable to take them in Standing in the Passive meekness and pure Faith-expectation for the accomplishment of all what has been here declared For the time may be nearer or further off as we see the gathering into these Holy Courts may be so hasten then we may the Blessed approach of this Rising blissful Day as in the Golden knot of Love we tyed and knit together are Amen May 26. 1698. § XIII THis great Mystery and Secret of the various degrees of the Deceased and seperated Souls which opened on the fourth side of the Mountain being permitted me to disclose to the Worthy and Believing that defires to have so much of the Counsel of God made known as has been revealed herein to such as are weaned from the Mothers Breast of Tradition even to them it is given forth to know what is reserved for the latter Ages of time Now there were shewn to me seven States or Regions which were allotted to the Dead § XIV The first Order I shall mention is of those that have Lived and Died in a most Wicked and Diabolical Spirit without any Change or Repentance Such as Blasphemers Contemners of God Apostates c. These have their places in the Tormenting Anguishing Fire of the dark Luciferian Kingdom where they are to be Punished till the decreed Ages of Ages are expired within those Sphears or Circles Which is dreadful enough to endure to fright all from coming here § XV. The second is of those that have lived in the outward Birth after the Flesh but known nothing of being Born again from out of the Dead and Earthly Image Cleaving to this Worldly Principle and extend their delight and love no farther than to what is Temporary living wholly as without God in the World These have their places in the lower and grosser part of the Airy Region Where tho'they have not much Torment yet on the other hand they have but little rest and such lovers they are of their Bodies that many of them visit their dead Corps and abide sometime with them as finding more ease there than in that other place alotted them § XVI Now a third sort are of that Rank and Order that have been believing in God and Christ and under Conviction of their lost State without him and who have made some progress in the Heavenly Warfare Having gone so far as to live a Sober Rational Life but have come short of that more inward and Spiritual work of Renovation not having reacht to Mortification and self Abnegation but dying much short of it Yet their Mansion is more pleasant being in the upper part of the Airy Region annexed to Paradise Where they want not for Motives and Stirrings up to go on and recover what they omitted and lost while living in the Body § XVII As these Centers were opened and past before me it was much upon me to be informed out of that depth of the Eternal Wisdom that here opened it self what became of all the Children that died either in Infancy or Minority Then the Vision open'd shewing
me a very pleasant Flowery and delightful Sphear with a wonderful bright Light that covered it as a Firmament and the word said this is the Childrens Sphear and Kingdom It appeared like a little World fill'd up with them from the Womb to the Stature of about 12 Years This was inferiour to Paradise but was appropriated to Wisdom to be under her Government and Dominion who appointed here several ministring Angels to Discipline and Educate them in the Faith of Iesus For being stained with original Sin they were to believe in and receive the Lamb of God as their Redeemer And so by Union with him they become Virgins without Spot or Blemish Hereby it was said that Wisdom did make out her self in the Fathers new-created Wonders in these Children being transplanted out from the Earthly into the Divine and Spiritual Orb of Light § XVIII Now the Three other Regions to wit Paradise Mount-Sion and the New Ierusalem I have already given an account of in the Book of the Eight Worlds I must pronounce Happy and Blessed are they that dye so fitly qualified as immediately to pass through all these before-mention'd Regions that none of them may detain them but that as an Arrow swiftly they may fly into this more high degree of the Paradisical Sphear for they shall not long rest here before their Ascension shall be where they shall see the King of Mount Sion stretching out the Golden Cord that shall draw them up to sit with him upon his Throne which he has prepared for them and so to rise from one Glory to another till in the fullness of the Fathers Glory Christ shall install them jointly with himself The everlasting Gates of the New Ierusalem here open and wide do stand Which properly does belong to the high and lofty Majesty as his Principal Seat or Manision-house Which he will in the concluding part of all Scenes make to descend to fill the whole Creation with the Splendor of it's Glory Even so Amen § XIX But for caution let none think they can reach to these two last degrees at the passing out of the Body but as Christ in them shall come to be grown up in a perfect Stature covering them all over with his divine Nature Which we hope and believe may be wrought out effectually by the same Power that gave a Resurrection to his dead Body and an Ascention to Glorification in the Faith of which we wait and pray for this perfect Day Iune 30. 1698. § XX. I was Considering and Recollecting with my self the manifold Mysteries that among the Dead lay yet hid which in these Ages past were to be concealed and shut up but as the nearer approach is of the finishing of the fulness of Redemption the Word of the Eternal Wisdom has been pleas'd to make known what is beyond the present belief of the World but to the Impartial seekers and Worthy inquirers the secrets that appertain to the States of seperated Souls may be communicated § XXI In the first place we are to consider how these three Ranks of such as have departed this World short of Redemption shall come to recover the Regeneration or Remaining part of the Work which they might possibly have attained in this Life for which end the Mediatorship of Christ was establisht by the Father and continued in the melchizedeck-Melchizedeck-Order And as Souls are daily Dying in this imperfect State so Christ is daily renewing the Efficacy of his Blood that must still attone for them It is also further made manifest that the great Saints that are made Kings and Priests as they have Thrones so they have Seats of Iudgment and are also made Saviours with their high Prince and Saviour being of the same Merciful and meek Nature as joined and made one Spirit with him And their intercession with him is of acceptation and efficacy for these their fellow Members that have laâ—'d behind and lost their time either in this Life or in other Centres So that is laid for a Foundation-truth that the great Saints may help the less whether In the higher World or the lower Now as it was queried in my self so it may be by others how those that are departed shall be brought to Repent and believe in Christ for Salvation It was here shewn to me that there were There Prophets Pastors and Teachers that did exercise their Function and Office as well as in these Regions below For it is well to be understood that this Converting and Regenerating work is to go forward on till that which is perfect do so enter into every Member that they come to be in Congruity with their perfect Head who must see the full Fruit of the Travail of his Soul throughout the whole Creation For Christ the Head does not account himself perfect till every Member be co-joined with him Therefore also the high Saints do Sympathize with the groaning Creation because till all are brought in their Ioy cannot be full If it be asked What Scripture is there for this I recommend the same that was open'd to me from the Revelstions Chap. 5. 8. Where the 24 Elders were in Office to receive the Golden Vials of the Prayers of the Saints and to pour them before the Throne Whereby it is implyed that the Prayers of the Saints of a lesser degree may pass through them that are of a higher Then another Scripture I shall superadd is that 1 Cor. 15. 29. Where you find the Living did enter into the Covenant of Baptism for the Dead as being capable of helping them forward in their Process to Christ by Concurrence and Union of Spirits with them And had we more of this Concurrence of Spirits one with another the Kingdom of our Lord had not been so long detained and kept back but a quicker dispatch might have been made but we are in hopes that as the day-Star shall more Universally arise in Hearts this Light shall so spread it self as that the knowledge of these great Mysteries shall find more kind entertainment in the World that lyes Buried in so much Ignorance and Darkness Then there will be less to do in those other Regions because there will not so many dye in an imperfect State and the Kingdom of Satan will be weakened and diminisht thereby who shall not be able to hold his Dominion either in the invisible dark Sphear or the visible Principle I shall now conclude this Point with this Acclamation Rejoice ye Heavens and shout ye lower parts of the Earth for the Lord God Omnipotent is about to do Marvelous things which shall be seen and admired by such as do long for and Love his Appearance Which approaching is still nearer and nearer Even so come Come O Lord in thy Kingdom Power and Glory Amen Iuly 10. 1698. § XXII II was further discovered that the Elders before the Throne did receive Commission from the Supream King and Lord as being his most near Privy Counsellers for to put into Office and
Government such in the upper Worlds as might be as the Nobles and Principalities of high degree in the Heavenly Court these had Power and Command given them to govern and manage the Affairs of the lower Regions of the Deceased who had reference to them on all occasions For these matters are transacted and agitated in various manners unknown to Mortals according to the manifold Wisdom that is understood there For the increase and bringing all into Subjection and Obedience for the bringing in and perfecting of Christ's Kingdom There For Christ must Reign till all in those Centres be made to know his Superiority Nay the Extent of this Government of the Saints reaches to the Binding and Chaining up of Lucifer and those that are yet under his Iurisdiction Otherwise they would make strange disturbances and commotions by invading of the Priviledges which are above his Sphear This was made known to me in order that I might understand better what was the purpose and design of the great Ierusalem King as to the putting of this lower World into a new Model of Government beyond what has been since Christ's time Hitherto the Diabolical Spirit and the Worldly Spirit have had the Superiority but it has been signified to me that the time of this Reign of the Beast and of the Dragon is very near expiring When Christ will bring down his Court and all Powerful Government here upon Earth And it shall be managed by such as he shall Depute by impowering with his own Spirit expressly by which he will act in them as if they stood in his very Person It was further proposed to me that some who are alive in this present Generation should be Anointed and Seal'd with Power here for and taken into his secret Counsel At first a small known Number but which should dilate and increase till they were Numberless Then was it pronounced in my Ears from the Heavens Blessed are those that are the first Fruits that go forth to enlighten and bear Rule over all the degenerated Plants that are not yet ingrafted into the true Vine § XXIII Then was it queried in me because there was yet so little appearance of this how long it might be before This would come to effect The soft springing Word replied that there was already a seed of Light sown and an united Golden Grain of Faith which would assuredly put forth their Heads that the time of the Lily may be known One full Circle of a thousand Years is already run out and when the full point of the seventh Hundred Year shall be superadded to it then the Thrones and Dominions here below shall begin to bow and stoop to That Reign and Kingdom which shall by the Spirit in meek and Holy Souls be set afoot For knowledge shall have a wonderful encrease so that the Princes and Kings of the Earth shall be taken hold of thereby to promote the Reign of Christ and to throw their Crowne at His Feet And a Solomon's Heart shall revive again whereby hands will be put to Build up such a Temple as shall never be made desolate § XXIV As I was still considering of this great Revolution how it should be brought about there was a Lamp descended from the seven Lamps before the Throne and put into the Hand of a certain Person which did at first sight burn but dimly Then came the Angel of the Love that poured in a Golden Oyl that sent forth a mighty strong Odour which immediately made the Lamp burn with such a Blaze dropping Flakes of Light into the Oyl that caused many more Lamps to spring which made a good part of the Earth look as a bright Heaven Then was it said to me This shall be the fore-runner whereby the Foundation shall be laid for the bright Sun of Righteousness to appear and shine forth in his Temple Body which is his Spouse and Bride who shall not want to be accomplished with all manner of Gifts and Powers much more radiant and great than whatever yet has been known and declared All this is to confirm the Vision of the Mountain of Perazim that open'd towards the four Corners of the Earth and tho' somewhat was for a time to be shut up from the Unworthy yet as this Blessed day shall approach nearer permission is given to make the States of the Deceased in the invisible Regions more publickly manifest For the Seals that are upon the Book of God's wonders must have their Day of breaking open For there is a wake full time in which those that lye in a dead Sleep shall hear the Thunder-cries that are now upon their uttering forth which shall magnifie the Powerful day of the Holy Ghost The visitation of which has been already known to some Which is a binding Law for such as have received of this Unction to stand in a readiness all these Prophetical sayings to obey From which O Lord let not any of thy elected Stones herefrom Swerve But that they may hold fast their Crown in him who is the Yea and Amen Iuly 21. 1698. HEre follows another Manifestation given forth which I did not apprehend at the Writing of the former that it would be so fully and suddenly open'd unto me But an occasion was given hereto by some Queries of a choice and elect Stone sent to me concerning the swallowing up of Mortality in Immortality Whether or no such a time might not be expected wherein this vile Body might know a Translation even in this Life § XXV Which gave me occasion to introvert and sink into the deep Centre of Wisdom where I met with various Discoveries hereupon from that Intelligence that appeared to me in the Figure of a white and bright Dove having three Eyes from each of which went forth sparkling Flames They were placed one on the Breast and one under each Wing Immediately this Word was given out Behold here is the triune Eye Denominated from the Father with the Eternal Wisdom and the Son concurring in the Holy Spirit In whom has been treasured up what is now to be open'd and revealed concerning the great things that are to be brought forth in this latter Age of the World For in whatever Heart and Mind this holy Dove shall find entrance and reception it shall be as the Heavenly Court and Council wherein the divine Wisdom shall unfold the greatest of Secrets as upon the day approaching hereunto they shall be expedient to be known There was a Prophecy run through me in this sense What is to be established for the Foundation structure of the Temple Body is to have each Stone this threefold Eye of the Dove for their seeing and enlivening so that by sending forth these bright Raies they may draw in such Stones as lye yet dead and Buried in the Earth For the chief and elect Stones that are already Cemanted together as in one accord they abide shall generate and multiply Spiritual live Stones numerously So that herefrom may be
expected the Reign of our Emmanuel § XXVI The beginning and method of which was thus platform'd out to me as in the Mount was seen in the threefold Court there in Persons so indued and qualified to be Prophets Priests and Kings which are to be laid as the Foundation of that ever Springing Creation that are born into a State of Eternal Generation These shall know length of Days as it was in the Patriarchs before the Flood even to Methusalah's Years This good old Golden Age will presage that Christ has set his Foot to Reign upon the Earth in his Spirit made manifest in his Temple-Body whom he has espoused to himself as his Bride Who will rise and shine in her Ornamental Gifts and Powers Cloathed with that flaming Robe that the Moth of Corruption cannot eat out XXVII So in answer to the Query made by that worthy Person the swallowing up of the outward Body into an immortal Figure of Glory for constant manifestation and duration I do not expect to see till the Lord of Glory himself shall appear then such as are alive at that day shall be transfigured instantly and be made like him for they shall see him as he is Not but that there may be upon some extraordinary occasion a Transfiguration for to give a proof of the verity and possibility of it as in the case of Christ himself but this only transient And further we are to note according as has been seen in the clear Glass of divine Secrets that such of the long-lived Stones as shall reach to the Patriarchal Ages will be found in a more fit capacity to transcend all these Bounds and Limits of numbers of Years by putting on of that Glorified Figure which can never need to fear the diminution and alteration of its Beauty and Perfection as they shall bear up in the unwavering Faith hereof they may hold out till the Personal Glory shall descend while others that may also be Spiritually united in the Temple-Body through doubtfulness and sensible feeling of infirmities with other temptations incident to the Corporeal State may not be able to hold out beyond the Mortal Life but this will no way hinder but that they may maintain their Spiritual Affinity and Fellowship with those others that out-live them in the Body and shall be privileged more particularly to descend with Christ and to rejoice together with them in the Neptial Unity Therefore counsell'd and call'd upon we are to keep up in the Faith and strive hard that so we may attain the Prize and reach the Crown Number each one standing in their Lot as it shall in divine Wisdom be decreed and as the measuring Line of Life shall be stretched out upon them Having no more to do but to watch and wait each one in the inward Court of a pure Mind § XXVIII For the confirmation of these Prophetical Openings there is a Scripture-evidence as a foregoing and more antient Prophecy As Isa. 65. 20 There shall be no more thence an Infant nor an old Man that hath not filled his days for the Child shall dye a Hundred years old but the sinner being an Hundred years old shall be accursed Also verse 20. as the days of a Tree are the days of my People and mine Elect shall long enjoy the Work of their Hands And Isa. 25. 8. He will swallow up Death in Victory and the Lord God shall wipe away Tears from off all faces And lastly that place Rev. 20. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on such the second Death hath no power but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand Years These Scriptures are a plain and evident proof that such a State shall be within the Holy Mountain of the Lord when it comes to be established as has by Vision and Prophecy been hereof declared § XXIX Now it may be asked by what means and after what manner shall this be brought to pass for in present view the highest Saints are subject to Infirmities Diseases and Death True it is so and may continue so to be till Christ who is the Tree of Life shall out of the Ground of renewed Nature Spring Which he will not fail to do in such as are weaned from that forbidden Tree from whence the Curse and Death hath been drawn in which is the old poisoned Root that can only be healed and recovered again to its own Original purity by the Iuice and Sap that is offered most freely for an Effectual Wonderful Transformation for you must know that till there be a perfect State arrived to these two Trees will both be growing in Natures Ground within us and as the Souls propension and feeding is such Fruits it will bring forth This runs Paralel with that Representation Christ gave of himself as the Bread of Life Iohn 6. 50. This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven that a Man may eat thereof and not die and more Emphatically in the next Verse Ifany Man eat of this Bread he shall live for ever So again Verse 58. Not as your Fathers did eat Manna and are dead Now what kind of Eating must this be but the very Quintessential Spirit of Christ the true Tree of Life drawn into the Soul by the strong attraction of Faith and Love § XXX Now in order to the true Participation hereof and attaining to the essentiality of the Resurrection-Life There is a new Institution that has been Commanded and given forth to some that in the Faith and expectation of this great Change have waiting been the Practice hereof being but among a certain Number that have had open'd in them the Mystery of Christ's Resurrection-Life That as hitherto the Solemnization of the dying Lord has been observed under the suffering State of the Church So now upon the new Modification as having the Eye of Faith upon the Resurrection-mark there is a particular Commemoration likewise of his Resurrection not only personally from the Grave but also of his rising in us out of our deadly Mold Celebrating here withal the Marriage-Union as being risen with him from the Dead And this Symbol as it is received Virtually and Powerfully incorporates with and infuses by degrees That which is incorruptible into the outward Body also to make it hold out the Race that it is set to run within the Circle-Reign of our great Immanuel The good influences of this Institution hath been experienc'd in the Partakers hereof as greatly Advantageous for their growth and flourishing towards this translated Life So that it may be well worth joining in a high and holy Communion in this true Love and Resurrection-Feast § XXXI Now if it be inquired where this Reign of Christ in such choice Spirits will first appear It is not limited or confin'd to any Nation or Kingdom but Persons out of all Ranks and Degrees high or low from the Monarch to the meanest of States may come to
they may be Installed in that Dominion and Power where Mortality shall not supplant them of a true and unfadeable Felicity For know there is a new time approaching such as never was for the Kingdom and Dominion of Christ in Power and Authority has never yet had any establishment upon the Earth nor could indeed because this long Life and Age was not yet to be For by this length of Days there will be time given for the finishing Transgression and Sin and bringing in that perfection of Righteousness that shall have no end As there was folly in not improving that long State of Life by those before the Flood for which end God allow'd it them to try if they would recover their Angelical and Paradisical State and remove the Curse from the Earth for which end his Spirit did strive with them which being resisted God shortned their Days So now the eternal Wisdom of God provokes for the recovery of that lapsed Age again that a second proving may be made in this last Age of the World having now the assistance of the Spirit of Christ which shall now be poured forth as a Flood of Flaming Love to burn away all the compacted Matter and Mould of the Earthly Image so as in this day it shall be said Christ lives and walks upon the Earth in and among this selected Number upon whose Shoulders the Government of his Kingdom is to rest For the Spirit of God and of his Glorious Power shall rest upon them so evidently that all shall be forced to acknowledge that these are the Anointed ones as bearing the Royal Priestly Mark of their God and King For upon them the Heavenly Power shall descend for the Heavens that have been shut so long shall now open stand for a free recourse to our mighty Redeemers Princely Court that from that upper Kingdom Orders and Commissions may be brought down for the management of these lower Regions that they may run parallel with what is transacted among the Saints in the higher With whom in this State there will be a great Freedom and Familiarity so that a Council and Senate both of the higher and lower Court shall meet to determine what high Miraculous works shall be expedient to be wrought § XXXV Now it is already so far made manifest that whereas the confusion of Languages was a great Iudgment and Witness of God's displeasure against that Age of Time So that it caused a scattering and loss of thé one pure Language of Nature Which now in this new State and Kingdom will be restored again About which I had some inquiry in the Spirit of my mind how and by what means the Unity of Speech might be opned again for as it is in Mount-Sión above where Christ Reigns personally so it must be here on Earth where he is now to set his Reign ' up Spiritually They all that are above do Harmonize together in the pure Language of Nature And thus it is expedient that it should be in Mount-Sion here below For it was said this Gift should come upon such as were Principal Stones and Builders of that new Ierusalem the City wherein the Reign of the mighty God and King may begin § XXXVI While I was considering this thing there was a sudden opening of the Temple-Glory in the Heavens Which drew away my Spirit thereunto Where I did see in the Hand of a bright Body the Figure of a Heart clear as Crystal with Strings or Veins of Gold in the midst of which there was fixed a flaming Root from whence branched out Tongues as so many divided Flames by which I was answered that according to this figurative Representation it might be given me to understand that the Root of pure Speech must proceed from the pure Heart of the Tri-une Deity and so formed into Christ the Essential Word it self first going forth in pure Cogitation without sound or Voice whereby in this internal stillness God discourses with the Soul and the Soul with God out of the Flaming Centre of this Tri-une Heart and from whence it may proceed and form it self into outward Organical Speech Which will carry Tućh a fiery flaming Power and Efficacy as shall beget the same Native Language in others and open the Centres that have been shut up them that is to be understood of those that prepared and qualified to receive it through the Faith and expectation of these Gifts And it was said further when ye see this great gift put forth it will be a certain sign that the gathering in of all Nations from far will be to the beholding and admiring of the first appearance of Christ in his Kingdom and Reign Through these impregnable and extraordinary Gifts the Holy Ghost will be made apparently manifest that he is return'd in order to restore and Build up what has been laid Wast and Desolate here upon the Earth § XXXVII The next Gift that is to accompany this Blessed day is to find out and open the All-healing Pool where the Corrupt and Putrifactious Matter in the Body Elementary may through the continual rising Spring of this Water of Life receive Clarifying and Healing And where-ever these Waters of the Sanctuary do rise there every thing shall be healed and maintain'd in Life according to that Scripture Ezek. 47. 9. So that according to the long date of Life designed for this State this River for Life must never cease to run through the Corporeal Forms And whereas in the first appearances of this gift of healing in the Elijah Spirit as a Type fore-runing Christ and in the following Century of the Apostles it was appropriated to them to convey vertue out of themselves for healing which they could not command at all times for then they would have conquer'd all Sickness and Death in themselves But when this mighty Gift shall be restored again it shall go on to fixation and Conquest of all Maladies For the great evil of Sin will be taken out of the way and so the suffering must cease For the Inhabitants that live in this new planted Region shall not complain they are Sick For they shall be forgiven their Iniquity Isa. 33. 24. So that where Sin is taken out of the way Sorrow and the Curse which are the product of it must needs cease Also Zech. 3. 8 9 10. For behold I will bring forth my Servant the Branch c. And I will remove the Iniquity of that Land in one Day In that day saith the Lord shall ye call every Man his Neighbour under the Vine and under the Fig-tree For if there should not be an Antidotal Medicine provided against all Corruptibility it would be rather a Punishment than a Pleasure to live in such a Body as should not be free from Infirmities whereupon it was made manifest to be that each one who should be counted worthy to be numbered among the first Fruits of the Resurrection-State shall be as so many Trees of Life that shall
asked what this meant and it was answer'd It is a sign of the Covenant of Faith that is confirmed betwixt me and thee and thy Houshold that so ye may be saved from the Iericho Curse that will come upon the Earth which Curse is spread over all this outward Prnciple For there is Confusion and Distress to be read every where and that not only among the Earthly minded but even among the more Enlightned and better Disciplin'd all which carries a direful Face so that no Peace is to be found neither without the Fold or hardly within it but Divisions in every place Therefore this Word of Advertisement is given from the true Natural Mother cautioning you to retire and keep out of both the Outward and the more Refined Societies of Mortals that are not yet redeemed out of the Animal and Sensitive Life Then further it was intimated that our Spirits should fly up by this Scarlet line of Faith which would direct us there where a Door of Heaven is open through which we should pass and have an immediate access to the Father of of our Spirits And accordingly entrance was made by the Spirit 's might that did Mount the Soul up where was sitting the Glory of the Majesty Co-mingled with all variety of Glories that is not to be discribed with the Glorified Person on one side of it and the Princess Wisdom on the other the Court being all filled with Angelical Spirits that waited in all obedience to receive their Commands and moved in and out in that Principle Then was it said to my Spirit This is the Peaccable Region which I know your Spirits do delight greatly to be found in for in the Mortal World where your visible Figures do stand Wars and Confusions are apt to meet upon the outward Part Therefore here is prepared for you quiet Mansions in this City of Refuge which is alotted to be the Dwelling Place for your high-born Spirits to resort unto And know that this Priviledge you shall have above others ascending out of Time into Eternity and descending out of Eternity into Time Whereby ye shall know and understand what is expedient to be known that relates to you in your own Native Kingdom for ye are but Strangers in the Visible World and are not thence to regard at all that which lies in a Changeable State but to trust and confide for what your eternal Patronage shall from that upper World produce which will be Blessings of another kind then what the Earth can give which ye are to rejoice exceedingly in Then said the true Mother of our Spirits ye now know full well where your Treasure is to the which let your Hearts be evermore ascending and taking your residence in Heavenly places with your Iesus § XLIX Then did I enquire How was to be the conveyance of these Blessed Heavenly Stores that so necessary is to shew forth from what descent we come according to our Spiritual Birth To which Answer was made you know the way is only by the Spirits Flight which in the strong Power of Faith you must take from the fulness of the God-head which dwelleth in your Christ the manifold Powers and Gifts that may be for the adorning of that high and holy Calling Your Lord would not be spared in this matter he grudgeth not to give plenteously because it makes for his Honour that his Spouse and Bride especially such as do Represent her should be extraordinarly Dignified and Endowed But the Way for this is to be as a Bucket that goes down deep into a Well so the Spirit of Faith is to ascend into the Heights and then to descend down into the Deeps whereout the excellency of all Massy Treasure must be brought up For it is expedient that when the Spirtual Births are near to the full Age grown up they should come into some possession of the Revenues and Dowries that are alloted to them These are not to live so Poor and Mean as others that have not hereunto attained Therefore ye of This Society are called to be upon your Strict Watch and gird up your strength of Faith hereunto for it is Spiritual Industry that must give the increase of these Celestial Riches consider therefore and know what is the Hope of your High-Calling hereunto for where God has given great manifestations of his Mind and Counsel there he expects they should accordingly pursue to fetch out all of the Weighty Prize § L. Now this high Favour will not only be appropriated to a Peculiar Number but more generally will be extended even to the saving of Nations and Kingdoms from those Calamities and Iudgments that might well be feared and expected by reason of the Violence and Oppressions every where with the Abominations and Spiritual Wickednesses For what Cure else can now be prescribed for the repairing of these Ruines and making up of these Breaches whether they be Spiritual or whether they be Carnal Must it not be by the Rod which shall strike the Rock so that the Waters of the Spirit shall gush forth and overflow for Healing These Waters verily will be for distruction to all that Springs out of the evil Ground of Nature and will overwhelm and drown the Briars and Thorns of the Wildernessed-Earth So on the other side these Holy Waters of the Spirit will Feed Nourish and Strengthen every Birth of Life that hath been conceived by the Spirit till it shall grow up to that Maturity as entrusted it may be with a Kingdom And these are those that shall stand up in this latter Day on the Earth to bless the Nations with the good Things and Treasures out of This Mountain that standeth open to all the four Quarters of the Earth To which there will be a flying as of swift Dromedaries from the North and from the South and from the Rising of the Sun unto the going down of the same For reports will so sound forth every where of the great Powers Goodnesses and Glories of the Majesty of Christ here appearing with his Saints that shall draw together the Scattered and Dispersed that through all the thick Clouds and Darknesses they may break away and make their entrance hereinto § LI. Then it was further shewed to me concerning This Nation that as Light and Knowledge was breaking forth as a mighty Stream upon it so it should still go on further to increase and multiply and many should now run to and fro here for the opening of the Fountains and Deeps of such Blessings as therewithal the whole Earth should be covered and this Land become as a Springing Paradise And no devouring Beast or Hurtful Thing shall abide in it but the Holy People shall be for Bulwarks and a Flaming Wall of Defence to it Which Blessed Day is near at hand for which upon our Watch-Tower we are all charged to stand and to be found in a Readiness to entertain this Ioyful Message with all the Pretious and Weighty things that therein are Prophesied of But here caution is given that all do stand in a ready posture yielding to Wisdom's Divine Discipline who well instructs her Children to be obedient to the Law of Love whereby they will be able to stop that Flying Roll of the Curse which is going forth and to open the Heavens out of which may descend Flying Angels who will proclaim to this Island and to all Nations and Tribes of the Earth the everlasting Gospel of Love Good-Will and Peace whereby all Internal and External Wars may cease Which will open a torrent of boundless Blessings upon the World In the assured Faith of this and all the Prophesies here mention'd let us in Harmonious Concord and Unity wait and agree Amen FINIS THE CONTENTS Sect. 1. A Prospect of the Holy Mountain of PERAZIM and of the Great Earthquake 2. of the Succeeding Transfiguration 3. A Description of the North side of the Mountain and of its Gates 4. The City of SALVATION in the North. 5 6 7 8. A Description of the South-side and of its Gates 9 10 11. A Description of the East-side and of its Courts 12 to 20. A Description of the West-side and of the Mysteries of Seperated Souls 20 21. Of Prophets and Pastors in the Regions of the Dead 22 23 24. The manner of CHRIST's Deputation to his Nazarites and the Enterance of the Kingdom of the LILY. 25 26 27 28. The Restauration of the Patriarchal Longevity and the First Resurrection 29 to 38. A Resolution concerning the Communion Laws and Customs of the Inhabitants of this Mountain and of certain Miraculous Gifts and Powers 38 39 40 41. The Present Preparations for this Kingdoms Appearance 42 43 and 44. The Great Angelical Medicine 45. to the end An Alarm to the Children of the Kingdom and the Covenant of Faith made with them in order to a Great and Glorious Revolution Approaching ERRATA Page 3. line 16. for soundess read soundness p 5 l 10 f impartial r Imperial p 7 l 10 after be add l 18 f desires r desire l 20 after Tradition add Colon. l 24 f these r those p 8 l 14 f last r lost l 17 f Revolution r Renovation p 10 l 29 f layd r lag'd l 30 f that is r that it is p 11 l 4 f the r there p 12 l 4 f the r this p 18 l 4 f Nature-Spring r Nature spring p 22 l 14 f one r ones p 25 l 1 f them r in them ibid f that r that are